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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:43 PM Original message |
We need to ban "sports cars"... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. And don't base it at all on the engine - base it all on what LOOKS like it goes fast. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Exactly!! |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nobody needs a car that will go that fast. Ban them. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm cool with that. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We already have that. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. My point exactly |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't there some kind of law of physics about that? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Can I have one if I install machine guns in the front grille?? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. If they're designed specifically to kill those they pass by, sure. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They're designed to break the law and endanger people's lives. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. They are designed for safety. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. My car is NOT safe at 165mph. No car is. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. "Nobody" is talking about no regulations? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Kindly link to any post advocating lifting the Federal Firearms Act of 1934. |
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kudzu22 (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
103. Exactly. Looks are deceiving |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Calling BULLSHIT right there. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
64. Prove it: "I can show you 50 posts from this board today advocating exactly that." |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
96. Alright please do. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. was this meant for post #28? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
74. This is untrue. |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
66. some extremeists |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. My AR-15 was specifically designed to kill groundhogs..... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. But there are 42,000 auto related deaths each year |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. I believe that SUVs |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
84. but SUV don't look "scary fast" like sports cars do. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
72. Did you know... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. You Might Just as Well Outlaw Sex |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. When the hood is relatively long the car becomes a phallus substitute |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. As I've never said, but now wish I had: |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You "phallic symbol" people have issues... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've always wondered...what "sports" are they used in? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Exactly, and doesn't it crack you up when they refer to a race car driver as an "athlete"? |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. It depends on the type of driving. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Drag Racing? |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. There was a time when drivers of sports |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. One of the auto industry's responses was.. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Interesting. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. And no gas tanks > 5g! |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. No one needs a "death machine" |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Great. 35hp motors and speed limiters. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Tell that to the gun control crowd |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Sorry, it's hard to tell what's sarcasm in this thread. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. If 100,000+ people/year = "some people somewhere," I guess that's true |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
71. compassion |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I hear you |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. at least you admit |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Sure |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. your right |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I'll go along with that |
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Furyataurus (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Still |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Why, what would that accomplish? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Only if you count suicide |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Sorry, too absolutist for me |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. There is no benefit to race cars |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. But all of those are reckless and irresponsible behaviors as well |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. So you are in favor of banning alcohol, tobacco, and race cars |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Regulating isn't the same as banning |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. Sounds like a terrible imposition |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I can't? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. You can believe what you what |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Mighty white of you |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. How do you know he isn't black? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. "The gun owner mostly harms others"... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Okay, this one's a little more involved, but let me take a stab at it |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. The purpose of firearms. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. I think we'll probably have to agree to disagree on that one |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. On tyranny. |
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kudzu22 (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. Is Bush still in power? |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
87. quick point on your self defence argument |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
91. Not exactly correct |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
93. Interesting reply...my response... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. A lot to think about |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Just a quick reply as we have a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. So if the hazards of firearms outweigh the benefits... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Gee, spin, I didn't realize that you were amenable to that possibility! |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Actually |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. But my point is that the incremental approach... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Once again, I agree with more of what you say than you might guess |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Sure, good luck on your taxes. (n/t) |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. "my wife has promised to kill me" |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. See, yet another excellent reason to not have a gun! :-) n/t |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. She doesn't need one... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Fair enough |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
73. all of the accidents youve been involved in? |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. ... or witnessed |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. I like the term "death machine"... |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. Typical stupidass gunworshiper post |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Typical stupidass anti-gun post. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Harumph Harumph nt |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
104. Laughing. But not "with" you. |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Don't forget, extreme capacity gas tanks allow |
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NewMoonTherian (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. That's an oversimplification. |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
35. Most cars used before, during or after the commission of crime have automatic transmissions |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Stick shift trasmissions should also be banned because people who drive for fun |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Actually, there should be no transmissions - first gear is enough. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Not to mention... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
39. Here's what "OMG Assault Weaponz!!" rhetoric looks like when applied to cars... |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. LOL, I liked that. Well done. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. That post was a classic! (n/t) |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. Great post. n/t |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
77. Apples and oranges. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
98. Pic included this time... |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Not as rare... |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. It's all good! |
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347convert (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
102. I disagree |
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