Recent content by Gandalf the Grey

My wife and I adopted a boy (12 weeks old) from Colombia in 2000. Total cost to us was around 17k, some of which we got back (can't remember why-tax credit maybe). We received the picture of the child we would be adopting before we had to go there. Process was as you describe-home study, home...

I'm a Bills fan for the day today. I hope they physically pummel the Patsies and I really hope Tyrod does well and they show glimmers of explosiveness on offense. Wouldn't mind seeing them use Karlos Williams a bit to punish them as well. Really psyched to watch this game.

Makes you wonder how many other "lines were crossed" over the years that they got away with. At least they will be under constant scrutiny now (if they weren't before).

Yep time to shut this one down. Any legacy Brady may have had has been irrevocably tarnished. He's an unethical lying cheater whose professional accomplishments are now all called into question. Let's hope Pats fans can use this as a teachable moment with their kids about the danger of hubris...

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/04/10/watch-these-3-teen-girls-completely-destroy-metallica-cover/ Pretty cool IMO

Yeah I think that is a terrible post by CSTU, particularly this part: "don't commit crimes and you don't have anything to worry about". That seems pretty clearly untrue when you're already half considered a criminal and your interactions with law enforcement exist in that context. There are...

LMAO

I can think of a few more alternatives beyond the two you list.

I'm dreading this situation myself. My father is alive and (fairly) well thankfully but he has had health issues and I know the time is coming. I'm the executor of his will but-as I once alluded to in CSTU' s "white trash" thread-I have a very dysfunctional family and I anticipate major...

Yeah, I'd say there's a significant difference. In your first scenario the customer suffers the burden of being denied the service/transaction/product he desired. In your second scenario the customer is not denied the transaction and therefore suffers less of a burden. Whether or not the...

Yeah, I hate the "market will decide" argument. There's always a lag time in market responsiveness and that lag time =a lot of interim harm.

Do you troll every single thread?

What, now we can't say THAT either?? The ####ification of America continues.

I chuckled at a few of the self styled "gifted" myself, though I suspect for most it was schtick. I've been here since the yellow boards, 4 ish years on that board before the switch, in that time I'd possibly judge only Maurile and Scoobygang as being "gifted" (not that my judgement means...

Just to be clear with my anecdote...I'm not ashamed of growing up poor per se, lots of people do, and I agree that being poor doesn't make one "white trash". That's a loaded term that encompasses so much more than money. I posted earlier about growing up in a "Jerry Springer" lifestyle...