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Reply to Goodbye Momma in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

When my Dad died just over a year ago I went through all the same emotions you are now experiencing. Very difficult to deal with, I know. The numbness is actually a blessing. It allows you to get through all the immediate duties like wakes, funerals, shivas without constantly breaking down. After the initial shock period I found I was always tearing up. Every thought was about my Dad. Usually I thought about the last few days, and the sadness that those days brought. Eventually I star

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Reply to Sit-com 'Laugh Out Loud' Moments in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

The old Dick Van Dyke show always made me laugh. Buddy's constant jabbing at Mel Cooley. Alan Bradey's bad hairpiece. My favorite episode featured the British pop duo Chad and Jeremy (Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde). It was agreed that the duo, for their own protection from adoring fans should stay with Rob and Laura (Van Dyke and Tyler-Moore) As the duo were escorted into the house by Rob one of the boys pointed to a chair and asked Rob and Laura

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Reply to When is Suicide permissible? in Life JoeUser Forums

Then there is the question of mass suicides. Although not entirely suicide by the strictest sense of the word, since some members of the group do not know they are committing suicide. (children) Some of the modern examples are Heavens Gate, David Koresh and his group, and perhaps the craziest of them all, the Reverend Jim Jones et al. But there are more examples thoughout history. Examples that are not so easily dismissed as extreme n

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Reply to buying a new comp in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Well Jab, I went to SSG Geezer's link at Ibuypower.com and configured a system similar to mine except I changed the motherboard and cpu to AMD. Most other parts are same or very comparable. Final price was $1729.00. This could be a good way to go. Good system. Good price. Good company

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Reply to buying a new comp in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

If I had 3K to throw around... I'd buy a Mac. Sorry Guys. I use Windows because I can't afford a Mac, which is why I spen so much time trying to mod it... hence my OD, WB/Panther Theme... glass effects...etc. Jab2565

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Reply to buying a new comp in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Don't want to move into your friends territory but if you were to combine the cpu I mentioned above with an ASUS A8N32 - SLI Deluxe Motherboard Link you would have one screaming machine. This board has True Dual x16 SLI capabilities. Add in 2 powerful nVidia cards and everyone will be eatin' your dust. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/JU/smiles/Laugh.gif" bor

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Reply to buying a new comp in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Also for the dual core processors, the AMD 55 and up are dual core right? Look for Athlon 64 X2's . The Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core models are: 3800+ (2.0 GHz) 512 + 512 4200+ (2.2 GHz) 512 + 512 4400+ (2.2 GHz) 1mb + 1mb 4600+ (2.4 GHz) 512 + 512 4800+ (2.4 GHz) 1mb + 1mb I'd probably go with the 4400 with 1

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Reply to buying a new comp in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Built my present system from 2 local sources. Cost? $2050.00 CAN (Appx 1750.00 USD) Mobo: ASUS P5WD2 with i955x chipset, Onboard G-Lan and Realtek Audio CPU: Pentium-D 840 (Dual Core) 3.2 Ghz. br/> Ram: 4 x Corsair XMS2 DDR 8000 (1000 Mhtz) (2 x 2 matched 512's) total of 2 Gig. Boot Drive: 2 x 74 Gig WD Raptor (10,000 rpm 8 mb cache) SATA Drives set it RAID-0 array Storage 1: 2 x 250 Gig. WD SATA-II (7200 rpm 16 mb cache) dri

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Reply to When is Suicide permissible? in Life JoeUser Forums

My Father, who died from cancer, fought it as long as he could. Finally, after a gruelling 18 months the pain was too much. Although he never came right out and said he was ending his life, what he did had the same result. He stopped all medications and treatments, except pain medication. Then he gave his doctor a D.N.R. order. When he eventually departed this life he had a calm, satisfied look on his face. He was the bravest man I knew. Y

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Reply to Evil Neo-con Palestine Quiz in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Taking a piss: UK and American English - taking a piss. Taking the piss: UK English - to deflate somebody, to disabuse them of their mistaken belief that they are special. Taking the piss: American English - uh, um, ahhh, yuck, it's just to disgusting to even think about let alone define.

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Reply to What Do You Consider Plagiarism? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's not so much 'What do you consider plagiarism', but When do you consider plagiarism. Usually about 3 o'clock in the morning when that term paper is due the next day and you've got five words written. The title.

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Reply to B-Word vs. N-Word in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've observed that the 'C' word gets a much, much more violent reaction than the 'B' word when used in a derogatory way towards women. A much, much, more. Way more! Way way more. Yeah, big time. Did I mention it gets a really strong negative reaction?

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Reply to Choose the Right? Right. in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm also doing this from my cell. I'm driving a 5-speed, got my coffee in the other hand and I've got a dvd playing on my portable player, (season three of the Simpsons). I'm checkin' out my hair in the vanity mirror and munchin' on a Big Mac and fries whilst lookin over at that woman drivin in the car next to me. Oh Man! Some guy up in front of me just changed lanes without signaling. Some people just don't know how to drive safely! <im

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Reply to Judging Christians in Religion JoeUser Forums

"As Christians, if we can’t learn to laugh at ourselves then we will only be laughed at. The pride with which we stick to our particular ways of doing things, refusing to examine ourselves, only serves to make us look untrustworthy, distant and selfish . . . . Sometimes I get the impression that “to seek first his kingdom” is to be interpreted as “seek first the preservation of our own ego, our own traditions, our own cultural baggage, and, oh yeah, by

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Reply to Actors and Actresses that never made it big. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Terrance Stamp. I saw a couple of movies of his and loved him! He fizzled and died. Stamp was mainly a '60's star (before the age of the Superstar). I loved him in Far From The Madding Crowd. He did the obligatory "retreat to India", only it lasted way too long (10 years). Since then I loved him as Zod in Superman II </U

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Reply to A "Words to live by" thread.........again. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The courage of a life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must--in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures--and that is the basis of all human morality. -- John F. Kennedy, Profiles In Courage

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Reply to Microsoft updates for October in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Updates went without a hitch....THIS time...thanks to NOT having NAV2004 anymore Interesting. I have NIS 2006 installed (Includes NAV 2006) and MS updates completed without incident. Office 2003 updates too. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/JU/smiles/Gas

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