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Xbox Elite for $279 at Geeks....120 gig HD with it... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 8, 07:54 3
- mafic. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 07:36
- no way I'd buy a refurbed xbox. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 07:55
- save $10 with code X360E -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 07:55
LYC: Hee. A FB friend of mine became a Fan of Ignoring Application Requests -- (link) - con_carne Jan 8, 07:53
I am so jealous of people who can pop out of bed easily. Extremely, seethingly jealous. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 07:50 9
- It's not easy, but I always seem to have to get up and do something right away. I haven't lain in bed for years and years. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 07:55
- I have a hard time going to bed, and once I'm there, I'm not motivated to get up. - JaxSean Jan 8, 07:54
- I go back and forth with this. Sometimes I spring right up, sometimes I lay in bed for a good long time. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 07:53
- Morning people suck. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:52 2
  - The weird thing is, once I'm up, I'm good. But the getting up part... -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 07:53 1
    - It takes me an hour (or first idiot of the day) to 'wake' up. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:54
- I'm definitely not a morning person, getting out of bed is a process. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 07:52
- you always tired? you snore? I diagnose sleep apnea -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:51 1
  - I'm not always tired, I snore but less since losing the tons of fat weighing down my neck... I just don't wake up well. At all. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 07:52
SITWAP: My, but the spammers are busy this morning. - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:48
for ty97: THis is why I am happy not to be flying military air to Africa: -- (link) - loosilu Jan 8, 07:47 [Image] 5
- yikes. yeah, take the miles! - ty97 Jan 8, 07:49 4
  - so yeah, I don't think Delta goes direct. Pretty sure it's Air France. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:53
  - the in-flight movies suck. - loosilu Jan 8, 07:52 2
    - Looks like only Delta flies to Africa (for US carriers) and it's limited. - ty97 Jan 8, 07:56 1
      - more - ty97 Jan 8, 07:57
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- You're fired. - nubby Jan 8, 07:46 1
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- Crap...I remember reading the article in FA. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 8, 07:46
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recieving many complaints over comedy show with racial stereotypes of Obama....(link) - Walt_Disney Jan 8, 07:43
STIS&F: How do I reduce the page I'm looking at? I'm trying to fit the whole screen in my window. I think a magnifying glass comes up? tia -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 07:42 3
- ctrl minus and control plus in FF -- nm - zork Jan 8, 07:44 2
  - Thanks... - lileve Jan 8, 07:49
  - you're the best. thanks! -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 07:46
ST alarm poll #2 - Do you wake up to radio, cd, iPod, buzzer, nature sounds, or? - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:41 36
- Radio at 7:30, Cell phone alarm #1 at 7:30, Cell Phone alarm #2 at 7:45 - Walt_Disney Jan 8, 07:53
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- a chimey tune on my cell phone. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 07:49
- First alarm is radio. After one snooze it's both radio and buzzer. -- nm - Ender Jan 8, 07:49
- A very obnoxious shrill unable to be ignored alarm (it also has a cd player and a radio but I never hear them) -- nm - Trish Jan 8, 07:48
- Indie 103.1 FM -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 07:47 2
  - i can't do radio. i just lay there and listen to it. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 07:53
  - Or sometimes Jack FM. Tey play actual music in the mornings, that's why :-) -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 07:48
- alarm...then secondary alarm is radio (in case Mrs. CCC doesn't get moving while I'm in the shower) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 8, 07:47
- Digital alarm clock beeping. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 07:47
- 1010 WINS -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 07:47
- My iPhone's clock tower bells. -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 07:46
- Gradual increase volume beeping. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:46 1
  - my daughter's iPod deck has a gradual music volume alarm, pretty cool. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:48
- Nature sounds (babbling brook). -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:46
- Alarm on mel's phone and my inner alarm clock. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 07:45
- Cellphone alarm. ("Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys.) -- nm - kelly Jan 8, 07:44
- Radio at my house, cell phone alarm at my gf's. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 07:44 1
  - Sinner. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 07:49
- I use my phone. Occassionally I change the sound of the alarm. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:43 1
  - my technological soulmate. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 07:53
- nothing. I just wake up -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 07:43
- Wow, I can't remember. It's a buzzer or ring or something alarm-clocky. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 07:43
- buzzer. Used to use radio, but the volume control on my radio is so shitty that it's either "almost off" or SUPER LOUD. No fidelity there at all. - Beryllium Jan 8, 07:42 2
  - heh, static is always a soothing sound. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:46
  - DIE You Infidel RADIO, DIE! -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:44
- iPod -- nm - Roger More Jan 8, 07:42
- an extremely loud buzzer - or the dog needing to go out -- nm - decline Jan 8, 07:42
- Radio O&A at 5:55am, then alarm clock at 7:00am. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 07:42
- Alarm sound. Waaah Waaah Waaaah Waaaah. - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:42
- alarm on my cellphone. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 8, 07:42
- a hummer -- nm - zork in his dreams Jan 8, 07:42
- Dog needing to pee. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 07:41
- Nancy Wilson. -- nm - Callisto Jan 8, 07:41 2
  - David in a long curly brown wig does not Nancy Wilson make. - ty97 Jan 8, 07:42 1
    - seriously, the Say Anything soundtrack has been in my alarm clock for...years. - Callisto Jan 8, 07:45
LYC: Earworm material, Lady GaGa's "Just Dance" is the US's new Number 1 Song -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 07:39 6
- I've never heard this song. - Callisto Jan 8, 07:41 4
  - Until just the other day, I'd never heard "I Kissed A Girl" -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 07:49
  - It's definitely catchy if you like dance music. It's about being totally wasted. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:42
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    - She took her name from the Queen song Radio GaGa (LYC). And she writes her own stuff, FWIW. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:59
- also: Dawson's theme song -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:40
Dear Jet Airways: Please fix your database error so I can pick seats -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:37
Dear Northwest Airways: I'd like to get out of this middle seat, thanks -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:36 10
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  - well with an invitation like that................ - ty97 Jan 8, 07:40 2
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      - Hmm, I thought I took Brewster without a swtich before, but it's been years and have only done it once. - ty97 Jan 8, 07:44
- you didn't ask, but, twice I tried to change my seat when I checked in and it did not work. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:37 5
  - I'm not familiar with NWA's system, but there are seats blocked on the seat map for last minute purchase or somesuch. - ty97 Jan 8, 07:39 4
    - so theoretically the seat change should work! I hate NorthWorst. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:39 3
      - It says they are reserved for last minute bookees, but that Elites can pick them at no charge - ty97 Jan 8, 07:41 2
        
        Do you know that CO is breaking up with SkyTeam and going to Star Alliance? - ty97 Jan 8, 07:54
        
        I'm Continental OnePass. doesn't work for me either. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:50
Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet - but there's a Scissor Sisters Mashup album. -- (link) - LMS Jan 8, 07:36 1
- Are they mashed up with Mika? -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:45
so loosi, are you earning tons of FF miles, ro do you fly on the military planes? -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:36 1
- oh god, not military, it would be way too expensive. they would have to have regular flights. No, I'm racking up miles. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:38
It's amazing how popular "projection" is used here as a defense mechanism. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 8, 07:35 2
- I think you're projecting. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 07:40
- Yeah? So's your face. -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 07:36
LYC: I can't stop making Facebook flair. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 07:34 2
- now I can't stop making my nostils flair -- nm - zork Jan 8, 07:36 1
  - sters have big nostils -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:36
Congo City, Congo? Gabon City, Gabon? -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:34 7
- Algiers, Algeria. Tunis, Tunisia. Djibouti, Djibouti. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:35 6
  - Kansas City, Kansas always slays me for some reason -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 07:51 1
    - I find Kansas City, MO funnier. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 07:54
  - Benin City, Nigeria -- nm - Roger More Jan 8, 07:42
  - you're still avoiding answering Gambia - zork Jan 8, 07:41 2
    - Banjul. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:48
    - see the bottom of the board - Roger More Jan 8, 07:43
Bah. All my cow orkers made separate plans for lunch. -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 07:34
Brett Favre, team leader. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:31 9
- I loved watching him get worse and worse at the end of the season. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 07:48
- He's the Jimmy Carter of the NFL -- nm - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:33 7
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    - Wouldn't that be Lieberman of the NFL? -- nm - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:43
  - What is this BLT Thursday all about, 'cuz today's Thursday and I don't currently have lunch plans. - Diva Jan 8, 07:35 3
    - I always have BLT's for dinner on Thursday night. However, lunch works as well too. - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:38 2
      - I think I like it. And I know just the place too... -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 07:39 1
        
        Welcome to the fun! -- nm - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:40
  - Well, he has lusted in his heart... -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 07:33
hmm, not hump day poll: How many times did you hit snooze this morning? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 07:31 18
- i just turn off my alarm. i never hit snooze. also, i'm always awake a couple minutes before it goes off. i don't necessarily get out of bed - Andie Jan 8, 07:55
- once. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 07:48
- 7. -- nm - kelly Jan 8, 07:45
- 2 times, as usual -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 8, 07:44
- 5 -- nm - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:39
- none! I got up and worked out! -- nm - Callisto Jan 8, 07:37 2
  - I slept for 25 more minutes and am now planning a lunch attack on bacon. I guess you win. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 07:40 1
    - I dunno. Bacon is good. -- nm - Callisto Jan 8, 07:41
- I woke up, set my alarm for an hour later, went back to sleep, then hit snooze twice when it went off the second time. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:36
- Probably about 7. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 07:36
- 0 but I stayed in bed for 25 minutes after alarm rang. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 07:35
- I don't use an alarm clock. My internal clock works perfectly. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:35
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  - This is the recommended method. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 07:36
- Zero. Woke up after 3 hours of sleep freezing in a cold sweat. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:33
- 3, though I'll have to get a ruling from the judges. - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:33
- way too many -- nm - zork Jan 8, 07:32
- I actually forgot to set the alarm last night. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 07:32
DH, recycle (blue bins) are for paper/cardboard, tins, glass, etc. and the green bin is for compostable waste -- nm - zork Jan 8, 07:31 1
- explained for my city -- (link) - zork Jan 8, 07:35
Okay....msart people help....I can access Slackertalk but not Slickertalk this morning...any idea why? -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 8, 07:31 5
- Not sure why. The internet is a strange thing. This site might help. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 07:41
- Maybe "slick" is on a list of disallowed words. -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 07:36
- don't know but if one works, who cares? -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:33 1
  - i'd much rather use slicker at work than slacker, although I actually use hsxtt here and slacker at home -- nm - zork Jan 8, 07:37
- I'm not having a problem. *sends up the Bery signal* -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:32
IKYDC: I hate it when I mistakenly put cold water on my instant oatmeal. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:30 3
- It's pretty gross. It's pretty much plaster after that. -- nm - Jim Jan 8, 07:31
- I could see why this would bother you -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:30 1
  - It's a good thing there are microwaves in the world. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 07:31
Is it Gambia or The Gambia? -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:30 5
- The. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:31
- Officially, "Republic of The Gambia". -- nm - Ender Jan 8, 07:31 3
  - THE Republic of the Gambia -- nm - OSU grad Jan 8, 07:33
  - It actually makes sense if you remember that the Gambia River runs through it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 07:32
  - The Gambian Republic of Anaheim. -- nm - Jim Jan 8, 07:31
Nothing like a website upgrade that gives you a 100% fail rate in my browser. - TFox Jan 8, 07:29 3
- You logged into HSX? -- nm - Redmond on a BLT Thursday Jan 8, 07:44
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- I rarely go there anymore, I just wish the yahoo sports site were designed better. - Don Homer Jan 8, 07:30
This is a jetsetter music letter from me to you -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 07:29
My, my, my music hits me so hard. Makes me say, Oh My Lord. -- nm - Jim Jan 8, 07:28
GO! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 07:28

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