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Woooo! CreditKarma estimates my credit score has jumped 10 pts since last month - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:42 1
- I am SO looking forward to seeing mine next year - it's not bad now - but will be 7 years ago next year when I had something go bad while taking care - JenBro Sep 11, 10:44
Toshiba has joined LG and Philips in the Smart TV Alliance, but until Samsung joins, it's all moot. -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:40 1
- I love my LG but the one annoying thing about it right now is that it's Amazon app lacks the Watchlist -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 10:42
Lawler update from pwinsider - Remlik Sep 11, 10:40
Silly grammatical irritation...I keep hearing/reading traffic accident reports that involve the 'center median'..... - Meg Sep 11, 10:32
dear cat, do not try and jump up on my lap from the floor if you're not 100% sure you'll make it. - znufrii Sep 11, 10:31 6
- I rearranged my bedroom, in doing so, made it harder for the cat to jump up on to the window sill - amoxy Sep 11, 10:37
- the first 11 words are all that is needed -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:33 3
  - well, he usually does it fine - znufrii Sep 11, 10:34 2
    - heh ... hey - give the lil guy credit for trying ;) -- nm - JenBro Sep 11, 10:34 1
      - oh yeah, he's awesome like that. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:40
- Yup, ouch indeed. -- nm - Meg Sep 11, 10:33
Buy celebrity panties... it's for charity! -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:31
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- hooray for more meaningless marketing platitudes! -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:40
- Dear dummies: The word "neutral" is perfectly useful. - Reagen Sep 11, 10:37 1
  - they've clearly invented some new sweet tasting molecule made from Silicon. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:39
- Are they buying offsets or something? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:32 5
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    - They're playing semantics. In the video they talk about "net 0 carbon emissions". Their logo links to a carbon offset web site. - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:43 2
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      - (sugar is made from carbon rings) - Joke Explainer Sep 11, 10:45
    - that's what the designation means if you look into it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:38
i apologize - tRuMaN Sep 11, 10:29 9
- Any equity in the home? A line of crdit was what we did for our AC. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:07
- You also mentioned that the previous owner had this repaired once already? I'd be sure to get the name of that company - oblique Sep 11, 10:35 1
  - ...and then use someone else. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:35
- Tru - fwiw - I don't think they meant the refi would save enough to cover the cost - just that you could refi and cover the cost with new mortgage & - JenBro Sep 11, 10:33
- the thing is, the even if the homeowners insurance does not help they know stuff...... - groiny Sep 11, 10:32 4
  - Groiny's right - they also may be able to tell you names of reputable repair places that are more reasonably priced to get estimates? -- nm - JenBro Sep 11, 10:33 3
    - this will be a much better place when everyone realizes this. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 10:36 2
      - Well, if it only happens every 6 months, you can't expect it to remain fresh in our minds. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:38
      - *testify* - JenBro Sep 11, 10:37
Former Swiss banker gets $104 million from the IRS for providing info on overseas tax cheats -- (link) - Beaker Sep 11, 10:28 1
- I guess it's worth 2 1/2 years in prison. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 10:29
Since we're talking houses, this is one I looked at recently. - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 10:16 12
- Wow. Very high spec inside for that price. -- nm - Loyola Sep 11, 10:36
- very nice! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 11, 10:29
- ooohhhhh Central Air :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 11, 10:27
- nice, not really a fan of that open of a kitchen though. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:22 2
  - who cares? I mean, what are you going to do in there? sit on the counter and drink beer? -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:23 1
    - depends on how clean you keep it - znufrii Sep 11, 10:39
- OMG that bathroom. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:18 5
  - It's nearly as big as the 2 smaller bedrooms. It's off the master bedroom. The walk-in closet is almost as big as the bathroom. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 10:21 4
    - does that one have a tub? (OMG, if I buy my house, I can have a normal shower. and a bathtub.) -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:25 3
      - No, but the 2nd bathroom upstairs does (it's more normal-sized). -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 10:26 2
        
        ha ha. check this bathroom, speaking of. -- (link) - amanda Sep 11, 10:28 1
        
        That is one odd-looking bathroom. So much wasted space! - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 10:32
Today's Daily Bacon podcast is an interview with Karl Pilkington. -- (link) - LMS Sep 11, 10:16
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- Looks like Mitt needs to put the wife to work. -- nm - volnelk Sep 11, 10:21
- Joe B is *working* Ohio. - Mel Profit Sep 11, 10:19 2
  - Is that where he had the pic with the Biker Chic? -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 10:45
  - And is coming back this week. -- nm - volnelk Sep 11, 10:20
- New campaign rule: You must spend funds raised in the state where they were raised! - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:15
- Looks pretty scattershot until you hit "Last 30 days" and then you start worrying for Romney. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:13 2
  - How so? -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 10:18 1
    - In the states where both are campaigning... - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:26
- So nobody has been to North/South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas or Oklahoma? -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 10:13 5
  - Why bother? -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:15 3
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      - Or Romney in Hawai or California for that matter -- nm - eag Sep 11, 10:17 1
        
        Oh Romney has been to California a lot...Mostly to get money -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 10:42
  - sounds like good policy even separate from politics. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:14
- "who's a campaigning whore" -- nm - misread Sep 11, 10:10 2
  - umm...all of them? -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:12
  - "The atrocities are in blue." -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 10:12
*freak!* -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:08
Amazon's got the Samsung Galaxy SIII for $99 today. Get it while you still can. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:04 20
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  - Speculation is that Apple is seeking to add it to the listen of infringing Samsung phones, which has driven up sales markedly in since the ruling. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:12 7
    - That sentence was almost English. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:16 1
      - We all ran it through our mental Mop translator. It's all good. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:18
    - from my cold, dead hands. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 11, 10:16 4
      - or once it slips from my hand and crashes to the floor again because it is so polished and frictionless -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:18 1
        
        That's why I put a huge case around it. - Mel Profit Sep 11, 10:20
      - We have a list of all Samsung Galaxy SIII owners. In the coming days, we will visit every phone and confiscate the infringing phones. - Apple Sep 11, 10:18 1
        
        I wouldn't put it passed the Apple Collective to think just like this. - Mel Profit Sep 11, 10:19
- If it was a world phone from Verizon it would be on the short list with what Apple releases tomorrow. But it's not, so it's not. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:09 2
  - Samsung will make sure that whatever Apple announces tomorrow never makes it to market! DIE, APPLE! DIE! - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:11 1
    - Truthfully, unless the 5 really blows me away, I'll probably get a 4s to move to Verizon as long as they keep the 16gb version. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:16
- Is it a good phone? I hear lots of hype about it. Looking at the Verizon version. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:07 4
  - it's actually $149 to get as it will replace my phone -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:19 1
    - and they won't let me get it at that price since it would be an upgrade. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:21
  - ST is very *meh* about it. - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:09
  - i *heart* this phone. -- nm - Diva Sep 11, 10:08
- the way everyone talks about this phone, I guess I should be using it for more than playing euchre -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:06 2
  - The SIII will give you the best blow job of your life. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:07 1
    - I haven't found that feature yet -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:08
I don't know if this got posted (and the story will sound familiar. *IDIOTS*.), but the caption is hilarious. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:02
This is a cheeky-assed tweet. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 09:59 2
- Hey, I'm not going to turn up my nose at a free baby. Is it cute? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:08
- Oh I thought it was going to be the Obama vs. Romney's 9/11 tweets -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 10:00
Thinking of the Jerry Lawler thing makes me think of the last scene of "The Wrestler" - eag Sep 11, 09:58 3
- I've been a big fan of The King ever since his days in the MidSouth ... Memphis, Nashville, etc.... - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 11, 10:09
- his days on the independent circuit actively wrestling are done. He should have stopped that years ago. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:04 1
  - But you know as I know wrestlers never really retire - eag Sep 11, 10:07
the freaking house I love is down to freaking two freaking nineteen! freak! -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 09:55 28
- freak! -- (link) - amanda Sep 11, 09:56 27
  - And you're not buying/ buying -- because? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 11, 10:18 7
    - I want to donate my money to dirty orphans instead of buying real estate. I mean, I'm not a *monster* - amanda Sep 11, 10:19 6
      - Buy the house *and* house the dirty orphans. Problem solved! -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:22 5
        
        but they are dirty. will you please think about the floors before you speak? -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:24
        
        can I be a dirty orphan? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 10:23
        
        stop being so logical! I'm trying to be an emotional wreck! -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:22
        
        this -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 11, 10:22
        
        brilliant! -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:22
  - That living room is gorgeous. What a view. But the kitchen and bath haven't been touched in 50 years. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 10:02 2
    - I don't need a kitchen. and the bath is *vintage.* -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:03 1
      - again: love. it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:08
  - The stove looks kinda ol.... - spamlet Sep 11, 09:59 1
    - again: perfect. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:00
  - love. it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 09:59
  - no wonder you love the word "garner" -- nm - Max Sep 11, 09:58 1
    - I know! it's so perfect! -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 09:59
  - From the outside, it looks like the Brady's might have lived there. :) -- nm - Jim Sep 11, 09:57 10
    - I know! it's so flipping awesomely flipping midcentury flipping modern. - amanda Sep 11, 09:59 9
      - are you seriously looking, or just torturing yourself? -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:08 8
        
        I'm looking for *the* house. not *a* house. I can buy anytime, but I won't settle. see? - amanda Sep 11, 10:09 7
        
        yeah, that is a nice position to be in. - znufrii Sep 11, 10:11 6
        
        I have a lease through august of ... 2013? I think? but I can easily get out of it. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:14 5
        
        do. it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:27 4
        
        *terrible* bus service. (I'm thinking about it.) -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 10:30 3
        
        is it walking distance from zeno's? (shouldn't this be the only thing that matters?) -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:44
        
        Next year, TDi convertible. Who needs the bus? -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 10:31
        
        like you'd ever want to leave the house anyway - znufrii Sep 11, 10:31
LIR: truman. What's your equity situation? Could you refi with cash out to cover the costs? -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 09:53 14
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  - I prefer to offer help regardless -- nm - oblique Sep 11, 09:56 7
    - me too -- nm - Epiphany Sep 11, 10:02
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      - A year ago, I would agree with you. But Tru has made an effort to change and has grown - amoxy Sep 11, 10:05 4
        
        Sure...but still when someone tries to help you, it's just courtesy to NOT be a dick in response. -- nm - Jim Sep 11, 10:08 2
        
        what?! that can't be right -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 10:15 1
        
        heh. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 10:38
        
        very much so, and he deserves credit. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:07
  - let's talk about my freaking house instead. *freak.* (I'll get you guys a link.) -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 09:55 1
    - Any nudity? -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 09:56
- this was my suggestion; I was unclear. I initially typed HELOC, but I don't know how rates for those behave. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 09:54 2
  - Ah, I misunderstood you then. HELOC works too I suppose but the payback period is much faster - oblique Sep 11, 09:56 1
    - this is why I changed; why my suggestion wound up unclear. HELOC is a bad choice here; it would have to be cash out refi. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 09:57
*shoots the messenger* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 09:52
Loved Band of Brothers, haven't seen The Wire -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 09:52 5
- BoB shouldn't be watched on a tablet, at least not for the first time. find the biggest screen you can -- nm - dogbert Sep 11, 09:53 4
  - ^this. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 10:04
  - right. respect what is being presented. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 11, 09:58
  - this is true -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 09:55
  - and a decent sound system -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 11, 09:54
Walking is for losers. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 09:52 1
- Healthy losers that is -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 11, 10:24
Synchronicity -- nm - David Sep 11, 09:52

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