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my pet peeve - when you get a call a day in advance to remind you of a meeting. They go to great pains to give you directions to the building, - Andie Apr 24, 07:42
A pic of NYC from space taken by everyone's favorite Candian astronaut Chris Hadfield. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 24, 07:40 [Image] 7
- his pics are absolutely amazing. I hope they compile them all for a book at some point -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:45
- so weird seeing it at a different orientation than I'm used to... -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 07:42 2
  - Took me a second to get used to it. I had to turn my head. :-) - Krusty Apr 24, 07:45 1
    - Actually, it has all of NYC, even the Bronx and part of S.I. It cuts off the Rockaway's a bit. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:49
- Candia: amanda's favority country -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 07:41 1
  - I don't know who it was here who voted me "candiest" but I still think about it every time I wonder - amanda Apr 24, 07:43
- *Canadian* -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:40
Stay classy BMore: 13 corrections officers indicted in Md., accused of aiding gang�s drug scheme -- (link) - MDH Apr 24, 07:36 1
- we need a photo of this " Tavon" -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:37
Okay, Amy made me watch the end of this week's GoT. - Spawn Apr 24, 07:26 4
- wait a minute! Had you seen any of the previous 23 eps? -- nm - mud Apr 24, 07:37 1
  - I have seen some of the sex! -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:45
- *spoils* - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:35 1
  - I asked her (spoil) - Spawn Apr 24, 07:45
Watched a rerun of WWRLD last night, it was actually kind of funny - znufrii Apr 24, 07:22
Was Schweitzer term-limited as Gov of Montana? - Reagen Apr 24, 07:20 5
- Term limits. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:20 4
  - I really hope he runs for Congress. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:21 3
    - he is so my politics boyfriend. mmmm, brian. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 07:29 2
      - It's the bolo ties, isn't it? -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 07:30 1
        
        I don't even *care* what he wears. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 07:32
Spending the morning seeing where YouTube will take me by watching/listening to music. - TWuG Apr 24, 07:19 2
- are you just hitting recommend songs on the right hand side? that would be an interesting experiment -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:36 1
  - Yep. I'm picking the "oh! I haven't heard that in forever!" songs - TWuG Apr 24, 07:46
Professional Pet Peeve: Don't ask me a serious of questions where you're just fishing... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:17 5
- "Is dry food better for my bowels than soft food?" "Should I get clumping litter?" "Are feathers more fun than jingley balls?" -- nm - Cat Apr 24, 07:21 4
  - hey, are you still having facebook weirdness? because mine is worse to the point that I only go there play my scrabs. - amanda Apr 24, 07:34 2
    - *likes* -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:45
    - Not much since I posted here about it last time. - TWuG Apr 24, 07:43
  - I have had more productive interactions with beings that are ambulatory on 4 legs than this dude. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:26
Max: I watched "Detention" last night per your recommendation. - MDH Apr 24, 07:16 1
- Oh no. - Spawn Apr 24, 07:17
~Another piece of the puzzle, that doesn't fit. You throw your arms up, you're so damn sick of it~ - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:14 2
- ceregon? -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:16 1
  - BBJ's! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:37
SEC asked to require public companies to disclose political donations -- (link) - znufrii Apr 24, 06:59
Ugh, ika opened *another* server? - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 06:50 2
- seriously. my islands all used to be quite heavily populated. I'm the only one left on most of them. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:19
- agreed. that's one of my biggest complaints about their growth strategy... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:10
Are rice cookers and pressure cookers the same thing? I thought I heard someone on NPR call the marathon bombs "rice cookers", and found this -- (link) - mara Apr 24, 06:49 10
- rice cookers are vented to avoid any pressure build up. not what you want in a bomb. -- nm - zork Apr 24, 07:26
- It's probably a slang term they now use for it. -- nm - Bacon Apr 24, 07:25
- Not at all. I have both and they do different things and my pressure cooker is heavier and larger than my rice cooker. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:15 1
  - That's what I thought. It's an odd mistake to make, but I guess just a mistake. -- nm - mara Apr 24, 07:24
- different -- nm - Karl_S Apr 24, 07:10
- my rice cooker looks like this and plays twinkle twinkle little star -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 06:55 4
  - it actually depends. that same company makes rice cookers that use pressure to raise temperatures.... - x Apr 24, 07:28 3
    - I love mine (use it almost weekly). I call it my pokemon -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:38
    - I didn't know about these -- nm - zork Apr 24, 07:36
    - Ah, that might be the explanation. Thanks. -- nm - mara Apr 24, 07:34
LIR: Gatsby preview -- see the original film before seeing the ... - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 24, 06:45 3
- I hate to knock Redford, but the '74 version was bad. The 2000 TV movie with Paul Rudd was solid. -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 20:35
- I remember seeing it years ago in lit class and hated it even more than I hated the book. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 06:51 1
  - Yeah, it was truly awful. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 06:59
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- Yeah, that's amazing. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 06:48
- regular season, to be clear. pretty sure they lost such a game to the yankees in the ALDS iirc. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 06:33 1
  - yeah... the Raul F*ing Ibanez game (3). -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 06:35
Looks like the GS4 review moratoriums expired at midnight. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 06:25
Next generation of cell phones may be able to read your credit and debit card information without your knowledge....(link) - Walt_Disney Apr 24, 06:25
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- Three words too many. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 06:19
I'm about to buy tickets on StubHub for the first time. Please let this not be a scam. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 24, 06:14 8
- we've bought from them in the past. not a problem at all. -- nm - Diva Apr 24, 06:52
- Stub Hub's been around an awful long time to be a scam. :) -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 06:33
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- I've bought from them and never had a problem. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 06:19 4
  - A lot of the listings seem to have the day of the event as the listed day I will receive the tickets. Is that common? Perhaps just a default option? -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 24, 06:24 3
    - Are they etickets? It might just be the default for those. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 06:47 2
      - I love that the times I have used them they have actually set up a table near the event to pick-up the tickets. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:12
      - Nope, physical delivery UPS. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 24, 06:53
Seattle has "mico-apartments" which are becoming popular with developers and renters but not with the neighbours....(link) - Walt_Disney Apr 24, 06:04 52
- Trying to be Vancouver's suburb? Stories about these in Vancouver circulated a few days ago. -- nm - zork Apr 24, 07:28
- Seriously, is no one else amazed that they can get $600-900 a month for less than 250 square feet? That's appalling to me. - Jim Apr 24, 06:50 21
  - Why do you hate NYC, Jim? -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 06:58 9
    - and Chicago and Vancouver and Toronto and ... -- nm - zork Apr 24, 07:27
    - I know, right! -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 07:07
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      - I only posted it based on yours below. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:06 5
        
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        I'm not sure what our plans are just yet. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:16 3
        
        Figure it out! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:17 2
        
        I know, I know. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 07:18 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:25
  - student housing here is rented by the bedroom, right? there are six person apts in our new hives that cost $700 per person per month. you get a - amanda Apr 24, 06:53 8
    - I guess this is what I have to look forward to when my boys go to college. Good lord, that's ridiculous. -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 06:54 7
      - Not if they go to IU! -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:15
      - Not if they go to Columbia. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 06:58 5
        
        I realize they're only 8th and 9th grade...but I'm thinking, um...SLU! :) -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 07:06 4
        
        I didn't think about that. I'd imagine SLU's student rates are fairly high. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:17 3
        
        Actually, I don't know that they will go to SLU, they can try to be part of the exchange program with another Jesuit university... - Jim Apr 24, 07:21 2
        
        Oh, I forgot about that. My ex-boss's husband taught at SLU and I know her kids went to other Jesuit schools. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:25
        
        Stony Brook, here in NY, has an amazing marine biology department. Send Jamie here! - Krusty Apr 24, 07:24
  - not surprising at all. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 06:51 1
    - NYC, sure. Seattle? No way. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:01
- i think it's cool that they're changing the laws about livable space. especially since the Tiny House jerks don't get to gloat over not having to - colin Apr 24, 06:35
- I can't tell if it's the units themselves that the neighbors are complaining about, or the loophole abuse that's allowing them to be built with no - znufrii Apr 24, 06:32 2
  - I interpreted it to be the latter, and can see some issues. - ty97 Apr 24, 06:36
  - and, a 6th floor walkup's shared kitchen is on the second floor? that's messed up. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 06:33
- (Some) Density like this is exactly what we need is our cities. - ty97 Apr 24, 06:11
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  - I thought the micro apartments NYC was piloting had their own kitchens but now I'm not sure. - ty97 Apr 24, 06:12 22
    - I thought so as well. I hate them but I think they're larger than 10x10 and they have kitchens. We're putting regular people in glorified prison - Krusty Apr 24, 06:27 21
      - I think there is a place for these micro apartments - ty97 Apr 24, 06:30 20
        
        All I hear about are these micro apartments. I have a feeling it's a massive windfall for the developers and owners of the properties. - Krusty Apr 24, 06:38
        
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        When I say the city I mean developers mostly. They're working with the city to build more affordable housing. - Krusty Apr 24, 06:45 5
        
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        I would say they f'ed up by not stepping in when they saw the people being forced farther and farther from the city and their jobs. - Krusty Apr 24, 07:05 3
        
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        It makes sense. Sucks but makes sense. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:13 1
        
        I still mostly blame the people in charge for putting us in this situation and not market forces or capitalism. - Krusty Apr 24, 07:17
        
        The city sponsored the design contest, and is giving zoning exemptions to the developer. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 24, 06:38 7
        
        and it's being built on city-owned land -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 06:40 6
        
        With massive tax breaks and incentives from the city. - Krusty Apr 24, 06:47 5
        
        Here's something I wonder, that might be an interesting case study. You say "worst areas of the worst neighborhoods" - Jim Apr 24, 06:56 4
        
        The areas won't change since because the people that live in the city buildings around them won't change. - Krusty Apr 24, 07:09 1
        
        But these apartments wouldn't work in those areas. Those areas are crammed with families, not single people. - Krusty Apr 24, 07:11
        
        the affordable housing he's talking about is different than what's being discussed above. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 06:58 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:20
        
        My understanding is that the City *is* building micro apartments - ty97 Apr 24, 06:37
        
        where do people put their clothes? my *closet* is bigger than these apartments. - amanda Apr 24, 06:33 2
        
        No shit...you'd have to buy one of those vacuum sealers and keep all your clothes in suctioned up little baggies, I guess. -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 06:53
        
        My closet would make you cry. My closet makes me cry. -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 06:38
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1 more sleep till Draft Day! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 05:52 1
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Sorry Zach Braff, ain't gonna happen. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 05:51
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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 05:48 8
- blech. we have the worst "administrative professional" in history. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 06:38
- From my emails for Proflowers, I thought it turned into a week. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 06:16
- Also, Happy Secretary's Day! -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 05:59 5
  - we acquired an executive Secretary from one fo the other dept, she insists we call her a secretary and not admin assist - she said secretary involves - Epiphany Apr 24, 06:05 4
    - I am with you on the IM - ty97 Apr 24, 06:14 1
      - we had "staff appreciation day." look, as long as there's food... -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 06:14
    - If I ever called someone a secretary, I would think they have "less training" than an admin assistant.... - Walt_Disney Apr 24, 06:07 1
      - I know your IM has been true at the other offices I have worked at - Epiphany Apr 24, 06:19
April 24, 1184 BC � Traditional date of the fall of Troy. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 05:48 4
- thanks beak. love these. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:17
- yay!!!!!! -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 06:16
- 1918 � First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 05:53 1
  - 1800 � The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase - Beaker Apr 24, 05:54
Chicago fast food, retail workers plan strike today. Mcdonalds? Who cares. Macy's? We'll live. Dunkin Donuts? No bi AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 05:22 1
- I'm not saying they aren't right but going from $ 8 something to $ 15 - is a huge bump - Epiphany Apr 24, 06:38
Local NDakota TV Reporter who swore on his first day is on NBC Today. -- nm - budice Apr 24, 04:56 1
- has he dropped any F bombs yet? -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 05:46
@pewresearch While two-thirds of Democrats reacted negatively to Senate gun vote, more were �disappointed� than �angry� -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 04:54 1
- Yeah, if only there were some more blind emotion influencing this issue. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 24, 10:18
Drone Strikes Turn Allies Into Enemies, Yemeni Says -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 04:53
Playing Tetris video game 'fixes lazy eye', doctors say -- (link) - LMS Apr 24, 04:50
somebody say somethin - prayformojo Apr 24, 04:44 1
- Wake up? -- nm - JenBro Apr 24, 04:51
The worst job in 2013? newspaper reporter, edging out lumberjack and military soldier -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 24, 01:42 2
- step 1: set up obscure career site. step 2: make list with "reporter" as worst job. step 3: have reporters report career site.... - x Apr 24, 06:51
- Here is the full list of 200 jobs ranked... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 24, 04:55

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