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I like that.... serving in the military "grows you the hell up" real quick. Good call. I sense a lawsuit with that one, though... "because I chose to attend college rather than join the military, I have to be discriminated against?"

Would be nice to see a picture of her without that mug-shot look. She might not be so bad.

Tell you what... I was pretty hammered from about the middle of my Sophomore year until I turned 21. That's about when it lost its appeal. I'm talking full on 'CBS special on binge drinking' black-out drunk. There were days I'd come home, at 17, and pass out on the kitchen floor with the front door wide open. In Buffalo. In February. The alcohol wasn't very difficult to get at all. There was always an older brother or an older sister. Hell, stand out front of Wegmans asking guys at random and you're bound to get someone to do it for 10 bucks. Here's a hint: ask the scummy looking bastards. It got even easier when a 21 year old friend gave me his ID. Ridiculously easy. I remember walking into gas stations at 2:00 AM barely able to stand up. The clerks don't care. I had an ID so I'd walk out with a couple of cases. It never failed. I must have done that 50 times. My opinion? Keep it 21. When I was a sophomore in HS, half of the kids I was partying with were 18. We called them seniors. Hell, if we're going to change anything, increase the age for the *other* stuff. Or make everything 20. Throw driving in there too for all I care. Military, voting, drinking, tobacco, binding contracts, make it all 20. For the most part, there's a separation between the legal crowd and the underage group. It happens naturally as the older crowd heads off to college and whatnot. That does wonders to keep teenage kids somewhat sober.

I've often wondered if public schools in *general* are really that bad? Could it be the edge-cases and sheer stupidity of a few districts we hear about? My daughter is in public school here and I've been pretty impressed thus far, especially after hearing horror stories. I'll admit, though, that it does seem a lot of the material is geared towards the LCD. This coming from me... my current state of residence is famous for its "Evolution is just a theory!" stickers on the science text books. She's actually in the district that pulled this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpurrin1/80929576/

Yeah exactly. Put the shoe on the other foot and think about how nice it would be for Trent to be saying something like that.

Yeah, doesn't sound like a security thing, especially with the shared screen. Probably a blown fuse. If that's not it, go tell the dealer.

In all honesty, I don't really find this irritating. I'd love to see that level of confidence coming out of our boys when they're playing against a division rival. I don't think singling the Bills out. Rather, just showing standard arrogance.

If that display is out, I have doubts about it being anti-theft. Is that display used for more than just your radio? I thought the newer Nissans also used it for things such as climate control? Is there *another* fuse for that display specifically?

My visa was one of those fancy electronic "ETA" ones, where I couldn't hold a job. The folks I had stayed with had one all lined up for me and whatnot. I still talk to friends over there, probably weekly. I spent two months in Croydon/Lilydale/Kilsyth, which are Melbourne suburbs. Right off of the Maroondah Hwy (if any of this rings a bell?)... I did all of the touristy things in the first week (Surfing @ Bells Beach, Pygmy Penguins, Casinos...) and spent the the rest of the time just "living" there. I put down a few thousand VB's while there as well. Morning truly is hang-over time to the Aussies! Once the kids get a bit older, I'm really hoping to stick them on a 747 and head on out there again. Edit... the one thing I really remember vividly... the people I stayed with owned horses. I had just gotten off of the plane (quite literally) and we had to stop and feed the horses on the way to drop off luggage and whatnot. I had been in the country for perhaps 45 minutes. I had one of the horses on a run when I looked up and noticed ~20 kangaroos making their way across a field at the end of the pasture. I juts remember thinking "holy crap, they're freaking REAL" for about a day after seeing that. If I remember right, that horse property backed up to the Yarra river. Jeff

Where are you from over there, Aussie? I spent a while in Victoria about 10 years back... I almost just stayed for good, quite seriously.

Which is in the ACT, and I really freaking like Victoria Bitter. Though, I blame the Aussies for teaching me to say 'car park' as opposed to 'parking lot.'

Try your right and left arrow keys? Works for me. Safari.

I've wondered if the rules are different because the game is in Canada?

Stupid BellSouth (AT&T) DSL.

This video feed is really going to Stojan. Is it just my connection, or is it breaking up for others?

So far I'm very happy with this game. Even when we'd put games away last year, it was usually due to a big special teams play or perhaps one lucky JP bomb. Repeatable consistency is what puts teams in the playoffs. Overall consistent performance is really what we've been missing for years.

TD ROYAL!!! This is great...

Oh this live stream is much better than Field Pass Audio... though I had the Bills broadcast. This is great... thanks.

Um, that would be a negatory.... let's go find it.

I wish I could see the damn game, I've only got 'net audio. Nice to see Edwards pick up that 1st down (though scary in the pre-season).

Well, the 2nd drive is negating the first!

D's still "bending" too much, though.

Perfect... consistent! More, please!

Reboot your router and try again later. It's a pain in the ass. I usually chalk it up to congested servers.

The number of MMO's out there is getting kind of ridiculous. I'm all for variety and all that, but there's just too many. I love the genre, but nothing's really "caught me" like the original EQ did.