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ST Crazy Collecting Poll: what would you stand in a line for to buy? What have you stood in line for to buy? - Pippy Apr 3, 07:04 10
- Movie, Concert, ComicCon tix. -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 3, 07:11
- Groceries. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:10
- discounted Broadway tickets. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:10
- Subpoll - have you ever camped out overnight in line for anything? - Andie Apr 3, 07:07 2
  - Wii, XBox 360, ComicCon Hall H (last year) -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 3, 07:12
  - hehe. The Phantom Menace - Jovian Apr 3, 07:10
- Concert tickets. (Front rows.) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 07:06
- Probably some super deal on a needed item.... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:06 1
  - (or a crib! lol) - kelly Apr 3, 07:10
- movie tickets. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:05
Survivor spoils - Jovian Apr 3, 07:03
Go outside in the morning! The earlier the better! -- (link) - mara Apr 3, 06:59 1
- Can't argue with that. Just look at the pictures that accompany the article. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Apr 3, 07:02
FLIGHT 370 ISN'T CNN'S TOP STORY!!! -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 06:45 2
- "Our top story is that Flight 370 is no longer our top story." -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 06:46 1
  - I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 3, 06:48
A crowd waiting for a rare release of a sneaker nearly riot outside a NYC sneaker store last night. - Krusty Apr 3, 06:32 7
- i know that collecting sneaker is a whole thing, and that's fine, but who has the free time AND the money for this sort of thing? -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 06:33 6
  - I get the original buyer wanting to make money, but who would pay $1,000 for a pair of sneakers -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 07:05
  - "Yeah, crazy!" said anyone whose ever collected anything ever. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Apr 3, 07:01
  - If you can make a $750 return on a $250 investment, that pretty darn good -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 06:41 2
    - *if*, yes. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:05 1
      - It seems pretty certain. BTW, find out if your sneakers are collectible and what they're worth by using this site! -- (link) - mara Apr 3, 07:09
  - The time is what gets me. I would have waited with them but I have work today and I couldn't wait outside all night and then go to work. - Krusty Apr 3, 06:36
Reds' Tony Cingrani has a streak of 19 straight starts where he has allowed 5 or less hits. Its the longest streak in HISTORY. - volnelk Apr 3, 06:32 2
- Because "has allowed 5 or less hits" is a crap, cherry-picked stat. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 06:39 1
  - That nobody in the history of baseball has ever done at any point in their career. I didn't mean to say it was THE stat, just very impressive. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 07:16
Tim Hudson is back - amoxy Apr 3, 06:12
Shaun the Sheep Movie teaser trailer -- (link) - LMS Apr 3, 06:06 [youtube] 1
- it's gonna be a crappy movie - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 3, 06:10
Happy birthday, Nubby!!! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 05:43 12
- Happy birthday Prof! -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 06:38
- Happy Birthday Nubby! -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 06:36
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Apr 3, 06:32
- Happy BDay -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 3, 06:31
- happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 06:25
- The Doctor is in the house! Happy B Day! -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 06:14
- Have a great Birthday Dr. Nubby! -- nm - amoxy Apr 3, 06:11
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:10
- Happy Bday!! -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 06:07
- ding -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 3, 06:06
- Yub yub! -- nm - icolin Apr 3, 06:02
- Happy B-Day Indeed! -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 05:55
I suggested to alana this morning that I take half an hour of vacation every day this summer and work 830 to 430. - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 05:41 16
- This sounds like something that would happen at my old job. I'm really sorry. - spamlet Apr 3, 06:57 1
  - "Five minutes vacation everyday is just the same as two days vacation in a year, right?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 07:02
- MPOW has a weird policy about not using vacation or personal business hours to change workday hours on a regular basis like that. I don't understand . - mara Apr 3, 06:50 1
  - Probably want people to get away from work for mental health reasons and to combat fraud -- nm - zork Apr 3, 06:55
- You must live every day on the verge of face-stabbing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 06:39 1
  - it would really be comical if I didn't need a vacation so badly. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 06:54
- do you work for my company? -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:11
- Counter-counteroffer: OK, but you get an extra half-hour for lunch. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 3, 06:06 2
  - I would do this if we had anything nearby to do at lunch. we do not. -- (link) - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 06:13 1
    - Then you must spend the extra 30 minutes pelting her with little wads of paper instead. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 3, 06:49
- Math is hard. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 3, 06:02
- yeah ... she's got some kind of bug up her butt I'd say - what the hell difference does it make to her anyway? she's effin with you - take a whole - JenBro Apr 3, 06:01
- she really said that? wtf? -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 05:54 3
  - I'm going to counter with 822 to 442 and take an hour of vacation per week. she is so *precise* about anything measurable. - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 06:07 2
    - 822 to 422, right?! -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 06:08 1
      - oh, look at me, i missed the hour-a-week part. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 06:08
One of the current story lines on Revolution is effectively... - David Apr 3, 05:24 1
- "They found my notes!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 05:35
According to a survey last week, 65.1 percent of Brazilians think if a woman is “dressed provocatively” she deserves to be “attacked and and raped" - prayformojo Apr 3, 05:08 1
- I assume it's a reflection of an age divide but that's still insane. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Apr 3, 06:58
"Hard to believe, too, that MLB could come up with a replay system worse than the NFL's. SMH again." -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 05:08 10
- What's this now? -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 05:12 9
  - just a tweet by some espn dude on their feed -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 05:14 8
    - Is there some reason to believe the MLB system is worse? -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 05:38 7
      - I've seen a far amount of complaining about how sucky it is -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 06:11 6
        
        Those people suck. There, equally reasoned. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 06:42
        
        How so? -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 06:15 4
        
        "The Pirates won a 16-inning marathon that featured yet another flaw with the new instant replay system" -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 06:18 1
        
        He's bitching that the umps got the call right? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 06:46
        
        (Aside from every person involved having two days of experience doing it.) -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 06:16 1
        
        "Incremental improvement? What is this crap?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 06:28
Cardinals sign FA RB Jonathan Dwyer -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 04:39 1
- As an Andre Ellington owner can I just say that their love for former Steeler running backs is pissing me right off. -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 04:44
Nothing like starting the day with tornado sirens. Right now reporting a tornado about 8 miles south of us with debris being picked up by radar. - spamlet (droid) Apr 3, 03:35 3
- Good luck today -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 05:02 1
  - We're on the northern edge of the "duck and cover" area today. I don't envy people in the bootheel today. - spamlet Apr 3, 06:54
- I was going tp complain about the thunder waking me, buy sirens make that pale. -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 04:07
Sooo ... who wants to check out the beta site and share some feedback? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 23:56 17
- I agree with what Spamlet said about this begin much less conducive to mobile - prayformojo Apr 3, 05:01 2
  - it was great on my mobile last nigth -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 05:58 1
    - night (oops) - oh - and I have an Iphone -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 05:59
- I think it's harder to use on mobile. I think the old beta site made for a nice mobile version. - spamlet (droid) Apr 3, 03:42 3
  - I'd agree. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 3, 03:56 2
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      - so say we all. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 06:43
- what am I giving feedback on? it looks nice. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 00:41 8
  - It's faster too! -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 00:58 2
    - ooh, that sounds good. I wasn't really concentrating on that, but I suppose some of the changes I made might have improved it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 01:03 1
      - also noticed later that my full screen is utilized with the new site - no white blank areas on the right (my right as I look at it) -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 06:03
  - the appearance of the new sidebar, how well it meshes with the rest of the colours (hint: not that great, but looks OK on its own), and the widerness -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 00:43 3
    - colour issues aside, the sidebar looks better. simpler. also like sidebar left of banner - mafic Apr 3, 00:51 1
      - thanks, glad you like it :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 00:57
    - It's essentially a stepping stone to a few minor improvements I have planned. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 00:45
  - I like that it's all slightly wider. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 00:42
- may as well link it I guess ... heheh -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 23:59
Late news (NBCLA) says Microsoft store at South Coast Plaza evacuated when 4 employees become sick after opening a computer. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 23:12 1
- windows 8 ain't *that* bad -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 11:38
Figures. I went looking for material for a joke a few weeks ago, and ended up stumbling across a french group's music that I can't get out of my head. - Beryllium Apr 2, 22:48 1
- heh it's catchy - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 2, 23:52
Survivor question... - BAD Apr 2, 22:42 1
- spoils - Beryllium Apr 2, 22:43
Springsteen had his version of Staylin Alive remastered...sounds WAY better.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 2, 22:30 [youtube] 4
- I really would love to see him perform live again some day. Have only seen him twice during college when he toured for The River - stayed after one - JenBro Apr 3, 00:33
- incredible. and I love the string section -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 23:16
- Holy fuck that's amazing. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 22:44 1
  - yeah it really is -- nm - Remlikindle Apr 2, 23:15
Hmm! My credit union got robbed this evening. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 22:24
I'm sure that will go over well. - znufrii Apr 2, 22:13
Chilly day today - guess we -- (link) - Meg Apr 2, 21:16 [flickr] 4
- Awwww so cuuuute! -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 00:34
- hot tamale -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 21:43
- Bah, guess we're competing for the one warm chair. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 21:19 1
  - Looking back through their photos they've grown a tad since September :) -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 21:37
A good man in Rwanda -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 2, 21:15 2
- A difficult but incredible story. You should read it (it's not as long as it first appears). It's basically the story of Hotel Rwanda... - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 22:32 1
  - i was very moved by the story a brave and strong man indeed and i hope an inspration for many -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 2, 23:35
Skyrim with a Game of Thrones - style opening. (vid) -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 21:06
This is 1st time since 1965 that both Mets and Yankees have started a season 0-2. -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 20:58
Survivor spoils - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Apr 2, 20:56
Chile(again): Powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 rocks northern Chile -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 20:37 1
- In addition to the below? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 21:11
one day Survivor will cast people who know how to survive like Bear Grylls and Mike & Ruth Hawke and the drama will be just as good or better - peglegpete Apr 2, 20:36
heheh, trying to get #RuinABaseballMovie trending on twitter based on my B2 post -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:15 4
- I think "Damn Hankies" and "Femur Pitch" are my best so far -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:23 3
  - Bimbo Blond and the Traveling All Sluts -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 21:12
  - For the Love of the Gnome -- nm - Roger More Apr 2, 20:31 1
    - heheh. I just did "For Love of the MAME", but I don't know how many people will know what MAME is. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:38
Survivor thoughts: what a wild episode. It might have been awesomely entertaining, but was 1 of the worst strategic episodes I've ever seen (spois)l - Jim Apr 2, 20:07 5
- The absolute worst part for me (spoils) - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 20:30 2
  - I'm still on Team Spencer (spoils) - Jim Apr 2, 20:37 1
    - His glaring weakness is (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 21:18
- Pretty much nailed it. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 2, 20:11
- #5 :))))))))))) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 20:10
Yikes, prelim M7.4 aftershock in chile -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:58 2
- Found out today that the daughter of a friend is north of the damage and the husband of another is south of it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 21:11
- upgraded to 7.8 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:09
Jeter retirement: He got pin-striped cowboy boots, hat, and golf clubs from the Astros. -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 19:49 1
- i'm glad they decided not to go with the orange & yellow stripes -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 19:52
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York makes comic books -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 2, 19:47
"I can't just look at a thing and tell you what it means." - Reagen Apr 2, 19:45
I went to the gym on Monday, and again yesterday - it's been a while since I had last been. Today one of my knees started popping when i walk up the - kelly Apr 2, 19:43 6
- I don't know that sounds - like maybe a doc should look at it. Loud enough to wake a baby? Good on you for going to the gym though - Pippy Apr 3, 06:47 1
  - It's *ridiculously* loud. - kelly Apr 3, 07:11
- it's probably be the same as cracking one of your finger knuckles. I have a knee & ankle that do that occasionally and never a problem -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 19:49 3
  - How are your teeth feeling now? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 19:57 2
    - still a little wobbly but much much better. I see the dentist tomorrow to get the stitches out and see if they are healing or another course is needed -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 20:04 1
      - thanks for asking -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 20:05
LIR Survivor thought - rollo Apr 2, 19:41 2
- spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 20:14
- Volnek I totally agree with you, I just think he's entertaining as hell - rollo Apr 2, 19:48
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ancient Egyptian weather report of the Santorini earthquake -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 2, 19:39 2
- Egyptologist Ian Shaw believes the stela is propaganda put out by the pharaoh to rationalise a man-made disaster. - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Apr 2, 23:30
- oops. the Santorini volcano eruption..not earthquake -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 19:41

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