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Curiousity poll: does anyone have an arrangement with a friend or a company to come take anything potentially embarrassing out oif their home in case - Trish Mar 17, 10:17 3
- in high school my best friend made her mother swear that if anything happened to her *I* was the one who had to clean out one specific drawer. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 10:20
- no buti have an arrangement with a company to come and give my goldfish food every day - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 10:18
- I've heard of people doing it, but I don't know anyone besides the arrangement I have Crash to get his stuff. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 10:18
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- the ranch style stuff, I guess. - Reagen Mar 17, 10:18
- only if you eat it. -- nm - Will Ye Go, Loosi, Go? Mar 17, 10:17
- the dressing? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 10:15
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- It's addictive and fun. But is it ever really challenging? - psilotum Mar 17, 10:18 1
  - depends if you like 4X type stuff. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 10:20
I think Gibbs might be taking this a little too far now. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 17, 10:12 4
- What was that scene in West Wing where CJ said something she knew instantly was a mistake? - Mel Profit Mar 17, 10:17
- That tool will be gone by August at this rate. - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:14 2
  - still the apoplexy from some establishment political journaists in response is somewhat amusing - znufrii Mar 17, 10:15 1
    - Simple. They know he's a hack as well; they're just waiting for him to overstep then nail him on it. - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:16
Sweet, I have a colony. Start mining my marble! - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:11 5
- How many ships did you need to found your colony? -- nm - psilotum Mar 17, 10:19 1
  - Needed 3 ships, 9k in gold and 1250 wood. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:19
- BTW, I subscribed too, I'm at 49:73, my ressource is crystal (If I understand that part correctly) -- nm - Guigue Mar 17, 10:12 1
  - Onaytia[29:42] on .com/ crystal -- nm - Scorpion Mar 17, 10:28
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- If not family, then charity. Without a will it's going to your closest living relative. - TWuG Mar 17, 10:08
- *raises hand* - znufrii Mar 17, 10:08 1
  - Yes, we know you do -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 17, 10:11
- I've left everything to my nieces. -- nm - decline Mar 17, 10:08
- I don't know if you're kidding, but my advice is, when in doubt, leave it to your mom. -- nm - maura Mar 17, 10:06 9
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  - yep. I'm leaving my stuff to my family. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 10:07 7
    - fwiw, I wish I had stuff to leave. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 10:09 6
      - still worth doing a will. saves a lot of work, stress and effort on your family's part. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 10:11 5
        
        once I get the divorce out of the way, sure. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 10:16 3
        
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        (spoiler) - znufrii Mar 17, 10:20 1
        
        you have a 401k right? savings of some type? why even give her a penny? -- nm - decline Mar 17, 10:21
        
        yep. -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 10:14
- "crap and debt" -- nm - psilotum Mar 17, 10:06 1
  - Porn collection? -- nm - Curmudgeonx Mar 17, 10:11
Hmm, my camera has an Interval Shoot mode ... this has potential. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 10:03
My blog entry about my walk last night -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 17, 10:00 3
- serious question.... - Remlik Mar 17, 10:05 2
  - I'm 27 years old and I've never been physically active, due to various factors - asthma early on, and laziness thereafter. - Beryllium Mar 17, 10:08 1
    - ah...yeah that explains it. It does take a while to build up the cardio endurance... - Remlik Mar 17, 10:14
It's not a netbook... it's a friggin' PDA! -- (link) - Mop Mar 17, 09:55 1
- uhhh... the Yoga is an old Lenovo internal concept that leaked out uncontrolled, which is why it felt a little like a product tease. -- nm - the last mod ever loves mandy lane Mar 17, 09:58
I need to remove any stocks from my watch list. Seeing stuff go up when I don't have any money to put into it is just aggrivating. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:51
~Drink to the dead all you still alive, we shall join them in good time~ - con_carne Mar 17, 09:48
Happy St. Pats ST - last night's Crock Pot Corned Beef turned out GREAT! How did everyone else do with theirs? wish I had a green rice crispie :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 09:44 8
- Vile. ugh. barf. -- nm - Will Ye Go, Loosi, Go? Mar 17, 10:19
- I didn't do any irish cooking. Or any cooking at all, in fact, although I admit I'm feeling an urge to slow cook some grub. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 10:05
- My corned beef, potatoes and carrots are at home in the crock pot right now for tonight. -- nm - JaxSean Patrick Mar 17, 10:03 2
  - You know, it's probably because of my (decidedly non-Irish) upbringing, but every year I'm surprised that folks do stuff like this for SPD -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 10:05 1
    - Can't speak for everyone else - but there's just always an incredible selection of corned beefs to pick from - I like lean - no fat in the middle - & - JenBro Mar 17, 10:08
- Not sure if i'm going to do ours in the crock pot yet... -- nm - Stephen of the Hibernian Brigade Mar 17, 09:53 2
  - I kinda wish I added a couple more cloves of garlic - I just really like when it tastes more garlicky ( sp? ) -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 09:54 1
    - yeah, I went and got a couple of garlic cloves yesterday - Stephen of the Hibernian Brigade Mar 17, 10:05
Morbid day: do you have a will? a living will? a list of accounts, financials, passwords? -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 09:43 19
- yes. (to all of these.) -- nm - the last mod ever loves mandy lane Mar 17, 09:51
- yes, no, yes, yes, yes. -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:50
- We did Estate Planning in 2007. Will, trust, powers of attorney, medical proxies. You name it, we covered it. - TWuG Mar 17, 09:50 7
  - good job. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 09:56 1
    - Thank you. Doing it really makes you think about things. We had to decide between my Mom and her husband, or my SIL and her husband to take - TWuG Mar 17, 10:01
  - do you mind sharing - was it SUPER expensive? -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 09:52 4
    - Yes. We ended up with an 8 inch binder each full of documents detailing everything. - TWuG Mar 17, 09:57 3
      - Thanks ... I have clients asking about this more and more frequently ( and one thing they may not have told you ... - JenBro Mar 17, 10:06 2
        
        WE have an umbrella policy that covers us, the trust, etc. -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 10:10 1
        
        Excellent - my companies will even add the trusts to the Umbrella policies - so that the trusts as property owners have the same high limit and legal - JenBro Mar 17, 10:13
- none -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 09:50
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  - I am another lawyer without any estate planning -- nm - Curmudgeonx Mar 17, 10:15
  - you're a lawyer! draft yourself a will. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 09:58 1
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- No to all. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 09:46
- no no no no no but i have an organ donor card in my vallet -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 09:46 1
  - that reminds me, my driver's license expired this month. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 09:54
- No, no, no, no -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 09:45
Ok...so my new system's shippng info has not updated at UPS.com since 03/13. It's starting to piss me off! - Jim Mar 17, 09:43 1
- Jiggle *their* cables. -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:53
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- Maybe everybody here needs to make a list of who needs to be contacted in the event of the unthinkable. - Trish Mar 17, 10:06
- I don't consider myself a morbid person, but I have always wondered about this. Thx -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 09:33
- Interesting topic, how would ST know if you had passed? - amoxy Mar 17, 09:30 28
  - We have this come up occasionally on BOP when we haven't heard from someone for a while. texx is the only time it really happened, though. - David Mar 17, 09:58 2
    - Hoda. -- nm - Will Ye Go, Loosi, Go? Mar 17, 10:20
    - TT/ST has lost too many. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 09:59
  - my sister or sash would email andrea. -- nm - the last mod ever loves mandy lane Mar 17, 09:56
  - You'd probably hear about it from JackDawson -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 09:48 8
    - Huh. I figured we'd read about it in the New York Times. -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 09:50 5
      - I wish I was famuos enough to get an obit in the NYTimes -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 09:51 4
        
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        I guess a front-page obit in the NYT would be worth it ... -- nm - znufrii si #36 searching for a blimp Mar 17, 09:55 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - con_blarney Mar 17, 10:13
        
        good point. - znufrii Mar 17, 09:55
    - "Oh shit. Guys, what do I do with the body?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:49
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  - Honestly...you probably wouldn't. -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 09:43 2
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  - My wife knows to send a mail to my HSBR group. Of course, if we buy the farm together... -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 09:41
  - I'm a vampire -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 09:37
  - Hopefully, pippy or shay would let the rest of you know. -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:37
  - A co-worker would write something on my Facebook wall, I guess. -- nm - maura Mar 17, 09:36 1
    - Actually, a number of people know or could easily figure out where I work and are welcome to contact my employer if I go more than a few days without - maura Mar 17, 09:39
  - i'm assuming a post on my facebook page. -- nm - Andie with the black velvet band Mar 17, 09:36 2
    - "Andie is dead now." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:36 1
      - "Life Status: It's Complicated" -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:40
  - Bippy would tell us. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 09:35
  - Mrs. CCC would mention it on FB, and ty and loosi might let you know. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 17, 09:32
  - I hope my daughter would let you know. At least she knows about TT and could pass the word through there. -- nm - Galway Girl Mar 17, 09:32
  - I'd post from beyond the grave. -- nm - Dano Mar 17, 09:32
Do people really not understand how billing hours work? -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:27 11
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  - Or perhaps we were kidding... - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:32 1
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- "We bill the hours, you pay the hours." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 09:28
- No. People really do not understand how ethics work. -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:28 6
  - Well, to be fair, we were talking about lawyers -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 17, 09:32 5
    - This isn't directed at you, but at people in general--I'm really really really sick of lawyer *jokes*. I know a bunch of lawyers and all of them are - Trish Mar 17, 10:13
    - I think the statement fits a much broader set of people. ;^) -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:35 3
      - True, some lawyers go into politics too :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 17, 09:49 2
        
        Keep going..... -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:55
        
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Washington Post endorses immigration bill that would extend permanent residency rights to foreign-born partners in same-sex couples. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 17, 09:27
So is it's better to upgrade your Academy early I am figuring? -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 09:26 5
- that was my stategy atleast aslong as i have the ressources on hand -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 09:29 2
  - You can upgrade through level 4 without requiring crystal. -- nm - psilotum Mar 17, 09:41 1
    - i know :) - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 09:54
- Yep lets you research faster but just remember researchers tap into your gold production -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:27
- Seems like it. Upgraded Academy means more scientists, faster research. -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:27
crapola Mel Profit. you must have finished your military future research -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:24 13
- eat my total point dust! - Mel Profit Mar 17, 09:36 4
  - I got 12 days to finish it. dayam -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:40 3
    - Now that we have fairly significant militaries I'm turning to the Research. - Mel Profit Mar 17, 09:45 2
      - yeah, it kinda sucks that way -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:49 1
        
        I can basically burn through the 2% savings it took me to research in...one day. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 17, 09:51
- How long have you been playing Mel? -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:32 3
  - we started at the same time pretty much. I want to say like 15 months -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:34 2
    - sounds about right. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 17, 09:36
    - I had a town like 6- 7 months ago but I stopped playing and they deleted it -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:35
- cannon casting is on my research level 244 days !!!! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 09:28
- Are your points your military score? -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 09:28 2
  - no, there all the points combined. you can check out your different scores by clicking the highscore link up top -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:33 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Mar 17, 09:37
your sympathy not required, but appreciated: for the first time since we've had abby, both heather & i are sick at the same time. ugh. - prayformojo Mar 17, 09:23 8
- This is your ultimate test. Hang in there. - Spawn Mar 17, 09:35 1
  - I am on my 4th cold this winter. - psilotum Mar 17, 09:50
- I offer to babysit. Just ship her down here. -- nm - Dano Mar 17, 09:33
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- :( - kelly Mar 17, 09:29
- Grace, prayformojo is behind this. There is no doubt in my mind, and now, he's got Sloane Peterson involved. - Don Homer Mar 17, 09:27
- Ouch. Sucks when both are too sick for either to go to the store for meds. - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:26
- flu? or more serious...in any case rum helps against everything almost - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 09:25
LIR for JD:"We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die." -- nm - Taur na n�g Mar 17, 09:23
go -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 09:23

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