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Texting without looking sounds dangerous. I've only ever seen it done in movies, by qualified stunt-texters. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:31 3
- The Head Down Walking Texters annoy me to Dawson Like proportions - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:36
- *changes dictionary to Spanish, runs off* -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:33
- example: In Utah, I was out on the balcony chatting with Toto's roadies. with my other hand I texted my friends to come back to the hotel. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:32
"Faith" is on the radio now...I miss Eli Stone -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:28 1
- We need an evil earworm jar -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:29
for those on st that used the usedcarboardboxes.com site - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:28 9
- If money isn't a big issue, just go and buy boxes, ignore that talk below. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:34
- I'm sorry about this short time frame. If I was there, I'd help. I guess I won't see you on Halo this weekend :( -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 08:32
- can't remember exactly, but i don't think they deliver on weekends -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:31
- Call a local chain book store every morning and ask the stock room to save some boxes for you. They are free! -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 08:29 5
  - If the B&N you call has a music section ask them for little boxes. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 08:31
  - or call some electronic stores or any large chains. Get to Walmart before they send the boxes to recycling and grab a bunch -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:30 3
    - I always hit up the local grocery store for their egg boxes. - kelly Feb 19, 08:31 1
      - grocery stores are great - they get stock daily, and they have boxes of all sizes - but ask a stock boy, no-one else seems to know anything about it. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:32
    - walmart may have a policy - smaller places won't. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:31
Amazon having a pretty decent sale for Oscar-nominated movies on blu-ray. -- (link) - Don Homer Feb 19, 08:27 1
- nice, Starship Troopers! Every Oscar fan's dream movie! -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 19, 08:34
yow. i just found a really long blonde hair on my jacket. no idea where it came from -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:26 1
- Where's Andie? -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:27
Just Wooted. I think Jacen will dig the bowling fun. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:24
I just threw a coworker under the bus and I didn't mean to. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:23 8
- Hrm. Someone died recently on my bus route, because someone else threw them under the bus. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:25
- welcome to my world. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:24
- welcome to the party pal. -- nm - Roger Clemens Feb 19, 08:24
- You're going to need a taster -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:23 4
  - Ironically, I got ambushed at the refridgerator. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:27 3
    - Were you forced to eat more DeathCake as punishment? -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 08:29 2
      - No, thankfully. I'm pondering solid food today. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:30 1
        
        wpphoo!! -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 08:31
This morning, I got one of those email I suspect is not so good news... My goal is to read it by the end of the day..... - Guigue Feb 19, 08:21 3
- I usually read it right away. Tear the bandaid off quick. - Callisto Feb 19, 08:25
- probable read it when I notice it. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:23
- It depends on the sender and how thing have been going up to then. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:22
ovechkin's goal last night - was he already on his back when he hit the puck in? i can't really tell from the videos i've seen -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:21
Will and I watched the first 5-10 minutes of Tropic Thunder with the cast commentary last night (after watching the entire movie without commentary) - - kelly Feb 19, 08:21 4
- yup, I thank ST for mentioning how funny it was. - minor commentary spoils - Beaker Feb 19, 08:23 3
  - Have you watched any of the extra features on that disc? (spoils) - kelly Feb 19, 08:27 1
    - yeah that was awesome. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:28
  - That's not hard to do. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 19, 08:26
I always try to live by a parable of Jesus'. Paraphrased, if something offends someone and it doesn't hurt you that much not to do it, don't. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 08:20 5
- ... parable? It was part of the Sermon on the Mount. Not a story, so therefore not a parable. A homily at best. -- nm - Parable Nazi Feb 19, 08:28
- that's a really odd parable to me. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:24
- what about the converse, if something offends you, but gives comfort and solace to another who is suffering, forebear. -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:23
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- ... that doesn't help with the movie question. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:21
thanks everyone so much for telling me I'm nuts! it totally helps. -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:18 3
- I think of you more as nougat -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:22
- than a fruitcake. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 08:20
- You are marshmallow fluff and peanut butter nuts. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 19, 08:20
LIR: Mandy - I've been in this situation - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:16 11
- I don't know what to do. but since everyone thinks I'm being irrational, I might try to find a way to get the lead to her that doesn't involve me. -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:17 10
  - RE: Lead - I have done this too. - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:25
  - I thought the majority opinion on B2 agreed with you? - Roger More Feb 19, 08:21
  - I'm the biggest txt advocate you will find, but even I think you are being rational about it -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:20
  - once you've offered the lead, you're obligated IMO. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:19 4
    - I didn't offer it. I just said I needed to talk to her via email. -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:25
    - not really, if that person can't follow simply requests such as "e-mail me, don't text - I'm in class" - ty97 Feb 19, 08:20 2
      - Imagine on the job. Texting meeting minutes to the team. Useless. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:21
      - agree 110% -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:20
  - no way are you being irrational. Someone else's unprofessional behavior impacts on how people look at you if you recommend them. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:19
  - dude, I got called out of my cube, but I'm with ya. - TFox Feb 19, 08:18
poll: SMS-speak, are you for or against? I'm for. it saves time and as long as we understand each other, who cares? -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:15 51
- Rarely okay. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:42
- A couple abbreviations are fine, but generally dislike it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:25
- I don't like it, but I tolerate it in SMS. As long as it's obvious. I don't message much, so if someone use something too cryptic I may not get it -- nm - Guigue Feb 19, 08:19
- i do it occasionally, if my texts run too long. Or too save time, if in a hurry - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:19
- With phones now having full qwerty keyboards there is no excuse to spell in a 5th grade manner. -- nm - lileve Feb 19, 08:19 2
  - my phone doesn't. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:20
  - oh please, not everyone has that. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:20
- I loathe it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:18
- I don't like it, but I definitely understand the need for it. -- nm - Callisto Feb 19, 08:18
- For. I prefer not to use it, but in a pinch it's sort of unavoidable -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:17
- My opinion is that an inability to craft actual words is a violation of the Awesomeness Principle. - TFox Feb 19, 08:17 2
  - I don't have time to think about whether someone is justified to use it or not. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:18 1
    - I don't think there is much justification involved. An occasional lol i can handle. - TFox Feb 19, 08:19
- I'm not a big texter and I hate it. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:17
- SMS? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:17 1
  - text messages -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:17
- The only time it's okay is when someone has a numpad keyboard ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:16
- against. it takes about an eighth of a second longer to do it properly, and you don't seem like an illiterate 8-year-old. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:16 31
  - *high five* -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 08:22
  - we will have lemon donuts at the wedding of our respective views on text messaging (they're totally compatible). -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:18
  - only if you have a proper keyboard, though -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:17 16
    - with predictive text it takes me a fraction longer to write 'are you' as it does 'r u' - mafic Feb 19, 08:23 5
      - I've never seen a situation where predictive text is useful or time-saving. - con_carne Feb 19, 08:26 2
        
        it's 7 button pushes for 'are you' with predictive text, and 6 for 'r u' without. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:28 1
        
        but does that include the number of button pushes to switch between the two modes? -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:32
      - word to the up -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:25
      - I despise predictive text and don't use it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:24
    - Oh, it doesn't take *that* much longer! -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:22 9
      - I almost never did shorthand when I was using my Razr for SMSing ... now that I have an iPhone, I never do. - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:23
      - double the time, easy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:23 7
        
        When you use that autocomplete function (or whatever it's called) - no way does it take double the time. -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:26 5
        
        (ahh, predictive text. Thanks, mafic.) -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 08:28
        
        that function sucks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:27 3
        
        It is amusing me to learn that you can't handle T9. - TFox Feb 19, 08:28 1
        
        I can handle it. I just hate it. it is useless to me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:30
        
        more explanation: to use that, I have to look. Without it, I can text without looking. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:28
        
        Noted: loosi can't handle typing words. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:23
  - wanna race? saves about half the time, easy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:17 11
    - still, illiterate 8-year-old. and what's the rush? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:20 10
      - i rarely rarely text, and when i do, i spell things out. however, i know i've been texting illicitly, or my train is coming, and i've shortformed. - Andie Feb 19, 08:23 1
        
        I have texting turned off on our cell phones. Cannot wait until it dies as a form of communicating. -- nm - landbeck Feb 19, 08:24
      - guess we can't be friends then. :) - loosilu Feb 19, 08:21 7
        
        then why not do it here too? why not write work emails like that? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:24 3
        
        because here I have a keyboard. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:25 2
        
        it'd save time though. valuable seconds are being lost every post! -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:30 1
        
        as I've articulated many times already, it's about the numeric keypad. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:30
        
        so you can look like a grownup. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:22 2
        
        sounds kinda uptight. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:23 1
        
        It isn't easy meeting my awesomeness standards. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:24
- I loathe it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 08:16
- in a text I don't care. in other forms of communication, I do. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 08:16
I'm eating a bowl of candy (mixed M&Ms and Jellybeans), and a coworker said that it looked like cereal. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:15
BBC series Hustle (from the company that did Life on Mars and Spooks) picked up for 6th series and big screen movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 08:15 2
- I didn't think that much of the recent series. -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 08:18 1
  - it was ok. I liked the last episode. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 08:20
mmmmm $48 million....I think I'll quit my job now so I'll be ready. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:14
lir: Tru - I ordered from www.boxkits.com and got boxes delivered to my apt. overnight. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 08:13 10
- uhaul vs boxkits vs usedcardboardboxes - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:21 1
  - honest, I think st is right, just buy/find a few for this weekend, order them for next week, and then pack every night. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:22
- also, you can go to Uhaul or other rental places and buy moving materials. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:13 6
  - probably much higher, but I will look online. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 19, 08:16 1
    - borrow pixie's box -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:17
  - I don't know what uhaul's prices are like, but budget's packing supply prices were very high -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:14 3
    - I spent like sixteen and change there for about three small boxes, three medium, and maybe some tape -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:16
    - so buy a small amount there for this weekend, and get cheaper stuff later. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:16
    - *nods* -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:15
- *perks up* -- nm - pixie s.i. Feb 19, 08:13
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- tex me -- nm - znufrii si Feb 19, 08:12
- thanks, but I already have plans for tonight. - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:12 7
  - new york times pajama party? I knew it! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:12 6
    - It's like a Tupperware party, but for new modern designs of monocles. - TFox Feb 19, 08:13
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      - I really want a monocle and a top hat. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 08:14
      - damn you *laughing* -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:13 2
        
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        no worries, it happens to me all the time. - TFox Feb 19, 08:15
what if the first man's only solace was reading ST, and the family of the other guy was Amish and believed that internet access was Satanic? :) -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:11 7
- Do Amish use hospitals? -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:14 1
  - yes, my brother treated many Amish and Mennonites when he worked in PA. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:16
- So who is the Amish, you or Dawson? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:12
- *shun* -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:12 3
  - (spoiler) - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:16 2
    - Whoa, that is effed up -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:18 1
      - pretty much... -- nm - znufrii, scoreless Feb 19, 08:25
4 hours of Space Race on NatGeo. Good stuff so far -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:09 5
- SciFi should have a 4 hour Spaced Race ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:11
- How was the dinner last night, that sounded yummy -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:09 3
  - there was an accident with a pitcher of iced tea all over the kitchen floor that impeded the process, but she did an amazing job. - CQ Feb 19, 08:12 2
    - Mm! (that sounds like an idea I could steal...) -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 08:21 1
      - I'm posting this to lock in my autonick -- nm - con_carne has class tonight! Feb 19, 08:32

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