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Question: A guy in the library has a cord running from his phone to the USB port of a computer. He's not using the computer, but is using his phone. - mara Sep 12, 13:11 6
- he's controlling the entire city's tranportation and traffic control so his partners can hijack a bazillion in bullion -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 13:17
- www.creedwireless.gov.www\support -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:15
- He is stealing the computer's soul. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 13:13
- probably -- nm - decline Sep 12, 13:12
- Most likely. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 13:12
- yes. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 13:11
Serena Williams got fined for her outburst.....$2000. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 13:10 1
- TARTLETS. -- nm - line judge Jon Lovitz Sep 12, 13:11
Effing Dish Network DVR starts recorded SOME shows 2 minutes early and of course shuts off 2 minutes before the end. I've missed many Tonight Show - CrankYanker Sep 12, 13:08 1
- I thought you were going to say "jokes" or "monologues" in the IM ... but there you went with a *valid* complaint. hah. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 13:09
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- Aw crap, I have him in my fantasy sports thing-a-ma-bob! - con_carne Sep 12, 13:07
- isn't this a fairly high number of out-for-the-year players after week 1? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 13:06 2
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  - Yes and that circles back to muscle memory being sub-par due to the strike. -- nm - David Sep 12, 13:06
NPR's David Bianculli is so-so on the new shows, barely recommends The Ringer, New Girl, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, Prime Suspect, Homeland, and - Max Sep 12, 12:59 10
- I set my tivo last night. I decided no on pan am unless you all tell me it's good. I'm also picking up person of interest. (do I know what homeland is -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 13:11
- that last one needs to star airing already, dammit -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 13:01 3
  - I might have to subscribe to HBO now so I can see Claire Danes. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:02 2
    - You'll be disappointed. nm - Jim Sep 12, 13:03 1
      - heh, yimsmm -- nm - crash davis Sep 12, 13:06
- There are a surprising number of shows I'm willing to give a chance but only about four that truly interest me. -- nm - David Sep 12, 13:00 4
  - I'm the same way. Willing but wary. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:01 3
    - I know Prime Suspect will suck. There is zero chance it's a fraction as good as the PBS version but I'll give it a few episodes. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 13:12 1
      - and that write up confirmed what I suspected. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 13:15
    - I fully expect American Horror Story to be one of those shows where every sixth episode is good and the only five are horrible. - David Sep 12, 13:03
I just humbly denied being an all-knowing all-seeing deity in a work email. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 12:54 5
- you are a viking of humility -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 13:13
- Darn, you sure had us fooled! ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 12, 12:59
- Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"! (nm) - howie Sep 12, 12:56
- what are you, the god of humility? -- nm - colin Sep 12, 12:55 1
  - yes, but I don't know much and I don't see much -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 12:55
ST Hypothetical Poll: If you found out that one of your parents was cheating, would you tell the other one? - CrankYanker Sep 12, 12:45 17
- nope. I would, however, talk to the cheater and give them the "either you tell him/her, or I do". -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 12:59
- When I was younger my dad cheated. My sister and I both knew (Though we didn't talk to each other about it) - amoxy Sep 12, 12:51 2
  - Did they split up because of it? -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 12:59 1
    - Split up, got back together, split up, got back together, split up - amoxy Sep 12, 13:13
- At this point in my life I don't think so. I think it would be for them to figure out if they want to. I don't think my parents have a lot of years - pmb Sep 12, 12:51 1
  - I lean this way. I would also be afraid of opening up a lot of hurt. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 12, 12:54
- yes -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:49
- Threatdown. They'd get a specified amount of time to come clean themselves first. -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 12:49
- I'd make damn sure I'm getting paid off - Will Hunting Sep 12, 12:48 4
  - :( -- nm - kelly Sep 12, 12:52
  - I believe in karma. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:49 2
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    - I don't play the lottery so there's limited chance I'm going to be rewarded from whatever deity handles that. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 12:49
- i'd like to think so, but i have trouble talking to my parents about serious stuff. -- nm - colin Sep 12, 12:48
- Yes. -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 12:46
- I would never believe it, but if it were true, the other parent would know it long before me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:45
- most likely., yes. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 12:45
LYC, I just checked my spreadsheet. I've spent $14500 on oil/tires/paint/parts/inspection - all non-fuel - on my Maxima in the last 8 years. - Max Sep 12, 12:42 20
- $ 102 a month - not shabby at all. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:45
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 12:44
- no insurnce? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 12, 12:44 17
  - oh, right, not including that either. Including all that, I'll probably have spent an average of $300/month on that piece of transportation. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 12:45 16
    - Huh? How much is your insurance!?! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:48 13
      - $480 per year. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 12:54 12
        
        holy crap, I'm paying Progressive $229..........A MONTH for two cars. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 12, 13:05
        
        wow. mine is 3x that. -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:59 9
        
        I just dropped two speeding tickets from my record and went from $680 every six months to $560 a year. yeah. speeding costs. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 13:01 5
        
        marry me. you know, for my insurance. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:01 4
        
        I have two cars. $560 a year is quite reasonable. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 13:04 2
        
        I accept your generous proposal. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:06 1
        
        did newton just get renamed to Dowry? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 13:08
        
        Is your shower insured? -- nm - oblique Sep 12, 13:03
        
        having USAA without having ever served in the military makes me feel like a cheat. a well financed cheat. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 13:00 2
        
        ahh. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 13:01
        
        for the last month or so, i've heard tons of commercials for them on the radio -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 13:00
        
        huh, mine is more. maybe I need to shop around. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:56
    - including gas? -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 12:46 1
      - yeah. -- nm - Max Sep 12, 12:46
double bonus prudence chat q: should they elope? (hint: probably) - moles Sep 12, 12:38 22
- As a Christian from Lebanon, calling him a Muslim would probably be incredible offensive to him. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 13:00
- This sounds like a recent episode of The Green Room. One of the comedians is a Pakistani shiite who married a woman from North Carolina. - David Sep 12, 12:51 1
  - and apparently they missed the point of Borat entirely. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 13:01
- Is she marrying Obama? -- nm - amoxy Sep 12, 12:50
- elope. - Mel Profit Sep 12, 12:48
- yes elope - sounds like a horrible situation -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:47
- call a reality wedding show. they want you -- nm - peglegpete Sep 12, 12:46
- This sounds like the makings of a charming romantic comedy -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 12:44 3
  - it has to culminate in a situation where the Christian inlaws have to do something that depends on the (also Christian) Lebanese inlaws. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:45 2
    - teaming up against the gays, obvie. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 12:49 1
      - oh, that's a given. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:50
- elope. invite your closest, most supportive friends to come with you if they want. -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 12:43
- He could be AlQaeda. -- nm - Loyola Sep 12, 12:41
- Vegas -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:41
- screw them all. elope. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:40
- "you don't have to come if you don't want to" - znufrii Sep 12, 12:40
- Invite more lesbians and Lebanese people...make sure that each complaining relative is sat at a table full of them. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 12:40 4
  - tangentially related: Some of my Lebanese relatives are the most anti-Muslim people I've ever met. - loosilu Sep 12, 12:41 3
    - I dated a Lebanese Christian once. - znufrii Sep 12, 12:50 2
      - yeah, that would be a very bad thing. These family members are Maronite. They get very pissed at being confused with Muslims. - loosilu Sep 12, 12:53 1
        
        yup. same. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 12:54
- Time for Vegas. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:39
I do wish banks were more standardized in their rules and procedures. Getting my accounts transferred to my trust is taking - MojaveMeg Sep 12, 12:37 2
- Buy a CD that matures in 20 years, then you'll have to stay around to transfer it to your trust! -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 12, 12:39 1
  - Heh, you reading my mind :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 12, 12:42
I just screwed myself on Arkham City. I had a gift card and some other stuff I wanted to get so I went super saver shipping on Amazon - crash davis Sep 12, 12:36 17
- I think I'm going to wait and buy Arkham City used in 2012. - Strongbad Sep 12, 12:39 9
  - The way the market is working right now, new games are on sale for $35 within a couple of weeks. -- nm - David Sep 12, 12:40 6
    - Do you think they'll also come with the extras? If not, do you expect them to be available as dlc? -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 12:42 4
      - As truman has pointed out, the extras on this are so complicated I have no idea how all of them will be handled. - David Sep 12, 12:44 3
        
        That's my issue right now. I'm not sure which extra is the one to get. - Krusty Sep 12, 12:45 2
        
        I just went with Amazon. There is a chance I get the game a day early that way. -- nm - David Sep 12, 12:50
        
        Yeah, New Egg had a cheap weekend deal but I have no idea where the *best* one will be. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:49
    - this. -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:41
  - You have that backwards. - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:40 1
    - It's not about superiority, it's about which one is the cheapest 3-6 months after release. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 12, 12:49
- that's what you get for buying batgames -- nm - moles Sep 12, 12:39 1
  - batgames are the best in their genre -- nm - crash davis Sep 12, 12:44
- BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:37 4
  - Call them. They may be able to fix. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:37 3
    - I may upgrade it between now and then. I do want them to ship my household stuff though slow boat first before I change anything -- nm - crash davis Sep 12, 12:43
    - Yup. They took care of something for me this morning. -- nm - David Sep 12, 12:38 1
      - Please note, I laughed at him first. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:39
Yo Colin, I have a good friend who was born and raised in Houston. Let me know if you want a connect or me to forward questions {nm} - Banzai! Sep 12, 12:34 2
- oo! thank you. i'm trying to contact some of my old law firm coworkers (they work in the same building that I would be in).. let you know if I don't - colin Sep 12, 12:36 1
  - actually.. yes, i'd like some contacts.. - colin Sep 12, 12:42
WTF NC? NC House Committee has banned Gay Marriage and all forms of partnership recognition, full house vote this afternoon, Senate tomorrow. - MDH Sep 12, 12:33 6
- So angry. I don't think the NC House has a clue as to what really threatens me. - bc/nc Sep 12, 12:48 3
  - Call your House rep and senator please! -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 12:55 2
    - *State rep/senator* -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 12:55 1
      - With a really big check in hand. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 13:01
- Gotta love the ignorant southerners. - sycor Sep 12, 12:43
- I don't think it will last longer than a few years. NY is making the hold outs look dumb -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:35
I have a mild crush on this house. -- (link) - HPV McGee Sep 12, 12:33 7
- Love it. -- nm - mara Sep 12, 12:43
- I think it's adorable. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:39
- that's so cool! i love all the windows, the big square cabinet handles. -- nm - colin Sep 12, 12:38
- funky :). you would hate those floors after 1 winter. -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:37 2
  - I need big leather furniture and turkish rugs to warm the place up. it could work. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 13:05
  - reminds me a bit of the house in A Single Man. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 12:39
- here's one we're going to look at next weekend. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 12, 12:34
Houston: I've heard Pappa's Steak House is good. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 12, 12:33 6
- this is very true. also, the same people also own a fajita place called papacito's which is *stellar.* -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 12:34 3
  - We have one of those in Atlanta. Also a Pappadeaux's (nawlins seafood) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 12, 12:35 2
    - pappadeaux is awesome. love it. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 12:36 1
      - cocoanut shrimp! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:48
- Apollo 13: Uh... that does not really help us. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:34
- and they have an Alamo Draft House! -- nm - colin Sep 12, 12:34
Generally speaking, I don't like that society encourages people to remain silent when they know about a cheating significant other. - David Sep 12, 12:32 12
- I agree. I have found out some people I know, knew about Cass and didnt tell me. Thats a betrayal IMO -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 12:42 1
  - so she was cheating? I missed that episode of the show. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 12:45
- I agree, especially when it comes to police officers, military, rappers, and convicts. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 12, 12:36
- I have a feeling she herself is breaking laws to know what she knows. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 12:35
- *crosses David off the list of dudes to go bar hopping with* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 12:33 4
  - Historically, I've stopped hanging out with people who cheat on their significant others. I dislike such situations that much. -- nm - David Sep 12, 12:38 3
    - it all depends on the person or persons involved. - groiny Sep 12, 12:40
    - rough crowd. n m -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 12:39 1
      - you can bar hop with me! - Epiphany Sep 12, 12:44
- I would want to know how she knows he's cheating. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:33 2
  - I'm certain she's just extrapolating based on what he told her about lies he made to hide the truth. - David Sep 12, 12:37
  - (this is the girl with the gay ex, not the girl with the swinging fiance) -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 12:34
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- As long as receivers don't need their arms. -- nm - David Sep 12, 12:32 2
  - he's currently training with Air Bud. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 12:36
  - Finally, you Yanks are gonna play REAL football! -- nm - The rest of the world Sep 12, 12:36

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