Update XXI: "Scientific Facts Are Not Hard And Fast Rules."

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Of course he could always try to get work with a normal taxi firm; presumably Oklahoma City has about a billion of these.

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Of course he could always try to get work with a normal taxi firm; presumably Oklahoma City has about a billion of these.

Taxis are not a common thing in midsized US cities. Most people already have cars, and those who don't are likely too poor to afford cab fare. Here in my hometown, one almost never sees them, though a few do exist.

Seriously? How odd. Even large villages here often have a taxi firm.

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What IT qualifications do you have? that's the real reason I'm calling it bogus.

He has a degree in 'e-commerce' from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

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Does e-commerce involve any of the following?

I have no idea what it entails. I just like repeating the following sentence: He has a degree in 'e-commerce' from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

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The problem with Bushie's diet isn't that he's eating bread (to the extent that you can describe what he eats with his burgers as 'bread', and I'm not entirely sure if you can). It isn't even really that he mostly eats junk food or that he doesn't eat enough vegetables (although these are both bad things). The problem is gluttony, and the problem is compounded by his entirely sedentary existence. Crankish diets will do him no good for all kinds of reasons, but the main one is that he doesn't need to go on a diet, what he needs a fundamental change of lifestyle. To be specific (and to give the ancient advice) he needs to eat (vastly) less and exercise more. Though the latter should come in baby steps or he'll die of a heart attack.

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So, another call centre job.

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I like cinnamon rolls...

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Lust - check
Gluttony - check
Greed - check
Sloth - check
Wrath - check
Envy - check
Pride - check

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Do your Grandmother and your parents still have those Americscam polices or have they run out? Just curious.

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Other than selling your elderly Grandmother dodgy life insurance from a pyramid scheme?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism

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Just because I'm guaranteed to go to heaven doesn't give me a license to sin.  Will I still sin?  Sure, but I have freedom from sin.

That's a direct contradiction, Jeff.

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Just because I'm guaranteed to go to heaven doesn't give me a license to sin.  Will I still sin?  Sure, but I have freedom from sin.

That's a direct contradiction, Jeff.

Read 1 John 1:9-2:1

I'm not unfamiliar with the Bible, 'Reverend', and I don't think that passage means what you think it does.

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Ignore the above post. A strong red goes well with anything.

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It's no fun cooking for just one person.

Just cut down on the amounts given in any recipe you're using. Problem solved.

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And you feel less lonely with a take-away or a ready meal?

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But you could cook your own comfort food. You might find it surprisingly enjoyable. Control of ingredients and portion sizes would mean that it would be better for on two counts (i.e. what you're eating and what you're spending).

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Something that could certainly be read in a different way to how most here have chosen.

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Of course, again, there may well be a reason for that.

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Americans tip a lot don't they? It's less formal here.

_{(Yes, I know why as well).}

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Some of the different tics I experience are brief, but wild mood swings that sometimes resemble bipolar, but are not bipolar.  In private, I go from really excited to really upset.  They never last long, but do happen frequently.  That's why I have so many angry bursts on the forum.  When I'm around others, I am even keel at all times and only inwardly have those swings.

Presumably this makes work difficult; a complex emotional minefield to negotiate? Have you seen anyone about this recently?

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I have.  I am very open with my doctor about the tics I experience.

Good. You're about to work in retail so I think you need to be particularly careful: even if you never snap at anyone, simply coming across as surly would not be good. There will be difficult customers. Maybe try to discuss (practice?) some coping methods.

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I've seen it flying in Rhyl!

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Tulsa isn't far (in American Midwest terms at least) from some of the prettier parts of Oklahoma, so why not do a day trip to one of them? You have a car, after all. Walk about a bit and enjoy the great outdoors; would do you good. And take photos to prove people here wrong about your state. Is that a good incentive?