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- How does one assault someone on Facebook? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 08:34 2
  - With one of the mean Superpokes - con_carne Feb 5, 08:35
  - Wanna find out, punk? -- nm - nubby Feb 5, 08:35
Prepared to be creeped the eff out. -- (link) - Mel Profit Feb 5, 08:30 13
- oh yeah that was creepy -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:41
- "not even hermes' famous jerk prunes could get them out!" -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:35
- hmm. Usually they can be killed without surgery, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:33 1
  - who wouldn't want a dead worm in their brain? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:34
- that is bizarre. kinda cool though -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:33
- Now I want Chili's. -- nm - nubby Feb 5, 08:33 1
  - tequila? -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:33
- Take it fishing! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:32
- I'm burning all my pork from now on. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 08:32
- yeah, no way in hell am I clicking on that video -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:32
- Ben Button video? -- nm - Callisto Feb 5, 08:31 2
  - giggling. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:34
  - stop.that. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 08:33
Jess just pointed out something to me. When I read a magazine or a paper, I go back to front. Anyone else do this? -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:30 8
- always. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 08:36
- Back to Fronters unite! -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 08:33
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:32
- not newspapers, but magazines for sure. -- nm - Callisto Feb 5, 08:31 1
  - The front is usually full of ads -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:32
- Me too. Every time -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:30
- yes - ty97 Feb 5, 08:30
- Me too. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 08:30
Now I want Chili's -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:30 7
- This might be my greatest diet success: my wife is at Chili's 4 days a week and not once have I asked her to bring a burger or SW eggrolls home. - TFox Feb 5, 08:31 5
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    - Hmmm, I've never had these. - ty97 Feb 5, 08:35
  - good for you! -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:32
  - I really like the Guiltless Chicken Platter. - ty97 Feb 5, 08:32 1
    - they have some good guiltless meals. They added a few new ones recently. -- nm - Callisto Feb 5, 08:34
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Crud. The only thing bad about Amazon Prime is if you order incorrectly, since it's shipping *today* it won't let you cancel/change an order. - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:29 3
- Yeah, that happened to me with a digital picture frame a ways back too. Totally blew. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:30 2
  - Thankfully mine was only $10. Did you return yours? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:31 1
    - Yeah, I refused delivery on one of them. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:32
NCIS spin off may have it's 1st two actors.... - Remlik Feb 5, 08:25 10
- Reminds me - the Law & Order:UK cast looks quite good -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 08:32 1
  - Apollo and Martha Jones! -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:35
- neat! -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 08:29
- Ugh.....O'donnell's character sounds like a tool already. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 08:27
- I'd watch that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:27 3
  - I'd *hit* that. -- nm - nubby Feb 5, 08:31
  - I might. what is the premise supposed to be? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:29 1
    - judging from the character description, it sounds like a Bellisario take on The Beast -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:32
- 38? He's 38?! -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:26 1
  - are you surprised by his age, or his youth? -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:33
Torchwood Trailer today -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 08:20
Welcome to Facebook Dumpville. Population: You. - David Feb 5, 08:14 3
- "My first instinct was to phone him." - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:26
- Sounds like a real piece of work. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:23
- Facebook official! -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 08:20
TTIS: If I put something on my renter's insurance policy, (say, hearing aids), what does that mean? does it cover loss/damage? breakage? - loosilu Feb 5, 08:14 18
- is it a personal articles policy or just a rider to cover them? - Callisto Feb 5, 08:36
- My guess would be that normal failure of an item would not be covered. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:15 11
  - That would be quite the policy. "Hey my tv broke." "Ok then here's a brand new one!!" -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 08:19 10
    - the original policy on them, from the manufacturer, covered that. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:24 8
      - Are they still covered? - kelly Feb 5, 08:26 7
        
        no, that's why I'm looking to cover them on the renter's. :) - loosilu Feb 5, 08:27 6
        
        You probably have a deductable. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:30 1
        
        if it's less than four grand, it's worth it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:32
        
        Ahh, okay. - kelly Feb 5, 08:29 3
        
        it's a big big issue. Very rare to get them covered by insurance even for kids who are profoundly deaf. can you imagine? - loosilu Feb 5, 08:32 2
        
        Fricking healthcare in this country. Ugh -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:33 1
        
        especially kids. It severely impacts their language development. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:33
    - What I was excited to learn, though, was the book on my renter's insurance policy is covered even if I travel with it. - TFox Feb 5, 08:21
- I don't think so. I would think it would just be theft or destruction by something like fire or space junk. Each policy would be different, though. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 08:15 1
  - ok, thanks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:15
- read your policy -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:15 2
  - too bad I don't keep it at work. :) will look later. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:24
  - Now why would she want to do the logical thing? -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 08:23
I think I'm what I've heard described as a 'shy extrovert'. I don't like talking one on one with people, but give me a crowd of 20-200 and I'm gold. - emoticripple Feb 5, 08:13 1
- I'm the opposite -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:15
Green Lantern is now Warner Brothers front runner comics property for a movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 5, 08:08 4
- /sulk -- nm - Aquaman Feb 5, 08:17
- *guffaw* -- nm - David Feb 5, 08:14
- director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) in talks to direct. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:09 1
  - *refuse to show up for work* -- nm - Seth Rogen's berries Feb 5, 08:11
I think that damn rootkit is back. At least it got detected this time. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:07 3
- I kind of wonder if it's hiding in my camera ... I can't seem to pinpoint the attack vector. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:11 2
  - What's our vector, Victor? -- nm - Cpt Oveur Feb 5, 08:13 1
    - We have clearance, Clarence. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:18
4. I just don't like small talk (especially with strangers) very much. -- nm - Inigo Feb 5, 08:06
Yesterday at work when a visiting group ordered pizza for the floor, I was witness to what can only be compared to being on safari and seeing lions, - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 08:06 2
- *meets the delivery man at the front door* - Will Hunting Feb 5, 08:10
- you have to be careful around pizza - Marcel Feb 5, 08:07
Tax minutia question: if you are a tipped employee, is it normal for companies to withhold income tax on your estimated or reported actual tip income? - TFox Feb 5, 08:05 34
- Here it's estimated based on sales. Wat staff at the restaurants I worked in had to claim 8% (I think) of their sales as income. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 08:17 1
  - Oh, she did, in excess of that, and it is in her taxable wages. They just withheld next to nothing on it. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:19
- sounds like employers are supposed to withhold, if tips income is greater than $20/month -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 08:10
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  - odd that irs.gov seems to contradict this - ty97 Feb 5, 08:12 17
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      - "Finally withhold any federal, state or local income taxes on reported tips." -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:14 15
        
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        so they *are* supposed to? - TFox Feb 5, 08:23 10
        
        perhaps because her income was low enough that the withholding tables figured she'd have minimal tax liability? - znufrii Feb 5, 08:26 7
        
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        I needed someone else who is broke. You talk to too many wealthy people, apparently. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:33 2
        
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        or at least with someone who has had to deal with multiple earner/multiple income situations before. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:35
        
        :P -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:32
        
        There is this, but that still seems overly low to me. Maybe not though. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:26 1
        
        also, make sure you're both declaring your withholding at the "higher, single rate" -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:28
        
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        to the first point, yes, I've been on her to report it diligently, in case we ever want to buy a house or something, to substantiate the income. - TFox Feb 5, 08:28
        
        I'm not naming names, but someone is a shitty reading comprehension nazi -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:15 2
        
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        :) -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:23
- some companies do, yes. - tRuMaN Feb 5, 08:10 11
  - OK, but in our instance, it would appear they included the tipped income in her wages as she reported, but never withheld a dime of it. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:10 10
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      - Your thing says they aren't, and ty97's says they are. - TFox Feb 5, 08:13 8
        
        Mind you, the code is law and overrides whatever is on irs.gov, I'd figure. - ty97 Feb 5, 08:16 6
        
        Right, and whatever happened happened. I still owe what I owe. - TFox Feb 5, 08:17 5
        
        There's a line for over-wihtholding, right? - ty97 Feb 5, 08:18 4
        
        Right, but me removing one exemption probably accomplishes the same thing, more or less. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:19 3
        
        I think this is where I am. I claim no exemptions on my W4. - ty97 Feb 5, 08:21 2
        
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        I didn't stress it until I got over $2k back last year, and then I figured, "oh, that's probably overkill"... - TFox Feb 5, 08:22
        
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"He gave the ball a shy to the first baseman." - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:05
My shyness has lessened as I have gotten older...Used to be a terrible Wallflower - amoxy Feb 5, 08:04 5
- I've gotten to the point now that I don't care what people think of me. - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:08 4
  - I think beyond a cetain age people just don't care. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 08:14 1
    - sorry bout that. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:23
  - same here. I just don't care. -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:12
  - Same here. the more that I accept I'm a big dork and a nerd, the more comfortable I feel with others. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:09
so LMS you had Stephen Moffat in the building? -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:03 3
- No RTD. -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 08:09 2
  - ah. very nice. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:09 1
    - Did see The Moff having a meeting with Mark Gatiss a while back, must have been about their Sherlock project. -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 08:13
"Obama is the Democrats' Great Communicator, our Ronald Reagan. " -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 5, 08:00 2
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  - Trickle Down was awesome! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 08:14
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Lots of layoffs coming for BofA. I'm safe for now. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:59 5
- Keeping my fingers crossed for you -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 08:12
- Yay for you! -- nm - TaurusII Feb 5, 08:09
- boo. yay! -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:02
- *keeps fingers crossed for you* - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:00
- good news! hope it stays that way. -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:00
Dano: 4 -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 07:58 2
- revised: 3.5 -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 07:58 1
  - Yeah, I should be a 4, but I just like partying too much -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:00
Man, going for a run this morning in this weather was brutal. I managed to go a mile away from home and had to turn around to run back fast. brrrr -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 07:57
I declare this bacon bacon! -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 07:55
One of my students has a girlfriend named Shy. - nubby Feb 5, 07:55 8
- where is she from? and it could be short for Shyanne or something. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 08:01 2
  - One of my buddies' had a gf with that exact name. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 08:10
  - I think Brad and Angie refer to Shiloh as Shy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:02
- Word. -- nm - Mr & Mrs LaBeouf Feb 5, 08:01
- A Kajagoogoo fan - con_carne Feb 5, 07:57 2
  - Oh great. All day with this song now for sure. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 08:01 1
    - same here. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:08
- when your last name is Love? -- nm - Marcel Feb 5, 07:55

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