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rodentia extraordinarinus
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I think it's different from other addiction treatments in that they're not necessarily trying to get you to abstain forever, completely. It's more about recognising when you're going beyond normal... urges, and having strategies to deal with it.



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Swedish old lady tries unconventional way to get on a plane



"The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up.

Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck."

- Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980
 
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I've considered doing that before just to make sure my goddamn luggage got on the right goddamn plane.


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It's weird though. Surely she noticed that nobody else was doing it?



"The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up.

Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck."

- Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980
 
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I think it's different from other addiction treatments in that they're not necessarily trying to get you to abstain forever, completely. It's more about recognising when you're going beyond normal... urges, and having strategies to deal with it.

I've read that for some people with depression it is the only time they feel good, so they kind of self-medicate with sex, without realising what they are doing.


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that is true - sometimes it's also people who've recovered from other addictions, and replaced it with s-e-x.



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Of course, looking like Mulder doesn't hurt, poor lamb. It would be difficult to self-medicate if no-one was prepared to help out.


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[completely inappropriate thought]

Does this mean that if I had made the effort to have sex with David Duchovny, I probably could have? WHY DID I NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY?!?

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I'm sure you are not the only one!

In other news, Zoom, the Uk-to-Canada cheapie airline has tanked, leaving lots of passengers stranded. I am so not surprised - I've been warning people off using them ever since they started on safety grounds, as they were virulently anti-union, which I thought did not bode well for standards. (However much I was tempted by the cheapie, cheapie prices.)


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Eek Whoah!

And I was thinking about using them someday! Frown



"The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up.

Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck."

- Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980
 
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Welcome to page 49, Aitapata Razz

And what's wrong with an addiction to sex anyway? Big Grin



"The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up.

Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck."

- Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980
 
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And what's wrong with an addiction to sex anyway?



I know you know this, but I will say it anyways because I am pedantic - it's not like "wahey! I get to have sex a lot!" you actyually lose pleasure in sex, as it becomes just something you need all the time, not even something you're doing to enjoy. It;s as destructive as any other addiction.


Don't a lot of companies already do what Comcast is doing? - I had trouble finding a reasonably priced one which did not have download limits.



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I never really lost my virginity... it just sort of eventually wore off - Chris Addison
Um... I'm thinking that a lot of my internal conflict and malaise comes from the tension between the life I ACTUALLY want to live, and the stories I'd love to be able to tell? - T-Rex, qwantz.com
 
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It's probably a pike. Pike do eat ducklings and occasionally ducks if they (the pike) are big enough.


I thought that might be it - while she workks with animals, I do not think a trout would be able to eat ducks, due to lack of teeth.

But it's another thing in the UK that could... maybe bite you a bit!


trout also do not live in canals.


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Is it possible this whole Duchovny thing is just publicity for Californication?
 
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i thought i'd heard he'd done this before....


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And one more:

"You don't shoot the ice cream guy." Well, maybe not in the rest of the world. Jacksonville. *sigh*


Was he selling drugs, as well? And was he shot for selling drugs, or for not selling drugs?


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Usually, when you're dealing with a bank, they encrypt your passwords so that no one else can read them. However, apparently that isn't always the case -- and this allowed an employee at Lloyds TSB to change the password of one member from "Lloyds is pants" to "no it's not". The customer actually found the story to be amusing -- but it does seem slightly troubling that the bank, for whatever reason, was reviewing and changing a customer's password. They also forbade him from switching the password to "Barclays is better" and "censorship." Lloyds has apologized, and said the employee in question no longer works for the firm. It also explains why the guy was able to see the password in the first place by noting that on certain business accounts with multiple users, account reps can read the password. This seems pretty weak, though. If it's a business account with multiple users, why not let each user set up their own username and encrypted password? Also, it's still not explained why the guy was looking at users' passwords in the first place.


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