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Who's Calvin and Hobbes?    ???

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A comic by Bill Watterson, discontinued circa 1996 when Bill decided to retire...a la Gary Larson.  Calvin was named after philosopher John Calvin, of the Calvinist religion.  Hobbes was named after philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

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Methinks I will use this as a running diary ;)  Since I'm not a super-spy and I don't have any deep dark secrets, y'all get to see what I'm up to when I do something completely stupid and worthy enough to be posted :D

Darn...broken glass :-/  Thus beginneth another stupid day.  Methinks I'll write a parody.
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Now this will be an interesting thread to visit! :)

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Maybe because Passport is not a state issued ID?  Laws reguarding firearm puchases very from State to State.

I wish I could find a link to a story but a woman files suit cause she was having some pictures developed that contained photos of her young daughter shirtless.  The store called in police and she was taken back and questioned for over an hour. No charges were filed, it was clear to the prosecuter that the pictures were not sexual or exploitive in anyway. End Quote

I know the story you are talking about, Race. The three yr old had been swimming with her father in the pool, that was one of the pictures, and another was of her laying on the carpet with her bare rear showing.  But whether she wins her case or not, I hope this will not stop people from reporting real child abuse cases. It is unfortunate that a Walmart Employee took this so far, since it was obvious to the prosecutor that this person did not exploit or abuse their child.

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Oh yeah, we can't buy ammo on the same day as buying the gun, and we can't buy a baseball bat on the same day we buy baseballs.

Guess which one I'm actually kidding about.
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Apparently in Union City, CA, yes.  Maybe in other cities too.
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Flippin' wierd.  I don't like California and I don't know how you can stand it there either.  So freakin' liberal it's amazing that people can still afford to live there.  I'm in HR and it blows my mind how much Calif govt. is willing to sacrifice it's business world to laweres and insurance companies.

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You said it man.  I think I want to move to Canada...not much better in terms of economy, but the people are so much nicer there :)

Present company excepted, naturally :D

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1)  I surf the internet so much that I even surf it in my dreams.
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Take a one day break from the computer. Go for a walk, play catch, read a book, or anything. If you surf the web in your dreams, that tells me you need a break. I once dreamed I was at work doing my usual work, and man was i ticked when I woke up and realized I had to go to work. That is the day I quit work and went to a tavern.

P.S. if anyone has any job leads for a java programmer, please contact me.

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So today my friend and I went to pick up his shotgun.

This is an interesting story, naturally.  He had submitted paperwork for a background check about two and a half weeks ago.  This was at Wal-Mart.  He actually had gone in yesterday to pick it up, but for some reason, they wouldn't accept his PASSPORT as I.D., even though the passport is like the ultimate, sacred, official stamp of your right to citizenship in the US of A.  They wanted his driver's license instead, which, as you probably know, is sh*t-@$$ easy to forge.  So he didn't have the license, so he dragged me in today for moral support, and this time he did have the license.  But we had to wait for an HOUR while they scratched their balls, tried to dig the gun out of the back, wrote as SLOWLY as humanly possible to complete the forms, and hunted down a manager to walk the gun out of the store.  Retarded.

I think the surest form of gun control in this country is inept Wal-Mart employees.
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Could it just have been a case of "we-always-do-it-this-way-and-I-don't-want-to-risk-trying-to-think-for-myself" ?

I used to work in a bank, and like most banks, we would cash checks drawn on us for non-customers if they showed a driver's license to prove they were the person named on the "pay to the order of" line. Standard procedure dictated that we copy the license number and DOB, check the signature of the person writing the check, then get a supervisor to initial the check.

One day, an off-duty police officer came to my window, and instead of his driver's license, he presented his Federal Identification card (the permit to carry a gun).  For those of you who don't know, an FID card contains all the info on a driver's license, your hair and eye color, a fingerprint, your weight, your mother's maiden name, your shoe size, that embarrasing thing you did in third grade, and what you had for breakfast this morning.  Like any ID, it can be faked, but it is Wayyyy harder for the casual forger to do.

I did my bit, and brought the whole shebang to the supervisor for an initial.  He refused to sign it.  Why? I asked.  He told me if anything happened (that is, if the check was bad) he would have to say that no, he did not see a driver's licence.  And it (gasp) might cost him his job! ::)

The cop laughed the whole thing off when I explained the supervisor wanted an actual driver's license, he said supervisors are usually the same in all fields.  I was mortified, being the only person in the whole place with half a brain.

All this time and aggrivation for $20. >:(  

Stupid people.....

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YOU HAD A BRUSH WITH CARROT TOP AND DIDN'T TRY TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM IT'S EVIL? !! ?? !!  :o :o

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Our shotgun was in the car and the bouncers were about 8 times my size...sowwy :-/

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Glad you had a good time in Vegas.  When you recover, check out the three New Year's party threads.  You won't be suprised at the state of my reputation, I'll bet. ;)
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Ah...you crazy kids ::)