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I missed Josie references? Bawww!! -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 20:07 1
- it could be worse. you could be Dan DeCarlo! - peglegpete Aug 17, 20:11
Romance is Dead!!! - Bacon Aug 17, 19:59 15
- dude, sounds like she sorta said yes -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:09 1
  - I haven't asked. We are doing it backwards. We are booking the wedding, telling people the date, booking the place to stay, looking at honeymoon loc - Bacon Aug 17, 20:11
- In other words, go buy me a white gold ring. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 17, 20:07
- she doesnt like organic gold? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 17, 20:04
- Nah, one of my favorite phrases ever uttered was when my wife said to me "I don't really care for diamonds, and I prefer silver to gold..." -- nm - Stephen Aug 17, 20:00 8
  - HK likes silver too. White gold is a compromise. And platinum is too expensive. -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 20:03 7
    - (What's wrong with white gold?) -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 20:04 6
      - Nothing. I simply love the look of yellow gold better. She likes the silver look. White gold does need to be redone ever so often though as - Bacon Aug 17, 20:06 5
        
        Oh and so our rings kind of go together I am getting yellow gold for mine with a band of white gold in the middle -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 20:06 4
        
        We both got white gold (I hate yellow gold), but I don't know that it would have mattered if our rings didn't "match". -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 20:12 1
        
        (mattered *to me*) -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 20:12
        
        Wait, I missed it? congrats. - The Dark Spawn Aug 17, 20:08 1
        
        I think 24k looks very rich. That King Tut exhibit had some fantastic yellow gold artistry. -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 20:10
- What about bromance? - David Aug 17, 20:00
- I blame reality tv -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 17, 19:59
Big Brother evictions nominations update spoiler - peglegpete Aug 17, 19:55
mara!! Look what I found for sale at Costco tonight! -- (link) - kelly Aug 17, 19:50 8
- hehehehe People who bought Singing in the Rain also bought Jaws...really? because the two share water as a theme? no because Fred Astaire was ... - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:58
- did you know thats going to be released for movie theatres in the next month or so? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 17, 19:55 4
  - No way!! -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 19:58 3
    - Actually, I just Googled - looks like it was July 12th, one day only. (boooo.) -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 20:02 1
      - really, they were showing an ad for it in front of total recall today -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 17, 20:04
    - way -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:59
- When I don't have time to explain why I don't have a "favorite movie," that's what I name as my favorite movie. :-) Did you buy it? -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:51 1
  - No, I didn't. It's not really something I need, ya know? If I do get it, though, I'll buy it at Costco (it's $20 less there). -- nm - kelly Aug 17, 19:55
For at least one black 96-year-old, it was easier to vote during the Jim Crow era than it is under the new voter ID laws. -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 19:35 38
- So...all she needs to do is get a copy of her marriage license? - Stephen Aug 17, 19:53 3
  - But involves a cost, which for low-income people is a burden. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 20:01 2
    - A one time, low cost. -- nm - Stephen Aug 17, 20:10
    - Then make it free for the same people who get free ids... -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 20:02
- So knowing little about this, why is it bad to require someone to have an ID to vote? - JaxSean Aug 17, 19:49 18
  - The entire thing is a cheap ploy of dirty politics and nothing else. - David Aug 17, 19:57 5
    - Oh, I agree. I just figured everyone already had to show ID to vote. - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:07 4
      - That's the point. Who walks in and tries to vote as someone else? - David Aug 17, 20:14
      - I remember being surprised by this the first time I voted. I just expected to have to prove my identity. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:09
      - Thread jack, if RC can't help I can ask the lawyer at work of you want. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Aug 17, 20:08 1
        
        Thanks, pmb also offered. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:14
  - because inner city peoplem who don't drive may not have ID. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:50 11
    - many elderly mostly rural mostly black citizens don't have a verifiable record of birth, didn't go to school, I mean prior to WW2 white gov didn't - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:56
    - So they should still have to prove who they are when they vote. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 19:53 5
      - Counterpoint... - David Aug 17, 20:03 4
        
        welcome back, 55 paragraph David! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:09 2
        
        That's from WaPo if it's not clear. -- nm - David Aug 17, 20:14
        
        Ah, the good ol' days! -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:10
        
        Does this post have Cliff Notes? -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 20:04
    - And they can't get a copy of their birth certificate for free, and some can't even pin down their birth certificate. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:52 3
      - Small correction, at least in PA they are waiving the fee to get your birth certificate for voter ID -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:05
      - 100's of thousands do NOT have birth certs, especially poor blacks born in the rural south -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:00
      - Like Obama... is that what you're trying to say? Never pegged you for a Birther. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 17, 19:55
- Yesterday I was trying to list the other situations people face which require a govt-issued photo ID. - Fuzzy Aug 17, 19:40 14
  - Picking up a young relative from Daycare. Most are requiring a parent to phone ahead to approve and ID at pickup. -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:56
  - Buying sudafed, anything involving a car... -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:53
  - Getting a marriage license, and basically when you are stopped and questioned by a cop, if you don't have ID you can be held till your ID is - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:47
  - Library cards may require a photo ID. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:42 2
    - I have a barcode on my keychain. I avoid the library because of bedbug fear. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:50
    - well its been years, but hte last time I applied, they just asked for a utility bill in my name, lease paper, just anything to show I didn't just make - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:48
  - (none of those being Constitutionally guaranteed rights) -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:41 7
    - My point was that I was curious about how someone gets through life without a photo ID and I was trying to list the activities they would have avoided -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 19:55
    - Then again, voting isn't really either, technically. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:45 4
      - the 15th, 19th and 26th are close enough. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:47 3
        
        Those establish 3 things suffrage can't be denied on, but that's still not establishing a universal right. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:51 2
        
        in which case the exception proves the rule - Reagen Aug 17, 19:53 1
        
        Your best argument is actually the 14th because that one can be twisted to mean fucking anything. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:55
    - To a larger point, if we as a people starting turning a blind eye to the disenfranchising of citizens, we stop being a democracy. -- nm - David Aug 17, 19:42
So we had hail damage to our stucco from the storm last week and are in the process of filing a claim. Guess our first quote - Reagen Aug 17, 19:21 34
- $8,600 - Fuzzy Aug 17, 19:32
- $9K -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 19:32 2
  - *makes pointy-uppy motion* -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:33 1
    - "How I Learned To Stucco: A Story By Reagen" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 19:35
- 3125.00 for patch and paint -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:30
- 2900 -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:29 20
  - 29,000 -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:34 19
    - close enough. 28.5. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:34 18
      - I was going to guess 22k. I imagine most will work with the insurance co though. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 17, 19:50 4
        
        this is the question. they haven't been dicks to me in the past with other claims, but this is a pretty big one. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:55 3
        
        This was our issue with home issue. We never had a problem until we needed a big payout. - David Aug 17, 19:59 2
        
        There's also a few grand more of (fairly indisputable) damage to our car, the railing on our front step and a screen door - Reagen Aug 17, 20:15
        
        I've heard it really pays to hire your own independent adjustor for major claims, they will usually find stuff your adjustor will try to ignore or you - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:08
      - OMFG. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:42 1
        
        Guys, guys! It's 28,500 Canadian. Which is... oh. -- nm - nubby Aug 17, 19:49
      - *stamps denied* -- nm - Insurance Company Aug 17, 19:38
      - Hail NO! -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:36 1
        
        hee -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 19:37
      - sheeeeeit. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 19:35 7
        
        if they pay it, it's Merry Christmas to us. I suspect we may have a fight on our hands though - Reagen Aug 17, 19:37 6
        
        I hate the look of stucco - can you just tear it down and put up plywood? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 19:38 5
        
        I love the look of stucco, but I've always heard that the maintenance can be a nightmare. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:40 4
        
        Brick is my favorite look for a house -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:42 3
        
        did you have brick on your ex-house? -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:43 2
        
        It was hardiplank type siding -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:55 1
        
        which would be our other option but I think it's more expensive. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 20:08
- Did a lot of people get hit? That factors in. -- nm - David Aug 17, 19:28 6
  - It was a pretty big one, but this was a contractor that we called independently of insurance. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:29 5
    - I know but my point is that if he knows his services have gone up in value, his prices expand as well. - David Aug 17, 19:31 3
      - oof. there are supposed to be laws against disaster price gouging. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:45 1
        
        There are but you have to be willing to litigate to have them enforced. - David Aug 17, 19:52
      - fair enough. There's certainly an issue that they all have a vested interest. - Reagen Aug 17, 19:44
    - (it's being compared to a storm a couple years ago that ended up costing 400M in claims) -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:30
- $5,000. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:22
Kingman, AZ, after another day of ruins and trading posts. More paved highways today...... - MojaveMeg Aug 17, 19:20 3
- almost welcome home -- nm - peglegpete Aug 17, 19:54
- Iff'n it were me, I would of went another 28 miles... -- nm - BAD Aug 17, 19:47
- that sounds familiar! I had my oil changed there in my epic cross country trip. So jealous of you right now. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:21
Kind of confused by Say Yes to the Dress tonight. Apparently, 16-year-old debutantes wear wedding dresses to the debutant ball? -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:06 17
- Is that the one where they go with their Dad's? -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:08 9
  - yoy mean to the store or the ball? -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:10 2
    - you're supposed to go to a deb ball with an escort who isn't your dad. a fine young man. military is great. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:10 1
      - I think there are Dad's and Daughter dances which is for the tweeners -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:33
  - Purity Ball? -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 19:10 5
    - Maybe that's what I was thinking of. -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:10 4
      - If that is the one that seems creepy, then that is what I was thinking of -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:11 3
        
        Yup, I'm sure it is. The debutante thing goes back to the 1800s. The purity thing is much more recent. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:12 2
        
        this. Deb ball is high society, purity ball is low society. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:12 1
        
        Heh. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:13
- well, they are supposed to wear white. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:07 6
  - Ah. Well, I guess a formal is a formal. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:11 5
    - it seems stupid to buy a wedding dress instead of a white formal gown, becuase "Bridal" equals far more expensive. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:14 4
      - Especially at the Say Yes to the Dress stores, where dresses run $2000 to $10,000 and higher. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:15 3
        
        seriously, wtf, these must be seriously nouveau riche. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:16 2
        
        I guess you missed the MTV series where they followed 'clueless' snotty bitches planning their sweet 16 birthday parties? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:32 1
        
        like I said, nouveau. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:49
Jax, he will be emailing you soon. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 17, 18:48 1
- he did, thanks -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 19:32
Saw this Hyundai on the road this evening. Very cute. -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 18:41 1
- I've seen those! love it. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 18:49
Geoff Tate to launch his own version of Queensryche.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 18:39 3
- I hate when bands split and do the competing versions thing. -- nm - Mel Profits Aug 17, 18:51 1
  - Yay, Creedence Clearwater Revisited! -- nm - zork Aug 17, 18:56
- Kingsryche? -- nm - Other David Aug 17, 18:45
learned on b2: David likes his punk girl bands to be nearly 40. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 18:36 16
- Someone be a dear and explain the joke to her. -- nm - Other David Aug 17, 18:44 15
  - look, we established earlier that my joke circuits are not working. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 18:53 13
    - Take it down to basics: would anyone knowingly suggest Tara Reid for a role? - David Aug 17, 19:27 3
      - maybe for the porn ver... no, not even that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:34 1
        
        "We'll drop the charges if you put your pants back on!" -- nm - David Aug 17, 19:35
      - fair nuff. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:28
    - I think you burned them out for the year for your Lucas comment -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:05 8
      - you just can't admit I'm funny. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:07 7
        
        Like Superman he can only tell the truth -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:09 6
        
        he is no Superman. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:15
        
        ye.....hey wait! -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:14 4
        
        Someone has to take over for Pixie -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:20 3
        
        omg. not remlik. it should be you. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:21 2
        
        that's what he meant. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:22 1
        
        *fizzle* -- nm - fizzling joke circuits, batman si Aug 17, 19:36
  - Josie and the Pussycats 2: Russian Boogaloo -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 18:52
Price drop alert! Amazon just dropped Uncharted 3 to $19.96. -- (link) - Mop Aug 17, 18:35
LYC: Purchased a Harmony 700 to work with my MythTV (as a LiteOn IR Keyboard) and my other AV devices - oblique Aug 17, 18:34
Vin Diesel has all the qualifications for being the Vision. He's bald. -- nm - Mop Aug 17, 18:31
Hunger Games UV Codes $4 -- (link) - oblique Aug 17, 18:29
Stefan Logan just went down, untouched. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 17, 18:14
Cast him! -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 17:53 8
- All of that Pussy Riot movie casting and no love for Emmy Rossum? Shame on you all. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 18:22 3
  - hello. Kristen Stewart. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 18:39 2
    - Don't make me lock you up with the other casting directors responsible for the travesty that is Kristen Stewart. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 18:46 1
      - In her favor, hers might have come close to starting a riot. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 17, 20:13
- I really think, based on nothing, that the Avengers tv show will use the character from the Alias- Jessica Jones tv show that was dropped... - Remlik Aug 17, 17:54 3
  - there is only one Mrs. Peele - peglegpete Aug 17, 18:16 2
    - Yeah but Pfefier and Hathaway were just as good as Catwoman. Newmar was awesome no doubt -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 18:23
    - tell me more, grandpa. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 18:17

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