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after we clear the gym with the grunters, lets remove the hyper sweat ouzers, there's one guy that leaves a smear of jelly on the machines - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:15 3
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  - once more, there is grunting because you are handling a challenging amount of weight, then there is grunting cause you're an attention whore -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:19
  - hell, I'm a chick and I grunt now and then. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:17
OK, I gotta admit it's pretty nice to have someone I haven't seen since my mid twenties tell me "You look great!" based on my FB photos. LYC -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:15 1
- It's true though. You don't look 45 - Jammed Uzi Jan 8, 12:17
Ugh, I gave up smoking and could murder a cornetto right now. -- nm - Loyola Jan 8, 12:14 2
- Do tell. How long since your last cig? -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:17 1
  - I just put one out. - Loyola Jan 8, 12:18
Work/Vent: Me:"So you want me to make it look like a five year old wrote it?" AAGGHHH!!! -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 12:03 7
- This is your excuse to get sloppy drunk -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:04 6
  - I don't understand how bad they *want* bad grammar? They don't want the correct punctuation. - lileve Jan 8, 12:08 5
    - small words, mirror one letter per word, mispell something, not quite LOLcats -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:10 3
      - "I can haz dis systum upgraid?" -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 12:17
      - I swear I need to gift them The Chicago Manual of Style. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 12:13 1
        
        I can haz bad gramer I haz lotz mo mony dan u wit dis schtick -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:17
    - Do it in crayon? -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:08
Hey, Penn State TTers, do you know the Willard Preacher? - Inigo Jan 8, 12:02 9
- Very annoying. Some people pay attention. Not very respected, but most just don't care. Why - how do you know of this? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 12:04 8
  - Since he's orthodox, he's kind of a mini-celebrity with my inlaws. - Inigo Jan 8, 12:08 7
    - There have actually been a few over the years, and I think there are actually two there now (the one from when I attended, and the one from before him - Don Homer Jan 8, 12:10 5
      - I think Gary is still there but only a couple of days a week. - krusty Jan 8, 12:16
      - This guy, I think. -- (link) - Inigo Jan 8, 12:16 1
        
        Yeah, that's Gary. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 12:17
      - We had Brother Jed and Sister Cindy at OSU. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 8, 12:13 1
        
        Brother Jed used to come to Michigan too. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 12:17
    - Err, did a mini report on the Willard Preacher... -- nm - Inigo Jan 8, 12:09
This might be a first. I'm staying at a hotel on 1/17 for one night. The hotel isn't open yet. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:02 5
- oh wow - good luck with that!! I bet you still have contractors running around in the halls when you check in - Epiphany Jan 8, 12:08 2
  - "Yeah, the guy who installs the sinks won't be here until Thursday. Is that a problem?" -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 12:15 1
    - lyc: I'm going to Galveston next Friday - they are starting to put some hotels back together - Epiphany Jan 8, 12:20
- Yay! You get to... break it in. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:04
- clean sheets at least -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:03
The New Detectives is pretty darn cool too. It's to the point now where it's very hard to get away with murder -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:00 9
- slightly less than half have charges filed, slightly less than half of those get to court -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:06 1
  - wowsa. -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:10
- Isn't the unsolved murder rate increasing? -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 12:04 6
  - those programs only show the successful cases. There are many many cases where there is insufficient evidence -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:07 4
    - there has to be enough to convict I guess -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:09 3
      - you still need a suspect to charge. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:11 2
        
        yeah! that too! heh -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:12 1
        
        think of all the urban shootings where no one wants to talk to police. stuff like that -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:13
  - I have no clue. -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 12:05
A magazine suggestion for all TTers -- (link) - ty97 Jan 8, 11:59 6
- just post the more interesting stuff here on ST I don't have time to wade through all the hip graphic and ads and all -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:08
- I thought we declared magazines dead earlier this week? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 12:00 4
  - Never. Print will never 100%. It's getting smaller but won't completely disappear. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 12:07
  - "No... WUHAHAHA.. IT'S ALIVE !!! -- nm - Columnist Frankenstein Jan 8, 12:02
  - While this one is alive, read it -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 12:01
  - That was newspapers. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 12:01
Palm announces their new "Web OS" and device. A phone that consolidates all your contacts, messaging, etc. into one device and can sort out the dupes -- (link) - oblique Jan 8, 11:58
Nice. Jacen is at my mom's this afternoon, so I get to do a weigh-in. - TFox Jan 8, 11:57 38
- I only weigh in the morning, post-pee, pre-eat/drink - ty97 Jan 8, 12:00 32
  - With 2 weeks between weighs, the "how much brick have I stored up" factor doesn't matter so much. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 12:02 1
    - ahh, fair enough. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 12:06
  - You were looking very slender a couple of weeks ago, mister. : ) -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 12:01 29
    - *blushes* -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 12:02 10
      - you need to put some photos up on facebook! i want to see the new svelte you. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:04 9
        
        I was noticing that my facebook picture, which seemed 'skinny' to me at the time is now 'fat' compared to me now. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:05 8
        
        naked man -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 12:06 7
        
        I totally got checked out by a B&N cashier in Boston. I don't think I've *ever* been checked out before in my life. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:08 6
        
        get use to it - then act on it. hee! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 8, 12:09 5
        
        word. Sort of related: i get hit on a lot more now since I'm no longer walking with a cane. go figure. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 12:13 4
        
        That's weird. Most guys in Boston must have "chick with a cane" crossed off their list already. :) -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 12:14 3
        
        But not *this* chick. Oh yeah... -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 12:16 2
        
        There is a separate line for "wicked hot chick with a cane", but sometimes guys forget it's there. - TFox Jan 8, 12:17 1
        
        You couldn't be more right. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 12:21
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      - Yep, I'm determined to finish losing the rest of it this year. I've been doing great the past several months,despite the travel. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:04 16
        
        You should be like my hero. Am I rude to ask (spoils) - TFox Jan 8, 12:05 13
        
        Not rude at all, I started at 305. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 12:06 12
        
        Wow, you actually are my hero. You have more ambitious goals than I, but you're killing it. - TFox Jan 8, 12:07 4
        
        I haven't set a target weight yet, so can't say what it will be for sure. Between the WW goal chart, and talking to my doctor, I'll come up with one. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:10 3
        
        Honestly, I was so skeptical I could do this. I thought my target weight was a little crazy. - TFox Jan 8, 12:12 2
        
        Best advice I can give (if I can presume to give advice) is to take it in chunks. Small chunks. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:14 1
        
        I slapped a weight loss goal of 60 lbs up there as a "fuck it, if I do that, I am the best person alive" number. - TFox Jan 8, 12:16
        
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        cheesy, but true, answer: It's to win my heart. I am doing this for me. - ty97 Jan 8, 12:09 5
        
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        is your sleep machine gone? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 8, 12:11 2
        
        I have stopped using it, as I'm doing better, and it wa sa pain to travel with. But... - ty97 Jan 8, 12:12 1
        
        good luck and I am very proud of you -- nm - Epiphany Jan 8, 12:14
        
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        Wow, good for you! That's fantastic! -- nm - kelly Jan 8, 12:04
        
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- you can't have the baby around when you weigh? -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:58 4
  - Jacen has outlawed grunting -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 12:00
  - My eyes! MY EYES!! (peekaboo) -- nm - Jacen si Jan 8, 11:59 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - mara Jan 8, 12:03
  - No, my mom has the scale, so I weigh when I pick him up at her house. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 11:58
oh come'on. just switch the fucking TVs already. give me a fucking break Barack. - ty97 Jan 8, 11:56 2
- /hugs Ty/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 12:06
- Like a college football playoff! -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 12:01
SITWAP: To save money, Starbucks buys corporate jet, considers reducing 401(k) matching. Wait, what was that first one? -- (link) - TaurusII Jan 8, 11:55 9
- Can anyone confirm this...my company reduced...err...to zero...the 403b match. They claim new IRS rules made it more expensive. - Mel Profit Jan 8, 12:06 4
  - True -- nm - decline Jan 8, 12:09 3
    - caveat: true, their are new IRS rules. It may or may not make the match more expensive - decline Jan 8, 12:13 1
      - er, there :) -- nm - decline Jan 8, 12:13
    - I figured my employeers wouldn't pinch me and then lie to me but that sucks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 8, 12:12
- This just in: Starbucks invest in 1st jet plane running on bold coffee !! -- nm - Jammed Uzi Jan 8, 12:04
- Starbucks is supposed to have some of the best benefits around -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 11:56 2
  - And yet, they have to listen to Paul McCartney's new album one thousand times -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:01
  - Looks like they may be pulling back on that, except for the executives. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 12:00
Got my box in November. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 11:54 2
- The sex change was a success! Don Homer!! -- nm - Shaun Jan 8, 11:56 1
  - this gets 50 Mel Pts... - Mel Profit Jan 8, 11:58
hmmm, someone at work sent me a link to another gym in town that seems to be having *fantastic* deals atm. - kelly Jan 8, 11:52 32
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- Never heard of them. There's one in (north) Dallas, but that's a bit far for me to get to regularly. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 11:59
- ungliest equipment ever - decline Jan 8, 11:54 14
  - wait a minute, aren't they the gym that outlawed grunting? -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:55 11
    - "We discourage weight dropping and obnoxious grunting so you can focus on your own workout and not the person next to you." -- nm - kelly Jan 8, 11:57 9
      - But how am I supposed to prove how MANLY I am if I can't grunt or drop my weights! -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:58
      - most asinine rule ever! -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:58 7
        
        are you kiddin me? some of these guys are so attention needy they grunt and grown at the top of the lungs - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:04 3
        
        honest to god, I never notice them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:08 2
        
        I don't think you've had a bad one, the law suit was over some guy who belted it out like an American Idol doing a finale -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:12 1
        
        ah, have not seen t hat. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:14
        
        I'm for it. Fuck those doofuses. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 11:58 2
        
        did you read the article? If you grunt, they sound an alarm and flash lights. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:00 1
        
        Like I said: fuck those doofuses. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 12:02
    - google say YES!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:57
  - Must've been founded by a Viking's fan. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 11:55 1
    - heh. -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 11:56
- are these all located conveniently for you? I would base my pick on location more than anything. *between home and work* is key for me. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 11:54 2
  - Yes, they're both very close. -- nm - kelly Jan 8, 11:57
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- I bet in this economy, they are losing members like crazy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:54 10
  - I went to the new health club/spa at the hotel across the street from my office. Their regular rates are $250 initiation and $110/month. Since I had - pmb Jan 8, 12:12
  - I work for a health club. Business has slowed, and we're not meeting our membership quotas for the 1st time in a long time, but... - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 12:00 1
    - So do you think that these "New Year specials" will continue past January? - kelly Jan 8, 12:02
  - it is amazing - I saw a sign up that said $ 10 a month for a no name place in a strip center. I'm at $ 37 a month for LA Fitness - Epiphany Jan 8, 11:57 3
    - gosh, I wonder if the gym next door to me will reduce their $80 fee? - loosilu Jan 8, 11:59 1
      - You're so pretty. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 12:00
    - *works out at Pippy's neighborhood strip center* -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 11:59
  - i keep thinking i should cancel my membership. i haven't been in months. but then i keep thinking i should start going again. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 11:54 2
    - (i'm wondering if i should get wii fit instead, except that's only going to be at my boyfriend's house) - kare Jan 8, 11:55 1
      - It sure does! -- nm - Shaun Jan 8, 11:57
- Better than $25/month? Wow. -- nm - Shaun Jan 8, 11:53
Did we miss this? Roland Burris�s monument to himself. -- (link) - not2fast Jan 8, 11:52 1
- The Daily Show sure didn't miss it. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 11:52
two updates on FB next to each other - Marcel Jan 8, 11:52
/proposes taxpayer-funded program of tv technicians to go door-to-door to check everyone's tv. Twice, to make sure nobody suffers / - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 11:50 16
- I work in a room of full of video engineers. I just read them the lead on that article and the outrage is venomous. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 11:52
- related: When I was in London I learned that there is a van that drives around to make sure no one is operating a TV without a license. - loosilu Jan 8, 11:51 14
  - oh yeah. I've talked to Ash (former TT poster) about this before. -- nm - Callisto Jan 8, 11:55 2
    - You can't talk about it. It's a state secret. -- (link) - Max Jan 8, 11:58 1
      - the TV detection devices are real? wow. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 12:04
  - Because those are the real criminals that are terrorizing London - eag Jan 8, 11:54 1
    - I didn't say it was the police. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:56
  - I know lots of people who have their tv aerial hidden in the attic to avoid the van guy. Seems to work fine. -- nm - Loyola Jan 8, 11:53 6
    - my flatmates said they had some kind of antennae to detect TVs? that didn't sound right to me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 11:53 5
      - No not to me either. The trick (so I'm told) is that when you answer the door always make sure you turn the sound down on the tv or you won't be able - Loyola Jan 8, 11:55 4
        
        When the inspectors came to our place, they thought we were lesbians. - loosilu Jan 8, 12:01 3
        
        *laughing* or you could always go when the inspector comes to the door and asks for your licence; "Sorry, I don't know what you're saying, I'm from - Loyola Jan 8, 12:05 2
        
        true story: I answered the door and had no CLUE what they were talking about. my irish flatmate came out and told them we didn't have a TV. - loosilu Jan 8, 12:10
        
        Or, I'm Muslim and I can't have you unclean people in here. Sorry. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 12:07
  - I believe it. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 11:52
  - I have heard of that too. Interesting. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 11:52

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