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- Something like this sort of happened to me at Rodeo Bar recently... -- nm - Diva Aug 21, 07:39 1
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- A), but I'm pissed about it. -- nm - Subversive Aug 21, 07:38 1
  - Also, this is very similar to something that happened during Reagen's stag party. - Subversive Aug 21, 07:41
- Considering the $70 is only like what...10% of your weekly bar bill...pay it -- nm - oblique Aug 21, 07:38
- Pay - but yeah not very smart of her not to run a tab or at least give a check to the table when even one of them started to depart -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:34 1
  - people are always going in and out, easy for her to miss it. She should have taken a card, yes. but she won't make that mistake again. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:36
- pay for it and collect from your friends later -- nm - decline Aug 21, 07:34
- Pay and then collect from your friends (and acquaintances). -- nm - pmb Aug 21, 07:33
- i'd personally pay and sent out a pretty pointed email this morning. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:32 1
  - four people walking out on a bill is really shitty. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:35
- Pay for it all, and collect in full from the friends you know. - Will Hunting Aug 21, 07:32 2
  - I wouldn't even consider not paying in full. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:34
  - Yep. -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 07:33
- A) Pay for everyone, and make sure your friends in that group are responsible for paying you in full -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 07:32
- pay. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:30
Stay classy, Texas -- (link) - znufrii Aug 21, 07:25 4
- I disagree with the NYT - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:38 1
  - OK, but he was executed a few hours later according to the link - amoxy Aug 21, 08:18
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- I don't think I've ever met a trader that wasn't a bit of a douche. -- nm - mafic Aug 21, 07:30
- To the first part of your post. Yes, and lying cheating too. -- nm - Redmond Aug 21, 07:28
- Word. -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 07:24
- the awesome thing about lawyers is there lack of judginess. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:24 1
  - THEIR! dammit. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:24
The 7 Eeriest Parallels Between Avatar and Delgo -- (link) - Dano Aug 21, 07:21
Ok, How would you respond? Facebook message thingy ( I know Spawn...answer the question, then kick my ass) - Jim Aug 21, 07:19 16
- 5. Because I was looking for a bang for old times sake. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 21, 07:36
- FWIW, I told her to send the wife a friend request...that was my choice. - Jim Aug 21, 07:27 2
  - my wife and I agreed that no ex girlfriends are allowed as FB friends. - groiny Aug 21, 07:37 1
    - heh -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:38
- 3 - ah beotch why did your husband ACCEPT the request if was so hurt by her. - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:26
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- "Grab your balls, lady." -- nm - Max Aug 21, 07:22 2
  - Word....GYB!!! -- nm - Jim Aug 21, 07:27 1
    - Longer answer: "hey he friended me too. why would a married man friend an old high school gf who hurt him? maybe he's weak. maybe you aint all that." - Max Aug 21, 07:28
- 1 -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 07:22
- no response. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:21
- 3 -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 07:20
- wow. i'd send back an email saying 'i'm sorry you took that the wrong way, i meant nothing by it." - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:20 3
  - That's what she did...she basically said that no harm was intended and apologized. nm - Jim Aug 21, 07:26 2
    - the wife is way too insecure. carrie did nothing wrong. it was *high school*. tell her it's that crazy woman's proble, not her's. - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:31 1
      - Miss Hazard responds ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 07:38
I rarely take Facebook quizzes and NEVER publish results, but I had to the "How Evil Are You?" quiz. - TWuG Aug 21, 07:14 10
- I would trust you to babysit my kitten. -- nm - Redmond Aug 21, 07:20 5
  - wait you have a Kitten? - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:27 3
    - No kitten. My kitty cat is 10 years old. -- nm - Redmond Aug 21, 07:29
    - actually a Cougar. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:28 1
      - rowrrrr -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 07:32
  - have you seen his T Rex? -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:23
- But surely all Facebook quizzes are scientific? -- nm - Roger More Aug 21, 07:19
- I'm 15%. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:19 2
  - Though, gingers are automatically at least 13% evil by default. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 21, 07:21 1
    - hey! -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:22
Kings Dominion is getting the largest fastest coaster on the East Coast, 92mph -- (link) - MDH Aug 21, 07:14 9
- For something that huge, there are a shocking lack of hills. - TFox Aug 21, 07:36
- Senior would be proud. Junior would limp in well behind the other cars. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 21, 07:28
- Nolan Ryan is the launch commander. He gives the train a split second headstart and then pitches a ball at the back rider's head. -- nm - Max Aug 21, 07:27
- Weeps that I have lost my roller coaster abilities :( 85 degree drop from 305 would be awesome!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 21, 07:27
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- hooooleeeeee sh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!T -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 07:23
- 85 degree drop. no thanks! -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:22 1
  - I will be taking off work to ride this -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 07:31
- Ooh! -- nm - kelly Aug 21, 07:17
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- Cash for C*mdumpsters? -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 07:08
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Local Toronto News: Over 120 homes in NW Toronto suburb have been evacuated due to yesterday's tornado...and a small town in SW Ontario... - Walt_Disney Aug 21, 06:59 1
- the news was showing viewer video this morng, crazy. and an 11 year old boy was killed in Durham. Vaughn has declared a state of emergency.... - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:05
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- Here's his record breaking 200m run from last night. NMByoutube -- (link) - DreadPR Aug 21, 07:05 [youtube] 3
  - wow, it even looks like he let up a bit at the end. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:11
  - amazing, and he's a big guy. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:10 1
    - big is ok for a sprinter -- even good! -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 07:12
- Good lord. -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 07:04
Could this picture be more wrong? Megrahi boards plane in the UK ... read what it says on the steps. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 21, 06:50
SITWAP? Megrahi gets hero's welcome in Tripoli. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 21, 06:46 1
- disgusting. - znufrii Aug 21, 06:48
As if the pun here wasn't bad (read: good) enough -- (link) - znufrii Aug 21, 06:46
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Pitchfork names the 500 Best songs of the 2000s, here's the top 20, TFox take note -- (link) - MDH Aug 21, 06:20 11
- of those 20, there's 3 that I recognize by name. - znufrii Aug 21, 06:31 1
  - don't count on it. -- nm - TFox Aug 21, 07:11
- meh. i scanned the top 20, and like I say below, other than getting #1 right, it's beyond iffy. -- nm - TFox Aug 21, 06:22 8
  - I just thought it was funny Outkast had 2 on there, after the Outkast convo yesterday -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 06:23 7
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      - I thought for sure #1 would be an indie band no one has ever heard of -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 06:37 1
        
        I was actually expecting Jay-Z or Beyonce. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 06:38
    - Oh definitely. They got that right. But like, LCD Soundsystem? Not #2. Arcade Fire? Nowhere near a top 20. - TFox Aug 21, 06:24 3
      - I might have as many as 3 Arcade Fire songs in my top 20. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 06:30 1
        
        You would be wrong. - TFox Aug 21, 07:08
      - They sweat LCD, they have 3-4 in the top 50 - MDH Aug 21, 06:29
First they contract out the assassination program to Blackwater... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 21, 06:14
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"'Then he punches her,' Nelson said..." -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 21, 05:30
Don't forget to sign up to play fantasy football. 1 spot still available. Be there, or be square! - Don Homer Aug 21, 05:06
97% of iPhone owners love their iPhones; 55% hate AT&T. Are you listening, Apple? -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 21, 04:51 1
- And: "Is the iPhone Mom the New Soccer Mom?" -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 21, 04:53
TFox let me know when you watch A Bridge Too Far, I have it on DVD too...we can be DVD Buddies! -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 04:43 1
- awesome. that will not happen in the immeidate future, but maybe in a week or two. i will mentally note this. -- nm - TFox Aug 21, 05:55
Happy Friday!! -- nm - Don Homer Aug 21, 04:41 1
- Happy Friday! -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 06:29
PB&J sandwich, banana and chocolate milk. I am feeling quite satisfied with this breakfast choice. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 21, 04:41
Not a student, but still a great FB status update. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 21, 04:26 13
- Last weekend in Chicago, I shopped in "America's most European grocery store." -- nm - psilotum Aug 21, 07:26
- for the record, ambulance rides cost $40. and that's only if you don't have addition insurance through work or something. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 06:46 5
  - In our county ambulance rides are actually free, which is nice. Though that also means some people take advantage of it. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 21, 07:07 1
    - that's great, it should be. - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:08
  - I was once billed $400 for an ambulance ride. - kelly Aug 21, 06:59 1
    - oh, i believe it, i was just responding to the silly facebook status. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 07:07
  - (and my father took an helicopter 120 miles to Toronto to a bigger cancer center and wasn't charged.) -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 06:48
- we're European? awesome! -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 21, 06:45
- I feel so European all of a sudden...does that mean I get to be even more pompous and full of myself? -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 04:46 3
  - You'd have to renounce ice hockey first. -- nm - LMS Aug 21, 06:03 2
    - and start sitting in cafes? -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 06:27
    - Whoa whoa whoa. When in the course of human events... -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 21, 06:23
- Does Canada know they have been annexed? -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 21, 04:40
Yet another spin-off - Doctor Who the Animated Adventures coming this Autumn. -- (link) - LMS Aug 21, 04:24
Mantracker will be on Breakfast Television (Toronto) this morning. -- nm - zork Aug 21, 04:02
TFox - I tried donating earlier, and the .org website didn't like my money. - JaxSean Aug 21, 03:46 1
- :( that sucks. if you'd like, you could PayPal it to me directly. - TFox Aug 21, 05:55
STIS: Is there a way to tell what type of graphics card (PCI or something else?) I'd need if I wanted to expand/upgrade from this info: - JaxSean Aug 21, 03:35 2
- It has 1 PCIe X16 slot open, so I would say you can upgrade, this link is more understandable - Scorpion Aug 21, 06:54 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 21, 07:51
Aloha from Hawai'i!!! -- nm - Guigue Aug 21, 03:09 2
- *jealous* -- nm - Beaker Aug 21, 04:49
- Nice! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 21, 03:12
~ So ronery and sadry arone ~ - JaxSean Aug 21, 01:44
Sounds like david had a very annoying evening with his laptop stuff ... hopefully the link I just sent him will totally make his Friday -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 00:20 2
- I'm more worried about the cat, but the laptop is probably dead. -- nm - David Aug 21, 00:26 1
  - ah. that was insensitive of me ... I hope that the kitty will be okay. - Beryllium Aug 21, 00:27
sears.com has a problem -- (link) - ty97 Aug 20, 23:54 4
- [spoils] - zork Aug 21, 03:54 1
  - Tried it, doesn't work. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 06:33
- brilliant marketing, that's probably exactly how people who buy big fucking saws describe them - zeitgeist Aug 21, 00:31
- How else are you going to find a Big Fucking Saw. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 00:21
Season 4 of dexter is ... going to be brutal. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 23:27 2
- Ive been told a bunch of times by people that dont even know me that I look like Dexter... but I've never seen the show -- nm - Stewie Aug 21, 04:02 1
  - here's a pic of him I found in a stock photo library (obvie. before the show made him big) -- nm - zork Aug 21, 04:05
Pitchfork's top 10 singles of the decade are surprisingly mainstream for them. - Reagen Aug 20, 23:14 13
- It's still trying harder to be indie than they are to be correct, and it's glaringly obvious. - TFox Aug 21, 05:59
- 5 for me. 6, if you count the few times I listened to Kid A and thought it sucked so never listened to it again. - JaxSean Aug 21, 00:35
- how many of them were in world series games? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 21, 00:10
- What an odd list. - ty97 Aug 20, 23:24 8
  - "except for ty" -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 23:26 7
    - I'm glad I could help. - ty97 Aug 20, 23:30 6
      - Pitchfork's motto is "indier than thou" but also has that reverse-snobbery thing going where they'll over praise something right in the mainstream. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 23:33 5
        
        It's the non-indie parts that are confusing me. - ty97 Aug 20, 23:36 4
        
        I think they're legitimately looking for mainstream songs with impact. - Reagen Aug 20, 23:40 3
        
        Easily Daft Punk's most known song this decade. Homework was 10 years ago (yikes). -- nm - Tim Aug 20, 23:43 2
        
        Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger since people know the Kanye rip. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 21, 00:37
        
        I remember seeing the Around the World video for the first time and wondering if I'd accidentally ingested something. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 23:50
- Wow, that's one of the, like, three Radiohead songs I like. -- nm - Tim Aug 20, 23:21
[An error occurred while processing this crime scene] -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 23:07 1
- wraps yellow tape around b2 to secure it. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 23:10

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