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3 of our cats are currently sleeping in a pile on the foot of the bed. - TWuG Mar 23, 13:43 1
- you have more than 3 cats as well as have dogs in the plural? wow -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:44
Taylor Swift is buying porn domains so nobody else can use her name -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 23, 13:36 3
- fake p0rn of Taylor is a whole subset itself -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 14:06
- She's a smart woman. -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 13:43 1
  - pmb, stymied again. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:44
WWE: Some Raw spoilers - Remlik Mar 23, 13:35 3
- Any chance Sting sticks around for a while after WM? He'd be a great counter to the Authority. - pmb Mar 23, 13:46 1
  - this sounds almost too much like the old WCW New World Order schtick . . . - call me Ishmael Mar 23, 13:49
- first of all, dang it all, i forgot to set my DVR. I might actually want to know what Sting has to say. 2nd of all, Hall of Fame spoiler . . . - call me Ishmael Mar 23, 13:44
St Crowd thought....Would you say that more people use Instagram or Flickr?.... - Walt_Disney Mar 23, 13:31 8
- Instagram is the more social site, I see Flickr as storage, portfolio presentation, and collections of similar images. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:43
- when summer comes you will want to promote your instagram account with the campers. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 13:38 1
  - This was my thought as well. Already taken some winter pics but only posted on the FB page. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 23, 13:45
- Instagram no question. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 13:35
- Instagram. I have instagram hooked up with Flickr too so I get double picture posts on FB! effin frustrating -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:34 1
  - Flickr only gives 250 images free (iirc) What do you have at insty -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:37
- Instagram for sure. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 23, 13:34
- Instagram -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 13:32
I'm sure it surprises nobody that ign is bad at reporting. (Arkham Knight related). - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 13:27 1
- And if you care about the retailer-specific bonuses. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 13:37
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- no surprise it's outside Upton Park. I've been there, heh -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:26
This is a fun read about the Coastal Carolina trip to tournament - JD Mar 23, 13:16
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- Cantaloupe -- nm - rollo Mar 23, 13:39
- Strawberry daiquiri -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 13:30 1
  - or maybe it was strawberry cheesecake. I know it was one of those speckled ones. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 13:31
- Watermelon or Berry Blue with others very close. I *love* jellybeans! -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 13:26
- none -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 13:24
- It's a toss-up between root beer/cream soda. -- nm - kelly Mar 23, 13:19
- watermelon -- nm - JD Mar 23, 13:16
- I *hate* jellybeans. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Mar 23, 13:15 3
  - You like M&Ms though, right? It's not a 'all tiny egg-shaped things' deal like with jellybeans and raisins? -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:20 1
    - no. I like sixlets and good and plenty too. my hate is jellybean specific only. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Mar 23, 13:23
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PSA: for the ladies and those with daughters. Jem and Holograms #1 comic is out on Wed. -- (link) - Remlik Mar 23, 13:12
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  - Other than Dano, was anyone else here a college athlete? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:09 4
    - lacrosse for me -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:18
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      - If club and intramural sports count, a lot of us will say yes....but NO! -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:15 1
        
        (I was a kickass volleyball player.) -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:16
FYI: The Amazon Prime Store Card now offers 5% cash back on all purchases. - GregW Mar 23, 12:54 10
- very cool if a person shops almost exclusively at Amazon - that really adds up. My Chase Freedom card only has 5% on Amazon the last quarter -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 13:18
- store card, probably not for gas or anything not purchased from the zon -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:03 2
  - Buy barrels, go to oil drill and buy oil at a packaging-free discount. Money in the bank. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:19 1
    - well frack, why didn't I think of that, brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:35
- But just for Amazon.com purchases, right? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:02 2
  - Right. -- nm - GregW Mar 23, 13:09 1
    - Yes, and you have to stay a Prime member. You get 3% back with the Chase Amazon.com Visa either way. - spamlet Mar 23, 13:38
- What card is this? do you have a link? -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 13:00 2
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And if you think grocery delivery is mind boggling, well just wait until you get a load of -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 12:53 5
- "No payment required, we work on commission. 5% of your delivery by volume will be consumed during transit." -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:25
- whoa that wants to load an ap on my cell phone -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:01 2
  - Just tell it 'no'. I'm not on a mobile right now, but I know they have an app. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:02 1
    - I said no, use Chrome but it still started download. I closed out instead, so this is a service that will stock a mini bar in your house? -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:05
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Marvel reportedly auditioned 16-year-old Mateus Ward for Spider-Man -- (link) - Remlik Mar 23, 12:48 1
- Is he the kid that was in Weeds? If so, that would be a great champ. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 13:18
It's been a while: how much are you supposed to tip the grocery delivery guy? -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:38 53
- We'd always give the guy 5 bucks -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:19 1
  - oh, yeah. In the city, 15% or more depending on stairs and all that -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:20
- I don't want to be judgey or anything, but you ain't no kind of man if you don't carry your own groceries. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:17
- I would do 11 - 15%. More if the deliveryperson has to climb stairs. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:03 2
  - but what if he's cute? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 13:04 1
    - 15% plus a phone number. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:18
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- This can't be a real thing. -- nm - David Mar 23, 12:43 39
  - I'm sure that was the afterschool job of numerous teens in 80's movies. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 12:57 2
    - I was a bagger at a grocery store as a kid and we used to pack for deliveries all the time (though people did come in and buy and then have them - pmb Mar 23, 13:02 1
      - In Canada in the 60s (ouch!) I'd grocery shop in my lunch hour and the groceries would be outside my door when I got home. - Meg Mar 23, 13:21
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  - True story, back in the 1930's and '40's my grandmother shopped at the 1st Wegmans. She would give the grocer her list - decline Mar 23, 12:47 30
    - in addition to the delivery-only businesses (FreshDirect, Peapod), many/most grocers here (include Trader Joe's and Whole Foods) will delivery. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:49 29
      - Stop making stuff up. -- nm - David Mar 23, 12:54
      - Is this like some kind of NYC-based stealth bragging then? Why wouldn't you just google this -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 12:53 27
        
        ? -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:07
        
        No. (How would this even be bragging? Plenty of cities have these services). - ty97 Mar 23, 12:59 24
        
        I first started using grocery delivery when I had knee surgery and was living alone. - Diva Mar 23, 13:06
        
        I have seriously only heard of this as a thing from my grandparents' store in the 1950s. - David Mar 23, 13:04 12
        
        When we lived in NYC, we'd get beer and liquor and smokes delivered -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:22 5
        
        You and the Droogs? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:24 2
        
        I have a predilection for classical music, mainly Beethoven. -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:32
        
        *snort!* -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:27
        
        you were living right. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:24 1
        
        You know how friends would come over, no one wanted to go out in the cold, oh, let's order more beer! -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:28
        
        you've never heard of Peapod? -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:06 5
        
        the peapod i knew was a $$$maturnity boutique with organic fiber fair trade sustainable farmed clothing -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:13 1
        
        that's Pea In the Pod. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:18
        
        or Plan-it Organic -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:07 1
        
        Judging from their web page, I think that's one guy with a truck. -- (link) - David Mar 23, 13:12
        
        After googling, nope. -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:07
        
        hell, not even cities. We've go those services around the boondocks where I live - decline Mar 23, 13:02 2
        
        Speaking of which, this topic would have made for a good episode of The Boondocks -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 13:06
        
        oh I knew that :) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:03
        
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        The rats. -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:03 5
        
        They don't actually talk, that's just a move thing. - ty97 Mar 23, 13:04 4
        
        Do they make eye contact and eat all the food in your cabinets or is that a movie thing, too? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:05 3
        
        They leave your cabinet alone as long as you leave a bit of filet mignon in the corner for them. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:06 2
        
        How did you ween off of truffles? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:08 1
        
        Allistair's blood pressure was getting high so I convinced him and Annabelle to tone down the sweets. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:10
        
        hey - why so aggressive today? -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 12:57
  - It's been a thing for so long that even *Amazon* does it now. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:45 3
    - (Amazon Prime Fresh only $299!) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 12:51
    - i used to do it - when i didn't have a car i'd periodically order the larger/heavier items and then supplement with fresh stuff i'd big up a couple - Andie Mar 23, 12:48 1
      - I used it semi-regularly in Chicago (especially in winter) because the grocery store wasn't that close. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:50
- not as much as the marijuana delivery guy -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 12:42
- 50 cents a bag and a Gilbert Grape soda. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 12:42
- us 99%-ers can't afford to have groceries delivered. We need to actually carry our bags from the store. -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:41 3
  - FreshDirect sent me a mailer for $50 off a $125 order (up to two orders!) so I figured what the hell. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:47 2
    - that is pretty awesome -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 12:49
    - tip him the 50 bucks and make his day! -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:48
How about a disco flashback? -- (link) - Covington Mar 23, 12:37 [youtube]
~I'm sittin' at a bar on the inside, waitin for my ride on the outside. She stole my heart in the trailer park~ - Epiphany Mar 23, 12:34 1
- oh romeo, oh romeo, where art my valiant? you f'n POS wrapped it round yon street light -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 12:53
Mo'ne Davis has some serious class for a 14 yo -- (link) - decline Mar 23, 12:25
And fun (?) fact despite despite decline's B2 cynicism; Sabre is still, to this day, used by AA and many other airlines. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:25
My (new, new) jury summons is here. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:18 7
- just wear a tshirt that says Hands Up Don't Shoot, i mean what are the odds the defendant is white -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 12:57
- if you have any medical issues like incontinence or insomnia, they will not want you -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 12:44 1
  - there you go Ty, fake narcolepsy! -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:48
- Runaway Jury 2! This time, it's sexy. -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:24
- You'll be in the first panel called, sit around in a hot courtroom all day, then not be chosen for the jury. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 12:22 2
  - It's two days of service for everyone as a best case, even if not selected. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:23
  - Then you'll be asked to come back a second day and have the same experience. No, wait, that was me. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 12:23
"When I talk about the movies I’ve done, I say, “The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, UHF…. “UHF?! Wow, we love that movie." -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:18 2
- I saw it in a theater with a friend from work back in the day - eag Mar 23, 12:24 1
  - I still remember alot of it. May have to find the DVD -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:24
Al Roker claims this will be the song of the summer (note: there are some g*damns in the lyrics) -- (link) - Covington Mar 23, 12:15 [youtube] 4
- nope.jpg -- nm - Qale Mar 23, 12:39
- I will be the judge of this!! *plugs in* Umm no. If you want catchy...listen to the new Flo rida -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 12:29
- made it 40 seconds before turning off -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:26
- Al Roker is dumb -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:16
Vin Diesel's new daughter is named: -- (link) - kelly Mar 23, 12:12 13
- I'm waiting for the epic weepy action-packed Paul Walker biopic. Directed by and starring Vin Diesel of course -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 12:41
- man, how is pauline such a bad name and paulina so okay? -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Mar 23, 12:13 9
  - I think it goes paulina, polly, pauline. pauline is always last. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Mar 23, 12:24 3
    - I think it's maybe that -ine names are out of favor. -- nm - Maxine Mar 23, 13:21 2
      - also, i am still done with Katherine. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 13:24 1
        
        i hate my phone. i am still FINE with Katherine. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 13:44
  - I....dislike both -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:19 2
    - Same here. I like the sentiment behind his giving his daughter the name, though. It's sweet. -- nm - kelly Mar 23, 12:32 1
      - Agreed. But I'd have to just go with Paula -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:08
  - (Paulina is way better. for sure) -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 12:14 1
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:23
- ah (his tweet is adorable) -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 12:13 1
  - err, FB post. whatevs' -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 12:13
Amanda, you are our credit card rewards expert.. what are your thoughts on the CapitalOne QuickSilver 1.5% cash back card? -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 23, 12:07 [Backboard] 2
- I have that card and don't love it. why not the citi double cash (2% on everything) or manage your spend by card: - all the boys love mandy lane Mar 23, 12:12 1
  - hmm didn't know about the citi 2%. Hence asking you :) -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Mar 23, 12:27

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