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STIS: Need vacation help. Sandals resorts are offering (what appear to be) really good deals that end today. Are these prices worth it? - mrfuzzy, Steelers fan Jan 29, 07:26 1
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FTR, Canada Post used to have Saturday delivery, but I believe it was eliminated back in the 70s. - Reagen Jan 29, 07:26 3
- must have been early on in the 70s because I don't remember it -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:28 2
  - I remember seeing a reference to it back in my stamp collecting days, but I can't recall just when it stopped. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:30 1
    - Stamp collection? Ha ha! -- nm - Nelson Muntz Jan 29, 07:31
hmm, I am in one of those strange moods where humming makes me fell happy - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:22
Amy, I was kind of surprised I wasn't required to take 8 hours of personal time on Tuesday, when we closed at 3:30, and I was supposed to work 1:30-9. - mara Jan 29, 07:21 1
- We've always gotten credited time for closures. I'm scrambling to make it up. I'm trying to find a branch that will take me on Saturday. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:24
oh jeez. The soldier girl on last night's Lost was born in ... 1990. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 29, 07:19 5
- Hey what was the deal with that (spoil) - HdnAgnda Jan 29, 07:23 1
  - I guess just because. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:26
- Legal! -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:20 2
  - ew. What is it with you NW'ers robbing the cradle? -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 07:25 1
    - Don't slight the entire NW for my bad behavior. You are a NWist! -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:28
"AOL to lay off 10% of it's workers, about 700 people." - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:18 5
- They are still in business? They are so 90s -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:19 4
  - They bought Time Warner. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 07:24 3
    - I thought Time Warner bought them out. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:29 1
      - Kid, Time Warner bought your face out. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:29
    - (though I figure those 700/7000 numbers are AOL division only) -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 07:25
There goes 1st place...I didn't get to set my lineup for golf this week. - Krusty Jan 29, 07:16 18
- I dropped out of the group. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:18
- This particular wrinkle totally kills any enjoyment fantasy golf might hold for me. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:17 14
  - I enjoy the game but it makes no sense to have the cut off at five in the morning. - Krusty Jan 29, 07:21 2
    - Should be 30 min before 1st tee time, I agree. - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:23 1
      - Good point about the rounds being cancelled, another headache. I like playing but the little things make it tougher to enjoy it completely. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:27
  - It's okay to admit you'd suck at it. - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:18 10
    - Yet another one that is far too cumbersome. A week of inaction followed by 1 24 hour period to make all changes is a brutal combo. - TFox Jan 29, 07:19 9
      - there's no way I'd do one that needed interaction every day or nearly so. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:22 1
        
        So baseball and basketball are out for you. They're a lot of work and require a bit of dedication. - Krusty Jan 29, 07:30
      - You mean just like Fantasy Football? - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:21 6
        
        Similar, except there is a better chance that a football player will be in the game than any one car or golfer will be in that week's event. - TFox Jan 29, 07:22 5
        
        I wish they would automatically switch your player when a player DQs, withdraws, or misses the cut. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:27
        
        Football and NASCAR are basically the same. Yes, golf is a different animal - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:24 3
        
        When I played NASCAR, people who raced one week didn't qualify the following week constantly, and you have a real short window to sort that out. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:25 2
        
        In Group C, yes this can be an issue occasionally. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:29 1
        
        Just like Injury Reports on Friday/Saturday with football rosters. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:30
- I set mine for the first time since Week 1. - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:17 1
  - I missed 2 or 3 weeks last season and still finished in a decent position. You can always come back with some good picks. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:23
hmm, notices that mara has taken up my role as slacker in our wordscraper game. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:15 2
- Oops, sorry -- must have missed a notification. -- nm - mara Jan 29, 07:18 1
  - slacker. - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:20
speaking of overreactions - the "There's Probably Not A God" ads hit our transit today, a morning tv show did a poll on "do you find it offensive?" - Andie Jan 29, 07:10 35
- I'm not sure I understand why that's surprising/annoying. The ad is designed to raise eyebrows. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 07:21 6
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    - of course, why else would they advertise? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:31
    - "Come to our church! We're clever and made a funny sign! We have evening services! We have cool pastors and movies! We're desperate!" - Amy Jan 29, 07:28
  - it's officially meant to start discussion. but i'm not sure who it's 'offending.' - Andie Jan 29, 07:23 2
    - its offending people who aren't used to having their beliefs challenged overtly. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:29
    - it has a "you're an idiot" tone, to my ear. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:24
- Bishop Fred Henry let loose with his typical idiocy over it yesterday. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:19
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  - i'm not even an atheist, but there are plenty of ads advertising churches on the our subways, i have no issue with the atheists having an ad. - Andie Jan 29, 07:19 17
    - I agree in principle, but it seems odd to go to all that trouble to proclaim something you don't believe in. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:22 15
      - I agree with you, and think that some people see it as an attack on their belief...I disagree but understand why they think that - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 07:27 2
        
        surely it's an attack on believing in God. that seems clear to me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:28 1
        
        wow, i really don't see that. how are you attacked? there is no insult to believers. - Andie Jan 29, 07:30
      - like Bush's abilities? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:25
      - the ad doesn't say 'don't believe in god' the ad says 'relax and enjoy yourself.' -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:24 10
        
        It's almost like if you have a headache, and someone says, "I don't' think you have a headache, prove it". -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:26 6
        
        then you say 'i don't need to prove it, i have a headache' and go about your day. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:27 5
        
        I don't get it though. I don't believe in aliens but I don't find the need to put a billboard on a bus about it. If people do, then good for them. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:30 2
        
        ever see an ad for scientology? that's essentially the same thing. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:32 1
        
        maybe not the best example ... I get angry at scieno ads. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:33
        
        but you're annoyed at the person. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:29 1
        
        so be annoyed, back up your side of the argument, tell me why there is a god. i can be annoyed without being 'offended or attacked.' -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:32
        
        surely that's implied by "there is no God"? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:25 2
        
        (a) it says Probably, and (b) if you are a person of faith, i assume you've heard at some point that someone somewhere might not believe in God. - Andie Jan 29, 07:26 1
        
        well, the ad doesn't bother me, I'm just thinking why people might be bothered by it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:27
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- the one here: daylight savings time. people *hate* it. -- nm - mafic Jan 29, 07:12 7
  - I like it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:25
  - I hate it. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:16 1
    - but at least you have a reason. -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:22
  - "There's Probably Not a Daylight Savings Time?" -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:14 3
    - they're having a referendum (mandatory voting, costing $10 million), and after that, there almost certainly won't be. -- nm - mafic Jan 29, 07:15 1
      - Can we have a referendum on God, and if he loses, does that mean there isn't one? - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:20
    - Nope -- nm - Arizona Jan 29, 07:15
From BB's and NMB Zork....... - Walt_Disney Jan 29, 07:10 2
- I was out of there in '79. - zork Jan 29, 07:14 1
  - Ohhhhhh I remember Connell....... - Walt_Disney Jan 29, 07:29
We have an American Idol tonight? -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:08 4
- yep, New York City and ... Puerto Rico? these are the last two before Hollywood. - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:09 3
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    - Also: Puerto Rico auditions were extremely bad. -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:11 1
      - And that's just the Ricky Martin attempt. - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:12
Shut it down! Hell's Kitchen premiere tonight. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:06
Gary Williams is really not that tactful. - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:04 1
- Sweat Gary sweat! Sweat Gary sweat! -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:07
if amazon liked me, today's mp3 deal would be something by miles davis. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:03 7
- lyc: I do like the MP3 download service. -- nm - budice Jan 29, 07:16
- today's mp3 deal is by a douchestain, so I didn't even link it. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:05 1
  - yeah, I think that seeing that artist as the deal made me sad. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:06
- They do have a deal on my printer which is a decent "travelling printer" -- (link) - secretslacker Jan 29, 07:04 2
  - I dont need a printer. I wanted to cheap jazz to listen to day. - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:05 1
    - Well, there's this... -- (link) - TFox Jan 29, 07:09
- hmm, amazon must hate me. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:04
LIR: I've seen/heard references to the same day mail delivery thing in some older movies -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:02 1
- back when I was a mailboy there was a 10am pickup with guaranteed same-day delivery to downtown postal codes. it was handy. -- nm - mafic Jan 29, 07:04
Tmi st poll: What is your inseam? - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:02 41
- I'm not sure, but I think I remember 29 or 30. I'm not really tall, but I like my pants a little too long. -- nm - mara Jan 29, 07:30
- Who cares? I've got video games to play -- nm - lileve SI Jan 29, 07:17 1
  - What is that supposed to mean? -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 08:38
- 32 -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:17
- 32 -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:14
- 30 -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 29, 07:13
- 34 -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 07:12
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  - How can you not know? Don't you buy your own pants? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:14 4
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      - waist-ankle is your outseam. inseam is crotch to ankle, and is usually the measurement used in determining pants size. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:20
      - Yes, 32 length is the inseam. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:19 1
        
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- 30" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:08
- 30"...and finding 30" inseam with 29 " waist is tough -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 07:07
- What shoes am I wearing? -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:05 4
  - red ones -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:15
  - Snow boots -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:08
  - cute ones? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:07
  - the blue ones. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:06
- I usually wear 34, but 33 fits the best. -- nm - Jelly Jan 29, 07:05 9
  - inseam? not outseam? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:06 8
    - Yes, according to this page - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:07 7
      - what I mean is that 33 is a long inseam for women. kelly must have reaaaalllly long legs. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:08 6
        
        heh - stop fantasising and read the handle again -- nm - Roger More Jan 29, 07:09
        
        oh, crap. AGAIN I read Jelly as Kelly. someone needs a name change. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:09 4
        
        Nobody needs a name change!! -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 07:13 2
        
        I want to change the name zork to pork -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:13 1
        
        *porks Redmond* -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:21
        
        I do that a lot. Jelly kelly kelly jelly kelly jelly -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:10
- 312.50 - Jammed Uzi Jan 29, 07:04 1
  - wow. - zork Jan 29, 07:10
- I don't know, but I buy pants with a 33" length. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:04 2
  - length, inseam, same difference to me. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:04 1
    - I wasn't sure if it was inseam or...length? I guess it is inseam, though. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:06
- 32 -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:03
- I don't know -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:03 3
  - so, umm, if you buy pants - tRUMaN Jan 29, 07:04 2
    - Ah I buy 34 32. So that -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:05 1
      - Wait it's 32 32 now. My fat pants are stored away. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:06
- 33, I think -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:03
15% of people do this weeks before a Superbowl. Answer. - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:01 2
- I'm buying mine tomorrow! :) -- nm - secretslacker Jan 29, 07:05
- I belong! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 29, 07:03
There will be no ST on Tuesdays. Servers will be shut down. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:00 16
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  - Oh no! How can we possibly cope with change that everyone else has gone through? The metric system, no pennies, dollar coins! It's all too much! -- nm - Americans Jan 29, 07:03 11
    - You think no mail delivery on Saturday is an improvement?! -- nm - nubby Jan 29, 07:12 7
      - really, I'm just saying that you should come up with a more defined reason than "we need it" or "it would harm small businesses" or "won't somebody... - Roger More Jan 29, 07:18 3
        
        because many of them rely on just-in-time supply model and since they stay open on weekends, they may have issues - loosilu Jan 29, 07:23 1
        
        how many small businesses can't keep two days worth of goods they receive by mail stocked? -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:26
        
        it's my job right now! - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:20
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      - In this day and age I think we should get mail on Sunday. Sundays off are so 1950s -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:13
      - If given the choice between Saturday or Tuesday, hell yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:13
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      - Don't pin this as a Canadian chip on my shoulder - you know I'm Australian and we have a completely different set of inferiority complexes to Canadian - Roger More Jan 29, 07:15 1
        
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  - i just think you guys are panicked over a not very big deal. i would venture to say *most* countries don't have saturday mail. - Andie Jan 29, 07:03 1
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- *finds some other way to waste time on Tuesdays while US STers suffer* -- nm - Canadian STers Jan 29, 07:01
Iraq rejects Blackwater's request for operating license. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 29, 07:00

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