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so the plumber is supposed to be here between 8 and 10, when do we think they will call/show up? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 7, 05:52 4
- Tuesday -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 05:57
- 8:07 - JenBro Sep 7, 05:55
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  - wonders why the federal reserve cares. also, are you holding an illegal gambling ring? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 7, 05:57
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- this is a really interesting read - thanks for linking it. The statement that UE rate dropped because people gave up looking for jobs reminded me of - JenBro Sep 7, 06:00
Biden, hot off his speech at the DNC was able to book the cafeteria of my school in Cincinnati for Sunday. Smaller room, but an important one. -- nm - volnelk Sep 7, 05:34 1
- SRO! -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 7, 05:48
Jobs Report: Nonfarm Payrolls +96,000 vs. +125K estimate... Unemployment 8.1% August vs. 8.3% July -- nm - stewie Sep 7, 05:32 2
- So, I assume if the rate dropped that a lot of people left the labor pool? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 7, 05:38
- June and July payrolls revised down -- nm - stewie Sep 7, 05:33
May need some ST "good Thoughts" today for my cat Jim. She seems to have a bit of a balance issue that I noticed last night and it -- nm - JenBro Sep 7, 05:10 7
- sfek inside - JenBro Sep 7, 05:15 6
  - Best thoughts. 17 years for an indoor cat is great. My Remie made it to 17, and Kitty Girl to 18. -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 07:19
  - Good luck, Jim! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 7, 05:30
  - Of course. Hope everything is okay. -- nm - kelly Sep 7, 05:25
  - Here's hoping she's just a little drunk. You know how cats get into things. :) - CovingtonCat Sep 7, 05:19 2
    - Thanks! :) I'm wondering if maybe it's an inner ear thing as the stagger happens after she shakes her head - so a vet visit may happen this weekend. - JenBro Sep 7, 05:49 1
      - Probably a bit of an infection. You'll enjoy putting drops in her ears! (Not!) -- nm - mara Sep 7, 05:58
Has Jennifer Granholm been released from the ER yet? - Mel Profit Sep 7, 05:10 2
- Love the IM -- nm - MDH Sep 7, 05:56
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Maryland politician asks Ravens to �inhibit� Ayanbadejo�s same-sex marriage support... and it's a Democrat - stewie Sep 7, 05:08 4
- Ray Lewis may have to pay him a visit... -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 05:42
- I love Ayanbadejo's response here. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 7, 05:37
- people are allowed their opinions, no matter how wrong. i believe that the ravens should send the player to "talk" to that politician - tRuMaN Sep 7, 05:20
- sad -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 7, 05:15
Handily one of my films is filming downstairs from my office today. - LMS Sep 7, 04:55 5
- Mmmmm, Aaron Paul. (Also, I continue to refuse to believe 'Imogen Poots' is anything but a prank call alias.) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 7, 05:20 3
  - I think he was excited to meet Sam Neil. -- nm - LMS Sep 7, 05:29 2
    - He strikes me as a guy who is pretty excited to meet anyone he admires. He seems quite appreciative of his opportunities. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 7, 05:32 1
      - You like you sum Aaron Paul? -- nm - budice Sep 7, 05:38
- Niice -- nm - JenBro Sep 7, 05:18
"Charlie Crist this evening played the role of Zell Miller at the Democratic National Convention... - Strongbad Sep 7, 04:47
where's the second paragraph tru mentions here? thanks. - amanda Sep 7, 04:41 [Backboard]
And we're through! My dad only needed to show his birth certificate, easy peasy at this end! - Stephen, South Bend bound! Sep 7, 04:13 2
- So nice to hear a positive TSA/travel story. Hoping a great time is in store! -- nm - mara Sep 7, 05:53
- Hooray! - CovingtonCat Sep 7, 05:10
Sept 7, 1876 � In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:08 6
- (if you've never seen the western, The Longriders, go watch it) -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:23
- 1921 � In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:08 4
  - 1963 � The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:09 3
    - 1979 � The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut. -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:10 2
      - 1996 � American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match. -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:10 1
        
        2011 � A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:11
Wake up - prayformojo Sep 7, 03:35 2
- dear self: 9/1/2012. 0.3692. please change the whiteboard. -- nm - amanda Sep 7, 06:01
- Way ahead of you. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 7, 03:37
Big Brother HOH winner update - peglegpete Sep 6, 22:12
All I think I've learned over the last two weeks of these political conventions is that delegates are crazy and should be avoided. -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 22:09 2
- A lot of them are drunk, remember. -- nm - mara Sep 7, 05:54
- delegates are living mouth breathing newspaper comment makers -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 22:12
I'm envious of Stephen and his dad ... the first visit to campus, it's something special. Make sure to seek out the grotto and light a candle - rollo Sep 6, 22:06 5
- "These are the greatest sight my eyes have ever seen..." -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 7, 05:05
- Absolutely, and since we'll be attending Mass after the game it frees up more of our Sunday as well! - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 22:11 1
  - Awww, you are going to be about 10 miles from where I grew up. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 22:13
- do we know if his dad got on the plane ok? -- nm - loosi at home Sep 6, 22:07 1
  - We'll know in about 6 hours! -- nm - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 22:11
In 2005, during the BRAC hearings, I took a seat directly behind BIll Richardson. I am hear to tell you, that is not his real hair. - loosi at home Sep 6, 21:59 2
- I just don't know what to believe anymore. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 22:02 1
  - and he's put on some weight. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 6, 22:03
So I've spent the last half-hour setting up planning spreadsheets for a trip....next March :/ - MojaveMeg Sep 6, 21:52 2
- heh. And I have checked no less than 5 times to make sure I've packed our game tickets, etc. -- nm - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 22:03 1
  - That's why I have everything on checklists. There are still some times when things don't make the list, but not so often. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 6, 22:10
Sounds like while GM is still alive...it's on life support -- (link) - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 21:52 2
- Meanwhile, Ford has repaid $21B of the $23.5B it borrowed -- nm - Strongbad Sep 7, 04:34
- I've seen this called a major exaggeration. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 21:54
TDS reads ST as they made the Clinton/Jame Brown joke. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 21:46 5
- They could do worse than coming here for jokes. We're freakin' hilarious. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 7, 05:45
- ? -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 21:53 3
  - That someone would put a cape on Clinton and that he would throw it off and speak for another 5 mins. - Mel Profit Sep 7, 05:06 1
    - He also had my joke about the "Can't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" ..cuz it's thirty minutes! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 7, 05:34
  - *walks offstage to I FEEL GOOD* -- nm - Slick Willy si Sep 6, 21:54
"Don't thank me, thank this inanimate plastic toothbrush!" -- (link) - Reagen Sep 6, 21:45
I've been hearing digs b ark nonstop for over half an hour. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:38 8
- maybe it's a seizure. do you smell burnt toast? -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 21:51 1
  - no artifacts. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:56
- Make that an hour. they just stopped. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:39 5
  - And ..started back up. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:41 4
    - boogie man? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 21:45 3
      - Not sure, torn between checking it out and running in the opposite direction. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:49 2
        
        It's the dog boarding place across the street. Someone is not happy about being there. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:53 1
        
        maybe Ty's neighbor's dog is there? - JenBro Sep 7, 05:51
What do you mean I can't bring a meat cleaver on the airplane with me?! - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 21:35
so this is what dining al fresco is about, we get such nice balmy shirt sleeve evenings like maybe once a year - zeitgeist Sep 6, 21:34 1
- Dawson has a tavern? -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:35
Caesars new buffet opens monday. it sounds great. i'm going at the end of the week for lunch - peglegpete Sep 6, 21:33 5
- Good thing I'm not in Vegas since I'm trying to diet just now - but if we go this next Spring - I definitely want to check this out!!! - JenBro Sep 7, 05:55
- ooh nice, i remember having sauted shirmp, having a beef stoganof made while you watched -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 21:38
- Interactive chefs???? - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:34 2
  - its like philly cheesesteak joint only they are all frenchy - zeitgeist Sep 6, 21:43
  - i'll know in a week -- nm - peglegpete Sep 6, 21:38
Rank the Presidental Candiates, VP candiates and Wifes speeches - amoxy Sep 6, 21:29 4
- Didn't watch a single live second of either convention. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 7, 04:34
- I've only watched bits of each, I don't know that I can give more than a B- to any of them... - Stephen, Shaking Down The Thunder! Sep 6, 21:36
- I'm with Redmond. I haven't watched any of it (save what I saw on TDS). - JaxSean Sep 6, 21:34
- What the vp/ candidate wives don't give speeches? ;) -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 21:33
David: Twitter stats for DNC and RNC. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 6, 21:16
Too few of you know about Wimp.com. Waste hours watching awesome videos. -- (link) - nubby Sep 6, 21:15
Uh oh, we were right about that blind item a while back... -- (link) - Spawn Sep 6, 20:53 6
- this *sucks* -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 23:01
- But Stranz and Fairchild seemed so happy! -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 21:17
- That has been reposted 3 times. we are going for a Mopagrande -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:55 3
  - Sadness must endure! -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 20:56 2
    - But okay, what about this? -- (link) - Spawn Sep 6, 20:56 1
      - I Likey -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:59
Hey ty, You were wrong on B3 in that she needs to get sued! -- (link) - Spawn Sep 6, 20:51
I didn't watch much of either convention. Did Aaron Schock give a shirtless speech at the Republican convention? -- nm - Dano Sep 6, 20:45 2
- He was shirtless but sitting in the invisible chair so you needed to be wearing your special glasses to see him -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:49
- Maybe on Grindr. -- nm - David Sep 6, 20:46
"In a post-speech scene, Obama is seen quietly eating Shwarma with Scarlett Johansson" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:44
cry VOTE and let loose the funds of superPACs -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:41 2
- Release the PACens -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:42 1
  - and to think .... I coulda been a contenda ... -- nm - Perseus Sep 6, 20:59
I can't BB on this phone. When did Canada become 1? in 2001 they were still second. Can't find what year it changed -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:40 13
- this goes back to 06, and cananda was the single largest national sources since then - tRuMaN Sep 6, 20:43 12
  - Well I will be dammed. I did read Mexico started keeping more of theirs and exports lowered due to that -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:45 11
    - this seems to imply it happened back in 2004 -- (link) - tRuMaN Sep 6, 20:45 10
      - Aaah thx Tru. I was curious. -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:47 9
        
        saudi arabia had been #1 since the late 90s per that chart, mexico was second, then canada passed both in 04. now nigeria is making a move for top 3 -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 6, 20:48 8
        
        It's ultimately sort of irrelevant. All the oil pumped out of the ground gets consumed by somebody. Whether it comes from here or there doesn't really - Reagen Sep 6, 21:48 1
        
        sure, but if Iran blocks the Straight or a major war in Nigeria breaks out, the US will be better off with Canada as their major supplier -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:24
        
        We are such oil hogs -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:50 5
        
        when does china pass us on consumption? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:52 4
        
        Canada is threatening to send the oil to China because we won't buid that pipeline -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:54 3
        
        now that would be one hell of a pipeline -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 21:01 2
        
        Pipeline to the west coast, oil tankers to china. Worst plan ever. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 21:05 1
        
        Giant Catapluts is the current second option... -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 04:25
I was worried after WJC that BHO would fall flat. I'm not going to lie: if BHO asked me to toss my skivs onstage, I'd balk. but - amanda Sep 6, 20:40 11
- comeon, you aren't wearing any, you tossed them at bill last night -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:50
- I would do Michelle for sure over Mitt's wife -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:41 9
  - Sex swing? -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 20:57
  - Mitt's wife thinks she's had a hard life. -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 20:44 7
    - Well she does have MS and is a Cancer Survivor -- nm - amoxy Sep 6, 20:52 3
      - which one? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 22:14
      - that is a harder life than many for sure... -- nm - kelly Sep 6, 21:06
      - That is hard for sure -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 21:01
    - I was under the impression she thinks she works hard not had a hard life. - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:46 2
      - cashing in stock options to go to school is hard work. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 20:57
      - spoils - the liioulu without chrome Sep 6, 20:54
a guy driving an Aztek cut me off today. I thought about getting angry at him, but I figured life's been cruel enough to him already. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 20:39 4
- as long as it was not a FIAT Multipla -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 6, 20:57
- a friend of mine used to coach the belleville bulls and had a team-issue aztek. he always said there was a special kind of road rage directed at it. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 20:52
- Ha! -- nm - Walter White Sep 6, 20:44
- It's the love child of the AMC Pacer and AMC Gremlin -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 6, 20:43
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- Her boobs are not small -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 20:45 1
  - ...to begin with -- nm - Russell Crowe Sep 6, 20:52
This may very well be the most adorable thing you see all day. -- (link) - kelly Sep 6, 20:36 [youtube] 4
- Mean look, now smile -- nm - amoxy Sep 6, 20:46
- That is some well done CGI! - Spawn Sep 6, 20:38 2
  - That first smile screams "baby stoner". - kelly Sep 6, 20:42 1
    - heh. With Bub I finally decided it was his brain rebooting. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 20:49

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