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Dear Spring: WTF? Seriously. W.T.F. -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:20
Argh, looking at traffic maps through L.A. Doesn't look to be much to chose between I-405 and I-5. - Meg Mar 20, 08:13 1
- WTF is "I-405"? -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 08:18
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- 30 Minutes!! -- nm - decline Mar 20, 08:26
we have swipe IDs here. we need them to swipe into some buildings. (the whole campus is converting eventually.) - Moray Gerbson Mar 20, 08:05 8
- that's totally not cool -- nm - decline Mar 20, 08:20
- My old employer made you pay if you lost it but replaced it if it broke. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 08:16
- I would expect them to replace it for free. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 08:12
- as she had it replaced before and just not told your group? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:08
- Yeah, when we crack one of our rfid ids they just print us up a new one. -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 08:08
- How did she damage her card? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:06 2
  - I don't think she did. I think it wore out over time. she's been here six years. we swipe for *everything.* food, library, fitness center, etc. - Moray Gerbson Mar 20, 08:23 1
    - Ah, long time means I agree with you. For some reason I visualized it as a young card. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:24
Eric Winston, the newly elected president of the NFL Players Association, has vowed not to let the league expand to an 18-game season on his watch. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:05 1
- Roger Goodell then released a statement with "LOL" in 84 point font. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 08:21
Dear local blogs - con_carne Mar 20, 07:58
Arrow spoilers from last night - Beaker Mar 20, 07:52 2
- I agree with the first part of your IM, that is EXACTLY who I thought it was as well. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 08:27
- I am really digging this season. -- nm - decline Mar 20, 07:55
dear prudence: My Ex Didn't Mention She Was Transgender - Diva Mar 20, 07:43 78
- The problems really started when you began dating the sister, dumbass. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 08:50
- Based on the dicussions I think a few key pieces of info are missing - Beaker Mar 20, 08:12 1
  - the refusal to attend the wedding leads me to suspect that point 2 at least is the longer exclusion and outspokenness angle - Beaker Mar 20, 08:14
- Having read the replies first, I expected the dude to be a jerk. He sounds fairly justified to me. - David Mar 20, 07:54 52
  - Even if the sister is telling the truth, she still stuck her nose into her sister's relationship with her boyfriend and then started dating the dude. - Roger More Mar 20, 07:58 35
    - "You should have allowed your sister to build a relationship around a lie rather than build a marriage around truth." - David Mar 20, 08:00 34
      - I'm not saying this is black and white. But this guy seems incapable of understanding anyone's view but his own - Roger More Mar 20, 08:08 4
        
        I completely agree about the reconciliation. With regards to the other thing, I could understand him having trust issues after that. - David Mar 20, 08:10 3
        
        I can understand him trusting the sister. But I can also understand the rest of the family not trusting the sister. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 08:13 1
        
        (and also, him) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 08:15
        
        Are they the only people on the island? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:12
      - She should have never got involved with the guy. She is a bad sister. Hence the family staying on the other side. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:03
      - i can honestly say it is none of my business what my sibling does in his relationship. i would never get involved. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:01 27
        
        Well, if everyone always did what they were supposed to, we wouldn't have Dear Prudence -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 08:23
        
        That is certainly your choice. If I cared about someone and I knew they were being deceived, I would say something. - David Mar 20, 08:04 24
        
        Nobody really has a right to go around telling people how they should identify themselves -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 08:26
        
        "1) the sister was not being honest about who she is" is wrong - ty97 Mar 20, 08:13 8
        
        Who you were is always still part of who you are. - Inigo Mar 20, 08:24
        
        I'm sure that distinction means something to you but it does not to me. Inigo is right about Lie of Omission as a best case scenario. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:16 6
        
        The distinction should matter to you too. - ty97 Mar 20, 08:18 4
        
        I am thinking of Rhonda as a woman who was once a man. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 08:22
        
        I can't speak for anyone else but I am not. And the distinction still does not matter to me. - David Mar 20, 08:21 2
        
        you can replace "transgender" with "inoperable cancer" and the results are the same. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 08:22 1
        
        in that those things should be shared up front, or as close to up front as possible. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 08:23
        
        "my girlfriend used to have a dick", is a big deal to me, right or wrong. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 08:18
        
        As I said, they are *all* horrible in this. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:06
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:04 12
        
        What if Rhonda thoguht he was "the one" and was struggling with how to have the conversation but was planning to? - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:11 11
        
        If he were The One, she would have had no problem telling him from the start. - David Mar 20, 08:14 10
        
        People do not always know it is The One from the beginning. That talk is one that would be difficult. - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:22 6
        
        He was a single guy. She was a single girl. The "stole him" part is out the window since he was available. - David Mar 20, 08:23 5
        
        Amy went to him and broke up the relationship. She *made* him available. - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:27
        
        It's the sibling version of the bro code. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 08:26 3
        
        Scumbag sister. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 08:26 2
        
        Yeah, I am shocked that anyone would take her side on this. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:28 1
        
        had he been told the truth up front, it would not have come to that -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 08:30
        
        I was just getting ready to type this. He wasn't The One -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 08:15 2
        
        i agree he wasn't. but that doesn't mean Rhonda wasn't seriously hurt by this. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:18 1
        
        I am sure Rhonda was very hurt. I agree. - Bacon Mar 20, 08:21
        
        Unless you were going to steal the guy and make him your own, right? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:03
  - They took the side of the jilted instead of the boy friend stealer. Sounds about right. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:58
  - they took the side of their daughter, who had already been through a lot. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 07:57
  - Calling her a liar isn't really fair. If he asked "Hey did you used to be a dude?" and she said no, then yeah, liar. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 07:55 3
    - It's a lie of omission. -- nm - Inigo Mar 20, 07:57 2
      - Dishonest is a better description. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 08:10 1
        
        I disagree. See my reply to ty below for why. -- nm - Inigo Mar 20, 08:11
  - How is Rhonda a liar? - ty97 Mar 20, 07:55 9
    - in soul man, did you feel that c. thomas howell changed his race by presenting himself differently? - dogbert Mar 20, 08:04 5
      - Independent of this entire discussion, that is one of my favorite headers ever. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:18
      - Being transgender is quite different from wearing a Halloween costume or putting on blackface -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 08:07 3
        
        What if the man wants to have biological children with the woman he loves. Not sure where science is at this moment but I don't think that's possible - Bacon Mar 20, 08:12
        
        Yeah, the new vagina isn't just being held on by an elastic band. -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 08:11 1
        
        I mean, that at least requires some rubber cement or something. -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 08:14
    - I don't want to turn this into a thing about transgender because I happen to like and respect the only transgender person I know. - David Mar 20, 07:59 2
      - It is certainly a conversation that needs to occur and three months is probably too long to wait. - ty97 Mar 20, 08:06 1
        
        Respectfully, I believe that both of your conclusions are conjecture rather than fact. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:09
- so you're saying that if rhonda told you on day one that you would have been ok with that and started jamming? - dogbert Mar 20, 07:53 2
  - it is his absolute refusal to get beyond this and let his wife have a relationship with her family that makes him the biggest jerk. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:01
  - Bingo. He is trying to come off PC with that explanation. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 07:55
- Yeah... you're not at ALL "transphobic"... -- nm - Ender Mar 20, 07:50 1
  - Thank god it was before they were intimate! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:51
- Threesome -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 07:49
- What a dick. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 07:49
- It sounds like he is made for that horrid family -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 07:48 9
  - I don't know that the family is horrid, I think his wife is. - ty97 Mar 20, 07:51 7
    - It needs to come out sooner that three months. I admit it would be an issue for me. - Bacon Mar 20, 07:54 5
      - Why is it an issue? - ty97 Mar 20, 07:56 4
        
        I'd say it's partly a physical issue, but bigger that it's an emotional/trust issue. - Inigo Mar 20, 08:10 2
        
        It's a less physical issue. If the person is attractive they are attractive no matter what they were or are. Mentally is where the hangup is taking - Bacon Mar 20, 08:14 1
        
        I'm not talking about attraction. Agreed, that happens no matter what. - Inigo Mar 20, 08:16
        
        You experience a total intimacy with sex and the attraction is physical and mental. - Bacon Mar 20, 07:59
    - Yeah, I didn't stick the landing on that joke -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 07:54
  - Nuke it from orbit. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:49
- OMFG. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:48
- Seriously? Your wife obviously wants to reconcile with her family. Stop her and you're a douche. - Jim Mar 20, 07:48 2
  - They are all horrible in this. "Stop dating my sister because she used to be a dude! No marry me!" "OK!" -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:49 1
    - "You're trying to ruin your sister's life!" "Nuh-uh. BYW I'm marrying her ex-boyfriend!" -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 07:52
- 3 months and no action? I stopped reading after that. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 07:45
So speaking of Survivor...those watching, what did you think of the decisions last night? (spoils) - Jim Mar 20, 07:43 4
- Spoilers - David Mar 20, 08:06
- spoils - Jovian Mar 20, 08:02
- Spoilers - Bacon Mar 20, 07:44 1
  - Yep, the preview. (spoils) - Jim Mar 20, 07:46
Linda Cardellini looks awful. She could play Jess's mom. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 20, 07:38 1
- I'd hit it. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 07:42
Ender, if you do go to DirecTV, see if you can get bonuses somewhere. I just got an offer from AA for 25,000 miles if I sign up for DTV. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 07:35 1
- And have one of us refer you for the $10 monthly credit! -- nm - Meg Mar 20, 07:45
How soon will I be knocked out of the 1 Billion Dollar March Madness Challenge? - Bacon Mar 20, 07:32 1
- You already have been. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 07:47
Letter-grade this season of Survivor so far, please -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 07:28 25
- Oddly, The Amazing Race has been quite good so far while Survivor seems headed for a Disaster Season. -- nm - David Mar 20, 07:55 15
  - I think the season can be saved...(spoils) - Jim Mar 20, 08:01 1
    - Spoilers - David Mar 20, 08:24
  - Agreed. I'm really enjoying this season of Amazing Race. - Krusty Mar 20, 07:57 12
    - The previous season trolls have actually tried to be better people this season. That *never* happens on reality tv. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:02 11
      - This was helped by the first elimination of the season -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 08:09 2
        
        Yup, the twins are one of the most dislikable teams in the history of the show. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:10 1
        
        Yes! Despised them and was happy they were gone quickly -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 08:29
      - Wait a minute...what about Colton. He was all set to be a better person! -- nm - Jim Mar 20, 08:03 7
        
        I actually think that's a great example of talking the talk versus walking the walk. - David Mar 20, 08:13 6
        
        Yeah, I don't watch AR. I can't think of anyone that actually changed coming back on a reality show. -- nm - Jim Mar 20, 08:14 5
        
        Boston Rob. -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:15 4
        
        Did he change or did the way they edit him change? I can't decide. -- nm - Jim Mar 20, 08:18 3
        
        I think it was a shock to the system that he came across that way during his first season. - David Mar 20, 08:22 2
        
        It's crazy to see how he was on Marquesas and the way he was treated on Redemption Island. - Jim Mar 20, 08:24 1
        
        TROLL!!!!!!!! -- nm - David Mar 20, 08:25
- my broken tivo didn't record it last night! -- nm - Moray Gerbson Mar 20, 07:38
- What's your grade so far? -- nm - Jim Mar 20, 07:34 3
  - Haven't watched the last two seasons -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 07:36 2
    - "Just collatin' data, as they say." -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 07:39 1
      - "I think she's planning to shoot me again." -- nm - David Mar 20, 07:54
- Ugh, after last night, I'm not sure (spoils) - Jim Mar 20, 07:30 2
  - spoilers - Bacon Mar 20, 07:36 1
    - Well, it's become the way you play the game. I don't like it and I KNOW David doesn't like it. (spoils) - Jim Mar 20, 07:38
- I hate reality television but my wife watches this and I have gotten hooked into it. So it must be good. - Bacon Mar 20, 07:30
Let's talk online savings accounts. Who do we have and like? - spamlet Mar 20, 07:28 19
- American Express -- (link) - mara Mar 20, 08:14
- All my money is invested in Vudu and iTunes credits. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 20, 08:01 1
  - "He's more machine now than man." -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 08:13
- a what? -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 07:42 2
  - I know, right? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 20, 08:00
  - Ding. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 07:59
- And the old bankdeals blog (now depositaccounts.com?) has a handy table that you can filter -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 07:40 1 1
  - that's really handy -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 07:53
- I used ING/Capital One 360 in the past, have Ally now. Rates suck everywhere, but these are both far better than B&M bank rates. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 07:39 4
  - Ally, esp for jumbo CDs -- and new money. -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Mar 20, 08:32
  - PNC is paying 0.8% on the highest tier accounts but dropped to 0.35% if you have one of the lower accounts. - spamlet Mar 20, 07:44 2
    - Interesting. I think my brother has been getting 0.1% at PNC. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 07:52 1
      - It depends which flavor you have. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 07:55
- here's highest rates from FW. -- (link) - Moray Gerbson Mar 20, 07:35
- GE Capital Retail Bank is offering .95% on all balances - znufrii Mar 20, 07:32
- I'm still happy with ING/Capitol One 360 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 07:29 1
  - Oh, I almost forgot I do still have a Capital One account. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 07:33
- Discover Bank has been pretty good for me. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 07:29 1
  - Yup, I have a CD ladder and MoneyMarket account with them. I had a savings account buy couldn't keep it when I transferred everything to my trust. -- nm - Meg Mar 20, 07:44
Word. -- nm - Jim Mar 20, 07:27

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