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I've heard 3 call-in interviews of current Niners the last few days, Carlos Rogers, NaVarro Bowman, and Kendall Hunter. Two were great, one not so - Stephen Nov 30, 19:00
despite all the hoo-ha about Skyrim, COD still dominates - Max Nov 30, 18:50 2
- Is this according to xbox live? I don't really think it's comparable, it's a solo game so you don't even have to be a live subscriber to play. - Trish Nov 30, 19:00 1
  - The fact that it's #3 on XBox Live is astounding, frankly -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 19:03
FYI--if you want to catch up or refresh yourself on "Justified", FX has been running 2 or 3 eps in the very early mornings on Thursdays. - Trish Nov 30, 18:42 9
- Wigs, did you see season two yet? -- nm - David Nov 30, 18:44 8
  - No. DVD comes out late January and they haven't even started running S1 here, so iTunes is not an option. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 18:49 6
    - You're killing me. -- nm - David Nov 30, 18:54 5
      - Lend her your copy. -- nm - the liioulu with Nov 30, 18:57 4
        
        That would kind of depend on what region the DVD players in Australia use, no? -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 19:02
        
        I own it on Amazon Video. -- nm - David Nov 30, 18:58 2
        
        Yeah, none of the Amazon digital stuff works in Australia (other than Kindle stuff). nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 19:00
        
        *sits back roaring with laughter* -- nm - The Cloud Nov 30, 18:59
  - "Apple Pie" - Trish Nov 30, 18:47
Bwah. Subby currently has $312 in donations for his Movember moustache. - Reagen Nov 30, 18:41
update your scorecards: Alex Ovechkin is dating Maria Kirilenko -- (link) - Reagen Nov 30, 18:37
OMG, canned peaches. I can eat canned peaches. (A nice discovery after two days of near-fasting.) -- nm - mara Nov 30, 18:35 9
- Were they put there by a man in a factory downtown? -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 18:53
- Feels good on your throat dpesn -- nm - the liioulu with books to check out Nov 30, 18:41 6
  - Yes and no. Swallowing anything with that feeling of obstruction there still kind of freaks me out. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 18:44 4
    - It really surprises me that your doctor didn't seem concerned about a lymph node that swollen. - Trish Nov 30, 18:50 2
      - Yesterday, when we started the antibiotics, he told me pretty sternly that I'd need to come back in a few days if I didn't see improvement. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 18:52 1
        
        Oh, good deal. I wasn't around hardly at all yesterday. - Trish Nov 30, 19:04
    - Just got over something similar. Still feels like I scratched (like with a nail) the back of my throat. - the liioulu with books to check out Nov 30, 18:47
  - that last word was supposed to be "doesn't it" -- nm - the liioulu with books to check out Nov 30, 18:42
- non non, do it...slowly -- nm - Max Nov 30, 18:35
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show prank Jon Huntsman. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 18:26
Heh, the porn/condom initiative would require spot inspections during productions... - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 18:09 4
- "Mel Profit, Porn Inspector" -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 18:10 2
  - Don't give him any ideas. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 18:21 1
    - I gave up that dream years ago. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 30, 18:21
- the fights for those jobs would be epic -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 18:10
Does everyone here use their car's parking brake? -- nm - Mop on Evo Nov 30, 17:55 23
- yes -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 19:02
- I always did in the Jeep. Not sure why I've never done it in the Xterra. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 18:39
- Every time, force of habit. Better safe than sorry. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 18:39
- No. Why would you, (unless you're driving a stick)? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 18:37
- Only when driving a stick shift. -- nm - kelly Nov 30, 18:34
- STIS: If I have an automatic, is it really necessary? -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 18:33 1
  - Maybe not necessary, strictly speaking, but certainly a good idea. -- (link) - mara Nov 30, 18:51
- Always, you can fail your driving test here by not using it. -- nm - Karl_S Nov 30, 18:31
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 18:27
- Yup. I have a manual. Put it in first and engage the brake. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 18:26
- always. -- nm - kare Nov 30, 18:21
- Yes, every time. -- nm - Foozzy Nov 30, 18:18
- no. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 18:15
- My wife does. Car's an automatic, so I don't bother unless it's a real slope. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 18:06
- well i don't have a car so . . . -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 18:05
- never have -- nm - dogbert Nov 30, 18:05
- every time. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 18:04
- My sister rarely ever does. - the liioulu without returned books Nov 30, 18:01
- Yes, when I'm not parked on flat ground. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 18:01
- Not as much as I should given how ba it rolls after I let my foot off the brake -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 18:00
- always -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 17:57
- Very rarely. -- nm - nubby Nov 30, 17:57 1
  - look out! runaway car! -- nm - Caroleena .1% grade hill of death Nov 30, 18:29
Some of that "shit my students write" is pretty funny - but "Shalom, motherf*#kers" made me laugh so hard I cried. - kelly Nov 30, 17:55 3
- I found it funny without context and then I saw the site and it became hysterical. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 18:06
- Look down -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 17:58 1
  - I was reading them to Will and had to stop for a few minutes and compose myself. -- nm - kelly Nov 30, 18:03
Survivor spoilers - Beaker Nov 30, 17:52 1
- Spoilers - David Nov 30, 18:13
I got stalked!! To my stalker (who tried to be anonymous but is from Covington, KY), I adore you, I love it all and Crash does too. - Trish Nov 30, 17:48 8
- Nice Stalking! :)) -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Dec 1, 04:01
- Wow! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 30, 19:04
- Score! -- nm - amoxy Nov 30, 18:32
- :) -- nm - kare Nov 30, 18:22
- that's boss. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 18:18
- Nice! -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 18:15
- Wow, Score!! The rest of us have a lot to live up to :/ -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 18:02 1
  - *eating bourbon balls* - Trish Nov 30, 18:07
Burger King changed their fries. - Tim Nov 30, 17:45 16
- Yeah, I noticed this a few weeks ago. Not a bad move. -- nm - Mop on Evo Nov 30, 17:54
- If BK has Wendy's old fries, I might just go to BK. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 17:53
- I actively despise their (old) fries. They make great burgers but their fries blow. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:48 13
  - You mean In-an-Out -- nm - amoxy Nov 30, 17:53 4
    - Never even seen one. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:55 3
      - consider yourself lucky -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 18:06
      - Good Burgers, their fries taste liek the cardboard box they come in -- nm - amoxy Nov 30, 17:56 1
        
        Yup. We'd probably eat there more if the fries didn't taste like crap -- nm - Stephen Nov 30, 18:01
  - They screwed the fries up when they started putting that weird coating on them. Then they fucked up the onion rings when they started to process the - Bacon Nov 30, 17:50 6
    - yes, this. are they better now? -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 18:16
    - their onion rings are a burger topping. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 18:05 1
      - word. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 18:05
    - I loved Checkers onion rings - then they took them off the menu, so now it's back to BK. - kelly Nov 30, 18:04
    - I always remember their onion rings being like that--minced onions, formed in a ring with some kind of edible adhesive and coated with a weird coating - Trish Nov 30, 18:03
    - Am "eh" on the fries. Don't like the onion rings. - the liioulu without returned books Nov 30, 17:52
  - this -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 17:48
Laughing at a FB post by my old company promoting 'made in the USA' purchases... - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 17:39 4
- oh oh! I know this one! that was my dad's specialty when he was a lawyer. - loosi lou who Nov 30, 18:22 1
  - I'm sure in this case we did enough of the assembly to meet the guidelines. It was just raw materials/ingredients that were imported. - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 18:38
- call 60 Minutes - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:40 1
  - Eh, I really haven't been able to hold a grudge. They treated me really well for 9 years. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Nov 30, 17:44
Superman rules Gotham City: Action Comics #1 goes for $2.1 million at auction -- (link) - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:34 7
- Is that the one Nic Cage owned? Anyone know what he paid for it? -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:35 6
  - He's a little broke right now. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:49 1
    - IPO: National Treasure 3 !! -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 17:50
  - i think it is his. records say $150k in 1997 -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:37 3
    - it was stolen from his house in 2000. It's acknowledged that this is that copy. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 17:53 1
      - Wait, so it was recovered? -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 18:43
    - WOOF! Too bad he can't do that well on real estate. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:37
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- Didn't the supreme court rule against this when Abraham Lincoln's administration did it? - Trish Nov 30, 18:00 1
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- I can't believe any court would sanction it though. - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 17:45
- "The Obama administration is threatening to veto the bill..." -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 17:37 2
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    - I have to imagine the Neo-Cons are loving the Obama Administration. - Mel Profit Nov 30, 18:23
- you can pretty much kill a US Citizen with orders from a Secret Court so... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 30, 17:33 6
  - *applies to Secret Court for an order on Spawn* -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:37 5
    - *grants pixie's application on an expedited basis* -- nm - Secret Court Nov 30, 17:41 4
      - hey wait...aren't you the same perso...Oh. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 30, 17:42 3
        
        Heh, he did a Redmond. -- nm - Trish Nov 30, 17:50 2
        
        Redmond is so silly! -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 18:59 1
        
        I am? -- nm - Redmond Nov 30, 18:59
- I thought Dubya already did that? -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 17:31 2
  - I believe he argued you could if picked up outside the US but not in the US. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 17:44
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I had to redo one of my passwords and it had to be 8-12 characters - the liioulu without returned books Nov 30, 17:26 2
- 12 was the max length? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 17:47 1
  - Woah woah woah! If you are going to talk about Max Length make that shit NSFW. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:48
Oh Cochran nm - Jovian Nov 30, 17:23
LOL Survivor: Thailand now available on amazon.com! - Jovian Nov 30, 17:19
Tickets to the Pac-12 Championship game are going for 59% less than a normal Oregon Ducks home game. Tickets as cheap as $17 - Bacon Nov 30, 17:16 11
- sorry that USC cannot come up and whoop you twice in one month -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:42 3
  - I would love another crack at USC even if we lost. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:43 2
    - fly down to the Coliseum next year - jingle pixie Nov 30, 17:44 1
      - Do they ever sell that place out? -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:46
- The Big 10 is having the same problem. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 17:20 4
  - I would have gone in a heartbeat if it was on a Saturday. But Friday at 5pm? Takes 2 hours to get down there from Portland so most folks would have - Bacon Nov 30, 17:22 3
    - Wow, that is horrible timing. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 17:28 2
      - Ideal radio listening, though. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 17:33 1
        
        Yep. I should be able to get home right around kick off. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:34
- we're ok, we're going to a bowl anyways -- nm - UCLA Nov 30, 17:19 1
  - The toilet bowl -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 17:23
Shalom, motherf***as! - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 30, 17:05 5
- War on Christmas!! -- nm - Fox News Nov 30, 17:10 1
  - #OccupyJerusalem! -- nm - Palestinians Nov 30, 17:20
- Christmas quality, Hanukkah prices! -- nm - nubby Nov 30, 17:08
- Gefilte fish! -- nm - budice Nov 30, 17:07 1
  - Gesundheit! -- nm - the liioulu without returned books Nov 30, 17:23
So that's what a whole nutmeg looks like. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 16:51 12
- mmm nutmeg. buy a few and get yourself a microplane grater if you don't have one. you won't regret it. -- nm - kare Nov 30, 17:00 6
  - I didn't know how many I bought, so I got 8. Turns out I needed 1. - ty97 Nov 30, 17:26 5
    - Invest in a small plastic tupperware like container, preferably with a vacumn lid, and store them in a place away from heat. - Trish Nov 30, 18:26
    - They last forever. :) the microplane is amazing for grating Parmesan and zesting citrus fruits too. you'll love it. -- nm - kare Nov 30, 17:35 1
      - very much so. I have a big one and a little one. -- nm - loosi lou who Nov 30, 18:23
    - One lasts a long time. - the liioulu without returned books Nov 30, 17:33
    - bought = needed. They're synonyms. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 17:26
- mandy's in chicago? -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 16:55 4
  - ha. I thought for a second you knew I was shopping for nutmeg today. -- nm - mandy cane Nov 30, 18:34 2
    - and paprika? -- nm - jingle pixie Nov 30, 18:35 1
      - pink peppercorns. (I have no idea. amazon told me to.) -- nm - mandy cane Nov 30, 18:44
  - mandy is everywhere -- nm - budice Nov 30, 17:08
The new Beat Takashi movie starts on HDNet in five minutes if you are in the mood for strange and extreme violence. (nmbcliclicli) - David Nov 30, 16:48

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