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[quote=partypup]our government – and perhaps ALL world governments at this point – are preparing for and even enabling a massive die off of humans on the planet. [/quote]

partypup, before I go making an amateur, on-line diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder, I want to make sure I understand what you’re saying.
Do you actually think that our government is purposely enabling a massive die off of humans on the planet?

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[quote=partypup]our government – and perhaps ALL world governments at this point – are preparing for and even enabling a massive die off of humans on the planet. [/quote]

partypup, before I go making an amateur, on-line diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder, I want to make sure I understand what you’re saying.
Do you actually think that our government is purposely enabling a massive die off of humans on the planet?

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[quote=burnsr77]wow! 🙂 i’m actually (i think) a very nice guy who’s generally easy to get along with.[/quote]

Granted, your postings here are a limited data base on which to go, but I’d be surprised if you are correct in your assessment of yourself. I’m sure you actually think you’re a nice guy and easy to get along with. And probably deep down you are a nice guy. But your immaturity and resentment are probably much more obvious (and annoying) to your acquaintances than you think. (The fact that you were surprised that your post sparked outrage is an indicator of your lack of understanding of how you affect others.)

As much as you’d love for the world to revolve around everyone’s depth and intellectualness, the fact is that it generally revolves around their personalities. In San Diego, San Francisco, New York and Kinshasha. Go to the most intellectual book club in the world, and the most-liked guy there isn’t the smartest guy or the guy who has the most illuminating interpretations of Bukowski. It’s the temecula guy of the group. The one who keeps it light and makes you laugh while also enlightening when necessary. If you can find it in yourself to understand that, you can set about dropping the angry snob schtick. You’ll find yourself invited to lots more parties (and book clubs). And you can still be a nice guy. Or, you can stay a bitter, resentful, awkward misfit. Which probably describes you better than you’re willing to admit. No offense intended, I’m trying to help you here.

Your response may be, “being popular isn’t my intention.” Which is fine (and also the creed of pseudo-intellectual social misfits everywhere.) But what’s the point of hanging around a bunch of people who like books and art but don’t like each other? If your personality is disagreeable, you’ll find so many of life’s avenues closed to you. That may not be the way you think it should be, but that’s the way it is. Trust me, almost nobody cares how much you know or how smart you are. (Unless you make it clear to them that you’re smarter and more knowledgable than them – in which they will care and in which case they will probably strongly dislike you). Anyway, whatever you’re looking for (unless it’s misery) you’re unlikely to find it as long as you’re looking from such a bitter, snobbish perspective.

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[quote=burnsr77]wow! 🙂 i’m actually (i think) a very nice guy who’s generally easy to get along with.[/quote]

Granted, your postings here are a limited data base on which to go, but I’d be surprised if you are correct in your assessment of yourself. I’m sure you actually think you’re a nice guy and easy to get along with. And probably deep down you are a nice guy. But your immaturity and resentment are probably much more obvious (and annoying) to your acquaintances than you think. (The fact that you were surprised that your post sparked outrage is an indicator of your lack of understanding of how you affect others.)

As much as you’d love for the world to revolve around everyone’s depth and intellectualness, the fact is that it generally revolves around their personalities. In San Diego, San Francisco, New York and Kinshasha. Go to the most intellectual book club in the world, and the most-liked guy there isn’t the smartest guy or the guy who has the most illuminating interpretations of Bukowski. It’s the temecula guy of the group. The one who keeps it light and makes you laugh while also enlightening when necessary. If you can find it in yourself to understand that, you can set about dropping the angry snob schtick. You’ll find yourself invited to lots more parties (and book clubs). And you can still be a nice guy. Or, you can stay a bitter, resentful, awkward misfit. Which probably describes you better than you’re willing to admit. No offense intended, I’m trying to help you here.

Your response may be, “being popular isn’t my intention.” Which is fine (and also the creed of pseudo-intellectual social misfits everywhere.) But what’s the point of hanging around a bunch of people who like books and art but don’t like each other? If your personality is disagreeable, you’ll find so many of life’s avenues closed to you. That may not be the way you think it should be, but that’s the way it is. Trust me, almost nobody cares how much you know or how smart you are. (Unless you make it clear to them that you’re smarter and more knowledgable than them – in which they will care and in which case they will probably strongly dislike you). Anyway, whatever you’re looking for (unless it’s misery) you’re unlikely to find it as long as you’re looking from such a bitter, snobbish perspective.

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[quote=burnsr77]wow! 🙂 i’m actually (i think) a very nice guy who’s generally easy to get along with.[/quote]

Granted, your postings here are a limited data base on which to go, but I’d be surprised if you are correct in your assessment of yourself. I’m sure you actually think you’re a nice guy and easy to get along with. And probably deep down you are a nice guy. But your immaturity and resentment are probably much more obvious (and annoying) to your acquaintances than you think. (The fact that you were surprised that your post sparked outrage is an indicator of your lack of understanding of how you affect others.)

As much as you’d love for the world to revolve around everyone’s depth and intellectualness, the fact is that it generally revolves around their personalities. In San Diego, San Francisco, New York and Kinshasha. Go to the most intellectual book club in the world, and the most-liked guy there isn’t the smartest guy or the guy who has the most illuminating interpretations of Bukowski. It’s the temecula guy of the group. The one who keeps it light and makes you laugh while also enlightening when necessary. If you can find it in yourself to understand that, you can set about dropping the angry snob schtick. You’ll find yourself invited to lots more parties (and book clubs). And you can still be a nice guy. Or, you can stay a bitter, resentful, awkward misfit. Which probably describes you better than you’re willing to admit. No offense intended, I’m trying to help you here.

Your response may be, “being popular isn’t my intention.” Which is fine (and also the creed of pseudo-intellectual social misfits everywhere.) But what’s the point of hanging around a bunch of people who like books and art but don’t like each other? If your personality is disagreeable, you’ll find so many of life’s avenues closed to you. That may not be the way you think it should be, but that’s the way it is. Trust me, almost nobody cares how much you know or how smart you are. (Unless you make it clear to them that you’re smarter and more knowledgable than them – in which they will care and in which case they will probably strongly dislike you). Anyway, whatever you’re looking for (unless it’s misery) you’re unlikely to find it as long as you’re looking from such a bitter, snobbish perspective.

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[quote=burnsr77]wow! 🙂 i’m actually (i think) a very nice guy who’s generally easy to get along with.[/quote]

Granted, your postings here are a limited data base on which to go, but I’d be surprised if you are correct in your assessment of yourself. I’m sure you actually think you’re a nice guy and easy to get along with. And probably deep down you are a nice guy. But your immaturity and resentment are probably much more obvious (and annoying) to your acquaintances than you think. (The fact that you were surprised that your post sparked outrage is an indicator of your lack of understanding of how you affect others.)

As much as you’d love for the world to revolve around everyone’s depth and intellectualness, the fact is that it generally revolves around their personalities. In San Diego, San Francisco, New York and Kinshasha. Go to the most intellectual book club in the world, and the most-liked guy there isn’t the smartest guy or the guy who has the most illuminating interpretations of Bukowski. It’s the temecula guy of the group. The one who keeps it light and makes you laugh while also enlightening when necessary. If you can find it in yourself to understand that, you can set about dropping the angry snob schtick. You’ll find yourself invited to lots more parties (and book clubs). And you can still be a nice guy. Or, you can stay a bitter, resentful, awkward misfit. Which probably describes you better than you’re willing to admit. No offense intended, I’m trying to help you here.

Your response may be, “being popular isn’t my intention.” Which is fine (and also the creed of pseudo-intellectual social misfits everywhere.) But what’s the point of hanging around a bunch of people who like books and art but don’t like each other? If your personality is disagreeable, you’ll find so many of life’s avenues closed to you. That may not be the way you think it should be, but that’s the way it is. Trust me, almost nobody cares how much you know or how smart you are. (Unless you make it clear to them that you’re smarter and more knowledgable than them – in which they will care and in which case they will probably strongly dislike you). Anyway, whatever you’re looking for (unless it’s misery) you’re unlikely to find it as long as you’re looking from such a bitter, snobbish perspective.

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[quote=burnsr77]wow! 🙂 i’m actually (i think) a very nice guy who’s generally easy to get along with.[/quote]

Granted, your postings here are a limited data base on which to go, but I’d be surprised if you are correct in your assessment of yourself. I’m sure you actually think you’re a nice guy and easy to get along with. And probably deep down you are a nice guy. But your immaturity and resentment are probably much more obvious (and annoying) to your acquaintances than you think. (The fact that you were surprised that your post sparked outrage is an indicator of your lack of understanding of how you affect others.)

As much as you’d love for the world to revolve around everyone’s depth and intellectualness, the fact is that it generally revolves around their personalities. In San Diego, San Francisco, New York and Kinshasha. Go to the most intellectual book club in the world, and the most-liked guy there isn’t the smartest guy or the guy who has the most illuminating interpretations of Bukowski. It’s the temecula guy of the group. The one who keeps it light and makes you laugh while also enlightening when necessary. If you can find it in yourself to understand that, you can set about dropping the angry snob schtick. You’ll find yourself invited to lots more parties (and book clubs). And you can still be a nice guy. Or, you can stay a bitter, resentful, awkward misfit. Which probably describes you better than you’re willing to admit. No offense intended, I’m trying to help you here.

Your response may be, “being popular isn’t my intention.” Which is fine (and also the creed of pseudo-intellectual social misfits everywhere.) But what’s the point of hanging around a bunch of people who like books and art but don’t like each other? If your personality is disagreeable, you’ll find so many of life’s avenues closed to you. That may not be the way you think it should be, but that’s the way it is. Trust me, almost nobody cares how much you know or how smart you are. (Unless you make it clear to them that you’re smarter and more knowledgable than them – in which they will care and in which case they will probably strongly dislike you). Anyway, whatever you’re looking for (unless it’s misery) you’re unlikely to find it as long as you’re looking from such a bitter, snobbish perspective.

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[quote=CardiffBaseball] The only hassle is not knowing if my phone number with Cox is portable.[/quote]

Your phone number should be portable. But make sure you don’t disconnect with Cox before you sign up with somebody else. Sign up for the new service first, and the new service provider will port your number from Cox (tell the new provider you want the same number). If you disconnect with Cox first, you will probably lose your number.

I just switched from Time Warner to Uverse and then back. Both have pros and cons, and Uverse wasn’t any cheaper for the stuff I wanted.

Good call on the TV. I’m starting to think that the $700 or $800 50-inch 720p might be the way to go. What model was it and do you know if they still have the rebate?

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[quote=CardiffBaseball] The only hassle is not knowing if my phone number with Cox is portable.[/quote]

Your phone number should be portable. But make sure you don’t disconnect with Cox before you sign up with somebody else. Sign up for the new service first, and the new service provider will port your number from Cox (tell the new provider you want the same number). If you disconnect with Cox first, you will probably lose your number.

I just switched from Time Warner to Uverse and then back. Both have pros and cons, and Uverse wasn’t any cheaper for the stuff I wanted.

Good call on the TV. I’m starting to think that the $700 or $800 50-inch 720p might be the way to go. What model was it and do you know if they still have the rebate?

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[quote=CardiffBaseball] The only hassle is not knowing if my phone number with Cox is portable.[/quote]

Your phone number should be portable. But make sure you don’t disconnect with Cox before you sign up with somebody else. Sign up for the new service first, and the new service provider will port your number from Cox (tell the new provider you want the same number). If you disconnect with Cox first, you will probably lose your number.

I just switched from Time Warner to Uverse and then back. Both have pros and cons, and Uverse wasn’t any cheaper for the stuff I wanted.

Good call on the TV. I’m starting to think that the $700 or $800 50-inch 720p might be the way to go. What model was it and do you know if they still have the rebate?

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[quote=CardiffBaseball] The only hassle is not knowing if my phone number with Cox is portable.[/quote]

Your phone number should be portable. But make sure you don’t disconnect with Cox before you sign up with somebody else. Sign up for the new service first, and the new service provider will port your number from Cox (tell the new provider you want the same number). If you disconnect with Cox first, you will probably lose your number.

I just switched from Time Warner to Uverse and then back. Both have pros and cons, and Uverse wasn’t any cheaper for the stuff I wanted.

Good call on the TV. I’m starting to think that the $700 or $800 50-inch 720p might be the way to go. What model was it and do you know if they still have the rebate?

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[quote=CardiffBaseball] The only hassle is not knowing if my phone number with Cox is portable.[/quote]

Your phone number should be portable. But make sure you don’t disconnect with Cox before you sign up with somebody else. Sign up for the new service first, and the new service provider will port your number from Cox (tell the new provider you want the same number). If you disconnect with Cox first, you will probably lose your number.

I just switched from Time Warner to Uverse and then back. Both have pros and cons, and Uverse wasn’t any cheaper for the stuff I wanted.

Good call on the TV. I’m starting to think that the $700 or $800 50-inch 720p might be the way to go. What model was it and do you know if they still have the rebate?

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[quote=jficquette]

Here is an article about the TV you were asking about.

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Thanks for the link, John.

Apparently there are a lot of rave reviews out there on that TV, usually with the glare caveat. I don’t know why I’d buy an LCD with a glarey screen. That’s the main reason I don’t want a plasma TV, which would probably have a better picture for the price.

The article mentioned that the 5 series doesn’t have the glare but also doesn’t have the 120hz refresh rate. That might be an option.

This guy

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6792632-1.html

doesn’t think a 120hz refresh rate is that important. I’ve heard otherwise. Any opinions out there on 120hz?

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[quote=jficquette]

Here is an article about the TV you were asking about.

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Thanks for the link, John.

Apparently there are a lot of rave reviews out there on that TV, usually with the glare caveat. I don’t know why I’d buy an LCD with a glarey screen. That’s the main reason I don’t want a plasma TV, which would probably have a better picture for the price.

The article mentioned that the 5 series doesn’t have the glare but also doesn’t have the 120hz refresh rate. That might be an option.

This guy

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6792632-1.html

doesn’t think a 120hz refresh rate is that important. I’ve heard otherwise. Any opinions out there on 120hz?

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[quote=jficquette]

Here is an article about the TV you were asking about.

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Thanks for the link, John.

Apparently there are a lot of rave reviews out there on that TV, usually with the glare caveat. I don’t know why I’d buy an LCD with a glarey screen. That’s the main reason I don’t want a plasma TV, which would probably have a better picture for the price.

The article mentioned that the 5 series doesn’t have the glare but also doesn’t have the 120hz refresh rate. That might be an option.

This guy

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6792632-1.html

doesn’t think a 120hz refresh rate is that important. I’ve heard otherwise. Any opinions out there on 120hz?

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