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TD Bank introduces $35 fee for *not* borrow money from them. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 27, 07:38 2
- honestly, if it costs the bank money to maintain a line of credit for a customer, even if it isn't used, then I have no problem with them charging a f - Roger More Jan 27, 07:43
- oh my. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:39
OK, *now* I'm pissed at Netflix. - kelly Jan 27, 07:37 5
- I returned 2 movies this weekend too. My #1 (Max Payne) and #2 (Eagle Eye) were 'long wait' and 'short wait' - both shipped today -- nm - decline Jan 27, 07:41
- oh, kelly. If only my problems were that slight. - Reagen Jan 27, 07:39 3
  - Really? Ugh. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 07:40 2
    - What happens with Netflix if you only have 3-5 in your queue? Do they just not ship you anything? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:41 1
      - If that was the case, yeah, they don't ship you anything until you have a movie available. - kelly Jan 27, 07:41
GH:Metallica track listing revealed. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 27, 07:35 3
- *shun* - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:36 2
  - Aerosmith was boring, I can't see this being any better. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:38
  - They will get no money from me regarding this edition. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 07:37
This will be a fun website to watch, I think. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 27, 07:35 3
- Worst viral website ever. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 07:37
- Hopefully. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:37
- Heck yes. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:36
I may pull the trigger and buy the sellout woot item - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:25 9
- I think that's the one we have. Does it have updated maps? - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:26 8
  - 2009 maps on a sd card -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:28 7
    - also, I wonder if the price of the unit is cheaper then just buying the maps by themselves. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:28 6
      - updates on that stuff typically run about $60. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 07:30 5
        
        I need to update my TomTom -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 07:34
        
        hmm. never knew that. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:31 3
        
        usually by the time you need an update, you might as well just get a new unit. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 07:36
        
        I didn't either - until after we bought it for $200+. - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:34 1
        
        we had about an 8 year old version at my old office, and it worked near-perfectly. - mafic Jan 27, 07:38
Dear users, please do not open trouble tickets for spam asking why you received it - oblique Jan 27, 07:20 3
- Effing spammers. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 07:30
- you need to create a special spam bucket address for them to forward to ... - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:20 1
  - It's called spam at postini.com which probably does go to /dev/null :) -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 07:22
damn, this is a lot of work for a few thousand dollars. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jan 27, 07:16
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- We're assuming a lot that he'll be healthy...that's 8 years away! - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:17 8
  - Jag fans nicknamed his dad "Fragile Fred" -- nm - Redmond Jan 27, 07:20 7
    - We use that moniker every year in our fantasy draft to be funny, but he's performed well lately -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:23 3
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        and with Fred not there to share carries, it's debatable whether MJD can hold up for 16 games -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:34 1
        
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    - Fred's been good the last 5-6 years. but those first 5 years were brutal. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:22
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      - Though I think MJD added two years at minimum to his career. -- nm - Reag�n Jan 27, 07:25
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- It's interesting to see how depression-proofing has shifted in the past two decades. It used to be the cinema, now it's McDs and Netflix ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:13 1
  - erph, darn typos. I meant recession, not depression. Two different beasts. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:14
Why am I hungry at 10 am? :( - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:10 9
- I have to eat high protein/high fiber cereal in the morning or I get hungry early too. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:38
- Eating breakfast gets your metabolism going. Have some healthy snacks on hand to get you to lunch (fruit, etc) -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 07:15
- did you change your diet at all? add a healthy breakfast for instance? - decline Jan 27, 07:13
- There is this amazing thing called breakfast. Now, I've only heard about it, never partaken, but legend has it the event involves bacon. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 07:12 4
  - I had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios at 6:45 - 7:00 am. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:16 3
    - sugary! ;P -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:38
    - Well that certainly doesn't sound like it has bacon. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 07:18 1
      - That's what's missing! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:25
- I'm hungry, but haven't eaten breakfast, so that kinda explains it -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 07:12
SIWAP: Have we already discussed the impending Chicken Wing Shortage Crisis?........(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jan 27, 07:09
It costs HOW much to fly to Prague? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 07:08 5
- How much via LHR? -- nm - LMS Jan 27, 07:11 3
  - It all seems to be very date sensitive. One day is 2500, the next is 750. - ty97 Jan 27, 07:15 2
    - (mind you, 750-900 ain't bad. But at first, I was only finding 2500) - ty97 Jan 27, 07:16 1
      - When researching flights to iceland switching from Fri to Thurs made a huge difference. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:19
- two grand I think -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:09
From yesterday BB's: Kelly is on THE List for making fun of Drew Barrymore....you cant make fun of Drew....its a law in my City!! - Walt_Disney Jan 27, 07:05 4
- Her perkiness drives me *insane*. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 07:14
- whatev -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:08
- A true Barrymore fan would know Ever After was in 1998. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:08 1
  - *laughing at IM* - kelly Jan 27, 07:13
The 'Once' couple not being together anymore is all part of a larger plan to make a film called 'Again' in the future. - HdnAgnda Jan 27, 07:01 2
- if your mind's not made up? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 07:02 1
  - if you've got something to say, just say it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:26
Hmmm, I may have to go clothes shopping. - ty97 Jan 27, 06:59
Current weather poll: -10F, wind from the ENE @10 mph, and a foot of new snow in the last 2 days. You? - Trish Jan 27, 06:56 25
- did you make crash shovel the walkway again? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:30
- 29 and snowing -- nm - Redmond Jan 27, 07:21
- Currently 25F, with an inch or two of frozen rain/sleet/snow on the ground, expecting 3-6 inches of freezing rain/sleet/snow today. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 07:14
- 52F, partly cloudy, a little windy. high of 65 today. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 27, 07:06
- -12*C (10F) and sunny. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:04
- Only -19C now. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 07:04
- 24F. chance of snow: 100% and expecting 2-5", then sleet, then rain by tomorrow afternoon -- nm - decline Jan 27, 07:02
- 44 now, high of 58. foggy but clearing into a sunny afternoon -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:01
- Sunny intervals 45F, light winds, except from the person sitting next to me. -- nm - LMS Jan 27, 07:01
- 4, Sunny -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 07:01
- 30 degrees, light snow, today's forecase is 2-4" which around here means panic....then turning into an ice event into tomorrow. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:00 4
  - I won't lie. - kelly Jan 27, 07:01 3
    - ice is bad, regardless of where you live. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 07:03
    - Ice is panick'able imo. This light snow, not so much. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:02 1
      - I'm considering telling my supervisor the same thing. - kelly Jan 27, 07:06
- 57 now, high of 71 today. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:00
- frig. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:00 1
  - *coughs up lung* -- nm - Diva Jan 27, 07:15
- ~20C and *pouring*. I'll be happy when I move to a hotel tomorrow. I think the rainstorm may also have cancelled the rest of this drill program. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 06:59
- Currently 27, will get to the mid 50's -- nm - amoxy Jan 27, 06:59
- 37F, raining like crazy, wind negligible. -- nm - Callisto Jan 27, 06:58
- 2 inches of snow, and still falling. -- nm - Amy Jan 27, 06:58
- Sunny, 71F, heading toward 80F. - ty97 Jan 27, 06:57 1
  - ^5 -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:01
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I think I'm getting Spawn's zombie eye virus. -- nm - Amy Jan 27, 06:55 1
- nmb Amy - Trish Jan 27, 07:02
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- Yup, tested this one before I bought it. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 07:16
- Yes, we did back when we bought our house in 2001. I didn't expect an issue since our crawlspace is has vents but my wife wanted it done. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 27, 06:58
It's annoying receiving Facebook friend requests from people that you don't know who they are. - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:50 11
- i *just* got a friend request from a guy i dated in 1990. i'm not sure i've seen him since. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:17
- Heh. I got one yesterday from a college friend of Will's (who I have never met or spoken to). - kelly Jan 27, 06:56
- me too. Like high school people I can't remember. - Callisto Jan 27, 06:55
- Can you call your mom and ask? -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 06:52 1
  - I could, but would prefer not to. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:52
- The use of the word "kid" indicates a generation or two older than you. Aunt or uncle? -- nm - mara Jan 27, 06:51 5
  - Or indicates that it's me. And I totally know Don Homer's mom, if you know what I'm saying. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 06:52
  - I clicked on their profile and they are about 4 years older. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:51 3
    - Don't you hate it when people of your own generation call you "kid"??!!! -- nm - mara Jan 27, 06:53 2
      - No. It just means the Retin-A is working! -- nm - Amy Jan 27, 06:56
      - Kid, your face has it's own generation. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 06:53
Internet Explorer 8 early release is ready for download; can't use it on Windows 7 (yet). heh. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 27, 06:50 3
- I'm more interested in Chrome 2.0 at this point. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 06:56
- 8 is more than 7 -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 06:50 1
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Stongbad, do you have a link to a summary of the house bill, as it currently stands? -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 06:50 10
- (I'm just curious how you're coming to the conclusion that it doesn't live up to Obama's "No Earmarks" promise) -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 06:53 9
  - Here's all 647 pages -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 27, 06:55 8
    - Here's 1 person's summary - Strongbad Jan 27, 06:56 7
      - And here's my reference to some of the earmark/pork I identified on B2 -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 27, 06:57 5
        
        that's a proposal from the US Conference of Mayors that has nothing to do with the specifics of the bill itself. - znufrii Jan 27, 07:03 4
        
        Doh. You're right, I feel stupid. Really thought that was in the bill. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:04 3
        
        you're silly. - znufrii Jan 27, 07:09 2
        
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        Yeah. you want to make something of it? -- nm - Stainless Steel Pot Jan 27, 07:13
      - Thanks. - znufrii Jan 27, 06:57
sitwap: Kim Manners, exec producer of Supernatural, has passed away. -- (link) - Callisto Jan 27, 06:49 6
- very sad -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:26
- Bleep - TWuG Jan 27, 07:15
- Sad news, he made some of the best X-Files eps. -- nm - LMS Jan 27, 07:08
- NOOOOO! :( -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 27, 07:06
- Last week was great *spoilers* - Strongbad Jan 27, 06:53
- Holy crap. :( - nubby Jan 27, 06:50
Bailiff, please check the defendant's ass for feces. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 27, 06:47
Global warming irreversable now. We can all stop trying (well, you three over there can stop, the rest of us never started) -- (link) - oblique Jan 27, 06:46 3
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  - *busts you for solicitation* -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 07:04
- *makes joke about how it was -30C this morning* -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 06:48
aww, poop. Once couple Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are no longer together. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 27, 06:45 4
- I didn't realize they were an off-screen couple. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 06:47 2
  - From the article, it seems like they weren't until sometime after the Oscars. -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 07:35 1
    - there was talk that they were before hand in kind of an on and off way. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:40
- can you imagine how sad and slow the breakup music must sound? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 06:45
LYC-There are four design blogs I frequent and three of them seem to rip each other off. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 06:44 1
- I follow Engadget and Gizmodo and they're just like that too -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 06:50
For those that know DC Metro: took me 1:30 from Shady Grove to Farragut North - MDH Jan 27, 06:41
*smears feces on b2, declares misboard* -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 06:41
blank -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 06:40 3
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  - bob -- nm - mara Jan 27, 06:42 1
    - thorton -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 06:42

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