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21 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:
Feels like bs to me.
If police had beaten a confession out of him - prima facie inadmissible - and the judge allowed the jury to hear it, should a conviction be allowed to stand? I don't want to be ruled by a justice system that doesn't protect basic procedural fairness.
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1 hour ago, Spartan Girl said:
they’re basically saying it’s because too many women testified and the jury believed them?!
No, they're saying it's "because the judge allowed the jury to hear and consider evidence which was inadmissible" Everyone is entitled to due process.
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Grocery shopping has become horrible enough, as I try to balance cost vs convenience vs quality at the different grocery stores in my neighbourhood. A national chain in Canada (all Canucks will know which one I mean), installed multiple self serve checkouts while leaving only 1 staffed checkout, maybe 2 at absolute peak times. Now they have realized that facilitated theft, so they have installed locked gates, plexiglass barriers, locking cart wheels, receipt checks and security guards. That wasn't enough, so they moved to limit the number of items at self serve checkouts, presumably because a full cart made it easier to hide unpaid items. The kicker is that the signs say "25 items or less". It's "fewer", you morons. Fewer.
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2 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:
The downside to this is that you will never know if a person you reported for whatever reason has gotten a warning
I once reported an incredibly vicious, hateful personal message I received from another poster. The moderator's response "Aw, Diddums, as your mommy taught you, when someone hurts your feelings you should just ignore them". I'm unaware whether that poster received so much as a slap on the wrist, but I assume not since she subsequently was made a moderator. So the "ignore" feature no longer worked. Did you know you can't put moderators on "ignore"?
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23 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:
I've got three big red warnings on this site. I don't dare tell you about them but they're still in my profile.
High five, Sister Friend. I'm kind of proud of mine. If you haven't got anything nice to say, come sit right here by me.
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45 minutes ago, Foghorn Leghorn said:
have been talking and getting together occasionally
"just talking" leads to babies, at least according to many contestants on Judge Judy.
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50 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:
I was just scrolling through the 2014 ice dance comments and saw familiar names: quof
Damn, I've got to get a new hobby.
Actually, I have completely abandoned figure skating fandom. I hate the "new" rules, and trends. Get off my lawn.
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9 hours ago, fairffaxx said:
multi-millionaire who's on his 3rd marriage (she's 25 years younger than he
I'm guessing his winning personality wasn't the attraction.
I've watched a few episodes of Milk Street and all of the chefs/presenters appear to either kiss his ass or cower in fear.
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FYI - paracetamol is the same thing as Tylenol.
It's always a good idea to learn the generic rather than proprietary name of everyday products, especially when traveling. I had to find treatment for a sunburn in France, and frankly wouldn't have known what to look for at home because I'd never had a sunburn before. It was a real test of my French vocabulary, and ultimately my charade skills, to get the most awesome ointment which I brought home and used on kitchen and other burns for many months.
I'm always astonished when travellers expect the rest of the world to be just like it is at home (then why travel???) I can't count the number of times I've heard American tourists (Not talking about anyone on this forum, just citing my lived experience) ask "What does this cost in real dollars?" and question why "TSA" in another country doesn't follow the same airport security rules as the United States Transportation Security Administration.
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How do you hear them speaking on a voicemail? Do you have an answering machine?
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I don't answer numbers I don't recognize, but I do answer "unknown callers" because I am dealing with a number of healthcare providers who call from their cellphones when they get a free minute in their day. If I have to call them back, we usually end up playing phone tag. My secret - I don't say anything when I answer. If they are legitimate callers, they will say "Hello? Quof?" Spam callers might have my last name from a list, but never my first, so it's a good screener. Robots just disconnect.
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Manners never go out of style, just because people do all kinds of things that are rude.
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Grandmothers or other immediate family members don't host showers - weddings or baby; asking people to give gifts to your relative is tacky and rude. Your friends, or church community, may offer to host one for you and if they don't, you go without.
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4 hours ago, BAForever said:
Those smaller balls are really soft and used for dodgeball.
Thought we weren't allowed to play dodgeball anymore, because "bullying". It really is hurtful - both physically and psychologically.
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Character evidence is prima facie inadmissible.
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A question for the group - Washing walls, yes or no? I don't have wood heat or fireplace, and no one smokes in my house. Any obvious grimy spots get cleaned, of course, but there no kids or others routinely making marks on my walls. I just feel like the kitchen walls at least should get scrubbed annually. I did the bathroom walls since it was quick, and it does look noticeably brighter and the water was pretty gross. But the kitchen will be so much more complicated, taking things off the walls, pulling out the appliances...
I just need someone to say "No, it's fine, leave it" or alternatively "Get off your lazy ass and wash your kitchen walls."
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Interesting that the wacky cake recipe says an 8 x 8 pan makes 6 servings. Usually it's 9 reasonably sized servings of cake, brownie, etc. Some really stingy recipes claim you can cut 16 servings!
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I scattered crushed mini eggs on top, to give an Easter feeling.
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30 minutes ago, Ancaster said:
Apart from comparing a city to a state, without details (statistics, sources) I can't learn any useful information from it.
The crime rate is calculated using population figures - the total number of people or the number of people per square mile/kilometre/or other measure of area (population density) - so it is possible to compare a city to a state.
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I can deal with the raw eggs in baking, I just can't stand the sight, smell or taste of the cooked ones. It makes going out to brunch challenging, I usually decline the invitation.
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They're very fudgy in texture, there's no leavening.
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Reporting back, Fudgy Lemon Brownies are delicious.
And I've taken to eating chunks of the lemon ricotta cake, with real whipped cream squirted from a can, while standing in my kitchen. So keep an eye out for the opening of my charm school.
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All this egg talk is making me slightly nauseated; I hate eggs. You would never know that to look in my compost bin, because I do love cookies. 😃
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JD and Abbie: Captured Before the Rapture
in Counting On
John David and Abbie ran a 5K. They wore normal athletic clothing. Abbie, the shameless hussie, word black spandex leggings and a tank top. Yay, she's not pregnant.