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Train Collides with Family Car
I just went through one of the worst crossings of this kind, the Taylor Street crossing near Old Town, where this lane changing has happened to me. What is needed are lane barricades and double-stripes to prevent the lane changing. It's already against the law to change lanes in an intersection, but most drivers don't know about it. Driver's who have just been in accidents are often poor witnesses, so the truck-driver's testimony to the officers at the scene may not have been complete. The real answer is that we don't know the details, but the possibility that cars pulled in front of the truck, trapping it is not only feasible, it's a frequent phenomenon. That means that such a case is not only possible, it stands a good chance of being probable.— September 8, 2012 12:11 a.m.
Wall Street's High-Speed Gambling
I'm impressed at your command of the subject and your research abilities--thanks!— September 7, 2012 11:56 p.m.
Tilted Kilt waitresses and other San Diego bar girls sound off
I have to own up. I'm so clueless about websites that I first read only the first page, then later the second--finally today I read all four pages. This shows good writing, much like it used to be in the newspaper business. Editors would make pieces fit the space by lopping paragraphs off at the end. So for what it's worth, here are some excerpts from the piece that jumped off the page: “Why would we feel used? We are using them. We don’t pay for shit. We’ve grown up in the bar scene. We don’t give a flying [f(^k].” :. . . there’s pressure to work out and stay fit, to appear flawless." "I know I can’t work here forever.” "I spend about $400–$500 a month on beauty maintenance for this job.” "These will get you free shots inside . . ." “When I ask if they feel like sex objects, the young women look at me as if I’m stupid.” “Of course,” Lacy says. “That’s kind of the point.”— September 6, 2012 9:19 p.m.
Tilted Kilt waitresses and other San Diego bar girls sound off
Not JUDGE, certainly. But not remain silent, and thus be manipulated by some bogus guilt either. That's the other end of my motto (Don't manipulate and don't BE manipulated). Ignore manipulators, don't judge them. Don't proselytize, and don't buy the sermon. Judge for yourself. That's true independence, that's true maturity. Re: SurfPuppy619 Sept. 6, 2012 @ 3:34 p.m.— September 6, 2012 8:41 p.m.
Tilted Kilt waitresses and other San Diego bar girls sound off
I'll drink to that, but there is a strong tendency for people to discuss inconvenient or uncomfortable subjects because they like to admire their prose. PROSIT! You might say that discussion in a rationale manner is more popular than rational discussion. What we should be discussing here is the phenomenon, not any individual, group, or even sex. Both sexes manipulate, but the elephant in the room is: What is the result? Is it all good, all bad, or just good when it's working and bad when it's not working or the other way around? Then there is the question of DEGREES, INTENSITY, and FREQUENCY of manipulation. Finally, is the manipulation false, and is it harmful--to the manipulator and/or the "manipulatee?" refriedgringo Sept. 6, 2012 @ 12:29 p.m. . . . But that's the idea behind these pieces, it makes for an interesting read but even better when folks discuss it. In a rational manner, of course. . . .— September 6, 2012 8:36 p.m.
Tilted Kilt waitresses and other San Diego bar girls sound off
Fred, I suspect that is one of those endless discussions that amounts to defining how many angels can dance on the point of a pin. Tomato-tomater. One is "correct" and the other is "wrong," but they both mean the same thing. At the one extreme you have a baby "manipulating" it's mother for milk; on the other you have a borderline personality who insinuates his or her victim with fawning praise only to stick it to them once they've secured the poor gullible sap's confidence or is fully invested in the fantasy the manipulator is selling. Could there be something like a straw-baby? Re: Fred_Williams Sept. 5, 2012 @ 11:11 p.m. Okay. But I guess you'd have to define manipulator for me to know whether to agree or not. After all, a baby that cannot manipulate its parents into getting it food and such won't survive. So it's easy to argue that manipulation is one of the many skills/attributes to be integrated in a healthy human.— September 6, 2012 7:53 p.m.
Investor Says NextWave Price Too Low
Except the real ones that make didgeridoos possible.— September 5, 2012 3:39 p.m.
Investor Says NextWave Price Too Low
HOO--RAY! Right ON! Now tell us about the damage the hollowers do. "Paper millionaires," the CEOs I knew (before they were called CEOs) used to say dismissively and contemptuously. Terminate the termites? dbauder Sept. 4, 2012 @ 7 a.m.— September 5, 2012 3:37 p.m.
Wall Street's High-Speed Gambling
Yup, that's it, pretty much as I saw it in the mid-fifties. I don't doubt your word, and your information seems good. I'm always open to the possibility that my memory is mixed up or that the information I recall receiving was inaccurate. I attended Neutra lectures in the fifties and sixties. I remember that his wife could sing and play the cello at the same time. You seem to be a first-rate scholar; do you have any references on the location of Neutra buildings? Any info on the Los Angeles County Building. Re: tomjohnston Sept. 4, 2012 @ 5:52 p.m.— September 5, 2012 3:25 p.m.
“I never pay for my drinks,” says Amy (far left). “Guys pay for all that.” But Kirjah (far right) wa
Attention READER Editor: If you are killing photos and video clips that are part of news story because of concerns for "privacy rights," you may be (are) undermining the concept of a free press. I hope you didn't let any threats dissuade you from the vigorous pursuit of news. Journalism has already let its rights and RESPONSIBILITIES slip away too much. I'd like to hear your take on this.— September 5, 2012 9:40 a.m.