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I said it last night and I'm saying it again now... forget Trek 11 or Terminator 4. Sam Mendes's Away We Go is the movie you should be talking about - Mr. Havens May 7, 08:42 8
- *buys it in spite of the fact it will never make its price* -- nm - Qale May 7, 09:13
- Wait, there is a letter grade better than the A+ that Star Trek gets? - Spawn May 7, 08:48 1
  - Geek A+ ratings are B- ratings in the real world, geek -- nm - Mr. Havens May 7, 08:57
- does stuff blow up? does it have crazy over the top action? does it have cool cgi effects? - tRuMaN May 7, 08:44 3
  - Granted, it's not an entirely fair comparison, but Sex and the City didn't blow stuff up, have crazy over the top action or cool cgi effects - Mr. Havens May 7, 08:56 1
    - SATC had a built-in audience. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:57
  - *ding* -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:48
- Looks like a really exciting movie -- nm - decline May 7, 08:44
Rangers 1B Chris Young is on pace to strike out 266 times this season - Will Hunting May 7, 08:39 7
- PS- I think you mean Chris Davis. Chris Young is the sucky ARI OF. - musubi May 7, 08:45 1
  - Yeah, I do. Bringing my yearly whiff total to just shy of Chris Davis' pace. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 08:46
- David Wright is on pace to strikeout 184 times. His career high is 118. - musubi May 7, 08:42 3
  - in regards to your im, beltran is a demi-god - tRuMaN May 7, 08:43 2
    - Wrong. - musubi May 7, 08:46 1
      - wrong - tRuMaN May 7, 08:47
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lyc: I signed us up for that dog walk at the end of the month. - kelly May 7, 08:38
Will we ever see Duke Nukem Forever? 3D Realms may be shutting down. -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) May 7, 08:35
LYC: I have have tickets to 6 upcoming concerts, time to cut myself off - MDH May 7, 08:34 15
- Screw it - I am in for Kylie in October - Epiphany May 7, 08:37 10
  - Awesome! - MDH May 7, 08:40 2
    - I will add you - sweet!! it will be fun - fun - is it cold there in October? -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:44 1
      - Not usually in mid-October. Nice crisp fall weather. -- nm - Diva May 7, 08:46
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    - your loss. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:39 3
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        I promise not to pull a Jaxie and lose the camera - Epiphany May 7, 08:45 1
        
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    - After this past weekend, I now know I can hold my own with the ST drinkers, so I'm game! -- nm - MDH May 7, 08:39 1
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  - She's coming to MSG -- nm - MDH May 7, 08:40
  - At least you have bigger boobs. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:37
- Wow. That's quite an... uhm... interesting list. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) May 7, 08:36
For tax purposes, can you deduct clothing used exclusively for work? i.e. construction workers deducting tough pants or shirts? - Mop (236 lbs) May 7, 08:24 24
- IRS says 'Work clothes and uniforms if required and not suitable for everyday use' -- (link) - Roger More May 7, 08:29
- From my tax preparer: only if that clothing isn't used for other reasonable purposes. - musubi May 7, 08:26 3
  - For a constuction worker: I know hardhats, steel toe boots and safety eyewear are deductable. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:27
  - so your grass hula skirts? no?? -- nm - dug May 7, 08:27 1
    - Can you read? Stuff that *isn't* used for other purposes. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:28
- technically, my understanding is that the clothing in question must be specific to one's employment and not usable for every day wear. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:25 1
  - Which is why, even though I'm a prostitute, I wasn't able to deduct the cost of my strap-on since I wear it all the time. -- nm - JackDawson si May 7, 08:28
- Yes. -- nm - Diva May 7, 08:24
- my friend deducts clothing and she's a dog walker. -- nm - Andie May 7, 08:24 15
  - Your friend is cheating on her taxes. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:28 14
    - really? she buys a parka so that she can walk for 4 hours in winter that she uses just for work? - Andie May 7, 08:30 13
      - Whoops. Forgot you're in canada. Maybe the rules are diff. In the US, that's cheating. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:31 4
        
        everyone cheats on their taxes. it's your patriotic duty as an american -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:32 3
        
        I don't. I think my tax preparer is amazed that I'm not trying to cheat. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:34 2
        
        But that's more cuz you're a USC fan than anything else. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 08:34 1
        
        Well, he *did* go to UCLA. Hmmmm. Maybe I better go re-check his numbers.... (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:36
      - Also, this is canada. The revenue agency doesn't assume you're a criminal by default, like the IRS does. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 08:30 6
        
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        Oh, I didn't mean criminal in the legal sense, I meant it in the strike-fear-into-the-heart sense. - Beryllium May 7, 08:39 4
        
        Heh - that perception probably has more to do with the different levels of trust Canadians and Americans have in government -- nm - Roger More May 7, 08:42 3
        
        Perhaps, but the American system seems positively byzantine and impenetrable from an outside perspective. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 08:47 2
        
        The Canadian system seems byzantine and impentrable from my personal perspective. I have to fill out forms for federal *and* provincial taxes? WTF? - Roger More May 7, 08:52 1
        
        you have to fill out forms for federal and state, IIRC, in the US - so that much is similar, at least. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 09:04
      - maybe it's different in Canada? -- nm - hutsilu in Rwanda May 7, 08:30
ST Poll: Star Trek opening weekend and final total guesses -- nm - Inigo May 7, 08:24 24
- 95 and 220 -- nm - Spawn May 7, 08:50
- $65M, $165M -- nm - mara May 7, 08:41
- I think everyone's high. $50 million. -- nm - Max May 7, 08:39
- I'd actually be surprised to see which May movies do have legs. Up will obviously, but the other are still sketchy. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:33 2
  - TERM4 is a possibility, but it depends how good the finished product is. WOM is pretty strong on TRK11, which is a good indicator -- nm - Roger More May 7, 08:39
  - Probably Night of the Museum too. The rest will have 60+% second weekend drops, imo. -- nm - Inigo May 7, 08:35
- One BILLION dollars! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) May 7, 08:32
- $70 with legs, $200 final -- nm - Roger More May 7, 08:30
- 60M, 160 total. - musubi May 7, 08:30
- $60M / $130M -- nm - Don Homer May 7, 08:29
- 72M and 195M -- nm - Beaker May 7, 08:28
- 90 and 200 -- nm - DreadPR May 7, 08:28
- 63mil and 145mil -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 08:27
- 87m, 190m. I really think the positive reviews are going to impact the opening wknd. -- nm - HdnAgnda May 7, 08:26
- open somewhere between 60 and 70. 175-200 million final -- nm - dug May 7, 08:25 5
  - IMO, in order for the film to get to 200 million, it would have to open north of Wolverine. - Inigo May 7, 08:29 4
    - it will have legs because it will be better and more watchable than the other crappity sequels they're pimping this summer -- nm - dug May 7, 08:30 3
      - First Contact was very well received, and it still only had about a 3 final mutliplier. - Inigo May 7, 08:33 1
        
        I never got into the Next Gen like I did the Kirk crew. I know I am not alone -- nm - Redmond (ST Sick Club Member) May 7, 08:35
      - TFORM2 will still win the summer. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:31
- 70M, with no legs at all, maybe 150M total. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:24 3
  - That's close to my guess too. That would be a huge boom for this series though. -- nm - Inigo May 7, 08:26 2
    - this is a new series that just happens to have the name Star Trek -- nm - dug May 7, 08:27
    - Indeed. I'm pumped to see it but I hate Star Trek. Just looks like a kickass sci-fi action flick. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 08:27
Current fave status message: "wonders what good is the internet when he can't find a single picture of a plane that got crushed by a giant boulder." - Andie May 7, 08:21 1
- Current Farve status message: -- nm - what amoxy read May 7, 08:38
More Mother's Day business. The amount of money I spend on cards alone now is crazy. I think it comes close to $30 + I have to account for wife, mom, - HdnAgnda May 7, 08:14 1
- 1) Have kids make cards 2) Take wife to store and exchange cards there - decline May 7, 08:17
Congratulations to AIG, winner over Comcast in this year's Worst Company in America showdown. -- (link) - Don Homer May 7, 08:12
Ok...ST has to come to a stop until someone can exmplain to me exactly - Jim May 7, 08:12 30
- great ass. -- nm - hutsilu in Rwanda May 7, 08:28 1
  - now now, there's not need to resort to name-calling -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:35
- Her best music is not even played on the US stations. Fantastic dance albums. She is highly releveant - everywhere but here - Epiphany May 7, 08:20 2
  - They did a duet once. -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:20 1
    - not a fan of it. *shrug* and I love them both separately. -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:21
- Because "X" might be one of the best dance cds in a while - MDH May 7, 08:16
- 1) She is huge with the gays 2) she hs never toured the US 3) She's had a career spanning over 20 years and is hugely successful -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:13 23
  - I hope this tour tanks -- nm - CQ May 7, 08:16 12
    - Her tour last year made $70 mill with no US show, her US tour will sell out instantly - MDH May 7, 08:17 11
      - yep. US people sometimes have trouble imagining hugely successful artists that haven't been huge in the US - Justice 97 May 7, 08:19 10
        
        How big Kylie is really surprises me thiugh. Of course she's huge in Australia, but Australia has a habit of navel-gazing about its celebrities and - Roger More May 7, 08:23 1
        
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        Actually...what I think it is is that she's not hugely successful in the US...yet the fact that she's touring will be a huge success. - Jim May 7, 08:20 6
        
        It's a six to seven city tour, focusing on major markets that are friendly to her. - Justice 97 May 7, 08:22 2
        
        Ok...that makes a little more sense. i think tour and i think 30-40 dates in 30-40 cities. - Jim May 7, 08:25 1
        
        Think Spice Girls Reunion Tour. It's an event tour. -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:26
        
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        I fear - fear - that if I do not see her this tour - I may never see her. -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:23 1
        
        She wants to use this as a stepping stone to include the US in the future -- nm - MDH May 7, 08:27
        
        *nods* -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:20
  - Wow. "She has sold in excess of 60 million records" -- (link) - Justice 97 May 7, 08:16
  - I've got the ~La, la, la...~ earworm going. -- nm - Diva May 7, 08:13 2
    - You can't get it out of your head? -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:14 1
      - *shaking* -- nm - Diva May 7, 08:14
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    - *swoon* nm -- nm - groiny May 7, 08:15
  - (add to 3: just not as much in the US as elsewhere) -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:13 3
    - I guess. I didn't even know she made records any more. - Jim May 7, 08:15 2
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        Don't say stuff you won't be able to take back!!! -- nm - Jim May 7, 08:21
LIR: Roger More: I do think a lot of the reason for no self checkout is the local clientele is less tech-friendly - Justice 97 May 7, 08:11
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! - znufrii May 7, 08:07 11
- Are you moving upstairs? -- nm - amoxy May 7, 08:08 4
  - downstairs - znufrii May 7, 08:09 3
    - that sucks anus -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:10 2
      - he's suddently happy about this move -- nm - Justice 97 May 7, 08:11 1
        
        *spit take* -- nm - Beaker May 7, 08:17
- what does that mean? -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 08:08 4
  - our group is moving floors, and I'm headed for a cubicle instead of my current office situation. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:10 2
    - going to start rubbing elbows with the common folk -- nm - decline May 7, 08:10 1
      - it's worse than you think, because my back will be to my boss's office. - znufrii May 7, 08:18
  - he's headed for a cube-farm -- nm - decline May 7, 08:08
- Copy-jockeys get nameplates? -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 08:08
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- Your mission is to listen to "X" this weeked. Hooray drunken NYC trip! - MDH May 7, 08:07 12
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  - when is this happening, again? -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:08 10
    - Concert October 11th -- nm - MDH May 7, 08:08 9
      - *marks that weekend off his calendar for drinking purposes* -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:09 8
        
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        bah, if you're not going to be around, drinking isn't going to be nearly as fun. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:11 6
        
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        What's this weekend? *fear8 -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:16 4
        
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        I won't be there, I have a friend's birthday party that night. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:20 2
        
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        I'm busy all day. - znufrii May 7, 08:23
- *jealous* - Epiphany May 7, 08:06 8
  - I know ... no DC locations on tour :( -- nm - DreadPR May 7, 08:07 4
    - I would have much rather put my Beyonce ticket money towards a trip to see Kylie - Epiphany May 7, 08:09 3
      - It would be a close call for me with Beyonce -- nm - DreadPR May 7, 08:10 2
        
        I guess I will be making a trip up to NY. Just got tix ... thanks much for posting that MDH :) -- nm - DreadPR May 7, 08:19 1
        
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    - It's October - you have a ways - Epiphany May 7, 08:07 1
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