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I'm so doughboy fresh! -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 07:52 1
- Proven results -- nm - Masengil Oct 23, 07:53
Okay, I guess I should get out there and work, sigh. -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 07:50 2
- Wear a parka! -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 07:55
- CQ! I saw this at the video store last night -- (link) - con_carne Oct 23, 07:52
Fire rages near Getty Center in Los Angeles -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:35 3
- aw, crap. not again -- nm - machine Oct 23, 07:51
- I raged last time I was near the getty center too, but that was more a traffic thing. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 07:50 1
  - Then you REALLY don't want to be on the freeway when there's a fire in the area! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 07:52
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- We've had library users complain about books with a 666 call number. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 07:53
- Isn't that DC Comics' office building? -- nm - emoticripple Oct 23, 07:45 1
  - Used to be. -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 07:53
- I find the skipping of 13 in hotels, or row 13 in airplanes, to be silly -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 07:43
- In Chicago they changed the address of 666 N. Lake Shore Drive to 680. -- nm - pmb Oct 23, 07:41
- no 13th floor?...how does that go? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:37 7
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  - the floor numbering skips from 12 to 14 on consecutive floors -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 07:38 5
    - ohh...i thought they had a missing floor :) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:39 4
      - Sometimes there is just a jump in numbering, other times there *is* a 13th floor but it's for mechanicals -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 07:54
      - The CIA and NSA don't have any idea what you're talking about. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:48
      - Don't be silly. -- nm - Illuminati Oct 23, 07:47
      - some do. it's half-sized, for midgets. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 07:46
Greenland ice loss soars: Bad for you, great for bottled water biz -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:27 3
- Dang - and just when I gave up bottled water. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:31 2
  - If you do not want the oceans to overrun the land, you have no choice but to drink bottled water. It's a fact. - Spawn Oct 23, 07:50 1
    - and polar bears will drown!! -- nm - colin Oct 23, 07:52
Seriously folks, why am I still taking care of pools in late October? It's effin cold out -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 07:24 4
- Vikings? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:31
- Heated? -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:26 2
  - I'd say about 95% of our pools have heaters. Still, wtf? -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 07:33 1
    - I would turn off the heat in my house and live in my heated pool, then. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:51
Drop/Add is tomorrow. I hate sending out "You should drop" emails. -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 07:17 5
- time to start practicing "do you want fries with that?" -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 07:44
- "Maybe physics isn't for you. You may want to try Burger College to train for an exciting career in the fast-food industry." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:22
- You're, too unsexy for my class, too unsexy for my class. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:21
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  - now drop your pants, and add me to 'em! -- nm - nubby si Oct 23, 07:19
McCain paid over $8000 to American Idol make-up artist for September (Palin even more than that). Makes $400 haircuts seem cheap. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 23, 07:12 40
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  - I would expect Palin's hair/make-up and clothes to cost more, but there's "more" and then there's "how much?!?!". -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:36 13
    - Women's stuff costs more, because there's a double standard in pricing. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:51
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      - Who even looks at what her kids are wearing. -- nm - Amy Oct 23, 07:53 1
        
        When it was posted yesterday I pictured the RNC with the baby in a diaper and her hubby in a ski suit. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 08:00
      - I did not realize this. - ty97 Oct 23, 07:44 3
        
        Sure...several thousand dollars to a store for infants clothes. That makes it better. - Jim Oct 23, 07:49 2
        
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        Yes there is. But I'm referring to reports of several thousand dollars being spent at a store for babies. -- nm - Jim Oct 23, 07:53
      - and also, I think the punditry are missing the point of how it plays to her base. It won't seem hypocritical, because it's what they all aspire to. - znufrii Oct 23, 07:43
      - The make-up thing is reasonable IMO. The clothes, for her family or not, isn't as reasonable. Her "image" is supposed to be "regular mom." - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:42 3
        
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        see my response above. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 07:45 1
        
        I saw that - and disagree with it completely. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:51
  - I see both of them being examples of not being "fiscally conservative." - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:29 12
    - though when you put it like that, $400 isn't an outrageous day-rate for a skilled person. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 07:47 2
      - it's really not at all unreasonable. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:52
      - yeah, there's no reason a high-end makeup professional couldn't be charging $100/hr, which makes the number much more realistic. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 07:50
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      - agreed. It costs a lot to make public appearances. This strikes me as totally silly to talk about. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:52
      - though the dems could pull the "we're not billing our makeup to the taxpayers." card. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 07:48
      - *shrug* She's tossed it out there that this is the platform they were running on, so I think it's valid. - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:46 5
        
        I agree. Don't talk about Joe the Plumber and his needs when you're spending 3-4 years of his salary on your campaign wardrobe. nm -- nm - Jim Oct 23, 07:50 4
        
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        I'm posting it here because bringing this to the new board is not what I want to do... - Jim Oct 23, 08:03
        
        you mean like talking about the environment while you have your own campaign plane (Al Gore)? -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:53
        
        I disagree. in the realm of a campaign, logic takes a backseat to image. - znufrii Oct 23, 07:52
  - From this story, that is not true or at least as much as it once was. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:28
- I don't get the outrage here at all. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 07:22 1
  - $20,000+ a month for make-up being paid for by the campaign? If I were a donor, I'd be a little grumpy myself. - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:27
- That doesn't seem too terribly unreasonable actually. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:20
- $8k for a month for a makeup artist that likely had to be flown differing places and such? - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:17 4
  - I'm betting that's just straight salary, and any travel expenses are covered elsewhere. - mafic Oct 23, 07:24
  - Obama uses Karridene--who is famous, but not as much as Tiffany. I'm sure Tiffany charges more. -- nm - Amy Oct 23, 07:22 2
    - $8 for a month of high intensity travel and such.... - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:25 1
      - $8 would be a steal. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:49
- wow imagine he had the same contributions like Obama he would actually look 40 years younger! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:15
- man, and he still looks old. imagine without the makeup. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 07:13 1
  - "Vote for me, because I've got braaaaaaiiiiiiins" -- nm - Zombie McCain Oct 23, 07:16
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- Your missing something, I think. If i'm reading right, that's how much pork the state gets over their tax liability. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:13 5
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    - And again, without the full picture, it's easily explained away as he's bringing home pork from other places. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:20 3
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        Pork is McConnell's only claim to reelection. He's running ads right now with lots of inland Democrats talking about he spreads pork in a bipartisan - emoticripple Oct 23, 07:48 1
        
        And using vets in his ads only shows how close Lunsford is to beating him. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 07:51
- Yes, his reelection ads are all about the money he's brought to KY - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 07:09 1
  - Oh, he may not be the Senate Republican for much longer! The last Bluegrass poll had Lunsford within one! -- nm - emoticripple Oct 23, 07:49
- More of a spend, spend, spend and don't tax (especially rich folks). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 07:08 1
  - a.k.a. a republican upholding the republican traditions! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:09
here's a thought on how to fix our HSX unhappiness... i'll throw it out there... be back in a few hours to discuss...why dont we - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 23, 06:59 29
- Because D.Mac is not the person who has the power to make that happen. I'm certain he's already gotten his fair share of complaint emails - Mr. Havens Oct 23, 07:27 8
  - I have one: KILL THE FUCKING CONSULTANTS! - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:33 2
    - I think I blame HSX management more. Consukltants do what they're told and they were told "Make HSX into a social networking site" - Roger More Oct 23, 07:44 1
      - Maybe.. But killing them would set an example to the world... - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:54
  - I'm just wondering then, if they're now open to these complaints...why weren't they in the damned Beta? - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:30 4
    - I say again: you make your Beta useless if you have such glaring mistakes that people can't even explore the nitpicky stuff. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 07:44 1
      - Or, worded another way: doesn't the word "Beta" imply there was an Alpha test? - TFox Oct 23, 07:44
    - Because now it's HSX staff responding. Before it was HSX management and consultants. -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 07:38
    - I don't think my porfolio looked like that in beta. But, I only had a few stocks so the display was probably different. -- nm - Amy Oct 23, 07:32
- I'd pay for the old version--not a lot, but money nonetheless. -- nm - rayray80 Oct 23, 07:26
- If they shut down TT, no way will they go for that. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 07:16
- If they fix the game play, it's the same concept. As it is, the schmoozing and all is a huge add-on to a now broken game. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:10 11
  - Not the posting and whatnot for money.. - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:17 10
    - Or limit it to a weekly max. There was free money before, and still can be, but it shouldn't be unlimited. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:23 7
      - D. Mac is doing this. $100K per day max, with a $50K limit on posting -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 07:45 3
        
        Where does it say this? That is a good first step. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 07:47 2
        
        Somewhere on the Support boards. I'll try and find it, but it's a nightmare finding anything in the Community section -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 07:51 1
        
        Don't stress it. I asked specifically b/c I didn't feel like looking either. - TFox Oct 23, 07:52
      - Yes, there was.. One could make *maybe* H$ 200k a week.. - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:29 2
        
        That's what I'm saying. Keep it, but say you can't get more than $50,000 a week from it or something. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:30 1
        
        Get the 50k on your first post of the day. Otherwise, there will still be 50 spam posts from everyone wanting the schmooze. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 07:47
    - Well, I got that in the broken part of the game. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 07:21 1
      - True.. I misread.. Or under-read.. - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:26
- having two systems side by side i perhaps not the intention Cantor has? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:04
- THey can add-on all the other crap they want to, I can ignore it, but just get the game functionality back. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 07:04 3
  - As far as they take away the posting-craping-schmozielinging for H$.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:11
  - agreed -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 07:06
  - yes and more performance please!!! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:04
- not going to happen. I still think we could put one together in a few weeks ourselves. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:01
The office in NYC wants me to come back and work there again. Turns out my replacement is lazy and never there. - Diva Oct 23, 06:55 13
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- awesome! -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:04
- +25%? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 07:02
- Yes, come back to New York and bring Mel with you!!! -- nm - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:59
- I say "No," too. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 06:58
- almost every single job that mrs. zork has left had to hire two people to replace her -- nm - zork Oct 23, 06:57 7
  - Who was the TTer whose wife was writing this extensive manual based on her former job expectation for her former employer? -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 07:06 3
    - prayformojo. -- nm - Callisto Oct 23, 07:13
    - taurus or CCC maybe -- nm - zork Oct 23, 07:07 1
      - Wasn't me. -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 07:17
  - the job that I just finished is being spread among 2. maybe 3. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 07:04 2
    - plus at least one more to post on message boards - zork Oct 23, 07:07
    - This happened to mandy's former job as well IIRC. -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 07:06
Bah, long day... guess I better shut off the computer and pack it up... - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:54 2
- whoa.. all nighter? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 06:54 1
  - Won't happen... I know my limitations and when I'm under this much medication, there's no way this date tonight goes beyond movie and conversation -- nm - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:59
William Shatner lashes out at 'Star Trek' co-star -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 06:54
my boobies thread on HSX must have been flagged for content... - zork Oct 23, 06:52 3
- that's what happens when someone flags a photo as offensive on flickr. vanishes from searches and random stumble-upons, but still appears in (most) - mafic Oct 23, 06:54 2
  - i bumped it and still didn't show on the list. you can get to it I guess by just putting boobies in the URL -- (link) - zork Oct 23, 06:56 1
    - I get a 403 error. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 06:58
Wii Fit on trach to outsell GTAIV by the end of the year. -- (link) - Inigo Oct 23, 06:50 3
- Ours is sitting collecting dust right now. - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:00 1
  - My wife still uses ours pretty regularly, but I haven't touched it in months. -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 07:11
- track ^ -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 06:50
Average wedding cost approaching $30,000 - CrankYanker Oct 23, 06:48 16
- *throws up a little bit in mouth* -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 07:09 1
  - yep. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 07:38
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- $300 for me -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 07:05
- Yet another area where I am far below average. -- nm - Amy Oct 23, 06:59
- people should have to wait a year to hold an expensive gathering. Let's see how many want to spend that much then - zork Oct 23, 06:55 2
  - eh... - znufrii Oct 23, 06:55 1
    - exactly -- nm - zork Oct 23, 06:58
- I'm thinking I'll spend more on the ring that the wedding.... -- nm - colin Oct 23, 06:50
- not for much longer I bet. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 06:49 1
  - With the spike in inflation all this new money should create, it'll rise further, but will not quite buy a new dress! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 07:08
- Less if you want to have your wedding at a gas station. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:48
- in. fucking. sane. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:48 3
  - ours was about $12,000 which is dirt cheap for NYC -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:49 2
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      - it was mostly food. catering costs in this city are ridiculous. - znufrii Oct 23, 07:14
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- ~Frank's 2000" TV~ -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:49
"Let's rotate the board!" -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:47 1
- Rolling the board gets you H$50k - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:48
ST POll: how much would it take for you to name a future daughter "Brittany", "Ashley" or "Tiffany" - secretslacker Oct 23, 06:47 8
- naming a kid brittany tells the world you are an airhead, ashley says you watch too many soap operas, tiffany means you shop too much - zork Oct 23, 07:02
- not for all the money in the world -- nm - amanda si Oct 23, 06:59
- I already have nieces named Ashley and Tiffany so that wouldn't work in our family. -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 06:53
- 312,5 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 23, 06:51
- Ashley isn't a bad name.. I kinda like it. Seems very late 90s though.. -- nm - colin Oct 23, 06:51 1
  - Ashley is the source of all evil in the world. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:53
- I don't mind Ashleigh. I dated an Ashleigh once. she was smokin' hot, a demon in the sack, and crazy as all getup. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 06:50
- I could be bargained with. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 06:49
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- I'll miss it once a week on Friday around 1 pm eastern. Otherwise, nope. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 07:02
- ditto. all glory to the Berytoad! -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 06:47

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