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I realize we clamor for every morsel of information, but a play-by-play of how Kathleen Kennedy got J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars? -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:55
Video of the Atlanta tornado forming. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:53
The Office Space printer destruction scene just got a reenactment on my front porch. - TWuG Jan 30, 09:47 [youtube] 1
- damn it feels good to be a gangsta -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 09:49
7-Eleven to open 100 outlets in NYC?! How dare they! -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:41 57
- I wish we'd pass a law similar to San Francisco which bans or limits franchises like this. - Krusty Jan 30, 09:48 42
  - It's horrible that a company would dare to offer lower priced items to consumers. RAGE! -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 30, 09:51 20
    - It's excellent that the profits go to far away places and not to a local owner to support the local economy. SMILEYFACES! -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 09:52 10
      - It's also good that locals are spending less on stuff at convenience stores, leaving them with more money to spend in their community. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 09:55 9
        
        And then they use that money saved to buy crap on Amazon. Local stores are toast. Eventually everything will form into one big glob of mucous. -- nm - Loyola Jan 30, 09:58 1
        
        So? Business is driven by supply and demand. If Mom & Pop, Inc can't offer anything to differentiate themselves from Big Biz, Corp, then they have - TWuG Jan 30, 10:01
        
        How long will those prices stay low once all the competition is gone? -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 09:58 1
        
        Dude...a Big Gulp ain't gonna change it's price because Uncle Louie's Five and Dime went out of business. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 10:01
        
        and of course everyone works at Walmart for free -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:56
        
        give me a break. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:56 3
        
        Is something I said demonstrably wrong or doers it just conflict with your "corporations must always act evilly" opinion? -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 10:00 2
        
        I'm not opposed to corporations at all. But I am opposed to their illegal predatory pricing. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 10:02 1
        
        Is that what 7-11 is doing? -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 10:05
    - they can undercut local businesses unfairly, and that's not cool. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:51 8
      - how is charging less unfair? if they can buy in bulk and pass the savings along all the better -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:52 7
        
        it's illegal, not that it isn't done. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:53 6
        
        wait, how is it illegal? wouldn't that close every Costco down in North America? -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:54 4
        
        it's not? My bad, I thought it was. can a lawyer help? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:55 3
        
        in theory it is, in practice the government rarely does shit about it -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 09:56 1
        
        thanks, that's what I though. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:57
        
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        wait, how is it illegal? -- nm - amanda Jan 30, 09:54
  - Why? If they attract customers then they must be filling a need that the currentr businesses aren't meeting. Why protect businesses that aren't - TWuG Jan 30, 09:50 20
    - Because New York is above such things as a 7-11. Duh. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 09:54 1
      - I just bought a controlling interest in all 100, DEAL WITH IT BITCHES! -- nm - ARod Jan 30, 09:55
    - They meet the needs but they can't compete with chains that can offer better prices. - Krusty Jan 30, 09:52 11
      - Then they're not meeting people's price needs then. If people valued those things more than price then they wouldn't go to 7/11. -- nm - Ender Jan 30, 09:53 6
        
        but the low prices are fake. They offer low prices long enough to dirve the locals out of business. - loosilu Jan 30, 09:54 5
        
        I have shopped at Walmart for a decade or so and have never seen them raise their prices this way -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:55 3
        
        neither have I. Not to mention, I've yet to see 2 Wal-marts with different prices on the same thing. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 09:58
        
        it has been proven. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:56
        
        cause their is Always someone else (Costco, Target, Sobeys, etc etc etc) who would be all over them price wise -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:56
        
        Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 09:55
      - So... better prices are now a bad thing? -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 09:52 3
        
        it depends on how you lower prices -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 09:54
        
        That's not what I'm saying and you know it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 09:53 1
        
        I think you are saying that something nefarious is happening but have offered no proof of it occurring. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 09:58
    - Won't somebody think of the hipsters?!?! -- nm - Ender Jan 30, 09:51 1
      - ST apparently thinks about them quite a lot. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 09:53
    - because they can use predatory pricing to gain an anti-competitive advantage? -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 09:51 3
      - So make predatory pricing illegal. - TWuG Jan 30, 09:55 2
        
        it already is -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 09:57 1
        
        Problem solved. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 10:03
- Outlets? Are they cheaper than regular 7-11s? -- nm - Max Jan 30, 09:47 3
  - The East Village is up in arms. They want to corner the market on big gulps. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:48 2
    - illegal in NYC! -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:48 1
      - You're my joke cooler. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:52
- If people didn't shop there, 7-Eleven would stop opening there. Alas, the sameness-fication of everything continues. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 09:43 6
  - When they're buying up the other options you end with no other choice but to shop there or walk blocks just to get a snack. -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 09:50
  - I remember telling you and Jack... eventually, the chains are going to put the local bodegas out of business. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:45 4
    - I have a local corner store and a 7-Eleven within two blocks. I go to the local almost exclusively. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 09:49 1
      - "How much is your penny candy?" "Surprisingly expensive!" -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:50
    - And then they will fire the first volley of the fast food wars. - Beryllium Jan 30, 09:47 1
      - Subway is coming -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:49
- there aren't any there now? -- nm - zork Jan 30, 09:42 2
  - bodegas. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:47
  - Duane Reade represent! - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:46
Urgency: Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future - Strongbad Jan 30, 09:40 1
- Runs for cov....wait, where? - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:42
So BJ and Justin Upton played on a high school travel team that also featured Ryan Zimmerman and David Wright. - David Jan 30, 09:38 3
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- The coach's kid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:38 1
  - so, Frenchie? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 30, 09:39
The best bagel is everything, although garlic, onion, salt, egg are all acceptable. Bagels get butter or butter-like spread. - ty97 Jan 30, 09:37 2
- The local Winco make great bagels. They used to make a Potato&Pepper Bagel that was fantastic - amoxy Jan 30, 09:43
- My favorite bagels are cheese bagels. -- nm - Kelly Jan 30, 09:42
Hmm, a conference I want to go to has tomorrow marked as their last day for speaking proposals ... - Beryllium Jan 30, 09:37
Tornado north of Atlanta, Interstate 75 area. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:26 1
- Yeah there's a pretty bad line headed this way. I'm north of town. 75 is Northwest. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 09:28
I'll say what we're all thinking. Pete can do a *lot* better than Penny. - David Jan 30, 09:21 4
- "I'm not as dumb as I am." -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 09:22 3
  - The ending was superb. It was their best episode of the season. -- nm - David Jan 30, 09:27 2
    - It was missing a mug drop but, yeah. It started awesome and just stayed there. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:36 1
      - I totally want to get the Take on Me treatment at some point. -- nm - David Jan 30, 09:43
Are we all going to look at steroids/HGH/PED in 40-50 years much differently? - Strongbad Jan 30, 09:19 12
- I won't...I'll likely be dead in 50 years. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 09:34 3
  - No way, we'll all be cyborgs. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 09:37
  - Eat better and exercise more! - David Jan 30, 09:36
  - then you WILL look differently on it. All maggoty and gross and stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 09:35
- the notion that somehow athletes' cheating began and ended in the 1990s is a lie we tell ourselves -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 09:28
- Not much differently, if at all. - znufrii Jan 30, 09:26 1
  - Znufrii Rules question -- if he and I say the same thing, but he does it in 5 words and me in 15...that's bad for me... - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:27
- I don't think so. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:24 3
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    - I think in baseball at least, the idea of fair competition will tend to win out over brute strength. -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 09:39
    - For a sport like baseball, I don't think it'll change too much - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:38
- a lot of baseball's arguments are 50 to 100 years old. also, as more info comes in, it may turn out that these have bigger negative effects than we kn - zork Jan 30, 09:23
i don't watch Breaking Bad but this Channel 101 spoof still made me laugh -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 09:19
hi tru. nmbtru - Diva Jan 30, 09:19
Salt beef?, pickled cucumber and mustard? - Krusty Jan 30, 09:18 8
- Our Micky D's are bland. -- nm - LMS Jan 30, 09:34
- big breakfast. learn it, love it -- nm - CQ Jan 30, 09:30
- Kippers and plum duff -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 09:29
- pickled cucumber? aka pickles? -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 09:23 3
  - If you ask for a cheese and pickle sandwich here, you don't get pickled cucumbers in it, you get brown stuff (which is yummy). -- nm - LMS Jan 30, 09:41 1
    - yep, sort of like chutney. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:47
  - "His breath reeked of beer and pretzled bread" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 30, 09:31
- no no, eat at pubs, it's fine. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:19
Can anyone offer some tips on how to conduct myself on a business trip? - Hotkiss Jan 30, 09:16 22
- Get to the choppa! (in a non-emergency way) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 30, 09:41
- Free rooms doesn't mean the house keepers aren't cleaning up after you. Tip them as if you paid full price. Meals...that's a company thing. We get - Jim Jan 30, 09:36
- Ask your boss if there's a per diem to cover stuff like meals and tipping. -- nm - Ender Jan 30, 09:35
- i would expect meals are included, but you really need to confirm that. - Andie Jan 30, 09:27 8
  - (Unless of course they're not supposed to know that she's not a tourist.) -- nm - Ender Jan 30, 09:35 1
    - right, but if she's meeting suppliers i don't think it's a secret assessment type situation. -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 09:36
  - addendum - dressing professionally, doesn't mean a suit, but a notch or two above tourist, -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 09:28 5
    - agreed, and also, don't dress in short shorts on your off hours. There are no off hours on a trip. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:50
    - this helps, thank -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 30, 09:30 3
      - one more thing about meals - it is possible they will expect you to pay up front and then submit as an expense. - Andie Jan 30, 09:32
      - Andie is right but check with your boss about how formal the supplier meetings are - zork Jan 30, 09:31 1
        
        and some cruises (though not all) have a formal night - make sure you are ready for that as well if it applies. -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 09:34
- you are a representative of the company. how do you want it to be perceived? act accordingly, also, just because you are not paying, you are getting - zork Jan 30, 09:27
- get drunk and make out with the cabin boy -- nm - decline Jan 30, 09:25
- Don't be an idiot is always rule one. - spamlet Jan 30, 09:23 3
  - and check if the tips are reimbursed and keep a record of those. (keep a record of everything) ... - zork Jan 30, 09:30
  - 4) don't get hammered -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:24 1
    - see rule number one. -- nm - spamlet Jan 30, 09:25
- I would ask your boss alot of these. Are meals included, tipping protocols, etc - Beaker Jan 30, 09:20 1
  - if it's a business trip, meals should at least be comped. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:21
- you should probably ask a co-worker or your boss most of these questions. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 09:20
- F the concierge -- nm - zork Jan 30, 09:17
Been watching The Wire through 2 seasons. It's good, but it's greatness is more it's sociological studies than entertainment, plus.. - ceregon Jan 30, 09:16 1
- Disagree. - Beryllium Jan 30, 09:32
Gabby Giffords' statement at today's gun hearings -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 09:14
Trance, Danny Boyle's latest. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 30, 09:11 1
- Crooks and guns. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:20
I kept trying to get my footy league points to update yesterday until I realised that none of my players' teams had matches yesterday - zork Jan 30, 09:10
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- Also, he projects Strasburg will throw 180 innings...unless that's him accounting for injuries - Strasburg is going to about 190-200 - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:12 2
  - The Nationals have already announced they are sitting him for all of the 2013/14 season just in case -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:14 1
    - Yeap, they shut down the Cy Young winner. Oh wait, no, they didn't. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:22
- Cliff Lee? - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:09 2
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    - He's not? WTF? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 09:12
- no McCutcheon? really? -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 09:07 1
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Halo: Have you guys seen Twitch? -- (link) - oblique [220] Jan 30, 09:05
I'm *pissed* I wouldn't violate copyright at work. I'm taking this straight to the director level. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:01 7
- Mac spoofing. That's some serious effort -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 30, 09:07 3
  - Also, we have to register our MAC addresses to a table in order to put them on wifi. It's easy enough to obtain an address from that list. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:39 1
    - I would change the router password if I were you. -- nm - decline Jan 30, 09:46
  - I don't see how else they could have done it. The MAC address is in the notice, plain as day. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:11
- stop downloading My Little Pony episodes! -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:03 1
  - I'm using a Sprint phone. You think I'd be crazy enough to try to torrent on Sprint? I barely get phone reception! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 30, 09:04
- This is what happens when you invite Krusty in. -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 09:02
The month of January already has 15% more board posts than December. - Spawn Jan 30, 09:00
re: CIty noise. I could live with car horns. the sound that made me want to kill people was car alarms. - loosilu Jan 30, 09:00 6
- I hate the alarm farts most of all -- nm - ceregon Jan 30, 09:16
- Yup. I'm good most sounds but the car alarms drive me nuts. -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 09:15
- I'd have to say it was the crack whores arguing outside our window at 3am. - znufrii Jan 30, 09:01 2
  - You should have yelled the outcome out to them. -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 09:03 1
    - threesome? -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 09:04
- Yeah, I hear those once or twice per week. Very annoying. -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 09:01
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- The intern with the biggest forehead wins? -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 08:59
Sub-zero Tolerance - Harry Dresden Jan 30, 08:57 1
- *block* Get over here! -- nm - Scorpion Jan 30, 08:59

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