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Must be because The Place[^] was already taken! We'd usually go there when driving down to the US to pick up stuff for which shipping to Canada was ridiculously expensive.
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There's one in a small town near me called The Office.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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What about The No Sign Bar ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Still misleading. Maybe the flag of the Soviet Union. Then you'd know they never updated it.
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It's time for an IP address check. I'll even volunteer to write it; if it's also implemented. Also a black list.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I use a VPN and have enough trouble already with imbecilic software that does this.
Even worse are sites that don't accept logins through a VPN or that constantly want you to go through Captchas. Some of them have business models that are, in large part, based on tracking, so they clearly want to make life for VPN users miserable. Others are built on crap server frameworks that reject VPN addresses. 
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. . . and don't forget the genius' that won't allow anything but the most common top-level domains. Alas, even some on CP have their minds stuck in that groove.
Might I suggest you check Q&A and then realize that graduates of Q&A are now writing their idea software.
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I'm specifically thinking of "one" Design and Architecture clown who seems to have CP at bay.
And "browsing" is not the same as signing up is not the same as posting shyte is not the same as ...
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
modified 25-Nov-20 10:57am.
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We've used IP checks for nearly 15 years.
However. We also allow members to set their display country as a country other than what their IP says. Your private info is your private info.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: Also a black list
Is it:
He's making a list
He's checking it twice
Who is naughty
And who is nice .Or:
As someday it may happen
That a victim must be found
I've got a little list
(He's got a little list)
Of CodeProject's offenders
Who might well be underground
And who never would be missed
(They never would be missed) Inquiring minds wish to know...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Flag? I never noticed that before! It got mine right - UK, but I don't know how! 
Also, it has my location as Bicester. Where did that come from? I didn't even know there was a place to put your address - until 5 minutes ago.
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5teveH wrote: Where did that come from?
Probably Alzheimer.
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Considering that I am a Brit who just happens to live in the US at the moment, there should be an option to get the correct flag set. Just a thought.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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� Forogar � wrote: there should be an option to get the correct flag set.
There is.Nevermind, I see what you mean. (Same here, I am the French guy working in Germany).
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That's quite a moment.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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North Korea 
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Weird. I was wondering last night about default flags, and wondering if there were options like Klingon or UFP or, maybe even Sheldon's Apartment.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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silly me, where does one see the flag?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"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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I can't think of a single addiction that is beneficial. The first person to come up with a 'good addiction' is going to be richer that Jeff Bezos. Opportunity?
If anyone does invent one, remember, this was my idea and I deserve a small cut! Just getting that in now. 
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Aside from the blessing we speak of as coffee, let me give you a lifestyle hint:
"Sometimes, all you need are some better bad habits"
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Teeth-brushing
Seat belt-wearing
Clean undies-wearing
Opening doors for others
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Those aren't addictions, they're habits. 
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I was going to say the same. In fact I googled the difference between Habit and Addiction and this is what I found:
Quote: The words “habit” and “addiction” are frequently interchanged, but there is one significant difference between the two. Habits can be negative or positive, while addictions are only negative. The trick to identifying, which is which often lies in the amount of time and effort it takes to break one.
Kelly Herald
Software Developer
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Kelly Herald wrote: addictions are only negative
Sometimes that might be an easy call, but all too often it's subjective.
And if an addiction give the addict pleasure as compensation, who's to say?
Check one or more:
[ ] Religious zealots?
[ ] Right wing political knowers of what's right?
[ ] Left wing political knowers of what's right?
[ ] People jealous of that in which someone else takes pleasure?
[ ] Fill in with those other impeccable judges of good and evil who got on your case
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