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Working in industry I do...I find it odd what people will sometimes name their restaurants: Between the Bunz does not make me want to eat there or - Capstern Apr 12, 09:16 2
- *trademarks Audi Burger* -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:20 1
  - nice -- nm - Capstern Apr 12, 09:21
Jim, thanks for the info. I'd read that they didn't hit the shelves until 4/9, but some people might've had access earlier? - Stephen Apr 12, 09:08
Augusta appears to be playing tough today in early-going. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:08
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hey kindlers, my writer group friend Nancy's historical fiction "The Crown" is today's $1.99 daily deal at Amazon -- (link) - charlie Apr 12, 09:02 2
- oooh, Tudor fiction -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:06 1
  - less posting, more buying -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:09
whoever told me, back in the day, that owning a house was the only way to go...... - groiny Apr 12, 08:59 47
- My dad haranging me to buy in the late 90s/early 00s makes me laugh now. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:21
- I am really sorry this is going this way but as a landlord I say, I am so happy to be a homeowner. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:10 2
  - nobody ever got anywhere being landed gentry, spawn. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:12 1
    - he's the hillbilly Lord Grantham -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:14
- I really want to buy again, but your horror stories weigh heavily on me. - amanda Apr 12, 09:01 34
  - My attorney to me: "You are making money on this sale, right? You are one of few" -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 09:06 2
    - But that's just because of when people bought and are trying to sell, not because real estate is by definition a bad investment. It's not. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 09:07 1
      - Sure, you don't need to make money in order for it to be worthwhile. - ty97 Apr 12, 09:10
  - I really, really want to buy again. -- nm - decline Apr 12, 09:04 1
    - Wanna move to a suburb of Chicago? - groiny Apr 12, 09:05
  - just found out that I have a plumbing issue, and the replacement part I need is no longer made. - groiny Apr 12, 09:02 28
    - it cant be reached from the other side of the wall? - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:17 2
      - the back side of the wall is my kitchen wall. - groiny Apr 12, 09:18 1
        
        true. what is the problem? - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:21
    - what is it with ST and plumbing problems? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:05 3
      - I swear, I could remake the Money Pit movie. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:06 2
        
        If you launch a turkey across your kitchen, I will buy two copies of your movie. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:09
        
        "Two weeks" -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:08
    - did I show you all the wallpaper house? I flipping *love* the wallpaper house. it's almost free, too. - amanda Apr 12, 09:05 19
      - Can we call your wall color 'Cool Ranch Taco'? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 09:07 3
        
        no. regular dorito. and, chew on this: I am keeping my hot pink curtains and I think it'll work. -- nm - amanda Apr 12, 09:13 2
        
        Can we call the room Dora? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 09:16
        
        *blink* -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:14
      - I will never purchase a house with wallpaper. Ever. - spamlet Apr 12, 09:06 13
        
        have I shown you the house? I so love it. -- nm - amanda Apr 12, 09:11 11
        
        it's not actually sold. it's OM. doug says they may be unwallpapering. -- (link) - amanda Apr 12, 09:12 10
        
        A lot of re-painting to do, but the spaces look very nice. - TWuG Apr 12, 09:18
        
        Relatedly, I've found it's very hard to find decent ceiling light fixtures that don't look like giant nipples. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:18 1
        
        what do you have against nipples, max? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:19
        
        I sorta love it, too. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:15
        
        I would seriously look in the front door and immediately leave. - spamlet Apr 12, 09:14 4
        
        I could almost live with it, except for the laundry room. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:14 3
        
        I just think about having to take it down and replacing it someday and shudder. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 09:17 2
        
        just put more up on top of it! -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 09:19
        
        yeah, it is no fun at all. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:18
        
        I was expecting to see the driveway wallpapered. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:13
        
        the people who owned my house before me wallpapered...... - groiny Apr 12, 09:07
      - you are my PBD soulmate. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:06
    - get a 3d printer! -- nm - decline Apr 12, 09:04
- I am so happy to be a renter. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 08:59 7
  - honestly, I don't know if I would ever buy a house again. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:01 6
    - The consistent horror stories make me really, really leery about buying. - Kim Pine Apr 12, 09:10 5
      - I think the only way I would consider it again, is if the house was less than 15 years old. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:11 4
        
        i've owned 3 houses. - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:19
        
        Yeah, if we do buy, it has to be a house built no later than 2000, I think. - Kim Pine Apr 12, 09:19
        
        That is a must. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:13 1
        
        My house was brand new when I bought it.....32 years ago :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 09:17
"Matt Kemp is upset and saying 'That's Fertilizer', 'That's Fertilizer'" - Vin Scully Apr 12, 08:58
Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope on this day in 1980 (new film coming) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 08:57
Bill Murray stories -- (link) - mara Apr 12, 08:57
It's Friday, so here are your Hotties of the Day -- (link) - amoxy Apr 12, 08:53 [Image] 5
- 2,1,3 (1 and 3 look like they're playing. Whereas 2 is screaming: yep this is how I roll) -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 09:00 1
  - However since I answered first, I get dibs :) -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 09:03
- 123 -- nm - J Apr 12, 08:55
- 2,1,3 -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 08:54
- 1,3,2 -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:54
The nerd mixer tonight involves karaoke. I have never done karaoke. DMS. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:52 25
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- Decide what range your voice is, then listen to some songs and find a song you like in that range. - con_carne Apr 12, 09:18
- Hall & Oates is awesome for karaoke. 'Rich Girl' 'Maneater' 'Private Eyes' 'Kiss on my List' ' You make my dreams' always get the crowd involved. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 09:01
- "What I Like about You" by The Romantics -- nm - landbeck Apr 12, 09:01
- something by GWAR -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:59
- All Summer Long by Kid Rock! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 08:59
- Like a Virgin -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 08:58
- Kenny Rogers, The Gambler. It is easy and people sing the chorus with. Also, not terribly long. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 08:57
- Here Comes Your Man -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 08:55 1
  - you have to pick a song that they actually have. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 08:56
- It's Raining Men -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 08:55
- I Kissed a Girl. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 08:55
- American Pie -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:54
- everlong is too low for you. Life is a Highway is a good pick. If you want to break the ice and get people laughing - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:54 5
  - IWS is good only if it's late and no one had sung it yet that night, IMO -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 09:19
  - Or be like Guy and do I'm Just a Girl. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:55 3
    - I may or may not have done "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" at firmwide senior associate work training last year with a girl from the Boston office. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 09:02 2
      - Guy lost a bet to Dawson. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:12 1
        
        We were very drunk, and it was only Senior Associates. There's pics on fb, we brought wine onstage. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 09:14
- Bust a Move. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:53
- Depends on you mood. My go to is always Talking Heads but could see Foo Fighters if I was feeling it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:53
- Something that other people will sing too. Takes a ton of the pressure off you. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 08:53
- something you know more than just the first verse and chorus to. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 08:53
- I Will Survive -- nm - Max Apr 12, 08:53 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:54
st poll - finances: are you " debt free"? house debt free? credit card debit free? loan debt free? any freedoms? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:50 32
- nope - house mtg for a couple more years -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 10:58
- I will pay off my car next month and then I will have 0 debt. (nm) -- nm - howie Apr 12, 09:08 1
  - VNB! -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:10
- really? :) -- nm - Capstern Apr 12, 09:07 6
  - 2 moretgages,1 car loan... - Capstern Apr 12, 09:13 3
    - so 14K on top of 2 mortgages and 1 car loan, and you are 750+ credit score? - groiny Apr 12, 09:16 2
      - Oh eff the credit score people. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:20
      - Yup. It was higher than I expected when they showed it to me. I thought I was around 700... - Capstern Apr 12, 09:18
  - you should really have your own Credit Score rating. - groiny Apr 12, 09:08 1
    - My credit score is 774 btw :) -- nm - Capstern Apr 12, 09:09
- Mortgage and car leases. Everything else gets paid off monthly. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 09:06
- I have a mortgage. -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:04
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- No debt, but no house etc (renter) -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 09:02
- I'm sharing the mortgage on a house I don't own and I don't live in. Other than that, maybe $3000 debt on a credit car, so I'm good. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:59
- Just some credit cards that we are trying to pay down, might have a mortgage later this year - J Apr 12, 08:57
- student loan debt. zero-interest credit card from buying my bed. not the worst. not the best. -- nm - amanda Apr 12, 08:57 1
  - oh, and I owe $1233.96 on the beetle. it'll be paid off in three months. -- nm - amanda Apr 12, 09:06
- currently credit card debit free and car payment free - all about to change. *anti woot* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:57
- one credit card, 300 dolla balance. Cars, Underwater Mortgage, Medical Bills, good times. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 08:56
- Except for current dental work...yes. And that's only a debt because they offered me 12 months no interest :) - Meg Apr 12, 08:55
- hahahahaha - charlie Apr 12, 08:54
- No credit card or other debt except my mortgage. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 08:54
- Yes. -- nm - TWuG Apr 12, 08:53
- just a mortgage as we pay off the cc everymonth -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:53
- No student loans any more, but I'm about to get married and get a bunch back. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 08:52
- I pay of my cards each month. I have a mortgage for 12 more days. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:52 1
  - As a result, I view myself as debt-free -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:53
- I have a mortgage. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 08:52
- no. I am an american. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:51
- I have no house or car loan, but I do have a small personal loan I'm paying off. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 08:51
- No. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 08:50
boston.com Love Letters - Feelings For A Friend - Diva Apr 12, 08:50 15
- fucking douche bag you are. Poor Rachel -- nm - CQ Apr 12, 09:15
- "practically dating"? What the heck is this? Dude, does she even know you exist? -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 09:01
- "she was blown away by how" willing you were to wear that bridle. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:00
- "whip it out" -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:58
- yeah, you're the real catch -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 08:56 6
  - I know right? after that letter I don't want to date him - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:58 5
    - he's the a'hole who always bitches that he's a "nice guy" - charlie Apr 12, 09:00 3
      - agreed. - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:04 1
        
        ha!! -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:05
      - but pixie, he has a very respectable job. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 09:01
    - doesn't he sound like a huge drip? -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 09:00
- You are in the Friend Zone. sorry. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 08:54
- grow a pair -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:52
- dude, she just not that into you. also: she's sleeping with the Doorman -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:52
- ugh, Five Paragraph Dater -- nm - Max Apr 12, 08:52
Someone explain to me this photograph in the context of the story? -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:48 3
- The dude in the middle is clearly gay? -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:49 2
  - *SNORK!* -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:49 1
    - Holmes logic at work. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:50
Pippy, take a look at the Jeep Liberty diesels. #oneofus -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 08:46 2
- I sure will - SM is very excited about the diesel ones. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:48 1
  - I actually don't really know anything about them. I just get excited when a non-pickup truck gets released as a diesel. - spamlet Apr 12, 08:51
SLU's interim basketball coach is getting a multi-year deal with the school per local reports. - spamlet Apr 12, 08:45
the straight relatives were kicked out too...unless I misread -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:43 10
- Ah, for some reason I thought we didn't know if that was the case. Thanks. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 08:52 1
  - (I could be wrong, don't take my comment as gospal) -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:53
- Yeah, can I get a clarification on this? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:49
- guilt by association. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 08:48
- Couldn't we have left this back there? -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 08:45 3
  - Hell no! I just got here! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 12, 08:48
  - are you new here? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 08:48
  - *dusts off his Shit Disturber of the Year award from university* -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:46
- But not because they were gay.. er.. straight. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 12, 08:45 1
  - In a round about way it was! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 08:46
tartlets. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 08:43 1
- the word has lost all meaning -- nm - John Lovitz Apr 12, 08:44

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