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Dzhokar Tsarnaev Posts Bail, $2,000, -- (link) - amoxy Apr 24, 10:52 2
- Sometimes their stuff just seems like baiting. -- nm - mara Apr 24, 10:53 1
  - Trolling? On the internet? Noooooooo! -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 10:56
TV PSA: Felicia Day returns on tonight's Supernatural. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 10:40
Antimatter results emerge at LHC - but puzzle abides -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 24, 10:39
Happy Matt Harvey Day! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 24, 10:28
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tart ABCD? ok. tart ABCD. we had a fruit tart for staff appreciation day. all in all, it was pretty tragic. what did it get *right*? - amanda Apr 24, 10:26 11
- D -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:33 4
  - (this is correct but trust me when I tell you that you want no part of any star associated with suite 223 tart.) -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:34 3
    - *throws up in his mouth a little bit just thinking about it* -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:35 2
      - the cookie crust was so bad I threw it away. and most of the "filling." ick. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:39 1
        
        that's just sad. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:41
- B -- nm - Inigo Apr 24, 10:28
- C -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:27
- oh man, I want something tart. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:26 3
  - you do not want suite 223 tragedy tart. trust me. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:26 2
    - I think I would very much like the tart in 223. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:30 1
      - laughing. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:32
Heh. A member just emailed to complain that one of our personal trainers was hogging a machine... - Dr.Vermin Apr 24, 10:24 4
- does this health club have more than one? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 11:39
- wow. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:35
- MLK and him, they're like this ||. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:28
- that treadmill is racist! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:25
Wow, the Gibbs team is getting hammered on Kenseth's illegal engine. -- (link) - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:24
These Jandy remote systems, while great for clients, are a pain in the arse. Tiny little toggle switches on the underside of automatic valves? I'm get -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:22 4
- getting old -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:22 3
  - Backyardigans would handle it -- nm - charlie Apr 24, 10:23
  - cranky -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:23 1
    - Now this guy can program his pool from the city, heh -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:31
Need glasses? Cool site has a "virtual try-on" feature...... -- (link) - CrankYanker Apr 24, 10:22 3
- I remember this French eyewear site that used your webcam. It was live and real-time. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 10:27
- not the 'home try-on'..........select the glasses you like first, then it gives you instructions to try them on using your photo. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 24, 10:23
- zenni has this as well. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:22
Facebook thought I would like Primal Muscle. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 10:22 1
- Sorry, I meant 'Pelvic'. Come on, give it a try. -- nm - Facebook Apr 24, 10:25
Lotto PSA: Both Megamillions and Powerball are over $100M now -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:20
Several times recently I have, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, said; "You may have heard that a few miles from here a town blew up." Until one guy in FL - GregW Apr 24, 10:17 1
- america's wang -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:20
prayformojo? -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 10:17
Seriously? Iron Man 3 is like 2 weeks away? I thought Star Trek was the big launch movie for the season. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 10:13 22
- i am most excited about Before Midnight (i am alone in this, i realize.) -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 11:01
- Not sure why the UK is getting both films earlier, but I'm happy that we are. -- nm - LMS Apr 24, 10:20 1
  - Empire, and all that nonsense. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 10:20
- May is frigging *loaded*. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:16 18
  - Yeah, two films are definitely gonna be $100 million openings. A third or even fouth are possible. - Inigo Apr 24, 10:23
  - I read this as "Mary is frigging loaded" and thought for a very brief moment that I might be rich. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:18 5
    - would that I had that power. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:29
    - or drunk. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:19 2
      - it's budget season. no such thing as drunk for the next few weeks. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:21 1
        
        HISSSSS Budget is a dirty word -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:30
    - No you are drunk -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 10:19
  - I'd have to go back and check but I think 20 years ago, that used to be July. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:17 10
    - July is pretty loaded - Despicable Me 2, Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim and Wolverine 2, with smaller movies like RIPD, Red 2, & Turbo -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:22 9
      - UK gets Now You See Me, Monsters University, Pacific Rim, Wolverine 2, and most importantly The World's End. -- nm - LMS Apr 24, 10:24
      - (but yeah, none are as high profile as Hangover 3, Iron Man 3 and Trek 2 -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:23
      - max should still go back and check -- nm - charlie Apr 24, 10:23
      - I think I'd say though that in the last decade, May has probably superseded July as the key summer month. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:23 4
        
        Looking at 1993, the biggest May movies were Cliffhanger (#10 for the year) and Dave (#16) - Roger More Apr 24, 10:28
        
        Spiderman started the push back from Memorial Day -- nm - charlie Apr 24, 10:27 2
        
        Maybe earlier? 1999 had Phantom Menace opening the week before Memorial Daw, and The Mummy opening two weeks before that (so it wouldn't get crushed - Roger More Apr 24, 10:36
        
        Twister started it, imo. -- nm - Inigo Apr 24, 10:36
      - Pacific Rim is the only one that remotely interests me -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:22
did spawnlik get their Man o' Steel passes at the walmart yet? - charlie Apr 24, 10:12
ST Rank these shows: Simon & Simon, Magnum PI, Remington Steele, A-Team, Riptide, other -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:04 40
- Nobody remembers CHiPs?? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 10:17
- Spenser: For Hire before most everything else. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:11 12
  - loved Hawk -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:12 1
    - aka: Captain Sisko -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:13
  - and I didn't follow it, but I liked what I saw from Stingray (which in my mind is a predecessor to Person of Interest) -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:12 9
    - (and oof, I watch a lot of direct-to-video, but I don't recognize any of Nick Mancuso's most recent forty movies) -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:16 8
      - unrelated: have you seen "liberal arts"? I want to know if I like it. -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:18 7
        
        I liked it very much which of course means you'll hate it. - Max Apr 24, 10:21 6
        
        I love your targeted reviews: " I think the flirtation is well above average for a movie like this" - amanda Apr 24, 10:22 5
        
        It is why I loved it despite its flaws. I can pinpoint two other elements I think you in particular will like but I want you to see them without my - Max Apr 24, 10:24 4
        
        I wish I could have a "save for later" list at the libraries. "save for after master b - amanda Apr 24, 10:27 2
        
        We use a Google spreadsheet for this. - spamlet Apr 24, 10:42
        
        ooh, English Beat earworm. That just brightened my day. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:31
        
        (actually there's one other fine point that I think people who know me would say "ah, of course" but again I'm not going to state it.) -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:25
- Miami Vice! -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:10
- Magnum, Remington Steele, S&S, the rest -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 10:10
- Matlock, Magnum, Steele, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, A-Team -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:09
- Magnum PI....Airwolf, The Equalizer, A-Team....................everything else. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 10:09 5
  - New list... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 10:10 1
    - New List... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 10:11
  - Hunter! -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:10 1
    - !!! -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:10
  - oooo, Equilizer, see this is why I did the "other" and your im is 110% incorrect -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:09
- Knight Rider, A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum P.I. and Airwolf, -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 10:09
- A-Team, Riptide. The rest I could(n't) care less about at the time -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:08
- Magnum, A-Team, Simon & Simon, Remington Steele, Riptide -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:07
- Remington Steele was the only one I watched. -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 10:06
- Magnum, S&S, Hardcastle & McCormick, ATeam, RS, Riptide....................................Ja ke and the Fatman -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:05
- blech x 5. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 24, 10:05
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  - *kicks your ass* -- nm - Blue Thunder Apr 24, 10:13 1
    - god no. just no. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 24, 10:16
  - Hell yeah! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 10:09
- Uh, what? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:04 6
  - right? -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:06 5
    - really? no Magnum love? shameful. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:06 4
      - "other" is confusing. I ... don't know what to rank. (we watched steele.) -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:07 3
        
        (catchall, as I couldn't think of a bunch, Hardcastle hit me right after I posted) -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:08
        
        Knight Rider! -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:08 1
        
        would macgyver count? (note: never seen an ep) -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:10
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Nat'l Geographic Traveler Photo Contest -- (link) - charlie Apr 24, 10:02
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- kill a chicken! sacrifice a virgin!...nm - x Apr 24, 10:27 2
  - (don't get those mixed up) -- nm - charlie Apr 24, 10:28 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:29
- The yellowface, it burns us! - Reagen Apr 24, 10:06
- right? newt and I just went home for lunch. it was *glorious.* nmbnsh - amanda Apr 24, 10:02
- worship it! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:02
5 shot dead in Manchester, Ill. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 24, 09:58 1
- ban public housing! nm -- nm - US Govt. Apr 24, 10:04
ST is car smarter. Is there a way to find out what the items are that are included in a " package". XL package vs a Sport package - etc - Epiphany Apr 24, 09:57 7
- Does this do it? -- (link) - mara Apr 24, 10:02
- Sites like Truecar.com and KBB.com will also have this information as well as pricing guidelines. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:01
- Will this help? -- (link) - TWuG Apr 24, 10:00
- The Jeep website or Edmunds would have it. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:00
- The main site should have all the info you need. Jeep.com. -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:59 1
  - of course, the Liberty is no longer made, so you might have an issue -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:00
- jeep's website should have it. -- nm - decline Apr 24, 09:59
Iron Man 3 is out tomorrow, I might have to miss TV night to go see it. -- nm - LMS Apr 24, 09:56 1
- but that is NFL Draft Day! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 09:57
Krusty I would definitely play up the angle you might leave if they don't give you it free. Is there a major competitor you could namedrop? - Beaker Apr 24, 09:56 6
- Time Warner or Dish. My landlord has Dish for his restaurant downstairs. I'm always nervous about threatening to switch. - Krusty Apr 24, 10:04 2
  - don't go definitive, just say they are calling you and you are thinking about it due to their offers but praise them about how you love their service - Beaker Apr 24, 10:06 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 10:10
- Don't play their game! Just get your tv OTA! -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:02
- Krusty, last month when I got the Genii, they were doing free upgrades for basically anyone who asked. insist for it to be free -- nm - peglegpete Apr 24, 09:59 1
  - I think I'll call them and tell them I want it free or I'll keep what I have and wait for Fios which is close to being here. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 10:06
David: I also liked Remington Steele. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:55 11
- I think we were primarily a Scarecrow & Mrs. King family, Remington secondary. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:02 3
  - We also watched Scarecrow. Loved me some Kate Jackson -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 10:08
  - This explains so much. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:06 1
    - I wasn't allowed to control the remote! -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:07
- It was no Quantum Leap...but still pretty good. -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 09:59
- Me too until the last season where they forced Pierce Brosnan to forgo Bond and do the final season - amoxy Apr 24, 09:59
- I watched it religiously as a youth then reviewed the DVDs later for The Trades. It did not age well. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 09:59
- Never trust a person who doesn't like Remington Steele. -- nm - LMS Apr 24, 09:57
- ditto -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 09:56 1
  - I liked the part where they lived on a boat with a pet alligator but I think the nerd with the orange robot was kinda forced. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 24, 10:02
- That's because it is awesome. Love me my Remington Steele -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:56
Year End and Q0 Forecast....done? - Beaker Apr 24, 09:53 4
- Q0? Are those the made up numbers that are given to management? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 24, 10:03 3
  - don't get me started on forecasting...we need these numbers NOW but no one will look at them afterward or compare actuals to them. ever. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:07 2
    - do you work here?? -- nm - amanda Apr 24, 10:15 1
      - NOW we said! Work late, weekends, whatever it takes....wait, why is a quarter of the finance staff out on sick leave? -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:30
Joffrey Bieber -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:52 1
- Needs more slaps from Tyrion -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:06

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