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Prime Minister of Libya confirming Gadhafi was killed -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:40 2
- Reported pic of Qadafi's body -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 07:45 [Image] 1
  - This is what should have been done with Osama. -- nm - lileve Oct 20, 07:48
Crap, I am a horrible planner. I took today & tomorrow off to get things done around the house that have been piling up. - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:35 11
- you can rent a truck from homedepot or lowes. a corded saw will probably be cheaper than a new battery, depending on the type. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 07:50 1
  - or you could rent a saw from the depot or lowes. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 07:50
- Craigslist -- nm - lileve Oct 20, 07:46
- Could you rent the saw from HD? Sanitation doesn't take carpets? - Krusty Oct 20, 07:41 2
  - No, unfortunately. It's "construction debris," and it's a *lot*. Like, 3/4 of my house. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:43 1
    - Ahh. You could rent the saw but it sounds like the carpet is going to be an issue. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 07:44
- Can you rent a vehicle from Home Depot or Lowe's for an hour to haul the carpet? -- nm - bc/nc Oct 20, 07:37 4
  - Don't they charge by the mile, too? -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:39 3
    - I thought it was around $20 or so an hour. The catch, IIRC, is that they loan it out when you have stuff to transport from - bc/nc Oct 20, 07:45
    - right, sure. but they're closer. aren't they? -- nm - amanda Oct 20, 07:44 1
      - no, one of the uhaul places are closer. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:45
More wristwatch: Which of these do you like? -- (link) - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:34 18
- The Automatic II -- nm - decline Oct 20, 07:39 5
  - yeah, probably my first choice. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 20, 07:40 4
    - Slightly out of my price range. :) -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:42 3
      - ok, the Mellor Automatic -- nm - decline Oct 20, 07:45
      - what???? nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:44 1
        
        I said, "SLIGHTLY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE. :)". -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:45
- The Automatic, The Chronicle SS, The Passport -- nm - Don Homer Oct 20, 07:39
- The Monopoly or The Spencer. (I *really* like The Spencer in the black/gold.) -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:38 2
  - I second the Spencer. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:39
  - I had my eye on The Monopoly. -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:39
- The 51-30 Tide, The Falcon, The Cannon and The Private SS -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 07:38
- The Rotolog in black. -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:37 1
  - I don't know if that's *too* weird. -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:38
- could you narrow it down just a wee bit? -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:35 4
  - Okay, columns 2 and 3. -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:36 3
    - I like the magnacon. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 20, 07:45
    - the Monopoly in matte black/matte gunmetal. the Quattro in all black. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:38 1
      - if Monopoly, I like the rose gold. The Axis is neat. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:42
CivWorld folks (Karl, mara, Tru) - great finish to the game from Hell. Thanks especially to Karl for managing that battle. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:33
Question for the ladies and/or chocolate lovers... - ceregon Oct 20, 07:31 8
- Apple Cider & Donuts! ( it's Fall ) -- nm - JenBery Oct 20, 07:47
- a small variety assortment that has both milk & dark in it. Russell Stover's likely has something like this -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 07:33
- something from a bakery vs chocolates. if someone brought me one excellent brownie, i'd love that. -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:33 4
  - Yup, this. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:36
  - I agree with this. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:34 2
    - chocolates are generic, bakery is 'i thought you'd like this' -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:35 1
      - true but if you don't know them it might be better to not bring things that are "fattening" -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:36
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happy happy Beryllium! -- nm - Divabery Oct 20, 07:27 3
- Happy Birthday you wonderful man! -- nm - con_carnage Oct 20, 07:44
- Happy birthday, Bery! May the chain restaurant employees be singing at the top of their game for you tonight. - bc/nc Oct 20, 07:36
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Dear ST --- it's a rough day, nothing's going right...be funny or at least not combative. - Ghost Hunting Oct 20, 07:23 29
- Wanna talk about the genius of Tony LaRussa? That always makes me feel better. -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:35 1
  - yes, lets do that! nm -- nm - Tony LaRussa Oct 20, 07:35
- I could post another real estate listing...would that help? -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 07:33 14
  - nmbznu - I told the Philly attorneys last night about your house hunting in Conchkshocken (sp?) and they laughed cause I could not say it. - Epiphany Oct 20, 07:35 13
    - heh, I used to share a 650sf apartment with a roommate. and of course no master bath. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:42
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      - In Texas? *small*. Maybe a condo or townhouse it would be normalish But a house, that's bordering on small. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:47
      - that has go to be tiny and he said there was 3 bedrooms but one was too small to use as a bedroom - Epiphany Oct 20, 07:42 1
        
        Sounds like Philly living - Center City ;) -- nm - decline Oct 20, 07:48
      - same size as my 1BR apartment. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:41 2
        
        that's a big one bedroom -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:42 1
        
        it's comfortable. I have a living and dining room. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:47
      - small -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 07:41
      - on the small side. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 20, 07:41
      - it's large -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 20, 07:40 1
        
        no, it's *big*. - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:42
    - heh. sounds about right. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 07:36
- Hmm. - kelly Oct 20, 07:29
- I feel you...today just feels like a swirling mass of anxiety. weeeee. -- nm - Capstern (4 Days) Oct 20, 07:25 1
  - Will, if you can, show us on the doll where the defendant felt you. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:30
- look down one thread -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:25
- "This one is dangerous too!" - Sherriff M16 in a Tiger Pelt Hat Oct 20, 07:24 3
  - *powers through* There's prime rib ... thirty feet....up the road. - Ghost Hunting Oct 20, 07:27 2
    - "is that a Herpie on your lip?" -- nm - Sherriff M16 in a Tiger Pelt Hat Oct 20, 07:29 1
      - There were two monkeys on the loose. -- nm - Ghost Hunting Oct 20, 07:29
- I hate days that unravel so quickly. Hang in there. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:24 3
  - This. Tie a knot at the end of the rope and hang on. -- nm - JenBery Oct 20, 07:31 2
    - " Hang in There" -- nm - Kitty in a Tree Oct 20, 07:32 1
      - *shoots to kill* nm -- nm - Sherriff M16 in a Tiger Pelt Hat Oct 20, 07:34
this makes me laugh more than it should -- (link) - zork Oct 20, 07:23 [Image] 7
- haha -- nm - lileve Oct 20, 07:26
- I'm disappointed with ST. I saw that on Facebook like 20 times already for weeks. I expect ST to be *cutting edge* -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 20, 07:25 5
  - heck, it's been posted multiple times on ST. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:28 2
    - yeah, well, I was away dealing with stuff and missed it all those times. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:31 1
      - true! -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:31
  - weeks? - zork Oct 20, 07:28 1
    - you know what I mean :) -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 20, 07:40
Within 3 minutes of the Cardinals' Fb page posting a status about the win last night, it had over 1700 "likes." -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:17 8
- Pretty sure one of those was me. -- nm - Kim Pine dressed in a Ramona Flowers costume Oct 20, 07:22
- 1700? That actually doesn't seem like that many -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 07:19 5
  - When Lady Gaga posts it literally explodes with likes and comments. I'm like, some people need to turn it back a notch. -- nm - MDH Oct 20, 07:21 2
    - Well my page explodes with comments even when I don't post!!! nm - Madonna Oct 20, 07:22 1
      - i was going to post pretty much the same thing -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:24
  - I wish I knew the precise timing. For all I know, it could have been 30 seconds. -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:20 1
    - yeah, i don't mean to be all johnny raincloud on your excitement -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 07:25
- "like" -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:18
One version of the story: Gadafi wounded in attack on house; captured while trying to flee Sirte.; -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:16 8
- One partial quote: "Pulled out alive and later killed by rebels" -- but not sure if that's from the building attacked or a vehicle while fleeing. -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:19
- From FB: "Add this to the list of things that Obama gets done. I'm beginning to think he's this badass gangster now" - MDH Oct 20, 07:18 5
  - I'll save ML the trouble of posting this...his approval rating on Fighting Terrorism is at 61% -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:21 4
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      - It is definitely not what most expected, myself included. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:30 2
        
        I wonder how much of the foreign policy can be credited to Hillary. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:31 1
        
        I expect that 95% can be attributed to his team of advisors -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:35
- twitter needs to work out the true story. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:18
For the record, they did try tranquilizing the tigers. "He roared, he got up, and he came straight for me.� - Ender Oct 20, 07:15 20
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  - "They were dangerous animals that had to be put down" - Sherriff M16 in a Tiger Pelt Hat Oct 20, 07:23
  - I still want to see someone do this: -- (link) - MDH Oct 20, 07:20
- see, in that situation, i have no issue with the shooting. and good for the vet for trying. -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:18 2
  - my thing is, the people who were there -- ALL of them -- say it was necessary. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:19 1
    - i know what they say. i am done discussing. - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:20
- damn. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:17 1
  - *replaces ether with high dosage uppers* - Ohio Good Ole Boys Oct 20, 07:19
- "He was coming straight for me, you saw him! I had to shoot him! It was self defense!" -- nm - colin Oct 20, 07:16 8
  - I especially like the neighbor they talked to..... - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:17 7
    - I get where you're coming from, but big cats are never, ever tame. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:18 6
      - I am not saying I agree or disagree, just stating what he said. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:19 5
        
        he's wrong. (and I know you're going to crack jokes about me being an expert. go for it) -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:20 4
        
        he did not have a lion walking around in his backyard? nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:20 3
        
        he's wrong that they're tame. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:21 2
        
        Well yeah...now they're dead. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:22
        
        well, they certainly are now. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:22
- Are you sure that's not the transcript from the Rodney King beating? -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:16 1
  - and he certainly could have gotten away in the night too. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:16
- one out of 59 ain't bad. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:16
Ika... - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:15 1
- I am about to go forge hot. Also, as for our other alliance. - The Ruiner Oct 20, 08:07
We could not tranq Khadaffi either, he might run off and hide in a tree at night. nm -- nm - Ohio Good Ole Boys Oct 20, 07:14
An interesting little tidbit I heard this morning regarding Libya... - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:12 6
- small arms? they'll be all over the place by now. I'm sure the fighters will make them work. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:15 5
  - the two things AQ wants...Uranium and SA7s and 9s. - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:19 4
    - I don't know if AQ has any presence in Libya right now. hopefully not. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:21 3
      - I hope not. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:22 2
        
        seems like they were not able to take advantage of revolution in Tunisia or Egypt. - loosibery Oct 20, 07:25 1
        
        I think North Africa is not like the Middle East or even East Africa for them.... - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:38
Bery bery happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:11 2
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - lileve Oct 20, 07:22
- He truly is a Community Organizer. Happy Birthday. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:14
whoa, David speaks the truth -- (link) - zork Oct 20, 07:09 [Backboard]
So Zombie Gadhafi is the go-to Hallowe'en costume next week, right? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 20, 07:07 11
- How would that look different from normal gaddafi? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 07:18
- totally unrelated, but I also hope to see Inmate Lindsay Lohan. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:11 6
  - Slutty Inmate Lindsay Lohan -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 20, 07:46
  - is she out yet? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 07:12 4
    - bail is only 100K, she must be, right? -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:13 3
      - I wouldn't assume she has any cash to post bail. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:15 1
        
        I'm sure she has enough rich friends to scrape it up. at least, she does when it's time to party. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:16
      - she is from what I read this AM. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 07:15
- group costume with his buddy Zombie Bin Laden. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:10
- Or just Ghadafi. "Hey, what? I'm not dead. Look at me! I'm alive!" - BloodyAxeSean Oct 20, 07:10 1
  - like, in a disguise? I like -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 07:10
i will change my nick in honour of ST's creators birthday! -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:06 5
- Now this is a theme nick day I can get behind! -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:07 4
  - hmmmmm. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:12 3
    - I like. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:15
    - Oh, yeah! -- nm - berymarabday! Oct 20, 07:15
    - I like how it sounds -- nm - Pippyrillum Oct 20, 07:14
lir: ok, so if you have something like Berryllium, Inc. at the end of a sentence, is it one period or two? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 07:05 4
- LIR: one.. another reason for having two spaces after a sentence.. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 07:07
- always one -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:06 2
  - never two -- nm - nubbyllium Oct 20, 07:07 1
    - Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold! -- nm - colin Oct 20, 07:18
rocket man -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 07:05 1
- ~And I think it's going to be a long long time, til touchdown brings me around again to find~ -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 07:06

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