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blech. Taxes done and submitted. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 30, 05:33 3
- We filed last Saturday and a check from the Commonwealth was in the mailbox yesterday. That was fast. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 05:53
- We haven't even given our forms to our accountant yet! - kelly Mar 30, 05:37 1
  - Mine are usually done by mid February, and they were, but I waited a couple months to submit because owed a fair amount - Don Homer Mar 30, 05:41
Nothing to do with Megamillions Poll: Anyone planning on going to the movies this weekend? - secretslacker Mar 30, 05:17 7
- maybe. despite repeatedp plans i never saw The Artist and it is now at the rep - Andie Mar 30, 05:51 1
  - You should try to see it. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 30, 05:54
- Yes - Hunger Games tonight with Lil Pip and SM -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 05:46
- Nope. Making plans for Titanic, though. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 05:26 2
  - Will you go on Weds or wait until the weekend? - secretslacker Mar 30, 05:28 1
    - nope no rush -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:02
- Hunger Games tonight with the wife -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 05:26
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- heard about it this morning on D&C. Seems like this guy Bedard is a bit of a loony -- nm - CQ: 21, 22. Whatever it takes Mar 30, 05:55
March 30, 1981 � Trying to impress actress Jodie Foster, obsessed fan John Hinckley, Jr. shot and wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan - Beaker Mar 30, 04:57 3
- I like these daily day-in-history factoids. Thx for doing this. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 05:01 2
  - Yep. -- nm - kelly Mar 30, 05:35
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Started my 1st Draw Something game. Didn't know it was a video of the drawing. Poor Loosi was forced to witness the tragedy of me drawing a helmet. - Fuzzy Mar 30, 04:55 1
- is it a penis?! -- nm - loosie si Mar 30, 04:56
I'd love to see this remake of the Ring -- (link) - pippy Mar 30, 04:51 [Image]
AP: Supreme Court justices vote today on outcome of health care case; opinion unlikely until June -- (link) - budice on fire Mar 30, 04:49 2
- That's how it always works. Sometimes they change their thinking after the initial vote, which is why it's not publicized. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 05:00 1
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Wake up - prayformojo Mar 30, 04:47
Get $2 Amazon mp3 Credit by entering the code HITUMBLR here. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 29, 23:16 1
- Thanks! -- nm - CovingtonCat Mar 30, 03:04
Fox local news just listed the 3 closest Ca. lotto places. State line 30 min., Cima 45 min and Baker 1 1/2 hours -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 23:03
caught the last ten minutes of Awake. That was pretty good. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 23:00
Amateurs -- nm - Laslo Hollyfield Mar 29, 22:57
Sweet Genius contestants have to make a dessert inspired by a lava lamp :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 22:28
12 things i learned from Kirk Cameron's new movie -- (link) - pixitude Mar 29, 22:22
I suspect that the worst part of winning tomorrow is we all will have to get our 2011 taxes done on time. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 22:11 3
- Not sure there's any connection? This would be 2012 income, not 2011 -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 22:24 1
  - not sure either, but if there is a way the govt. can screw us, they will -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 22:26
- would income averaging save some? btw, when they withhold 40% should mean you'd get 10% refund when you file your 2012 if max tax is 30 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 22:19
The owner of a bar I'd been to in San Fran died, (Henry Africa, alledged inventor of the 'fern bar") the hanging stained glass lamps (yeah he started - zeitgeist Mar 29, 22:11
It's the Waitress! - Mop Mar 29, 22:10
"I'd be first in line, but then ... meandering exposition is kind of my thing." ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:55 1
- "Here - you know how to work this?" ... "Ohhh ... wanna hack the pentagon?" ... I like stoned finch. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 22:20
Guess what I just learned . dog urine disolves the lettering on lottery tickets :(( -- nm - Meg si Mar 29, 21:53 4
- She just watched me packing her bag for the kennel, and figured as long as I was portioning out the doggie treats she could - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 22:09 3
  - Does her squeaky toy get packed? :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 03:46
  - I read your IM as "usually it's just one after each of my 'shots'" I imagined laughter and falling over while giving her the 4th or 5th one. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 30, 02:43
  - if we win, everyone is gonna send her a bag of treats :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 22:27
Heh, looking at my grocery receipt from today - birthdate listed for liquor purchase = 10/10/22. No wonder I'm feeling so tired..... - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 21:53 1
- it also goes good poured over ice cream -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:56
Truman, you had me stumped until Tommy looked at the picture and said "That's an Xbox". -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 21:43
Hee - just thought of something. Should I FREAK my family out by showing the tix and pretending I bought them all & tender resignation tomorrow am ? - JenBro Mar 29, 21:36 7
- Better yet - get a tix with the winner number on it after the draw - no one would may e notice it's date being different & fake it - heh - - JenBro Mar 29, 21:43
- send it monday, with a photo of you in LA [photoshopped of course] as if you just flew there to claim the $$ -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:41 5
  - LOL hahahhahahaah that would.be hilarious! Hahahaah oh I hope we do win - I'll fake it that it's all mine at first then fess up :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 29, 21:46 4
    - why lie? you split the ticket with a buddy there. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:49 3
      - I heard of a Con where they did buy a ticket with the winning numbers, get someone to help them cash it in cause like you know they are illegal aliens - zeitgeist Mar 29, 21:53 1
        
        they buy the ticket for the next drawing with the previous drawing's numbers, I think that's how that con goes -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 22:36
      - Yeah - better chance I can keep a straight face! -- nm - JenBro Mar 29, 21:53
The weather in NYC will be worse than in Oregon. WTF, New York? W. T. F.? -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 21:33 11
- A high of 60 is normal for late March and if you're walking around a lot you'll be glad it's not warmer. - Krusty Mar 29, 21:43 4
  - Where do I lodge a complaint at 48 and raining on Saturday? - ty97 Mar 29, 21:50 3
    - I got your complaint box right here! Oooh!! -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 22:19
    - The complaint box is on the corner of 141st and Lenox. -- nm - Krusty Mar 29, 22:01 1
      - I'll get right over ther......errr, is their an on-line form? -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 22:09
- On the plus side, it's NYC, not Oregon. nmbik - ty97 Mar 29, 21:36
- at several points in the last couple weeks it was warmer here thannola -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Mar 29, 21:35
- I can here the pouring rain and wind outside. How can it be worse there? -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 29, 21:35 3
  - I know. But check the forecast for New York on Saturday. It's like I'm bringing the pissing rain with me. -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 21:42 1
    - I checked and it'll clear up in the afternoon. - Krusty Mar 29, 21:45
  - here = hear -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 29, 21:36
Body of Proof last night was very good..spoils - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:32
Got the email. Thanks guys! -- nm - sycor Mar 29, 21:30
LA stadium deal thought to be all but dead -- (link) - pixitude Mar 29, 21:30
Just because: I'm inputting the numbers into a spreadsheet. If someone else wants to do the same, we could combine... - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:28 22
- i assume that when it comes ro really checking, meg can just go to a vendor and they scan them, right? -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 03:40 2
  - I was wondering this as well. Yes, they can, but I'd think people check them before bringing in 50 tickets to scan. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 05:25 1
    - sure, but it would be so easy to miss the smaller prizes on that many tickets -- nm - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 06:05
- I'm in the middle of doing this on a spreadsheet I made that will tell how many of each prize has been won. - zork Mar 29, 21:48 8
  - Denise Crosby? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:57
  - I'm done with pages 5 and almost 4. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:49 6
    - I'm thinking that if we both enter all we can use them to check each other by subtracting one set from the other (double blind entry) -- nm - zork Mar 29, 21:52 5
      - gmailed you my input -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 22:52
      - The motherlode! -- nm - The Nerd Mines Mar 29, 21:55 1
        
        "But the zork, he dug too deep" -- nm - pixitude Mar 29, 22:35
      - Meanwhile, I'll be sitting in my motel room in the middle of the night manually checking the numbers on my printouts :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 21:55 1
        
        Well call you if we win. :) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:56
- I used to do that at work, and thought about it here, but didn't have the time :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 21:42
- this just went geeky ;) -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Mar 29, 21:31 2
  - Naw. - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:31 1
    - which, for the record, there is free PDF->OCR software .... :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:32
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  - not for Mega Millions -- nm - pixitude Mar 29, 21:30 4
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      - (Powerball is a different lottery) -- nm - pixitude Mar 29, 21:39 2
        
        I'm sure he just means the Mega number. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:40 1
        
        Exactly... having the Megaball makes a huge difference - secretslacker Mar 30, 03:14
New person of interest tonight. Fantastic. (spoils) - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:25
Just because a lot of lottery winners seem to buy their tickets at small mom & pop shops, I bought $5 worth at the store down the street from where I - The Most Interesting Stephen in The World Mar 29, 21:24 3
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  - Not in a while... Long Island has had the most winners IIRC. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 30, 03:15
- Sounds good. Anyone using fortune cookie numbers? -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:25
the reason they have all those shirts in cool colors but not your size is that those shirts are the weird sizes, skinny long arms etc. - zeitgeist Mar 29, 21:19
Its been awhile since I burned through a book as fast as Catching Fire - Jovian Mar 29, 21:18 2
- Me too, I thought *spoils* - pippy Mar 29, 21:21 1
  - spoils - Jovian Mar 29, 21:27
I am a Draw Something GOD! -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 21:15 11
- I finally drew the wrong word. Sorry, ty. - Krusty Mar 29, 21:18 6
  - "Pool Boy is close to Oilfield." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:26 1
    - " well, it looks like a POOL!" -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 04:43
  - It happens -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:21 2
    - That Jenga drawing was awful, sorry. - Krusty Mar 29, 21:25 1
      - Sorry, sometimes a drawing is good but the brain won't click. I never play Jenga - Epiphany Mar 30, 04:43
  - haha, that's okay. - ty97 Mar 29, 21:20
- oh really? bring it on. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:17 3
  - Hmm. I thought I had. I'll have to check that. -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 21:23 2
    - I don't see you. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:44 1
      - there you are! -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:46
Little more last-minute housekeeping. This is (perhaps) the final list. Some of my tickets may go to Strongbad if he wants them. - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 21:15 18
- Thank you. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 30, 04:29
- is there anyone still who wants in but missed out? -- nm - zork Mar 29, 21:27
- *likes that "Bub" is on the list* and I really hope everyone that would want to be in it are :). Good Luck all :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 29, 21:23 4
  - too bad he gave away that four-leaf clover he found - pixitude Mar 29, 21:24 3
    - yep -- nm - Remlik Mar 29, 21:56
    - Nooo ... He's wise for his years - you keep luck by spreading it around - it's a Sagittarius thing I think. -- nm - JenBro Mar 29, 21:30
    - one afternoon last summer, I found a couple of four leaf clovers and a five leaf one. -- nm - zork Mar 29, 21:26
- Woo. Hoo! Rock on! -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:20
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- what is the store location you bought them at. if there is a winner, that will also be listed and a quick way to check if we have the right number -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:19 2
  - Jon's International Market in Anaheim. The manager was quick to tell me the bonus would go to the owners and not the store staff :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 29, 21:39 1
    - **HUG** -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:43
- Grory? I think the only ones I missed are inside. - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:19 3
  - How do I not have dogbert's email? The only ones I haven't been able to forward to are inside: - JaxSean Mar 29, 21:24 2
    - I'll send dogbert and mdh. -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 21:25 1
      - sent to the two of them. -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 21:30
- Cool, so that put us at 515, right? -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 21:18
- wow. you're awesome. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:18
Jeebus, that's a lot of tickets. -- nm - David Mar 29, 21:13
"Three times the babies . . . three times the laughs!" -- nm - pixitude Mar 29, 21:13
"It's called a 'deskpop'." -- nm - TFox Mar 29, 21:12 1
- "...and at age eleven, I audited my parents. and believe me, there were some discrepancies." -- nm - TFox Mar 29, 21:16
Who was that voice? (30rock) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:12
@Pippy - is he single? - loosilu Mar 29, 21:11 6
- No. Young kids as well. I hear yeah, I lived in Oklahoma, I had to import my men. - pippy Mar 29, 21:18 5
  - i dated. aguy from OK but i was in WA at the time -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Mar 29, 21:21 1
    - He got out of OK? That is rare. Snort -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:22
  - it's not that so much, I just don't like them near me. - loosilu Mar 29, 21:19 2
    - Ha! -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:22 1
      - I'm acutally not joking! I think it's a sign. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:50
i thought colornook was irritating this is worse - the liioulu on a nook wifi Mar 29, 21:10
"What do we say to the God of Death?" -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 21:08 6
- You shall not PASS! -- nm - pippy Mar 29, 21:23 1
  - you need more 'dancing' lessons -- nm - Aryia Stark Mar 29, 21:27
- Not today. -- nm - Aryia Stark Mar 29, 21:21
- Zul, baby, you look good, did you loose some weight? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 21:17
- can I have the skulls? -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 21:10
- "Five more minutes, mom." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 21:09

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