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"25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street with no permit of any kind: some say it’s crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" – Andrew Ford The ones who don’t realize "the other half of the country" has 80% of the population. Not literally true, but close enough to expose the trick.
Not literally true? You mean that the other half of the country has less than 80% of the population, that the other half has a disproportionate number of murders? Some trick. At best, the restrictions provide no benefit…. -andy — UUCP: {arpa gateways, sun, decwrl, uunet, rutgers}!cs.stanford.edu!andy
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|"25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street |with no permit of any kind: some say it’s crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US |murders are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" |- Andrew Ford | |The ones who don’t realize "the other half of the country" has 80% of the |population. | |Not literally true, but close enough to expose the trick. | |Not literally true? You mean that the other half of the country has |less than 80% of the population, that the other half has a |disproportionate number of murders? I mean that the "other half of the country" has a population a lot closer to 80% than to 50%. I don’t know about you, but when I want to advocate something I try not to strain my credibility that much. Note that, contrary to what some people here assumed, I don’t advocate one thing or another with respect to firearms, except maybe make for damn sure you use them wisely. |At best, the restrictions provide no benefit…. That may well be. That’s irrelevant to the question of whether the statistics above have been abused. Jeff Winslow
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Recently I applied for a job at a local casino (I live in Las Vegas) and they had a large sign over one of the windows saying that all employees would have to submit to a "hair test" in order to be tested for drugs. Can anyone tell me what a hair test is and how accurate it is? Also would certain brands of soap or shampoo give a false positive? Thanks in advance.
Does this mean that if you’re bald that you must be straight?
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Recently I applied for a job at a local casino (I live in Las Vegas) and they had a large sign over one of the windows saying that all employees would have to submit to a "hair test" in order to be tested for drugs. Can anyone tell me what a hair test is and how accurate it is? Also would certain brands of soap or shampoo give a false positive? Thanks in advance. Does this mean that if you’re bald that you must be straight?
"Dope check! Put your hands in the air!" "Now hold them there for about 30 seconds while we…" —
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"25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street with no permit of any kind: some say it’s crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" – Andrew Ford
The ones who don’t realize "the other half of the country" has 80% of the population. Not literally true, but close enough to expose the trick. – Jeff Winslow
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[Following up a lot of bullshit about full-auto 22s] }Wow. I suppose that’s relevant to the drugs newsgroups because the BATF is }involved? } }That’s really bizarre, so followups include talk.bizarre as well.
From this spirit, all abuse of newsgroups springs. }– Jack Campin room G092, Computing Science Department, Glasgow University
You, Jack Campin room G092, Computing Science Department, Glasgow University, are a wingnut and a loser, and should take a hike. Since you should take a hike, followups include rec.backcountry as well. "Excuse me, but I created alt.sewing, and participated in the move to
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Recently I applied for a job at a local casino (I live in Las Vegas) and they had a large sign over one of the windows saying that all employees would have to submit to a "hair test" in order to be tested for drugs. Can anyone tell me what a hair test is and how accurate it is? Also would certain brands of soap or shampoo give a false positive? Thanks in advance. Donna
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Recently I applied for a job at a local casino (I live in Las Vegas) and they had a large sign over one of the windows saying that all employees would have to submit to a "hair test" in order to be tested for drugs. Can anyone tell me what a hair test is and how accurate it is? Also would certain brands of soap or shampoo give a false positive? Thanks in advance.
The hair test is extremely accurate in checking for all kinds of things, including drugs. It has been argued (by someone on this net ????) that the hair test is far more accurate than the standard urine tests and can go back for years (the longer the hair, the further back they can look). I’m not sure on this, but I think that hair stripping (such as what is done in the perm process) will remove most if not all of the "evidence." (I’d let someone else verify my admittedly weak memory here, but) you might try a home perm without curling to strip your hair. I’ve also heard of stripping shampoos that clean everything off your hair, it couldn’t hurt. Also, the shorter the piece of hair, the less history you’re giving them. (Time for a haircut/perm??) — "25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on, and walk down the street with no permit of any kind: some say it’s crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" – Andrew Ford
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: : The hair test is extremely accurate in checking for all kinds of things, : including drugs. It has been argued (by someone on this net ????) that : the hair test is far more accurate than the standard urine tests and : can go back for years (the longer the hair, the further back they can : look). From what I have read, the accuracy of the hair test is questionable. It can go back for years, depending on how long your hair is, since it checks for metabolites that are bound in the hair protein. : I’m not sure on this, but I think that hair stripping (such as what is : done in the perm process) will remove most if not all of the "evidence." : (I’d let someone else verify my admittedly weak memory here, but) you : might try a home perm without curling to strip your hair. Nope, the stripping process will not remove the metabolites. You would have to destroy the hair protein to do this. : I’ve also heard of stripping shampoos that clean everything off your hair, : it couldn’t hurt. It can’t help either. See above. : Also, the shorter the piece of hair, the less history you’re giving them. : (Time for a haircut/perm??) Yep. Shave your head – become a skin-head. But remember, they might demand hair from other parts of your body. Shave all your hair off – be a total baldy. Better yet, just refuse to take such a test – there are plenty of employers that do not make such worthless invasions of your private life. Or, better yet if you do not use illegal drugs – take the test, then refuse the job when you come out negative. Make sure you let them, and the company management know exactly why you refused the job. Bill
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[about hair giving a drug history] I’ve also heard of stripping shampoos that clean everything off your hair, it couldn’t hurt. Also, the shorter the piece of hair, the less history you’re giving them. (Time for a haircut/perm??)
I guess then, that the answer is obvious. After we finish passing laws against citizens from using guns or cryptography, wWe should pass laws which prohibits citizens from washing their hair with shampoo or cut their hair. After all, what honest citizen would mind giving the government a way to check on their drug history? :-) — 411 Blockley Hall | Conway Yee, N2JWQ (215) 662-6780 |
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Recently I applied for a job at a local casino (I live in Las Vegas) and they had a large sign over one of the windows saying that all employees would have to submit to a "hair test" in order to be tested for drugs. Can anyone tell me what a hair test is and how accurate it is? Also would certain brands of soap or shampoo give a false positive? Thanks in advance.
Remember that the reason for putting up this advertisment may be to simply discourage users from applying for the job. If the ‘hair test’ really is so expensive to test for just one drug, it may simpily be a scam.
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Looks like this message took a wrong turn at Albequerque…. Actually it is a HARE test. All your rabbits must be given a LSAT, or Lupus Scholastic Aptitude Test. If they get a composite score of 1500 or higher, you get to move out of Las Vegas.
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