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PSA: Double check your home insurance. They dropped "matching siding" from our policy without telling us. - spamlet May 3, 13:47 1
- haha, sucker.... - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:48
TWuG (skyrim) - Capstern May 3, 13:44
"Supermoon" this Saturday evening -- (link) - amoxy May 3, 13:37 2
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  - The article disagrees with you. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 14:03
And speaking of new music, the new Offspring track "Days Go By" is... good! - con_carne May 3, 13:34 5
- new Santigold out this week is good... Karen O is on one of the songs -- nm - stewie May 3, 13:43 2
  - The first song on that is, as I believe Qale would say, a real club banger -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:49 1
    - And now I realize that is the Karen O track -- nm - con_carne May 3, 14:04
- That sounds unlikely. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 13:36 1
  - I know! -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:37
Supernatural and Vamp Diraies renewed woot -- nm - Capstern May 3, 13:22 18
- *insert my usual Supernatural should have ended after season 5 rant here* -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:27 17
  - where can they take the story next? -- nm - loosilu May 3, 13:48 6
    - Fix the mistakes made over the past two seasons? - the wrong element, bad guy May 3, 13:54 1
      - can we have the damn *spoils* - Epiphany May 3, 13:57
    - evil twins and incest. -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:52 3
      - If they get too old and lose the pretty, Jensen can always start a career doing voice work like his dad. - loosilu May 3, 13:55 1
        
        already done - he was Redskull in a Batman ...something? anime? game? not sure. -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:58
      - "Next time, on SURVIVOR" -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:53
  - I stopped right around there, and I think I'm cool with it. I'll catch up eventually to get my fix, though. - con_carne May 3, 13:43 1
    - Season 6 is just lost all over the place & has been pretty good...but pip has a bug in her butt about it should have just stopped after - Capstern May 3, 13:54
  - I think they just chose the wrong show runner. - the wrong element, bad guy May 3, 13:41
  - I only agree with that one season (6)...I like this season and I hear they are getting a new show runner. This season as been pretty good -- nm - Capstern May 3, 13:41 6
    - Have you heard who that show runner would be? - the wrong element, bad guy May 3, 13:44 5
      - Jeremy Carver -- nm - Capstern May 3, 13:52
      - they failed - it's Carver - though he has helmed some great episodes - A very Supernatural Christmas and Mystery Spot - Epiphany May 3, 13:51 3
        
        You do realize he ran the season you love too right? -- nm - Capstern May 3, 13:52 2
        
        I like him - Mystery Spot is my fav. I was just pointing out that it was not Edlund which in itself is very, very weird -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:57
        
        What season was he show runner on? - the wrong element, bad guy May 3, 13:56
Obama's ex-girlfriends from his New York years share stories, letters in new biography... -- (link) - Don Homer May 3, 13:22 12
- *pictures her drunk in a bar each weekend* - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:27 1
  - I suspect we dodged a bullet on that one, or just another example of Barrack being smarter than we know to marry such a gal -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:50
- ~so in love with you~ -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:24 6
  - nmb con carne - I'm in love with the new Shins song. And I typically don't like that Mumford and Sons type crap -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:28 5
    - Again, I enjoy it on a classic rock level. - con_carne May 3, 13:36
    - *pimpslaps the life out of you* -- nm - TFox May 3, 13:29 3
      - *turns the other cheek* I don't like the Black Keys either!! - Epiphany May 3, 13:30 2
        
        Time was I would've been right there with you re: this new music. I think I got Coachella fever, and now like F+tM, Black Keys, etc. -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:41
        
        i had an MMJ commute in this morning. -- nm - TFox May 3, 13:38
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  - "some people like chocolate ice cream, and some people like vanilla ice cream, but everybody...." - BaRack May 3, 13:28
  - LOL! -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:27
Maryland becomes first state to prohibit employers from asking for Facebook logins... -- (link) - Don Homer May 3, 13:20
So Max is ST's Colton. That makes sense. -- nm - David May 3, 13:20 2
- Which makes Andie (spoilers) - con_carne May 3, 13:23
- I think he needs to start slapping innocent candy stripers until someone gives him some answers. Damn it! -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:22
can i pretend that i just didnt notice a mistake in an audit report? - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:18 14
- don't you ever worry about posting this stuff? i can't pretend I know how it works, but if any of these cases got investigated could - Andie May 3, 13:31 10
  - yes. no matter how big an asshole the boss is, Tru, you can be very screwed legally for not reporting this. -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:43
  - i was already changing it, and resubmitting. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:41
  - So they'd connect it to him via post IP address? Would they have to subpeona Bery to get that? And then connect it to a particular client just by the - mara May 3, 13:40 6
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      - nothing criminal was discussed though. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:54 2
        
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        its amazing that i cant even whine anymore. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 14:04
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    - if they had his computer, i doubt it would be terribly difficult for pros to track. -- nm - Andie May 3, 13:41
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- calculate the new results and tell the client. see what they want to do. -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:21 2
  - its a supporting schedule - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:22 1
    - ok, good luck wahtever you do -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:27
Over 1500 players have joined the lawsuit against the NFL. -- (link) - GregW May 3, 13:13 4
- Boxing has known about this for something like 50 years. what took them so long to figure out football causes head injuries??? -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:17 2
  - You wear helmets in football. - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:23 1
    - exactly -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:27
- ST should join. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:16
So, if the insurance totals your car that means they won't insure it anymore, correct? - spamlet May 3, 13:09 22
- generally when they total it - they take the title and the car in exchange for the agreed settlement, however - we have had times where clients want - JenBro May 3, 13:27 7
  - Thanks. They wrote a check to my neighbor and he still has the car and it had me wondering. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 13:52
  - Question: if the car was hit by someone, their fault etc....would their company evade paying for the body damage because the body was already damaged? - zeitgeist May 3, 13:36 1
    - we've had this happen ... someone hit a deer where there was already one dent - and the body shops are able to split that cost out and the client can - JenBro May 3, 13:41
  - LIR....Pampered CHEF!! score! - Epiphany May 3, 13:29 3
    - THANK YOU!!! I really needed someone to be excited about that for me - I mean - seriously - that savings was sick right? - JenBro May 3, 13:39 2
      - oh my gawd - in a situation where worlds collide - my friends just texted me about a party she wants to have in June - Epiphany May 3, 13:56
      - oh wait - I forgot - also a micro plane and chefs tongs too -- nm - JenBro May 3, 13:44
- If they total it, they take it and sell it for salvage. They might work with you to cut a deal to allow you to keep it and try to fix it. -- nm - Kim Pine May 3, 13:17
- wait, hasnt this happened to you before? - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:14 8
  - Not totaled, but my first new car had $11k of hail damage when I owned the car for 2 months. -- nm - spamlet May 3, 13:15 7
    - also, have you ever considered that fate keeps hailing on your car cause you refuse to get a new house with a garage? - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:26 5
      - This is the first time at home. Once at work and once in Columbia. :P -- nm - spamlet May 3, 13:42 3
        
        so, its been working up to this. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:43 2
        
        She never wants to move. I've tried. - spamlet May 3, 13:46 1
        
        strange. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:47
      - My brutha! -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:27
    - ohh, k. the interwebs say you can keep it, they will may give you a lessor payout though - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:20
- Correct, that particular car no longer exists to them. -- nm - CrankYanker May 3, 13:11
- why would you want to insure a totaled car? -- nm - TFox May 3, 13:10 2
  - Hail damage. If it's totaled I'd want to know my options for fixing the car rather than just scrapping a car with 28k miles. - spamlet May 3, 13:14 1
    - fair enough. -- nm - TFox May 3, 13:20
IKA fyi, if you hit Ctrl and move the mouse wheel you can widen the view. - CrankYanker May 3, 13:08 2
- that just changes the font size for me...what's pissing me off is having to close the ambro pimp messages before looking at any window -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 13:30 1
  - Smaller font = widened view, but you need a magnifying glass. And, yeah, the popups are crazy stupid. -- nm - CrankYanker May 3, 13:43
ok, i need a Microsoft Office / Avery Labels genius... I am using mailing labels that are normally used horizontally. i need to use them vertically. - Andie May 3, 13:07 2
- Word? Click the 'Layout' tab, look for a button called 'Text Direction'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 3, 13:17
- insert a text-box object. then use text alignment to make it vertical? -- nm - decline May 3, 13:16
Adele's "21" has surpassed MJ's "Thriller" on the All-Time UK Sales Chart to place at #5 (listed the Top 10 inside) - MDH May 3, 13:06
favorite member of the Avengers poll. [besides Mrs. Peele] -- nm - peglegpete May 3, 13:03 19
- Wonder Man....Wolverine -- nm - Capstern May 3, 13:40
- Cable -- nm - David May 3, 13:20 5
  - David loves the cable. nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 13:29 1
    - He keeps getting the X-Men mixed up with the Avengers. - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:32
  - Quit making characters up, ST -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:26 2
    - Banana Hammock Man -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:31
    - Silverclaw -- (link) - amoxy May 3, 13:27
- Silverclaw -- nm - amoxy May 3, 13:18
- Triathlon. nm - Dignan May 3, 13:14 1
  - I figured you for a D-man fan -- nm - Remlik May 3, 13:21
- Iron Man - Jovian May 3, 13:14
- The Hulk -- nm - Krusty May 3, 13:10 1
  - yes -- nm - TFox May 3, 13:13
- Iron Man ( Diva don't hate me!) -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:10
- the ones who die -- nm - pixitude May 3, 13:06
- The Vision -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:04
- Just like in Game of Thrones... - Dr.Vermin May 3, 13:04
- Iron Man -- nm - groiny May 3, 13:03 1
  - Ditto. -- nm - MDH May 3, 13:04
I think the next logical progression for Jack White is to start switching genres within songs. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 13:01 1
- "I think it really loses something in the classical-hiphop-dubstep bridge." -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:46
Iron Man cosplay suit....dude put a LOT of work into it... -- (link) - Remlik May 3, 13:00 [youtube] 8
- wow, that's great. -- nm - loosilu May 3, 13:50
- It is pretty sweet...Bet his G/F really loves it -- nm - amoxy May 3, 13:24
- Whoa. -- nm - MDH May 3, 13:04
- Does it fly? - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:03 4
  - yup, right into a tree. nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 13:04 3
    - that's the Spawn Mark 1 -- nm - Remlik May 3, 13:08 1
      - It was a crude first attempt, but any flight you can walk away from... - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:26
    - Sweeeet -- nm - Iron Spawn May 3, 13:05
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- order pizza, have it delivered to your office. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 13:01 1
  - who would be able to mix his martinis then? nm -- nm - groiny May 3, 13:03
Gotye and fun. #1 and 2 for the 3rd week in a row. And Beaker - con_carne May 3, 12:59 2
- Jack White debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart -- nm - con_carne May 3, 13:09
- Carly Rae Jespen for the win though. She has made the most addicitve song in decades. -- nm - MDH May 3, 13:07
"I thought the general looked suspiciously like Treat Williams." ... "What? I'm in a lot of movies." -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:57 1
- Loved the first half and the end. Wasn't crazy about the crazy boat stuff. - David May 3, 13:24
Supernatural renewed (I'm sure the actors are 'pleased') -- (link) - Remlik May 3, 12:52 1
- I hope they are - cause its effectively ruined their potential movie careers. - Epiphany May 3, 13:13
DME (evening) - do i (a) go home, have a glass of wine, throw in some laundry and work on an enjoyable crafty project that is no rush, but needs to - Andie May 3, 12:51 5
- wine, skip the laundry for more wine. -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 3, 12:52
- wine -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:52 3
  - decided! -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:53 2
    - anything involving booze automatically trumps anything not involving booze. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:53 1
      - agreed -- nm - Epiphany May 3, 13:16
Tfox news: Check in on 311 on GetGlue and get a special sticker -- nm - Remlik May 3, 12:50
Just in time for Cinco: Piñata cookies! -- (link) - con_carne May 3, 12:47 1
- those are cute, if labor-intensive. there seems to be something wrong with the recipe, though -- 1 cup of oil & 1 cup of butter? that's a lot of fat! - b. May 3, 12:53
shoot :( the board rolled before I posted my delivery thing :( I hate it when that happens :( -- nm - JenBro May 3, 12:47 1
- You are such a rookie -- nm - Bacon, via Droid May 3, 12:49
oo, cuzzin todd better start saving up for fall home redecorating. nate berkus will have a line at Target. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 3, 12:44
BTW, Andie, Operation Bok Choy: The Resproutening is proceeding swimmingly. - Reagen May 3, 12:43 1
- that's so cool. -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:44
Poor Ryan Dempster. Still 0-1 with a now 0.95 ERA. Another blown save. -- nm - pmb May 3, 12:41
*adds max to the ST Remembrance Page* -- nm - pixitude May 3, 12:39 8
- may we please have a moment of silence for max's appendix? - groiny May 3, 12:40 7
  - how much does an appendix weigh, do we think? -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:41 6
    - more than his winkie -- nm - pixitude May 3, 12:42 5
      - personal knowledge, eh mick.? -- nm - b. May 3, 12:42 4
        
        NO! - pixitude May 3, 12:47 3
        
        current color is called "rage" -- be warned. -- nm - b. May 3, 12:50 2
        
        barnaby bear needs to stage a "nailtervention" -- nm - pixitude May 3, 12:51 1
        
        You don't want to know what color his are. -- nm - bee May 3, 13:05

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