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Rough ballpark, but does $940 per *ounce* sound right for gold right now? -- nm - mara Jun 29, 11:20 3
- per troy ounce, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 11:20
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Wimbledon spoilers - Dano Jun 29, 11:19
"The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 11:17 1
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Billy Mays at a McDonald's Drive-Thru (you were a good man, Billy Mays) -- (link) - Mop Jun 29, 11:12 [youtube] 16
- I hated that guy. Like I would really believe he was putting his weight on those Hercules Hooks, puh-lease -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:14 15
  - You are without a soul! -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:15 2
    - SHE CAN BUY A SOUL FOR THE EXTRA LOW PRICE OF 19.95!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Billy Maze's Ghost Jun 29, 11:20 1
      - YEEESSSS!!!!! -- nm - Zombie Ed McMahon Jun 29, 11:21
  - i ran out in the yard and interrupted lawnmowing jeff to tell him the news - kare Jun 29, 11:15 11
    - compared to that vince guy, billy was a charmer. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 11:19 5
      - Vince Offer gets a pass for being an anti-Scientology soldier. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:21
      - I love Vince Offer. He is a fast-talking snake oil peddler. -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 11:21
      - "You know the Germans make good stuff." (nm) - musubi Jun 29, 11:20
      - ... in bed. - Spawn Jun 29, 11:20
      - vince is hilarious -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:20
    - The karma is crappy, but I've been self-censoring myself about Billy Mays a lot the past couple days -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 11:19
    - He'd just started an Arm & Hammer baking soda commercial where he joins a family and encourages them to "project". -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:17
    - *chestbumps kare* - zork Jun 29, 11:17 2
      - 800freecredit guy PLEASE -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 29, 11:18
      - Zork lands in the next zip code... -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:18
LIR kare - con_carne Jun 29, 11:08 1
- beppo's is perfect! -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:09
Not that anyone cares, but I actually Tivo'd and watched the Confederations Cup Final yesterday. - musubi Jun 29, 11:03 11
- well there are a few points to think about - Danedukenuuk Jun 29, 11:16 1
  - ReyRey, you got a translation? (nm) - musubi Jun 29, 11:19
- They remembered who they were at halftime and so did Brazil -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 11:05 8
  - Brazil took Team USA's child to Rio and then refused to return him, despite numerous judge's orders. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:14
  - Pretty much. - musubi Jun 29, 11:10
  - Watch what you say here. -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 29, 11:07 1
    - ??? -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 11:09
  - that was a soul-crushing half. -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 11:06 3
    - I hope the USA team does not take it that way, because at the start of the cup - amoxy Jun 29, 11:10 2
      - well i don't hope it does if denmark also goes to the WC - Danedukenuuk Jun 29, 11:18
      - I hope so too, they pulled out some good stuff when it counted. - znufrii Jun 29, 11:17
A Los Angeles judge has granted temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children to Jackson's mother, a court official said. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 11:02 44
- Janet is sane enough that she'd do a great job as a mom I think -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:12 4
  - I always heard Tito was the sane one. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:22
  - I think "sane" is relative. ever seen an interview with her? she ain't all there. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:13 2
    - True, but she's the best of the bunch and she's got a stable career and people around her - MDH Jun 29, 11:14 1
      - She supposedly had a "secret" child back when she was secretly married to that singer, who she gave away and sees infrequently. I think the nanny - jnine13 Jun 29, 11:16
- this is just all too weird. weren't jackson's parents totally abusive? - kare Jun 29, 11:06 37
  - and they must be quite old. i understand this is a temporary thing, but i hope one of his siblings is able - Andie Jun 29, 11:07 31
    - I heard his mother Katherine is sickly herself. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 11:15 3
      - i assume automatically they're evil and moneygrubbing. i feel bad that i assume that. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:16 2
        
        you feel bad for being normal? hells yes, they are all evil and moneygrubbing. -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:18 1
        
        we don't know that for sure, see. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:21
    - it seems like he would have had this all ironed out. dang. i thought i heard debbie rowe had first rights? (i have not kept up on this. sorry if i am - kare Jun 29, 11:09 16
      - This was explained to me a little bit ago: She's only the mother of 2 of the kids, allegedly. And she's barely been involved until recently. - Beryllium Jun 29, 11:10 14
        
        frankly I always thought it was a financial deal where she basically rented her womb for a couple million -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 11:13 3
        
        she was really just a 'surrogate' who provided the egg too. -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 11:15 1
        
        i just hope they end up with someone who really cares about their wellbeing. it always did seem like MJ did. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:17
        
        yeah i figured the same thing. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:14
        
        right but i had heard on the news that b/c she is bio mother (they were even married at one point, no?) - kare Jun 29, 11:11 7
        
        married and living apart the whole time, i think. and it was not his sperm (shocker). -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:12 6
        
        Those kids look just like him though -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:13 5
        
        white skin, blonde hair? You know what MJ looked like as a kid, right? -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:14 4
        
        Lamark was right! -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 11:15
        
        umm, she did? we don't *know* that it wasn't his sperm. -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:15 2
        
        here's two of his kids. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 29, 11:18 [Image] 1
        
        so they take after the mother mostly, big deal. -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:19
        
        and dlisted says that someone else says that she doesn't want them -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:11 1
        
        Yeah ... that family will be messed up for generations. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 11:12
      - regardless of what he had in place, I think a battle would happen anyway. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:09
    - Oh! Oh! Latoya! -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:08 2
      - or one of the brothers who beat their wives? -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:09 1
        
        Randy. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 11:21
    - from what I understand, they are just as bad. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:08 6
      - they are all mixed up Louis Farrakhan and his Nation Of Islam -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:13
      - Jermaine named a kid "Jermajesty". Instant DQ. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 11:09 3
        
        he did *not*. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:10 2
        
        Indeed he did. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 11:11 1
        
        ohemgee. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:13
      - "Just how f'd up do you have to be, to be known as the 'crazy' one in the Jackson family?" -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 11:09
  - his dad, yes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 11:06 4
    - the recently fired nanny said that his mother was asking where michael hid his money (apparently he hid cash in the house) -- nm - zork Jun 29, 11:09 3
      - yeah, she was not firing on all cylinders to tell it to the press. She divulged supposed locations ot the reporter. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:10 2
        
        "There's millions of dollars buried under a giant T!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 11:11 1
        
        she said under the carpets. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:11
- (from cnn's twitter) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 11:02
Dear job applicant: When I requested a writing sample, I didn't mean ... handwriting. - loosilu Jun 29, 11:02 11
- hoo boy -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:05 1
  - yep. next! -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:05
- Hee! -- nm - mara Jun 29, 11:04 8
  - the ad even says they will be using a laptop on the job! -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:04 7
    - No, no, it would be for personality analysis. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 11:07 6
      - oh, right. well, the interesting thing is, the handwriting sample is all Christian prayers. - loosilu Jun 29, 11:07 5
        
        holy... -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:22 1
        
        yes, that's how they started. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 11:23
        
        Probably trying to convert you -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 11:16
        
        This is cracking me up. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 11:15
        
        Oh, how clueless -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 11:14
How 'bout that: Elvis was only 42 when he died. IMO, Michael "looked" younger, despite all the plastic surgery and health issues. -- nm - Jack Dawson S.I. Jun 29, 11:01 4
- SFAN! -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 11:04
- I thought MJ looked like an elderly man. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:02 2
  - I thought he looked like an older version of Diana Ross. - Mel Profit Jun 29, 11:07 1
    - could be from illness or malnutrition. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 11:08
My RR client and asked if I could pickup two very drunk girls at a restaurant and take them home...friends of his. I agreed and he gave them my - CrankYanker Jun 29, 10:56 3
- How old? Hot? Single? -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jun 29, 11:06
- RR=Really Rich? -- nm - amoxy Jun 29, 11:00 1
  - Roll Royce, I think. (So, yes) -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 11:02
ST is Tactful: I was emailing a coworker a series of questions, and she replied with "why the interrogation? lol". Can I reply back with... - Dr.Vermin Jun 29, 10:46 21
- someone has a crush! -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:03
- Were they tough questions or is she just very touchy? - amoxy Jun 29, 11:02
- "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 10:49 14
  - "Bring in....The Comfy Chair!" -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 10:54
  - Although that one was about the Jews as well. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 10:53 9
    - you sure? I thought it was about heretics. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 10:54 4
      - It was "Convert or GTFO". - Reagen Jun 29, 10:57 3
        
        ~No no noooo no!~ -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 10:59
        
        Muslims too -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 10:59
        
        ah, I see. and after converting they're instant heretics, probably. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 10:58
    - Our main element is fear. Fear and surprise. Our two main elements are fear and surprise. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 10:54 3
      - and a ruthless efficiency... -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 10:55 2
        
        and an almost fanatical devotion tot he pope... -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 10:56 1
        
        and snappy uniforms! -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 10:57
  - That *is* better. Thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 29, 10:52
  - I like that one better. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 10:49 1
    - I wonder if kids today get that joke. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 10:50
- I think it's fraulein, and I'd hold off -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 10:49 3
  - the reason being, she lol'd, a clear indication she has no sense of humour -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 10:49 2
    - lol! - Andie Jun 29, 10:54 1
      - Seriously, it is extremely clever. -- nm - Subversive Jun 29, 10:59
Jax, re: b2 netbook - tRuMaN Jun 29, 10:46 4
- I noticed it doesn't have an optical drive. That means I can't install from a disc. - JaxSean Jun 29, 10:52 3
  - there are ways around that. 1) buy an external (probably about $50). 2) if you have a network, install over that. -- nm - decline Jun 29, 10:55 2
    - the second is what I did, I shared the drive on another machine and installed from there - tRuMaN Jun 29, 11:00
    - True. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 10:57
One of my actuarial textbooks was $250, in 1994. Ridiculous. -- nm - Subversive Jun 29, 10:44 4
- used or new? I try for used if it's more than $50. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 10:53 1
  - i buy used too. but i also get reimbursed (by my employer) for it... and then i sell it. so i actually come out ahead. unless i quit within a year. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 11:00
- Yeah, I'm not looking forward to this at all... -- nm - kelly Jun 29, 10:46
- Not as ridiculous as when we put out a new version in 1995. With three new colour illustrations! -- nm - Textbook publisher Jun 29, 10:45
ike question - tRuMaN Jun 29, 10:43 3
- they are nice to have one or two around in each city, they are great for pillaging inactives on your own island -- nm - Jovian Jun 29, 10:53
- I have not been impressed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 10:53
- No. - musubi Jun 29, 10:52
kare, be glad you never took any engineering courses -- nm - zork Jun 29, 10:43 2
- advance art classes super expensive too. -- nm - lileve Jun 29, 10:44
- friggin' robbery, i tell ya. -- nm - kare Jun 29, 10:43
*demands autopsy on B2* -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 10:43
Always trade for the guy who can outrun an ostrich. Always. -- nm - David Jun 29, 10:42 2
- Meanwhile, Daniel Snyder is inquiring as to the ostrich's representation. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 10:58 1
  - D'Angelo Hall feels threatened. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 10:59
boom goes b2! -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 29, 10:42
[My twin brother has been shot! There was this guy, he looked Asian... and he was speaking another language, I'm pretty sure it was... Asian.] -- nm - 911 Call Jun 29, 10:42 4
- he look lika man? -- nm - Ms. Swan Jun 29, 10:43
- ... I think it was an asian gang ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 10:43 2
  - Yeah, I had to edit to make it fit the subject line. - Dr.Vermin Jun 29, 10:45 1
    - I hated it the first time I saw it. The second time, I loved it. :) And now I'm a big ben stiller fan ... - Beryllium Jun 29, 10:45

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