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Huh. So I may have a Milton Waddams situation developing - Reagen Sep 8, 08:28 1
- Uh oh. I hope they don't try to do a clawback. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 8, 08:30
Why do visitors get the good towels? Screw them, I want the good towels, they can use the stuff from the bottom of the pile -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:25 8
- "I've nicknamed this one 'Crusty McSpunk'. It's an old friend." -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:27 6
  - that one stays under the bed silly -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:28
  - hint: If you can see through it, it's time to retire it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:28 4
    - Oh no, it's opaque. But it can no longer be folded. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:28 3
      - I call those "paint rags". -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:29 2
        
        They do have some resemblance to a Pollock, yes. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 08:29 1
        
        I didn't mean sell them. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:30
- this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:27
Take a guess as to what the age difference is between purported new couple Ryan Gosling and Evan Mendes -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 08:25 7
- spoiler - prayformojo Sep 8, 08:29
- about 5 years I would guess -- nm - decline Sep 8, 08:29
- I wouldn't even know which one is older... -- nm - Guigue Sep 8, 08:28
- 15 years? -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:26
- ~ Pimps don't cry.... no they don't.... they don't shed a tear... ~ -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:26
- heh, *eva* -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 08:26
- Ryan went gay? -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:25
so the Back to the Future news...is that Nike has made Marty McFly's shoes from BTTF2 -- (link) - Remlik Sep 8, 08:24
decide my starters - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:21 11
- Benson, Williams, Floyd, Bowe, Jacobs in that order (with Foster out) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:23
- David, you drafted the team, will you please pick truman's starters as well? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:22 7
  - heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:25
  - Tony Moeaki! -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:22 5
    - *is wounded* - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:24 4
      - (tru drafted him as well...it was a two-fer!) -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:26 3
        
        can we blame spawn? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:27 2
        
        No, Spawn was playing Halo on Labor Day. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:27 1
        
        you are so acting like the high school girl that thinks, because spawn danced - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:32
- Foster is not playing. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:21 1
  - everything i read said that decisions hasnt been made. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:25
speaking of "my house, my rules," a friend of mine and his fiancee are staying at my house this weekend. they're in town for the game. I have to work. - HPV McGee Sep 8, 08:20 23
- I had some friends stay in my place while I was away last time. I pretty much just left towels out. -- nm - mafic Sep 8, 08:30
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- Maybe the basics - bread, milk, coffee, etc. Think 'hotel room' coffee setup. If they're any kind of guests they'll - MojaveMeg Sep 8, 08:24
- i -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 08:24 9
  - i'd probably leave towels on the bed, coffee maker instructions, maybe some bread for toast, etc. but, that's about it -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 08:25 8
    - how complicated is your coffee maker? -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:28 1
      - it's a Tassimo, so, not very, but, still. i meant more explain where to find everything. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 08:29
    - I don't even own a coffee maker. I mean, I'm very bachelor home companion. - HPV McGee Sep 8, 08:26 5
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      - I never give up the bed for visitors, that just seems weird. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:28
      - I wouldn't - znufrii, Q-Lister Sep 8, 08:28
      - hmm, the bed thing is trickier. are you up first? then i'd take the couch so you don't have to be tiptoeing around your - Andie Sep 8, 08:28
      - Instant coffee, tea bags, (you do have a microwave?) Couch. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 8, 08:27
- i'd leave towels and sheets in obvious places. maybe a note that says "help yourself" (if you want them to, if not, fuck it.) - TFox Sep 8, 08:23 2
  - this -- nm - znufrii, Q-Lister Sep 8, 08:24
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:24
- I'd make my place presentable, have beverages and maybe extra snacks/chips/fruit but I wouldn't go so far as to have meals - oblique Sep 8, 08:21 5
  - I think this is what I would do too. -- nm - pmb Sep 8, 08:25
  - I am in agreement with this. And the good towels. I just had a discussion over the wknd about what a house/home should have. Let's talk handtowels. I - bc/nc Sep 8, 08:24 3
    - we've had a bunch of company lately. i've gotten in the habit of leaving fresh flowers in the room and a toronto transit map, and we have a movie - Andie Sep 8, 08:27 2
      - note that I have no spare bedroom, so this won't work for me. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 08:28 1
        
        yeah, trickier. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 08:28
- free hotel, no companionship? they should be fending for themselves. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:21
Hoo-boy! I heard that former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz used salty language, but calling her ex-colleagues a bunch of "doofuses"? That's over the line! -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 8, 08:19 2
- Seriously. It's "doofi". -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:21 1
  - Grammar. That's why she got fired. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 8, 08:28
Stalkers: can you please let me know if you have not received your shirt yet? - kelly Sep 8, 08:18 5
- not yet. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 08:22
- received (my stalkee also posted they received theirs) -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 8, 08:21
- There's a post of shame a comin! -- nm - bc/nc Sep 8, 08:20
- recd! -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 08:19
- Sorry, mine is going out this weekend -- nm - amoxy Sep 8, 08:18
Parents of toddlers & parents-to-be be ware: Arrangements for before & after care are *complicated* -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 08:17 1
- Current parents: You don't say? - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 8, 08:20
Orson Scott Card has rewritten Hamlet as an anti-gay screed. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 8, 08:13 6
- After I heard how anti-gay he is, I refused to read anymore of his books. Eff him. -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 08:18
- Oh that wacky novelist! -- nm - colin Sep 8, 08:17
- I didn't know Yorick *that* well! -- nm - Hamlet Sep 8, 08:17 1
  - Niiiiice. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:18
- Ender goes gay bashing? -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:15 1
  - (not our Ender, the dude from his books) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:15
Bears over Falcons? Surely you jest. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:11 6
- I'm not jesting, and don't call me Shirley. - pmb Sep 8, 08:13 1
  - I'm mainly still feuding with Wilbon over his Bears bias and Falcons hate last year. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:14
- Hey, is there anything wrong with Turner? NFL.com only has him projected for like 10 points Sunday...(they have Cedric Benson going for 20+) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:12 3
  - The Bears had a strong defense last year. I'm sure it's based off of that. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:13 2
    - I might be benching Julio in favour of a better matchup in my other league. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 08:14 1
      - My gut instinct is that the Falcons use JJ as bait this week. - David Sep 8, 08:17
So many sirens this morning ... Did I mention yesterday a coworker had to be rushed to hospital by an ambulance? - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 8, 08:09
PIRR: mechanic just called to say "you were right. It's your wheel bearings. They're actually dangerous to drive on." How much to fix? -- nm - Max Sep 8, 08:08 16
- I should have specified both front wheels. $1442. loosi got it. -- nm - Max Sep 8, 08:24 4
  - bah. my quote was per wheel :) -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:27
  - it's usually in pairs, right? I had it done a few years ago. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:25 2
    - It doesn't have to be but they try to strong-arm you into that. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:27 1
      - they did mention the other one was not as bad, but I'm glad to get them both new and out of mind. -- nm - Max Sep 8, 08:44
- 550 -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:14
- Eerie. We were the flip side of this the other day. We thought it was a wheel bearing, but it checked out okay. - David Sep 8, 08:13 3
  - It's been quieter lately but earlier this summer it was grinding so loudly I expected large metal chunks to be left behind the car. -- nm - Max Sep 8, 08:14 2
    - We've had the same tire go flat multiple times while everything else was fine. - David Sep 8, 08:16
    - When I had the issue, it seemed like one of the wheels was seizing periodically and then getting knocked back into motion. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 8, 08:16
- $600-700 -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:13
- $400. Been a while, but I had this exact problem once. Forgot the cost, though. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 8, 08:11
- $450 -- nm - colin Sep 8, 08:10
- $1400 -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:10
- $950 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:10
- $1200 -- nm - Stephen Sep 8, 08:09
Fact checkgin from last night's debate is fun. Huh, I didn't realize Bachman had issues with vaccination requirements. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 8, 08:06 2
- She is done. -- nm - amoxy Sep 8, 08:14
- when can I start compaigning for you? -- nm - Jenny McCarthy Sep 8, 08:09
interesting casting choice. amitabh bachchan is playing meyer wolfsheim in the great gatsby -- (link) - mafic Sep 8, 08:06 2
- You don't often see lyrics from Kid Rock songs take up acting. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 08:15 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:16
Oh Shit, It's Wayne Brady! - amoxy Sep 8, 08:06
Here goes nothing. - znufrii Sep 8, 08:05 6
- Yeah, that was an interetsing Autodraft. Looks like I will be using a TE in the TE/WR spot. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:15 3
  - I think you and znu are going to be fighting on the cusp of playoffs. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:17 2
    - I would agree until I look at the rest of the league and try to find 7 stronger teams. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:20 1
      - So, you eyeball those as 3rd/4th place teams? - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:21
- That's a solid team, little thin on the WR/RB corps...in a 12 team league, I say you're probably about 8th place. - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:09
- Not bad. WR corp looks a little light but effective team I think. -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:07
This is a very honest question because I am being told I am being weird or abnormal in my reaction. - Capstern Sep 8, 08:05 37
- You shouldn't need the internet to tell you that you aren't obligated to show your balls to people. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:17 4
  - I know I dont think like most people a lot. So when some friend say I am being odd, I thought best to check with the last bastion of common sen....oh - Capstern (46 Days) Sep 8, 08:40
  - This one is going in the notebook for my "TFox Book of Common Sense Shit" book -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:20 2
    - I'd love to get a copy of this. Sounds like a good gift to give stupid people. -- nm - sycor Sep 8, 08:25
    - I'm thinking page-a-day calendar. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 08:25
- she's living in your house rent-free. your house, your rules. tell her to STFU. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 08:15 1
  - word to th mother -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 8, 08:19
- I think you're reacting normally. Very few people can be amicable with their AO during a breakup and living in the same house makes it even harder. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 8, 08:12 1
  - that should have been SO, but I'm sure you could think of it a "short for asshole". ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 8, 08:13
- This is getting TMI for ST, but whatev. A better question is why she still needs things like this from you. -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 08:09 1
  - Shes terrified to be on her own -- nm - Capstern (46 Days) Sep 8, 08:38
- I just saw from b2, she bought a hamster for her swinging friends' son, but the hamster is living in your house? - loosilu Sep 8, 08:09 6
  - I was pissed. I do not like rodents (not fear just yuck). I never let her get one while married and I was angry. She was like, "well its Jakes but - Capstern Sep 8, 08:27 2
    - okay. stop. - znufrii, Q-Lister Sep 8, 08:30 1
      - joint ... account? *sigh* -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:32
  - seriously! You don't know where that hamsters been! -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:12 2
    - more like where it will end up.... - Beaker Sep 8, 08:13 1
      - shuddder -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:29
- Not at all. Next time she's showering, just walk in on her, peak your head around the curtain and ask her a question. - Jim Sep 8, 08:09 1
  - She um tried to be friendly about 5 days ago or whatever and I just have no feeling or attraction at all. It is like it just stopped -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:22
- Seems appropriate to me. At this point boundaries are important. -- nm - pmb Sep 8, 08:09
- I am trying to stay out of your insanity but, OFFS. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:08 11
  - She is looking for a place. I am not willing to push her into the wild in an asshoeish way. - Capstern Sep 8, 08:16 10
    - Being softhearted beyond a certain point is more like soft backboned, though. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:21 2
      - Well I set 30 days from the paper filing as reasonable time for someone to find a place. She has 2 more weeks -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:25 1
        
        it's reasonable, you just have to stick to it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:30
    - I thought she had a place? -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:17 6
      - She did. Then found out Michele is splitting up and keeping the house. Its a much better deal for her. Living with a friend and cheaper. - Capstern Sep 8, 08:24
      - Yeah...but you can't always move in the next day. Without knowing the situation, it wouldn't surprise me to see a move-in date of Oct 1. - Jim Sep 8, 08:19 2
        
        but you need to have some rules. "No buying pets for your swinging lovers and keeping them at the house." -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:20 1
        
        My bad, I sorta figured that was implied. grrrrrr -- nm - Capstern Sep 8, 08:28
      - Regardless, you are splitting up. If she is living there, you MUST put up more boundaries than you had before. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:17 1
        
        I thought I had... - Capstern Sep 8, 08:34
- sounds normal to me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:08
- Perfectly normal, IMO. No need for her to be in your business now (phone or otherwise) -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:07
- I think it's totally reasonable. -- nm - znufrii Sep 8, 08:06 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:08
Yeah...so I posted up pmb's article. Similar to putting up the Crazy Dave signal. -- nm - Jim Sep 8, 08:05 8
- I do think it's interesting that Obama's pragmatism is what is pissing off his core. -- nm - David Sep 8, 08:09 7
  - The guy essentially told everyone exactly how he was going to govern... - Mel Profit Sep 8, 08:26
  - Pragmatism = sacrificing some opportunities to push your agenda. Obama has been passing up a lot more than some opportunities. -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 08:21
  - both parties are undergoing shifts of what they used to be. -- nm - Remlik Sep 8, 08:17
  - Pragmatic...nah, he gets rolled every time there's a fight; so when he agrees to a deal, it's pragmatic only in the idea that the alternative was wors - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:14
  - I don't htink it's his pragmatism per se, but rather how his pragmatism is seen as capitulation. - znufrii Sep 8, 08:14
  - This is such a clusterfuck of a political climate, no one knows which way is up anymore. -- nm - Jim Sep 8, 08:11 1
    - I've said it before... The GOP is determined to grind the federal gov't to a halt, and then use that as evidence that the federal gov't doesn't work -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 08:22
"I bought this baby straight cash." -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 08:01
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 07:59
Dutch woman calls ex BF ... 65,000 times. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 8, 07:59 9
- "How 'bout no, you crazy Dutch bastard?" -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 08:05
- Uhm.... by chance, is Stacy dutch? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 08:01 2
  - I'm Dutch. nm - Jim Sep 8, 08:12
  - *woman* -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:02
- That's only 7 or 8 times an hour - oblique Sep 8, 08:01 4
  - 7.42 times an hour every day for a year.....at what point would you just change your phone #? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:02 1
    - that was my question. I am thinking Day 3. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:03
  - does that account for sleeping? -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:01 1
    - no. who can sleep when you're in love? -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:02

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