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Guys, does this kind of button have a name? Thanks. -- nm - Amanda Nov 28, 11:06 3
- Uh link -- (link) - Amanda Nov 28, 11:06 2
  - I bet there is. Can you upload the photo to the Google Image search and see what results it gives you? -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 11:11
  - Looks like an apple pie. -- nm - Mags Bennett si Nov 28, 11:10
Pacific Rim viral marketing begins. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 11:04
the plumbers are listening to classical while working in my basement. - tRuMaN Nov 28, 11:04 3
- I listen to Chris Isaak while working with pools. Housewives love that shit -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 11:08
- and waltzing with each other when you're out of the room. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 11:05 1
  - well, they are in the basement, not the closet -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 11:07
Hmm. An Ohio man has been jailed for mocking a 10-year-old girl with cerebal palsy. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 28, 10:57 7
- I'd rather jail assholes than, for example, pot smokers. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 11:09
- He was also charged w making (unspecified) threats against the child's mother. And earlier this year, he served 10 days for making threats to. - Roger More Nov 28, 11:03 1
  - I truly hope so -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 11:03
- What was the crime? - amoxy Nov 28, 11:01 2
  - He was charged with menacing. I'm betting the story is missing pertinent details and that the limping thing was just the cherry on the douche sundae. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 11:02 1
    - Ah, yes. [checks headline] "charged *after* mocking", not *for* mocking... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 28, 11:05
- I am fine with it, he is a horrible person. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 10:59
Ha. Somebody just threatened to veto a trade of mine in a Non-BF Yahoo League - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:56 7
- And here's the deal - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:57 6
  - VETO -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 11:02
  - Do you also steal candy from babies? -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 11:02
  - I'd veto that as well. -- nm - David Nov 28, 11:01
  - LOL Falcons homers. -- nm - Mr. Underhill Nov 28, 10:58 2
    - So here are more of the details - Strongbad Nov 28, 11:02 1
      - I'd veto. -- nm - Mr. Underhill Nov 28, 11:04
SOA question from last night - amoxy Nov 28, 10:55 1
- I don't know but I'm going to admit the plots/subplots/double dealings is all very confusing to me - Epiphany Nov 28, 11:21
Odd but acceptable selection in this year's Christmas Muzak mix: Death Cab for Cutie's version of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- nm - timPhone Nov 28, 10:55
Dear Pella, I emailed you because your CS line wasn't taking calls due to volume - oblique Nov 28, 10:53
The 2013 Virginia Governor's Race as described by Chris Cillizza. "Neither man could likely win... - Will Hunting Nov 28, 10:51
GREAT NEWS ANDIE! Rob Ford's brother likely to run for mayor of Toronto... -- (link) - Beaker Nov 28, 10:49 9
- Is Rob not running? -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:52 7
  - We'll have to wait for his appeal to play out. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:52 6
    - I thought he was free to run? -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:53 5
      - it`s all sort of in limbo. but there seems to be a consensus he can`t run in a *by-election*. -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 10:57
      - Given the recent clip of him falling down....let's let him walk first....then he can tackle running. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 10:55
      - There's a movement by people with power to strictly interpret the judge's words, such that he isn't eligible to re-run until 2014 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 10:55 2
        
        "the city's legal team believes the ... order prohibits [him] from running should a byelection [but] does not bar Ford from seeking re-election ..." - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:59 1
        
        ... which is in 2014, as I said -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:08
- seriously,this is insane -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 10:50
More from Saxby Chambliss (clarifying his position on raising taxes) - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:45 10
- "clarifying", right -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 11:09 1
  - He's obviously taking a lot of heat and needed to backtrack. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 11:12
- "a proven path to prosperity that President Reagan enabled in the mid-1980s"??? - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 11:01
- Wait. He's willing to lower tax rates as long as the Dems will do entitlement reform? - ty97 Nov 28, 10:47 6
  - Tell you what. I'll have my cake if... I can eat it, too. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 11:02
  - He's playing the GOP party line now that revenue comes from closing loopholes. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 10:54
  - oh by the way, fact of the day (traffic fatalities) - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:52
  - Yeah that didn't make a lot of sense. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:48 2
    - I'm glad it wasn't just me. -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:49 1
      - I've never really liked him. A lot of his support here state-wide comes from rural areas. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 10:50
What's the name of this kind of olive in my salad? dark purple with rifle bullet shaped pit. I like these very much. - Max Nov 28, 10:41 7
- (also seen in manchester salads of course.) -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 10:48 1
  - I'm just going to order my salads with Manchester olives from here on. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 10:50
- calamata? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 10:41 4
  - ok fine, then a kalamata -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 28, 10:43 1
    - ugandan giant kamalas -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 10:44
  - Don't be gross, I'm eating lunch here. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 10:42 1
    - s/c/K -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 10:43
Boston Red Sox hire my beloved Greg Colbrunn as hitting coach. -- nm - David Nov 28, 10:34
If you would have played the Oak Def all year in BF, you would have -53 points - amoxy Nov 28, 10:32
a-ha! My heat might be set to 75, but it's only 72 in my living room. - ty97 Nov 28, 10:31 18
- Holy crap. Why so hot? -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 10:48 4
  - he lives in a bathhouse. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 10:51
  - Seriously! Our house is set to like 65 or so. -- nm - landbeck Nov 28, 10:51 2
    - Cripes that's 18.3C. That's cold. -- nm - Mr. Underhill Nov 28, 10:53 1
      - It's wintertime. Wear a sweater! -- nm - landbeck Nov 28, 10:57
- practically arctic! -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 10:46 1
  - still 3 degrees hotter than my house -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 10:47
- it's cause of that missing door!! -- nm - decline Nov 28, 10:34
- Is your patio door ajar, perhaps? You should look into that. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:34 1
  - no, it's not a jar, it's a door. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 10:35
- space heater -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 10:32
- ...and 69 in the bedroom. -- nm - High School Vermin Nov 28, 10:32
- maybe all your heat is going out your broken door -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 10:31 5
  - Maybe a dingo broke your door. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 10:42
  - ikr? This end of my condo has always been more prone to the outside temperature since I have a lot of windows/glass doors. -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:33 3
    - When I was a kid my parents had this plastic wrap stuff they would put over the doors/windows with a blow dryer to seal out the cold -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 10:35 2
      - Yeah, I do this up here. Really helps. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 28, 10:50
      - it works but you have to make sure to ventilate. -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 10:47
dear lord, this is genius - the extension cord that stores itself IN the socket! -- (link) - Andie Nov 28, 10:28 5
- but what if I need that extension cord somewhere else? Oh, buy another? bollocks. MY extension cord goes with me...everywhere -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 10:32 3
  - do you have it in a hip holster? -- nm - decline Nov 28, 10:40 2
    - and weigh down my cat like agile quickness? naw, it's in the work truck, but I have one in the closet for around the house. - CQ Nov 28, 10:43 1
      - it`s about handy storage! -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 11:33
- *like* -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:31
Bing's latest advertising campaign is attack ads on Google. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:27 1
- From an insider's POV . . . (spoiler) - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 10:39
Buzzfeed covers the 32 Best New Memes of 2012. - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:20
well, who wants my fortune today (from yesterday's lunch)? -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 10:19
DH: FX Announces �Anger Managment�, �Justified�, �Archer� & �Totally Biased� 2013 Premiere Dates -- (link) - Under the Influence Nov 28, 10:16
Prediction: Tampa Bay wins at Denver this week -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 10:16
my newegg xbox card from ebay showed up today. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 10:15
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- Very cool, but if you don't have adblock, it is a little freaky -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 10:15
- Wow, pretty cool. -- nm - mara Nov 28, 10:14
- the second image (that you have to click to) is cooler - linked -- (link) - Andie Nov 28, 10:14 2
  - that's fantastic! this one is a scanning electron micrograph (3d), the other is transmission (2d). -- nm - loosilu Nov 28, 10:20
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Dear mel - Baby... (nmbmel) - Diva Nov 28, 10:11 [Backboard] 1
- Congrats!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 11:04
the horror... - znufrii Nov 28, 10:06 1
- travesty. throw down your tray in disgust and walk out -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 10:27
That HWDYK quiz was hard! I got 12, and I'd say 9 of those were guesses. -- nm - kelly Nov 28, 10:02 1
- I have the hardest time assessing how difficult these will end up being -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 10:04
Cam Newton vs. KC or Colin Kaepernick vs. StL? - amoxy Nov 28, 10:01 2
- never bet against remeo when his job is on the line. - tRuMaN Nov 28, 10:02
- Newton. Kansas City's horrible. -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 10:02
MouseHunters: the new log-in system for the standalone URL is active. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 10:01 1
- Thanks! -- nm - JenBro Nov 28, 10:11
"Angela Merkel (German Chancellor) has said this afternoon that she's "very optimistic" that the eurozone crisis will be solved in her lifetime. - Loyola Nov 28, 09:59 2
- Great news, Greece! Only 30 more years of this! -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 10:08
- I was gonna say....is she 12? -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:00
Here's the FBI's crime stats for 2011. Mine your hearts out. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 09:58
The glass balcony door that mysteriously exploded ovenight last week? It's gonna cost $975 to repair. - ty97 Nov 28, 09:58 18
- insurance should cover part of it, right? -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 10:28 5
  - I have a $500 deductible and would need to have the adjuster out which will just delay the fix and cause my rates to rise - ty97 Nov 28, 10:35 4
    - it won't cause your rates to rise. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 10:37 3
      - I am insurance-dumb but my agent, when I checked how this process worked, said that if I made a claim for a smaller item - ty97 Nov 28, 10:38 2
        
        send up the jenbro signal. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 10:48 1
        
        *holds up a picture of pixie in a thong* -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:48
- do you need to replace it? (energy costs? safety?) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 10:08 2
  - it's a door... -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 10:09 1
    - From my expierences, having glass patio doors only increases the chances of running into a patio door that you didn't realize was there. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 10:11
- did you check for bullet holes? -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:59 8
  - *digs though glass shards* - oblique Nov 28, 09:59
  - The shot is coming from inside the house! - ty97 Nov 28, 09:59 6
    - this made me laugh - Epiphany Nov 28, 10:28 2
      - It sound like someone electrical had exploded at the time, so in a way I'm glad it's "just" this. - ty97 Nov 28, 10:37 1
        
        someone? yeah fingers, someone electrical. - ty97 Nov 28, 10:37
    - government did it. - Beryllium Nov 28, 10:11 1
      - Poltergeist -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 10:28
    - ah. -- nm - decline Nov 28, 09:59
do i work more, or play halo? decisions, decisions. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:58
actually, when we win the lottery, i also want to buy this church to live in it. -- (link) - Andie Nov 28, 09:58 1
- i would probably have a small house built near park city, utah, one that would have a large seperate garage, with an apt, for my parents rv -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:59
jim, you *have* to get on RHAP! "I'd like to give a big hell YEAH to mandy listening at work..." - amanda Nov 28, 09:56 1
- He's asked several of my questions to people, but you're right, I have to get on there. And will SO shout out to mandy listening at work. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 28, 09:59
oi, the digging on the outside is a debacle. the line isnt where the original guy marked out. - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:55
So in the ever changing musical chairs of conferences reallingment Louisville to ACC -- (link) - eag Nov 28, 09:55
OK, what MLB players from the 90's SHOULD go into the hall..... - groiny Nov 28, 09:54 7
- Lofton. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 10:00
- All of your list + Bagwell and Mussina. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:58 1
  - Yes, Mussina should get in. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 10:43
- Edgar Martinez. Duh. -- nm - David Nov 28, 09:58
- who where the mvps of the 90s, remove the ones with roid allegations, and that is the list -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 09:56 2
  - *scratches off Derek Jeter and Rivera* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:58
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Happy B-Day Don Homer! Congrats EAG! -- nm - JenBro Nov 28, 09:53
First screenshot or art of the next thing Bungie is doing -- (link) - eag Nov 28, 09:49 1
- Looks like it might be Oni-related. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:51
did we see Carlos Ruiz is suspended for 25 games for amphetamines? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:47 6
- in -- nm - CQ Nov 28, 09:53
- It's his second offense. Baseball needs to tighten up their drug rules. -- nm - David Nov 28, 09:51
- yeah, sucks. Chooch was oone of the only highlights of last season. - decline Nov 28, 09:48 3
  - I truly do not understand why these knuckleheads every risk it now. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 09:49 2
    - Depends on the story...there's a lot of crap they might take that doesn't list the stuff. Starcaps in the NFL. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 09:59 1
      - easy,. get league approval before taking ANYTHING. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 10:02

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