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Is this Toronto Mayor ad for real? -- (link) - ty97 Mar 31, 08:10 2
- Yes, and no. It's a real anti-Ford ad, but it's not a real candidate -- (link) - Roger More Mar 31, 08:12
- Smart. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 08:11
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Unless it's some sort of joke, tomorrow, for the first time in more years than I care to count, I'll have health insurance. - Qale Mar 31, 07:30 21
- Woo! -- nm - JenBro Mar 31, 09:32
- Obama! -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 08:05 1
  - hell no, he did it the old fashioned way, got hisself a decent job w/benes -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 12:59
- Hooray!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 31, 07:58
- Awshum! Congrats! -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 07:55
- good news! -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:49 2
  - But what if I've been secretly harboring aliens inside my chest cavity this whole time and I NEVER KNEW!? -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 07:58 1
    - you can be on the news! -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 08:00
- Nice! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:46
- That's awesome! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 07:44
- It's a nice feeling to be able to not wonder about something that is ailing you and find out what is going on instead of ignoring it. - Bacon Mar 31, 07:44 1
  - I need to add dental though. That's what has really ailed me in the last decade or so. -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 07:56
- awesome. Go climb a tall ladder -- nm - CQ Mar 31, 07:37 2
  - Is that like telling me to go jump in a lake? -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 07:39 1
    - That sounded bad, right? Not intended to be that way, heh. -- nm - CQ Mar 31, 07:46
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  - Living with Colin doesn't already qualify? (the KIDSFundcast nt.) -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 07:39
- Hopefully you'll be healthy enough to subsidize someone else's poor choices -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 07:36 1
  - I imagine I'm in decent health. Other than poor diet, naturally. -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 07:39
- Yaaaay! -- nm - colin Mar 31, 07:35
- Congrats. -- nm - volnelk Mar 31, 07:35
The organist for the Yankees is on ESPN right now playing music. - David Mar 31, 07:29
I made it to Season 2 episode 3 of Game of Thrones. I tried. I wanted it to get better. What a jumbled up piece of simpleton crap. - CQ Mar 31, 07:09 51
- *blink* -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 08:07
- Is this post some kind of performance art? -- nm - colin Mar 31, 07:26
- silly, silly man. -- nm - decline Mar 31, 07:23
- CQ is obviously tired of trolling the few Dear Prudence letter-writer sympathisers and is trying out some new material -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 07:23 5
  - I'd rather just watch nice titty women on dragons having a jousting match. -- nm - CQ Mar 31, 07:31 4
    - who wouldn't? -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 07:56
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    - we're getting to that. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:41 1
      - "Don't even get me started. I've been watching that show and waiting for the dragons to show and kick butt. All I get is weiner weiner weiner..." -- (link) - Qale Mar 31, 08:02 [youtube]
- Hates Game of Thrones, loves soccer. I suspect a chemical imbalance. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:23 6
  - Here's where I just laughed out loud and turned it off (spoils) - CQ Mar 31, 07:35 4
    - yeah we all had problems with that -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:40
    - In your defense, that is one of the few dumb moments on the show. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:39 2
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        it would have been better served if *spoils* - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:45
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- I;m at about the same point and I'm trying to decide if I'm going to continue...but my reason is totally different (spoils) - Jim Mar 31, 07:22 29
  - the thing is...... spoils.... - groiny Mar 31, 07:22 28
    - The closest we get to sympathetic characters are - Reagen Mar 31, 07:26 26
      - Well... (spoils) - Roger More Mar 31, 07:43 7
        
        I really disagree on one of those. (spoils) - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 07:53 6
        
        spoils - Roger More Mar 31, 08:04 3
        
        spoils - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 08:22
        
        It may be quibbling, but I'd call them empathetic characters, not sympathetic - Reagen Mar 31, 08:10 1
        
        Yeah, that's fair enough - though several of the sympathetic characters do stuff that is not really justified either (spoilers) - Roger More Mar 31, 08:20
        
        spoils - Kim Pine Mar 31, 07:58 1
        
        Not really a spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 08:01
      - and I guess - Reagen Mar 31, 07:27 17
        
        spoilers - Kim Pine Mar 31, 07:31 5
        
        it is nice when the guy who hated from the get go, you end up feeling bad for. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:39 1
        
        spoils - Kim Pine Mar 31, 07:41
        
        He is GRRM's spin on A Clockwork Orange. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:38
        
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        yes -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:41
        
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        I really enjoy the double acts in the show. -- nm - LMS Mar 31, 07:35
        
        TWD is dark without any other ideas. Game of Thrones goes dark to advance story. - David Mar 31, 07:31 1
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 08:26
        
        Spoilers - David Mar 31, 07:28 6
        
        that's why I said "I guess". -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:31 5
        
        Before everything is said and done, she may be the scariest. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:31 4
        
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        ML's post has spoilers from the book that have not happened in the series yet. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:37 2
        
        dammit, ML! -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:38 1
        
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    - well, maybe that's why I'm having trouble with it then. That's a shit ton of time to devote... - Jim Mar 31, 07:25
- Hodor! -- nm - LMS Mar 31, 07:21
- Incoming!!! -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:20
- 'simpleton crap'? - Jovian Mar 31, 07:17
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- wha?????? - groiny Mar 31, 07:11
Filed under things I did not know: Elton John and David Furnish are not already married. Anderson Cooper is Gloria Vanderbilt's son. She is also - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:07 1
- why would he want to marry a musician?party with them, then marry a guy with prospects, a decent job w/benes, like qale -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:03
Ally's best friend on Austin & Ally is Modern Family's Manny in a dress. - kelly Mar 31, 07:07
Woohooo! Amazon Prime to make another season of Alpha House! (which, if you haven't watched this [spoiler alert: you haven't], you really should) -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 31, 07:05 2
- Michael Connelly's 'Bosch,' Chris Carter's 'The After,' Jason Schwartzman's 'Mozart in the Jungle,' Jill Soloway's 'Transparent' get series orders -- (link) - con_carne Mar 31, 07:08 1
  - Poor Natalie Zea. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 07:30
Weekend Movies: Divergent: B+ - JaxSean Mar 31, 07:04 36
- Secret Life of Walter Mitty: B+ -- nm - Shaun Mar 31, 08:11
- American Hustle, B+ -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 08:08
- Nebraska: B- - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 07:40
- heat. C minus -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 07:40 2
  - Wait, what? You don't like Heat??? -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:45 1
    - maybe bullock vs. deniro? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Mar 31, 07:46
- 10 episodes of HIMYM: B. If they had knocked it down to about 6 it would have been an A. - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 07:36
- Catching Fire - A. Much better than the first movie -- nm - J Mar 31, 07:33
- 5 cm a Second - B+.. very pretty movies. -- nm - colin Mar 31, 07:27
- Wolf of Wall Street --- toughest grade I've ever had ... D+. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:25 4
  - I agree with everything you say. The sticking point is that the movie is very, very funny. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:40 3
    - Spoils - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:46 2
      - all of that. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:49
      - Exactly. We had it top 5 for Best Scene of 2013. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:47
- Mortal Instruments - B -- nm - decline Mar 31, 07:24
- Kill Your Darlings: B -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 07:24
- Wolf of Wall Street: D+, Frozen: A, episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S7: A-. - kelly Mar 31, 07:22
- Divergent - B+, Frozen - B (but there's a story here) - Jim Mar 31, 07:16 6
  - I hope they thought it was the porn version of it? -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:25
  - Out of curiosity, what were the other choices? -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 07:24
  - They wanted Frozen? This is what happens when the gays are allowed in Boy Scouts. -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:24 3
    - To be fair, the other options were Gypsy, a Kylie Minogue tour video, and Superman Returns. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 07:41 2
      - The should be so lucky. -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 07:46 1
        
        I'm pretty sure a Kylie Minogue tour video would have launched half them into instant puberty -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:50
- Noah: B -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 07:14
- Catching Fire: A- - spamlet Mar 31, 07:06 7
  - I'm curious as to how you thought the movie ended that had you concerned at first. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 07:13 6
    - (spoilers) - spamlet Mar 31, 07:15 5
      - Ah....ok. You read the books? (spoils) - Jim Mar 31, 07:17 4
        
        Oh, I know. This goes back to how I would have done 4 movies though (sort of spoils). - spamlet Mar 31, 07:19 3
        
        (spoiler?) - Qale Mar 31, 07:28 1
        
        spoiler? - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 08:12
        
        My guess on the 4 movies is that Book 3 is going to be (spoils) - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:28
- Captain America: The Winter Solder - B+. -- nm - LMS Mar 31, 07:05
- Muppets Most Wanted: B/B+ (Monsters U short: A-) -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 07:05
- Wolf of Wall Street B, its a funny movie, I laughed so hard. Hung Over Games D, Gravity B+ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:05
random mini rant - feel free to ignore - Andie Mar 31, 06:59 28
- sounds like the SIL has done a larger share of the caretaking and is resentful, and deserving of whatever she spent -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:07
- Stand on all or nothing. Sorry. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 07:38
- that sucks -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 07:10
- "this is going to drive me crazy" I read to the end. I don't suppose karate chopping the SIL in the throat is an option here? nm - Jim Mar 31, 07:05 6
  - it is amazing how the vultures come out when it comes to handling money. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:05 5
    - the thing is, no-one involved is using the money, no-one wants to touch it. they are just making the handling of it all way harder than it has to be. - Andie Mar 31, 07:09 4
      - this kind of thing tore my dad's family apart. 4 brothers, 1 sister, demolished. - groiny Mar 31, 07:10 3
        
        we have tried for years to have bank cards set up for each account, and to have those numbers available to both brothers - Andie Mar 31, 07:13 2
        
        maybe she is a good one then, but I have seen and heard way too many bad stories when it comes - groiny Mar 31, 07:14 1
        
        oh, yeah, but the other thing, she wouldn't hand it all to us if there anything missing. -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:17
- Time for them to visit the bank and separate the account. - kelly Mar 31, 07:03 5
  - the thing is Dave's siblings are so much older than him, and he's older than me. The SIL is like, 70. - Andie Mar 31, 07:06 4
    - but you literally can't do it without all of the info right? I mean how will you know what $$ you are even working with - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:09 3
      - exactly. -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:09 2
        
        someone with half a brain would move it all to one place, hopefully the one with the best rate. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:15 1
        
        well, i am okay with two accounts. all money in goes into the savings with the good interest, and a smaller balance is - Andie Mar 31, 07:17
- I read it! I don't really have any advice even though we went through the same thing with my wife's family. And it's still causing resentments. - spamlet Mar 31, 07:03 4
  - we actually already have a POA. we will have to do this, but it's going to be a pain. -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:07 3
    - Well, that's at least a step in the right direction. - spamlet Mar 31, 07:10 2
      - In Soviet Andie, advice gives you -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 07:22
      - no, help is good! truly. -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:11
- Welcome to my world. - Strongbad Mar 31, 07:02 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:28
- Have you thought about getting POA? -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:01 4
  - we have one. There are way too many accounts in general. Dave can co-sign on one, his brother on another. 2 GICs. An old savings account that was - Andie Mar 31, 07:11 3
    - Is GIC like a Certificate of Deposit (sorry to go off on a tangent here)? -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 07:19 1
      - Guaranteed Interest. You lock the money in for various terms and get a guaranteed rate. Usually higher than other bank interest rates. -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 07:21
    - ugh -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:12
*puts a dollar in the jar* -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 06:59
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- This day always make me miss football -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 06:59
- Nolasco! -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 06:59 2
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    - "anymore" - groiny Mar 31, 07:04
- Have the Cubs been eliminated from playoff contention yet? -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 31, 06:58 1
  - It's their year! -- nm - CQ Mar 31, 07:07

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