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So yesterday my dashboard said "engine oil / change soon". Made an appointment for a change for Monday. - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:29 9
- what's the make/model/year of the car? -- nm - colin Feb 22, 10:36
- It very well might be the former, but even if it is there should be more than enough leeway to drive normally until Monday. - Ender Feb 22, 10:35 3
  - My brother had a late 90s Passat, something clunked on the highway, light came on, and by the time he could pull over, the engine was destroyed. - Max Feb 22, 10:38 2
    - timing belt? that kills the valves so you're looking at a rebuild, often cheaper to buy another car -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:49
    - But which light? That's sounds like the general "check engine" light, which is much different than the oil change light. -- nm - Ender Feb 22, 10:42
- If it's newer than around 2005 I'd say it's most likely just scheduled mile marker. Do you know what your mileage is? -- nm - Max Feb 22, 10:34 1
  - just under 28,000KM -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:34
- It's not time based. My car does it and I abide by it's % oil life vs. the mileage or time frame. My car is about to hit 130k miles and I'd say it's - oblique Feb 22, 10:33
- Normally its based on milage -- nm - decline Feb 22, 10:31
I think our Admin is going to put our printer into a Cobra Clutch... - Mel Profit Feb 22, 10:28
I'm going to tweet something about a t-shirt. someone click on it please -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 10:21 5
- direct link -- (link) - oblique Feb 22, 10:26 4
  - the 80/20 rule! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 10:34
  - I love that band! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 22, 10:27
  - ....ok. -- nm - colin Feb 22, 10:27 1
    - danke -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 10:27
Rick DiPietro put on waivers by the Islanders...what a terrrrrrible contract that was/is -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 10:16 1
- 8! years left on the contract. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 10:22
If you do any work at all with placeholder copy (Lorem Ipsum), this is the font for you. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:12
My new favorite sandwich of all time for the moment is ham+salami+prosciutto+provolone+lettuce+tomat o+ vinaigrette+baguette -- (link) - Max Feb 22, 10:11 1
- eye talian mixed meat (san fran north beach was the historic italian neighborhood) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:51
Does anyone play in an auction keeper baseball league on Yahoo!? - spamlet Feb 22, 10:09
Biggest individual Oscar nominees robbed: Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream and Original Score for Requiem -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 10:05 5
- "Ass to ass." -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:30
- This award should be called The Joviate because it makes you so mad that the wrong person lost: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth - Diva Feb 22, 10:12
- Colin Firth for "A Single Man" and then the Academy made up for it when Eisenberg deserved it. -- nm - Evita Feb 22, 10:09 2
  - SFAN -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 10:10 1
    - no...keep it! It's perfect. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 10:12
so what's the name of our Oscar pool? -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 10:02 5
- Pistorius -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 10:23 1
  - I'm glad I didn't make this joke. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 22, 10:27
- "ST 2013 Oscar Picks" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:13
- Myer -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 10:08
- *nods* key piece of info -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:07
Admittedly having not seen any of the others, I really wish Christoph Waltz would win on Sunday. - TFox Feb 22, 10:00 6
- as long as it is not Phoenix, I will not lose my shit. -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 10:06
- my only qualm is that it's basically the same performance as IB. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 10:02
- I liked him on SNL from what I saw. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:02
- (and I really want to watch Carnage soon.) -- nm - TFox Feb 22, 10:01 1
  - I watched it solely for him, hated it. -- nm - Evita Feb 22, 10:03
- I find this category kind of intriguing this year. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 10:01
Gary Roberts scores from way inside his own half for Swindon at Tranmere -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 10:00 [youtube] 3
- he plays soccer now? nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 10:08
- Why oh why would you as a goalie be 30 yards out like that? - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:01 1
  - they had brought the goalie up for a corner kick near the end of added time. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 22, 10:09
Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z have announced a tour together called "Legends of Summer." Announced less than 1 hour ago, presale already occurring. - Evita Feb 22, 09:59
I'm addicted to watching the analytics for GibsonIndex. - Beryllium Feb 22, 09:56 2
- located at www.askingforit.com? -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:57 1
  - It's on amazon S3. There's a direct cost per gigabyte for traffic, but little to no risk of downtime ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:13
Holly Hunter fans should pick 1987. Raising Arizona AND Broadcast News. - Dr.Vermin Feb 22, 09:55
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- A because it's more fun that way, although I really wanna write in Cloud Atlas for everything. -- nm - ceregon Feb 22, 10:04
- A on the stuff I see, B on the stuff I don't (like documentary). -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:59
- A. If you have to pick them all then I would say do your best without outside help. - Krusty Feb 22, 09:56 11
  - no one's totally blind going in. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:59 6
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      - absolutely. I think any quest for "purity" or whatever is silly, since we've all seen the Globes, heard the buzz, etc. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 10:05 4
        
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        yes, and then you can mock them endlessly for being so obviously lazy. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 10:19
        
        how would that be known? in many cases (not 100% always) the stuff on experts' ballots mirrors the buzz from all the lead up in the past few weeks. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 10:10
        
        sure, why not? experts are wrong a lot. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 10:10
  - i see what you're saying, but i'm not sure trying to pick a winner should be based on opinion since it's a glorified high school popularity contest. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 09:58 2
    - I get it. It's all about picking the winner so it doesn't matter how you get to your info on which films to pick. - Krusty Feb 22, 10:01 1
      - yeah I think so. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 10:05
  - If you're just trying to win a pool than I guess anything goes. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:58
- I don't bet football pickem based on who I want to win. why would this be different? -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:55 4
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    - A mix and match. But I'm going to assume copying the expert will be better for me than my own 'informed' guesses more often than not. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:06
  - Because it's not who *you* want to win, you have to consider the psychology of the academy -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 22, 09:57 1
    - I think you missed a "don't" in my message. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:58
- A pool....always B. There's a reason I'm not getting paid for articles; becuase I don't know what the experts know. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 09:55
- You're saying should Oscar ballots involve educated voters? I don't think so. You choose the best movie based on what you've seen -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 22, 09:53 2
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    - I see what you mean now. Sure, to win a pool, you pick based on Oscar politics and precedence. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 22, 09:56
Oscar Pistorius granted bail in Reeva Steenkamp case -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 09:52 1
- huh. interesting/ -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 10:02
Cheerleaders can do all sorts of cool things that you can't -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 22, 09:48 [youtube] 1
- Those people in the crowd should just go home. - Will Hunting Feb 22, 09:58
WTF, Alabama? -- (link) - znufrii Feb 22, 09:47
Full List of Oscar Presenters and Performers -- (link) - con_carne Feb 22, 09:46 2
- poor Thor & Black Widow -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 10:17
- Remind me to smother myself to death while the 'Chicago' performance occurs. -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 10:10
I'm wondering if anyone here's going to watch the Rousey PPV tomorrow night? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 09:41 4
- We're thinking about boycotting the ppv here. - ceregon Feb 22, 10:03 3
  - Why? -- nm - Stephen Feb 22, 10:10 2
    - yeah, i'd like to hear an explanation as to why -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 10:25 1
      - It's going to be a lousy main event, and her first fight is a title fight? When they added a new weight class they had a tournament for it. - ceregon Feb 22, 10:34
Fingerprint purchasing technology now to check that buyer has a pulse (so no more chopping off fingers or cutting out eyeballs) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 09:39 1
- "Oh, don't be dicks." -- nm - Pam Feb 22, 09:40
Federal Govt joins lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, around $100M at stake -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 22, 09:39
So Baby update: Everything is going great. Measured at about 8 weeks along, strong heartbeat, and a due date in the first week of October. - Stephen Feb 22, 09:35 15
- congrats!!! -- nm - colin Feb 22, 10:28
- great news -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 09:46
- I missed the news that you guys were pregnant again. Congrats! -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 09:42 3
  - Thank you, all! -- nm - Stephen Feb 22, 09:53
  - same. Don Homer!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 09:45
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- Early October babies are the coolest kids around -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 09:41
- brothers need a baby sis!!! :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 09:39 4
  - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! - Stephen Feb 22, 09:43 3
    - :) gosh - she's going to have her hands full (3 boys!) - but how wonderful ... is your dad excited? -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 09:45 2
      - He was excited when we told him, but the last few weeks he's been grumpy grandpa, so we're wondering if the change in the status quo is affecting him. -- nm - Stephen Feb 22, 09:53 1
        
        maybe he's just tired of Winter (Cabin fever?) - lots of locals are commenting on grumpy encounters - JenBro Feb 22, 09:56
- Very cool. What is your house situation? Rooms wise, that is? -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 09:36 1
  - If its a boy, we just switch the boys' room with the office as the office is larger. If it's a girl I'll eventually lose my office. - Stephen Feb 22, 09:52
- woohoo! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 09:36
Gues what happens tonight?! The Mrs. gets back from Manhattan. Yeah baby, an extra set of hands. -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 09:31 7
- Actually, have you seen the weather forecast? She may be stuck there. - Spawn Feb 22, 09:33 5
  - You're so perfect -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 09:36 4
    - This deserves an update. Home sick. Not sure what all is up but started back on Zyrtec last night. - Spawn Feb 22, 09:37 3
      - this might be a dumb question ('cause I don't know if allergy stuff is inherited) but any signs that Bub has or may have this same affliction? - JenBro Feb 22, 09:41 2
        
        It is possible. He has a stuffed up nose quite a bit. Too young to test, etc. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 09:42
        
        (wait - inherited looks like a wrong word choice) - is that right? -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 09:41
- in bed -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 09:33
remlik, yes. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 09:31 1
- ok I will look into it. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 09:33
Work Issue: I can't make this crap up. 2 attorneys are arguing over the definition of "Of" - Strongbad Feb 22, 09:28 3
- Wait till they get to "is". -- nm - B.Clinton Feb 22, 09:52
- In billing increments of six minutes, this is just one way to earn . . . - OAE -- aka OAE Feb 22, 09:35
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Beaker needs beer badly -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 09:27
The slow, sad end of the last house on a sinking island -- (link) - ty97 Feb 22, 09:25 2
- And a related news story -- (link) - ty97 Feb 22, 09:31 1
  - I feel bad for that guy. -- nm - decline Feb 22, 09:38
ty's post causes me to wonder. How many of the BP nominees have you seen? Is that number/percentage more or les than usual? - David Feb 22, 09:25 27
- 6, less, but I consider it a huge win given the baby. -- nm - Kelly Feb 22, 10:08 1
  - I have the ability to see Pi and Django again this weekend, but can't find the enthusiasm to see either. -- nm - Kelly Feb 22, 10:21
- 6, have tried to see others but hard to schedule -- nm - ceregon Feb 22, 10:03
- By the end of tomorrow, all 9. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:56
- 6/9 -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 09:43
- 7/9, no interest in Pi/Amour. Pretty normal for me. -- nm - Evita Feb 22, 09:40 1
  - you should keep this nick. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 09:41
- 1. that will change tomorrow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 09:40 1
  - Are you doing the BPS tomorrow? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:18
- 0. the normal now-a-days -- nm - decline Feb 22, 09:38
- 4. Much less than normal. - Diva Feb 22, 09:36
- 3. more than usual. -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 09:35
- 3. way down from, say three yeats ago. Hmm. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:32
- 4. less -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 09:31
- 1/9. Less. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 09:31
- 4, that is about normal -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 09:30
- 4/9 -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:30 1
  - About my average. There's always a few that I have no interest in watching, - Krusty Feb 22, 09:31
- 0 Usual since the kids -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 09:29 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 09:30
- I've seen 4 and may get to 5. That's more than usual for recent years. -- nm - pmb Feb 22, 09:29
- 0. Usual. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 22, 09:28
- slightly less than normal with 4 -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 09:28
- 7/9 (no Les Mis or Amour) -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 22, 09:28
- I'm at 0% which has become the norm for the past few years. - ty97 Feb 22, 09:27 1
  - that really surprises me! -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 09:31
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boom -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 09:25
I want to go to the movies. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 09:25 2
- Let's all go to the lobby! -- nm - David Feb 22, 09:26 1
  - I love the one theater in town that still runs this reel. -- nm - TFox Feb 22, 09:57

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