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by Jan Van Quirm » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:45 am
well that sounds like a good thing then!Magic always happens for a reason, wherever and however it is created. Inside the fantasy, or springing from it…
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by Batty » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:35 pm
I thought I should warn you to beware of Identity theft at Easter...
Happy Easter everyone!
Happy Easter everyone!
Going to my school was an education in itself. Which is not to be confused with actually getting an education (Schultz)
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by Jinx » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:16 am
Oh, btw something I've found that helps is a browser add-on called WOT (Web of Trust) which users can rate a site on the 4 categories of Trustworthiness, Vendor reliability, Privacy and Child safety. It will warn you if any of the sites you visit have been reported as unsafe in any of these categories and all sites will have an overall rating as well as a more detailed scorecard available for you to check out.
The only downside is that if you click on to a site with no ratings yet then you will have no score to go on (though you wouldn't have that without the software so I don't know if you can really call that a downside).
The only downside is that if you click on to a site with no ratings yet then you will have no score to go on (though you wouldn't have that without the software so I don't know if you can really call that a downside).
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by Straw Walker » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:46 pm
The annual hoax about Mars approaching it's closest to Earth for several hundred years is doing the rounds again. 
It started in August 2003 when Mars did get a bit closer but not so close 'It will look as big as the moon when viewed through binoculars'.
Yet another waste of highway space!
It started in August 2003 when Mars did get a bit closer but not so close 'It will look as big as the moon when viewed through binoculars'. Yet another waste of highway space!I think the answer lies in the soil, ooo arrr!
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by Stultus Saxum » Fri May 08, 2009 9:08 pm
On the subject of Mars, here's a sequence of photos I took when Venus was close to the moon and I zoomed in closer and closer. Imagine my surprise when I downloaded the last one from the camera to my computer:
Moon & Venus
Moon
Oh my word!
Moon & Venus
Moon
Oh my word!
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by Jan Van Quirm » Sat May 09, 2009 11:54 am
I'd love to know how much commission Armstrong, Aldrin & Co were on littering up the landing sites like that! 
Magic always happens for a reason, wherever and however it is created. Inside the fantasy, or springing from it…
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by Who's Wee Dug » Sat May 09, 2009 12:04 pm
I wonder how they managed to open the door fling it out so it hit the ocean, so it could be washed up on the beach to be photographed. 
He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! , on the other hand though A Midgie in yir hand is worth twa up yir kilt.
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by Bouncy Castle » Tue May 12, 2009 6:23 pm
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not (can't read six pages!!), but I always check these things out with Snopes.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
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by Tonyblack » Tue May 12, 2009 6:39 pm
I usually check Snopes as well.Bouncy Castle wrote:Don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not (can't read six pages!!), but I always check these things out with Snopes.
Wyrd bið ful āræd.
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by Bouncy Castle » Tue May 12, 2009 6:41 pm
I always knew you were a superior human being!
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
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by Tonyblack » Tue May 12, 2009 6:55 pm
Bouncy Castle wrote:I always knew you were a superior human being!
There was actually an article in the Readers Digest a while ago about the husband and wife team that run Snopes. Here is the article. 
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"Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised. I beat the Borg with it."
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by Bouncy Castle » Tue May 12, 2009 7:23 pm
Superior, but very flash. I have trouble copy/paste!
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The rest of us are a bit crap.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
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