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    Phelps is great

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    It may seem to be a small thing, but I am proud of the way he conducts himself publically.

    his mom and coach did a good job

     

    Bob Bowman is one lucky SOB though...Bowman owes everything to the instructors at the Baltimore Aquatic Center that taught Phelps (and Katie Hoff) how to swim. If kids don't get proper technique when starting off, they'll never reach their full potential.

    Phelps is great

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    Dude who came in 2nd screwed up? Looked like he 'glided' too long.

     

    Actually, it looks like Cavic finished correctly. I've been yelled at by my coaches for losing races by finishing the way Phelps finished with the extra half stroke. Phelps is just too damn fast.

    More crime in NFL or NBA?

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    What is a nanny state?

     

    Also.. uhmm if you got a higher income... would the higher taxes be a problem? Not that Barack will raise your taxes at all. He's only going to raise taxes for people who make over 200K/year. People below that might even get lower taxes.

    Yes. higher taxes would be a problem for me. 200k is a pretty low bar to set for a professional working couple, especially with the increased cost of living for anything. For example, 200k is also nothing for residents of California. A friend of mine was making 45k starting salary in WNY with a MS in Optical Engineering. A move to California 1.5 years later bumped his salary up to 95k. I'm pretty sure his PhD chemist wife easily pulls in six figures. They'd have to to be able to survive in that state.

     

    Anyhow, salary adjustments for cost of living in different states aside, the super rich that are discussed are a very small percentage of the population. For the large percentage that works their asses off to become middle class, raising taxes for those hovering around the 200k range is a slap in the face.

    Should Prostitution Be Legal?

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    We spend a lot of money trying to police this and it seems like money wasted. If prostitution were legalized it could be zoned and regulated and most importantly taxed. Instead of losing money to prostitution we could make money from prostitution. It's a losing battle and one that's making things worse rather than better.

     

     

    Yes, I think prostitution should be legalized and then taxed. You'd eliminate pimps and probably crackwhores. You can change prostitution to drugs and make the exact same argument. Legalizing illegal drugs would eliminate drug dealers. The government can then frown upon those activities as much as they want, but look the other way as they always do and gleefully collect their tax money (i.e., smoking cigarettes).

    It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    , Thank you very much.

     

    I successfully defended my thesis and finished my Ph.D. studies at the University of Rochester on Monday thereby closing the door on way too many years of school, this username (yeah, i registered formerlycollegeguy and posted quite a few times) and WNY. Never did think I'd leave the area but since jobs were near impossible to come by, I had to pack my bags and move on.

     

    Any other recent graduates pushed out of the area?

    Early stages of a prank war

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    A few months ago, a friend of mine hooked up with a gal (she occasionally hung around with us but not very often).  It was pretty much a one-night stand type of thing, my friend had no intention of having to see her again.  Well, about two weeks later, me and two other buddies went to our friend's house, jacked up his car, and removed his tire.  We slid logs under the axle and took the jack out.  Then we went to the chick's house, jacked up her car, took off her tire and slapped the tire from our buddy's car on there.  We returned to our friend's house and put her tire on his car.  They were different sized tires, but the lugnuts matched up.  His car looked like it had a donut on it, while her car had a slightly oversized tire on it.  It was great!  Both parties were very upset and embarrassed when they had to meet up to swap tires. 

     

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    very nice

     

    way too much work for me though...what on earth gave you guys the motivation to carry that through?

     

    and what the heck are you guys? ninja mechanics? i'm pretty sure i'd know if someone came to steal my wheels

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