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ST poll: have you every saved someone's live? - M Nov 7, 11:56 10
- several times, and I got some medals from the Navy to show for it. - ceregon Nov 7, 12:15
- yes - Trish Nov 7, 12:05
- i drove my dad to the hospital when he was having a heart attack. i don't know if that saved him per se -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 12:02
- Twice, A friend almost walked in front of a moving bus accidentally.... - budice Nov 7, 12:00
- yes. twice. -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 11:58 1
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- No. No one's saved mine either, that I know of. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 11:58
- i've been credited with it. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:57
- Performed the heimlich on a kid at Disneyland -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 11:57
- not directly. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 11:57
I just fainted while trying to remove a big splinter from my finger. - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:54 11
- My brother has a great story about a teacher cutting up a pig and sliced his hand. Thought there was pig guts in the wound, grabbed, and *pulled* - Max Nov 7, 11:59
- next time you put your dick in a hole in the wall make sure the edges are smoothed! -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 11:58 3
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    - unless it is really a 2X4, this is the only way I can see fainting from a splinter... - Beaker Nov 7, 12:01 1
      - I almost fainted thinking about it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 12:02
- How big was it a 2x4? -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 11:56 3
  - Oh! Good idea! I'll measure it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 11:58 2
    - and measure how much blood you've lost -- nm - M Nov 7, 11:59 1
      - That's easy -- about half a shot. And the splinter measures ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 12:01
- I don't remember that being the proper method. You should watch "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" again -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 11:56 1
  - If I was a real man, I'd just put duct tape over it and have a shot of whiskey or two. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 12:03
Finally caught up with all 5 seasons of Entourage after 1.5 months. What show should I tackle next? - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:54 12
- True Blood -- nm - Max Nov 7, 12:00
- for funny: Psych -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 12:00
- Rome. -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 12:00
- Dexter... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:59
- Arrested Development. -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 11:59
- How I Met Your Mother. -- nm - Shaun Nov 7, 11:58
- Arrested Development, hands down. (nm) - musubi Nov 7, 11:57
- Pushing Daisies (I find Arrested Development unwatchable more often than not.) -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:56
- 1. Arrested Development. 2. Pushing Daisies. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:55
- Dexter. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 7, 11:55
- Arrested Development, absolutely. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:55 1
  - word -- nm - M Nov 7, 11:55
50 skills (I use that term loosely) every "geek" should have. - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:53 11
- #45 is one of my top anti-apple motivations. - celedhrymandias Nov 7, 11:59 1
  - yeah, I'm proud that I was actually able to build my own PC, and that makes me less inclined towards Macs as well -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 12:02
- I'm about ready to attempt #3. -- nm - TaurusII Nov 7, 11:59 2
  - And re: #5: Our house came wired for coax. and why wire Ethernet when you can do wireless? -- nm - TaurusII Nov 7, 12:01 1
    - #16: Done, several times. #22: Have done for decades. -- nm - TaurusII Nov 7, 12:04
- re #10, what if your neighbors are too stupid to encrypt their WiFi? -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:58 2
  - change the SSID to HaCkEd by CD! -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 11:58 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:59
- I (heart) #47 -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 11:56
- I've done #24, but most of the others I don't have a clue -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 11:55 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 11:56
Obama's press conference starting in a moment. NPR: "Obama's punctuality seems to be closer to Clinton's and less like Bush's." -- nm - Max Nov 7, 11:52 1
- shut your stupid mouth, melissa block! -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:53
Obama's first press conference about to start -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:51
Fallout 3 - last night mini adventure log - Jovian Nov 7, 11:49 2
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  - yeah (spoil) - decline Nov 7, 11:54
*drops Banshee out of the sky with the Gauss gun* -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:48
I'm madly in love with Vermin's dog. He reminds me of Mirfy and Jake put together. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 11:47 3
- Pepper looks sweet, but I just love Penny. I don't know why, but even since her first puppy pictures I've liked that dog. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 11:53
- *bottom lip quiver* -- nm - Ayumi SI Nov 7, 11:49 1
  - *gasp!* -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 11:51
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Some behind the scenes photos of the Obama family and others on Election Night. -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 7, 11:45 [flickr]
So, let's say that Melissa Etheridge started a movement about gay Californians not paying income tax. - David Nov 7, 11:38 39
- I think that was just blog rhetoric. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 11:44
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  - i understand she has no legal ground, but, i stll admire the stance. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:43 33
    - Like our conversation earlier this week, I really doubt that this action will do *anything* to help her cause and may in fact, just make more people - oblique Nov 7, 11:48 1
      - More people? I doubt it. The only people who would use it against her would be people who aren't supporting her now anyway. - musubi Nov 7, 11:51
    - I think that if she got the right people following her, it could get interesting. - David Nov 7, 11:47 21
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        I'm not talking about one person. I'm talking about a hundred. - David Nov 7, 11:54 6
        
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        And the same could be said of any civil/feminist rights issue in the past. That's the point of civil disobedience: to point out legal injustices. -- nm - David Nov 7, 12:01
        
        I do like how she makes it an issue of citizen's rights plain and simple. - Amy Nov 7, 12:01
        
        Every gay person could move to MA and Prop 8 would still be Prop 8. So how is moving a better protest? (nm) - musubi Nov 7, 12:01 2
        
        moving doesn't end you up in jail... -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 12:02 1
        
        it also doesn't bring any attention to the issue. civil rights have gotten as far as they have because people have willingly broken laws in order to - Andie Nov 7, 12:03
        
        but, that's like saying to a black person "well, if you don't like being discriminated against here, move somewhere else." - Andie Nov 7, 11:53 5
        
        Agreed. Some people just don't understand how dehumanizing it is to be discriminated against. (nm) - musubi Nov 7, 11:59
        
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        Zero relation isn't true. She's a tax paying citizen of california, but CA is now discriminating against her. - musubi Nov 7, 12:03
        
        i'm sure that's her reasoning for blogging that. bringing attention to the issue. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:56
        
        Exactly. It's just some "biblically justified" modern spin on separate but equal. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:54
      - ultimately if they followed through they'd go to jail which would be really interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:48 5
        
        Oh, I think that's a requisite step but civil disobedience might be needed to stop this sort of nonsense from getting put on ballots. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:49 4
        
        Mormons gonna get boycotted -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:51 2
        
        This is on the shortlist of most hypocritical religious acts I've ever seen. - David Nov 7, 11:51 1
        
        *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Nov 7, 12:01
        
        Agreed...I don't know if she (or I) have that sort of courage. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:50
      - looks like i've been doing my part since 2006! -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:48
    - If she follows through, then I'll admire it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:44
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      - I think she just wrote a piece to get people to think. She's no Wesley Snipes. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 11:46
      - I think it would make a heck of statement if she just moved to MA -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:45 4
        
        I hope she doesn't do that... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:49 2
        
        I know, but if there was seen to be some sort of economic consequences to these decisions... -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:49 1
        
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        Works for us. -- nm - Yes on 8'ers Nov 7, 11:47
    - Ditto... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:44
  - Where you a while back? -- nm - Wesley Snipes Nov 7, 11:42 1
    - "Where were you a while back?" - gah! -- nm - Wesley Snipes Nov 7, 11:43
- there is no grounds that have ever succeeded for not paying taxes. it's more a civil disobedience thing and if she's willing to take the consequences - pigby Nov 7, 11:40
bonus hax chat question: BF took job after graduation in another city. should she just end it or try and make it work from where she is?? - pigby Nov 7, 11:37 6
- I think if you really love the person you're with, "I don't like the city where he's living" is a bullshit excuse. - kelly Nov 7, 11:40 4
  - He could move to her. I don't think either one really wants this anymore. -- nm - Amy Nov 7, 11:43 1
    - Me neither. It sounds like it's over but neither knows how to/wants to be the one to break it off. -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 11:46
  - I'm with kelly. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:42
  - well said -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 11:41
- not knowing if the bf has asked her to move there or not, it sounds as though bf has moved on. -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 11:39
The woot tablet is DigiPro brand. It works fine. You can draw lines of varying width and color. You can use it as a mouse. It has pressure - psilotum Nov 7, 11:33 3
- There must be some sort of quality discrepancy between the DigiPro and one of the more expensive Wacom products. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:37 1
  - Not necessarily, Wacom knows they're still the only company most graphic designers want, and they may price their products accordingly -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 11:39
- Interesting, thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:35
Role Models' biggest problem is not that it's mostly bitter and negative, not to mention wholly odd in being inappropriate. No the problem is... - Qale Nov 7, 11:32 7
- It got fresh ratings on RT... -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 7, 11:38 3
  - It's good. -- nm - budice Nov 7, 11:40 1
    - It tries eternally too hard. -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 11:44
  - Movie critics are bitter and negative, I assume they felt right at home! This should have been my movie, but Zack and Miri a second time would have - Qale Nov 7, 11:39
- Nooooo! :( -- nm - kelly Nov 7, 11:36
- "I'm not here to service you, I'm here to service these young boys." - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:34 1
  - Qale was smart enough not to watch Grandma's Boy after the swag they gave me was some of the worst ever. - Qale Nov 7, 11:39
"Dear 52, if you really love me like you say, show me your breasts. Love, 48." -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:31 2
- *lifts shirt* -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 11:32
- "You're right...one is smaller than the other." -- nm - Oprah Nov 7, 11:32
SITWAP: GOP lawyers heading to Alaska to retrieve Palin's $150k wardrobe. -- (link) - TaurusII Nov 7, 11:31 23
- I want to know the labels! -- nm - lileve Nov 7, 11:34 5
  - Here you go. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 7, 11:37 2
    - Wow, those prices are out of control! -- nm - lileve Nov 7, 12:03 1
      - like I said, not out of line for a national politician. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 12:08
  - We want to see them tear her clothes off her body. -- nm - Most Men Nov 7, 11:36 1
    - They'll have to take the hair too. That won't look good. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 11:37
- The Daily Show segment on her was hysterical. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:32
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  - yep. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:36
  - well, on one Newsweek item they had info on a meeting where only Steve Schmidt, Mark Salter, Sarah Palin and Todd Palin were in the room. - crash davis Nov 7, 11:34
  - Did you see Newsweek's gallery of the wardrobe? The commentary by snotty sales girls is ridiculous. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:33 4
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      - the seven piece article they have on the behind the scenes of the campaign this week is fascinating -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:38 2
        
        Just finished reading all of them...Great Article -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 11:47
        
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- she should store then in a container where Treadwell got killed and see how badly the lawyers really want them -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:32 3
  - the = them -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:32 2
    - way better .. "them lawyers" .. -- nm - M Nov 7, 11:33 1
      - doh! the = then = them -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:35
- the wardrobe suddenly got interesting. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:32 2
  - What was in those clothes, crack? -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 11:32 1
    - it's a lot of Louboutins, I'd guess. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 11:34
- If the clothes go on Ebay I'm watching you Vermin... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:32
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- Funny. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:32 6
  - is this for real or are you and ML just punking Stewie? -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:38 3
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      - They'd wanted him the last couple of years, same as Dallas. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:48
      - ouch -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 11:39
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    - He's already given up more yardage this year than any season in his career. I have to think it was the system. - David Nov 7, 11:35
I do love the possibilities of that change.gov website. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:28 5
- The email that he sent out to the campaign contributers had a great line in it... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:35 2
  - Nicey. -- nm - Most Men Nov 7, 11:36 1
    - sfan. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 11:36
- We can give you forty-nine singles and ten dimes. We can give you twenty-five twos. Come talk to us. -- nm - First Citiwide Change Bank Nov 7, 11:30 1
  - (of course, there's a $5 fee for making change.) -- nm - First Citiwide Change Bank si Nov 7, 11:32

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