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so I think I'm going for the kindle touch 3g. looks pretty cool -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 2, 16:56
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Major airlines hope to raise fares again... -- (link) - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 16:39
Heh, bacon-wrapped matzo balls....sorry PLP :) - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 16:33 7
- I'm watching this as well. What does a matzo ball even taste like normally? -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 16:39 5
  - PLP? Something like a light dumpling? -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 16:40 1
    - yes, and it should almost fall apart in your mouth. the BAD ones end up with the density of a golf ball -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 16:45
  - That Ethopian food looked nasty -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 16:39 2
    - you should try it mixed with Swedish :(( -- nm - Marcus Samuellson si Dec 2, 16:52 1
      - Lol!! I'm watching him on Chopped right now -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 17:00
- mmmmm -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 16:35
'Laugh-In' player Alan Sues dies at 85 -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 2, 16:32 1
- :( -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 16:34
Lobster-trap tag lost during �perfect storm� washes up on Ireland beach 20 years later -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 2, 16:30
There is a very special place in Hell for every programmer who ever worked on Microsoft Word. - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 16:29
Everyone Who Has Used Ticketmaster In The Last 12 Years Is Getting A Refund -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 2, 16:27 3
- there will be a $12.00 "convenience charge" per refund though -- nm - dogbert Dec 2, 16:40 1
  - D'oh! -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 17:01
- And they still get to charge it. Corporate America wins again -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 16:38
The Atlantic: The 10 greatest science photographs of all time -- (link) - con_carne Dec 2, 16:24 4
- I am cracking up at that last pic of the cat and the mouse hanging upside with magnet shoes -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 16:41
- Let me guess: the double helix and the Hubble deep field are both on that list. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 16:29 1
  - Bah. Just a bunch of Life Magazine photos. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 16:34
- (10 *of the* greatest, LYC) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 16:25
Zuzu looks back on her not so wonderful life (nmbl) - Brian Dec 2, 16:11
the Raptors didn't want to charge for exhibition games after the lock out but the league said they must -- nm - zork Dec 2, 15:50 1
- Do they have to charge a minimum? Maybe just charge a can of food for the Food bank -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 15:52
eag, Mel Profit, I suggest you evacuate 45:74 on Ikariam.org - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 2, 15:47 2
- err...Diva. - Mel Profit Dec 2, 15:54 1
  - ooh - lots of troops in Whitechapel 45:74. - Diva Dec 2, 16:00
OK, I just had the patience to watch the new Jon Carter trailer. Seriously. Hot mess. WTF? -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 15:41 4
- Disney does Avatar? The book is worth reading, though, I assume... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 15:56 2
  - I'll say it again: Disney just rehashed Prince of Persia. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 16:35 1
    - Appears to be -- nm - Pippy Special Tramp Dec 2, 16:40
- i'm just happy they made the movie -- nm - the ghost of Edgar Rice Burroughs Dec 2, 15:51
speaking of auto ins, does anybody use that 'snapshot' device? which i assume checks your speeding via gps? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:39
so what is ST's e-book reader of choice? kindle? or something else? FGoing to get one for the Mrs. this Christmas. tia -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 2, 15:32 5
- my android phone -- nm - zork Dec 2, 15:44
- I absolutely adore my kindle, but have no basis to compare it to anything else. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 15:35
- mostly kindle i think. but the new Fire is more like a tablet than a straight e-reader -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 15:32
- My MIL is a voracious reader who has used several e-readers over the years. You cannot tear her kindle away from her. -- nm - psilotum Dec 2, 15:32 1
  - Thanks all. It's what I thought. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 2, 15:36
mel, for something like that (assuming fixed columns) I would do this ... - zork Dec 2, 15:31 1
- thanks. I'm doing it manually. It's not too painful. Thanks for the suggestion however. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 2, 15:55
Yay...my education is paying off!! Saving $40/yr on my auto insurance because I have a 4 year degree :) - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 15:29 5
- hey, now you can eat people food with that extra $3.25 a month! -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 15:32 4
  - With valid auto insurance I shall drive to McD's and order of the dollar menu. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 15:42 3
    - NO!!! go somewhere good and get the senior discount :))) -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 15:52 2
      - BTW, Primal Elements is holding a soap making event in one of the Venetian stores tomorrow. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 15:58 1
        
        Fight Club soap! -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 16:03
McCowan is saying that Quebec City won't be ready soon enough so the Coyotes stil have to move to Toronto -- nm - zork Dec 2, 15:23 6
- the recent announcement to build an arena in Markham "for concerts" makes sense, especially since they admitted to having talks with the nhl - zork Dec 2, 15:40
- What? Like temporary? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 15:37
- wha? Toronto already got a hockey team -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 15:28 2
  - I don't think the Marlies really co... oh, you mean the Leafs! -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 15:29 1
    - *second place* Toronto Maple Leafs -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 15:34
- Uhm...wasn't the point of taking so long to sell the Coyotes to keep them away from Toronto? -- nm - the liioulu with Dec 2, 15:28
Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 15:17
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- Killshot. -- nm - David Dec 2, 15:25
- Thanks: signed: Nickleback banging hot chicks and rolling in money every night -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 15:16
RIP: "squeal like a pig dude" -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 15:12 1
- I hope he went to Heaven. - nubby Dec 2, 16:10
*note to self* Do NOT skip meals and expect to function.... - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 15:07
Wow, I have not looked at the periodic table in a while -- (link) - amoxy Dec 2, 15:05 7
- Wonderflonium proved somewhat controversial. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 15:13
- You really ought to look at it more periodically. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 15:11 2
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Subversive Dec 3, 15:14
  - *hits you in the face with a punstick* -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 15:13
- Heh, 'Livermoreium' -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 15:09 1
  - It'll be a cold day in Hell before I recognize Livermoreium! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 15:21
- Awesometonia just sneaked up on everyone -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 15:09
House GOP rank and file breaking with leadership over payroll tax extension -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 14:56 4
- payroll tax *break*, rather... -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 15:03 2
  - payroll tax break extension actually -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 15:10 1
    - yes - znufrii Dec 2, 15:11
- to clarify: they don't want to extend it, over the support of leadership -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 14:59
Is it possible to post values from notepad to a google spreadsheet? - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:47 14
- well, i would import it into excel then open it in google. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 14:50 7
  - The problem is that... - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:52 6
    - access then. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 14:55 5
      - frig me. - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:57 4
        
        hmm, this is probably beyond me without me having the file and trying things until i get answer, sorry. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 15:10 2
        
        No worries... - Mel Profit Dec 2, 15:13 1
        
        and...things just went bad. - Mel Profit Dec 2, 15:16
        
        trying something... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:58
- How large is this notepad file? -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 14:48 5
  - 76K lines approx. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:49 4
    - Copy and paste sections? And why are you using notebook? -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 14:52 3
      - Does Google have a line restriction? - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:55 2
        
        i think it does, but google it for an answer -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 14:55 1
        
        why google docs? why not straight excel 2007 that takes a mullion lines? -- nm - zork Dec 2, 15:18
Jnine, I'd been wondering if/when you got power back. Can't believe some of the damage I've seen on the news. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 14:33 3
- I'm lucky, most of Venice and Westchester are still out. -- nm - jnine Dec 2, 14:36 2
  - We're seeing more wind and a little high cloud in the last hour or so. It was nice and sunny here all morning. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 14:38 1
    - overcast all morning here, but the sun is out now -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 14:44
Jnine, I'd been wondering if/when you got power back. Can't believe some of the damage I -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 2, 14:32
~UNH~ [nm] - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:28 2
- ~got it baby...~ -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:34 1
  - sent you an email. -- nm - Diva Dec 2, 14:35
Roger More: They have the leader who will lead them into the next election already. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 14:27
Hugo.. not at all what I was expecting, but it was a really cool movie. - colin Dec 2, 14:25
Skyrim has been freezing up on me a LOT more since I downloaded the patch. -- nm - nubby Dec 2, 14:21 4
- I've had one freeze before, one freeze after. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 14:23 3
  - one freeze in the morning and one freeze at night -- nm - colin Dec 2, 14:24 2
    - */ Sunshine gives me a lovely day / Moonlight gives me the Milky Way /* -- nm - nubby Dec 2, 14:43
    - Brain freeze! -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 14:25
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- all the more reason for people to go through with it, making it clearer that we need to solve this at the federal level sooner rather than later, imho - znufrii Dec 2, 14:25 17
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    - if anything it makes it all the more powerful for the people who go through with it, given the risks involved - znufrii Dec 2, 14:37 11
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        My answer to the people who say divorce is too easy is that that isn't the problem, marriage is too easy. - the liioulu with Dec 2, 15:12
        
        "marriage is even doubly so"... not IMO. - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 14:48 6
        
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        In some ways. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 14:58 4
        
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        No, go ahead. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 15:09 2
        
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        Just the experience of doing both. - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 15:33
        
        mmm...happiness and butterflies... -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:47 1
        
        but, yes... - znufrii Dec 2, 14:49
    - just because of a POSSIBLE legal mess, you are proposing DEFINITE unhappy solutions: don't get married, or leave NY for TX - crash davis Dec 2, 14:36 3
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        so, when's the date? :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 15:14 1
        
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- what happened to the bankruptcy court ruling that the DOM was unconstitutional? Re ny couple now in CA -- nm - z-tabulous Dec 2, 14:24
- it is sad, but love is eternal and I don't think the current federal stance has much more than an eight year life expectancy -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 14:21 5
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    - tangent: sexuality aside, I wonder if attorneys have a gloomier outlook on marriage than most professions since the mess ends up on their doorstep -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 14:29 3
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        I don't know why I'm laughing so hard - crash davis Dec 2, 14:37
      - I figure (outside of criminal law) much of law is contracts. In the legal sense, that's what marriage is: a contract. - ty97 Dec 2, 14:30
Sorry for disappearing. Roommate and g/f are both 27/28 -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:16 3
- I guess around $100 seems appropriate, if he can afford that. Obviously the thoughtfulness of the gift is much more important... - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 14:23 2
  - whoa whoa whoa.. two months, $100? no way! -- nm - colin Dec 2, 14:26 1
    - Maybe he could go the Anthony Jeselnek route... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 14:35
even the goth kids on south park think trent reznor kind of overdoes the tortured angst schtick -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 2, 14:16
new business opportunity: Sympathy cards for people with busted tech. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:14 6
- With deepest regrets... you're still using Internet Explorer. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 14:20
- "Sorry your internet is down. Now you can't see those pictures I posted of your wife" -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 14:16
- *sympathy e-cards* for the irony -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 14:15
- like these? -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 14:15
- cruel business opportunity: Sympathy e-cards for people with busted tech. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:15 1
  - the alternative is for Apple to stop making iPad screens out of confectioner's sugar, but we both know that won't happen. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:21
*spends $100 on B2 for Christmas* -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 14:14
25th anniversary of the Keith Smart shot for the IU team. The team reunites this weekend in Bloomington -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 14:12 3
- ::suddenly feels old:: -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 14:21 2
  - you're the Grail Knight - jingle pixie Dec 2, 14:42
  - now it matches how you look! *zing* hey...Cornell show next wed? at murat? -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 14:39
There's an app for B2. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 14:11

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