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#571 Re: The Garden » Vatican lists "new deadly sins" » 973 weeks ago
People are free to believe and worship as they choose, in my book. You could build a shrine to Bea Arthur for all I care and worship Maude (notice how it rhymes with God?), for all I care. I just don't like all the sexual assault and cover ups. The problem is not with the Catholic church, but with a few individuals who smear its reputation. We all have views of Televangelists being sex-crazed perverts, when in actuality, very few of them probably are. The bottom line is, we associate the crimes of these individuals with the church, instead of attributing their behaviour to their own will. not going to generalize and say that Catholicism is the root of evil because a few priests touched little boys. And just because I'm not a Catholic doesn't mean their beliefs are any less valid than my own. If they want to just have sex for procreation and drink themselves silly when anyone dies, that's their choice!
#572 Re: Management » Problems with the site? » 973 weeks ago
Is anyone else experiencing some problems with the site? Like sometimes I can't connect to the site at all, and other times, like now, it's rather slow.
I'm getting that a lot lately too... maybe the database is getting too big? 
One of the other things I've noticed is an Internal Server Error. Don't know what's causing that, though.
#573 Re: The Garden » Buying a house fucking sucks!!! » 973 weeks ago
I've got some debt, but it's hard to avoid. Student loans? How the hell are you supposed to pay for college? It's not affordable for most people.
I'm very lucky to have been able to attend an institution that has an excellent program with very low tuition fees. Cost of living is low around here too. A lot of my friends are thousands and thousands of dollars in debt though. I was very lucky to complete a co-op degree in a field that has a very high demand. Without the co-op placements, I would be in the same position as all my friends. I had some help from my parents in my first co-op term (I was able to live at home for 4 months), but other than that, I've been able to pay my own way through... I'm happy to be graduating debt free after five years in University. I know that if I went away for school or didn't do a co-op degree, I wouldn't be in this position. Also, I've lived with roommates, used public transportation, and held down part time jobs while I've been in school...
I certainly try to encourage people to live thrifty while getting educated and do degree programs with paying co-op positions. That way, while you still might need a loan, you'll be able to pay it off over a shorter term.
My girlfriend's in a rough situation... her loan payment is going to be ridiculous (5 years of student loans). She's a nursing student (they don't get paid for workterms), and can't hold a part time job because she has clinical 5 days a week, 9-5. It's horrible. Millions of people are the same way... She had dreams of going to med school, but that'd be another 8 years and she'd be hundreds of thousands in debt when she'd finish. It's horrible. You'd think with the Health Care crisis, the government would subsidize all of this. If she went to med school, she'd be in her 40s or early 50s before she was finished paying her loan. That's retarded. How can you have kids and a mortgage and car payments on top of that?
#574 Re: The Garden » The NHL 2007-08 Season Thread » 973 weeks ago
I stayed at my girlfriend's house last night, and she doesn't have cable so I didn't get to see the Habs tear Brodeur a new one. 1st place temporarily, although the Devils have a game in hand!
It's too bad the Leafs game went to OT though... This whole 1 point for a loss is bullshit (unless it's a shootout). I mean, they could've been 6 points back. And, Philly has a game in hand, so being 7 points back is temporary if Philly wins that extra game.
And Neemo, you like the Wings and now this year they're the best in the league and you've switched teams and started cheering for the Leafs during their worst season since the 90s. I don't get it. Hahah
#575 Re: The Garden » False Sasha my page site » 973 weeks ago
I don't understand what the big deal is with a fake Sasha myspace... There are millions of them out there for virtually every celebrity. Did this one hit on you and you got excited or something? I didn't check out the page, so I can't pass judgment on it, but this seems like the hissy fit of the year.
#576 Re: The Garden » Buying a house fucking sucks!!! » 973 weeks ago
Our economy doesn't depend as much on the US as it used to. I can't see housing prices falling in Canada until oil prices decline and most of the oil is out of Alberta (about 30 years) and the North Atlantic (unknown at this point). Sure, the US buys a lot of our oil, but that's not going to change in the short term, recession or not. Our economy as a whole might suffer, but with demand for oil continually rising, oil companies will constantly be hiring people to drill oil faster and pay them ridiculous salaries, causing the cost of living to rise for everyone else.
#577 Re: The Garden » Jesus Christ...... » 973 weeks ago
You should sue Nestle. I mean, it's supposed to be hard, but not tooth-chippingly hard.
#578 Re: The Garden » Buying a house fucking sucks!!! » 973 weeks ago
You think that's bad? The people I lived with in Alberta bought their house in June (3 bedroom, nothing special) for a ridiculous amount of money (living in Fort McMurray is ridiculous), and they're selling again this month because the value has almost doubled. That's not even a full year. I don't want to get into details, but the selling price now is almost 7 figures... that's absolutely sick!
I know Hamilton's a big place, what you almost want to do is drive around and find a house you like and then ask the people if they'd be willing to sell. Seriously... someone did that with my Dad one time (two years after we moved in) and gave us a pretty good offer. We didn't take it, but some people do. My sister found out that the seniors who used to own her house would soon need personal care. Being the sneaky banker she is, she scoped it out and gave a low-ball offer before they put the house on the market. She's living there now.
Keep looking, though, you'll find something. If not, you could always design a house yourself and get some in a new subdivision and get someone to build it. That's not always cheap, but at least you'll get what you want.
#579 Re: The Garden » The NHL 2007-08 Season Thread » 973 weeks ago
Big matchup for 1st in the East tonight. Go Habs!
#580 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is he saying? » 973 weeks ago
they had tech difficulties for the entire first portion of that euro tour didnt they? i seem to recall that they did
Every boot/stream I heard from that tour had really loud synth and quiet guitars.
