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The missing plus confirmed dead number is now 60 people in Lac Megantic Quebec -- (link) - Andie Jul 10, 13:36 10
- most from that musi-cafe place? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 13:47
- holy crap. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 13:42
- This whole thing is just crazy to me -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 13:39
- that stinks. -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 13:39
- Sad :( -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:38
- (also, dude, jokes are NOT cool) -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 13:38 1
  - that it was so sudden and that so many are *missing* with no hope of finding any remains is horrible. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:40
- That town's going to have ghosts for a long long time. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 10, 13:37
- ugh. :( -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 13:36 1
  - this. Also, I hate to say but I keep expecting they will announce humongous fish (like megalodon) are in Lac Megantic. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:39
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- Can be as little as an hour, as long as 24 hours. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:41
- 6-10 days. - ty97 Jul 10, 13:38 3
  - did you leave your colon in another country? -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 13:40
  - Are you just eating gum? -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 13:40 1
    - seven years. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:41
- the best way to find out is have your cow orker swallow a penny and check for the next week -- nm - peglegpete Jul 10, 13:36
- depends on the food. salads often show up in a couple of hours for me but other things take longer. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:35
- 12 houers dependin on what food it is -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 10, 13:35
- 24 hours. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 13:34
- I would venture to say no more than 24 hours. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 13:34
- 24 hours. Tell your coworker to go eat some corn -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 13:33 1
  - or eat more fiber. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 13:34
speaking of Unbroken, the lead has been cast -- (link) - charlie Jul 10, 13:18 1
- (who looks basically nothing like the real Louis) -- (link) - charlie Jul 10, 13:24
Krusty News: The Ultimate History of Sneaker Design -- (link) - con_carne Jul 10, 13:17 1
- the groom's teen son today had the skinniest legs in the largest shoes possible? looked like sticks in red sourdough loafs, i almost giggled -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 13:42
I have a slide in Powerpoint. I have text on the slide. the text wraps to more than one line. The second line indents. - ty97 Jul 10, 13:08 12
- in the last PP deck I made, I animated each point to show only when I clicked so that people don't stop listening and just read ahead. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:34 2
  - You should also make it play the "cha-ching" sound every time you click. That helps too -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 13:35 1
    - Yeah! *Great* idea. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:36
- it's the "paragrah" buttons you want. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 13:10
- use less words -- nm - decline Jul 10, 13:09
- but probably what you're looking for -- (link) - oblique Jul 10, 13:09 2
  - This is me kissing you for this answer. - ty97 Jul 10, 13:28 1
    - true - oblique Jul 10, 13:31
- Your text is too long. Rewrite it. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 13:09 2
  - There's not way four lines are fitting into one. - ty97 Jul 10, 13:22 1
    - check for extra characters like the "t" you added to "no" in that post -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:31
- can't you just hit enter at the end of the first line to make it a second line? -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 13:09
Damn, I need to find a way to get Ashlee nitrous more often... (funny, over share?) - Stephen Jul 10, 13:07 2
- Chicks on coke give good "___". Not sure about nitrous. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:08 1
  - nose? -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 13:32
ST Poll: When was the last time you ordered checks? Personal? - amoxy Jul 10, 13:05 22
- 35 years ago -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 10, 13:35
- 5 yrs ago, when I moved here. -- nm - kelly Jul 10, 13:25
- 3 dwellings ago. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:23
- I honestly cannot remember. I haven't had any printed since joining the credit union which was 2-3 years ago? -- nm - Qale Jul 10, 13:21
- A couple of years after Bill died when someone got pissy about me crossing out his name on a joint check. - Meg Jul 10, 13:19 6
  - last mistake they ever made -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:21 5
    - there still trying to figure out who would beat a guy to death with a megalodon tooth. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:30 4
      - they're still.. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:31 3
        
        she used the dude's trachea as her inkwell for the pen -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:31 2
        
        her personalized dice look suspiciously like the dude's molars. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:34 1
        
        she dials the phone with his index finger to save on pedicures. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:43
- 3 years ago. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 13:16
- Last month -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 13:13 1
  - *high five* -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:14
- 4 years ago. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 13:12
- A few years ago. I actually need to order now, but I'm holding out to see if I need them. - Kim Pine Jul 10, 13:08
- when I switched to PNC. I still have BoA checks, though, from when I ordered in feb of 2010. - amanda Jul 10, 13:07
- 10+ years. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:07
- 3 years ago. - decline Jul 10, 13:06
- Personal checks? I guess when we joined our new bank. 2 years ago? - spamlet Jul 10, 13:06 1
  - And we tossed a bunch of old bank checks when we moved. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 13:07
- last month -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:05
Chris Andersen re-signs with the Heat -- (link) - amoxy Jul 10, 13:01 1
- BIRDMAN! BIRDMAN!!! -- nm - Shaq Jul 10, 13:01
Aw, I want to swim with pigs. -- (link) - mara Jul 10, 13:00 2
- max is going to the beach in two weeks -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:05
- try the YMCA. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 10, 13:04
An Oral History of the 1989 Cleveland Indians -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jul 10, 13:00
Sitwap - Good News! Corpse-eating fly last seen in 1849 is NOT extinct! -- (link) - Andie Jul 10, 12:53 3
- well that solves our zombi pproblems -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 12:59
- Time flies like an arrow; corpse flies like a cadaver. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:56
- dignan will be relieved - charlie Jul 10, 12:54
LYC: Fox Sports 1's announcing crews for college football are being announced. - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:52
Apparently I have some sort of leak in my car. The passenger side front floor mat has molded. I discarded it. There is a slosh of water I need to - Qale Jul 10, 12:52 6
- big cry baby? - JenBro Jul 10, 12:56 5
  - If the car wasn't locked, I'd say it seems like someone took a water hose and just let it run in the front passenger floorboard. - Qale Jul 10, 12:58 4
    - air conditioner condensation? should drain under car but maybe the hose is blocked -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 13:00 3
      - Seems legit. I have had to use it quite a bit lately. -- nm - Qale Jul 10, 13:04 2
        
        you should also check the seals around the door frame - decline Jul 10, 13:05
        
        pfm, do you buy this? or is it a ghost? -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:04
Tsarnaev and Whitey Bulger in the same courthouse today. -- (link) - Diva Jul 10, 12:52
Jenbro...that's his monthly salary which does not include PPV bonuses -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 12:49 8
- RKO$ for everybody! -- nm - timPhone Jul 10, 14:27
- So, about 200k a month too high. - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:09 2
  - When you look at it from the perspective of him being one of the lead actors on a highly rated tv show that airs 2-3 times a week (not including - pmb Jul 10, 13:20 1
    - I can't believe that 10-13 ago, Rock and Austin were in the base $5mil range - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:27
- cena probably makes at least double that, maybe even more - tRuMaN Jul 10, 13:01
- It's good to be the Viper. -- nm - Qale Jul 10, 12:56
- I'm actually surprised it's that high as well. Does that include anything he gets from merchandising rights? Do those guys get any of that money? -- nm - pmb Jul 10, 12:56
- *smh* that's just unbelievable (to me) ... I had NO idea! -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:53
Regarding insurance rates rising, it's a business tactic employed across corporations. - David Jul 10, 12:49 2
- I think also (for insurance) it's much more prevalent in markets where rates are already high (metro Detroit here for example) - up North, where I am - JenBro Jul 10, 13:01
- Yeah, we don't do that anymore. - Kim Pine Jul 10, 12:50
Piggybacking on Meg's post: I'm sure spammy heard about this...the lady that fell off the ferry into the Mississippi...one of good friend's sister. - Jim Jul 10, 12:48 2
- I heard they thought someone fell but didn't hear details. - spamlet Jul 10, 13:11 1
  - *shrugs* People are just getting dumber and dumber -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 13:12
Found out this morning that one of my neighbors committed suicide last week :( I saw the emergency vehicles in the complex but - Meg Jul 10, 12:44 1
- that's a shame. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:49
dangit, i gots three bills to mail and only two stamps - charlie Jul 10, 12:42 15
- What are stamps? -- nm - Qale Jul 10, 12:52
- Online payments, fool. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 12:44 12
  - i do for my credit card, but i want to string the other vultures out as long as possible -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:45 11
    - so, do the payment through your bank the day before it is due... (or 2 day if processing takes a bit longer0 -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 12:47 10
      - the day of, usually -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:51 9
        
        doesn't your bank let you schedule the day of your choice? I thought they all did. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:52 8
        
        i could if i wanted to but i want to pay different amounts depending on what the balance is -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:54 7
        
        I don't have mine set to autopay. It emails me and says a bill is due and then I go fill in the amount. - spamlet Jul 10, 12:58
        
        you can change the amounts every time. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:56 5
        
        my due date is the same every month. it's just the amount that i choose to pay that changes -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:58 1
        
        that's exactly what I do online. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:59
        
        or he can just write a check every time -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:57 2
        
        Unless he is out of checks or stamps. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 12:58
        
        unless he doesn't have enough. But seriously, I don't understand how checks are any better. - loosilu Jul 10, 12:57
- Just put 2 of them in 1 envelope with a note asking that they forward the second on to the correct address upon receipt. -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:43
Anyone still looking to get Soda Stream? Brad's deals: $65 shipped - decline Jul 10, 12:41
George Zimmerman announces he has decided not to testify. Defense says it will rest. State says it has rebuttal witnesses. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 12:37 29
- Did they ever do the animation recreation of the incident? -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 12:40 1
  - The Taiwan company, or somebody connected with the trail? -- nm - mara Jul 10, 12:42
- For people who are watching the trial closely, what do you think the verdict will be? -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 12:40 24
  - aquitted, the state did not prove zim was a racist in profiling trayvon - zeitgeist Jul 10, 12:58 2
    - this -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 13:40
    - totally this -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:36
  - manslaughter at best, acquittal at worst -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:41 20
    - 2nd degree might be possible now that the jury has no testimony from Zimmerman to contradict the argument that he instigated the fight. -- nm - GregW Jul 10, 12:45 13
      - Is there any evidence that he started the fight? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:48 12
        
        the girlfriend's testimony about what she heard on the phone -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:51 11
        
        Ah yes, the "creepy ass cracker" girl. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:55 10
        
        Dude. Not nice. -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 12:57 3
        
        ???? She coined the term. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 13:20 2
        
        I am just joking -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 13:29 1
        
        OK, good. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 13:39
        
        ah yes, black people are liars -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:57 5
        
        What's next? Going to call me racist? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 13:00 4
        
        the words speak for themselves - charlie Jul 10, 13:02 3
        
        go play with your Jump to Conclusions mat - Strongbad Jul 10, 13:19 2
        
        so you believe her then? -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 13:25 1
        
        I'd need to review her exact testimony. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 13:35
    - Across channels, the consensus is that the prosecution has bungled their case. -- nm - David Jul 10, 12:44 5
      - Hurry up and finish this case so I can move to the Aaron Hernandez case! -- nm - Nancy Grace Jul 10, 12:53
      - How so? I haven't been following that closely. -- nm - GregW Jul 10, 12:46 2
        
        I have avoided this trial like the plague so I honestly don't know. - David Jul 10, 12:50 1
        
        IIRC a lot of them thought Casey Anthony would go the other way as well. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 12:55
      - i dunno. there is a lot of conflicting testimony and physical evidence. nobody will ever know what really happened - charlie Jul 10, 12:46
- probably a good call. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 12:39 1
  - From what I've read, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:39
insurance board! -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:35 3
- you just want me to go into my insurance rain man mode :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:39 1
  - time for Wapner -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:39
- I have the very exciting 'Fundamentals of Insurance Planning' textbook sitting on my desk right now -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:38

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