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Refinance: Ok, this is crazy. My current 30yr loan has about 120k in interest left to go on it. Refi to 15, same payment, 39k - oblique Oct 7, 05:57 8
- hopefully doing ours next week. -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:14
- which bank? -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 05:57 6
  - Right now I've been talking to a mortgage broker that I found via lending tree. They're in IL (which I like) - oblique Oct 7, 06:01 5
    - a friend and I are going to apply to refi her via lending tree on saturday night. was the process pretty painless? how long did you have to wait for - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:04 3
      - My weekend project as well. May check out Lending Tree. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 7, 07:07
      - Well, replies came in about 1 minute followed by endless phone calls so be careful - oblique Oct 7, 06:05 1
        
        yeah, we already set up a GV account so we can just turn it off when we want. pretty cool, really, that it's that fast. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:10
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and this is why people hate Toronto - have a look at our Ontario elections result map from last night: - Andie Oct 7, 05:53 8
- wow. That is something alright...although I think the Libs were better than the alternatives -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:55 7
  - Having worked for the Ontario government the last five years and knowing one of the (successful) candidates, i really really doubt it -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:05 5
    - Either I was totally naieve when I was more involved or the quality of candidates has been seriously slipping over the last few elections.. - Walt_Disney Oct 7, 06:16
    - interesting. (and where were you this time? it was somewhere glamourous,...) -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:05 3
      - I'm in Hong Kong right now. Flying back tomorrow :( -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:07 2
        
        (but you're probably talking about the photo I uploaded on FB, which was at Angkor Wat in Cambodia) -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:08 1
        
        ooh, i haven't really been on facebook. god, i'd love to see Angkor Wat. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:11
  - *one* seat short of a majority. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 05:57
well, the headline number (+103k) *is* unexpectedly better, since consensus was +60k. however.... - x Oct 7, 05:50 12
- I'd like to know when all those job creators are going to start doing their jobs and create jobs. - TWuG Oct 7, 05:55 7
  - and hurt their profit by increasing their expenses? unpossible. - znufrii Oct 7, 06:09 6
    - you would think it be obvious to them - how it all works together - but alas - no. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 06:11 5
      - It all comes down to demand. Any company hiring just to hire is just not wise. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:13 4
        
        also, people are expensive. i still think that people underestimate the impact of automation on employment (esp. in manufacturing)at present... - x Oct 7, 06:20
        
        This. It's why further tax cats for the wealthy do absolutely nothing for hiring. Until the 99% have some money to spend demand ain't going anywhere. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 06:15 2
        
        which is an illustration of why capitalism, - znufrii Oct 7, 06:19
        
        tax cats are vastly inferior to house cats.-- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:19
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  - i think in some ways, we already have. this report is already rallying market futures and being reported as "hiring picks up"... - x Oct 7, 05:59 2
    - my longer answer: i think it's really, really hard for expectations to be revised downward from former levels... - x Oct 7, 06:11 1
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I'm switching banks. insects or skulls? -- (link) - amanda jones Oct 7, 05:50
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- But... Melancholia's Von Trier... how... wait... what?!?! - Buzz Oct 7, 05:59 1
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Whoa. I just got the following politically-oriented e-mail from my father. - ty97 Oct 7, 05:27 14
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  - ABO? -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:10 4
    - anyone but obama? -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:11 3
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        How exactly is that relevant here? - ty97 Oct 7, 06:13 1
        
        Based on those facts, his statement is more "Anyone but the current Republican numbskull options" -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:13
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  - if it is a sign of others feeling the same way than it certainly is -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:51
  - Florida's a swing state! - ty97 Oct 7, 05:41
- "plus both mandy and sash think he's the most doable president." -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 05:34 4
  - oh, interesting poll. Clinton in his days in office, yes? Clinton now, vs Obama now? probably Obama -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 05:56 3
    - Clinton in a walk -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:13
    - I actually think clinton's hotter even now. the man has *charisma.* -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:05 1
      - Hi! Cigar? -- nm - Billy Oct 7, 06:14
nfp jobs data soon. prediction: it will either be unexpectedly better or unexpectedly worse....nm - x Oct 7, 05:22 1
- Unexpectedly Unexpected! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 05:41
NFL: Lions expect DT Nick Fairley to play in Week 5. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 05:17
well, heck. it's no wonder why the nypd is so interested in protecting wall st from the protesters... - x Oct 7, 05:13 3
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- fantastic! -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 05:54
- The police accepts "Gifts"?!? - Guigue Oct 7, 05:18
I didn't realize Mike Illitch is 82 years old. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 04:59
A scapegoat for Soylndra has been identified -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:50
happy birthday CQ!! -- nm - kelly Oct 7, 04:47 12
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:18
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 7, 06:06
- happy birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 05:58
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:49
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 05:24
- Birfday! -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 05:13
- happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Oct 7, 05:04
- Happy birthday -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 05:04
- hb!...nm - x Oct 7, 05:02
- Hope it's a great one, CQ!! (You share a birthday with my mom.) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 05:01
- happy happy! -- nm - marcel Oct 7, 04:49
- Happy Birthday CQ, my Coors Light buddy. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:48
Okay, that explains it...Nova's arm had some muscle issue. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 04:43
so that small business lending fund was a bang up idea. set aside $30 billion for loans... - x Oct 7, 04:37
Woo - Sunny & 80 today & tomorrow ! -- nm - JenBro Oct 7, 04:37 1
- It better not snow. That's all I'm saying. - CovingtonCat Oct 7, 04:41
A-Rod was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and hit .118 in the series (2-for-18). - Beaker Oct 7, 04:35 4
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  - I didn't write it! fight with espn -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:14 1
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- If the result had gone the other way, it'd be Cabrera no-showing (3 hits in game 2; nothing else) -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 04:55
"Sorry, cum is not an acceptable word." wtf?! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 04:34
Two men walk into a bar. The first one orders some H2O. The second man says, "I'll have some H2O, too." - nubby Oct 7, 04:31 1
- Heh. -- nm - Walter White Oct 7, 05:10
Still a few days left to sign up for the ST Words tournament. - nubby Oct 7, 04:29 1
- Done -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 05:55
oh, no. edison? oh, god. da vinci??....nm - x Oct 7, 04:25 6
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  - disney is ok. ford i think is better just in the sense of him being someone who realized how to package machinery in a way the masses would take to... - x Oct 7, 04:58 1
    - agreed on Ford. -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 05:50
- Certain people were almost pre-destined to become hyperbole factories about this. - TFox Oct 7, 04:37 1
  - the edison one *really* kills me. edison clearly didn't invent the light bulb. what he perfected was.... - x Oct 7, 04:54
- Certain people were almost pre-destined to become hyperbole fax -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 04:35
How cute. There's going to be an "Occupy Atlanta" protest tonight. Maybe I should head down and join the party. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:13
Going hi-tech today. Hooking up our Nintendo 64 :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 04:02 1
- LEgEND of ZELDA!!! -- nm - JenBro Oct 7, 04:09
IKA .ORG - anyone else have problems signing in? - marcel Oct 7, 01:31 3
- yeah, it was down last night/early early morning -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 12:01
- fine here, just in -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 03:40 1
  - now it works as well. they had a crash and had to go install a backup from earlier -- nm - marcel Oct 7, 04:34
What's the appropriate gift for the 10th anniversary of the Afghan war? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 23:56 4
- poppies...nm - x Oct 7, 04:27 1
  - it really doesn't get more appropriate than that. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 04:44
- a white - Danedukenuuk Oct 7, 00:19 1
  - ...iphone -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 05:36
the bad news, ski report says says the resorts in the Donner Pass are buried in snow, the good news, there's a special on the buffet -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 6, 23:09
I didn't even know there was a rail line from here to Vegas. Talks are underway to initiate passenger service from O.C. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 6, 22:59 3
- pricey? it's a 514 mile trip. - marcel Oct 7, 00:08 1
  - Amtrac from Tacoma to Seattle was $24, so almost $50 round trip (we asked cause it stopped near the Mariner's stadium) bus was $6 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 00:16
- i always thought there was a line but that the freight companies owned the right of way and passenger service had been discontinued some years ago -- nm - moles Oct 6, 23:05
So it is kind of fun to be running around the hospital. Mostly because my team has awesome interns and resident. But we also round for 5 hours!! - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 6, 21:16
So.... We lost. Not badly, but it wasn't close either. And provincially, the party's a mess with the leader stepping down (wisely). - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 21:15 2
- Good try, yo. Sounds like you did good work. -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 04:39
- Power vacuum! - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 21:35
Reagen, from B3--I taste cilantro the same way. It tastes like noxious dish soap to me. - Trish Oct 6, 21:10 11
- Lime cilantro rice from Chiplote, yum! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:53
- That is how beer tastes to me. -- nm - Spawn: 4-0 Oct 6, 22:14 1
  - I'm so sorry. -- nm - psilotum Oct 6, 22:45
- I'd like to get some miracle berry and let them fight it out. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 22:07
- I always assumed it was genetic, too, because people are so polarized about it, and the description (soapy) is always the same. - psilotum Oct 6, 22:02 [youtube] 1
  - I was definitely never exposed to cilantro until I was a teen, and I loved it immediately. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 04:46
- Yeah, I can't stand the taste of cilantro either. - Stephen Oct 6, 21:18 4
  - It's just strange to me that I really notice it with cilantro. They told me that other stuff will set it off, too, but I haven't found anything else. - Trish Oct 6, 21:31 3
    - It's just such a strong, and as you said, noxious taste to it that it overpowers everything else. -- nm - Stephen Oct 6, 23:03
    - what about parsley (aka the european cilantro) or ginger (which to me tastes like a chunk of ajax when its sliced like a coin...only that) - zeitgeist Oct 6, 21:39 1
      - Parsley is the same way for me, and ginger makes me gag. - Stephen Oct 6, 23:05
TV station needs to be more choosy about who does what story (really funny artist rendition of suspect) -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 6, 21:08 2
- everyone brace for when he discovers LOLCats. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 21:12
- That's funny. (But not for the reason you think.) - Beryllium Oct 6, 21:10
Valverde can't get a word in edgewise for being drenched with booze, Verducci just got sprayed too. -- nm - nubby Oct 6, 21:03
Jenbro, - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:59 14
- You clearly missed your calling - MORE! -- nm - JenBro Oct 6, 21:01 13
  - I wish I could post our Bachelor Party video, but it is very NSFW -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 21:03 12
    - I'm not working - I'm at the casino! -- nm - JenBro Oct 6, 21:09 11
      - Speeaking of, my picks have been sent. -- nm - Spawn: 4-0 Oct 6, 22:15 3
        
        a casino is an apt analogy for your picks - moles Oct 6, 22:17 2
        
        I am the house, then. -- nm - Spawn: 4-0 Oct 6, 22:42 1
        
        Heh - me too! By $50! tonight :). -yay! Went for fashion show/ladies night gig and stayed watching BB game -'late night but so much fun! - JenBro Oct 6, 22:48
      - serious. professional. help. -- nm - moles Oct 6, 21:10 2
        
        I bet I don't! -- nm - Jenbrolls Boxcars Oct 6, 21:14
        
        Yeah ueah - JenBro Oct 6, 21:12
      - It's not safe for anywhere. - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 21:10 3
        
        Take your word for it -- nm - JenBro Oct 6, 21:11 2
        
        I need another fox and hens game. -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 21:12 1
        
        Play Nubby's. New wwf tourney -- nm - JenBro Oct 6, 21:26
oh darn!!!! -- nm - loosilu Oct 6, 20:58
*gleeful* -- nm - nubby Oct 6, 20:58
Oh shit! -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:55 3
- hahahahahaha! -- nm - loosilu Oct 6, 20:59
- If I had to guess, Lamichael James just broke his arm. That looked aweful on replay. -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:57 1
  - awful too -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:58
*registers another domain* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 20:55
[an error occurred while processing this West Coast Hour directive] -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 20:51
Yankee fans. If you want a really cool piece of memorabilia of a TRUE Yankee hero. I will sell my High School yearbook - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:51 2
- that dude looked like a monkey - moles Oct 6, 20:54
- nice -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 20:52
Great game! - JenBro Oct 6, 20:48 3
- it really was. fun bunch of division series all around so far -- nm - moles Oct 6, 20:52 1
  - Agreed - let's hope it continues! -- nm - JenBro Oct 6, 20:54
- I agree but we still have the 4th quarter left to score more points in -- nm - Go Ducks!!! Oct 6, 20:49

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