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American tourists have a reputation for being loud. - Loyola Aug 17, 13:20 3
- Not two hours ago at lunch there was a french family that were the loudest in the place. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:22 2
  - I was at MoMA a few weeks ago and french family were talking to each other at shouting levels. -- nm - lileve Aug 17, 13:24
  - Yeah, I think it's just *tourists* that are loud. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:23
LYC $ 30 for a hardback book - ML - the Strain had better be worth it! - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:19 6
- I'm 170 pages in, and it's pretty spectacular thus far. -- nm - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 13:23 2
  - In fact, if Kim watches Jaws and I get my work done, I'll try to finish it tonight. -- nm - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 13:23 1
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- 17.81 at Amazon. And since it came out 6/2/09, you're library probably has it. -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:20
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- I just saw a 40% off coupon for them online this past weekend. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:20
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- only forty percent? i thought it would be at least seventy. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Aug 17, 13:36
- Awesome. I love that someone attempted to quantify that. -- nm - TFox Aug 17, 13:20
- That seems really low -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:19 3
  - yes it does cause 90% of all twitter message come from Ashton Kutcher - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:19 1
    - The Demi pics up his quality %. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:20
  - It's obviously not factoring in the pointed babble. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:19
Note to the kids on the corner with football helmets: You're obviously not actually fundraising for school. - ty97 Aug 17, 13:17 6
- yeah, we used to get those a lot in Atlanta. they'd even offer to write your name down ;) -- nm - colinski Aug 17, 13:22
- let me guess, selling candy bars? - znufrii Aug 17, 13:19 3
  - no. walking between cars at a busy intersection with football helmets, asking for money. - ty97 Aug 17, 13:22 2
    - call the local news mythbusting road team or whatever. they'd eat that up,. - TFox Aug 17, 13:23
    - your IM is probably entirely correct. -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:22
- PIZZA PARTY! PIZZA PARTY! PIZZA PARTY!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:18
/me does a happy dance! Whale on my island! Two idle cities, 10 minutes a way! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:16 6
- where? - groiny Aug 17, 13:20 2
  - 69,76. So many whales, I don't have enough spies. Regardless, there's plenty in 47,76 area. - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:21 1
    - Dude, I think there has only been one day in the last month where I was not pillaging. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:25
- I am about to place my 8th city (again). Any suggestions? - Spawn Aug 17, 13:17 2
  - tRuMaN has learned the truth: Where Mop is, there be whales! He's now camped next to two of my cities. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:20 1
    - Which? -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:21
Huh. The Braves are on. - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 13:15 1
- America's team! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:17
Remlik has gmail! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:14
is it actually possible to float around the world on a hot air balloon? -- nm - Guy Aug 17, 13:13 12
- Finally, in 1999 ... -- (link) - zork Aug 17, 13:16
- I have a question. You probably get this a lot... -- nm - Alan at Caesar's Palace Aug 17, 13:16
- I don't think so. People have tried with those high altitude balloons before, but I don't know if any were successful -- nm - CQ Aug 17, 13:14
- I don't think anyone has done it non-stop yet, but yes. possible. - mafic Aug 17, 13:14 1
  - i almost posted for him to ask branson - zork Aug 17, 13:18
- nmbl -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 13:14 4
  - and then Fossett did it solo ... -- (link) - zork Aug 17, 13:20
  - this seems like a fun way to see the world. - Guy Aug 17, 13:18 1
    - i believe they have to do it at very high altitudes, so the view isn't what you're imagining -- nm - zork Aug 17, 13:23
  - and there you go. shows how up to date on balloon aviation I am. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 13:15
- This reminds me! I read Around the World in 80 Days and (spoilers) - ty97 Aug 17, 13:14
- I'll tell you in 80 days. -- nm - BB Aug 17, 13:13
LIR: TWuG: I hope everything is ok. -- nm - lileve Aug 17, 13:10 5
- With the dog? I'm not worried. Dogs puke. I just wish it didn't still stink despite the Lysol and the cleaning wipes, etc. - TWuG Aug 17, 13:13 4
  - get some Nature's Miracle on that...clears the odor right up. -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:15 2
    - There's nothing to put it on. It was all hard surfaces and I cleaned them all. It's just residual odor and possibly stuff INSIDE the sub-woofer - TWuG Aug 17, 13:16 1
      - oh, ugh -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:17
  - Oh, and I really appreciate the concern. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 13:14
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- word. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Aug 17, 13:38
- I thought we were known as fat americans. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 17, 13:21
- there are plenty of ugly tourists from other countries, but the proportion of americans on that list does seem to be higher. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 13:20
- Any time I meet a tourist, I put on an American flag cape and sing "We Are The Champions". - TFox Aug 17, 13:15
- knowing what I think of them here, I can only imagine what they think of us there. :) - znufrii Aug 17, 13:11
I'm so three thousand and eight. You're so two thousand and late. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 17, 13:03 12
- This reminded me of a funny story from last weekend, at the amusement park. - TFox Aug 17, 13:07 10
  - You should have unapologetically sang that song louder than the girls, followed by some beatboxing during the breaks -- nm - con_carne Aug 17, 13:12
  - I was certain this post was going to involve one of two things - ty97 Aug 17, 13:11
  - spoilers - Danoslam Aug 17, 13:09 2
    - filthy. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 13:14
    - spoils - TFox Aug 17, 13:10
  - I was waiting for you to get to that last paragraph. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:09 3
    - the worst part was... - TFox Aug 17, 13:12 2
      - I am going to feel like this at the New Moon movie when it comes out. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:15 1
        
        The other time I'm confronted with it constantly is out at our summer camp. - TFox Aug 17, 13:17
  - This kills. So funny. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:08
- ~boom boom boom~ -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:04
I miss Feathers McGraw. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:01
Library score! Where the Wild Things Are and more! - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:00 32
- how do you not own that? -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:00 14
  - I've never read Where the Wild Things Are or had it read to me. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 17, 13:03 13
    - one of my roommates had never heard of it before seeing the trailer. that shocked me. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 13:12 1
      - knowing what you've posted here about your roommates, I can't say I'm that surprised. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:18
    - call mara every day and ask her to read you a page over the phone. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 13:07 3
      - Slower... now breathier. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:17
      - A good idea, but for me the book was always about the illustrations -- nm - con_carne Aug 17, 13:09 1
        
        I can describe them! -- nm - mara Aug 17, 13:13
    - I know I owned it as a child - I remember very little about it, though -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:06
    - I think I may have owned it as a child. So it may still be at my parents... one of the few kids books I had. Still, don't recall the story. I may... - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:05
    - Me either, never heard of it until a year or so ago. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 13:04
    - ditto -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:04
    - but he has kids. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:04
    - I will tuck you in and read it to you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:04
    - bwah? -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:03
- Told you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:00
- Also... 30 minute walk in 90 degree weather. I get a Coke as a reward! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:00 15
  - A 30 minute walk probably didn't burn the 155 calories in a 12 oz coke. -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:01 11
    - What about 140 calories? -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:05 9
      - did you walk at a slow, medium, or brisk pace? -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:06 8
        
        Brisk. I'm no a pleasant person to walk with. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:10
        
        I ask, because this calculator says I may be....wrong -- (link) - ty97 Aug 17, 13:07 6
        
        Geez, even "Walking for pleasure" beats "Slow pace". That's odd. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:11 3
        
        Thanks for the link, by the way! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:12 2
        
        you're welcome. Caveat: I just googled the link, have never used it, and can't vouch for its validity -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:13
        
        GTK: reading burns more calories than watching TV. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 13:13
        
        I always wonder if these things take your basal rate into account. I suspect usually not. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 13:08 1
        
        probably not. But they take the oregano rate into account. -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:12
    - in 90 degree weather? There's a chance it might have. - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:03
  - *diet* coke -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 13:01 2
    - He said reward, not punishment. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:02 1
      - exactly -- nm - CQ Aug 17, 13:03
3 indicted in theft of 130 million credit card numbers... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 17, 12:59
Free passes to Play the Game - New York, this wednesday -- (link) - Andie Aug 17, 12:56 1
- Thanks Andie -- nm - lileve Aug 17, 13:21
Free passes to Post Grad screening - various US cities -- (link) - Andie Aug 17, 12:55
Jovian, thanks for the game review. Was thinking about getting it. Not anymore. -- nm - Loyola Aug 17, 12:55
con_carne I think you'd be pretty surprised at the environmental "impact" growing fruits and veggies has. - TWuG Aug 17, 12:54 8
- I don't think I would be. Since animals have to *eat* in order to be raised, they take the environmental impact of these raised crops - con_carne Aug 17, 13:03 2
  - Yes, they do. But if people stopped eating meat, they'd require a LOT more veggies and grains. Maybe not as much as - TWuG Aug 17, 13:12 1
    - we could exist with out cow milk -- nm - Guy Aug 17, 13:15
- farming has a fraction of the impact of ranching. there's not really any getting around that. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 12:57 4
  - exactly. You're feeding something to something to make food, instead of eating that first something directly. - Reagen Aug 17, 13:09
  - It would be interesting if NASA or someone did a study to see how effectively food could be grown for large populations in dense regions - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:01 2
    - look up "vertical farming" -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:04 1
      - *looks up* it's so taaaaalll. It hurts my neck! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:05
I really do need to plan an Eastern Europe vacation. - ty97 Aug 17, 12:50 7
- I have a friend that lives in Prague and loves it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:55
- one of my best friends just went to Prague, had a blast. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:51 5
  - It's high on the list of cities that interest me. -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 12:54
  - Prague is *awesome* -- nm - Subversive Aug 17, 12:52
  - I love Prague -- nm - Danoslam Aug 17, 12:52 1
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  - We need more data to determine its blastiness. -- nm - Loyola Aug 17, 12:51
16 minute interview with Werner Herzog regarding Bad Lieutenant -- (link) - Danoslam Aug 17, 12:48 [vimeo] 3
- I always hear this title in The Knack form. -- nm - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 12:57
- Does he get shot and/or stabbed during this interview? nm - Dignan Aug 17, 12:49 1
  - No, but he does perform the Heimlich on Joaquin Phoenix. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 17, 12:50
97...my Paris story (spoilers in link) -- (link) - Jim Aug 17, 12:46 [Backboard]
Dawson, I agree. I don't care if the people of Paris are rude. - ty97 Aug 17, 12:46 26
- I've been to Paris a few times and loved it sometimes and didn't like it very much others. Part of it was related to how I was treated. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 12:54
- I've met a few shitty people in my life, in many different places. I wouldn't judge an entire nation based on that. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:47 24
  - ..or one restaurant, in Jim's case -- nm - Guy Aug 17, 13:05
  - I'm not juding a nation. It is quite commonly known that Parisians can be quite rude to Americans. - ty97 Aug 17, 12:48 21
    - don't people say the same thing about New York? -- nm - Guy Aug 17, 13:07 5
      - sure, and some people are. There's 8 million people in the city, some are jerks and some arent. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:08
      - New Yorkers are equitable. They are rude to everyone. - ty97 Aug 17, 13:08 2
        
        Parisians are pretty damn rude to each other. It cracks me up. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:09 1
        
        like many things, they just dont put a high value on politeness (from what ive heard) - Guy Aug 17, 13:12
      - yeah, we're rude to americans here too. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 13:08
    - If you go in thinking this, then yes, the first rude Parisian you meet will validate this notion as true. - con_carne Aug 17, 12:55 4
      - eh, it doesn't matter though either way. I'm wouldn't be going to measure the friendliness. I'd be going for the city. - ty97 Aug 17, 12:56 3
        
        the city has so much to see, it's sick. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:58 2
        
        If not this trip, I'll certainly get there. -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 13:02 1
        
        tell us when you do. we have recs. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:02
    - I have been there many times and didn't find that. *shrug* I found Londoners more rude on average. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:49 9
      - I didn't find Parisians rude, either. Quite the contrary, in fact. - Callisto Aug 17, 12:55 7
        
        The language thing is the probably the biggest part of it. -- nm - Jim Aug 17, 12:58 3
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:01 1
        
        However...we went to like 8 other countries...and got nothing but warm receptions in all of them... - Jim Aug 17, 13:04
        
        I think it's worth learning a few phrases no matter where you travel. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 13:00
        
        That is true, but they certainly can see that I'm American with one look, and that's how we start. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:57 2
        
        I can see this. Though in so many countries, in the tourist areas at least, they speak English already. - ty97 Aug 17, 13:05 1
        
        almost invariably, French people start talking to me in English (thinking I am American or Irish). Even if their English is poor. - loosilu Aug 17, 13:06
      - (and I still adore London) -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:49
  - especially Paris ... it's hard to think of a city that has more to offer. It's insane how much there is to see. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 12:48
Can I be a reenactment pilot dropping Agent Orange everywhere? -- (link) - znufrii Aug 17, 12:44 1
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