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by Bret Ripley
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: It's Deja Vu all over again
Replies: 12
Views: 313

Re: It's Deja Vu all over again

With the help of Sen. Orrin Hatch, there are now federal rules to allow religions to completely ignore local zoning and build whatever they want. Is that really true, or is this yet another thing you're making up? It looks like an editorialized reference to the Religious Land Use and Institutionali...
by Bret Ripley
Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: [Super Spirit Paradise]
Topic: Washer Dryer preference
Replies: 14
Views: 292

Before our current set, we always had top-loaders. We changed to a frontload set for a couple of reasons: we have a smallish house so space is at a premium, and we wanted a worktop in the mud room. When we remodeled the mud room, we put in a counter with a sink to one side -- without pedestals the w...
by Bret Ripley
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Bottle caps.
Replies: 21
Views: 376

Re: Bottle caps.

I just double-checked and confirmed that our local recycling service doesn't even accept bottle caps. I wonder how typical that is around the U.S.?
by Bret Ripley
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Bottle caps.
Replies: 21
Views: 376

Re: Bottle caps.

Dr. Shades wrote:
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:06 pm
Bret Ripley wrote:
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:36 am
Was that funny?
No, because it wasn’t a joke.
Bummer. Seeing it as an attempt at humor was my way of letting you off the hook from looking like a garden variety asshole. (Speaking as one asshole to another, of course.)
by Bret Ripley
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:36 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Bottle caps.
Replies: 21
Views: 376

Re: Bottle caps.

Dr. Shades wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:06 am
Would you like a megathread?
Was that funny?
by Bret Ripley
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: [Super Spirit Paradise]
Topic: Married Filing Jointly
Replies: 3
Views: 150

Re: Married Filing Jointly

Huckelberry is correct. W-4 selections have no effect on taxes owed, but can have dramatic effects on withholding and therefore amounts refundable/due at yearend. Amounts owed with federal income tax filings generally reflect insufficient withholdings, which are determined in part by form W-4, and a...
by Bret Ripley
Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
Replies: 29
Views: 965

Re: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?

yellowstone123 wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:43 pm
So is this a simulation? I'll keep my parents and sisters but everything else goes!
I'm sorry, I don't believe we've been properly introduc *poof*
by Bret Ripley
Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
Replies: 29
Views: 965

Re: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?

All intelligence is artificial. Except yours, of course. Yours is the real deal, surely.
by Bret Ripley
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Just be a guy for 5 seconds, okay?
Replies: 31
Views: 1088

Re: Just be a guy for 5 seconds, okay?

Some Schmo wrote:
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:28 pm
I don't think hair length matters nearly as much as the specific cut, and how that cut looks on that person. Just my opinion.
What Schmo said, and I yield the rest of my time.
by Bret Ripley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: [Super Spirit Paradise]
Topic: The fried egg.
Replies: 10
Views: 501

Re: The fried egg.

THAT is adorable. 🙂 What is this constructed from? From the chat area: Imwashingmypirate • Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:06 am Olis paper mache fried egg hasn't dried so I've got the heater blowing on it. Wondering if I did it wrong. I used wallpaper paste and kitchen roll. I’m not sure what a kitchen roll is...