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Full name and birth date required to fly in 2009 -- (link) - ty97 Oct 23, 10:29 6
- that's a good idea, actually. (adding the birth date i mean.) - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:30 1
  - Mickey Mouse 1/1/1939 -- nm - Acorn Oct 23, 10:33
- don't they look at that already? -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:30 3
  - When I book, I provide my first and last name only. And no birthdate. - ty97 Oct 23, 10:31 2
    - when you check in, you show an ID with your birthday on it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:32 1
      - Which is used as an ID check only, I think. Airlines will be required to collect full name and birth date in advance next year. -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:33
does anybody have a copy of the old HSX CoC? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 10:29 1
- OMG, HSX has blocked itself from the wayback machine! -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:31
Don't be surprised if Obama reports more record donations -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 10:22 5
- what's he gonna do with all those records? -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:24 4
  - /= Got me an office, gold records on the wall. Just leave a message, maybe I'll call. =/ -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:25
  - Put 'em up on the wall in his media room. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 10:25 1
    - oh. he could replace the White House china with bowls made out of vinyl records. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:25
  - biggest scratch party ever. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:25
It's like she's begging for a "Sasha Fierce! Sasha Fierce! Let me rock ya, Sasha Fierce." -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:22 1
- you should rename BOP as BO Sasha Fierce! -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:32
What the eff is that new forum design?! -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:21 12
- Followup question: does that mean we're all hanging out here instead from now on? -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:21 11
  - yes. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:21 8
    - I take it most people dislike the new design too? - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:22 7
      - yes, but some are willing to give it a little time to get fixed. the game play is all eff'd up, too. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:24 3
        
        This is what I am doing -- nm - con_carne Oct 23, 10:26
        
        DMac said they plan to fix the portfolios, so I might consider trading again once that's done. The site will still be ugg, though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:25 1
        
        I really hope TT continues to live on. The death of HSBR and HSXWORLD still brings up sad memories. -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:26
      - understatement of the year. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:23 2
        
        Sorry I haven't been around. I can't organize my stocks by net/gain or release date anymore? - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:31 1
        
        honestly, I got as far as the homepage and that's it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:37
  - This is where the cool people hang now. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 10:21 1
    - plus pixie. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:22
NYC City Council set to approve extension of term limits to three terms from two -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 10:20
LYC: my team just won the company's annual team award, for the 3rd year. woo hoo! -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:20 6
- Wuzzah! -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:24
- except you're not on the team anymore. so it's not your team. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:21 4
  - since I was on it that entire year, and I'm getting an award, damn straight it's my team. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:21 3
    - I bet it's a lamp shaped like a leg. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:22 2
      - ha. Poll: What does my team award look like? what *should* it look like? - loosilu Oct 23, 10:23 1
        
        a. some plastic gold toned sticks with a girl holding something over her head B I was gonna say something about skulls but that's been beaten to deat -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:44
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- *pinpoints what hair follicle was first to get split by the sniper round* -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 10:25
SITWAP: Think your kid is using drugs? Hire a drug-sniffing dog. -- (link) - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:17 1
- wow... "The dogs did not find any drugs this time, but Winterstein says she'll keep doing the tests periodically, if necessary, to ensure that her .." - colin Oct 23, 10:20
so, i just went out to grab lunch. and, saw my ex, 'cabana boy', drive by me. his window was down, so i called his name - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:16 5
- Wow. You should tell us about all the harsh treatment you punished him with that would lead to that response! *waits patiently* -- nm - Max Oct 23, 10:26 1
  - i wasn't harsh! i just was the one who broke up with him. (in fact, it was THAT breakup that led to my jumping on a plane a week later and meeting - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:29
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  - she's to much to handle. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:18 1
    - DG Fierce -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:24
re: car ads. The ad would never convince me to buy the car. But when I was shopping for a car, how did I know which cars to go look at? - loosilu Oct 23, 10:16 6
- if I ever go buy a car - and I imagine I will one day - I'll go looking for the pretty ones I've seen on the street, read about, or heard good things - mafic Oct 23, 10:20
- For me, Consumer Reports is the only reason I know what to go look at. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 10:17 3
  - how does CR decide which cars to test? -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:28
  - That's where I get my info (for more than the "Oooh, shiny!" effect). -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:26
  - I bought my car based on a CR report -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 10:22
- ps. ok, in my case this is a lie. I car-shopped in traffic for months. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:16
Of course, in the discussion below, we're forgetting who the real culprit of the housing/economic mess we're in right now is... - znufrii Oct 23, 10:14 3
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  - damn mandy. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:17
Follow ups from my car thread... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:12 5
- If you like the car, it runs well and you think you're getting it below it's retail value....I don't see why you wouldn't just buy it out - Scorpion Oct 23, 10:21 1
  - Yeah, I mean, this is my thinking on it, but I figured I would ask everyone just to bounce the idea and see if there was something I'm missing. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:25
- then I'd almost certainly go with C. and get a tax-free savings account! -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:14 2
  - Did you look at those at all? I can't say I've figured them out yet (in terms of them vs. RRSPs). - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:23 1
    - depends what you're using it for. - Reagen Oct 23, 10:27
The problem with answering emails is that it only creates more emails to answer. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 10:10 7
- "for everyone of you they kill, TWO will arise!" -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 10:15
- "I'm sorry to inform you that Dano has passed away." - loosilu Oct 23, 10:14 3
  - Discounts on caskets today only! -- nm - FuneralsRUs Oct 23, 10:16 2
    - wow, they're marketing directly to the dead! -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:17 1
      - If the dead can vote, they can buy stuff! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 10:19
- this is like why I don't make my bed very often. I'm just gonna get back in it in a few hours. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:11 1
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From now on, any time I strongly agree with any of you, I'm saying "SASHA FIERCE!!!" -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:08 6
- The whole stage pseudonym thing tends to work better *before* you become one of the most famous women on Earth. - TFox Oct 23, 10:16
- SASHA ANGRY! SASHA SMASH! -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:12
- It's like you can set a clock on them. "OK... 6 years in - time to go crazy!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:12 1
  - I'm calling this Spock's Law. -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:12
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- I was just dying laughing yesterday, when I went into the library catalog to update the record to her new title. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:09
Jax!!!! - kelly Oct 23, 10:07 [Backboard] 1
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:18
Dow: from +275 to -100 in a couple of hours. -- (link) - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:06 1
- CNN - We haven't seen a two-day, back to back, gain in the Dow since Sept 25-26. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 10:09
So...the "Daily Minute" really is weekly. I now know why they got rid of TT. We're too smart for them. {nm} - Banzai! Oct 23, 10:04 8
- Next you will tell us they actually go for 37 seconds! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 10:14
- There are 5 (count them: 5!) hosts, one for each day of the week. - ty97 Oct 23, 10:07 6
  - Funny. Here in Brazil, our weeks are 7 days long.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 10:13
  - So then why is the one from Tuesday still the one on the front page? {nm} - Banzai! Oct 23, 10:09 2
    - Appears this weeks video is intros from all of the hosts, and the regular shows have not yet started -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:10 1
      - Ohhh. I never got past the first host. Fear of going brain dead. Guess that explains why the "HSX Minute" is 10 minutes long... {nm} - Banzai! Oct 23, 10:15
  - Who are those people, actors? -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 10:09
  - Let's see how long that will last. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:07
SITWAP: Cheney's Rules: 10 Tips for the Next VP -- (link) - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:02 3
- Should have called his book "Angler: The Cheney Presidency" (sans "Vice"). -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 10:17
- #8: [Redacted] -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:03 1
  - Don't think he can't get a Canadian. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 10:13
mafic, Reform's mandate wasn't region-only though. Manning always to change Canada and not just "defend the west". - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:02 4
- alls I know is this election I would've voted for a centrist other party if it had a shot at getting elected, regional or no. - mafic Oct 23, 10:07 2
  - Right, no one's arguing that it isn't a vote for the "safe" choice vs. the national parties, but Jeffery Simpson's point, one I'm starting to agree... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:21 1
    - I have a reply, but I'm waiting for the roll. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:33
- I love that word Re-FOOOOOOOORM!!!! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:03
Our 400 DVD jukebox has lost all its movie info. This could be a problem. -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:01 2
- Did you buy the Sony one? - budice Oct 23, 10:03 1
  - Yeah, I have two. This one had never had a memory failure before. - David Oct 23, 10:07
Thanks for the answers on the car poll. I just think the amount of advertising is wasteful. - ceregon Oct 23, 10:00 3
- I feel that way about Coke Ads, Pepsi Ads, Beer Ads -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:07
- But most people don't feel that way about their car. And as far as your last line, the same could be said of ANY product. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 10:04 1
  - I bought a DVR long before I saw an ad for it, and besides TT is great for bringing amazing products to my attention. -- nm - ceregon Oct 23, 10:15
Seriously, you don't expect a 5-year-old to form tackle. -- nm - David Oct 23, 09:59 6
- I was all set to make a Jerry Jones offer sheet joke before I saw you already mined that territory. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:05 5
  - The best part of the story is that the boy who got clobbered received unlimited pizza and ice cream that night from the other boy's father. -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:09 4
    - I might be reading into this again, but it almost looks like he gives a little "That's *right*!" nod to the kid after he takes him down. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:17
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    - Thanks for letting my kid whomp up on you. -- nm - Form Tackling Father SI Oct 23, 10:12
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so, on another site i frequent, i signed up for the christmas exchange for the first time. - Danger Girl Oct 23, 09:59 9
- as soon as I figure out my address, I should sign up. - mafic Oct 23, 10:02
- *gasp* You frequent other sites!?!? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 10:00 4
  - She's cheating on us behind our backs -- nm - ST Oct 23, 10:01 3
    - just one! and they don't mean anything to me! -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:02 2
      - *narrows eyes* I bet you say the same thing to them about us! -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 10:12
      - Did you at least use protection when you posted? -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:02
- Yeah, SS is not about being PC or girly. -- nm - budice Oct 23, 10:00
- When did ST agree to an open message board relationship? -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:00 1
  - ST is like the wild west. there ARE no rules! -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:03
Youtube should have a facility whereby you can store 100's of your favourite videos and set them to play back randomly when you go online. - Loyola Oct 23, 09:58
SITWAP: Hilton buys London brothel. -- (link) - TaurusII Oct 23, 09:57 2
- only place she could feel at home. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 09:59
- Most pre-owned Hiltons are brothels, just not advertised. -- nm - budice Oct 23, 09:58
Dawson, you seem to be arguing that it can be either the lender's fault, or the homeowner's fault, exclusively. - ty97 Oct 23, 09:57 22
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  - I think you're too focussed on proximate cause and not looking enough at the system as a whole. - Roger More Oct 23, 10:30 2
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      - If you just look at the proximate cause, all you'll get is a band-aid solution - Roger More Oct 23, 10:47
  - Sure, because a hundred million homes being sold won't affect the market value of homes.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 10:16 1
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  - The rash of homeowners buying outside their means helped to precipate foreclosure-fest and thereby the housing bust. - ty97 Oct 23, 10:14 3
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      - The foreclosures were a direct cause for the decline in home values. - ty97 Oct 23, 10:23 1
        
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- To what degree % wise is blame apportioned would be an interesting survey. -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 09:59 3
  - It depends, some new homeowners were greedy, others were just stupid. Lenders were also greedy and stupid. -- nm - ceregon Oct 23, 10:02
  - agreed. -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:00 1
    - to the new hsx! -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:01
- it's the homeowner's fault, and the lender's fault, and the investment bank's fault, and the investor's fault, and the regulator's fault - znufrii Oct 23, 09:58 7
  - Can't we just blame nubby like we usually do? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 10:00 5
    - I actually blame the FUCKING ORANGE HSX CONSULTANTS for this whole mess.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 10:06 2
      - *laughing* yep, the oompa lumpas have staged a coup and rule now. -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 10:11
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    - f*ckin nubby. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:00
    - I blame Danger Girl. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 10:00
  - and the rating agency's fault. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 09:59
Woot off has a "Bandolier of Carrots" t-shirt. funny. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 23, 09:56
On Fringe, Olivia's apt. has French doors on the inside, but not on the outside. - amylicious Oct 23, 09:56 9
- I love both the handle and username. -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 09:58
- she lives in a TARDIS! -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 09:58
- Maybe that's part of the "tapestry" or whatever. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 09:58 5
  - In this ep. Pacey looked at Olivia so sexy I got butterflies. But it's totally a lunch break show. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 09:59 4
    - It'd really take off if the two of them got together. Make the father the third wheel. -- nm - budice Oct 23, 10:04 1
      - he's more like a third, fourth, and fifth wheel -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:07
    - The pilot sucked so much it made me mad, haven't been able to watch (or even considered watching really) another episode. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 10:01 1
      - I'll admit the show is still finding its footing, but there's hints of genius. -- nm - ST Oct 23, 10:02
- Heh. I know an episode is ok as long as the (spoils) - budice Oct 23, 09:57
Extreme minimum, Winterpeg. February: -45C -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:53 7
- that made me go looking for cold, and I found this -- (link) - mafic Oct 23, 09:57 [Image] 3
  - Cold Lake *is* an accurate name then. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:02
  - can you find one for BC? :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:59 1
    - not easily, but I did find out it was once -46.7C in Quesnel. -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 10:11
- by the way, ST loads on blackberry way faster than TT. you rock. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 09:56 1
  - thanks :) Yeah, I was noticing that on my iPhone. It loads faster than lots of sites. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:57
- February 18th, 1966, that is. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:53
*leases B2* -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 09:52 1
- *pays off B3, has no payment for another 7 boards* -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 10:00
fixie pierce! -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:51

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