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Friday? -- nm - Truman Apr 20, 07:06 1
- gettin' down? -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 07:08
Hold your breath! I think the wife and I can go out to dinner on Saturday night sans kids obvie. wpphoo - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 07:04 3
- yikes - good luck - hope that happens -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:05
- crazy -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:04 1
  - we went out with family members during Christmas like we do every year, but yeah, it's ridiculous. -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 07:08
The headline should read: Diet of Coca-Cola and Cigarettes Proven Risky. -- nm - GregW Apr 20, 06:57 2
- I drink a lot of soda, but seven litres in one day is unfathomable. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 06:59 1
  - "Gimme a litre o' cola. " -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:00
AICN has summaries of the rest of the season of GOT. I don't want spoilers, but can someone that knows tell me..... - volnelk Apr 20, 06:55 5
- My understand (w/o reading the AICN recaps) is that season 2 = Book 2. - TWuG Apr 20, 06:59
- The summary is vague, but it sounds like season 2 is close to the endo of book2 (Twug might know better) -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:59 3
  - Yeah - reading between the lines of the summaries, Series 2 ends at the same point Book 2 ends. -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 07:09 1
    - Thanks guys! -- nm - volnelk Apr 20, 07:31
  - :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 07:00
Whaaaat? This cat was in Boogie Nights? -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 06:48
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WOOO!!!! Ron Paul Video Game!! -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 20, 06:36
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- I think the 8 kids would be a more likely culprit. Gdamn, woman! -- nm - GregW Apr 20, 06:52
- five posts below, mopper. still crazy. makes me want to cut down, heh -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 06:26 13
  - but that one is about someone who drank eight Coke Lites, isn't it? -- nm - zork Apr 20, 06:32
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    - hee. does 8 liters equal 2 gallons? I need to revisit my measurement stuff -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 06:33 10
      - slightly more than, but close enough. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 06:35 9
        
        Slightly less than. A quart is slightly more than a liter. -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 06:48 8
        
        nope. Liter is definitely bigger. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 07:01
        
        8 litres = 2.11 US gallons -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:52 6
        
        You have different gallons too? Sheesh. -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 06:59 5
        
        we are special that way -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:01 3
        
        I was going to put this down to someone not knowing the difference between American exceptionalism and being different just to be different, but it - Roger More Apr 20, 07:08
        
        special ed - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:03 1
        
        we didn't invent the short bus for nothin' -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:05
        
        1 US gal = 3.8 L and 1 Imperial gal = 4.56 L -- nm - zork Apr 20, 07:01
motherf*cker. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 05:57 5
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  - complex? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 06:20 3
    - B? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 20, 06:33 2
      - 52. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 20, 06:49 1
        
        card pick up -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 06:57
2011 was the worst year for measles in the US in the last 15 years -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 05:13 2
- I blame jenny mccarthy. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 05:25 1
  - 250 cases of Whooping Cough in BC's Fraser Valley -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 05:34
It's ironic that Dwight Howard is having back surgery while the knife he stuck in SVG's remains in his -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:08 1
- They should've traded him, when they had the chance -- nm - flavorize Apr 20, 05:54
April 20, 1534 � Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador. -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:03 2
- 1912 � Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:04 1
  - My brothers are going to the 100th anniversary game at Fenway today. - Jelly Apr 20, 06:19
New Zealand woman's 8 litre a day coca-cola habit cited in her death...(well it was either that or the 30 cigarettes she smoked a day...) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 04:02
this is the best sign I've ever seen. -- (link) - mafic Apr 20, 01:04 [Image] 1
- Peace sign! - JenBro Apr 20, 01:13
What an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere. And I thought I saw a two. -- nm - David Apr 19, 22:39 2
- Don't worry, there's no such thing as two. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 22:47 1
  - Compare your life to mine and then kill yourself. - David Apr 19, 22:50
wanna feel even more inadequate? first-grader born without any hands wins national penmanship award -- (link) - pixitude Apr 19, 22:23
Broke the seal. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 22:19 2
- you can never undo the first pee of the night while drinking beer -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:54
- I'd like to think that having such a long time at one job looks good on a resume/application. But I didn't get a couple of jobs I applied for and - Qale Apr 19, 22:31
Diablo 3 OPEN BETA!!!!eleventyone one!! -- (link) - Qale Apr 19, 22:18 1
- Already in on the closed beta. Wooo I'm special. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 20, 06:14
The Arch. Soc. recently received a collection of artifacts and books from the estate of a local well-respected archaeologist. The most - MojaveMeg Apr 19, 22:13 6
- Six Epochs of Separation -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 23:54
- 38 whole pages? - pixitude Apr 19, 22:42 2
  - We're trying to decide what to do with it. And whether some creationist out there would actually pay $200 for it. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 19, 22:47 1
    - The Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY might be interested. They have dioramas of humans & dinosaurs. - CovingtonCat Apr 20, 03:07
- you probably do actually have a monkey's paw in there somewhere. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 22:36
- Kamandi #1 :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 19, 22:17
Been a while. ST Poll #Gas: $3.55/gallon. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 19, 21:57 22
- $3.87 -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 05:54
- $4.09 -- nm - loosi Apr 20, 05:48
- 1.359 per litre here I think -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:51
- Between $3.84 and $3.91 -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 04:48
- $4.13 by my house -- nm - Stephen Apr 19, 23:12
- $3.67, it came down in a hurry off the $3.89 high just a week ago. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 22:42 1
  - Same here. Commodity prices have dropped dramatically the past few weeks. -- (link) - GregW Apr 20, 06:48
- $4.09....3.99 at costco -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 22:26
- $1.589/litre, little bit more than mafic's price below -- nm - Karl_S Apr 19, 22:23
- $4.57/gal at the station nearest me (nm) - howie Apr 19, 22:08 5
  - i think it's down to $4.30ish along Fairfax - pixitude Apr 19, 22:08 4
    - Yeah, this place is a rip off. It was $3.99 in February then shot up .58 in 3 weeks (nm) - howie Apr 19, 22:16 3
      - Premium near LAX only 4.29. Bargain! -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 22:17 2
        
        $5.29 with your UCLA alumni card -- nm - pixitude Apr 19, 22:22 1
        
        good thing i drive less than 2k miles per year. - howie Apr 19, 22:25
- ~$6/gallon converted ($1.57/litre local) -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 22:04
- $20/week - pixitude Apr 19, 22:02 2
  - Expo Line Apr 28, visit homies at USC! -- nm - budice on fire Apr 19, 22:05 1
    - chance of robbery at gunpoint: no more than 45% -- nm - pixitude Apr 19, 22:07
- $3.91 -- nm - peglegpete Apr 19, 22:02
- 4.67 (converted) -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 22:00
- $4.19 -- nm - budice on fire Apr 19, 21:58
San Fran's Sam Wo restaurant closing, home of the rudest waiter, after 100 years, just to dirty, too old and unfixable - zeitgeist Apr 19, 21:43
This was the Summer stalker post I read from Kelly :) - JenBro Apr 19, 21:31 [Backboard] 3
- Depends on whether there is enough people interested... -- nm - kelly Apr 19, 21:45 2
  - Yep, I was just linking it to show what post I was thinking of when I told Andie you had already posted about SS for 2012. :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 20, 00:41
  - (are, not is_ -- nm - kelly Apr 19, 21:47
Have we discussed PB&J vodka? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 19, 21:30 2
- someone seems to like Ran erry :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 19, 22:04 1
  - LOL - nothing gets by ST does it? :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 20, 00:42
sporcle: name the top 100 sci-fi movies -- (link) - zork Apr 19, 21:27 8
- I feel like Gattaca and Children of Men are way too low. -- nm - volnelk Apr 20, 04:17
- 55 out of 100. Thats a solid list. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 22:22
- Awesome list. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 19, 21:44
- this list loses for having neither avatar nor district 9. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 21:36 3
  - and for having at least a couple that i'd never even heard of before ... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 19, 21:43
  - ... I haven't read it, but I agree. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 21:43 1
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:52
- Is this a quiz? Galaxy Quest makes the top 15. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 21:28
30rock was amazing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 21:25 1
- *was* -- nm - Diego Riveria Apr 19, 21:38
What I learned: Things to have on you: ID, emergency contact info, med list and if you have a funky EKG as your baseline maybe have a copy of it -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 21:25 27
- seems like there should be next generation medic alert bracelets that can capture this. - mafic Apr 19, 21:37 2
  - implanted RFID is coming. - Mel Profit Apr 19, 21:43 1
    - oh, i'm going to chip you so hard - pixitude Apr 19, 21:44
- My EKG is a mess. - Bacon, via droid Apr 19, 21:33 1
  - Yeah, you should carry a copy then. It is super helpful to compare EKGs. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 21:38
- a lawyer i used to work with had all his medical file on a flash drive that he wore around his neck - pixitude Apr 19, 21:29 20
  - Dalton? -- nm - JenBro Apr 20, 00:45
  - If the flashdrive isn't labeled "medical info" or something then I doubt people will look at it. Either way. I think having things on paper is better. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 21:32 18
    - nobody carries anything paper with them anymore. having it on a phone app would be most effective -- nm - pixitude Apr 19, 21:37 10
      - If the patient rolls in unconscious, I don't think anyone will check their phone at first. If anything the cops may look through it for contact info - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 21:42 9
        
        I was told to label people in my phone to contact as ICE - In Case of Emergency. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 19, 21:57 7
        
        I have done the same thing. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 20, 04:30
        
        yep, we each have two people in our phone reduntantly. under their own name and under "ICE (name)" - Andie Apr 20, 04:06
        
        my phone's passcode locked, so that wouldn't do much good anyway. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 01:47
        
        Hmm, I haven't heard of that one. I will see if I can ask some of the nurses. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 22:06 1
        
        Thanks. I'd be interested to know if it's something the ERs look for. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 04:44
        
        Maverick? -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 19, 21:58 1
        
        that's right *teeth snap* -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 19, 21:59
        
        As long as you have your wallet with you. - Iron Spawn Apr 19, 21:50
    - What about that medical bracelet with contgact info for your records -- nm - Bacon, via droid Apr 19, 21:34 6
      - "Log on to slackertalk.com" -- nm - Bracelet Apr 19, 21:44 2
        
        we'd have 3 boards arguing about whether they should just go ahead and pull the plug -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 21:50 1
        
        "It was a bee sting!" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 22:43
      - A bracelet is good and will certainly be seen right away. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 21:43 2
        
        I wear a bracelet, but all it says is I'm on Warfarin...and "no stick right arm" :) - MojaveMeg Apr 19, 22:03 1
        
        hehe, yea the second part is ignored often. People don't notice it. Gotta keep reminding them. :/ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 19, 22:04
- My EKG is a waveform of James Brown's The Boss. -- nm - Beryllium's medical bracelet Apr 19, 21:27
same party though they may be, Lougheed, Getty, and Klein were all fairly different beasts. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 21:08 1
- As a backroom boy hoping to enjoy the spoils of war one day... The faces on the banner may change... - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 22:20
did they download the roads to municipalities or just ignore them? -- nm - zork Apr 19, 21:04 3
- Ignored. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 21:05 2
  - And cut the legs out from under small towns in recent years. - Subversive Apr 19, 21:09
  - ahh. they downloaded here in the mid-90s but I'm sure the transfer payments didn't match -- nm - zork Apr 19, 21:08
Also, I expect her to be an absentee landlord on the issue of environmental protection - Reagen Apr 19, 21:04 5
- And there is some -slight- vampirism, but frankly there were too many people in the area anyway. -- nm - David Apr 19, 21:08 4
  - We're getting closer to a period of 16 hours a day of sunlight. Those vampires picked the wrong time. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 21:13 1
    - 0 Days of Night - David Apr 19, 21:14
  - She can suck my ....blood.... any day. -- nm - Subversive Apr 19, 21:10 1
    - There for a second, I thought you were going to say penis. -- nm - David Apr 19, 21:11
ooh, a monkey's paw! three wishes for me!! -- nm - pixitude Apr 19, 21:03 1
- first wish: bottomless slurpees with my good friend dignan in winnipeg -- nm - pixitude Apr 19, 21:13
Let's go out late, drink a lot, stay up past 8 and then dance. Dance all night. - David Apr 19, 21:00

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