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| # | Comment | Survey |
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| 271 | For me it would be the TV, followed by the stereo and the telephone. I could go without those pretty easily. The rest of the stuff I could do without (and have in the past), but I'd probably miss them if I didn't have them. The last thing to go would probably be the computer. I just use it for too many things to want to be without it. | If you had to live without access to one of the following common gadgets, which would you choose? |
| 272 | If you just switched to a different audio player or recording medium, I don't think that would count as giving it up. | If you had to live without access to one of the following common gadgets, which would you choose? |
| 273 | I think anything that makes the world look more like the futurama can't be all bad. I'm still waiting for the flying cars.  | What do you think about monorails as a sytem of transportation in a major city? |
| 274 | My initial happens to look that way when I inscribe it with a sword. | How did you come up with your signature? |
| 275 | I think it's a silly idea. | What do you think of the Third National Bipartisan Cookie Cook-off? |
| 276 | I think they aren't worth circulating. However, many people are resistant to any change to the existing system. I predict that the Lincoln one cent coins will be minted until 2008, and that in 2009 (the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth) they will be phased out in favor of some new Lincoln currency, such as a $5 coin. | Some people argue that the penny has become obsolete and should be taken out of circulation. Do you agree? |
| 277 | At least I hope that's what will happen. It would be the perfect opportunity to phase the coin out. The Lincoln head cent was introduced in 1909 for Lincoln's 100th birthday, and the Lincoln Memorial back design was introduced in 1959 for his 150th. I'd be quite surprised if they don't make some change in 2009. | Some people argue that the penny has become obsolete and should be taken out of circulation. Do you agree? |
| 278 | A station that charged $1.50 per gallon would lose a lot more business to one that charged $1.499 than the extra tenth of a cent per gallon would seem to justify. Most people seem to automatically ignore the fractional cents for some reason. Also, $0.009 per gallon is a considerable fraction of a station's profit margin (from what I've seen most stations make only a few cents per gallon), so it's unlikely that a station which dropped its price by $0.009 per gallon would gain enough business by doing so to make up for the lower price. I suspect that the only way the fractional-cent per gallon pricing will end is if it is outlawed. I don't think that the issue warrants such a law, though. What difference does it make? Most people don't buy gas in exact multiples of 1 gallon anyway. | Some people argue that the penny has become obsolete and should be taken out of circulation. Do you agree? |
| 279 | Here's a link to a portion of a web page which describes the dollar sign's historical origin. Apparently it originated when people wrote ``Ps'' (short for ``pesos'' or ``piastres,'' two names for the Spanish dollar) sloppily, and later was adopted by the U.S. government as a symbol for its own dollar.  | Some people argue that the penny has become obsolete and should be taken out of circulation. Do you agree? |
| 280 | I'm rather dubious about this whole ``soul mate'' concept. I guess the answer depends on just what is meant by the term. I don't really think that certain people are ``meant for each other,'' if that's what the question asks. While some people may be more compatible than others, I think that making a friendship or love work requires hard work and dedication a lot more than it does a cosmic stamp of approval. Maybe I'm just bitter because on the rare occasions when I felt I had a special link with someone, it's always turned out badly. Still, those experiences have led me to believe that being joined at the soul, while nice, is no substitute for a good solid earthly friendship. | Do you believe that everyone has a soul mate? |
