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5 Mind-Blowing Ways People Solved Unsolvable Cold Cases -- (link) - Beaker Jul 10, 08:39
another Denver Bronco executive busted for DUI -- (link) - Beaker Jul 10, 08:36
i just saw a resume for someone with a first name spelled Felisha. - Andie Jul 10, 08:27 23
- don't go to oral roberts univ -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 13:07
- The first rule of naming your child should be "Is my child going to have to spell their name every time they tell it to someone?" -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 08:36 16
  - The first rules is "Does my child's name rhyme with any portion of human genitalia" - ty97 Jul 10, 08:47
  - It's a pain and mine is a common name and spelling. - spamlet Jul 10, 08:45
  - I had to call tech services this morning and I gave them my first name and they "how's that spelled?" seriously?? -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 08:43 2
    - "Oh, so you use the version without the silent 'Q'..." -- nm - Tech Services Jul 10, 08:48
    - heh -- nm - decline Jul 10, 08:44
  - "My name is Jennifer - spelled Ghennaphur." -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 08:41 1
    - I'm Fred, spelled "Phread". -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 08:41
  - that's a little too stringent, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 08:39
  - that can be a tough one though. I think I have a relatively simple name but I always have to spell it for people. - Diva Jul 10, 08:38
  - I have to do that, and my name is pretty much 3 letters. - groiny Jul 10, 08:38 6
    - people always mispronounce my last name. it is a common word. - Andie Jul 10, 08:40 5
      - I'll tell someone to their face what my name is and a second later they will mispronounce it back to me. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 08:41 2
        
        we don't have complicated names! -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 08:41 1
        
        ik, r? -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 08:41
      - People have the hardest time with my last name. They can't spell it, they can't pronounce it. Just dumb. - Jim Jul 10, 08:41 1
        
        West, Les, Wess, Less. - groiny Jul 10, 08:44
- 'Felisha' was a common spelling that I saw all the time growing up. Later it was stuff like 'Phyliciya'. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 08:34 2
  - did you say Fe-lish-a, or Fe-lee-sha? -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 08:34 1
    - the second. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 08:36
- Fellatia? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 08:28 1
  - Bellagio...whatever. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 08:30
I have been stalked! - Mel Profit Jul 10, 08:13 5
- Yum (the cookies!) -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 09:15
- oooh, I would love a maple leaf t-shirt. I'm part canadian because of you guys, right? -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 08:29
- Maybe OAE ? -- nm - Meg Jul 10, 08:22 2
  - Wha .a.a.a.? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 10, 08:35 1
    - From that state, closer to Canada than some Canadians :) -- nm - Meg Jul 10, 08:46
From BB's - the idea of an ST "chopped" -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 08:10 4
- I think for the rest of the week, have people suggest basket items - amoxy Jul 10, 08:38
- sfek - sounds fun! Maybe Kare could be one of the judges? -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 08:11 2
  - It's UGLY! -- nm - Judge Kair Jul 10, 08:13 1
    - "Hey EL, your meal stinks." -- nm - Max Jul 10, 08:20
~we don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair~ - Max Jul 10, 08:07
The NYT editorial isn't pretty today: "The Decline of North Carolina" -- (link) - MDH Jul 10, 08:03 5
- Sowing the seeds of their own destruction. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 10, 08:26
- Somebody told me once that - Strongbad Jul 10, 08:10
- Jeez. Doesn't sound good for the people. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 08:08
- They're really racing to throw under South Carolina. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 10, 08:06
- My intent was to not spend tourist dollars there anymore. The other 3 people I vacation with, out voted me. -- nm - TWuG Jul 10, 08:05
The Oldboy trailer is supposed to be released today, isn't it? -- nm - LMS Jul 10, 07:58
Senate Panel has advanced ENDA in a 15-7 bipartisan vote. -- nm - MDH Jul 10, 07:51 3
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  - I know. It'll end up another bill the GOP refuses to vote on, and will make them look even worse. -- nm - MDH Jul 10, 08:01 1
    - Worse only in the eyes of people already disinclined to vote GOP. - TWuG Jul 10, 08:04
Dan Patrick Poll: Who is the greatest DH of all time? - amoxy Jul 10, 07:49 12
- wouldn't that be our Don Homer? - zork Jul 10, 08:20
- Tangent: Where is Dan? -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 08:13 5
  - He is on Vacation. Will be back next week -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 08:37
  - DirecTV 101. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 08:15 3
    - (he has been gone last week and this) -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 08:16 2
      - Oh, didn't realize that. I hadn't watched in a couple of weeks. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 08:36 1
        
        Listen to him on the radio. Do not care for the fill in guy, so switch away from him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 08:41
- Kind of like trying to find the world's fastest snail. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 07:52 1
  - Do you go with the guy who sucked so bad at fielding that they could only hit, or the one who did play the field but was so crippled they could only hit... -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 07:55
- Frank Thomas. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 07:50 2
  - That one might be mine, though Ortiz is a close runner-up. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 10, 08:03
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:56
I'm not familiar with Allegiant Air - does ST have any opinion of them? -- (link) - Meg Jul 10, 07:42 9
- Their service appears to be in non-hub/ non-major carrier geographies. - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 10, 08:43
- Folks from here use them all the time out of Grand Forks and Fargo and I've never heard a bad word. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 10, 08:03
- My parents have flown them before because they could get from Fort Myers (area) to Knoxville non-stop. - ty97 Jul 10, 07:48 3
  - Why do your parents come to Knoxville? -- nm - David Jul 10, 08:16 2
    - How about a fair? Not just a county fair, not just a Europe Fair... -- nm - Roger More Jul 10, 08:24 1
      - I'll bet they're in the market for a wig. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 10, 08:29
- My Mom uses them to come up and visit -- nm - Bacon Jul 10, 07:45 2
  - SFEK. They are very cheap, but that does come with issues. Delays are the biggest. She had an 8 hour delay one time, most times it's a couple hour - Bacon Jul 10, 07:46 1
    - Ah, they made the local news here with their $99 Hawaii flights to intro the new service. - Meg Jul 10, 07:50
There are 30 people in the lobby at 7:30 this morning - amoxy Jul 10, 07:39
2 hours back at work and I'm already ready to go home - oblique Jul 10, 07:35 3
- What did you think of Millennium Force? -- nm - David Jul 10, 08:18
- That looked like a really nice trip -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 07:39 1
  - It was awesome. I'm not sure which I liked better, Niagara or Cedar Point -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 07:48
Apple conspired to fix e-book prices, judge rules -- (link) - LMS Jul 10, 07:24 4
- Apple didn't settle while the publishers did. They felt they had a strong case. I still wonder if they do. Watch for appeals. -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Jul 10, 07:30
- Half a trillion bucks just isn't enough for some companies. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:27 1
  - Greed to Read -- nm - Bacon Jul 10, 07:27
- evil -- nm - decline Jul 10, 07:24
We all realize that Justin Beiber and Miley Cyrus will someday be married and one will be POTUS, right? -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 07:23 2
- Because it's got electrolytes! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 10, 07:41
- and their offspring will rule the world -- nm - decline Jul 10, 07:24
Yet more wasted Afghanistan spending: US builds a $34M headquaters facility that will never be used - Brian Jul 10, 07:20
35 random websites you should visit when you need a break -- (link) - decline Jul 10, 07:20 3
- Ten Zorkmids and a GrUE pass for you. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 08:09
- picassoheads is great. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:33 1
  - looks like fun. The should have included Sporcle (lots of quizzes - good for boning up for trivia) -- nm - zork Jul 10, 08:10
Fantastic. Credit card number stolen. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:16 21
- On the bright side, I boobsed you yesterday. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 10, 07:42 3
  - The SEA DEF post? - spamlet Jul 10, 07:52 2
    - Heh, no. The number of postseason teams. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 10, 07:59 1
      - NHL FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 08:01
- Ugh. What charges showed up on it? -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 07:40
- That sucks man. Did the CC company catch it? -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Jul 10, 07:29 1
  - Yeah, they were all still in pending. A bunch of money mule charges it looked like. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:46
- Did you use it at Schnucks? -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 07:27 8
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:53 7
    - We had to get new debit cards. Luckily, no one ever did anything with ours. It has been a pain in the ass - Jim Jul 10, 07:54 1
      - Nothing goes to this card as we switched to a different card for our primary and just use it when AMEX isn't available (and online) - spamlet Jul 10, 07:55
    - Actually, probably not. They do take AMEX, which is our primary card. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:53 4
      - why do you use amex as your primary? I'm just curious. (hhi, 97.) -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:54 3
        
        I have the old Blue Cash card that's awesome. - spamlet Jul 10, 07:57 2
        
        wow, that's great. I have a no-fee blue that gets me 3% on groceries, so I use that at grocery stores only. - amanda Jul 10, 08:00 1
        
        I have to keep it simple for my wife (she hated when she had to remember which card to use where) so we stick with the BC everywhere. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 08:24
- That sucks. Sorry. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:19
- ugh. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 07:19
- crap. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:18
- Luckily, Chase caught it and it's our backup/online card (for this reason). -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:17
- they are all pretty good about getting this wiped quickly now. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 07:17
mandy, did you notice you have to do your carbon exchange by 7/31 to get the rebate? (keeping the theme) -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:03 7
- patryk (he got his; I did not) reports that there's a note on the mini cannister saying "take this to a store when empty for exchange." - amanda Jul 10, 07:08 6
  - oh wait. the exch has to be done by 7/31? you got yours? that's great to know, thanks. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:10 5
    - Yeah, I got mine yesterday. The rebate form says that the exchange has to be done by 7/31 to qualify. - spamlet Jul 10, 07:12 4
      - thanks, this is great info. do we know how much fizz is in the mini? (I suppose it doesn't much matter; I'd exchange it even if un-empty) -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:14 3
        
        I haven't opened it yet. Got home late and had a bunch of other crap to lug to work. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 07:16 2
        
        wait, then where are you seeing the 7/31? -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:18 1
        
        Sorry, I opened the box to make sure it was in there but didn't actually put it together. - spamlet Jul 10, 07:21
("mary, this isn't your own personal board!" sorry!!) have we talked about the biebs urinating into a bucket at a restaurant? -- (link) - amanda Jul 10, 07:01 11
- my Facebook is blowing up with pissed off people that he was photo'd with the Stanley Cup. - groiny Jul 10, 07:16 3
  - Just imagine if he tried to piss in that. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 10, 07:20 2
    - He would not be the first. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 07:27 1
      - I think the Keeper would be less likely to let that happen than in the past. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 08:12
- So, has he passed Michael Cera on most people's ranking of "person I most want to punch in the face?" -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 10, 07:07 5
  - I like Michael Cera. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:19 2
    - Oh, I don't want to punch his face. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 10, 07:22 1
      - Ahh. People seem to have moved on from him and are squarely focused on hating Beiber. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:25
  - when was Cera ever ahead of him for that? -- nm - zork Jul 10, 07:10 1
    - At least as recent as Scott Pilgrim. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 10, 07:13
- Who is the random guy watching him pee? He should have snapped a picture and blackmailed the hell out of him. -- nm - MDH Jul 10, 07:05
More FF talk! -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 07:00 4
- The Human Torch rocks. -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Jul 10, 07:27
- Well, I waswondering who went first in the draft mentioned on B2. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 10, 07:04 2
  - Gio -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 07:58 1
    - aka the RB from UNC that I was gushing over in the Fall of 2012. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 08:11
andrea, do they give you any indication as to when your power will be back on? also, - amanda Jul 10, 06:57 10
- cut it! i am on hold with Toronto Hydro right now. i hadn't called before because i knew it was being worked on, but i want an estimate. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:00 9
  - (the power station closest to me was totally flooded. also - more thunderstorms today.) -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:01 8
    - It's not on their website? Ours has an area where you put in your information and get an estimate. - spamlet Jul 10, 07:02 6
      - their website is -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:02 5
        
        saying 'this is not available right now' - they are f*cked really. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:03 4
        
        see? -- (link) - Andie Jul 10, 07:04 3
        
        that's screwy. I see that the subway now goes out to Islington but not Kipling still. My car is at Kilpling. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 07:07 2
        
        the very first west-bound train went from Jane while i was in Jane station this morning. their was chaos shifting the platforms around, but people - Andie Jul 10, 07:08 1
        
        (there) -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 07:08
    - this is my radar today. it's kids day at arts festival. I feel *so* bad for them. -- (link) - amanda Jul 10, 07:02
ty97, you could get a piece of plywood and glue some cork tiles to it. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 06:57 3
- or any vinyl tile, like so ... -- (link) - zork Jul 10, 07:04 2
  - I love love love this idea. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 07:12
  - I like this idea. I would look for something other than fake wood tiles but it should work well. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 07:08
Here's a creepy photo for you. An Asiana plane landing at SFO taken as it passed behind the crashed plane -- (link) - TWuG Jul 10, 06:55 [flickr] 4
- hey .. nothing wrong with plane on plane action -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 10, 07:59
- I had never heard of that airline before last weekend -- nm - zork Jul 10, 07:01
- Airplane Necrophilia -- nm - flavorize w/powdered sugar Jul 10, 06:59
- Ugh. Crappy, crappy first. Sorry. -- nm - TWuG Jul 10, 06:56

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