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Sorry znu. Rough patch back there. -- nm - Shaun Apr 24, 10:21 1
- no worries. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:22
I'm no connoisseur of cinnamon rolls, but - con_carne Apr 24, 10:21
I'd feel crappy if I asked friends to move me and someone hurt themself. Also, movers should have insurance for breakage (esp. if the truck was in an - zork Apr 24, 10:21
:-) - marcel Apr 24, 10:20 1
- and then - znufrii Apr 24, 10:21
From previous boards: Last movie in theater: Shaun of the Dead. This weekend hopefully the Informers - JD Apr 24, 10:12 4
- Has it been that long, or did you see some midnight screening? (That movie would be a good midnight movie, IMO) -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:18
- i love you, man, for me. this weekend: costco. bbq. building a vegetable garden, probably (umm - at my boyfriend's house.) -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:13 2
  - do you rent or own your place? -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 10:17 1
    - rent. i actually have a veggie garden with three raised beds, but it's severely overgrown -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:20
friday hax chat: she doesn't want new hubby hanging out with their single female friends and hearing about all the escapades they're having - pigby Apr 24, 10:10 22
- I got news for this one - she can trade all of her single friends for married ones - and it might be worse - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:18 2
  - laughing ... if they're like you. ;P -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:19 1
    - LOL! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:21
- does she dose his food with saltpeter? -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:15 1
  - I know a geo that had camp cooks do that. I'm not convinced it accomplished anything. - mafic Apr 24, 10:17
- loser -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:15
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  - *exactly* -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 10:17
  - and the doorman -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 10:15
  - seriously. "i prefer my husband doesn't think about..." ha! ha! -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:14
- somebody needs to learn what polygamous means. and also to mellow out. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:13 1
  - seriously. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:20
- oh dear. if it bugs her that much she needs to make new friends, but first she needs to chill. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:13
- A) She needs to look up the definition of "polygamy". B) No, she's not AT ALL jealous.... -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 10:12
- dear insecure in maryland: cancel your cable, get your husband a bubble and some blinders. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 10:12 6
  - the thing is, they're *her* girlfriends -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 10:14 4
    - and she does not want to trade them in - so really what her options? nothing. - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:20 3
      - I think she wants Carolyn to tell her it's ok to try to control her husband AND her friends. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:20 2
        
        oh god. then she's more delusional then I thought. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:22 1
        
        I almost feel bad for her. she doesn't trust anyone. how miserable that must be. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:23
  - kinky. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:14
- good lord! the sooner she learns she can't control him, the better. -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:12
The City of Santa Monica and the Annenberg Foundation are claimimg to open the nation's first "public beach house." No idea if that's accurate, but -- (link) - con_carne Apr 24, 10:06 [flickr] 2
- Also, event information for this weekend's opening -- (link) - con_carne Apr 24, 10:07 1
  - (this may also answer my weekend plans Poll question... we will see) -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:17
dear taxi: it's 1am, don't honk your flipping horn when you pull up to the neighbours' house, ass. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:05 1
- That drives me nuts! I live across the street from a garage where taxis park at night. - Krusty Apr 24, 10:16
Gitmo moving to Montana? -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:03 5
- Moving next door to Cheney's ranch makes sense. It's a perfect compliment to the slave pits he's got in his basement. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:22 2
  - Is that what they're calling Wyoming now? Cheney's ranch? :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:22 1
    - Alberta: We're not Wyoming or Montana. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:23
- I heard on NPR this morning that the Montana Congressional delegation will not support this idea -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:15 1
  - Oh, I'm sure that'll make all the difference. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:21
Alberta tourism campaign uses photos of England -- (link) - Reagen Apr 24, 10:02 9
- Alberta: it doesn't look like this. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:16 1
  - But see, they're running away from the beach. They hate it! -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:19
- Alberta: We'd rather be somewhere else, too. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:15
- Alberta: More than mountains. We have a seashore, too. See? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:14 2
  - right, that's what I'm thinking with that. "Beaches? When did we get those?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:16 1
    - Alberta: Turning oil-sands mines into in-land seas! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:19
- Albert: Better teeth. More cowboys. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:14
- that's pretty mindblowingly stupid. -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 10:04 1
  - my favourite is still honk kong mid-SARS. "hong kong, it'll take your breath away!" -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:06
The latest in France: Scary stuff -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:02 4
- Hey, French unions! We're in a massive recession. Get a clue. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:20
- I hate french unions. every time I've been there, something big has been shut down because of striking workers. - mafic Apr 24, 10:09 2
  - great soup, though. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:10 1
    - oh, boo! -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:18
something you don't like to see in a fantasy report, one of my pitchers has posted an ERA this week of infinity -- nm - crash davis Apr 24, 09:59 3
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  - They just add the ER's to the group's total. If that was your only pitcher for the week, then it would be tricky. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:00 1
    - With minimum innings pitched requirements, you really couldn't end up with an infinite total ERA. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 10:15
So we opened a couple of pools today. Check out this place. Taken from their walkway to the beach -- (link) - CQ Apr 24, 09:53 [flickr] 13
- We need to sic George W. on that foliage. -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:00 3
  - oh, no no no. That's part of the dunes, big trouble if you try removing that. They'll hang you for it -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:01 2
    - Seasonal wildfire news coverage has me scarred, I guess -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:03 1
      - I'm surprised W never started a wildfire. clearing brush in august, come on, even *I* know not to do that. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 10:04
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- I'll offer $300,000 for it. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 09:58
- holy moly. -- nm - kare Apr 24, 09:56
- Very nice. The places out by you are beautiful. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:56
- wow, awesome (is the windmill functional - ie, is the place wind-powered?) -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:55 1
  - It is functional, but it's for show only -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:56
- Windmill! Is this Susan Boyle's house? -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 24, 09:54 2
  - Why? Is it under a bridge? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 09:58
  - I just learned about this Boyle lady 2 days ago and I'm already sick of her -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:55
hax chat follow up: Jersey Guy -- with the fiance and shore girl fling intern -- wrote back . . . - pigby Apr 24, 09:51 21
- what a jackass -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:12
- wow. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:09
- gawd, I am a cynical bitch - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:01 9
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  - laughing. i know, right?! -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:02 7
    - He's weak and always will be. But I seriously want to marry his fiance myself! - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:06 6
      - yeah. i'd like to think i'd have that much grace - kare Apr 24, 10:07 5
        
        maybe she will always be the ying to his yang - his strength when he needs it - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:13 4
        
        it's a fine line between forgiveness and being a doormat. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:16 3
        
        Yes, but I love her. She sounds awesome -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:22 1
        
        She does. I would just worry that she's teaching him it's ok to do anything, she'll always take him back. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:24
        
        true. -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:17
- *total* dick. obviously. - kare Apr 24, 09:58
- ...wow. -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 09:58 3
  - (in a good way) - kelly Apr 24, 10:19 2
    - I never forget that - I have never been in this situation so maybe I would feel differently if it was really happening to me - Epiphany Apr 24, 10:24
    - I'm with you. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 10:24
- The Last Kiss, but without Zach Braff being a douche. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 09:58
- Get started on the screenplay, pigby! -- nm - mara Apr 24, 09:55 1
  - "The Shore Fling" -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 09:57
- Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:55
want to play "guess my moving estimate"? one bedroom apartment, I move my clothes, they move everything else. I pack. - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:48 41
- $502 -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:57
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- 685 -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 24, 09:53
- $1050 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 24, 09:53 27
  - you're closest. $1450. (note: lowest so far, too.) -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:55 26
    - No f*&king way. My move across the country (and over the border!) didn't cost that much! - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 24, 10:25
    - PLEASE google and check BBB any moving company you use, IE: Starving Students are conviving extortionists who give bait and switch used car salemen a - zeitgeist Apr 24, 10:13
    - that's more than it cost to move my house. Is it a far distance? -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:01 1
      - 2 hours, 40 minutes. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 10:02
    - Wow, is there no way you could do it yourself and save a bunch of that cash? -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:57 12
      - I have a relo allowance. I thought about doing it myself and pocketing the allowance, but really I don't want to inconvenience my friends. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:59 11
        
        Have you ever had movers move you before? You'll never do it yourself again. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 24, 10:09
        
        Sweet to have the relo allowance. - Krusty Apr 24, 10:02 8
        
        I never help anyone move. My friends know this. In return, I never ask anyone to help me move. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 24, 10:10 1
        
        Sounds fair. *makes a note never to ask CT for a favor* - Krusty Apr 24, 10:13
        
        i have many "feed me pizza, provide me beer" friends who are all over it -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:03 5
        
        As long as it isn't 90+ degrees outside I'm there to help my friends out. - Krusty Apr 24, 10:08 4
        
        i have one control-freak friend that i refuse to help move anymore, but otherwise, sure why not. - kare Apr 24, 10:09 3
        
        *although* - as the kids get older: helpers! -- nm - kare Apr 24, 10:10 2
        
        Good point about the kids, I forget that my friends have kids and can't always drop everything with a family around. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 10:12 1
        
        my niece and - kare Apr 24, 10:14
        
        MaxMovers! -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 10:01
    - That's crazy. -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 09:56 6
      - it's actually not *that* crazy. sash and doug's move cost $17000 (their movers packed them). -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:58 3
        
        The gold lame cushioning is worth it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:03
        
        Holy cow. -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 10:01
        
        $17k?!? I think I need to start a moving company. Sheesh. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:59
      - Are people still charging fuel surcharges? That might bring down the price. -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 09:56 1
        
        it cost me $1500 just to move a bedroom's worth of stuff cross-country loading the truck myself, so i figure it's at least that to have people do it -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 09:58
    - wow, how many moviers? 3? -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:55 1
      - 3 or 4 guys. they decide that part. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:57
- $2100 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:52
- $775 -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:51 1
  - (plus gas.) -- nm - Andie - get well Amoxy! Apr 24, 09:51
- $500. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:50
- $378.99 -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:50 1
  - er, scratch that. $1,295.99 -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:50
- $2000 -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 09:50
- oh, I'm moving 2 hours and 40 minutes away, and I live on the 5th floor but my building has an elevator. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:50
- How far are you moving? -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:49
- $600. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 09:49
Your animal photo for the day (Loggerhead Turtle) -- (link) - CQ Apr 24, 09:47 [Image]
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- yeah. game differential. So if the Yankees win the season series(which they wont) 16-10, I owe you 6 shots -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:46 2
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    - Whoever loses wins! :) -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 09:58
right here, right now -- nm - pigby Apr 24, 09:44 5
- I *so* want a copy of doubt on cassette for the cab. I have been scouring thrift shops. it's newton's favorite album. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 24, 09:46 1
  - i've got a bunch of casettes sitting around that i should send to you - zork Apr 24, 09:47
- but about that 'watching the world wake up from history' thing... -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 09:45 2
  - this is some sort of "elf" remark, isn't it? -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:46 1
    - Nah, I've got to avoid jimminy jillikering that. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 09:48

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