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Not to interrupt our excellent lotto talk and this means nothing to you all but we share triumphs here so... - Mel Profit Feb 11, 12:24 6
- woot! -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 12:34
- Congrats! IRB reviews can be such a pain in the rump. -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 11, 12:32
- You can't spell conditionally approved without approved! Congrats! -- nm - David Feb 11, 12:28
- must be pretty scary, life among Stalin's inner circle -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 11, 12:27
- nice -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:26
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 12:25
the only thing I really want is a house. I would love to walk up to a house, knock on the door, say "here's $500k. please move out." - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 11, 12:24 2
- If movies have taught me anything about house buying it's that you can get a great discount if you pay all cash upfront -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 12:27 1
  - gas monkey garage -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 11, 12:29
Shaun: AC/DC Moncton, Sept 5th -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 12:23
I never watched Friends, but the Internet talk surrounding its Netflix revival leads me to believe they must have kept that sound stage pretty cool -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 12:17 1
- nipples? - oblique Feb 11, 12:18
LIR: Extravegance. I think I'd buy a new car almost immediately. I love my 6 year old Cobalt with 180k miles - oblique Feb 11, 12:17 19
- You put 30k miles a year on your car? How far is your commute? -- nm - David Feb 11, 12:28 2
  - 15 miles but he gets lost. like, *a lot* -- nm - Max Feb 11, 12:29 1
    - finally! a funny dead person -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 12:30
- Mine: a large number of very expensive whiskey bottles. - znufrii Feb 11, 12:28
- chun protocol -- nm - budice Feb 11, 12:24
- ten shares is about 10m...that funds a very nice retirement plan of a few hundred K a year - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 11, 12:23
- I'd buy a house almost immediately - then go furniture shopping, then hire an interior decorator. - St Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 11, 12:23
- pay off mortgage...call the Property Bros. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 12:21 4
  - They can be a touch dorky, but I think I like them the best in the whole 'home reno' tv world. - Shaun Feb 11, 12:24 3
    - I like the spirit of what nicole curtis does. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 11, 12:26 2
      - her voice drives dave crazy. like if she's on and he comes in the room he changes the channel. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:29
      - I like the spirit of what nicole curtis wears. Low cut tanks are totally the best dress codes for doing renos. -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 12:28
- I'd get Van Halen to play my birthday party... -- nm - decline Feb 11, 12:19 6
  - Fleetwood Mac but I think that might cut into my 10 mil quite a bit. -- nm - St Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 11, 12:22
  - Spicoli! -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 11, 12:22
  - this is great. if this is a poll, I get concrete blonde. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 11, 12:20 3
    - I would get Diva...let her pick who she wants as back up, rolling Stones, tower of power whatev -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 11, 12:25
    - Trooper -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 12:22
    - i want Pink. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 12:21
EPL: Aston Villa canned their manager. -- nm - budice Feb 11, 12:08 2
- "Villa have spent 103 seasons in the top tier of English football; the only club to have spent longer in the top flight are Everton, with 111 seasons" -- nm - zork Feb 11, 12:21 1
  - if they get relegated, it would be massive. There is still time to turn things around. -- nm - zork Feb 11, 12:22
ika question. At what point did the inactives disappear? - Ultron Feb 11, 12:07 2
- I was expecting barren islands by now too -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 11, 12:29 1
  - If the f- us on this... -- nm - Ultron Feb 11, 12:31
'The Hobbit' Trilogy Grossed Almost $3 Billion And No One Cared -- (link) - budice Feb 11, 12:04 6
- I care -- nm - Peter Jackson's wallet Feb 11, 12:06
- I care -- nm - Luke Skywalker Feb 11, 12:05 4
  - Wrong franchise there ,Luke -- nm - eag Feb 11, 12:06 3
    - That crap can still earn billions of dollars is great news for the Star Wars franchise. -- nm - David Feb 11, 12:13 2
      - Exactly. If that crap can ear billions, than Star Wars can earns tens of billions. - Ultron Feb 11, 12:14 1
        
        speaking of improving... -- (link) - David Feb 11, 12:29
Okay, who'd like scans of the tickets? Zork? Jax? Anyone else? -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 12:02 3
- I'll try to enter them in the Excel file. -- nm - zork Feb 11, 12:15
- I won't have time. Zork usually is pretty damn quick with it. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 11, 12:14
- me - - St Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 11, 12:12
Powerball poll. what will the jackpot final tally be tonight? they think $500m. I say it will be slightly over and $508M -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 11:59 1
- It's been at $500 since this morning, definitely over. -- nm - MDH Feb 11, 12:12
Isnt it funny about how all the talk of deflategate has gone away - eag Feb 11, 11:57 14
- Until the story, it never would have occurred to me that each team played with certain balls and that there are specific balls for kicking plays. -- nm - zork Feb 11, 12:16
- because it was pretty much proven to be a non-story -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 12:01 1
  - and alot of the loudest screamers have been proven to be huge hypocrites -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 12:02
- Well, they got their 2 weeks of stupid controversy talk keeping people from realizing exactly how bad the league is overall - Will Hunting Feb 11, 12:00 5
  - How does Roger Godell still have his job? -- nm - eag Feb 11, 12:05 4
    - Becuase the apologists think he makes the NFL money when the NFL makes money; he's just the monkey leading it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 12:13 3
      - Making money? - eag Feb 11, 12:28 1
        
        It's a 9+ BILLION dollar enterprise. You can't sell a team for less than 800mil. - Will Hunting Feb 11, 12:30
      - That and the NFL saw what happened to the NBA when they got a new commish. - Ultron Feb 11, 12:15
- interesting thought -- nm - budice Feb 11, 12:00 1
  - Obviously Brian Williams is involved - eag Feb 11, 12:04
- the NFL hasn't ruled on it yet. I expect the talk to spike up once that happens. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 11:59 2
  - Speaking of spike, did you see Gronk spike the hell out of a puck the other night after the ceremonial faceoff? -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 12:16
  - drop the news during NBA AllStar weekend. Deflect attentio . -- nm - budice Feb 11, 12:01
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, that Straight Outta Compton trailer is an example of how to do a trailer right, no? - con_carne Feb 11, 11:49 [youtube] 1
- I still remeber getting that album when it came out. - decline Feb 11, 11:59
Have we seen this? An open letter to parents of League of Legends players. AKA don't make your kids sign off to go to bed. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 11, 11:48 1
- Written by "Ice Weasel"? More like "Ass Weasel", amiright? -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 11:53
Aaaand another call from that collection agency (and presumably a voicemail). Just what I need when everything's going to shit at home. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 11:40 18
- The agency called back, it seems as though we were able to reach an agreement that I'm not the one they were looking for. So it might be resolved. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:29
- K, I called Rogers directly and confirmed that there's no weirdness going on on their end. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:03 8
  - although if they sold the debt it may not be on their books anymore. -- nm - decline Feb 11, 12:04 7
    - I would think AR would still be able to see it, even then -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:10 6
      - They specifically said "what we have on record is not something we would have sent to collections" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:10 5
        
        They need to call the collection agency or you need to get something that you can shove up the collection agencys ass -- nm - eag Feb 11, 12:12 4
        
        They advised answering the next call and requesting an account number, then verifying it with Rogers to see what's up. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:19 3
        
        I really hope this isn't an identity theft type thing -- nm - decline Feb 11, 12:20 1
        
        This has occured to me as well -- nm - eag Feb 11, 12:25
        
        "They" being the helpful and nice Rogers people. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 12:19
- tell them after powerball pays you, they will be paid. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 11:47
- Notify them in writing that they're trying to collect an invalid debt and harrassing you. They'll go away. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:45 2
  - From what I've heard of them at 800notes.com, it's very very difficult to achieve this. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 11:48 1
    - You'd be surprised what a legal document does to dirtbag collectors. - David Feb 11, 11:49
- On the plus side, this gives me an idea of what to do with a box of anus-shaped chocolates. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 11:45
- at least here in the states you can tell them to stop calling you and have everything sent to you in writing. -- nm - decline Feb 11, 11:42
- Just pay the off and get rid of them! -- nm - Ultron Feb 11, 11:41
- If they don't send something in writing they're full of crap. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:41
Have seen this US little league champ are champs no more -- (link) - eag Feb 11, 11:40
uh oh MDH, more smoke in the metro, this time at Courthouse -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:36
UVA had the dance cam at their last game, and it got real. (The woman clearly won though and the result is BS). -- (link) - MDH Feb 11, 11:28 [youtube] 1
- The reason I bring it up, is that her interview with the Post after is aboslutely hysterical. Someone get her a comedy gig. -- (link) - MDH Feb 11, 11:29
I've got good news and bad news. Nick Offerman is touring. With Megan Mullally. -- (link) - Mop Feb 11, 11:25
Very cool SNL Data in an article about the 40th anniversary show -- (link) - volnelk Feb 11, 11:24
Costa Concordia captain Schettino guilty of manslaughter -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 11, 11:21
office email string: "The toilets are out of order. Should take 20 minutes to fix." "Please use the toilets in the cafe downstairs." "Toilets fixed!" - Max Feb 11, 11:06 5
- Hit it, Max! - Ultron Feb 11, 11:07 4
  - 50 Shades of Yellow - Max Feb 11, 11:08 3
    - The Yellow Room -- nm - budice Feb 11, 11:11 2
      - 3000 miles to the rest room -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 11, 11:13 1
        
        Waiting for Godamn Handyman -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 11:16
330 tickets in hand!! The little old man in the liquor store remembered me from a couple of years back :) -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 11:03 41
- Though I did not participate, I will still root for y'all to win and for one of you to hire me as an extremely well-paid pool boy. -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 11, 12:07 1
  - done! -- nm - St Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 11, 12:23
- Thanks - I feel ST is very lucky right now! -- nm - St Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 11, 11:46
- Thanks for doing this, greatly appreciated. -- nm - J Feb 11, 11:45 1
  - Indeed. Meg is the de facto matriarch of ST. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:46
- The question becomes - will this end up like the Luftansa Heist in Goodfellas - Mel Profit Feb 11, 11:44
- Thx Meg!! -- nm - Diva Feb 11, 11:41
- hee hee ... I wish I could have seen his face ... did you buy the single can of cat food too? (warped humor I know - but so funny) -- nm - JenBro Feb 11, 11:30
- THANK YOU MEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 11:29 1
  - yes - this too - Thanks Meg! -- nm - JenBro Feb 11, 11:30
- "How YOU doin'?" -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 11:22
- $500,000,000/330 puts each share's value at around $1.5 million. - TWuG Feb 11, 11:20 18
  - Total pool is 340 shares, including 10 that were bought elsewhere and assigned. -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 11:35 7
    - So a little *less* than $1 million per share at the current lump sum payout. -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 11:36 6
      - lumpsum after taxes will be around 600K per share (depending on where you live) -- nm - decline Feb 11, 11:50 5
        
        Dammit, not enough money to retire on comfortably. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 12:01
        
        I thought the cash option was after 25% fed tax and you're left with paying your state tax on that number? -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:53 3
        
        I estimated 40% tax overall - it'll vary by state and local taxes and such -- nm - decline Feb 11, 11:55 2
        
        lump sum is pre-tax - for the annuity you only pay taxes on each payment each year -- nm - decline Feb 11, 11:56 1
        
        That's as annoying as cable companies not revealing taxes and fees. If it's a "cash" option, advertise the number after fed taxes are taken. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:58
  - And 1 share equates to 1 $2 ticket, yes? -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 11:24 1
    - Yes. Max was $20 for 10 shares. -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 11:25
  - Did anyone not make the cut? - Ultron Feb 11, 11:22 7
    - you are so cool!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 11, 11:32
    - sold! - Andie Feb 11, 11:22 5
      - if you are serious, i will paypal you right now. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 11:23 4
        
        Do it! - Ultron Feb 11, 11:27 3
        
        Done! :) -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 11:34 2
        
        Sweet! I only chipped in $10 for 5 shares. But even 4 shares is plenty! -- nm - Ultron Feb 11, 11:37 1
        
        4 shares *plus* a very nice thank you gift from me. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 11:47
- So, 420 chances for me to win a life-changing amount of money. - znufrii Feb 11, 11:20
- So is my math right here? - decline Feb 11, 11:18
- take some 'dolla dolla tickets yo' gangsta photos of yourself -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:08 1
  - I meant to take a photo of the store - I'll get it when I go back to validate our winnings :) -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 11:09
- That's awesome! - David Feb 11, 11:03 6
  - Or he's thinking, there goes that poor woman, burning through her social security payments.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 11:14 5
    - He better not have made eye contact if he was. - David Feb 11, 11:24 4
      - Man, remember that one guy who rolled his eyes at her after she'd turned away? *shudder* -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 11:27 3
        
        What? Nobody remembers thay guy. What guy? -- nm - Ultron Feb 11, 11:28 1
        
        Crap! Glad I renewed my enrollment on the "Do Not Kill" list! -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 11:30
        
        I think eunuch is the correct term now. -- nm - David Feb 11, 11:28
UK Government pays out over $10 million after single letter blunder causes business with 250 employees to collapse...(link) - Walt_Disney Feb 11, 10:54 1
- What is "wound up"? -- nm - Ultron Feb 11, 11:49
POI spoilers - Beaker Feb 11, 10:52
Baron, if I minded poop being hurled at me, I wouldn't hang out here. -- nm - David Feb 11, 10:52 1
- [throws flowers, laurels and chocolates] -- nm - mud Feb 11, 11:04
The only things we can choose are the choices from Sneakers - Beaker Feb 11, 10:45 5
- that one agent's phone number is probably less valuable now. -- nm - Reagen Feb 11, 10:59 2
  - because all the guys have it? -- nm - Max Feb 11, 11:03
  - Here is her IMDB page. -- (link) - David Feb 11, 11:03
- Peace on Earth. -- nm - David Feb 11, 10:51
- Can you guarantee my safety? -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 11, 10:48

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