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"Triple Kill! Game Over! Victory!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 27, 13:42
You know how I love my Samsung Galaxy S3? I'm currently bidding on an iPhone 3GS on eBay. - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:40 20
- I'm not sure I follow. Can't you just turn the network off and roaming, and just use the wifi on the S3? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:44 1
  - I *really* don't want to accidentally end up roaming. I'd rather just put the S3 away and not think about it. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:48
- I wanna go from my Galaxy S2 to the S3 sooo bad -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:43 2
  - Valentines Day is right around the corner. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:44 1
    - And Christmas was 2 days ago. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:47
- i think all androids do that. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:41 14
  - No doubt. I could have gotten an unlocked GSM Galaxy S3, but I didn't want to spend $500+ on a phone. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:44
  - My Android doesn't do that. - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:43 10
    - so, just get a cheapo phone if you need a *phone* and use your android for wifi. save some cash. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:44 9
      - The danger is your phone "accidentally" jumping onto a roaming network in Europe. - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:46 2
        
        It would be International Roaming. There's a setting for that - just turn it off. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:47 1
        
        I have to buy a GSM phone for Europe anyway. The bump from crap-phone to a used 3GS isn't dramatic. - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:50
      - also - does your samsung have facetime? use that on wifi. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:45 5
        
        Facetime is an Apple product. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:47 4
        
        okay, skype. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:47 3
        
        Sure. Heck, try finding something that doesn't Skype. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:47 2
        
        then why are you spending money on a phone? -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:54 1
        
        Because... - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:58
  - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:43
  - My android tablet does that. -- nm - tl Dec 27, 13:43
how much of a douche does someone have to be to change his name to Rocknroll? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:34 11
- not as bad as Dot.com Guy (IIRC) and I actually know a guy whose legal name was changed to GoodSpaceGuy, boeing engineer who worked on the space prog -- nm - aud lang zeitgeist Dec 27, 14:16
- A pretty big douche. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:36
- Look at who his dad is. Was there ever a doubt he would have... issues? -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:36 8
  - who is his dad? - Andie Dec 27, 13:36 7
    - Oops. Radio this morning said RB is his dad. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:39
    - I think that's what he meant. Branson treats him pretty well for a nephew, mind you. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:38 5
      - apparently he has a job where he doesn't have to do anything. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:39 4
        
        Whatdya mean? Hanging out on Branson's private island, dating celebrities and being an executive at Virgin Galactic sounds *exhausting*! - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:41
        
        Except be Rocknroll! -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:40 2
        
        A *really big douche*. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:42 1
        
        Whoa, what if his girlfriend was named Patty Everyday? whoa dude -- nm - aud lang zeitgeist Dec 27, 14:17
two Halo 4 questions: Should I buy the crimson map pack? Should I play the Reach campaign first before Halo4 campaign? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 27, 13:25 2
- Yes, No. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:26 1
  - this. Reach predates *all* Halo stories, so you have already been spoiled. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:28
gossip protects us from the slackers in a group -- (link) - charlie Dec 27, 13:23
Any speculation on what the most popular pages on Wikipedia were? No point doing a poll. Results are kinda crazy. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:13 4
- I think most of these are the result of mistyped URLs. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:14 3
  - which ones? They all correspond to massibe pubicity... -- nm - Beaker Dec 27, 13:24 2
    - facebook? google? wiki? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:24 1
      - Misused, perhaps, but not mistyped. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:39
Bioshock Big Daddy built in LEGO. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:09 4
- Bub scored a *lot* of Legos this year. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:13 2
  - Not a big fan of Megabloks. I've done a couple of their Halo sets. The instructions aren't as clear and the builds are... rough. - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:21 1
    - Oh, agreed. I just scored a bunch of sets back when a TRU was closing their doors. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:26
- Yeah, I think I'd buy that. They need to Cuusoo this baby. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:11
Toshiba tempts lawsuits, plans to build Lytro-like post-focusing camera. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:09
EOY poll: when was the last time you balanced your checkbook? - charlie Dec 27, 13:07 62
- I couldn't even tell you the last time I wrote a cheque. -- nm - mafic Dec 27, 14:00
- 20+ years for me. -- nm - pmb Dec 27, 13:16
- Mine is balanced every day. I keep a ledger in a spreadsheet and check online banking so I can check things off. -- nm - CovingtonCat Dec 27, 13:13 2
  - I used to do that. After 10 years or so, I realized all I was doing was wasting my time! - Spawn Dec 27, 13:42
  - well close to a kindred spirit -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:36
- a what? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 27, 13:12
- I don't have a checkbook. I guess I'll have to get one. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Dec 27, 13:11 9
  - you really don't need one, really. pay everything online. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:21 8
    - not eveything can be paid that way - rent can be especially hard for some. I am lucky my landlord lets be quick pay from chase -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:24 7
      - this is false. if the person receiving a check is not set up to receive e-payments, a check is sent from the bank. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:25 6
        
        I just dont trust other "people" to handle my business - especially my money - almost became a CPA and - Capstern Dec 27, 13:37 1
        
        just fyi - i handled all the money on many corporations at various companies for many many years. many of the people here are very good with money. - Andie Dec 27, 13:39
        
        Yeah, my daycare payments have to be sent out as well as my mortgage (because the effin' credit union will not allow electronic payments). -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:34 1
        
        good for them - charlie Dec 27, 13:44
        
        I've just started doing this as well. - znufrii Dec 27, 13:26 1
        
        I send a rent check to karl because pnc takes a week to do so. in the new year, I'll start echecking him as well. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:27
- I still do write checks. At least once a month for rent -- nm - amoxy Dec 27, 13:11
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- Check...book? What is this you speak of? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:09
- can't say I ever have. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:08
- balance or reconcile? -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:08 39
  - is there a difference? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:08 38
    - yes depending on what it means to you. Balance means write all your entries and do the math....reconcile is balance PLUS using - Capstern Dec 27, 13:12 37
      - I still have checks = I still have money. - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:16 1
        
        lol I have heard that before. I find it more critical to reconcile if I have a shared account with someone - but will probably never do that again -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:17
      - check register? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:13 32
        
        you people truly scare me. Heck yes I write every transaction in the register and then reconcile - i have found at least two bank errors in the last - Capstern Dec 27, 13:16 31
        
        if you check your activity online every day, there are no errors to catch later. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:34
        
        I just check my account online, pretty much daily. - znufrii Dec 27, 13:24 14
        
        see that wouldnt work for me - my bills spreadsheet has me deduct things from my account and set them aside for later payment - Capstern Dec 27, 13:27 13
        
        yeah, that seems far too complicated for me. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 13:28 10
        
        Its why I have a spreadsheet that tells me what day to pull money to pay any particular bill and when to send payment - to - Capstern Dec 27, 13:31 9
        
        See, i just set up auto payments for things. Bills get paid the day after my paycheck on the 15th, and rent come out the day after my check on the 31 - Andie Dec 27, 13:33 8
        
        I get paid once a month, but when I got paid biweekly, I just paid of half of each bill with each paycheck. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:44
        
        and if you want to avoid commingling funds, do what we do - znufrii Dec 27, 13:35 5
        
        That is too much work. I just have all my bill sset to be paid when they are do. I deposit my checks as they come in. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:39
        
        ange has her account I have mine. We have a joint account that the house bills pay from - yup - reconcile that account too -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:38
        
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        yep, that's a great system. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 13:36 1
        
        yup, we do it as a joint account, but it works just as well as a single - znufrii Dec 27, 13:38
        
        Yeah I tend to not trust auto pay when paydays dont fall on the same approx day every month. Mine slide all year long - Capstern Dec 27, 13:35
        
        why not just pay half of the rent with each paycheck? the landlord doesn't care as long as it's all there by the first. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:28 1
        
        I keep my money in my account for as long as possible. I am a bit of a miser that way. Also - Capstern Dec 27, 13:29
        
        what kind of bank error gets you "a few hundred dollars"? I mean, I would know within a day if my checking acct was $x00 off. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:21 8
        
        I had a missing deposit once. I had record of it they didnt. I have also caught errors I made where I deducted something twice in the register but - Capstern Dec 27, 13:25 6
        
        The deposits are all I check. I keep the deposit slip from the ATM until I see it appear online. -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:35
        
        you deducting twice is YOUR error not theirs. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:26 1
        
        I was saying doing reconcilation catches errors both ways - and like I said above my online balance is always higher than my register -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:27
        
        right but the even if you deducted twice, the money was still there. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:25 2
        
        agreed but since my register was x amount I thought I had less money than I did til I reconcilled -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:28 1
        
        but checking your balance online would have caught that. -- nm - amanda Dec 27, 13:45
        
        what you need is a spender SO to write checks and not tell you. - groiny Dec 27, 13:22
        
        I can look at my statement online and see any errors. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:18 2
        
        OK but I compare that to what I wrote down. I see way too many times where a dinner bill is off a few bucks with what got drafted - Capstern Dec 27, 13:23
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Dec 27, 13:20
        
        i get email notices if my overdraft protection kicked in. that's when i know to get my shit tight -- nm - charlie Dec 27, 13:18 2
        
        isnt that like chasing the cows after they barn is shut? -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:20 1
        
        Only if the eggs are made of milk. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:22
      - *blank stare* nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:13
      - Oh and I reconcile my statement every single month -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:12
- 10 years + -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:08
- checkbook? -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 13:07
Stalkers: I may have missed some of these posts as I've been busy for the last few days, but - as of right now, I'm showing these people still have - kelly Dec 27, 13:05 9
- I have sent but not received. I'm also away and can't check the mail till Saturday. -- nm - mafic Dec 27, 14:03
- *whistling* -- nm - Beaker Dec 27, 13:13 1
  - (I know...) -- nm - kelly Dec 27, 13:28
- I did, and responded to a post where you asked (probably a while after you posted it) -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 27, 13:12 [Backboard] 1
  - Great, thanks (and sorry I missed it!) -- nm - kelly Dec 27, 13:13
- confirmed that I have not received. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:07 3
  - Yours has been sent, hopefully you'll get it soon. -- nm - kelly Dec 27, 13:18 1
    - I'll check at the front desk, sometimes they are bad about giving notices. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:21
  - this is my shocked face. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:08
"Fiscal cliff" question: This article states that the house has passed a measure to extend current tax rates for everyone, when did this happen? -- (link) - znufrii Dec 27, 13:05
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- I fully admit that I have zero understanding of it, but is chicken salad hard to make? -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:07 41
  - every time I make some, it disappears! nm -- nm - kelly si Dec 27, 13:09 2
    - Actually, this was the first I have actually liked. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 27, 13:10 1
      - appanrantly so. nm -- nm - kelly si Dec 27, 13:11
  - Not at all, but in my case, this local stuff tastes so different. I can't put my finger on what it is, but there is a special ingredient in there - kelly Dec 27, 13:09 34
    - occasionally big difference in taste are mayo vs mircale crap...or if they add sour cream -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:11
    - for Will: As a general rule, if your wife brings some food back from RI, do not finish it. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:10 27
      - bah, share the wealth. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:12 2
        
        "share" -- nm - kelly Dec 27, 13:16 1
        
        YOU ATE YOUR SHARE IN THE CAR!!!!!! nm -- nm - Will Humping Dec 27, 13:16
      - To be fair, she brought food. Into the house. - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:11 23
        
        He's lucky he survived after the "pregnancy / Chinese leftovers fiasco of 2011". - kelly Dec 27, 13:15 11
        
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        there's only one food rule in my house (and there are people in and out of here every day): eat anything you want *BUT* if you eat the emergency chips - amanda Dec 27, 13:24
        
        Yeah, but I mean - there are days I make dinner with enough for leftovers the next night. I have planned to make extra so we have dinner the next nigh - kelly Dec 27, 13:21 8
        
        I do the cooking in my house, and I cook to make enough to bring to work for lunch - groiny Dec 27, 13:26
        
        time to make Will cook dinner. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:23 5
        
        hah! -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 13:33
        
        she wants her food to be GOOD. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:26
        
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        had roommate like that in college, made a rule that if she finished off the leftovers for dinner she had to make dinner. - tl Dec 27, 13:29
        
        "If you eat the leftovers f -- nm - tl Dec 27, 13:26
        
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        which he normally doesn't like! -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:12 10
        
        This is what she gets for expanding my palate -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 27, 13:13 9
        
        This is what she gets for putting it in the refrigerator. - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:14 8
        
        there's food that makes it to the fridge? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:15 4
        
        [scene: view from the back of the fridge] kelly opens door, puts container on shelf, closes door. Two seconds later, Will opens door, eyes light up, - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:17 3
        
        Chants ... Magic fridge. Magic fridge. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 27, 13:25
        
        I think he's sitting inside. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:19
        
        *laughing* -- nm - kelly Dec 27, 13:18
        
        at least draw a skull and crossbones on it. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 27, 13:14 2
        
        get some of those Mr. Yuck stickers (do they still give those out to kids?) -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 13:16
        
        label it "breast milk". -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:15
    - Make Will drive back up there and bring it back for you -- nm - amoxy Dec 27, 13:10 1
      - Roots for the Niners to get beat in their first playoff game. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 27, 13:11
    - Okay, that makes even more sense, then. - Spawn Dec 27, 13:10
    - *treks on up to the Pet Semetary* -- nm - Willow Tree Dec 27, 13:10
    - Crack. It's the crack. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 27, 13:10
  - no, but like many foods, it can be hard to copy a specific version. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 13:08 2
    - this (potato salad and macaroni salad are the same way) -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 13:08
    - Ah. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Dec 27, 13:08

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