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cynicalninja wrote:
I forgot this was the period when our resident sisters were tag teaming me.


Yes...yes, that's it...you've got it figured out...'cause we spend so much of our time just sitting around thinking of ways to annoy you....

::whisper::::bonk::::sstupid::

 

::rolling::  WhatEVER.

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Amy wrote:
Only in America ......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille
lettering.



Drive-up ATMs have Braille keypads for a reason - but not the reason you might think.

It's an economy-of-scale issue.  It's less expensive, and causes fewer logistical problems, to simply make all ATMs with Braille on the keypads.  Since federal law (the Americans with Disabilities Act) requires that walk-up ATMs have Braille, it was simply easier for the manufacturers of the keypads to put it on every keypad made.  It also reduces the chances of the wrong sort of keypad to be installed - there's no worry that the manufacturer sent a non-Braille keypad for an installation of a walk-up ATM, or vice-versa.

By the way..."ATM", not "ATM machine" - the "M" stands for "machine".  (I know you copied and pasted this one, Amy, that's not directed at you, just a general observation)
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UsedToRide wrote: I believe the one you are thinking of is "back turned". 

Back turned ? I've heard that phrase before in non-biker circles quite a few times.

Back turned ? for posting a picture of a scary man actor in a scary mask ?!

How precious !

Sorry I can't really communicate with such sensitive individuals from the biker community.  

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Erinna1112 wrote: cynicalninja wrote:
I forgot this was the period when our resident sisters were tag teaming me.


Yes...yes, that's it...you've got it figured out...'cause we spend so much of our time just sitting around thinking of ways to annoy you....

::whisper::::bonk::::sstupid::

 

::rolling::  WhatEVER.


Hi there !

Thanks for steaming in like a walrus in a sauna and conclusively proving my point !

"UTR with the tag to Erinna1112 !"

::appl:::iwon:
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Erinna1112 wrote: By the way..."ATM", not "ATM machine" - the "M" stands for "machine".  (I know you copied and pasted this one, Amy, that's not directed at you, just a general observation)

You're so precise and exacting about stuff like this.  Like saying Meijer as a plural.  :giantgrin:




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cynicalninja wrote: Hi there !

Thanks for steaming in like a walrus in a sauna and conclusively proving my point !



No, you don't get it this time...this is me being mildly amused by you attempting to be a wit (and getting halfway there).  Hate to burst your little bubble, but you don't actually occupy a great deal of my thought process....

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So anyway, as I was saying, some hippos are actually sexy from certain angles ...




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Erinna1112 wrote: cynicalninja wrote: Hi there !

Thanks for steaming in like a walrus in a sauna and conclusively proving my point !



No, you don't get it this time...No ?,  your tag team ?.......where UTR posts in reply to me you don't seem very far behind ? this is me being mildly amused by you attempting to be a wit (and getting halfway there). Always nice to hear opinions from my audience, I appreciate your candour.  Hate to burst your little bubble, but you don't actually occupy a great deal of my thought process....So why give me the continued oxygen of my right to reply in this thread ? 

*yawn*Indeed.................:zzz:
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24HourNut wrote: So anyway, as I was saying, some hippos are actually sexy from certain angles ...

Shouldn't that topic be in the science forum?  ::scratch::

Ya like them big butts, eh, Frank?  :lmao:




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Here is the Snopes take on the lighthouse story:

 

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24HourNut wrote: So anyway, as I was saying, some hippos are actually sexy from certain angles ...

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NEWSFLASH: Jokes to be taken seriously and MUST be fact-checked.

Contrary to the actual meaning of the word JOKE some inhabitants of 24HOUR Forums are now requiring JOKES to be taken seriously and to have been fact-checked.

Historically the word JOKE means, in part;

1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes.

2. something that is amusing or ridiculous, esp. because of being ludicrously inadequate or a sham; a thing, situation, or person laughed at rather than taken seriously; farce

3. a matter that need not be taken very seriously; trifling matter:

Noted from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=joke&r=66

In other words, a prank that is a sham and not to be taken seriously.

Yet some inhabitants of 24HOUR Forums are taken to task for SOME of the jokes that are told. Rather than just letting them go or ignoring them, which in forum lore is the FASTEST way to have something die, other inhabitants are making sure their displeasure is known and insisting that joke-tellers check facts and be utterly serious about telling jokes.

One bystander remarked "I don't know, it's just not fun when people are sniping and beating each other up over jokes fgs. It's not like the navy story was passed on as a true fact in one of the other threads."

Only time will tell how the trend goes in 24HOUR forums.

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Erinna1112 wrote:
By the way..."ATM", not "ATM machine" - the "M" stands for "machine".  (I know you copied and pasted this one, Amy, that's not directed at you, just a general observation)


good call...::thumbs::

i usually catch those too...like asking for your SSN #  the N stands for # already.  :lmao:

I know that happens alot, can't seem to think of any others at the moment though.  ::scratch::
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Amy wrote: Erinna1112 wrote:
By the way..."ATM", not "ATM machine" - the "M" stands for "machine".  (I know you copied and pasted this one, Amy, that's not directed at you, just a general observation)


good call...::thumbs::

i usually catch those too...like asking for your SSN #  the N stands for # already.  :lmao:

I know that happens alot, can't seem to think of any others at the moment though.  ::scratch::

I hear "VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) number" all the time.

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shirohniichan wrote: Amy wrote: Erinna1112 wrote:
By the way..."ATM", not "ATM machine" - the "M" stands for "machine".  (I know you copied and pasted this one, Amy, that's not directed at you, just a general observation)


good call...::thumbs::

i usually catch those too...like asking for your SSN #  the N stands for # already.  :lmao:

I know that happens alot, can't seem to think of any others at the moment though.  ::scratch::

I hear "VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) number" all the time.
 

Yep!  good one!  ::thumbs::

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