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Remember how Europe solved its debt crisis last week? - Brian Oct 31, 11:39 2
- I'm really wondering if the stronge Euro-zone countries don't look into backing out of it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:41
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3 concerts in KC. Night one, Florence and the Machine, night 2 311, night 3 Flogging Molly. - tRuMaN Oct 31, 11:39 2
- that's interesting - I did a back to back Night Before Xmas concert series - it was..different - also: I'm seeing Tesla in a few weeks -- nm - Epiphany Oct 31, 11:40
- Are you going to any of them? -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:39
I have to stop listening to this. ugh. -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 31, 11:37
I have this mental image of me - at an ST -ravaganza gathering - where everyone is there and I look like I'm following a tennis match - my head just - JenBro Oct 31, 11:35 17
- Oh, we really *must* make this happen :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 31, 11:45
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  - gee I hadn't thought about that - the "restraint" in person vs. this board - that might actually be a bit disappointing. But yes - I can hang with - JenBro Oct 31, 11:40 1
    - well, if anyone's the authority on "restraint" at ST gatherings, it's JackDawson... - this is my costume Oct 31, 11:42
  - There is usually a ton of laughter though. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:39 1
    - and remarkably few punches to the face. -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 11:43
  - especially me. total introvert in person. -- nm - TFox Oct 31, 11:38 3
    - nuh uh. - kare Oct 31, 11:41
    - I heard you were an agoraphobe. - ty97 Oct 31, 11:40
    - what.ever. *gives you a live mic and turns on some rap beats* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 31, 11:39
- Hmmm. ST plus shrooms. Now that would be an extravaganza! -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 31, 11:37 2
  - *grinds ST up and snorts it* -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 11:37 1
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- there's a huge curveball hidden in that post. -- nm - TFox Oct 31, 11:36 1
  - ? -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:38
- you did shrooms? - poxie Oct 31, 11:36 1
  - I laugh a lot as it is - you can imagine what they did to me. -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:37
I can't wait for the candy sales tomorrow. Chocolate for everyone! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:34 10
- This reminds me: When do the turkey sales start? The ones like -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:35 6
  - *cough* "Spend $50 here and get your turkey for 19 cents a pounds" -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:36 5
    - Here that's generally the week right before T'giving. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 31, 11:42
    - Most supermarkets have either started those deals or will this week. The place near me started it early in Oct. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:37
    - are you doing a TG dinner this year? do you have ... what was it? a slotted spoon? -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:36 2
      - Friendsgiving, as it was has been dubbed, is now an annual event. The hilarity ensues November 12 (Note to STers: you have FB invites) - ty97 Oct 31, 11:37 1
        
        That's fantastic ... you're going to get really good at TG Ty! -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:39
- tomorrow is maybe the best day of the year... - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:35 2
  - absolutely. - TFox Oct 31, 11:36 1
    - your Halloween Hate disappoints me. - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:38
ahhh officially 50 hours without power, phone or heat. - Jovian Oct 31, 11:32 9
- :( sorry -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:43
- sorry to hear that -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:43
- Total suck. I didn't realize late October snow would be so detrimental. - ty97 Oct 31, 11:35 1
  - yep. book + candle = more than halfway through Devil and the White City -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 11:40
- was it awesomely peaceful and quiet? or were you surrounded by generators till you felt like you were transported to a truck stop in the midwest? -- nm - is it zeit for a geist? Oct 31, 11:34 1
  - very quiet -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 11:41
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- That really sucks. :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:33
- :( -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:33
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- me too -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:31
Stolen from hose311: Enough is enough. I say it's time we amend the constitution to define marriage as a commitment between two non-celebrities. - ty97 Oct 31, 11:27 4
- (one of the things I miss most about facebook is hose.) -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 31, 11:28 3
  - Plus JVN is gay marriage baiting Crazy Dave on FB. The Kardashians are the gift that keeps on giving. - ty97 Oct 31, 11:32 2
    - Well...not exactly trying to bait Dave. If that happens, it's just a bonus. -- nm - Jim Oct 31, 11:35
    - I missed that. Thanks for the heads up. -- nm - spamlet Oct 31, 11:34
What time should I expect kids to start showing up at my door? -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 31, 11:25 12
- yep, just as soon as the sun starts going down. sigh... guess I should go decorate. -- nm - kare Oct 31, 11:39
- sundown -- nm - is it zeit for a geist? Oct 31, 11:31 2
  - you'd better take care. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 31, 11:33 1
    - hey...HEY,,,WTF are you doing back there -- nm - is it zeit for a geist? Oct 31, 11:35
- Here it's officially from 6-8. -- nm - Ender Oct 31, 11:30
- I'd expect an early round of the younger parent-supervised one during daylight, then the older ones alone after dark. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:29
- 6pm - 8pm. Lights on, lights off. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:27
- little ones at dusk, teenagers after 9pm -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 31, 11:27
- Dinner time. -- nm - Jim Oct 31, 11:25 3
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    - golf clap -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:27
  - I hate that crap. Amy is leaving early today to try and speed it up for that reason. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:27
florida woman arrested after attacking her father for not sharing his potato salad -- (link) - poxie Oct 31, 11:21 17
- I'm interested in what type of potato salad it was. Stupid media not getting the full story -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:24 10
  - obviously not that awful german kind - poxie Oct 31, 11:25 9
    - Hold on. Do you honestly hate German potato salad or did Trish make a post sometime about how much I love German potato salad? -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:26 8
      - when made correctly, that stuff is delicious. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:28 4
        
        You are extremely wise. Unlike our friend below. -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:31 3
        
        kartoffelsalat ist sehr schlecht! -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:36 2
        
        NEIN! ES IST SEHR GUT! -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:38 1
        
        dummkopf -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:39
      - the sour kind, they make with red potatoes? - poxie Oct 31, 11:27 2
        
        (again - totally Spy vs Spy) -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:28 1
        
        *drops a safe on crash's head* - poxie Oct 31, 11:29
- this would have never happened had they used mustard. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:23
- always share - Danedukenuuk Oct 31, 11:23
- That mug shot made me duck a punch. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:23 3
  - it's a wigged version of Samuel L. Jackson's character in 'Jungle Fever'. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:25 2
    - i thought the exact same thing -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:26 1
      - that or...Black Gollum. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:30
although, "American Horror Story" still has a long way to go to out creepy "Fringe"... - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:17
this CD is making me carsick. it sounds like drunken midgets with mouthfuls of gauze. how lynchian. -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 31, 11:14 3
- no doubt there is porn of this somewhere on the internets -- nm - zork Oct 31, 11:40
- Tom Waits new album was described as a 'drunken military band' -- nm - is it zeit for a geist? Oct 31, 11:33
- You get enough of that on the weekend? -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 31, 11:18
Good = my friends have offered me a ride to San Diego on Saturday. Not so good = they plan to leave at 6:30am :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 31, 11:14 4
- what?? there's a 6:30 a.m. on saturday?? -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 31, 11:15 3
  - I'd generally be up by then, but in this case I'd need to be across town by then. - MojaveMeg Oct 31, 11:18
  - I think you know it is as "Friday Night" -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:17
  - Rember the ST Poll earlier? *This* is what gives me the heebie jeebies. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:16
bonus prude chat q: she gave money to a fb friend who claimed she needed it for car repairs. turns out insurance had already paid for them - poxie Oct 31, 11:11 23
- This is why I never associate with anonymous people on the internet -- nm - kelly si Oct 31, 11:17 3
  - sfan. heh -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 31, 11:18 1
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  - like on ST, kelly si? -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:18
- did she give it or did she loan it? -- nm - Frankenstandie Oct 31, 11:14
- Did you give it without expecting it to ever be paid back? That's...odd. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:14 1
  - Looks like the person set up a PayPal account and asked her FB friends to contribute what they could - Bloger Blore Oct 31, 11:20
- well, it sounds like she needed the money for the repairs - so I don't see how it is false pretenses - crash davis Oct 31, 11:13 12
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    - don't say stuff like that without telling me I am correct or not :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:15 2
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        Why? She spent the insurance money so she still needed money for car repairs :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:19
  - hey crash, i need money to fix my car - poxie Oct 31, 11:14 4
    - I've got a nifty way you can earn said money. How do you feel about Indiana in November? -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:15 3
      - same way i feel about indiana the other 11 months of the year - poxie Oct 31, 11:16 2
        
        If you increase Batman sales at Downtown Comics, I'm sure you'd earn a commission. -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:19 1
        
        blood money -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:19
  - also, I don't see a real difference in his two choices, B & A -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:13 2
    - Should she do the right hting or should I tell her to do the right thing? -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:15 1
      - I should have read your post. I'm becoming like my friend from a neighboring state. -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:17
- B--then A....then seriously reconsider your need for this person as a friend. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:12
- Duh, never should have "given" it in the first place. Make it a loan from the get-go...you can change your mind on that later. As it is, ask for the - Jim Oct 31, 11:12
- should she a) pay me back since it was under false pretenses, or b) should I ask for it back? - Spawn Oct 31, 11:12
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- Painting a kitty face on mel so he can help me pass out candy. meow! -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:27 7
  - I'm wearing my bathroom and carrying my samurai sword around. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:31 5
    - you could wear my hopi coat and carry the sword. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:38 2
      - can I... - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:40 1
        
        certainly. -- nm - Diva Oct 31, 11:41
    - they whole damn room! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 31, 11:34 1
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  - ha. ha ha. -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:28
- I might go to a movie - my neighborhood is all "seasonal" homes sort of - I learned years ago that kids don't trick or treat on my street. - JenBro Oct 31, 11:27 2
  - tell them you have gum, and it has a fortune in it -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:29 1
    - I was a trusting little sister :) -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:31
- The real Halloween party was the weekend before last. Tonight just handing out candy from 6-8. -- nm - Ender Oct 31, 11:26 1
  - Yeah, our real Halloween party is not until mid November. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:27
- Giving out candy. Full sized candy bars again! Come and get it! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 31, 11:24
- in the patch, awaiting the Great Pumpkin's arrival -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:22
- Passing out candy - I might have to drag a chair out to the end of the sidewalk - several kids have been afraid of our 14ft blow up Frankenstein -- nm - Epiphany Oct 31, 11:21 3
  - Those puss..err..kids don't get candy which means more for you :-)later. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:30 2
    - I've already eaten my fair share - I'm going no candy starting 11-1 through end of the year. - Epiphany Oct 31, 11:32 1
      - Good luck with that. :-) No candy and no chocolate make Krusty something, something. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:36
- rant (don't bother reading) - clockwork jones Oct 31, 11:21
- WeHo Halloween. I plan to meet up with friends and bring along my back-from-Germany bro. -- nm - con_carne Oct 31, 11:21
- well, since i'm on a fast, no candy, no booze.. maybe sit on the porch sipping carrot juice and handing out boxes of raisins. - colin Oct 31, 11:20 8
  - Wait, people really *are* that mean? -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:23
  - might as well just give them the matches and lighter fluid directly -- nm - poxie Oct 31, 11:21 1
    - "oh, and here's the eggs so you don't have to bother running home." - Frankenstandie Oct 31, 11:23
  - oh, you're the RAISIN GUY. - Frankenstandie Oct 31, 11:21 4
    - this - totally this ... unless it's chocolate covered raisens - in which case - YAY -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:24 2
      - What, so kids think they have something good until they bite into it? - Spawn Oct 31, 11:26 1
        
        LOLLLLLLLLLLLL ....c'mon - raisenettes are GOOD ... I never thought about it the way you posted though - and now I can't stop giggling :) -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:32
    - Charlie Brown did better than that, even. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 11:24
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- nada -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 11:19
- i had my night out on the weekend, tonight we'll probably just go for a neighbourhood walk and check out the decor and kiddies running around. -- nm - Frankenstandie Oct 31, 11:16
- hand out candy, avoid eating any candy so the CDC can't single my house out, get to bed early. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:14
- Same as last year. We transformed my living room in an old disgusting redneck diner, we'll ge giving out candies in costume (pictures from last year) -- (link) - Guigue Oct 31, 11:12 [flickr] 7
  - Nice ^5! -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 11:21
  - love it! -- nm - Frankenstandie Oct 31, 11:18
  - Did anyone order the rognons de veau? -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 31, 11:18 1
    - The jokes actually goes way over the kid's heads, all they want is the candy. The parents are more entertained - Guigue Oct 31, 11:19
  - Cool idea. :-) - Krusty Oct 31, 11:16 1
    - Thanks! I wish I did more artsy stuff, I never take the time and only bring out the camera for events... -- nm - Guigue Oct 31, 11:18
  - This is awesome. -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 11:14
- Watching movies with the gf. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 11:12
- Apparently I'm going to a concert tonight, Panic at the Disco, (friend had an extra ticket) -- nm - MDH Oct 31, 11:11
- Boys will be trick or treating, while we sit around the fire pit and have chili and cocktails. -- nm - Jim Oct 31, 11:11
- let Darcy do the decorations & hand out candy - hide in bedroom with cat playing Arkham City -- nm - crash davis Oct 31, 11:10
The best player in baseball is going to be a free agent. -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:09 1
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It was a graveyard smash. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 11:09

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