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LifeHacker sours on Digsby. We knew about the bloated crapware you have th check-off. What about using your PC for distributed computing? -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:36 1
- I like the concept of Digsby, from a technical standpoint. Detest the implementation. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:38
LYC -- One of the assistants that schedules some of our meetings always, *always*, uses "there" instead of "their". - znufrii Aug 19, 11:34 2
- Awww. They're, they're...: ( - Diva Aug 19, 11:38 1
  - That steady drumbeat you hear is the vein on my head throbbing. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:40
George Hamilton suspects that Obama has tan lines -- (link) - zork Aug 19, 11:33 1
- He's either too African, or not African enough. Either way, he's not MY president! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:38
I'm impressed that Loosi got a 20-post thread going on the topic "cats kill birds". Did Loony Tunes teach us nothing? -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 19, 11:26 14
- She can get a 20 post thread going on almost any subject, since normally about 3/4 of the responses will be hers. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:36
- I agree with Loosie -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 11:29
- also - no-one has found how many birds and killed by BIRDS,. which is the whole point. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:28 7
  - "are killed by" -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:29 6
    - I don't have that but we could do the math. But remember that many raptors are endangered. they are far - loosilu Aug 19, 11:33 5
      - That's probably right. Based on the large number of feral cats and owners allowing their cats outside. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:38 3
        
        I also can't believe from reading the aarticles posted that so many people let their cats go outside. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:39 1
        
        agreed. - znufrii Aug 19, 11:40
        
        oh, totally agree on the kill rate. But when the birds can be counted in the thousands, and cats in the millions, cats will win. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:38
      - (and so much for quitting! what a maroon. I concede) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:33
- I have no idea how Sylvester never starved to death -- nm - zork Aug 19, 11:28
- I'm avoiding a report right now, so I really have to quit. Whatever arguments you guys come up with after now, I concede. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:27 2
  - So polar bears and penguins DO LIVE on the sam continent - Epiphany Aug 19, 11:28 1
    - sure. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:28
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- speaking of witch, octomom is on Fox tonight (not that I care) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 11:26
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at one time she would have been in real contention for my laminated list but has really gone downhill... -- (link) - zork Aug 19, 11:19 6
- Bobcat sucked the life out of her. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:21 5
  - it looks like he sucked the perkiness from her boobs too - dogbert183 Aug 19, 11:24 1
    - Hence, my post. - Spawn Aug 19, 11:26
  - I think she woke up and realized she's married to Jay Mohr - Will Hunting Aug 19, 11:23 1
    - She had actually slipped before that. - Spawn Aug 19, 11:25
  - ~Is she really going out with him? Is she really gonna take him home tonight?~ - Joe Jackson (the white one) Aug 19, 11:23
TT hump day poll: hit us with some sexy lyrics without the word " sex" in them. - Epiphany Aug 19, 11:14 26
- Don't you think it's ugly? Don't you wanna touch it away? - David Aug 19, 11:36
- ~Relax, don't do it~ -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 19, 11:32
- /~ you pulled the trigger of myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy love guuuuuun, lu-u-uv gun~/ -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 19, 11:29
- ~i really love your peaches wanna shake your tree~ -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 11:28
- ~ / breathe out so I can breathe you in / hold you in / ~ -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 19, 11:28
- Loose Lucy is my desire -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 11:27
- rock me like my back ain't got no bone -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 11:26 1
  - some gal at pier 23 San Fran would sing some old semi dirty ditty, Davie's Dingy (is the only one for me) about a row boat of course -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 11:30
- ~ Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from. ~ - TFox Aug 19, 11:25
- my love is bigger than a cadillac. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 11:24
- ~Every time I kiss you I taste what other men had for lunch!~ -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:24
- ~ I don't see nuthin wrong... with a little bump and grind. ~ Also, ~ cause tonight baby, I wanna get *freaky* with you! ~ - TFox Aug 19, 11:24
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  - clementine? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 11:24
- I kissed a girl -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 11:22
- One of the sexiest songs ever: - Jim Aug 19, 11:22
- ~you look so much cuter with something in your mouth~ -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:21
- ~I wanna fuck you like an animal.~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:20
- ~ If tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind / a little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside ~ - TFox Aug 19, 11:18
- ~Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg~ -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:18
- ~I'm the king of the castle, You're a dirty rascal, crash into me~ -- nm - Inigo Aug 19, 11:16
- ,/~ Those fingers through my hair, that sly "come hither" stare, that strips my conscience bare, it's witchcraft. And I've got no defense for it. The - mara Aug 19, 11:16
- ~face down, ass up, that's the way we like to F&#@~ -- nm - 2 Live Crew Aug 19, 11:16
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  - There's a difference between "sexy" and "whore-y" and I think you've struck on it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 19, 11:16 1
    - She's my cherry pie? -- nm - zork Aug 19, 11:20
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- sorry, my couch is already spoken for the first week of September. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 11:16 11
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  - like Jack is interested in your couch. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 11:17 9
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      - "taxies don't go to Brooklyn" -- nm - lileve Aug 19, 11:29
      - I was assuming you were angling to get in his bed. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 11:20 6
        
        especially when I read couch as cooch -- nm - zork Aug 19, 11:29
        
        "We're going to need a bigger bed." -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 11:28 2
        
        are you calling Kack fat? -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 11:28 1
        
        Jack -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 11:28
        
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        save it for bed-stuy. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 11:27
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- Ya know...I'm getting to the point that I don't much care anymore. - Jim Aug 19, 11:23
7 New Wineries Open in Indiana - con_carne Aug 19, 11:11
So am I the only one who liked the Legion trailer? -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 11:09 6
- I like the idea but that first scream reminded me of I Am Legend's loud and brainless monsters. -- nm - Max Aug 19, 11:39
- I'm played out with Angel as villians theme - but glad to see Paul Bettany working again. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 11:13 1
  - Constantine, Prophecy and what else? -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 11:27
- liked it, but I'm a sucker for those types of movies (Prophecy) -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 11:11
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- Is it supposed to be a comedy or a horror? Or a b-movie? - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:10
Switzerland invades Italy in land grab -- (link) - Beaker Aug 19, 11:06 3
- The Swiss are notorious warmongers. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:11 2
  - They wouldn't have that reputation except for those knives. -- nm - BB Aug 19, 11:15 1
    - And those soldiers with the puffy pants. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 11:16
mafic, yeah, the NDP ran the province into some pretty hefty debt. But the campbell government has been pretty anti-education and anti-health and - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:01 8
- honestly, I don't have much of a problem with much of the education stuff, and they've actually substantially increased health spending. - mafic Aug 19, 11:10 6
  - There are almost no grants or bursaries available to students in BC right now - an extremely sharp decline from ten years ago. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:11 5
    - there are also 30,000+ more post-secondary spaces available, - mafic Aug 19, 11:15 4
      - Great, more spaces. Wonderful. Except that it's more and more out of reach to the average person, due to increased costs. - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:18 3
        
        to get this discussion back on track ... let me list my current outrages in BC - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:35
        
        tuition increases are frozen at inflation. in real terms it costs the same to go to UBC today as it did in the mid-'90s. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 11:26 1
        
        Books and living costs have no such freeze. (Book prices are outrageous - I'm sure you experienced the same thing) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:36
- In fact, I want to petition them to change their name. They are horrendously mis-named. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:02
communist propaganda and socialist indoctrination board! -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 11:01
re: Deer. Effectively the predators for deer are cars. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:01 45
- because cougars are too busy chasing after young men? -- nm - zork Aug 19, 11:02
- And since there is no predator for cars, that makes them top of the food chain! -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 19, 11:02 4
  - There are predators for cars: Democrats! :-P -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:04 3
    - and drunks, and oxidation -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:08 2
      - and teenagers -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 11:37
      - mechanics (you need a rebuilt transmission, uh no I didn't, just a smog device that would have been free from the dealer but that was $5k too late) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 11:28
- And Ted Nugent. -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:02
- That's sorta like saying the predators for birds are windows. -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 11:01 37
  - Um...no. It's not windows. It's BB guns. Pay attention! ;) -- nm - Jim Aug 19, 11:04
  - that's actually true. (although you are leaving out domestic cats, which are a major predator) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:04 34
    - Also owls, hawks and falcons to name some more. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 11:06 33
      - Not sure who goes after them but they kill a lot of birds. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 11:07 32
        
        true, but not nearly as many as domestic cats. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:12 31
        
        Domestic cats kill more birds than hawks, owls and falcons? - Krusty Aug 19, 11:14 30
        
        Owls eat a lot of mice but the other two spend their day hunting. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:17 5
        
        good thing there are numbers available. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:17 4
        
        Which I can't find. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 11:18 3
        
        you must be a bad googler. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:19 2
        
        Yes, that's the problem. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:24 1
        
        there's a lot of scattered stuff, that's what I found. But every one - loosilu Aug 19, 11:25
        
        there aren't as many raptors as you might think. Lots of research regarding cats killing wild birds. I just did a quick google but there is too much - loosilu Aug 19, 11:16 1
        
        It's one of the biggest drivers of complaints againferal cat populations. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 11:19
        
        doesn't seem right to me either. birds of prey hunt smaller birds everywhere, everyday, the odd cat might get lucky and catch a bird once in a while. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:16 21
        
        Heh, found this immediately. "Some folks don't seem willing to accept the magnitude of the cat predation problem." (Not judging, just quoting!) -- (link) - mara Aug 19, 11:18 16
        
        well, i have had cats my whole life and would be *really* surprised if the average cat killed more than one bird every two weeks, all year long. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:20 14
        
        I had 2 cats for 17 years each and don't recall them ever killing a bird. -- nm - Jim Aug 19, 11:26
        
        and using that number, plus the total number of pet and wild cats, you get a *lot* of birds. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:21 4
        
        i'm saying i doubt that number. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:23 3
        
        I think he's undershooting. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:23 2
        
        based on what? -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:25 1
        
        feral cats. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:25
        
        (they are saying .683 birds/week.) -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:21 7
        
        that's for a well fed cat. what about feral cats? - loosilu Aug 19, 11:23 6
        
        (a) i doubt their number and (b) that was an average for all cats from mara's article - Andie Aug 19, 11:24 5
        
        but they use the same rate for feral cats regardless of the number, and to me common sense says - loosilu Aug 19, 11:27
        
        and here is an article questioning those numbers. -- (link) - Andie Aug 19, 11:26
        
        I doubt those numbers too. I can see feral cats killing a lot of birds and their numbers are very large. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:26 2
        
        the cat population outnumbers birds of prey, far as I know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:28 1
        
        You're right and the cats probably kill more per year based solely on their large numbers in the wild. - Krusty Aug 19, 11:35
        
        yep, it's quite amazing. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:19
        
        birds of prey mostly eat small mammals. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:17 3
        
        ...and rural and suburban cats kill far more birds than urban cats. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:19 2
        
        also I'd think urban domesticated cats are more likely to be "indoor" cats. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 11:20 1
        
        there are a lot of feral urban cats. they have to eat something. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 11:22
  - the preadtor for boogers is your finger. -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 11:02
Memo to self: do not invite Fran Tarkenton and Brett Favre to the same event...ever. -- (link) - Beaker Aug 19, 10:58 6
- Note to self: *Definitely* invite Favre and Tarkenton to same event at every possible occassion. That'd be fun. (nm) - musubi Aug 19, 11:02
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- I heart Fran. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 10:59
- at least be sure to include a stack of RSVP cards in Favre's invite -- nm - zork Aug 19, 10:59 2
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 19, 11:01
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 11:00
It was a nylon/lycra mesh, not Spandex, jerk. (nm) - musubi Aug 19, 10:58

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