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Oh, this should be fun. UBS to divulge names of depositors after admitting to conspiracy to defraud the IRS -- (link) - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 06:56 8
- The Swiss don't consider tax evasion illegal. Max, you're moving, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:59 1
  - I call it "tax denial" -- nm - Max Feb 19, 07:24
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  - which side are you guys seeing, the bank's or the depositors'? -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 06:59 2
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      - yikes. -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 07:03
  - defending your tax-evaders......er clients? -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:59 1
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- If the problem persists for more than 4 hours, call your doctor -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 19, 07:01
Ooh, nubby's post inspired me so just go my credit scores and a tad better than I was expecting. - Don Homer Feb 19, 06:48 6
- Do we care about mine? - nubby Feb 19, 07:02
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- yeah, mine made me smile. - ty97 Feb 19, 06:51 1
  - Once again, ty97 gives me hope for the future. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 06:51
- did you pay for those? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 19, 06:49
cause st is smart, moving question inside - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:48 15
- Depends a lot on how much stuff. I believe some moving companies will give (very rough) quotes over the phone - ty97 Feb 19, 06:50 6
  - I got quotes over the phone. They ask about number of rooms, appliances, etc. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 06:59
  - most moving companies will come out, itemize your stuff and give a detailed quote - decline Feb 19, 06:56 4
    - I could probable give them a list, except for the number of boxes. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 07:00 3
      - you'll just need to estimate those. -- nm - decline Feb 19, 07:01 1
        
        then double it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:02
      - give your ex a solid date to get her crap out of there, or it ends up on the curb. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:01
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  - I got a flat rate. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 06:59
  - yeah, gonna call some today. didnt think about the bbb. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:49 5
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      - Diva and I can attest. It was the worst business transaction I, and I think she, have ever experienced... - Mel Profit Feb 19, 07:02 1
        
        I'm with Mel. you get what you pay for. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:02
      - there are a couple I know because of work related stuff. I may call them first. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:54 1
        
        personal recommendations from friends are good. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 06:59
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- :( sad all the way around -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:48
"You a Pothead Focker?" - amoxy Feb 19, 06:38 1
- " Are you taking the Pot?" - Epiphany Feb 19, 06:48
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- Wow. I can't imagine Indy fans are going to like that move much. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 06:42 2
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  - I think from the Indy contingent here, that it's not only known, but they accept it's time. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:43
Need ST's Help: each of us is tasked with coming up with 2 questions for the CIO. What should they be? - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:32 32
- Would you rather have a poop dollop brain or a poop dollop heart? nm - Dignan Feb 19, 06:57
- Spit or swallow -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 19, 06:55
- Cake or pie? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:48 4
  - Cake or Death? - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:49 3
    - "Were you responsible for the poison in my cake?" -- nm - Callisto Feb 19, 06:51 1
      - I like this. Mel Pts to you. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:52
    - Cake and death -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:51
- Nubby: I need a physics question! -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:45
- Sprinkles or nuts? -- nm - mrfuzzy Feb 19, 06:38
- If you were stranded on a desert island, what one book would you want to have with you? - mrfuzzy Feb 19, 06:37
- How do you manage conflict and poor performance. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 06:36 4
  - I'd be practically daring him to address me personally. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:39 3
    - "Well, Mel. I haven't canned you yet, so I'm rather lenient on poor performance. However, I love to stir up conflict." -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:55 1
      - I'm hoping he's forgotten my name by now... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 07:03
    - yeah! -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 06:42
- 1) How prepared are we to adapt to whatever government regulations are forthcoming in any health care remedies. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:35 11
  - *blink* *blink* Will went serious? - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:36 10
    - 4) If not a puppy, how about a chimpanzee. I hear they make wonderful pets. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:40 9
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        now we're talking... - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:43 7
        
        "I thought Xanax was supposed to mellow you out. Did that thing look mellow?!" -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:44 6
        
        is there actual footage? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:49 5
        
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        Just the 9/11 call where you hear the thing going nuts. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:51 3
        
        I can't listen. I hope this leads to a ban of chimps as pets. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:01
        
        I couldn't listen to it. I heard her yammering and changed the channel. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:52 1
        
        *sobbing* Just come over and shoot it!! -- nm - Xanax-Feeding Chimp Owner Lady si Feb 19, 07:01
- What's your password? -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:34 1
  - I like this. Here...have Mel Pts. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:36
- Have you posted your 25 Random Things to Facebook? -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 06:33 2
  - Or: Were you as outraged as the rest of us over Facebook's recent attempted change to their terms and conditions? -- nm - Subversive - VCP Feb 19, 06:43 1
    - that might actually be a good one to use. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:50
sigh, still freakin out. - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:29 6
- just start packing. I've moved in less than a week. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:00
- Think of it positively... - secretslacker Feb 19, 06:37
- Try to start packing now. Make a rule of a box a day. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 06:30
- can you get a month-to-month lease someplace to allow yourself time to find the 'perfect' permanent place? - ty97 Feb 19, 06:30 2
  - maybe, but I think I will probably just find a pace I like and move - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:43
  - Or a residential hotel - Longwood or something? -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 06:31
Being teased or ostracized in middle and high school shapes the sexual behaviour of young adults years later according to new study...... -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 19, 06:26
sitwap? (over-simplified? i'm not sure) flowchart mapping out what was talked about in last week's BSG -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 19, 06:23 2
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  - I liked the talkie. It showed that Ellen and Anders have acting chops. -- nm - Inigo Feb 19, 06:30
A blue whale tongue weighs as much as an elephant. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 06:23
Question about the Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice "crossover event" - secretslacker Feb 19, 06:22
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- I think after a season he had, I'd risk the arbiter siding with him and cut off negotiations. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 06:33
- WooHoo! -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:20
Okay, li'l help: How can I get *just* my FICO score? - nubby Feb 19, 06:17 10
- Thanks all. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:50
- Ask your bank or credit union. -- (link) - mara Feb 19, 06:34 1
  - Ah, I just saw your post below. Well, read the link anyway. -- nm - mara Feb 19, 06:34
- apply for a mortgage, ask them to tell you what your fico score is. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 06:27
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  - I got mine from myfico.com last month - ty97 Feb 19, 06:22 2
    - Yeah, that includes a report. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:23 1
      - yep, I couldn't find any way around that. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:26
  - I tried, but couldn't find just the score. Any tips? -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:19 1
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Regarding the Recovery.gov -- What the heck is "Protecting the vulnerable"? - mrfuzzy Feb 19, 06:07 2
- a much nicer term than "welfare"? -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 06:18
- Try telling a fish not to swim. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:10
My credit union is asking *me* do pull my credit report. That's odd, isn't it? -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:03 2
- Extremely odd. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 19, 06:08 1
  - Hrm. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 06:10
Lindsay Duncan (Servilia in Rome) has been cast in the 2nd of the Doctor Who specials. -- (link) - LMS Feb 19, 06:02 6
- awesome -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 06:11
- She's a big favorite at our house. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 06:10 4
  - she's responsible for the two most malevolent and frightening scenes in American TV in recent memory. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:21 3
    - She's playing Margaret Thatcher next too. -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 06:26 2
      - She can then add to the scary. : ) -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 06:30 1
        
        Remember in "Aliens" when... - Mel Profit Feb 19, 06:35
I wonder if this is what Rash Limpbaugh meant...Recovery.gov currently blocks all requests by search engines in its robots.txt -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:01 5
- which seems questionable, at best. Why block it? - ty97 Feb 19, 06:14
- I doubt he would even know what robots.txt does. -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 19, 06:02 3
  - I'm guessing someone told him the site was unsearchable. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:02 2
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      - You know...my thought is that nothing will ever be perfect for some people..."let's put it online" - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 19, 06:31
LYC -- I think I've narrowed my BSOD issues to memory. It is either a bad chip or a bad slot. More testing is needed. -- nm - mrfuzzy Feb 19, 06:00
Interesting article at FiveThirtyEight.com: Beer is apparently not recession-proof. The one thing that seems to be? -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 05:56 9
- Regal reported that its fourth quarter profit soared 30%. - Callisto Feb 19, 06:14
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  - Yeah, it's horrible. Here's the post with the link and info -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:02 [Backboard] 6
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      - I thought CQ was in the group too? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:12 3
        
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        Can't remember my log-in and I think I'll get everything wrong this year. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 06:31 1
        
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Ruby Tuesday's Buy One Entree, Get One Free coupon -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 05:53 2
- TGI Friday's Buy One Entree, Get One Free coupon (expires 3/1/09) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 19, 05:54 1
  - THanks! I need somewhere to take my dates! -- nm - Redmond SI Feb 19, 06:04
Rep Roy Blunt will run for the Senate seat of retiring GOPer Kit Bond. Also, Kathleen Sebelius is likely Obama's HHS nominee, part 2. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 05:19
38-33!! (lowest scoring D-1 game in 4 years, apparently) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 19, 05:04 1
- I listened to the first few minutes of this on the radio. The play-by-play was hilarious. -- nm - mrfuzzy Feb 19, 06:01
US fraud charge tycoon disappears -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 19, 05:02
"...speculation at MLB.com [is] that our [AJC's] story had something to do with Griffey's decision." -- (link) - nubby Feb 19, 05:01
Important stuff: Hoover's FBI had investigated the sexuality of Jack Valenti (then an LBJ aide, later head of MPAA). -- (link) - Don Homer Feb 19, 04:59 1
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This is just the best player on the planet showing off. Ovechkin with a ridiculous play last night. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 19, 04:59 [youtube]
Canadian reminder: The Wire box set is 65% off at Amazon.ca. - Dignan Feb 19, 04:40 2
- Where's my news? *goes back to stripping* -- nm - Canadina Feb 19, 05:53
- (Today only.) nm - Dignan Feb 19, 04:41
Blu-Ray 3-packs 65% (or more) off. - JaxSean Feb 19, 03:55 7
- Got the action one...that's a fantastic deal for at least 2 strong movies. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 04:19 6
  - ha ha. I knew you'd be picking that up. - kelly Feb 19, 04:33 5
    - It's even worth the okay Hellboy. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 04:38 4
      - Hellboy is by far the best of those imo. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 19, 05:01 3
        
        I enjoyed parts of Hellboy, but not enough to make it more than a B- or so. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 05:03 2
        
        Why did I think you had never seen Black Hawk? -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 05:13 1
        
        I caught it a while back on one of the cable stations. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 05:14
Today's Amazon mp3 special: MC5's Kick Out the Jams. Everyday low price: $7.99 Today's price: $1.99 -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 03:53
best post on B2, -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 19, 03:25 [Backboard]
LOST question - Gwaahjo Feb 19, 01:12 1
- none to the show itself. The writer of the comic has also written several episodes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 01:17
"indecision may or may not be my problem." -- i never know where i should post right after a board rolls. -- nm - b! Feb 19, 00:48
crash davis is a panderer -- nm - pigby Feb 19, 00:36 1
- A Boston bamboo eater? -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 00:44
hello. i've waited here for you, everlong. -- nm - b! Feb 19, 00:33 2
- ~Breathe out so I can breathe you in, hold you in. And now I know you've always been And now I know you've always been~ - Trish Feb 19, 01:03 1
  - :) - one of my faves from them, too. -- nm - b! Feb 19, 01:05

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