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I accidentally added some creepy guy on FB, how do I unfriend him?? -- nm - Stacy Nov 3, 06:52 7
- I don't see how attacking Nick Fudge is going to solve anything. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 06:54 1
  - L5 -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:55
- If you send them a few thousand dollars, they'll usually leave you alone. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 06:53 4
  - this is serious, he is now trying to add my friends from high school. -- nm - Stacy Nov 3, 06:55 3
    - or hit the X on the right of their friend entry in your friend list -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:57 1
      - if your language is set to pirate, the tip will pop up as keelhaul -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:58
    - Search for him on FB. He should appear first on the list of results. Select 'Remove from friends'. -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 06:57
I've become a pudgy gambling addict in Fable 2. - znufrii Nov 3, 06:47 8
- Don't you run around? -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 06:50 2
  - yeah, but I don't think that has as much to do with your physique as how much and what kind of food you eat,. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 06:51 1
    - Well thats not very realistic then. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 07:02
- You have to worry about your diet in the game? That sounds rather boring and annoying -- nm - Don Homer Nov 3, 06:48 3
  - not so much, but the food you eat impacts how your character looks. - znufrii Nov 3, 06:50
  - Warrior was killed by a heart attack due to too much food -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:49 1
    - Green wizard needs the Atkins diet badly! -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 06:55
- go kill something! -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:48
NAOAT: Amazon Announces Beginning of Multi-Year Frustration-Free Packaging Initiative -- (link) - ty97 Nov 3, 06:46 3
- Whoever invented clamshell packaging should be tarred and feathered. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 3, 06:48 1
  - Who ever invented tar and feathering should be clam shelled -- nm - Redmond Nov 3, 06:49
- I really thought this was a joke this morning. But I'm happy that it is real. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 06:47
Only 2 more days to the start of the 2012 campaign. -- nm - not2fast Nov 3, 06:44 2
- *rubs hands together* -- nm - Sarah Palin Nov 3, 06:45 1
  - I would love for you to be the candidate in 4 years. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 3, 06:46
Hyde, how far along are you in World of Goo? - Inigo Nov 3, 06:42 3
- i'm most of the way thru the 3rd level. I actually like the way it starts, I think it slowly teaches you how the puzzles work... - x Nov 3, 06:44 2
  - Is LBP as good as advertised? If I had a PS3, I'd buy that game. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 06:46 1
    - i've really only gotten through the tutorial levels. the art style is fantastic, though. sackboy's a little "floaty", but that seems ok... - x Nov 3, 06:49
I hate DST. -- nm - Amy Nov 3, 06:38 11
- The last couple years I've started noticing that my internal clock is trying to wake me up an hour early. - Ender Nov 3, 06:58
- So you must be glad it's over then. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 06:52
- Not bragging, just marvelling: even putting Jacen to bed early last night, he still got up at the normal (adjusted) time today. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 06:44
- When I was younger falling back meant an extra hour of sleep. With kids it means they wake up an hour earlier. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 06:43
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- aren't we back on standard time now? - Andie Nov 3, 06:41 1
  - yes, this is "real" time now -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:42
- Doesn't feel like I gained an hour. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 06:39 3
  - because you used up energy twice for that time period, maybe. -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:40 2
    - I conked out early but I think it was the hum of the PS2. Maybe that's why I fall asleep so easily when playing video games. - lileve Nov 3, 06:46 1
      - coolest virtual wife ever! ;-) -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:47
TIA: Looking at getting a Flip Ultra video recorder. Anyone have any experience with one? Heard anything? Thoughts? - Beaker Nov 3, 06:38 2
- eh, quality is pretty poor. i'd spend maybe a little more and upgrade to a handicam. - colin Nov 3, 06:42 1
  - just want something quick and easy...suggestions are welcome! -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:47
i can't believe it's November already. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 06:37
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- because waiting in one line for hours isn't enough. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 06:24 2
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    - Wish they had it in CT. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 06:37
I think I'm just going to bury my head in the sand and cross my fingers for the next 48 hours. - JaxSean Nov 3, 06:22 10
- obama supporters really need to stop sounding like old time red sox fans. you've got the lead, so project confidence.......nm - x Nov 3, 06:47 4
  - what do you expect, we're Democrats. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 06:48 3
    - "We're not happy unless we're miserable!" -- nm - Democrats Nov 3, 06:50 2
      - "i don't belong to any organized political party, I'm a Democrat." -- nm - Will Rogers Nov 3, 06:52 1
        
        Heh - that quote is really out of date now. If there's one word that describes Obama's campaign, it's organised. - Roger More Nov 3, 06:58
- The RNC is going to release some really damaging pictures today of Obama. President McCain time. -- nm - Redmond Nov 3, 06:39
- I can't do that, I have a party to plan. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 06:34 3
  - What time are the festivities starting? -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 06:42 2
    - 7pm, when the first polls cloes in VA and elsewhere. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 06:46 1
      - Gotcha. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 06:49
Just got the official word .. going to Algeria right after Thanksgiving. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 06:19 5
- Very cool. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 06:44
- just saw the episode of Mayday with the plane hijacking there back in the 90's -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:31 2
  - thanks! -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 06:56
  - Enjoy your flight Loosi -- nm - Zork si Nov 3, 06:48
- fun! -- nm - colin Nov 3, 06:23
Howdy, it's friggin cold! -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 06:12 4
- *gives back half the blanket* -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:14
- going to be 70 here today.. -- nm - colin Nov 3, 06:13
- That's what happens when you get old. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 06:12 1
  - *chuckle*\ -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 06:14
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- Speaking of LaRon McClain...I'm LOVING our Blood Feud trade so far. nm - Jim Nov 3, 06:38 1
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hmm, sprint finally has the phone I want, know I wonder if they will - tRuMaN Nov 3, 05:59
you what I wonder, does the fact that there are no showers in oblivion bother trish? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 05:53
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- has larry johnson been released yet? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 05:51 1
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno: A. -- nm - Shaun of the Dead Nov 3, 05:27
Mike Maddux to the Rangers; Dale Sveum staying on with the Brewers as hitting coach. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 04:36 4
- Who knew Maddux was a masochist. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:22 1
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- well, at least Dale can't cripple someone as the hitting coach. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 04:52 1
  - *beats Corey Hart with a bat* -- nm - Dale Sveum Nov 3, 05:25
Spore for iPhone/iPod Touch discounted to $8. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 04:27
the best thing about blu-ray lagging is I *still* hear people making the "blu-ray is ahead of where dvd was at this point in its life!" argument.... - x Nov 3, 03:32 15
- I'd like to know how it compares to laser disc. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 05:27 2
  - Smaller. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 05:44 1
    - but worse as a frisbee -- nm - colin Nov 3, 06:00
- *yawn* - Stewie Nov 3, 03:50 11
  - Just to clarify that's 10-12% of the top 20 sales. Not of the whole market. - Inigo Nov 3, 05:11 2
    - Let's see how it's doing when it's not relying on mega-blockbusters to drive sales. - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:21 1
      - 10-12 % of the big releases would seem to me to show that a fair number of people won't pay the markup.... - x Nov 3, 05:25
  - market share there higher than i've seen elsewhere, i'll admit.... - x Nov 3, 03:58 7
    - The potential customer base is only people with HDTVs, that's what 20% of households? - Stewie Nov 3, 04:11 6
      - it's sort of a success in the way ps3 is. you're making profits, which is good. just not the way you'd hoped....nm - x Nov 3, 04:13 5
        
        But it comes with a free frogurt. - Don Homer Nov 3, 04:34 4
        
        But the frogurt is also cursed. - Shaun of the Dead Nov 3, 05:26
        
        the frogurt is also cursed. - mafic Nov 3, 05:25 2
        
        But you get your choice of toppings. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 05:48 1
        
        The toppings contain sodium benzoate. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 06:55
Since we're playing nurse: I'm giving 95% odds my chest pain is just a pulled muscle. - ty97 Nov 3, 00:45
This may be a first. - ty97 Nov 3, 00:42 14
- Where are you now? - lileve Nov 3, 06:13
- the is one (afair) at the copenhagen main railway station -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 3, 05:43
- No - not even close. Lots of posts to go. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 05:38
- So you've found Paradise....Subway is nasty -- nm - J Nov 3, 03:39 1
  - Word. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 06:17
- it took me about a week to realize Perth has no starbucks. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 02:01 8
  - You won't find any in Rome either. -- nm - LMS Nov 3, 05:51
  - Starbucks never really took off in Australia - we already had decent coffee before it arrived -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 04:56 3
    - there are plenty of them out east, and the coffee almost everywhere here is leaps and bounds ahead of starbucks. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 05:15 2
      - Perth is about the last spot chains make it to (apart from Tasmania). Also Starbucks is closing 60 of its 80 stores in Australia -- (link) - Roger More Nov 3, 05:19 1
        
        this makes me happy. there's so much better coffee out there. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 05:23
  - But Perth has 7 Subways, with an 8th on the way! -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 02:23 2
    - seems like more. I see them everywhere. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 02:32 1
      - the taxi drivers are taking you in circles -- nm - zork Nov 3, 06:42
Okay, the timezone bug should be fixed now - and so too should the board jumper -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 00:24 13
- Very nice. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 3, 05:12
- I'm not seeing it. How do you adjust the time zone? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 3, 04:34 1
  - Never mind; I see it now. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 3, 05:01
- the time zone thing is brilliant. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 02:03 4
  - I'm probably going to set it to Eastern Time. I'm so used to doing the mental adjustment from there. - ty97 Nov 3, 02:21 2
    - I was thinking I'd put it back to pacific, it was a handy way of knowing the time back home. - mafic Nov 3, 02:31 1
      - 3 weeks. - ty97 Nov 3, 03:18
  - (and doesn't have the same retarded dateline problem that yahoo does. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 02:03
- board jumper or broad jumper? - Trish Nov 3, 01:06 3
  - *makes obvious lesbian joke* -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 02:01
  - or bored jumper? - ty97 Nov 3, 01:18 1
    - or (green) borat jumper, for make contained the genitals? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:21
- (math hurts my head this late at night, but I was watching a House rerun and I was inspired) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 00:28
Those really bad DIY "I'm a PC" ads are making me think that they are marketing to short bus riders -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 00:03
and just like that pneumonia watch '08 is over: acute bronchitis. BOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRING! (of course it's really the best case scenario.) - dogbert183 Nov 2, 23:46 9
- The only bad thing about bronchitis is that it takes freaking forever to get rid of! - Trish Nov 3, 01:18
- Oh! Can I play! I think I have bad hay fever due to tree pollen. - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 23:59 7
  - I think it's a tumor. -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 00:23 6
    - Could it be lupus? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 00:26 5
      - It's never lupus -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 00:33 4
        
        Yes it is. - Trish Nov 3, 01:20 2
        
        *says something snarky to you* - House, MD Nov 3, 01:41
        
        I swear, half of tt/st could be the genesis for a season of house. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:23
        
        well, there was that one time ... but it was complicated by the pre-existing condition. - Beryllium Nov 3, 00:55
What does 'tachychardic' mean? Is it bad? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 23:45 2
- heart rate over 100 -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 2, 23:47 1
  - sfek: it could be bad depending on how high, what the cause is (pain will raise your heart rate, but it's expected so usually not a big deal), how - dogbert183 Nov 2, 23:49
Dano: If that were the case, UMDs would be much more popular. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 23:17 2
- I think they were betting on familiarity, playing it as the natural successor to DVD. -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 2, 23:25 1
  - I just wonder if familiarity is a bad thing when the price is noticeably higher. You feel like you're paying more for the same thing? -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 05:30
one. more. day. -- nm - pigby Nov 2, 23:17 2
- /~for johnny? one more day. for rock and roll the old way, one more day~/ -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 2, 23:52
- Peter Parker? -- nm - secretslacker Nov 2, 23:34
We just finished watching the premiere of Legend of the Seeker, it was fun and there was plenty of eye candy. I give it a B - Trish Nov 2, 23:15 3
- damn, I meant to find this and tivo it. I love me some cheese :) -- nm - decline Nov 3, 05:52
- So clean fingernails and everything? -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 23:21 1
  - Amazingly clean! D says it's like adventure/erotic fanfic come to life. - Trish Nov 3, 01:08
[an error occurred while processing this wait, RC was planning on coming to Atlanta and NOT getting a room with me directive] -- nm - Acorn Nov 2, 23:14 4
- Well ... terms of compensation would have to be arranged beforehand ... . - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 23:43 2
  - Hmm, I'm curious about your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. - Qale Nov 3, 00:02 1
    - We'll see what happens in two days. - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 00:12
- Stupid sexy auto-nick. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 23:15
I don't want the people who need me to donate my Facebook status to get out the vote to vote - Mr. Havens Nov 2, 23:10

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