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david sanford, a wsj writer, is retiring. I most remember him for this piece, about writing his own obituary in 1995. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 17, 13:04
If ST had a custom t-shirt made every week, this week's would be "I like onions on pizza.", I think. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 13:04 4
- 5 months ago it could have been 'Great, it's snowing.'. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 13:07
- Nobody likes onions on pizzas. - Spawn Jul 17, 13:05
- don't encourage him! -- nm - b. Jul 17, 13:05 1
  - (except I do sometimes like onions on pizza. just had some with two different kinds of 'em last week, coincidentally.) -- nm - b. Jul 17, 13:06
LYC: they are at closing - ty97 Jul 17, 13:01 5
- Quick, put Golden Snitches in their mouths -- nm - zork Jul 17, 19:42
- is this your parents? -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 17, 13:03 3
  - yup -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 13:05
  - His kids, Pippy. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:04 1
    - ssh you. -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 17, 13:11
I really hope Dustin Johnson wins the British Open. He's due. -- nm - Loyola Jul 17, 13:00
guys, I miss the internet! -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jul 17, 13:00
People hate sales tax so much they would put off a big purchase and pay retail than buy it now at a discount -- nm - Jos A Banks, marketing dept Jul 17, 12:57
I get a Black Robe feel from Iñárritu's "The Revenant". -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 12:55
We have no sales tax on clothes here 365 days/year -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 12:48 17
- this but only up to $200 per article I think. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:55
- Yup but only up to $110 per item. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:52 3
  - But what if we charge 1100 for a suit, but give you a dozen more free -- nm - Jos A Banks, marketing dept Jul 17, 12:55 2
    - Ha! Has anyone here ever bought a suit from them? They always have great deals but are they nice suits? - Krusty Jul 17, 12:59 1
      - Do they sell flip flops? -- nm - CQ Jul 17, 13:02
- Our tax free weekend is the weekend of STChicagostravagnsa -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 17, 12:50 4
  - I hear everything in Chicago is free that weekend. Let me know if it's true. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 12:59
  - And our sales tax is going up (to 10.25% and 11.25% downtown). Highest in the country. - pmb Jul 17, 12:53 2
    - My sales tax is 23% - Loyola Jul 17, 12:57 1
      - Ouch. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 13:05
- That is just *dumb*. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:50 6
  - It's a draw for tourists (applies to items below $110) -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 12:51 5
    - It's a draw for me too. I almost never buy any clothes over $110. Here's the list of what is exempt from the tax. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 17, 12:53 4
      - *shrugs* That just means more tax on other stuff. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:57 3
        
        It hasn't worked out that way so far. Maybe they hit the smokers or something else I don't use/buy. - Krusty Jul 17, 13:01
        
        Like hotels for the tourist. Win/win! -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 12:59 1
        
        I wonder if that's what they did to make up the loss of revenue. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 13:02
Jesus. David Brooks, and David Brooks' editor into the bargain. - emoticripple Jul 17, 12:48
Really glad I booked this afternoon off......... -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 12:46
re: this week's shootings, is it fair or sensible to refer to all mass murders as "terrorism" regardless of the motive? -- nm - Max Jul 17, 12:38 11
- dead is dead. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 12:44 4
  - it's all murder. it's not all terrorism. -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 13:00 1
    - yep. -- nm - b. Jul 17, 13:02
  - Sometimes...dead is better. -- nm - Jim Jul 17, 12:46 1
    - now I'm gonna play with youuuuuuuuuuu -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 12:46
- I see terrorism as an attack on the establishment, there is no connection with the individuals. There are other mass shootings that have - Meg Jul 17, 12:41
- No, I think there's an important distinction between ideological motives and delusions or paranoia or resentment, etc. -- nm - mara Jul 17, 12:39 3
  - Right. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 17, 13:04
  - That seems to be the two main distinctive types, there may be a small subset of revenge - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:46
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:41
- no. -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 12:39
Tesla is adding a 'Ludicrous mode' to the new Model S. a 10 Grand upgrade that will let the car do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds -- (link) - decline Jul 17, 12:25 4
- I can just hear those top gear guys going....oh....yeah -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:49 1
  - *likes* -- nm - Netflix Jul 17, 12:50
- The Telsa Model S can produce up to 691 horsepower. That's brain melting. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 12:40
- does the rapper pop out of the glove compantment? -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 12:27
lol. AJ Green was the first person to contact Demaryius Thomas after he signed. His message? - Spawn Jul 17, 12:24
RIP, Fung Wah -- (link) - znufrii Jul 17, 12:23 3
- this 'article' is very slanted. No one thinks the Fung Wah bus was safe or well-operated. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:29 2
  - True. I'd rather walk to Boston than take that shady bus line. - Krusty Jul 17, 12:38
  - heh -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 12:30
I didn't click on the gawker story, but I read the other linked stories about it, and I just read nick denton's "taking down a post" piece. - b. Jul 17, 12:20 2
- Scumbags, the lot of them. And, I hope this, the pulling of the piece, somehow gives Hogan even more ammo in his lawsuit. -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 17, 12:43 1
  - I have never seen so many big-time publication/org. writers publicly slam both a writer and their company. it's impressive, and I hope it does have - b. Jul 17, 13:00
So I went to the business bank yesterday and there was a dime sitting on the counter - amoxy Jul 17, 12:00 8
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  - Maybe they thought it was a tip -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:52
- *poomf* -- nm - mini dye pack Jul 17, 12:13 1
  - Hrmmm, Roosevelt's head does look awfully large -- nm - amoxy Jul 17, 12:16
- LOL -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 17, 12:10
- So I picked it up and put it in my bag. You have a dime bag -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:04 2
  - It's actually a Blossom-era Joey Lawrence coin purse. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 17, 12:20 1
    - Whoa! -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:21
YDC: My brother and sister are on vacation together in Cape May. I'm only finding out about it through pics on FB. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 17, 11:57 64
- I run into stuff like this alot with my family. My parents frequently visit my sister (35 minutes from my house) but often don't let us know or offer - oblique Jul 17, 13:05
- On the bright side, at least you don't have to go to New Jersey. - Roger More Jul 17, 12:31 1
  - That is the bonus to this. :-) I won't be bringing back the NJ stink. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:35
- I am officially (not a joke) inviting you to spend a week with the wife and I in the Caribbean (Caicos Islands, Aruba, Curacao). - Bacon Jul 17, 12:31 3
  - I'll bring it up with the gf and see what she says. - Krusty Jul 17, 12:35 2
    - Airfare is really cheap as well with oil being down. Portland<Caribbean. I live here but I conceded that the Caribbean wins hands down -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:36 1
      - There's no doubt the Caribean wins. :-) - Krusty Jul 17, 12:40
- Equal parts thoughtless and repugnant. -- nm - David Jul 17, 12:25
- I hate when families do stuff like this. Sorry. Come to Boston and sit in our backyard. We'll post pictures. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:24 6
  - yeah and I got some new wind chimes last week. WE ARE SO GOING TO PARTY!!!!!! - Diva Jul 17, 12:44
  - Nice! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:28
  - Post pictures of Mel going Krazy Nekkid on you - eag Jul 17, 12:26
  - Has the snow melted yet? -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:24 2
    - yep - 3 days ago! -- (link) - Diva Jul 17, 12:31 1
      - That is cray cray!! Wow -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:32
- my brother had Guy Lafleur at his cottage yesterday... - Beaker Jul 17, 12:21
- BTW this is just one more reason you need to move to Portland. BTW wife and I watched this today. - Bacon Jul 17, 12:09 1
  - I watched it a couple of times to see what I could of the area. If the waiting is like that I'm going to go crazy for a while. - Krusty Jul 17, 12:11
- I'm sorry, clearly they don't value you as you deserve. *hug* -- nm - b. Jul 17, 12:09
- you should go pay them a surprise visit -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:08
- Sometimes, vacations are just too short. When Amy and I went to Florida a few years ago, we did not tell family or FL STers. - Spawn Jul 17, 12:07 27
  - This is not the case here. They had to plan this months ago. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 17, 12:08 26
    - Sorry, I meant the time *there* was so short. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:09 25
      - I edited my post. They've been there since Monday. My sister got there yesterday. - Krusty Jul 17, 12:10 24
        
        Big Hugs! -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 17, 12:37
        
        Ugh, sorry dude. -- nm - znufrii Jul 17, 12:27
        
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        That blows! Sorry to hear. All I can say is this. Family seems to always know how to inflict the biggest dmg upon someone -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:13 16
        
        Highest Highs, and Lowest Lows -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:13 15
        
        Yup. You guys know me better than they do and I like you guys much more. :-) - Krusty Jul 17, 12:17 14
        
        Sorry man. I have some tough sibling "relationships" too. - Diva Jul 17, 12:21 8
        
        I'm still pissed that we didn't get invited to help someone on my side of the family with particular house projects. - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:26 6
        
        ? -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:30 5
        
        the painting and such... - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:39 4
        
        we did try to help that one weekend. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:41 3
        
        I'll gripe about it later. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:42 2
        
        ok. :) -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:44 1
        
        So... you have that to look forward to this weekend! - Spawn Jul 17, 12:59
        
        You guys are awesome! Thanks! - Krusty Jul 17, 12:24
        
        Because you can't pick your family but you can pick your friends. I can't wait to share an onion pizza with you -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:18 4
        
        You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's nose. - tobor.2 Jul 17, 12:28 1
        
        This was running through my head earlier in the week. I don't remember what triggered it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:46
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:23
        
        See Krusty!?! Cut his ass!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:19
        
        sorry that it sucks for you. -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 12:12
        
        Very sorry. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:11 2
        
        Thanks. I just needed to vent. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 12:13 1
        
        Understandable. I was hoping for a good reason, but for that can not. - Spawn Jul 17, 12:17
- That sucks, Krusty...Sorry -- nm - amoxy Jul 17, 12:07
- do you speak to them regularly? -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 11:59 2
  - My sister every so often but not my brother. He lives in Ohio and we usually only talk for holidays/birthdays and when he comes to NY for a visit -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 17, 12:02 1
    - honestly, it could just be that he figures that he figures your time is important to you and it wouldn't be a priority to you either. I'm not saying - Andie Jul 17, 12:11
- I am only finding out that your brother and sister are in Cape May by reading it on Slackertalk. FUCK! -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 11:59 11
  - More like you have *not* been reading ST, as we all knew that. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:06 10
    - I like onions on pizza -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:07 9
      - I refuse to believe these words. - Spawn Jul 17, 12:08 8
        
        I had RoundTables Maui Zaui pizza last weekend...So good with the red onions -- nm - amoxy Jul 17, 12:13 6
        
        Red onions only work good on Salad - eag Jul 17, 12:20
        
        Red Onions are so awesome. Polish Sausage, with Dijon Mustard, and Red Onions = total bliss -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:14 4
        
        I'd treat that like a naughty breakfast sausage. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:40
        
        that sounds so good. I would need half a bottle of Tums afterwards. :) -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 12:34 1
        
        I know what you mean. 10+ years ago I could eat a couple and not have an issue. Now it's a dozen tums downed with a bottle of Maalox - Bacon Jul 17, 12:35
        
        Next STer to visit portland is going to Roakes Hotdogs with me. -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:15
        
        IT'S TRUE BECAUSE I AM TELLING YOU IN ALL CAPS -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 12:10
10 years ago in theaters: The Island, Bad News Bears, Hustle and Flow, The Devil's Rejects, (ltd) 9 Songs -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:54 5
- 15 years ago: What Lies Beneath, Pokemon, Loser, The In Crowd -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:55 4
  - 20 years ago: Clueless, Free Willy 2, (ltd) Kids, An Awfully Big Adventure -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:55 3
    - was our stock symbol for that last one ANABA? -- nm - mud Jul 17, 12:06
    - 25 years ago: Arachnophobia, Navy Seals, (ltd) The Freshman -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:55 1
      - 30 years ago: ET rerelease, The Man With One Red Shoe, The Legend of Billie Jean, (ltd) Day of the Dead -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:55
Could the US have more prisoners because we are good at catching criminals? less corruption so they can't bribe themselves free -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 11:53 2
- No it's probably that we have dumber laws and put people in jail for dumb stuff. -- nm - sycor Jul 17, 11:54 1
  - And racism. -- nm - znufrii Jul 17, 12:26
good to see that ST is awake today . . . there have been several boards recently that seemed to drag on forever before rolling. - call me Ishmael Jul 17, 11:44 4
- Fine. I'll try to post more just to make you happy. -- nm - sycor Jul 17, 11:53
- That's because I wasn't around. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 11:51
- I've been non existent lately. Summer time with the kiddos and all -- nm - CQ Jul 17, 11:48
- I go back to work Monday. Spammy Bacon won't be able to post shit just to move the boards -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 11:46
I have bigger problems--I'm supposed to dress as a character from Candy Land for upcoming gay carnival in Provincetown. -- nm - first world problems Jul 17, 11:38 10
- How do you dress as a game board flipped over in frustration? -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 17, 12:14
- Lord Licorice of course -- (link) - oblique Jul 17, 11:51 4
  - Not quite Candy Land but this appropriate. -- (link) - Mop Jul 17, 12:10 [Image] 2
    - I love all the phone users in the background. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:18
    - THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT - groiny Jul 17, 12:17
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- Yeah... I... OK. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 11:50
- and that crazy bitch at the barber shop made me look like this !!! -- (link) - groiny Jul 17, 11:39 [Image] 2
  - Oh I'm a lumberjack and that's OK -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:04
  - you mean this... -- (link) - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:05 [Image]

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