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speaking of video games, has anyone played Wii Sports Resort yet? -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 08:30 6
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- Yep. LOVE it!! -- nm - Jim Aug 18, 08:40
- yeah. a friend has it. the motion plus thing is pretty cool. does motion capture and positioning much better. - mafic Aug 18, 08:39 3
  - I don't think the wiimote by itself has a accelerometer. Played golf enough to figure that out. Could be wrong. -- nm - lileve Aug 18, 08:40 2
    - it does. it was just easy to fool. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 08:48 1
      - oh ok. It sucked. -- nm - lileve Aug 18, 08:54
Oh, by the way... ----> -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 18, 08:28
Sony to Sears/K-Mart: SHUTUP! -- (link) - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:23 9
- I must say I am more of a JCPenny and Target kind of specter. -- nm - The Ghost of Ken Kutaragi Aug 18, 08:40
- Is this the same price cut ST were talking about around April? Or is this one additional to that? -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 08:34 1
  - probably a mix of both into this story -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 08:37
- $300 sounds cheap, but in my case I'd have to factor in the cost of the divorce. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 08:28 3
  - What is the PS3's killer app? I know XBox has Halo, but other than bluRay (which I don't value at all) is there a truly standout PS3 exclusive? (nm) - musubi Aug 18, 08:42 2
    - Little Big Planet, maybe? -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 08:43 1
      - Resistance 2 and a couple other smaller hits. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 08:44
- Could Sony possibly be any worse at keeping secrets? -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 08:25 1
  - Have you met the Apple iPad? Borders knows all about it. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:26
LIR: I'd be driving solo, and avoiding 95 (going over Tappan Zee). -- nm - kelly Aug 18, 08:20 5
- I'd drive up Friday night, gives you all day Saturday there. - CovingtonCat Aug 18, 08:38
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- I couldn't do it, myself. My drive to Wisconsin is 8-9 hours, and I refuse to do it if I don't have 4 days or more total. (2days for driving, 2 there) -- nm - mara Aug 18, 08:23 1
  - Part of me figures, if I could drive here from RI with a truck full of stuff, going 50mph down the highway cuz I couldn't go any faster (took 10 hrs!) - kelly Aug 18, 08:28
sitwap: Farve expected to sign with the Vikings today... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 08:12 30
- He's been spending too much time in the sauna with Mr. Hand and 1000 Island dressing. -- nm - ceregon Aug 18, 08:43
- I'm really torn as whether this is really funny or really sad. Probably both. - musubi Aug 18, 08:39 6
  - I'm more focused on the anguish it gut punches ML with...it's like a big ball of fun string. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:41 3
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      - Oh crud...I have to be nice now, don't I? - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:44 1
        
        No, please, you can do it for both of us. - musubi Aug 18, 08:45
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    - It bothers me that this is so sad that I can't even enjoy your suffering. - musubi Aug 18, 08:44
- I like how he avoided coming to Indy. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:36
- *considers a return to the booth* -- nm - Madden si Aug 18, 08:32
- He must have a split personality. One wants to play and one doesn't. -- nm - lileve Aug 18, 08:32 2
  - Brett Hates Football..."Brent" loves it. - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:33
  - Or more likely, he's an attention-whore who loves football. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 08:32
- sweartojeebus. He gets in 2 weeks of mowing the lawn in hot arsed Mississippi every summer and dealing with the regular day to day and he goes back. - Diva Aug 18, 08:24
- HAHAHAHAHAAA!!! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:21
- even Anthony Hopkins hasn't unquit acting as many times as this. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 08:20
- He can't even go 2-3 weeks without contradicting himself - Will Hunting Aug 18, 08:16 3
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    - Sorry. -- nm - ML's Lemonade Stand si Aug 18, 08:25
  - I hope he throws 10 interceptions against the Packers. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 08:17
- Awesome. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 08:14
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  - I thought about mocking you, but I really feel to bad for you to do that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:39 1
    - dude...get out of the way. You're smooshing my marshmellows. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:43
  - *re-emerges...produces...a stick...some marshmellows...and begins to toast them* - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:24 1
    - Hmm...Smores! -- nm - ML's Lemonade Stand si Aug 18, 08:26
  - lmao. nm, -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 08:17
- We may need to expand Heller to apply to the states now. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 08:13 2
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    - Confused seniors gather to protest health care. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:26
sitwap: Bruce Willis joins The Expendables.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 08:10 5
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- That's awesome! Who's left that hasn't signed on yet? -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:21 3
  - Chuck Norris' bicep -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 08:32
  - Seagal! -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 08:31
  - JCVD, I guess? -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:22
did someone say Hawaii? *daydream* -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:08 7
- But you have to go with Steve Zahn. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 18, 08:24 1
  - psst...that was actually filmed in Puerto Rico -- nm - ceregon Aug 18, 08:44
- or St. Martin ... Grenada ... Trinidad ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:08 4
  - Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 08:09
  - those are fine ... but I want to go to the big island. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:09 2
    - I only go there when I *have* to visit the in-laws. - psilotum Aug 18, 08:10 1
      - that would be a drawback for sure. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 08:10
Why does 97 hate the super super cold?? -- nm - Jim Aug 18, 08:07 1
- I am not sure he has ever experienced it. - loosilu Aug 18, 08:08
Listia is genius. You give away stuff you want to get rid of. People bid for it using credits. You get credits by giving away stuff. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 08:07 2
- That is clever. -- nm - landbeck Aug 18, 08:16 1
  - Hi, landbeck! -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 08:17
Speaking of Mt. St. Helens... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 18, 08:04
Ingmar Bergman Project #4: To Joy (B) - Dano Aug 18, 07:53 3
- I need to do a movie-watching project like this. I'm actually jealous you;re doing it first. :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 08:20
- I like Persona a lot. Scenes from a Marriage also very good. Cries and Whispers good, but less so than it had been built up. - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:59 1
  - I was warned that his early stuff wasn't the greatest. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 08:05
If ST bought a catamaran ... it would have to be film-referency, like this one -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 07:50
Attention! Your time would be much appreciated: Help out on this grad student survey, covering tech usage like Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, Blackberry -- (link) - Max Aug 18, 07:50 5
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- sorry, i'm not a grad student -- nm - farmer ted Aug 18, 08:24
- Done. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 08:14
- Done. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 08:06
- Done -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 07:58
CBO says expansion of preventative measures and screening tests will lead to "higher, not lower, medical spending overall". -- (link) - TFox Aug 18, 07:47 19
- I think they're completely missing the idea of what constitutes "prevention" -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 07:54 12
  - When you hear "preventative care" talked about, this is what they mean, more so than seminars on dieting and hugging yourself more. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:56 11
    - and we wonder why our health care system is so f*cked up? -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 07:57 10
      - In fairness, my educated guess is the "preventative care" you are discussing? Is an even bigger cost increase than this. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 08:00 9
        
        hugs are free, dude. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:01 8
        
        but teaching people how to hug on a wide scale can be very pricy. - TFox Aug 18, 08:02 6
        
        but once most people know how to hug, we won't need to teach them as much anymroe, because they can teach each other. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:05 5
        
        Can't fail. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 08:12 3
        
        just wait until we start importing unicorns, who can heal with the touch of their horns. - znufrii Aug 18, 08:36 2
        
        ~My horn can touch the sky!!~ -- nm - Princess Unicorn si Aug 18, 08:37 1
        
        and we'lll use rainbows as bandages, of course. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:42
        
        Just like they teach each other now ... about gun rights and obama birthing -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:08
        
        Not the mouth kind -- nm - Scraps the Fun Lovin Hooker Aug 18, 08:02
- "Moreover, the CBO suggested that if the tests do save lives, that could also cost the government more in other areas, by extending lives and - Loyola Aug 18, 07:53 5
  - Well, that's where the death panels come in. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 07:55
  - It's cold, but fact. I don't think CBO is suggesting they don't do it because of that fact, just to be sure they account for the increased burden. - TFox Aug 18, 07:54 3
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      - I do love my chosen profession. :) -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:57
    - (or, not fact, but projected to be fact.) -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:56
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- Only the best. -- nm - lileve Aug 18, 08:32
- best. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 08:14
- *crossing fingers and sending su hermana best wishes* -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 07:58
- congrats uncle jack! -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 07:56
- Uncle time! -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:49
- Baby time!! good luck -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 07:48
- Sure thing. -- nm - Loyola Aug 18, 07:45
- Good thoughts! :-) -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 07:40
- good luck to her. (why is she having it scheduled, I forget?) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:39 13
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    - What was her original due date? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:42 10
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        Uhhhh ... unless that baby has a growth disorder, that seems very weird to rush up on -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 07:44 8
        
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        Well ... it's less than two weeks until the due date, so it's not particularly heinous ... heh ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 07:51 3
        
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        *points up there at the "doctor said" part...* -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:52 1
        
        Well, I'm sure the "too big" is a valid reason, but "showing no signs of coming out"? It's two weeks prior to due. I wonder what signs it should show -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:40
        
        sweet jeebus -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:47 1
        
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        (But, I hope it goes smoothly and it's all healthy and good) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 07:45
  - pedicure at 4:30 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 07:41
Celine Dion - procreating again! -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 07:33 1
- is this hte second frozen egg? -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 07:38
Another day, another article about shameless self-dealing by the NY Legislature -- (link) - znufrii Aug 18, 07:33
Why women keep getting prettier while men are still hairy and pudgy is because better-looking people have more girls.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Aug 18, 07:28
One House Democrat says Obama could lose up to 100 Democratic votes in the House by abandoning the public option. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:28 5
- Weiner also proposed an amendment abolishing Medicare that got no votes, even from "OMG socialism" republicans. - Tim Aug 18, 07:38 2
  - "Is Medicare a government program or not?" The no/not sure #s are amazing. - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:41 1
    - that looks pretty close to the "Is Hawaii part of the US" numbers. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 07:41
- Maybe in 15 years, when the Democrats get another chance to fix this; they'll have a hybrid between Obama's no plan and Clinton's rigid plan. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 07:33 1
  - Agree with your IM. -- nm - Redmond Aug 18, 07:34
So currently 6.6% of my salary goes towards National Insurance (NHS). What percentage are you paying towards health insurance? - LMS Aug 18, 07:27 11
- 0%! I can't afford it and they wouldn't give it to me if i could because of preexisting condition -- nm - farmer ted Aug 18, 08:05 2
  - herpes? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 08:07 1
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- For me it's not specifically segregated. There's income tax of 20% on the first circa 31k earned, 41% on the rest. - Loyola Aug 18, 07:41
- 3.02% of my gross pay (though of course, we have to pay fees on top of that whenver you get any care). -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:31 1
  - (4.4% including medicare tax) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 07:32
- do you have anything like our medicare taxes? or social security taxes? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 07:29 3
  - 6.3% including medicare tax - then we have deductibles and co-pays -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 07:34
  - 13.6% goes on Income Tax on top of that. -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 07:32 1
    - 14.1 % here -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 07:35
- including Medicare, 6.4% - znufrii Aug 18, 07:29
plus, you get to take a train ride. trains are lovely. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 07:20 3
- I have spent an hour just sitting on the ramp to the GW bridge. 95 in summer is a nightmare. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 07:21 2
  - On our way back from NYC on Sunday, a car broke down in one of the narrower sections of 95 heading back into the city. - TFox Aug 18, 07:22 1
    - yeah, I was probably stuck in that. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 07:23
beep beep -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 07:20
No Lawyers Board -- nm - Redmond Aug 18, 07:19 1
- whatevs -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Aug 18, 07:23

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