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So there's a coupon from a local supermarket, spend $75 get $10 off. I kept track of my spending on my phone as I placed items in my cart. - Tim Feb 5, 18:33 14
- smart. $10 is $10. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 18:41
- only if you were spending more than normal ('only" 75 more like it) you'd still have to shop for the rest -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 18:37 2
  - I go to the supermarket 2-3 times a week, usually spending $20-30 at a time so this is rare. - Tim Feb 5, 18:40 1
    - I can spend 20 at the veggie stall, our weekly shop at the military comm is 100-150 for just the two of us -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 19:12
- Yay! - JenBro Feb 5, 18:35
- since I've done that many times, there's nothing weird about it. it's smrt. - b. Feb 5, 18:35 7
  - Yeah, and watch for sale signs hidden away. - Spawn Feb 5, 18:37 1
    - I had that happen at Safeway recently. the clerk ended-up just giving me $10, as it saved her work vs. my adding something else to go over. - b. Feb 5, 18:40
  - Often no booze too -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:36 4
    - that's not a thing for me; but we usually have no dairy (CA is weird), sometimes yes for gift cards, sometimes no, etc. -- nm - b. Feb 5, 18:38 3
      - So that "happy cow" thing? Not so much? -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:39 2
        
        I'm pretty sure it has to do with keeping their self-esteem nice and high. -- nm - b. Feb 5, 18:40 1
        
        :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:43
- Not at all. I do that at Kohl's etc all the time. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:35
I am trying to watch Smash -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 18:26 1
- Glutton. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:27
Good grief, Vonn broke her leg, too? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:25 8
- you mean on top of the MCL/ACL? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:32
- I am kind of thankful it was not even worse. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:26 6
  - one of the top craziest sports. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:32
  - apparently - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:27 4
    - it's not that bad. Just an awkward fall. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 18:30 2
      - Next time, Linds, when Meg comes askin' about the money..... -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:31 1
        
        Hee - JenBro Feb 5, 18:37
    - Not sure why but I was expecting it to be much worse than it looked. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:28
Michigan's uniforms tonight are a little silly - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:22 7
- i blame jenbro -- nm - charlie Feb 5, 18:26 5
  - Ugh ... I'm a State fan ... GO GREEN! -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:34 4
    - There's a Michigan *State* now? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:36 3
      - *shakes fist* - JenBro Feb 5, 18:38 2
        
        I love that line - prayformojo Feb 5, 18:39 1
        
        My sis is where I heard it ... And yeah - totally that voice! -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:40
- Well after IU kicked them back down from #1, they are getting desperate. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:25
ika LYC: WarMachine has been pirating LUX tongith. 2 for 2, so far. - WarMachine Feb 5, 18:11
The 2nd half opening kickoff return cost a Baltimore furniture store 600,000 worth of free stuff - zeitgeist Feb 5, 18:07
Tsunami alerts going up in the Pacific. Mainly south near Australia, but they are considering Hawaii and Alaska, maybe West Coast. - Bacon Feb 5, 18:06 1
- Link to current status. These could be upgraded as needed. -- (link) - Bacon Feb 5, 18:08
I just signed up for a Vudu account - we both have one now. I just tired signing into Vudu To Go so I could do the Disc to Digital, and I got a - kelly Feb 5, 17:44 26
- I still don't get how Vudu is any better than say Amazon? - JaxSean Feb 5, 17:49 2
  - my phone, kindle, Xbox, Ps3 all do. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 18:23
  - Or DVD player accesses Vudu. A lot of stuff does. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:52
- is the 10 free movies still on for new members? -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:46 17
  - It was Sunday when Amy started it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:55
  - Yeah but they auto assigned the ten to her - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:48 13
    - Valentine's Day, Never Been Kissed, Perfect Storm, Ghost, Lethal Weapon, The Producers. - kelly Feb 5, 17:50 8
      - kelly sounds like she needs a swayze moment with the clay -- nm - budice Feb 5, 18:06
      - Lethal Weapon holds up pretty well. -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:57 4
        
        That's one of the four okay ones in my mind - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:05 3
        
        Pretty sure when we got... maybe our first DVD player Lethal Weapon was on of the free ones we got. - Spawn Feb 5, 18:07 2
        
        Same here. That, Matilda and Lost in Space were the three I remember -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:14 1
        
        Yeah, LiS was one too. Opened that one. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:15
      - I only got Lethal Weapon when I signed up -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:51 1
        
        it is the only one I'd pay money for of that list. I like BEL, but only on tv for free -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 17:54
    - wait...did you just disparage Behind Enemy Lines? that is a fun movie dammit -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 17:49 3
      - I also liked it. It's a great popcorn flick -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:50 2
        
        I agree with B & B. -- nm - amanda Feb 5, 18:17 1
        
        I suddenly have an idea for a TV show -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 18:30
  - Last I read, yes. -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:47 1
    - I jumped in too soon. I only got one when I signed up. -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:49
- All that means is that if you do file backups, you need to do them in only one account. In other words, don't worry about it. -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:46 4
  - But how would we back up the other account? Different machine? - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:50 3
    - As I understand it, the app only references the backups it makes. - David Feb 5, 17:54 2
      - Ooh, alternately, you can just do the backups from UVVU.com. - David Feb 5, 17:55 1
        
        Okay, cool -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:55
Major earthquake swarm off the Solomon Islands. -- (link) - Meg Feb 5, 17:44
sitwap: Sign up to get into the "beta" Redbox Instant free for one month. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 5, 17:42
What do we want! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 5, 17:41 3
- Sleep! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:42 2
  - When do we want it! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 5, 17:42 1
    - ASAP! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:43
Does anyone here drink Tea, and Hot or Cold -- nm - Karl_S Feb 5, 17:41 16
- Both :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:42
- iced, plain -- nm - charlie Feb 5, 18:27
- A friend was in America recently and at the diner they kept topping up her tea with more hot water, like they top up coffee - Karl_S Feb 5, 18:16 3
  - I have to say, I have never seen anyone order tea at a diner. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:42
  - that's not ok. d'oh! (I don't even like when my iced tea is refilled without asking first - messes up the balance of sweetener.) -- nm - b. Feb 5, 18:36
  - Huh? Never seen that...although we have had serving delays because they 'had to heat the water' :/ - Meg Feb 5, 18:23
- I like Sleepytime Tea with honey around bedtime -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 18:07
- earl grey, hot. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 18:06 1
  - Make it so. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:07
- I've discovered that a cup of hot tea with lemon is just as good if you leave the tea out, besides, it means less water for the coffee -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 17:57
- hot with milk -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 17:57
- yes, both. -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 17:51
- Yes, hot, with milk/cream. -- nm - Meg Feb 5, 17:45
- yes, yes and yes. -- nm - b. Feb 5, 17:44
- Supersaturate it with sugar while brewing, then refrigerate and pour over ice. - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 5, 17:42 1
  - when scientists make tea. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:42
Raising Hope spoils - Jovian Feb 5, 17:40
You know, by Fast and Furious 9, they're going to have to steal the White House. - David Feb 5, 17:38 7
- an homage to the Road Warrior, only this time the army of goth cars are the good guys coming to take back to the people from the evil oil corp -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 18:35
- They are gonna have to go the James Bond route. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:04
- also, by the end of this year, something like 60% of Vin Diesel's career will have involved Fast & Furious, xXx or Pitch Black. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 17:46 1
  - I think Chris Tucker took the SLP gig just to mess up his Rush Hour Ratio. -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:47
- "I got it! Cars in space!" "But that...." "Cars. In. Space!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 17:43 1
  - Ha! -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:45
- Ashley Judd will be their inside man. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:40
NCIS spoilers - loosilu Feb 5, 17:36 3
- also - loosilu Feb 5, 17:42 2
  - it's one of the dirty little secrets, isn't it? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 5, 18:01 1
    - they may as well put up a banner. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:33
So Marco Rubio denied climate change, and that the NFL is unsafe today. Yikes. -- nm - MDH Feb 5, 17:35
No Happy Endings tonight? Have they finally pulled it? -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 17:34 2
- Epguides usually shows future episodes of shows, and they're not showing anything past Jan. 29. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 18:26
- "No Happy Endings Tonight" is the name of the angsty drama that replaced it. - Beryllium Feb 5, 17:37
Most Romantic Cities top 5: Knoxville Tenn, Alexandria VA, Miami Fla, Orlando Fla, Cinci OH. Least romantic city? Boise Idaho -- (link) - Bacon Feb 5, 17:30 28
- you ... can't be serious about the second. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:38 6
  - Ladies and gents, the reason it is only #2! - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:55 5
    - oh, that was NOT nice. - loosilu Feb 5, 17:56 4
      - True, but it was funny -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:14 3
        
        (flip that and reverse it) -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 18:28 2
        
        Hee! Sorry Loosi. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:32 1
        
        just you wait. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:41
- I...think I'm going to stay off ST for a while. -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:32 13
  - What was it? The Star of Tennessee or some such? -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 17:37 11
    - the wigsphere. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 17:51
    - Yes, but the new wife gets motion sick so we can't go! -- nm - David Feb 5, 17:39 9
      - I'm laughing at "the new wife." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 5, 17:51
      - does dramamine not work? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:41 7
        
        Sure, it knocks me straight out. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 5, 17:45 6
        
        Me too! Which in some cases is a good side effect. Others, not so much -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:54
        
        have you tried meclizine? it's available as Dramamine 2, Bonine, or generic. - loosilu Feb 5, 17:48 4 1
        
        I need to try this - I think someone else recommended it to me as well. - Kim Pine Feb 5, 17:53 3
        
        me too, or snorkeling. Try the meclizine, it is the shit. It's my number one by ten miles. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:55 2
        
        me too, or snorkeling. Try the mescaline, it is the shit. It's my number one by ten miles. -- nm - WSS Feb 5, 18:06 1
        
        I love mescaline. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 18:43
  - Going to the library? -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:32
- I'm pretty sure that list was developed by putting a map up on a dart board -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:31 6
  - They did it by how many How To Romance books they sold, Mood Music they sold, etc etc. The measured how many romantic items they sold per capita -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:32 1
    - didn't this list come out several years ago? because I was just as baffled back then. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:49
  - I have got laid in 4 out of 5 of those. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:31 3
    - What is the one that you didn't? -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:33 2
      - Never been to Alexandria VA. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 17:42 1
        
        it's sexy sexy time here! -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:51
#2 Florida in considerable trouble in the 2nd half -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:28 2
- considerabler -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:32 1
  - -est - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:42
"i think we have a spy. let me tell everyone exactly what I'm going to do." -- nm - b. Feb 5, 17:22
so this is cool: largest glacier calving ever filmed. -- (link) - mafic Feb 5, 17:18 [youtube] 2
- well, coolish. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 17:28 1
  - it's downright icy -- nm - zork Feb 5, 17:34
It has been one of those days, I will have a beer or two when I get home -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 17:09 1
- It's been one of those Months so far -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 17:17
Con Carne! way LIR - thanks for the link to the music - I had not heard about it - FUN! - JenBro Feb 5, 17:05 1
- :-) -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 07:56
I don't know how he did it, but that courier guy totally wrote my name in that clinic's notebooks -- nm - Ryan Braun Feb 5, 17:00
Because we were talking about it on B2 - check out my cute kid at his cake smash! -- (link) - kelly Feb 5, 16:58 12
- grrreeeeaaaattt photo. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 18:09
- awww! cute :) -- nm - colin Feb 5, 17:23
- He will be a heartbreaker. Very cute -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 17:11 1
  - he already is. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 17:39
- so cute!! very nice cake-ing, too! :) - -- nm - b. Feb 5, 17:02
- heh, awesome. Kid has some big feet -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 17:01 1
  - I think it's just the picture. I think he's in a size 4 now? Maybe a 5. -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 17:03
- adorable -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 17:01
- Abby's dug this picture all week -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 16:59 3
  - Awww. Abby rocks. Did you see the other one she put up? -- (link) - kelly Feb 5, 17:01 2
    - heh. missed that one -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:02 1
      - He was SOOO cranky during this part of the shoot (was in a much happier mood for the regular pics) so I'm shocked she was able to get any cake smash - kelly Feb 5, 17:05
Who's on first? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 16:56 1
- Who is still in 498 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 5, 16:57
i'm okay! -- nm - charlie Feb 5, 16:56
Titus Young: 'Ah man, I'm better than him.' -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 5, 16:55 1
- Really?! You're mine now! watch out here come the rams!! -- nm - Jeff Fisher Feb 5, 16:59

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