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Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 1:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
In the words of my generation: Up yours!

No one leaves the house anymore. No one has sex. The net is the ultimate condom.

Have you noticed how everyone seems to be dead lately?

Oooh! Aaah! That's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming.

All I want is for someone to hold me and tell me every things going to be alright.

Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

Well we didn't get the whole chocolate bar but we got a Hershey's kiss

Let no man forget how menacing we are. We

are lions!




Sorry, Kiersten, I don't have time to do the IMDB search for what movies and actors these quotes are from. But this should be a good help!

G'night!

Kiersten_love
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 1:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
karen: thank you ever so much, i just don't know how you did them and at this hour too...

I will look them up. the only one i couldn't find out was the second one up above, from the net, i have no idea who the actor is that said it, it just lists the iceman.

thank you for everything.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
The Hershey kiss one?

- The Longest Yard (2005)...Chris Rock as The Caretaker

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Wow .... you guys are good!!!

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I'm not good...I'm amazed Karen figured that out so fast, but then I kind of hate doing those things.

Kiersten_love
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
i am still amazed at how fast and accurate Karen was on this puzzle, please tell me how you did them so fast.

Thank you again, :-)

Karen
Member

09-07-2004

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I'd love to sit and gloat about how smart I am... but I used the cryptogram solver that I linked above.

Kiersten, all those cryptograms you posted had spaces between each letter. I copied them all over to Word, used find-and-replace to quickly remove all the spaces, copied them all into the cryptogram solver, and put my feet up and giggled. It was super easy, and I'm glad I could help!

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
LOL Karen, but i know you still worked hard on it just doing it for me is still many thanks to Karen.

Mamapors
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
I got this email this morning. It doesn't look real to me.

"Unauthorized access to your PayPal account!

We recently noticed more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

If you accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you are the rightfull holder of the account, please visit Paypal as soon as possible to verify your identity:
Click here to verify your account

You can also verify your account by logging into your PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com/us/.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend to verify your account in that time.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team"

The spelling errors are theirs.
Has anyone else received the same email??

Jeep
Member

10-17-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeep a private message Print Post    
Mamapors, I get this about twice a week and I didn't even have a Pay Pal account! It looks very official with the Ebay logo and all, but it's a scam. One of the guys in our office got sucked in and gave them all his acct numbers and at the end it said "Suprise, you've been scamed". So be careful.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree. I'd say 99.9% likely that this is a fake. Look at the url where it says "Click here to verify your account". It probably does not direct you to Paypal but instead directs you to another site that is trying to get information about you.

Bandit
Member

07-29-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
Just ignore it, Mamapors. It's a scam to get your personal information. I have a paypal account, but that message is not from them.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Never click on the link in an email that is asking to verify account information! If in doubt, go directly to the site itself and log on from there.

Mamapors
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Thank you. I went to Paypal directly and even had an eBay purchase I had to pay for, and had no problems. So me thinks this is a scam. Pretty scary because it sure looked official with the Paypal logo and all.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Paypal NEVER contacts members through email. They would i. They are on alert and trying to stop this practice.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
There's an eBay version of this, too, along with several that look like they are coming from credit card companies.

Most of mine end up filtered into my junk mail folder, but when I do see one, I NEVER click the links. If you want to see if there's a real problem, go directly to the company's website and check for alerts from them. If there really IS a problem, you'll see something about it there. :-)

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Question ONE: How much does a quarter weigh? (preferably in tenths of an ounce)

Question TWO: What are some little heavy (flat) items I might have around the house? (I am looking for .6 of an ounce to add onto my son's pinewood derby car.) His car weighs 4.4 oz and (I THINK) it's supposed to weigh 5 oz.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
OK, I found the weight info HERE. About halfway down the page:

At one time coins were minted in precious metal and the value of the coin depended directly on the weight of precious metal regardless of the denomination of the coin. If a coin was shaved, filed or damaged in some way the coin was worth less than its face value.

Today coins are tokens and are minted in base metal but the importance of weight still exists if for only as one of the ways of determining the coins authenticity. It is startling to discover that many people think that coins are struck on randomly created flans with no regard for weight or depth.

Below are the official weights of contemporary U.S. coins:

Cent - 2.5 grams
Nickel - 5 grams
Dime - 2.27 grams
Quarter - 5.67 grams
Half Dollar - 11.34 grams
Dollar (SBA) - 8.1 grams


Using a conversion table I have, 5.67 grams equals 0.2000034 oz.

Other heavy little flat objects....how about a metal washer?

Buttercup
Member

09-10-2000

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
My scale says a quarter weighs 0.2 oz. I guess you'll need three

Our everyday salad forks are .6 of an ounce each. If you put one of those on top of the car it might help with the wind resistance and increase the speed as well

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
There are always pinewood derby cars with nickels and dimes glued on. The nickels are about .2 and the dimes are about .1, so they are an easy way to get the car close to 5 ounces on the day of the weigh in and using the official scale (which always seems to weigh different than anyone else's scale).

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thanks Who, Butter and Bob!!!

I didn't know Hobby Lobby sold complete kits that you just need to put together (no sawing!) and decorate. They run $11 to $18. Stupid me ended up spending $25 on weights, paint, etc... And I know my axles are not a perfect 45 degrees... Oh well.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Many Packs will not let you race with kit cars or the special wheel/axle kits available at Hobby Lobby. If you accidentally came in the top 3, the kit car would likely be disqualified at the district race.

45 degrees!?!

<...hopes the axles are closer to 90 degrees...>


Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
When is the opening ceremonies for the Olympics?

Buttercup
Member

09-10-2000

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
Friday! 8PM until midnight EST on TV

NBC here is repeating the program five times over the weekend

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Opening Ceremonies is Feb 10th.

HERE is the official site of the Games. Currently there is a schedule across the top of the page (where you can click on each day to see the events of the day). Last time I checked the Torino home page, the schedule was in a calendar format at the side of the page. So I guess they reformat the page once in a while! LOL.

ETA: I knew someone would be quicker in responding while I lingered around finding links and stuff! LOL!