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The Pat-Down...audition for The Daily Show or real TV journalism? you decide...warning I laughed alot. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 10:59 1
- the Kitty Cat Ranch sounds nice... -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 11:00
facebook question since I never go there - peglegpete Nov 7, 10:57 1
- no, that's whorebook -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 10:58
LYC: Our medical flex accounts at work can be used to pay for stuff like aspirin and gym memberships. You designate the amount you want, it's taken -- nm - David Nov 7, 10:56 4
- Just read b2: my fault. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:04
- you didn't post it seventy eleven times, so it must not be true. -- nm - Callisto Nov 7, 10:58
- I maxed mine out on hearing aids, other years use it for teeth. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:57
- lyc, I have no such fancy things. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:57
*jumps in the warthog with the gauss gun, starts scanning the horizon for targets* -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 10:55 3
- *walks up behind Crash and punches him in the back of the head* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 11:00 1
  - actually I fondly remember the game from two weeks ago in which Ed, Pete, and Danny all charged my gauss gun from the front, repeatedly - crash davis Nov 7, 11:02
- *watches crash miss the first 50 shots* - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:56
VMan, I saw your post from yesterday. Thanks for looking! -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 10:55 2
- No problem - nmbInigo - VMan Nov 7, 11:00 1
  - I got a staff meeting, but will check back after. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 11:01
YC: What I've noticed about my work day... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:51 12
- honestly that is my mondays. - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:58
- I kind of dislike Fridays as my phone is quiet in the morning and then clients dump all their crap on me the last two hours before they go home. -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 10:52 10
  - the nice thing about working for a gov client is that they all disappear mid afternoon on Fridays. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:57 1
    - grrrr.... -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:01
  - ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:54
  - This is the norm for me, but it's the staff. It all starts heavy around Friday 4:00 pm. I'm going to stop answering the phone. -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 10:54 6
    - And then your boss gets moved from row 2 to row 3, and forget it. - ty97 Nov 7, 10:56 3
      - *calls temp agency* -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 10:58 2
        
        It kills me that people can't handle their own friggin travel - ty97 Nov 7, 10:59 1
        
        It's when she's at the airport at the gate and she expects me to get some flight attendant to let her sit in an exit row. - Diva Nov 7, 11:02
    - a Nortorious, "Hey Mel, I know I'm not supposed to do this but can you help me?" Person called about an hour ago... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:55 1
      - good. Is this that sort of loony lady who pages you on the weekend? -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 10:59
ty from B2, about them not getting their choices on the ticket - crash davis Nov 7, 10:46
hmm, according to my phone, its warmer in boise then in kc. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:46
so tonight, will we be able to watch the crash & eag vs remlik halo grudge match? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:45 7
- That all depends if bald boy wants to come out and play:) -- nm - eag Nov 7, 10:59
- I bear no grudges against Remlik. -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 10:51 3
  - Crash has me permanently assigned to do it for him. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:04
  - You just want to kill him moreso than others:) -- nm - eag Nov 7, 10:58
  - "If I say you have a shiny bald head, will you hold it against me?" -- nm - crash SI Nov 7, 10:51
- heh, we should do that on Valhalla, with a "Spectator" team. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 10:49 1
  - word. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:49
TT Poll: You have $500 to spend but you have to buy something (not pay off CC or other debt). What do you buy? -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 10:44 58
- pot. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 11:02
- Damn, Secret Stalker has gotten expensive! -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 7, 11:00
- An xbox 360 or a wacom tablet. -- nm - lileve Nov 7, 10:54 7
  - What does a $500 wacom tablet do? I bought a cheap one on woot, but I don't use it much. -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 10:59 6
    - I saw that one on woot but online reviews for it were horrible. What do you think of it? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:01 3
      - Was it a real Wacom? -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 11:02 2
        
        No it was the cheapie $34 one. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:03 1
        
        I'd have bought it in a second if it was a Wacom. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:03
    - It's bigger. If you pay $3000+, you can get one that's a screen AND a wacom tablet (you write on the screen itself) -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 11:01
    - That ~$30 one they have had? How is it? - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:00
- I still can't come up with anything. Kinda freaky really. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 10:54 2
  - complete collection of Gerard Butler videos? New couch? artwork? wardrobe upgrade? -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:02
  - world atlas? -- nm - M Nov 7, 10:55
- A dog / pet supplies. -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 10:53
- Total splurge? I'd get Spawn a bunch of new wii games. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 10:52 1
  - Mama MINE! -- nm - Lil Logan Nov 7, 10:54
- a 50mm lens -- nm - M Nov 7, 10:52
- Not enough for a tablet PC but a graphics tablet will do. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 10:51
- Tough one... It's just not enough to buy the TV I want. Maybe something for my camera -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 10:49
- A new stereo receiver and speakers -- nm - con_carne Nov 7, 10:49
- a new bed (well, i'd put it *towards* a new bed.) -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 10:48 12
  - Just your half of the new bed. Let him sleep on the rebar. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:49 11
    - heh. (totally lyc inside). - Andie Nov 7, 10:50 10
      - I did that for years after college. the frame just took up space. Is it because it's too low? It's not like the frame makes it more comfortable. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:51 6
        
        i just don't like how it *looks*. - Andie Nov 7, 10:54 5
        
        'borrow' four bricks from a construction site -- nm - M Nov 7, 10:56 2
        
        chains, from the ceiling -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:58 1
        
        i.e., the "Max" look. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:00
        
        Crackie den! -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 10:55 1
        
        exactly! - Andie Nov 7, 10:57
      - headboard and frame shouldn't be *too* expensive. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:51 2
        
        i don't even need a head board. (we have a thai screen there now). - Andie Nov 7, 10:55 1
        
        ah, now it comes out. :) -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:56
- Wii games and accessories. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 10:48
- Whiskey stockpile. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 10:48
- Psych s2, Veronica Mars 2 & 3, DS9 complete set, The Wire complete set. -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 10:48
- kindle, I think. (nm) - Callisto Nov 7, 10:47 1
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- Right now, it would go toward Christmas presents. If I had to spend it on myself....... - ty97 Nov 7, 10:47
- a sexy old book -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:46 13
  - "Because I know you like rabbits and I know you like cheese..." -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 10:49 4
    - pff, that book's not old. I'm talking *old* -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:50 3
      - hyde: The Early Years -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 10:52 2
        
        were there books? -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:55 1
        
        in cuneiform -- nm - M Nov 7, 11:03
  - "A Book? She bought a Book??" -- nm - Sam Nov 7, 10:49
  - if only you had the same taste in women as you do in books. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:47 6
    - You're not sexy - oblique Nov 7, 10:48 3
      - *triple take* -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:48 2
        
        See, you should be flattered that I...um...yeah, I'm sure there's something nice in there...um... - oblique Nov 7, 10:50 1
        
        I'll need to run it through the mass spec. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:51
    - Diana Rigg is too rich and too sophisticated to accept that kind of offer. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 10:48 1
      - and Helen Mirren is taken. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:48
- plane ticket. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:46 1
  - we could just drive and meet at the halfway mark. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:51
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- Is it *mine*? xBox 360 and some games. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 10:46
- hmm, the phone I bought earlier this week, along with the memory and video card I bought on monday. - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:45
Are we not allowed to ask any more [coughinsurancecough] questions - ty97 Nov 7, 10:44
LYC: my car gets a heart transplant - M Nov 7, 10:43 2
- My coworker wants to buy one of those ... they look nice. Sorry to hear that you'll have to wait longer. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 10:44 1
  - I tell myself I don't need or want one right now anyway. - M Nov 7, 10:45
nmbAmy - Hotkiss Nov 7, 10:42 1
- I'm so glad! I love that cheese. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 10:46
So, it looks like I am going to play Basket Bingo again tonight. It would be really cool if I win something again. - kelly Nov 7, 10:42 5
- give it to will. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:47 4
  - Tonight I'm giving Will to you. :) - kelly Nov 7, 10:51 3
    - hmm, but will you make him dinner first? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:53 2
      - Nope. - kelly Nov 7, 10:54 1
        
        hmm, - tRuMaN Nov 7, 11:03
I'm such a slacker that I managed to watch Jesus Camp at work this morning -nm - Guigue Nov 7, 10:42 14
- i'm still haunted by the image of that little child looking upwards with hands together praying... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 7, 10:51 5
  - I couldn't understand how mumbling in tongues was effective to talk to God. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 10:52 4
    - The sweetest "kid praying to God" story I ever heard was... - Dr.Vermin Nov 7, 10:56 3
      - I thought it was more like God speaking through them. They're letting go so it's not actually them talking - Guigue Nov 7, 10:58 2
        
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        Actually that does sound familiar. I think you're right. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 7, 11:02
- As scary as it was, I want to visit a megachurch in person just to see what it's like. I hear they're creepy with thousands of people chanting. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 10:43 3
  - You mean like an Obama rally? - oblique Nov 7, 10:46 1
    - or a Colts game? -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:52
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- Scariest movie of the past few years. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 10:42 3
  - Extremely. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 7, 10:47
  - wordy mcword. -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 10:43
  - The poor little girl scared me the most -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 10:42
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- If we can't stand up to Joe Lieberman, I can't see that Ahmadinejad has much to worry about. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 7, 10:52
- all that means is if he doesn't voluntarily step down, Reid will let the Democratic caucus do the dirty work for him -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 10:45
Palin/Quayle 2012! -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 10:41
More Fallout questions: Are there many quests that have a time limit on them? I'm curious if I spend alot of time poking around places if the quests - oblique Nov 7, 10:40 6
- I don' tthink so. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 10:57
- well, I would doubt it - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:55
- most tell you if youi have to complete in a set time period (at least this has been my experience with similar games) -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 10:51
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  - Yeah. It would seem crappy if they were. I just wondered because I had to wait outside a store for daylight for it to open and thought - oblique Nov 7, 10:44 1
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"It's easy to forget but the characters on Grey's Anat. and Sex in the City aren't real. In real life Meredith and Carrie would have warts or herpes" -- (link) - Max Nov 7, 10:40
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- Thanks, dude! :-) - con_carne Nov 7, 10:53
Oh, I should just ask the collection brain my wiring question. It's my thermostat. - Amy Nov 7, 10:39 10
- IANAHVAC - It may not even be the wiring. The temp sensor(s) could have failed to key it to turn off. Just a thought. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 10:41 4
  - Here's the oddball thing. There's supposed to be a little icon of a flame when the heat's on which doesn't display. The snowflake displays for a.c. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 10:43 3
    - I assume the heating is working though if it pulled the house up to 83 or whatever. Dumb question, but, did the furnace respond properly for heating - VMan Nov 7, 10:45 2
      - At the time, I thought it was heating, but it was 75 outside so it could have just been the fan. - Amy Nov 7, 10:50 1
        
        If it's gas the pilot could be out. Typical high efficiency will start low and you should hear a distinct increase in air flow noise after a few - VMan Nov 7, 10:54
- all fuses are ok? -- nm - M Nov 7, 10:40
- is your furnace actually turned *on*? don't you have to turn it on at the source ? -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 10:40 1
  - Yes, we have already had to run it this year. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 10:41
- cut the red wire! -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 10:40 1
  - Throw me that baby bottle! -- nm - MacGruber! Nov 7, 10:41
loosi - Reagen Republicans were a coalition of groups. And the religious right was an important part of that group. -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 10:38 3
- yeah, I remember. But I think the religious right is different now. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:39 2
  - but it started there. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 10:41 1
    - fair enough. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:41
Just woke up from my hangover, all is well again! -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 10:38 3
- Have a great day, HK :-) Happy Birthday to you! -- nm - con_carne Nov 7, 10:56
- Repeat after me: "I'm good." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 10:41
- then you didn't do it right. start again! -- nm - M Nov 7, 10:39
Barack Obama's new website, complete with agenda documents -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 7, 10:36 1
- I know he can't jump on the gay rights bandwagon - ty97 Nov 7, 10:42

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