Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1969 Location: Newbury Park, CA Country:
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:18 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Actually, I was the one that exhumed that thread from the netherworld.
So there.
Haha.. nicely played. Good times. Yeah, I quickly added Honey and Clover to that one
Oh, and congrats on your good score, Deseipher. My grades are far more difficult to measure these days.. I can only judge based on the size of the smile of the partner I'm doing work for ;-)
Though generally I think they've been really happy, it's always a little like handing in a test - they're doubtlessly constantly evaluating me. _________________
"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"
Where the hurdles that need to be jumped to set up new drilling is near impossible to impossible thanks to our own restrictions and red tape, as well as the ban on offshore drilling. Then that doesn't take in acccount the lack of refinement infrastructure we have, nor the the same hurdles that need to be jumped to build them. The "evil, fat oil companies" train of thought is exactly why we see no improvement. While they're hands aren't clean, they have very little to do with what we are going through. The sooner the masses realize that and figure it out, the sooner the government will stop catering to that ignorance and allow porductive changes to happen.
I will have to agree with you on this one. Since I'm non-partisan I don't feel obligated to subscribe to either parties spin. After some calculation, considering that a barrel of oil yields about 30 gallons of gasoline and say a crude price of $140 per barrel means each gallon costs $4.66 before the oil company profits and state and federal taxes are added. Naturally because other products come from the barrel, this $4.66 is reduced but not by much. so I don't subscribe to the oil companies outrageous profits. And I also understand how our government mostly because of Democratic inaction has virtually tied the hands of the oil companies in building new refineries or go to the offshore and Alaskan known oil fields. I don't give a crap how little the Dems think this drilling will yield, it's the fact of doing anything at all (drilling offshore and Anwar) that will energize the country into other positive accomplishments and break through this ennui our congress has forced us into.
Considering that it costs less than $2 to bring a barrel of oil out of the ground overseas, then I agree it must be the speculators that are driving up the futures with their beyond capitalistic greed. So rather than focus on the oil companies why not put a lid on the speculator's wild speculations to control the rise of oil? Nor do I subscribe to demand forcing the high costs. If the speculators are brought under control, then let's say a barrel returns to under $100, and China outbids us, well then we'll have rationing. To me that is better than bankrupting oil prices. And rationing more than anything else will spur exploration and developement of alternative sources.
Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1351 Location: Davis, CA
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Omedeto gozaemasu!
I tell ya, I don't miss those days...
Thanks!
I probably won't miss these days either when I'm done. There's always some anxiety whenever exams roll around, no matter how much I've studied before. That's a feeling I definitely won't miss.
Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1351 Location: Davis, CA
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:
phlargo wrote:
Haha.. nicely played. Good times. Yeah, I quickly added Honey and Clover to that one
Oh, and congrats on your good score, Deseipher. My grades are far more difficult to measure these days.. I can only judge based on the size of the smile of the partner I'm doing work for ;-)
Though generally I think they've been really happy, it's always a little like handing in a test - they're doubtlessly constantly evaluating me.
I never finished watching Honey and Clover. I guess I just need to somehow erase the anime version from my mind and try to watch the live-action version without any bias. Impossible at this point, but perhaps there's something the live-action drama offers that the anime doesn't. Nodame Cantabile comes to mind.
The exams never really end do they? Whether it's an exam for class or trying to get a job, there's always going to be some test of sorts. Sounds like you've done well so far, so keep up the good work.
Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1969 Location: Newbury Park, CA Country:
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:
deseipher wrote:
I never finished watching Honey and Clover. I guess I just need to somehow erase the anime version from my mind and try to watch the live-action version without any bias. Impossible at this point, but perhaps there's something the live-action drama offers that the anime doesn't. Nodame Cantabile comes to mind.
The exams never really end do they? Whether it's an exam for class or trying to get a job, there's always going to be some test of sorts. Sounds like you've done well so far, so keep up the good work.
Just so I present this correctly: The anime would get and 8 or 9 out of 10.. and I gave the drama a 4. _________________
"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 12121 Location: It was fun while it lasted. Country:
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:
Wynter wrote:
Depends on your perspective here, tho, doesn't it?
Which reminds me, I used to work with a guy named Otto (his nickname was "otto parts" ) Anyway, one day I was getting change for a $5 from him and I notice he has a condom in his wallet. I asked him, "You always carry a condom in your wallet?" He said, "Sure, you never know when you might get lucky!"
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