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A family heard weird noises in their attic for years – then they found the cause -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 09:30 25
- "Didn't think much of it" thought it was probably rats? Like, WTF, man?! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 9, 09:43 3
  - if anything he had absolutely NO rat problem. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 09:48
  - *drops snake off at the your pet place* -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 09:47 1
    - Christmas came early!!! -- nm - snake Aug 9, 09:48
- what the Hell would it have been eating? -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 09:38 3
  - Rats. - Spawn Aug 9, 09:40
  - neighborhood kids -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:39 1
    - They all float up there. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:39
- Dammit Florida! -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 09:36
- A hobo? A ghost? Elves (the shoe cobbling kind, obviously)? -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:34 7
  - Shoes? - JaxSean Aug 9, 09:35 1
    - If I were a shoe cobbling elf, I'd want a job in Florida, too. Easy living. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:36
  - do you have something against the cookie baking kind? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 09:35 4
    - In an attic in Florida? Does it LOOK like a tree? Think before you post, Crash! -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:37 3
      - in Florida, that kind switches from cookies to meth -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 09:38 2
        
        "New, from Keebler..." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 09:49
        
        Meth is more of a gnome's game, but I wouldn't put it past elves, either. True. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:39
- I knew what it was going to be before I clicked -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:32 7
  - Aww. I thought it was going to be - JaxSean Aug 9, 09:34 2
    - my hope was - Beryllium Aug 9, 09:36
    - is it ML? -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:36
  - yeah, the url does suggest a possibility -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 09:34 3
    - not even, just they have major snake issues down there, it is not surprising. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:35 2
      - what I meant is the url tells you where it happened, and they're one of the first things I think of there now -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 09:36 1
        
        yeah, same thing. Tegues or Boas all over the place. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:38
AAAAAAAAHHH! - Andie Aug 9, 09:12 4
- "I'm sorry. I don't have time for this. Have you considered expedia.com?" -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:27 2
  - isn't that who I've been calling? -- nm - FussyFlightGuy Aug 9, 09:45
  - the problem is trying to do this whole thing on corporate points. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 09:43
- *nods to Meg from across the room...watching her pause, acknowledge the nod but only in a way that I see and then watching her... - Mel Profit Aug 9, 09:15
Not a way to save money at your wedding -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 9, 09:10 [youtube] 3
- Eesh. Also, who shows up to a wedding in jeans? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 09:20
- To be fair, his lips were tired from kissing the groom's behind so he could get the gig. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 9, 09:17
- I might have preferred bagpipes -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:14
so wait...with Diva meeting Bishop Tutu...I'm 3 degrees from The Pope! -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 08:59 2
- I almost touched the Pope once -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:07 1
  - better than the Pope touching you once, I guess. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:20
submitted with small comment.... -- (link) - groiny Aug 9, 08:57 [Image] 5
- Who or what's balls? -- nm - Amoxy Aug 9, 08:59 2
  - Sometimes the bull wins. -- nm - Old joke Aug 9, 09:21 1
    - *wears balls on my horns like the nutsack trailer hitch* -- nm - bull Aug 9, 09:30
- the first ST buddy cop movie -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 08:58
- The scissors to the side add to it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:58
LIR: "Why doesn't Disney just buy Netflix?" Oh, "because that would put NF's edgy, adult programming directly into the toilet" is the correct answer - con_carne Aug 9, 08:56 6
- I've seen Jessica Jones, I can't see content on NF getting much edgier -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 09:40 2
  - Ozark. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 09:41 1
    - GLOW -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:42
- Isn't this how Miramax was born? -- nm* - Qale Aug 9, 09:15
- My guess to that: Disney is getting hit hard now with seeing the folly of overpaying for content...Netflix's main challenge going forward - Will Hunting Aug 9, 09:07 1
  - Big media companies like Disney can afford to do it or at least try to go alone. The big question remains whether consumers will follow - oblique Aug 9, 09:12
The day Manafort's home was raided was the day Trump started going off on Sessions. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 08:51 6
- The Transgender ban tweets started at 5:55am the same day. Think about that. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 09:04
- The raid was July 26th. Trump's interview with the NYT was published on July 19th. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 9, 08:55 1
  - It must have been the day Trump was told that the home would be invaded!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:56
- And right before the raid was reported in the press he makes his 'fire and fury' comment re: NK. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 08:53 1
  - I can't prove it but I think "fire and fury" came right after he watched The Battle of the Loot Train -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 08:56
- and my Dad's birthday. Weird, right ? -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:52
If there's so much work that people are afraid to take vacation, hire more staff! -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 08:50 2
- It's true. If there's something you'd like to get done sooner and eventually will get to it later, you're understaffed. -- nm* - Max Aug 9, 08:52
- hah!!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 08:51
I have 160 hours vacation a year, use or lose. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 08:43
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- Manafort? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 08:51 1
  - oh, I did not read your message fully. I missed the "to me" -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 08:53
- You should suggest he get some of those see thru shirts from JCrew -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:47
Excel Guru question inside - znufrii Aug 9, 08:39 6
- date. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Aug 9, 08:41 3
  - *SHEDS A TEAR* - groiny Aug 9, 08:50
  - I kiss you! - znufrii Aug 9, 08:44 1
    - There's my Cyndi Lauper earworm for the day. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 08:45
- Macros that likely are pulling the logged in user on the computer and then just a standard macro for data entry -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 08:41 1
  - That's what I thought. - znufrii Aug 9, 08:43
LYC - FussyFlightGuy is *still* not happy with any of the choices. - Andie Aug 9, 08:35 6
- Can't you just rent me a plane on Airbnb? -- nm - FussyFlightGuy Aug 9, 08:37 5
  - I actually sent him an email just now that said "i've been really busy, I'll let you know." - Andie Aug 9, 08:38 4
    - Yep - radio silence might be best. People sometimes become self sufficient when those they abuse stop responding. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 08:44
    - what about boats? I've heard that Madden guy took a bus everywhere. -- nm - FussyFlightGuy Aug 9, 08:40 2
      - I suggested Amtrak. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 08:41 1
        
        and do you have the latest trip info? Now I need to go through China via North Korea and Tasmania -- nm - FussyFlightGuy Aug 9, 08:42
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- Our firm probably has a written policy, but it is practically unlimited. We have hours expectations and it can affect your compensation (bonuses, etc - pmb Aug 9, 09:03 2
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    - Personally, I've tended to take 2 one week vacations and some long weekends (though those practically generally include some work). This vacation I'm - pmb Aug 9, 09:14
- Definitely is very industry dependent. I can't see it working well for my group because as IT support, we take the tasks that come to us daily - oblique Aug 9, 08:34 8
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    - I totally agree. IT is *customer service* and is sadly filled with anti-social nerds who don't know the first thing about it - oblique Aug 9, 08:39 5
      - I have a friend who is an IT wizard who made everything work in the after hours. Meanwhile, the day crew hated him because they had email problems - Reagen Aug 9, 08:48
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        IT departments disconnected from the business goals are awful especially understaffed where priority is hard to balance -- (edited) - oblique Aug 9, 09:04
        
        As bad as lawyers may be...doctors are the worst. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 08:50 1
        
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    - ......... IT people .. Bankers. Lawyers. The end. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:37
- Suits needs to delve into this! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 08:33 3
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  - A few episodes ago Louis rattled off the number of days since he'd taken a vacation. - Max Aug 9, 08:36 1
    - Mudding isn't a vacation. It's a necessary component of his work-life balance, probably written into his contract. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 08:40
Checks out. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 08:22 1
- Genius. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 9, 08:32
Investigators searched Manafort's home for "tax documents and foreign banking records"."The F.B.I. typically seeks such records when investigating - decline Aug 9, 08:17 9
- Yeah, I don't know about collusion with the Russians during the election, but this goes much further. - Mop Aug 9, 09:38
- hah, like Manafort keeps a paper trail. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 08:34
- Manafort is under extreme pressure to flip -- nm - Amoxy Aug 9, 08:26 6
  - or flop? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 09:31
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  - More like *not* to, by Putin. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:28 1
    - Have they identified the body pulled from kilbo's lake yet? -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:40
  - yeppers. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 08:27
  - "flip ya fer real" -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 08:26
B2 vacation poll had me go look for my employee handbook. I earn 21 days a year and probably take on avg a couple weeks per year - JD Aug 9, 08:17 13
- I get 21 PTO days (168 hours) as well, I think, and can roll over 80 each year. I usually take "big" vacations every other year or so - JaxSean Aug 9, 08:27
- I get 33 days total PTO per year. This is my first year having so much and I have no idea how I'll use it all this year. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Aug 9, 08:21 10
  - When my dad was towards the end of his career, he had so much I remember him taking every Tu/Thu off for the entire summer or something like that -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 08:30
  - i think i'm spending my four day weekend in September painting a couple rooms and maybe putting in a new closet system. - Andie Aug 9, 08:25 7
    - I'm taking a week off next month and basically have zero plans -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:29 6
      - This is where my situation fails. I only take off for plans. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:30 5
        
        i used to do this, but now my vacation is use it or lose it, so i usually have a few days a year i just hang out. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 08:33 3
        
        A I said, I can take off all I want as long as I am willing to pay the price of falling behind. - Spawn Aug 9, 08:36 2
        
        Oh i get it, when i was a contractor and i didn't get paid if i wasn't at work i *never* took days off for anything less than serious plans. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 08:44 1
        
        I still get paid, but I pay the price. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:58
        
        this is usually me too, but my summer plans got scrapped because both my partners are having surgery this month - decline Aug 9, 08:32
  - How you doin'? -- nm - Disney Aug 9, 08:22
- you should take the next week off -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:18
29 years ago today, The Great One was traded to the LA Kings -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 08:09 3
- This was the story of the first 30 For 30, and it's one of the better ones. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 09:16 1
  - You might say, a great one? -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:19
- I'd never heard the speaker phone story before. This is a great read hockey fans -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 08:15
Will the 2017 solar eclipse cause a secret planet called 'Nibiru' to destroy Earth next month? -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 08:09 3
- And Homer has warned you all that you could get Left Below. - David's iPad Aug 9, 08:21
- Dammit Nathan! You're supposed to know all the planets! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 08:09 1
  - "That was Nathan. Nate doesn't care about planets." -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 08:31
Technically 11 weeks but I'm also technically unemployed right now. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 9, 08:04
No Man's Sky Creators Say The Game Will Receive A Big Update This Week -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 08:01 4
- If a video game is updated and nobody is playing it, does it make a sound? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 08:02 3
  - They've been doing a huge ARG thing lately. People are playing, just never will be what they hype was -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 08:10 1
    - what's an ARG thing? -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:30
  - I may try to play it again after this update. I'll have the whole universe to myself -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:05
Meg, is there any mewing coming from _inside_ the bags? -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 9, 07:59
5 year extension between Falcons and Devonta Freeman - $41.25 million and includes a $15 million signing bonus, -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 07:58 3
- IMO, this pretty much guarantees that Tevin won't be resigning with them in 2 years. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 08:01 2
  - That's a next year problem. Today is full of win. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 9, 08:17 1
    - Repost: Hey Blood Feud people, can someone do the draft order post(s) to the board? -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:44
If I had unlimited vacation I would be staying home today. Just not feeling work atm -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 07:58
Krusty: have you tried dognapping and holding them for ransom? I'm sure an ear or a paw in the mail will make them pay up fast -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 07:57 5
- Actually, their collar would work really well for it. - Spawn Aug 9, 08:17
- or he can walk them to a warehouse and film some doggy porn.... - groiny Aug 9, 08:12 2
  - I'll bet $50 that there is a market for it. -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 08:16 1
    - ^ see krusty, there is another easy 50 -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 08:16
- I can't afford to lose one of my ears. -- nm - Crusty Aug 9, 07:58
Grrr. LYC FWP. - znufrii Aug 9, 07:54 6
- that's actually a fairly common practice and it doesn't have to be in the plan documents -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:04 4
  - Huh. - znufrii Aug 9, 08:07 3
    - it depends on the underlying trading software used. As for the plan document/ERISA requirement, as long as the $$ are in the trust the funding - decline Aug 9, 08:10 2
      - Fine. Be that way. - znufrii Aug 9, 08:17 1
        
        you can still bitch to them if it'll make you feel better -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:18
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 07:56
In China's southern province of Sichuan, more than 1,000 kilometres from the nearest ocean, work is underway on a near-exact replica of the Titanic -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 07:49 3
- China is pretty much the national example of what happens when you have more money than you know what to do with. - Mop Aug 9, 09:36
- It can't sink if you build it on land -- nm - *Black guy meme* Aug 9, 07:50 1
  - Roll Safe. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 07:56
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