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Suck it, NYC. Chicago beats you again -- (link) - oblique Oct 16, 07:10 3
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  - I've seen a single digit number in the time I've lived here. (all but one was in the subway) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:23
- We will not take these lies sitting down! -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:13
Jake from State Farm and I have something in common - amoxy Oct 16, 07:08 5
- You sound hideous -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 07:14
- sweet -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 07:13
- You sound hideous? -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 07:12 2
  - dammit! - prayformojo Oct 16, 07:14 1
    - It's like Jeopardy. Knowing the answer isn't the important part. Being FIRST and knowing the answer is the important part. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 07:16
My phone is telling me the entire U2 catalog is available on amazon prime music. - Covington Oct 16, 07:07 2
- it's a Beautiful Day. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 07:20
- If it's free, they can F**K OFF!!!!!! -- nm - internet rage Oct 16, 07:10
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- Does it rhyme with "Yawntario"? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 16, 07:13
- Gee, I wonder which province that could be... -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 07:03 2
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    - Yes, I am aware. It would be like picking Delaware for the US. - spamlet Oct 16, 07:05
You need to get on a plane at 5:00 pm today and travel somewhere for the weekend. You need to be back to work as scheduled on Monday. Price - prayformojo Oct 16, 07:00 23
- pnw, hawaii, mexico (zihua?) vegas? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 12:43
- New Orleans. -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 07:19
- Portmagee -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 16, 07:14
- London. -- nm - MDH Oct 16, 07:14
- St. John. I've always wanted to stay there. Doesn't waste half the weekend flying like Europe -- nm - oblique Oct 16, 07:08
- somewhere in the Carribean -- nm - decline Oct 16, 07:06
- I am basically doing this two weekends from now (Oslo). I've been jonesing for a weekend in Amsterdam lately though. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:04 4
  - wait, you are going to Oslo for the weekend? how long is the flight? - Andie Oct 16, 07:04 3
    - Back in the spring, there was a fare sale to Oslo for fall, got round trip for $430. - ty97 Oct 16, 07:07 1
      - nice. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 07:08
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- Paris. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 07:03
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- Cancun -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 07:02
- Crap. You know what, I posted this assuming today was Friday. It's not, is it? Crappity crap. Well, answer anyway -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 07:02 6
  - I'll sub-poll here. If today's Friday instead of Thursday and I have to be back at work Monday....... -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:05 5
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      - I might be willing to try Reykjavik on a Fri-Sun (do I get Friday off? I bet there is a daytime flight JFK-KEF) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:15
    - Chicago. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 07:06 1
      - this might be my answer too. quick flight. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 07:07
    - Reality: That's Montreal this weekend. If not for that trip, and money is no object, I'm checking out one of those fancy Caribbean islands. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:06
- Costa Rica. -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 07:01
- London. I would be there Friday morning, and would have to fly back Sunday afternoon. i could do it. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 07:01
ika org - spamlet Oct 16, 06:57
I think Andrea just found my next vacation stay, who's going with? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:52 7
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  - it has one bedroom, it will be a very different type of event. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:57 2
    - I take back my post below. - spamlet Oct 16, 06:59
    - *bow chicka bow bow* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:59
- Sure, when we going. -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 06:53
- i'm in! -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:53 1
  - (the whole thing is gorgeous) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:54
I think it's obvious we have Lorde to thank for the Royals being in the World Series. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 16, 06:50 1
- ~You'll never be Royals. It don't run in your blood.~ -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 16, 06:52
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- About what I expected: 55 -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 07:22
- 24 -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 16, 07:18
- 58 LOL! - Epiphany Oct 16, 07:15
- 30. I'll take that. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 16, 07:09
- My fitness age is 23 -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:57
Would you like to take an AP Style quiz? The test I get in my News Writing class are tougher, but they're also open book. -- (link) - Inigo Oct 16, 06:42 4
- 6 -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:48
- 8/10 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 06:46
- how are you liking the class? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 06:44 1
  - It's interesting. Learning a whole new style of writing has been fun. - Inigo Oct 16, 06:48
Will Hunting signal: NFLX opens down around 23.5% -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:39 3
- I mean, on one hand, it's valuation is absurd (looks at Tesla), but on the other, a miss on subscribers that's not catastrophic isn't worth 25% to - Will Hunting Oct 16, 07:18
- Does that mean it's down 40% in the last two days, or did it recover it's kisses yesterday? -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 16, 07:16 1
  - its losses -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 16, 07:16
I'd like the thank the wrong element for teaming up with me last night for the weekly level 28 strike. It was fun. -- nm - Shaun Oct 16, 06:29
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- The guys across the hall from us are DJs, so they come home 4 days a week between 3 and 4 am and play music. My wife gets up at 5, me 5:45. It sucks -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 06:47
- the previous tenant above me did this. It's incredibly annoying. Now? hot coed - decline Oct 16, 06:45
- Can't you complain to your building board about her lack of carpet? -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:32 1
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- I love having no neighbours. It's fantastic. -- nm - Shaun Oct 16, 06:31 1
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I rewatched premiere of AHS: Freakshow last night - the actor that does Twisty the clown is pretty good - prayformojo Oct 16, 06:29 6
- one of my favorite scenes *spoils* - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:37 5
  - *and* in that scene.....*spoils* - prayformojo Oct 16, 06:40 4
    - I think he was part - but *spoils* - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:47 2
      - that's what I'm thinking too. spoils - Diva Oct 16, 06:52
      - NOT part -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:48
    - Apollonia probably has something to do with it. Oh wait, wrong show. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 16, 06:46
16-year-old David McCallum convicted of murder he didn't commit, walked out of prison yesterday at age 45 -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:23 2
- When asked how he felt, he reportedly said "just ducky". -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 16, 07:19
- He must've lived in Gotham. - Covington Oct 16, 06:35
John Grisham thinks jail sentences are too harsh for men who look at child pornography -- (link) - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:20
Poll: have you ever used AirBnB as someone renting it out? Not the person renting it out, but the person who stays there. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:16 37
- No, but we've used homeaway and other competitors. -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 06:56
- Nope, but I have nothing against it. -- nm - MDH Oct 16, 06:40
- I haven't yet, but I'm intrigued and would consider it. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 06:27
- no, but my brother uses it all the time -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:26
- What in the world is this? -- nm - Roo Oct 16, 06:24 26
  - That feels... kinda creepy... -- nm - Roo Oct 16, 06:34 7
    - it isn't. it is just new. You often get to stay in places way more interesting than a hotel. examples enclosed - Andie Oct 16, 06:40 6
      - Like how adorable is this? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:43 2
        
        love it -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:57
        
        super cute. or how about a castle? lots of options! -- (link) - Andie Oct 16, 06:44
      - hmm, it piques my interests.... -- nm - Roo Oct 16, 06:42
      - you stayed in water? -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:41 1
        
        over it. click the pic. :) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:41
  - a website/system that allows people to rent out private properties for short term stays. -- (link) - Andie Oct 16, 06:26
  - Peer to peer home/apartment/room rentals. You rent your place (or a room) to someone else for a day/days/week -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:25 16
    - as a renter am I paying city tourism tax? hotel tax? etc? - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:28 14
      - That's one of the main (potentially fair) complaints. These rentals should probably be subject to standard hotel taxes. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:31
      - no, no you are not. you are paying AirBnB a fee. but it is generally cheaper than hotels. - Andie Oct 16, 06:31 11
        
        and which is why AG's are finding it illegal -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:33 10
        
        sure, that's a fair complaint (that's the hotel lobby freaking out.) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:35 9
        
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        I guess the tricky part comes in deciding what part the service should play in collecting what the property owner is responsible for paying. - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:45 2
        
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        exactly. - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:55
        
        yup -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:40
        
        In a city like NY, those hotel taxes are also important public revenue -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:36 3
        
        This is interesting. Airbnb is trying to collect those taxes, but can't. -- (link) - decline Oct 16, 06:40 2
        
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        that's a start. -- nm - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:46
      - as a renter you are supposed to follow all local tax laws, but most don't -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:30
    - (or vice versa, you rent a house/condo/room from someone else. It's like peer-to-peer hoteling, without the hotel) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:26
- my sister does air bnb for foreign travel because she hates not having day to day things at the ready. "there's no bottle opener in hotel rooms" kind - sheriff peggy ann Oct 16, 06:23 1
  - we did it a couple weeks ago because we wanted a kitchen of sorts, make breakfast there. etc. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:24
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- I have not. We considered it for Montreal this weekend but wound up with a hotel -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:20
- No, but I'm very curious about it. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:19
- Yes. we were quiet and left it spotless. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:17
It just dawned on me this morning: The Royals will be the titular "home" team of the World Series thanks to the AL win in the All-Star game. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 16, 06:09 2
- They definitely seem like a team of destiny. Getting home field advantage makes that feeling even stronger. -- nm - Inigo Oct 16, 06:13
- yup. -- (link) - Tim Oct 16, 06:13
Krusty, I am against units being used full time as AirBnB rentals def, but I don't get the 'strangers' thing. - ty97 Oct 16, 06:09 21
- That stranger has no reason to give a crap about being a good tenant. They could be up all night with music going, making noise and a mess in common - Krusty Oct 16, 06:11 20
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  - but.... strangers come and go out of your building every single day. and, if there were an actual complaint - Andie Oct 16, 06:12 16
    - Not my building but some, yes. Like I said below, I know the people I live around. I'm friendly with people. When it's 2am and - Krusty Oct 16, 06:16 15
      - also, why do you think people using AirBnB are in the unit making noise? they are mostly tourists, why are they sitting at home? -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:18 10
        
        Because they're also young people that go back to the place at night and continue the party. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 06:19 9
        
        says who? -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:20 8
        
        Says me that knows the one and only other tenant in my building. I see them just about every day and I just know that no - Krusty Oct 16, 06:21 7
        
        no. Who says that the people will be young and come back and party at the place? - Andie Oct 16, 06:22 6
        
        Oh, I know. I'm sure a lot of nice and considerate tourists use the service but I all it takes is one bad apple and I'd be very upset. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 06:24 5
        
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        Your family members are never welcome in a building that I live in. ;-) - Krusty Oct 16, 06:29 3
        
        And as I said before I don't like that people that don't belong in the building have keys. - Krusty Oct 16, 06:30 2
        
        you *might* be paranoid. :) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:31 1
        
        Sure but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 06:34
      - i bet it's happening around you and you don't even know. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:17 3
        
        I know it isn't because I live in a two family home. My neighbor below me isn't renting out his place. - Krusty Oct 16, 06:19 2
        
        i didn't mean in your building, i meant in your neighbourhood. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:20 1
        
        I'm sure it is and that bothers me less because it doesn't affect me. My point has always been that I would want to live in a building that allowed it - Krusty Oct 16, 06:23
  - Sure, that risk exists. That risk also exists with the college kid leasing the apartment next door. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:12 1
    - ... and then you are stuck with them for a year. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:35
i live in a building, and i don't know how much i'd care if there were people using a unit for AirBnB when they are away - Andie Oct 16, 06:07 7
- I rented out my apartment during football weekends when I was in grad school. I would do it again now if - sheriff peggy ann Oct 16, 06:17 3
  - you control who you rent to, you don't have to say yes to a request, and people get reviewed by people they have already stayed with. - Andie Oct 16, 06:19 1
    - if I buy a house, I will totally rent again football weekends. a month's mortgage in a weekend? yes please, -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 16, 06:21
  - I haven't rented out, but talking to Dawson, you can control for unknowns - ty97 Oct 16, 06:19
- I don't know about everyone else but I get to know the people I live near. I know the tenant below me rather well and I know the people on my block. - Krusty Oct 16, 06:13 2
  - sure, i have got to know my neighbours too, but i have no control over who lives next door to me. or above me. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:14 1
    - right, I have no control. I know who they are but I have no say. -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 16, 06:18
CBS All Access, now available for subscription without cable -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:06 6
- How come I feel like when all channels ( HBO and others) go ala carte that I'm still going to be paying what I pay now for a cable bill? - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:07 5
  - Because you lack the imagination to realize you'll be paying more than cable. -- nm - Ender Oct 16, 07:16
  - agreed but it might actually make us more selective... - Magic Dinosaur Zombie Princess Mark Profit Oct 16, 07:15
  - $6 for CBS seems laughable to me, but then I haven't had cable in years. I'll just buy antenna instead. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:10
  - yup. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 06:09
  - I can see this happening -- nm - prayformojo Oct 16, 06:08

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