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The Voice: You know sometimes I think Blake is the only one that understands that a MASSIVE part of the voting and - Capstern Nov 6, 08:49
Trophy Wife was great last night - Jovian Nov 6, 08:40 9
- I like it a lot (haven't watched last night's yet). -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 6, 08:55 1
  - last nights was one of the best yet for sure. -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 08:56
- Dads is not great but I cant seem to stop watching it - the pot off ep was hilarious and I like Seth Green -- nm - Capstern Nov 6, 08:51
- According to last nights ratings your one of the few -- (link) - eag Nov 6, 08:41 4
  - yea ABC Tuesday are in trouble. They need to move TW and TG to Wednesdays stat - Jovian Nov 6, 08:46
  - I was shocked it was picked up for a full season given the ratings. It's either really cheap or ABC has nothing in the cupboard. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 08:43 2
    - According to some tv critics I've read, it was *just* barely above the Mendoza line. But *just*. (We like the show.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 08:49 1
      - I have the season recorded but have been holding off until it goes one way or the other. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 08:51
- I watched one episode, it was ok. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:41
you know it occurs to me ... States that have the pot tax - if it goes like I think it will - the money could wind up doing more than lotto money for - JenBro Nov 6, 08:39 1
- Exactly. It should really pump up the coffers of those cities and states. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:42
9 secret storefronts in NYC -- (link) - znufrii Nov 6, 08:37 6
- Very cool -- nm - Colin SI Nov 6, 09:02 1
  - I don't get jokes about me sometimes... -- nm - colin Nov 6, 10:38
- I want to open one of these places. Like right now. -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:48 1
  - IKR? I love all of those. -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:50
- I've been to no.4, so 8 more to go! -- nm - LMS Nov 6, 08:46
- Okay, Ilove this. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:38
I drove today. HSS? or salad lunch? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 6, 08:34 3
- Soup -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 09:04
- what's the temperature out? if cool - HSS - if unseasonably warm - Salad -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 08:40
- both! -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:36
Speaking of: The guy in front of me at the bodega this morning bought a pack (*pack*) of cigarettes for $12.50 -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 08:31 36
- the whole vapor bar business is booming out here and the vapor e cigs -- nm - Capstern Nov 6, 08:51
- just imagine if 100% of that went into health care and cancer research. -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:46 1
  - or at least 100% of the taxes -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:46
- I wonder what a pack of Dunhills cost in NYC. On occasion that was my ciggie of choice. -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:45 2
  - Close to $20 -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:47 1
    - dang. -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:53
- they're going up by $5.25/pack here over the next 2 years. they'll apparently be "well over $20/pack." -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 08:43
- I can get blown for the cost of 2 packs of smokes. - groiny Nov 6, 08:38 2
  - Having to pay for it now? You're off your game, Groiny. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 08:39 1
    - I can cook at home anytime, sometimes I like to eat out. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:39
- Saw this on Reddit recently -- (link) - con_carne Nov 6, 08:37 [Image]
- Yeah, I'm quite happy I'm done wasting so much cash for cancer. Prices are ridiculous. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:34 19
  - maybe if they weren't buying cigarettes all the time, they wouldn't be so poor. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 08:35 18
    - Also, being poor sucks, and having a cigarette is one of the cheapest forms of pleasure possible. -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 08:53
    - Addiction sucks -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:36 16
      - well, there's places to go where you can get help to quit, if you really want to. - znufrii Nov 6, 08:37 15
        
        If only they worked. Around 3% of people that use the patch or gum quit. You should know, quitting is one of the most difficult things for people to - Krusty Nov 6, 08:40 14
        
        Spend a week in hospital with a pulmonary embolism and you'll quit...... - Meg Nov 6, 08:43 1
        
        that only works with some people. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:43
        
        I will quit when they are 15 bucks a pack....... - random smoker Nov 6, 08:42 4
        
        so true for most -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:51
        
        they upped the taxes here by 25% in 2010, and consumption dropped by ~10%. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 08:49 2
        
        Krusty's point notwithstanding, the same thing had happened in NYC, over several rounds of price increases and restrictions. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 08:52 1
        
        adult smoking rate in NYC dropped for 22% in 2002, to 14% in 2010 -- (link) - znufrii Nov 6, 08:54
        
        it's more like 25% -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:41 6
        
        I've never read or heard a number that high. I've never heard it get it double digits. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:46 5
        
        hmm. I wonder if they don't consider the patch drug therapy. Here, cancer.org says it -- (link) - decline Nov 6, 08:48 1
        
        I wish they'd link to those reports. I don't trust statements like that. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:50
        
        IMO, it is mostly a mental thing. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:47 2
        
        Yes, it's not as much physical as mental but it's as difficult to quit as hard drugs. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:48 1
        
        how much of that is the person really wanting to quit though? - groiny Nov 6, 08:49
- that's cheap for NYC - znufrii Nov 6, 08:33
- Cheaper than a gun. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:32 3
  - How. Say pack a day, 300 days a year. -- nm - Truman Nov 6, 08:34 2
    - Meant the single pack, obvie. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:36 1
      - Ok. But usually no one just buys one pack over time - Truman Nov 6, 08:37
At a conference. A Federal agency talking about doing "less with less" instead of "less with more" - Truman Nov 6, 08:29
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- I think I just... I need to go change my pants. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:44
- Star Wars is dumb. -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:39
- also, two powerful Jedi couldn't leap that far all at once? To say nothing of Force lifting him out? Not to mention all the other things people below - Mel Profit Nov 6, 08:38
- Yes, because going over a large waterfall in a movie always means death. - Inigo Nov 6, 08:33
- OK so an aquatic species that cant dive in and swim...lol -- nm - Capstern Nov 6, 08:32 2
  - also, how did they get up there? -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 08:33 1
    - hey you dont KNOW they didnt just pop up from a hole in the bottom...er nvm -- nm - Capstern Nov 6, 08:35
- lol, even I feel sorry for Jar Jar there. -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 08:31
- man, Qui-gon is an *asshole*. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 08:30
It's going to be an interesting month in Cincinnati. New mayor vs old mayor and ideas that have already been paid for and started. - volnelk Nov 6, 08:21 1
- Sounds like fun. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 08:23
Spotify Game: Blondie! What are the Top 10 most popular tracks by Blondie on Spotify? - con_carne Nov 6, 08:19 39
- Game over. Thanks for playing! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:35
- Dreaming -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 08:30 4
  - #9! Only one left, and it has a day of the week in the title -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:31 3
    - Sunday Girl? -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 08:32 2
      - #8 -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:35
      - *ding* -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:34
- Im gonna say even though this is more of a Deborah Harry song Liar Liar -- nm - eag Nov 6, 08:29
- Rip her to shreds -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 08:26
- She has that many songs? -- nm - The average Joe Nov 6, 08:26
- Atomic -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:26 2
  - #3! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:27 1
    - Really? and Rapture at #7? -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:54
- Hanging on the Telephone -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 08:25 1
  - #6 -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:27
- Maria (I think that was the name of it) -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 08:24 3
  - No, but Hint! One answer also consists of a proper name -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:28 2
    - Denis? -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 08:30 1
      - *ding* #10 -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:30
- Tide is High. -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:23
- she had 10 songs? -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:23 11
  - LOFL. Did not see this. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:26
  - your trivia for today: Blondie was the name of the band -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 08:25 9
    - Funny story, I was on a first date and told my date that I love Monty Python - amoxy Nov 6, 08:29 4
      - Yeah, that is a one nighter, there. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:31 3
        
        It was a coffee date so there wasn't even any sex! - amoxy Nov 6, 08:33 2
        
        wait, there is no sex on a coffee date? - groiny Nov 6, 08:35 1
        
        Damn, now you tell me -- nm - Colin SI Nov 6, 08:53
    - *laughing* -- nm - Sade Nov 6, 08:26 3
      - heh -- nm - Pink Floyd Nov 6, 08:27 2
        
        what? -- nm - Jethro Tull Nov 6, 08:31 1
        
        I'm over here! -- nm - Max Webster Nov 6, 08:52
- Tide is High. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:23 2
  - #5 (overplayed, but a personal favorite of mine) -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:24 1
    - Hmmmm. Thought that would've been 3. I can't think of anything else. -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:27
- Call Me -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 08:20 1
  - #2 -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:21
- Heart of Glass -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 08:20
- Heart of Glass, Rapture, One Way or Another. -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:20 1
  - #1, #7, #4! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 08:21
I'm definitely in favor of legalization and taxation of pot but they need to be careful with how much they tax it. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:19 17
- Exactly. What's the tipping point where people will pay to not be hassled? -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:24 3
  - 25% more seems reasonable but go higher and I can see people getting upset. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:27 2
    - I guess the 1st question, (which I have no idea) is "what are they charging retail as compared to what dealers used to charge?" -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:28 1
      - In Colorado the prices are low so this isn't a major hit for them. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:33
- just like has happened with cigarettes! -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:24 7
  - I know a few people that make decent scratch selling smokes brought up from the south. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:28 6
    - yep. one time I went to a wedding (kinda) in Charlotte. me and my bro bought cartons of cigs on the cheap, gave them to my mom and she sort of - Sade Nov 6, 08:31 5
      - Nice! I've thought about doing it myself. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:36 2
        
        I always used to buy at least one carton on the Rez when we were traveling in the southwest. - Meg Nov 6, 08:38 1
        
        how quaint when we all KNOW you traffic *heavily* in fine tobaccos. -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:39
      - so *that's* the sweetest taboo. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 08:32 1
        
        ha-ha! -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:35
- does that not happen with everything, though? -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:22 3
  - Some things like cigarettes, yes, but less so with alcohol. If the price is too high because of taxes sales will go back underground. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:25 2
    - Plus, it would be easier with weed because, unlike cigarettes and alcohol, the production has also been underground. -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:30 1
      - Yup. People are also comfortable buying from a dealer and getting arrested is barely something to worry about. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:38
- Good point -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 08:21
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Groupon: $10 Starbucks gift card for $5 -- (link) - znufrii Nov 6, 08:18 2
- Thank you! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 08:30
- limit : 1, BOO!!!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:20
The off screen drama on Jane's Got a Gun continues -- (link) - LMS Nov 6, 08:17
Heh, moving the kitties off my lap is like trying to untangle a bowl of spaghetti...how many legs and tails can there be?? - Meg Nov 6, 08:12 2
- I've been kid sitting and they have 3 cats - 1 dog - it's been great! -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 08:33
- too. much. cuteness. -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:14
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- Rogers is a sissy! He needs to toughen up and get in the game! -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:14 4
  - Want to (expletive) in his (expletive) mouth. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:17
  - ik, r? pussy. -- nm - Philbin si Nov 6, 08:15 2
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      - Hell yeah, I did! -- nm - Philbin si Nov 6, 08:25
- yes, considering most teams only go maybe 2 seasons at best. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:12
How the corpses of Hitler's victims are still haunting modern science—and American abortion politics... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 6, 08:09 1
- It's the Feel-Good Link of the Year!! -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 08:15
Today's Newark Star-Ledger front page -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 08:08 14
- Not her best look. -- nm - volnelk Nov 6, 08:25
- in fairness, probably even if. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 08:20
- Just say no to pleated pants. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 08:17 2
  - You don't like grown men in diapers? -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:19
  - hee. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 08:18
- I hate that the face always has to catch up with extreme weight loss - Epiphany Nov 6, 08:14
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  - Despite my rancor toward 2016 talk in 2013, I do fully agree -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 08:19
  - it was a lot of 'Sandy brought us together' and 'NJ is showing the country how we can work together to get things done' -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:15 1
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- Did his wife just read the wiki on how to smile? -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:11
- he has definitely dropped a bit of weight -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 08:10 2
  - didn't he have that lap band surgery thing? -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:16 1
    - yep -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 08:17
*taxes B2* -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 08:07 1
- *rages* nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:11

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