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World's Safest Cities based on the Annual Mercer Reporter. - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 28, 09:43 4
- Yeah but I can't find anything about safest big cities. - Krusty Nov 28, 09:45
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- NYC doesn't make the top 50 in terms of public safety, but is #47 in quality of living. -- (link) - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 28, 09:44 1
  - We were talking about big cities only. See my post above. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:46
To reiterate what TFox posted, if you're looking for a fun, sometimes *very* challenging puzzle-like app, get Trainyard - prayformojo Nov 28, 09:41 3
- goddamn game is frustrating as hell. -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:42 2
  - Occasionally I'm very tempted to look up the solutions online, but I'm always glad when I don't -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 09:46 1
    - I did for 1. I just couldn't figure it out - no matter how many times I tried -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:47
Andie, what did you write a letter about? I must have missed something. -- nm - Kelly Nov 28, 09:40 3
- oh, i didn't get into it here. just registry crap. - Andie Nov 28, 09:42 2
  - Did you ever write a negative review on the dress makers etsy page? -- nm - Kelly Nov 28, 09:45 1
    - i wrote it, didn't post it on etsy. I *did* post reviews about her on two bridal review sites. - Andie Nov 28, 09:48
@TheTweetOfGod:" The winning numbers for tonight's $550 million Powerball drawing are 8, 15, 23, 32, 51, Powerball 28." -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:36 1
- I concur with Nate Silver. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 28, 09:37
Hey Mandy...have you checked out Survivor Jeopardy on RHAP yet? -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 09:36 3
- god the video was so crap, but of course I did (I am so addicted to stupid reality tv because of stupid RHAP!) - amanda Nov 28, 09:38 2
  - I just started watching, so I don't know what happens yet. I think I need to get on the next season... :) -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 09:39 1
    - Also, is it weird that I have a slight crush on Nicole? -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 09:40
Another conservative intellectual tells the GOP they're f---ed and need to get their act together. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 09:35
here's the same poll as always: what's the first thing you're going to with your lottery winnings? - amanda Nov 28, 09:31 32
- probably some home remodel stuff -- nm - JenBro Nov 28, 10:07
- Possibly build a new LEED-certified house. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 09:46
- buy motorhome, come visit all you, find no one home cause you are all visiting someone else -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 09:46
- Pay bills. Book suite for March Madness. -- nm - JD Nov 28, 09:42
- Establish 'base canps' in NYC, Paris, and on the water over .... - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 09:41
- Buy this old place, restore it to perfection, make it my 'summer place.' -- (link) - Andie Nov 28, 09:38 3
  - kind of looks like there be ghosts. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:39 2
    - you say that like it's a bad thing. -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 09:39 1
      - depends on if they are more Casper or more Amityville. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:40
- Pay all bills. Take care of Mom and mother-in-law. -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 09:34 3
  - I would burn my current house to the ground, and roast marshmallows in the flames. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:35 2
    - if you do this, I want an invitation. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 09:36 1
      - invitation? I would bring you in to live with me. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:36
- Other than calling a lawyer, I'd go on a long vacation around Europe. - Krusty Nov 28, 09:34
- quit job, pay off the house, buy a metric sh!t-ton of booze. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:33 9
  - why metric? -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:34 1
    - why not? -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:42
  - why not just buy your own bar? -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:34 6
    - what do you think the booze is for? -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:40
    - because then he would have to work. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 09:36 4
      - would hardly be "work", though... - znufrii Nov 28, 09:41 1
        
        Club Dick. - groiny Nov 28, 09:43
      - nah, you have people for that -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:36 1
        
        gets 100K a year to bounce at znu's bar. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:38
- big a bigger house and live in the suburbs. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:33 1
  - ^buy -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:33
- hire a lawyer and an accountant :) -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:32 1
  - A trust-specialty tax attorney, who hires teams of financial advisors and accountants -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 09:42
- hiring a lawyer from Minnesota -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:32 2
  - ..then a CPA -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:32 1
    - can i be the cpa for the st millionaires? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:57
- Quit work, buy house in DC. -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 09:31
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- $360.2 M cashout -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:35
- By the time all the tix are printed bet we see $600 - $650..millions by the hour -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:31 1
  - I can't image what it'll go to if there is no winner tonight (although odds are over 60% someone will) -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:37
- Oh, well. NOW I'm in. The extra $50 mil makes all the difference. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 09:29
- *adds another floor to the house he's buying with his winnings* -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:29 2
  - and a car elevator? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:29
  - So... 2? -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 09:29
Here's a hot one. Youngblood Hawke's "Forever" is free on the Google Magnifier blog today. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 09:23
I may start hoarding candles. -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 09:16 4
- new reality show..Candle Hoaders? -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:24
- for what purpose?. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:23 2
  - for his weekly hookah lounge book club. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:24
  - Don't ask, don't tell. -- nm - mara Nov 28, 09:24
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- Unless it's extended by Charlize being naked...it's about $9.99 overpriced. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:17
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- Interesting Dale Muphy's final year, and Biggio, Lofton, and Piazza all on there. Wonder how the % pan out. -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 09:25 6
  - Jack Morris will finally get in. Maybe Piazza. And Lee Smith will inch closer and higher than he deserves. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:27
  - I do not think Piazza was good for long enough to get in, and Lofton is iffy at best. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:26 4
    - I think Piazza belongs. He's one of the best hitting catchers ever. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:30 1
      - after looking at his numbers, I change my mind. Yes, he should go. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:32
    - I don't think Lofton gets in, but I'd like to see Bagwell. -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 09:28 1
      - I would love to see Bagwell go in, but I doubt it. - groiny Nov 28, 09:30
- Wonder what would happen if someone already in the Hall admitted to using PEDs. -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:21 2
  - nothing. Heck, you already have guys who were admitted spitballers and who were high on amphetamines. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:22 1
    - And Cobb and Tris Speaker have admitted to betting on games -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 09:28
- let them in, but put them in a separate room with an asterisk above the door. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:17 6
  - and who determines who gets asterisk and who doesn't? I guarantee a lot more than just those guys were idol'ing. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:19 5
    - if there was any reasonable doubt about being clean while you played, you get the asterisk. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 09:31
    - I'm pretty confident that about 90-95% of MLBers were on something -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:23 2
      - That's really high. I'd say no more than 50-60%. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:29
      - I think that number is pretty high. - groiny Nov 28, 09:23
    - scoops! -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 09:19
- I imagine Biggio will get in, just not first ballot. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:14
- In, out, out. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:14 6
  - Agreed. And Bonds and Clemens would have been easy HOF's without the drugs - amoxy Nov 28, 09:18 3
    - my thing with Sosa, is that not only is it the drugs, but a corked bat too. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:19 2
      - It is amazing that he hit more than 60 HR's three times but didn't lead the league in those three seasons -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 09:27 1
        
        amazing, and empty at the same time. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:27
  - I kind of agree with this. - groiny Nov 28, 09:16 1
    - Sosa for me is a one-trick pony...all he did was hit homers (mostly fraudelently) - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:19
- No to all. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:12 6
  - Unfortunately agree with this -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:22
  - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 28, 09:14 2
    - Then the Hall should cease to exist. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:15 1
      - I don't like the situation but I couldn't vote for any of them knowing what they did. - Krusty Nov 28, 09:27
  - this should be it -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:13
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- No chance. Get in line with McGwire and Palmeiro. -- nm - volnelk Nov 28, 09:12 1
  - in and in -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:12
- And Jaret Wright! -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:12
- in, in, in -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:10 10
  - Agreed -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 09:16 1
    - Oops meant this to go under Hunting's post -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 09:17
  - right -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:11 6
    - Yep, I'm okay with it. I think as long as the Hall illustrates that there was an era where PEDs were *ahem* not discouraged, they belong there. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 09:17 4
      - "and here we have the PED Exhibit..." - Mel Profit Nov 28, 09:19 1
        
        Also, for no apparent reason, a photo of Manny Ramirez with his grill! -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 09:26
      - Nobody in the entire era should get in otherwise. That includes everyone. Maddux, Griffey, etc. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:18 1
        
        Larkin, oh wait -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:21
    - they have the stats -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:12
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You guys should more or less ace this: HWDYK 90s Bands by Lead Singer -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 28, 09:07 29
- 13, and 9 of those were complete guesses. -- nm - Ender Nov 28, 09:30
- 18 -- nm - J - mobile Nov 28, 09:25 2
  - wow, look at the big brain on J!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:25 1
    - Missed Steve and Tom... Spoils - J - mobile Nov 28, 09:27
- 16! Whoa. -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 09:23
- I know I'm in trouble when I'm stuck at #2. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:15 6
  - 13 and Slayer isn't a 90s band. Their best stuff came out in the 80s. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:19 5
    - and correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the singer for Pantera wrong? - groiny Nov 28, 09:21 3
      - No it's Phil -- nm - J - mobile Nov 28, 09:25 2
        
        huh..... - groiny Nov 28, 09:26 1
        
        too many viewings of Magic Mike? - Epiphany Nov 28, 09:28
    - Almost all guesses. I had no clue on most. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:21
- 10, ouch. but you left out my favorite. -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 09:13
- 16. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:13
- I think that's quite a bit tougher than level 2. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 09:12 3
  - huh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 09:17 2
    - My score on part 1 was 17. This time 10. -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 09:25
    - I only knew 4 for sure. The rest was purely guessing or process of elimination (usually down to a choice between 2). -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 09:18
- 16 -- nm - volnelk Nov 28, 09:12
- I love the band grouping in #12. - Mel Profit Nov 28, 09:12 1
  - Yup. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 09:22
- re Question 11, I think it is Catherine Wheel (no 's)\ -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 09:11 2
  - is this a real person? a band name and then a favorite song of mine from a different band - so?? what gives -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 09:15 1
    - it's a band name. -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 09:16
- 9. I knew maybe 4 -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:10 4
  - 12. I either knew them or I didn't. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 28, 09:14 3
    - me too. -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 09:15
    - that makes sense. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:14 1
      - as in...I knew I was absolutely right or I had no idea. Nothing in between save for 1 or 2. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 28, 09:17
LIR: ty97: I'm consistently disturbed by the "traffic deaths" number they are now running on the tollway signs. It jumps like 10 or 11 people at least - oblique Nov 28, 09:02 5
- I noticed that riding in from the airport the other day and thought it was completely pointless. - ty97 Nov 28, 09:17 1
  - *crashes my car while reading the overhead sign about traffic deaths* nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:18
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  - psst.... - groiny Nov 28, 09:06
- not really a surprise, with the way people drive. n, -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:02
Batman! -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 28, 09:00 [flickr] 4
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  - Looks like the style Batmanuel was going for -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:06
  - that is awful. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:03
- nice package. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:01

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