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rant:: BBC Knowleadge is an Evil channel - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:09 2
- Well stop watching it then! -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 07:19 1
  - impossible - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:22
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- I might have to feel bad about making fun of him, if it's true the accuser turns out to be full of shit. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:04 3
  - There's ample evidence of sexual contact. Whether it was rape is now muddied thanks to the accusser - TWuG Jul 1, 07:16
  - Why? Even Nicolas Sarkozy said that DSK would have to tone down his aggressive womanizing to be President of France - Roger More Jul 1, 07:14
  - why? almost everyone did that -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:06
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Is Ty97 in London at the moment ? - got a spare for the screening tomorrow. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 07:01 1
- Alas, no, but thanks for the invite! -- nm - ty97 Jul 1, 07:10
Happy Canada Day! I'm looking for a CanCon nick in honor of Canadian STers. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:00
Do we like this? -- (link) - Amy Jul 1, 06:59 28
- surprisingly so. I don't normally dig hatchbacks. (obvs I love the thirs door.) -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 07:19
- Very much. -- nm - mara Jul 1, 07:10
- I'm sure I'll just end up with an Elantra. I want something a little sportier than a sedan, but I have to be practical. - Amy Jul 1, 07:09 10
  - the sonata felt *huge* to me -- I told avis in maine to downgrade me to avoid it. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 07:19
  - Guy I work with just got a Corolla Sport. Looks really nice and was reasonably priced I understand -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 07:16
  - Alfa :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:11 1
    - the Giuletta is nice looking -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:21
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    - I really like them also. But I think I want something smaller. -- nm - Amy Jul 1, 07:13 2
      - I highly recommend one, It's my favorite car I've had so far. -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 07:14 1
        
        What's your mileage. My 04 Sonata is getting 19-21 in town and it's a V6. -- nm - Amy Jul 1, 07:17
  - Yeah, the Elantra is what I'm getting when I can scrape the money. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 07:10
  - Honda Fit Sport? -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 07:10
- It's trying to hard to look like a BMW. -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 07:07 1
  - or a Ford or a VW or any other car thats size nowadays really -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:08
- The grey is slightly better, but not really. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 07:05
- No. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 07:04
- kindof actually designvise -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:04
- I don't hate it. maybe in another color. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:02
- don't like the back at all. -- nm - decline Jul 1, 07:01 6
  - almost the same as a veyron me thinks -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 07:03
  - I like the glass, but I just can't sell myself on a hatch. I'm trying. -- nm - Amy Jul 1, 07:02 3
    - Hatches are very convenient overall. Great for those with kids too. Love the prius hatch. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 07:09
    - I love love love my hatch. so much easier to put stuff in. - loosilu Jul 1, 07:03 1
      - hmmm, that particular hatch looks high up. Looks like it might be uncomfortable to use. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:04
  - and 3 doors is icky -- nm - decline Jul 1, 07:02
- I went from a 2 to a 3 when I saw Hyundai, but still ugly. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 07:00
- nope,. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 06:59
FML, I got a text from my bank, someone purchased a trip to Spain on my debit card. - groiny Jul 1, 06:47 5
- Sometimes I wonder if someone just got a number wrong. I bet that happens a lot. Either way it sucks. -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 06:54 3
  - the check digits on credit cards make this almost an impossibility, but it's nice that you think people are good. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 06:58 2
    - On my MC and Visa they have check digits on the back and it's embosse but on the amex it's printed on the front in a similar fashion to the graphics. - lileve Jul 1, 07:08 1
      - embossed! -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 07:09
- At least they shopped around to get a bargain -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 06:50
UCF AA ruled negligent in football player's death, parents awarded $10 Million -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 1, 06:47
Oh yeah, and since I missed it last night: BERKMAN (typed that right handed) and BERKMAN (typed that left handed)!!!!!!! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:44 12
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- he's good. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 06:46 8
  - MVP!!! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:48 7
    - career .956 OPS, 347 homers, I do not think he is gonna play long enough to make the hall. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 07:01
    - *flips a 52-48 coin with him and Prince* - Will Hunting Jul 1, 06:55 5
      - If they keep up at this pace...whichever team wins the division, that's the guy that should win it, IMO. -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:57 4
        
        Agreed. Course, this get mooted if Kemp continues with triple-crown worthy stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 06:58 3
        
        I am fairly certain he can not keep that pace up. - groiny Jul 1, 07:08 2
        
        He's lucky though that outside Reyes, no one else is running away hiding. - Will Hunting Jul 1, 07:11 1
        
        dunno, he is slugging at a .100 higher than career best pace. - groiny Jul 1, 07:14
- I was so confused when I saw my fantasy team last night. - TFox Jul 1, 06:46 1
  - heh...he launched 'em too. It was great. He hit the first one right handed...and when they brought in the righty reliever, Cards announcer John - Jim Jul 1, 06:47
Marcel you got GMail -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 06:40
Macho Man autopsy: Heart problems -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 1, 06:39 2
- *macho macho maannn* -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 06:42
- Ouch. -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 06:41
Tobey Maguire denies wrongdoing in Hollywood poker ring -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 1, 06:38 1
- "Fellas...fellas...check this: all red!" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 06:40
I'm so tired that I have a two-sentence limit today. any email I get that has more than two sentences? yeah, we'll read that next week. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 06:24 4
- Nice three-sentence post. -- nm - nubby, grit eater Jul 1, 06:25 3
  - This, Nothing else, is totally true -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 06:28
  - do as I say, not as I do, nubby. also, way to try to use logic on two-sentence day. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 06:28 1
    - It's the scientist's curse. -- nm - nubby, grit eater Jul 1, 06:29
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- Mine was how the Cards lit him up yesterday. -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:29
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- like that matters NOW!!! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 06:29
- his lawsuit against everyone involved will be quite large is my guess. -- nm - Beaker Jul 1, 06:21
- whoops! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 06:18
PSA: Paul Simon is performing live on iTunes tonight. App for iPad or iPhone would allow you to watch mobile-y. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 06:12 7
- What did I see him on recently? Was it SNL, Leno? Either way...he was horrible. Had to turn him off. And I love Paul Simon. -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:32 3
  - He was on snl, so maybe that. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 06:35 2
    - I think that was it. It was weird. The song wasn't very good and he sounded awful. -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:40 1
      - He picked a couple of the odder songs on the new album to play. He was *much* better when we saw him a month ago - TFox Jul 1, 06:45
- He cancelled a gig in the UK this week due to voice problems but was back the following night. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 06:21
- And by tonight, I meant 2:45 this afternoon (though I think you can watch the video later). -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 06:13 1
  - Full lineup of people doing shows in link here (Foo, Linkin, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, MCR, Duran Duran, etc.) -- (link) - TFox Jul 1, 06:14
has anybody tried out the hangout function on +? can you do data/screen sharing? - colin Jul 1, 05:54
on +, b. just b. is b., right? - prayformojo Jul 1, 05:49 7
- If any G+er has a spare invite, I'm interested in trying this out - TWuG Jul 1, 05:53 6
  - invites not active for me yet i'll hit marcel with your req. - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 06:33
  - go to your gmail account, in the upper right click on your name and click View Profile. - JaxSean Jul 1, 06:23 3
    - That doesn't do anything but show me my profile -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 06:26 2
      - Is the profile set up like a Facebook Profile? You should be able to click on the Circles at the top and edit as well. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 06:51 1
        
        Nope -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 07:12
  - My first impression is it's not that intuitive, and offers not enough new stuff to be worth the effort. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 06:06
You know, Facebook, telling me my account is unavailable due to a "site issue" the day after Google + rolls out is... unwise. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 05:45
Lots of EA Games for iOS are $0.99 today. Battleship, LIFE, Yahtzee, etc. -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 05:43 13
- Oooh. Robot Unicorn Attack is 0.99 too. That's very tempting :) -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 05:51
- yo.. you got that ViewSonic tablet, yes? any issues? worth it? - colin Jul 1, 05:45 11
  - The ViewSonic is very hackable (Cyanogen, etc). I'm still running stock but it's great. Use it daily for basic browsing, email, games, and Kindle -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 05:47 10
    - sounds like what i need. thanks. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 05:48 9
      - It's no iPad but it's decent. I've installed a 3rd party launcher that I like alot that improves things quite a bit. Has it's issues from time to - oblique Jul 1, 05:49 8
        
        for the price, seems worth it. it'd just be a browse, play device. does netflix work well? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 05:52 7
        
        No, doesn't work at all...yet -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 06:00 6
        
        @#$%! hmm. oh well, i still want one.. if only for Google Goggles. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:10 5
        
        You'll need to at least run some market hacks, etc. to get the google market and apps on there. It doesn't ship with it -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 06:20 4
        
        ViewSonic site says different.. - colin Jul 1, 06:22 3
        
        I don'tthink I've ever gotten that to work (yet). Is that new? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 06:25 2
        
        just saw it on the website.. also just saw the Asus Transformer... holy crap, that looks cool! -- (link) - colin Jul 1, 06:28 1
        
        The Transformer is awesome. We're using one here as a test case for our field people. I like it better than the Xoom - oblique Jul 1, 06:42
Happy Canada Day! -- nm - Beaker Jul 1, 05:33 4
- I will be celebrating by avoiding the Canada Day parade and going to Tourtiere Australienne -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 06:52
- Yes - Happy Canada Day to the Canadian ST'ers ... saw that on the news with the pics of the visiting Royalty. Also would have been Diana's 50th today - JenBro Jul 1, 05:45 1
  - LA. -- nm - Andie Jul 1, 05:57
- woo! -- nm - Andie Jul 1, 05:36
So, Mr. Tipton, how could it take you 5 minutes to cook your grits when it takes the entire grit eating world 20 minutes? - prayformojo Jul 1, 05:32 3
- mmmmm cheese grits -- nm - my niece and nephews si Jul 1, 05:48
- Is there an organization I can join? -- nm - nubby, grit eater Jul 1, 05:47
- ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT 5 MINUTES?!?!?! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 05:37
is Eggs Up on fire? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 05:28 5
- someone ambush nubby early? -- nm - JenBro Jul 1, 05:46 2
  - Real-life Foxes&Hens. Stacy, write a script! -- nm - nubby, grit eater Jul 1, 05:47 1
    - With everything else I've got going on right now?! -- nm - Stacy si Jul 1, 06:05
- Heh. Actually, C's toast did come out burnt... -- nm - nubby Jul 1, 05:45 1
  - is C a friend or ... more? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:01
Netflix streaming: Star Trek, TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, Birdcage, Spy Kids, Night of the Comet (personal favorite B movie), Secretariat, - oblique Jul 1, 05:26
Like how Google+ and the Calendar look now? Preview it on gmail -- (link) - oblique Jul 1, 05:22
A 5-year-old boy inadvertently shot his 4-year-old neighbor while the two were playing at a playground... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 1, 04:56 1
- Guns don't kill -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 05:00
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- i watched 2 different ones. the chase one was actually better than the other. - Andie Jul 1, 05:59
- I was so hoping for that car to squash those little fuckers. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 05:29
- Baby Blue Man Group on the rocks -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 05:01
- I have to believe that there's something redeeming about it if NPH said yes, but... -- nm - amanda Jul 1, 04:54 4
  - Just remember Gordon-Leavitt took GI Joe after his run of quality...paychecks matter - Will Hunting Jul 1, 04:58 3
    - this is interesting to me because I haven't seen NPH do anything unfunny *besides* this. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 05:11 2
      - Harold and Kumar 2 was not funny (though he was funny in that) -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 05:38 1
        
        ooo, look at you on your high horse.. too good for 2 hours of dick jokes are we? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 05:44
- this summer . . . get yo Smurf on! -- nm - moles Jul 1, 04:35
Attending a 4th of July parade can turn your child Republican -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 1, 04:20 6
- ridiculous ... it's all about the candy -- nm - my niece and nephews si Jul 1, 05:47
- Does attending a May Day parade turn you Commie? -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:22 4
  - *goes to Pride as an innocent bystander...comes out wearing spandex shorts shorts, shirtless dancing with a whistle and glo-sticks* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 1, 04:42 3
    - *goes to an Earth Day parade and turns into Al Gore* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 1, 04:57 2
      - Goes to the Protest in Athens and becomes Socrates - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 05:02 1
        
        So what were Billy the Kid and Ghenghis Khan like on set? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 05:03
Have a guess what film I'm seeing tomorrow morning? -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:16 8
- It would be awesome if it was Potter... -- nm - Jelly Jul 1, 04:17 7
  - Yes, it would be awesome, and it is. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:21 6
    - May I touch you? -- nm - Buzz Jul 1, 04:44 1
      - What with? -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:56
    - w00t! I hope you love it. :) -- nm - Jelly Jul 1, 04:42
    - Neechay. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 1, 04:23 2
      - Handily 7.1 is supposed to arrive in the post today so I can make a double bill of it. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:28 1
        
        We never bought 7.1 on DVD, I assumed they'd do some kind of special package 7.1+7.2 later this year. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 1, 04:56

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