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con_carne come back to Turntable. I was going to step down for a while -- nm - amoxy May 29, 14:17 8
- what room are you guys in now? -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:17 7
  - turntable dot com will show you a list of where the people you have "fanned" are at any given time -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:24
  - Room is called Mos_Eisley_Cantina - amoxy May 29, 14:18 4
    - is that an st room or what? -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:18 3
      - Concarne, groiny and I play there alot. It was set up by some people I got to know on Turntable - amoxy May 29, 14:19 1
        
        ahh. i saw that, was going to join, then my boss decided i needed to sit in on a conference call. -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:20
      - no, just random people. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 14:19
  - do a list, you will see us in there in the friends column. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 14:18
Butler is through with the Horizon League. The university today announced it is joining the Atlantic 10 for 2012-13 - Remlik May 29, 14:15
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- Peyton, Luck, Griffin III -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 14:17
- Peyton Manning, Luck, RGIII, Richardson, Eli -- nm - Inigo May 29, 14:15 1
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- Denver's Manning, Jet's Tebow, Gronk, Giant's Manning, Calvin Johnson -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:15 1
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Amazon special - Lord of the Rings trilogy in Bluray: $49. -- (link) - GregW May 29, 14:08
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Tacoma City has been fighting visual blight, getting sued by billboard companies for violating contracts etc, their biggest client? city of tacoma -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 14:03
MLB: Phillies ace Halladay out for 6 to 8 weeks -- (link) - budice May 29, 14:01 4
- So who's getting Hamells for a rental this summer/fall? That shoe drops before end of next month, right? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 29, 14:02 3
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  - Don't expect Philly to be sellers in a division this up for grabs -- nm - rollo May 29, 14:09 1
    - Division's up for grabs, but Philly already knows it doesn't have the horses this year because their GM has already put feelers out. - Name Withheld By Request May 29, 14:17
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- Cash. I don't need the other. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 14:25 3
  - *whistles* nm -- nm - Bubbles May 29, 14:25 2
    - I shutter to think what she did with that camera. -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 14:26
    - See. Whores steal your cameras. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 14:26
- cash -- nm - loosilu May 29, 14:18
- cash -- nm - Roger More May 29, 14:17
- whores. -- nm - budice May 29, 14:16
- Cash -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:15
- Cash -- nm - JD May 29, 14:14
- Cash. -- nm - Krusty May 29, 14:14
- This should be the nevada lotto draw prize, $1,000 a week, Or a hooker every night, Or all the booze you can drink (might want to throw in a buffet) -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 14:10 3
  - we actually do have this lottery - it's called 'Cash for Life' - $1000 a week for life. - Andie May 29, 14:11 2
    - I know, weird thing is, my 83yo mom likes to play it -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 16:17
    - (And since brothels are legal in some areas ....) -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:27
- unless the cash is substantial (100k or more), I'll take the whores. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 14:06
- do I get to choose what type of booze? -- nm - znufrii May 29, 14:04 1
  - what type of whores? -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 14:14
- cash. no question. -- nm - Andie May 29, 14:04
- whores -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 14:04 2
  - boy whores or girl whores? -- nm - peanut gallery May 29, 14:17 1
    - Painted whores! -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 14:37
- Cash...With cash, I can get Booze and Whores -- nm - amoxy May 29, 14:02 3
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    - offs *BOOZE* -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:14
  - cash, then you get your chicks for free -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 14:04
"Grampa...were you a hero in the war?" - Mel Profit May 29, 14:00
Chuck Norris' commute -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 13:52 1
- waze is awesome - oblique May 29, 13:57
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- IIRC, not quite a shocker to those in the know. Always favored playing for teams close to home once Astros stint was done -- nm - budice May 29, 13:56
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- well that one is a shocker! - groiny May 29, 13:46
- Now, that's just overkill. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 13:46
Still trying to get my bearings on GoT. So with this weeks episode (spoilers) - GregW May 29, 13:43 3
- spoils - TWuG May 29, 14:20
- *spoils* discussion - Epiphany May 29, 14:01
- spoils - Roger More May 29, 13:58
lyc. I got a lot more sun this weekend than I thought I did. - znufrii May 29, 13:43 1
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I have feuds on both sides of my extended family - Reagen May 29, 13:33 23
- the feuds on my mom's side are too shifting and complicated to track. I think my uncle in california is the one on the outs now. - mafic May 29, 14:18 1
  - also: my grandmother is crazy and fickle. -- nm - mafic May 29, 14:20
- I got chewed out that I did not invite my dad's half sister to my wedding event though I had talked to that family twice in 20 years... - Walt_Disney May 29, 13:45
- something similar happened with my dad's dad...seemed he was a stroke veggie for almost 10 years, strangely as soon as his money ran out he died. -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:38 2
  - you know, if it wasn't for FB I would never have known 9/10ths of my family existed, sadly they are all 1%rs living the upper mid class life, - zeitgeist May 29, 13:41 1
    - i bet they aren't too sad about it. -- nm - Andie May 29, 13:41
- My mom doesn't speak to her brother and rarelyspeaks to her sister in the aftermath of their parents' passing. - Kim Pine May 29, 13:36 13
  - And a funny story about my dad and his brother... - Kim Pine May 29, 13:39 2
    - Is that the Alabama fan who had dinner with us? -- nm - David May 29, 14:07 1
      - No, that's my mom's brother. You've met Dwight, though (he's the one who looks like George Jones). -- nm - Kim Pine May 29, 14:10
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    - My grandfather became obsessed with this. -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 14:01
    - I've been begging my mother to spend hers - she hasn't even touched her 401k - Epiphany May 29, 13:57
    - My parents are generous with their money now as they'd rather see us enjoy it, but they've also been clear about how things are to be split up - Reagen May 29, 13:40 1
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  - it's amazing how many family feuds I hear about seem to be related to deaths in the family. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 13:38 4
    - in my mom's case, it was that my aunt's husband - Reagen May 29, 13:44 1
      - there were things like that in my mom's family, especially when the rich aunt died. -- nm - loosilu May 29, 13:46
    - That's when people start dividing up the assets and personal effects. It's all related to possessions. Some for their monetary value, some for their - jnine May 29, 13:42 1
      - In my father's family, it was as much about family dynamics as it was about possessions. - Roger More May 29, 14:16
- well, what *is* a family tree without a few broken branches? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 29, 13:35
- my actual family has little as far as issues, the wife's side has more than enough to go around. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:34 1
  - Dave has one older brother who is the 'artist' which translates to: - Andie May 29, 13:39
i should take a photo of Meg eating inside a gas station tonight, right? - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 13:33 5
- Not if you don't want to spit teeth. -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 14:09 1
  - i aint scared of no Meg. -- nm - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 14:17
- dang it must be kansas thing, I googled to see what place you are talking about, but there's a lot of them -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:46 1
  - well the Bourdain reference should have made it easier. - tRuMaN ( monkey CPA ) May 29, 13:58
- Fair exchange - and I have a photographer's assistant for joint shots :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 29, 13:44
Mel, doesn't look like I'm going to be able to join you guys when you're here - oblique May 29, 13:31 2
- Hey, no worries. Completely understandable... -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 13:57
- start working on robot kilbo. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:32
I love that the Japanese announcers made racing noises when Sato passed for second. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 13:30 2
- I have no idea what they are saying, but I love their excitement -- nm - amoxy May 29, 13:32 1
  - "He's driving like he's being chased by a giant fire-breathing lizard! Oh no, he's Godzilla dinner!" - Will Hunting May 29, 13:35
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- From what I remember, things got ugly when the mom and Will's brother broke up - amoxy May 29, 13:27 30
  - They did, yeah. - kelly May 29, 13:38 29
    - well, you never know what was said to her to get her to do that either, do you? - groiny May 29, 13:39 28
      - We have a pretty good idea that between my brother and her; the combined emotional age was about 14 years old. - Will Hunting May 29, 13:43 17
        
        But that's a guess, we really have no idea. - kelly May 29, 13:47 16
        
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        Just clarifying, am I the idiot son or the fucktard son? :) - Will Hunting May 29, 13:55 14
        
        Right, but - kelly May 29, 13:57 11
        
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        Well - kelly May 29, 14:07 8
        
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        Mainly, I've lived my life right and have gotten fucked over repeatedly....Kelly and I have been on a shoestring budget - Will Hunting May 29, 14:16 4
        
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        emotionally, just letting this stuff go and focusing on yourself is much more satisfying, I agree. -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 14:26
        
        That's just the financial part of it, pretty much. - kelly May 29, 14:21
        
        i would be tempted to just walk away. it's not fair, it really isn't. but you can't make people act differently than they choose to. - Andie May 29, 14:19
        
        by "the dude", are you referring to Will's father or his brother? -- nm - kelly May 29, 14:13 1
        
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        oh, I think I get it. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:58
        
        can't you be both? nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:55 1
        
        Not in this family. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 13:57
      - That's part of the problem - the issue on B2. I want to talk to her about that, know what happened, but Will (and apparently most everyone else) is - kelly May 29, 13:41 9
        
        not ignore it forever, for me anyway, but until a time things may be more stable. - b. May 29, 13:46
        
        I'm not saying ignore it. I'm saying the time to bring it up is when the bridge isn't made of paper mache. - Will Hunting May 29, 13:44
        
        well, my thing is, I would want to know what it was all about. - groiny May 29, 13:43 6
        
        I'm totally with you on this. I'd much rather have a resolution (good or bad) than go through the passive-aggressive ignoring or half talking thing - Jim May 29, 13:48 5
        
        I want to know what the ground is that I am standing on. - groiny May 29, 13:50 4
        
        this is ok for when it's 2 people involved. the kidlet is the difference. -- nm - b. May 29, 13:53 3
        
        yeah, but I am not a fan of eating shit for anybody..... - groiny May 29, 13:55 2
        
        but you would for your kids, i know you would. -- nm - Andie May 29, 13:58 1
        
        my kids, sure. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 14:00
- The wedding isn't about him, though. The wedding is about her and her husband-to-be. - kelly May 29, 13:26 7
  - but, you could also see it (if you were invited, obvie) as a way of making a gesture about being part of her future, which includes the son. - Andie May 29, 13:32 6
    - The wedding isnt for another year, so I guess we shall see. -- nm - kelly May 29, 13:34 5
      - oh, yeah, cart before the horse, etc etc. -- nm - Andie May 29, 13:35 4
        
        *shoots the horse, puts the flanks on the grille and sets out to be a bigger man* -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 13:36 3
        
        ::stops feeling sorry for you, starts feeling worse for horsey:: -- nm - b. May 29, 13:40 2
        
        *hands you a plate of meat* He served his purpose. Enjoy. He woulda wanted you to. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 13:48 1
        
        ack! not for me, man! -- nm - b. May 29, 13:50
*rages* nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:21 7
- turntable? - amoxy May 29, 13:28
- *throws a .99 taco in your general direction* -- nm - Epiphany May 29, 13:27 5
  - throw me your taco, and we will talk. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:30 3
    - A real man wouldn't be talking after she throws her taco at him. - Will Hunting May 29, 13:30 2
      - some tacos are just not that good, you have to taste them first. nm -- nm - groiny May 29, 13:31 1
        
        *giggling* - Epiphany May 29, 13:59
  - golf clap -- nm - JenBro May 29, 13:27
Hemmingway & Gellhorn was wonderful last night -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 13:20
word -- nm - Spawn May 29, 13:20
Functional -- nm - Andie May 29, 13:20
hello hello. did anyone watch the hemingway movie on hbo? -- nm - b. May 29, 13:20 2
- it was really really good -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 13:20 1
  - good to hear, thanks! -- nm - b. May 29, 13:21

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