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Offline wrag

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« on: January 16, 2008, 05:02:35 PM »
or an increase I guess................

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322946,00.html

As if the current prices aren't high enough.
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 05:18:45 PM »
You are starting too many threads.  Get a life.  :eek:
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 05:34:19 PM »
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You are starting too many threads.  Get a life.  :eek:


Exactly who are you to advise me?

You don't care for stuff I post don't read it.

What I do with my time and my life isn't any of your business Sir.
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 10:41:04 PM »
Maybe you can buy a life from someone else?

If  you post a lot, you are posting about nonsense.  Nobody has that much interesting to talk about every day.

It basically become board spam.
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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 10:48:22 PM »
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Maybe you can buy a life from someone else?

If  you post a lot, you are posting about nonsense.  Nobody has that much interesting to talk about every day.

It basically become board spam.


I think Wrag posts lots of interesting stuff here.

(going by post count, and doing some basic math, it appears you post more on average per. day here than Wrag does.  Stop spamming the BBS Dago.  Go buy a life would ya'?)
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 11:52:38 PM »
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Maybe you can buy a life from someone else?

If  you post a lot, you are posting about nonsense.  Nobody has that much interesting to talk about every day.

It basically become board spam.



Really?

You have over 4000 post and I have abit over 2000 so how you figure?

As to nonsense, perhaps you see it that way but not everyone agrees.

So perhaps you should stop trying to be a moderator and mind your own business?
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 04:51:03 AM »
typical stupid politicians
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2008, 07:29:47 AM »
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typical stupid postmonkeys


That's kinda harsh, isn't it? :eek:
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2008, 08:23:51 AM »
They don't use the tax they collect now on roads..  what makes you think they will use the increase on roads.

The money goes into the general fund and about half goes to roads.   There is some slight of hand to make it look like more goes to roads but really... about half does.

We have more and more social programs and no money to fund em.   Every avenue is explored to extort more money from those who can pay to feed the machine.

lazs
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 08:31:31 AM »
"Hitech silver hammer came down on this thread"

Sang to the tune of the Beatles song "Maxwells silver Hammer"
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 12:58:21 PM »
Getting back to the original point:

There are two things you should realize:

1. 40c on a gallon would still keep US gas prices lower than most of the developed world. I'm not saying its right, but you'll be surprised by the ability of people to absorb the cost. Of course, all those F150's might have to be traded for for Fiats. :O

2. The quality of roads in the USA are shocking - a real eye-opener. Los Angeles freeways in particular are appalling.
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2008, 02:53:45 PM »
I like the way they use time as a reason to increase taxes ie not since 93.

My thought is if tax was 99.9% and they hadn't raised it for 10 years should they? I mean it's been a full 10 years.
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Offline Dago

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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 03:03:35 PM »
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Really?

You have over 4000 post and I have abit over 2000 so how you figure?

As to nonsense, perhaps you see it that way but not everyone agrees.

So perhaps you should stop trying to be a moderator and mind your own business?


Since you haven't observed the obvious, post count is a combination of your posts, and all the replies to your originated threads.

Seems you don't get many replies when you spam the board with boring stuff.  Maybe I get more replies when I do post, because I don't post 6 times a day with nonsense?  And don't bother to take into account I have been active on this board at least 3 years longer than you.

Try not to let the obvious escape you.

Pyro used to enforce a "start one thread per day maximum" rule.  It was a good rule for obvious reasons.
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 03:46:16 PM »
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Since you haven't observed the obvious, post count is a combination of your posts, and all the replies to your originated threads.

Seems you don't get many replies when you spam the board with boring stuff.  Maybe I get more replies when I do post, because I don't post 6 times a day with nonsense?  And don't bother to take into account I have been active on this board at least 3 years longer than you.

Try not to let the obvious escape you.

Pyro used to enforce a "start one thread per day maximum" rule.  It was a good rule for obvious reasons.


OBVIOUS hmmmm here are some things that I think SHOULD be OBVIOUS to you Sir....

Dago If you have some sort of problem with me perhaps you should take it up with HTC.

OR

Perhaps you would care to explain what exactly that problem might be.

Is it that I post stuff that makes you angry?  Is that it?

Is it a political thing?

Are you trying to blame me for your boredom?  

Are you trying to say it's my fault that your life somehow makes reading my post a problem for you?



This, to me, is VERY OBVIOUS....

If the stuff I post is boring, or irritating to you then perhaps you should ignore them?


Here, this is also OBVIOUS to most people.........

YOU do know that you could actually say to yourself ... wrag has posted something, I don't care for the stuff wrag posts, so I'll ignore that post!

It really shouldn't be too difficult!



Isn't it also OBVIOUS that.....

IMHO Your view of what is and isn't interesting does not make everyones world Sir.



This should be OBVIOUS too.........

I really don't care what your opinion of my posts is.

IMHO Since I have no desire to POLICE your postings, or anyone else's perhaps you should reciprocate?  Perhaps you have heard of the phrase of live and let live?

A comment regarding what was posted is one thing, but complaining that the post actually happened, that it exist, is a bit much IMHO.



I also consider this to be OBVIOUS....

It's called free speech by some.  Don't want to read it?  Then by all means don't read it!   If HTC wants to police the post then HTC has the right, it is their BBS, BUT NOT YOU!


And of course I think the following is OBVIOUS to most people............

You do realize you could even ignore my post?

You do realize that it might even make you happier in the future if you did so.

Is that OBVIOUS enough for you?
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 03:52:57 PM »
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They don't use the tax they collect now on roads..  what makes you think they will use the increase on roads.

The money goes into the general fund and about half goes to roads.   There is some slight of hand to make it look like more goes to roads but really... about half does.

We have more and more social programs and no money to fund em.   Every avenue is explored to extort more money from those who can pay to feed the machine.

lazs

Bingo, spot on as usual.
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