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Every time a new automated home search email arrives, I keep going "please please please let this be the one!" - Beryllium Jul 27, 12:10
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- I give it less. - Mel Profit Jul 27, 12:03 2
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    - I think they're running out of options and need to deal him this season. I still think they get something done with the Phillies before this week is - Krusty Jul 27, 12:13
- *continues reading to the end of the article* - kelly Jul 27, 12:03
- I like the Yankees deal they had mentioned... Joba & Hughes and a prospect (Austin or Montero) - Will Hunting Jul 27, 12:01 5
  - I don't like the inclusion of both Joba and Hughes. - Krusty Jul 27, 12:04 4
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    - Of course not....but the fun part was the Yanks fans were screaming that the Jays would be asking for so much - Will Hunting Jul 27, 12:06 2
      - Sure the Yanks would have to pay extra and I don't think it's a bad deal if they can keep Halladay longer than 2 years. - Krusty Jul 27, 12:09
      - I agree. -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 12:07
Women are getting more beautiful -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 11:57 28
- and smarter too, I haven't been on a date in months -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 12:10 2
  - maybe their eyesight is improving. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 12:10 1
    - dammm thoose contacs :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:18
- especially lesbians and bisexual women... -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:00 23
  - technically speaking only bisexuals... - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:03 22
    - I'm a lesbian, I'm planning to eventually have children, how is that not even slightly part of evolution? -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:08 12
      - i said technically speaking - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:12
      - well not for nothing, but the transgender thing kind of messes with that, no? -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 12:09 6
        
        both me and my girlfiend eventually want kids, we've talked about her carrying since I can't quit smoking. -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:13 5
        
        so your genes are going where? -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 12:15 1
        
        if the GF carries Stacy's fertilised egg (if thats possible) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:17
        
        she carries you'r egg? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:14 2
        
        I've thought about her carrying my egg once and her egg once, that way we each get a biological child. -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:16 1
        
        ahh... good idear :) - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:18
      - only if your looks affect your probability of getting pregnant. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 12:09 3
        
        no they just affect the probabilty of me having a girlfriend... -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:11 2
        
        then there's no evolution going on. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 12:12 1
        
        oh ok thanks -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 12:15
    - Just because lesbians wouldn't procreate (willingly) in nature, doesn't mean the trait isn't useful in an - TWuG Jul 27, 12:06 8
      - This is true. however, overall I am not getting their theory. THey're saying that women are getting more beautiful but men aren't. - loosilu Jul 27, 12:10 4
        
        for a long time in human evolution we have lived in a male dominated world - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:16
        
        If the offspring of attractive people is 26% more likely to be female, then that means the attractiveness would be increasing disproportionately to - Beryllium Jul 27, 12:11 1
        
        that first thing would be a landmark scientific discovery in itself. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 12:12
        
        I think there's an unstated assumption that boys look like their fathers and not their mothers. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 12:11
      - actually if you agree evolution is passing on and mixing genes - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:10 2
        
        Unless you facilitate genes being passed on. -- nm - TWuG Jul 27, 12:11 1
        
        sure and then you do try and mix and pass on genes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 12:13
- ST proves this all the time -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 11:58
Rats....the island I've wanted to put another colony has just had a spot open up....and I don't have the guvneh's mansion ready yet. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:56 1
- Do you not have the mansion's in your colonies high enough yet or not enough good to build up - Krusty Jul 27, 12:11
LYC: Today has actually been fairly productive. -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 11:51
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- "but your honor, he wanted to stand on the left!" - marcel Jul 27, 12:01
- fred goldman is oj's cellmate? -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 11:52
- my tax dollars at work! :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 27, 11:51
- what kind of plotting do you have to do to get at your cellmate? -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:50 5
  - Imagine being in a room smaller than your bathroom, with another guy for most of your life, how could you NOT plot - zeitgeist Jul 27, 11:56 1
    - Oh, gee, I feel so sorry for the juice. - Beryllium Jul 27, 12:00
  - even though he's in jail, he still probably doesn't want to get caught. - mafic Jul 27, 11:53
  - it would be like developing a strategy to eat the hot dog you are cooking on the bbq -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:51 1
    - this is hysterical. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 11:55
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my rep john just asked me what "vaya con dios" means. seriously, john?? go walk some stairs. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 11:46
God quits -- (link) - TWuG Jul 27, 11:42 13
- Equating Palin with God is a little much. - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 11:55 3
  - Why no? She's done it... - Mel Profit Jul 27, 12:02
  - One man's sacrilege is another man's hyperbole. -- nm - TWuG Jul 27, 11:58
  - I think we can all agree that it's sacri*licious*. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:57
- You betcha -- nm - Guy Jul 27, 11:55
- it's a fake: nothing's more important to me than the world I created in seven days. - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 11:50
- god's pretty whiny for an omnipotent being.. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:50
- wait for it... - God Jul 27, 11:48
- heh, "Ashley". Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:47 3
  - I was going to mention this as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 27, 11:53
  - I don't get it. -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 11:50 1
    - TT wiki -- nm - God Jul 27, 11:51
- I give him credit for sticking around as long as he did. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:46
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- F- yeah! -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:44
I should eat more cake, right? (first answer wins it.) -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 11:39 8
- not unless I get some too -- nm - zork Jul 27, 11:48
- yes, then walk some stairs -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 11:41 1
  - I'd rather skip the cake, betty buzzkill. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 11:45
- no, just eat the frosting -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 11:41 1
  - obvs. this is what I meant. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 11:45
- hells yes -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:40
- YES -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:39 1
  - phew! - TFox Jul 27, 11:40
"I don't understand 'escalator out of order' signs. How can an escalator be out of order?" - TFox Jul 27, 11:39 10
- "your door is a jar" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 11:51 3
  - my dad's old car use to say this to him, and a bunch of other things, 1985 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible. -- nm - Stacy Jul 27, 11:58
  - "your rear view mirror is a handbasket" -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 11:52
  - "there are three lights" -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:52
- sacetolar -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 11:42
- see my image linked below ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:40 3
  - did i do acid today? - TFox Jul 27, 11:41 2
    - here -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:42 [Backboard] 1
      - apparently, i did! -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 11:44
- thank you mitch -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 11:40
ST Poll #CQ: What % of time, do you opt for the escalator over the stairs. - ty97 Jul 27, 11:39 18
- mechanical devices are always right there, the most direct way, stairs are hidden in corners -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 12:03
- as often as is feasible. -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 11:47
- 50% -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 11:46
- 95% of the time. - kelly Jul 27, 11:45
- if it's crowded I'll take the stairs. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:41
- 75%. I avoid it when it is too crowded with standers -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 11:40 1
  - I always try to use the stairs after coming in from a long-haul flight. - ty97 Jul 27, 11:41
- whatI find funny; when I take the stairs, it's usually faster than the escalator. bite me! -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 11:40
- 50%, sometimes it's crowded and I can get up or down the stairs faster. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 11:40
- Depends on the speed of the people already in the escalator. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:40 3
  - but if there were a stairs option at Rosslyn, I doubt more than 1 person in 50 would take it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:41 1
    - Well, i don't go to Rosslyn so it's a moot argument for me. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:42
  - right, it's an at the time decision. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 11:40
- All the time. - Loyola Jul 27, 11:39
- 90% of the time there isn't a choice between then. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:39
- 112% -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 11:39
- 90%, but I tend to walk up the escalator if there's room -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:39 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:39
stand left, walk right -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:35 5
- On the sidewalk, yes. - Krusty Jul 27, 11:37 4
  - US-centric prick. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:38 3
    - I'm never sure what side to stand on here. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:48 1
      - Tokyo is Stand Left, Walk Right. But Osaka is Stand Right, Walk Left. - ty97 Jul 27, 11:57
    - It's where I walk. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 11:39
*pokes CQ with my cane* -- nm - b. Jul 27, 11:35 5
- I think you got the wrong guy. I don't take escalators. :) -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 11:36 4
  - no, it's you: "lazy ass bastards" -- nm - b. Jul 27, 11:37 3
    - you know I'm joking! -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 11:39 2
      - *poke* -- nm - b. Jul 27, 11:42 1
        
        oh, and i am totally with you on the driving comparison. - b. Jul 27, 11:47
I think on the escalators that don't have steps, because there is a slight incline, people should walk up them if there's people behind them, or at - Loyola Jul 27, 11:34 24
- escalators that don't have steps???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 11:45 3
  - dogs and cats living together? -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:46
  - you should know them, being in a country that has no elevations :-) -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 11:46 1
    - but better mountain bike riders than most alpine nations :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 11:53
- oh hell no. You need a walking lane when there are no stairs. Some of the DC escalators take 4 minutes if you don't walk. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:36
- they're called movatots -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 11:36 1
  - movators even -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 11:36
- I ... don't understand what you're saying. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:36 1
  - I speak in tongues. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 11:37
- a rampalator? i've seen flat people movers, but never a rampolator. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 11:35 12
  - that crap right there is pure laziness (unless you have a physical handicap) I see them in airports -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 11:38 6
    - I stand on those too. (To the proper side.) -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 11:39 2
      - I always think of When Harry Met Sally when I'm on one of those. -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 11:42 1
        
        never seen it. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 11:44
    - people movers like that are nice because you can walk faster on them. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:39
    - YES, the moving ramps. I'm trying to race from one terminal to another, move your shit to one side! -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 11:39 1
      - Minneapolis, where my gates are usually a mile apart. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:40
  - I've been on in in Japan. Also: an escalator has stairs, then goes flat in the middle, then stairs again. - ty97 Jul 27, 11:37
  - They're getting popular here in the shopping centres with multi story carparks. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 11:36
  - I've seen a movalator. One of our new shopping malls has one, to get carts up from the underground parking. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:36
  - this makes me want to invent some sort of trampoline-based people mover. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 11:36 1
    - I vote for a series of tubes. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:38
- bullcrap. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 11:35 1
  - Yeah, I don't get why people don't walk up *stairs*, even if the stairs are moving. :) - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:38 [flickr]
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- Perhaps instead of shooting you, ST will opt to laugh at you. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:34
- all of us were -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 27, 11:34 1
  - hmm, or with you. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:35
~take this job and shove it. I ain't workin a here no more.~ -- nm - lileve Jul 27, 11:33 1
- TFox? -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:52
in the end I can pretty much always wait the extra 30 seconds or minute or whatever, but it's still irritating when people display that kind of lack - mafic Jul 27, 11:33 9
- I just wonder if the opposite holds true. if I'm standing on the side, making plenty of room...can I roundhouse the asshole that's in such a hurry - Jim Jul 27, 11:34 6
  - sure, but you'd have to catch him first. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:37
  - It's like you've never been to a big city -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 11:37 3
    - I don't even know what this means. nm - Jim Jul 27, 11:53 2
      - Oh, just that you know how they say in places like Tokyo people's "personal space" tolerance is much higher? - con_carne Jul 27, 12:02 1
        
        (I'm not trying to say anything about the "Lou", apologies if that's how it seemed) -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 12:07
  - if you left room, sure, that's fair. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:35
- what if it makes the difference between catching a train or waiting another 20 minutes? -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:34 1
  - I posted about that on b2. I'll push through people in that case. - mafic Jul 27, 11:36
some of us have jobs to go to! -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:31 4
- you inconsiderate bitch! -- nm - the unemployed Jul 27, 11:36
- i mostly take the bus myself -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 27, 11:34
- Jobs where you waste time on the internet! -- nm - steve Jul 27, 11:32 1
  - well sure, but at least I clock in on time. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 11:33
rule of thumb - marcel Jul 27, 11:31
overdue -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 27, 11:30 1
- that'll be a nickel -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:31

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