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03-14-2007, 11:09 AM | #1 |
Radical Centrist
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March 14, 2007: Excavation around house
I'm not selling to you developers! Ah yes, the reluctant dweller. Here in the US, we have zoning laws to ensure that landowners can't just do whatever they want with their property, and eminent domain laws to ensure that the government can take it from them if someone more powerful wants the land for something else. For the most part, we also have developers that don't begin work unless everything's ready. Don't want to waste the labor in digging a big hole, if you're just gonna have to fill it in again. According to the full story, the owners have connections with the government. But now they have no connection to the world, as the excavation is 40 feet deep. Watch that first step, it's a doozy. |
03-14-2007, 11:16 AM | #2 |
still says videotape
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scratching Red China off moving to new country list
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03-14-2007, 11:34 AM | #3 |
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Oh well, there goes the neighborhood.
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03-14-2007, 11:43 AM | #4 |
in a mood, not cupcake
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Now they have to commute to work via parachute, like the guy in that car commercial.
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03-14-2007, 03:06 PM | #5 |
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03-14-2007, 11:42 AM | #6 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Are they renting out?
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03-14-2007, 12:02 PM | #7 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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"Hey Bobby, will you run over to Mrs McGillacuddy's and borrow a cup of sugar?"
"Sure, Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..."
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03-14-2007, 12:25 PM | #8 |
When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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"A man's home is his castle." "No man is an island." A man's home *can*, however, be an island, castle or not.
They must bury their electrical, sewer and water supplies *really* deep in China...'cause I don't see any going to that building. I'll bet their kids behave really well. Getting kicked out of the house could be really painful. Fill that sucker in, and you've got a pretty damn fine moat. Pizza guys hate to deliver here.
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03-14-2007, 12:24 PM | #9 |
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Arthur Dent would be proud
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03-14-2007, 03:34 PM | #10 |
still eats dirt
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03-15-2007, 02:07 PM | #11 | |
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03-15-2007, 02:44 PM | #12 |
The future is unwritten
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Hey, at least in India they kill you so finding another place isn't a problem.
Welcome Armygrognard, medical corps? How'd we get lucky enough for you to find us? Thanks Bri.
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05-15-2007, 08:22 AM | #13 | |
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No, I am Military Intelligence. You know, the "oxymoron". Yeah, I had to get that one out of the way, right away. I'll visit more, I promise! |
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05-15-2007, 09:30 AM | #14 | |
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But I sure hope so. I'd love to have a first person account/contact with someone familiar with military intelligence (spoken with zero irony, cross my heart).
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03-14-2007, 08:20 PM | #15 |
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Yeah... I've seen that house! And leave it to HP to paint their name on the roof!
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