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Originally posted by Ice Cold
BH Surfers. 🙂
"Daddy?"
"Yes, son?"
"What does 'regret' mean?"
"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is, it's better to regret things you have done than things you haven't done, and by the way, if you happen to see your mom this weekend, can you be sure and tell her SATAN! SATAN! SATAN!"

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Originally posted by duecer
and Spain belongs to the Arabs (Moors)
And the Arabs belong to the British (WWI mandate over Palestine).

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
And the Arabs belong to the British (WWI mandate over Palestine).
moors were from africa, not palestine. and they weren't arabs but black. they had been conquered by arabs though, and that's where the cultural connection comes from.

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Somebody remind me what this thread was originally about?

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Originally posted by Ray Gunz I
Somebody remind me what this thread was originally about?
It was about what's wrong with taxes... or taxis... or something like that.

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God how I hate taxes!

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Originally posted by Ray Gunz I
God how I hate taxes!
Then you should consider living in Texas.
They do not have state income tax in Texas.

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Nah, I'm to paranoid to live in Texas. Both times I've been there, I've had the oddest feeling that...eyes where upon me.

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Originally posted by mwmiller
Then you should consider living in Texas.
They do not have state income tax in Texas.
and it is one of the worst places in America to live.

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Originally posted by Ray Gunz I
Nah, I'm to paranoid to live in Texas. Both times I've been there, I've had the oddest feeling that...eyes where upon me.
You better look behind you.

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Originally posted by Derfel Cadarn
You better look behind you.
That's what I was afraid of! Beer was in my hand, steer was over in the corral in front of me so that could only be a......

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Originally posted by Ray Gunz I
That's what I was afraid of! Beer was in my hand, steer was over in the corral in front of me so that could only be a......
The unsuspecting stranger had better know the truth and wrong from right.

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Originally posted by caissad4
1. Texas ranks 49th in education. Ahead of Mississippi but behind intellectual states, like Arkansas.
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_ass_sca_sco_gra_4_mat-scale-score-grade-4-math

Education Statistics > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math (most recent) by state

Rank States Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Massachusetts: 247
#2 Kansas: 246
#3 Minnesota: 246
#4 New Hampshire: 246
#5 Vermont: 244
#6 New Jersey: 244
#7 Wyoming: 243
#8 North Dakota: 243
#9 South Dakota: 242
#10 Connecticut: 242
#11 Washington: 242
#12 Texas: 242
#13 Ohio: 242
#14 Idaho: 242
#15 Wisconsin: 241
#16 North Carolina: 241
#17 Montana: 241
#18 Pennsylvania: 241
#19 Maine: 241
#20 Virginia: 240
#21 Indiana: 240
#22 Iowa: 240
#23 Delaware: 240
#24 Florida: 239
#25 Colorado: 239
#26 Utah: 239
#27 Maryland: 238
#28 Nebraska: 238
#29 South Carolina: 238
#30 Oregon: 238
#31 Michigan: 238
#32 New York: 238
#33 Arkansas: 236
#34 Alaska: 236
#35 Missouri: 235
#36 Oklahoma: 234
#37 Georgia: 234
#38 Rhode Island: 233
#39 Illinois: 233
#40 Tennessee: 232
#41 West Virginia: 231
#42 Kentucky: 231
#43 Arizona: 230
#44 Hawaii: 230
#45 Louisiana: 230
#46 California: 230
#47 Nevada: 230
#48 Mississippi: 227
#49 Alabama: 225
#50 New Mexico: 224
#51 District of Columbia: 211
Weighted average: 237.1

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!!!

#12 Texas: 242
#32 New York: 238
#34 Alaska: 236
#46 California: 230

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http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_ele_sec_fin_cur_exp_percap-finance-current-expenditures-per-capita

#1 Alaska: $1,998.35 per capita
#4 New York: $1,794.22 per capita
#19 Texas: $1,329.82 per capita
#20 California: $1,328.00 per capita