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LYC: B.M.R.C are so good. -- nm - lileve Apr 5, 07:14
LYC: Just bought tickets to see Marina and the Diamonds, hello summer concert season! -- nm - MDH Apr 5, 07:11
Bar Report: The Way Station, A - znufrii Apr 5, 07:09 1
- and here's an article a friend of mine wrote about it. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 5, 07:13
so, is everyone off work tomorrow? (woo! long weekend!) -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 07:09 17
- I am working -- nm - amoxy Apr 5, 07:15
- no, we work. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 07:13
- and Monday too !! -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 07:13
- nope/ -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 5, 07:13
- probably get early release but do have to come to work. In jeans. -- nm - Diva Apr 5, 07:11
- nope -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 07:10
- I have never had a job that gives me Good Friday off. I will be working -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 07:10
- yup. going fishin' -- nm - decline Apr 5, 07:10 1
  - sweet. I need to do that this year (I was going to say do more of that, but I haven't been fishing in years) -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 07:14
- Heck no. My library's closed on Sunday; that's it. -- nm - mara Apr 5, 07:10
- I am. - znufrii Apr 5, 07:10 4
  - which beach? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:10 3
    - Ocean City, NJ -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 07:11 2
      - Spent many a weekend there as a kid. An aunt/uncle/cousins had a *very* old second home just outside on the main road in Tuckahoe. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:13 1
        
        nice! - znufrii Apr 5, 07:15
- I have my regular biweekly day off tomorrow, but the office is open of course. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:09
- nope -- nm - ty97 Apr 5, 07:09
27 toys you threw out that are worth a fortune now... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:07 12
- I still have my Cabbage Patch doll. - Kim Pine Apr 5, 07:15 1
  - i had that Princess Di bear at one time. - TFox Apr 5, 07:17
- how on earth is a stuffed Barney doll worth $500 ? -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 07:10 1
  - cause he loves you ! -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 07:15
- That Stretch Serpent itself was valued at like $12,500 on a Pawn Stars - Will Hunting Apr 5, 07:10
- I still have my furby but tossed the box a few years ago. -- nm - lileve Apr 5, 07:09
- People are crazy. - TFox Apr 5, 07:09 5
  - These are just the auction buy it now prices; no word on many if they actually sell for close to this. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 07:11 4
    - yeah, i noticed that too. you can apply my crazy sentiment to the seller too. :) -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 07:14
    - Yeah, that $499 furby is the most expensive on the site by 50%. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 07:13 2
      - i would still rathe rpay that for a furby than for a barney! -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 07:14 1
        
        That Barney is about 200% more than the next one on the list. - Will Hunting Apr 5, 07:16
Ty Found A New Place To C&P From [OBSERVATION] -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 07:01 1
- I Think You Are Right [AGREEANCE] -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:03
STIS&Swankier Poll: What hotel chain do you consider to be "upscale" but not overpriced? Doing an overnight in a few weeks and looking for a place - oblique Apr 5, 07:00 4
- It always depends on the age of the particular property, but Omnis and Hyatts are nice. There are even some Ritz Carltons that aren't too expensive - Diva Apr 5, 07:10 2
  - Chi-town -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 07:11 1
    - I just got a deal on the Hyatt Regency for 142 a night. If you can get the Omni All-Suites on the Miracle Mile you may not have to pay too much. - Diva Apr 5, 07:14
- I like Staybridge - and Hamptons have the best beds. I stayed at a Le Meridian - not impressed for the price -- nm - Epiphany Apr 5, 07:04
Android�s share of the U.S. smartphone market topped 50% for the first time in February -- (link) - ty97 Apr 5, 06:59
Millions of Americans Cut the TV Cord [STUDY] -- (link) - ty97 Apr 5, 06:58 4
- I currently have cable internet, and the limited basic cable (only because they installed it wrong and it gives me ESPN and NESN). - TFox Apr 5, 07:03 1
  - We have the fios bundle (most tv channels except premiums, internet, home phone). I have no use for the home phone. We tried to drop it - Don Homer Apr 5, 07:05
- I dumped Cable in December. Only using over the air antenna and Fios for internet. -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 07:01
- I HATE TO STUDY -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:59
Apple Is Investigating iPad Wi-Fi Issues [REPORT] -- (link) - ty97 Apr 5, 06:57 2
- Why troubleshoot the product when people will just buy them anyway. -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 06:58 1
  - new versions? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 5, 07:06
Why is gas at the Watergate Exxon so expensive? -- (link) - mara Apr 5, 06:53 2
- You should see the Watergate Safewat (aka senior Safeway) so pricey too. -- nm - MDH Apr 5, 06:59
- If I told you, I would have to kill you. -- nm - Deep Throat Apr 5, 06:55
Hmm! Fukushima just spilled up to 12 tons of Strontium-contaminated radioactive water into the pacific - Beryllium Apr 5, 06:43 3
- Godzilla! -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 06:46 2
  - right? It's like they don't even watch their own movies. -- nm - Diva Apr 5, 06:47 1
    - Fish start growing arms then... -- nm - budice Apr 5, 06:56
Neat. MLB.TV and Roku are offering one FREE game a day on the MLB channel -- (link) - oblique Apr 5, 06:37 2
- that's cool. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 06:38
- Bought MLBTV for the season, plan to use it often -- nm - budice Apr 5, 06:38
Augusta looks tough so far, no one under par and 4 of the first 5 holes are playing over par. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 06:34 2
- My boss is there today. *HATE* -- nm - Strongbad Apr 5, 07:08
- It's early, plus I figure the rain has thrown the players a curveball -- nm - budice Apr 5, 06:38
The practice of wealthy or prominent Afghans exploiting underage boys as sexual partners who are often dressed up as women to dance at gatherings... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:33 1
- Ugh, awful. -- nm - MDH Apr 5, 06:55
TV PSA: The Mentalist, Person of Interest, Community, 30 Rock -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 06:32 1
- I miss Parks and Rec. -- nm - kelly Apr 5, 06:37
Weekly us unemployment claims fall to 4-year low again... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:31
Price is Right Rules: Guess how much money i spent on groceries last night to serve breakfast to 18 +16 people this weekend? - Andie Apr 5, 06:26 11
- $112. -- nm - kelly Apr 5, 06:32
- i declare Don Homer the winner - $188! -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 06:32 1
  - woo hoo! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:33
- $131.25 -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 06:31
- $435 -- nm - Bacon, via droid Apr 5, 06:29 3
  - where do you buy groceries? remind me not to go there! -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 06:30 2
    - I had just woke up and didn't read the IM -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 06:45 1
      - the Celery posts from last night were inspired - Epiphany Apr 5, 06:51
- $149 -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:28
- 1.00 -- nm - decline Apr 5, 06:28
- $228. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 06:28
I wish Halo would get their screenshot access working again. I don't often have much to brag about but I no-scope sniper shot a sword weilding guy in - oblique Apr 5, 06:22
For the Americans: White House internet tool lets you see how your federal tax dollars are being spent: - Walt_Disney Apr 5, 06:20 1
- 25 frickin percent on defense. jeez. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:23
~I don't know what I wanna be yet, but I can show that I need to see this - no time for lies and empty fights~ - Epiphany Apr 5, 06:15
How long would it typically take a package sent from Ontario (via "Canada Post USA Letter") take to get to Maryland? - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:08 6
- assuming it doesn't get stopped at customers, a week-ish. -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 06:13 5
  - I was going to write 4-5 business days is what CP tells us it will take to get to the US so go with Andie's Answer. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 5, 06:14
  - Okay, thanks. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:13 3
    - (I was hoping you'd be around to see this.) :) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:14 2
      - also, 'customers' was my phone's autocorrect for 'customs.' -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 06:15 1
        
        I figured. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:24
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- *shocked* - znufrii Apr 5, 06:18
- I bet 20 NFL teams are reading this, going "oh sh*t". -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 06:06 7
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 06:36
  - As in other teams are also doing it, to a certain extent? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:08 5
    - I don't know that I'd go so far as to say 20+ teams have bounty systems... - TFox Apr 5, 06:38
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    - I'd guarantee it in some form. If you hooked everyone up to lie detectors and asked if they've ever been party to a bounty, I'd be shocked it if was - Will Hunting Apr 5, 06:13 2
      - Terrell Suggs used to openly talk about the "incentives" the Ravens had for injuring Hines Ward. -- nm - Inigo Apr 5, 06:18 1
        
        I imagine all teams had something for Hines Ward. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:18
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  - Yeah probably. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:08
Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 5, 05:00 2
- Sleek and very impressive... but not technology I want kicking around the world. -- nm - Jelly Apr 5, 05:13
- "these boobs feel so real" -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 05:10
Putin targets foes with "Zombie Gun", could be available by the end of the decade -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 5, 04:58 2
- I can just see the future headlines about college campus skirmishes. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 5, 05:10
- so this is how World War Z and The Walking Dead started... -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 05:08
Bravo greenlights Top Chef-spinoff, "Life after Top Chef" - Strongbad Apr 5, 04:35
Anonymous versus China who ya got? (Anonymous has started hacking Chinese Govt sites) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 5, 04:27
April 5, 1792 � U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 04:25 1
- I hadn't realized until today, but yesterday was the anniversary of MLK being killed. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 5, 06:09
Home owners and remodelers: How much would it cost to install a bathroom? - psilotum Apr 4, 23:01 13
- I'll let you know once we have a contractor in to look at ours. -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 05:45
- are the sewer pipes higher than the basement level (I don't think that kibboshes the idea but a complication) bathfitters charged $5,000 to convert - zeitgeist Apr 4, 23:41 3
  - if you start talking about drilling in the cement floors, that's about $5k, upflush sewage pumps under 1k, shower/bath preforms 800-1200, sinks/cabine -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 00:19 2
    - what if I want my bathtub to double as a bomb shelter? -- nm - mafic Apr 5, 00:27 1
      - on it -- nm - Doomsday Preppers Apr 5, 05:21
- half or full? drywall or tile? Less than a few grand to...eight? Wild guess. -- nm - Max Apr 4, 23:12 7
  - This Old Wild Guess House with Max Vila -- nm - PBS Apr 4, 23:20 5
    - "Could be termites...could be squirrels." -- nm - Max Vila Apr 4, 23:25 4
      - remove bad wood, replace with good wood -- nm - Delbert McClintock Apr 5, 00:09
      - Max, you want I should cut these load-bearing beams down to a quarter-inch or a half-inch tolerance? -- nm - Norm Apr 4, 23:29 2
        
        That depends. Are they oak or fir? -- nm - Max Vila Apr 4, 23:30 1
        
        Never mind, I'll just eyeball it -- nm - Norm Apr 4, 23:31
  - Probably full. Looked at a house today with 1 bath. (Just had a shower in the space that probably used to have a bath). - psilotum Apr 4, 23:19
Zeit - LIR - no, I worked there for about 5 years and never took lessons :( I went up a number of times with our club members and - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 22:47 1
- that sounds like fun -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 4, 23:42
Vander Beek is used well in the Apt 23 pilot. - David Apr 4, 22:40 2
- I haven't watched it yet, but the second episode is also free on PSN. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 4, 22:49 1
  - Yeah, I have watched them both. Amazon has both of them for free as well. -- nm - David Apr 4, 22:54
Police respond to an alarm at the home of Angel's right fielder Torii Hunter - don't believe he's the homeowner... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 22:39 4
- shocked the OC Police didn't believe it was his house. shocked. -- nm - Diva Apr 5, 06:44 1
  - the "I'm an Angels fan" part is hilarious. - TFox Apr 5, 06:55
- When I read his Twitter posts last night, I actually got the impression he had an impressively good attitude about it from the get-go. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 06:41
- Lucky he didn't play for Marlins or Rays -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 4, 22:41
sellout.woot has a rotissery that can cook 4 chickens, dang I don't know why but I want one - zeitgeist Apr 4, 22:33 1
- Acme -- nm - Wiley Coyote Apr 4, 22:40
PIXIE!!! HEAVEN CAN WAIT IS STARTING ON AMC NOW! -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 22:30 3
- It can ... wait -- nm - Pick-See Apr 4, 22:33 2
  - it might be able to, but you shouldn't. -- nm - mafic Apr 4, 23:29
  - :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 22:35
Substitute cilantro? Are you insane?! That stuff's more precious and valuable than saffron!! -- nm - Taco Bell Employee Apr 4, 22:08 7
- some people ... don't like it. - loosi Apr 4, 22:22 5
  - I can do without it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 5, 06:02
  - Hate it! -- nm - Stephen, (still) loving the Lady Irish! Apr 4, 23:41
  - Aldehydes! What are you gonna do? -- nm - psilotum Apr 4, 22:59
  - :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 22:24 1
    - probably pixie -- nm - loosi Apr 4, 22:28
- LOL -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 22:09
zeit, it's all protein and no fat -- nm - zork Apr 4, 22:06

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