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I saw Obama on tv today. He didn't look good. Remember when Tony Blair first got into office and he looked 15 and by the time he left he looked like - Loyola Feb 5, 13:03 1
- Oh, poor me. Why did this all have to happen on my watch -- nm - President Obama Feb 5, 13:06
So, Canadians, if i ever ran for office and it came out that i filed my taxes late, (like, a lot) and once had to do three years at once (just say), - Andie Feb 5, 13:03 6
- One-week newscycle unless you were owing A LOT. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 5, 13:06
- Depends if you're a salaried worker or not. If you ran your own business, and didn't pay taxes for 3 years I'd have some questions -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 13:04 2
  - see, it's the later. but in my defense, they sort of forgot about me (no-one ever asked me to file) and in the end i went to them and was all, "look, - Andie Feb 5, 13:05 1
    - Ha! Well, in that specific situation it's obvious you weren't evading taxes - Roger More Feb 5, 13:08
- Depends on whether they had any tax issues of their own. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 13:03
- womiting much -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 13:03
Wait, the SCHIP legislation made my smokes more expensive? - TFox Feb 5, 13:00 6
- I was under the impression SCHIP was always paid through sin taxes -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 13:04
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  - but you did know there is tax on wheed??? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 13:04
  - yeah, i'm not quitting cigarettes and tacos at the same time. It wouldn't be safe. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 13:04 1
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- well thats scandinavian thinking -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 13:02
Dear Heroes writers: you're 5 years late for the political commentary -- nm - celedhring Feb 5, 13:00 1
- We prefer to believe that we are 10 years early. -- nm - Heroes Writers/Manatees Feb 5, 13:01
kilbo: I'd love it if my machine was fast enough to run VMWare. No dice, however. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:58
HS recruit floats idea of skipping college for the CFL -- (link) - Reagen Feb 5, 12:56
I don't like it when I forget I'm reading backboards and I post to someone on something like Board * -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 12:54 10
- I bet Darcy would like a set of Torchwood figures of Captain Jack and Gwen -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 13:12
- did you bake darcy a cake? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:57 3
  - I'm not really a baker -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 12:58 2
    - what about a candle-stick maker? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:59 1
      - I fail there too, nor am I much of a butcher either -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 13:01
- this is what the RSS feed helps with (the ego feed allows people to see the latest replies to them) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:56 3
  - there's a tumbleweed blowing through mine -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 12:59 2
    - oh? -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 13:00 1
      - *ahem* -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 13:00
- also from the backboards, happy birthday CY -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 12:55
Dear HR/payroll depts at my old job - *please* call me back. *Please*. I would like my W2 sometime soon. - kelly Feb 5, 12:49 8
- Did you move in the past year? -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:52 4
  - Yes, why? -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 12:54 3
    - Because if you did not inform them of your new address, it might be delayed in getting to you - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:57 2
      - Oh, they have my new address. I've been getting benefits information, etc. from them for months now. -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 12:58 1
        
        Then they have no excuse, muthaf--kas! -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 13:05
- the last day to mail them was feb 2, so it could be on the way. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:51 1
  - Oh, I thought it was sometime in January. - kelly Feb 5, 12:54
- Is the ringer on your phone broken? - ty97 Feb 5, 12:51
Heck of a job vetters! -- Labor Sec nominee Hilda Solis' husband yesterday paid off tax liens against his business that'd been outstanding for 16 years. - Ender Feb 5, 12:47 12
- its one way to reduce the deficit, nominate everyone to a cabinet spot and collect unpaid taxes -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 13:00 2
  - laughing, it's perfec. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 13:00 1
    - t. (unlike my typing.) -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 13:01
- start nomination everyone that has outstanding taxes..it works -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 13:00 1
  - no offense DDN, but I'm not sure I want to share a brain with you -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 13:00
- oh come on. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 12:59
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  - On the one hand, it's her husband. On the other, Killefer withdrew for a lien 13% as big that was resolved in 5 months, not 16 years. -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 12:59
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- dear god, I think his vetting process didn't check on tax issues. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:51 2
  - Yeah, in retrospect, using John McCain's vice-presidential vetters...probably not a good idea. -- nm - Obama si #7 Feb 5, 12:56
  - "We apologise again for the fault in the vetting. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked." -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 12:53
Oh I forgot to mention that yet again I came home to the garage door leading to our hallway partially open and the heating system on full tilt. It's - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 12:46
Another Worst Album Cover List - Reagen Feb 5, 12:41 7
- I don't know what they're talking about. I see nothing but awesome all over #5 and #10. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 13:11
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  - yeah, it circles around towards "good" again. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 13:00
- Funny thing is, she *looks* like a Joyce -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:50
- I love when the Internet gets into a groove... - Mel Profit Feb 5, 12:43 2
  - "Ken ... By Request Only" -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:47 1
    - "Don and Seymour"...look like pedophiles. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 13:00
ST Poll -- What have you accomplished today? - znufrii Feb 5, 12:40 17
- Got our home remodeling project successfully inspected by the city. - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:54
- Got my teeth cleaned; proofread next week's desk schedule; put up new aisle signs in the stacks; re-cataloged some state documents, withdrew others. -- nm - mara Feb 5, 12:53 1
  - Hot. -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:55
- Book # 5, my review with my boss, mail, some diaries - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:45
- I actually did that too, as well as my student loan pmt amounts -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:45
- what jack said. nm - Jovian Feb 5, 12:45
- figured out one client needs to fix their accounting records, working on drafting a report, helped my boss answer - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:44
- Sent a letter to our Senator, emails, research, writing. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 12:42
- I woke up at 5AM, wrote my article/review of the Best Live-Action and Animated Short films, went back to bed at 7 after publishing and woke back up - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:42
- finalized a report for publication. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:42
- i paid for my cottage rental, answered some telefilm questions about a show which triggers cash, got paid, and got some crap off my desk. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 12:42 1
  - AND! just this second got another confirmation that our $180,000 tax credit application is complete and approved! yeehaw! -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 12:46
- not shooting up the place. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 12:41
- Nothing, day off. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:41
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- I ate lunch. I ate a cupcake. I drank a hot chocolate and a coke. I had some cheesie poofs. - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:41
- Other than eating lunch, not a damn thing -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 12:40
I am 50 years old...But since it is raining today, there are puddles - amoxy Feb 5, 12:38 1
- No matter what age it's fun. Bunny ears! - lileve Feb 5, 12:45
on the plus side, I'll totally be able to wear my slimmer sleek pinstripe suit. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:38
Describe ST Heaven and hell. In ST Heaven, Trish does the cooking. In ST Hell, it's mandy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:38 3
- ST Heaven has a Quarks open 24-hours a day. ST Hell is a small, cramped room with Fraskal, Idol, and Fudge debating women & politics. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 13:00
- In ST Heaven, the site generates enough revenue that a small portion can be alotted to the contributors - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:42
- *crickets* -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:42
Etta James no likey the Beyonce. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 5, 12:38 6
- Beyonce should never have been allowed to sing that song. - Jim Feb 5, 12:54 1
  - Exactly -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:58
- what's the female version of "old coot"? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 12:41 2
  - old cooter? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:50
  - change two letters? -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:42
- in which ty97 learns that Etta James is living. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 12:40
I can take the juvenile crap, I can take the social network flotsam, but what I can't stand about the internet is the hacking/virus stuff. - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:38 4
- Run your browser in a VM :) -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 12:48
- Did someone try to hack ST recently? -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:43 1
  - No, this year it's just rootkit issues I'm having on my local machine. - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:55
- "C'mon, guys, it used to be about the lolz!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:38
You disappoint me today ST. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 5, 12:37 [Backboard]
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- my world would be a shit load of fun -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 13:02
- what did I do this time? -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 12:37 2
  - Drew breath. -- nm - TWuG Feb 5, 12:42 1
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- Put me in charge...that will learn em -- nm - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 5, 12:35
- A world run by the spawn of CQ and znu. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:35 1
  - A copy of the NY times with Coors Light spilled on it? -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:35
- Well, if you happen to come across the world's reins, hand them over to me ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:34 2
  - oh come on, thats not even believable. I mean a canadian as world rule? - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:37 1
    - at least ST would be guaranteed to exist in perpetuity ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:38
Seriously. If I put keys, a bank card, and hearing aids on a toy house, doesn't that mean I'll lose it immediately? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:33 7
- I regularly misplaced my keys and my wallet, so my wife got a little tray she put next to the door for me to put them in as soon as I walk in the door - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:36 2
  - Oh, I have a bowl by the door. Mostly empty. - loosilu Feb 5, 12:37 1
    - Yes, which is why the fairies don't touch them. They want the good stuff - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:39
- old ones - stuff from your junk drawer -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:34 3
  - the fairies know. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:38 2
    - honest to god, they don't - they don't know and they don't care - they like the shiny - they are distracted enough - Pippy Feb 5, 12:47 1
      - I'm going to put a sock in mine -- nm - Pippy Feb 5, 12:48
Was today the day I lost faith in the internet? Maybe. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 12:27 16
- I answered "Yes" -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 12:30
- Thou shalt not worship any other god before Me -- nm - Rotten.com Feb 5, 12:30
- *tags you* -- nm - con_carne's 25 things Feb 5, 12:30
- Wait, I was wrong. Time naming us Person of the Year was when I lost all hope. I just forgot temporarily. - TFox Feb 5, 12:29 3
  - "YOU" -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:32
  - Please, Mr Internet, don't kill us. Kill People, if you must, but not us. We're your friend. -- nm - Time Feb 5, 12:30
  - Heh. Agreed. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:30
- I remember when it was so vibrant and appealing and new and the possiblities were endless. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:29 6
  - The possibilities are still endless. We all just get into our little boxes and rarely nudge out of them -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:33 4
    - well to be fair the government has made sure we now have to stay inside our boxes - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:36 2
      - we have it good here. we just don't realize it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:39
      - I don't know if it is the government's fault. Certainly the American gov't isn't as bad as China when it comes to censorship - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:38
    - That's because the stuff outside of the box is scary. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:33
  - but enough about the Obama campaign. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 12:30
- *builds a faith fairy house* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:28
- You mean the internet was supposed to replace religion? -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:28
Does admitting listening to NPR mean you're getting old? With the loss of Indie 103.1, NPR is all I listen to anymore -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:27 22
- I listen to the local college NPR station mostly, jazz blues and news -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:39
- When you start watching 60 minutes, it's time to worry. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 12:32 4
  - can't watch, caterpillar eyebrows will eat me -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:36
  - Used to watch that religiously...Can't remember the last time I watched it -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 12:35
  - I stopped watching 60 Minutes when I was 18 -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:35
  - CBS Sunday Morning :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:34
- Probably. But, I loves it -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:32
- I listen to a lot less public radio than I used to. - Reagen Feb 5, 12:31 8
  - I used to like listening to Air Face on the CBC, especially when I was riding the ferry ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:33 3
    - Dave Broadfoot was really the only good thing about RCAF. - Reagen Feb 5, 12:34 1
      - "... these timbits were TWO days old ..." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:35
    - Royal Canadian Air Farce, that is -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 12:33
  - Well, that's Canada. Everything good in Canada leaves for the US anyway -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:32 3
    - you silly, silly man. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:32 1
      - Well, there is one good thing still in Canada... - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:33
    - and then goes to california to die. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:32
- I'll admit that I started listening around election time(s) a few years back. - JaxSean Feb 5, 12:30
- i listen on my to work and on the way home. - tRuMaN Feb 5, 12:29
- No, it actually means you are being coopted into being a liberal -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:29 1
  - As long as the liberals move towards the Federist POV, I'm fine with that -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:30
- I would say "talk radio" in general. When I started listening to more talk than music, I decided that my youth had definitely passed. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:29
- Nah, it's all I listen to. On topic: Dean Faust was a lousy guest today. Don't know when I've heard so much dead air. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 12:28
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