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these are the hard drives i am looking at, and yes one is a ringer. - tRuMaN May 31, 12:43 1
- Uh, what kind of car is this for? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:45
"The Burning House". People submit pictures of the 15 things they'd take with them if their house was on fire. What would be on your list? -- (link) - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:38 22
- in descending order: family, cats, wallet, camera bag, laptop, phone -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:46
- wife, laptop, back up harddrive, meds, passport, PJ concert tape from '92, samurai sword. -- nm - Mel Profit May 31, 12:44
- my dog. -- nm - decline May 31, 12:44
- hmm ... wife, son, USB hard drive, possibly the NAS, the camera (so I can blog it), the cat, the other cat, the diaper bag, probably some other stuff. - Beryllium May 31, 12:44
- my cats. my underbed safe (even though it's fireproof, ha!). photo box if i could. the rest can burn -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:43 1
  - oh, and my phone. -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:44
- The high value sports cards/autographs...the laptop. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:42 2
  - ... -- nm - Kelly May 31, 12:43 1
    - ::stops wagging tail:: -- nm - Murphy May 31, 12:43
- kid, wife, external hard drives, banjos, cameras, Xbox, stuffed duck. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 31, 12:42
- my vinyl records. my laptop. -- nm - moles May 31, 12:41
- My autographed photo of JLo would be up there, but #1 would be a box I have with all my important documents. -- nm - MDH May 31, 12:40
- This. -- (link) - Spawn May 31, 12:40 [flickr] 9
  - right after your Xbox and special edition Halo Reach disc. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:44 2
    - ... and I would get a new xbox out of the deal. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:46
    - The diary is pretty freakin' sweet. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:45
  - you can buy new heroclix, dummy -- nm - moles May 31, 12:42
  - a blue dinosaur ? -- nm - decline May 31, 12:42 3
    - The Bub. And Lizardbe. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:42 2
      - and here i thought the second thing would have been Amy -- nm - moles May 31, 12:43 1
        
        If you saw the pic, you would see the death grip. I carry Bub, he carries Lizardbe. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:44
  - Aww. -- nm - MDH May 31, 12:41
here is a poll: when was the last time you chceked your cell voicemail? - amanda jones May 31, 12:27 11
- this morning? -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 12:34
- Voicemail? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 31, 12:30
- a week ago saturday -- nm - moles May 31, 12:30
- this morning, -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:29
- doesn't your phone tell you if you have messages? a little phone symbol next to the signal bars -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:29 1
  - I have google voice transcribe my voicemail and email to me. then I filter it directly into a folder and never ever read it. - amanda jones May 31, 12:35
- Last night after mom called and left a message. -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:28
- today. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:28
- Sunday afternoon. -- nm - Ender May 31, 12:28 1
  - I got your message. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:28
- Sunday. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:28
So, Atlanta's ownership only got $110 million? That can't be right. -- nm - David May 31, 12:27 3
- and a lifetime supply of Coca Cola -- nm - moles May 31, 12:41
- That's the number. Don't know how much this group paid for them, but it covers some of the recent losses. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 31, 12:40 1
  - If true, that means they are at least $30 million in the hole for the past years and a lot more when we factor in the initial franchise fee. - David May 31, 12:43
And I'm pretty sure I saw this thing in the box yesterday -- (link) - Will Hunting May 31, 12:26
so, apparently, tomorrow is Founder's Day at my office (60th Anniversary of company founding). I was just handed my 'commemorative' t-shirt. - Andie May 31, 12:22 10
- You need to bedazzle that shit. - Spawn May 31, 12:27 6
  - oh, *damn* that would be hilarious! -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:29 5
    - Add more flair!! -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:32
    - "Oh, you like my shirt. The carpet matches the drapes" *wink* - oblique May 31, 12:32 3
      - If you keep making that joke, someone is going to tell you to peendazzle yourself. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:33 2
        
        Obviously, Mrs Kilbo has yet to do this for him. For the rest of us, itt is a, "Been there, done that" kinda thing and we have moved on. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:38
        
        again? -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:34
- your company sounds kinda cool. -- nm - Diva May 31, 12:24 2
  - i'm not sure it's 'cool.' it's very 'nice.' -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:25 1
    - i think 'nice' is prolly the word i was looking for. -- nm - Diva May 31, 12:26
I always go with "Hello?". Caller ID doesn't tell you who's actually calling, just who the phone belongs to. -- nm - Ender May 31, 12:19 4
- I always start with hello as well, although my tone is different when it's someone like my parents or will on the other line. - kelly May 31, 12:47
- one of my friends always says "heyyyyyyyy" like he's seducing whoever's calling. it cracks me up. he has no idea. I can't ever tell or else he'll stop -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:24
- Exactly. "Hello, Mom or Dad" is a stupid way to answer the phone :) -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:20 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:21
ST Poll: What should the NHL team in Winnipeg be named? -- nm - Beaker May 31, 12:15 17
- I think they're going to fuck it up and not call them The Jets, but calling them anything but The Jets is fucking it up. - Name Withheld By Request May 31, 12:39
- The Ramjets ... The Scramjets ... The Boomers ... The Roughriders -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:36
- Winnipegging -- nm - con_carne May 31, 12:34
- the Tinkerbells -- nm - decline May 31, 12:28
- Redemption. -- nm - David May 31, 12:27
- Dignans -- nm - moles May 31, 12:24
- The Winnipeg Slurpees -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:23 1
  - *relocates the team to Gimli, names them The Gimli Gliders* -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:24
- Canucks. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:20
- The Peggers! -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:18
- A symbol. -- nm - Prince May 31, 12:16
- The Red River Flooders -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:16 3
  - I've also heard Red River Rebellion and Red River Revenge -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:17 2
    - likes -- nm - George Lucas May 31, 12:19
    - Any other teams named after a landmark or area rather than a political area? Like the Golden State Warriors? -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:19
- anything but Jets is wrong. -- nm - Beaker May 31, 12:15 1
  - This. But failing that ... Skeeters. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:15
Crisis averted! Tickets will be waiting for us to pick up at will call (reprint). What is the % chance they will screw with us? - oblique May 31, 12:15 1
- 10% -- nm - flavorize May 31, 12:16
here's a poll: is your ringer on right now? are you more or less likely to answer your phone when the ringer is on? - amanda jones May 31, 12:11 28
- generally always on -- nm - Remlik May 31, 12:37
- Always on vibrate. -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 12:34 2
  - Slut. -- nm - David May 31, 12:35 1
    - I would be if I could be. -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 12:37
- The ringer is almost always on unless in a quiet enviroment. I answer when it rings. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:25
- which phone? - psilotum May 31, 12:24
- Less likely. Unless I hear a ring tone of a person I REALLY want to talk to -- nm - flavorize May 31, 12:23
- I aim to have my ringer off and just use vibrate. I hate ringtones in meetings, on buses, etc -- nm - ty97 May 31, 12:17 7
  - I kind of wish I had funnier ringtones so they could occasionally break the tension in meetings. - TFox May 31, 12:19
  - people are very bus-polite here. it's so rare to see people on the phone on the bus. silence is the norm. -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:19 5
    - I bus commute with a lot of students. Silence would be a non-starter. -- nm - con_carne May 31, 12:27
    - it's funny, it depends on the bus. if you take the earlier commuter-heavy busses, people are great. - TFox May 31, 12:21 2
      - if/when they're even in english. it's about 50/50 on my buses - moles May 31, 12:24 1
        
        "EL CRACKO! QUE!" -- nm - TFox May 31, 12:24
    - ha. ha ha. - moles May 31, 12:20
- ringer is on. I hardly ever answer my phone though. - decline May 31, 12:15 2
  - really me as well. it's *never* good news. my friends will actually text me to say "I'm calling you now" so I don't get worried. -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:16 1
    - my girlfriend and mother are about the only 2 people I pick up when they call. -- nm - decline May 31, 12:29
- ringer on. nobody calls me but my dad and occasionally the office -- nm - moles May 31, 12:14 2
  - and sometimes patryk and me to ask for legal advice!! -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:15 1
    - "just plead guilty now" -- nm - moles May 31, 12:16
- usually on, always answer it cause it's likely a customer -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:14
- My phone is almost always ringer-off. Right now it's off because when it's on, WWF gets bloopy. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:13
- it's almost always on vibrate, except for days I work from home. -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:12
- Yes it's on. how could it be less likely? -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:11 3
  - my phone annoys me when it rings. I refuse to reward it for bothering me by answering. -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:15 2
    - but if the ringer isn't on, how would you be able to answer? -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:16 1
      - vibrate -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:17
Yesterday, I found out what $700 in quarters weighs. - Will Hunting May 31, 12:10 22
- and you collect stamps, right? -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:39
- I'm gonna guess 33 pounds. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:20
- 8 lbs 12 oz. Wolfram Alpha says a quarter only weighs 0.2 oz. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:15 2
  - Not 700 quarters....$700 worth -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:18 1
    - Oops. * 4. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:19
- 2 quarters is supposed to be one ounce (old trick to see if your envelope needs more than one stamp was to compare the two) 22lbs -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:13 12
  - ::reads... rereads...rerereads...:: -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:15
  - I thought it was two ounces. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:15
  - Re-check your math if that's accurate...you're off by 66lbs. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:14 9
    - d'oh....I see what I did wrong...I did 750 quarters, not $750 dollars worth of quarters, so now we're closer to 88 lbs -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:19
    - If it is accurate (2 quarters = 1 ounce), then it comes to $87.50. -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:16 3
      - errr... 87.50 lbs obviously -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:17 2
        
        *does not do a currency exchange at the Bank of Don Homer* -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:21
        
        *snork* -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:20
    - It's possible he was confusing it with $700 of used cat litter. -- nm - TFox May 31, 12:15 1
      - it could run from 300 to 2,000 pounds depending on whether you get healthfood store stuff or cheap stuff -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:22
    - i would be shocked -- nm - moles May 31, 12:15 1
      - I know it's more than 22lbs, I'll say that. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:17
- Side note: don't bother rolling coins you take to the bank (like anyone does anymore). We always had to break them open and count them anyways - oblique May 31, 12:11 3
  - I've been doing this for years with no problem. -- nm - Mel Profit May 31, 12:17
  - really, I remember when banks wouldn't take unrolled coins in mass, line them up and see if any are short - zeitgeist May 31, 12:16 1
    - they've had change counters for decades. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:17
I answer "Hello" unless I know who's calling. In those cases, sometimes I say "Hey, what's up?" -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:10
I sometimes feel my heart will overflow... -- nm - Diva May 31, 12:10
here's a poll: what percent of the time do you actually answer your phone? - amanda jones May 31, 12:09 8
- 90% in my biz, the first one to talk live to them is usually the one to book the gig...sometimes they leave a message, but after you have left 2 or 3 - zeitgeist May 31, 12:26
- 20%. Always working -- nm - flavorize May 31, 12:17
- work phone: 90%, cell phone: 35%, home phone: <1% -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:12
- 25% -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:11
- 100%. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:11
- Work line: 10%. Cell phone: 80%. Home phone: 50%. I love Viatalk at home because I can block numbers - oblique May 31, 12:10
- of the times it rings, maybe 1/4. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:10
- always unless in a meeting -- nm - Beaker May 31, 12:10
I don't remember how I answer my phone. "Hi", maybe. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:09 13
- I usually answer "Hello!" with a tone that shows I know who's calling -- nm - Guigue May 31, 12:24
- I like the way I know in Spanish: "Bueno?" - con_carne May 31, 12:13
- "Hi, this is Kevin" on my work and cellphone except for personal calls on the cellphone, then it's just "Hello" -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:12
- Actually... you say, "Who the fuck is this!?!" -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:10 3
  - "WHY ARE YOU RINGING? WHAT IS GOING ON!? I AM SO CONFUSED!!" ... (I get about one phone call a year at work) -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:12 2
    - eh, canadians are nice even to telemarketers -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:28 1
      - I have thanked them for their time on occasion before hanging up on them -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:31
- At work: "Tom D______." At home, it could be like 100 variants. -- nm - TFox May 31, 12:10 5
  - "T-Dawg, yo!" -- nm - moles May 31, 12:16
  - Doofus?? -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:13
  - Do you actually say "...fill in the blank" or just "...blank"? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:11 2
    - I say the first syllable like that and then pause so they wonder if it's a bad connection. -- nm - TFox May 31, 12:11 1
      - Niiiice. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:13
"Pawnee zoo, Monkey speaking...." -- nm - prayformojo May 31, 12:09
Helllo -- nm - Beaker May 31, 12:08

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