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The Official Complaint Thread!

Isn't hanging up outdoor Christmas lights politically / environmentally incorrect <yet>?

My parents are officially in their "screw everyone else" years...they were more concerned with how I put up the lights in their backyard as opposed to the front yard because "we don't care about the ones in the front we never see them".

Those complaints are now...OFFICIAL!!
 
The current government's blatant support that lying is ok.  Personal jet rides and spreading rumours about other MPs. Whatever happened to that ethics act. pff.
 
Darryl said:
The current government's blatant support that lying is ok.  Personal jet rides and spreading rumours about other MPs. Whatever happened to that ethics act. pff.
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Don't they tax ethics now?
 
Madferret said:
Darryl said:
The current government's blatant support that lying is ok.  Personal jet rides and spreading rumours about other MPs. Whatever happened to that ethics act. pff.
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Don't they tax ethics now?
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I would say you cant tax what you dont understand
 
I haven't seen a Leafs game in a long time, i have been a really terrible fan this year, I was in training all of September which took up a lot of time, and from the end of November until today again for training.

The training is out of town too and at the end of January I goto Red River College for 10 weeks for Level 2 power electrician courses, so I didn't even bother with getting NHL center ice this season since I am out of town for 4.5 months this season :(
 
Sad to see that Christopher Hitchens died. I didn't always agree with his viewpoint but I always liked him as a writer. Cancer sucks.
 
I just got a call from someone representing the Federal PC Party. They were looking for cash donation of up to $400 to rally the peoples support of the long gun registration being cancelled. I informed the caller that I was unemployed. Her reply was " so could you give us at least $200 then". My reply was ,it's 10 days till Christmas, I'm unemployed and you think I should give you $200. CLICK.
 
FedEx are jerks.

I ordered an item of clothing as a christmas gift for my wife. It arrived in my office a few weeks ago and i signed for it. I was not told anything.

Today, I get an invoice for $18 for duty fees in the mail. I'm not quite sure that's fair. Had i been told there was duty fees, I might have refused as it's not an expensive item.
 
Bullfrog said:
FedEx are jerks.

I ordered an item of clothing as a christmas gift for my wife. It arrived in my office a few weeks ago and i signed for it. I was not told anything.

Today, I get an invoice for $18 for duty fees in the mail. I'm not quite sure that's fair. Had i been told there was duty fees, I might have refused as it's not an expensive item.
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That's interesting. Was the bill from FedEx or Canada Customs? Last time I ordered something and had to pay duty on it, the shipper wanted to collect it on delivery.
 
seahawk said:
Bullfrog said:
FedEx are jerks.

I ordered an item of clothing as a christmas gift for my wife. It arrived in my office a few weeks ago and i signed for it. I was not told anything.

Today, I get an invoice for $18 for duty fees in the mail. I'm not quite sure that's fair. Had i been told there was duty fees, I might have refused as it's not an expensive item.
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That's interesting. Was the bill from FedEx or Canada Customs? Last time I ordered something and had to pay duty on it, the shipper wanted to collect it on delivery.
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I've had this happen before. I received the notification after I collected the package and just never paid the duty. Never heard anything since and that was a few years ago now. Usually they collect before you get the package.
 
seahawk said:
That's interesting. Was the bill from FedEx or Canada Customs? Last time I ordered something and had to pay duty on it, the shipper wanted to collect it on delivery.
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Same here, I've paid duty fees on delivery a number of times. The bill was from FedEx.
 
Peter Forsberg. He admitted that Sweden lost intentionally against Slovakia in 2006 when we won the olympics. And according to him there was no such orders from the coaching staff. But he said that it would be easier than playing Russia or Canada in the quarter finals. I knew it >:( I remember that I was pissed about how they played and said that they did it intentionally.  >:( And Forsberg says that they talked about it within the group. I think that they should be punished for this. Give the gold to Finland instead ???
 
Sucker Punch said:
"Shuffle" means play the songs randomly, not cycle through the same 30 or so songs over and over again.
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I always wondered about that.

Here's the best explanation I found: http://ipod.about.com/od/advanceditunesuse/a/itunes-random.htm
 
Dear people of the world,

The definition of insanity is as follows:

1: a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia)
2: such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility

The definition of insanity is not "doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results". That's a quote. It's sometimes incorrectly attributed to Albert Einstein but he didn't say that. According to a quick internet search, you're quoting something from Narcotics Anonymous.

That quote, while it may apply to one degree or another to drug addicts, doesn't really even make all that much sense. If I were to, say, flip a coin or spin a roulette wheel repeatedly, different results would be expected pretty rationally. Also, things improve via repetition. I learned how to play guitar by repeating the same thing over and over and, eventually, got better results.

Stop abusing the definition of definition.

Sincerely,

Nik

 
Saint Nik said:
That quote, while it may apply to one degree or another to drug addicts, doesn't really even make all that much sense. If I were to, say, flip a coin or spin a roulette wheel repeatedly, different results would be expected pretty rationally. Also, things improve via repetition. I learned how to play guitar by repeating the same thing over and over and, eventually, got better results.
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I hear your complaint loud and clear; consider it validated. However, this quoted paragraph is a little goofy. I've never heard anyone use that statement to describe things such as flipping a coin (a mechanical movement that has a very predictable and easily understood outcome) or improving skills such as playing a guitar. In terms of repetition begetting improvement, well that's called practice and really doesn't apply to the situations in which most people use that phrase.

I've only heard it used to suggest trying a different approach to solving a problem or for changing the outcome of something that's within their control.

While I appreciate your pedantic approach to word usage (I do believe it's admirable and am not a fan of the decline of the english language,) I'm not sure the last examples relate to the phrase (whether used properly or not.)
 
Bullfrog said:
I hear your complaint loud and clear; consider it validated. However, this quoted paragraph is a little goofy. I've never heard anyone use that statement to describe things such as flipping a coin (a mechanical movement that has a very predictable and easily understood outcome) or improving skills such as playing a guitar. In terms of repetition begetting improvement, well that's called practice and really doesn't apply to the situations in which most people use that phrase.

I've only heard it used to suggest trying a different approach to solving a problem or for changing the outcome of something that's within their control.
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Well, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that if it was in something for drug users the idea trying to come across is that people need to change their behavioral patterns if they're looking to make drastic changes in their life, like getting off drugs. That seems like a fair enough point and it's one that's probably applicable in a number of situations.

But, as I say, what bothers me there is the idea that such a loose phrase could be the "definition" of insanity when there are such obvious and notable exceptions. I know people don't use the phrase to apply to those examples. Those examples are there to show the problems with the phrase. The semantic difference between repetition and practice in this case seems pretty slight.  Yes, it's fair enough to make the same point that they're making in the NA handbook that it can make sense to change your approach if your approach isn't working but there are other ways to say that.

 
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