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OK, why I am I getting date offers from TTers in my gmail and WTF is Michael? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 11:39 2
- don't look at me, I don't email you. and I believe Michael is you. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:42
- Michael is a men's name, usually. -- nm - colin Nov 3, 11:39
SITWAP...this made me smile President of "Gators for McCain" the Unv. of Florida McCain group, resigns and votes for Obama. -- (link) - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 3, 11:34 1
- He voted for Obama two weeks ago and resigned yesterday. Classy. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 11:36
I feel wicked bad for my boss. He got a big promotion out of my dept to a director-level position. - TFox Nov 3, 11:34 3
- still have the party and change it to a welcome back party -- nm - decline Nov 3, 11:35 2
  - He going to be getting questions for months about why he is still here; they already announced the promotion and everything. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:37 1
    - Have the party anyway. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 11:43
Whoa. GM's October auto sales dropped by 45%, Ford 30%, and Toyota 23% (nmbl) - Brian Nov 3, 11:31 5
- my favorite thing was that ford's stock initially went *up*, because people were expecting -35%....nm - x Nov 3, 11:38
- my internet's slow today so the art won't open for me yet, but we learned this a.m. that toyota has suspended all US TV advertising because of this. -- nm - tom the turkey loves mandy lane Nov 3, 11:35 2
  - What I think is weird is, I've seen hardly any of the 2009 (redesigned) Matrix on the road. I wonder if people don't like that - loosilu Nov 3, 11:40
  - oh my, I would love a world without car ads. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 11:38
- whoa. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:33
Oh, speaking of shipping times - has anyone received their Woot monkeys yet from the last Woot-off? - kelly Nov 3, 11:30 2
- I would contact woot. I havent gotten the box yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 11:34
- Yep...but I haven't opened the box yet. I'll check when I get home tonight. {nm} - Banzai! Nov 3, 11:34
I wonder if MTV has made as much off The Hills as Disney has made off of Hannah Montana. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:27 15
- Lauren makes 65-75K an episode. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 11:41
- no, the people on it get paid too much. -- nm - colin Nov 3, 11:39
- having never watched either one, I'd guess it hasn't based solely on a walk-through of Walmart - crash davis Nov 3, 11:37
- Short of Movies like Nick and Norah. MTV has become a sad, sad place. -- nm - budice Nov 3, 11:31
- My only knowledge of The Hills comes from The Soup. - JaxSean Nov 3, 11:30 8
  - I watched The Soup for the first time this weekend since Kinnear used to host. It's almost as funny as Weekend Update. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 11:32 7
    - I quit after Aisha Tyler left. But I'd still whip that bitch's ass at Halo. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:33 5
      - Joel McHale has the snarkyness meter turned up to 11. He's way funnier than Aisha. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 11:37 1
        
        See, I'm not a fan of ultra-snark. I think it's best used in moderation. One of John Henson's gifts was that he could be so earnest. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:39
      - I stopped watching before she arrived -- nm - budice Nov 3, 11:35 2
        
        She's funny to a callisto/wiggie degree. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:37 1
        
        and bangin hot. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:38
    - It's required weekly viewing. - JaxSean Nov 3, 11:32
- no where close. (IMO) -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 11:29 1
  - The Hills is like 15% of MTV's overall programming. Plus, there are the clothing lines. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:33
OMG why would gmail be sending brand new unread email directly to Trash? I just discovered TONS!! I thought I didn't have any friends. - Amy Nov 3, 11:25 15
- Do you have any filters set up that might be accidently eating them? -- nm - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:31 7
  - I don't have any filters. I've never really set up anything in gmail except labels for the archives. -- nm - Amy Nov 3, 11:32 5
    - Do you access gmail on any other devices like a phone? -- nm - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:33 4
      - Very rarely from my phone. -- nm - Amy Nov 3, 11:34 3
        
        Did you set it up as IMAP or POP and tell it to delete messages from the server? -- nm - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:36 2
        
        It looks like I have POP enabled but not IMAP, but it does say to keep items in the inbox. I'm just baffled. - Amy Nov 3, 11:38
        
        More specifically, the default for POP is to download to the POP client (your phone) and delete from the server in most cases - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:37
  - This was my first thought. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:31
- I've never checked my trash, honestly. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 11:31
- I get lots of email from Barack, Michelle, and Joe too. They don't really want to be friends, it turns out. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 11:30
- wow, I never had that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:28
- spammers are not your friends, despite their promises -- nm - colin Nov 3, 11:27
- Perhaps you have a setting that needs adjusting? Or your friends suddenly started spamming people. :-P -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 11:26
- Don't reply to mandy's mail subject "SHIT". :) -- nm - Jim Nov 3, 11:26 1
  - laughing -- nm - tom the turkey loves mandy lane Nov 3, 11:27
Wow, that juror in the Ted Stevens case that fibbed about her father dying sounds like a whack job - Brian Nov 3, 11:18 7
- This is the type of person on Will's list of people too stupid to vote -- nm - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:22 2
  - I'm sorta confused how she's not in jail. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:27
  - not just will's list -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 3, 11:24
- The voir dere for that trial must've been something else if she got through. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 11:20
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  - On the contrary, this sounds like the exact letter of the law - a jury of his peers. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:21
- next stop, Broadway! -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 11:19
I'm wondering something abouth the McCain camp. He's started closing out his speeches with a list of things he'll "fight" for. Saying "fight" - TWuG Nov 3, 11:17 9
- or the word "fight" provokes an emotional reaction carefully intended to energize voters and get them to the polls. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:19 8
  - I'm positing that his use of "fight" has actually cost him support. That the more he uses it, the less effective it is in securing - TWuG Nov 3, 11:21 7
    - And I'm counterpositing an equally reasonable point, to illustrate that it's nearly impossible to gauge how something like that would play out. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:23 6
      - And I'm countering your counter to say that a war-weary nation is unlikely to react positively to a candidate looking for a fight. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 11:25 4
        
        And I'm turkey-slapping you. Just because. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:31 2
        
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        As much fun as I have checking the idiocy, I won't miss the pain behind my eyeballs from reading some of this stuff. - TFox Nov 3, 11:36
        
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      - And I'm interjecting to say that... - znufrii Nov 3, 11:23
ST Poll: What are the chances I can cancel the data plan from my wife's Palm Centro via AT&T? -- nm - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:16 2
- AT&T? good luck. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:18 1
  - Wow. That was amazing. Done. Cancelled and data service blocked. - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:20
Anyone who participates in voter fraud like that is guilty of treason imo. - David Nov 3, 11:16 15
- why? people need to have a healthy amount of suspicion when they get information like that. - colin Nov 3, 11:37
- It's scummy, but no where near worthy of the death penalty. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 11:27 6
  - Dictionary.com defines treason as: - David Nov 3, 11:30 5
    - Definition 3 is a metaphorical use in common parlance. It's not a legal definition. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 11:33 1
      - Hush now. He's going to school me on why they need to die. Let him throw out the crazy. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 11:34
    - So would adultery. After all, it's a legal binding contract with the government. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 11:32 2
      - While I realize you are splitting hairs in order to move away from an otherwise valid point, I'm pretty con on adultery as well. - David Nov 3, 11:35 1
        
        I'm really not. If voter fraud actually did fall under the umbrella of treason, it would be legally that way. - Inigo Nov 3, 11:43
- Huh? Link me? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 11:18 6
  - So far, there are the "security guards", the "Obama coffin" and the "vote on Wednesday" calls. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:21 2
    - Though you have to enjoy the incompetance of a group that's trying to run a voter intimidation scam in a vote-by-mail state. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 11:24 1
      - It's about what I expect from the average voter fraud instigator. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:27
  - put the chains on him, David! -- nm - Max Nov 3, 11:19 2
    - He's only a mini-ruiner, not a full-fledged ruiner. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:21 1
      - And getting better every day, too! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 11:27
How long does a normal package from Canada usually take to arrive in the States? - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:14 20
- Canadian Post - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 3, 11:23 4
  - Or it would seem there's a border in there to deal with. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 11:27 3
    - Yes, there is a border. - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 3, 11:34 2
      - you think people are lining up at the border to *mail* things from the US? - Andie Nov 3, 11:40 1
        
        Canadians who order a lot of things online might have US PO Boxes because a lot of US shippers won't mail to Canada, *that* could be why - Andie Nov 3, 11:41
- I sent my parents a package in Niagra Falls on the US side, they drove from the CA side and picked it up. - lileve Nov 3, 11:22 1
  - If you know someone in CA that lives near the border they could drive it over then reship it. -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 11:25
- With the proximity of the election, I imagine they're being cautious -- nm - budice Nov 3, 11:17 3
  - huh? -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:18 2
    - the package is going *into* the united states. Customs and border patrol could be on high alert for various mail-bourne weapons. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:20 1
      - usually for items that are being sent TO candidates, I would think. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:21
- As little as 7 days, as much as a month. - David Nov 3, 11:16
- I've had it take that long too. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:16
- a week to a week and a half. unless it was stopped by US customs. Then.... good luck. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 11:15
- I'd had it take that long before. - Reagen Nov 3, 11:15
- Sometimes, it can take that long. Usually depends on what it is. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:15
- forever, they send the packages on moose-back -- nm - decline Nov 3, 11:15 1
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  - We're not talking about Dignan here ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:15
soo... what can someone do when they're unreasonably fired? - colin Nov 3, 11:12 12
- if it was an At-will employment situation, the only thing he can do is apply for unemployment - decline Nov 3, 11:14 6
  - as opposed to what? being a slave? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:14 5
    - as opposed to a contracted or unionized situation -- nm - decline Nov 3, 11:15 3
      - he was not contract or union -- nm - colin Nov 3, 11:19 2
        
        not much he can do. Apply for unemployment and start looking for a new job -- nm - decline Nov 3, 11:20
        
        he's hosed. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:20
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  - no, he was an hourly employee, had been at the company for almost a year in good standing. -- nm - colin Nov 3, 11:18 3
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      - that sucks. - colin Nov 3, 11:21 1
        
        happens to all of us. OK, probably not. Many of us. Happened to me, and I lived. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 11:24
Diva, Dawson...yeah. - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:11 26
- that's a entirely wacky, outrageous and dangerous precedent you're putting out there. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:21 12
  - On a sidenote, even though I knew their votes would cancel out my own, I made certain that family members knew the best/easiest ways to vote early. - David Nov 3, 11:32
  - *shrug* - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:26 4
    - the process is fairly arcane and confusing. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:29 3
      - I'd just like for the Bush supporters in 2000 and 2004 to admit they screwed the pooch. Redmond, to his credit, has done so. I respect him for that. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:36 1
        
        I typed that out twice now and deleted it out of board etiquette. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:43
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  - You're comparing reasons for voting a certain way and the ability to vote at all. -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:24 4
    - maybe I am although not entirely. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:34 3
      - Again, if I believe Obama is an Arab, I still retain the option to vote him or not. - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:38 1
        
        we're talkinbg about a set of facts nothing more. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:47
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  - oh man, I remember the Manchurian days of the election ... it seems like years ago -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:22
- I'm with you. - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:14 12
  - Nevertheless, compulsory voting has worked in Australia for almost 100 years. - Roger More Nov 3, 11:32
  - so you have half the electorate conspiring to keep the other half as dumb and misinformed as possible. makes perfect sense to me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 11:17
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    - No, I don't see how. - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:21 8
      - you can easily test for a competent drive...not sure you can devise a test for a voter. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:26 4
        
        "What date is the election?" "Sorry, not wednesday." - Will Hunting Nov 3, 11:28 1
        
        the process is intimidating for some. It may not be a lack of intelligence. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 3, 11:41
        
        at least not without violating the Constitution... -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 11:26 1
        
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        You think? Those were all *republican* voters that got confused by the 2000 ballots in Florida, right? - Candidate Vermin Nov 3, 11:30
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amy, spawn, jim, andrea, jack, shaun: DO NOT reply all to the email I just sent. one of my classmates is copied by accident. - tom the turkey loves mandy lane Nov 3, 11:10 6
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  - it's our f*cking class president. SH*T. -- nm - tom the turkey loves mandy lane Nov 3, 11:15 3
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      - jack, andrea. stop replying to that mail. NOW. this is my *life.* it's not funny. -- nm - tom the turkey loves mandy lane Nov 3, 11:24
    - ooh. ouch. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 11:16
- Is he a cool classmate, I hope? It's funny, but it's not, ya know! nm -- nm - Jim Nov 3, 11:12
gah, I just realized that secretslacker signup is closed. I oughta change the notice ... might have to wait until later in the day, though -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:09 5
- Really? Already? -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:10 3
  - you're joking right? it was open for more than two weeks. people now need to post polls, shop, and mail in time for christmas. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 11:12 2
    - I'm not critiquing, it just snuck up on me. (I signed up and everything, it's fine.) - TFox Nov 3, 11:14
    - *sends you a SS facebook gift* - kilboooo Nov 3, 11:13
- "Vote, Slackers." -- nm - Max Nov 3, 11:10

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