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TOPIC: Free 20 oz Coke
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 11:06 am
From: "FreebiesPl.us"

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TOPIC: Home renovation blog
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 11:19 am
From: George

clams_casino wrote:
> BeneathTheStairs@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Please provide comments on what info you would like.
>>
>>
>
>
> I would like to see no more blog spam.

Same for me..

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TOPIC: Yet another Best Buy consumer horror story -- woman tasered by cop.
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 12:59 pm
From: "Richard"

The police have a Duty to protect the rights of the citizen and not to act
as an agent of a mall or place of business. This police officer did not use
his authroity to protect the rights of anyone but exercised his discression
to use a device that in a way that was not intended by government. Only when
someones life or limb is in danger should this device be used, and even then
a less intrussive option should be used if possible.

Richard

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 1:13 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Richard <rfeirste@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> The police have a Duty to protect the rights of the citizen and not to act as an agent of a mall or place of business.

Wrong when theft is a real possibility.

> This police officer did not use his authroity to protect the rights of anyone

Wrong when theft was a real possibility.

> but exercised his discression to use a device that in a way that was not intended by government.

Wrong again. Tasers were issued so they could be used instead of guns
when they are a more appropriate way to deal with a member of the public.

> Only when someones life or limb is in danger should this device be used,

You get no say what so ever on that or anything else at all, ever.

> and even then a less intrussive option should be used if possible.

There is no legal requirement to call up more goons
to deal with that sort of outrageous behaviour.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 5:27 pm
From: JL

Richard wrote:
> The police have a Duty to protect the rights of the citizen and not to act
> as an agent of a mall or place of business. This police officer did not use
> his authroity to protect the rights of anyone but exercised his discression
> to use a device that in a way that was not intended by government. Only when
> someones life or limb is in danger should this device be used, and even then
> a less intrussive option should be used if possible.
>
> Richard
>
>

It's easy to sit around after the fact and deem actions to be excessive.
One of my friends was charged with assault after he kicked someone in
the chest. He was walking down the street and a bum came running at him
with a hypodermic needle (the guy was a deranged junkie who was maybe
infected with AIDS/HIV). So my friend kicked the guy in the chest as he
got near him -- crushing the guy's ribcage. My friend was charged with
assault (later dropped to a misdemeanor). My friend might have saved
himself from getting AIDS.

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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 3:24 pm
From: Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply

In California, what is listed as a duplex is a two-family building, each
of which has a separate title. Sort of like a two-unit set of
townhouses, but with no homeowner's association.

Shawn Hirn wrote:
>> If you are going to get a duplex, then you should buy one unit and your
>> parents the other unit, providing that you are talking about a true
>> duplex that is legally considered two single-family homes and not one
>> building set up with flats that is considered a two-family occupancy
>> building.
>
> I don't think that's an option with a duplex. You are referring to a
> condo, as was pointed out by someone else.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 3:27 pm
From: Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply

Janie wrote:
> with duplexes that were originally built as company houses. In our area,
> condos tend to be on common ground with some type of housing association
> having control over the grounds and exterior of the structures.

My realtor here in California said that legal definition of a
condominium is that it is the ownership of a single-family living unit
in a multiple-family structure that did not include your own
personally-owned piece of ground and that had common areas that were
managed by a homeowner's association, the legal definition of a
townhouse is that it is ownership of a single-family living unit in a
multiple-family structure that did include your own personally-owned
piece of ground and that had common areas that were managed by a
homeowner's association, and if there was no homeowner's association, it
could be called a duplex, a four-plex, zero-lot-line housing, etc.

--
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Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 3:42 pm
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TOPIC: UN official calls biofuel schemes a "crime against humanity! Food riots
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 5:12 pm
From: "Support our troups, O5 and below. SeaWoe"

On Dec 25, 9:47 pm, d...@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote:
> In <1117092a-19fa-41e6-95d4-36c0a8159...@x29g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> calderh...@yahoo.com wrote in part in a diatribe against biofuels:
>
> >The cost of imported food for the world's poorest countries has risen
> >by 25 per cent this year to about $US107 billion the highest on
> >record.
>
> Cost in US dollars up 25%? And how many percent did the euro gain
> against the US dollar in that time period? How many percent did the
> Canadian dollar gain with respect to the US dollar in this time period?
> How about the Japanese yen and gold?
>
> It appears to me we have a case on the US dollar!
>
> One big cause is USA's huge trade deficit, with USA pumping out dollars
> abroad. About 35% of USA's trade deficit is in importing oil! We ain't
> yet cutting back much in consumption when the price makes the pump price
> of gasoline $3.10 a gallon!
>
> Secondary to that is USA government spending too much and doing deficit
> spending, with pork of all kinds including those "earmarks" that upticked
> bigtime since Bush II took office. Not that I find the current crowd of
> Democrats barely having a majority of Congress making any improvement
> here, despite Clinton having the only presidential term netting lack of a
> deficit in the most-coinciding 4 fiscal year period since Eisenhower!
>
> - Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)

There are two way to make fuel from biomass.
1) use food as base
2) use waste plant material as base.

Bush goes for the first, due to the vast nimner4 of votes in farm
states (and other reasons I won't mention, but you muight guess.)

Thus, the OP may be correct.

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TOPIC: Please help - I need to get my credit card debt under control
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 6:15 pm
From: rochester@myaddress.rr.com

Due to circumstances of my own doing, I have a bad problem with credit
card debt.

Sparing the details, the company I worked for went under in 2002, I
worked on my own and made little money for three years, and the job I
got after that, though promsing, involves a long ramp-up curve; my
best earnings are ahead of me.

Right now, here are my circumstances:

- Three bank credit cards with a total indebtedness of roughly $70k,
and monthly payments of about $2,200
- A fourth bank card on which I make all of my purchases and pay off
in full every month
- A 30k personal loan from Capital One with a $500 monthly payment
- House fully mortgaged, no equity to tap, interest rate about 6.5%,
18 years left on a 20-year mortgage
- car loan of $450 a month

The interest rates on my cards are all high - basically 19-29%.

My wife and I together earn about $10k a month, and I expect this
amount will begin to increase late to mid 2008. But I'm just dying
under the weight of these cards. I applied to Cap One earlier this
month for a balance transfer on one of my cards, hoping to cut the
interest rate, but I was turned down because of a combination of my
income and the fact that my debt-carrying cards are close to maxed.

What are some good ways that I can cut these monthly payments? Or
more accurately, maintain the monthly payments but have more money go
to pay down the balance and less money go to interest? My wife and I
both have FICO scores in the 700-740 range - not bluest of blue chip
for credit, but still very good.

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:23 pm
From: Sev

On Dec 26, 9:15�pm, roches...@myaddress.rr.com wrote:
> Due to circumstances of my own doing, I have a bad problem with credit
> card debt.
>
> Sparing the details, the company I worked for went under in 2002, I
> worked on my own and made little money for three years, and the job I
> got after that, though promsing, involves a long ramp-up curve; my
> best earnings are ahead of me.
>
> Right now, here are my circumstances:
>
> - Three bank credit cards with a total indebtedness of roughly $70k,
> and monthly payments of about $2,200
> - A fourth bank card on which I make all of my purchases and pay off
> in full every month
> - A 30k personal loan from Capital One with a $500 monthly payment
> - House fully mortgaged, no equity to tap, interest rate about 6.5%,
> 18 years left on a 20-year mortgage
> - car loan of $450 a month
>
> The interest rates on my cards are all high - basically 19-29%.
>
> My wife and I together earn about $10k a month, and I expect this
> amount will begin to increase late to mid 2008. �But I'm just dying
> under the weight of these cards. �I applied to Cap One earlier this
> month for a balance transfer on one of my cards, hoping to cut the
> interest rate, but I was turned down because of a combination of my
> income and the fact that my debt-carrying cards are close to maxed.
>
> What are some good ways that I can cut these monthly payments? �Or
> more accurately, maintain the monthly payments but have more money go
> to pay down the balance and less money go to interest? �My wife and I
> both have FICO scores in the 700-740 range - not bluest of blue chip
> for credit, but still very good.

You applied one place and were turned down? Try a few more- no
reason to pay those interest rates. Though you are pretty maxed out,
and credit is getting tighter, you still ought to find something
better.

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:46 pm
From: Gordon

rochester@myaddress.rr.com wrote in
news:9326n3tt9n6ii0h4jjrf9rm4nvu46h631s@4ax.com:

> Due to circumstances of my own doing, I have a bad problem with credit
> card debt.
>
> Sparing the details, the company I worked for went under in 2002, I
> worked on my own and made little money for three years, and the job I
> got after that, though promsing, involves a long ramp-up curve; my
> best earnings are ahead of me.
>
> Right now, here are my circumstances:
>
> - Three bank credit cards with a total indebtedness of roughly $70k,
> and monthly payments of about $2,200
> - A fourth bank card on which I make all of my purchases and pay off
> in full every month
> - A 30k personal loan from Capital One with a $500 monthly payment
> - House fully mortgaged, no equity to tap, interest rate about 6.5%,
> 18 years left on a 20-year mortgage
> - car loan of $450 a month
>
> The interest rates on my cards are all high - basically 19-29%.
>
> My wife and I together earn about $10k a month, and I expect this
> amount will begin to increase late to mid 2008. But I'm just dying
> under the weight of these cards. I applied to Cap One earlier this
> month for a balance transfer on one of my cards, hoping to cut the
> interest rate, but I was turned down because of a combination of my
> income and the fact that my debt-carrying cards are close to maxed.
>
> What are some good ways that I can cut these monthly payments? Or
> more accurately, maintain the monthly payments but have more money go
> to pay down the balance and less money go to interest? My wife and I
> both have FICO scores in the 700-740 range - not bluest of blue chip
> for credit, but still very good.

See if you can get a debt consolidation loan from your bank. Then
arange to have the monthly payment directly deducted from your
bank account.

What are you spending the 10K per month on? I would love to be
making that much. To pay off your credit cards you should be
makeing more (much more) than the minimum monthly payment.
Is there any way you can free up about $1000.00 more per month
and apply it to your debt?

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 8:05 pm
From: "John Weiss"

<rochester@myaddress.rr.com> wrote...
> Due to circumstances of my own doing, I have a bad problem with credit
> card debt.
>
> - Three bank credit cards with a total indebtedness of roughly $70k,
> and monthly payments of about $2,200
> - A fourth bank card on which I make all of my purchases and pay off
> in full every month
> - A 30k personal loan from Capital One with a $500 monthly payment
> - House fully mortgaged, no equity to tap, interest rate about 6.5%,
> 18 years left on a 20-year mortgage
> - car loan of $450 a month
>
> The interest rates on my cards are all high - basically 19-29%.
>
> My wife and I together earn about $10k a month, and I expect this
> amount will begin to increase late to mid 2008. But I'm just dying
> under the weight of these cards. I applied to Cap One earlier this
> month for a balance transfer on one of my cards, hoping to cut the
> interest rate, but I was turned down because of a combination of my
> income and the fact that my debt-carrying cards are close to maxed.
>
> What are some good ways that I can cut these monthly payments? Or
> more accurately, maintain the monthly payments but have more money go
> to pay down the balance and less money go to interest? My wife and I
> both have FICO scores in the 700-740 range - not bluest of blue chip
> for credit, but still very good.

1. Cut up the last credit card, cancel the account, and stop using credit
cards until you're under control.

2. Apply to other places for balance transfers/loan consolidation at less than
the current interest. With 700+ FICO scores, you should be able to find 12-15%
or less!

3. Pick the highest interest card of the 3 and put ALL your disposable income
into paying it off. When that's done, go to the next one, then the 3rd...

4. Sell the car and get a cheapo. Put the $450/mo into paying off the credit
cards.

5. Get help from a credit counseling agency to put together a budget, and stick
to it! Where's the rest of that $10K/month going?!?

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 8:19 pm
From: gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)

In article <Xns9A12C91981A27greederxprtnet@199.45.49.11>,
Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote:
>rochester@myaddress.rr.com wrote in
>news:9326n3tt9n6ii0h4jjrf9rm4nvu46h631s@4ax.com:

>> Due to circumstances of my own doing, I have a bad problem with credit
>> card debt.
[ ... ]
>> Right now, here are my circumstances:

>> - Three bank credit cards with a total indebtedness of roughly $70k,
>> and monthly payments of about $2,200
>> - A fourth bank card on which I make all of my purchases and pay off
>> in full every month
>> - A 30k personal loan from Capital One with a $500 monthly payment
>> - House fully mortgaged, no equity to tap, interest rate about 6.5%,
>> 18 years left on a 20-year mortgage
>> - car loan of $450 a month
[ ... ]

>What are you spending the 10K per month on? I would love to be
>making that much. To pay off your credit cards you should be
>makeing more (much more) than the minimum monthly payment.

Based upon his numbers above, $3150 plus a house payment are going
to debt service. If the $10K is gross income, they'll be lucky to
have $6500 left after taxes. Depending upon what their house payment
is, there may not be much left.

>Is there any way you can free up about $1000.00 more per month
>and apply it to your debt?

They could free up $450 by selling the new car and buying an older
used one. Any left over from selling the car can go to the highest
rate debt or be held as a reserve.

Gary

--
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http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

Yoko Onos' former driver tried to extort $2M from her, threating to
"release embarassing recordings...". What, he has a copy of her album?

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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:15 pm
From: fashion-sky.001@hotmail.com

Dear my friend
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our website: http://www.fashion-sky.com
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Jordan 1 jordan 1.5 jordan 2 jordan 3 jordan 3.5 jordan 4 jordan 5
jordan 5.5 jordan 6 jordan 6.5 jordan 7 jordan 8 jordan 9 jordan 9.5
jordan 10 jordan 11 jordan 12 jordan 13 jordan 13.5 jordan 14 jordan
15 jordan 16 jordan 17 jordan 18 jordan 18.5 jordan 19 jordan 20
jordan 21 jordan 21.5 jordan 22 jordan King jordan Dub Zero Jordan 23
Jordan 7.5
2).Air Force One Air Force one (low) Air Force one (High) Air Force
one (Mid) Air Force one (clear) Air Force One 25 year
3).SHOX Shox R3 Shox R4 Shox R5 Shox TL1 Shox TL2 Shox TL3 Shox NZ
Shox OZ Shox Turbo Show GO Shox CL Shox Coqnescenti Shox Energia Shox
Explodine Shox Monster Shox Rhythmic Shox Warrior
4).Bape Shoes Bape Bape (transparent)
5).Air max AirMax 90 AirMax 95 AirMax 97 AirMax 2003 AirMax 2004
AirMax 2005 Air Max 2006 AirMax 180 AirMax LTD AirMax TN AirMax solas
AirMax 87 AirMax Rift
6).Puma Puma Rpt2 Puma SK6 Puma Jayfi Puma Cir Puma Speed Puma Repli
Puma Future Cat Puma Mostro Puma Lifestyle
7).Dunk SB Dunk High Dunk Low
8).Timberland Timberland High Timberland Low
9).Adidas Adidas 35 Adicolor Country city sense Adidas NBA
11).Prada & Gucci Prada Gucci
12).Footballer Shoes Footballer
13).Locaste
14).converse & Reebok converse Reebok
15).D&G shoes
16).Dsquared2 shoes
17).James shoes
18).Nike King
9).Children shoes Jordan Shox
20).Women shoes Women Jordans Women Shox R3 Women Shox R4 Women AirMax
95&97 Women AirMax 03&06 Women Dunk Women Shox NZ Women AF1
21).sandal & baboosh Nike Puma Gucci Prada
CLOTHES 1).Bape 2).ED Hardy 3).BBC 4).CLH 5).LRG 6).Artful Dodger
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Jersey Football Jersey 12).Juicy Bikini 13).Adidas Coat 14).F1 Coat
15).D&G Coat 16).Superman Coat 17).NBA Coat
JEAN 1).E&D Jeans 2).BBC Jeans 3).BAPE Jeans 4).D&G Jeans 5).EVSIU
Jeans 6).Red monkey 7).COOGI Jeans
T-shirt 1).POLO 2007 polo(women) 2007 POLO IIII(Men) POLO (stripe)
polo (small )
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Shirt Giorgio Armani TN Shirt 4).BBC T-shirt 5).LRG & gina green
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5).Fendi Bag 6).Coach Bag 7).Burberrys Bag 8).Prada Bag 9).Man Leisure
Bag 11).D&G bag 12).nike bag 13).Wallet 14).Suitcase
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iphones,apple iphones,apple iphones) 3).Nokia Mobile(Nokia N95,Nokia
N95 Nokia N95 Nokia N95 Nokia N93,Nokia N70,Nokia N92,Nokia 8800)
4).moto Mobile 5).PSP Game & memory card 6).Sony Mobile 7).Samsung
Mobile 8).Ipod nano 9).Sony PS3 10).Laptops IBM laptops DELL laptops
Sony laptops ASUS laptops
CAP 1).ED Hardy Cap 2).New Bape & NY Cap 3).RMC Cap 4).New era NBA
5).F1 6).Chanel 7).D&G 8).gucci 9).LV 10).Prada 11).PUMA 12).wool
WATCH 1).Rolex 2).Omega 3).Cartier 4).Chanel 5).Piaget 6).Breitling
7).Bvlgari 8).Corum
Sunglasses 1).Gucci Sunglasses 2).D&G Sunglasses 3).Dior Sunglasses
4).LV Sunglasses 5).Chanel Sunglasses 6).Prada Sunglasses 7).Versace
Sunglasses 8).Giorgio Armani
Strap 1).Bape Strap 2).D&G Strap 3).Gucci Strap 4).LV Strap 5).Scarf
Other 1).Lighter

size chart
Men Size:
US: 7 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 13 14 15
UK: 6 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 12 13 14
EUR: 40 41 42 42.5 43 44 44.5 45 45.5 46 47.5 48 49
Women Size:
US: 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5
UK: 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6
EUR: 35.5 36 36.5 37.5 38 38.5 39 40

Kid's
US: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5
UK: 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5
EUR:17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24.5 25 25.5 26 26.5 27 27.5 28 29 30 30.5
31

Clothing Size:
S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL XXXXXL

7.because the space of the website is limited,we can also supply many
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after we get your payment.
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size you need , also include kid's.
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our reason, we will refund the money you paid.
Hope sincerely to have glad and long term business relationship with
you.
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to
contact us.
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Website : http://www.fashion-sky.com
MSN and E-mail: fashion-sky@hotmail.com
Yahoo ID:mallinchina@yahoo.com.cn
Michael
Fashion Footwear Industrial Co.,Ltd.(Fujian,CHINA)

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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:28 pm
From: fashion-sky.002@hotmail.com

Clothing Size:
S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL XXXXXL

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:29 pm
From: fashion-sky.002@hotmail.com

Clothing Size:
S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL XXXXXL

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:30 pm
From: fashion-sky.002@hotmail.com

Clothing Size:
S M L XL XXL XXXL XXXXL XXXXXL

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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 7:39 pm
From: nonamehuang@yahoo.com.cn

The address is http://englearn.zhan.cn.yahoo.com

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TOPIC: Attitude Line's Product Warranty--NONE AT ALL!!!
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Dec 26 2007 10:23 pm
From: traveler

Just wanted to warn any/all folks interested folks:

DON'T buy from Attitude Online--if you're expecting a product warranty
and that their products actually work. I tried two of them, and found
them to have no effect on my skin. I urge all of you to be very
careful if you're thinking of buying from them. I tried to resolve
the problem with them, and they...being foreign nationals, didn't want
to refund my money for the ineffective products that I bought from
them.

Here is what I bought from them, and their website:

1. Texured Eye Cream
2. Lift Up Eye Gel

www.attitudeline.com

I suggest you NOT buy any skincare products from them (via kiosk or at
their website) unless they back the purchase up with a money back
guarantee (which they probably won't).

Va Pour Sa!

Doug Starfield

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