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Resolved Question: Good Scooter for a 13 year old?...?

Hello! I really need a way of getting around but seeing as i just turned 13, i can't drive a car anywhere.So my friend suggested i get a scooter/moped. He has one and he seems to get around quite well on it. I looked around some, and found that my favourite was the Vespa lx50. Although the price isnt very appealing, im looking between the $1000-$2000. Any help would be appreciated, also i really like the appearance of the Vespa lx50, i don't want it to look weird or anything Thanks in advance! P.S. The law of Indiana states that it has to be under 50cc. more

Resolved Question: Indiana renter's rights?

I am trying to rent an apartment at Purdue. I recently got a job there and have been working for three months. In order to secure a lease I must A) provide 6 months worth of pay stubs or B) get a co-signer I do not have 6 months worth of pay stubs since this is my first job after college and I've only been there three months. I tried to get my parents to be co-signers but their credit is not good enough. So I asked what my other options were because I don't enjoy the idea of asking other relatives to be a co-signer. The apartment complex said that they only other way to get the apartment is if I pay the entire 12 month's worth of rent up front. I knew landlords could ask for one month rent as a security deposit, but I didn't think they could require all 12 months up front. Is this legal? Or are they just trying to get my money up front. I really don't want to pay up front because for one thing I don't have the money right now because I just started my job. And secondly if I pay the whole rent and the landlord evicts me or stops paying the mortgage I may not get my money back. Please help me out, especially if you are a lawyer in Indiana. Once again, this is an Indiana law question. more

Resolved Question: Do you think that the government should have laws against alternative medicine when it causes the facts below?

Orthodox medicine is wholly rejected by the Faith Assembly religious sect in Illinois. As a result, peri-natal mortality is 92 times greater than in Indiana as a whole and maternal mortality is the same as it was a hundred years ago! I find this astonishing. I also can guarantee that this religious group will be against abortion. Such hypocrisy when they are purposefully killing their children by rejecting medicine.oops...that is my fault. I typed illinois when in fact I meant Indiana...Alternative medicine is one of my bug bears. It shows a rejection of scientific advancement and fact as well as putting people's lives at risk daily when proper diagnosis and treatment is not made available. GRRRRR.Hi Maid, I will definitely watch the video, thank you for bringing it to my attention. However, I have done a lot of research into alternative medicine as well as holding an understanding of biology from my degree. I know that it can be fatal and it cannot stand up to the scrutiny applied to actual medical procedures. That is wrong. more

Resolved Question: Anyone think Sherlock Holmes would have been more enjoyable if it hadn't have been Sherlock Holmes?

I liked the film but as a Sherlock Holmes devotee I was disappointed. Much better if it had been an Indiana Jones or the Brendan Foster character (The Mummy) I like my Sherlock to be Sherlock. Jude Law as Watson I'll accept but Downey Jr as this Sherlock was a no no for me. What do you think? more

Resolved Question: do i get any of my xwife 401k we were married 16 years she is remarried 10 months indiana law says I still get?

In the state of Indiana they said if you were married more than 10 years you still get so much of your xspouces 401k even if she was remarried she died july 11 2008 more

Resolved Question: did you know that FEMA are preparing mass graves in US?

A usually quiet U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery, has been unusually active lately. The National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona is a beautiful 225 acre facility located in Phoenix. For the past 30-45 days in the early hours of the morning until sunset, a massive construction operation has been underway. Major amounts of earth have been excavated out about 9-10 feet deep and 600-1000 feet wide. There is multiple locations on the property like this. From the satellite view there appears to be more sections that have been covered with the concrete lids and backfilled to look as if nothing is there. ABC rock is put in place under the burial vaults for good drainage and solid bedding. This will help not contaminate ground water sources from decomposition of human bodies. The cleanliness of the heavy equipment operation and the large perfect cuts of earth is im pressive. These Massive concrete boxes are transported from a nearby storage yard on various privately owned flatbed semi-trucks, then unloaded and put into place a half mile away at the actual mass grave site. They are installed tight together side by side with no space in between. An interview was conducted between my friend and a truck driver involved in this operation. After beating around the bush for ten minutes, the driver admitted “ I got paid a whole lot of money to speak good english.” Take it for what it’s worth but that sounds suspect. The truck driver also admitted “Each burial vault holds four caskets.” I took note that if caskets were not used you could fit 40 bodies or more in each one. So if these were to hold four troops each and the truck driver did know what he was talking about; this would mean that there are plans in advance for over 4000 U.S. soldiers deaths. If these are not to contain caskets and only bodies are inserted there could be room for over 40,000 civilians bodies. See additional photos: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4. Editor’s note: On February 11, 2009, D. H. Williams, writing for the Daily Newscaster, reported on the revelations of an Indiana county municipal official in the vicinity of Chicago who revealed how FEMA and DHS were attempting to prepare “county officials to prepare a Hazard Mitigation Plan to deal with flooding, fires, high winds and tornadoes.” “FEMA inquired to where mass graves could be placed in the county and would they accept bodies from elsewhere,” writes Williams. See Inside source reveals FEMA & DHS preparing for mass graves and martial law near Chicago.http://www.infowars.com/military-industrial-complex-prepares-mass-graves-for-us-citizens/ more

Resolved Question: I once watched a film on the BBC2 about eugenics carried out in Sweden until 1975. Anyone know the name of it?

The legal assault against people of "bad heredity" began in the United States with compulsory sterilization bills. The first of these was introduced into the Michigan legislature in 1897, but was defeated. A second bill, aimed at "idiots and imbecile children," passed the Pennsylvania legislature in 1905, but was vetoed by the governor. Indiana was the first state to actually enact a compulsory sterilization law in 1907 and it was followed by some 30 others. California did not repeal its law until 1979 and, in 1985, around 20 states still had laws on their books that permitted the involuntary sterilization of "mentally retarded" persons. The United States was by no means alone. In that liberal paragon Sweden, compulsory sterilizations of "unfit" persons were performed into the 1970s. All these laws were meant to improve the genetic make-up of the population, and especially of poor people, by preventing those judged to be "defective" from passing on their "defects" to future generations. more

Resolved Question: is it state law in indiana that the husband has to be listed as the beneficiary of 401k?

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Voting Question: Who naively thinks current Iran "troubles" not about oil?

Bear with me: BP was former Anglo Persian Oil Company APOC, later Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC). BP merged with Amoco (formerly Standard Oil of Indiana) and Standard Oil Ohio. (SOhio) ARCO is also now part of BP. Esso-ExxonMobil are still essentially Standard Oil despite 1911 anti-trust laws. Jersey Standard became Exxon. Mobil was formed from Standard Oil New York (S.O.Co.NY). BP owns Castrol via Burmah Oil. Esso and Exxon both cross own each other's shares. UnoCal, Caltex, Texaco and Gulf are all owned by Chevron- who was once? Standard Oil. BP skilfully used 1950's American McCarthy Commie paranoia via bogus evidence to instigate the CIA coup (Operation Ajax) against Mossadeq who'd just nationalised AIOC. 1979: Ayatollah nationalised all Anglo Iranian- partly motivated by AIOC refusal to open its' books or Board of Directors to Iranians. So today- Saudi Arabia is depleting and Standard and BP drool over the world's 2nd largest known reserves- Iran. Now see the motive?So Israel "wiped off the map" and the rest of the Fox-praganda are all baloney. Furthermore- US installed Ayatollah (plan backfired somewhat) to subvert former Shah's nuclear ambitions (Iran was the major funder to a French nuclear reprocessing plant (largest in world)). "Aha" moments anyone?Burma does indeed have tons of oil- hence Burmah Oil (current BP): why else do we see these monks out now rather than during an oil glut? more

Resolved Question: is filming a movie at the cinema on a mobile phone illegal?

i ask because i filmed the whole indiana jones film on my nokia n95 8gig if i burn to a dvd for personal use is it against the law more

Resolved Question: Strange Animal Laws Can Anyone Tell Me Are These True?

It is illegal for hens to lay eggs before 8 am and after 4 pm in Norfolk, Virginia. Ducks quacking after 10 pm in Essex Falls, New Jersey are breaking the law. In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to cross any road within the city limits. In McDonald, Ohio, farmers cannot march a goose down a city street. And fowl, particularly roosters, are prohibited from going into bakeries in Massachusetts. In Kansas, it is illegal for chicken thieves to work during daylight hours. In New York, frogs may be taken from their ponds from June 16 to September 30, but only between sunrise and sunset. In Pennsylvania, no one is allowed to shoot bullfrogs on a Sunday. In Arizona, the bullfrog hunting season is permanently closed. In Vermont, you can be fined if your pig runs in a public park without the permission of a selectman. French Lick Springs, Indiana, once passed a law requiring all black cats to wear bells on Friday the 13th. Madison, Wisconsin, will not allow joint custody of a family pet when a couple divorces the animal is legally awarded to whoever happens to have possession of it at the time of the initial separation. Dogs in Foxpoint, Wisconsin, may not bark profusely, snarl, or make any menacing gestures. In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow. It is illegal to ride a mule down Lang, Kansas' Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat. Over in Berea, Kentucky and also in Willamantic, Connecticut, horses are not allowed out on the streets and highways at night unless the animal has a "bright" red taillight securely attached to its rump. Horses may not wear cowbells inside the city limits of Tahoe City, California. In Washington, though, every cow wandering the streets of Seattle must be wearing a cowbell. In Burns, Oregon, horses are allowed in the town's taverns, if an admission fee is paid before they enter. You can't blow your nose in public places in Leahy, Washington, because it might scare a horse and cause it to panic. In Wanassa, New Jersey, a dog is breaking the law if it is heard to be "crying." more

Resolved Question: Do you know your law?

? - Does anyone know the flow of the court system in Indiana starting from the lowest level all the way up to the highest level court? more

Resolved Question: I am 47 years old.I will go to indiana south bend next summer and I´d like to have friends to speak english?

i want to go to USA next summer . My first purpose is to practice English. Because I will go alone and I don´´t know Indiana South Bend and I am afraid I will stay in my sister-in-law´s house speaking spanish with her. but what i really want is to improve my communicative skills in English. What can I do to fulfill my desires without attending a course. more

Resolved Question: A new contract for 2008?

A new contract for Santa has finally been negotiated. Please read the following carefully. I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was renegotiated by North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. I now serve only certain areas of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. As part of the new and better contract I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies. However, I'm certain that your children will be in good hands with your local replacement who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us... 1. There is no danger of a Grinch stealing your presents from Bubba Claus. He has a gun rack on his sleigh and bumper sticker that reads: "These toys insured by Smith and Wesson." 2. Instead of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave an RC cola and pork rinds [or a moon pie] on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn't smoke a pipe. He dips a little snuff though, so please have an empty spit can handy. 3. Bubba Claus' sleigh is pulled by floppy-eared, flyin' coon dogs instead of reindeer. I made the mistake of loaning him a couple of my reindeer one time, and Blitzen's head now overlooks Bubba's fireplace. 4. You won't hear "On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen ..." when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you'll hear, "On Earnhardt, on Wallace, on Martin and Labonte On Rudd, on Jarrett, on Elliott and Petty." 5. "Ho, ho, ho!" has been replaced by "Yee Haw!" And you also are likely to hear Bubba's elves respond, "I her'd dat!" 6. As required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus' sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam safety triangle on the back with the words "Back Off!" The last I heard it also had other decorations on the sleigh back as well. One is Ford or Chevy logo with lights that race through the letters and the other is a caricature of me (Santa Claus) going wee on the Tooth Fairy. 7. The usual Christmas movie classics such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" will not be shown in your negotiated viewing area. Instead, you'll see "Boss Hogg Saves Christmas" and "Smokey and the Bandit IV" featuring Burt Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each other. 8. Bubba Claus doesn't wear a belt. If I were you, I'd make sure you, the wife, and the kids turn the other way when he bends over to put presents under the tree. 9. And finally, lovely Christmas songs have been sung about me like "Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer" and Bing Crosby's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." This year songs about Bubba Claus will be played on all the AM radio stations in the South. Those song titles will be: Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Claus Shot the Jukebox," Cledus T. Judd's "All I Want for Christmas Is My Woman and a Six Pack," and Hank Williams Jr.'s "If You Don't Like Bubba Claus, You Can Shove It." Sincerely Yours, Santa Claus North American Fairies and Elves Local 209 more

Resolved Question: The new southern santa?

A new contract for Santa has finally been negotiated. Please read the following carefully. I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was renegotiated by North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. I now serve only certain areas of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. As part of the new and better contract I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies. However, I'm certain that your children will be in good hands with your local replacement who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us... 1. There is no danger of a Grinch stealing your presents from Bubba Claus. He has a gun rack on his sleigh and bumper sticker that reads: "These toys insured by Smith and Wesson." 2. Instead of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave an RC cola and pork rinds [or a moon pie] on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn't smoke a pipe. He dips a little snuff though, so please have an empty spit can handy. 3. Bubba Claus' sleigh is pulled by floppy-eared, flyin' coon dogs instead of reindeer. I made the mistake of loaning him a couple of my reindeer one time, and Blitzen's head now overlooks Bubba's fireplace. 4. You won't hear "On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen ..." when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you'll hear, "On Earnhardt, on Wallace, on Martin and Labonte On Rudd, on Jarrett, on Elliott and Petty." 5. "Ho, ho, ho!" has been replaced by "Yee Haw!" And you also are likely to hear Bubba's elves respond, "I her'd dat!" 6. As required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus' sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam safety triangle on the back with the words "Back Off!" The last I heard it also had other decorations on the sleigh back as well. One is Ford or Chevy logo with lights that race through the letters and the other is a caricature of me (Santa Claus) going wee on the Tooth Fairy. 7. The usual Christmas movie classics such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" will not be shown in your negotiated viewing area. Instead, you'll see "Boss Hogg Saves Christmas" and "Smokey and the Bandit IV" featuring Burt Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each other. 8. Bubba Claus doesn't wear a belt. If I were you, I'd make sure you, the wife, and the kids turn the other way when he bends over to put presents under the tree. 9. And finally, lovely Christmas songs have been sung about me like "Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer" and Bing Crosby's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." This year songs about Bubba Claus will be played on all the AM radio stations in the South. Those song titles will be: Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Claus Shot the Jukebox," Cledus T. Judd's "All I Want for Christmas Is My Woman and a Six Pack," and Hank Williams Jr.'s "If You Don't Like Bubba Claus, You Can Shove It." Sincerely Yours, Santa Claus North American Fairies and Elves Local 209 more

Resolved Question: Please help. My husband was just told he has a 17 year old child.?

Despite the obvious emotional toll... on both this child not knowing his father and my husband not being able to have a relationship ... do we need to worry about back child support? We can barely raise our own kids!! My husband has not met this child, but we have a picture. We have not had a paternity test done yet... but the picture really looks like my husband. It came from a one nighter when my husband was 17. I am not sure why the mom took so long to find us.The stepdad said they are having probs and now want my husband to step in! I want to move forward and help my husband to have a relationship, but the idea of back child support is making me feel sick and also horrible that i am thinking that, but if we had to pay child support for 17 years, we would have to move and we are already just above poverty level with two kids. We want to do the right thing and establish a relationship now...but this money issue almost makes me feel bitter. Anyone know anything about Indiana law? TThanks for all of your answers. I want to clarify that we do not want to deny this child. My husband is heartbroken and mad that he never knew. We had a son that died in my womb and he has always wanted a son. I just don't think it's right that we would have to suffer MORE when this lady denied a relationship with my husband and this poor kid. So someone mentioned it was too bad all I saw were dollar signs... which is not true. It's just that we are already struggling and it would have been nice to have had the benefit of sharing a life with his son up to now, instead of just forking over some money. i do not know that this is what they are after... as a matter of fact I DON"T THINK this is the case, I am just nervous. I don't know these people and to me it is just fishy that this is happening now... and they did say they are having financial problems and in foreclosure. I want to embrace this child once we know for sure with a test... I know this child is not at fault. Thanks more

Resolved Question: Bizarre, real life animal laws?

In Kingsville, Texas, there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city's airport property. It is illegal for hens to lay eggs before 8 am and after 4 pm in Norfolk, Virginia. Ducks quacking after 10 pm in Essex Falls, New Jersey are breaking the law. In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to cross any road within the city limits. In McDonald, Ohio, farmers cannot march a goose down a city street. And fowl, particularly roosters, are prohibited from going into bakeries in Massachusetts. In Kansas, it is illegal for chicken thieves to work during daylight hours. In New York, frogs may be taken from their ponds from June 16 to September 30, but only between sunrise and sunset. In Pennsylvania, no one is allowed to shoot bullfrogs on a Sunday. In Arizona, the bullfrog-hunting season is permanently closed. In Vermont, you can be fined if your pig runs in a public park without the permission of a selectman. French Lick Springs, Indiana, once passed a law requiring all black cats to wear bells on Friday the 13th. Madison, Wisconsin, will not allow joint custody of a family pet when a couple divorces - the animal is legally awarded to whoever happens to have possession of it at the time of the initial separation. Dogs in Foxpoint, Wisconsin, may not bark profusely, snarl, or make any menacing gestures. In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow. It is illegal to ride a mule down Lang, Kansas' Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat. Over in Berea, Kentucky and also in Willamantic, Connecticut, horses are not allowed out on the streets and highways at night unless the animal has a "bright" red taillight securely attached to its rump. Horses may not wear cowbells inside the city limits of Tahoe City, California. In Washington, though, every cow wandering the streets of Seattle must be wearing a cowbell. In Burns, Oregon, horses are allowed in the town's taverns, if an admission fee is paid before they enter. You can't blow your nose in public places in Leahy, Washington, because it might scare a horse and cause it to panic. In Wanassa, New Jersey, a dog is breaking the law if it is heard to be "crying." more

Resolved Question: Stupid people awards?

It is once again time to vote for-the Darwin Award nominees for 1997. As you may already know, the Darwin Awards are for those nominees who will not be contributing to the gene pool (thankfully). The 1997 nominees are: NOMINEE No.1: [San Jose Mercury News] An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriend's windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut. NOMINEE No.2 [Kalamazoo Gazette] James Burns, 34, of Alamo,Mich., was killed in March as he was trying to repair what. police described as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Bums hung underneath so that he could asthe source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft." NOMINEE No.3 [Hickory Daily Record] Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton, N.C., when, awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson. 38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear. NOMINEE No.4 [UIPI, Toronto] Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto Skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students. Hoy previously had conducted demonstrations of window strength according to police reports. Peter Lawyers, managing partner of the firm Holden Day Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and brightest" members of the 200-man association. NOMINEE No.5 [Bloomburg News Service] A terrible diet and room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas. There was no mark on his body but autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans and cabbage(and a couple of other things). It was just the right combination of foods. It appears that the man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But the man was shut, up in his, near airtight bedroom. According to the article, "He was a big man with a huge capacity for creating "this deadly gas." Three of the rescuers got sick and one was hospitalized. NOMINEE No..6 [The News of the Weird.] Michael Anderson Godwin made News of the Weird posthumously. He had spent several years awaiting South Carolina's electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. Whilst sitting on a metal toilet in his cell and attempting to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted. NOMINEE NO.7["The. Indianapolis Star"] A cigarette lighter may have triggered fatal explosion - Dunkirk, Indiana. A Jay County man using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader was killed Monday night when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriffs investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his parents' rural Dunkirk home about 11:30 p.m. Investigators said Pryor was cleaning a 54-caliber muzzle loader that had not been firing properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited. NOMINEE No.8 lAP, St. Louis] Robert Puelo, 32, was apparently being disorderly in a St. Louis market. When the clerk threatened to call police, Puelo grabbed a hot dog, shoved it in his mouth, and walked out without paying for it. Police found him unconscious in front of the store; paramedics removed the six-inch wiener from his throat, where it had choked him to death. NOMINEE No.9 [Unknown] To poacher Marino Malerba, who shot a stag standing above him on an overhanging rock-and was killed instantly when it fell on him. NOMINEE No.10 [Associated Press, Kincaid] Blasting Cap Explodes in Man's Mouth at Party. A man at a party popped a blasting cap into his mouth and bit down, triggering an explosion that blew off his lips, teeth, and tougue state police said Wednesday. Jerry Stromyer, 24, of Kincaid, bit the blasting cap as a prank during a party late Tuesday night, said Cpl. M.D.Payne. Another man had it in an aquarium hooked to a battery, and was trying to explode it," Payne said. "It wouldn't go off and this guy said, 'I'II show you how to set it off." Yet Another Darwin award candidate - or pair of candidates -- this just might be the winner! more