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[Q] survey about fastfood

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Just added a link for easy answering, when done click the button at the buttom of the page. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MKVMRRZ
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We are a group of physiotherapists that have been forced to do a survey about junk-food and peoples thoughts about it, please take your time to answer these questions.
Why aren't we investing in long-term solutions such as improving the quality / nutritional value of the soil?
Why do you think fast food has become so widespread, despite the poor quality?
Why are people still "uninformed" about food, although knowledge is available?
Why do scare campagns do poorly in your country. if they do ?
Do you think that people who drink alcohol or smoke should have to pay for treatment of diseases related to lifestyle, and why?
what country are you from?
Thanks in advance.

I'm from the U.S.A. Weed is the cause of all these problems.
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I'm from England. I eat junk when I cannot be bothered to cook. We have hectic lives now for what our bodies were not intended to do. Hence the rise in mental health issues. Easiest way out is fast food...
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I´ve made a link to make it easier for ppl to answer.
hopefully I´ll get some answers I can use

westicle said:
I'm from the U.S.A. Weed is the cause of all these problems.
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Don't start on marij****, I would win on an argument with that.. We** does nothing to your braincells like some of your 5th grade teachers say.

Master™ said:
Don't start on marij****, I would win on an argument with that.. We** does nothing to your braincells like some of your 5th grade teachers say.
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+1, I smoke weed every day and I eat better (healthier) than probably 90% of my fellow Americans, but that's a whole other topic..

It made you forget a couple of letters, "uana" and "ed".
good day.

chopper the dog said:
It made you forget a couple of letters, "uana" and "ed".
good day.
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Baaaahahahahahahahaha...wait, what's next? oh yeah...hahahahaha Priceless

there is a good place to learn english

i think i will learn more english than phone knowledge.
my mobile is meizu m9 and i cant find much of it.

reading books and novels taught me good English

The best thing I know to do is to start asking questions and never stop.
Sadly, too many of us here in the U.S. don't care and don't take pride in being able to write properly.
I know I'm new here (in fact I'm *brand new* as of today) but if you have questions, I'm certain there's others on here like me who can help.
Remember: we learn by doing.

I learned English at a strip joint.

Assuming you're in China, get a girlfriend who can't speak Chinese.
Join more activities with people from different countries.

I'm not a proponent of the "immersive" approach to language education, tbh. I don't believe it really works all that well, and I do believe it is an extremely resource-intensive, inefficient approach.
But then again, that's just me talking.

I just got rosetta stone for arabic. The pronunciation is killing me. Can't vouch for it though, just started it.

Cable television helped a lot with my english, back when I was in school (20 years ago)

boborone said:
I just got rosetta stone for arabic. The pronunciation is killing me. Can't vouch for it though, just started it.
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need help?, I am a native
@clown, yup movies, movies and more movies without reading subtitles

husam666 said:
need help?, I am a native
@clown, yup movies, movies and more movies without reading subtitles
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I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I'm saving up for a backpacking trip to the Middle East. That is is some beautiful land and culture yall have out there. Just so much untouched land. I've backpacked around America, but never been outside the US.
EDIT There is one thing that you can help me with. Besides Al Jazerra, what other news sites would be good to watch/read to learn more. Also, do you know of a good way to learn the alphabet and writing? Thanks.

boborone said:
I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I'm saving up for a backpacking trip to the Middle East. That is is some beautiful land and culture yall have out there. Just so much untouched land. I've backpacked around America, but never been outside the US.
EDIT There is one thing that you can help me with. Besides Al Jazerra, what other news sites would be good to watch/read to learn more. Also, do you know of a good way to learn the alphabet and writing? Thanks.
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here's one http://www.alarabiya.net/
with the alphabets, sry idk.

husam666 said:
here's one http://www.alarabiya.net/
with the alphabets, sry idk.
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Thanks man

best advice is to hang out with people who speak the language you want to learn, Then ,read out load every day that language (gets your mouth used to saying the words). That was the biggest help for me

SciFiSurfer said:
I'm not a proponent of the "immersive" approach to language education, tbh. I don't believe it really works all that well, and I do believe it is an extremely resource-intensive, inefficient approach.
But then again, that's just me talking.
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Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.

Btros said:
Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.
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Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?

SciFiSurfer said:
Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?
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*the bold
What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.

Btros said:
Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.
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Can't agree more, they taught us hebrew in my school and I can barely understand that language
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SciFiSurfer said:
Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?
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*the bold
What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.
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I agree, I think that is the point of immersion - that you are forced to find ways to communicate in the native language. The best advice I ever got about learning Japanese in Japan was from a fellow American - he saw me keep looking in my English to Japanese dictionary and told me to throw that thing away and get a Japanese to English one. Instead of looking up words in English and then trying to say the Japanese word I saw there, I would listen to the Japanese speaker telling me something, look up the word IN JAPANESE and then find the meaning on my own in English.
Using the words I learned in an authentic context day after day was the only way I learned to use them naturally.

boborone said:
*the bold
What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.
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Well, just like Btros said, he took Hebrew in school and can't function at all in it. The difference is that when you take a language in school, unless you actually have a personal passion for learning another language, or that language in particular, you don't really have a need-to-know and so you don't really learn it.
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I agree, I think that is the point of immersion - that you are forced to find ways to communicate in the native language.
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I suppose one could stumble through this sort of process, but it just seems like a very painful one. For one, how can you look up words in a language you don't know? I mean, if I were listening to a Japanese speaker, I'd have enough of a time trying to hear the individual words, let alone ever attempting to reconstruct their spelling and, from there, look up the meaning of the word.
Without at least some formal instruction, how can someone actually know what they're listening to? It's not like any of us native speakers speak. like. this. when. talking. to. other. people. in. the. real. world. and yet, without conversations being had in that manner. we native speakers speaklikethiswhentalkingtootherpeopleintherealworld and that is basically impossible, aurally, to pick apart when you don't have vocabulary.

SciFiSurfer said:
Well, just like Btros said, he took Hebrew in school and can't function at all in it. The difference is that when you take a language in school, unless you actually have a personal passion for learning another language, or that language in particular, you don't really have a need-to-know and so you don't really learn it.
I suppose one could stumble through this sort of process, but it just seems like a very painful one. For one, how can you look up words in a language you don't know? I mean, if I were listening to a Japanese speaker, I'd have enough of a time trying to hear the individual words, let alone ever attempting to reconstruct their spelling and, from there, look up the meaning of the word.
Without at least some formal instruction, how can someone actually know what they're listening to? It's not like any of us native speakers speak. like. this. when. talking. to. other. people. in. the. real. world. and yet, without conversations being had in that manner. we native speakers speaklikethiswhentalkingtootherpeopleintherealworld and that is basically impossible, aurally, to pick apart when you don't have vocabulary.
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you should work in politics or better yet, samsung pr
"ah yes, that's a nice question, hey look over there"

Anybody on this Forum in the Military?

Like the title states... I'm pre-enlisting into the Marine Corps next summer, and I've recently gotten into XDA. I figured I'd try to find anyone else on this Forum in/joining the Military.

I almost signed up to the British Army when i was 16 and have always regretted not following through with it. In my work i have a lot of colleagues who are ex-military and they're all great guys. Every one of them deserve the utmost respect for serving their country.
If it's what you want to do, don't let anything stand in your way! Keep us updated with your news and hopefully in future you can tell us stories about your Boot-Camp and Tours of duty!

I'm also in the process of joining the USMC. I'm just waiting for my backround check to come in but its been two months already .. I think its because I had to put in a waiver but hopefully my waivers go thru ..
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DirkGently1 said:
I almost signed up to the British Army when i was 16 and have always regretted not following through with it. In my work i have a lot of colleagues who are ex-military and they're all great guys. Every one of them deserve the utmost respect for serving their country.
If it's what you want to do, don't let anything stand in your way! Keep us updated with your news and hopefully in future you can tell us stories about your Boot-Camp and Tours of duty!
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Why don't you try giving it another chance? Also, If I lived in Britain, I'd try going for their Royal Marine Commandos... Talk about bad ass!
theebest said:
I'm also in the process of joining the USMC. I'm just waiting for my backround check to come in but its been two months already .. I think its because I had to put in a waiver but hopefully my waivers go thru ..
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That's great! What if we meet up? Haha. I'm gonna be going to MEPS in about a year, so hopefully all goes well. I'm only 16 right now, but I've been wanting to do this for a while now.

DirkGently1 said:
I almost signed up to the British Army when i was 16 and have always regretted not following through with it. In my work i have a lot of colleagues who are ex-military and they're all great guys. Every one of them deserve the utmost respect for serving their country.
If it's what you want to do, don't let anything stand in your way! Keep us updated with your news and hopefully in future you can tell us stories about your Boot-Camp and Tours of duty!
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they don't have an age limit there? wow
anyway, i got counltess recruitment calls when i graduated from high school, said no, and they wouldn't take me anyway due to my ADHD and asbergers (believe me, i tried to sign up)

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Why don't you try giving it another chance? Also, If I lived in Britain, I'd try going for their Royal Marine Commandos... Talk about bad ass!
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Waaay too old now!
I'm sitting next to a retired Ghurka atm and those guys are fearless. Most of them serve for 20 years or more and have seen combat all over the world. One of them, who is a serving soldier, is currently under investigation for cutting the head off a Taliban fighter.
Who needs guns!
Edit: I'm 'Thanking' everyone in this thread who is serving or joining up. It's the least a civvy could do!

I was in the USAF, 4 years, best experience of my life.

Kiboe said:
they don't have an age limit there? wow
anyway, i got counltess recruitment calls when i graduated from high school, said no, and they wouldn't take me anyway due to my ADHD and asbergers (believe me, i tried to sign up)
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UK does, I think its 16 or 18, 16 is when you can live on your own, married, etc. So I'm going with 16
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Former Army - Military Police and Medical Service Corps (8.5 yrs)

My brother and grandfathers were in the USAF and the ARMY. I can't go in because of to many medical conditions. I respect every military member, op, thank you for the enlistment. Take care of your self.
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m1l4droid said:
I'd rather die than be in our military...
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Lets hope that dont happeb

watt9493 said:
My brother and grandfathers were in the USAF and the ARMY. I can't go in because of to many medical conditions. I respect every military member, op, thank you for the enlistment. Take care of your self.
Please lengthen your message to at least 10 charters
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m1l4droid said:
I'd rather die than be in our military...
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When the military are used to police the civilians in their own country you know that something is wrong! Any soldier that raises a weapon to one of their own deserves everything that IS coming to them!
Good luck my friend. The people will always triumph in the end, be patient!

I deeply believe in Karma. Not as some supernatural, occult force...just that everyone has everything that's coming to them! Live your life as a good person and good things will come your way. Live your life as an evil bastard and that's how your life will end.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. What goes around, comes around. Pick your metaphor! The good will out...

Wow, a legitimate political discussion in this forum ?
What is XDA coming to ?

TravisBean said:
Wow, a legitimate ***** discussion in this forum ?
What is XDA coming to ?
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Pretend it's not a P****** discussion Those threads will get closed

MacaronyMax said:
Pretend it's not a P****** discussion Those threads will get closed
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There's no politicaling going on around here! So how's everyone finding their HTC, Widows Mobile phone anyway.....?
Edit: It's a shame that there have to be divisions, borders, territory, politics in real life. We are all one race and we all share the same planet. XDA is my favourite site because the things that bring us together knows no boundaries. I now have friends all over the world, all good people, and like the other 99% of the worlds population we all want the same thing! A long and fruitful life and good health for ourselves, our friends and our families.
In a forum of 4 million members i would say that XDA OT is the place to come to find friendship, understanding, respect, fun, sadness, joy, and laughter. We have member aged from 14 years to 60 years, from every walk of life, from every nation. We don't fight, we don't hate...we laugh, we share sorrow and we spread happiness. I would be a lesser person if not for the people i surround myself with here. I learn with these people, i share with these people...these people are my family!*
*The mods are especially awesome!

I was born in the military. My mom was in the Army and had me right before her Unit was deployed to Grenada or Panama or some place back then. She had the choice of signing me over to the custody of the US or get out of the military. My mom was born in the military, too. On one of the Naval bases in Hawaii. My grandpa was in the Marines. I got accepted in high school but backed out when a mess of things happened and none of my family wanted me to enlist, but rather go in after collage. Got rejected when I was 23 for enlistment and again when I was 25. Too much trouble making when I was a kid. Maybe we'll get in another world war and open the draft again. I'll join then, they won't reject me then.

Im thinking of enlisting in the airforce.....any thoughts?
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Alanrocks15 said:
Im thinking of enlisting in the airforce.....any thoughts?
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PM orb and see what he says. Is there an honest branch of the Mexican government? Seriously, not trying to troll. Just hear nothing but horror stories from friends who are either from or have family in Mexico.

I need to change my country to usa.....everybody seems to think I live in mexico...i havent been there in like 11 years...i was talking about the us air force
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Has the word THANKS and SORRY become to cheap?

Do you think that, too?

Quite the opposite, i reckon they're still not used enough. Of course it's become easier to do online but people are still reserved and reticent to be polite to strangers. Natural reaction i guess. Perhaps the fact that people are being polite online may carry over to real life eventually?
Personally i've always found myself being awkward in real life social situations and heartfelt stuff just makes it worse. Gotta be drunk for that stuff! No such problem saying Thanks, please, sorry etc on here though.

I don't think the mods will like that. A "thank you" is a thing you'll have to deserve.

I will however 'Thank' any currently serving, or previously serving, member of any of the Armed Services on principal.
Should the OP decide to enlist and serve his Queen and Country i will be the first to hit that button!

Luckily for you, i am the queen Now, let's get f-ed up gentlemen!

I hate Justin bayber, will you thank me?
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WTS thanks hitting. 1$ each. pm me
(kidding don't ban me)

But that doesn't help when you secretly have a crush on Rebecca Black. So no, i can't thank you yet.

BazookaAce said:
Luckily for you, i am the queen Now, let's get f-ed up gentlemen!
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Hear, hear!
Cheers!
Edit: Can i borrow a couple of your commonwealth countries for the weekend? Nothing important...perhaps Canada & Australia? I promise to return them in good condition!

If you have kids then you know what Im talking about.. Sorry loses its meaning very VERY fast... lol

Shift_Lock said:
If you have kids then you know what Im talking about.. Sorry loses its meaning very VERY fast... lol
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Lulz! So you feel like you're being played? Kids are masters at manipulation and will stop at nothing! The two 'angels' that i share a house with know exactly how to wrap me in knots.
Bless 'em. (They're not mine so i only have to digest them in bite sized chunks).
When i was younger i had terrible trouble admitting when i was wrong. I would defend my argument long after it had stopped being logical. I think that's common too. It stings the pride. I'm glad i'm not like that any more.

LOL! The 4 year old is the worst.. she runs her mom. her brother and her sister.. I try to keep it together... but damn... she knows all the tricks!

Shift_Lock said:
LOL! The 4 year old is the worst.. she runs her mom. her brother and her sister.. I try to keep it together... but damn... she knows all the tricks!
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The ones here are 4 (boy) and 5 (girl) and boy does she think she's the boss! My landlord is the most patient people person i've ever known, and is far too kind to be a disciplinarian, (he took me in after all), but she takes every advantage of the fact.
"Daughter of mine, you're going to bed soon so turn off that computer and go brush your teeth".
"No daddy, we don't go to bed at this time and i will play this some more, and then i will watch television for a while...", in the sweetest voice imaginable, as if she's explaining the way things are to a total idiot.
I love it! She always does what i ask her though.

They could be the most important words ever spoken to a person
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Personal issues ever since bringing my Galaxy S3 home...

Okay, humor is a great way to make an entrance, so I will post a short story I wrote. Loving the forum so far, and have learned so much!
Anyway, before getting the Galaxy S3, I talked it over with my iPhone and Siri, and they said it was okay if I brought someone new into the household and relationship. Anyway, I brought the Galaxy S3 home to meet the "gang".
At first they were okay with it, and then jealousy reared it's head. I ended up fighting daily with my iPhone and Siri, and at one point, I was sleeping on the balcony.
I was like WTF?? This is *MY* house. Why am *I* sleeping on the balcony? To make a long story brief, I took back my place and made Siri sleep in the toaster for a night to show her who was boss. (she's watching me type BTW. Silly Siri. Hi Siri, daddy still loves you!)
Anyway, things seem to be back on track, but last night I couldn't sleep cuz S Voice and Siri were bloody arguing over which pizza place was closest to me. Always competing. They're so cute.
Anyway, I have to get going, S Voice wants to go out for a walk and she told me to leave Siri home. BBL
+++ Jason

Dump that siri bi...
BTW welcome to XDA

sleepijs_ said:
Dump that siri bi...
BTW welcome to XDA
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Thank you! I have been lurking without an account for about a month and I have learned so much, I felt I should sign up and say hello. :cyclops:

DelphinusMinor said:
Thank you! I have been lurking without an account for about a month and I have learned so much, I felt I should sign up and say hello. :cyclops:
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Welcome, but you could, and should, have said 'Hello' in this thread - stickied for people to 'Say Hi' in
P.S. Try not starting an iPhone vs Android war with your first posting in OT as well - Archer frowns on that sort of thing

SimonTS said:
Welcome, but you could, and should, have said 'Hello' in this thread - stickied for people to 'Say Hi' in
P.S. Try not starting an iPhone vs Android war with your first posting in OT as well - Archer frowns on that sort of thing
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That definitely is not my intention since I love and own products from both Samsung and Apple.
It's just something that appeared in my head a few days ago, so I put it to text.
I had to use two diff products in order to create the story.
And I did say hello in that thread before posting this. Thanks tho.
Anyway, take care.
- Jason

Now I feel like I need to defend myself and to be very clear I am not a troll, and far from.
Altho the definition for "troll" or "trolling" these days is so ambiguous and used so loosely, I am not sure anyone really know what the term even means anymore.
I want to add, I am a "retired" hacker/exploiter/phreaker. I love web forums(And now this one), and have been using them in one form or another for about 27 years, since 1985. I joke around alot and am very friendly/social.
I hope to continue to learn on this forum as Android OS is a new frontier for me.
Having said all of this, I will cut this off now. Take care my friend.
Peace.
+++ Del (Jason)

DelphinusMinor said:
Now I feel like I need to defend myself and to be very clear I am not a troll, and far from.
Altho the definition for "troll" or "trolling" these days is so ambiguous and used so loosely, I am not sure anyone really know what the term even means anymore.
I want to add, I am a "retired" hacker/exploiter/phreaker. I love web forums(And now this one), and have been using them in one form or another for about 27 years, since 1985. I joke around alot and am very friendly/social.
I hope to continue to learn on this forum as Android OS is a new frontier for me.
Having said all of this, I will cut this off now. Take care my friend.
Peace.
+++ Del (Jason)
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Welcome to OT. You'll fit right in.
I don't need a sig, but would love a cig.

boborone said:
Welcome to OT. You'll fit right in.
I don't need a sig, but would love a cig.
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Thank you...
/me hands you a sig.
I don't smoke, sorry, I can only offer you a sig. :cyclops:

DelphinusMinor said:
Thank you...
/me hands you a sig.
I don't smoke, sorry, I can only offer you a sig. :cyclops:
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Unacceptable. Do the honorable thing now and delete your account. Unheard of........a nerd who doesn't smoke
I don't need a sig, but would love a cig.

boborone said:
Unacceptable. Do the honorable thing now and delete your account. Unheard of........a nerd who doesn't smoke
I don't need a sig, but would love a cig.
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Mwhahahaha...

I know what you mean, I'm stuck in kind of a triangle as well. Google Now is my main partner and things are great, for the most part i couldn't ask for more. But then on Saturday when I'm drunk and I want to know when the SEC games are on, or what the score was.. I always give Siri the "talk of shame".

Ah Del nice to see you here...
I remember you from ifans giving me iPod help.
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JaZart said:
Ah Del nice to see you here...
I remember you from ifans giving me iPod help.
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Wow... Hello there!
I posted this on iFans also. I have a weird sense of humor. Haha...