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Worf -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:55 2
- Too soon! -- nm - Roger More May 29, 08:55 1
  - (I know, just wanted to move things along!) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:56
DUNN!!!!!! - groiny May 29, 08:52
Next Gen panel with Dorn,Spiner,Troi,Wheton,Burton -- (link) - Remlik May 29, 08:49
oh those crazy japanese inventors. They made a Pot that stir's itself -- (link) - tRuMaN ( not a monkey ) May 29, 08:42
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- Did Breitbart make the cut? (Or is that too soon?) -- nm - Roger More May 29, 08:45
- three minutes twelve seconds and 50/100 -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:41
- meh... -- nm - znufrii May 29, 08:41 1
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Get to be interviewed by someone from the State Dept. tomorrow as part of a reference check for a good friend. - TWuG May 29, 08:30 21
- Thanks, everyone. The only question that gives me pause is the one about money. - TWuG May 29, 08:39 6
  - That's not something I'd expect to be a red flag per se.... - Will Hunting May 29, 08:41
  - I wouldn't worry about that. they want to know about current large debt. - loosilu May 29, 08:40 4
    - I can honestly say I have zero knowledge of any large debts owed. -- nm - TWuG May 29, 08:41 3
      - " Dude still owes me $ 10 from a lunch 5 years ago!!" -- nm - TWuG SI May 29, 08:42 1
        
        :-) -- nm - TWuG May 29, 08:43
      - there's your response. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:42
- Early in his career, a friend of mine was interviewed for a job with the Department of Defence. The reference check went something like: - Roger More May 29, 08:36 2
  - And for that, I am still grateful, Roger More -- nm - con_carne May 29, 08:37
  - hee! the important thing is not to lie. :) -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:36
- I remember doing one for a co-worker that I didn't really like that much or know that well - amoxy May 29, 08:35
- Remember, the state department only wants the most interesting people, so if your friend's too boring just make up stuff about shady foreign types you see him with. -- nm - Ender May 29, 08:34 2
  - and try to sneak in words like 'bomb' 'yemen' 'al-quaeda' -- nm - decline May 29, 08:34 1
    - and Canada -- nm - Roger More May 29, 08:37
- I've done it lots of times for friends and co-workers. - loosilu May 29, 08:33 1
  - " .....are they they the Beer Pong Champ of 2011?" -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:34
- I had to do this years ago for a buddy who was taking a commission on a nuclear sub. It was all pretty standard patriotic stuff - decline May 29, 08:33
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  - nmb3 card poker excitement!! - Epiphany May 29, 08:40
  - To your IM: Already asked that last question on the phone while setting up the interview. -- nm - TWuG May 29, 08:35
- I do --- they'll ask standard questions about his behaviors --- ever shown tenedency to abuse drugs, legal/otherwise....does he talk about money woes. - Will Hunting May 29, 08:32
ST Poll: Do you physically own any stock certificates? (Framed, safety deposit box, etc...) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:27 13
- No -- nm - eag May 29, 08:32
- nyet. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:31
- nope. -- nm - decline May 29, 08:31
- No. -- nm - TWuG May 29, 08:31
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- no. -- nm - tRuMaN ( not a monkey ) May 29, 08:30
- yes - znufrii May 29, 08:29 2
  - you'll need to contact the transfer agent -- nm - decline May 29, 08:31
  - call a broker or even a bank; they should be able to assist -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:30
- Nope -- nm - MDH May 29, 08:28
- yes. My brother had it framed for my dad and I got it when he passed away - Beaker May 29, 08:28
- no -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:28
- nope -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:27
Mad Men speculation (spoilers) - amoxy May 29, 08:27 6
- I can't imagine that happening - she's as vital as Don IMO -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:28 5
  - but (spoils) - znufrii May 29, 08:42 1
    - I suspect....*spoils* - Epiphany May 29, 08:43
  - Yeah, but Betty was an integral part of the show the first 3 seasons - amoxy May 29, 08:37 2
    - you are correct -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:41
    - It just took them that long to write out the awful actress. - Will Hunting May 29, 08:39
Interesting fnfo of the day: Rules of the road do not apply to a Costco in Ontario but do in Alberta and B.C......(link) - Walt_Disney May 29, 08:21
one share with certificate of FB stock - good Christmas present? yeah or nay (for a FB user, obvie.) -- (link) - Andie May 29, 08:20 19
- If they're a huge FB user, maybe. Otherwise, I'd say nay. -- nm - Jim May 29, 08:27
- nah -- nm - decline May 29, 08:24 1
  - - not for a $39 certificate fee -- nm - decline May 29, 08:25
- nay (unless they actually have everything else) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:23 2
  - wait, I thought it was a real shre. Definitely nay no matter what then -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:23 1
    - yes, real share. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:26
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  - it is actually a share in the company. you own one share. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:23 9
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      - agreed - the price is the deal breaker -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 08:29
      - right. okay. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:27 2
        
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        nice -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:30
    - yes, but they aren't issuing certificates... - znufrii May 29, 08:25 3
      - right. you get one share of the company. you get the certificate to show someone bought you a share. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:26 2
        
        but it's not an actual stock certificate, is the point. It's only use is to put it on your wall, you can't use it to transfer ownership of the share. -- nm - znufrii May 29, 08:28 1
        
        i know. that's what i just said above. i get that. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:34
- Nay -- nm - MDH May 29, 08:22
- nay -- nm - znufrii May 29, 08:21
Lifetime will be launching a TV show centered on Clarice (from Silence of the Lambs) Ugh -- (link) - MDH May 29, 08:19 2
- that makes two series going to tv. -- nm - Remlik May 29, 08:21
- Thomas Harris gotta eat! -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:20
All NL and AL East teams are at .500 or above (the rest of the AL only has 4 others teams at or above and the NL has 5) -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:19
Extended unemployment aid program winding down -- (link) - znufrii May 29, 08:12
STIS&F: Going to Disney on Sunday. Where should I buy park passes to get the best value? -- nm - oblique May 29, 08:06 2
- There's not many places now to get them. Check with the concierge at the hotel? -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 08:32 1
  - Huh? What do you mean? I thought there were all kinds of places online where you buy tickets for the theme park (like you do for Great America) -- nm - oblique May 29, 08:41
znu --- sure, many of the districts are gerrymandered, but do you honestly think that Michelle Bachmann is the most competent GOPer in her districtr? - Will Hunting May 29, 08:03 2
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- They may be morons, but they're *our* morons? -- nm - znufrii May 29, 08:04
NEST thermostats now available in Canada -- (link) - oblique May 29, 08:02 1
- and soon will be sold in Apple Stores. -- nm - tRuMaN ( not a monkey ) May 29, 08:04
LiLo is being sued for an unpaid $40K bill at a tanning place. though I can't work out how she spent that much. -- (link) - loosilu May 29, 08:01 2
- I guess custom airbrushing can be expensive. -- nm - mara May 29, 08:09 1
  - apparently $1000 a month. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:11
*starts a clothing line called Bloody Socks R Us* -- nm - Curt Schilling May 29, 07:58 5
- cross-promoted w/ my new product -- soleless shoes ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 29, 08:12
- Sign of the times when a video game company might take down a state - eag May 29, 08:05
- GOOD GOD MAN, DON'T YOU SEE THE SOCK!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! -- nm - Jim May 29, 08:02
- With real magic marker! -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 07:59 1
  - *Marge grumble* -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 08:03
Here's a photo of the traffic jam on Everest. -- (link) - loosilu May 29, 07:58 29
- Heyyyyy.... Deng Xiaoping died! -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 08:09 2
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    - "we were jitterbugging that very night. Course, folks were tougher back then." -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:15
- Curious, how do Sherpas survive where climbers are running out of O2? -- nm - oblique May 29, 08:05 10
  - although no one can survive above 28000 feet. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:14 3
    - I thought people had summited without oxygen? -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:34 2
      - They did --- just quickly. - Will Hunting May 29, 08:35 1
        
        scary. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:36
  - Much like east african distance runners, they're more accostomed to the conditions. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 08:09
  - they just start doing carwheels back down the hill -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 08:08 1
    - "Last night I dreamed of your death." -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:10
  - their lungs are better accustomed to the lack of oxygen -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:05
  - because they've lived their entire lives at high altitutdes and are acclimated to the thinner atmosphere, I'd think -- nm - znufrii May 29, 08:05 1
    - this. They have higher lung capacity and a higher red blood cell count. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:12
- That is insane. Eventually the Nepal government is going to have to restrict climbing permits -- nm - amoxy May 29, 08:00 13
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    - $10k per I do believe -- nm - Beaker May 29, 08:02 8
      - I thought it was $25K -- nm - amoxy May 29, 08:03 7
        
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        Do I hear $100k? -- nm - nubby May 29, 08:05
        
        isn't that the number most people pay? in total costs? not just their permit? -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:05 3
        
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        $10K might be the cost of the gov't permit, and the other costs are what the expedition company charges (for guides, supplies, oxygen etc) -- nm - Roger More May 29, 08:07 1
        
        right. -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 08:07
        
        CBC tracked all the related costs -- (link) - Beaker May 29, 08:04
  - IIRC they already do. -- nm - Roger More May 29, 08:01 2
    - I read the opposite ... no limits. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 08:11 1
      - Looking into it, the limit seems to be "Do you have the money to pay for the permit". But in Nepal's defense, it's trying to rebuild itself after a - Roger More May 29, 08:18
- Dear Daily Mail: There's a traffic jam 1000 feet above the summit? -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:00
and the loons are a consequence of these gerrymandered, uncompetitive districts. - Reagen May 29, 07:57 17
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  - From the Canadian (and Australian) perspective, we have our share of stupid voters, and stupid politicians but we still have political parties that - Roger More May 29, 08:15 6
    - *Toronto elected Rob Ford.* apparently we are morons. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:30
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      - I'm thinking more of congressional elections. If the main contest is at the primary, there's no incentive for the candidate to skew to the centre in - Roger More May 29, 08:24
    - and then also, there's the independent federal agency tasked with elections - Reagen May 29, 08:17 2
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      - I don't care whether it is done at the state or the federal level - but whatever body is responsible for overseeing the election should be politically - Roger More May 29, 08:21
- I still think there should be a maximum perimeter-to-area limit to voting districts. -- nm - nubby May 29, 07:58 8
  - yup - znufrii May 29, 08:01 3
    - Not, just preferential voting but also using a scoring metric where each voter must score their choices on a scale from 1 to 99. -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 08:02 2
      - Lookee there, the old white guy with the most money still won! -- nm - nubby May 29, 08:03 1
        
        U-S-A. U-S-A! -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 08:07
  - We'll get our best Qix players on it. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:00
  - *legislates that pi = 3* -- nm - Oklahoma si May 29, 07:59 2
    - No, it should be 2! -- nm - Arizona May 29, 08:00 1
      - I see... FOUR! LIGHTS! -- nm - Jean-Luc May 29, 08:02
LIR: Who is AJ? :) -- nm - con_carne May 29, 07:57
I can't complain. - nubby May 29, 07:55
ST Poll: Ice Cream Sundae: What are your topping/additives? Ice cream Flavor(s)? Fruit types used? Served in a ? -- nm - tRuMaN ( not a monkey ) May 29, 07:54 2
- Chocolate, hot fudge and sprinkles or crunchies. I keep it simple and no whip cream or cherry. -- nm - Krusty May 29, 08:43
- Had this on Sunday: 2 scoops white chocolate raspberry, one of "rainbow," with hot fudge, M&Ms and Oreo crumbs. - con_carne May 29, 08:00
Word -- nm - Jim May 29, 07:52 1
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