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Remlik, e-mail me re the Amos book as well please. -- nm - Stephen Jul 11, 10:17 1
- shoot me an email remlik at gmail -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:25
The new Sleigh Bells is better than their first album if only for the reason that they discovered dynamic range. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:15 4
- What do you think of the new Metric? -- nm - rollo Jul 11, 10:16 1
  - I like but don't love the new single, haven't heard the album yet. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:18
- Does it still make you want to break stuff? -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:16 1
  - Like, their sound board? Yes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:18
Everyone is in a mood today! I'm going home and starting over! -- nm - miffed67 Jul 11, 10:13
Whoa. Spain's sale tax is now at 21% -- nm - decline Jul 11, 10:08 5
- A lot of Europe is above 20% VAT rates. - spamlet Jul 11, 10:09 4
  - there were concerns with that when the wholesale tax was replaced by GST here but was soon forgotten. nice thing about VAT is you see the final price -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:21
  - Only a matter of years until the US has a VAT -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 10:11 2
    - My perfect tax system� would have a VAT/GST component. - spamlet Jul 11, 10:13
    - shush you! -- nm - decline Jul 11, 10:12
Saw my first 'Status Thimble' yesterday. Are these becoming more common? - GregW Jul 11, 10:07 [Image]
Another list for us to beat up: Top 20 most powerful moments on TV - amoxy Jul 11, 10:07 22
- #14 doesn't even come close... - Mel Profit Jul 11, 10:23
- Many of these are ongoing coverage over several days (Katrina, oil spill, earthquake, riots). Only a few are breaking news moments. - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 11, 10:21
- Two other things that should be on the list: The 1972 Munich Olympics and the TV movie "The Day After" -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:20 4
  - Watergate/Nixon resignation; Fall of Saigon,etc; Roots; Reagen shooting; last MASH ep. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:26 1
    - all worthy of being on the list. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 10:26
  - awww Radioactive Mahoney -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:22 1
    - One of the few movies I like him in -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:23
- this is what 20something recent college grads get to write BS articles like this -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:19 2
  - grrr. *This is what you get when you let 20something college grads write your articles -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:20 1
    - Why dontcha walk this one off there champ? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:21
- What was the moment on tv of the Japanese quake? it happened overnight in the US - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:18
- And they have the wrong Royal Wedding. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:12 6
  - Agreed. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 11, 10:19
  - they really dont have Kate and William's listed of Di's do they?? -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:18 4
    - Of course they do....Di's was 30yrs ago...this is a recency test only. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:19 1
      - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 10:20
    - Ayup -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:19
    - ^instead -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:18
- #11? really? -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 10:12 1
  - That should be Jackson. No way Houston should be on that list. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 11, 10:19
- No Michael Jackson death? Um that shut down the internet, and was way bigger than Whitney -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 10:11
- #6, 10 and #15 all feel low. - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:09
eBayers are very engaged Republicans. Like Spotify? You'll probably vote for Obama. -- (link) - nubby Jul 11, 10:06 7
- "We're frugal with our money so we'll vote for the guy who will totally screw us financially!" -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:13 3
  - As opposed to the guy that has... saved us financially? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:21 2
    - Exactly. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:22 1
      - Okay. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:24
- I think it's more "early adopter" vs "late adopter" - spamlet Jul 11, 10:11
- PayPal - likely Romney voter? - amoxy Jul 11, 10:08 1
  - Methodology note: this is if you "like" them on Facebook. -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 10:09
Penny Arcade has an article on YDKJ! today. -- (link) - nubby Jul 11, 09:55
The 'New York City' of Canada discovered. -- (link) - bc/nc Jul 11, 09:54 3
- The ancient NYC, that is. -- nm - bc/nc Jul 11, 09:55 2
  - I saw part of that show the other night. They figure they would have needed a massive for all the corn they would have had to have grown (a radius of - zork Jul 11, 10:17 1
    - The speculation is that Cahokia out-grew itself for this same reason. Large cities need huge agriculture. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 11, 10:25
LYC: Wow, the Senate Majority Leader (Republican) for our State said last night that he supports casino gambling in Georgia. - Strongbad Jul 11, 09:53 5
- in other words, if our citizens are stupid enough to throw their money away gombling, we want them to do it here! :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 09:54 4
  - Yes, just like they do with our lottery already. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 09:56
  - this was PA's reasoning. 'Why let Jersey get all that tax revenue?' -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:56 2
    - It's why CharlesTown, WV did table games when they did. "Oh, Maryland put in slots...guess we gotta up the ante." - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:04
    - yeah... - znufrii Jul 11, 09:58
Vinyl record values....this guy was on the radio this morning; in general, Mono is more valuable than Stereo recordings and the picture sleeves are - CrankYanker Jul 11, 09:50 1
- I've heard it said some early attempts at stereo are regrettable, and mono is preferable in those cases - con_carne Jul 11, 10:01
Tickets for the Buffalo Bills "home" game in Toronto (against Seattle) have been cut by up to 51% over prior years -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:46 3
- when the whole thing started, I knew it was a huge mistake for them to only sell packages for all the games. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:49 2
  - with the money we've spent on the Fing cat, I'm going to try and guilt my way into going up for it - Beaker Jul 11, 09:50 1
    - here's to Beaks becoming a 1%er -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:18
"Others will try and come in with pop-hatred, or artsy sounding stuff" = "It's not Gotye, hipsters!" -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:45
Brooklyn couple lives in 240 square foot apartment -- (link) - ty97 Jul 11, 09:44 5
- Does someone listen to Marketplace? -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:15
- "Microloft". It's a joke in Wanderlust. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:07
- The hubby and I have talked about building one of those tiny houses on a trailer. I think they're so cute! - miffed67 Jul 11, 10:05 1
  - those Ikea displays are fun -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 10:10
- for $1500 a month -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 09:46
Breaking Bad Season 4 spoiler question - amoxy Jul 11, 09:44 1
- I don't think so -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:46
Chart: Which countries think that the rich deserve their fortune? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 11, 09:42
You follow one little porn studio on Twitter and you suddenly start getting porn-spammed. -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 09:42
Bill Murray can crash here. (link) - musubi Jul 11, 09:42
Former Assistant Sues Courtney Love Over 'Despicable Conduct' -- (link) - ty97 Jul 11, 09:39 1
- I get the feeling I could sue her for this without ever having met her, and the judge would buy it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:40
I am off to lunch. - Spawn Jul 11, 09:39
English is such a funny language. "engaged"... "enraged". - Spawn Jul 11, 09:34 1
- "engorged" nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:34
Song of the year for me (though technically I think it came out at the end of the last year, I just didn't find it until this year), is both new and - pmb Jul 11, 09:33 [youtube] 8
- I'm with Jim on this...the Gotye song is so different relative to most pop music now - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:06 1
  - I like that as well. It's got a unique sound. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 10:10
- what?! is that Taylor Cole? awesome - that is a great song - thanks. downloading that -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 09:41 4
  - The whole album is actually really good. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 09:50 3
    - I just watched the Making of video - and yes that is Taylor Cole and holy shit the singer is WHITE? - Epiphany Jul 11, 10:11
    - never heard of em. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:50 1
      - He's getting some play on XRT now (which is where I heard him). There are lots of smaller bands out there right now that are really good if you can - pmb Jul 11, 10:01
- It will not let me listen, it says I can only listen if I am in the 1% nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:34
Lee Child's first Reacher novel is The Killing Floor correct? -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:32
Spamlet, I'm having trouble finding the Slacker Music playlist - con_carne Jul 11, 09:32 13
- Do you have to be my friend, maybe? - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 11, 09:55 9
  - Does this work? -- (link) - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 11, 09:56 [spotify] 8
    - That works 8) -- nm - JD Jul 11, 10:05
    - I added a song (my own poll answer from B2) -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:04
    - Got it. - con_carne Jul 11, 09:58
    - Though I'm not a huge fan of that link because it has my name. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 11, 09:57 4
      - I like this idea and would be willing to host the list with my name on it if you like. - con_carne Jul 11, 10:08 3
        
        It's more of an issue linking this board with my name, not the playlist per se, - spamlet Jul 11, 10:09 2
        
        Ah. Also - con_carne Jul 11, 10:10 1
        
        It hasn't updated on my phone yet. I'll be interested to see what gets added. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:20
- Ditto. -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 09:34
- is there a foreign music section? - groiny Jul 11, 09:32 1
  - Everything is in English. - spamlet Jul 11, 09:59
that Sofia link just keeps on giving. There's a Paulina Gretzky "realated link" on that page. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:32
I turn down threesomes and like Mmm Bop. Who am I? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:26 47
- This is a trick question. No one who likes Mmm Bop is offered a threesome. -- nm - Other David Jul 11, 09:29 37
  - bzzt wrong -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:39
  - Not a threesome but a foursome -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 09:36 2
    - *groan* -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:37
    - sadly they were talking about playing Bridge -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:37
  - You'd be surprised -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 09:33 12
    - Wait, you like Mmm Bop too? Who ARE you people? -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:34 11
      - And then I see how the Blood Feud vote is going and the insanity magnifies. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:35
      - I adore Mmm Bop - its the perfect pop song -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 09:34 9
        
        Between the Tori Amos hate and the Hanson love, I feel like everyone on ST grew a goatee overnight. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:35 8
        
        it is certainly not Hanson love. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:38 6
        
        Exactly. The broken clock was right once. it happens. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 09:46 5
        
        Gentlemen, don't be ashamed of your passionate love of Hanson. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:07 4
        
        I'll admit this...I did actually own the Cass-ingle of MmmBop. Yep, I said Cass-ingle. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:13 3
        
        Stuff like this is what caused 9/11. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:16 2
        
        I'm blown away by your stance on this considering how you trumpet that BSB song as the perfect pop song. - Jim Jul 11, 10:18 1
        
        You are my fire, my one desire. - David Jul 11, 10:21
        
        what if I love both? cope with that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:36
  - wrong. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:31 18
    - do tell -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:32 17
      - I am starting to sense that this is considered rare or unusual on ST? - Spawn Jul 11, 09:36 5
        
        There was a girl that if I'd stuck with that it'd have come up eventually - Reagen Jul 11, 09:52 3
        
        Didn't hear about it until later but my best friend's girlfriend said she was up for something with my gf and me (and him). And now that ex-gf has gon - zork Jul 11, 09:59
        
        its like there is a " random threesome" generator somewhere out in space - Epiphany Jul 11, 09:58 1
        
        anyone can have a threesome - groiny Jul 11, 09:59
        
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      - I'm a chick. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:33 10
        
        no, no. do tell us the details - zork Jul 11, 09:34 9
        
        dude, I don't even remember. I'm a chick, it has been offered more than once. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:35
        
        CDB, dude. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:34 7
        
        puh-lease. we all know she would never give deets. it's a schtick that one of us has to do - zork Jul 11, 09:36 6
        
        I may have to disagree with that IM. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:40 5
        
        I've never made any posts about anal rape with or without a baseball bat. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:48 3
        
        maybe, but see, those are jokes. And most know it as such. - groiny Jul 11, 09:49 2
        
        And besides...Satan made that joke, not the groin. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 09:57 1
        
        Satan *SI*, Jim. Jesus, get your shit tight. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:58
        
        There may have been some creepy stuff in my brain, but luckily it never made it to my fingers -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 09:42
  - wanna bet? - groiny Jul 11, 09:30
- there are much more interesting ways to mock me, and you pick this. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:29 4
  - welcome to my life on ST. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:30 2
    - just to be perfectly clear, I do not like Hanson, I do not have any of their CD's. - groiny Jul 11, 09:32 1
      - didn't say you had to. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 09:32
  - Eh, these are harmless. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:29
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  - my 15 year old self would never believe threesomes would ever be on the menu - Epiphany Jul 11, 09:34
- groiny? -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 09:27 1
  - *looks at B2* It's less funny when it's right -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 09:28

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