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Guy, I'll throw this out as a possibility and then leave it alone - relationship discussions are better held by others on this board - crash davis Feb 6, 12:41 9
- i hate that choosing your mate is such a crapshoot. i mean, not a TOTAL crapshoot but at least a partial crapshoot - kare Feb 6, 12:42 8
  - Of course it is. If it weren't, life would be unbearably boring. - Trish Feb 6, 12:48 1
    - sounds like a couple of good rules. :) -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:51
  - yeah, truly awesome dudes like me are rare -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:46
  - Leave that to us and just show up on the wedding day wearing beads and silks. -- nm - East Indian Parents Feb 6, 12:46
  - That said, it's good to recognize that up front, because I spent a lot of time planning on waiting til I was "sure". - TFox Feb 6, 12:46 1
    - i hate that you can never be *sure*. but oh well. no risk, no reward, right? - kare Feb 6, 12:47
  - A general who makes sure he has all the imformation before heading into battle will never fire a shot. -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 12:45
  - *crap chute* -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:42
The wife should have been better in bed those first three years of their marriage. - David Feb 6, 12:41 5
- Its the man's responsibility to guide and instruct her. - crash davis Feb 6, 12:42 4
  - *makes a Marge Simpson noise* - Trish Feb 6, 12:43 3
    - its so much more fun saying crap when you are around, the other girls won't call me out -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:45
    - LYC Late Dinner Update - psilotum Feb 6, 12:45 1
      - Go you! There's a pretty awesome burger place at the tail end of Broadway (close to where it starts going downhill toward the U district) whose name - Trish Feb 6, 12:54
Summers isn�t regularly inviting Volcker to White House meetings and hasn�t shown interest in collaborating on policy or sharing potential solutions - Loyola Feb 6, 12:41 1
- Sounds awfully similar to the Zinni situation. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 12:50
My analogies never fail. -- nm - David Feb 6, 12:40 10
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  - Your premise failed in that it presupposed only a handful of people can do those jobs. - David Feb 6, 12:44 6
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      - That's the point. There should be. In fact, I already anticipated you would make this reply and countered it below while using my brilliant analogy. - David Feb 6, 12:48
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    - *puts mandy in charge of CitiBank* -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 12:45 2
      - Using the football analogy again (since it's totally accurate in every way)... - David Feb 6, 12:47
      - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! - znufrii Feb 6, 12:45
- i like the "like tom cruise in..." analogies. - kare Feb 6, 12:41
- You're like... uh... hmm. -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 12:40
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STHelp Desk: Okay, I've reached the point of wanting to purchase a stock. I have little idea of how to proceed. Some questions: - Name Withheld By Request Feb 6, 12:39 5
- Buy it as a CFD. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 12:45 1
  - this I do not recommend doing. -- nm - decline Feb 6, 12:51
- 1) No, if you place an order for 100 shares and they buy in blocks, you'll only get charged 1 commission - decline Feb 6, 12:45
- My discount broker charges about $10/trade. That's for as many shares as you want at one time. - psilotum Feb 6, 12:42
- PS: I have a mutual fund manager, however he doesn't do direct stock purchasing so isn't suitable for my purposes. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 6, 12:41
and i'm not sure that an unemployed spouse should be expected to do more of the housework i would rather they spend that time pounding the pavement - kare Feb 6, 12:38
Coraline's exhibitor split is: - David Feb 6, 12:38 4
- no pop-culture reference spewing critters - pigby Feb 6, 12:38 3
  - 3-D ticket pricing average is 48% higher than regular ticket pricing. That muddies the water. -- nm - David Feb 6, 12:40 2
    - i don't think i've lost H$ yet shorting Neil Gaiman movies -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:41 1
      - Like I have any idea what the HSX pricing on this is. The point is that when half of the screens are 1.5x ticket pricing, it's more complicated. -- nm - David Feb 6, 12:45
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- heh -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 12:46
Wow, mint.com's got some nice updates. -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 12:28 9
- which ones? I didn't notice this morning. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 12:36 2
  - It's more Flash-y. - nubby Feb 6, 12:39 1
    - (It's also got a vastly improved Ways to Save section.) -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 12:41
- minor gripe: It doesn't recognize my Electric orange account as *checking* -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:29 5
  - Huh. It does mine. -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 12:31 3
    - It recognizes the account no issue, but when I go to accountts - ty97 Feb 6, 12:32 2
      - Ah, yeah, I see that. But what's the big deal? - nubby Feb 6, 12:38 1
        
        What the big deal? - ty97 Feb 6, 12:40
  - HSX 2.0 used fake money - con_carne Feb 6, 12:31
urgh. My favorite Mac grill dish is 22 points (lunch) or 26 points (dinner). -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:26 1
- Is that also the noise your bowel makes? -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 12:28
consumers (and Congress) spending like drunken sailors is exactly what this economy needs right now -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:26
really? your entire marriage was built on your partners fidelity? not on all times and moments you've shared and raising a family, etc? - Guy Feb 6, 12:19 34
- you can't just forget this knowledge once you have it. you would (1) lose the trust which is huge (2) probably be eaten up thinking about it, - Andie Feb 6, 12:34 8
  - I've watched families disintegrate in court. I seriously, without reservation, believe my kids would be better off with me feeling stupid and - landbeck Feb 6, 12:41 3
    - I totally get this. But there's nothing for the other person to "work out." They cheated for 1/3 of your marriage on you. - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:47
    - stupid is one thing, but angry, distrustful, hurt, obsessed? and i can see all of those being likely emotions. -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:42 1
      - (and, like i said, they might get past it, but it's not an easy thing to just 'relegate to the past.' -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:44
  - I agree. Every day I'd look at her, I'd think about it. "She cheated on me for 1/3 of our marriage. WTF?!?" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:40
  - i am *so* curious how she found out. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:39 2
    - me too. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:40 1
      - and why on *earth* would you be so sure he hadn't cheated in the intervening years? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:41
- The first years of your marriage are the foundation for the future. If they're *consistently* cheating for *3 years* then your marriage's foundation - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:23 5
  - i bet, if you talk to an older couple who's been together for 20 years or so, their opinion would differ - Guy Feb 6, 12:27 4
    - Carrie and I got together in January of 1991 and we've been married since May of 95. - Jim Feb 6, 12:29
    - We've been together 13 years now (plus a year before we got married). It's not 20, but I know how I'd feel. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:28 2
      - look - I don't pretend to know about this. ive never been in a long enough relationship to even consider marriage. - Guy Feb 6, 12:33 1
        
        it boils down to losing trust. and when you lose that, everything unravels from there. at least, that's my perspective. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:34
- That's just it...who knows what else in the marriage has been a lie? If they're willing to cheat for 3 years... - Jim Feb 6, 12:23 11
  - i also dont get the 'hiding it for 7 years' thing. - Guy Feb 6, 12:25 8
    - Trish's explanation works for me - though I'm left wondering why she should stay with him if this is the case -- (link) - Roger More Feb 6, 12:33 [Backboard]
    - sweet! the IRS can't come after me for that time in 2003 when i cheated on my taxes!! -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:28 6
      - you're missing my point. have you spent a significant chunk of those 7 years covering up the taxes you owe? -- nm - Guy Feb 6, 12:29 5
        
        what does it matter? time elapsed, cover-ups... doesn't matter. it's still a lie, and still a lie of the same magnitude - kare Feb 6, 12:31 4
        
        Like I said below, him telling her after all this time was a totally selfish move on his part. He couldn't handle the guilt any more so he "shared". - Trish Feb 6, 12:41 2
        
        i would definitely try harder to salvage a marriage than, say, 10 years ago, and definitely if i had kids with that person - kare Feb 6, 12:46
        
        but, DID he tell her? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 12:43
        
        *nominates kare for Tom Dachsle's position* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:32
  - yup. trust. period. you've gotta have it. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:24
  - Well said. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:23
- no, it's built on trust. once that's broken, it's nearly impossible to regain it. i'm sure i'd cut my losses. worthless bastage. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:22
- Guy, kilbo, and I agree. Trifecta, bitches. - Dr.Vermin Feb 6, 12:22
- lets say those moments are walls, but trust is a foundation - a house without a foundation doesn't last -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:22 4
  - what about the 7 years since? shouldnt trust have been built then too? houses need remodeling sometimes. -- nm - Guy Feb 6, 12:23 3
    - Oh, those 7 years spent hiding a 3 year affair? Is that the 7 trustful years you mean? -- nm - Jim Feb 6, 12:23 2
      - i guarantee you they didnt spend 7 full years actively hiding an affair. -- nm - Guy Feb 6, 12:28 1
        
        Well he certainly didn't spend it telling her about it. - Jim Feb 6, 12:31
I'd love to see nutritional information for a place like Cheesecake Factory where their dinner portions are ginormous. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:18 8
- I don't think I've ever gone to Cheescake Factory and not brought home a doggie bag - Brian Feb 6, 12:24 3
  - 3 meals is the norm for me. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:25 2
    - The link below does seem to be working for me, just very slowly. It's got all the info -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:27 1
      - Yeah it just worked, graci. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:28
- ST actually found that for me recently, IIRC -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:21 1
  - The server is having issues right now, but I think this is the link -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 12:23
- I can't believe restaurants still do this... -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 12:19 1
  - (of course, at the time I'm actually there, I don't give a f**k) -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 12:20
SITWAP: Need to escape from a burning building? Follow a gamer. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 6, 12:18 2
- "Why is he stopping before every corner and looking in all the desks for ammo?" -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 6, 12:20
- But perhaps not Leeroy Jenkins -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 6, 12:19
sitwap: Ticketmaster under investigation for resale of Springsteen tickets -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 12:16
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- Have we run out of Republicans in the Senate to poach? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 12:17
- Our Governor has a much cooler name. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:17 2
  - But, nobody's cooler than Saxby - con_carne Feb 6, 12:27 1
    - Of course, because it rhymes with zaxby's -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 12:31
- let's make sure we take a look at his tax returns this time... -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 12:15
- Hint: - ty97 Feb 6, 12:15
Zuppa Toscana is 4 points? That's not bad! Yay! (Thanks again for the link, Kelly!) -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:15 1
- They have that new gnocci soup, and my genius friend gets a bowl of half Toscano and half Gnocci soups. It is delicious. -- nm - Amy Feb 6, 12:20
LIR: I'm probably in the minority because I'm of the mind that there is virtually nothing that would cause me to abandon my marriage and kids - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 6, 12:14 22
- Same here -- nm - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 6, 12:34
- i think if you can put on your game face, truly, for the kids, that's great and honorable. but when they feel the tension of a bad relationship - kare Feb 6, 12:26 7
  - I don't need to make it a bad relationship -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 6, 12:40
  - My thought is that the kids would be best off with 2 happy parents. If they're happy together, all the better. - Jim Feb 6, 12:27 5
    - Reality is I don't think that's true, but it depends on how bad it is. Mine was a low conflict marriage. - pmb Feb 6, 12:37 1
      - Honestly...this is such an extreme situation (this whole 3 years of cheating thing) - Jim Feb 6, 12:40
    - I'll power through some pretty bad times because I couldn't bear to see Logan without Papa or Mama every day. - Amy Feb 6, 12:34 1
      - Ah...wait til he gets older. Once he does nothing but play video games, talk back and fart... - Jim Feb 6, 12:36
    - you got it. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:29
- only if I felt that staying together was what was best for the kids, which isn't always the case. -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 12:22
- Actually, since there are children involved, I'm with you. And to answer Znufri from B2... - Trish Feb 6, 12:22 2
  - i don't think she actually said how she found out. -- nm - kare Feb 6, 12:33
  - yeah, that wouldn't fly. Unless there was a sense of extreme humility on his part in bringing it up. - znufrii Feb 6, 12:28
- There are extreme limits, but I was with you mostly on that. - pmb Feb 6, 12:21
- I was once quizzed very closely about this in law school by a single friend of mine. I'm with kilbo on this. - landbeck Feb 6, 12:17 1
  - Although I threaten divorce during every arguement, I'm not going anywhere. :) Sorry, Spawn. -- nm - Amy Feb 6, 12:19
- Why would you be in the minority? Most people are like that. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 12:17 3
  - I think the divorce rate speaks otherwise -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 6, 12:17 2
    - Do we have a rate of how many people get divorced? - ty97 Feb 6, 12:19
    - Oh you're right. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 12:18
- I'm with you 99%. She cheats on me for 3 years, I'm sorry, but it's over. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:16 1
  - Not me, I really wouldn't care. I'm not possesive of her sexually, she would have to be abusive for me to break away -- nm - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 6, 12:41
"this steak is too meaty" *punches out waiter* -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 12:14 1
- "No substitutions!" -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 12:16
Pippy: what kilbo said. Sure I'd be bothered, and I'd consider everything. - Dr.Vermin Feb 6, 12:14 5
- What if she said she's been sleeping with someone for the last 3 years? Take the 7 year gap out of it. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:15 4
  - Like I said, she'd have to leave. I wouldn't stand for that during the marriage but it wouldn't be me leaving, she'd have to make that choice -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 6, 12:17
  - I agree that's different, but it's still in everyone's best interest to try and work it out. - Dr.Vermin Feb 6, 12:17 2
    - I love how the person ending it becomes the selfish one. nm - Jim Feb 6, 12:35
    - My automatic reaction to "cheated" isn't "it's over." There's a lot more involved here. - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:27
Also consider that a lot of the original top executives that were primarily responsible for this mess are no longer around. - znufrii Feb 6, 12:14 8
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  - they are relevant to the question of whether punitive actions towards the class via forced salary reductions is an appropriate measure. - znufrii Feb 6, 12:21 4
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      - if they're aqsking for public money, I think it's only fair to tie some strings to it - Reagen Feb 6, 12:29 1
        
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      - that does seem to be the tone I'm hearing regarding the whole salary cap idea. - znufrii Feb 6, 12:27
- Screw em! Throw 'em all out! Start from scratch! - Dr.Vermin Feb 6, 12:15 1
  - if these were goverment institutions we were discussing, you would say this same thing (but in seriousness) -- nm - Guy Feb 6, 12:22
Although, my odds for Vegas would be 20% regardless of what weekend was chosen, as I never know with work. - ty97 Feb 6, 12:14
He's baaaack. Ken Starr to lead Prop 8 legal team in CA court challenge -- (link) - Reagen Feb 6, 12:13
Sexual Chocolate! - Mr. Havens Feb 6, 12:13 3
- "She's a special needs girl with a need to kick some ass." -- nm - Max Feb 6, 12:37
- That boy's good! -- nm - Shaun Feb 6, 12:18
- " My Sweet Chocolate Prince" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:13
TYSTRAVAGANZA! -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:12 3
- Today is Groundhog day? -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:13 2
  - Why do I think groundhogging is probably some dirty gay sex act? -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:14 1
    - Probably because it sounds related to Prairie Dogging which is dirty. - Qale Feb 6, 12:15
I must break you -- nm - Sasquatch Burger Feb 6, 12:12 4
- *stares into the abyss, sees the burger staring back* -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:12 3
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    - I think they are going to do a book soon about high tech sentient cheeseburgers -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:20 1
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