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Mel...check your messages. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 11, 13:45
All that talk down there is making me want a Baconator. With a crispy chicken sandwich on the side. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 13:42 5
- while sitting in your car at Back Bay -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 13:45
- and a smoke. - Dr.Vermin Jun 11, 13:44 2
  - and unprotected sex -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 11, 13:45 1
    - While reading a newspaper -- nm - eag Jun 11, 13:48
- and some ribs. and a rack of lamb. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:43
I bought a new jacket at lunch today ... not sure how it's going to work out, but it will let me retire an existing jacket that is long past its prime -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:34 6
- If you do not have one, we will be happy to provide you with one -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 13:43
- Here it is ... I got it in black. It's a spring jacket, and it's black. Probably a really dumb idea for summer, but whatever. :) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:42 1
  - That is nice (I'm starting to think you and I have weirdly similar tastes in outdoor clothes :-P) -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 13:46
- Sweet, man! They are only for members because they are exclusive. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 13:41
- Well, if it doesn't work out you can always dump it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 13:40 1
  - "It's not you, it's me. I just can't acclimate." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:43
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- He's like two bars and an orgasm all rolled into one! -- nm - David Jun 11, 13:36
- But does he worship Jobu -- nm - eag Jun 11, 13:34
- Describes Jake Fox too. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 13:33 1
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If everyone ever wanted to see what my job is, we are hiring for an advanced level of me....(link) - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 13:31 2
- *applies, gets job, works Walt Disney like a slave* -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 13:39 1
  - LOL.....actually your background would not be a bad fit with the position...... - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 13:49
oh, look, it's my staples order. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:29 5
- Honestly I think that's what he meant by "I understand". - pmb Jun 11, 13:31 2
  - nope - in the part i didn't get into, she was in regina and couldn't tell me where it was just that there was no 'note on the file indicating anything - Andie Jun 11, 13:34 1
    - our accountant was behind me and could hear her answers, she just kept laughing out loud. - Andie Jun 11, 13:35
- That was easy! -- nm - mara Jun 11, 13:30 1
  - she must have pushed that button. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 13:31
Fpr those of you who have been to baseball games in the last two years have you done the all you can eat areas in your ballparks? -- nm - eag Jun 11, 13:27 2
- No, I did the all-you-can-pay-for. -- nm - psilotum Jun 11, 13:29
- oh, we don't have that. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:28
US Senate passes tobacco regulation bill. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 11, 13:25 21
- Wow. I didn't even realize that was in process. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 13:33 1
  - I remember hearing about it last session, but didn't realize it was back on the table. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:45
- Good. Even with some tobacco company protections it's still better than nothing. -- nm - TWuG Jun 11, 13:27 4
  - agreed - znufrii Jun 11, 13:30 3
    - ha, with all the money made off taxes they will never ban cigarettes -- nm - dogbert183 Jun 11, 13:36 2
      - now if only they'd take the same approach to pot. - znufrii Jun 11, 13:37 1
        
        I agree 66.666666repeating% - dogbert183 Jun 11, 13:40
- "control products that eventually kill half their regular users. " Uh... Is foood next? - lileve Jun 11, 13:26 13
  - Keep your laws off my bacon -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 11, 13:33
  - fast "food" ought to be, really. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:32 11
    - More regulations? Awesome! -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 13:43
    - I really don't see how we would do this, other than making general foodstuffs more expensive. - znufrii Jun 11, 13:33
    - There's a push to get all restaurants to put nutrition labelling on their foods. - TWuG Jun 11, 13:33 8
      - honestly the more I know about dining out, the less I want to do it at all. those "ten worst restaurant dishes" lists - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:35 4
        
        yeah, and the family sit-down chains are just as bad for you as fast food. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:36 3
        
        if not worse. three thousand calorie entrees? whose bright idea was that? -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:38 2
        
        Good point, I was think more in terms of the overall nutritional content of processed, freeze dried and re-cooked "food", moreso than just calories. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:40 1
        
        but the nutrition:calorie ratio is probably much worse than fast food -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:42
      - we've got calorie counts here on fast food menus now. I know I never pay attention to them, -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:34 2
        
        how do you not? I mean, just thinking about looking at that data makes me eschew almost all fast food. - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:36 1
        
        well, it's rare enough that I go into one in the first place. - znufrii Jun 11, 13:37
*jack planer!* like you care. -- (link) - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:22
conversation i just had with Staples about my order schedule for delivery today: - Andie Jun 11, 13:20 4
- Just push the "easy" button. Customer service is dead these days -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 11, 13:23 2
  - but, see, i did that *yesterday*. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:24 1
    - I love how companies will spend millions of dollars on advertising and lose a customer forever because they don't spend money to follow through -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 11, 13:29
- ftr, i am CERTAIN i was in some sort of customer service industry in a previous life and i was absolutely HORRIBLE at it and this life is my payback. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:21
Like you HSXCarei emailed DMac about running KIDS Fund again.. pending getting it, is there anybody here that is intersted in helping run it? -- nm - colin Jun 11, 13:10 1
- I could be a liaison. nm - Capstern si Jun 11, 13:13
LYC: Sometime next year, all of the homes and businesses in my City will have smart meters to track electricity use....(link) - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 13:10
prayformojo, ygm. (thanks) -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 13:08
LYC: i still haven't closed the tab with new miss cali's photo yet -- nm - Guy Jun 11, 13:02 5
- Why not? What are you going to do with it? nm - Dignan Jun 11, 13:08 2
  - He thinks he has stolen a piece of her soul. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 13:08
  - i need a new face for my blow-up doll -- nm - Guy Jun 11, 13:08
- She has gorgeous skin -- nm - DreadPR Jun 11, 13:07
- Is she a dirty girl? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 13:04
me: "I'd like to cancel the delivery of our paper." them: "Oh, your zip is ####3? Huh. We have it as ####4." - kelly Jun 11, 13:02 11
- I hate these things. can you really cancel? I thought they were "whether you like it or not"! -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:23
- Ha! I did the same. We get THREE! free papers. I thought I cancelled two, but two still show up. Gonna have to call again - TWuG Jun 11, 13:10 9
  - The way she sounded when she realized the zip code was wrong had this tone like, - kelly Jun 11, 13:17 8
    - You should let them know you're moving, and give them a fake address as your new one - Roger More Jun 11, 13:20 4
      - hee! -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 13:22
      - I live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane -- nm - TWuG Jun 11, 13:21 2
        
        123 Fake Street! -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 13:21 1
        
        One of my addresses growing up had the number 2345 and my Mom's name at the time was Smith. - TWuG Jun 11, 13:23
    - Where do they appear? Yard, doorstep, mailbox? -- nm - nubby Jun 11, 13:18 2
      - Front yard/doorstep (depending on their aim) -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 13:22 1
        
        I'd be tempted to leave them there and put up a yard sign. -- nm - nubby Jun 11, 13:25
What do we think about Jay Bruce's long term future? - Subversive Jun 11, 12:59 4
- I think I'd prefer Felix Hernandez. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:06
- I love Jay Bruce, but I wouldn't trade the king for him. -- nm - David Jun 11, 13:04
- figure he'll live maybe another 50-60 years and then quietly pass away -- nm - dogbert183 Jun 11, 13:01 1
  - Bah! -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 13:02
i won't be here - but Torontonians - Cirque du Soleil performing for free for Luminato closing this weekend. -- (link) - Andie Jun 11, 12:58
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- I'm sure when they said "independent" they meant to say "hired by the family" - TWuG Jun 11, 12:56 7
  - Given who it is, I don't think he would falsify anything. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:09 6
    - Not "falsify" as take questionable findings and interpret them in a way more to the family's liking. -- nm - TWuG Jun 11, 13:12 5
      - considering the descriptions i heard of the pictures, and the stories i heard of him on set from Kung Fu - Andie Jun 11, 13:27
      - I doubt he would do that, either. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:13 3
        
        He worked for OJ. That ruined his rep for me. -- nm - jnine Jun 11, 13:22 2
        
        Shows how much attention I paid to that trial. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:25
        
        Ding. -- nm - TWuG Jun 11, 13:22
- whatever the outcome i can't wait until this story has played out -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:51
- Drat! -- nm - Pissed off insurance company. Jun 11, 12:51 4
  - hmm, I don't remember Heath Ledger's death getting the same reaction from you. -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 13:06 2
    - It was stupid move but at least people aren't going as crazy as they were with ledger. -- nm - Pissed off insurance company. Jun 11, 13:07 1
      - Doh. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 13:08
  - now everyone knows how to beat the system! -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 12:53
i know i bitched about the tassimo coffee maker (and yes, i've already had whining because we keep running out of milk) but... - Andie Jun 11, 12:48 3
- Yeah, the hot chocolate is (surprisingly) good. nm - Dignan Jun 11, 12:54 1
  - you drink girl coffee. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 13:39
- I love my tassimo -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:50
SITWAP: New record set in Boston for the price of a parking spot. -- (link) - TFox Jun 11, 12:47 45
- maybe if I could park myself under jlhew - dogbert183 Jun 11, 12:56
- I'm trying to figure out how many billion I would have to be worth before money meant that little me. - Subversive Jun 11, 12:51 11
  - I think it's more a matter of how much parking near your home is worth. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:01 7
    - If I could afford $2.5 million for a place, I'd find one that included parking, or even maybe a garage. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 13:06 6
      - Well, the $2.5M place did have one parking space included. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:12 1
        
        Don't worry. Buying that place takes care of any "extra" money you may have had for a car. -- nm - psilotum Jun 11, 13:30
      - Mine would have a helicopter pad on the roof. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 13:08 3
        
        and laser turrets and a mote, with sharks and alligators and a drawbridge... -- nm - decline Jun 11, 13:13 1
        
        just buy an island lair in the Pacific Northwest, and that will obviate the need for most of those -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:38
        
        Now you're talking! -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 13:10
  - Admittedly, it is "land," and it obviously is appreciating. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:55
  - See, I would pay someone to figure that out for me. nm - Dignan Jun 11, 12:54 1
    - $50,000,000 and up. I take cash only, now pay up. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:57
- there was one here a few years ago that went for $219k, don't know what they're going for these days. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 12:50
- City folk are crazy. - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:50 22
  - Here's what I'm wondering: Wouldn't the buyer be totally screwed if someone decided to simply build a structure nearby? -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 12:52 13
    - good luck getting the zoning approval to build a parking garage in the middle of Back Bay. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 12:57
    - Why? The spot (I'm assuming) is a plot of land now owned by the buyer. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:54 11
      - Just that the space's value would go down. Or, if a bit of space were cleared for spaces, no? -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 12:58 2
        
        It's hard to imagine them knocking down buildings for parking. - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:59 1
        
        especially in that neighborhood. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 13:02
      - The value is due to a scarcity of parking. If parking becomes more plentiful, the value drops. - TWuG Jun 11, 12:58
      - I doubt it. I bet the buyer simply owns the rights to park there. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 12:56 6
        
        That would kick the "that's crazy" quotient a lot higher for me, then. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 12:58
        
        i haven't read the article but i bet he owns the space. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:57 4
        
        The article doesn't make clear which he owns. I just find it amusing that cities let land get chopped up that small and sold off. - TWuG Jun 11, 13:01
        
        It doesn't really say. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 12:59 2
        
        well, here you do. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:00 1
        
        Yes, that's just my gut feeling on the matter. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 13:02
  - of time to take public transit. - ty97 Jun 11, 12:51 7
    - In some cities, that's not a very good option. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 12:54 4
      - people bitch about public transit systems the way they bitch about traffic. - ty97 Jun 11, 12:57 3
        
        I would use it in all the places you mentioned. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 11, 13:21
        
        If you can afford $300,000 for a parking space, I'm thinking public transit is not even on the radar. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 13:00 1
        
        true, I'm not providing advice to the rich and crazy here. - ty97 Jun 11, 13:02
    - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 12:54 1
      - there's 1 bus here... for all routes.. -- nm - colin Jun 11, 13:09
- wow, crazy. i thought the $25,000-$30,000 with new condos here was insane. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:49 1
  - not that I'd pay it, but this doesn't seem too unreasonable to me. - mafic Jun 11, 12:58
- Oddly, the buyer has a Honda Civic -- nm - Guigue Jun 11, 12:49
- I half expected this to be a spot near Fenway. :) -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 12:49
- I could buy two decent houses here for that. -- nm - nubby Jun 11, 12:48 3
  - my house, my neighbor's house, the vacant lot next to us, and the garage apartment are for sale for that. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 12:51
  - or like thirty in detroit. does detroit have decent houses? -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 12:49 1
    - Yes, but not decent neighbourhoods. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 12:54

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