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Heard this interview this morn with Chrissie Hynde (lead singer of the Prentenders). Man she's grumpy, but now I want to read her book -- (link) - decline Oct 6, 07:09
Microsoft Announcement Event livestream here -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 07:08 1
- blog here -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 07:08
hello st, since you play a medical "doctor" on the internet, I has a questoin - Truman Oct 6, 07:04 5
- Get the shot. It's a dead virus. Don't get the nose spray. It's a weakened virus. Now give me a $20 copay. -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 07:10
- I think it takes a few weeks for full effect. If you're going to do it, do it now. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 07:08
- get the shot. you know where you'll get the flu? in a hospital full of sick people. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 07:07
- I think two weeks before surgery is too close. If you could get it now, it might be a better option. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 07:06
- "You cannot get influenza from a flu shot, so there's no reason to put off the flu shot" - Beaker Oct 6, 07:06
I got thermal curtains for my bedroom (old house, oil heat) that have the added benefit of being blackout curtains. - fabulous squad Oct 6, 06:59 18 1
- I hate them due to the waking up aspect. I find I can sleep with a lot of light but I can not wake up without it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 07:14
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- You will definitely need a major alarm clock upgrade. I had those when I was living in the farmhouse - old house, oil heat :). - decline Oct 6, 07:03
- I've never heard of thermal curtains but now I'm intrigued. My bedroom is rather cold in the winter. Do they make a version that are sound proof? ;-) - Krusty Oct 6, 07:03 11
  - you can insulate your windows with plastic. Cheap and I gather works pretty good (window shrink kits) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 07:13 2
    - Cool. Saved to read later. Grazie! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 07:17
    - it does work, surprisingly well, actually. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 07:13
  - oh, I live in a small town so this matters not to me, but they are also noise dampening. - fabulous squad Oct 6, 07:12 2
    - Thanks! I'm going to show these to my gf and see what she thinks. We have to get something and what I'm seeing posted looks like it'll be a nice step - Krusty Oct 6, 07:19
    - wow, two panels for that price is really good. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 07:17
  - these actually say "Act as a sound barrier." Score! -- (link) - Andie Oct 6, 07:11 3
    - Sweet! I'll have to start looking at these. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 07:17
    - he just needs to go to Canada to buy them! -- nm - decline Oct 6, 07:12 1
      - i would guess that brand is available *somewhere* in your country. :) -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 07:13
  - they are very thick and heavy - I'm sure they would reduce noise too -- nm - decline Oct 6, 07:04
- I miss the blackout shades in our bedroom. The blinds just don't cut it. - iSpam Oct 6, 07:03
- we only have the sheerest of curtains in our bedroom. I toy with getting heavier ones so i can sleep in on weekends. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 07:02 1
  - speaking of closets, look at the groovy light bulb i just ordered for mine. -- (link) - Andie Oct 6, 07:05
The amount of things about One Direction that end up tending on Twitter is disturbing. This morning its #NiallsNewGirlfriend -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 6, 06:55 1
- oooh, who is she? -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 06:59
"Burger King: Restaurant Chain's Black Whopper Turns People's Feces Green, Reports Say" -- nm - David Oct 6, 06:46 8
- They probably injected it with Beano -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 07:01
- Not a shock to me. They had to dye it with something. - spamlet Oct 6, 06:58 1
  - I agree with your IM. They look nasty. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 07:00
- someone actually eating these was their first mistake -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:53
- So does Boo Berry cereal. is this a bad thing? -- nm - Jim Oct 6, 06:50 2
  - Grape Kool Aid, too. I think it's just the dye. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 6, 07:03 1
    - Froot Loops do too. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 07:10
- No surprise there (overshare) - oblique Oct 6, 06:49
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- I'm not sure what the problem is. - znufrii Oct 6, 06:58
- I don't know how it works in NYC, but in DC the tenant has ALL of the power in this situation. Basically he can stay until he gets huge $$ -- nm - MDH Oct 6, 06:49 4
  - especially if he is the last man standing, absolutely. BILK those greedy developers for all they got. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 06:49 3
    - it just depends on how much discomfort he's willing to take -- nm - decline Oct 6, 07:10
    - should be easy enough to come up with a fair number. - znufrii Oct 6, 07:02 1
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- You do not give up a rent controlled apt. Never, ever. Paying the difference for a year is nice for a year and then he's paying market rate. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:48 17
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    - Why would he have to move? Is the building or apt. being taken out of rent control? If not, they can't make him move. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:57 1
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    - with all the cameras and recording devices around I would think it would be super easy to prove arrassment in this day and age compared to 10-20 years - Beaker Oct 6, 06:51 8
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        that would just make me never ever ever ever move out :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:53 6
        
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        I'd set nanny cams up pointing at the door and a few other spots to record unapproved access to start - Beaker Oct 6, 06:58 4
        
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        I'd just be petty like that :) (now if my iwfe and kids were in the picture it would be different, young and single fuck 'em) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 07:04
        
        say that in January when the heats off for a few days because the boiler 'broke' -- nm - decline Oct 6, 06:59 1
        
        ~that's what friends are for~ -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 07:02
  - not knowing the rules, can he offer to let them do their work and take an apartment at his old rate? or would that bypass his legal protecions? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:49 3
    - He would likely get to stay while they fixed all the other apartments. They can do their work around him, it's been done many times. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:54
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      - If they tear the building down then I don't know what happens. That's a more tricky situation. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 06:58
  - Exactly. And here's a rent control FAQ from NYC -- (link) - ty97 Oct 6, 06:49
- (and no, you def can not kick people out of rent controlled buildings in NYC) -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 06:47
- Oh wow, he is actually in a rent *controlled* building? - ty97 Oct 6, 06:46
- Last one you say? Advantage: BF. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:46
Oct 6, 1945 – Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:29 4
- 1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:29 3
  - 2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:30 2
    - 1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:30 1
      - 1889 – American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:30
Politico has a big Biden article up today -- (link) - ML Oct 6, 06:24
Happy fifteenth anniversary of Gilmore Girls!!! - David Oct 6, 06:17
NFL: Sorry Lions, you got screwed -- (link) - Reagen Oct 6, 06:16 7
- Any chance this fumble be removed from Megatron via stat correction? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:49
- in their defense, if the players had known th rule, the Seattle guy had tons of time to scoop that ball out rather than bat it out - Beaker Oct 6, 06:23 2
  - Indeed. He could've just as easily grabbed the ball for the touchback. -- nm - We Bare Barons Oct 6, 06:43
  - He specifically chose not to do that, because funny things happen when people try to fall on footballs. -- nm - David Oct 6, 06:43
- *smh* -- nm - ML Oct 6, 06:21
- The NFL sure does like to give Seattle undeserved victories. -- nm - David Oct 6, 06:18 1
  - No shit. I know my team has had a couple go it's way, but this is getting ridiculous. -- nm - Jim Oct 6, 06:53
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- New York Post (so...):The Weekend Long Bender Behind CC Sabathia's Rehab Stay -- (link) - ty97 Oct 6, 06:43
- I want him to get better but I also think he really did not want to come out of the bullpen. (i think he would have been on the roster) -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 06:40 4
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    - yep - this was my initial thought. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 06:48
  - I think he would have been good for the bullpen. IIRC he was still dominant against lefties but righties killed him this year. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 06:43 1
    - Me too. He must have been some kind of mess to have to leave now. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 06:44
- I heard this morning that he was drinking non-stop over the weekend in Baltimore. He seems to have a serious problem. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:04 8
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    - Yup. Maybe we should get some beer for the rest of the staff and see what happens. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 06:12 4
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        is it terrible that the entire time I was watching the sports news about CC yesterday I wanted to drink a tub of liquor? - Diva Oct 6, 06:48 2
        
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        L4! -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 06:53
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  - Now I'm picturing him having a few pints in an faux Irish bar named Shennanigans. -- nm - CQ Oct 6, 06:07
Apaprently hotel bar sex parties are not protected speech -- (link) - znufrii Oct 6, 05:56 5
- WHAT -- nm - Max Oct 6, 07:43
- wow - what a story -- nm - The Doorman Oct 6, 07:19
- Ok. I'm going to need a Jack Dawson explanation here. How in the world does something like sex in a bar even approach "protected speech" to make it - oblique Oct 6, 05:59 2
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    - ok. makes sense. thanks. -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 06:04
The Politicats -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 05:44
eventually they're bound to be right. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 6, 05:43
TV PSA: Flash, Grandfathered, NCIS, The Voice, Muppets, The Grinder, Fresh off the Boat, Face Off, SHIELD, NCIS NO, Scream Queens, iZombie, Limitless, -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:56 9
- Drunk History, that Neil Patrick Harris show, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:56 8
  - Flash, SHIELD and Limitless for me. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:57 7
    - Just Drunk History for me. I'm completely disappointed in the new shows. I feel like people are only watching them because there's nothing else. - Krusty Oct 6, 05:51 6
      - if you liked the Limitless movie at all, you will like the show. The lead is fun and it has much more humour than I was expecting -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:04 5
        
        I was a little turned off by the comedic elements in the 2nd episode. I wasn't expecting it based on the premier -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 06:06 4
        
        I find they do a great job with the colours on the show, bright and lively versus more dour and darker. I get enough dark shows, I like a little light -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:07 3
        
        and also - spoilers - Beaker Oct 6, 06:25 1
        
        It was just the silly (spoilers) - oblique Oct 6, 06:26
        
        Minority Report is like that too -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 06:08
Wonderful. 1 loss in BF by 0.1, another in $$ Keeper by 0.75. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 03:00 2
- FJS: Win (8th place). BF Astro: Win (3rd Place). Big matchup this week in BF. Me vs. 2nd place. -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 05:36
- That's rough. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 6, 04:43
It's bad enough that something called "The Global Rally for Humanity" is targeting mosques but this article seems to be recruiting for it. -- (link) - Covington Oct 6, 01:57
i love that Batgate is a bad thing. you would never think to call that Supergate -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 00:07
Why doesn't anyone on FTWD or TWD close the door behind them? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:31 3
- if you enter a room that appears empty and isn't you can run the heck out rather than have to stop and open the door - Beaker Oct 6, 06:48 1
  - FTWD showed a good explanation. I was thinking in terms of protecting the people behind you, in addition to being followed -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 07:05
- ... And then someone does. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:42
"Hey, Chrysler, your dealership took me for a patsy." "Really? Here, let's have them call you." - Mop Oct 5, 23:10 6
- Why is Chrysler calling your Chevy dealer? :) -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 05:51
- just curious, what response you DO want? -- nm - andie Oct 6, 05:47
- Why assume confrontation? They probably were prodded by corporate to make things right with you. - Covington Oct 6, 01:45 1
  - What this guy says. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 05:13
- I think that's how Whitey Bulger's FBI handler dealt with citizens who filed complaints. Tell them to call your lawyer, but get your oilchanges - zeitgeist Oct 6, 00:19
- on the plus side, they will not be grinding away at your sanity any longer -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 5, 23:52
Walmart bread always seems to have less surface area than bread from other stores, even when it's the same brand -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:29 10
- wouldn't surprise me. they have a price point to meet, so they bring out the shrink-ray. -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 05:58
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  - No different than supermarket bread. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 06:52
  - Seriously. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 05:52
- Weirdest #ShowerThought ever. -- nm - Qale Oct 5, 22:35 5
  - It was a couch thought related to Sunday's fishing trip and today's kindergarten lunch -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:15 4
    - Its really common for brands to sell cheaper products through mass discount outlets - zeitgeist Oct 6, 01:11 3
      - But cutting corners on bread ... That's low. Or genius. I can't decide. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 01:14 2
        
        They cut corners or force their manufacturers to cut every corner possible. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 05:53 1
        
        yup. -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 06:23
That csi finale was so dreadful -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:04 2
- Grissom told you at the very beginning that someone jumped the shark. If you kept watching, that's on you. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 6, 06:54
- It was okay, until it wasn't. -- nm - tobor.2 Oct 5, 22:31
I'm not seeing the rule violation on that play -- nm - Bill Bellichick Oct 5, 21:34 1
- Are your secret wiretaps on the refs giving you any insight? -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 23:27
Last week I got a great deal on Smart Ones dinners and stocked up...today my microwave died :( -- nm - Meg Oct 5, 21:24 8
- sears $60 Target 70 craigslist from $10 on up -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 01:16
- are there regular oven instructions on the box? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 5, 22:24 3
  - You can also slide them out out of the container frozen into a frying pan over a low flame. - tobor.2 Oct 5, 22:33 2
    - Yup, but I use my micro for so much. I don't know the last time I peeled and boiled a potato or yam. Nuke for 3 minutes then peel. - Meg Oct 5, 22:41 1
      - I think potatoes are some of the few things that are actually better microwaved. - tobor.2 Oct 5, 22:45
- I think a microwave is the grandprize for bingo at Our Lady of Perpetual Indulgence -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 5, 22:17
- who's the Smart One now, huh? -- nm - jangles Oct 5, 21:34
- "I told you not to put metal in the science oven, what'd you do that for?" -- nm - Max Oct 5, 21:27
Are there any non-white male groups that DT hasn't pissed off yet? -- nm - tobor.2 Oct 5, 21:19 3
- samoan offensive linesmen -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 5, 22:14 1
  - They're great! The best! Real winners. They could cut back on the calories a bit, though. -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 23:28
- Union scabs? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:21
so, ST, is it too soon to start discussing NANOWRIMO for this year? - call me Ishmael Oct 5, 21:18 1
- It's October, so probably not. I never even opened last year's project for editing. -- nm - Qale Oct 5, 21:46
wouldn't it be good? -- nm - jangles Oct 5, 21:13

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