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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on January 22, 2012, 04:00:38 PM
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tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Wah...this group is making me so sad and hungry
My fridge stopped working over a week ago. It was heartbreaking when I threw out all my food. I'm now using a dorm compact fridge and only have the bare minimum in the house.
BTW, I think, *think*, I should have a working fridge Monday instead of a lovely 23 cu ft decoration in the corner of my kitchen.
cbayer (102,971 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. I know how you feel.
We ran out of propane for several days last week, and this group just made me want to cook something.
The Bayer aspirin primitive, cbayer the thread slayer, lives on a sailboat, remember, somewhere off the shore of southern California.
tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. It's just awful
The good news is that it's a fuse that's out in the fridge. It's soldered onto the circuit board so the repair guy was like "oh yeah, you'll need to replace this whole control board." The control board is $200 and he was telling me it would be 2 weeks before it came in. A phone call to a friend and some googling and we find out this is a known issue with my model and that you can just pop in an in-line fuse holder and not replace the whole shebang. Plus, if it's not soldered on then in the future if it goes out I can replace it myself.
My mom bought me the mini-fridge after I told her I'd be coming to her house every night for the next two weeks.
mopinko (37,276 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
8. yeah, the google is great. i had the same thing with a washing machine.
it was a little resister that blows when the balance switches get beat to death by overloaded loads. i took it to a little electronic repair shop around the corner and they fixed it for $10.
And the hypochondrial primitive probably bitched and moaned about having to pay ten bucks.
Contrary1 (10,704 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. Ah, memories.
Going without a fridge is rough. My husband and I went without one for several months after we bought our first home. He was laid off shorly after we moved in, so money got pretty tight.
Anyway, a neighbor offered us the use of his old chest type coke machine. It was the kind where the bottles hung from a metal rack, and you had to slide them around to get one out after you put your nickel in. <======
It was winter, so between that and the back porch, we actually survived.
tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
5. It's been too warm to use the back deck
My mom jokingly suggested I use a cooler and get ice out of the ice machine at work every day before I leave.
It wasn't too bad for a week of eating canned soup and fast food, but it was getting expensive and frankly I was tired of it quickly. After I told my mom I'd be coming to her house every day until it's fixed she graciously offered to buy me a mini-fridge. At least now I had milk for my coffee this morning and some other perishable foods to eat.
Retrograde (2,738 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
6. I know exactly how you feel - ours broke when we were out of town in November
We had cleaned out most of the edibles from the fridge part before we left, but there was a lot in the freezer - including the curry I had planned for a quick dinner when we got home. The person who looks in on the cats thought it had been out for at least 4 days, and the sour cherries in the freezer had fermented, broke their bags and leaked all over the floor, mingled I think with the thawed chicken livers. So there we were, jetlagged, washing the floor five times before we stopped sticking to it. We were able to salvage some condiments and pickles - I figured since they were designed to last they'd be ok with all that salt, brine and vinegar - but most was a loss. Sad.
We got 30 pounds of ice and were able to keep the replacement milk, butter and other perishables cool in the cooler until we were able to get a replacement.
tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
7. It had gone out a couple of days maybe before I noticed
My dad said "you don't open your fridge every day?" and I said "well, apparently not". Actually I was taking a mini-mester class that week at school, so I was going from work to school and not getting home until 10:30pm. I think Wed I opened the fridge and ate something from there, Thursday I had popcorn when I got home (no fridge usage) and Friday I think I just picked up some fast-food on the way home b/c I was so tired and didn't want to cook. So, I noticed the fridge on Saturday at lunch time and the fridge was already past the salvage point and the freezer stuff was getting pretty thawed.
I went last week sans-fridge and ate a lot of canned soup and fast-food. Thankfully my mom got me that mini-fridge. It's been wonderful to have milk for my coffee and yogurt!
You know it's not the end of the world, but it still sucks.
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the google is great
It's them google is great. Nadism. :rotf:
It amazes me DUmmies can breathe without instructions. Get a cooler, fill with ice. TA DA !
Imagine them without electricity for 3 weeks. They'd die.
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"After I told my mom I'd be coming to her house every day until it's fixed she graciously offered to buy me a mini-fridge."
Typical entitlement attitude of a DUmmy. Didn't ask her mom if she could come over, instead told her that she would be coming over every day. Mom sucked it up and bought the mini-fridge because she was afraid once her parasitic spawn got back in the house, she would be unable to get rid of her.
Funny, when my fridge broke some years ago, it never occurred to me to make it my mother's problem.
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0bama get his way and the electricity rates "necessarily skyrocket" the DUches won't be able to afford to keep a refrigerator running. Or worse, with the 0bama Regime's EPA closing power plants the frig will only be able to run on odd or even days. Just like Carter produced for filling your car with gas.
Back to the future! Brought to you by SMART Power!!!!11111!!!!eleventy
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tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. It's just awful
The good news is that it's a fuse that's out in the fridge. It's soldered onto the circuit board so the repair guy was like "oh yeah, you'll need to replace this whole control board." The control board is $200 and he was telling me it would be 2 weeks before it came in. A phone call to a friend and some googling and we find out this is a known issue with my model and that you can just pop in an in-line fuse holder and not replace the whole shebang. Plus, if it's not soldered on then in the future if it goes out I can replace it myself.
My mom bought me the mini-fridge after I told her I'd be coming to her house every night for the next two weeks.
Anything to keep the moonbat out of the house.
Mom: "You're coming here for dinner? Oh, that's nice. Wait, every night for two weeks? Why? No fridge? I'll buy you one, just stay there."
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Refrigerators are my favorite modern convenience. Used to go to cow camp every summer and really missed cold anything. But, geez, if you live in town keeping a cooler or two isn't un-doable. I've had to do that more than once.
I got to watch an episode of "House Hunters International" a couple months ago. I was surprised by the little refrigerators and other appliances apartments there had. Don't DUmmies think everything non-American is better? This one could be bragging.
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When my fridge broke a few years back and I had to wait a few weeks for the parts to come in, I just went out and bought me a new one. My old one, since repaired, is now in my shop, full of beer. Know why I could do that, dumpmonkies? Cause I budget and save enough for the curveballs life throws at you from time to time.
Oh and BTW dummies... I don't want to hear about how you can't find a living wage job. Maybe if you would have gotten a degree in something besides the history of music or womyns studies, you could get a decent job.
:loser:
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tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Anything to keep the moonbat out of the house.
Mom: "You're coming here for dinner? Oh, that's nice. Wait, every night for two weeks? Why? No fridge? I'll buy you one, just stay there."
:rotf:
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Yes, my fridge is broken. Since you all think I'm stupid let me explain. I was taking an evening course at school the week the fridge apparently broke. I didn't realize it was broken until none of the food was salvageable. The repair men were jerking me around about replacing the whole control board versus just resoldering a new fuse on to it. An in-line fuse holder is going to be put on instead of soldering a new fuse on, so that it's an easy replacement in the future.
I work at the same company with my mom. I see her every day. She offered to buy the mini-fridge since her house is out of my way and it would be inconvenient for me to store my perishable food at her house. I get along with her great. I didn't "make it my mother's problem" I was just calling to tell her what was going on since she said "let me know what the repair men say."
When my fridge broke a few years back and I had to wait a few weeks for the parts to come in, I just went out and bought me a new one. My old one, since repaired, is now in my shop, full of beer. Know why I could do that, dumpmonkies? Cause I budget and save enough for the curveballs life throws at you from time to time.
Oh and BTW dummies... I don't want to hear about how you can't find a living wage job. Maybe if you would have gotten a degree in something besides the history of music or womyns studies, you could get a decent job.
:loser:
I work for a large defense contractor. I don't want to spend the money on another fridge I don't need when this one is only 3 years old. My home does not have a shop or garage as the garage was converted into living space well before I bought it, so I'd have no place for a second fridge that as a person living alone doesn't need. I make a good living doing what I do, but I don't have a lot of savings because I pay for my tuition and books myself. I currently attend school at a private conservative business school and graduate this May Magna Cum Laude. I've already received hints for better job offers within the company I work for and I'll start a dual Masters (MBA & MPA) program in the fall.
Any more questions or assumptions you'd like me to address?
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Welcome back, madam; long time, no see, and you're missed.
Is this the sort of thing that'll bring you back here, I hope?
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Yes, my fridge is broken. Since you all think I'm stupid let me explain. I was taking an evening course at school the week the fridge apparently broke. I didn't realize it was broken until none of the food was salvageable. The repair men were jerking me around about replacing the whole control board versus just resoldering a new fuse on to it. An in-line fuse holder is going to be put on instead of soldering a new fuse on, so that it's an easy replacement in the future.
I work at the same company with my mom. I see her every day. She offered to buy the mini-fridge since her house is out of my way and it would be inconvenient for me to store my perishable food at her house. I get along with her great. I didn't "make it my mother's problem" I was just calling to tell her what was going on since she said "let me know what the repair men say."
I work for a large defense contractor. I don't want to spend the money on another fridge I don't need when this one is only 3 years old. My home does not have a shop or garage as the garage was converted into living space well before I bought it, so I'd have no place for a second fridge that as a person living alone doesn't need. I make a good living doing what I do, but I don't have a lot of savings because I pay for my tuition and books myself. I currently attend school at a private conservative business school and graduate this May Magna Cum Laude. I've already received hints for better job offers within the company I work for and I'll start a dual Masters (MBA & MPA) program in the fall.
Any more questions or assumptions you'd like me to address?
Well, hell. I didn't know that you were the DUer in question. Apologies to you and your mom for my characterization of you.
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For those who don't know, Miss Mia was one of the Mayflower of those joining conservativecave more than four years ago, coming from our old home. She did a great deal to help build up conservativecave in its early stages, for which those of us who were around then, are sincerely grateful.
But alas she belongs to the other political party, and after a while she left.
When I saw this campfire on Skins's island, I was sort of hoping it'd bring her here, because I'm being real when I insist we miss her. I didn't, uh, quite expect the responses, though.
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Good to see you back.
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I work for a large defense contractor. ... I make a good living doing what I do, but I don't have a lot of savings because I pay for my tuition and books myself. I currently attend school at a private conservative business school and graduate this May Magna Cum Laude. I've already received hints for better job offers within the company I work for and I'll start a dual Masters (MBA & MPA) program in the fall.
Any more questions or assumptions you'd like me to address?
Actually, yes. Why on earth are you a Democrat??? :???: :???:
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Welcome back Mia,please don`t be a stranger. :cheersmate:
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Actually, yes. Why on earth are you a Democrat??? :???: :???:
I'm an independent. I'm very socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
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I'm an independent. I'm very socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
OK. Thanks for answering. :-)
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I'm an independent. I'm very socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
Welcome back!! Don't be a stranger...... :-)
doc
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I miss you.
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I miss you.
I miss you too BEG! (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/firelatte/smiles/hug.gif)
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I miss you too BEG! (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/firelatte/smiles/hug.gif)
Are you still coming down to Austin?
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Are you still coming down to Austin?
It doesn't look like it. I was going to head down there with friends, a married couple, and the husband recently lost his job. I don't think they have the funds.
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Yes, my fridge is broken. Since you all think I'm stupid let me explain. I was taking an evening course at school the week the fridge apparently broke. I didn't realize it was broken until none of the food was salvageable. The repair men were jerking me around about replacing the whole control board versus just resoldering a new fuse on to it. An in-line fuse holder is going to be put on instead of soldering a new fuse on, so that it's an easy replacement in the future.
I work at the same company with my mom. I see her every day. She offered to buy the mini-fridge since her house is out of my way and it would be inconvenient for me to store my perishable food at her house. I get along with her great. I didn't "make it my mother's problem" I was just calling to tell her what was going on since she said "let me know what the repair men say."
I work for a large defense contractor. I don't want to spend the money on another fridge I don't need when this one is only 3 years old. My home does not have a shop or garage as the garage was converted into living space well before I bought it, so I'd have no place for a second fridge that as a person living alone doesn't need. I make a good living doing what I do, but I don't have a lot of savings because I pay for my tuition and books myself. I currently attend school at a private conservative business school and graduate this May Magna Cum Laude. I've already received hints for better job offers within the company I work for and I'll start a dual Masters (MBA & MPA) program in the fall.
Any more questions or assumptions you'd like me to address?
Well if what you say is true, then I owe you an apology. Frank seems to think you are good people, so I will defer to him. I do wonder though... a Magna Cum Laude (MCL) in business should understand how to make a budget. You said you make a "good salary". Sounds to me like you are spending everything you make. Never a good idea. Did you see if your company has a tuition assistance program? I would think a MCL would have looked into that.
If you are young, that would explain a lot.
Again, if what you say is true, please accept my apology. If you are lying, then eat shit and die. :tongue:
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It doesn't look like it. I was going to head down there with friends, a married couple, and the husband recently lost his job. I don't think they have the funds.
Well you know you are welcome to stay with me anytime.
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Well if what you say is true, then I owe you an apology. Frank seems to think you are good people, so I will defer to him. I do wonder though... a Magna Cum Laude (MCL) in business should understand how to make a budget. You said you make a "good salary". Sounds to me like you are spending everything you make. Never a good idea. Did you see if your company has a tuition assistance program? I would think a MCL would have looked into that.
If you are young, that would explain a lot.
Again, if what you say is true, please accept my apology. If you are lying, then eat shit and die. :tongue:
She isn't lying. She is a great person.
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Well if what you say is true, then I owe you an apology. Frank seems to think you are good people, so I will defer to him. I do wonder though... a Magna Cum Laude (MCL) in business should understand how to make a budget. You said you make a "good salary". Sounds to me like you are spending everything you make. Never a good idea. Did you see if your company has a tuition assistance program? I would think a MCL would have looked into that.
If you are young, that would explain a lot.
Again, if what you say is true, please accept my apology. If you are lying, then eat shit and die. :tongue:
Yes, they offer tuition reimbursement, though not for the school I attend. I chose to continue attending this school instead of transferring to another school. They will be paying for my MBA and MPA.
I make an okay salary for what I do. I don't live a champagne life on the beer budget. School is expensive and I choose to spend my money on it. A few years of living paycheck to paycheck is worth what I'll be making in the end. I also have no credit card debt.
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Well you know you are welcome to stay with me anytime.
Aww, I'll keep that in mind.
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Well if what you say is true, then I owe you an apology. Frank seems to think you are good people, so I will defer to him. I do wonder though... a Magna Cum Laude (MCL) in business should understand how to make a budget. You said you make a "good salary". Sounds to me like you are spending everything you make. Never a good idea. Did you see if your company has a tuition assistance program? I would think a MCL would have looked into that.
If you are young, that would explain a lot.
Again, if what you say is true, please accept my apology. If you are lying, then eat shit and die. :tongue:
Miss Mia is good people.....she was formerly a moderator here, assisted in getting the site started.
Please show her appropriate respect......a glance at her post count might give you a clue....
doc
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She isn't lying. She is a great person.
Well that settles it. If BEG and Frank vouch for her, then she must be a good person.
Sincere and heartfelt apology to Miss Mia. :cheersmate:
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Miss Mia is good people.....she was formerly a moderator here, assisted in getting the site started.
Please show her appropriate respect......a glance at her post count might give you a clue....
doc
No need to suck up.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/firelatte/smiles/flirtysmile1-1.gif)
Alas, tonight I must finish my papers that are due by 11pm. I'm off for now. Maybe back, maybe not.
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Miss Mia is good people.....she was formerly a moderator here, assisted in getting the site started.
Please show her appropriate respect......a glance at her post count might give you a clue....
doc
Where the hell is the embarrassed smiley? I can't find it so <insert embarrassed smiley here>.
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Where the hell is the embarrassed smiley? I can't find it so <insert embarrassed smiley here>.
No need for embarrassment. A DUmmy at the DUmp is a DUmpmonkey.
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Where the hell is the embarrassed smiley? I can't find it so <insert embarrassed smiley here>.
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Yes, my fridge is broken. Since you all think I'm stupid let me explain. I was taking an evening course at school the week the fridge apparently broke. I didn't realize it was broken until none of the food was salvageable. The repair men were jerking me around about replacing the whole control board versus just resoldering a new fuse on to it. An in-line fuse holder is going to be put on instead of soldering a new fuse on, so that it's an easy replacement in the future.
I work at the same company with my mom. I see her every day. She offered to buy the mini-fridge since her house is out of my way and it would be inconvenient for me to store my perishable food at her house. I get along with her great. I didn't "make it my mother's problem" I was just calling to tell her what was going on since she said "let me know what the repair men say."
I work for a large defense contractor. I don't want to spend the money on another fridge I don't need when this one is only 3 years old. My home does not have a shop or garage as the garage was converted into living space well before I bought it, so I'd have no place for a second fridge that as a person living alone doesn't need. I make a good living doing what I do, but I don't have a lot of savings because I pay for my tuition and books myself. I currently attend school at a private conservative business school and graduate this May Magna Cum Laude. I've already received hints for better job offers within the company I work for and I'll start a dual Masters (MBA & MPA) program in the fall.
Any more questions or assumptions you'd like me to address?
Hey Girl! Long time no hear! :-)
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Whew I was about to rip new buttholes to defend Miss Mia's honor. I'm glad she did it for me with BEG and frank vouching for her. She's a good girl and cooks cakes like nobody's business while shilling for an evil defense firm :-) :-*
I miss your face, Tammypoo!!! :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :cheersmate: :-* Oh, crap..I need to tell you something too...pm coming your way.
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tammywammy (17,038 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. It's just awful
The good news is that it's a fuse that's out in the fridge. It's soldered onto the circuit board so the repair guy was like "oh yeah, you'll need to replace this whole control board."
http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-120-volt-soldering-iron-47887.html
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http://www.harborfreight.com/lead-free-rosin-core-solder-95861.html
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Where the hell is the embarrassed smiley? I can't find it so <insert embarrassed smiley here>.
No need to be embarrassed; you and many others didn't know.
I had two sinister motives for posting this particular thread: (a) to catch the attention of Miss Mia and lure her over here for even if only a short appearance, and (b) to demonstrate to the cowardly primitives that if they ever think the DUmpster misrepresents them, they can emulate Miss Mia and come here to enlighten us.
(a) worked, but it's highly doubtful (b) will ever come to fruition, because the primitives would rather sulk over on Skins's island than "set the record straight" here. i.e., I don't think GOBUCKS and others need worry about an invasion of primitives; they're too scared.
But at least I got half the goals met.
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This was some good stuff. Surprised the doesn't get kicked from DU, especially for admitting she is a social conservative.
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This was some good stuff. Surprised the doesn't get kicked from DU, especially for admitting she is a social conservative.
She's not...she's fiscally conservative though.
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She's not...she's fiscally conservative though.
My mistake. Either way, with some of her statements here I am surprised she hasn't been thrown off of the island.
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My mistake. Either way, with some of her statements here I am surprised she hasn't been thrown off of the island.
Well...Mia isn't a republican. She's a democrat albeit a fiscally conservative one. It is possible to post over there as a fiscally conservative democrat(you're considered a DLCer by the moonbats over there) but a democrat just the same. She also doesn't get into alot of pissing matches over there and that helps as well.
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http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-120-volt-soldering-iron-47887.html
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http://www.harborfreight.com/lead-free-rosin-core-solder-95861.html
Yes, obviously something I should own. A friend is taking care of it for me this time. Once an in-line fuse holder is put it, this is an issue I can easily resolve by myself.
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Well...Mia isn't a republican. She's a democrat albeit a fiscally conservative one. It is possible to post over there as a fiscally conservative democrat(you're considered a DLCer by the moonbats over there) but a democrat just the same. She also doesn't get into alot of pissing matches over there and that helps as well.
I guess DUers would classify me as a blue dog/DLC/evil centrist. Like you said I'm not one for pissing matches and never have been. DU posts a lot of news articles that I wouldn't normally see. I like the smaller groups and I've had some great interactions with some DUers and the ones I've personally met are all great people. The same thing here back in the day I had great interactions with some CCers and some were flat out assholes (I guess the opposite of the so-called 'moonbats').
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I guess DUers would classify me as a blue dog/DLC/evil centrist. Like you said I'm not one for pissing matches and never have been. DU posts a lot of news articles that I wouldn't normally see. I like the smaller groups and I've had some great interactions with some DUers and the ones I've personally met are all great people. The same thing here back in the day I had great interactions with some CCers and some were flat out assholes (I guess the opposite of the so-called 'moonbats').
There are good and bad in every group of people, of course. From what we read at the DUmp, there aren't too many good ones there...especially if a thread gets too Christian.