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While I'm thinking of it: if you happen to be single, can handle a 1040EZ, and know jammable people who aren't too swift... - TFox Jan 22, 10:58 6
- I'll stick with appletinis and rohypnol, thanks. nm - Dignan Jan 22, 10:59
- oh, testify. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:59
- I seriously don't understand how someone couldn't be able to fill out a 1040EZ, short of illiteracy. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 10:59 3
  - This is why it's awesome. For you, its like taking 10 minutes to do a sudoku. For her, you are like a wizard. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 11:00 2
    - but why would I want to get with anyone that boneheaded in the first place? -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 11:00 1
      - *shakes head* -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 11:01
Hey Truman from b2 - eag Jan 22, 10:46 2
- I would still send it in today. - tRuMaN Jan 22, 10:49 1
  - Yeh I see your point - eag Jan 22, 10:54
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- Homophobic gamblers? -- nm - TaurusII Jan 22, 10:47
- I would imagine the history of rejected disability claims resembles this times 10 -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 10:45
- The latest schtick making the rounds up here is that teenage auto theft caused due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:43 4
  - F.A.S. sufferers have impaired judgement, period. It's a developmental disorder which, IMO, could be classified as a disability. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:47 3
    - I think the disability is the outcome of F.A.S.--since there are degrees. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 11:00
    - FAS is a disability. Stealing twenty plus cars is not. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:49 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:50
- to avoid lawsuits in the future, I'm guessing they have to -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:42 1
  - Or as a result of lawsuits in the past. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:54
- A goverment agency after it was sued for disability checks from a pre-op transsexual gambler who likes to steal stuff and burn it. -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 10:42
- Sounds fine to me. What's your point? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:42 6
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    - I think that if compulsive gambling is in there, so too should alcoholism and other addictions be -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:46 4
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        Yes; if compulsive gambling is not a disability, neither should alcoholism be. - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:50 1
        
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      - just not enough pressure from special interest groups, yet. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:47
- Lawyers making sure to cross Ts and dot Is. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 10:42
I knew this would come back to bite Obama in the ass. He is not the 44th person to take the Oath of Office. Name the one President... - Mop Jan 22, 10:39 9
- Eh, 1 extra person, 7 extra states. Who's counting? -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 10:58
- President Akron. -- nm - Ender Jan 22, 10:52
- Bush -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 22, 10:41
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  - He's into that sort of thing. -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 10:42
- I can't answer this, but I do know that his name was mentioned on Jeopardy recently. Coolidge? or Wilson? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:40
- Cleveland. Discussed ad naseum on the 20th -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 10:39 2
  - and I drive by his childhood home every day. nm - Jovian Jan 22, 10:41
  - ah. that sounds more accurate. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:40
BTW, one huge difference for me about BSG vs. Lost... - David Jan 22, 10:38 14
- One similarity is.... - Dano Jan 22, 10:58
- But did they always plan to make it (BSG) so boring? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:56
- I really enjoyed how crazy Hurley's explaination of everything sounded. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 10:51 7
  - I really liked the whole Hurley plot from last night. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 10:53 4
    - I did too. Love Hurley. He, Sayid and Desmond are easily my favorite characters. - Jim Jan 22, 10:54 2
      - I really just like that... - Mel Profit Jan 22, 10:56
      - same here. I also love Juliet, and the freighter characters are getting fun. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:56
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  - I totally thought that was a wink from the producers. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:52 1
    - Sort of a Kim Bauer wrap-up. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 10:53
- i think there was a story linked here earlier about how (bsg spoiler) - prayformojo Jan 22, 10:41
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- i've heard the lost guys badmouth their own stuff on the official podcast....nm - x Jan 22, 10:40 1
  - I'm aggravated that got a callback last night. -- nm - David Jan 22, 10:47
On Lost, my one problem with last night's ep... -spoiler- - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:34 20
- I think (spoils) - JaxSean Jan 22, 10:38
- Spoils - TWuG Jan 22, 10:38 9
  - I don't think -spoiler- - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:39 8
    - I do. spoils - TWuG Jan 22, 10:41 7
      - Time will tell. Or, just as likely with Lost, it won't. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:44 6
        
        i get the impression that the final season will wrap up everything neatly -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 10:46 5
        
        I think some things will be left unanswered (old spoilers) - Guigue Jan 22, 10:51 4
        
        I also don't think we'll ever get an explanation of the smoke monster -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 10:54 3
        
        in the season preview they showed somebody being dragged at high speed through the forest (I think the monster returns) -- nm - RazorHawk Jan 22, 11:06
        
        I disagree on that one. They talked about it too much last season (spoilers) - Guigue Jan 22, 10:57 1
        
        Also (spoilers for 1st season) - Guigue Jan 22, 10:57
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- I think (spoil) - loosilu Jan 22, 10:37 2
  - But that was my "resources" comment. -spoiler- - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 10:38 1
    - doesn't it seem like - loosilu Jan 22, 10:42
- I'm kinda with you on that. It's like a huge long elaborate plan to break into a house, when the front door is standing wide open. -- nm - Jim Jan 22, 10:35 4
  - not "alone in NY" but "Lost in NY"? :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 22, 10:36
  - Yup. They're working too hard to make the pieces fit but after last year's comeback, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. -- nm - David Jan 22, 10:36 2
    - Without a doubt. I'm loving the show again. That's a very minor nitpick really. (spoiler question) - Jim Jan 22, 10:39 1
      - spoil - TWuG Jan 22, 10:45
I think the housing market has very little room left to fall, really. hyde, aren't prices about inline with historical home price inflation now? -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:33 22
- Regional is absolutely right. In my neck of the woods, the increase was more gradual so home owners think they're safe. - Mop Jan 22, 10:40
- it's very regional, but nationwide supply levels are still pretty high imo, even with housing starts cratering. there's a lot of inventory to.... - x Jan 22, 10:38 9
  - Yeah, the National Association of Home Builders puts the excess inventory at 1.5M homes (nm) - Brian Jan 22, 10:50
  - my point is that if you wait too long for the bottom, you'll certainly miss it. I would rather lose on this side, I think. - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:45 7
    - i thought you were asking broadly if i thought there was still room for downside. i don't have any input on what people do with their own money...nm - x Jan 22, 10:51 2
      - oh I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to imply that at all. I'm not asking for advice. I've pretty well made up my mind. - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:55 1
        
        no, it's cool. i just try and stay clear of the "it's a good time to buy" or "it's a terrible time to buy" stuff i see here a lot... - x Jan 22, 11:01
    - That's very risky. There's a lot of down side and very little up side. - Mop Jan 22, 10:48 2
      - In real estate, there's always an upside. It's just a matter of how long it takes. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 10:55
      - I don't have a family for whom I need to be risk averse. I can absorb that risk. - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:49
    - bottom or not bottom doesn't matter when it's still out of your range. (not you, me) -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:46
- I'm waiting for Obama and hyde to tell me when to buy. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 22, 10:35 2
  - i never tell anyone to buy anything...nm - x Jan 22, 10:39 1
    - No. Tell me! Tell me! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 22, 10:40
- I think it depends on the area. still too high here, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:34 7
  - I agree. I think the (formerly) hot/overpriced markets still have a ways to go. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 22, 10:37 6
    - I think DC and LA and SF were the worst. I think FL is close to bottom, but the rest still have room to fall. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 10:46 1
      - DC has about 15% left to go if it does at all. It'll hit pass the bottom before summer next year. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 10:59
    - heck, in my neighborhood the foreclosures are still rolling in. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:38 3
      - According to this website, in my city there are 672 homes for sale, 228 of which are foreclosures. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 22, 10:44 2
        
        534 here with only 4 foreclosures -- nm - CQ Jan 22, 10:49 1
        
        I'm not at all shocked at the rate of foreclosures here. So many people jumped in to things they could not afford. People I know, even. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:51
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LIR: or a good seafood restaurant. Friends went to one here and asked if the lobster was fresh ... "They got off the plane an hour ago" -- nm - zork Jan 22, 10:33 2
- Aren't they usually alive until the last minute? -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 10:35 1
  - i guess they wanted to know if they had been sitting in the tank for days -- nm - zork Jan 22, 10:57
Follow Up (And thanks for the strong response): To those that rarely eat frozen fish, why would that be? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:32 9
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- Mercury. I already reach my limit with canned tuna and restaurant seafood, I think. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 10:36
- I live in a maritime community. There's effin fish everywhere. I don't ever buy fish, I catch it -- nm - CQ Jan 22, 10:34 1
  - actually, every once in a while I'll get fish and chips at a restaurant -- nm - CQ Jan 22, 10:37
- fresh tastes better -- nm - decline Jan 22, 10:33
- they're rarely fresh -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 22, 10:33
- I didn't say I don't eat frozen fish. I said I don't BUY frozen fish. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:33 2
  - your own catches? - zork Jan 22, 10:34 1
    - Sometimes, yes. I still have some smoked stuff in the freezer. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:37
I have to remember to laugh at my father for bleating at me about buying a condo over the last few years. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 10:32 11
- I sold my condo in March of last year for 30% more than what I paid for it. Guess it was just in time. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 22, 10:52
- I do the same thing to my dad. It's less fun b/c he still has a house on the market, going into the 3rd year. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 10:38 2
  - 3 years? is he refusing to drop the price enough or something? -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:48 1
    - Complicated. It's his soon-to-be-ex-wife's place, so it isn't fully in his control, and she's dumber than her own herpes. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 10:51
- that people didn't see the run up as unsustainable never really ceases to boggle my mind. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 10:36 1
  - With the market in Victoria the way it is right now, we're probably sitting at dead-even, zero change since we bought - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:39
- Dad had been the same way with me and said at Thanksgiving how smart we'd been to wait. - David Jan 22, 10:35 2
  - I can't say that my resistence was part of a Grand Plan but it's the best opportunity I've had in ages. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 10:40
  - I also had a gut feeling it wasn't right. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:37
- I bought a condo over the last few years. Now I'm tempted to buy a house. - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:34
- my dad crunched numbers for me 3.5 years ago and told me it's cheaper to rent. God bless him. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:33
Callisto, my wife was ... - zork Jan 22, 10:32
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- I itemize and I would say, not complicated. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:35 21
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    - You should work at the library at tax time. Simple to us is really, very, not simple to many, many people. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 10:40 19
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        The more we try and idiot-proof the tax system, the more the universe will create bigger and better idiots. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 10:58
        
        it would be great if everyone was as smart as us. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:50
        
        They get very confused about what forms they need. It's sad, actually. And they don't have the computer skills to do it online--or a computer. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 10:46 6
        
        About 5 years ago, I had to show a girl I was trying to get done how to, basically, Google the word "taxes". - TFox Jan 22, 10:50 5
        
        People are scared they are going to screw up. And, honestly, they just don't have the literacy skills/vocabulary the forms require. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 10:52 3
        
        I get that. I had to help SheFox backfile a bunch of years' taxes when we got together too. - TFox Jan 22, 10:54
        
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        OMG, the lines are ridiculous. We used to host tax assistance. Hundreds of people would get turned away every day. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 10:56
        
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        1 way would be converting federal/state income taxes into a sales tax - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:45 2
        
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        Point taken. - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:48
        
        I'd agree with this. There is a chunk of the population that aren't going to comprehend doing their taxes fully, no matter what it looks like. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 10:44
      - This is similar to the point I'd make - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:41 4
        
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        I'm not necessarily in favor of simplification just because people don't understand it - Strongbad Jan 22, 10:47 2
        
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Our house is still worth what we paid--if I go by what other houses in the neighborhood have sold for. -- nm - Amy Jan 22, 10:31 5
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- I couldn't have time better on our townhouse. We're still up ~50%. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 10:35
- That's fantastic. Congrats. -- nm - David Jan 22, 10:33
- Our house is still worth what we paid for it if I go by what the county uses to set the taxes - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 22, 10:33
- you're in a strong market. this area is still (IMO) inflated. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 10:32
No touching or licking at Toyko Fish Market... -- (link) - amoxy Jan 22, 10:31 1
- that place is awesome. and damn if the stands at that place don't have the best g-d suhi i've ever eaten....nm - x Jan 22, 10:34
"She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain..." -- nm - amoxy Jan 22, 10:30
B2 overflow -- nm - zork Jan 22, 10:29

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