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Cheezies: Acquired. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 08:21
Notre Dame NEws: QB arrested in confrotation with police -- (link) - Remlik May 3, 08:11 4
- Too bad Cinci have a QB now. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 08:21
- dude's gonna have quite the record with all these arrests. -- nm - decline May 3, 08:12
- mop-tational! nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 08:12 1
  - *gold clap* -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 08:17
One more thing about the game last night... - Mel Profit May 3, 08:09 2
- that photo (and story) on FB are worth a million bucks. So awesome. -- nm - loosilu May 3, 08:10
- Will he make it through the season? - amoxy May 3, 08:10
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- "I'm sorry. You make the temptation of homosexuality to great to have around." -- nm - con_carne May 3, 08:22
- I want to know why someone openly gay would associate himself with a group who hates that he even exists. -- nm - Tim May 3, 08:19 2
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  - Ask the self loathing members of GOProud or the Log Cabin Republicans. -- nm - MDH May 3, 08:20
- shameful -- nm - znufrii May 3, 08:12 2
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    - I honestly don't what he is. I think what's most clear is that he is whatever he thinks it takes to get elected at that moment. He hears and reacts - pmb May 3, 08:23
- This whole thing makes Romney look weak. If he can't stand up to the right wing of his party for this - amoxy May 3, 08:07 3
  - does anyone think this guy would make a tough decision? - Mel Profit May 3, 08:10 2
    - The SNL bit they did with him where he's speaking to different groups was absolutely spot on. -- nm - pmb May 3, 08:28
    - Given his position changes, he has no real reason to be considered for President. - Will Hunting May 3, 08:14
- agreed. It's really stark and obvious and ugly. -- nm - Mel Profit May 3, 08:06
I can't believe it's so tough in HSX now to find 1 data source. - Will Hunting May 3, 07:59 3
- On The Exchange>Now Trading>Movie Stocks. - MojaveMeg May 3, 08:07 1
  - That's 30 pages of data grabs though...there used to be 1 page for every moviestock and 1 page for every bond. - Will Hunting May 3, 08:08
- should we start an Occupy Orange campaign? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 3, 08:01
DH and any other ING users, you got the email about Check Mate, right? -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 07:57 1
- Dude, I've mentioned it to you a couple times now!! I tried it last week, worked great. - Don Homer May 3, 07:57
NFL: Dunta Robinson will be moving to the slot CB, due to the Falcons trade for Asante Samuel -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 07:56
Poll: Final weekend prediction totals for Avengers? -- nm - Jovian May 3, 07:52 24
- 312.50 -- nm - The Incredible Budice May 3, 08:23
- 185.50 -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 08:22
- $164 -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:20
- 183.2 -- nm - flavorize May 3, 08:17
- have i mentioned how *in love* i am with our new neighbourhood theatre? it has big opening movies - Hunger Games, Avengers, but, it's never more than - Andie May 3, 08:06 6
  - That flyer gets into a little bit of crazy. I like it! -- nm - con_carne May 3, 08:10 2
    - last summer there was some crazy feud between the management and the owner of the other one (before the Humber opened) - they were publically fighting - Andie May 3, 08:12 1
      - Hurly Burly 2 -- nm - con_carne May 3, 08:31
  - (oh, and the uniforms are great - the girls even wear those old tilted pillbox hats.) -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:08 2
    - oh, how cute. how do they stay on? -- nm - loosilu May 3, 08:08 1
      - i think they have elastics under the back of their hair. -- nm - Andie May 3, 08:09
- $175 -- nm - Remlik May 3, 08:04
- five dollah -- nm - pixitude May 3, 08:02
- i'm in w/ the obligatory 312.5 -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 3, 08:01
- 132,5 +- -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 3, 07:58
- $146m -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 07:56
- $1mil less than hunger games -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 07:55
- 177 -- nm - volnelk May 3, 07:54
- 175. nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 07:53
- Billions and Billions -- nm - eag May 3, 07:53
- ScreenCount? -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 07:52 3
  - 4000+ -- nm - says BOM May 3, 07:54 2
    - including 500 plus IMAX 3D locations -- nm - says The Early Report May 3, 07:55 1
      - 159.6mil. - Will Hunting May 3, 07:56
Ah, the inventor of Cheezies (the smaller harder, not puffed cheezies) who lived and manufactured in my hometown, has died at 90. -- (link) - Andie May 3, 07:46 3
- reagen was lamenting it yesterday -- nm - pixitude May 3, 07:46 2
  - it's worth re-lamenting. -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:48 1
    - well, reagen is kind of a whiner anyway -- nm - pixitude May 3, 07:50
So anyone want to meet up for movie/drinks while I'm in New York in a few weeks? -- nm - LMS May 3, 07:42 8
- Raises hand. I would love to join in on the fun. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:20 1
  - Yay! -- nm - LMS May 3, 08:22
- if it's on a Thursday night, I'm in. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 07:58 3
  - I fly in on Tuesday 22nd and around for a couple of weeks so a Thursday is fine for me. -- nm - LMS May 3, 08:07 2
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      - Okay, maybe we can do something on the 29th, I'll probably be doing a side trip to Boston or somewhere weekend of the 1st. -- nm - LMS May 3, 08:18
- I am 100% confident that Jack Dawson will want to. -- nm - Don Homer May 3, 07:57 1
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- That really sucks. The best defensive player in football is probably done for the year. - Inigo May 3, 07:55
Indiana Pacers, bringing the (sorta) funny -- (link) - prayformojo May 3, 07:41 2
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  - word -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 09:42
Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees arrested for resisting an officer at off-campus party -- (link) - pixitude May 3, 07:39 4
- Does 2-time Heisman winner Ron Pawlus have any eligibility left? -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 08:03
- I do believe that's Everett Golson's music... - Stephen May 3, 07:46
- His Oline couldn't block the cop so the had to scramble. -- nm - Bacon May 3, 07:41
- "Police say Rees 'actively resisted' officers trying to corral him and other party-goers before throwing an interception in the endzone." - pixitude May 3, 07:41
Can't decide what to wear? You mean you don't plan and coordinate your work week wardrobe on Sunday? - Stephen May 3, 07:39 1
- weirdo! -- nm - loosilu May 3, 08:05
LIR - Jovian I guess we will be seeing a whole lot more of that actress in Spartacus - Epiphany May 3, 07:32 2
- oh that one - Jovian May 3, 07:38 1
  - I can't wait for more Spartacus!! - Epiphany May 3, 08:21
ST Poll -- how many people have you personally fired? - znufrii May 3, 07:31 17
- None and I hope I never have to. -- nm - Krusty May 3, 08:23
- Personally none, but as HR person the past 5-6 years, I have had to sit in on dozens of exit interviews - amoxy May 3, 08:06
- none. -- nm - loosilu May 3, 08:01 1
  - but I did tell a few students to their faces that I was failing them. It's not exactly the same but I imagine it's similar. - loosilu May 3, 08:07
- Thankfully, none yet. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 07:54
- I had to fire a few back when I worked retail. I don't remember how many. Five, maybe? - Kim Pine May 3, 07:42 1
  - The only case of theft I had to deal with - she realized we were on to it and took off before we could confront her. - MojaveMeg May 3, 07:50
- Zero, never had the authority. What would be worse than firing is layoffs :( -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 07:41
- I've had the "we don't see you making partner here so you should probably start looking elsewhere" talk probably 4 or 5 times (not technically fired - pmb May 3, 07:38 1
  - "Ceiling" them might fit. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 07:42
- 1 - and only because my boss and his boss were both away. And HR made me. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 07:36
- 2 or 3 that I recall. One for cause, and others were laid off. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 3, 07:35
- zero. I'm such a chicken I make my partners do it - decline May 3, 07:34
- 1. and it was way easier than i thought it would be (case specific, mind you.) -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:33 1
  - I got a taste for it that day. -- nm - Andie si May 3, 07:46
- zero - its the main reason I never apply for the supervisor jobs - I can't imagine doing it -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 07:32
- 0. will answer again later today :( -- nm - colin May 3, 07:32
LYC: Tickets purchased for Jennifer Lopez (and Enrique Igleasias). Woohoo! - MDH May 3, 07:30
Groin, I expected little from Reynolds...but we've gotten next to nothing from Hardy and until Tuesday literally nothing from Nick Johnson - Will Hunting May 3, 07:29 2
- i don't get how you could expect little from a guy who is a perennial 30 homer guy? nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 07:30 1
  - Becuase he's a .220 hitting 30 homer guy who plays lousy defense. - Will Hunting May 3, 07:33
That reminds me that I just passed my 13th TT anniversary a few weeks ago. nm - Dignan May 3, 07:22 15
- It hardly seems like it has been 15 years. Which is a HUGE chunk of my adult life -- nm - TWuG May 3, 07:51
- Ditto, 13 years, as of late March -- nm - flavorize May 3, 07:44
- 1999-06-16 -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 3, 07:43
- Last month was 14 years for me -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 07:40
- who, i think 8 years for me, with some gaps. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:38
- only nine for me :( -- nm - pixitude May 3, 07:34
- 15 years at the end of November. Not sure of the exact date, but it was after Thanksgiving and before Titanic opened. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 3, 07:29 3
  - it actually shows it now - if you click your name from the leaderboard, it says 'Trading SInce" - it's the only way i knew my exact date. -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:31 2
    - Yes, but it doesn't go back any earlier than 12/1/97. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 3, 07:34 1
      - Well, that's silly. -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:36
- Nice. That means D.Mac has to send you lace and lingere -- nm - oblique May 3, 07:29
- I must be around 13 too. -- nm - mara May 3, 07:28
- 15 years on June 6tth -- nm - Bacon May 3, 07:26
- I don't have the account anymore, but I joined 7/5/97. - Will Hunting May 3, 07:26
- i just checked - mine was fourteen years on March 27. -- nm - Andie May 3, 07:24
Birthday FMK: Cheryl Burke (28), Christina Hendricks (37), Nina Garcia (47) -- nm - Strongbad May 3, 07:22 5
- FMK -- nm - Jovian May 3, 07:39
- MFK -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 07:28
- FKM (nm) - Will Hunting May 3, 07:27
- FMK -- nm - Bacon May 3, 07:24
- fmk -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 07:23
I might have to fire one of my employees. Any advice on how to deal with this? - colin May 3, 07:21 27
- I'm sorry, man. Firing people has to suck. Good luck. -- nm - con_carne May 3, 07:47
- In those situations it's you or her... - Mel Profit May 3, 07:34
- if you give her time to look for something, she is going to be useless during that time. - groiny May 3, 07:27 1
  - yeah, see below. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:27
- Like taking off a bandaid. If you are sure, then do it quickly and without fuss. -- nm - Don Homer May 3, 07:25
- Tell her in specific terms what she needs to improve and by when. When that date arrives, she's gone if you're not happy with her. -- nm - mara May 3, 07:25 6
  - additional question though.. the sleeping at the desk.. that irks the hell out of me... if that happens again regardless, would that be grounds to - colin May 3, 07:27 4
    - I think so - though I know more than one person here has sleep at their desk - one at the front desk. She likely knows she's about to be fired -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 07:30
    - oh yeah -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 07:28
    - probably. that's just amateurish right there. - znufrii May 3, 07:28 1
      - probably doesn't.. as an adult in a corporate office, "sleeping on the job" should not have to be stated. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:30
  - i've got a list a mile long. giving her three weeks. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:26
- marching band and skywriter. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 07:25
- I wouldn't keep her on after you tell her she's done. - znufrii May 3, 07:24 10
  - none, she's a contractor in a right to work state. if i say she's done, she's out the door that instance and does not get paid any more - colin May 3, 07:25 9
    - Our company always fires people on Friday morning for some reason. You get the Friday paid. - Bacon May 3, 07:28 4
      - have you never watched office space? the answer is there. -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 07:31 2
        
        Hotcakes had me watch that movie. Good movie but I need you to spoil this for me. I don't remember. -- nm - Bacon May 3, 07:33 1
        
        the quote - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 07:47
      - probably less disruptive to work as well.. a lot of people out, nobody has to deal with the empty desk for a week.. - colin May 3, 07:31
    - then she knows the risks she runs if she's sucking at her job, which it sounds like she is. - znufrii May 3, 07:26
    - dont be nice about this. -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 07:26 2
      - my wife keeps telling me this. not to be attached. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:31 1
        
        exactly, if you are not doing the job, you are impeding my success. nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 07:33
- generally speaking, if you fire someone, you can't give them a head's up. you can give them severance, but you don't want them - Andie May 3, 07:23 1
  - Right, this. Pay her 2 weeks and send her home. -- nm - Subversive May 3, 07:24
- this is a pretty terrible roll. -- nm - colin May 3, 07:21

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