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BimmerForums
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Re: European car scene vs. United States car scene (Discussion)
22:34 27-Jun-07
[Replies: 56, Views: 1114]
By: Priory
SL500's and a bunch of bimmers (from 2 8 series' to a billion 3 series').. But! From what I have seen outside this area .. the cars that are modified (and more realistic) are very very similar (appearance-wise) to modified American cars
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GlockTalk
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Civilizations die from suicide not from murder."
13:53 5-Feb-10
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By: DonGlock26
To attempt to impose European-style centralized government on a third of a billion people from Maine to Hawaii is to invite failure on a scale unknown to history.. Which is to say that domestically Washington s retreat from la gloire will be of an entirely different order of business from Paris s. And overseas? If America becomes Europe in its domestic disposition and geopolitical decline then who will be America? Of the many competing schools of declinism perhaps the most.. Yet in such a geopolitical scene the United States will still remain the most inviting target first because it s big and secondly because as Britain knows the durbar moves on but imperial resentments linger long after imperial grandeur
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Chronicles..
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[WIP] Scene from "Firmware Update"
23:54 4-Jan-10
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By: Lenny
I think I've finally cracked my opening scene for Firmware Update .. any conscious action from a person could prove fatal during an update as proven by early tests decades before.. "Firmware update five-three-nine-point-oh is estimated to go live in ten minutes." Lights in the central control sphere dangling from the top of the dome on thick cables flickered on and Hockwynd technicians in their blue uniforms began their patrol of the many levels of terminal booths; they'd get their updates later
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Chronicles-Ne..
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[WIP] Scene from "Firmware Update"
23:54 4-Jan-10
[Replies: 10, Views: 240]
By: Lenny
I think I've finally cracked my opening scene for Firmware Update .. any conscious action from a person could prove fatal during an update as proven by early tests decades before.. "Firmware update five-three-nine-point-oh is estimated to go live in ten minutes." Lights in the central control sphere dangling from the top of the dome on thick cables flickered on and Hockwynd technicians in their blue uniforms began their patrol of the many levels of terminal booths; they'd get their updates later
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City-Data..
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Re: What is the scene like for artists in the Folsom area?
00:15 29-Dec-09
[Replies: 23, Views: 636]
By: iajo
Quote: Originally Posted by wburg [http://www.city-data.com/forum/sacramento/847650-what-scene-like-artists-folsom-area-2.html#post12185779] I got to thinking about this part and realized that iajo kind of proves my point about Midtown...where else in the region would artists from Santa Rosa Citrus Heights and Orangevale end up in the same room..It's no different from say a San Francisco art show where the artists might include one from Marin County one from Oakland and one from San Jose.. They draw on talent from throughout the region and show some work from people from outside the region as well
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Skotos..
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Tooth Pulling Scene
02:38 9-Jan-10
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By: Viola
I wanted to post this because I thought it was really funny.. Hush pulled Carolyn's rotten tooth out. From my point of view.. Ryan moves from the wooden door to Carolyn
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DisBoards
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Act 3: Scene 3 - We're Your Basic Average Girls and We're Here to Save the World!
19:52 5-Feb-10
[Replies: 310, Views: 10069]
By: StefaniLyn
(Those are lyrics from the theme song!) We are Team Possible! It was time for us to help Kim Possible and her friend Ron save the world on our first Kim Possible Mission! We approached the Kim Possible Kiosk with time ticket in hand.. The first clue involved Tomb Warriors and AJ remembered the rows of soldiers from our previous trip so she led the way to these guys: In one of the display cases off to the side was a painted tomb warrior and when we brought our Kimmunicator within range of him and pressed a button he magically nodded his head to confirm we were on
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Act 1: Scene 4 - It's No Castle but it sure does feel like HOME!
19:53 31-Dec-09
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By: StefaniLyn
Once we entered our villa I truly could have cared care less what it looked like on the outside. When we walked in the door of little villa #118 it just felt like home. The interior was beautifully decorated from floor to ceiling with Christmas lights and décor..There was an enormous bag of gifts and snacks from GKTW on our kitchen table
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SkyScraper..
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Re: Greater Los Angeles Bicycling Scene
04:41 25-Jan-10
[Replies: 4, Views: 296]
By: saiholmes
"This is about differentiating Long Beach from L.A.. And officials have enlisted a corps of volunteers - from young fixed-gear-riding hipsters to paunchy middle-aged road cyclists - to help out with tasks such as bike counts which will help determine where more bike lanes will be placed
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City-Data..
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Re: Strange Question: Why do some people park outside their garage?
18:57 8-Jan-10
[Replies: 292, Views: 9988]
By: IC_deLight
We were talking about your position that an HOA could prevent you from parking on the street and your position that instead of ignoring such dictates from the HOA corporation homeowners must be limited to trying to change the policies implemented by the HOA corporation.. You can't control your neighbors parking in the driveway so why not think outside the box and move to a neighborhood where you can't see their driveways? Doesn't that alleviate the problem? Actually there are quite a few HOA corporations that have tried to impose rules that prevent people from parking on their driveways
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Re: Strange Question: Why do some people park outside their garage?
05:10 7-Jan-10
[Replies: 292, Views: 9988]
By: riaelise
Of course as always with the police the officer on scene has some leeway to handle the situation however he sees best.. I think it comes from a feeling of "entitlement".. Now while I NEVER said that people aren't allowed to park in their driveways in fact I said the exact opposite from the DMs I got you would have thought that I was advocating a switch to communism
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HardwareZone
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Re: DAILY NEWS: PRC family refused to alight from bus; SBS paid for a cab to send them home
16:30 19-Jan-10
[Replies: 9, Views: 208]
By: The_Republic
Singaporeans they would probably be arrested on the spot and taken away for obstructing the police from discharging their duties let alone allowed to continue their nonsense on the bus for so long.. From this and previous cases the Singapore police appears to dish out preferential treatment to foreigners.. When over 200 PRC workers protested outside the Ministry of Manpower last year over unpaid wages the police was seen standing around them and not taking any action: [The above Chinese migrants were allowed to gather and protest outside Ministry of Manpower for hours but where were the Singapore..Service and dragged them forcefully away from the scene in handcuffs
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SmashBoards
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Re: Hunter Valley Smash Scene
06:47 22-Jan-10
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By: tcranter
post9374648] Eh I'd rather not go to a meet. Nothing against you guys but I'm not really into meeting people from the internet.. We may be "from the internet" but we're generally very normal people.. We all have lives outside of smash brothers.. If from outside we look creepy then you can happily walk away without us ever knowing you were going to come along
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The Fuselage
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S6 Opening Scene: predictions
00:45 15-Jan-10
[Replies: 23, Views: 825]
By: Jangras
A very dark room. A few sun rays enter from the sharp openings in the blinds. Constant creakings from the outside are the only sounds
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Telecaster..
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CT Tucker of the Blue Sparks From Hell - RIP
13:49 26-Jan-10
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By: squeezebox
As it is clear to me as a musician that the Northwest New Jersey music scene (as defined by those outside of it) was Blue Sparks From Hell's scene and again we would be visiting.. When I looked among the pictures I noticed Tim Carbone and Andy Goessling in one of the pictures who at that time I knew from Kings in Disguise
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Gaia Online
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Counterculture: Rave Scene
03:32 23-Dec-09
[Replies: 34, Views: 1]
By: Evird
The Vicks is placed under the nose the the mask is used to keep the rub from dissipating.. mesh with mainstream culture in your opinion? Can you usually spot an E-head from a mile away or do you usually only know by knowing the individual? What caused this culture to start? Why does this culture continue to be popular? What are the pros and cons to mainstream culture from the "rave scene"? Examples of elements
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PreludePower
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hot_97_lude s MASSIVE part out! OEM JDM ETC! *Getting Out of the Prelude Scene*
03:20 18-Jan-10
[Replies: 40, Views: 1313]
By: hot_97_lude
It was just recently totaled so I m selling off all the parts I ve gathered over the last 4+ years from part outs and I m completely parting out my 1997 Prelude base model 5speed with 155K..Boot w/ red stitching made to fit a 5spd prelude (from passwordjdm) mint - 25 http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1558/dsc2420.jpg [http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1558/dsc2420.jpg] Spoon Front Strut Bar
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FanForums
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42: We've gone from flashbacks to flash-forwards and now flash-sideways
04:53 7-Feb-10
[Replies: 29, Views: 1094]
By: Crystaline
-Filming on Police Beach- someone counted 9 graves on the graveyard...Hurley was filming a scene there mourning somebody.. We see Illana handing Richar her gun she get something from her bag and then takes her gun back (lol shocker...).. another scene: Illana and Hurley talking then she walks off.... Jack with a young man both in a suit a young man may be Jack's son (shocker...) -scene in a law office green screens outside of the windows
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StarDestroyer..
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Re: Tales from the Trenches (Dresden Files)
09:05 21-Jan-10
[Replies: 39, Views: 970]
By: Alyrium Denryle
We took the shuttle to a corner right down the street from my house keeping more or less quiet along the way though I did get the chance to tell him what The Sight was.. I wrote down the address she gave me and headed back outside. Hey Duncan! Yeah? He said sipping a glass of icewater he had poured from a pitcher on my patio as wind chimes sang in the cool evening air
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