jgotti
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Post by jgotti on Feb 16, 2005 18:25:43 GMT -5
and it was just soooo easy when i was a kid......all i had to do was not do drugs,not drink,stay away from the bad kids.....as alway's and through history, it is our own personel choices that make or break us as adults...........and by the way, for those who complain about insurence rates.....my first car was 4 years old....cost $400.00, my insurence for one year was also $400.00.....taking inflation into account...a four year old car these days runs approx. $15.000.00, insurence is about $5.000.00.............
just my two cents
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Post by Gav on Feb 18, 2005 7:01:30 GMT -5
Lol...
I tried shopping around for an insurance quote for my car just for a laugh a few months ago - for those that don't know, I drive a company car, on corporate insurance (just before you go thinking I'm odd for not having insurance already!). Since my car is quite a quick one, and young guys aren't exactly the favoured customers of insurance companies, it turned out rather expensive. Like £2000 (approx $3800 USD). This despite having a totally clean license (no, I don't understand how either!) for eight years and no previous insurance claims...
It all makes me glad that I don't have to pay for anything like that... In fact, I was also glad of that fact the other week, when I got two new front tyres - at the bargain price of £195 ($370 USD) each...
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Post by jgotti on Feb 25, 2005 18:51:41 GMT -5
that exchange rate looks a little off Gav....
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Post by Gav on Feb 27, 2005 16:53:22 GMT -5
It works out as $1.90 to £1. Not too far off. I think you've been sat at around 1.8 - 1.9 for the last few months now...
EDIT: I just checked todays exchange rate, and it's quoted as $1.91876 to £1.....
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Post by BShanahan14rulz on Feb 27, 2005 22:12:08 GMT -5
do british keyboards hav the L thingy above the 4? r u just remember its ascii value or something?
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Post by Gav on Feb 28, 2005 4:13:53 GMT -5
British keyboards (and I thought American keyboards as well...?) have "the L thingy" as a shift function on the 3. The 4 is that funny S thingy that only puny currencies use....... I mean come on, who in their right mind would use an S symbol for money?? Other than America of course. Oh, and Canada. And Australia. And New Zealand. But apart from them....?
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Post by BShanahan14rulz on Feb 28, 2005 16:20:00 GMT -5
for us its the other pound sign, the #
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Post by jgotti on Feb 28, 2005 19:00:44 GMT -5
us keyboard is a setting.....even though our keyboards have pound as shift function on 3 and us $ for 4,these can be changed using different country settings in keyboard settings......
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Post by BShanahan14rulz on Mar 1, 2005 0:10:07 GMT -5
these can be changed using different country settings in keyboard settings...... namely whiteout and a sharpie ;D |
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Post by Gav on Mar 1, 2005 8:51:32 GMT -5
Yeah, when we lived in Germany my parents used to have UK and German keyboards set up on their system... That's wierd. They don't just have the symbols in different places, they swap the letters around too!!
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Post by BShanahan14rulz on Mar 1, 2005 9:09:43 GMT -5
how confusing! everyone should just learn to speak numbers
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Post by jgotti on Mar 1, 2005 19:20:41 GMT -5
ahhhh...a clue to Bshan's native language! number's  |
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Post by Gav on Mar 2, 2005 15:39:18 GMT -5
Tell you what Bshan - you talk to us in binary, and I can honestly say that we'll pay just as much attention to your posts as we always have done, okay?
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Post by jgotti on Mar 2, 2005 18:41:36 GMT -5
LMAO!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by jgotti on Mar 4, 2005 18:00:34 GMT -5
a little humor
Bill Gates picks his own punishment
Bill Gates picks his own punishment
Satan greets him: "Welcome Mr. Gates, we've been waiting for you. This will be your home for all eternity. You've been selfish, greedy and a big liar all your life. Now, since you've got me in a good mood, I'll be generous and give you a choice of three places in which you'll be locked up forever.
Satan takes Bill to a huge lake of fire in which millions of poor souls are tormented and tortured. He then takes him to a massive coliseum where thousands of people are chased about and devoured by starving lions. Finally, he takes Bill to a tiny room in which there is a bottle of the finest wine sitting on a table. To Bill's delight, he sees a PC in the corner. Without hesitation, Bill says "I'll take this option."
"Fine," says Satan, allowing Bill to enter the room. Satan locks the room after Bill.
As he turns around, he bumps into Lucifer. "That was Bill Gates!" cried Lucifer. "Why did you give him the best place of all!"
"That's what everyone thinks" snickered Satan.
"The bottle has a hole in it!"
"What about the PC?"
"It's got Windows 95!" laughed Satan.
"And it's missing three keys,"
"Which three?"
"Control, Alt and Delete."
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