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Does ST remember last week that my mother suggested I move to Florida and live with my parents so I could save lots of money? - ty97 Mar 5, 10:26 12
- And then what did you say? -- nm - Diva Mar 5, 10:29 3
  - I forget precisely what I said, but let her know that she misinterpreted. - ty97 Mar 5, 10:31 2
    - I'm sure you were definitive yet kind. -- nm - Diva Mar 5, 10:33
    - "No, no. I was just humouring your crazy suggestion." -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 10:33
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  - What am I, znufrii? -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 10:29 5
    - Jack Dawson ignores znufrii's posts like spamlet ignores the Hazel Bloom recipes -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:33
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      - you say that like it's a bad thing. -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 10:37
    - you didn't lose *that* much weight. -- nm - TFox Mar 5, 10:30 1
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- As I recall, this worked really well the last time you tried it :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 5, 10:27
I should probably get gas today....it's been over 5 weeks since I last filled up... - MojaveMeg Mar 5, 10:16 8
- $4.29 at one station near me. Take a bus people! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 5, 10:31
- $3.58 here. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 5, 10:30
- $4.35/gal...woo socal -- nm - budice Mar 5, 10:27
- I have no idea. Diesel was 3.87 last I checked. - spamlet Mar 5, 10:24
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- 3.99 last night -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 10:22 2
  - 3.67 in hamburg, 3.87 in state college. -- nm - jones Mar 5, 10:23 1
    - I'm expecting something in the 4.25 - 4.50 range...and we have a road trip in a couple of weeks :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 5, 10:26
Community-theus. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 10:16
I have been at my parents house since last tuesday, leaving tomorrow. I have to say this has been a (mostly) wonderful week. - kelly Mar 5, 10:14 3
- That's awesome. - Krusty Mar 5, 10:35
- hmmm. that sounds mostly good, except for the dad stuff. (Has he been checked for thyroid issues?) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 5, 10:23 1
  - Maybe...the problem here is that he is over medicatingand is also depressed, and refuses to do anything about either (despite what the doctors have to - kelly Mar 5, 10:33
STIS&F: So I'm bringing this guy in for a second interview but I'm pretty sure I'm going to hire him. What questions do I ask to make sure he's legit -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 10:09 6
- "So, if you are checking the log files and see an entry entitled Groiny Sucks under my log-in...how would you handle that...hypothetically?" -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 5, 10:33
- "do these Dockers make my ass look big?" -- nm - pixitude Mar 5, 10:11 1
  - "No. Chipotle makes your ass look big." -- nm - Honest Interviewee Mar 5, 10:17
- "If you went camping with a coworker, and woke up with a sore ass and a wet back, would you tell anyone?" -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 10:11
- Star Wars or Star Trek. Did Han shoot first? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 10:10
- "do you ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight?" nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 10:09
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ipad gripe. why cant i use google docs on the ipad? why is there no google docs app? - tRuMaN Mar 5, 10:06 4
- Weird, it's worked for me when I've used it. -- nm - Stephen Mar 5, 10:18
- yeah, it sucks. Many of those "office" type apps on the iPad support Google Docs (quickoffice, etc) -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 10:07 1
  - i dont know if i need a full time app for docs/etc, especially at their rates. accessing the docs from a browser would be fine - tRuMaN Mar 5, 10:09
- I don't think they're planning on making an app, just improving the website. I hear the spreadsheet works better. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 5, 10:07
OK, crowdsourcing. Name three things that are iconic of the 80s - prayformojo Mar 5, 10:03 34
- hair bands...mtv videos. Car phones..alt long distance. Jogging and aerobic tapes -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 5, 13:45
- synthesizers, :20 minute workout, *home* computers: Apple ][, C64, Amiga -- nm - zork Mar 5, 11:05
- Men At Work, INXS and Crocodile Dundee -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 10:43
- Rap -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:38
- Hair nets, lowriders, Fernando Valenzuela, freestyle dance music -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:35
- atari, dallas, van halen -- nm - remlik Mar 5, 10:33
- Cabbage Patch, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:31
- Trickle down economics -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:30
- AIDS -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:29
- Wham! parachute pants, Duran Duran -- nm - ceregon Mar 5, 10:28
- Yugo, Fiero, Taurus -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:28
- BMX, keytars, high top sneakers -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:27
- Madonna, pastels, shoulder pads -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:25
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  - hypercolor was 90s. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 10:24 2
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      - That's a poorly worded sentence. Generra introduced children's wear in 1986 --- in 1991 they made hypercolor shirts - Reagen Mar 5, 10:36
- Madonna lace gloves, skinny ties, big shirts. -- nm - loosilu Mar 5, 10:20
- Where's The Beef?, The Lakers, Kirk Gibson home run -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:19
- more music videos than reality tv on MTV, the Swatch, and big hair -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 10:16
- The Cosby Show, Miami Vice, Ray Bans -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:12
- Reagan, Rubik's Cube, cocaine -- nm - pixitude Mar 5, 10:07
- music videos, leg warmers, alf. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 10:06
- nice reliant automobiles -- nm - Beryllium Mar 5, 10:06
- Neon printed clothing. Molly Ringwald. MTV (original MTV) -- nm - Andie Mar 5, 10:06
- hair bands, spandex, new wave -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:05
- Big Hair, Legwarmers, $1/gal gas :) -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 10:05 1
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- John Hughes, Deloreans, MTV -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 5, 10:04 2
  - I'm trying to think of high-school-oriented comedies before 1980 and all I can think of is Animal House. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 10:34 1
    - I think that's 1980 even. Grease too, iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 5, 10:34
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  - Breakdancing! -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:23
  - reading is FUNdamental! -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 10:05
Good grief, Heather's view from her new office is fanfreakingtastic - prayformojo Mar 5, 10:03
How Groupon sees spring break: UV Tan, Laser Hair Removal, Designer Sunglasses, Detox, Waxing, Hotel stay - oblique Mar 5, 10:02
The Obama administration claims another victim. -- (link) - mara Mar 5, 10:02 4
- Is that guy he's posing with supposed to be an Obama impersonator? Are we supposed to think he looks like Obama just because he's black? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:12 2
  - According to the caption, it's from a 2003 episode of Whoopi. Weird, since Obama was a state senator at the time. - Roger More Mar 5, 10:30 1
    - Yeah, that guy is the actor who played Whoopi's brother. That's some all-time bad captioning -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 10:39
- I almost made this joke last night. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 10:02
According to E! news just a few moments ago, Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow went out 3 nights in a row during Oscar weekend in LA. - Trish Mar 5, 10:01 1
- *Katy Perry kicks dirt* -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:13
Spiders actually look bigger to arachnophobes -- (link) - ty97 Mar 5, 09:50 1
- That made me think of the Raising Hope episode with the spiders and panty-hose - oblique Mar 5, 10:01
here, ST, have a cookie. - kare Mar 5, 09:50 16
- Oh, dear. Make that *four* recipes sent to my wife. - spamlet Mar 5, 10:16 3
  - "Look dear. See what this other man's wife does for him?" -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:28
  - WOMAN! Make me some food! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:26
  - hee hee. -- nm - kare Mar 5, 10:18
- *like* -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:13
- :) -- nm - kare Mar 5, 10:07
- Happy Kitchen Treaty Day!!!! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 5, 10:00 1
  - that smiley up there was for you. see: :) -- nm - kare Mar 5, 10:08
- How have you been doing? How's your foot? - Trish Mar 5, 09:53 5
  - i'm doing pretty okay now. :) thanks. it's been kind of a roller coaster (in a way the injury sort of sent me off the deep end for a bit) - kare Mar 5, 10:07
  - she and remlik are going to have a race-off -- nm - pixitude Mar 5, 09:54 3
    - did remlik get hurt too? damn! ender, remlik, me ... careful, folks. ST might be cursed. -- nm - kare Mar 5, 10:08 2
      - he had another foot surgery. -- nm - loosilu Mar 5, 10:21 1
        
        and became mayor of the surgery center on foursquare -- nm - remlik Mar 5, 10:35
- blog *subscribed* - oblique Mar 5, 09:51 1
  - yay! :) -- nm - kare Mar 5, 09:53
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Rice krispiehenge, ha! -- nm - loosilu Mar 5, 09:45 2
- Theories suggest its purpose was to be part of this complete breakfast -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 09:47 1
  - they were floated to their location by a river of milk. -- nm - loosilu Mar 5, 09:49
NFL: Franchise tags..Lions DT Avril...KC WR Bowe...Kickers Prater and Scobee get tagged -- nm - budice Mar 5, 09:44 2
- BTW...Peyton's $28M comes due Thursday -- nm - budice Mar 5, 09:48 1
  - and the rules say irsay cant see peyton throw in person - remlik Mar 5, 10:37
also, it was 30 years ago today that John Belushi od'd at the Chateau Maramont -- nm - pixitude Mar 5, 09:44 6
- I like the Chateau Marmont because Pinches Tacos is right across the street - con_carne Mar 5, 09:51
- and last week at Chateau Marmont, Michelle Williams was on a date with Jason Segal. -- (link) - Andie Mar 5, 09:46 4
  - I don't get you, Michelle Williams. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 09:49
  - why couldn't she speedball *him* for us -- nm - pixitude Mar 5, 09:46 2
    - do not disparage Jason! -- nm - Andie Mar 5, 09:49 1
      - You go girl. He's adorable. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:51
What I will say is that we are not far away from a strong depreciation in PC sales. - David Mar 5, 09:44 9
- From a programmers perspective, smaller is not better. Hell, I'm reaching the point where I think I need 3 monitors to work. - decline Mar 5, 09:55 1
  - I was gonna say, "for home users, maybe" -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 10:00
- I'm still anxious to see if MS does Windows 8 right. If they succeed in putting a tablet UI on Windows, they will resurrect the market - oblique Mar 5, 09:47 3
  - Have you downloaded 8 and played around with it? I was thinking about putting a new partition on my laptop and dl-ing it later today. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:55 1
    - Since I got sick last week, I didn't. I was trying to find my old SSD to install it on to play with but that's also a PITA - oblique Mar 5, 09:59
  - I doubt it. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 5, 09:55
- The hurdle I see for tablets is keyboard. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:44 2
  - I have a keyboard, and it's ok (though kind of small). For me it's really more the mouse. It's just more exacting than your fingers. -- nm - pmb Mar 5, 10:18 1
    - This is my problem, usually - Reagen Mar 5, 10:19
Idaho teen texts "Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha." and then dies behind the wheel going 80 mph -- (link) - pixitude Mar 5, 09:40 2
- I choose not to like this, despite the irony, because someone died. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:11
- Maybe we shouldn't be calling teens who die while texting "bright," Today Show -- nm - con_carne Mar 5, 09:43
I have learned that for those facing Foreclosure, the banks are doing loan modifications at about a ... - groiny Mar 5, 09:38 12
- From yesterday's paper... couple who bought a $1+ millionaire home five years ago have never made a payment... -- (link) - DonHomer Mar 5, 09:46 11
  - I've done a great deal of research on people who are upside down and the smart choice is really to stop paying. - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:30 1
    - that does not work here, for me at least. - groiny Mar 5, 10:33
  - I hate these people. - Will Hunting Mar 5, 09:51 8
    - Yeah! -- nm - LiarLoan Mortgage Lender Mar 5, 09:56 4
      - 5 minutes, you're slacking. "We didn't set out not to make a payment." Then...pay. - Will Hunting Mar 5, 10:03 3
        
        it takes two to tango. nobody forced the banks to knowingly make these shitty mortgages to buyers they knew couldn't pay - pixitude Mar 5, 10:08 1
        
        no one is in the right here. everyone deserves what they get. - znufrii Mar 5, 10:12
        
        you play with fire, you get burned. - znufrii Mar 5, 10:07
    - Yeah. It's sickening. -- nm - DonHomer Mar 5, 09:53
    - yeah, I kinda want them to burn to death in that house. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:52 1
      - but they have all this faith.. - tRuMaN Mar 5, 10:21
Addressing ad boycott, Rush Limbaugh tells audience: "They've decided they don't want you or your business anymore. So be it." - ty97 Mar 5, 09:34 7
- Did Rush's non-apology apology fail? God, I hope so. "I'm sorry you're offended" is not an apology! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Mar 5, 10:28
- nioce. -- nm - znufrii Mar 5, 09:49
- Of course. In Rush's world, he is never at fault. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 5, 09:45
- unsurprising. -- nm - loosilu Mar 5, 09:43
- Defiance is exactly what I expected him to demonstrate. -- nm - David Mar 5, 09:41 1
  - i was waiting to see what he would say today, ihave to think now it spirals - remlik Mar 5, 10:41
- I think he's actually become Lex Luthor. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:38
Things Mop Likes Board -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:31 5
- The past! -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 09:34
- Anal Beads! nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:32 3
  - Things Groiny Likes is the next board, stop jumping ahead -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 09:33 2
    - that is going to be a short board. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:34 1
      - You like me, that should keep you happy for at least a little while. -- nm - Trish Mar 5, 09:40

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