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I can just see it now. A six page essay detailing the pros and cons of Multi Vector Assault Mode.

Actually, come to think of it, some kids could benifet quite a bit from some of the science and history that gets argued around here :mrgreen:
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Mark wrote:I can just see it now. A six page essay detailing the pros and cons of Multi Vector Assault Mode.

Actually, come to think of it, some kids could benifet quite a bit from some of the science and history that gets argued around here :mrgreen:
Indeed. And "Teaching for the 21st century" is all about this sort of crap (using website and computer interaction)
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Had a kid try to hit me today. He failed, part because he wasn't really commited to the action, part because I shoved him into a wall. I gave him a nice talk down (funny since he's taller then I am) in front of his class mates and friends. To which he acted tough for about thirty seconds. Then he was about as tough and manly as a new born pup.
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Deepcrush wrote:part because he wasn't really commited to the action
The absolutely worst way to try and throw a punch. If you can't throw a punch like you mean it, don't throw it at all.
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Indeed. Because the other guy will hit you back as hard as he can.
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Man, what is it about this site and teachers? Just how many of them have we got at this point? :lol:
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Sionnach Glic wrote:Man, what is it about this site and teachers? Just how many of them have we got at this point?
Hordes of the buggers. :wink:
Deepcrush wrote:Had a kid try to hit me today.
Did anyone need to read further than this to have a pretty good idea of the outcome? :lol:
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Sionnach Glic wrote:Man, what is it about this site and teachers? Just how many of them have we got at this point?
Hard to say. Kinda funny though.
Mikey wrote:The absolutely worst way to try and throw a punch. If you can't throw a punch like you mean it, don't throw it at all.
Very true, though in his defense. If he had been commited to hitting me, I would have committed him to the health room wheel chair. He may have seen this coming and changed his mind in mid swing. Or he's just a pussy.
Captain Seafort wrote:Did anyone need to read further than this to have a pretty good idea of the outcome?
What the hell do you mean by this??? :P
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Deepcrush wrote:
Captain Seafort wrote:Did anyone need to read further than this to have a pretty good idea of the outcome?
What the hell do you mean by this??? :P
That your record of suffering fools gladly is less than stellar. :)
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LOL
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Hey, its not like I hurt him that much.
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I have to bite my tongue every time I go to the pet store. There is always someone in there buying a fish bowl and a betta and I have never, NEVER heard the employees there even once suggest getting a filter or a heater for the poor thing.
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Tyyr wrote:I have to bite my tongue every time I go to the pet store. There is always someone in there buying a fish bowl and a betta and I have never, NEVER heard the employees there even once suggest getting a filter or a heater for the poor thing.
That's because the employees are as clueless as the customers. They take the idea "bettas can survive well enough in a simple little bowl" to mean "bettas should be kept in a simple little bowl."
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They're tough as nails but putting a betta in a bowl like that is like stripping someone naked and sitting them in a room with the AC cranked all the way down and a car's exhaust being fed into it.

I know not everyone is like me and going to spend almost $150 on a tank for a betta and a couple platys but come on. You can get a 10w heater for like $15 and a decent little filter for the same. The store makes more money and the fish has a fighting chance.
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Tyyr wrote:They're tough as nails but putting a betta in a bowl like that is like stripping someone naked and sitting them in a room with the AC cranked all the way down and a car's exhaust being fed into it.

I know not everyone is like me and going to spend almost $150 on a tank for a betta and a couple platys but come on. You can get a 10w heater for like $15 and a decent little filter for the same. The store makes more money and the fish has a fighting chance.
That would be a fighting fish with a fighting chance ;)
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So today, I felt like crap and because of that, I didn't go swimming. Which made the 2 girls who were there today very happy... since neither remembered their makeup.... :roll:

But whatever, had fun convos with the two of them...
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