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it's a five o'clock world -- nm - the Vogues Aug 26, 10:54
Also: how on earth does it take 8 hours to shut down NYC transit? - ty97 Aug 26, 10:45 5
- It takes a long time to move the trains and other property to safe ground. - Krusty Aug 26, 10:51 3
  - You have four boroughs with a lot of trains and train lines. - Krusty Aug 26, 10:52 2
    - That possibility has the makings of a great horror story -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 10:53 1
      - or at least something costarring Denzel and Bruce. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:54
- They go through the stations and kick people out. -- nm - lileve Aug 26, 10:46
Walt Disney, foley, Baron. Walt's an hour into his clock. -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:43
Currently on the clock: Walt Disney, DP3, Brian, Musubi -- nm - David Aug 26, 10:42
OAE: I have had ING Direct savings for years, am perfectly happy. The only concern (as colin noted) is that Cap one bough them - ty97 Aug 26, 10:39 1
- I noted it too, dammit!! ;) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 26, 10:48
"At this point there must be some teenagers who think Brian Williams is a sketch comedy actor who has a really dry nightly parody news show." -- nm - Mindy Kaling tweet Aug 26, 10:36
I've been out of it / very busy this week. It looks like Irene should be a Cat 1 most of the time it goes up the coast now. - ty97 Aug 26, 10:35 9
- Biggest thing about the Cat strength is the lower it is the lower the storm surges. - Bacon @Home Aug 26, 10:38
- Kind of sort of. I don't think the fear is wind, it's storm surge. And the storm is so wide, the surge is stronger than the winds would suggest. - TFox Aug 26, 10:37 7
  - Plus, the new moon is going to cause a significant high tide, which intensify the surge. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:44 1
    - forgot the "could" in there. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:44
  - Huh, I wouldn't have thought of that. I figured wind strength alone would determine. - ty97 Aug 26, 10:40 2
    - Well, I think what TFox is saying is that storm surge leads to precipitation/flooding -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:42
    - Note that I know shit from shit about this stuff; I'm regurgitating a seemingly well-written blog. -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:41
  - At this point, your best hope is hoping it moves through fast. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:39
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B2: word to the Jack Layton stuff. I keep waiting for word that the Vatican have started looking into making him a Saint - Beaker Aug 26, 10:30 15
- Heheh. This backlash started a few days ago with that Post article, but it's certainly not unjustified. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 10:31
- It's a mass hysteria of "nice". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:30 13
  - Stuff like a deluge of nice is one of the many reasons I love Canada. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:32
  - while i *totally* agree with the overwroughtness of the whole thing, there are worse things in the world than a deluge of nice. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:31 11
    - You know, quite honestly, the lack of perspective and unwillingness to listen to disenting voices this week bothers me. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:40 8
      - Really? I assure you that every other country is just as much into navel-gazing as Canada is -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 10:44 4
        
        No. I don't believe that the equivelent party leader in many many other countries gets this treatment. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:51 2
        
        The circumstances around Layton are special - most people liked him, even if they didn't vote for him, and to pass away on the cusp of his greatest - Roger More Aug 26, 10:58
        
        You're forget missing that for a large number of people, they've known about him for basically a year. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 10:55
        
        Word. Ever since our humble beginnings in 1966. -- nm - China SI Aug 26, 10:46
      - So, you think he wasn't as influential as he's being made out to be? -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:41 2
        
        His political legacy is massive in Canada (second greatest NDP leader ever), but... - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:47 1
        
        :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:49
    - He's like Canadian Steve Jobs right now! ;-) -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:34
    - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 10:32
Any word on when Justified season 3 is going to start? -- nm - Six Degrees of Vermin Aug 26, 10:29 4
- Poor Dickie -- nm - David Aug 26, 10:41
- wikipedia says winter 2012 - prayformojo Aug 26, 10:31 2
  - yea Jan 2012 -- nm - Jovian Aug 26, 10:38
  - HOLY... [reads IM] oh, let's hope. -- nm - Six Degrees of Vermin Aug 26, 10:35
LIR - OAE - you might also check out Discover Bank. They're currently paying 1.1% on savings, no fees, no minimum. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 10:27 1
- Also, I messaged Nubby for ya -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 26, 10:28
OK, someone else is totally playing WWF for ML. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:26 7
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  - We know you like a knife fight in a phone booth game but that last one is ridiculous. - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:29 2
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      - you have me this game but I'm going to eat your fingers before this is through. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:38
- I discovered yesterday that you can play SEXT. -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:27 2
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I think Donald Driver has had 2 owners in the last 5 years - Will Hunting Aug 26, 10:24
~come on Irene~ -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 10:24
For Nubby: Do you have a link to ING Savings? - OAE Aug 26, 10:23
mara's dude's daughter update: Gov. Patrick has activated 500 National Guardsmen. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:23 8
- my poor friend - she just dropped her daughter off outside boston for first year of university about 2 days ago. - Andie Aug 26, 10:25 7
  - My dude's ex is probably freaking out, too. Of course, she lives (I believe) in Virginia outside of DC. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:28 5
    - Unless she's on the water, it's just going to be a moderately ugly weekend here. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 10:44 4
      - i'm mostly concerned about the possibility of power outages and not knowing how long it might be until restoration. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:49
      - I'm going to count the number of "surfer dude swept out to sea stories". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:46 2
        
        "Yo, Johnny! I see you in the next life!" -- nm - Bodhi Aug 26, 10:56
        
        Yeah....that's falls into the "Good riddance dumbass" category. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 10:48
  - aw...:( -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:26
Middle Earth ABCD: My boss has been on the phone for most of the morning to someone named: - prayformojo Aug 26, 10:20 17
- D -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 26, 10:21
- A -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:21
- Gotta be D -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:21
- a -- nm - Stephen Aug 26, 10:21
- B -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:21
- C -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:21
- A -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:21
- C. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 26, 10:20
- D -- nm - colin Aug 26, 10:20
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  - Correct. One set of instructions on how one can simply walk into Mordor for you. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 10:21 5
    - One does not simply walk into Mordor! -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:22 4
      - Not without instructions. -- nm - colin Aug 26, 10:23 3
        
        You need ninja wizards! -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:26 2
        
        "I'm a wizard!" -- nm - Gandalf Aug 26, 10:28
        
        the Crymaster of Puss Mountain -- (link) - colin Aug 26, 10:28
- A -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:20
I asked which movie to see yesterday. Apes, Conan, or Help. We are seeing..... - Bacon @Home Aug 26, 10:19 10
- COOOONAAAAANNNNN!!!... was hilarious. You should see that, plus Columbiana. - colin Aug 26, 10:25
- Well, I would definitely prefer that over your latter two options. -- nm - Six Degrees of Vermin Aug 26, 10:24
- I might be going to that today too after an office party. -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:22 4
  - We are seeing the 1:30 -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 26, 10:31 3
    - I'll go even if you say it sucks prolly so don't rush to warn -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:33 2
      - What if I say, "it blows"? -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 26, 10:34 1
        
        Unzips -- nm - Groiny si Aug 26, 10:37
- Sorry man, there's nothing we can do for you. -- nm - Stephen Aug 26, 10:21 1
  - this -- nm - OAE Aug 26, 10:23
- 66% at RT vs 46% for Colombiana -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:21
What do you have for lunch? Pastrami on sourdough roll, with bbq chips. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 26, 10:19 16
- Thinking maybe ahi salad -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:40
- planning to grab Chik-fil-a on my way to the airport. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:33
- i had a library end of summer party, so just pizza and watermelon.....nm - x Aug 26, 10:28
- yoghurt. a sorry-arsed chicken salad on croissant. iced tea. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:27 1
  - "Yoghurt?" "Arsed?" - con_carne Aug 26, 10:50
- A bowl of what Maine thinks is Mexican food. - colin Aug 26, 10:26 3
  - I'm now eating chocolate covered blueberries from Len Libby's. - CovingtonCat Aug 26, 10:29 2
    - Portland... You have been making tracks in 2011, my friend! -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:51 1
      - Last week we did Lake Winnepeasaukee, Portland, Rt 1 from there to Boston, then Salem, Glouceter, Rockport, then - CovingtonCat Aug 26, 10:59
- Cherries and yogurt - slice of chic cake with p- butter frosting yet to eat for dessert -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:24 1
  - ChOc cake even #+%£~*~^}>>~�~�}$&@!!! -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:25
- roasted turkey, and a tomato/green pepper/bococcini salad (with my tomatos and peppers from garden). -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:23
- We had two real Mexican tacos (one cherizo and one al pastor) with soup (some kind of lamb) from a little place in a gas station. Yum! -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 26, 10:22
- Spaghetti with ricotta. -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 10:22
- I pulled a kilbo. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:21
- I went out. Salmon, rice, and asparagus. Grade: delicious/tiny. -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:19
a friend just sent a photo from my local Harris Teeter - the lines are insane. (overhead: blue sky) -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:19
David/Kim - comics for kids idea - how about any local YMCA or Big Brothers/Big Sisters organizations? -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 10:18 5
- didn't someone on here donate them to some charity and got a donation receipt for $1 per book? -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 10:23 2
  - might have been Mop, David check with him when he pops up with news of a pending Hurricane -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 10:25 1
    - also, didn't Remlik mention a comic book thing for the Armed Forces? They probably wouldn't mind the smoke smell -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 10:34
- That's what we're considering but we want to make sure they'll take the items before we box them up. -- nm - David Aug 26, 10:21 1
  - One last thing - 2 of our disaster recovery services had mentioned smoke removal options - if smell is an issue to donate to one or both organizations - JenBro Aug 26, 10:32
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- Hurricane David blew through when I lived in NYC the first time... - OAE Aug 26, 10:25 1
  - When was this? -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 10:27
- That seems a bit extreme. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 26, 10:24 2
  - not really, considering that the expected flooding will swamp lower-lying stations. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:34 1
    - and it takes 8 hours to shut the system down and move the necessary equipment into safe storage. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:35
- Naive question: Won't this hurt any evacuation efforts? Is there any talk of that? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:22 9
  - I imagine they'll be able to keep buses running to assist, but the subways got to shut down. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:36
  - do we think they would evacuate NY? that would be... nightmarish. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:26 6
    - "Bloomberg advised residents on the southern tip of Manhattan and on Brooklyn�s Coney Island to start moving items upstairs and to be ready to leave" -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:33 3
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        I blame the Mosque -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 10:44
        
        and there is no way I'm getting into the city on Monday morning. even if my flight to philly doesn't get delayed. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:37
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    - At this point, it's still too early. You could potentially evacuate people into an area that gets hit worse than where they left. - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:28
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- Is it even going to be raining yet at that point? -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:21 16
  - Yes and it takes 8 hours to shut down the system. If they wait too long they could wind up with stranded passengers. -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 10:26 6
    - Ugh. And here I thought driving home Sat night I might be able to miss the front edge of it. -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:31 4
      - any way you can leave earlier? -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:37 3
        
        (Prepare for the dumbest answer ever) We have tickets for Jacen and his cousins to ride on Thomas the Tank Engine tomorrow morning. - TFox Aug 26, 10:39 2
        
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        Are you staying overnight at Mohegan? If so, I highly recommend the breakfast buffet at Seasons. - CovingtonCat Aug 26, 10:57
    - yeah. i also think making an announcement like this now is probably a way of forcing the whole city to take it all seriously....nm - x Aug 26, 10:27
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    - They have to pump water out of the tunnels every day. Gallons and gallons every day and much more when it rains. - Krusty Aug 26, 10:29 5
      - maybe the flooding will clean out the stench -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:41 1
        
        Surf's up! -- nm - 30-Pound Rat Aug 26, 10:46
      - 13 million gallons of it on an ordinary day, to be precise. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:38 1
        
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  - It's not even going to be raining in DC at that point. -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:22
  - It -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:22
- that is really really amazing. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:20
- wow. - Mel Profit Aug 26, 10:19 1
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And all of those -- nm - Capital One Aug 26, 10:18 1
- . -- nm - Viking Aug 26, 10:18

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