I'm wondering what percentage of the group that reads this use GPG or PGP to encrypt or sign their email messages. If you answer the poll, how about adding a message to the topic to explain why or why not.

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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s -- This is for you!

 

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They cleaned out the kitty litter boxes and helped Dad spray

chemicals on the lawn.

 

They also took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes. IF they saw a OB/GYN on a regular basis, they didn't get the high powered vitamins that are given out now.

 

Then, after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright-colored, lead-based paints. We slept with stuffed animals with button eyes and our bottoms were powdered with REAL talcum powder.

 

We had no childproof lids on medicine or cleaning product bottles, no child-proof locks on doors or cabinets, so safety plugs in the outlets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or knee guards -- not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking when we got older.

 

If we got sick, we got an aspirin, that's all there was and we never knew anyone who got brain damage from that. We saw a doctor only if the aspirin didn't work, no such thing as a check up every six months.

 

Dentists drilled out our cavities and used MERCURY fillings all the time.

 

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags, hanging out the window to cool off because we had no A/C in the cars either.

 

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat and if uncle Joe took you for a ride on his motorcycle, you didn't wear a helmet, neither did uncle Joe.

 

We drank water from the garden hose, or from the stream in the woods and never heard of store bought bottled water.

 

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. Taking a bite from a friends candy bar was considered "sharing" not a potential death sentence.

 

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but

we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

 

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were OK.

 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

 

We did not have Playstations, Nintendos, X-boxes, no video games at all, just 5 network channels - no 300+ channels on cable, no videotapes or DVDs, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms.......... Instead, WE HAD FRIENDS, and we went outside and found them!

 

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

 

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and, although

we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes, nor did the worms live in us forever.

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

 

Little League had tryouts, and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! There was also just THREE outs, no such thing as every kid getting his chance at bat. If you won an award in school, it meant something. Awards weren't given to EVERY kid to console the dummies.

 

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! We had a FEAR of punishment and a respect for authority, it kept us out of trouble. Kid's today don't have this motivation.

 

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

 

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

 

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL -- without medication.

 

And YOU are one of us! CONGRATULATIONS!

 

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives "for our own good."

 

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on U.S.Rocket Launcher

 

 

"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S.Army

 

 

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are

guaranteed to always hit the ground." - U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop

 

 

"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal

 

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you

least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's

left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance

 

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you

just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual

 

"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal

 

"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance

 

"Five-second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal

 

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Col.David Hackworth

 

"If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into

an ambush." - Infantry Journal

 

"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay

 

"Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once." - Anonymous

 

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Army Recruit

 

"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies

 

(And lastly)

 

 

"If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him." -

U.S. Ammo Troop

A woman suspects her husband is cheating on her. One day she calls home

and a strange woman answers.

 

 

Wife: Who is this?

Maid: This is the maid.

 

Wife: We don't have a maid.

Maid: I was hired this morning by the man of the house.

 

Wife: Well, this is his wife. Is he there?

Maid: He's upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I assumed was his wife.

 

The wife is fuming. She says to the maid,

 

Wife: "Listen, would you like to make $50,000?

Maid: Of course! What will I have to do?

 

Wife: I want you to take my gun from the desk and shoot him and the woman

he's with.

 

The maid puts the phone down. The wife hears footsteps, then gunshots, then more footsteps.

 

Maid: What do I do with the bodies?

Wife: Just drag them out and throw them in the swimming pool.

 

Maid: There's no pool here.

 

A long pause.

 

Wife: Is this 832-4821?

How to say 'I love you' in 25 languages.....

 

English -- I Love You

 

Spanish -- Te Amo

 

French -- Je T'aime

 

German -- lch Liebe Dich

 

Japanese -- Ai Shite Imasu

 

Italian -- Ti Amo

 

Chinese -- Wo Ai Ni

 

Swedish -- Jag Alskar

 

Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi,

Montana, Louisiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and many

parts of Florida -- Nice Ass, Get in the truck

Just read that last year 4,153,237 people got married.

I don't want to start any trouble, but shouldn't that be an even number?

 

You know "that look" women get when they want sex? Me neither."

--- Steve Martin

 

"Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner,

you'd better have a good hand."

--- Woody Allen

 

"Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night."

--- Rodney Dangerfield

 

"Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope."

--- Camille Paglia

 

"Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant."

--- George Burns

 

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships."

--- Sharon Stone

 

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."

--- Jack Nicholson

 

"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never

forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is."

--- Barbara Bush (Former First Lady with a great sense of humor)

 

"Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place."

--- Billy Crystal

 

"According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable

undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other

women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course,

men are just grateful."

--- Robert De Niro

 

"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men

are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause

severe swelling. So what's the problem?"

--- Dustin Hoffman

 

"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, I

know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked."

--- Jerry Seinfeld

 

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't

like and give her a house."

--- Rod Stewart

 

"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only

enough blood to run one at a time."

--- Robin Williams

 

 

"All I really want to find is a tall, thin, flat chested, brilliant, multi-

orgasmic woman who isn't to psychotic and knows the BSD kernel!"

--- Steven Walker

When I was 14, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend.

 

When I was 16 I got a girlfriend, but there was no passion, so I

decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest for life.

 

In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional.

Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the

time and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability.

 

When I was 25 I found a very stable girl but she was boring. She was

totally predictable and never got excited about anything. Life

became so dull that I decided that I needed a girl with some excitement.

 

When I was 28 I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with

her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on

anything. She did mad impetuous things and made me miserable as

often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but

directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition.

 

When I turned 31, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet

planted firmly on the ground and married her. She was so ambitious

that she divorced me and took everything I owned.

 

I am now older and wiser, and am looking for a girl with big tits.

Who Reads the Newspapers?

 

1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

 

2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the

country.

 

3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the

country.

 

4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country

but don