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Quick insurance question, how should "dwelling protection" match up to the appraised value of your home? Should it basically match or be X% more? -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 08:33 3
- Typically it's cost to rebuild. So for instance, the value of the land itself is subtracted because the land remains. Just the structure is replaced -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 08:39
- It shouldn't have anything to do with appraised value, it shouuld be based on how much it would cost to rebuild it from scratch. -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 08:36
- Depends on if you plan to torch the place or not. -- (link) - decline Oct 7, 08:36
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- Dolphins? Jaguars? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 08:39 2
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    - Redskins -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 08:41
- The Bears? - pmb Oct 7, 08:38
- Raiders? -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 08:37
- C hargers -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 08:36
- Bucs? -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 08:35 1
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- Ravens? -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 08:34 1
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- Green Bay? Detroit? (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:33 3
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    - Ok, I looked it up, and I would have never guessed that. (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:36 1
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Prince Hottie is in the US for helicopter training. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 7, 08:28 2
- Awesome: Playboy playmate Laura Croft has said that she will be happy to show Harry the sights at Las Vegas - con_carne Oct 7, 08:30 1
  - He always goes for blondes (according to the tabloids) so she may be out of luck, but I'm sure she has friends. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 08:34
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- relatedly, the NH primary was held *yesterday* -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 08:34 1
  - It's typically a few days after Iowa, so I imagine they'll move soon too. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:35
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  - Florida will be holding the 2016 primary on the day after inauguration day. -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 08:33
  - The problem is that there's currently no way to effectively punish states that break from the standard. - Ender Oct 7, 08:32
  - The logical end is to have everyone have their primaries on one motherf**king day, so nobody can one-up the next. (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:27 12
    - I think there is something to be said for having the process spread out some, but it needs to be reigned in. Say 5 states a week over 10 weeks. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:29 11
      - Yeah, having them all on one day pretty much guarantees only the big-money candidate can win. -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 08:32 1
        
        How is it any different than what it is now, except the big money people just spend it on a small state instead of spreading it around? (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:36
      - So everyone fights to get in the first 5, and the cycle starts all over again. - musubi Oct 7, 08:32 8
        
        Rotate them each cycle, so that it's not always in the same order. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:33 7
        
        With presidential elections every 4 years, that means most voters get to be first once, *maybe* twice in a lifetime? For what benefit? - musubi Oct 7, 08:35 5
        
        So that Iowa's issues (corn, for instance) don't dominate presidential politics. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 08:36 4
        
        That's what happens now. So instead a different pet issue dominates every 4 years? (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:38 3
        
        If you grouped them with 4 or 5 states from different regions of the country in each group, it would reduce this. -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 08:39 2
        
        It would reduce this, but again, why not just have *everyone* on the same day? - musubi Oct 7, 08:43 1
        
        Becuase the costs of running a national campaign are 100% prohibitive for 90% of candidates. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:45
        
        This is really the answer, but I just don't know that it can be coordinated that way. -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 08:34
  - We should do it American Idol style, with call-in numbers each week, but starting September the year before the election and the nominees - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:27 1
    - znu? (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:28
- Pretty much the same as 08. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:26
Iowa caucuses announced : Jan. 3. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 08:21
I'm very late to the party on this, but: Inception, A - con_carne Oct 7, 08:15
Today's religous fight brough to you by Facebook --- he's fighting with someone who posted a picture - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:13 9
- is there a strap-on in the picture? -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 08:25
- no one is ever going to believe that...Lady Justice is a skank and Lady Liberty just doesn't want to settle down. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:24 1
  - Seriously, how many people go under Lady Liberty's skirt every year? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:25
- Seems a likely intent of the artist, barring a caption changing the context. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 08:16 2
  - see, i don't think that's necessarily about gay rights. they are iconic personifications of admirable traits. - Andie Oct 7, 08:23 1
    - (it would depend on the passionate embrace, i suppose. but still, it see it more as about other things.) -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 08:24
- Seems plausible, though. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 08:14 2
  - Concur. (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:25
  - If you're looking to be outraged...you'll find a reason in nearly everything. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:15
LYC: 10:45 AM: Oh, we're having that 11 am meeting? I figured people were out of town... *scrambles like crazy to get data together* - JaxSean Oct 7, 08:11
I'm over rewards cards. I do not want to get a shoulder sling for my wallet. Just stop. - TFox Oct 7, 08:07 18
- don't most places let you key in your phone number? -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 08:29 1
  - your *fake* phone number. the phone number of the first boy who ever broke your heart. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:30
- I use this (and the smartphone version of this) -- (link) - Reagen Oct 7, 08:22 5
  - any promo codes for this? pretty awesome -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:46
  - can they scan your phone? -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:28 1
    - i used CardStar some, and it works ok on the handguns, but not perfectly. - TFox Oct 7, 08:29
  - That's pretty awesome. I think I need this. (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:27
  - woah, you can actually print combo cards? that is awesome. thank you. -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 08:24
- last night I got one at michael's (I bought a frame for my awesome poster, linked inside). I said to the chickie - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:16 8
  - CVS clerks keep telling me I have rewards bucks (or something like that) saved up. I guess I should look into how I go about redeeming those. - con_carne Oct 7, 08:24 4
    - usually your receipt just prints extracare vouchers. -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 08:26 1
      - That's the word. Thanks. To the google! -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 08:32
    - actually CVS bucks add up fairly quickly. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:25 1
      - i bought a bag of spearmint leaves this week, and they handed me $9 of ExtraBucks. - TFox Oct 7, 08:26
  - here's the link (not like anyone cares) -- (link) - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:20 2
    - $ 25?!! for a poster?!! - Stacy SI Oct 7, 08:23 1
      - I'd forgotten that. ha ha. (it was actually $20.) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:38
- Hee! One of my bros uses one of those. - con_carne Oct 7, 08:13
I want to post the Anti Axel photo - Lee Ann Rimes -- (link) - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:02 [Image] 7
- ew, when you can see your rib cage on your chest there is a problem.com -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 08:07
- So very trailer park. - ty97 Oct 7, 08:06 1
  - I disagree. I think she's working out but starving herself. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 08:31
- Eddie Cibrian has sucked all the life out of her. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:05 2
  - I don't get it - if a spouse sees his wife doing drugs, would he not try to help her? this is the same? - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:07 1
    - Like drugs, there's only so much another person can do to help someone with this. Until they acknowledge the problem and commit to trying to deal - pmb Oct 7, 08:16
- kneel before Skeletor! nm -- nm - groiny Oct 7, 08:04
hmm, appears the domain I bought last night is already propagated and live. Nice. Just gotta put the site on it, now .... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 08:02
You're a best sell fantasy author who just got knighted, what do you do? Forge yourself a sword, of course... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 7, 08:00
Hee. Watch Troy Polamalu Terrify Museum Visitors Who Think He�s A Wax Sculpture -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 07:58
i haven't been to a movie in a theatre in ages it feels like. so, poll: last movie you saw in a theatre, and next one you plan to see. - Andie Oct 7, 07:57 24
- Moneyball and no idea what I'll see next -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 08:27
- Last: Captain America. Next: probably The Avengers -- nm - Stephen Oct 7, 08:25
- Cars 2 (the next will either be Moneyball at the discount theater, or the next Pixar flick) (nm) - musubi Oct 7, 08:22
- I had the Perfect Sense premiere last tuesday, maybe that Woody Allen film this weekend, otherwise We Need to Talk About Kevin next week. -- nm - LMS Oct 7, 08:21
- Our Idiot Brother. Not sure yet. -- nm - pmb Oct 7, 08:18
- Horrible Bosses. I want to see Contagion if it is still in the theater -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 08:18
- The Debt. What's Your Number. I am so behind, I haven't been to the movies in weeks. - MDH Oct 7, 08:17
- The Debt, and not sure. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 7, 08:15
- Lion King 3D, Ides of March. -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 08:11
- same answer as ever: land of the dead (2005). and no plans to see anything soon....nm - x Oct 7, 08:07
- god knows the last one I saw, next will likely be The Muppets -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 08:03
- Lion King 3D. Next...not sure. If it goes until Thanksgiving, it will probably be Happy Feet 2 -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 08:03
- Inception (last night, in Imax!). Next: I really want to see Ides of March. - con_carne Oct 7, 08:02
- Drive - I was so happy with it. I want to go tonight - maybe Dream House - yea or neah? I want a good scary movie -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 08:01 1
  - I hear it's not very good. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 08:21
- I haven't been in *ages.* may I bitch a little about my friends here? - amanda jones Oct 7, 08:00
- True Grit, I think, in San Fran ... Febtober. - Beryllium Oct 7, 08:00
- Last:(and only this year): I Am Number 4. Next: no idea - decline Oct 7, 08:00 1
  - I really liked I Am Number 4 -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 08:17
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  - Did your film fest not pan out? -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 08:16 1
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- Lion King 3d...dunno....nothing really grabs me yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:58 1
  - this. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 7, 07:59
Axl Rose... WTF happened to you? -- (link) - Andie Oct 7, 07:52 14
- If he has mental health issues, some of the treatments can result in weight gain. - TWuG Oct 7, 08:00 8
  - And he's just getting old. He don't run around like he used to in their heyday. -- nm - Jim Oct 7, 08:02 7
    - He's not even 50. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 08:06 6
      - Yes...he's getting old. And he doesn't run around like he used to. Or tour. Or drug. Or booze. -- nm - Jim Oct 7, 08:26
      - Given how little GnR's actually done...he's a fat dude playing beer league softball. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:16 4
        
        but, just because you aren't performing doesn't automatically equal "fat." not every dude in his 40s is a puffy mess. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 08:21 3
        
        ahem. - groiny Oct 7, 08:31
        
        No not at all...but I'd wager he's not living the same lifestyle he used to, which was fast, on the road. I'm sure the dude hardly ate, did a lot of - Jim Oct 7, 08:30
        
        It's just my mental image of him being all reclusive...sitting at home and vegetating. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 08:22
- The fishsticks comment is fitting. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 07:59
- that is something -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:55
- 30 years of hard living. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 07:55
- Fatsl Rose! -- nm - Tim Oct 7, 07:53
- He's turned into (spoiler) - con_carne Oct 7, 07:52
Interesting stuff on NPR today: Does the economy need a little inflation? - con_carne Oct 7, 07:50 1
- personally, i don't think so. though we're already starting to run a bit hot at 3.8% y-o-y cpi growth....nm - x Oct 7, 07:54
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Happy Birthday CQ ! -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 7, 07:47 1
- Hey! Happy birthday, buddy. And 4th happy anniversary with the missus yesterday. -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 07:51
here's a tasty factoid from the bls report this morning.... - x Oct 7, 07:41 5
- :( -- nm - ML si Oct 7, 08:14
- And here's a few more - Brian Oct 7, 07:44 3
  - They counted workers who walked out of their jobs....then came back...as new jobs? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:46 2
    - they have to, they're counted as unemployeds when they're on strike....nm - x Oct 7, 07:51
    - I'm assuming because they counted them as lost jobs the prior month... -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 07:48
LIR: Ty97: Cool. -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:40
nmbDawson - ty97 Oct 7, 07:38 5
- Sorry to jump in - MDH Oct 7, 07:49 4
  - I think we all had that experience (some of us pre-Netflix :) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:50 3
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      - It was 1996. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 08:03 1
        
        (I had such a crush on Scott Neal) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 08:04
If you care about that sort of thing, here's Weekend's Rottentomatoes page -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:37 4
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  - I would be skeptical based on my review as well. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:46 2
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      - There was no trailer when I saw it, but the description was similar. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:57
How can an ISP not have back up generators?! WTF. -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:35 1
- don't go all nuclear -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 13:32
essentially: millions (like 5-7) in budget shortfall. probably 2/3 of it to be made up with cuts.... - x Oct 7, 07:35 1
- my portfolio will likely lose 3 or 4 program managers in the next 12 months. it's terrible meeting with my program teams knowing this. - amanda jones Oct 7, 07:44
~ She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care~ - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:35
I gotta visit Minny if that's a 7. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:34 3
- their scale goes to 30. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 7, 07:43 1
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