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If you want to hear what it's like for the Met audience to turn on you... -- (link) - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:47 1
- "Oh, pish-posh!" -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:49
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- Keystone Cops. What a terrible investigation that was. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:48 1
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Re: Toyota bailout. It reminds me of an article a week or so ago (in NYT?) that says we have reached our car saturation point. Enough have been made, - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:42 3
- Whoever wrote that article has never been to LA -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:47
- I don't buy that. Certainly there are some other secondary reasons, but simply put if the economy were better and credit more easily available, the - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:43 1
  - Nuts. Boston Herald archived the article. -- (link) - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:48
Anyone getting Google error messages again? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:38
Reminder: another show I watch like Life On Mars that will cancelled soon I am sure, comes back tonight; Reaper nm - Jovian Mar 3, 09:37 5
- yeah, it's seemingly doomed. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 09:40
- I do not expect Reaper, Dollhouse, T:SCC, , FNL, Scrubs, or FoTC to be renewed. As for Chuck I really hope it does so I don't want to say either way. - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:40 3
  - Chuck is doing decently. It would be surprising if they pulled the plug. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:44 2
    - I'd revolt if that were pulled and Heroes stayed. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 09:51
    - Thank goodness. -- nm - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:48
I can't decide if this is genius or a cry for help. - David Mar 3, 09:35 9
- Reznor sold a limited edition $300.00 dollar album and grossed $750,000.00 in a few days. Josh must want in on that kind of action. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:45
- The $250 deal seems worth it to me. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 09:44
- I hate to admit that I'd buy some of the more expensive options. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 3, 09:39 1
  - "Meet Josh in Venice, California, and go floating together in a sensory-deprivation tank" has you written all over it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:42
- "will even take one fan miniature golfing and then drop you off on the side of the freeway" sounds like a typical pixie date. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:39
- "Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from Tool['s Lamborghini OR play quarters and then hop on the Ouija board for a while" -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 09:37
- Both. Must have found out how much college is going to be for his kids. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:37 2
  - "Change diapers and make bottles with him for an afternoon (after hitting the strip club)" = yours -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:45 1
    - F no. No kids, no diapers. No! -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:49
re: Redmond's asteroid link on B3 ... satellites orbit at 20,000 miles or higher? huh? -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:34 2
- geostationary orbits, yeah... -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:35 1
  - why was I only thinking of geostationary ones? -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:36
Here's some odd workplace behavior. - Inigo Mar 3, 09:34 11
- Put it in the freezer. It will cool much better there. -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 09:41
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  - She said it's in the directions. - Inigo Mar 3, 09:44
- you made her Lean Cuisine Bundt cake fall !!! -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:40
- okay, *waits until she leaves and then takes it back out of the microwave* -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:38 1
  - That's when you start doing things to her food. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:38
- Putting some thing *into* the microwave... to cool. Huh. -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:37
- it's cooler outside the microwave. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:37
- OCD? She's def batty. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:35
- That's about as rude as you can get. Hate people like that. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:35 1
  - Microwave hogs are first against the wall. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:42
ST time zones not working for anyone else? Mafic is coming back already? -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:31 4
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  - the default is Pacific time but you can configure for your own. right now it's not showing Eastern for me. -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:42
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- working for me. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:34
ST Poll -- Name something you had imagined, but never actually thought you would experience, that ended up happening... - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:31 6
- Getting a new box. -- nm - pigby si Mar 3, 09:34 1
  - the first gender reassignment didn't take? -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:35
- Um, dropping acid - con_carne Mar 3, 09:33
- Two girls... - Spawn Mar 3, 09:33
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  - besides that... -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:33
SITWAP: CEOs, this is how it's done: GE CEO turns down bonus, accepts responsibility for company's performance. -- (link) - Tauruschach Mar 3, 09:31
SITWAP - Kurt Warner visits 49ers camp - amoxy Mar 3, 09:28 1
- Arizona will soon return to obscurity. I feel sorry for Fitzgerald. - Spawn Mar 3, 09:32
SITWAP: Auto bailouts, Japanese style: Toyota seeks $2 billion in emergency funding. -- (link) - Tauruschach Mar 3, 09:27 5
- Wait, so Toyota is losing money too now. Geez, not a good time to make cars. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 3, 09:35 4
  - Yeah, it was big news when they first reported a loss last year. I imagine most car makers are struggling now. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:36 3
    - SITWAP: CIBC report suggests "Detroits biggest problem ...[is] it's producing too many vehicles." -- (link) - Tauruschach Mar 3, 09:39 1
      - Half of which are exact duplicates of another model they make (i.e., Mercury/Ford). -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:39
    - IIRC, it was their first quarterly loss... ever. -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:38
ugg, stupid tru, waiting too long to sign up for service, will not have internet or cable when I move in. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:23 7
- When we signed up it was well over a month! - Spawn Mar 3, 09:24 6
  - install is scheduled for the 17th, I move in on the 13th - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:26 5
    - I had the switch done several days before we moved. need to be packing during that time anyway. -- nm - zork Mar 3, 09:38
    - that's not bad at all. I was without tv for 3 weeks and internet for 2 -- nm - decline Mar 3, 09:35
    - You probably didn't want to play Halo on Friday the 13th anyways, as bad things would happen to your Spartan. -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 09:32 1
      - hehe. - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:37
    - 2 weeks. IIRC it was over 6 for us, but we had Comcast and were just switching. They installed on Saturday. - Spawn Mar 3, 09:29
HP: Up to $400 off select laptops ($1199 or more) w/ coupon code - con_carne Mar 3, 09:22
Printable coupon: Free Large Popcorn At AMC IMAX Theaters -- (link) - con_carne Mar 3, 09:20 9
- AMC AND IMAX DON'T EVEN LIVE ON THE SAME CONTINENT!!! - Spawn Mar 3, 09:23 7
  - I saw Dark Knight on IMAX this weekend. 1st IMAX experience - decline Mar 3, 09:41 1
    - You are smart. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 11:34
  - A local AMC theater just put in an IMAX room this past Nov. - con_carne Mar 3, 09:29 3
    - Showplace, here. Last night Remlik and I sat in the exact same seats as we did for Dark Knight. - Spawn Mar 3, 09:30 2
      - Yep, I have regular seats at my Imax as well. :) - con_carne Mar 3, 09:35 1
        
        We call them the "money seats". - Spawn Mar 3, 09:40
  - there are three amc's with imax here - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:28
- expires 4/16/09 -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:20
roku adds Amazon streaming video to its content -- (link) - pigby Mar 3, 09:16
SITWAP: *loosi signal* "Yarn Bombers" take on Vancouver streets. -- (link) - Tauruschach Mar 3, 09:13
spawn has reply email. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:10
The picture in the bottom left is rather interesting (showing Earth looking like a ringed planet with all of the satellites up there). -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:09 2
- Home! -- nm - Wall-E Mar 3, 09:18
- Unrelated, but it would be a bit of a PR coup for Duracell if they could advertise; - Loyola Mar 3, 09:12
Snoop Dogg joins the Nation of Islam -- (link) - con_carne Mar 3, 09:02 3
- Did he sell his chain of BBQ restaurants first? -- nm - David Mar 3, 09:13
- Ahem. Nizzle of Izzle. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:05
- Snoop Jihad -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:03
I like both Blazing Saddles and Ghostbusters. -- nm - kelly Mar 3, 08:56 4
- Just like? -- nm - amoxy Mar 3, 09:04 1
  - Really like. - kelly Mar 3, 09:12
- I like both chocolate milkshakes and driving through the mountains. - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:01
- "The sherrif is an ect*GONG*asm!" -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:59
Bit of MLB trivia, I had no idea there was a franchise that hasn't had a winning season since 1992. Wow, that's bad. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:51 12
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  - No, they just had a winning season out of nowhere a couple years ago. 83 or 84 wins and 3rd place, iirc. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:54 3
    - And might have another one coming this year. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 09:04 2
      - I doubt it. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:04 1
        
        Only need to pick up 7 games, and they have a young team still coming into its own. - TFox Mar 3, 09:08
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  - The Orioles hope to equal that streak in a few years. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:54 4
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      - Last O's team with a winning record was 1997. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 09:13 1
        
        *punches Todd Zeile in the head* -- nm - pigby Mar 3, 09:22
      - Yes, I believe so (the Orioles). Reds did it last in 2000ish. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:05
  - **ding** -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:52
SITWAP: Old, tired and risky: Dealing cocaine. New, shiny, and 2000% more profitable: Dealing fake Viagra. -- (link) - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:48 4
- Always be skeptical of the little teal pill. -- nm - Hdn'd Justice Mar 3, 09:00
- At my physical check-up last week, my doctor asked me if I had any problems such as - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:51 2
  - *Holds up picture of JANIS. Watches below for reaction* - Doctor Mar 3, 08:58 1
    - Good test. (I have a really funny story to tell one day about this appointment, actually, but it won't translate well onto ST.) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 09:03
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- 8pm CDT? What's that eastern? - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:49 4
  - "8 hours, and 13 minutes from now." -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:01
  - Well, I'm also in that league. - kelly Mar 3, 09:00
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  - It's.....complicated. -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:50
LYC: today is the first time that i'll take an extended lunch (45 minutes) to do a particular thing. what is it? - prayformojo Mar 3, 08:46 14
- Tax evasion? -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:49
- getting a haircut at work is ... inconvenient. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:48
- Parent/Teacher meeting. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:48
- nooner -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:47
- Penis tattoo - con_carne Mar 3, 08:47
- drivers license renewal -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:47 4
  - i suppose this is closest. the answer: read a book -- nm - prayformojo Mar 3, 08:49 3
    - ??? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:51 2
      - It's a collection of paper sheets with words written on them -- nm - Guigue Mar 3, 08:56 1
        
        but that's not important right now -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 09:34
- Oh, c'mon. Unless it's a 40 minute roundtrip you are WAY overestimating the amount of time you'll need. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 08:47
- Whack off? -- nm - amoxy Mar 3, 08:46 2
  - 45 minutes!?! - Spawn Mar 3, 08:48
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TWuG for the win on B2. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 08:43 7
- Is this about Obama's judges or Night Owl? :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:46 2
  - I believe he's awarding me the win for the "occassional table" post. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 08:48 1
    - very nice -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 08:50
- Yay me! -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 08:45 3
  - Like I said, the Owl plus the R = a second rate Bat, at best. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:58 2
    - Not even third rate. Seriously, even Ozy + R /= Bats. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 09:08 1
      - In all honesty, you can add Superman and most of the DC univesre and it still comes out the same. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:17
Late to the Party: Happy Birthday, Znu!!! - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:42 4
- yep. happy b-day -- nm - decline Mar 3, 09:40
- indeed! -- nm - Remlik Mar 3, 08:49
- bappy hirthday znuy -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:46
- Have a fun birthday, znu! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:43
*institutes a laissez faire B2* -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:42 2
- *takes advantage of lax regulations, loses billions, waits for government bailout* -- nm - B1 Mar 3, 08:44
- ~/ I don't even give a care /~ -- nm - Once I Was The King of Spain Mar 3, 08:42

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