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Benzadmiral
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03-06-2009, 12:18 PM
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What are you going to do with your $13 a week?
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Benzadmiral
Pump it in
I'll spend mine on gasoline.
If this $13/week has to be reported on your taxes next year, does that mean it'll be counted as taxable income and thus increase your tax debt?
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03-06-2009, 12:13 PM
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Sick of people beating on GM
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Benzadmiral
If you lived down here in The Swamp, where...
If you lived down here in The Swamp, where road-paving is considered eccentric or as Some New Fad that Won't Go Away, you'd be glad of a couch on wheels. My second and third MBs both rode pretty...
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02-26-2009, 05:06 PM
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Beam Me Up!
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Benzadmiral
A word from a long time fan --
I'm an original fan of "Star Trek" when it aired in the '60s, a bigger fan of "Next Generation."
Zachary Quinto has the right Spock look, but both he and the kid playing the young Kirk have no...
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02-10-2009, 01:36 PM
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Rant - opinions? On this octo-mom
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Benzadmiral
She should have been sterilized after Kid No. 2,...
She should have been sterilized after Kid No. 2, as long as she continued to accept welfare checks.
"One of them might cure cancer" -- if I had a buck for every time I've heard that one, I'd be...
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Off-Topic Discussion
02-09-2009, 05:03 PM
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Extended Warranties and the Decline In Quality
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Benzadmiral
I've had my JVC TV for, let's see, thirteen...
I've had my JVC TV for, let's see, thirteen years. It's an elephant, weighs seventy-five pounds; once I set it in place wherever I move, it stays there. I've had one repair in that time, which came...
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01-21-2009, 01:02 PM
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Glen Campbell
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Benzadmiral
Talk about longevity in the music business! "By...
Talk about longevity in the music business! "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," his first big hit, came out in 1967 and he had a string pop hits, his most famous ones, like "Gentle on My Mind" and...
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01-08-2009, 11:27 AM
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Adult Industry asking for $5Bln Bailout!
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Benzadmiral
Business in the adult industry is going limp, and...
Business in the adult industry is going limp, and we need to stiffen up and inject a wad of cash!
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Off-Topic Discussion
01-05-2009, 09:25 AM
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How Old Is Your Car In People Years?
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1,404
Posted By
Benzadmiral
Mere babes
My 2003 Buick = only 29
The late lamented 420SEL would have been 100
And the C230 would have been only 44.
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12-19-2008, 03:14 PM
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Time for your lesson,young man.
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1,008
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Benzadmiral
I couldn't remember her name. Still, that's but...
I couldn't remember her name. Still, that's but a splash in the ocean compared to the numbers of men who get savaged. Many, I'm sure, are guilty and deserve it . . . but how many innocents get...
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12-19-2008, 12:13 PM
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37 years ago today, America met the Waltons
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999
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Benzadmiral
From the cover, it looks like Andrew Duggan...
From the cover, it looks like Andrew Duggan played the father to Patricia Neal's mom, whereas in the series we had Ralph (Waite, or something like that? Anybody know without checking IMDb?) and...
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Off-Topic Discussion
12-19-2008, 10:52 AM
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I hate the X-mas
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Benzadmiral
Ching, ching, ching
I work in a big department at my university, and it would be hopeless for me to buy gifts for everybody. Not a few of them give me gifts -- a bottle of nice champagne (which I pass on to someone who...
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12-19-2008, 10:46 AM
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Time for your lesson,young man.
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1,008
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Benzadmiral
What do you want to bet she'll wind up getting a...
What do you want to bet she'll wind up getting a suspended sentence or other slap on the wrist? A male teacher who shagged a 13-year-old girl would be interred under the jail and castigated...
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12-17-2008, 11:30 AM
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Sonic (Restaurant)
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Benzadmiral
The Sonic commercials bombard me on a daily...
The Sonic commercials bombard me on a daily basis, but it's too hot here most of the year to consider eating in my car.
Q. about the commercials, the ones with the balding husband and the cute (if...
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12-16-2008, 10:57 AM
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Upscale: A word I dislike
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Benzadmiral
Where I live, my neighbors would aspire to that. ...
Where I live, my neighbors would aspire to that.
ETA: Well, okay, not the Rebel flag. . . .
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12-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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I might buy a 1995 C280
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Benzadmiral
Be aware, if you jump up a few years, that the...
Be aware, if you jump up a few years, that the first year of the 5-speed transmission had some glitche$. Mine began, at 11 years and 58K, to refuse to go into second or third gear, would slam into...
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Off-Topic Discussion
12-12-2008, 02:49 PM
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Least Used "Features" On Your Cars
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Benzadmiral
I never thought about 'em, but the cupholders in...
I never thought about 'em, but the cupholders in the W202 and in the Buick never get used; I tucked them both away when I purchased the cars. Normally I don't eat or drink in my cars.
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12-11-2008, 04:56 PM
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Least Used "Features" On Your Cars
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Benzadmiral
My car, though I don't have a Benz anymore, is up...
My car, though I don't have a Benz anymore, is up there with yours when it comes to features.
Miss Linda likes the heated seats when the New Orleans mercury thuds down below 60 F. Me, I'm wearing...
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12-11-2008, 02:39 PM
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Custom Girlfriend- Doesn't Talk Back
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2,178
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Benzadmiral
Christmas 2028
"I'll take the Nicole Kidman model, please. Age about 30, red hair, and slightly larger, uh, accessories up front."
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12-11-2008, 10:56 AM
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It be snowing . . .
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Benzadmiral
Even when it does snow, it accumulates so little...
Even when it does snow, it accumulates so little that ordinary driving pushes it aside. The exception was in 1989, where the stuff stayed on the ground and continued to panic addlepated locals for...
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12-11-2008, 10:14 AM
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It be snowing . . .
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Benzadmiral
Back in '89, after I got home that day (2 hours...
Back in '89, after I got home that day (2 hours fighting idiots who couldn't realize they had to slow down while driving in snow), I let my Maine Coon Arizona out onto the tiny patio. "Come on,...
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12-11-2008, 09:45 AM
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Will Hell be next?
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412
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Benzadmiral
I believe it's Gay-dahn, but Botnst may know...
I believe it's Gay-dahn, but Botnst may know better than I.
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12-11-2008, 09:45 AM
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It be snowing . . .
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1,662
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Benzadmiral
It be snowing . . .
. . . in New Orleans of all places. So much for Mr. Gore and his global warming, I suppose.
The times snow has been sighted here in my lifetime:
January 1964
January 1973
Dec. 1983 or Jan. of...
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12-10-2008, 10:32 AM
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Pet Pictures
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3,023
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Benzadmiral
Darn, she's pretty. I've got to take some...
Darn, she's pretty. I've got to take some up-to-date pictures of Tatiana Romanova, the 2.5-year-old Siberian.
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Off-Topic Discussion
12-02-2008, 12:35 PM
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14
We're lost,just a matter of time.
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552
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Benzadmiral
Obviously this was a stand-up kind of guy. ...
Obviously this was a stand-up kind of guy.
(I could have sworn I saw this on "The Simpsons" one time, with Chief Wiggum. . . .)
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11-18-2008, 10:25 AM
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110
Does anybody read books in here ?
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4,204
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Benzadmiral
The Creme de la Crime
Car Girl mentioned Ellery Queen -- the grand master of the puzzle. One called "The King Is Dead," from the '50s, features characterization, atmosphere, and a dynamite locked-room mystery. If you...
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Off-Topic Discussion
11-13-2008, 05:08 PM
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79
Whats the price of gas where your at?
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2,827
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Benzadmiral
Even Chevron and Shell are down to $1.99 for...
Even Chevron and Shell are down to $1.99 for regular.
Believe me, I'll keep watching every drop of the liquid gold, and conserving it (as well as the paper green in my wallet). Still, maybe I...
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Off-Topic Discussion
11-10-2008, 09:59 AM
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79
Whats the price of gas where your at?
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2,827
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Benzadmiral
Noo Awlins
I filled up with regular non-ethanol gas for $1.99 this Saturday morning on the West Bank of the Miss. river. This was at a convenience store. Mall-Wart had the same price, but theirs is now 10%...
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Off-Topic Discussion
11-10-2008, 09:54 AM
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Most hated phrases
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3,392
Posted By
Benzadmiral
This one's a local expression. Many New Orleans...
This one's a local expression. Many New Orleans natives who should know better say "French Quarters," plural, when referring to the famous hundred blocks by the river. It's "French Quarter,"...
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11-07-2008, 03:08 PM
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46
Family fun at Walmart
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2,074
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Benzadmiral
Sure . . . but mostly she's buying groceries, and...
Sure . . . but mostly she's buying groceries, and we have a couple of independent grocery stores nearby. Their prices are often the exact same as WoldeMart, and the others offer faster checkout and...
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11-07-2008, 02:43 PM
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46
Family fun at Walmart
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2,074
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Benzadmiral
This'll get passed on to Miss Linda. She drags...
This'll get passed on to Miss Linda. She drags me into Mall-Wart nearly every week, and I tell her she's the person Gretchen Wilson meant when she sang in "Redneck Woman":
"Victoria's Secret,...
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