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- Meh, we invade, take it back...with interest and all is right with the American world. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 09:10
Sears reportedly looking at selling Land's End -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 09:05 2
- great, they bought a nice AMERICAN company, fired most everyone' moved production to mex/china...now want to sell the husk -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:12 1
  - a friend worked there and is quite bitter about it -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:13
Buy My Face. Dot Com. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 09:05
There are some insane places I've seen in national geographic that I'd like to photograph, but they are so far removed from the world that I would - Beryllium Mar 30, 09:03
~all the bridges we built were burned, not a single lesson was learned~ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:01
MegaMllions is up to $640 million now... sorry MojaveMeg... I knew you wouldn't keep it secret and pocket $100 million :) -- nm - secretslacker Mar 30, 09:01 24
- they mentioned it on the morning tv show here this morning - in Toronto. easily 90 minutes from the closest US border. - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 09:06
- The numberspace must be quite full of picked combos. I'd guess there will also be a birthday paradox effect. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 09:06
- How does it keep going up and how do they calculate it -- nm - eag Mar 30, 09:06 4
  - people buying tickets, and the lottery projecting how many tickets would be sold. - TFox Mar 30, 09:07 3
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      - yeah, i'm just saying this latest revision. - TFox Mar 30, 09:11
      - 476 to this....at this point, if there's only a single winner, it's unlikely. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 09:11
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  - even if two numbers hit, the split jackpot would be an insanely large payout. - TFox Mar 30, 09:04 9
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      - imagine if no one wins this time... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:07 5
        
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        the last time a mega pot was hit, they said onky 95% of number combos were used -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:15
        
        if i'm thinking about this correctly, i think their numbers folks underprojected how many tickets would sell over these three days... - TFox Mar 30, 09:08 2
        
        We calculated that it would cost $175 million to buy every combination, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 09:11 1
        
        Yes, and they're approaching an increase in jackpot of 280mil so it's nearly 2:1 tickets:combinations. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 09:12
      - i'm almost sad, thinking about how many people are likely crippling themselves buying $1k in tickets they can't afford. - TFox Mar 30, 09:06 1
        
        Schools win out! -- nm - con_carne Mar 30, 09:08
  - It's crazy...and what if someone doesn't win? Will it go up to a billion? -- nm - secretslacker Mar 30, 09:04 1
    - I think that's a certainty - the increase from last drawing to this drawing, added again to the total, would take it there -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 09:10
  - what are the shares worth now? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:04 3
    - 640/515 = 1.2 million. Less taxes, lump sum penalty etc. -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 09:04
    - $10 Meeeeeeeeelion Dollars!!!!! - Olivier Martinez Mar 30, 09:04 1
      - Don't worry Oliver! I'm coming for you when I win! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:06
Ika: I spent 400 million gold to upgrade my palaces to level 10. nm - Dignan Mar 30, 09:00 11
- nobody like a braggard, son -- nm - pixitude Mar 30, 09:06
- I was noticing the other day that you're reserves had plummeted and wondered why. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:03 2
  - He is 9... spaces away but I send some boats every day to stay a float. - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:06
  - Originally, I just wanted to be the first to reach one billion. nm - Dignan Mar 30, 09:05
- My boats are on the way! -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:00 6
  - Yeah, you and Beaker must be responsible for about 10% of that. nm - Dignan Mar 30, 09:01 5
    - If I do not find some VNE boats to kill, I may have to scuttle some of my fleet. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:04 4
      - I expect them to start shit soon. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:05 3
        
        Yeah, 1500 divided between two of your towns. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:07 2
        
        Ok, keep those as long as you can. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:09
        
        Hmm. Scratch that, they are all at NC. May move some when boats free back up. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:08
I'm fine with downsizing to a 737. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:00 2
- I'd have one like Tony Stark does -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 09:02
- I'd go for the 787, more fuel efficient. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 09:00
ST Poll, TFox inspired: ST pool wins MegaMillions. What not-so-far-from-you destinations are on your short list to go spend the weekend or vacation? - con_carne Mar 30, 08:59 11
- Colorado - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:02 2
  - it's the other place I'd live if I weren't here :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 09:04 1
    - Ive never been -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:07
- St. John, Hawaii -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 09:02
- I'd like a small cottage on the upper part of Cape Cod right over the beach. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:02
- Chicago - I've never been & want to stay at the Drake -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 09:01
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- Vermont, Bermuda, Bahamas -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 09:01
- Vermont, Atlantic Canada and far-North Quebec. -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 09:01
- Carribean. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 09:00
- Kauai -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 30, 09:00
radio ad from the RNC uses Supreme Court audio from the hearing on health care.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 30, 08:57 2
- edited audio. of course. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 08:59 1
  - of course! -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 09:00
I'm in the library - what book should I get? -- nm - LMS Mar 30, 08:56 3
- why choose, just buy the whole thing with your lottery winnings! -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:57 1
  - Reminds me, the drama The Syndicate started this week. Want to guess what it's about? - LMS Mar 30, 09:07
- Ravens -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 08:57
new TV spot for the Avengers.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 30, 08:53 [youtube] 4
- Talked to a kid yesterday. His birthday is May 5th. - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:56 3
  - have Marvel open movies on your birthday? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 08:59 1
    - Indeed. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:00
  - Buy Marvel? Sorry, Disney beat you to it. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 30, 08:59
Actually, I think I might fund a race for a cure for the common cold. - TWuG Mar 30, 08:49
Curt Schilling just shouldn't have moved his house... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 08:45 1
- as simple as that. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:49
Today's free subscription - Draft: America's Favorite Beer Magazine -- (link) - GregW Mar 30, 08:45
You know... almost more interesting than writing a check would be working the campaign for the summer/fall. - TFox Mar 30, 08:44 8
- If I won, eff it, I'm running. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 08:48 2
  - The Pizza Party -- nm - con_carne Mar 30, 08:48 1
    - Go Big Poppa! -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 08:50
- the couple of evenings I did at the Obama phone bank were fun. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 08:46
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- yep. on the national campaign for either side would be fascinating -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 08:45 1
  - or even a decent job for a regional office would be interesting, I think. or a contested Congressional race. whatever. -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 08:48
- I like it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:44
ST did we Poll: What is the one thing you would be most excited about doing if you won that you couldn't do now? (Bucket list) - oblique Mar 30, 08:43 42
- health care -- nm - pixitude Mar 30, 08:58 1
  - Obama? -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:59
- quit working is my biggest fantasy these days. - Epiphany Mar 30, 08:56 3
  - Knowing how much time people slack here, I can't even imagine what it would be like if everyone quit their jobs... - secretslacker Mar 30, 09:01 1
    - I've worked since I was 15 with a only a few months off in between jobs. I feel I'm due. - Epiphany Mar 30, 09:03
  - yep - I don't think I could completely quit tho - but could prolly do part time intead of full - which would be the awesome! -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 09:00
- not sure. it would have to be scheduled around mel's Reign of Terror and the subsequent periods of probation. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:56 1
  - Not a Reign of Terror...a Reign of Strange! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:04
- Spend a year wandering around Europe. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 08:55
- Getting a bigger/better apartment in a different neighborhood. - secretslacker Mar 30, 08:55
- Initiating Phase One of my plan. - Beryllium Mar 30, 08:54
- travelling extensively. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:49 4
  - You will finally get to go to Greece! -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:52 3
    - wait ... what? - JenBro Mar 30, 08:59
    - heck, I could *buy* Greece... -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:52 1
      - Yeah, but anymore your are better off renting. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:54
- I am not saying until we win. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:48 3
  - But I also might actually send some angry birds into space. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:51 2
    - buwhaa -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 08:56 1
      - Note: Though I did not like the early games, I like the Space version. - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:57
- baseball stadium tour. - groiny Mar 30, 08:47 15
  - I would definitely do an EPL tour... -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:56
  - I could see doing NFL. A new city for each weekend would be cool (I could sell that on Amy). - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 08:53 2
    - but then you'd be watching football... - znufrii Mar 30, 08:55 1
      - Uh, teh other plan requires watching baseball. Every day, even. - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:03
  - awesome idea. -- nm - decline Mar 30, 08:51
  - There's only 30 stadiums -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 08:50 3
    - There are a bunch in Japan too -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 08:54
    - thanks, dumbass. - groiny Mar 30, 08:50
    - minor league stadiums could be just as fun... -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:50
  - nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:49
  - *pays for you and TFox to accompany me on this* -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 08:49 2
    - I'm going to need more Eephus League scoring books. -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 08:52
    - *plays the Kill Bill music when we arrive at each park* nm -- nm - groiny Mar 30, 08:50
  - bad. ass. -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 08:48 1
    - I would have a bag full of baseballs and bats to get signed. - groiny Mar 30, 08:49
- gosh so many things ... but maybe change from full time job to part time? -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 08:46
- quit the theater and only work one job. Or if I won it all, just take some time off and resting. Then I will buy a movie theater and watch movies - sycor Mar 30, 08:45
- Probably getting a vacation home somewhere. - TWuG Mar 30, 08:45
- having a bathtub and a sauna. oh, and if I'm buying my house, I'm building a greenhouse. -- nm - iceberg jones Mar 30, 08:45 2
  - no, see, you have your own house built. - groiny Mar 30, 08:46 1
    - I don't need that much room and I need to be within a mile or so of downtown. there's no land. - iceberg jones Mar 30, 08:49
My Tacos To Me! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 08:43 1
- Sorry, it's been grounded. :( -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 30, 08:58
omg - I'm smelling a future MontrealSTravaganza... - Diva Mar 30, 08:42 23
- It's pretty obvious this should happen. Are you coming up for the Jazz Festival? -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 08:50 2
  - not this year. - Diva Mar 30, 08:52 1
    - :( -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 08:56
- I have never been there - thatn would be fun! -- nm - JenBro Mar 30, 08:47
- You know, I've never been, but it's only a 3 hour drive from my mother's place in the Adirondacks. - TFox Mar 30, 08:46 5
  - now that she's feeling better/stronger, this might be something nice to do this summer. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:48 3
    - other not-so-far places on my to-do list: Tanglewood, Maine, Cooperstown. -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 08:51 2
      - I can't believe I haven't been to Cooperstown yet. I want to go to there. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:53 1
        
        that seems more egregious of an oversight for you than me. - TFox Mar 30, 08:57
  - We spent a long weekend there after Christmas a few years back. Wonderful time. -- nm - CQ: Mega Disaster Mar 30, 08:48
- It's on the shortlist of cities I need to visit -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 08:45 3
  - I know a great place down in Old Montreal to get poutine... -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:52 2
    - which place? Montreal Poutine? -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 08:58
    - Schedule the trip - ty97 Mar 30, 08:54
- I just found out there is a Burger Bar in St Louis. - groiny Mar 30, 08:44 4
  - ??? - spamlet Mar 30, 08:45 3
    - yes. - groiny Mar 30, 08:46 2
      - just remember - no substitutions! - Epiphany Mar 30, 08:54
      - I've never been down there. - spamlet Mar 30, 08:47
- "It felt French" -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 08:44
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- Ooh la la! -- nm - con_carne Mar 30, 08:43
- I'm in. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 08:43
C'mon, ONE TIME! -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 08:41
Credit\Blame - reading some of today's boards has me really hoping our Megamillion pool goes well! - JenBro Mar 30, 08:41 [Backboard] 5
- Well, I didn't want to say it....but if we lose, this is 100% on your head. And there's 64 losers who will not be happy. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 08:42 4
  - yeah! JenBro will have to wear the cone of shame if we lose! -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 08:44 3
    - are those little cones that go on her wrists so she can't type and make more suggestions? -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 08:46 2
      - for a week at least! -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 08:50 1
        
        JenBro does not like the wrist cones of shame :( so what if we win huh? what about that? - JenBro Mar 30, 08:57

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