Troublegum

@Troublegum (641)

United States • Age 47

Joined myLot 16 years ago

www.goosecreekcycle.com

Troublegum's Responses

Democrat National Committed to default on a $10 million loan

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 4 Mar 13

It seems that the party that does not like big money influencing the elections is willing to have a Corporation guarantee a loan, for $10 million dollars, and then the DNC defaults on the loan. The company can claim a business...

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Troublegum Hey, maybe we should do a bail out? Or the electric company should refuse to supply electric to any houshold containing a democratic leader. i.e. we will turn you power back on when you repay the loan...

5 Mar 13

What Is The Point Of The President Of The United States?

robspeakman @robspeakman (1700) 22 Dec 12

DON'T point out the obvious that he is just figurehead - This post is more than an obvious question, So I don't need an obvious answer. So back to the main point... As I get older I become more and more interested in...

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Troublegum For the most part the us government is set up so that it is really hard to get anything done. This is on purpose. It prevents drastic sweeping changes at the hands of a few unless there really is broad support in all branches. The exception to this is in...

22 Dec 12

Russian Newspaper Pravda Calls Obama A Communist and Our Citizens Ignorant

Fatcat44 @Fatcat44 (1141) • United States 26 Nov 12

Well I want to know what the left thinks of this. The Russian newspaper Pravda has called Obama a communist. The author, Xavier Lurma, liken Obama's speeches of illusion of hope and change to that of Lenin's. He says "the Obama's...

russian newspaper warns that obama is a communist

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Troublegum Do we really need communists to tell us what communism is? I say we can recognize it when we see it.

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5% surcharge added to bills...thanks to ObamaCare....bet it goes nationwide!

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17798) • United States 15 Nov 12

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-restaurateur-to-impose-surcharge-for-obamacare.html First hours are cut back to part time, which means we can't afford health insurance on that income...so we are "penalized" $2500 a year...

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Troublegum I am going to put this in the category of "only surprising if you slept through economics 101" If you increase a businesses cost of doing business, they will do some combination of these 4 things, slash costs elsewhere, pass costs on to customers, make less...

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Do you consider 54 degrees F to be cold, cool, or warm? I'm freezing!!

schulzie @schulzie (4061) • United States 1 Nov 12

So, it has been unseasonably cold here in South Florida this whole week. And most mornings it has averaged 54 degrees Farenheit. Some mornings have gotten down to 49 degrees! For me, this is very cold. I...

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Troublegum Ok, I am making a new rule. If you are from southern Florida you are not allowed to complain about it being too cold. Period. (yes that is three periods in a row) complain about rain, complain about it being too hot, okay, but no matter matter what no...

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Shouldn't the President Know Your Name (Like Family)?

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 Nov 12

Maybe not 'your name' specifically, but the name of a leader who knows either your name or the name of another leader, who knows either your name or the name of another leader, who knows either ... ending up knowing a leader who...

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Troublegum So basically like the seven staged of Kevin bacon? I would guess that this is probably true even if it is only by mistake. Each senior probably knows at least 1 teenager, and teenagers know everything.

1 Nov 12

Is the war on Women backfiring on the Democrats?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 22 Oct 12

It seems that women are switching to Gov. Romney and away from President Obama. Are women seeing the Democrats as a single issue party when it concerns women? Their ads seem to show women only concerned with Birth Control and...

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Troublegum I would say that the top issues that women are concerned about are the same ones that concern men. Where the dems fall down is that they always try to make people equal by treating them differently under the law. Then they make fun of Romney because of his...

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Do you play sports to keep yourself healthy or to lose weight?

canoorvaro @canoorvaro (18) • Singapore 21 Oct 12

I have been wondering why most people play sports even though they are not going to be prosportsman. For some I would say it is a mean to keep the body healthy. And for some it is a mean to lose weight. Even some would say it is...

lose weight

relief stress

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Troublegum In general, people play sports because they are fun or they fill a need for competition. I general I have found that people who join gyms or try to involve themselves in some health activity for the sake of being health will give up the activity quickly. Those...

21 Oct 12

I don't understand why Obama has to practice for debate on Foreign Policy

stary1 @stary1 (6612) • United States 20 Oct 12

Shouldn't he as President know enough to be able to just talk about it?? Why does he need to practice what he will say. I can understand a challenger needs to be sure he is up on all foreign affairs..but the Pres should already be...

study for debate

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Troublegum If I were to give him the benefit of the doubt I would say that all the pausing hedging and general appearance of lack of understanding is just him trying to remember what is classified and what he can talk about with the general public. Unfortunately I don't...

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Maintenance worries.

koopharper @koopharper (7601) • Canada 12 Oct 12

When I'm riding my bike there are sounds I am not supposed to hear. Bicycles are supposed to operate smoothly and quietly. If it starts making unusual clicking, popping, clunking and rattling something is usually wrong with the...

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Troublegum Most WalMart bikes use a freewheel rather than a cassette. Because of where the bearings are in this setup, the rear axles are prone to bending. Once the axle bends it starts to put strange forces on the bearings and will cause the hub to loosten up regularly....

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Cardboard Bike Can Change the World

bendygno @bendygno (81) • Palembang, Indonesia 19 Oct 12

today I just read an article on yahoo about the latest discovery will bike, inventor Israel said, "a bicycle made ??entirely of cardboard bertransportasi potentially changing habits ranging from the most congested cities to the...

bike

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Troublegum Yes I saw this as well, very cool, I will be interested to see how long term durability it. If you look at inexpensive bikes currently in production they start falling apart and breaking down very quickly. If this bike has similar issues the environmental...

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Do any of you deal with NOT sharing the same stance on politics as your spouse..

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 16 Oct 12

...or significant other? It doesn't cause us any personal problems but we will never see eye to eye on it. I am definitely NOT anywhere near the republican side, which (to me) seems very anti-woman, anti-choice, anti-love, and...

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Troublegum we agree on most stuff, and have learned in some areas that we have to cede the upper hand to one or the other. In the areas where we strongly disagree, we avoid the full out debates because they end up not being productive, but we kind of pick around the...

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Winning Democrat Slogan?

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5490) • United States 9 Oct 12

Economist Peter Navarro says Osama is dead, GM is alive, and all GM jobs are in China. What's wrong with this picture?

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Troublegum Yup, totalled my GM, bought a Ford. Quite a change, when I grew up, FORD stood for "Fix or Repair Daily" and GM stood for General Motors. Now GM is Government Motors and FORD is the thing to buy.

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All Of Our Thoughts Count!

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85288) • Valdosta, Georgia 26 Sep 12

This is a rant, sorry!! I have been noticing on MANY discussions that I respond to that people pick and choose who they respond to and leave others without responses. Like maybe say their friends are the ones who get their...

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Troublegum It is impossible to respond to all discussions and comments. Also there are some comments that are either not worth responding to, or you simply don't have a response for. I actually fall further to the other side of this. I am often annoyed by people just...

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Why are mountain bikes always sold with mud tires?

koopharper @koopharper (7601) • Canada 27 Aug 12

Fact is where I live virtually everyone rides these bikes as commuter bikes. They never ride them in the mud. So why not sell them with road tires? It would make for easier pedaling and a smoother ride. I'm too broke to change the...

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Troublegum You will actually find that a lot of the low end mountain bikes, are sold with an on/off road tire like the AlphaBye or some knock off of this. These tires have a strong center bead so that with higher pressure you just ride on the smoother center line of the...

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Should Indian Government give equal importance to all sports

vijayroy @vijayroy (212) • India 8 Aug 12

Should India Government support all sports, they are started to support but they should give equal importance like cricket, even BCCI(Board of Control For Cricket in India) should help the government in supporting other sports as...

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Troublegum If they have the cash to spare and athletes who can be competitive, they should do it, but if they are hurting the. Chances of the cricket teams that generated the funds in order to promote athletes who aren't competitive anyway, then they should hold back. In...

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Bikes? Scooter? or Skates?

Olonam @Olonam (870) • Philippines 21 Jul 12

Almost every night my siblings and I go out to the streets at 10:45 to bike, skate, scooter. We have 2 bikes, 1 scooter, and 1 pair of skates. I tried riding the bike and the scooter but I never tried the skate because I don't...

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Troublegum Asking this in a cycling forum you will get a biased answer, but I will go ahead and say the bike. Of the three, bikes are both the fastest and the easiest to control, so you are more likely to get where you are going safer and faster on a bike. As for the...

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Taking a tumble on your bicycle.

koopharper @koopharper (7601) • Canada 14 Jul 12

If you have done any kind of bicycle riding, you've likely taken a tumble or two or maybe more. Spectacular, horrifying or funny, I want to hear about your spills. My scariest and probably most spectacular happened riding home...

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Troublegum I could write a book. So we will start with "the college kid" crash. Riding through the snow with one hand on the bars and one on the pizza I hit a pile of snow that the plow had left across an intersection. This left me with a split second decision, bike...

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Negative feedback

Timeout @Timeout (419) 21 Jun 12

Recently I joined an online groceries shop that gives a code to every costumer. If you give that code to other people they get 5 dollar discount on their first purchase. The thing is that with my last order, they gave me 18...

negative feedback

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Troublegum I have that problem a lot where people dont read the description. The problem is especially true with international buyers who are shopping in a languiage that is not their primary one. For example, I sell skateboard bushings, and I state very clearly with...

14 Jul 12

Lot of crashes in the Tour de France this year.

koopharper @koopharper (7601) • Canada 7 Jul 12

Maybe it is worse this year and maybe it isn't. I'm sad to see a promising run by Canadian Ryder Hesjedal come to an end because of injury. He crashed along with most of his team and a lot of other riders in the sixth stage. He...

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Troublegum I feel like every year there are people saying there are a lot of crashes, I guess it is just part of the sport, and on some level the getting back up after a crash is what inspires us about watching the riders. I think the whole world became Johnny Hogerland...

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