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STIS: I have a high balance CC that is charging me an arm and leg every month in interest.. what can I do? - colin Jun 12, 10:03 4
- if you have a clean recent credit history, ask them to reduce the interest and/or open a lower-interest card and transfer the balance. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 10:05
- balance transfer to a new card with 0% -- nm - dug Jun 12, 10:04 2
  - This is the best answer. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 10:06 1
    - (if not possible to qualify for a 0% card, then could try for a low-interest promo card) -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 10:07
sigh. znu is making more sense than David. - ty97 Jun 12, 10:01 2
- Nonsense. Though I am worried I'm going to mix up Vick and sex change conversations. -- nm - David Jun 12, 10:04 1
  - *gets the popcorn* -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 10:04
aside from tim donaghy, can you think of another sports figure that is currently in prison? - prayformojo Jun 12, 10:00 7
- Jim Leyritz -- nm - Jovian Jun 12, 10:05
- Maurice Clarett? - musubi Jun 12, 10:04 2
  - he's out and supposedly wanting to try a comeback. nm - Jim Jun 12, 10:06
  - Lawrence Phillps! -- nm - dug Jun 12, 10:05
- Rae Carruth. -- nm - jnine Jun 12, 10:02
- is Art Schlichter still in the pokey? -- nm - dug Jun 12, 10:02
- OJ. -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 10:01
guys! guys! remember the mormon? I have gossip! (how much do you know? do you know about the email?) -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:57 7
- we need a coles notes recap... -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:59 6
  - ok. so the mormon was my travel partner for DDP interview day at kaplan. we went to indiana together and then through the interview process. he drove - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 10:03 3
    - okay. update now please! -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:07
    - I never heard from him again. I just got the DDP list for next week. *no mormon.* - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 10:05 1
      - that's pretty crappy. :( -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:08
  - we call them cliffs notes down here, canucky -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:59 1
    - blah blah, we have those too! -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:03
"She wore blue Velvet..." -- nm - amoxy Jun 12, 09:54
David: Have you heard about Chimera Syndrome? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:54 3
- The infection Tom Cruise got in Mission: Impossible 2? (nm) - David Jun 12, 09:58 1
  - No, the variant of Vanishing/Parasitic Twinning that results in one person having two completely genetically distinct sets of cells within their body - Beryllium Jun 12, 10:03
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'lia and ty - GWAA Jun 12, 09:52
I wear Guy and znu really are soulmate. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:48 5
- hmmm? - znufrii Jun 12, 09:53
- omebody tole hi '! -- nm - nubby Jun 12, 09:50
- I think you are missing a few letters -- nm - amoxy Jun 12, 09:49 2
  - ucking ecession -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:50 1
    - Your face is a recession! -- nm - Loyola Jun 12, 09:51
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- He's going to play in the NFL. We had several teams vetting him on day two of the draft. - David Jun 12, 09:50 4
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    - I hate to bum Jim out, but I know for a fact that Devaney is interested. - David Jun 12, 09:57 2
      - As long as McHoody doesn't sign Vick...I won't be bummed out. As for the Rams... - Jim Jun 12, 10:05
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- I heard that the Vikings are very seriously interested in signing him as Favre's backup. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:48 2
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    - That's too good for him this year. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:50
Oops, those two doughnuts and Jamba Juice for breakfast was not good for Blood Sugar Level -- nm - amoxy Jun 12, 09:45
max, remember when you loaned me your metrocard and were like "don't lose it. whatever you do, don't lose it! -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:44 6
- Because then you would have been stuck in Lost & Found all night. Remember that time when I saved your life on the out of control Vegas bus? -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:45 3
  - I love that you always refer to it like this. it cracks me up. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:54
  - that was "Speed" -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:46 1
    - No, it was moving at about 5mph. But for our party, that could have been deadly. -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:48
- that's like asking a junkie to watch my stash of heroin while i run out for milk -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:45
- " (oops) and I was all insulted that you would think I'd lose it? - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:45
and combining two topical posts, I saw a documentary the other night about being transgendered in Iran. - mafic Jun 12, 09:41 2
- huh. what's the name of the documentary? -- nm - colin Jun 12, 09:56 1
  - be like others, I think. -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 10:01
i never talk about my underwear here. but: i'm throwing out 6 pairs of boxers (most not even worn once) b/c they're so uncomfortable. the one-word - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:41 20
- the answer: Unlisted -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:54
- Underarmor? I would disagree, but then they're synthetic, which is the devil. -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:49
- Whatever you do don't thorw them in the bin or they'll never get to boxer heaven. -- nm - Loyola Jun 12, 09:49
- umbro? and pretty much nowhere takes used skivs. -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 09:42
- Boxers are uncomfortable, regardless of brand. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:42 15
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    - Breathing is one thing...but mine need support. They hang loose for too long...that shit hurts. -- nm - Jim Jun 12, 10:07
  - then the ones you wore were too small - 'lia Jun 12, 09:47
  - Boxer-briefs are superior. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:45 8
    - Better, though I still find them less comfortable then regular briefs. - pmb Jun 12, 09:51
    - Agreed. Boxers feel like I'm wearing a second pair of pants. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 09:50
    - I think those look dumb, but they are astarting to become unavoidable in stores - con_carne Jun 12, 09:46 4
      - I think they're the best. So there! -- nm - Loyola Jun 12, 09:51
      - most women I know like t hem best. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:48
      - Dumb? Chicks disagree, but you go on looking funny. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:47 1
        
        They're too new. I don't want to start liking them, and then later find out they were just a fad. -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 09:51
    - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:46
  - My nuts disagree. -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 09:44 2
    - "My boys need a house!" -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:46 1
      - I think this is the difference between domesticated balls and free-range balls. -- nm - TWuG Jun 12, 09:47
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- NPR's Science Friday (or ATK?) was discussing hits recently and claiming that only one person had ever been hit. - Max Jun 12, 09:47 2
  - All Things Konsidered? -- nm - nubby Jun 12, 09:56 1
    - oops. ATK is where my brother works. -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:58
- "of course i'm right. if not, may we all be horribly crushed from above somehow" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 09:42
You remember how I said what the most-favourited post to date was? Well ... it had only 5 fave flags. - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:40 5
- what will it do? will we be able to see list of Top 100 posts? or is it more a bookmark for each of us individually? - Andie Jun 12, 09:42 1
  - there's a list of your recent faves on the 'Your Stats' page -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:57
- If I only have 20, I am saving them! -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:40 2
  - naw, it only shows the top ten ... it queues up lots more, in anticipation of pagination. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:41 1
    - (not top; most recent. heh.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:42
hotkiss is bringing it strong this morning. i'm not sure a hax chat q. is even going to rate by comparison -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:39 5
- can we wait till like 2:30 to hax chat? I have to run out briefly. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:55 1
  - sure -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:56
- Huh? good or bad? -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:53
- I only skimmed. We gave the greenlight on sleeping with coworkers, right? -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:40 1
  - i'll tell you over a drink *wink* -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:43
interesting one of the electronics shops around here is throwing in a free 80gig ps3 if you buy a 40"+ bravia. - mafic Jun 12, 09:38
The Big Picture: Iran's presidential election. -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:38 1
- The Daily Show has a reporter there. He'll be lucky to get out alive. -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:38
I may have missed this - Chastity Bono to undergo gender reassignment surgery. -- (link) - Diva Jun 12, 09:30 54
- She/He is going to call her/himself Chaz...She/He has a half brother named chaz -- nm - amoxy Jun 12, 09:42
- No matter how poorly a system inteface is designed, some people are just stupid - con_carne Jun 12, 09:37
- How could you miss 5 boards of Guy wisdom on this? -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:37 10
  - can you (or someone) give me the cliffnotes version? -- nm - 'lia Jun 12, 09:38 8
    - Guy says that body mods are bad, Spawn points out he has a tat, Guy tries to defend, loses. - Spawn Jun 12, 09:40 7
      - Thanks, - 'lia Jun 12, 09:42
      - Is that what all of those boards were about? Seriously? -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:40 5
        
        Cliff says so, though there were a lot of off shoots. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:41
        
        basically, yes. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:40 3
        
        We're having a bad posting summer thus far. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:41 2
        
        and so it continues . . . -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:44 1
        
        I keep telling bery to just delete your account but he never listens. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:45
  - i wouldn't say she *missed* them, bob -- nm - dug Jun 12, 09:38
- There were also reports yesterday that she was shopping a reality show about the process. It just gets creepier. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:35 38
  - If it's done more documentary-style and less sensational-style, it could help us to understand this growing phenomenon that is foreign to us. - ty97 Jun 12, 09:37 5
    - i tried to imagine like, i'm me, and i woke up one day with a penis. - Andie Jun 12, 09:39 4
      - I'm trying to understand the psychology of why someone would be born female, but feel they are man trapped in a woman's body (for example). - ty97 Jun 12, 09:43
      - I don't think you can understand it fully. But it's not like just choosing a big mac on the menu; it would seem to be a years, if not decades, long - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:42 2
        
        oh, i'm sure. i just mean trying to feel like you are in the wrong body. it must be very very difficult to realize that's what's 'wrong' with you. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:43 1
        
        no doubt. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:46
  - Why, exactly, is that creepy? -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:35 31
    - For the same reasons as were stated yesterday. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:37 30
      - I was too busy focusing on Guy being wrong to read most of the rest of the threads by the time I joined the discussion... - znufrii Jun 12, 09:39 29
        
        I don't understand how it would be viewed as anything but. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:39 28
        
        I think that's too pejorative. - pmb Jun 12, 09:45 23
        
        in the Iranian doc I mention above there was a very frank discussion about (spoilers) - mafic Jun 12, 09:47
        
        To me, it's no different than the skin transplant in Tropic Thunder. - David Jun 12, 09:47 20
        
        see I find it a little judgemental to say to effectively everyone that's ever had it done "you're wrong, you're in denial, and you don't know what's - mafic Jun 12, 09:50 1
        
        *shrugs* I just feel like I do...and not just about this, as you've probably noticed. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:53
        
        That's really the point though. It doesn't change who they are, but allows them to live who that really is. - pmb Jun 12, 09:49 15
        
        I don't think I am. - David Jun 12, 09:52 14
        
        Look, I'm not going to tell you that there aren't messed up people looking for an answer who do this. - pmb Jun 12, 10:04 2
        
        At some point, you have to be who you are and things like this allow for the pushing back of that recognition. - David Jun 12, 10:09 1
        
        Take a look at this article. It's based on the 20/20 episode I mentioned. - pmb Jun 12, 10:13
        
        I watched that episode of South Park too -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:56
        
        however, it seems that every interview i've ever seen with someone who has done it, they feel immensely more at peace and at ease afterwards. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:55 3
        
        There was a pretty famous case a few years ago where a woman sued for malpractice because her doctor performed the surgery. - David Jun 12, 10:03 2
        
        Single point of analysis. - pmb Jun 12, 10:05
        
        Here is a cut and paste - David Jun 12, 10:05
        
        If you think looking in the mirror shows "who you really are"... - znufrii Jun 12, 09:55 5
        
        And I think you're someone who really needs to look in the mirror, so... -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:59 4
        
        I do, every morning. - znufrii Jun 12, 10:02 3
        
        Then you're not looking right. -- nm - David Jun 12, 10:06 1
        
        I'm not looking right, or left, otherwise I wouldn't be able to focus on the reflected image of myself in the mirror - znufrii Jun 12, 10:09
        
        and, believe me... - znufrii Jun 12, 10:03
        
        It's not meant to change who you are. It's meant to change your body to be more in tune with who you are. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:49
        
        was there much transplantation? I thought it was a specialized dye process. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 09:48
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:45
        
        For me, simply put, it's the choice the change your outward appearance, to heal a disconnect between your outer appearance and your inner self. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:42 3
        
        Yeah, I don't buy any of that. It's blaming something arbitrary for one's other issues in life. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:44 2
        
        I used to think that to a large degree until I saw a 20/20 episode on kids with gender identity issues. - pmb Jun 12, 09:48
        
        I can see that argument being much more valid for other forms of cosmetic surgery, breast implants, etc. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:46
- Good for him! -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:34
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Rule #1 of users: No matter who well or how poorly a system interface is designed - ty97 Jun 12, 09:30 6
- Indeed, but that doesn't mean your interface does not suck. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:44
- I mean, the Top Chef Masters couldn't even use a microwave! -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:39
- Seriously. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 12, 09:34
- let's just leave my sex life out of this, shall we? -- nm - 'lia Jun 12, 09:34
- and even if they're not stupid, it still takes time to figure out something unfamiliar - Roger More Jun 12, 09:31 1
  - Of course. But that does not mean the DC machines don't suck. They do. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:44
Hotkiss, if you ever want to find out more about NYC subways, history, etc. here is a great place to start -- (link) - znufrii Jun 12, 09:28 1
- Cool, I've also been meaning to track how fast the trains go but I keep forgetting -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:30
For you Redmond, Hotties of the day -- (link) - amoxy Jun 12, 09:27 [Image]
~Oh he never returned, no he never returned, and his fate is still unlearned~ -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:25

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