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it's the sugar. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:46 1
- I'm shocked at the sugar I see my friends' kids eat. so so much more than we had. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:47
Survivor spoils - Jovian Feb 28, 07:36 7
- The bummer about Shamar is that (spoils) - Jim Feb 28, 07:42 5
  - Totally agreed, and... - Roger More Feb 28, 07:48 4
    - sp - amanda Feb 28, 07:53 2
      - Sheeet, I'd let the lead my anywhere and everywhere too! -- nm - Jovian Feb 28, 07:55 1
        
        lol oops. should be on the new board! -- nm - Jovian Feb 28, 07:55
    - Ayup. Everytime he starts, he starts with a point I totally agree with. 20 seconds later, he's gone off the reservation. :) -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:51
- I'm actively rooting for (spoilers) - oblique Feb 28, 07:41
Message to groiny's butt: No means no. - Spawn Feb 28, 07:31
Good job IRS, good job. - Spawn Feb 28, 07:24 16
- Update: Will have to BUY them at Office Depot. - Spawn Feb 28, 07:39 5
  - why arent you just using a piece of software, like turbo tax, which will generate the paper copies, and efile the forms to the irs? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:46
  - Hi there! -- nm - Copy Machine Feb 28, 07:45 3
    - umm, no, the IRS wont accept that anymore. in fact, spawn maybe violating rules by paper filing them - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:47 2
      - 7 different bus entities with maybe a dozen each. Less if no corps required. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:51 1
        
        hmm, your fine then, but still, it would be easier to use software - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:57
- umm, those rules arent new. - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:38 9
  - I thought it was a 4 digit number, but nbow it is lower. It is $600? That helps. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:39 8
    - You don't have to send 1099s to corporations, only to unincorporated entities. - spamlet Feb 28, 07:46 6
      - Hmm. Well something has changed to make them run out!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:50
      - not quite true, but generally yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:48 3
        
        Such as? -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:50 2
        
        i think spamlet linked to it, mostly its - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:51 1
        
        Thanks. Both of you. Guess or accountant was speaking when they thought it *might* happen. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:55
      - See Page 12 -- (link) - spamlet Feb 28, 07:47
    - no. its been this low for a few years at least. yes. a couple of years ago the IRS proposed making a 1099 - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:45
nobody cares but I really need my sister to wake up. freaking time zones. -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 07:19
Haloers: How many of you have the Majestic Map pack? From what I'm seeing on it, it looks great for slayer and FFA (smaller maps) -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:07 16
- I wondered if they were for smaller or larger games. I usually only play swat, slayer and doubles. -- nm - volnelk Feb 28, 07:13 3
  - smaller. all smaller. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:14 1
    - Cool. That always pissed me off in the other games when I would download new maps and they would never ever come up bc of what I played. -- nm - volnelk Feb 28, 07:20
  - Seems that Crimson was supposed to be for larger big team, while this one is for smaller formats -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:14
- i do, played all three last night. - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:13
- Need to know this. Have not turned the thing on for a couple weeks. Need to know if I need to have the pack for Friday night. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:12 10
  - I need to remember to turn mine on tonight and download the updates so I don't have to wait tomorrow -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:16
  - we can play without it, but i think you would like the maps. - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:14 8
    - Oh, I wil get them, just not sure when I am going to have a chance in the next couple of days. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:25 7
      - Do it right now! Click here and it will download automagically :) -- (link) - oblique Feb 28, 07:26 6
        
        I have to get points and all that stuff ( I think). Or I have some points, maybe? - Spawn Feb 28, 07:27 5
        
        Dude, it shows you your points total online, then you can buy more of course -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:31 4
        
        ef- you and your peer pressure!!! - Spawn Feb 28, 07:35 3
        
        see this is why you just buy the map pack -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:37 2
        
        sfek. season pass -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:37 1
        
        Did not even hear about it until I had bought the first one. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:38
well there goes my morning. a bombermine mmo (loosely based on bomberman) -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:04 5
- damn you. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:16 4
  - which server should we play on? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 07:18 3
    - I can't, I've got actual work to do right now... -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:23 2
      - L5! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:25 1
        
        right? -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:30
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- Buster Posey's wife is suddenly terrified. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:49
- I expect Mauer++ to knock up his wife with triplets. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 28, 07:09 2
  - And they should all have fantastic hair -- nm - flavorize Feb 28, 07:10 1
    - Mauer's, certainly. Mauer++'s... maybe for about 17 years. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 28, 07:11
Fung Wah forced to suspend bus service between NYC and Boston after 75% of its bus fleet deemed structurally unsafe -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 06:53 4
- The post did a great expose on Fung Wah a few years ago. -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 07:01
- Even when I was looking to save a buck anywhere I could I never considered getting on those buses. - Mel Profit Feb 28, 06:59 2
  - used to ride them all the time - znufrii Feb 28, 07:17
  - i thought about it once. I was dissuaded. -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 07:12
If you're really into smartphones, you can attend Samsung's Galaxy S IV launch in Times Square -- (link) - oblique Feb 28, 06:53 5
- and if we're not? -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 06:53 4
  - You can go to Times Square for the local indie culture -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 06:54 1
    - YM Disney culture. -- nm - loosilu Feb 28, 07:46
  - Then pixie has invited you to his box -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 06:54
  - you can still go and make fun of all the geeks who do attend it -- nm - decline Feb 28, 06:54
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- Boy, they have a type, don't they? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 28, 07:09
- he has good feet -- nm - Rex Ryan Feb 28, 06:55
- heehee. -- nm - CQ Feb 28, 06:54 3
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    - we had a similar get together with friends for that draft. We were speechless. -- nm - CQ Feb 28, 06:58 1
      - I shotgunned a beer in reaction to the Bengals selecting Andre Smith 4th. And not in a good way, -- nm - volnelk Feb 28, 07:21
- poor krusty. he just cant win. - tRuMaN Feb 28, 06:51 6
  - The football gods hate me. -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 06:52 5
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      - He knew what he was getting into when he chose to come to Gomorrah. . - Krusty Feb 28, 07:14 3
        
        Wait, you're going to give up on the Jets and instead pick the Vikings? Krusty, please. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:36 2
        
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        Haha. No. Just joking around with ML. Sadly, I'm a Jets fan for life even if they keep treating me like s**t. -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 07:39
Sitwap? Announcer in Wizards/Pistons game last night mistakes an air ball for a game winner -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 28, 06:48 1
- (scroll down to "The Dagger Has Been Retracted" which is a great self-correction) -- nm - prayformojo Feb 28, 06:48
Where's spammy...just got word I have a review box of In The Game's Motown Madness set. - Jim Feb 28, 06:45 11
- Thanks for the heads up! - spamlet Feb 28, 06:52
- Whats the retail on that box with that breakdown? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:45 9
  - I'm seeing them online anywhere from $85-100. I mean, for every Gordie Howe, there's a dozen Rick Zombo types. - Jim Feb 28, 06:58 8
    - Did you pull the Yzerman piece? -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 07:00 7
      - I haven't opened it yet. Saw a pic of the Yzerman though...sexy. Here's a link with all the info... -- (link) - Jim Feb 28, 07:11 6
        
        That is sexy. I'd end up with effing Bob Essensa as an autograph. -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 07:15 1
        
        Heh. I'm really pulling for a nice Yzerman. As you know, I hate the Wings...but I've always liked Yzerman. - Jim Feb 28, 07:20
        
        very cool. Be sure to post your haul. -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:15 3
        
        Most definitely. I plan to rip and video tonight. With only 12 cards, that should be about a 45 second video. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 07:29 2
        
        didn't you get a box though? -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:33 1
        
        nevermind, reread -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:33
crash/trish! what was in the box? - tRuMaN Feb 28, 06:43 3
- Gwyneth Paltrow's head! -- nm - Ender Feb 28, 06:44 2
  - Stay away. Stay away now. John Doe has the upper hand. -- nm - volnelk Feb 28, 06:46
  - unless darcy ordered it for some vodoo magic, i dont see why. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 06:45
76% of teachers say search engines have conditioned students to expect to be able to find info quickly and easily -- (link) - ty97 Feb 28, 06:38 15
- What's wrong with the other 24% to not think this? - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:42 1
  - They may blame other causation than search engines? -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 06:43
- My son's answer for research is to "Ask Cha Cha" these days -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 06:41
- Data point: not just children. When I'm at the grocery store and can't find something, I'm annoyed that I am unable to Google what aisle it is in. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 06:38 10
  - at wegman's you can. we were walking all over looking for pineapple juice last week, and p was like, man, I wish there were an app for that. - amanda Feb 28, 06:40 9
    - That is *amazing* -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 06:41 8
      - what's even more amazing is that pineapple juice isn't with the juice or the soda. it's with the canned fruit. WHY?? -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 06:45 7
        
        because it comes in a can? -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:04 6
        
        you're thinking of peaches -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:09 1
        
        earworm!! -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 07:17
        
        it's actually in a plastic jug. -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 07:06 3
        
        that's just stupid then - znufrii Feb 28, 07:18 2
        
        it comes in both, actually. I needed more, so got the plastic (larger). -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 07:26 1
        
        making vat-sized pina coladas? it happens. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:33
- Only 76%? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 28, 06:38
Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes has a younger brother who is 6'7 220. He's an eight grader. This is the best picture I've seen today. -- (link) - volnelk Feb 28, 06:29 9
- *offers him a scholarship* -- nm - Nick Saban si Feb 28, 06:50
- Interesting that they don't mention his age. -- nm - mara Feb 28, 06:50 5
  - Only if he's not the age you'd expect an eighth grader to be... - Kim Pine Feb 28, 07:15 3
    - I actually still think it's interesting. -- nm - mara Feb 28, 07:25
    - how old is he? -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 07:24 1
      - 13. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 28, 07:25
  - excellent point. "he's failed thrice so far. he's 18." -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 06:57
- That brings to mind a conversation we had with a project manager in India when there was a big cat loose on the jobsite. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:33
- Just hear scouters are aiming at younger recuits...jr high in a lot of cases -- nm - budice Feb 28, 06:32
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- Dude. I think I missed an update. Did the ex-partner bring you down too? Sorry. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:31
- "Hi, I'm the wicked awesome new guy" is not what to say in a jail. -- nm - Roger More Feb 28, 07:29
- "So, you've been in here a while, huh?" -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 06:55
- ha, that's hilarious! -- nm - Rusty Kuntz si Feb 28, 06:51
- Everybody named Wang should just change their name to Wong, which is how it's pronounced anyway. -- nm - mara Feb 28, 06:51
- "Did you just Long Duck Dong Me?" -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 06:22
only 54% of 2006 first-time college students obtained a degree within 6 years -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 06:12
A bit old school these days but Angry Birds Rio is free one more day on the Amazon Appstore -- (link) - oblique Feb 28, 06:11
Not a current cup of tea, but The Very Best of Enya (Deluxe Edition) is only $2.99 on Amazon mp3 (24 songs). -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 28, 06:09 10
- The Best of the Goo-Goo Dolls? How many times can they replay Iris on the same album? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:34 4
  - "Name" is great! -- nm - con_carne Feb 28, 07:40
  - ugh. probably my least favorite song of the 90s. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 06:36 2
    - we are so maluna kayala kakua on this! I actually rerecorded that CD without iris on it -- that's how it lives in my collection. -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 06:39 1
      - heh -- nm - Don Homer Feb 28, 06:51
- So, it's overpriced by $2.98? -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 06:33
- Yeah, there's 2 country albums there I'd buy (Best of John Michael Montgomery and Faith Hill's hits) - Will Hunting Feb 28, 06:32 1
  - Dwight Yoakum for me. -- nm - CQ Feb 28, 06:35
- So is the Best of Depeche Mode (18 songs for $2.99). -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 28, 06:11 1
  - Looks like they added a few more Best of's: Van Halen (Vol 1), Pantera, The Ramones, The Cars, Green Day, etc. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 28, 06:18
If anyone gets znufrii for secret stalker this year, buy him this -- (link) - oblique Feb 28, 06:05
~but I don't want to live on the moon~ -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 06:03 [youtube]
LIR: spamlet. Yeah, the only machine with enough graphics power to play it was my desktop with admittedly a 9600 GSO nvidia (which is amazingly about - oblique Feb 28, 06:02 1
- Yeah, that's the problem. - spamlet Feb 28, 06:55
Jim, can we start planning your total solar eclipse party for 2017? -- (link) - oblique Feb 28, 05:58 2
- That hits quite a few people here. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 06:17 1
  - By 2017 we all should be able to do a hangout in our Google Glasses and enjoy it together (other than burning out our retinas) -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 06:19
Word. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 05:55 2
- don't click this link! -- nm - amanda Feb 28, 05:55 1
  - You made me click it...and it was gross and now I'm grossed out. -- nm - Jim Feb 28, 06:02

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