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i hate sitting near the kitchen. i get asked the dumbest questions. i literally just got asked "do you know why we don't keep a bottle of salad - Andie Jul 2, 08:13 9
- omg I hate that so much. I'm in the kitchen/cooler corner. "We're out of water." So trot your ass over to CVS like I would to get some. -- nm - Max Jul 2, 08:27
- "Yes." *goes back to work* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 2, 08:22
- Imagine trying to decide what kind. I like saying "Your guess is as good as mine" when people ask me about stuff that has nothing to do with me. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 08:20 2
  - yeah, and who gets *that* job? -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 08:22
  - yeah, i might start using that. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 08:22
- Do you know why I don't know? Because I'm not the fucking lunch lady or the keeper of the fridge! - Krusty Jul 2, 08:16 3
  - that's really what is in my head. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 08:17 2
    - Better than being near the bathroom and getting questions about what goes on in there. ;-) - Krusty Jul 2, 08:20 1
      - I'm near both - by choice. - Beryllium Jul 2, 08:33
This is really only for the Canadians - my boss's wife found out today she's being awarded the Order of Canada. - Andie Jul 2, 07:59 6
- Thats cool!! Nice award. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 08:11
- Cool beans. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:02 4
  - your IM - i have no doubts about that. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 08:03 3
    - Yep. Still leans Laurentian, definitely biased towards politicians, media and arts, and refuses such obvious ones like Don Cherry due to snobbery. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:07 2
      - (I hate Don Cherry - but i get the point) :) -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 08:08 1
        
        I'm not a fan either, but I can't come up with any reasonable explaination against his inclusion. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:10
So with Walker in and Kasich likely, those two plus Cruz are probably the three I'm curious about the most in this. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 07:59 13
- Curious, as in "could potentially support, depending on their position"? Or interested in seeing where their campaign ends up? -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:03 3
  - As in my potential rooting interest/pop down to ND, MIN or WIS to help next year. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:05 2
    - Might as well support the only Canadian in the race, I guess. -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:06 1
      - See below. I brain cramped and misspoke. Not Cruz. Rubio. Rubio is who I am curious about. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:09
- I hadn't heard of Kasich until recently. Not sure if that's good or bad for him. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 08:03 2
  - If you want a guy who is actually a competent politician in the context of doing...he's your guy. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 08:10 1
    - Plus if he can win in Ohio as governor, he might have potential to change electoral college math. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:12
- I know you can throw Cruz out - he's too radically right. - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 08:03 5
  - Depending on the issue, so am I. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:04 4
    - Oh f*%#. I didn't mean Cruz. He is a knob. I meant Rubio. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:08 3
      - OK, that makes much more sense. (I think of the three, Rubio is your guy) -- (link) - Roger More Jul 2, 08:11 1
        
        I just don't know enough about him yet, but yes, generational change would be useful for the party and in this race against HRC. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 2, 08:14
      - whew -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 08:08
MGM’s pitch for a $1B casino in metro Atlanta -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 2, 07:56
25 years ago today Andy Hawkins threw a no hitter. Oh, and he lost 4-0. -- (link*) - spamlet Jul 2, 07:53 6
- Yeah, I remember it well. Damn errors killed him. And then years later MLB went it took away his no-no. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 2, 07:55 4
  - Huh. I didn't realize that. Here's why. -- (link) - ML Jul 2, 07:57 1
    - If they were going to change it then they should have also rid the books of no hitters with multiple pitchers. - Krusty Jul 2, 08:01
  - Because it was 8 innings? -- nm - Local MP Jul 2, 07:56 1
    - Not his fault the team doesn't come to bat. He pitched no hit baseball for every inning the game allowed. I get it but I'm still conflicted. - Krusty Jul 2, 07:59
- I remember that game too, although I didn't see it live. - ML Jul 2, 07:53
Yay! - Brian Pern is coming back. -- (link) - LMS Jul 2, 07:46
ty97 trivia fact: Delaware is the only state without commercial air travel -- (link) - decline Jul 2, 07:38 1
- I was surprised to read that when I saw that Frontier was pulling out, but I guess it makes sense. - ty97 Jul 2, 08:05
That World Cup final minute is heartbreaking for how easily it could not have happened.... - Will Hunting Jul 2, 07:37
"Trump bump stumps clump of grumpy Republican chumps. Will the GOP slump?" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 07:34
Welcome back to MLB, Jose Fernandez. - ML Jul 2, 07:34 2
- Matt Moore too! -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:46 1
  - And Patrick Corbin! - ML Jul 2, 07:50
the knuckle in my right thumb really hurts when I write. Do I have carpal tunnel? -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 07:31 14
- no - probably slept on it wrong - clutching Mel all through the night. - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:37 5
  - thx. :) -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 08:03
  - you got that right, lady. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 07:44 3
    - she was just making sure you did not fall out of the bed without your guard rail. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:47 2
      - that reminds me - I did last week during a particularly frightening dream. SM was pissed because I took the covers with me - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:57
      - I'm sorry but ... snork -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:48
- thumbworm - oblique Jul 2, 07:36
- I don't think so. Usually it's the wrist that has the pain. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:34 4
  - It can go into the hand but pain in the knuckle isn't usually a sign of carpal tunnel. - Krusty Jul 2, 07:37 3
    - re: IM - I do lose grip strength and the pain's been going on for a while. -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 08:05 2
      - I would suggest talking to your doc the next time you go or if it gets worse. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 2, 08:11 1
        
        thx! -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 08:13
- "write?" People still do that? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 07:32
- yes! you need to go home right now and ice it! -- nm - decline Jul 2, 07:32
Sonia Manzano (Maria) will be retiring from Sesame Street. She was on for 44 years! -- (link) - Krusty Jul 2, 07:29
Speaking of Chicago, I'm looking for details on Chicagostravaganza. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 07:27 9
- Dang guys. I hadn't realized the date. Looks like you'll all have to entertain yourselves without me! -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 07:39
- hotels for most are in the Magazine street or The Loop neighborhoods. - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:37 2
  - I did volunteer to drive anyone staying near Midway airport. - groiny Jul 2, 07:38 1
    - you are a good man -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:39
- If only there was an easy way to search ST! - Roger More Jul 2, 07:29 1
  - You clearly don't understand Mop. -- nm - ML Jul 2, 07:31
- sent you a FB invite to the group -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:29
- it's in Chicago. - groiny Jul 2, 07:28 1
  - and it's a STravaganza. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 07:33
Pricing out flights to FL in Oct and TX in Nov and Dec. All I can say is -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 2, 07:15
Ahhh! Americans are enjoying something we haven't yet taxed! Get on it, Chicago! -- (link) - ML Jul 2, 07:12 25
- How does a local level of government get the powers to tax that? That should be a state or federal taxation power. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 08:06 2
  - Sales tax power is at the state and local level in the US. We don't have national sales tax / VAT. -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:10 1
    - this isn't a sales tax, but the principle holds - ML Jul 2, 08:13
- 9%? jeebus -- nm - decline Jul 2, 07:29 3
  - That's that sales tax rate in Chicago. That's down from 10.25% when I moved there. -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:11
  - Chicago has a ton of taxes and they're extremely aggressive (and creative) on interpretations. -- nm - spamlet Jul 2, 07:31
  - Chicago needs to restock the legal fund for it's politicians. -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:30
- That's just wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:15 16
  - We paid tax at Blockbuster when we rented VHS tapes, why not Netflix? -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 07:16 12
    - so like, would xbox memberships be taxed? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 2, 07:20 5
      - i am actually amazed that they aren't. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 07:39 3
        
        These sorts of things *are* taxed. But at the state level. Chicago has taken the additional step of taxing it locally as well. -- nm - ML Jul 2, 07:41 1
        
        Yay Chicago!!!! - groiny Jul 2, 07:43
        
        if you buy the card at a store, you are paying tax on it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:40
      - Sounds like it would be a tax on the purchase of the Xbox Live card and then a tax on the streaming services that you use. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 2, 07:26
    - because I am already paying tax on my internet. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:17 5
      - And this is a tax on a service that is delivered via the Internet, not your Internet itself. - ty97 Jul 2, 07:18 3
        
        Makes sense but it still feels wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:26
        
        STOP HARSHING MY OUTRAGE, TY!!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:20 1
        
        heh -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:22
      - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:17
  - I both love my city, and hate my city, all at once. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:16 2
    - I feel this way about Texas. I love it so much but they do some stupid, stupid shit -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:26
    - I have that feeling every day. I love my city so much but it's killing me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:17
- MUTHERFUCKERS!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 07:12
Walker's in. (link) - ML Jul 2, 07:02 10
- Jebus help us! -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:09
- I didn't realize he wasn't already in. Aren't many (most?) polls included presumed candidates already? -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 07:09 8
  - And Kasich is the only one left, of recognizable candidates. (There are 16 GOP candidates whose names I recognize! This blows me away.) -- nm - mara Jul 2, 07:30 5
    - Hi, hi, hi !!! -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:54 1
      - Howdy, howdy, howdy! -- nm - mara Jul 2, 08:06
    - Who is he/she? -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:41 2
      - I looked it up of course, I was just kidding. - Krusty Jul 2, 07:42 1
        
        He's somehow *less* excitable than Pawlenty was. - ML Jul 2, 07:53
  - He was waiting until Wisconsin had a budget but I don't know if that actually happened. - spamlet Jul 2, 07:12 1
    - Yeah, they reached compromise yesterday. -- nm - ML Jul 2, 07:13
Lockdown has been lifted at Navy Yard -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:02 1
- Gibbs is gonna kill somebody. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 07:45
LYC: I made an large grant application to the federal government as one of the first things as part of my new job and its been approved!!!!!! - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 06:57 12
- I think the local Member of Parliament is hoping for a photo-op as it was him that phoned this morning and gave us the good news. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 07:12 3
  - Is there a baby I can kiss too? -- nm - Local MP Jul 2, 07:32
  - give it to him - you can glad hand with the best of them -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:26 1
    - Plus it will be easier to get money again in the future. Also, free advertising for your place -- nm - zork Jul 2, 07:47
- well done! -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 07:11
- Nice! -- nm - spamlet Jul 2, 07:03
- vnga!! -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 07:01
- way to justify your salary! - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 07:00 1
  - So very true....one of my co-workers second guesses so many things I do and this makes me want to dance around her. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 2, 07:18
- Well done! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:00
- Congrats! Say, that's a nice Jag in your driveway. -- nm - zork Jul 2, 06:59
- Woohoo! Now take the money and have a big party and take a vacation! -- nm - decline Jul 2, 06:58
Hey, Bernie Sanders is in town today! - ML Jul 2, 06:56 1
- :-) I'm really hoping to see him speak when he comes through here. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 06:56
Asimov's Laws have been broken; a robot has killed a human. I can't wait until this degrades into The Robots' Court on daytime. -- (link) - zork Jul 2, 06:54 5
- Check this out. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 2, 08:11 [Backboard]
- Burn the robot witch! -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 2, 07:18
- The Humans marketing campaign is out of control. -- nm - LMS Jul 2, 07:11 2
  - My joke yesterday... -- (link) - Mop Jul 2, 07:29 [Backboard]
  - didn't some Mr. Robot show just premiere? - zork Jul 2, 07:22
Will, this trade. -- (link) - ML Jul 2, 06:48 9
- It's a salary dump by the Kings to go after free agents. The best part of that deal are the future picks. - Krusty Jul 2, 06:53 3
  - I covet Stauskas. I hope they flip him. -- nm - David Jul 2, 07:34
  - well, given we currently had zero shooters, he's a definite improvement -- nm - decline Jul 2, 06:56 1
    - He'll be a role player off the bench but he's still learning to play in the league so it's hard to say where he'll be in a year or two. Good young guy - Krusty Jul 2, 06:58
- That's ridiculous that crap like that can happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 2, 06:51 3
  - It's a straight salary dump. - ML Jul 2, 06:54 2
    - Yeah, but at the same point, no one wants to sign with the Kings. So they gave up players, picks, under a farcical hope that - Will Hunting Jul 2, 07:10 1
      - Yep. -- nm - ML Jul 2, 07:18
- seems fair to me -- nm - Sixer's fan Jul 2, 06:49
King Snorky! -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 2, 06:48
Excellence. All of the managers but one will be out tomorrow. And I've convinced the remaining manager to work from home. bwahaha!! -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 06:47 3
- stupid bank being open tomorrow. you shouldn't even have to go in. -- nm - decline Jul 2, 06:48 2
  - eh, it's okay. I get a floating holiday to use whenever and tomorrow I will arrive late-ish, not have to do very much and leave early. -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 06:56 1
    - we get a floating holiday as well. kind of nice because of house things. question: - fabulous squad Jul 2, 07:16
So for the 4th time, TWC has come out and said... - OnTheVergeOfRoo Jul 2, 06:42 3
- *shakes fist* stupid cable/internet companies -- nm - Pippy XXL Jul 2, 06:46 2
  - Yup. I'm so angry with Verizon and my other option for internet is TWC. I have DirecTV which I'm happy with but is too expensive. - Krusty Jul 2, 06:56
  - We are much happier with AT&T Uverse since switching from Comcast. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 2, 06:50
Liquid. Hot. Mag-ma. -- (link) - ML Jul 2, 06:40 [youtube] 2
- I don't think there is enough money for me to be that close to that. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 06:45 1
  - I keep waiting for him to start screaming. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 2, 06:49

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