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Ten vanishing restaurant chains (nmbl) - Brian Oct 14, 11:52 7
- Wow. I didn't even remember the Ground Round until this article. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 14, 12:05
- *sniff* Bakers Square -- nm - spamlet (iPad) Oct 14, 11:56
- The only one I'll miss is Big Boy. But there isn't even one in town so I won't miss it much. - TWuG Oct 14, 11:55
- I've only heard of 3 of them, but I liked Tony Romas. -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 11:54
- I like that it's a list. "These are the vanishingest!" -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:54 1
  - "Where am I going, Carl!?" - TWuG Oct 14, 11:56
- Brigadoon's -- nm - poxie Oct 14, 11:53
Pi tip!! -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:50 2
- 125% awesome. -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:52 1
  - it loses points for not being a very good tip at first glance, though we don't know what kind of store/service it was. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:53
Did we see this? The Dude abides on Netflix streaming -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:48 1
- I love reading negative reviews of good movies - decline Oct 14, 11:52
to Andie and mara from b2, the reason why ideally the babe will start off in her own room - kare Oct 14, 11:45 15
- We started with the bassinet in the room but we had white foldy closet doors that apparently freaked her out. - spamlet (iPad) Oct 14, 11:53
- You can get special on-bed beds for the baby to sleep in safely -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 11:49 5
  - Keep your strange Canadian bed-on-bed action to yourself, pervert -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:51
  - yeah I know. our bed is super cushy, lots of pillows, down comforter. just not comfortable with her in there. -- nm - kare Oct 14, 11:51 3
    - Good call. My daughter is 10 and slept in her own room from the day we brought her home. She's fine, your baby will be fine, too. - TWuG Oct 14, 11:52 2
      - i've also had the "crib is best with nothing in it except a sheet" thing beaten into me. -- nm - kare Oct 14, 11:55 1
        
        We used a blanket, very light weight, too. But babies really have very little ability to move obstructions - TWuG Oct 14, 11:58
- I will say that you develop super hearing as a parent. You will hear all that stuff from the next room, especially with a monitor (which we turned - pmb Oct 14, 11:49 3
  - i remember going camping with my sis when she left her three little ones at home. she slept like a rock in the tent except when a baby would cry clear - kare Oct 14, 11:53
  - this -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:51
  - *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:49
- I feel like such a bad mom...our daughter was in her own room, light out, door closed, from day one. - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 11:48 3
  - Ditto. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 11:51
  - nothing wrong with that. a good friend of mine started out that way too; her kids are just fine. (omg - her 1 year old is the CUTEST) -- nm - kare Oct 14, 11:50
  - *nods* (except for the feeling bad part ;)) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:49
for loosilu: artists recreates his artwork using a pen...in one stroke -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:45 [vimeo] 2 1
- wuuh... -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:48
- bookmarked, thanks! -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:46
'Up' house replica boosts tourism in Utah city... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:44 1
- FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT! From zero... to one Mormon family! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:45
Who had Charlie's Angels in the pool? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:42 8
- Cancelled? -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 11:45 4
  - Yup. I hope they put that Farrah woman in more stuff. -- nm - Mop SI Oct 14, 11:48
  - That's what Ausiello tells me. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:46 2
    - I feel most soprry for Drew Barrymore.....I did give the show a chance but it was not anything special. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 11:48 1
      - I liked the first two episodes well enough but the third one was a trainwreck. I haven't watched last night's yet and may not. -- nm - David Oct 14, 11:53
- the Daily Mail had pictures of Minky Kelly kissing some girl. So clearly they knew they were in trouble. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:44 1
  - Last night was apparently their "Angels in Chains" tribute episode, and I suppose it didn't bring the ratings payoff they wanted. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:44
- Sorry. Who had pictures of Charlie's Angels in the pool? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:43
ESPN has updated Boston Watch ---- something's happened! - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:42
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- There aren't any jobs, and to join the protest to protest that there aren't any jobs I'm going to quit my job! - Stephen Oct 14, 11:48 5
  - Statistically, the majority of the 99% are employed -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:56
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  - apart from the fact that that's really only a small part, at best, of what they're protesting? -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 11:50
  - it's not just about "no jobs" -- nm - poxie Oct 14, 11:50 1
    - and even if it were, they can support the cause without being personally affected. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:53
- I'm always hearing stories about some lawyer or corp ex quitting their job to become a hippy organic toy maker, figure most of the time they were the - Ghost-time Oct 14, 11:48
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  - 1. Obama didn't create those jobs. 2. I don't think we'll ever see 2% unemployment. - Stephen Oct 14, 11:59 1
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- Pixie needs to get started on a Wall St. banker/Occupy protester Romeo and Juliet storyline script -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:44 3
  - Occupy Love, Actually -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 14, 11:45 2
    - everyone in that movie gets batoned and pepper sprayed at the end - poxie Oct 14, 11:46 1
      - just in cases. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 12:04
More LYC (sorry for being so noisy): Looks like a good chance my wife is going to quit her job at our church which means we probably have to leave our - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:39 3
- why's she quitting? politics? -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:40 2
  - many many things, but partly yes. We've expanded to two sites and the "vision" internally has shifted - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:42 1
    - growth within any organization will do that, unfortunately. - znufrii Oct 14, 11:47
Hey JenBro, do you have a glue gun? -- (link) - CovingtonCat Oct 14, 11:38 [Backboard] 3
- Hah! You know though one GOOD thing about it is that it will be easier to see some of the really cool architecture when we are out sight seeing - - JenBro Oct 14, 11:59
- JenBro's got a gun... -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:39
- i sincerely hope not - poxie Oct 14, 11:39
LYC: Follow-up news story on that taxing district thing I posted about. District had a meeting aka rally last night -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:37 3
- Yeah, my FB blew up about the meeting last night. I have a lot of friends that stuck around and have their kids in D300 now. - spamlet (iPad) Oct 14, 11:51 1
  - A good friend of mine from church was recently elected to the D300 board. It's interesting hearing his perspectives on this -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:52
- Yeah, does it strike you that Sears picked the wrong economic climate in which to make financial threats against a community? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:41
"Only Sprint gives your iPhone unlimited data" - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:35 2
- Can I hack an iPhone onto my VM plan? -- nm - psilotum Oct 14, 11:38 1
  - No. -- nm - The Ghost of Steve Jobs Oct 14, 11:43
Canada names Iran as the world's most significant threat -- (link) - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:34
LYC: sweet. The iPhone 4 I sent in for recycling passed audit. $180 Apple Gift card coming my way - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:33 10
- I'm doing this next week. The price dropped from $231 to $197 while I was pondering. - David Oct 14, 11:35 3
  - I didn't even have that. Just sent the phone, power cord and wall wart. No box or anything (apple.com/recycling) -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:36 2
    - Oh, you suck. -- nm - David Oct 14, 11:39 1
      - I have expected the FedEx Office guy to just steal it -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:41
- my ringer switch is broken, so I'm just getting $60 from gazelle for my 3GS. -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:35 5
  - I'd ask for it back. They have a reputation for being scammy about these things. - David Oct 14, 11:38 4
    - hmmmm. I spend cash at amazon. -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:40 3
      - Do you have the 8, the 16 or the 32? -- nm - David Oct 14, 11:42 2
        
        16. it's white. but the ringer switch doesn't stay in the off position very well. it might be only worth parts. - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:47 1
        
        I'm not sure what determinations they make. Their trade value lists as: - David Oct 14, 11:52
From B2 and Basinets: My wife and I have a crib and bassinet. Baby will likely only be in bassinet for a couple of weeks and then into crib.... - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 11:31 2
- I really don't want the baby in our room at all, because of the dog. - kelly Oct 14, 11:56
- we will use the bassinet attachment that came with the Pack n Play, if we go that route. bassinettes are so cute though! -- nm - kare Oct 14, 11:35
For Kelly from B2: - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 11:29
North Carolina has hired Tulsa athletic director Bubba Cunningham as the school's next AD. - David Oct 14, 11:28
So Obama is trying to take out out of two wars and put us in another? - lileve Oct 14, 11:27 26
- Good for him. - Stephen Oct 14, 11:45 2
  - Blink twice if you are under duress...thrice if you're having a stroke. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:45 1
    - heh - Stephen Oct 14, 11:53
- Mop? -- nm - The Ruiner Oct 14, 11:38 1
  - No, no. My post was about the last war Obama got us into. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:42
- I wonder if he consulted with the African Union first? Hes got to tread carefully here as he might upset Africans and their leaders... - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 11:34 1
  - Is the AU still backing Qadaffi? They were basically his continental puppet regime. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:46
- remember what happened when we ignored Rwanda? -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:31
- well he is a muslem so i guess he fights the lord even in africa -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 14, 11:30
- I wouldn't even call that a kerfuffle. That's exactly the kind of stuff our military should be doing, IMO. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 11:29 1
  - This. Those 100 soldiers will probably do more in a week then what's been doen there in years. -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 11:39
- ~ take two steps, take one step back ~ -- nm - Frandinstein Oct 14, 11:29
- 100 troops? - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:28 9
  - Yes. They are going to get massacred. -- nm - lileve Oct 14, 11:34 3
    - Who? Our troops? Or the LRA? If it's the LRA, then excuse me while I fail to shed any tears for murders and rapists reaping what they sow. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 11:36
    - I doubt it. He didn't send 100 18yr olds into battle; these 100 guys are probably about the cream of the crop - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:36
    - do you think they will fight everyone by themselves? They will advise, work with and train our allies. -- nm - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:35
  - Your IM may be all that's needed. -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 11:33 1
    - Exactly. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:36
  - yeah, I don't get that. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:30 2
    - For the mission, we don't need much more likely. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:37 1
      - they don't say what the mission is, but I have to believe you're right. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:45
- how dare he try and stop rape and genocide on a continental scale. -- nm - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:28
- Are you counting Libya? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 11:28 2
  - plus Yemen and Pakistan. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:30
  - ...er... three. -- nm - lileve Oct 14, 11:29
double bonus hax chat q: their mom died from cancer and dad apparently remarried to the evil stepmother from Cinderella - poxie Oct 14, 11:24 14
- "Look, bitch. You didn't just marry that man. You married into this family. You may have a lump of coal in your chest in place of a heart... - Mop (196 lbs) Oct 14, 11:39
- that's terrible. i guess i'd try to take a very, very active and loving role in their lives, as much as possible. - kare Oct 14, 11:37 1
  - yeah, depending on how bad it was, i might even consider transferring to a college closer to home. - TFox Oct 14, 11:38
- yeah, that's f*cked up. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 11:33
- Get the Stepmom to Fuck the Doorman -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 11:30 2
  - *ding* -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:31 1
    - this assumes she hasn't already - poxie Oct 14, 11:32
- ouch. -- nm - slutty werewolf demon cheerleader loosilu Oct 14, 11:29
- wow, evil. send Dad a book on how to be a good step-parent that explains how damaging a bad one can be (it must exist). - Frandinstein Oct 14, 11:27 2
  - and re: the IM - why on earth would a father marry a woman like that? -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 11:33 1
    - oh, absolutely. in his case due to how fast it was, i'm guessing he was one of those men who didn't know *how* to NOT have a wife. -- nm - Frandinstein Oct 14, 11:58
- take a hit out on the wicked stepmother -- nm - decline Oct 14, 11:26 1
  - my thought as well. -- nm - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:27
- yikes. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:26
TFaux is one of my favorite ST SI names -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:21
For those not already sick and tired of the houses I've been posting here... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 11:21 12
- wow, that looks really nice -- nm - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:25 1
  - and priced to match, unfortunately. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 11:33
- Jeesh, that looks to be positively surrounded by golf courses. GolfSTrav at Znufrii's house! -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:24 2
  - are there? -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 11:30 1
    - Eh, I Google Mapped it :) -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:42
- I like the open floor plan. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 11:23 6
  - it's pretty much everything we're looking for in a house - znufrii Oct 14, 11:25 5
    - you can do things to spruce that up though. Plant some trees and some landscaping -- nm - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:27 4
      - it's more the flat rear wall of the house that bugs me. - znufrii Oct 14, 11:29 2
        
        What direction is the wall facing? Would seem silly if it were north or west. -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:30 1
        
        southwest -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 11:33
      - Unicorn mural -- nm - con_carnage Oct 14, 11:27
Hax chat email explained: "My husband's ex tricked a baby out of him, gave the baby his name and I won't figure this out for another 8-12 years." -- nm - David Oct 14, 11:20 1
- it was my first thoughth, I must admit. -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:23
amanda: chevy is nibbling. Once they're on the hook, I'm going to see if Kia will take the bait for a KIA Soul with the same deal - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:20 3
- I always ask, no matter how outlandish it seems. you never know. very important though: - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:22
- LYC: My next car will likely be a Kia. I've heard great things about them. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 11:21 1
  - I've been very happy with our Kia Sorrento. I like the smaller Soul for myself -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 14, 11:32
10 hours what? per week? per month? what? -- nm - slutty vampire ghost pirate nurse amanda jones Oct 14, 11:20 1
- Has it been six months already? If so, it could be that deal where new users have unlimited time, then after 6 months it goes to 10 hours per month -- nm - mara Oct 14, 11:22
Bill Simmon's on the NBA Lockout and the Red Sox Francona bashing (I doubt he made many friends with this one,,,especially his Boston Globe attack) -- (link) - Evil Beaker Oct 14, 11:20 3
- Good stuff here - - Diva Oct 14, 11:28 2
  - Jason Varitek, whose "C" on his jersey apparently stood for "C nothing, do nothing." --- Killshot. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 11:38
  - this is good logic. (i haven't seen any of his NLCS stuff; good, huh?) -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 11:29
Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to advise forces trying to hunt down leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 11:19 2
- proof that obama is a muslim -- nm - Ghost-time Oct 14, 11:22
- IPO 100! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 11:21

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