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The One Week countdown is on! Married life looms ahead. -- nm - Shaun Nov 6, 07:50 2
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- Don't do it! - lileve Nov 6, 07:51
mara, I got this catalog yesterday, and saw this and thought of you! -- (link) - Amy Nov 6, 07:49 4
- Wow, cool. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:52 3
  - mara, I started my ukulele guys painting last night. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:54 2
    - Excellent! Will you be updating your painting blog with your progress? (Also, what are the dimensions?) -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:56 1
      - 14 x 18, and maybe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:57
Massachusetts is no longer mailing out notifications for any drivers licences renewals and similar documentation.....(link) - Walt_Disney Nov 6, 07:47 9
- that makes sense. it is your responsibility, after all. the exp. date is right on your license...nm - x Nov 6, 07:51 7
  - I agree. -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 07:58
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    - what? bush told me on the campaign trail back in 2000 he was ushering in a new era.... - x Nov 6, 07:59
  - oh yeah, I look at it all the time. not. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:52 3
    - In the old days when I would write checks I did...had to put the expir on the check - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 6, 07:56
    - likely you should start, then....nm - x Nov 6, 07:55 1
      - I live in VA, which is happy to be my nanny. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:56
- That stinks. -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 07:49
through dow 9000 and headed south!.....nm - x Nov 6, 07:45 4
- DIVE BABY! DIVE ! - lileve Nov 6, 07:49
- do you have a 8000 hat or is it cheaper, like a doo-rag? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:46 2
  - i just start making paper hats....nm - x Nov 6, 07:52 1
    - I hope you're making them out of Zimbabwean currency. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:55
hotkiss poll: do you remember your first legal drink? - Andie Nov 6, 07:44 23
- Yeah, an Alabama Slammer. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 08:29
- Champange that I bought and gifted to my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 07:56
- I remember where we went that night, but not what I drank. It was a calm, non-drunk night. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:55
- I can't. I don't even think I had the capability to remember anything. - lileve Nov 6, 07:53
- I'm sure it was a beer, but I don't remember. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 6, 07:52
- No. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 07:52
- yep, went out for dinner with my then girlfriend, had a pint of big rock traditional ale. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 07:51
- a beer. - kelly Nov 6, 07:50
- i don't -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:50
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  - oh, that's true. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 07:47
- a martini. -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 07:46
- No -- nm - Pippy Nov 6, 07:46 3
  - are you not getting my emails? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:47 2
    - No Ma'am. - Pippy Nov 6, 07:48 1
      - oh, you've been emailing me from charter. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:49
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- Nope. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:46
- No. -- nm - TFox Nov 6, 07:45
- probably a Guinness -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 07:45
- beer. was legal at 18 for beer and wine. First legal liquor: mudslide. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:45
- Sure. The Wine Bar, downtown after an exam. - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:45 1
  - that sucks - my birthday was the opposite, it was the end of april, so everyone still had apartments in town, but exams had JUST ended. - Andie Nov 6, 07:46
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  - So, was I righ? -- nm - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:55 1
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  - He's also a trained ballet dancer. -- nm - Diva Nov 6, 07:54
- He's a Chicago guy so I'll say Northwestern but I assume it's not something so obvious. -- nm - Dano Go Lucky Nov 6, 07:47
- School of hard knocks -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:44
- Yours? Assuming you went to college. -- nm - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:44
- Hot Old Guy U. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:44
Valerie Bertenelli vs. Julie Bowen on Boston Legal was pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 6, 07:42
bery, is there a way to search using only part of a word - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:42 3
- you could try %, but it just uses mysql's match/against construct (because it's faster) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:45 1
  - hmm, not sure. ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:47
- regular expressions would be cool -- nm - zork Nov 6, 07:42
3 Oasis songs today as downloadable content for Guitar Hero WT. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 6, 07:38
mara: This is the photo I used for SlickerTalk/HSXTT.com -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:37 [flickr] 3
- That's a nice shot, and very cool-looking fountain. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:39
- this and the renaming to "Information Sharing Resource" is great. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:38
- And this is the photo I used for SlackerTalk's thanksgiving/fall logo -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:37 [flickr]
14 hours until I'm 21! rePoll: What should my first drink be? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 07:36 23
- Beer. Take it slow, on;t have a few drinks and stick with one type. -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 08:02
- i'd go with a classic martini (not a fruity thing) or a manhattan. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 07:45 6
  - I've gotten the martini suggestion a few times now. Why is that? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 07:46 5
    - It's iconic. And gin is delicious. -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 07:58
    - because it IS a classic. one of the few. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 07:47 3
      - cliche more than a classic, imho. - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 07:52 2
        
        I kind of think and do not know why - it is something you appreciate as you get some drinking years behind you -- nm - Pippy Nov 6, 07:53 1
        
        exactly. Its a drink that requires cultivation of the palate to truly appreciate. - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 07:55
- Classic Martini -- nm - Jason Dean Nov 6, 07:44
- something single malt, and older than you. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 07:41 3
  - I love this idea! Where can I find a 65-year-old scotch? ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 6, 07:45 2
    - there are some out there, but I expect you'd pay at least $1,000 for a bottle. -- (link) - mafic Nov 6, 07:57
    - sunken ships? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:50
- Really freak people out and go with a cranberry juice. - TFox Nov 6, 07:41
- Ooo, on ST I can use its name! The Fuck Buddy: amaretto, sloe gin, orange juice, and 7-Up. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:38
- Something classy so that you can have a story to tell when you're older. -- nm - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:38 4
  - and so you can say the name in polite company *glares at mara* -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:44 1
    - The polite company name is the Screw Buddy. If you need it politer, the Nutty Buddy. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:47
  - Ooh, is being there a good thing or bad thing? -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 07:41 1
    - "Buttery nipple". -- nm - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:45
- Bushmills 21 Rare. -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 07:38
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- Shot of whiskey. Then a nice pint of beer. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 07:37
what i learned going to red state: 1) people smearing palin should be treated like lepers and 2) on the house + senate gop leadership.... - x Nov 6, 07:35 7
- Not everyone who lives there thinks like that. - lileve Nov 6, 07:41 2
  - no, it's a particulra site. i'm not associating it with anything beyond its own little world.... - x Nov 6, 07:44 1
    - Wow. Sounds like an off the wall place. Some people take their beliefs way to far. I can't wait to drive cross country. -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 07:51
- What leadership in the House & Senate? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:36 3
  - john boehner + mitch mcconnell...nm - x Nov 6, 07:38 2
    - See, I know who, i was making a sarcastic joke. Thanks for nuthin man. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:39 1
      - being happy about losing 20 seats is like sony being happy to make money on the ps3 while they lose market share....nm - x Nov 6, 07:40
JB22 in 85 minutes -- nm - M Nov 6, 07:35
Rainbows and Fairy Dust! -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 07:34 2
- You forgot the Unicorns!!! -- nm - TaurusII Nov 6, 07:41 1
  - That's another post. -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 07:42
I really do like "Tumbler" for Bush. It reminds me of the new Batmobile. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:32 12
- They are worried he's going to fall down. -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 07:35
- I think of drinks. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:33 10
  - I think a dude falling down the stairs. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:34 5
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      - I giggle at the fact, likely the most athletic President ever was the most clumsy. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:41 1
        
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      - that was so unfair. he was an athlete. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:41
    - See! It's perfect. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:35
  - I think "half empty". -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:34 3
    - That too and "on the rocks" as TWuG says. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:37
    - I think "on the rocks" -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 07:34 1
      - I think approval ratings. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:35
where's ty97? there's an anguished trader on the front page of cnnfn!....nm - x Nov 6, 07:30 1
- Oh, he gets a 3/10. I don't believe his pain at all. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:32
...in which Glenn Greenwald suggests an appropriate counterattack in response to Prop 8 -- (link) - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 07:27 3
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- and give the GOP a banner issue to win in 2012. - ty97 Nov 6, 07:31 1
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Bin Laden son asylum bid rejected -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 07:26
Dawson, REB2 nmbDawson - ty97 Nov 6, 07:25 4
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- I imagine there are local groups you could get involved with (the ACLU, for one). -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 07:32
- Be the best gay you can be! - oblique Nov 6, 07:26 1
  - (addendum) - oblique Nov 6, 07:31
I think he was joking. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 07:23 1
- That should have been in response to the shades/fraskal post. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 07:24
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  - At least they're still making money. -- nm - VMan Nov 6, 07:28
- And pawnshops...they've been doing well according to the local news reports -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 6, 07:24
- it's not that surprising, it' -- nm - x Nov 6, 07:23 1
  - stupid fingers. it's just *exactly* like the retail sales numbers we're seeing reported this week. 60% of retailers are missing their targets... - x Nov 6, 07:25
mara: Yes, it's a fountain from around downtown victoria. For some reason I never uploaded the original photo to Flickr, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:21
2 items from the BBs: Obama's SS name (per his request) has been Renegade. Was shades seriously fessing up to being fraskal? Because I called that - TWuG Nov 6, 07:21 32
- Also, I hate you for the Styx earworm. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:32
- fraskal, fraskal-esque...it's a fine line, really. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:28 4
  - That's what I'm saying. One would like to think shades reformed into ss, but because of the shades past it's very easy to believe - TWuG Nov 6, 07:34 3
    - Well, they were using a very well-disguised IP address, if that was the case -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:36 2
      - (Or else they completely ditched their original identity in order to do it) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:36 1
        
        maybe skags is fraskal. - mafic Nov 6, 07:38
- Did you read his IM? No, he was not serious. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:26 1
  - 'hidden' IM link -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 07:26 [Backboard]
- I thought he was fessing up to being fraskal on ST, but not on TT -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:25
- I think we all know what McCain's would have been. -- nm - nubby in Bal'm'r Nov 6, 07:24 3
  - Well, we know what it actually was: Phoenix. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:29 1
    - oh, nice. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:30
  - "Dancing Queen" -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 6, 07:25
- Are SS names public? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 07:23 15
  - They used to be for security, now they are just for tradition and convenience -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:28
  - You find out about them; the trick woulda been if Hillary had won, woudl they re-use their 1990's. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:25 5
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      - what's Michelle? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:35 3
        
        Renaissance. Radiance and Rosebud for the kids -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:36 2
        
        Wow. These are such great names. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 07:40
        
        great names. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:36
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    - the article linked on B2 or so said that they are basically nicknames now since SS transmissions are encrypted -- nm - zork Nov 6, 07:29 6
      - Joe and Jill Biden are Celtic and Capri, apparently -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:31 5
        
        Is that Celtic with a "K" sound or Celtic with an "S" sound? This is important people! -- nm - SS Agent Nov 6, 07:32
        
        And Sarah and Todd Palin were Denali (after the mountain) and Digger -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:32 3
        
        what about Cindy? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:34 2
        
        parasol. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 07:36
        
        Parasol. Phoenix for John -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:35
- no, I don't think he was, I think he was doing a "-- nm" to trick people for fun -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:22
- link please (for part 2)? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:22 1
  - nmbLoosilu - Pippy Nov 6, 07:25
*berygoogles* -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:20
If negative press bothers Palin so much, just imagine what today is going to be like for her aides. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:19 3
- if negative press bothers her so much, why is she even in politics? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 07:33
- I'm really hoping that story about Africa is not true. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:32
- *jumps out of the plane over the ice-fields* - Palin CoS Nov 6, 07:23

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