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What - they didn't teach the percussive deceleration technique at your driving school?
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They must teach that method in the schools in my city... because it seems that everyone has used my bumper to stop while parking.
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Bumpers are for bumping.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Not really... not on purpose anyway.
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They used to be, when they were made off good solid steel. But now they are mostly made from plastic and styro-foam. Just have to look at them the wrong way and they fall apart.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote: made from plastic and styro-foam
That's noise reduction, so I don't hear that screeeeeee.... as I parallel park.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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That's a very good accident to have, it will teach her to be more careful without actually doing any serious damage to her or the cars.
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20 yo daughter - quite mature, safe driver, but typical 20 yo - completely full of herself. She has it ALL under control....
Then one morning a couple of months back Dad gets a slightly hyper phone call at work "Dad, I've crashed my car" (it's her own car she bought and paid for). Me, imagining she has smacked into some one else.."Are you OK? Anyone else involved?" etc.
Turns out she was setting off for work, reversed out of garage rather cockily and started turning before fully out of said garage. Grawnch! Crunch! Smash! Front bumper clips corner of garage door. Bumper torn completely from car, headlight assembly detaches and smashes to ground. 
$700 later she is now wiser and more cautious/careful.
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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The best kind of accident - nobody hurt, and no citations. 
/ravi
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I have to ask - why did she call you? Sympathy?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Just freaking out - bit of a shock to her system... 
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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I try and lead by example. I try and coach not curse. I try - Lord Knows I Try - to teach the youngin's how to cherish this wonderful, inconsistent and illogical language we have, and to use the depth and breadth of its vocabulary to its fullest.
And yet some insist, provocatively, on abusing its fulsome goodness with the use of Words Abhorrent Unto John Galsworthy.
I'm watching you, Nagy.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Now that you've GOTTEN that out of your system, do you feel better?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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This is actual code in our codebase:
private static readonly string[] _badWords =
{
<list of really naughty words >, "gotten"
};
private static readonly string[] _goodWords =
{
<list of really naughty words santised>, "acquire, obtain, come by, receive, gain, or any of the many, many, MANY other words that deserve to be used instead" };
...
<Serious Dad-frown and a pointing finger>
Don't make me use it!
</Serious Dad-frown and a pointing finger>
cheers
Chris Maunder
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And you missed out "Belgium"? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Should be replaced by what? Frogs? 
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Anything! 'Belgium is the rudest word in the Universe, "completely banned in all parts of the Galaxy, except in one part, where they don't know what it means"'
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You can go to Belgium 
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Belgians[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I don't write these books!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I, for one, have taken your disdain for [that word] to heart and have noticed that in most cases, the word "become" is the proper word.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Everytime someone uses that word a kitten dies.
You're a good man.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You can't pin this[^] on me...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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As I have said before; The only good cat is a dead cat. All the more incentive to use gotten.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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