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SITWAP Vienna "wins" best city for quality of life 2009. Good showing by Vancouver too. -- (link) - Loyola Apr 28, 10:24 2
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  - They always are. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:31
I turned in my comcast DVR yesterday. No more cable TV. No more digital phone. - psilotum Apr 28, 10:23 5
- are you just keeping cable modem? that's all I have now. it's very *quiet.* -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:25 4
  - Yep, for now. It's $57/mo for 12 Mpbs. (standard price) - psilotum Apr 28, 10:29 3
    - I have 7 mbps for $40. that's as fast as we go here. I have roku and stream hdtv without any issue. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:31 2
      - I can go up to 50 Mpbs for the (wrong) price. I'm waiting to see what the Clearwire WiMax offer is. -- nm - psilotum Apr 28, 10:32
      - Damn. The US is so far behind in terms of broadband. I have 20 mbps and feel fortunate, but that's nothing in much of Asia or Europe. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 10:32
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- Have no fear! I'm coming to save GM now! -- nm - The Volt Apr 28, 10:31
- I'm trying to find a mythology joke here, but it just ain't coming. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:21 5
  - Time comes for us all -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 10:37
  - Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon suspects. -- nm - Ender Apr 28, 10:31
  - how about a headline of "Saturn found dead in gov't coup led by Jupiter" ? ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 28, 10:29 1
    - hey hey! hey! -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:31
  - wait, rewind it ... is that Omar Epps? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:22
- Saturn was the first thing they'd done right in ages. It's a shame it's gotten caught in the crossfire here. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:15 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:21
- You too? Come on over, I'll buy you a beer. -- nm - Pluto si Apr 28, 10:11 2
  - Two joke bogarts in two days. Gotta be fast on ST. Fast usually isn't a problem for me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 28, 10:12 1
    - You're slowing down old man. - ceregon Apr 28, 10:18
- My 2001 Saturn still runs great. -- nm - Inigo Apr 28, 10:11
IDCITWAP: Barry Bonds makes and appearance at AT&T park, looking.....trim. (link) -- (link) - musubi Apr 28, 10:07
PBWorks? - psilotum Apr 28, 10:06
I will say, I love some of the GOPer comments on the message boards about how Specter is a traitor; to a party filled with them. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 10:02 9
- It's a Southern party now, that's for sure. Wonder if the senators from Maine will think about it as well. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 10:29
- Comments on the internet are *alwaya* amusing, no matter the story or political affiliation of those making the comments. - TWuG Apr 28, 10:08
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  - It's not as if he were a reliable 41st vote before this anyway. -- nm - Ender Apr 28, 10:10 1
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  - The IM drills it. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:05 1
    - Though he's just the one with the spotlight on him right now for that. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:08
- umm, no, cause there is no history in politics. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 28, 10:04
- So what's worse in their eyes? A RINO or a traitor? -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 10:03
I'll wager that Apple withholds extending its contract withi AT&T until they can measure the success of their Verizon devices. - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 09:59 19
- It's not just anecdotal. Several studies have shown people left their old carriers for AT&T and the iphone. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 10:25 1
  - I left Verizon -- nm - DreadPR Apr 28, 10:33
- I don't get how people are so angry about one cell phone carrier or another. I've never had an issue with any of them... - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:04 15
  - I live in a metro area and have 2 service providers -- AT&T on my personal and Verizon on my work-provided phone. - Fuzzy Apr 28, 10:24
  - I think people tend to be angry with certain telecom companies because e.g. they had a bad customer service experience with them X years ago or e.g. - con_carne Apr 28, 10:14 7
    - like people get one bad computer once and assume that all macs suck forever and henceforth? -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:20
    - And then you are forced to stay with them for 1.5 years after that point. - psilotum Apr 28, 10:17 5
      - IIRC, telecom companies and airlines are the most maligned companies in the US, generally speaking. Too easy to find horror stories on all of them. -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 10:20 4
        
        I think that, like gyms, you should be able to switch carriers when you move without paying the cancel fee. - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:24
        
        Don't forget the monopoly cable companies. -- nm - psilotum Apr 28, 10:22 2
        
        *smug grin* -- nm - Insurance Companies Apr 28, 10:31
        
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  - I can bearly get a verizon signal at my house. Sprint and AT&T don't even come up with one bar. -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 10:10 5
    - right so you must live rurally and base your choices on what service works at your house. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 10:20 4
      - Not so sure it's rural but even with a tower near by I think the trees interfere. -- (link) - lileve Apr 28, 10:23 3
        
        Coffeyville, Kansas? - psilotum Apr 28, 10:31 2
        
        No, the link went wrong. -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 10:35 1
        
        Try this. -- (link) - lileve Apr 28, 10:36
- there are no verizone devices yet, only rumors, unless something has changed in the last 2 hours -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 28, 10:00
Jack, I apologize for linking to the NY Times, but think you might like this article: -- (link) - TWuG Apr 28, 09:58 2
- Couldn't they just watch Law & Order? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 10:02
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- Maybe it's because the immune-system-comprimised and the elderly don't do a lot of international travel. - Ender Apr 28, 10:09 4
  - That doesn't fit. It is spreading from person to person. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 10:30
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    - it is mostly young adults. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 10:31
  - i thought i heard somewhere that it's taking victims in their prime equally as much as the more compromised. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 10:17
- Maybe it's because the standard of living in some places is higher than in others? - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 10:00
- it certainly doesn't make anything easier there. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 09:58
- Do you have a link? (I don't know that officials are puzzled, which is why I said I'd like to hear more about that point.) -- nm - mara Apr 28, 09:58 3
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    - Thanks! -- nm - mara Apr 28, 10:02
    - heard a story on NPR last night -- the communication from govt is downright frightening -- nm - kare Apr 28, 10:00
- Perhaps only a mutated form of the virus has made it across the border -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 09:57 4
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    - He shouldn't have shot the food. (nm) - The Elf Apr 28, 10:09
    - breathing in all those pesticides while working for CY? -- nm - zork Apr 28, 10:02
    - Sends out a pillaging fleet. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 10:01
- my environmental science textbook would agree the pollution hypothesis is viable. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 09:57
- That's probably fair as far as Mexico City goes, but have all the Mexican cases been contracted there? -- nm - TWuG Apr 28, 09:56 5
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    - doesn't appear that way on the google map -- (link) - zork Apr 28, 10:00 2
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        when you zoom in they spread away from MX city but I don't think the placement of the markers is very reliable -- nm - zork Apr 28, 10:05
  - no -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 28, 09:58
All I'm saying is that if Procter had held the line, America would be a very different place today. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 09:53 1
- all i'm saying is that your face is in a different place. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 28, 09:54
Microsoft Xbox 360 Pro Game Console w/HDMI & 20GB HDD, Refurbished, $160. -- (link) - tRuMaN Apr 28, 09:52
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Spawn is right. - Reagen Apr 28, 09:49 4
- or on any of the replies -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:57 2
  - while improvement is nice, you jam too many features in and you get Windows ME. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:58 1
    - heh. we'll need quad-core machines just to load the board -- nm - zork Apr 28, 10:01
- Yeah. -- nm - Jelly Apr 28, 09:54
I think "Is the Donovan McNabb?" should be TT's next fad catchphrase. (nm) - musubi Apr 28, 09:49 16
- Okay, curiosity has gotten the best of me. I don't know a thing about Donovan McNabb. Please to explain why the use of his name within this statement - HdnAgnda Apr 28, 10:02 7
  - It's because the EMT was black, wasn't it? -- nm - mara Apr 28, 10:07 4
    - That's what I was wondering if the use of McNabb's name was in direct reference to something with McNabb or if it was interchangeable with other black - HdnAgnda Apr 28, 10:09 2
      - I'm not 100% sure, but it could have possibly been interchanged with Donald Brashear -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:13 1
        
        Maybe saying Omar Epps would've been funny? -- nm - mara Apr 28, 10:16
    - black and husky and totally NOT McNabb. The sports guy was just a dumbass. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:07
  - plus the only connection is that both are black. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:06
  - player injured = concern for his well-being. "Rewind the clip ... do I see {INSERT UNRELATED CELEB HERE}?!?". It's inappropriate. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:05
- "Stop trying to make fetch happen!" -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 09:51 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:54
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- -"the" +"that". (nm) - musubi Apr 28, 09:50
- you can't force it, man. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:50 3
  - Then how do you explain TFox? (nm) - musubi Apr 28, 09:51 2
    - All modern scientific endeavors have failed on this front. I am a genetic marvel. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 10:12
    - "balls" is already in the mainstream lexicon -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 09:53
argh. I'm so used to rounding 33.33333 down that I didn't realise I was doing it there. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:44 2
- so just make it 100 and 120 -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:45 1
  - i really was just joking. -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 10:05
Sure, he gets convicted of shooting that actress, and now he's a Democrat? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 09:44 1
- magic bullet theory -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 09:47
Is there really such a high demand for movies and TV shows to star LL Cool J? Really? -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 09:43 4
- i would give just anything he did a shot. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:48 1
  - I dunno, I think of him as one of those "Uh oh, shitty movie!" actors. -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 10:18
- why not? he's a decent actor actually. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 09:44 1
  - and a good business man. worth a frickin' fortune. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:46
I'm going to need NCIS spoilage after next weeks' episode. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 09:43
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- A Road Rules contestant named Diem Brown beat this. Best wishes. -- nm - David Apr 28, 10:00
- all my best -- nm - peglegpete Apr 28, 09:56
- that's awful news. sorry. Best Thoughts. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 28, 09:54
- Sorry man. I hope for the best. These kind of stories make me even more sure that we'll get my daughter vaccinated. -- nm - Inigo Apr 28, 09:50 10
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    - It's just so easily transmitted. You don't even have to be a dog/floozy to get it. -- nm - Inigo Apr 28, 10:01
    - i think it's always HPV-related. but it's so easy to get. you don't have to be a dog. ;) -- nm - kare Apr 28, 10:00 6
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        About 99% according to this link. -- (link) - Inigo Apr 28, 10:08
        
        Yeah, I believe it is. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 10:05 3
        
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        My sister was in a similar sitch. Not pregnant, but aggressive pre-cancer. - TFox Apr 28, 10:11 1
        
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  - I approve this post -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:54
- Oh no. -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 09:50
- good thoughts. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 28, 09:50
- That's terrible -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 09:48
- crap, that sucks. - znufrii, not dead Apr 28, 09:47
- best wishes. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 09:47
- best wishes to your family. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 28, 09:46 1
  - indeed -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 09:47
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  - because treatment usually involves scraping the cancer cells or precancerous cells out of the cervix, probably. - kare Apr 28, 09:51
- ugh. ** sending good thoughts to ML to pass along to his sister-in-law ** -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 09:45
- Damn. That is the suck. (nm) - musubi Apr 28, 09:45
- Very sorry, ML. -- nm - Jelly Apr 28, 09:45
- Oh no. So sorry. -- nm - kelly Apr 28, 09:45
- Oh crap. Thoughts and prayers going out. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 09:44 1
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- oh crap :( sorry to hear that -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 09:44 4
  - this makes me think a dumbass randomizer might not be good. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 09:45 3
    - It's a funny joke, but i was never actually considering it :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 10:00
    - good point. and sorry to hear about this ML. wishes for a full recovery -- nm - zork Apr 28, 09:47
    - Good point. -- nm - Jelly Apr 28, 09:47
- Oh - that's horrible. -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 09:43
- oh crap. so sorry. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 09:43
grouchy today -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 09:43

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