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I don't see how charging the woman's card a different amount from what she signed provides "protection for the merchant." But not worth quibbling about. In any case, the very first time I signed one of those machines at the supermarket that digitizes my signature, the value of my signature as protection against anything…

I don't know what you mean by "'short eyes' inmate morality." Could you explain?

How much? 10%? 15%? 18%? If more than 10%, her written comment makes no sense.

I don't doubt that it happens exactly as you say, Lour44. But if so, then I don't know why Appleby's (or the credit card company) bothers to have people sign the receipt when the restaurant is just going to enter the info it "knows" is correct and ignore the signed receipt.

I don't get HBO, so I won't be able to watch the documentary on tonight: The filmmaker's take on celibacy:

Well and good. But we're talking about situations in the United States where servers aren't getting minimum wage. Different situation, different obligations.

I disagree. I'm the one benefiting from the abysmally low wages, at least if the lower cost of doing business results in low prices. I agree with the people pointing out that poor management is often the reason for poor service.

Good luck, skykill99!

Ditto!

That's not clear to me from the picture. But then I don't understand how restaurant credit card approvals work when they run the card before they know the final amount.

The story I kept thinking about as I did my push-ups yesterday: The problem with this paradox is that eventually the bull grows faster than Milo's strength, no? So one day Milo can't pick up the bull or worse injuries himself trying to pick up the bull.

I did Week 1/Day 2 yesterday evening and am sore enough that I wonder whether Day 3 will be possible tomorrow. Maybe I'll wait until Saturday.

Some people cower and wince and shrink, Owing to fear of what people may think. There's only one answer to problems like these: People may think what the devil they please.

I took the initial test yesterday. Since my result for that was exactly the same as Week 1, Day 1, Set 1, I went ahead and started. Week 1, Day 1 (Column 2) complete!

Heal quickly!

Old situation with new people can bring old and painful feelings.

It's a balance only you can make. Here's how I would try to look at it. Assuming I've already paid for classes worth X dollars, I'd ask myself, "Am I willing to pay X not to have to see these unpleasant people again?" No matter what you decide, let the instructor know how her actions have influenced your decision not to…

Over the weekend, I finally watched the entire swearing-in ceremony, rather than just the snippets from the news. Two comments: 1. The Vice-Presidential oath of office was much longer than the presidential one. A little research tells that the president's oath is dictated by the constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause…

From the "community guidelines" link at the bottom of this page: "14. No Advertising, Self-Promotion, or Fund-Raising." Like political discussions, that's in the section of guidelines for the main forums. I guess it's okay to advertise, self-promote, or fund raise in groups. Anyone want to give to the People Fund I've…

And the thread is locked after two and a half days, citing the guideline against political topics on the main boards.

And in the United Kingdom, the Conservative Prime Minister is proposing marriage equality: I think the anti-equality forces in the US don't really care what happens among ferriners, even ones who speak English like Jesus did. But this is great news for our British cousins!

Woohoo, Newandy!

And even if an employer provides health insurance for an employee's same-sex spouse or domestic partner, federal law says that is a taxable benefit. In 2012, my company added over 7 thousand dollars "imputed income" to my W-2, their cost of my partner's medical insurance. So I get to pay a couple thousand dollars extra…

There are many states with no domestic partnerships. And in any case, domestic partnerships don't give all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, especially since the federal government doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, let alone domestic partnerships. Like it or not, your insistance that your religious view of…

Nonsense. Biblical marriage includes such things as one man, seven hundred wives, and three hundred concubines. (1 Kings 11:3.) Dan Cathy believes in the very modern notion of one man, one woman.

Chicken had nothing to do with marriage equality . . .until the president of Chick-fil-a went out of his way to insult many of his potential customers. If you like your chicken with an extra side of discrimination, that is your right. Personally, I don't support companies that attack my family.

Ahhhhh, the traditional Biblical definition of marriage: one man and his seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. (1 Kings 11:3.)

The post about "antiChristian bigotry" has disappeared.

When I've served as a juror (always in California, always in Los Angeles County), I don't remember the witnesses' oath including God. The law apparently mandates two forms, one which refers to God and one which refers to "the penalty of perjury." Perhaps the custom in LA courts is to use the non-religious version.

I wouldn't call "affirm" secular. It's used in the U.S. Constitution to assuage the religious sensibilities of the Quakers, whose religion takes literal the admonition in the Sermon on the Mount: For the presidential oath, the Constitution doesn't require a Bible, nor does it add "So help me God." All it says is: The Bible…