Assuming you're not bullshitting, and have an actual license, call the number it asks for and explain the situation. They're likely to not give a shit unless that same key has been activated a bajillion times.

Anyone who thinks animals don't have feelings or the ability to perceive pain either haven't spent enough time with animals, are terrified of them, or have autism. Seriously. Have you never stepped on a cat's tail? Not only will it react in pain - much as a human would if you stepped on them - it will likely hold it against you. Dogs are practically ruled by their emotions. In fact, us humans borrow their reactions to describe emotions - one who is beaten walks away with their tail between their legs. My buddy had a dog with anger issues for no particular reason, and he was treated with an antidepressant. My dog is visibly upset when a human family member leaves the house, and I've seen him give up eating for days, lethargic because he was depressed when a house member died - a cat.

And it's not anthropomorphism either. Us humans are certainly not unique for our emotions, we're unique for our ability to reason past them. The cat in question stares with the same look of revenge that a person would until you're dumb enough to look away. There's no hiding his emotions when he bites the fuck out of your calf. The damn dog lies by the missing person's door, face under his paws. When someone walks by, he'll look up, face still under his paws, make eye contact, and make a big sigh. What the hell do you call that?

Sure as hell, the grandparent is right and animals sure don't talk like people. But if you cannot communicate with an animal, you're a dolt. Seriously. They're not mythical creatures. Like zombies in a B horror movie, they're EVERYWHERE. Back here in the real world, they're more useful.

At sky harbor airport in Phoenix they simply run everyone through the scanners - you can choose the scanner, the pat down or not to enter the secure area. that's it.

What the hell are you talking about? I have flown through Sky Harbor about ten times now, and not once did I even have to LOOK at a scanner, much less use it or get a pat down. In fact, the worst thing that happened to me was that they made me throw my hair gel out, but not before they apologized profusely and told me I could mail it. The elevated bag search took less than five minutes, and even though I looked nervous as shit, my person got no additional searching. Sky Harbor is probably the best airport I've ever used, BY FAR. Compare: PHL.

Did you forget some people tried to bring a fake bomb aboard flying out of PHX like two weeks ago?

(sorry for the karma burn, mods)

But she was USING the camera! It wasn't hidden.

Or, you get like we have, where you're free to do your own work, but it must be certified by someone. Last time I did any work a house I was about 15, and I remember having to instruct my mother on what I'd done so that she could tell the inspector - a 15 year old clearly can't wire a socket, so she had to say she did the work. Cost? $3.50 to inspect a socket, $75 or so for the visit, in 2000.

Actually, on the payments page, AT&T says you may be limited in the number of payments that can be made in a 24-hour period, so the legalese is already there!

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How the hell do you get to DC from NYC in 2 hours?! Just ram all the cars out of the way on I95?

Huh? On the east coast, in small town PA, I paid $45 for cable access, 15/5. DSL was available, but I didn't use it because I knew the quality of the telephone lines in the apartment complex. On the west coast, in Phoenix, I pay $30 for cable access, 15/5. I used to have DSL, 20/.7, and I was paying $20 for that. I've been using the same cable modem for years, it's standardized. Additionally, my iPhone has no problem grabbing T-Mobile's network when AT&T service is bad, and worked quite fine in 3G mode in Europe on Vodaphone, O2, and T-Mobile. In fact, I got a text from AT&T as soon as I got off the plane telling me that my phone was quite operational.

In addition to the other reasons posters have given, some networks put their 3G network on a higher frequency, but use the same towers. Hence, less service.

I've been told at the AT&T store from multiple reps that the customers all say the iPhone has the best reception of the smartphone bunch. Also, AT&T's 3G network is CDMA as well, and voice is the same as data AFAIK. You can use the AT&T network in both contexts at once - voice and data. Ya doin that with VZW much?

Wikipedia says the German name for the level is "Lustiges Sporen Drama" - "Funny Spore Drama", the initials of which are LSD. LSD starts with ergot spores =)

You didn't do that on a Verizon phone.

If you're under 18 in the US, that's illegal in pretty much every state, unless you're in some exception, like working for your parents or yourself...

Perhaps you believe some citizens are lesser beings than others? Perhaps that's one of the things making them so mad?

Yes. They're called minors for a reason. They've been pissy whiny hormonally emotional about it since, well, forever.