Playboy: the video game
 

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/12/comm...yboy/index.htm

I was going to post this to one of the tech-geek boards, but it seemed more at home here, as it will, of course, contain nudity.

Maybe you should call the Texas Rangers and report that he's harboring a state legislator in his house. That should get them bashing down the doors real quick.

There is no solution.
 

All I know is, if this stupid Oreo ban succeeds because some people suck them down like industrial vacuum cleaners and then are surprised that there are negative health effects, and I am thereby deprived of my rare craving for a single-serving mini-pack from my local junk food emporium, I will be seriously, seriously pissed off. :box:

Force Hostess Sno-Balls off the market, and there'll be absolute hell to pay.

In other words, suck it up bondo-boy, consider the money lost and a lesson learned -- next time deal with a professional. There are certain things I will not buy from people whose "place of business" I am afraid to visit - medical/dental care, auto repairs (can you say "hot parts" or "you've come to pick up your car, what car, I don't know you") and children or pets.

Playboy: the video game
 

Yeah, this about sums it up: ""Nudity can be done very classy, "

Attention Hockey People
 

You are so right. Bob Probert, Dave Semenko, Tony Twist, Clark Gillies, Jody Shelley - bunch of pussies.

You buy children? :shock:

Fatness and Health Problems
 

That's nothing to be proud of: in my experience, medical families have the worst health care because they always self-medicate and self-diagnose and feel the same about doctors as you do. (Although it is very convenient when you forget a prescription while traveling.)

Anyway, I was amazed that our doctor did not advise the OddMan to alter his diet, stop smoking, or stop drinking. Well, she does want him to stop smoking, but she didn't give him a hard time about it.

So maybe it wouldn't be as bad as you think.

Attention Hockey People
 

GWNC, you gotta understand that most people do not know that most NHL teams have only 1 or 2 "Americans" on the team. I think it may be that what was meant was "National Hockey League-style hockey is more aggressive than that which is played elsewhere on the planet." Although I do not wish to take liberties with the intention of another.

Speaking of great aggressive Canadian sports -- I HEART CURLING! I was pissed that they showed so little of it so late in the day during the Olympics. Growing up I was able to watch early on weekend mornings and I miss it.

There is no solution.
 

Are you some sort of paigow tribute sock? You are like a really rabid version of me and say things even I wouldnt.

"Coupling" Comes to NBC
 

Your use of "yard" is telling. Americans don't garden. They landscape. There's a huge difference. Americans say "low-maintenance" when in reality they mean "zero-maintenance," but there is no such thing as a zero-maintenance landscape. I would watch each American Ground Force heartsick that the whole thing will go to pot (unless literally; that would be interesting) within two weeks.

Let's get something straight here. I wish to dispel the notion that "Are You Being Served?" was in any way funny. It was not. How many times will an audience laugh at a blue-haired dowager talking about her "pussy"? Unspeakable. Horrid. Maybe it produced shock laughs in 1972, but there's no excuse for it in 2003. Only the blindest form of Anglophilia would delude one into thinking this show was funny.

well, you know, some people adopt from some "questionable" people/places. I would never do that.

There is no solution.
 

That's cute, Mr. Churchill, but I don't believe you - about the stopping smoking thing, that is.

I am fine with a tax on junk food - I think it's a great idea, in fact. At the grocery store it never fails - the most junky processed food is found in the baskets of those who look like they subsist wholly on junky processed food and have never heard of fresh fruit. But banning overweigh people from public? You're either being sarcastic and I'm not reading it well today or you're just a meanie.

-T(looking to put on 25-35lbs by Thanksgiving)L ;)

edited to add: or you're Paigow pretending not to be Paigow fucking with me again.

Fatness and Health Problems
 

I have maybe 15 family members that are physicians, and NONE of us go to the doctor on a regular basis, even those of us who should. And especially those of us who should know better. We were lucky as kids if we got decent care when we fell and hurt ourselves. Each of us has a scar that probably should have required stitches or further care, but we were lucky to get bandages (and in one rather famous incident, rubbing alcohol and duct tape). Even my mom's broken arm a few years ago got a "are you sure you need to go to the ER?" from my physician father. Unless we required a respirator, we were never deemed sick enough to garner much sympathy from those who were qualified to make decisions about our heatlh care.

I think it's because the health care professionals in our family take care of the sickest people, in ICUS and the like, so our problems are generally pretty minor in comparison. Also, until a few years ago, generally everyone in a physician family got the benefit of professional courtesy, so physicians didn't want to take too much advantage of their colleagues by sending their kids over for every scrape and bruise, so physicians didn't send their family members out to others unless it was absolutely necessary. These days, because of Stark and anti-kickback legislation, it's a lot harder to take care of someone without sending a bill.

Of course, when it is absolutely necessary, we do get the very best care possible, and we can also benefit from parental guilt, when it's clear that we should have been seen earlier.

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In other words, suck it up bondo-boy, consider the money lost and a lesson learned -- next time deal with a professional. There are certain things I will not buy from people whose "place of business" I am afraid to visit - medical/dental care, auto repairs (can you say "hot parts" or "you've come to pick up your car, what car, I don't know you") and children or pets.
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Also, avoid those people who come to your door and say things like, "I was just in the neighborhood and noticed that you need a new roof. For a mere x amount, I can put one on right now..." Really $200 is not a whole lot compared to what most people lose in these situations.