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ST Poll -- What was the last thing you found? - znufrii Mar 27, 07:23 11
- cell phone on the sreet, I looked through the phone numbers, saw one labeled Mom, turned out I found it right in front of their house -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 11:15
- person's change in the grocery store -- nm - JenBro Mar 27, 10:28 1
  - (self check out lane) -- nm - JenBro Mar 27, 10:29
- ask me what the last thing I lost was, because that's easier. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 07:32
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- a reusable grocery bag blowing around in the supermarket parking lot. It still had the tag on it. I'm all green now -- nm - CQ: 21, 22. Whatever it takes Mar 27, 07:27
- my camera this morning. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:26
- a penny -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 07:25
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- I still haven't found what I'm looking for -- nm - Bacon Mar 27, 07:24
- i havent found anything recently. -- nm - tRuMaN, mush-brained Mar 27, 07:24
Fox turns 25 this April and they have a night of reunions to celebrate including: The X-Files, Married with Children, etc. -- (link) - MDH Mar 27, 07:22 11
- No Tori Spelling or David Austin Green? -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 07:31
- Patrick Warburton is the wtf name there - Will Hunting Mar 27, 07:26 7
  - He's done lots of live action stuff too, not sure how much was on Fox though. -- nm - sycor Mar 27, 07:32 1
    - Right, when I think live-action, he's in that crummy CBS show with David Spade - Will Hunting Mar 27, 07:33
  - He was live action Tick. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 27, 07:29 3
    - So, 13 episodes? - Will Hunting Mar 27, 07:32 2
      - Of a super awesome show! - Kim Pine Mar 27, 07:33 1
        
        But this leads to Jay Mohr showing up for Action! and no one wants that. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 07:34
  - SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 07:27
- I hope they get all the shows they tried after X-Files back together... - Beaker Mar 27, 07:24 1
  - Millennium the show wasn't very good, I thought. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:27
IFRS update!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 07:21 1
- no, not the IFRS update! -- nm - tRuMaN, mush-brained Mar 27, 07:23
Yahoo: College Football Hunger Games -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 27, 07:20
Urbanites are viewed as selfish and unconcerned about others. Research proves it -- but for surprising reasons -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 07:17 1
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David : Re New Girl..... - groiny Mar 27, 07:17
Safe House: B (typically action movie, fun enough) and major spoilers - Beaker Mar 27, 07:17 1
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Eating chocolate linked to slimmer bodies -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 07:12 2
- again? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 27, 07:16 1
  - pro-chocolate posts are great! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 07:18
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- Which reminds me the studio tour opens end of the month. -- (link) - LMS Mar 27, 07:06
Your Miami Dolphins cheerleader of the week: Kasey -- (link) - CQ: 21, 22. Whatever it takes Mar 27, 06:56
Canadians: if you were waiting for a price drop on ME3, Walmart has it for sale at $30, ($35 shipped) -- (link) - Guigue Mar 27, 06:53
1 hour of a Six Sigma meeting where they're going to try to streamline a decision process - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:50 1
- He'd be flattered but humble, -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 06:57
so, i posted this on facebook last night, but, a few weeks ago i stumbled on a 'how to write a letter to the queen' article. - Andie Mar 27, 06:50 [flickr] 7
- Did you invite her to the wedding? -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 07:14 2
  - heh, no! but i wish I had/\. -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 07:16
  - heh, no! but i wish I had/\ -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 07:16
- that attention whore! -- nm - CQ si Mar 27, 07:10
- nice! -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 06:57
- awesome. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 06:56
- wow that is pretty impressive -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:53
how is it only tuesday? I blame ty97. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 06:43 2
- Damn that Ty and his making it Tuesday Tricks!!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 27, 07:16
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Game of Thrones Season 1 gets a B grade....though I will say that the last image of the season exceptional, and not just because of the (spoils) - prayformojo Mar 27, 06:40 1
- I loved that scene. so powerful -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:42
Atheist Billboards to go up in Dallas Metroplex on Easter - and that video they thought they were showing in a Movie Tavern? ain't happening. Ha! - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:40
Those racist hunger games tweets pissed me off, but so does this: UK university student gets two months in jail for racist tweet -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:35 2
- Should have been community service unless he did widespread trolling on tribute sites. -- nm - LMS Mar 27, 06:51
- Oh! Here, UK is not Kentucky. I've been watching too much basketball. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 27, 06:42
NOM's confidential documents on their strategy to "Win the Marriage Battle" have been exposed -- (link) - MDH Mar 27, 06:29
Anyone else into geneaology? - Strongbad Mar 27, 06:27 16
- Some folks here are very into it. I think max and kilbo, maybe? They can advise about cost. I know for me it is dicey because of where the lineage goe -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:29 1
  - maybe I should read the thread. duh. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:30
- I'd like to do it, but everything I've looked at sitewise is pricey. -- nm - MDH Mar 27, 06:40
- my brother had a family line done back to the 1700's. -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:34 9
  - someone in my family did it and I was able to trace us back to Essex, UK in the mid 11th century. that was cool -- nm - CQ: Paid in Full Mar 27, 06:38
  - My dad has us back to either the 1500 or 1600s. We've been in the "U.S." for a long, long time. - Kim Pine Mar 27, 06:37 1
    - (er, maternal grandfather) - Kim Pine Mar 27, 06:37
  - I have a distant cousin who has traced back the Dutch side of my family to the 1300s, and has written two books about it in the process. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 06:36
  - My dad's will get international very quickly - Strongbad Mar 27, 06:36 4
    - it depends where it goes. In Ireland you may be SOL because of poor records. In Iceland, they have the complete lineage of like everyone on the island -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:28 3
      - Dad's side will be Norway/Austria -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 07:32 2
        
        could be worth a shot. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:32 1
        
        I'm one of the few gingers with very little Irish blood, if any. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 07:54
- No, it's WW2. Which is confusing... because that makes him ~60 years old? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 06:28 1
  - According to wiki, after Pearl Harbour all men between 18 and 64 had to be registered - Roger More Mar 27, 07:26
- I am (although haven't done much with it). I think Andie and Max have also done quite a bit - oblique Mar 27, 06:28
No surprise: In the latest Case-Schiller Index, home prices are continuing to struggle -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:27
I'm done with Alcatraz *spoils* - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:19 13
- I'm done with cable, I'm all online -- nm - budice on fire Mar 27, 06:47
- Spoils - MDH Mar 27, 06:27 2
  - well she is the stupidest cop EVER -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:29 1
    - this. and this is why I dropped it after episode 4 - Jovian Mar 27, 06:56
- ooh spoils - Jovian Mar 27, 06:21 6
  - *spoils* - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:31 5
    - Spoils - Beryllium Mar 27, 06:35
    - Your last line is what I thought 100%. I feel like they threw that in at the end to try and win fans. -- nm - MDH Mar 27, 06:32 3
      - the parallels are laughable and they don't see why they failed? *spoils* - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:36 2
        
        Agreed with the last sentence, for sure. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 06:40 1
        
        I was even yelling at him last night *spoils* - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:41
- gave up on it a couple months back. -- nm - decline Mar 27, 06:20 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:34
How bout an AM round of Grade my FBB Team*. - TFox Mar 27, 06:11 10
- (also, not whining, but when you have 2-3 teams autodrafting in an auction, that middle tier of players gets brutal.) - TFox Mar 27, 06:31
- I think you got great value, for what looks like the first 1/2. A lot of young players/sleepers which is cool, but will work against his passive - flavorize Mar 27, 06:19
- Bminus - assuming it's a standard league. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:16
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  - 10 teams, standard cats except the one change I noted. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 06:14 5
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      - While not disagreeing, I'll note that pena, reynolds, etc become far far better when you replace avg with obp. - TFox Mar 27, 06:19 3
        
        Hart too, actually -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 06:21 1
        
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Mmmm, new car -- (link) - oblique Mar 27, 06:09 5
- does it come with a hamster wheel? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 06:21 1
  - I think it's in the spare tire compartment -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 06:26
- what kind of fuel economy would you get in that? it's huge. -- nm - economy jones Mar 27, 06:10 2
  - and what I meant to say was it looks like it gets about the same -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 06:13
  - I get AVG 28 in my Cobalt. It's actually really small, probably not much bigger than the Cobalt -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 06:13
looks like Matt Smith is sticking around as the Doctor for another year at least. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 27, 06:06 5
- also, whoever failed to tell me about the Doctor Who themed bar opening in Brooklyn is fired. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 06:07 4
  - I'm definitely checking this out next time I'm over (possibly May). -- nm - LMS Mar 27, 06:37 1
    - whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 06:43
  - yo, I posted about it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 06:12 1
    - ...although it turns out that by "posted", I mean "emailed it to Remlik". so fire him! -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 06:12
re bright running shoes - i took a picture of mine last night, in person they practically glow in the dark -- (link) - Andie Mar 27, 06:05 [flickr] 1
- MY EYES! -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 06:06
I think Jennifer Lawrence should've worn this during the games -- (link) - oblique Mar 27, 06:04 [Image] 1
- I can see her dirty pillows. -- nm - Was Barsoom Was Mar 27, 06:23
Will, did you say you were reading some books on IT stuff? Any related to "basic networking" - oblique Mar 27, 06:01 4
- Nope, never really got into that topic, sorry. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:07 3
  - Were the books you're reading from a particular series/publisher that you liked? -- nm - oblique Mar 27, 06:09 2
    - O'Reilly's have been my favorites in regards to the programming work I've been learning. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:12 1
      - yeah, I've found his books to be most helpful -- nm - decline Mar 27, 06:31
Movie Theater Finances Will Cool After A Sizzling 2012: Analyst -- (link) - calculator and sandals jones Mar 27, 05:48 4
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  - I had forgotten the new Bourne movie comes out this summer as well. Record BO for 2012 easy (especially with HG's March) -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:39
- *sizzle* -- nm - budice on fire Mar 27, 05:50 1
  - isn't that a pat benatar song? fire and budice? -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 27, 05:53
It doesn't matter how high the appraisal come in as long as it's above our purchase price, right? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 05:46 3
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- To close the loan, that should be all that matters in regards to it. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 05:48 1
  - *phew* - znufrii Mar 27, 05:50
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- I saw a poll yesterday that said it was 41% in favor, 50% opposed but the opposed for going too far was like 35%... - Will Hunting Mar 27, 05:27 2
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    - I mean to an almost completely unbelievable place....not just the garden variety they usually run around offering. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 05:34
- I just love how similar it is to what the right proposed in the 90s. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 27, 05:25 6
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    - and both are great illustrations of that old political saw, "It's only okay when our side does it." -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 05:50 1
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    - There's no question that it's 98% the same as the Republican proposal in the 90's. It just highlights 2 facts. First, that the Republicans have - pmb Mar 27, 07:28 1
      - To me, it's the healthcare issue that shows that the line that "both parties have moved away from the center" is false -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 08:09
david, if you want to do a small wager at $200 million, I'm in. no steaks, but maybe tshirts or patches? -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 27, 05:12 1
- *involuntarily shivers* -- nm - max si Mar 27, 05:21
I'm off to the theatre tonight and it turns out Harry Lloyd from Game of Thrones is in the play. - LMS Mar 27, 05:08
Re: B2, I think 200mil is way too high to be feasible, but 175mil is in the realm. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 04:50 3
- The third one, will it have 3D? If so, add that BO bump as well. -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 04:56 2
  - I don't think Nolan is doing 3d; iirc it's only going to be the Imax filming like some of TDK was. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 05:04 1
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Is it a condom or is it an Android phone? -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 27, 04:24 1
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March 27, 1915 � Typhoid Mary, the first person to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, was placed into quarantine, - Beaker Mar 27, 04:22 1
- the photos of the place as it in now, that were posted here a couple months ago, are cool -- (link) - znufrii Mar 27, 06:02
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 02:00
"Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning. Find someone who's turning, and you will come around." -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 00:32 2
- Fantastic song, fantastic live version on 4-Way Street. - rollo Mar 27, 07:26 1
  - I must have worn out 3 or 4 of those LPs -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 11:14

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