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I reddit'ed the article ML linked from the Capitol Weather Gang about climate change and Sandy yesterday. I got this response: - prayformojo Nov 16, 06:24 2
- That comment is silly in the context of the article, but the Post's editorial page is unfortunately rather conservative -ish. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 16, 06:37
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On an individual basis, would you classify the following states as Flyovers? - prayformojo Nov 16, 06:19 14
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:38
- No to Colorado and Nevada, yes to the others for the most part. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 06:33
- Nope. Ohio is a drive-arounder, go-to-worker, and then go-to-homer. -- nm - volnelk Nov 16, 06:27
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- Nevada and Colorado are destinations. The rest, no. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:23 3
  - They're flown over to get to the more popular destination of California. - Krusty Nov 16, 06:25 1
    - Why the heck would I want to go to CA? NV has Vegas. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:30
  - err the rest, Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:23
- No. 1 of those I'd call "home" -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:21 2
  - btw "Former Survivor Analyst" cracked me up -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 06:25 1
    - heh...I admit, I chuckled as I typed it. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:27
- Yes. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:20
- Yes to all. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 06:20
- Yes. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:20
Nov 16,1822: American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail. -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:18 1
- 1885 � Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason. -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:19
did i miss the conversation about uber skinny Matthew McConaughey? - Andie Nov 16, 06:16 11
- I think going that far wrecks the body's system - he's an idiot to do that. -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 16, 06:27 6
  - *oscar nomination* -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:28 5
    - Word. Look what it did for Tom Hanks. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:31 4
      - Christian Bale in the Machinist is my go-to for self-starvation....good lord people, think it over! -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 06:32 3
        
        Also see Michael Fassbender in Hunger. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 06:36
        
        yep, that was insanity. i mean, i couldn't even concentrate on the movie, it was all "my god! he's so thin! how is he walking?' -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:33 1
        
        exactly. Its not a for sure Oscar nom - I like Bongo Boy, I hope this all turns out well for him - Pippygalore Nov 16, 06:39
- Holy shit...he looks like hell. I'll be real interested to see whatever movie that is. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:18 3
  - Dallas Buyers Club "playing a drug taking, women loving, homophobic man who is diagnosed with full blown HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live" -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 06:27
  - i actually didn't think it was possible for him to look *bad*. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:18 1
    - No kidding. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:21
Do you remember my story from a few months back about a sick coworker, who had sick time donated to her? It was thought that those who donated time - kelly Nov 16, 06:07 6
- Sorry to hear :( -- nm - amoxy Nov 16, 06:38
- Damn....that's awful. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 06:30
- :( that is awful -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 16, 06:28
- Ugh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 06:19
- :-( Sorry to read this. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:18
- that is terrible. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:13
So, remember when there was a family wedding last year for the owners of my company? 1800+ guests? Well, here we go again! - Andie Nov 16, 06:04 8
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- you will efinitely need that IPad now!! This is just the reason icing on the cake -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:16 1
  - excellent, excellent point. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:16
- Ah, but this time it's up to the bride's family to handle it, right....right?? - Meg Nov 16, 06:07 4
  - Just planning the rehearsal dinner pageant will be a mammoth undertaking of epic proportions. (sort of sounds like a fun challenge though.) -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 06:10
  - you would think. but. i expect that the groom's family will want to 'help'. - Andie Nov 16, 06:09 2
    - interesting about the contract -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 16, 06:29
    - chawl. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 06:11
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charlie update: charlie still doesn't like chinese food. it's killing me. we have no lunch options! none! -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:56 1
- charlie don't surf and turf? -- nm - the man with the golden geist Nov 16, 12:59
"Mr. Romney appears to have won a narrow victory among straight voters in the swing states Ohio and Florida." -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 04:56
Hostess is shutting it doors -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 04:51 50
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- I'm going to miss the fruit pies. Love the apple. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 06:12
- Noooo! This is awful news to wake up to. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:08 2
  - Does that also mean no more Drakes Yankee Doodles? I will hurt someone if that true. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:12 1
    - Buy all you can now. Hostess owns Drake. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 06:33
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  - I WANT MY GODDAMNED TWINKIES!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Tallahassee Nov 16, 05:59 4
    - (who is Tallahassee? ) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:02 3
      - Woody Harrelson in Zombieland. -- nm - kelly Nov 16, 06:03 2
        
        Ahh. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:14
        
        which you should make a point to see. Great movie/ -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:13
- a few other companies make their product for the Canadian market, but alas, not Twinkies: -- (link) - Andie Nov 16, 05:54
- Damn it. Their Iced Honey Buns are what got me through high school and college. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 05:47
- And this isn't just Hostess and Drakes. They also own Wonder, Nissen, Beefsteak, and many more. -- (link) - Todd Manning Nov 16, 05:21
- Ugh, know a few people affected by this. -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 16, 05:17
- Goddddddammmmit! -- nm - Tallahassee Nov 16, 05:11
- People are freaking out. Someone will buy their assets. You'll still get your ding dongs. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 16, 05:05 33
  - these people just unioned themselves out of jobs. I don't know at what point "you either get a smaller raise than you want or you get no job" becomes - amanda Nov 16, 05:29 28
    - Hey, it takes some real skilled people to hit the "Start" button on the twinkie machine and carry the boxes to the trucks. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:11
    - it's not about a smaller raise, it's about an 8% pay cut, plus a 20% contribution to their health care. - znufrii Nov 16, 06:06 25
      - sure, be pissed off. negotiate. but to shut down the company is really a fruitless objective. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:14 3
        
        But it's an artificial fruitless objective. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:17 2
        
        hee! -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:21
        
        But then so are Hostess's "fruit" pies. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:21
      - hurray for unemployment! -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:14
      - Welcome to a 100% paycut and no insurance. Union demands aren't the only reason Hostess is going out of business, but they represent - TWuG Nov 16, 06:11
      - And is that better or worse than a 100% pay cut and no health care? -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:10 17
        
        It's all the union's fault not the company for refusing to negotiate? - Krusty Nov 16, 06:16 16
        
        they were in bankruptcy protection, it's not like they were recording record profits -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:20 15
        
        Doesn't change the fact that there are two sides and everyone is blaming the union. - Krusty Nov 16, 06:23 13
        
        in most cases this is true, but when the company says "we need this or we are done" there isn't much room for negotiation - Beaker Nov 16, 06:29
        
        Without the strike Hostess might have emerged from bankruptcy and people would still have work. With the strike 18,000 people are now unemployed. - TWuG Nov 16, 06:27 1
        
        right. If you aren't happy with the pay cut, then, by all means find another job. no-one will stop you. now, everyone has to find a new job - Andie Nov 16, 06:31
        
        Yes, the workers should be happy they had a job. - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:25 9
        
        I'd rather be laid off or fired. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:29 8
        
        And people wonder why unions are held in such low regard. - TWuG Nov 16, 06:33 2
        
        Why is it them refusing to work with management and not management's fault for not working with the union? -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:38 1
        
        If the company is in bankruptcy protection, don't you think management stretched as far as it could go? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:42
        
        Okay then. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:31
        
        well, then, if you worked for Hostess, you would be happy. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:29 3
        
        I wouldn't be happy at all. But I'm not going sit here and let everyone bash unions when there are two sides. - Krusty Nov 16, 06:37 2
        
        Unions suck shit. -- nm - Bacon via droid Nov 16, 06:40
        
        there are two sides, absolutely. but, i don't see how you can think that the union in ANY WAY helped its members here? -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:39
        
        "What do we want?" " More blood from a stone!" "When do we want it?" - TWuG Nov 16, 06:22
      - This. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:07
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:04
  - I only care because they bought Drake which makes the best snack cakes. - ty97 Nov 16, 05:07 3
    - we used to have taste-offs in college. I preferred hohos. sarah preferred yodels. she was wrong, as are you. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:27 2
      - Ring Dings rule all snack cakes. - ty97 Nov 16, 05:50 1
        
        it's weird how badly it's possible to spell "little debbie zebra cakes." hm. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:55
Somebody say somethin' -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 04:47
"I left some urine in your room." ... "Tell me it's in a cup." heheh -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 00:04
Crossfire Hurricane. I am 30 minutes in, and I highly recommend it. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 15, 23:36
Diamond Rings answers the long-burning question of what it would sound like if the lead singer of The National joined New Order. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 22:45 2
- if I become obsessed with this band, you're in some trouble. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:58
- Not sure about the new stuff but his last single was really good -- nm - J - Nexus Nov 16, 03:58
Are post offices like, hard to find in the US? Are they camoflauged, or do they move around unexpectedly? -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 21:34 24
- No. There's a fuckin' post office in pretty much every town and if you're in a city, there's dozens. There are 3 post offices (that I know of) - Jim Nov 16, 06:20 1
  - This. - TWuG Nov 16, 06:24
- i know of one buried underground with no surface signage -- nm - budice Nov 16, 01:18
- the smaller ones are hard to see. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 15, 22:59 6
  - this is true, but don't they all have flags? -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:27 5
    - the one down the block does not. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 16, 05:44
    - here's the closest PO to me. it looks like a house. -- (link) - amanda Nov 16, 05:33 [flickr] 3
      - do people really not know where their closet PO is? Like, don't you have to pick stuff up there, etc? - Andie Nov 16, 05:56 2
        
        we do. they're open crap hours, I think is part of the issue. for me to get to a PO, I have to drive to work. some supermarkets have "you can ship - amanda Nov 16, 06:23 1
        
        My PO is fairly close - a little over a mile - but I have an Office Depot closer that has full postal and shipping service. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 06:28
- They are closing a lot of smaller stations, sub/contract stations, but its real easy to google and find one, also get stamps by mail now -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 22:38
- "Day 43. The man comes again at 3pm. Where does he come from? How does he have time to visit all the senders? I still- oh god, I think he saw me." -- nm - diary of a mad slack woman Nov 15, 22:33
- Perhaps if the Tea Party had their way. -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 21:38 4
  - IIRC, the PO is one of the federal things the teabaggers like, maybe because thats how most of the still get their social security checks -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 23:49
  - I think so yes -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:45 2
    - which one of us is making the little sandwiches, and who is making the pastries? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 15, 21:51 1
      - Cucumber sandwiches! -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:59
- Schrodinger's Mail. -- nm - David Nov 15, 21:38 5
  - Some would claim that time works differently when waiting in line in post offices -- nm - JD Nov 15, 21:57 4
    - when I taught a photo portrait class I told folks to go to the post office, people waiting in line usually fall into classic poses -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 22:39 3
      - Our PO recently went to a number system - like a deli. Walk in, take a number, and wait to be called. the wait is still as long but you don't have to - Meg Nov 15, 22:53 2
        
        our Govt service does this, works alot better -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:22
        
        my town's PO stopped doing that, so annoying adn there are soo many seniors -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 23:50
- no, no. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 15, 21:36
Kelly, definitely number 4. -- nm - Stephen, No. 3 with a bullet! Nov 15, 21:25 20
- I vote for #3. (4 is hilarious, but a bit creepy to look at every day). nm - ralph wiggum Nov 15, 21:44
- I want to leave this for Kelly too. She asked that I tell her something - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:39 18
  - ....wait. What? - kelly Nov 15, 21:42 17
    - (never mind.) - kelly Nov 15, 21:44 16
      - My wife is an only child and she turned out mostly okay. - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 16, 05:07
      - for Kelly. - loosi at home Nov 15, 23:00 6
        
        No, I am. - kelly Nov 15, 23:10
        
        also - loosi at home Nov 15, 23:00 4
        
        But keep in mind - age may be the least of Kelly's risks. -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 23:11 3
        
        You are correct. :) -- nm - kelly Nov 15, 23:12 2
        
        We might have had a second if Bill's health hadn't decreed otherwise. I was already facing the possibility of raising one by myself - why risk two? - Meg Nov 15, 23:22 1
        
        heh to the IM -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 16, 06:33
      - I never questioned our decision not to have children together - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:50 5
        
        How old is her sister? Younger or older? -- nm - kelly Nov 15, 21:52 4
        
        Younger. 15 to her 21 - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:58 3
        
        How many times has your ex been married? -- nm - David Nov 15, 22:16 1
        
        Just once after me. -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 16, 05:16
        
        Oh, nice. - kelly Nov 15, 22:07
      - I'm an only child and look how I turned out. - Bacon via droid Nov 15, 21:47 1
        
        Bacon lovin freak? -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:50
[an error occurred while processing this Team Jacob directive] -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 20:59 4
- Are you at a midnight screening? -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 21:02 3
  - I am not. I've only seen Twilight. And even then it was via RiffTrax. -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 21:11
  - He has been in line all week. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 21:08 1
    - But he's not ahead of me! -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 15, 21:18
It's all mine now! -- nm - Bacon Nov 15, 20:54

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