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I get to vote tomorrow night (Strata corp AGM), and next Wednesday (local referendum for new firehall) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:21
"If they played the same schedule as Boom Shakalaka, 50 Shades of Beak would be 2-6." -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:19 1
- I have 2 teams on 4 game win streaks, the longest in those leagues. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 6, 07:22
I<ve never seen a website like that: The action-packed journey to US election day -- (link) - Guigue Nov 6, 07:17
I'm curious about other people's voting times, getting in line to sticker. Me, 25 minutes. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 6, 07:16 19
- 12-15 min - they only had one person checking voters in - that is going to cause a problem later on today - Pippygalore ( I voted!) Nov 6, 07:24 1
  - Pretty sure that isn't supposed to happen. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 6, 07:25
- On Friday there was zero wait. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 6, 07:23
- 15 minutes at 6:15am -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 6, 07:22
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- Probably a 20-25 minute wait at 7am. We waited a bit longer to use the electronic machines so that my daughter could help. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 07:20 2
  - I let my daughter fill in the bubble for Obama. She was thrilled. :-) -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 07:22 1
    - 25 Spawn Points. Whn Bub's bus picked him up today, Miss Sidebottom said, "Go vote!" -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 6, 07:23
- the longest I've waited is 3-5 minutes -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 07:19 1
  - The longest I've waited is 10 seconds. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 07:22
- About 10 minutes. There were 4 tables (one for each district) and only 1 person in line in front of me - TWuG Nov 6, 07:19
- a little over one hour, starting at 6:20 am. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:18 1
  - Reading the local patch, people are reporting similar times at most polls. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:20
- Got there at 8, took 45 minutes total. -- nm - Ender Nov 6, 07:18
- 8 Am this morining. less than 10 minutes. about 15 people ahead of me. I was #115 on the day -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:17 4
  - I did not know you lived in the sticks. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:18 3
    - I'm actually 'in town' now. Last town I lived in had a population of about 3,000. - decline Nov 6, 07:20 2
      - what town are you officially now? -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 07:23 1
        
        Doylestown -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:23
New report: Israel almost went to war with Iran two years ago -- (link) - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:13 2
- and just about every year before and since -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 6, 07:15 1
  - this is...different -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:15
so, this is funny - last night Dave called as he was leaving work about 7 and was all "so, i'm going to pick up some wine for tonight," - Moneypandie Nov 6, 07:11 5
- Now that you laughed at him he will second guess being prepared for your anniversary. -- nm - Max Nov 6, 07:51
- How goes the honeymoon phase? -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:16 3
  - it goes well. - Moneypandie Nov 6, 07:17 2
    - Nobody deserves joy more than you. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:19 1
      - ahh, thanks! -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 6, 07:19
Today only from 5PM to close local time. LEGO is offering a mini turkey model for Free. At participating LEGO stores -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:10 3
- this is a ploy by [insert name of political party] to keep voters away from the polls. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:13
- they're crazy they are backlogged allready -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:12
- Days like this I really miss the Columbus LEGO store. - TWuG Nov 6, 07:11
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fwiw, i had to complain about the polling election allowing political signs inside the location - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:08 11
- That's worthy of sending to the state election board. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 07:13 5
  - being insulted by the polling place is harrassment. I would phone it in immeds. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 07:13 4
    - it wasnt the polling staff that accused me, it was another voter when they heard me complain. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:14 3
      - the signage is still an issue. go forth and complain! -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 07:14 2
        
        why? i was the 14th person to vote, i am guessing the signs where in the hallway before this morning, and they just forgot to take them down. - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:22 1
        
        Because they should not have forgotten and may have just humored you and waited for you to leave before putting them back up. - TWuG Nov 6, 07:24
- aside: who is your boss voting for? -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:10 1
  - hmm, from what i can tell - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:12
- fight fight fight! -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:09
- pinko commie! -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:09 1
  - i know, i ruin it all. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:10
TV tonight: Arrow, Pawn Stars...some vote thingy -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:05
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- electoral-vote: "Comments about alternative universes will be held until tomorrow." -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:09
Newt Gingrich on MSNBC. The Mayans may be right. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:04
oh great. Dixville Notch split evenly for Obama/Romney. 5-5. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:02 21
- conspiracy! -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 6, 07:07
- Romney/Biden, here we come! -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 07:03
- What happened to the population since 2008? Dropped over 50%? -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:02 18
  - Apparently the two biggest families moved out of town. *actual answer* -- nm - Ender Nov 6, 07:08 3
    - that leaves two houses waiting for some attention whores to move in. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:11 2
      - Lindsay's missing her chance -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:19 1
        
        holy crap, that would be an awesome reality show. producers buy the houses and move D list celebrities in to live there for a year culmanating in voti -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:21
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    - 21 people voted in the 2008 Dixville election. 10 last night. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:05 3
      - i agree w/jackcumber. i love you dearly, but go the f*ck to sleep. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 07:06 1
        
        I'd seriously love to, I'm just wide blankety blank awake. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:07
      - Dixville is definitely the one everyone watches. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:06
  - or didn't show. although if I lived there, I wouldn't dream of missing it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:03 7
    - They had 100% turnout -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:04 6
      - maybe some folks moved to Franconia Notch. It's much more notchier. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 07:05 4
        
        Everyone is required to take their shirt off and pose for a family photo at a picnic there. -- (link) - ThunderProfit Nov 6, 07:21 [Image]
        
        Deevs is *on* today -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 6, 07:07
        
        or Smuggler's Notch. they have a lot of notches. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:05
        
        (hee) -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:05
      - dying off, then. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:04
  - they are probably all dying off. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 07:03
Gallup's final poll was odd. It had Romney by a point but Obama with a 52% approval rating. - David Nov 6, 07:01 8
- Either Gallup will be the only correct pollster or they screwed up their model somehow. - TWuG Nov 6, 07:03 6
  - not really. Rasmussen has Romney at +1 as well, and that result is likely within he margin of error of most if not all the other polls as well - znufrii Nov 6, 07:06 5
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      - They'd all have to be wrong in the same way, which seems unlikely. - TWuG Nov 6, 07:10 2
        
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        yup. - znufrii Nov 6, 07:18
    - Except Gallup is reputable. Rassmussen is still earning a rep. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 07:07
- Gallup polling hasn't been pretty at all this cycle. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 07:03
On US election days, I wonder how it feels to people in other countries, knowing that the outcome has an impact on them but being unable to act. - loosilu Nov 6, 06:58 11
- ppl.learn to live with the fact the american public is stupid and should never be underestimated - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:04 4
  - we have to live with that too. ;P -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:05 3
    - see :) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:07 2
      - yeah, that's true. it's our own damn fault. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:12 1
        
        whare do you think anti-americanism comes from? - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:18
- we care, but it's not our leader, we just have to live with your subsequent reality. but, our daily lives aren't altered. -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 6, 07:04
- I was reading an article today in Metro that Conservatives here are more likely to choose Obama than Romney. -- (link) - LMS Nov 6, 07:02 1
  - No British paper has dared to endorse Romney, though his foreign policy tour probably had something to do with that -- nm - Roger More, attempting re-entry Nov 6, 07:20
- The same way those of us who live in states other than Ohio, Florida, and Virginia feel -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 06:58 2
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  - at least you get a vote. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:00
meredith's Love Letters response to 'I Come From Money'... - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 06:55 1
- fair response -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:10
Predict the President... -- (link) - LMS Nov 6, 06:53 3
- go vote -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 06:55
- 305-233 -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 06:55 1
  - Nice, I called it at 303. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 6, 07:25
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- That's why I think it's interesting particularly for any company that decides they want to get into the business. - Dano Nov 6, 06:56 2
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    - this -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 07:04
if I don't get an "I farted" sticker I'm going to do it again. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 06:51 3
- I seriously considered changing my "I voted" into "I pooted" -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 6, 07:04 1
  - *nodding and sniffing* -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 07:07
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if I don't get an "I voted" sticker, I am rescinding my vote. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 06:49 33
- mine fell off - Pippygalore ( I voted!) Nov 6, 07:26
- I didn't get one. I was also asked for id. Several people asked if that was required and the answer was 'no, but it helps us find your name' - decline Nov 6, 06:53 11
  - it boggles my mind that some places don't require ID. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 06:55 10
    - I remember the first time I voted in Baltimore. - Dano Nov 6, 06:58 4
      - That's the way it's been every time I've voted. - TWuG Nov 6, 07:00 2
        
        we don't sign the list but is marked off in ink - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:08
        
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      - when I was little, someone once voted in my dad's name. he was furious. he got there and it was crossed off. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 06:59
    - This is actually the first time in years I've been asked -- nm - decline Nov 6, 06:57 3
      - I have voted mostly in VA and NY state, and both places have always required ID (as far as I recall). Don't remember if MA did. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 06:59 2
        
        if they truly required an ID they were doing it wrong. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 07:16 1
        
        maybe I am misremembering. not unusual. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:24
    - heh we don't ever use ID's for voting -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 06:56
- people are supposed to just take your word that you voted? -- nm - dogbert Nov 6, 06:51
- I'm wearing my sticker right now. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 06:51
- My coworker picked up one of these for me to give to Abby a few days ago. Abby's *so* disappointed she can't actually vote today -- (link) - prayformoJaws Nov 6, 06:51 [Image] 13
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    - My daughter voted for Romney partially because it's someone else's turn to be President -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 6, 06:56 3
      - Drat! Teaching "sharing" and "taking turns" is turning against us! -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 06:58 2
        
        Big Bird reaps what he sows. reaps what he sows. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 06:59 1
        
        ha! -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 6, 07:02
    - claire? -- nm - john bender Nov 6, 06:55
    - Our kids are off today but yesterday they voted for President, Senate, and Governor after getting a quick outline of their beliefs. - spamlet Nov 6, 06:55
    - nice. -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 6, 06:54
    - as long as the Democrat canditate doesn't win and starts taxing their snacks -- nm - Beakraker Nov 6, 06:53
    - Those are ballot initiatives we all can get behind. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 6, 06:53 2
      - I vote for nap time. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 06:55 1
        
        but what time, Dano...what time? - ThunderProfit Nov 6, 07:11
    - that's awesome. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 6, 06:53
- do people really care about this? "Who? Who doesn't want to wear the ribbon!" -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 06:51 2
  - I gave mine to my daughter. She stuck it on her forehead for school. - TWuG Nov 6, 06:52 1
    - hee -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 06:53
- I always decline them. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 06:50
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- At least vote for a Triple Crown winner. -- nm - David Nov 6, 06:52 3
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    - I feel set up. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:02
    - *slow clap* -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 6, 06:56
- go ahead, throw your vote away -- nm - dogbert Nov 6, 06:50
Reality Show idea: So I Married a HillBilly (or So I Married into a Family of HillBillies) - Beakraker Nov 6, 06:48
knock her up and go after dad's money -- nm - dogbert Nov 6, 06:48 3
- this is why I really like you... - ThunderProfit Nov 6, 06:51 1
  - marry twice for money, then once for love - dogbert Nov 6, 06:54
- I am just speculating here. I think she has always been the "rich girl" and is freaking out that she's normal now. - loosilu Nov 6, 06:49

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