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We have a million point account available on Ikariam.org if anyone is interested. -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:54
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Okay, so I know I have a short fuse and kind of a temper, but please tell me that what this Best Buy cashier said to me is ridiculous... - Jovian Jun 4, 10:45 27
- Remember, they're just a showroom for online retailers...they don't get much practice in actually selling stuff. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 4, 10:55 1
  - Heh! -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:56
- the bad set up is not her choice or her fault. and I'm sure she gets asked all the time where stuff is without people coming back. - loosilu Jun 4, 10:53
- "standard rage level"... new band name, I called it. -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:51 1
  - "I hope no one is drawing this!" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 10:52
- well. to be fair, jus tbecause you asked where the cards were didn't mean you were coming right back... -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 10:50 13
  - and if she had, there'd be three other people raging to other message boards about how this idiot cashier held up them up while someone hunted for a - Reagen Jun 4, 10:52 12
    - ProductiveTalk: whereall posters resemble us, but wear goatees -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 10:59
    - oh I agree and I was only slightly annoyed at that. Its the comment she made about not being able to see other items in the store, that really did it -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 10:54 10
      - you were blaming her for it. she did pretty well there. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 10:55 9
        
        Okay so clearly ST shouldnt be in the business of Customer Service. -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 10:56 8
        
        The benefit of the doubt is often granted disproportionately. - Dr.Vermin, sociologist Jun 4, 10:58 2
        
        my response is exactly the same no matter what. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 10:59
        
        Well that's just silly. If he could go back in time, he could go back far enough to find the gift card on his own. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 10:59
        
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        or maybe not. -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 11:03 1
        
        except thaqt only you feel this way.... -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 11:03
        
        it is perfectly understandable, especially if they do not have the tacos anymore. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 10:58
        
        I'm not in customer service because I don't like being raged at inappropriately. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 10:56
- but she doesn't set up the displays and didn't know you'd be right back. - Reagen Jun 4, 10:49
- You can cut the sexual tension with a knife. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:49
- Chill out, dude. - nubby Jun 4, 10:49 1
  - Let your mind go and your body will follow. -- nm - Max Jun 4, 10:59
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- She pointed you to what you requested, you didn't ask her to hold the line, and she doesn't control the store design. - Will Hunting Jun 4, 10:49
- Can't fix stupid, dude. Whether it's the register girl or the display person/ -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:48
- Their last line is the key. You're getting mad at the wrong person. -- nm - spamlet Jun 4, 10:48
*23 years* since Tiananmen Square. - Dr.Vermin makes you feel old(er) Jun 4, 10:44 1
- and I love how the Shanghai stock exchange traders made the market go down 64.89 points today and got themselves censored on the China Firewall. - spamlet Jun 4, 10:45
tRU, what did you get for the mythbox? -- nm - spamlet Jun 4, 10:42
MDH, I have a few things I cycle through. Sometimes I even get lunch. -- nm - nubby Jun 4, 10:41 1
- Mostly: The Classic, the Goodness Gracious, and Three Little Deuces -- (link) - nubby Jun 4, 10:42
FB looking into ways for children under 13 to be able to have accounts (without lying about their age) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 4, 10:40
Happy birthday, Roger More! Have an awesome day! -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 10:39 9
- Happy happy! -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:55
- Happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 10:52
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- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 10:45
- Happy birthday. Roger even more today. -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 10:43
- Happy Birthday indeed! -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 10:43
- happy birthday to a class act -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 10:41 1
  - and happy birthday to Roger More as well! -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:43
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:40
wtf. Just found out the transmission on my car is hosed. - groiny Jun 4, 10:39 6
- Damn, :-( -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 10:51
- Good lord man...I just fixed a car that needed a new transmission. Not fun at all... -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:42
- I've been there and it totally sucks. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:42
- oof. sorry to hear this -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 10:40 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:40
- Ugh. That's no fun. -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:40
(seriously. i was only kidding. you guys can go ahead and post about Game of Thrones) - prayformojo Jun 4, 10:37 1
- oh okay. GOT spoils... - Diva Jun 4, 10:53
so after 2 digital antenaes purchases and returned, seems all we needed was a new TV that had a converter built in ($249 taxes in; 24" LED/LCD - Beaker Jun 4, 10:35
The Microsoft press conference started fantastic with an extended Halo clip. - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:30 9
- Why don't you come over here so I can stomp on your grapes? -- nm - Max Jun 4, 10:43 1
  - Must you turn every discussion into an I Love Lucy rehash? - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:44
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  - The Kinect is such a huge joke. What a waste of a solid piece of tech. -- nm - Shaun Jun 4, 10:41 2
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      - As a gaming peripheral, it's complete garbage. As an aid for an entertainment centre, it has its uses. -- nm - Shaun Jun 4, 10:50
  - The shameless attempts to make Bing a thing were distracting me away from the products they were trying to sell. -- nm - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:35 2
    - How else will we find information about upcoming robot fights? -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 10:35 1
      - Bing robot fights. - David, neutral Jun 4, 10:40
ST Poll: BBQ sauce or Ketchup? Regular or Spicy Mustard? Ice Cream or Popsicle? Chips or Crackers? Hotdog or Brat? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 10:26 7
- Depends on the food, spicy brown, ice cream, chips, hotdog. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 10:32
- Ketchup, Neither, Ice Cream, Chips, Hotdog -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 10:32
- BBQ, spicy, ice cream, chips, hotdog. -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 10:29
- ketchup,spicy,ice cream,chips, hot dog -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:29
- ketchup, neither (dijon), ice cream, chips, brat -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 10:29
- BBQ on chicken fingers, ketchup on fries, spicy, popsicle, crackers, brat -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:28
- ketchup, neither, ice cream, chips, hot dog -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:27
ST: What are you Reading? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:26 10
- Mickey Mantle, the Lost Boy -- nm - spamlet Jun 4, 10:35 2
  - -o +a -- nm - spamlet Jun 4, 10:38 1
    - Death by Stereo! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 10:39
- Darwin's "Voyage of the Beagle" - MojaveMeg Jun 4, 10:32
- Gideon's Curse by Lincoln-Child. Very meh. -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 10:31
- 50 shades of Grey, Wind through the Keyhole -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:29
- Storm of Swords. But with all this house-selling shenanigans, I'm only getting in about one chapter a night. -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:28
- Infinite Jest, still only 115 pages in and damn is it a slog. - znufrii Jun 4, 10:27
- Insurgent -- nm - Ender Jun 4, 10:27
- have finish the Raylon book. Have the 2 latest John Sandford books on order at the Library -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:27
Hey ML, I might have missed if it was posted, but - how did the chili turn out? -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 10:23 3
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  - Okay. - kelly Jun 4, 10:29 1
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Bloomberg backs plan to decriminalize marajuana possession in NYC -- (link) - znufrii Jun 4, 10:23 10
- I heard this earlier. Yay, Cuomo! - Krusty Jun 4, 10:31
- so I can smoke up but wouldn't be able to drink a 2 litre of pop? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:24 8
  - When you get the munchies go for the 'baked' Lays. Amirite? -- nm - Bloomie Jun 4, 10:26
  - nope, smoking it would still be a crime -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:25 3
    - cause bloomie doesn't want people smoking *anything*. -- nm - loosilu Jun 4, 11:02
    - Can you likewise *keep* 2-liter bottles of Pepsi in your fridge as long as you don't open them? - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:31 1
      - Haha. :-) - Krusty Jun 4, 10:34
  - The inevitable contradictions that cherry-picked bans gets a pol. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 10:24 2
    - opponents of the ban do themselves no favours either by exaggerating what it would do. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 10:35
    - The Bloomberg giveth, the Bloomberg taketh away. -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:26
Yeah...so is anyone watching that house flipping show with Russell from Survivor and his brother? - Jim Jun 4, 10:22 6
- Probably the only thing I like less than hearing people talk about house-flipping is Russell, so no. -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 10:27
- is the brother the same guy who came out for Brandon (ie His father right?) -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 10:24 4
  - These guys readily admit they know nothing about this stuff, so they're like the keystone cops every episode. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:25 2
    - Oh really? this is something that Russell just started doing? - Jovian Jun 4, 10:30 1
      - Nope, he's never done it before. And it's not hard to tell. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:32
  - Yep. And Shawn is an idiot. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:25
Beaker, I think you want to allow people to have free choice as long as they accept there could be consequences and take responsibility. - zork Jun 4, 10:22
STPoll: Beef, Chicken, or Fish Tacos? Burrito or Enchiladas? White Rice or Fried Rice? Skittles or M&Ms? Plain Milk or Chocolate? Hot or Mild salsa? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 10:21 8
- No tacos, No burritos, fried rice, M&Ms, chocolate, No salsa. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 10:35
- Beef, Enchilada, White, M&Ms, Plain, Medium -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 10:31
- beef, enchiladas,fried,m&ms,chocolate,hot -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:28
- Damn you for making me choose (fish), enchiladas, fried (if it's all I'm eating), peanut M&Ms, chocolate, hot -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 10:25
- beef, burrito, brown, skittles, milk?, mild -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:25
- Beef taco, halibut burrito, no rice, M&Ms, chocolate, mild -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:23
- all of the above, burrito, fried, skittles, chocolate, hot. -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 10:23
- beef, enciladas, fried, m&ms, plain, mild -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:22
MLB draft watchers... Lucas Giolito.... Which team do you have grabbing him? - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 10:19 9
- do teams do any pick trading in MLB? (like the NFL, NBA and NHL are always trading picks) -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:21 3
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    - Worldwide draft and limited pick trading cannot come soon enough. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 10:23 1
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  - Feels like the draft watchers are getting the sense he's definitely going 1st Round now. That's why I like the Jays/Cards chances. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 10:22 3
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      - Yes, but that's where I think his signability went up. Sure he's locked into far smaller of a bonus than if he comes back in three years as a #1,... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 10:29 1
        
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Let's go back to talking about Cat Helicopters and Kitty AirWolf -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:17 5
- Don't let Jan Michael Vincent near it! -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 10:18
- or AirKitty as I like to call it -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:18 3
  - Fur Thunder -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 10:19 2
    - How did I not think of this earlier? Calicopter -- nm - bc/nc Jun 4, 10:21 1
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:22
ST Poll: Crispy bacon or soft? Crispy Toast or Soft? Buttered or Plain Popcorn? Fries or Tots? Diet or Regular Soda? Sweet or Unsweet Tea? -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 10:17 9
- Soft, soft, buttered, fries, regular, sweet. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 10:36
- crispy,crispy,buttered,fries,diet,sweet -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:27
- Crispy, crispy, buttered, fries, diet, neither -- nm - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Vermin Jun 4, 10:24
- Crispy, soft-ish, plain, tots, diet, umm - sweet (but with artificial sweeteners, I can't order sweet tea at a restaurant.) -- nm - kelly Jun 4, 10:22
- soft, soft, plain, fries, neither, neither -- nm - decline Jun 4, 10:21
- soft, crispy, n/a, fries, regular, sweet but not as sweet as sweet tea -- nm - Roger More, future Prime Minister of Canada Jun 4, 10:20
- crispy, soft, buttered, fries, diet pop, n/a -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:18
- Crispy(almost burnt), Soft, buttered, fries, diet, sweet. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 4, 10:18
- soft, soft, buttered, fries, regular, iced-sweet, hot-unsweet -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:18
At my signal, unleash hell. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:17 9
- the dog's name was " Hell"? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:26 4
  - That's what my kids said. I watched it with them for the first time yesterday. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:33 3
    - Phoenix should have won an academy award -- nm - Epiphany Jun 4, 10:37 2
      - Yeah. I wasn't that thrilled with Del Toro in Traffic...not comparatively anyway. -- nm - Jim Jun 4, 10:49
      - he was awesome, but I put Longshanks from Braveheart slightly ahead in the evil King Department :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:38
- Freddie Got Fingered 2 just got a release date! -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 10:19
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- *unleashes other people* -- nm - Jean-Paul Sartre Jun 4, 10:19
- it seems they all went on break sir. -- nm - tRuMaN (CPA, monkey?) Jun 4, 10:18

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