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They're so worried about security at the Lakers' parade they've blocked off all of the streets around the Coliseum to pedestrians so no one can watch - jnine Jun 17, 10:16 3
- Just have Kobe scowl. Either everyone will be awed by his desire to win or too busy laughing. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:17 2
  - There are no people to see him scowl. They're all in the Coliseum, no one allowed on the streets around it, only by Staples. -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 10:20 1
    - The signs they are giving out say Kobe Diem. -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 10:21
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- Dude, run away. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 10:20
- I'm curious why it took 2 months to fix a gas leak. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 10:17 3
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    - Oh, that doesn't sound so bad now. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 10:37
    - Ok, that seems reasonable then. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 10:20
- Have you seen Joe's Apartment? -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:14
- Seems like stuff you could come across anywhere. I wouldn't worry about it. - Loyola Jun 17, 10:14
- Run. -- nm - Todd Manning Jun 17, 10:13
- You know what that means. They aren't covering their expenses and are going to raise your association fees or someone isn't paying their fees and - jnine Jun 17, 10:13
- yikes. -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:12 1
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- Well, if it helps, I don't plan on ever buying a condo again ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:12
And I just remembered why I hate looking for an apartment so much. - znufrii Jun 17, 10:09 10
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  - I just think people in general are less savvy about brooklyn neighborhoods, in particular. - znufrii Jun 17, 10:15 7
    - It's terrible. From the listings I've seen they're afraid to say Bushwick and the like. - Krusty Jun 17, 10:18 1
      - I've taken to calling it "East Williamsburg which is really Bushwick, but they call it East Williamsburg" - znufrii Jun 17, 10:20
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      - but claiming that Bedford Ave. is in Prospect Heights instead of Crown Heights is pretty ridiculous. - znufrii Jun 17, 10:17 3
        
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        *I* do, sure. - znufrii Jun 17, 10:19
        
        ok, you know better than that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:18
- Liars!!!! -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:11
I want a girlfriend -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:07 21
- I want a boyfriend. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 10:22 2
  - *lightbulb* -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:24 1
    - Can't be further than two towns away, sorry. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 11:17
- That has to be one of the most frustrating things because ultimately you don't have control over the situation. - Dano Jun 17, 10:15 1
  - Bingo! I put in all this time, money and energy and its all about luck really -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:18
- what happened to all of your weekend prospects? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:13 4
  - The one that I am not interested inat all, or the one I am interested in that has a boyfriend? -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:15 3
    - Do you really want a girlfriend? You always seem to be interested in the ones that aren't available for a relationship, not the ones that are. -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 10:22
    - which one were you kissing? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:18 1
      - I was kissing both of them at different times -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:21
- I think I've finally found a good one. downside: she's going to europe for 9 weeks in a couple months. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 10:13
- Why? -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:12
- Step 1: Reduce time on ST -- nm - GWAA Jun 17, 10:08 1
  - I thought Step 1 was cutting a hole in the box? -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:09
- are you, uh.. soliciting here? -- nm - colin Jun 17, 10:07
- WE KNOW!! -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:07 5
  - What are you doing this weekend? -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 17, 10:12
  - *snicker* This makes me think of that movie where women had a fax service that had files on every man out there -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:08 3
    - "flies" -- nm - what loosi saw Jun 17, 10:12
    - (It was from the 70s or 80s, guttenberg-esque, but apparently not guttenberg himself) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:10 1
      - fuckin' Stonecutters blew my big chance! -- nm - Steve Guttenberg Jun 17, 10:11
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- God knows baseball needs every little thing it can get to be more interesting. -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:07
- Never heard of it but I like it! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:05
- Never heard this....thanks, this will be fun at our next Dodger or Angel game. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 17, 10:05
- Been playing for years. Mark Grace used to play games with the ball because he knew people were playing. - pmb Jun 17, 09:59 1
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- I did once at a work outing, but the ball never actually ended up on the mound. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:57
- Yeah, minus the screaming. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:53
- my brother and I play it all the time when at games -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:53
- That's a cool little betting game, thanks -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 09:52
Guy's soulmate? -- (link) - Todd Manning Jun 17, 09:49 3
- hahah... the photo of that guy is just.... wow -- nm - Guy Jun 17, 09:59
- They really should hook up. (And she should keep the stars. :)) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:54
- bwah! that story cracked me up.. - colin Jun 17, 09:51
Won't someone please think of the elephants; -- (link) - Loyola Jun 17, 09:49
Guy: Okay I finally watched the long Leroy Smith videos, hysterical - MDH Jun 17, 09:47
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I don't want the hassle of owning, but I'd sure like the equity - ty97 Jun 17, 09:33 39
- I always warn new home buyers, it's rarely the mortgage that gets you but the little things that pile up - Beaker Jun 17, 10:02 9
  - When our boiler went out a few months ago, I realized how totally effed I would have been if I wasn't renting. -- nm - TFox Jun 17, 10:05 1
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  - I like this advice. Wasn't the guideline in the US that if your mortgage payments exceed 40% of your gross income, then you shouldn't be buying. - Loyola Jun 17, 10:05 2
    - Something like that. Heh, for us, we'll actually have two mortgage payments if our plan works out ... - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:06 1
      - Good idea. -- nm - Loyola Jun 17, 10:09
  - We're kind of in that boat right now; one of the reasons why we're not pushing very hard on our house hunt -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:02 3
    - ~I'M ON A BOAT!~ -- nm - Andy Samberg SI Jun 17, 10:04 1
      - "Let's see ... keev ... and ... T-Pain!" ... heheh. I was just watching this a few minutes ago, when I tried to find the video for Iran So Far Away -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:05
    - or, rather, we're eyeing that boat carefully, trying to find the exact spot to jump into it from. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:03
- Mortgage is not always constant. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 09:43
- Yeah, but owning definitely costs more. - Subversive Jun 17, 09:37 24
  - what ML said. to rent my apartment would definitely cost more than I'm paying in mortgage, taxes, and co-op fees. - mafic Jun 17, 09:49 9
    - But, what if you were to go try and buy that apartment now, at today's prices. - Subversive Jun 17, 10:01
    - Plus: tax write offs on the interest. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 09:57 1
      - not for mafic. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:00
    - Property taxes are insane. Every year, I am amazed at how much other people here are paying. -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:54 3
      - They should tax everyone $100 a year for being alive. That would bring in alot of money. -- nm - Loyola Jun 17, 09:57
      - Yeah, property taxes can suck my ass. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:55 1
        
        God bless 'em, the folks who pay property taxes are funding all kinds of local services, though -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 10:12
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      - yeah. it'd be smaller too. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 09:52
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    - L3. -- nm - Subversive Jun 17, 09:43
  - But if you move in 10 years, you get some money fir your house - ty97 Jun 17, 09:39 10
    - Tell that to people in Detroit -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:43
    - Renters have more flexibility and less responsibility, but no equity. Owners have less flexibility and more responsibility - TWuG Jun 17, 09:42
    - Absolutely, but a strong argument can be made that if you take the money you save by renting and invest it, you'll have more than the equity you lost. - Subversive Jun 17, 09:41 4
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        Oh, I see. You think we're still talking about you. :) - Subversive Jun 17, 09:45 2
        
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        I've seen some fairly convincing arguments that renting is cheaper, but of course it totally depends on the market. - Subversive Jun 17, 10:00
    - ever heard of a renting bubble? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 17, 09:41 2
      - why would you rent a bubble? -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 09:47 1
        
        those crazy danes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:47
  - Is there ever any doubt that owning is more expensive? -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:38
- The mortgage stays the same but the taxes don't. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 09:37 1
  - They do in CA. Prop 13 only allows them to go up a very small amount unless it's sold. That's why CA is broke. -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 09:40
- on the other hand property/school taxes go up. -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:36
Good to know that some reporters in Iran still have the balls to do their job -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 09:33
"The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would - Loyola Jun 17, 09:31 1
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L.A. Coliseum just opened for fans to enter and wait for the Laker parade finale... music, speeches, etc. They have a the Lakers basketball court set - CrankYanker Jun 17, 09:30 2
- post your Laker hate and car burning jokes here -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:37
- This gives me a Leroy Smith ad! -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 09:33
LYC: My mini-vacation starts today. No work until Monday! Woo Hoo! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 09:28
Hmm. Opening for No Doubt: Paramore and Bedouin Soundclash. That's good, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:26 12
- bedouin soundclash are pretty good live. and you don't care: I lived next door to the guitarist in university. I doubt he remembers me. -- nm - mafic Jun 17, 09:40
- The girl from Paramore can sing her butt off, I'm not a big fan of the band, but I think she's really talented and worth seeing live. -- nm - Samara Jun 17, 09:32 4
  - That might be my issue, and why I prefer the acoustic clips I've seen. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 17, 09:41 1
    - I've seen them a few times. They aren't my favorite, but they're good. You're right, they aren't going to do any acoustic as an opener. - jnine Jun 17, 09:44
  - hi -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:40 1
    - how YOU doin'? -- nm - Samara Jun 17, 09:57
- Paramore? Very good. -- nm - Jelly Jun 17, 09:27 1
  - Paramore live was meh, maybe Haley's singing was off that day -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 09:31
- Bedouin Soundclash doesn't really do anything for me. - Subversive Jun 17, 09:27 3
  - I don't recall hearing any songs by those two opening acts. I'll have to look them up. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:27 2
    - Paramore's best known song in Misery Business. -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 09:29
    - When the Night Feels my Song is the one you'd likely have heard. -- nm - Subversive Jun 17, 09:28
Spawn/Remlik - whats the Street Sweeper live band? Morello, Coup, drummer, bass? -- nm - Guy Jun 17, 09:23 3
- full band with Morrello and Coup. drummer, bass and another guitar player. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:56
- Carl Restivo played with them when I saw them. Their cd was $3.99 yesterday on Amazon download., -- nm - jnine Jun 17, 09:53 1
  - wow! good deal (downloading now). -- nm - Guy Jun 17, 09:57
Las Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID readers who have posted comments on their website -- (link) - Beaker Jun 17, 09:23 1
- Because everyone who posts crazy shit on an article comments section actually follows through with what they write. What a complete waste. -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:36
Nature News twitters the Apollo 11 moon mission as it happened -- 40 years ago. -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 09:22
Will: that looks like almost the exact deal that was being rumoured for Shaq last week. -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:19 4
- That's what the Cavs want to give up but for the Wiz, it makes no sense - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:21 3
  - Yeah, if they make that deal they may as well trade all the starters. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 17, 09:48 2
    - Yeah, we were told a trade of #5 would be for immediate help; not a white flag. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:50 1
      - I prefer the #5 for Amare. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 17, 09:57
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- You probably won't go for this, but you could buy a place, rent it out to other people, then live in some boxes in an alleyway. Then when your tenants - Loyola Jun 17, 09:25
- You said you didn't want to be a homeowner. The alternative you mentioned was moving. Since renting wasn't a mentioned alternative, one assumes you - mara Jun 17, 09:21
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  - god, you guys are so lucky mortgage interest in deductible! -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 09:21 6
    - yes and no. It's probably pushed house prices up. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:23 5
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        Agreed that it's still a net positive for the buyer. I would love it if we could do it in Canada. -- nm - Subversive Jun 17, 09:44 1
        
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      - I would think so. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 09:29
      - Yeah, it was a huge part of the bubble. -- nm - Subversive Jun 17, 09:27
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    - Maybe you're better off renting for now. - Krusty Jun 17, 09:22 4
      - Long term you're going to make a lot of money on the appreciation of your apartment. Prices are very low compared to the levels prior to the melt - jnine Jun 17, 09:34 3
        
        I agree it's a great time to buy but he's not finiding anything he likes and the frustration is getting to him. - Krusty Jun 17, 09:42 2
        
        I was extremely upset. I doubt I would have ever moved into my house if it hadn't happened. I was in the back on a canyon with the pool to the side. - jnine Jun 17, 09:48 1
        
        The canyon place sounds sweet, sorry you lost it. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:07
Portland's Derby girls get nothing and actually have to pay to play (for space & equipment costs) -- nm - Guy Jun 17, 09:16 5
- I believe it was them that had a comic book out "Tales from the Roller Derby" -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:23 1
  - yep. "True Tales of Rollerderby". i havent read, but have met a few of the girls featured in it - Guy Jun 17, 09:28
- Will - current roller derby is a real competition, not staged - Guy Jun 17, 09:18 1
  - The first part of the equation means nothing in light of my pro-wrestling comment. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:32
- this sounds like a job for Peggy Hill! whooo yeah! -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:18
Summer Stalker Sign up! Link above! -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 09:16

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