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WalMart to began offering domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples in 2014 -- (link) - amoxy Aug 27, 13:32 8
- Course, what they don't mention is that the benefits will only be for full-time employees. - Jim Aug 27, 13:35 4
  - Do they have benefits for part time employees. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 27, 13:43 1
    - a brochure on how to apply for food stamps and medicare (no seriously) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:43
  - are they still taking out secret life insurance polices on full timers? -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 13:36
  - exactly -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 13:36
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- "We admire their courage to buck the stereotype and be seen in one of our stores. -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 13:34 1
  - L3 -- nm - Inigo Aug 27, 13:36
"Sustainability Department Axed" seems like it could be a silly headline -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 13:32
looking at todays qually CL game one must say Greece is really bankrupt - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 27, 13:31
Scientists look at stretegic mirror placement in grocery stores to encourage buying healthier foods -- (link) - znufrii Aug 27, 13:21
Tuition reimbursement application: approved. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 13:09
How difficult do we think it would be to build dog-sized stairs or a ramp that allows access onto a bed? -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 13:01 57
- dog-sized for both a Chihuahua and a Great Dane??? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 27, 13:22
- Murphy does not have his own bed? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 13:12 16
  - Will is very short. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Aug 27, 13:16
  - LOL. He has his own bed (a papasan chair, which he has trouble getting up into) and a dog bed on the floor which he won't stay on. - kelly Aug 27, 13:14 13
    - *loves that you are fixing him up* -- nm - JenBro Aug 27, 13:16
    - does he have arthirits? -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 13:15 11
      - He has some joint issues (he's on glucosamine-type daily meds for joint health) but I'm thinking this is more hip dysplasia (sp?). - kelly Aug 27, 13:17 10
        
        Yeah our mini-Lab is having the same problems and has just taken to sleeping on the bed. - spamlet Aug 27, 13:26 2
        
        "sleeping on her bed" -- nm - spamlet Aug 27, 13:26 1
        
        We have a dog bed upstairs and one stuffed into his dog crate (he spends a lot of down time in there now - chooses to lay there rather than up on the - kelly Aug 27, 13:29
        
        speaking anecdotally from a friend`s experience, she tried this Blue Green Algae powder for her dog`s joint issues and said it worked wonders. - Andie Aug 27, 13:20 4
        
        Raw food diet? -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 13:22 3
        
        google it. a lot of people swear by it. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 13:24 2
        
        interesting - znufrii Aug 27, 13:31 1
        
        it is just providing the food they naturally evolved to eat. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 13:32
        
        yeah, that is old for a lab. the bigger dogs age faster. - groiny Aug 27, 13:20 1
        
        I mean, we don't really know his exact age, but we've had him for nearly 6 years, and it was estimated he was between 4 and 6 when we adopted him. -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 13:22
  - Without hands he can't pull it out from the wall. -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 13:14
- as an option you could stack up bricks. make sure you tie them together -- nm - marcel Aug 27, 13:08
- I made one. It took an afternoon. I'll post pics when I get home. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 13:07 2
  - Hee, picturing this in the bedroom..... -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 13:10 1
    - Oops -move that one post down..... -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 13:10
- For my 150 lb samoyed/pyreness I stacked a few pallets of different sizes to make steps up to the car deck -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 13:06 3
  - so get some stacking storage boxes to make a stairs, something you could use later, maybe slide under the bed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 13:08
  - Milk crates and zipties would be a quick and dirty solution. -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 13:07 1
    - Here -- (link) - TWuG Aug 27, 13:10 [Image]
- not hard if you've done simple wood working jobs before. Here is a sample of a ramp -- (link) - decline Aug 27, 13:05
- I was just looking at those in a catalog but can't remember which one it was. - Meg Aug 27, 13:05
- They make them. My parents had one for their fat dachshund to get on the couch. -- nm - spamlet Aug 27, 13:04
- I believe they make those already, for elderly people and such -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 13:03 1
  - And princesses being assessed for fitness to marry. -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 13:06
- half a day's work. i'm sure you can get the parts pre-cut at Home Depot or such -- nm - marcel Aug 27, 13:03
- How much does he weigh? -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 27, 13:03 13
  - 70 lbs. - kelly Aug 27, 13:04 12
    - Ah, I see. I don't think it'd be too bad to DIY. This might work? -- (link) - Kim Pine Aug 27, 13:07 11
      - That's basically what I did. Are you handy with a saw or know someone you can trust around sharp objects? - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 13:11 10
        
        (Don't say Nathan.) -- nm - David Aug 27, 13:12 9
        
        Heh. No, Will would be the one putting it together. -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 13:13 8
        
        you are hosed then. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 13:24
        
        Wait, what? - Will Hunting Aug 27, 13:24 6
        
        I think you were the last person on ST who saw where this was going. -- nm - David Aug 27, 13:33 2
        
        It reminds me of when Kelly said she was moving in. -- nm - Roger More Aug 27, 13:34 1
        
        *snort* -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 13:35
        
        i'll bet if you needed stairs to get to the refridgerator, you would bulld a diamond encrusted elevator. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 13:25
        
        Pffffft. - kelly Aug 27, 13:24 1
        
        in pink -- nm - marcel Aug 27, 13:25
- probably not very, but they're not that expensive to buy, -- (link) - znufrii Aug 27, 13:03 7
  - That's the one we've been looking at, but it doesn't leave the warehouse for 5-7 business days and we didn't want to wait that long. -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 13:06 4
    - amazon has the same one, available for one day shipping (if you pay for it). it's also at home depot, not sure if it's in their stores, though. -- (link) - b. Aug 27, 13:18 1
      - I'm not sure if you have Prime? - b. Aug 27, 13:23
    - petsmart has a bunch too -- (link) - decline Aug 27, 13:09
    - ah. - znufrii Aug 27, 13:08
  - (this was why I asked how much he weighs, but it looks like there are options that hold a lot of weight now). - Kim Pine Aug 27, 13:04
  - this ... or, yeah, as has been mentioned, I guess it depends a lot on the size of the dog -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 27, 13:04
- Lower the bed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:02 2
  - That's thinking outside the boxspring! -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 13:05 1
    - ha ha ha -- nm - amanda Aug 27, 13:05
Cory Booker: "I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I’m gay..." -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 27, 12:48
Texas Pastafarian Wins The Right To Wear A Colander On His Head In Driver's License Pic -- (link) - con_carne Aug 27, 12:45 7
- that's great. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 27, 12:57
- i just laughed reading this post. (not the story, just the post.) - Andie Aug 27, 12:51 1
  - Yup. The headline I used is C&P'd from LAist's reblogging of this -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:59
- License and registration please -- nm - state trooper Aug 27, 12:51
- Jackass. -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 12:47 2
  - ...and? -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 13:00
  - freedom is no good unless you can abuse it. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 12:49
If you don't like spiders, don't watch this. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 27, 12:44 [Image] 1
- my favorite spider gif. -- (link) - colin Aug 27, 12:49
Pretty solid fan made fake trailer for the Man of Steel sequel. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 27, 12:44
Worst post on B3. -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 27, 12:44 [Backboard] 8
- Good afternoon. Are you in need of any assistance today, sir? -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:49 7
  - Krusty, this is David code for, "I am ready." -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:54
  - Hmmm, I could go for a nice steak. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 27, 12:51 5
    - Cavemen hunt for their own dinosaur steaks, fraud. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:55 4
      - *throws spare at your oxygen tank* - Todd Manning Aug 27, 13:01 3
        
        No, see, *YOU* are Carl the glacial Caveman. I'm Russell, the well-intended boy who patiently puts up with you. - David Aug 27, 13:09 2
        
        More like your the evil corporate head causing global warming and killing off my people. - Todd Manning Aug 27, 13:21 1
        
        you're. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 27, 13:24
Illinois Govt Website recognizes Klingon as offical language... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 27, 12:41 2
- Of the state? majQa'! -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:01
- *demands ballot and voter information in my chosen language of Klingon -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 12:46
Here comes the BOOM. Nation's largest rocket to launch from Vaandenberg AFB tomorrow morning -- (link) - con_carne Aug 27, 12:40
Of all the travel I have done, and all the flights I have taken, I have only been to Dulles once in my life? -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 12:40
I thought that Katy Perry had a falling out with Dr. Luke a year or two ago, and that they would not work on her new album - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:39 2
- Were do you get these cray cray ideas? -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:40 1
  - Probably right here! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:41
I feel like I've had a headache since the Nixon administration. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:33 1
- I know what that feels like. sorry. It's maddening. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:36
Mitch Hurwitz says Movie, then Season 5 of Arrested Development -- (link) - amoxy Aug 27, 12:33
I admit it. I'm prejudiced against people that still use @aol.com email addresses. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 12:31 7
- there are reasons to keep 'em. - b. Aug 27, 13:40
- *pats his rocketmail addy* -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:56
- and Hotmail -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 12:37
- The woman who runs my local FF league still uses @aol.com - amoxy Aug 27, 12:33
- me too actually. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:33
- I had a friend that recently switched off their @prodigy.net address - oblique Aug 27, 12:32
- Right? -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:32
According to a Labor Dept study, what is the most dangerous occupation in the US? - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:31 25
- fishermen have almost always toppen them statistics here so i guess they do it there too -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 27, 13:25
- oil rig/field worker -- nm - colin Aug 27, 12:37
- ship builder. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 12:37
- Lumberjack (nm) - Brian Aug 27, 12:35 4
  - Unlikely. Lumberjacks sing songs about how they're okay. -- nm - Roger More Aug 27, 12:38
  - Loggers is #1. Here's the list - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:37 1
    - Boo, thanks for ending the game, Brian! -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:38
  - Get out my brain! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 12:36
- Cop? -- nm - Loyola Aug 27, 12:35
- If Discovery Channel has taught me anything, it's that Fishermen can die at any second. - David Aug 27, 12:34
- Drug dealer. -- nm - Loyola Aug 27, 12:34 4
  - I think they only count jobs with W-2s and stuff. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 12:35 3
    - money launderer? -- nm - colin Aug 27, 12:39 2
      - Assistant Crack Whore -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 12:40 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Aug 27, 12:43
- Firefighter -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 12:34
- Acid taster -- nm - Roger More Aug 27, 12:33
- Commercial fisherman (nm) - Brian Aug 27, 12:33
- Fisherman. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 12:33 1
  - #2 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:33
- Soldier. -- nm - Loyola Aug 27, 12:32
- construction -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:32 1
  - #10 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:33
- Miner? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 12:32 1
  - I'd guess that or some kind of off-shore oil drilling person -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 12:32
does anyone have a good pork belly recipe. I do n ot want to just smoke it & make bacon -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 12:29 5
- lardons (not to be confused with...oh hell why not...go for it) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 12:49
- in a pan, fried, eat with hands into mouth. - colin Aug 27, 12:36
- For something a little different, Vietnamese braised pork -- (link) - Roger More Aug 27, 12:34
- Make twice cooked pork -- (link) - decline Aug 27, 12:30 1
  - here a recipe that might be easier (I've made this one) -- (link) - decline Aug 27, 12:31
Whoa. Baldwin throws a paparrazi onto the hood of a car. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 12:29 9
- as an aside, what kind of name is Hilaria ? -- nm - decline Aug 27, 12:44 1
  - A funny one? -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 12:45
- How come he has different shoes between pic 1 and pic 2? -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 12:39 4
  - That's the paparazzi's shoes. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:40 3
    - GET OFF THE PAPARAZZI!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:03
    - He *took* his shoes!? - TWuG Aug 27, 12:43 1
      - Shoes are for closers, only. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 12:56
- That third picture is awesome. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:31 1
  - I love Alec's old guy shoes. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 27, 12:40

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