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well crap...hope the weather is better next week as I go to Philly to meet my nephew for the 1st time -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 15:03 3
- Nice! It'll be in the 40s with Tuesday the warmest day. It'll be sloppy though with all the melting snow. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 15:13
- better start sled/sled dog procurement and training now, just in case. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 15:05 1
  - there's (now) an app for that -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 15:05
In this week's smarter-than-average criminal news: Underground grow up busted in quiet up-scale neighborhood. -- (link) - GregW Jan 21, 14:58 1
- yeah, I heard about a moonshiner busted because his kid stole a neighbor's bicycle, cops come around, nobody answers door, go out back - zeitgeist Jan 21, 15:45
billion dollar app idea: Blizzrd. 1 hour delivery of any item (guaranteed) but only active during blizzards -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:57 6
- Blzzrd Jgglo -- (edited) - Max Jan 21, 15:00
- the $1000 delivery fee model isn't likely to get any vc moolah. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:59 2
  - we'll see when the cats start getting hungry -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 15:04 1
    - human companions who don't keep weeks of supplies on hand deserve what they get from their critters. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 15:06
- "We lost 12 delivery guys this week, alone! We can't keep up!" -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 14:58 1
  - that's why you stockpile your capital investments. so you can literally throw money at the problem when a giant snowstorm hits -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:58
In today's dumb criminal news: Armed carjackers try to steal a Ford Mustang GT, but are unable to make their getaway because they can't drive stick. -- (link) - GregW Jan 21, 14:55
Why can't we register to vote online? -- nm - Amanda Jan 21, 14:52 6
- (I feel like Samantha Bee) In Canada, we register mainly by clicking a box in our tax return. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 15:03
- Aren't you in PA? -- (link) - mara Jan 21, 14:56
- the potential for fraud would be rampant, i'm guessing -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:54 2
  - er, though in California one can register on-line -- (link) - JD Jan 21, 14:57
  - We can in Indiana. -- nm - mara Jan 21, 14:56
- we can't have just *anyone* register to vote... - znufrii Jan 21, 14:53
uh-oh... - znufrii Jan 21, 14:52 3
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  - the idea of stealth tax prep. amuses me. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 15:12
  - Of course he did. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 15:02
australian scientists have a fresh take on the Fermi Paradox -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:50 1
- That shows an utter lack of understanding of the Fermi Paradox. - Mop Jan 21, 15:04
Also, I totally Brian Reganed the "you too" phrase heading into the gym. - Reagen Jan 21, 14:49
Wow, gas is under 70 cents/litre at some stations today. nm - Dignan Jan 21, 14:48 12
- It's 77 in my immediate vicinity, but there's a few stations at 68 in the city. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 14:54
- not here. Still in the 90s. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 14:51
- We are still at $1.99-$2.09. -- nm - Amanda Jan 21, 14:50 8
  - Dropped to $1.79 here -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 15:01
  - Yeah. In the city we're on average a little higher $2.15-2.25, though I think it's $1.99 at costco. -- nm - pmb Jan 21, 14:58 2
    - outside Chicago 1.89 to 2.15. (Evanston and Skokie) - nic to be determined Jan 21, 15:04
    - I think by me it is at best 1.79. -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 15:00
  - 2.45 at my most-frequented place. it looks like there's a 2.19 in a place too far to make it worth it. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:57
  - $1.99 here -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 14:55
  - you've also probably only seen Force Awakens once, i bet -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:52 1
    - That's not how the Force works! -- nm - Max Jan 21, 14:53
- wow -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:49
Listening to a podcast just now -Michael Shannon is a 0% physical match, but a 100% vocal match for - Reagen Jan 21, 14:47
on the bright side, March for Life is scheduled to go on this Sunday in DC, snow or no -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:45 3
- On Monday it will be known as The Slide to Death. nm - Dignan Jan 21, 14:47 2
  - It'll look like the battlefield scene in GWtW. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 14:47 1
    - It'll be an almost shot for shot recreation of the GoT Hardhome episode. nm - Dignan Jan 21, 14:49
Move over ComicCon, here come BroadwayCon -- (link) - ty97 Jan 21, 14:40
founder/ceo of imdb's list for movies he's most looking forward to (hopefully) seeing at sundance. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 14:27
Not sure if I can swing Wednesday night concerts anymore, but G. Love and Special Sauce are playing at the Visulite! Hmmmmm -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 14:27 2
- you should have just moved here. - Diva Jan 21, 14:41 1
  - I still say Boston is where we'll retire. -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 14:42
I wish Philip Seymour Hoffman were around to run up, point, and yell "IT'S COMING!" -- nm - Max Jan 21, 14:21
And I guess it is too late to rewatch all the X-Files before the mini-series starts? - amoxy Jan 21, 14:11 3
- amoxy, look at me. I'm serious. Look at me. amoxy, you can do this. You sit your ass down in front of that TV and you WATCH THE SH*T out of it! -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 15:11
- A friend who's doing this started weeks ago and is only going for the essential episodes because ther wasn't enough time to watch them all. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 21, 15:01
- There is still time. -- nm - ML Jan 21, 14:25
Destiny PSA : Iron Banner back Tuesday, and it is RIFT. - groiny Jan 21, 14:11 6
- Set your loadout to phase rather than jump. - David Jan 21, 14:31 4
  - this sounds like Destiny advice, but I don't know this person from Destiny. - groiny Jan 21, 14:40 3
    - I blame that horrible drunken racist you kept getting to play with us. -- nm - David Jan 21, 14:45 2
      - you know us race baiting assholes like to stick together -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 14:46 1
        
        Touche. -- nm - David Jan 21, 14:48
- ugh -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 14:28
Just an FYI: It's paczki season. Check your local bakery for flavors. -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 14:10 2
- why pick just one? -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 14:11 1
  - I didn't think I could get any around here but it looks like one local bakery has them. - spamlet Jan 21, 14:12
Bottle of Thousand Island Dressing Exp Date 10/10/14...Keep or toss? -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 14:09 14
- I miss Steve Don't Eat It -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:21
- Ask 99PI! -- (link) - spamlet Jan 21, 14:18
- toss. a few months, maybe; but not worth risk (health plus taste/texture) so far out. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:18 2
  - here's eatbydate on it. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 14:20 1
    - other sites say up to a year could be ok. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:22
- opened or unopened? i would probably toss if it was opened before, way back when. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 14:17 1
  - oh, I presumed unopened. if opened, not even a question. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:18
- fine. expiry dates are mostly just to get people to buy more of their shit -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 14:16
- Keep -- nm - mara Jan 21, 14:11
- "We need some more secret sauce. Put this mayonnaise in the sun!" -- (edited) - ML Jan 21, 14:10
- give it to mandy for her TJ cashews -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:10
- toss, but not because of the expiration date. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 14:09 1
  - This. Unless you're eating a Big Mac that you want to "enhance its effectiveness." -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 14:34
- chug it -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 14:09
I bet you guys can't see this? Dave's niece outside DC took a picture in a grocery store, yesterday: -- (link) - Andie Jan 21, 14:06 4
- max was hawngry -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:09
- She lives in the same town that I do! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 14:09 1
  - small world! -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 14:09
- I can see it! -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 14:07
The escape-from-the-dam sequence in Tangled is one of the better-constructed actions scenes in the last decade -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 14:02 1
- Please, no one wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions? -- nm - Max Jan 21, 14:08
Just keep this in mind when seeing polls. -- (link) - iSpam Jan 21, 13:57 2
- turn out could and probably will higher this time as last time the republican candidates weren't as inspiring/ no rabble rousing? sure -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 15:33
- Interesting. -- nm - pmb Jan 21, 13:59
some are already in their preferred weather-caused-hibernation positions. (kitten break!) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 13:55 2
- god, if only they hibernated all winter long -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:01 1
  - nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 14:04 [Image]
Dropkick Murphy's coming to Charlotte in March. Tickets? $32.50. Fillmore, baby -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 13:54
I already miss eating things just because they taste good and I want one - oblique Jan 21, 13:51 7
- at some point, you will find that when you do eat those things again, they don't taste as good. -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 14:08
- Someone brought in cake yesterday and I was weak. - spamlet Jan 21, 13:52 5
  - oh, and there was a portillo's chocolate cake (a whole damn cake) upstairs last week - oblique Jan 21, 13:56 3
    - Was it calling your name? -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 13:57 2
      - to make matters worse it was sitting on top of a box of donuts -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 13:58 1
        
        What was that sitting on? ;) -- nm - nic to be determinrd Jan 21, 13:59
  - generally I'm between 1400 and 1800 calories for the day. Sunday I ate 2200 - oblique Jan 21, 13:54
So Big Brother watchers - what do we think of this Beastmode Cowboy dude? nm - Jim Jan 21, 13:51 4
- "Call me beastmode." Wonder what his tribemates will think of that. Wonder what probst will call him. -- nm - Amanda Jan 21, 14:18
- You left me scratching my head. I assume you mean in relation to his appearance on Survivor? - Mop Jan 21, 13:53 1
  - yep. just want to know what we're gonna get from him. -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 13:53
- from the little bit I saw: douche bag closet case -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 13:51
Trader Joe's cashew recall -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 21, 13:44 21
- "raw" - that limits purchases, at least. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 13:54
- Only the raw variety. *whew* -- nm - ML Jan 21, 13:53 2
  - Though raw cashews aren't really raw. Just less cooked than other varieties. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 21, 14:57
  - :) - I went to see if there were any updates/expansions, as that's dated the 18th. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 13:57
- May contain nuts? -- nm - Meg Jan 21, 13:52 13
  - cashews aren't nuts, they're seeds from a fruit. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:00 10
    - I remember being educated on cashews in Belize - high cost being mainly due to the labor intensive harvesting process. - Meg Jan 21, 14:31 3
      - the harvesting for the cashews is also risky to workers, unfortunately. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 14:34
      - Or maybe not after reading b.'s link below :) -- nm - Meg Jan 21, 14:34 1
        
        you were on the right track! they do require a lot of work and care vs. many other similar foods/nuts. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 14:37
    - That's probably why they're the most delicious of all the nuts. -- nm - Max Jan 21, 14:13 1
      - only because you have not sampled deez nuts -- nm - ML Jan 21, 14:14
    - I never knew that. Always learning on ST. -- nm - pmb Jan 21, 14:01 1
      - learning and being subjected to a constant barrage of k****n pablum -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 14:03
    - and they're really odd looking in the wild, if anyone hasn't seen 'em. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 14:01 1
      - I only know this because we visited a cashew farm on St. Lucia. - ML Jan 21, 14:27
  - *may* -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 13:57 1
    - that's what some labels say -- nm - nic to be determinrd Jan 21, 13:58
- this is my chipotle moment: in which I find out that one of my nine basic food groups may kill me and decide not to care. - loaner machine mandy Jan 21, 13:45 2
  - *stands and applauds* - Will Hunting Jan 21, 13:51 1
    - strongly pro-dead mandy -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 13:53
97, have you seen? tax forms in excel. what?? -- (link) - loaner machine mandy Jan 21, 13:40 7
- I downloaded it and had a look. Damn, man. That's impressive work. Real good Excel-fu. -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 14:09
- Why would you do that instead of a program like TaxAct? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 13:47 1
  - It's free. -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 13:48
- wut? -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 13:46
- Is that Comic Sans? -- nm - mara Jan 21, 13:44
- WHOA -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 13:44 1
  - right?? -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 21, 13:44
You're failing the class, but your trolling is at an advanced level. -- nm - Reagen si Jan 21, 13:36 10
- "The world needs ditchdiggers too!" -- nm - budice Jan 21, 13:55
- I suppose I've got my version B test now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 13:41 7
  - ST Poll: Will his excuse involve A) Sharks B) Aliens C) Zombies -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 13:43 6
    - He was on his way to school when he realized he had a button-down collar shirt, and figured, no! this just won't do! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 13:44 5
      - I tell you what, if that's his excuse, I will totally give him another shot. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 13:46 2
        
        anything fashion related. He got mud on his wingtips or some such. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 13:48 1
        
        Like a nerd wearing wingtips would be in a position to fail a class. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 13:50
      - And short sleeves. -- nm - nic to be determinrd Jan 21, 13:46
      - If he had any of that sense he clearly is an A Student and not in need of make up exams. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 13:45
- Now go get your Shine Box, Tall! - Mel Profit Jan 21, 13:40
The hipsters have almost ruined my enjoyment of riding old bikes. -- nm - nic to be determinrd Jan 21, 13:32
Oh. Emm. Gee. -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 13:28 4
- That's fantastic -- nm - iSpam Jan 21, 14:02
- Looked like 50lbs 10oz -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 13:31
- That's pretty great -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 13:30
- yes! -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 13:29

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