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A shooting at the Holocaust Museum. -- (link) - mara Jun 10, 10:25 1
- We just got a tv for the office so of course now everybody's glued to it. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:29
Weird.. of all the places I've looked, Best Buy in store has the best prices.. - colin Jun 10, 10:23
I saw an ab machine on a tv infomercial and am thinking of getting one. Talk me out of it? -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:20 17
- The best abs exercise is push-ups. Or just holding a push-up-like pose. -- nm - mara Jun 10, 10:26 1
  - link -- (link) - mara Jun 10, 10:26
- What I've learned about firm abs: - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:25 1
  - *laughing* I'm not flabby, fat boy -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:27
- The only ab thing I'd ever buy would be one of those wheels with the handlebars on either side. - TFox Jun 10, 10:25 1
  - Yeah that's the exact one. -- (link) - Loyola Jun 10, 10:26
- do sit ups, free. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:23
- they don't work and it will be a waste of your money -- nm - decline Jun 10, 10:22
- get an exercise ball.. ups the intensity, but it's much cheaper and has many more exercises.. - colin Jun 10, 10:22
- There is no scientific evidence that you can spot reduce certain areas of your body. - Subversive Jun 10, 10:22 4
  - You can't spot reduce fat, but you can spot tone muscles. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:25 1
    - True, I think I covered that in my IM, don't you? :) -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:26
  - Mine already is flat. I want some ridges on it that'll catch food if it falls off my fork. -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:23 1
    - elves always have washboards -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:24
- you're not a girl. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:22
- ok ... do crunches for free. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:21 1
  - Nah couldn't be bothered *buys it* (lol) -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:22
Twitter's on borrowed time! It dies in 3 days!!! -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:14
Mandy inspired poll: What industries/careers have you worked in? - Subversive Jun 10, 10:12 53
- Real Estate, Book/Music Selling, Tile/Construction, Ad, Marketing, Graphic Design. -- nm - lileve Jun 10, 10:28
- Fast food, summer camp, grocery, education, banking/financial, child care (nanny), retail, newspaper. - kelly Jun 10, 10:25
- federal government, state government, provincial government, healthcare administration, retirement fund administration -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 10:22 1
  - It's Roger More we blame when we don't have enough money to retire! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:23
- Gov't (bottled water regulation), Printing (sample catalogs), Telecom, Research, Education. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:22
- grocery, landscaping, restaurant, finance -- nm - decline Jun 10, 10:22
- Accounting, yep that's it, I know, sad. -- nm - MDH Jun 10, 10:21 1
  - ahem. *certified* accounting. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:22
- Printer for 45 years...started at age 14 -- nm - BAD Jun 10, 10:21 1
  - HP will have your job yet! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:22
- Delivered Newspapers, Washed Dishes, Sold Popcorn, Ran Kids Camp, Sold Toys, Sell Insurance - JenBro Jun 10, 10:21 2
  - Selling insurance was the WORST job I ever had. Do you still do it? - Subversive Jun 10, 10:23
  - d'oh - forgot baby sitting -- nm - JenBro Jun 10, 10:22
- newspaper deliv., prescription deliv., food service at stadium, security guard, iron foundry, gov't (transportaion), optical, market research -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:20
- Grocery store (bagging, produce), front end collections, hard core collections, IT. -- nm - Jim Jun 10, 10:19 1
  - I guess I could branch...front end collections for long distance co and medical. hard core for medical. -- nm - Jim Jun 10, 10:19
- fast food, mass transit, hematology, anatomy, dotcom, defense contracting. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:18 1
  - replace anatomy with academia/education. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:19
- Fast food, movie theater, video store, fish cannery, campus security, dorm staff, liquor store, public television, health care supply, electrician... - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:18 2
  - telecom marketing -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:23
  - Dang, I always forget movie extra. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 10, 10:20 [Image]
- Chronologically: grocery, retail sales, summer camp/childcare, food service, banking, tutoring (education?), health insurance. -- nm - TFox Jun 10, 10:18
- paper boy, cosmetic/food additive warehouse, teddy bear wholesaler, furniture retail, movie extra, financial. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:17 7
  - teddy bear wholesaler is my favourite title so far. :) -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:19 6
    - Vermont does the consumer stuff, we did licensed outfits from sports and fire/police units. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:21 2
      - Teddy bears for fire/police units? Do tell... -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:23 1
        
        NJ State Police, USMC, USAF, some local fire departments. So they'd have the uniform and the department number on the hat/helmet. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 10:26
    - If Max had a rival wholesaler, we could have a decent script on our hands... -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:21 2
      - We should get Ben Stiller to direct it. -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:25 1
        
        didn't he already do that one a few years ago? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:40
- insurance, retail, advertising, radio, newspaper, digital media. -- nm - Callisto Jun 10, 10:17
- IT, TV news, Film production, Fast Food, Dock work, Package delivery (heh heh),. -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:16 4
  - what did you do in film? -- nm - colin Jun 10, 10:20 3
    - I helped on the set as a grip for some really low budget local indie films. -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:22 2
      - ah, good times. at least you got fed, right? :) -- nm - colin Jun 10, 10:23 1
        
        Not even that. They did provide a floor for me to sleep on. - Inigo Jun 10, 10:26
- accounting (experience in numerous industries through auditing and special work), electrical utility -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:16
- Mine - Stephen Jun 10, 10:16
- Food service (fast food, coffeeshops, cater-waiter), high-tech manufacturing, finance - znufrii Jun 10, 10:16 3
  - and of course, theatre -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:16 2
    - and I forgot drug and alcohol rehab. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:24 1
      - and media sales -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:26
- newspaper delivery, church gardener, food service, pool cleaning, computer helpdesk, booking live music, construction, research, archival, education, - psilotum Jun 10, 10:15 1
  - Oh, this reminds me, I forgot Bar DJ on my list. - Subversive Jun 10, 10:16
- Recruiting, education, financial, legal, architectural, food service, supermarket, backbreaking labor -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 10:15
- audio/visual and real estate - colin Jun 10, 10:15
- retail, transportation, I/T - ty97 Jun 10, 10:15 4
  - oh, phone customer service -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:16 3
    - oh, recycling -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:17 2
      - sorting your garbage doesn't count! :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:17
      - and education. - ty97 Jun 10, 10:17
- starting from teenage-hood? fast food, retail, marina, restaurant, factory (one summer), television, film, -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:14
- I've worked in all of those except for 7 of them. -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:14
local rumor: Garth Brooks to be new headliner at the Wynn hotel replacing the late Danny Gans - peglegpete Jun 10, 10:11
I think I almost ran over Steven Soderbergh again just a moment ago -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 10, 10:08 4
- Steeerike two. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 10:20
- Like the guy who ran over Stephen King and died a year later? No thanks -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 10, 10:20 1
  - It's Soderbergh. You would simply participate in a massive heist and get away with it. -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 10:22
- oooh, you could have been famous/ -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:09
you don't care, but I'm going to a movie now. (sw) - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 10:05 1
- (a) what movie? (b) when do you start work? - Andie Jun 10, 10:08
YDC: Anesthesiologist finally called back and, yes, should have billed at 20% - ty97 Jun 10, 10:04 1
- Heh. Logan's is $75.09 (got it yesterday). -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 10:06
STIS: HD TV shopping question.. - colin Jun 10, 10:01 22
- You can get a 1080p for under $1000. I almost score a sweet Samsung 32" for $350 at Costco (sold out!) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:08 15
  - you can get full hd through component wires (not composite though), not just through hdmi -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:12 8
    - But, again, he's using a KBM (with component connectors?), and some HDTVs don't even have component anymore. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:14 7
      - it's VGA.. the problem with not using HDMI is security... - colin Jun 10, 10:19 4
        
        my tv reports the resolution when the source is switched -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:24
        
        Right. HDCP. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:20 2
        
        the A/V industry is going to be majorly screwed by this if it becomes as widespread as they think.. - colin Jun 10, 10:21 1
        
        Everything is HDCP complaint these days. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:23
      - what's KBM? -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:16 1
        
        You misheard me. I said KVM. My "V"s sound like "B"s. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:17
  - Hmm. Wonder if Sam's club has cheap tvs? - colin Jun 10, 10:10
  - 480p is better!!! -- nm - hqmiserable Jun 10, 10:09 4
    - After getting an HD TV, I can now understand why you guys were so frustrated with him. - Inigo Jun 10, 10:11 3
      - he wasn't even technically right or in opinion territory.. - colin Jun 10, 10:14
      - well, you're likely comparing to 480i not p. huge difference. -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:13 1
        
        I mean what I see on DVD versus the HD channels I watch. -- nm - Inigo Jun 10, 10:17
- Our 32" TV is only 1080i, most of the time it shows in 720p. It looks great to me. - Subversive Jun 10, 10:07 5
  - some of the HD channels (ABC?) broadcast in 720p anyway. you likely wouldn't really notice that much difference - zork Jun 10, 10:10 2
    - In Calgary? I thought Toronto was the only place in Canada with OTA HD. -- nm - Subversive Jun 10, 10:13 1
      - i meant colin but i think some time ago i may have seen a board where people were talking about OTA in calgary -- nm - zork Jun 10, 10:14
  - ok, cool. what kind do you have? -- nm - colin Jun 10, 10:07 1
    - It's an Acer. We bought it probably 18 months ago, haven't had any issues. - Subversive Jun 10, 10:09
I'm actually excited for Heroes' new season with the announced cast additions - spoilers - Beaker Jun 10, 10:00
Mandy, I'd totally forgotten you worked in nano-tech for awhile. Your range of experiences is amazing. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 09:58 7
- it's actually not that vast. fashion, nano, a/v, cigars, pens, fine men's goods. and an MBA. nothing special, really. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 10:02 6
  - fashion, nano, a/v, cigars, penis, fine men's goods -- nm - What Subversive Saw Jun 10, 10:07
  - you worked in porn? -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:04
  - oh, and HR and employee benefits. I forgot those. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 10:04
  - i think i spurted when i read this post -- (link) - zork Jun 10, 10:03 [Backboard]
  - Modesty is a virtue, but c'mon! That's a lot of different experiences. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 10:03 1
    - maybe so. when I was at KP, I had four jobs at once because the pay was so low. so it allowed me to get some expertise in some narrow retail channels. - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 10:07
nmbGuy - znufrii Jun 10, 09:58 7
- and... - znufrii Jun 10, 09:59 6
  - Heh. Guy posts his hump day story and all of a sudden you want to be his "hiking buddy." -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 10:00
  - okay - Guy Jun 10, 10:00 4
    - i knew that would be the IM - zork Jun 10, 10:01 3
      - If Guy changes his mind, they would make a perfect couple. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 10:03 2
        
        i don't know why but ... - zork Jun 10, 10:06 1
        
        because... - znufrii Jun 10, 10:07
What I'm wondering is why other cities that experienced a 'great white flight' haven't seen similar fates, as industry has moved out of town/off-shore - ty97 Jun 10, 09:56 32
- I don't know. What I do know is you should send us all blueberry Kit-Kats. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 10, 10:14
- What's up with Johannesburg? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 10, 10:11 1
  - When apartheid ended, the white all fled the city for (walled off) homes and offices in the suburbs (like Sandton). - ty97 Jun 10, 10:14
- "GM can't be allowed to fail, think of all the people that will lose their jobs!" -- nm - Loyola Jun 10, 10:11
- uh, they have - just not as large as Detroit. do you have a specific example in mind? - Guy Jun 10, 09:59 20
  - Detroit's population has declined 50%. I'm not aware of other major US cities having anything even somewhat similar. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:01 19
    - A number of northern cities have lost about 25% over the last few decades (Philly, Baltimore, Chicago, etc.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 10:04 12
      - In fact, St Louis has lost a similar amount as Detroit since the 50s. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 10:05 11
        
        Interesting. Have they seen a similar 'abandonment' effect in the city's buildings? - ty97 Jun 10, 10:11
        
        Wow, where are all the people going? - Subversive Jun 10, 10:09 9
        
        suburbs, mostly. - ty97 Jun 10, 10:10 4
        
        you had white flight to the suburbs in the 50s, sure, but is really a zero-sum game because people are staying in the area, the businesses that anchor - znufrii Jun 10, 10:14 3
        
        My general impression though is that cities are in much better shape now than they were in the 70s though -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 10:18 2
        
        There's been a lot of gentrification (pros and cons to that) in many cities and a bit of a 'return' to the city of some of us who grew up in burbs. - ty97 Jun 10, 10:25
        
        it's just a question of how quickly a city adapts. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:23
        
        Phoenix -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 10:09 2
        
        not anymore, at least not for the property values anyway. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:10 1
        
        it was mostly tongue in cheek :) -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 10:11
        
        Suburbs mostly, along with migration to the south and southwest. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 10, 10:09
    - Buffalo/Rochester 40-50 years ago is probably comparable. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 10:02 4
      - so is Pittsburgh. hell, since 2000 Pittsburgh's population has declined even with US population up..nm - x Jun 10, 10:05 3
        
        hey! - znufrii Jun 10, 10:10
        
        I will be reserved and not scare you back away with heinous signs of affection. -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:09
        
        yay! -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:08
    - new orleans? heh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:01
- In part. because the industries that have moved out of town have been replaced by other industries (health, legal, financial, arts, tourism etc) -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 09:58 4
  - Hollywood coming to Detroit could only mean one thing ... - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:00
  - The reverse question then: Why did that fail to occur in Detroit? -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 10:00 2
    - I don't know, but my guess is lack of investment in these sectors. They put all their eggs in one basket - Roger More Jun 10, 10:08
    - I believe the technical answer is "because who the f*** wants to live in detroit?" :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:00
- 97, will you make sure I own monsters inc 2? -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 10, 09:56 1
  - Well, sure, but I don't think the DVD is going to be out for a while - ty97 Jun 10, 09:59
Nano-nano -- nm - Mork Jun 10, 09:55

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