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sigh, of course, my move is not a local move, but an intrastate move - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:03 15
- Start doing it a little at time -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:08 1
  - totally, if you wait till the end, you're screwed. just do a cupboard or drawer or two every night after work. - Andie Feb 19, 08:09
- are you set for boxes? we used usedcardboardboxes.com - good price and tho the boxes were used (?), we couldn't really tell -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:07 10
  - pffttt. Call a bookstore like B&N every morning and ask for the stoock room. Ask for them to keep boxes for you and when to come by. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 08:23
  - thing is, I need boxes for this weekend, probably would not get here in time. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:08 7
    - most movers also sell boxes -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:13
    - I ordered from www.boxkits.com and got boxes overnight. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 08:12
    - liquor stores at home give 'em away. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:09
    - grocery stores - ask a stock boy. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:08 3
      - asked at walmart last night, they recycle all the boxes. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:10 2
        
        then you're going to have to come up with another solution. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:12
        
        well, ask somewhere else. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:11
  - also: craigslist -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:07
- My motto is "stop panicking, start packing". You've gotta pack anyway, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:05 1
  - not really panicking, just finding things more complicated - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:06
TT Poll: Thinking about catching a movie during work hrs today. Nobody would notice or even give a shit. So why not ? -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:03 7
- *clink* -- nm - stswearjar Feb 19, 08:05 5
  - oh, we're counting the s-word now? Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:05 4
    - That sucks... my ass is fucked -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:10 1
      - *clink* -- nm - stswearjar Feb 19, 08:13
    - I just think it's fun to make whoever it is keep changing their username and password. Hahaha, asshole! - Subversive Feb 19, 08:08 1
      - they probably just have a second browser open, especially for swearjarring ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:09
- In this tight economy, it's unwise to risk your job for something so trivial. So ... invite your boss. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:04
God must not like me today...My earworm? - amoxy Feb 19, 08:03 3
- mine is "You're So Vain". -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:08 1
  - That's OK, cause Jaggar is singning background vocals -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:09
- ugh... -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:03
Anyone care to spoil me on American Idol results last night? TIA -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:03 2
- spoils - Jovian Feb 19, 08:04 1
  - spoiler thought - con_carne Feb 19, 08:08
Excel Question Inside - Dano Feb 19, 08:02 6
- here is one way - decline Feb 19, 08:09
- sort by email address, then make a new column next to the email address - JaxSean Feb 19, 08:05
- here's what i do, but it's not very efficient - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:04 3
  - Instead of 'Yes','No' can I do 'Monkey','Robot'? -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 08:07
  - If you copy the column, then Paste Special and choose Values, it overwrites the formula. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 08:06 1
    - really? cool, i'll remember this! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:08
Randy the Ram's steroid dealer in The Wrestler arrested for dealing steroids after long car chase. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 08:02 1
- I'm surprised that he didn't toss them out the window, and that the cops gave him enough time to make a deal after the chase ended. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:06
From an e-mail newsletter: Shel Silverstein tribute CD is going to have a very excellent list of contributors. - TFox Feb 19, 07:57
Caught up on Flight of the Conchords this past weekend - Jovian Feb 19, 07:56 2
- Band Meeting. Murray? Present. -- nm - Subversive Feb 19, 07:58 1
  - oh so funny. the fact that he does roll call every time, just kills me. nm - Jovian Feb 19, 08:02
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- They are also available on iTunes I believe. -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 08:04 1
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- I kinda love short films. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 07:58 6
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    - I'd certainly like to if I have time. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:01 2
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        I hurt already. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:04
  - Me too. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 07:58
- I think they all suck -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 07:57
- What did you think of This Way Up (our animated short)? -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 07:57 8
  - I could only watch it in very low-res on the BBC website, but I did like it. I'm not so sure about the last 2 minutes though - Guigue Feb 19, 08:03 2
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    - Fair enough! It had BBC involvement, but I prefer the work the animators did for the show Monkey Dust. - LMS Feb 19, 08:02 3
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        Ahh, gallows humour (sometimes it's a coping mechanism and a way of avoiding serious issues), maybe it is a European thing. - LMS Feb 19, 08:09 1
        
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looks like TFox and I are trying to see how many losses we can have in a row. jeez -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 07:47 3
- i just got out of my -5 -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 19, 07:57
- Well, I'm doing it on purpose. Can't speak for you. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 07:49
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so jamie and I are fighting about something. I'd love your take on this. - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 07:47 49
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- I'd be just as obstinate with my own chosen method of communication. like if she texts, call back and leave a voicemail. - mafic Feb 19, 08:02 3
  - sms-speak is reality now. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:08 1
    - for idiots who don't know any better. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:13
  - we will lemon donut cake at the wedding of our respective outrages (they're totally compatible). -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:05
- She has twice failed to follow instructions, but you also didn't threaten any consequence for her failure. I would - landbeck Feb 19, 08:00 1
  - not following instructions? punitive measure? It's a classmate, not her child. - CrankYanker Feb 19, 08:03
- I'd be irritatated. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 07:59
- i would end communications until she contacts you via email or phone. she's not following instructions, which is a skill she should be learning. - Andie Feb 19, 07:59 1
  - (ps: if she had replied something like 'not at computer, can't phone here, will do later', i would understand, but, she didn't. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:01
- I agree with mandy. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 07:58
- How she communicates with you is her choice, but how much you help her on her resume is your choice. - Roger More Feb 19, 07:57 1
  - *ding* -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 19, 07:59
- She is not using her common sense. Not everyone can afford to be texting 24/7 -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 07:54
- she's proving to be pretty functionally useless as an adult. It's her resume, no skin off your back if she doesn't get it done. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 07:54 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:56
- it's a2noying a$ sh!t, K? - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 07:53
- If you're offering to help her, and she can't do the simple courtesy of responding using grownup methods, I'd just lose interest in helping, probably. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 07:53 11
  - hear hear ! -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 07:54 9
    - the second part of this equation is that the thing about which I paged her this morning is - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:01 8
      - I suggest you tell her you have a job lead & you think she would be a good candidate, and that you'd like to discuss it on email before making a... - Roger More Feb 19, 08:06 2
        
        If you tell her what it is, you're almost honor-bound to then go forward regardless. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:07 1
        
        OK - but at the moment the texter doesn't have a clear idea of the situation, and that's what I would want to give her before deciding whether or not - Roger More Feb 19, 08:12
      - I'd tell her that you have a VIP thing you have to discuss with her; that can only be done by email. If she fails to get back, you've done your duty. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:04
      - sounds like you're not being consistent, though. you're doing some stuff by text. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:02 3
        
        I told her via text that I needed to talk to her via email. I was notifying her via text that I had something to discuss via email - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:04 2
        
        I still think an important part of communicating is to convey the scope of consequence. YGMing someone about an issue that's private (yet trivial) is - landbeck Feb 19, 08:10
        
        I see. then I agree with the majority. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:05
  - Agree completely. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 07:53
- I hate that. I'd be annoyed too. What about just sending her an e-mail and ignoring texts from her? - Subversive Feb 19, 07:53
- she sounds like a Ditz but I'd still make her conform to the requests - Epiphany Feb 19, 07:52 1
  - if you don't want her to text, don't answer. if that's the only way she can communicate, and you don't like it, you can't be friends. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:53
- yeah, I'd be pretty annoyed too. -- nm - Callisto Feb 19, 07:52
- I don't think you are overacting. She's being lazy. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 07:51
- It's annoying, but doesn't seem like too big a deal. You're not harmed by her choice, just slightly inconvenienced. - pmb Feb 19, 07:50 4
  - since the general consensus is that I'm being irrational about the response, I won't ask the second part. thanks! - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 07:54 3
    - Yeah, really annoying. And let me add, that I think a completely appropriate response from you would be "I can't get into by text. Let's take it to - pmb Feb 19, 08:01
    - I don't think you're being irrational at all. -- nm - Inigo Feb 19, 07:59
    - yeah, that's a text I'd ignore. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:55
- that's too effin frustrating. I'd be pissed -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 07:49 3
  - seriously, how effin hard is it to make an effin phone call? She's using the same damn device! wtf? -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 07:59 2
    - simple, she could be in a place (like in class) where she can't talk. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:03 1
      - how about after class? -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:05
- I wouldn't help until you get a call or VM, tell her to call you or you cannot help -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 07:49
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- overreacting -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 07:48 2
  - sorry, i wrote this on the way out the door. - nubby Feb 19, 07:57
  - way overreacting over spelling. that's a lost cause. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:51
- sounds like you can't be friends. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:47
The Wire - $103 for complete set at amazon.ca (just ordered)...excited!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:46
Jack it seems like that short missed the opportunity to raise a tough question. Instead, opting for the O. Henry type ending. (spoils) - Inigo Feb 19, 07:46 17
- "And now you know...the *rest* of the story." nm - Paul Harvey Feb 19, 07:52
- I think that by making the man blind, the movie is saying "people who get upset over freedom of expression are getting upset over nothing" - Roger More Feb 19, 07:49
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  - I don't see it as ant-religious, but more anti-guts to follow through on a tough topic. - Inigo Feb 19, 07:55 9
    - To be clear. I don't feel offended by the concept, but just disappointed that the filmmaker had a chance to make something really weighty, and didn't. - Inigo Feb 19, 07:58 3
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        well... - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:02 1
        
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    - moreover, I don't know why you'd raise the question if you won't answer it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:55 4
      - to have your audience think about the answer themselves? -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 07:58 3
        
        making him blind cancels out the issue, doesn't it? -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:59 2
        
        it cancels out the question on both ends, actually. -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:00 1
        
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- Maybe they didn't want to ask the tough questions but instead wanted to make it an O Henry style -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 19, 07:48 2
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  - Seems like a tease though. Why make it such an incendiary topic as muslims/religious offense if you want a twisty story? -- nm - Inigo Feb 19, 07:50
let's pretend instead of a painting, it's a sign that says GOD HATES F*GS. - loosilu Feb 19, 07:43 15
- the whole point of the original question was that the subject matter was trivial -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 07:49 5
  - trivial to the first guy, offensive to the second guy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:49 4
    - (spoils) - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:02 1
      - wow - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:07
    - and in your example it would be non-trivial to the first guy -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 07:52 1
      - (and thus would require a completely different analysis to come to a conclusion. -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 07:54
- I think God does the YMCA dance every time he hears that song - Epiphany Feb 19, 07:49 1
  - I think of this as a great Monty Python skit. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 07:52
- Why should we do that since it doesn't follow the rules set in the original question? - Guigue Feb 19, 07:48 5
  - "Although the painting is truly and honestly offensive to the members of that religious group, members of most other groups (including non-religious) - Guigue Feb 19, 07:49 3
    - Ban Babe! -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 07:52
    - ah, ok. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:51
    - Should be under loosis's post below -- nm - Guigue Feb 19, 07:50
  - It totally does. it's very offensive to some people. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 07:48
- He hates cigars and pipes too. -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 07:46
Got an e-mail yesterday that Shaw is boosting my home internet from 10Mbps to 15Mbps, with no cost increase. Nicey nice. -- nm - Subversive Feb 19, 07:43
*narm* -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 07:41
LIR re: lotery - someone here in virginia won $250K in powerball last year. not claimed yet. the prize expires on monday -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 07:41 1
- Ya think they would just take my word that I had the ticket, but misplaced it? :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 19, 07:44
Canadian PSA: Lotto 6-49: $48 million Saturday night (tax free, lump sum). Tied for the largest ever in Canadian history. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:41 8
- I think I'll grab a couple tickets at 7-eleven tonight. Who knows, might get lucky ... - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:03
- I don't generally buy lottery tickets, but I'll probably grab one for this. -- nm - Subversive Feb 19, 07:44 2
  - Who can buy these ? You just need to be Canadian ? Or you'd have to live in Canada? -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 07:48 1
    - I think you just need to be in Canada. Not positive about that, though. - Subversive Feb 19, 07:51
- Win that and you could quadruple the size of the Canadian Military. -- nm - Redmond Feb 19, 07:42 3
  - *giggling* -- nm - The French Feb 19, 07:44 2
    - BOO! -- nm - Subversive Feb 19, 07:44 1
      - *surrenders* -- nm - The French Feb 19, 07:45
flip -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 07:39 1
- flop -- nm - John Kerry Feb 19, 07:41
Happy BLT Thursday!!! -- nm - Redmond Feb 19, 07:39

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