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Five Guys needs to use this as a commerical... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 08:22 [youtube]
I gotta respect Al Roker -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 08:21
Drunk chooses to sleep in dumpster, gets picked up and compacted twice. - Ender Aug 16, 08:12 3
- He was really trashed. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:12 2
  - well, he had been down in the dumps. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 08:13 1
    - now he has some really pressing concerns -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 15:32
I'm looking to buy a new scale - a lot of reviews talk about inconsistent readings. - kelly Aug 16, 08:10 8
- I have this one. it's kind of stupidly expensive, but it appeals to the nerd in me. -- (link) - mafic Aug 16, 08:28
- I bought this one, and it's great... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 16, 08:27
- my thoughts on this, are if you are always using the same scale, on the same surface. - groiny Aug 16, 08:16 4
  - How do you know? -- nm - Amanda Aug 16, 08:24 1
    - because, if you recall, my 2 big time diets were done with doctor supervision. - groiny Aug 16, 08:27
  - The scale we have now is giving me big variances on the same surface. I'm thinking it's time to replace. - kelly Aug 16, 08:23 1
    - like I said the other day, mine has something loose inside it. depending on the position of the thing, the result varies widely. - loosilu Aug 16, 08:24
- yeah, pretty much -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:13
Livable Cities: USA cities way, way down the list, but Van is... - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 16, 08:09
There's totally gonna be a protest in London this weekend over the Assange stuff, right? - ty97 Aug 16, 08:01 2
- Apparently his supporters were protesting around the embassy last night. -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 08:25
- I know how you love a good protest in London. -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 08:19
Something still bothers me about The Dark Knight Rises (spoilers) - Inigo Aug 16, 08:00 13
- Spoilers - LMS Aug 16, 08:18 1
  - Heh. That makes perfect sense. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:25
- TDKR is not a film that holds up under critical thinking. - TWuG Aug 16, 08:17 3
  - See, that is how I feel about the second film. spoils - Spawn Aug 16, 08:26
  - I disliked the ending. I thought (spoiler) - Guigue Aug 16, 08:21 1
    - spoils - Spawn Aug 16, 08:31
- consider yourself lucky if that's the only thing that bothers you about TDKR - ceregon Aug 16, 08:02 1
  - whatever -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:02
- spoil - Spawn Aug 16, 08:01 4
  - (spoils) - Inigo Aug 16, 08:07 3
    - But even if that's wrong (spoils) - Inigo Aug 16, 08:09 1
      - Well, (spoil) - decline Aug 16, 08:27
    - Okay, will watch the sequence closer next time. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:09
ST Poll -- What was/were your first dream job(s) as a kid? - znufrii Aug 16, 07:58 27
- photographer -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 15:34
- MLB pitcher for the Dodgers -- nm - eag Aug 16, 08:25
- Architect -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 08:21
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  - I went so far as making business cards. ;-) - Beryllium Aug 16, 08:20
  - My brother and I swore we would be the next Starsky and Hutch -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:18
- Jedi -- nm - ceregon Aug 16, 08:17 1
  - That was my 2nd Dream Job. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 08:18
- I have always wanted to be a baseball player. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 08:12
- Forest Ranger -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 16, 08:09
- astronaut -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:09
- Judge and Hitman. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 16, 08:07
- architect -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 08:05
- baseball statistician. -- nm - kelly Aug 16, 08:04 3
  - yes! (half that now, so there's that.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 08:20
  - this. (nm) - spamlet Aug 16, 08:06 1
    - Oh, it's not my dream job any more! A lot has changed since I was 10, heh. - kelly Aug 16, 08:08
- Best Friend of Cookie Monster. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 08:03
- first astronaut, then lawyer (because I asked my dad what job made the most money, and he said "probably doctors or lawyers.") -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 08:03
- F1 Race car Driver. I remember watching the Monaco GP on Wide World of Sports and loved it -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 08:03
- All the autotune in the world could not have made my fantasy come true. -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 08:02 1
  - Now tell us which songs you used to sing into the hairbrush in front of a mirror to as a kid -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 08:04
- Veterinarian. -- nm - mara Aug 16, 08:01 2
  - Me too. - Kim Pine Aug 16, 08:04
  - same -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 08:03
- "Fireman." -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 08:01
- Ruler of the World. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:00
From B2 regarding Reid and his money, a couple of points. First, it's really pretty unremarkable to turn $1.2 million in 1982 to $4-10 million today. - pmb Aug 16, 07:58 1
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Happy first day of senior year in high school, multi-Gold Medal winning swimmer Missy Franklin -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 07:49 3
- I feel a bit for the kids from the other schools who swim in her event. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 16, 07:56 2
  - I said the same thing to Diva at one point. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:58
  - You would totally have to hire your best looking dude get her drunk the night before. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 07:57
Playing off the below poll: Do you currently have a dream job in mind? Did you have one in the past that has changed? -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 07:47 16
- award winning screenwriter. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 08:21
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- Not really. I'm kinda at mine. - spamlet Aug 16, 08:16
- yes. -- nm - ceregon Aug 16, 07:58
- maybe my boss's job, but I'm not sure I have the temperament for it. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 07:55
- my dream job is Retired. -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:52 7
  - This - amoxy Aug 16, 08:03
  - ultimately - mine is - Fancy Man About Town -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:53 5
    - "gentleman farmer" - mafic Aug 16, 08:01 2
      - I would love this :) -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:05
      - Right..."overseeing" the people who manage the working on the farm. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 08:03
    - "kept woman." -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 07:59 1
      - for enough money I suppose I'd put on a dress. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 08:00
- yes. same as it's been for a while. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 07:51 1
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- I have about 3, one in particular (new season of "Face-Off" y'all!) and my dream job has changed from 20 years ago. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:48
I'm on hold with the kid who isn't telling me something. I've been on hold for 18mins. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:46 8
- winner is... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:57 2
  - So what was he hiding? -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 08:07 1
    - he still hasn't fessed up. We're talking after 4pm. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 08:09
- 19 mins -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:53 2
  - already passed the 19min mark. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:53 1
    - 119 mins -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:54
- 42mins -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:52 1
  - I will beat the kid with a printer toner cartridge if you're right. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:55
Mattel Commissions �Drag Queen� Barbie -- (link) - ty97 Aug 16, 07:45
Poll: Would you be willing to take 50% salary to do your dream job? -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 16, 07:44 27
- I'm sorta doing it now for nothing, as cheesy as that sounds. - kelly Aug 16, 08:22 1
  - Mrs. Fuzzy loved being a stay-at-home mom but always chafed at not contributing a salary to our household -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 16, 08:26
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- not at this point in time, nope. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 08:19
- I'd work for free doing what I love to do -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 16, 08:10 1
  - trust fund? -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:11
- no -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 16, 08:08
- Not yet. Ask me again in 5 years. Though, I'm not really sure what my dream job is. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 08:00
- Hell yes. Even at half, Ruler of the World would pay well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 07:58
- I kind of did. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 07:58
- maybe. I love my job, it'd have to be a hell of a lot dreamier than what I do now. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 07:54
- no -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:50
- Yes -- nm - ceregon Aug 16, 07:48
- Yup! -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 07:47
- 50% of my current salary, or 50% of what my dream jobs is supposed to pay? no, yes. -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:47 4
  - current salary, otherwise there's no point to the game. -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 08:00 2
    - Correct, current salary. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 16, 08:14
    - Fuzzy? -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:02
  - This. -- nm - Jelly Aug 16, 07:52
- Well, currently, this is pretty close to my dream job. If it changed so much that it wasn't, probably not at this point, but it's possible. -- nm - mara Aug 16, 07:47 1
  - This might be the closest to my dream - I seriously considered MLS school at one point but couldn't handle the pay cut. - ty97 Aug 16, 07:48
- If I had any clue what my dream job is, perhaps. -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 07:46
- considering I'm out of work right now, yuuuuuup -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 16, 07:46
- unfortunately, no. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 07:45
- no. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 07:44
- not any more. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:44 1
  - this is me as well -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 07:58
sitwap. "we're nasa and we know it" ok, the parodies have to stop people. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:42 [youtube]
Pol l -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 16, 07:42
hmm, dangerroom has an article on the future drones that the military is working on -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:36 1
- it's all well and good until the robots decide we're the enemy -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:40
JackDawson, don't leave the heating pad on all day. It can slowly "cook" the skin. I've fallen asleep with my hands on the laptop keyboard and they... - zork Aug 16, 07:34 1
- How would you like your Jack Dawson? Medium or Well Done? -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 07:35
hmm, kinda cool. students create (I think) a kit that turns most cars into plug in hybrids for around $3000 -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:33 3
- this is just down the road from me .... I just graduated from this college -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 16, 07:47 1
  - well, "university" ... but you know what I mean -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 16, 07:47
- I want (on my next car) -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:44
Mel, did you see this week's F35 news? - zork Aug 16, 07:30 5
- oh. good. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:33 3
  - it's weird to think that in time people won't have the thrill of being in things like that. - zork Aug 16, 07:37 2
    - I'm never sure where I fall on the Manned/Unmanned air force. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:42 1
      - i tend to think that we might have a few manned fighters in the future - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:44
- Uh oh. I missed it. To the Stalk! -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:31
HOWTO make a cocktail that looks like outer space (if the images are true, its very cool looking) - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:26 11
- Warp Core Breach has been around for years! -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 07:35
- 2 1/2 gallons of tonic water? and over 2 bottles of gin? - decline Aug 16, 07:29 3
  - could someone link to the non-JackDawson version of the recipe - zork Aug 16, 07:31 1
    - Why would a dawson recipe dilute the alcohol so heavily? -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 07:38
  - Space is vast -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 07:30
- I don't believe it. -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 07:27 5
  - You don't believe mixing lemonade and gin will make your drink have galaxies in it?!? -- nm - Guigue Aug 16, 07:37 1
    - In high school, I came up with a lemonade/gin drink and my friends and I called it a Tallywhacker. -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:38
  - i don't believe the pouring picture, i believe it might glow aquamarine in black light (which is still cool.) -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 07:28 2
    - obviously someone on st needs to make this and take some photos. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:30
    - This. No way it looks anything like that picture -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 07:29
boston.com Love Letters - I Might Want a Divorce - Diva Aug 16, 07:25 8
- get some therapy -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:31
- F- the doorwoman. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 07:28
- counseling, stat. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 07:28 1
  - but basically it boils down to one question - znufrii Aug 16, 07:36
- first thought - man, he sounds young. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 07:27 3
  - my first thought: the wife's f'ing the doorman. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 07:43 1
    - nah, it's simpler than that, I think. - znufrii Aug 16, 07:56
  - yup. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 07:32
boom! -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:25 3
- ... boom ! OUT go the lights !! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 16, 07:48
- boom boom, let's go up to my room. -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:32
- shaka laka -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:25

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