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Where's Max these days? - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:39 12
- drunk in a gutter without any pants - pixitude Apr 13, 10:43 2
  - Down by the RIVER -- nm - eag Apr 13, 10:44 1
    - Living in a van! -- nm - lileve Apr 13, 10:48
- I presumed it's because he ruined his back. -- nm - David Apr 13, 10:43
- Too many missing STers these days. :-( I want so many people to come back. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:41 7
  - maybe if you did a better job with your posts, Krusty, they wouldn't have left. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 10:44 2
    - I know when I'm not wanted. *picks up his ball* *walks away* - Krusty Apr 13, 10:49 1
      - oh, i'm usually full of smoke with that stuff. "ooh, look at me, i might come to nyc!" - TFox Apr 13, 10:50
  - I'm patient - they will come back - all of them. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:42 3
    - Skags and Stride? -- nm - lileve Apr 13, 10:49
    - *crosses fingers and toes* - Krusty Apr 13, 10:45
    - I would be willing to bet Nightmare and Hawthrone will make an appearance -- nm - amoxy Apr 13, 10:43
LYC: I just learned that Raul Mondesi is the mayor of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:34 5
- you too? Here's hoping Swisher strikes out. there's nothing else on right now -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:36 4
  - damn -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:38 3
    - walks can kill. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 10:40 1
      - Kuroda didn't get the message. - Krusty Apr 13, 10:44
    - Heh. :-) That's what you get for being a NYer and rooting against us. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:38
Follow up question from yesterday's IRA/Roth IRA discussion: Where can I go for a performance review (ratings) of the major companies offering them? - Stephen Apr 13, 10:33 11
- Consumer Reports possibly. But honestly, just stick with one of the big Mutual fund companies (Vangaurd, Fidelity, T.Rowe Price, etc) -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:47 2
  - they all offer IRA's where you can trade both stocks and bonds. Or, if you want a more to go with a more traditional brokerage house look at SChwab - decline Apr 13, 10:49 1
    - Also, part of your decision should be based on what you intend to invest in (and what fund families). I work with most of the major firms - decline Apr 13, 10:51
- here's Consumer Reports 2009 ratings of brokerage firms -- (link) - znufrii Apr 13, 10:40
- morningstar? -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 10:35 3
  - they review funds, not fund companies -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:48 1
    - kid, i will review your face. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 10:50
  - for individual funds, definitely. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 10:42
- Unless you are trading stocks regularly, they're all about the same. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 10:34 2
  - Ok. Yeah, I'm not looking for one where "i'm" doing any stock trading. - Stephen Apr 13, 10:45 1
    - i have something like this at T. Rowe Price, where they automatically adjust your asset allocation over time -- (link) - pixitude Apr 13, 10:52
My America's Got Talent short recap - Jovian Apr 13, 10:33
today's xkcd is for the all my exes out there. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 13, 10:31 3
- heh - I like it - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:35
- He's getting divorced? -- nm - lileve Apr 13, 10:33 1
  - Ooh, a season finale twist -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:38
UK TV PSA: Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You, Not Going Out, Twently Twelve, Graham Norton, The Mentalist, Castle and Have I Got News for You. - LMS Apr 13, 10:29
The newest facebook ad I'm receiving: Chicago Men's Back Waxing -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 10:26 2
- groiny is jealous -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:30
- We're spending a lot of money on that. Take the hint. -- nm - David Apr 13, 10:29
SNC-Lavalin Montreal offices being raided by the RCMP (likely related to their operation to save Gadhafi) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 13, 10:23 1
- what about the Habs, RCMP? what about them?! -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 10:24
Does rooting for Dave Hester on Storage Wars make you a bad person? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 13, 10:15 4
- Dave's branding of himself with shirts and hats is annoying. - ty97 Apr 13, 10:28 1
  - he somehow got Brandi to marry him...so not that dumb :) -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:29
- Barry annoys me. - Strongbad Apr 13, 10:26 1
  - Brandi and Jarrod are dumb, they should always hang around when he gets a locker cause he'd give them 95% of the stuff in the ones he wins -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:28
dear celery... - znufrii Apr 13, 10:14 1
- Is this a euphemism for Redmond or something -- nm - eag Apr 13, 10:19
Hip, hip, Jorge! Hip, hip, Jorge! -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:07 4
- weeble wobble throw out the first pitch -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:08 3
  - With this hand full of World Series rings. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:11 2
    - weighted to one side and he still can't fall down -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:13
    - heh -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 10:12
Mama and I did something today that we never ever did before... - BAD Apr 13, 10:03 3
- heh, Wednesday MrsCY and I went to an Imaging Center together. I had a foot xray and she got an ultrasound. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 13, 10:11 1
  - weirdest date ever! -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 10:19
- You are NOT the father!? -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:04
Maybe it's because I've been drinking but I'm going through the paperwork for one of our old films aka 'Deadly Crack' and finding it funny. - LMS Apr 13, 10:03
danny mcbride/todd philips acquire "Clown: The Movie" for a U.S. remake. "Casper and Frank plan a canoeing trip deemed �Tour de Pussy� in which they -- (link) - pixitude Apr 13, 09:58
Does Hunger Games win its 4th weekend in a row? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 09:55 7
- It may be close, but I don't see any of the openers as threatening. -- nm - GregW Apr 13, 10:31 6
  - Lockout! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:31 5
    - Blade Runner meets Die Hard! -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 10:35 3
      - Escape From NY meets Con Air...in space! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:36 2
        
        Like Citizen Kane meets Kramer vs Kramer meets Chicago, but with Maggie Grace! -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 10:38 1
        
        love, love Maggie Grace. I can't figure out why she's not a bigger star -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:43
    - Cabin in the Woods!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:34
So realisticly how many years do you think were away from colonizing another planet or moon or is it all sci fi hokey pokey - eag Apr 13, 09:53 47
- 50 - 75 years for full colony on the moon with launch capability to our planets. - Jovian Apr 13, 10:28
- Watch there be gold or some random mineral important to cell phones. Private enterprise will set up shop right quick. -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:03 15
  - Right now various treaties recognize the Moon and other bodies in space as belonging to all, not to a single - TWuG Apr 13, 10:12
  - copper! -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 10:07 13
    - gonna need to be worth a lot more than $4/pound first. -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 10:14 11
      - unobtainium -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:20
      - ok, gold. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 10:16 9
        
        sure, a moon full of gold won't cause the bottom to fall out of the market here -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 10:21
        
        if anything, it'll be helium-3. -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 10:20 7
        
        Hey, is there any way to catch the NHL playoffs in your country? - spamlet Apr 13, 10:31 2
        
        I pay for a season pass to gamecenter live at nhl.com. an australian friend who developed a love for the game in canada pays for a canadian proxy - mafic Apr 13, 10:37 1
        
        Ok, thanks. - spamlet Apr 13, 10:38
        
        what about gems? -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 10:23 1
        
        certainly no diamonds, crust wouldn't be thick enough anywhere. - mafic Apr 13, 10:35
        
        You will not take the Illudium Q36 from my explosive space modulator! -- nm - Marvin the Martian Apr 13, 10:23
        
        The great balloon shortage of 2020 -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 10:22
    - Kryptonite or Adamantium -- nm - eag Apr 13, 10:11
- I agree with your im -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:02
- a serious technological change away. we need to either find a way to get there quicker, or something out there we need to bring back. - mafic Apr 13, 09:58 1
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- not until there's profit or absolute need... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 09:56
- never. not enough money -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 09:56
- the moon, probably in the next century. planets other than mars? not for thousands of years if ever -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 09:56
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  - if there's a good mine up there, the Chinese will go within 30 years. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 09:59 7
    - this actually has me considering what you might find on the moon. maybe rare earths, but the chinese have all those already anyway. - mafic Apr 13, 10:09 4
      - assuming we don't extinct ourselves long beforehand, it's a minimum first step toward humans eventually leaving Earth - pixitude Apr 13, 10:12 3
        
        sure, but we need reasons that aren't quite so esoteric first. being eventually doomed to extinction doesn't really provide the necessary drive. -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 10:16
        
        that's a fairly big assumption, don't you think? -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 10:15 1
        
        given the track we're currently on, i don't think so - pixitude Apr 13, 10:17
    - I *guarantee* that something like that in the works will ignite a new space race with the US going all-in -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 10:06 1
      - I would bet good money that their spies are stealing out space tech right now. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 10:07
  - you hate America. Why? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 09:57 14
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      - You hate America. You don't believe in it's Exceptionalism. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 10:07 9
        
        With these barbs, I think you are illustrating ML's point ;-) - con_carne Apr 13, 10:11 8
        
        hmmmm...really? - Mel Profit Apr 13, 10:15 7
        
        Our billionaires sitting around with all their tax cut enhanced liquid assets would throw down -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:17 6
        
        if they have a chance to make more they'll double down. - Mel Profit Apr 13, 10:23
        
        "Coming Soon: Compound estates at Casa del Armstrong, starting in the low 10 billions" -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 10:19 4
        
        Guys, it is a moot point...The Nazi's are already there and will destory any attempt to colonize -- nm - amoxy Apr 13, 10:22 2
        
        I gotta see this movie. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 10:23 1
        
        IronSky! -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 10:26
        
        it would likely be safe from zombies... - Beaker Apr 13, 10:20
    - the tea party would lose their shit if we actually tried to build newt's moonbase on the government dime -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 09:59 1
      - which would be fun to watch them tout American Exceptionalism. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 10:08
    - Cause he's pinko commie -- nm - eag Apr 13, 09:58
The population growth rate in America's outer suburbs fell in 2011 to less than half the rate of the previous year -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 09:48
Buzzfeed: 50 People you wish you knew in real life -- (link) - MDH Apr 13, 09:44 3
- man, everyone who had mariokart 64 knows number 32! (also, that was brilliant). -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 09:55 2
  - I hated that Track! And I didn't know there was that shortcut - amoxy Apr 13, 10:01 1
    - I think we found it through long hours of playing is in university. someone eventually went "I bet you could jump that." - mafic Apr 13, 10:41
dammit! I had zamboni in draw something and accidentally clicked on get more words. -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 09:44
I'm always a bit torn when news says things like "he said a racial slur". I think we empower the words by not just saying them in newscasts. - ty97 Apr 13, 09:41 8
- It's part of the coverage to state it's a slur, because people might want to know whether it's a potential hate crime - con_carne Apr 13, 09:47 3
  - I realize I call the general populace dumb a lot, but even I don't think they are THAT dumb -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 09:48 2
    - If someone gets arrested for punching someone in the face, the news isn't going to report it that way. They will say "assault and battery," because - con_carne Apr 13, 10:06
    - I'm not saying people are dumb. I'm saying it's part of the responsible reporting. -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 09:53
- It always amuses me that print uses some form of "f---" for fuck. We all know EXACTLY what is meant. even the people who - TWuG Apr 13, 09:45 1
  - We still can't believe what we heard Susan Candiotti say the other day on CNN when she was quoting a FB post and blurted out the f-word AND the n-word - CrankYanker Apr 13, 10:02
- I can't say those words and wouldn't want to hear them on a newscast. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 09:43
- ooh, speaking of this, at Wal Mart earlier, a Chicago Cop says to the cashier there - groiny Apr 13, 09:42
Has znufrii done his FA Cup picks poll yet? He loves the FA Cup. He's really into it. Die hard fan. -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 09:40 13
- thanks for reminding me. - znufrii Apr 13, 09:43 6
  - I'll go opposite of that -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 09:48 5
    - actually, it'll be a Liverpool/Everton tie and a Tottenham 3-1 win -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 09:53 4
      - no replays this round, will go rigfht to extra time and penalties if necessary -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 10:05 3
        
        oh, yeah. semis. Okay, Liverpool 2-1 -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:06 2
        
        also... - znufrii Apr 13, 10:12 1
        
        heh -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:15
- i love premier league but couldn't care less about FA Cup. premier league needs to add a playoff round at the end of their season -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 09:41 5
  - I like it just the way it is. playoffs would diminish it. They would be great games, but -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 09:48 4
    - MLB used to just award one pennant per league at the end of the season - pixitude Apr 13, 09:53 3
      - under a playoff, Man. U would play Tottenham. 79 points against 59 points. It's unfair to give hotspurs a chance to win a playoff game. they don't - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:00 2
        
        give Spurs the same payroll as Man U and see how many points they score during the season -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 10:01 1
        
        that's another argument. -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 10:03
Vt. governor chased by four bears: "You almost lost the governor. Security was not there. I was within three feet of getting 'arrrh." -- (link) - pixitude Apr 13, 09:40 2
- dammit RC! stick to your own candidates! -- nm - mafic Apr 13, 09:46
- On it. -- nm - Newark Mayor Cory Booker Apr 13, 09:43
"Instagram sounds more like a convenient cocaine delivery service." -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 09:39 1
- Shane's a funny dude. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 13, 09:40
the weekend has landed -- nm - pixitude Apr 13, 09:36 5
- Woo hoo! Can't for tomorrow, first Yankee game of the season! - Krusty Apr 13, 09:46
- nmb pixie lir - MDH Apr 13, 09:44 1
  - mostly gay - pixitude Apr 13, 09:47
- We didnt land on the weekend the WEEKEND landed on us -- nm - Malcom eag Apr 13, 09:39
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