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I wonder if the high costs are partially due to lack of mass production. Many systems are costly until they become widespread and ways are found to trim expenditures due to increased interests. It also sounds as if they have been exclusively using fossil fuels to produce biofuels. Could a combination of non-fossil alternatives obviate the need for consuming more fossil fuels than the biofuels replace?

Yes, this is what I meant earlier when I asked about his struggling. If the child is not comfortable relaxing enough to put his head back (I worded it poorly before) he may not be giving himself a chance to achieve bouyancy.

Do scholarships come with a morals clause these days? You might lose your college ride if UCal thinks you might hurt its good name by association.

Perhaps the struggling is from a fear of the water. Is he sinking and that's why he struggles? Or is it that he's too rigid and not relaxed enough to keep his head out of the water? Pockets full of nickels? Pseudoscientifically, maybe HE'S A WITCH!!!

Am I right in deducing from your posts that you are originally from Taiwan and are attending college in California? You should know that trying to get "something new" from 15-year-olds while attending UC-Whatever is a good way to end up in jail or worse.

If only my wife didn't feel threatened by your youth.... Hey, you left off "erected" from erected official when you quoted me. It was a triple play, a hat trick of pun architecture. Threesomes aren't working for me lately, it seems....

This is either 1) a AriZona brand packaged tea-flavored drink, or 2) a recipe using honey, sugar, lemon, ginseng, and Lipton teabags.

So if dishwater with a dash of earwax were considered cool, you're there, huh? Isn't what you enjoy part of the equation? As long as you're not doing it to be cool....

We've had a coffee thread before, but that's my beverage of choice over tea. I have a great coffee maker that grinds fresh beans and makes it on a timer so I don't have to fumble around before I've had any (I do have to load it up the night before * lazy sigh *). Currently I blend medium roasted Columbian beans with an organic espresso roast for bite (3 to 1 ratio). A dash of half and half for a creamy texture and I'm good to go. Mmmmmm, coffee....

You are fast becoming a shining example of how sarcasm, overused, becomes a blunted and rusty weapon in the vacant and lonely scabbard of understanding.

BWA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA ! Now you have to do it or I will taunt you a second time.

Sad, but very true. Definitely not normal (maybe it is for Florida where it's very hot and humid). Most restaurants in the US will give you hot water and a (*gag*) teabag (convenience, you know). Fresh, loose tea is rarely done unless the restaurant is geared towards coffees and teas.

Are you talking about a woman that way, something that is new? Like a car you can trade in when the ashtrays are full?! I thought you were joking when you asked if studying psychology would help you read a woman's mind. Now I get the feeling you are trying to be completely dispassionate and treat a relationship with your new, virginal bride-to-be like a business transaction where you get to choose from available options. Aren't women people where you live?

I got this link from Sayonara³ once upon a time. Hope it helps.

Yes. Studies? This sounds like a generality. Could be because guys like you want them to be inexperienced. BWA HAHAHA hahahaha hehehehe ha ha ha. No. Sorry. It sounds like you are confusing social interaction with sex. Do you want a girlfriend who is inexperienced with having boyfriends or with having sex? If someone is lying to you about their past you have to decide whether that past is more important than your future together. Honesty is very important but many people come with some baggage carried over from their earlier years. Maybe they are withholding the truth until they know you well enough to trust you with it. Don't let your ego set up unfair expectations. And don't overthink matters of the heart. If you have too many stipulations you may not get to meet the most wonderful woman in your life.

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First, thanks to Cap'n Refsmmat for putting this together for the whole community. It's a great compilation that can help us all avoid the hostilities seen on other forums. Second, the staff here really tries to moderate in moderation, if you will. We often let something slide in one thread that gets pounced on in others. Some people may think we are picking on them excessively. Consistently rude behaviour or posting incorrect information while claiming authority will simply put you up on the radar, where your posts are scrutinized more heavily. Third, the worst thing you can do if you get a warning is to harp on and on about it. The warnings expire after a short time if you don't pile up enough to get banned. Take staff criticism in stride. Don't post a lot of garbage about how persecuted you are. Send a PM to a staff member instead. If you think you are above reproach and refuse to consider you may have been in error, you are not practicing the scientific method. For most of you, these rules of etiquette are common sense. It's unfortunate that those who need them most will never take the time to read them. For those of you who do, you are our truest members, the people whose opinons matter most. We are grateful for your support.

You are now banned from this forum, Shanethewolf. Your racist attitude and eagerness to harm others with chemicals is inconsistent with our purpose. Further, it is going to be my recommendation to the site administrators that your address be reported to your ISP for possible criminal investigation. We can only hope that you and your friend have taken yourselves out of the gene pool with your stupidity.

It's interesting that you put it that way. Doesn't it sound like this "dragon juice" affects their voice the same way atrizine would? As a chemical castrator, Atrizine can affect your hormones, turning your testosterone into estrogen. I hope you're prepared for the effects. If your voice loses the deeper "dragon" pitch and starts getting higher and higher, look for other warning signs of increasedg estrogen levels. Premature aging, prostate cancer, breasts, that sort of thing.

It has nothing to do with PC. You can't simply call something science just because you study it or use it for wild "theories". Science is practising the scientific method of empirical study. Speculating that the Grays from Zeta Reticulum and the Orion Constellation must have thrown amino acid seeded comets at us is not scientific method.

I'm not in the mental health field, but I can tell you this: normal mental health is not only highly subjective to humans in general but is also subjective to many occupations and endeavors. Normal is too broad in definition but carries too narrow a perceived connotation. A certain amount of obsessive/compulsive behavior is almost mandatory for accountants and programmers. A formula one racer couldn't function unless he/she was more uninhibited than most "normal" people. How could an oncologist deal with all the death and suffering if they used what some would call a "normal" amount of empathy with their patients? In a world where certain words have taken on a diluted meaning through overuse, I can't blame anyone concerned with possibly fragile mental states if they refrain from using such non-definitive terms.

I can see where the tin-foil hat crowd comes by their paranoia. It's almost as if the government is allowing the identity theft crisis to escalate so that something radical like subcutaneous barcodes or microchips are the only solution. By the time we realize how far down the wrong road we've gone, the radical shortcut will seem like the obvious, easiest choice to a panicked nation. I'm going to google for NSA and Area 51 sites now....

Sometimes we see only that which we expect to see. Now I know which curmudgeon you pattern yourself after, Mokele. Except for the bow tie, you could be brothers.T. H. Huxley