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I can't decide if I want to lone wolf Ren Fest tomorrow or possibly go Black Friday... - Qale As Folk Nov 7, 12:54
Police in Dover, Del., are investigating a domestic violence case involving NASCAR driver Kurt Busch. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 12:52
because Qatar is now importing workers from North Korea in what basically amounts to a state-sponsored slave trade. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 12:51 3
- there have been many complaints of virtual slavedom, so why not the real thing, fewer complaints -- nm - [email protected] Nov 7, 13:02
- See, ty? - Spawn Nov 7, 12:54 1
  - They'd never take ty97...he's too pale. They'd get like 3 minutes of work out of him before he burst into flames. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 12:56
Secret Stalker (SS) idea. It's mittens *and* a flask. -- (link) - Andie Nov 7, 12:49 4
- Damn, I had my money on kittens and a mask. -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:50 1
  - magnum and a mask, now you're talking -- nm - [email protected] Nov 7, 13:04
- At first it makes sense, until you think about temperatures. They would be all wrong. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:50 1
  - brandy! -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 12:51
I think I may "need" these plates - I was just mesmerized for a time staring at them, esp. the vined ones. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 7, 12:38 5
- Those are very similar to plates I had when I was a bachelor. - Spawn Nov 7, 12:43
- they are nice, but before buying them, please make sure the dropout of the blacks on the right are a photo flaw, and not part of the design. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 12:40 2
  - If you look closely at all four, I am pretty sure it is just the lighting. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:45 1
    - I would check, but yah - you can see a little of it in the upper left one, too. -- nm - b. Nov 7, 12:49
- I like. -- nm - DivAugust Nov 7, 12:40
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- It be better if it were st to the Too Many Cooks song. -- nm - Qale As Folk Nov 7, 12:55
dear prudence - My Husband Has Spent Our Entire Marriage Writing a Screeplay - Help! - DivAugust Nov 7, 12:37 15
- Tell him to leave and not to come back until he has either a baby or a job. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:48 3
  - lol -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 12:49 2
    - "You go right back up there and get me a toddler. I need a baby" -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:52 1
      - "And get me a ten year old too. I wanna be a soccer mom" -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 12:56
- she doesn't say she's talked with him about recent developments, so start there. - b. Nov 7, 12:47
- 6 years without work is ripping it. Get his CV and start applying for jobs on his behalf. - Loyola Nov 7, 12:47
- wait, so, her husband did what she needed him to do, now she has good options, and she wants advice? - Andie Nov 7, 12:44 4
  - It reads as though he still hasn't found work and isn't trying very hard to do so. -- nm - DivAugust Nov 7, 12:46
  - She wants someone to tell her it's OK to leave him. -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:45 2
    - Probably at least 50% of Dear Prudence letters. -- nm - nubby Nov 7, 12:47 1
      - Do not mock my profound insight. :-P -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:50
- will the "exciting advancement" be exciting enough make up for staying with your deadbeat husband? -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 12:44
- Have a disastrous affair with a co-worker -- nm - decline Nov 7, 12:43 2
  - what could possibly go wrong? - Pippy Turkey Stuffer Nov 7, 13:07
  - and this. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 12:44
The portable hard drive on my desk is making a sound that's a cross between a tick and a thwack -- nm - prayformojo Nov 7, 12:29 4
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- cut...the...red...wire. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 12:37
- this is the electronics version of a mysterious cough. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 12:34
- Don't worry. It's just the NSA tapping into the data. -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:30
This sounds way more doable than Hyperloop -- (link) - Beryllium (scream.) Nov 7, 12:27 2
- not internet, but it worked out so well for Iridium :) -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:29
- Teledesic had this idea 15 years ago -- nm - prayformojo Nov 7, 12:27
poor alpacas... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 7, 12:27
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- oh yeah, well -- (link) - decline Nov 7, 12:26
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- spoilish answer - decline Nov 7, 12:25
- spoiler - nubby Nov 7, 12:24 17
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    - Right. - nubby Nov 7, 12:27 15
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        So it would stand to reason that - nubby Nov 7, 12:31 13
        
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        No way they will do that, considering the # of viewers they are getting for it -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 12:57
        
        This season has been the best by far, IMO. -- nm - nubby Nov 7, 12:34 4
        
        I agree a thousand percent. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 13:18
        
        With the exception of the last episode, agreed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:49 2
        
        I didn't mind it that much. -m spoilers - Beaker Nov 7, 12:59
        
        Well, that was 100% setup for this week's. -- nm - nubby Nov 7, 12:56
        
        The aspect of the show that interests me most is what is going on with the rest of the planet? -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:33 5
        
        they solved it ages ago and are just playing an extended prank on the South. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 12:35 1
        
        I honestly expected it to be a red state vs blue state situation. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:36
        
        There is a second series coming. -- nm - nubby Nov 7, 12:34
        
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        China is biding their time, waiting for most of us to be turned and will then invade. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:35
I just bought my first item online where the site had a "pay with bitcoin" option. - Andie Nov 7, 12:21 3
- Enjoy your new house! -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:23
- so did you pay with bitcoin? -- nm - decline Nov 7, 12:22 1
  - i did... not. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 12:39
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- effin' TNF. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:17
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- wow. -- nm - b. Nov 7, 12:19
- because the Chinese government can be counted on to provide a reasoned and objective assessment of the result of the election - znufrii Nov 7, 12:17
- ha! - prayformojo Nov 7, 12:16
LIR: RC: I don't know if you ever paid attention to the EVE lore but between that and recent feature announcements -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 12:10 7
- I haven't, really, but I'll catch up tonight and tomorrow. looks pretty interesting. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 12:16 1
  - The biggest thing is they are on a 5 week release cycle and have recently made statements about a resurgence in shaking up the game -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 12:17 [youtube]
- You people are *weird*. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:12 4
  - Hard core space opera fans are ... unique individuals ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 12:16
  - For sure, but I'm having quite a fun day today - oblique Nov 7, 12:15 2
    - All I care about are the Radioactive Space Kangaroos. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 12:17 1
      - heh. They sound very dangerous -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 12:17
what ever happened to those Google barges we heard about? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 7, 12:06 1
- a. why do they need 5k gallons of fuel? b. why on deck and not under/part of the ballast system -- nm - [email protected] Nov 7, 12:51
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- I got bored of it fairly quickly - decline Nov 7, 12:08
- Is this the same game I played on the PS2 a few years ago? That was fantastic. -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:07 3
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      - Oh yeah, that's it. Choosing between Nice and Snarky options will your ability to gain certain minions. - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 12:12
does anyone other than me still watch "revenge"? I have a question! (not really spoilery, but who knows) - b. Nov 7, 12:00 8
- the hobbit house is still watching - oblique Nov 7, 12:02 7
  - hee. I think I keep coming back for Nolan more than anyone else.. (spoilery) - b. Nov 7, 12:09 6
    - seriously (spoilers) - oblique Nov 7, 12:12 5
      - in the ep. before last... - b. Nov 7, 12:18 4
        
        I have a feeling he is going to end up under Emily's (spoiler) - oblique Nov 7, 12:19 3
        
        hee. I did like...(spoilery) - b. Nov 7, 12:20 2
        
        I really liked Nolan (spoilers) - oblique Nov 7, 12:25 1
        
        I don't think I've seen that yet. (no worries, though - I think I'll still appreciate that!) -- nm - b. Nov 7, 12:31
Parenthood (spoilers) am I the only one - oblique Nov 7, 11:54 2
- spoils - pmb Nov 7, 12:02
- ... you have a child named Joel? -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 11:56
jenbro, from bb: the best, reduced-time oatmeal I've tried is McCann's quick & easy steel cut. (not their instant or quick cooking.) - b. Nov 7, 11:50 3
- (I should say that their other varieties aren't bad; but it's the Q&E that's the bombdiggity, yo.) -- nm - b. Nov 7, 11:53 2
  - I have tried a few steel cut brands ... that's totally what I'm wanting to start eating for the healthier choice. - JenBro Nov 7, 12:03 1
    - yum! mmm, maple. - b. Nov 7, 12:07
That seems dumb. I bought the three $15 Amazon gift cards for the $10 credit to the account. They're physical cards. Delivered overnight. - Qale Nov 7, 11:38 1
- Drones are pretty cheap to fly. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 11:40
Keira Knightley boobies -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 11:32 8 1
- Or some stand-in dude. -- nm - budice Nov 7, 11:48 2
  - Correction: Or some stand-in child. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 11:49 1
    - Hey, don't make me feel awkward while I'm ogling that woman's nipples. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 12:06
- i've seen better, but i've also seen a lot worse . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 7, 11:44 2
  - Are they three dimensional? Then I'm cool with them. -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 11:50 1
    - well, yeah . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 7, 12:13
- yeah, they're boobs :) -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 11:41
- To me you are perfect. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 11:36
"There may be a scientific answer for why conservatives and liberals disagree so vehemently over the existence of issues like climate change ... " -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:31 15
- While on some level I think this is incredibly obvious I think the study itself is fairly flawed. The problem is that they've taken real world issues - pmb Nov 7, 12:09
- Is it because conservatives are less smart mouth breathers? -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 11:52 1
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- Interesting. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 11:48
- That's very interesting. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 11:38 4
  - I like the conclusion: It's not how you frame the problem, but how you frame the solution. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:45 3
    - I'm trying to think of a question that would similarly move the dial for liberals, ala the 22 to 55 move in the article. - Loyola Nov 7, 12:03 2
      - GMO labeling and vaccines come to mind. Or questions about nuclear energy and nuclear waste. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 12:19
      - I don't know you'd find too many at all that would disagree - Reagen Nov 7, 12:06
- I don't believe that study. -- nm - CranBaronies Nov 7, 11:31 5
  - threadjack. you really need to find a better holiday nic. I'm always reading this as CranBronies - znufrii Nov 7, 11:33 4
    - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 11:40
    - Would hyphens help? -- nm - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 7, 11:39 1
      - barely. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 11:48
    - I do too. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 11:34
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  - You're Welcome, next President! -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 12:01
- This was #3 on my list of post-election predictions. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:43 2
  - What were 1 and 2? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 11:46 1
    - I and a few friends made five predictions last week ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:55
Gimme some of that smooth hobbit action ... in space! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:25
Oh, Lorelai. -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 11:23 1
- She controls the weather and wrote the screenplay to Glitter! -- nm - CranBaronies Nov 7, 11:29
Dawson, do you know which restaurant you are going to at that the CIA? -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 11:23 1
- the one with the secret sauce -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:26
"Yeah, well, that may be ... but at least I never slept with Lumbergh." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 11:23
Dawson, you are going to Rhimeback a week too late. please save the enclosed link to the Aeordrome for next summer -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 7, 11:21 1
- Rhinebeck -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 11:22
bang pow -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 11:19

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