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some time ago somebody here linked to a store with all kinds of cool robot toys. I bookmarked it, thinking to return and buy something around - mafic Nov 28, 06:25 2
- its not like robotoys.com right? you checked that? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:29 1
  - it was not, but that is good. -- nm - mafic Nov 28, 06:31
NFL: The Blaine Gabbert experiment may have come to an end this weekend. - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:13 4
- Vince Young owners: You'll probably get 1 more start out of him. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:22 1
  - he took some heavy hits yesterday from the Pats. Eddelman really gave him a nice shot to the ribs -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 06:23
- according to the head coach, blaine is still the starter. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:20
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NMBWhine - Kim Pine Nov 28, 06:05 7
- tap darn :( -- nm - Diva Nov 28, 06:21
- This is so totally the opposite of Tap Damn! - prayformojo Nov 28, 06:13
- LYC: I heard a theory about this over the holidays - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:11 2
  - Hmm... - Kim Pine Nov 28, 06:19 1
    - Good luck. - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:26
- sorry :( - colin Nov 28, 06:08
- i believe this can be blamed, at least partially, on the twilight movies. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:06
STIS: FSA/HSA - can you have one independent of a medical plan? - colin Nov 28, 06:01 9
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:20
- IANAL but I'm pretty sure FSA/HSA/etc are not available for self-employed but only as part of an employee benefit package -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 06:16 5
  - i guess contractor is a bit misleading.. i'm contracted out by the company that owns me - they provide (expensive) benefits... - colin Nov 28, 06:21 4
    - if you qualify for their medical plan, then you would qualify for an hsa for it was available. if you are self employed - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:24
    - Maybe you'd qualify for an HSA if your plan is one of those high-deductable ones but I think that's it -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 06:22 2
      - ah. but still need to have a medical plan.. i can't just have an HSA. - colin Nov 28, 06:24 1
        
        yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:25
- the tough thing would be to find someone who's willing to administer it. I mean, you don't have a payroll service to do it for you, right? -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 06:12 1
  - yeah, seems like more trouble than it's worth... -- nm - colin Nov 28, 06:22
cyber monday "I need this" thread: I'm looking for a 1TB portable external HD. what are you looking for? -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 05:59 1
- no idea, but i may know when i see it -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 06:21
It's Cyber Monday today, right? Where the deals at? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 28, 05:52 4
- if you tell us what you're looking to buy, we can better help. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 05:58 2
  - Anything travel or gear related would be good. Is there a good CM deals recap site I should be checking out? - Hotkiss Nov 28, 06:00 1
    - black friday/cyber monday info list -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 28, 11:00
- Virgin Mobile has a sale if you're looking to change phones or provider. - CovingtonCat Nov 28, 05:57
As someone who is not a teenaged girl, I object to the use of "sleep" as a measure of time. -- nm - nubby Nov 28, 05:50 1
- could you use this concept in a sentence? -- nm - colin Nov 28, 06:08
Today this morning showed a video of the Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca dust up. -- (link) - The H-Mogul Clipper Nov 28, 05:45 1
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What was your favorite Bruce Boudreau moment, Caps fans? - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 28, 05:29 1
- Every part from the moment he was hired till he was fired. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 05:37
espn reporting that Meyer is indeed the new coach of THE Ohio State -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 05:13 13
- "seven-year, $40 million deal" -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 05:20
- Also, for those of you not following the Syracuse abuse scandal, it's pretty bad. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 05:20 10
  - Yeah, I'm curious about the coverage, but I have a feeling it's going to blow up huge soon. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 05:52 6
    - Penn State has the Paterno link, and broke earlier. That's the difference, IMO. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 05:55 5
      - And there's no real evidence that Syracuse covered up Fine's behavior. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 05:58 4
        
        The main difference at Syracuse - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:05 3
        
        "participating in "activities" herself..." are you *serious*? (I worked way too much this weekend. I'm out of touch.) -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 06:19 1
        
        Yes. - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:24
        
        her behavior is..god, I don't even know. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 06:06
  - oh yeah, there have been posts, but the news hasn't come flying yet like the Penn State stuff... -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 05:21 2
    - Both of them are right out of an SVU episode - Strongbad Nov 28, 05:46 1
      - yeah, the espn stuff is messed up -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 06:09
- Also, Al Golden has signed a 4-year extension at The U, taking it through 2019. - Strongbad Nov 28, 05:16
The second part of s2 of The Walking Dead should start with - spoilers - Beaker Nov 28, 04:34
Back on the market: Lindsay Vonn - Boobsy Nov 28, 04:22
FF: Down by 3.5 with Jimmy Graham vs. Hakeem Nicks, I think I have a shot. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 04:21 4
- My BF team finally put up a week that I have been expecting all year - oblique Nov 28, 05:21 3
  - Looks like Redmond's moving to 1-11. - Strongbad Nov 28, 05:54 2
    - heh. At least I started *him* -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 06:12 1
      - Redmond went with Mendenhall, Murray and Sproles ahead of him. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 06:20
Invisibles this week; can't figure out 1, 3, 4, or 8 - landbeck Nov 28, 03:27 4
- #1 - znufrii Nov 28, 05:51
- 8? could it be (spoils) - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 28, 03:59
- 3 looks like - kelly Nov 28, 03:44 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 04:31
what, hemaroid ointment? Do you really think the judges will be looking that closely? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 01:07
i think we need to come up with a term for the point in Walking Dead where you start rooting for the walkers - jingle pixie Nov 28, 00:58 2
- mine was when Shane went totally Simple Jack. -- nm - Diva Nov 28, 06:30
- "First episode" - Kim Pine Nov 28, 04:10
OccupyLA due to be evicted tonight, but no raid planned -- nm - budice Nov 27, 23:55
sorry ducks - jingle pixie Nov 27, 23:55
Ahhh. my first Cyber Monday purchase is complete. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 23:04 1
- Now... I sleep. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 23:04
What a tender smile Lil Z possesses. -- nm - David Nov 27, 23:02 2
- :) :) :) nm - ralph wiggum Nov 28, 01:35 1
  - rascally nick, on the other hand -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 28, 02:14
THR talks to Robert Kirkman, he talks about tonight's episode and teases about the second half (spoilers if you haven't seen tonight's episode) -- (link) - The H-Mogul Clipper Nov 27, 22:35 3
- "We have a lot of story to tell on this series and we're not going to be dwelling too much." Hahahahahaha!!! - nubby Nov 28, 05:56 1
  - Also, this is very LOSTy: - nubby Nov 28, 05:58
- I understand that they had to do 13 episodes, for less than they spent (on 6 epis) last year. So we get a season or so of filler. - flavorize Nov 27, 23:01
You vill perform ze course mit ze German precision -- nm - Ernie's Co-Pilot Nov 27, 22:35 1
- That guy was stereotypically hilarious. - Beryllium Nov 27, 22:42
10 movie sequels you probably have never heard of -- (link) - jingle pixie Nov 27, 22:23 14
- This made me wonder what number of Beethoven movie we're up to - Reagen Nov 27, 23:35 2
  - How many Land Before Times? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 05:24 1
    - alot. around 20 or so would be my guess (they started coming STDVD fast and furious) -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 05:28
- Loses points for not listing Shock Treatment. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 23:03 1
  - Hey, if you have heard of it... -- nm - David Nov 27, 23:19
- I heard of all of them except the last two - Reagen Nov 27, 22:25 8
  - i'm sure David prefers Mark Blankfield's Jerk to Steve Martin's -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 22:26 7
    - I've actually been trying to find The Jerk 2 for awhile now. - Banzai! Nov 28, 06:31
    - You're just sour that I am not taking the bait on your We Bought a Zoo nonsense. -- nm - David Nov 27, 22:47 5
      - oh i have no doubt you thought it was just peachy -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 22:48 4
        
        Sold out screenings across the country, near universally positive comments from viewers... - David Nov 27, 22:59 3
        
        devin faraci pretty much nails it -- (link) - jingle pixie Nov 27, 23:03 2
        
        So you ran to IM -- nm - David Nov 27, 23:11 1
        
        Rotten Tomatoes and picked the one dentist out of five who didn't recommend Crest? -- nm - David Nov 27, 23:12
so to reward myself for cleaning my apartment, i'm having a slice of ralph's punkin pie with cool whip - jingle pixie Nov 27, 22:11
So let me see if i've got this straight: you get to eat all the thanksgiving turkey, and i get to chew on a squeaky duck toy? - Schatzee Nov 27, 22:08 2
- And squeaky ducks don't mess with your blood sugars...so live with it. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 27, 22:12
- LOL -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 22:09
This all makes so much sense now. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 27, 22:03
Hah - Alice Cooper is the first caller on the talking dead tonight -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:08 1
- Talking dead is hilarious tonight - spoiler inside - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:23
Just watched Punkin Chnkin 2011. what is it about launching a piece of fruit more than 3/4 of a mile that makes for such compelling tv? -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 21:04 6
- they need to add a slingshot catagory. nothing fancy, just 2 uprights and the sling. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 27, 21:23
- Its applied steam punk, but also consider the amount of effort that goes into making those battle robots (that's what Grant Imahara excelled at) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 27, 21:23 2
  - I'm so hoping that there would be a cross over of sorts and the Mythbusters enter a machine -- nm - JD Nov 27, 21:40 1
    - its been over 25 years, and many different divisions, some of those units look like some serious money, so I can't see any but incrimental differences - zeitgeist Nov 27, 22:02
- For me, tis the tech part of it and the all but NASCAR like hope that something goes horribly wrong -- nm - JD Nov 27, 21:11 1
  - for me, I think it's the childhood joy of watching things go *splat!* -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 21:12
My difficulty in controlling Halo: CE comes from being a passenger in a cooperative party. If I'm hosting, it's great. - Mop Nov 27, 21:02
My son's really keen to see Tin-Tin. *shrug* I'm warming to it. -- nm - Mop Nov 27, 20:57 3
- it does look good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:04
- don't let him run your life, mop -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 21:00 1
  - That's been happening since day 1. -- nm - Mop Nov 27, 21:03
Marcus Pollard must have been a very annoying teammate. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 20:52
Walking Dead spoiler poll inside - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 20:51 21
- Spoilers - amoxy Nov 27, 20:55 20
  - This show gets to me - as I was showering I found myself thinking how I would modify my house to be protected from Walkers - lol -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:00 19
    - should listen/read World War Z. -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:02
    - well it's too late by the time you're in the shower - jingle pixie Nov 27, 21:01 17
      - LOL -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:02 1
        
        c'mon man -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 21:04
      - yep. -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:01 14
        
        anyways, the only modification we have to make before the zombiepocalypse is to the compound gate so crash and spawn can't come back inside -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 21:08 13
        
        Hee - so twisted to think about how to survive a Zombie apocalypse -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:10 4
        
        read World War Z by Max Brooks (son of mel) and the audiobook is fantastic..w/ Alan Alda, carl & rob reiner, Jurgen prochnow and others -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:12 3
        
        Ohhhh audio book sounds fun - thanks! -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:17
        
        I have resigned myself to that the movie is going to be nowhere near the book - amoxy Nov 27, 21:14 1
        
        I'm looking at it as a sidestory -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:55
        
        no we keep crash, we need a chef. -- nm - Remlik Nov 27, 21:10 7
        
        not that badly -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 21:28 6
        
        You'd be toast out there. -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:32 5
        
        Mmm...toast ! -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 27, 21:38 4
        
        You STILL have not broke to make food??? Heh - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 21:41 3
        
        I was bad and hoarded all the turkey for me. She still enjoys quacky duck. - MojaveMeg Nov 27, 21:53 2
        
        Right on! -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Nov 27, 22:08
        
        sure, that's a fair trade -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 22:04
I got alligator arms -- nm - Dwayne Bowe Nov 27, 20:22 1
- That was a sad end to a good quarter for them. Palko should be pissed. -- nm - Fuzzy (mobile) Nov 27, 20:27
Stupid Chiefs -- nm - Dano Nov 27, 20:21
Muppets casting question for those who have seen the movie (spoiler) - mara Nov 27, 20:21 1
- spoiler - Tim Nov 27, 20:22
I forgot about the Toy Story short at the beginning until Jovian said something. I'm a sucker for puns. - Tim Nov 27, 20:12 2
- Do you like honey mustard? -- nm - David Nov 27, 23:00
- The Condor Man gag killed him. -- nm - Mop Nov 27, 20:24
Decide tomorrow night's movie -- Muppets or The Artist? -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 20:10 4
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  - no, but I could catch a late train home, theoretically. will let you know tomorrow if I'm in. -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 20:59
- Artist -- nm - mara Nov 27, 20:18
- The. Artist. -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 27, 20:12

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