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STIS: what is a fair rate for a babysitter who is coming over around 3 in the afternoon and staying overnight b/c we'll be home late? - TFox Jul 16, 14:01 15
- $60-$75 (depending on what activities are planned with J.). -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 14:15
- Depends on the age of the babysitter, but if she's a fully formed adult in possession of most of her mental faculties, I could see myself springing - Loyola Jul 16, 14:05
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- $50? - psilotum Jul 16, 14:03 1
  - that's in the ballpark of what I was thinking. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 14:05
- Ask her what she normally changes for babysitting and spending the night. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 14:03 7
  - This would sound really bad coming from TFox. - Will Hunting Jul 16, 14:05
  - "$25 per hour, plus $2500 for the night." -- nm - danger, will robinson! Jul 16, 14:05
  - I'd probably say in the $50 range. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 14:05
  - This sounds like an early 90's Drew Barrymore movie. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 14:05 3
    - I retype the subject three times to avoid this, and Max's comment then just gave up. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 14:07 2
      - aww. - b, Jul 16, 14:08 1
        
        That would have gotten me backboardin' fer sure. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 14:10
- condoms and liquor for when her boyfriend comes over -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 14:03
- $312.50 -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 14:02
STIS - what's the name of these decorations where you can put your face in? -- (link) - marcel Jul 16, 13:57 [youtube] 7
- Comic Foregrounds - brought to you from the guy who painted dogs playing poker -- (link) - Roger More Jul 16, 14:08
- "those tourist things that you stick your head through that are drawings of other people or whatever" -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 14:04 1
  - ttttysyhttadoopow - I should have know that! -- nm - marcel Jul 16, 14:07
- at first i though you meant one of those needle things (anyone know what those are called?) -- (link) - Guy Jul 16, 14:01 [youtube]
- No idea, but I used to like this Morcheeba song back in the day; -- (link) - Loyola Jul 16, 14:00 [youtube] 1
  - related: this Morcheeba song gives me chills every time i hear it -- (link) - Guy Jul 16, 14:06 [youtube]
- portrait facade? -- nm - Guy Jul 16, 14:00
wow, Jeremy Mayfield is certainly bringing the crazy to NASCAR. "pyscho" comes to mind. -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:56
ohh, swearing inside - tRuMaN Jul 16, 13:56 3
- ??? That takes a special kind of talent (the IE thing). How'd he pull that off? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 13:57 2
  - Yeah, that can not be done by mistake I think, -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:59
  - no freakin clue, the icons are there, but if you click - tRuMaN Jul 16, 13:59
Maybe I'm just dense, or because I'm used to a different platform, but using iTunes for viewing my video podcasts is *the suck!* - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 13:54
Wal-Mart unveils ambitious eco-rating program of its products -- (link) - con_carne Jul 16, 13:53 2
- But...but... That's not EVIL!!!! WTF?! -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 14:01 1
  - but is it dark? -- nm - znufrii Jul 16, 14:07
Response from the camp director: "we are already running a deficit budget, so I don't think I have more than $15-20 flexibility on the price." - TFox Jul 16, 13:51
Audiobook of Free now free on iTunes -- (link) - TWuG Jul 16, 13:49
A boston.com Love Letters question (these are normally not nearly as juicy as hax-chats, but it's a way to goof off the rest of my work day today). - Diva Jul 16, 13:49 17
- he has no idea what he wants. if a woman lets him do all the spending etc, she's using him, if she doesn't she's a 'feminist' (which, dude, is not a - Andie Jul 16, 14:12
- "A girl who likes it when little notes are left in her car and apartment � just to brighten her day." He is obviously a stalker. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 14:00
- sounds like he's looking for romance-novel stuff and not real-world steps. - b, Jul 16, 13:59
- He's ugly. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:57
- I think that email was generated by a computer. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 13:56
- I'm not sure what he expect as an answer other than - ty97 Jul 16, 13:56 2
  - I think he wants Meredith and other women to swoon over his Sleepless in Seattle type rant. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:59
  - ty97 for the win. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 13:56
- He wants a girl just like his mother. -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 13:54
- Find a mate on a reality show like everybody else, dumbass. nm - Dignan Jul 16, 13:53
- That's an unusual 25-year-old, right there. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 13:51 1
  - well... - b, Jul 16, 14:07
- He's gay. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 13:51 4
  - He reads like a Jim McGreevey-in-waiting. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 13:58 2
    - I wonder. Would a McGreevey-type not be happy with a user, since it would be mutual using in the end? -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 14:04 1
      - No idea. My idea above was a joke, but I think users usually like to be the only one doing the using. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 14:07
  - *ding8 -- nm - znufrii Jul 16, 13:56
Anyone used BargainNetwork or any of the other sites that say give you a list of foreclosures for a fee? - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 13:41 4
- Have you checked your newspaper's website? - kelly Jul 16, 13:51 1
  - hmm.. thanks. I will look at it. Guessing it won't be in the LA Times ha? :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 13:52
- go to your county's recording office, hall of records, etc, notices of foreclosure auctions are posted there, MLS is a commissioned fee with contracts -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:44 1
  - So some foreclosures the bank doesn't give it to a realtor to sell? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 13:46
what kind of moron creates a Yahtzee knock-off game and doesn't all for multiple Yahtzees in a game? - Guy Jul 16, 13:31 8
- Whoa, I checked on Wikipedia, and my grand mother used to have the oiginal 1956 game pictured here - Guigue Jul 16, 13:58 [Image]
- like all the categories, you only get one in a round IIRC -- nm - zork Jul 16, 13:33 6
  - Nope - you can have multiple yahtzees, but you use them in other categories (eg four of a kind) + get a bonus (75 points IIRC) -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 13:40 5
    - well, this game is still stupid, because i tried that and its not giving me the 50 points -- nm - Guy Jul 16, 13:44
    - really? i never played the board game this way. i recall their always being extra yahtzee spaces on the scorecards -- nm - Guy Jul 16, 13:43 2
      - On the last version I played it even said they were worth 100 instead of 50 -- nm - Guigue Jul 16, 13:44 1
        
        we have a great version on the computer that does this. Has different versions: Battle, Pyramid, Painted, Triple, Classic -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:54
    - yes, you have to use up another category to record it -- nm - zork Jul 16, 13:42
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- I'll give you my whole team in Astronauts plus my entire draft this year and next for your kicker. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 16, 13:40 1
  - I think his only change in keepers would be at TE. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 16, 13:50
- I think I woulda taken it. Insane amount of flexibility. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:36 3
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    - That is like being offered the sky, and counter offering that you just want a cloud. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:44 1
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- Wow. I might have went with that. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:33 1
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- depending on the current state of your team, id go for it -- nm - Guy Jul 16, 13:32
- Would you have enough roster spots for his whole draft next year? -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:32 10
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    - how the fuck many man roster? - TFox Jul 16, 13:36 7
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        considering its FFL, it's *way* out of the ordinary. "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong". - TFox Jul 16, 13:48 4
        
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        David wrote the rules? -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 14:01 2
        
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        It's actually rollo that created the crazy BOP league. - Reagen Jul 16, 14:05
      - You're just pissed I'm on someone's roster there and you got cut in the final round of cuts. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:36
  - who cares? he could trade some of them off -- nm - Guy Jul 16, 13:33
"a crazy blackhole" -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:21
free (legal) download of Anime Studio (for creating 2D movies, cartoons, anime and cut out animations) -- (link) - zork Jul 16, 13:19 2
- both PC or Mac version -- nm - zork Jul 16, 13:36 1
  - "Hi, I'm a Tetsuo" "And I'm a Kaneda" -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 13:57
Whoops. I was just complaining about my bosses's boss with a coworker while the boss's intern son is sitting right outside my office. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:18 4
- the boss's intern son? -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:19 3
  - The boss's son who is an intern. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:21 2
    - I hope you were complaining about your boss's nepotism -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 13:23 1
      - Most interns here are someone's son or daughter. Not sure how it passes the HR sniff test. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:24
Looks like someone's trying to give Michelle Bachmann a run for her money in the crazy department -- (link) - znufrii Jul 16, 13:18
where's MDH? -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 13:17 3
- Maryland/D.C. area -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:19
- *pass* -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:19
- Who is Johnny? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 13:18
I'm observing one of my reps doing phone interviews and she is *hysterical* between them. how she composes herself between calls I have no idea. - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 13:11 8
- I can add an amusing interview anecdote from my office today. Question asked: "what is your biggest weakness?" - TFox Jul 16, 13:19 4
  - heh. -- (link) - kelly Jul 16, 13:27 [youtube] 2
    - Hey. nmbk - Inigo Jul 16, 13:29 1
      - done. - kelly Jul 16, 13:32
  - "Fudge Brownies" is the only proper response to that question. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 16, 13:23
- we just got an inquiry whose email address is [email protected]. omg. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 13:15 2
  - .com.omg addy? That is pretty sweet! -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:15 1
    - I claim [email protected] for DENISE1234. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 13:23
from B2, the 10 scientific thingies solved... my 'new age "i'm a spiritual person" -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 16, 13:11 4
- they said that the Titanic baby was exhumed by researchers from Lakeland University in Ontario but no such place exists (although Lakehead U. does) -- nm - zork Jul 16, 13:23
- ...sister isn't going to like the one about the crystal skulls,,, - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 16, 13:11 2
  - damn enter key... anyway, she's all into consiracies and stuff like new age beliefs.. she wont want to hear that - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 16, 13:12 1
    - further proof that there were intellegent aliens here before that built the pyramids and all that -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:45
Bruno: B-- nm - Dignan Jul 16, 13:06 2
- is that a B, minus, or minus minus? what was your grade for The Proposal? -- nm - Max Jul 16, 13:20 1
  - Double minus. We were too late for The Proposal. nm - Dignan Jul 16, 13:22
Just found this. Seems appropriated. "A 28-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her roommate after the roommate asked her to stop walking around naked" -- (link) - mara Jul 16, 13:05 12
- The Nuditarian uprising has commenced!!! -- nm - Todd Manning Jul 16, 13:12 5
  - Interested in Ryan Grant for a draft pick in Caveman?? Amoxy is also considering... -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:19 4
    - What's with the Ryan Grant love? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 16, 13:55
    - What would you want? -- nm - Todd Manning Jul 16, 13:29
    - you can have LT for a pick in Cavemen too. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 13:23
    - *sob* -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:20
- if she'd had a nicer body, she might have been allowed to live. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 13:10 4
  - no, he owuld have just stabbed her with his penis then. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 13:11 3
    - No way a dude complained about this. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:18 2
      - *looks at Dawson* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 13:19 1
        
        No way Dawson complained about this. - Spawn Jul 16, 13:20
- I wonder if she was naked when she stabbed her. This could make a great movie. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:08
This'll be a first. I'm doing flying to Raleigh and back in the same day next week. -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 13:01
College football peeps, tell me about Graham Harrell. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 13:01 5
- Prolific passer, apparently doesn't have an NFL arm, but he was strong in the pass-happy Big 12. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:02 4
  - any legs? - Reagen Jul 16, 13:04 3
    - He wasn't a scrambler by any means..... -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:06 2
      - could be trouble in the CFL then... -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:17 1
        
        yeah, that's a concern. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 13:27
Zork... - lileve Jul 16, 12:57 2
- you still laughing over that? -- nm - zork Jul 16, 13:02 1
  - Yes. -- nm - lileve Jul 16, 13:03
LYC: I was wrong about the worst of my work week being over. I just got the reaming of a lifetime from my two managers. - loosilu Jul 16, 12:54 13
- Sorry. You deserve better than this. - Fuzzy Jul 16, 13:30
- *hug* -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:18
- damn them. I hope things get better for you really soon - zork Jul 16, 13:15
- thanks everyone. I don't have any illusions of being the greatest ever, but jesus, that was a hell of a chewing out. - loosilu Jul 16, 13:11 1
  - I have a hard time imagining you could be horrible at a job. -- nm - Subversive Jul 16, 14:15
- ::holds up your awards:: - b, Jul 16, 13:09 1
  - :) Yeah, I do have ... three of those. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 13:12
- Hang in there. -- nm - kelly Jul 16, 13:08
- sorry buddy. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 13:07
- I feel for you..... - MojaveMeg Jul 16, 12:58 1
  - Basically, the client I work for is psycho; and my managers back home are nasty. So one complains to the other, and I get reamed. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 12:59
- *hugs* Unicorns and Rainbows! -- nm - lileve Jul 16, 12:55
- *hug* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:54
Fans are remaking Star Wars in 15-second chunks. -- (link) - mara Jul 16, 12:50
This is the sport I'd like to see take root here. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 16, 12:49 8
- Anufrii, watch this video, gives you a good idea of a big match day; -- (link) - Loyola Jul 16, 12:59 [youtube] 1
  - Z even :) -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 12:59
- Extreme Ironing!! -- nm - colinski Jul 16, 12:56 3
  - Underwater Basket Weaving -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 12:57 2
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      - *resolves never to go swimming with JackDawson ever again* -- nm - znufrii Jul 16, 13:35
- kinda reminds me of lacrosse, a bit -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:52
- Best field game in the world. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 12:51
I spent the first half of the day thinking today was Friday. - kelly Jul 16, 12:49 3
- Take the day off, tomorrow. Go to work on Sunday. Problem solved. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 16, 12:53
- aww :( luckily my workplace provides a remedy for that realization, in the form of free food on thursdays. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:50 1
  - (So I almost never forget, is what I'm trying to say. Wednesday is another story, though.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:50

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