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The Planeteers are the kids from the Magic School Bus. -- (link) - mara Mar 5, 09:30
znu, what's up with the house offer and the paint? -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:25
St Poll: What was the last food item you were absolutely in love with, but then stopped getting cause you were so over it? - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:24 3
- Caramel Bugles -- nm - Bacon via droid Mar 5, 09:28
- Cheetos Puffs -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 09:28
- Rosemary & Olive Oil Triscuits--I think I od'd on them. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:26
ST Poll: A) Do you own an IPad. B) Do you own a non-IPad tablet? -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:18 24
- no and no. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:31
- no and no -- nm - Beaker Mar 5, 09:30
- I played with this this weekend (msi tablet) -- (link) - jones Mar 5, 09:28
- yes. no. (if a nook counts, does an ereader?) -- nm - jones Mar 5, 09:26 1
  - That should be a separate choices I think. C) E-reader. -- nm - decline Mar 5, 09:28
- Yes, no. -- nm - pmb Mar 5, 09:26
- failed to answer my own poll. no, no. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:26
- No, no. -- nm - MDH Mar 5, 09:25
- No. Yes, Samsung Galaxy 10.1 -- nm - sgtmike Mar 5, 09:25
- Yes, yes (original Nook) -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 09:24
- no. no. -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 09:23
- Yes period No period -- nm - Stephen Mar 5, 09:22
- No. Yes, Kindle Fire. - Trish Mar 5, 09:22
- I have a gtablet. my girlfriend has an iPad. and I plan to get a kindle fire when the 10" one comes out -- nm - decline Mar 5, 09:20
- No, no. (A thousand times no.) -- nm - mara Mar 5, 09:20
- yes. yes (Kindle Fire). -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 5, 09:20 3
  - Which do you like to use more? I've thought about a kindle fire because I could see it's even greater portability making it almost preferable unless - pmb Mar 5, 09:26 2
    - I have the Fire as my "carry it around" device. The iPads stay at home -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:33
    - I like the iPad better overall. It has better apps and I think it's somewhat more user friendly. - Kim Pine Mar 5, 09:31
- No, no -- nm - Strongbad Mar 5, 09:20
- Yes. i did, i gave it away (I didnt need two) - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:20
- no, no -- nm - ceregon Mar 5, 09:19
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- A) Yes (two actually). B) Yes (Kindle Fire) -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:19
LYC: I signed up for iTunes Match last night - oblique Mar 5, 09:18 5
- Isn't that what Amazon already does for free? -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:30 1
  - Yes, but not on iOS devices (at least not as slick) -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:33
- the what what? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:25
- There are still so many thing I don't understand about that service. Will it match song ripped from a CD, or are they uploaded? - Guigue Mar 5, 09:25 1
  - It does match songs from CDs but I have no idea how it works -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:32
Yahoo considering making a bid for broadcasting 2014 and 2016 Olympics in Canada after IOC rejects other bids as too low...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Mar 5, 09:10 3
- why doesnt apple just bid, then only allow it to be viewed on iphones and ipads. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:16 2
  - iOC? -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:16 1
    - iMedals -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:22
PCs to go the way of the dodo and printed books, thanks to new iPad -- (link) - znufrii Mar 5, 09:08 9
- I enjoy my ipad, but it is no substitute for a computer. Other than some games and reading books (and to some extent watching videos, though I find - pmb Mar 5, 09:25
- The article title is probably right in its use of 'decline of PCs' - ty97 Mar 5, 09:16 6
  - For personal use I absolutely agree. I use my tablet a hell of a lot more than I use my PC now but can never see doing so at work - decline Mar 5, 09:20 4
    - I agree. Tablets are not business devices* - ty97 Mar 5, 09:23 3
      - its basically a large iphone, if you can do all your business work off an iphone, then you could with an ipad. - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:25 2
        
        the ipad's not the only tablet. some tablets have flash. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 09:29 1
        
        true -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:31
  - this. Our iPad replaced a large amount of our laptop and desktop use but we still need/prefer it for some things - oblique Mar 5, 09:17
- no. not really. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:14
Add AOL to the list of fleeing Rush advertisers -- (link) - sgtmike Mar 5, 09:02 1
- No more AOL CDs for your Rush! -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:04
there is no pink in a rainbow. (things i learned today). - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:00 5
- ROY G. BIV, Random Andie fact, i arranged the folders in our supply room in proper rainbow order last week on a whim. -- nm - Andie Mar 5, 09:06 4
  - (spoiler -- there's no I either.) -- nm - mara Mar 5, 09:21
  - did you add a pink in there to confuse people? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:08 2
    - isn't Pink just light red? you don't mix colours to get pink... -- nm - Andie Mar 5, 09:08 1
      - you do mix - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:14
Next board, I promise to like at least one thing. -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 08:59 2
- *makes universal sign for I'll be watching you* -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:20
- Popeyes? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:01
"The Obama administration will extend mortgage assistance for the first time to investors who bought multiple homes before the market imploded" -- (link) - ty97 Mar 5, 08:59 17
- I don't know *anyone* who's been able to get help through the program. so I think this sucks. - jones Mar 5, 09:31
- *do not like* -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 08:59 15
  - this. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:00 13
    - My visceral reaction was the same, but if it assists in solidifying the housing market for the whole of us, I can get over it. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:01 12
      - i understand the rationale for it, i just dont believe we should be bailing out people who where investors - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:04 11
        
        I agree, but if we're cutting our nose to spit our face perhaps we need to swallow our pride - ty97 Mar 5, 09:05 10
        
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        We're on, what, Year 4? 5? I'm not convinced anything's going to work at this point, but am willing to try. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:17 6
        
        They could try reinstating the first-time homebuyers tax credit... -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 09:22 2
        
        wasnt really that successfull in helping the housing market - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:23 1
        
        oh sure - znufrii Mar 5, 09:25
        
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        I'm not sure you can draw that conclusion. You can just as easily say we haven't given enough force. - ty97 Mar 5, 09:22 1
        
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        This has been done repeatedly throughout the economic crisis though. It's like "how much bad behaviour do we need to reward?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 09:09
        
        naw, just cut more noses. no nose for you. no nose for you. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 09:06
  - Is this supposed to be a reply to Pippy below? -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:00
From Bwhatever, yes most girl scout troops will donate cookie boxes if you tell them you want to do that. - spamlet Mar 5, 08:57 2
- Ah, thank you. I was originally hoping they'd get the full benefit of the donation but I'm glad it goes to a good cause. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 5, 09:05 1
  - I suppose you could just give them the cash and tell them to use it for troop activities. - spamlet Mar 5, 09:25
LIR MDH. project X is a rental. I promise. No male eye candy. It was tragic -- nm - Epiphany Mar 5, 08:55 3
- It does have gratuitous boobs. If you are into that kind of thing -- nm - Epiphany Mar 5, 08:56 2
  - Oh no! None of that for me, thanks. -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 08:58 1
    - we know, you prefer to pay for your boobs. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:02
"RT @TaxResolution: We have decided to join other advertisers and suspend our sponsorship of The Rush Limbaugh Show." -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 08:51 5
- Of course they all say they are "suspending" their sponsorship, meaning they'll wait a few weeks until this dies down and then pick it up again. -- nm - pmb Mar 5, 09:01
- I hate these people with a fury. "Are you a scofflaw who doesn't pay his taxes like normal people? We can help you!" -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 08:59 1
  - mean old IRS. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 09:24
- What an odd way to say it. "We are doing it because everyone else is" -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 08:58 1
  - Exactly what I thought. Shows no conviction -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:02
jenga for iphone is free "for a limited time." yeah, I'm on that. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:50
LYC: Weird thing with my wife's iPhone 4S. She's been having problems with texts not being received. I finally traced it down to - oblique Mar 5, 08:48 17
- bug. report it. earn prizes. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 5, 09:11
- "hyphen" -- nm - Stephen Mar 5, 08:53 1
  - In reading the link I found below it seems like maybe it's using "em dash" when she says "dash" and that is a special character - oblique Mar 5, 09:00
- perhaps siri has another word that means dash. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:51 4
  - hyphen? -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 08:53 1
    - "Tomorrow I'm working full hymen time!" -- nm - damn you auto correct Mar 5, 08:55
  - It looks like a "double-dash" on screen in that I can visually distinguish it between the minus sign - oblique Mar 5, 08:52 1
    - report is as a bug to apple. - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:53
- wait. you can punctuate in siri? -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:50 8
  - mandy, I found this page while looking around. It has some very interesting siri dictation things you can do -- (link) - oblique Mar 5, 08:57
  - pretty sure most voice-to-text does that -- nm - decline Mar 5, 08:51 1
    - I had no idea. not like I use siri often, but when I do, people always reply "hi siri" because you can tell. - jones Mar 5, 08:59
  - "bitch comma you better have that pie ready when i get home comma you feel me question mark send" -- nm - TFox Mar 5, 08:51 3
    - "interrobang" -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 08:53
    - It took me a full half minute to figure out what grammatical construct a "bitch comma" might be -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 08:52 1
      - it's something they learn in ~bitch school~ -- nm - Max Mar 5, 09:02
  - she even does "smiley face" and "frowny face" - oblique Mar 5, 08:50
LYC: I just looked at all of the new broadway shows coming this Spring, I've actually seen one of the ones premiering in April - MDH Mar 5, 08:47 1
- *adds it to the list* - znufrii Mar 5, 08:50
there is probably something wrong with me, but i cant stop laughing at this -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:46 4
- I LOVE that. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 08:50
- that. is. amazing. -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 08:47 2
  - you might like this as well. -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:50 1
    - nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 08:51
Just want to thank everyone again for the Blood Sugar test tips! They were a great help! It's a much smoother process now. Thank you! -- nm - lileve Mar 5, 08:44
Time to change clocks again? -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 08:43 2
- Yup, next weekend. -- nm - mara Mar 5, 08:44 1
  - already? sheesh... -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 08:45
I once observed a photo being taken of a black man eating a taco. - Beryllium Mar 5, 08:42
so you to can play the part of loosilu with nukemap. pick a place, pick the size of the nuclear bomb, then get the radius of damage for that bomb -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:40 2
- This is scary... -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 08:49
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It's a good thing that some of you post here, to balance out some others of you who post here. -- nm - TFox Mar 5, 08:39 5
- UT whipped Vandy. Deal with it. -- nm - David Mar 5, 08:44 4
  - I wonder if they'd have to beat them again to get into the tourney. - TFox Mar 5, 08:46 3
    - They need Ole Miss to win to have a realistic shot. - David Mar 5, 08:52 2
      - I don't know, I think the selection committee is going to have a hard time ignoring their 2 seed in the SEC tourney, honestly. -- nm - TFox Mar 5, 08:53 1
        
        They lost to some awful teams, though. A lot depends on whether we are given a reset since Stokes arrived. - David Mar 5, 08:55
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- Brolin's TLJ is dead on, though. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 08:42 3
  - Yes -- nm - Epiphany Mar 5, 08:54
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    - That was impression. -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 08:49
- looks painful. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 08:39
god I so want those stupid cicadae. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:38
Let's go to HSX for lunch. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 08:38 12
- hsx was down this weekend. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:38 11
  - (for parts of the weekend. I couldn't even buy the stupid lorax.) -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:39 10
    - Did you see RS is predicting 50s for John Carter?! - ty97 Mar 5, 08:40 9
      - I was down on this project a while ago, but the advance word has me excited again, and I generally want Pixar live action to do well. -- nm - TFox Mar 5, 08:41 7
        
        I'm totally up for seeing it. I read the Burroughs books as a kid and loved them and I adore Taylor Kitsch. He was so cutely enthusiastic on Letterman - Trish Mar 5, 08:56 2
        
        But do you like him enough to see Battleship? -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 08:58 1
        
        *sharp intake* errrr, uhh... -- nm - Taylor Kitsch's mother Mar 5, 09:08
        
        The word from people who have seen it has been rather positive -- I just don't know if that's enough to turn around the lack of general interest. - ty97 Mar 5, 08:45
        
        I cautiously think the latest TV spots have been a step in the right direction -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 08:45 1
        
        and then I considered vegetarianism... -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:45
        
        and then we had to reassess our friendship... -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:44
      - NFW. I will choose hot buffalo over PB hot for a month if that happens. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 08:41
meh -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 08:37

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