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Visa getting ITunes charges that aren't ours. hooray. - Beaker Nov 27, 07:12
WTF is an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid? - ty97 Nov 27, 07:10 7
- for makeup, eye shadow, you often have two tone, lighter over eye, darker just above and reaching out - zeitgeist Nov 27, 10:46
- I think maybe you’re thinking of inner/outer eyelids. We only have one of those. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 07:26
- Do you have one lip? You have an upper lip and and a lower lip -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:22 2
  - This is fun. What else does ty97 have two of? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 07:23 1
    - anxiety levels? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:32
- Put your finger under your eye and pull down. That is the lower eyelid -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 07:12
- You see those eyelashes on the bottom of your eye? - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:11
Came back from travel to find I'd left the small back burner on my stove on. How long does it take for a Final Destination sequence to start? -- nm - Max Nov 27, 07:06 4
- this is basically my nightmare. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:12
- what is your gas bill going to look like? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:09 1
  - It'll be absorbed into the condo fee. I guess those accusations of corruption from the annual meeting are true! -- nm - Max Nov 27, 07:15
- Yikes! -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 07:07
ST Poll - Monday at the Holidays movie - what did you see? what is the grade? also: how was your TG meal? grade please -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:59 16
- turkey dinner at the expensive fancy restaurant was terrible, cooked in the morning and sat at 160 holding temp all day, tough chewy.. - zeitgeist Nov 27, 10:44
- Nothing, but 12 hours straight of Destiny 2 seems to be a limit. - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:23 3
  - LOL, you might have a problem. -- nm - groiny Nov 27, 07:24 1
    - At this point it's free entertainment. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:31
  - (Turkeyday Meal: A-) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:24
- rewatching stuff: Stranger Things s1 still awesome, Rome season 1, still very awesome. -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 07:22
- Kingsmen : Golden Circle D - groiny Nov 27, 07:18
- Coco: OK. Wonder: A. Call Me By Your Name: Incomplete -- (edited) - con_carne Nov 27, 07:18
- The Punisher S1: B. The Great Wall: D (did Damon lose a bet with someone?). Turkey day was a solid A -- nm - decline Nov 27, 07:17
- Also: Train To Busan - grade A Zombie flick. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:09
- Baby Driver (A-), GotG2 (C+), TG meal - A+. - Will Hunting Nov 27, 07:05
- The Big Sick A- -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 07:04
- Coco - A. Howl's Moving Castle - A -- nm - spamlet Nov 27, 07:03
- I saw Thor 3 again (still a B+). No TG meal but I did make aubergine arabiatta and a tuna & asparagus cream tagliatelli. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 07:02
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles - A+, Three Billboards - A, The Room - F. T-Day meals were awesome! A+. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 07:01
- Leatherface B, Cure for Wellness C-, Wind River A, 3 Billboards A- -- nm* - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:01
ST Poll: What are you buying for Cyber Monday? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 06:58 6
- Record player (xmas present) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 07:24
- nada -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:07
- what I need to buy is SM a laptop to take into his job sites - needs a HDMI port. nothing heavy, no gaming systems -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:00 2
  - There is an Acer i3 that's cheaper but I don't like the i3 much. This i5 should work nicely -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 07:17 1
    - thanks I will try to get approval on this. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 07:27
- I have a long list of things to get for people and I'll be buying none of them. - Krusty Nov 27, 07:00
NYC’s brand new ferry service taking on water. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 27, 06:41
STIS: My nephew has a difficult math problem that I can't help him with. Is there anyone here that I could email the problem for advice on how to get - Krusty Nov 27, 06:26 25
- Is it something you can plug into Wolfram Alpha or use their app to "scan" it to get an answer? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 06:30 24
  - I don't know, never used them. He's not looking for the answer as much as he's looking for advice on getting it started so he can work it out. - Krusty Nov 27, 06:32 23
    - just post a pic here and let's see what we can do :) -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 06:35 22
      - Here it is. He needs to do exercise 2. -- (link*) - Krusty Nov 27, 06:40 21
        
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        Once again, thank you for you help with this. - Krusty Nov 27, 07:33
        
        Thank you! I was going to email you but didn't want to bother you with this. - Krusty Nov 27, 07:27
        
        Lost me at "7" -- nm - groiny Nov 27, 07:23 1
        
        Haha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 07:24
        
        Just wait until Reagen gets here - especially as he's going to be around a lot earlier from now on -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 06:54 1
        
        See my post below. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:54
        
        42 -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 06:48
        
        Yeah... that is a little tougher than I was hoping it would be. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:45 1
        
        Me too. Through HS and his first year of college I was able to be helpful. At Thanksgiving he mentioned being stuck with this problem and asked if I - Krusty Nov 27, 06:57
        
        *eyes glaze over* - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 06:44 3
        
        It's been too long for me to be helpful. I gave it a long hard look last night but I just can't do the math anymore. - Krusty Nov 27, 06:47 2
        
        It's not math if there's more letters than numbers. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 06:48 1
        
        Welcome to calculus and differential equations where the headaches start and don't stop until you graduate or quit. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:52
        
        Here it is an attachment - Krusty Nov 27, 06:41 [Attachment] 5
        
        I'm so rusty at this stuff. I assume you would approach it by contradiction. - Butterbaron Nov 27, 07:01 1
        
        You got further than I did last night. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 07:02
        
        *head explodes* -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:45 2
        
        I said it was difficult! ;-) - Krusty Nov 27, 06:49 1
        
        I'm quietly hoping Reagen shows up and says he can help. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 06:54
your favorite President (me) -- (link*) - Amoxy Nov 27, 06:22 6
- Fox news states in court that it is their First Amendment right to lie and distribute fake news -- (link) - decline Nov 27, 06:26 5
  - What case is this? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 27, 06:38 3
    - Politifact article (which rates this claim is false) -- (link) - Roger More Nov 27, 06:51 1
      - If I can’t believe unattributed quotes circulating as memes on Facebook, I don’t know what I can believe! -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 07:14
    - the Fox News one (I dunno) -- nm - decline Nov 27, 06:49
  - I'm sure they said it's for satirical,entertainment purposes only -- nm - Flavorize Nov 27, 06:29
The secretive family making billions from the opioid crisis -- (link) - decline Nov 27, 06:17 1
- (they also funded a foundation that made the original (debunked) claim that 3 million undocumented people voted in 2016) -- nm - decline Nov 27, 06:18
Discovered yesterday that there are LLAMAS at the hobby farm across the street from our new house! Llamas! - TWuG, neck model Nov 27, 06:01 2
- I wonder if their door bell goes Ding Dong - zeitgeist Nov 27, 10:51
- I'd be over there all the time. Very fun. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:58
FF: Crushed it in FJS. Got destroyed in Astro. -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 27, 05:33 1
- I'm killing it in Vampires--If I get 10 points from L. Miller I have a chance to: Go 6-1 in last 7 games, clinch playoff spot, take over the #1 spot - Flavorize Nov 27, 06:27
Your BBC documentary of the day - Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown -- (link) - LMS Nov 27, 05:02 [youtube]
FF: If Ben Watson scores less than 9 points tonight, I will be victorious over a team that had Julio and his 47.48 points. - Strongbad Nov 27, 04:10 5
- If Collins and Tucker score less than 20.6 combined, I get to rename my opponents team, per league rules. - volnelk Nov 27, 05:38 4
  - Ha! That's hilarious. - Strongbad Nov 27, 05:46 3
    - It's happened twice so far. There are a couple in play tonight. -- (edited) - volnelk Nov 27, 05:46 2
      - We have a unique rule in our league. - Strongbad Nov 27, 05:49 1
        
        Nice. -- nm - volnelk Nov 27, 06:09
NCAA: Texas A&M reportedly going after FSU's Jimbo Fisher. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 03:58
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle engaged -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 02:58 7
- Change that g to an r and you've got yourself a real story. nm - Dignan Nov 27, 04:50 3
  - Engared? Enrared? -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 06:31
  - Merhan Markle? -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:06
  - Pgince Haggy? -- nm - volnelk Nov 27, 05:24
- I was sailing with a friend after work, his phone pinged, “Oh, prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged.” “Wait, you had a notification for that?” -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 04:16
- That'll offset the cost of Brexit! -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 03:05
- "now let me ask you this first -- what's your reaction to eliminating children that stand in your way... Extremely against. Ok, ok. Right answer?" -- nm* - Reagen Nov 27, 03:05
I’m laying in bed at home and my coworkers are (potentially) hanging out with shaq. Hmm. - Beryllium Nov 27, 01:03
American Gods ended all too abruptly. Spoilers - Mop Nov 26, 23:58 2
- You’re not wrong, but as a fan of the book I enjoyed it nonetheless. -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:48
- I'm watching it with the advantage of having read the book earlier this year. It's fun to play Spot the Differences. -- nm - Butterbaron Nov 27, 05:56
interesting side effect of the Bali eruption: hotel prices elsewhere skyrocketing. - mafic Nov 26, 23:05 5
- He should go to Bali to take in the eruption. Once in a lifetime opportunity! -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 23:49 4
  - I told another friend he should do that but then his flight was cancelled. -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 04:17 3
    - Is your "other friend" Roger More? -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 04:55 2
      - He might still get lucky! - mafic Nov 27, 05:02 1
        
        This is the hope. I've still got two weeks. -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 06:52
bitcoin looks to hit 10k tommorrow -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 22:18 5
- Puts on “BITCOIN IS CRASHING!” hat. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:37 4
  - everyone says that - but it hasn't happened yet. - Epiphany Nov 27, 04:39 2
    - It might not crash any time soon, but without some fairly fundamental regulatory or basic architecture shifts it’ll happen eventually. -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 04:42 1
      - I'm definitely letting people smarter than me worry about it. The only thing I do know - if I had any, I'd buy real property with it so it can't be - Epiphany Nov 27, 05:38
  - we can't all be Max Keiser. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 22:47
Stupid Duke -- nm - ty97 Nov 26, 22:06
The Bruce Springsteen special on BBC-A is on tonight. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:05
Mueller opens probe of Kushner. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 21:28 10
- Does Ivanka throw dad under the bus to make sure her kids keep their father? - Mop Nov 26, 22:06 3
  - I'm sure she will be loyal till the gallows even as daddy is the one to throw them over to save himself. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 22:39
  - Isn't she already on the outs with dad over the Roy Moore allegations? -- nm - Meg Nov 26, 22:28 1
    - their disagreements always seem public and superficial. her track record so far is disagree but do nothing about it. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 22:39
- *makes copies of all other files, puts them in the Kuschner file* - Paralegal Nov 26, 22:05
- Opens? Hasn't he already been included in investigations so far? - GregW Nov 26, 21:36 4
  - I’m surprised as well but I assume it’s some kind of technical hurdle. - Mop Nov 26, 22:08
  - generically as related to the overall probe, but now specifically. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 21:55
  - This is Flynn, I'm sure. The legal folks I've been trusting on this said that Flynn's legal moves this week screamed cooperation. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 26, 21:39 1
    - Did you mention that Michael Flynn's attorneys are no longer working with Trump's attorneys? -- nm -- Spawn Nov 23 '17, 19:19 - Spawn Nov 26, 21:49
It seems like today has gone on forever? I think it has something to do with the holiday weekend. Even though I don't work.... - Meg Nov 26, 21:15
Catch? -- nm - budice Nov 26, 20:30 2
- I know they’ve got a lot of weapons but I’m amazed at defenses being unable to take Antonio Brown out of a game plan. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 26, 20:42
- and release? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 26, 20:41
The tax bill has the potential to mark the end of self-employed content creation as a viable career. -- (link) - Tim Nov 26, 20:26 5
- Except as pointed out in the thread it won't. -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 27, 04:22 1
  - *handwaving freakoutery anyway* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 04:32
- hm, if this destroys Nicole Arbour then I might have to vote for it. -- nm - Max Nov 26, 22:39
- Republicans: Killing small business owners since... well, forever. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:18
- Millennials better hurry up and get into politics; the genXers don’t seem to be helping. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 20:49
With that hat, Ricky Ray looks like a NASCAR driver. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 20:23
With the nasty weather happening, this situation could easily go south. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 26, 20:09 1
- ! -- nm - mud Nov 26, 20:09
Adrian Belew interview -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 26, 20:00 1
- Crimson just hasnt been the same without him. -- nm - mud Nov 26, 20:07
Grey Cup MVP Devier Posey played high school football in a Cincinnati. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 26, 19:47 1
- Trestman has had quite the career -- nm - budice Nov 26, 19:59
apparently 'stiffy' is a South African term for floppy disk that has transferred to USB drive. this may cause some confusion in other areas. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 19:42 4
- Huh? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:16
- Not to mention juvenile laughter -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 20:09
- Going from 5.25" floppies to 3.5" discs, people tried to describe the new ones as flippies since they were not really floppy. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:54
- "If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth a Fuck" (early Stiff Records slogan) -- nm - mud Nov 26, 19:49
Have Reagen and WaltDisney declared fan free agency, having moved to different regions? -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:38
Wait... Walt Disney’s in Fredricton now, too? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:38 12
- Even I’ve been eyeing places on the east coast. - Beryllium Nov 26, 20:11 1
  - Time to claim some native heritage. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:17
- Wife got a job offer and we missed living in a city....and we did not want to move back to the Toronto area... - Walt_Disney Nov 26, 19:44 6
  - Wow, that’s huge! Didn’t you live in a resort or camp out in the wilderness? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:04
  - Whoa! -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 20:13
  - what are your work plans? -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:51 3
    - I need to really brush up on my French..... - Walt_Disney Nov 26, 20:00 2
      - Hope it works out well for you. Yeah, lots of call centres there and Bathurst. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 20:26
      - bonne chance! -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 20:14
- Don't think he's said much about it....I get my news from Mrs. Disney :) -- nm - Meg Nov 26, 19:44
- They are both ... - zork Nov 26, 19:39 1
  - Clearly you need to move to Fredricton. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 22:08
Last week of Movember. Please consider making a donation to help fight prostate/ testicular cancers, depression, and other men's issues. -- (link) - zork Nov 26, 19:29
Boom -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 19:23

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