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The most successful Olympian ever* - Will Hunting Jul 10, 11:16
Either didn't know or had forgotten Bobby Flay has a chain of burger joints - znufrii Jul 10, 11:11 2
- I was just asking about these a couple of weeks ago. They're putting one here in the mall in Princeton -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:13 1
  - I'd go back. -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 11:17
"Cavs out as 3rd team trade partner in a possible Orlando-Brooklyn deal for D. Howard, sources tell Y! Sports. " -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:09 6
- Headline I saw last week - Strongbad Jul 10, 11:14 1
  - Atlanta sports fans are such an unforgiving, ignorant lot. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:16
- It's amazes me that so many NBA teams will openly try to help their rivals build something huge. - Will Hunting Jul 10, 11:13 1
  - Yeah, an NBA exec made a similar comment to ESPN yesterday. - David Jul 10, 11:18
- I saw at lunch that they've opened up talks with other teams too. The Nets deal is looking to be a bust. -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:11 1
  - They don't need him and at this point I'd prefer that he wouldn't come here. - Krusty Jul 10, 11:17
WWE has put up a page for JBL who is climing the seven summits before he climbs Everest for Charity... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 10, 11:06 4
- As big a jackass as he is, he does a ton of positive stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 11:07 3
  - agreed. He's old school when it comes to the business.... - Remlik Jul 10, 11:10 2
    - I've never heard the stories of Taker hazing anyone...he's a locker room leader, but he's not shitting in anyone's bags. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 11:13 1
      - Sorry I should have been more clear... - Remlik Jul 10, 11:16
Truman poll - when was the last time you went to a job interview. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 11:04 24
- December. A couple of 'em. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 10, 11:20
- 1996? -- nm - Max Jul 10, 11:19
- 12 years ago. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 10, 11:16
- 3 yrs ago -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 10, 11:13
- valentine's day this year. they choo choo chose me. (no, really.) -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:13
- 7 days ago - amoxy Jul 10, 11:10
- 9 days ago -- nm - Epiphany Jul 10, 11:10
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- around 2.5 years ago -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 11:09
- Little over 10 years ago. -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 11:09
- 1986. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:09
- Two years ago this September -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 11:09
- 1995 -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:09
- About 4 years ago. -- nm - LMS Jul 10, 11:08
- last spring -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 11:07
- 2005, assuming we're not counting the ones where I was the interviewer. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 11:07 2
  - yeah, as an interviewer? A month ago -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 11:18
  - "So, have you ever made french fries before?" "No, oh that's okay, we teach that to all new employees." -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:07
- 15 years ago? maybe longer -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:06
- 4.5 years ago - znufrii Jul 10, 11:06
- Last August. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 11:05
- About 15 months ago. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:05
- 2006? i didn't interview for this job. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 11:05
- 11 years ago at least. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 11:04
Ronnie James Dio would have been 70 today -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 11:02 3
- :( - Epiphany Jul 10, 11:10
- Respect. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:09 1
  - I still think he's battling dragons in hell -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 11:17
ST Poll: How many pages of the 168 page contract I am reviewing did I get through before I started getting sleepy? -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:55 12
- 20 -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 11:02 4
  - You get the prize! It was 30. -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 11:10 3
    - Damn it, was about to post 31.25! -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:16
    - woah. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:10 1
      - more of a scan really :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 11:13
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- 3.125 -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:57 1
  - YSMM! - SyrDragon Jul 10, 10:58
- The contents. -- nm - LMS Jul 10, 10:56
- 2 1/2 -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:56
- (preparing for a vendor recovery audit IYC) -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:55
- One! -- nm - decline Jul 10, 10:55
TBBT fans, Melissa Rauch is now twittering. Her profile headline: - prayformojo Jul 10, 10:54
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- "Mommy is looking for a babysitter on Craigslist. The same place we get rid of lawn furniture." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 11:05
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linking in case anyone here buys costco/kirkland diapers, they're having a free shipping offer through Sunday. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 10, 10:45 2
- I've missed some big news. -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 10:47 1
  - most unfortunately, no; but I think at least one parental type here said they like them for their kiddo(s). -- nm - b. Jul 10, 10:49
In "I thought they already did that" news: NYC asking developers to test tiny apartments -- (link) - ty97 Jul 10, 10:41 15
- Will have Hong Kong Cage housing before you know it -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 10, 11:02
- The Con_Carne Experiment -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 11:02
- Vancouver is doing something like this IIRC -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:57
- Where 'Just Trying to Make an Omelet' Is Allowed, But Not Encouraged -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 10:53
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  - honestly, I didn't need to spend much time in... -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:49 1
    - +"it would be great if it was an apartment..." -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:49
  - Well, just think, you'll have a place to live in 2013 when you can't find a job --nm - decline Jul 10, 10:47 2
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    - The Bronx is making a comeback after all -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 10:49
- as if NYC apartments aren't already small enough... -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:44 4
  - I've seen television shows. I know you're lying. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 10:45 3
    - I think the 'Apt 23' TV show apartment is the one that currently cracks me up the most. -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 10:48 2
      - 'Friends' Rent Control -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 10:50 1
        
        that one was beyond laughable. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:51
Lust Alert: something to please men and women, gay and straight and anything in between. -- (link) - David Jul 10, 10:41 8 1
- well, that's a *lot* of ass -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 11:21
- how come all the guys are covering their junk? -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:48 2
  - I saw a lot of dix. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:12 1
    - nevermind what you did last night. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 11:20
- I don't look like any of those people -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 10:47 2
  - The rowing champion toward the end has the strangest under-arm musculature I've ever seen. -- nm - David Jul 10, 10:49 1
    - do you mean the sailing lady? It's really not weird. she could be a diagram for anatomy students. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:59
- whoa. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 10, 10:45
UK TV PSA: Lennie James series Line of Duty continues (getting really good) and comedy Twenty Twelve returns with Jessica Hynes & Lord of Downton. -- nm - LMS Jul 10, 10:40 2
- love 2012. Very "office' like -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 10:41 1
  - The creator John Morton did a show like this years before The Office. - LMS Jul 10, 10:48
Texas is fast approaching its debt limit for transportation projects -- (link) - ty97 Jul 10, 10:39 14
- If they're worried about 2015, they're in a much better place than other states. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:52 2
  - I worry about Texas' budget overall. They made big cuts last year and still needed to use some stimulus money to plug gaps - ty97 Jul 10, 10:56 1
    - Sounds like TX is run like FL. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:59
- increase the debt limit! -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:47
- " One option is to raise vehicle registration fees by $50 a year" - Epiphany Jul 10, 10:42 3
  - They could always raise the gas tax! *runs for cover* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:53
  - At the risk of being beaten my Pippy, doesn't that make sense? Cars use roads. Roads need money. Ergo, get more money from cars? -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 10:50 1
    - *Everybody* uses roads, whether they own a car or not. Without transportation infrastructure businesses would wither - TWuG Jul 10, 11:23
- Eliminated all roads in Texas - problem solved. -- nm - Rick Perry Jul 10, 10:42 4
  - Wait a minute, maybe I will accept that Obamacare money -- nm - Rick Perry Jul 10, 10:52
  - even better - eliminate Texas - problem solved! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:42 2
    - Hey! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 10, 10:45
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- Well if they didn't want to approach things quickly, they shouldn't have developed their transportation in the first place -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 10:41
The Real Losers of Europe's Unemployment Crisis, Explained in One Chart -- (link) - ty97 Jul 10, 10:38
*sigh* I know I'm old and a late-adopter but I get so irritated by the emphasis on texting and smart-phone use..... - MojaveMeg Jul 10, 10:35 23
- you can do stuff with it besides use a phone as a phone?????? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 10, 10:56 1
  - Yeah. And if you have to take a leak, it'll even help you find your zipper. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:06
- Ditto, I do not have a smart phone - SyrDragon Jul 10, 10:54 1
  - it's a smart phone world. I resisted, then I realized my foolishness. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 11:01
- I HATE demos, but love the apps. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:49
- The abandonment of email in favor of texting makes me feel old. - Dr.Vermin Jul 10, 10:43 3
  - I love texting. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:50 1
    - Same here. Seems so essential now. -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 11:03
  - yeah. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:48
- I'm right there with you, sister -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 10:41
- Adopting such technologies is probably a way to keep delivering service to you while keeping their costs down -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 10:40 1
  - *Their* cost, maybe - but I refuse to pay for it. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 10, 10:45
- when we go to the Lake, my wife's sister spends all her time in their trailer on her phone playing games or texting or other bullshit - Beaker Jul 10, 10:37
- On the other side, I wish my phone wasn't a phone. I hate phone conversations. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:36 9
  - Plus, you can use GoogleVoice, Skype, Xlite....who needs a phone? -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 10, 10:52
  - me too. I rarely use it as one. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:49
  - I know. My phone rings and I scowl at it, thinking, wtf? -- nm - mara Jul 10, 10:37 6
    - but if you're making plans, talking logistics? what then? sometimes you *have* to talk. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 10:39 5
      - only as a last resort. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 10:50 2
        
        sometimes you *have* to. I won't text people back who ask complex questions via text. - amanda Jul 10, 11:15 1
        
        yep. though I disagree on the basic question stuff, I'd rather text it than talk it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 11:18
      - Oh, absolutely. -- nm - mara Jul 10, 10:46
      - telekinesis. duh! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:42
Tim Duncan signs 3 year deal with the Spurs, likelt to be worth around $36 mil -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:34
Submitted: Where You'll Want to Live in 2032 -- (link) - ty97 Jul 10, 10:27 7
- I see Alaska on the list. I'm ahead of the curve *again*. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is like Rosa Parks, squared Jul 10, 10:54
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  - You've been had. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:47 1
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- that's hilarious -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 10:35
- Would like to know if this method could've predicted the population shift we've seen over the past 50 years. - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:34
- no, I won't... -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:32
Talking Dead over the weekend: Drew Carey is looking old. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:25 6
- I bet a lot of that's just having lost so much weight. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 10:31
- always thought his show was underrated. Loved it. -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:30 2
  - Caught the last 30 minutes, it's the first time I've watched it. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:31 1
    - I meant The Drew Carey Show :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:31
- How old? Bob Barker old? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 10:29 1
  - He's only *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 10, 10:32
poopertoonity - oblique Jul 10, 10:24 5
- *thumbs up* -- nm - mara Jul 10, 10:36
- so she changed that, right? and had it reprinted -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 10:29 2
  - sorry, charlie walked in. in the reprint, she spelled bookkeeper as bookepper in the same sentence where she said she was a great proofreader.oh mommy -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 10:33 1
    - "and what exactly are a boobkeeper's responsilbilities?" nm - potential boss Jul 10, 10:52
- I would read that totally as "I am looking for anal" nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 10:26

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