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Have you ever used the expression; "penny wise, pound foolish"? -- nm - Loyola Nov 3, 11:01 6
- i certainly know it, not sure i've used it. but possibly. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 11:04
- Pennywise? The evil clown???? - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 11:03
- I actually have never heard that expression until now. nm - Jovian Nov 3, 11:03 1
  - Glad to be of service :) -- nm - Loyola Nov 3, 11:04
- Of course. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 11:02
- I haven't ever used it in speech, but I've heard it and read it before. And it spawned a clown and then a band. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:02
Of all the testimonies in support of marriage equality, in various forums over the last year... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 3, 10:51 3
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  - Save me the trouble and gimme a link, please? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:58 1
    - Here: 86 year old, life long Republican. Veteran of WWII. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 3, 11:02 [youtube]
We must take a stand. Political correctness ends here! Boulder's Naked Halloween Streak May Be Coming to an End -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:49
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- I can't decide if this matches Rule/Realm/Whatever 4 below, or one of the other ones, or would need a new rule -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:50
- Washington Post said pretty much the same thing. -- (link) - Ender Nov 3, 10:45 1
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- I'd forgotten that in the original series, the symbol on their uniforms was very Nazi-esque. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 10:45 3
  - the 80's V was playing on scifi this weekend, I wonder if the new show will use the old shows symbol -- nm - Jovian Nov 3, 10:46 2
    - it's also been on the past 2 days with the tv series that followed the mini series -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 10:59
    - it better have a better theme song. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 10:48
- Which makes the original more-than-a-quarter-century old version decades ahead of its time. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 10:43 7
  - except that version was telling a Nazi Allegory type story. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 10:44 6
    - Yes, ultimately, but the set-up is fairly similar. And what is a pilot but set-up? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 10:48 3
      - Granted and I do agree the new version is going for the Anti-Obama slant....it's like the Original BSG/NEW Bsg thing... - Remlik Nov 3, 10:51 2
        
        I think it'll likely be one of those things where if you want to see it that way, you will. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 11:02
        
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    - V is calling Obama a Nazi! -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:45 1
      - A Nazi Zombie! The alians still want to eat us, doncha know. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 10:46
How many SS signees did we get after? -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:37 18
- did you catch them all ? - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:45 14
  - Pikachuuuuuuuuuuuuuu -- nm - Qale v2.0 Nov 3, 10:47 13
    - Kim says she is going as Pikachu for Halloween next year. I asked her why she is ruining the sanctity of slutty costumes. -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:48 12
      - maybe she could go as a slutty pikachu -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:51 10
        
        That was her suggestion but it's hard to envision that being realistic. -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:53 9
        
        Here, this will help: -- (link) - TWuG Nov 3, 10:59 4
        
        That link is...annoying. I blame bery. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:01 3
        
        I've discovered that I have neither the time nor the inclination to scour and repost stuff. It bores me. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:03 2
        
        Yeah, that was why automation was key. -- nm - David Nov 3, 11:04
        
        (It only works for me if I repost stuff that interests me) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:04
        
        Do you remember Uma Thurman's character in Kill Bill? - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:55 3
        
        Do I remember The Bride? Yes. I also remember that Luke Skywalker fellow. -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:56 2
        
        The subject was a joke, duh :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 11:00
        
        "Hey, um, like, remember, like, in the Terminator, when you said 'I'll be back'?" - Chris Farley si Nov 3, 11:00
      - PokePron is tragic indeed. -- nm - Qale v2.0 Nov 3, 10:50
- Let me check (and I'll send it to Head Elf Andie). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:39 2
  - ah, yes! merci. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 10:41 1
    - Looks like 44. (sent.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:44
I'm mostly proud of my Twitter list of followed funny people. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:36
Having the mis-read of our water meter corrected changed the quarterly bill from $330 to $120 -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 10:36 1
- nice -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:36
What amuses me is that some of the big NFL powerhouses from the earlier 2000s are now the worst in the nfl. - tRuMaN Nov 3, 10:31
DML: Subway or Panera. tia. - lileve Nov 3, 10:26 6
- subway. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 10:30
- Do you know what I've been having lately for lunch? Soup. With a load of bread. Quality. -- nm - Loyola Nov 3, 10:28 2
  - how's the Tim Hortons French Onion soup? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:39 1
    - Dunno. -- nm - Loyola Nov 3, 10:42
- subway -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:27
- salad or bagel at Panera -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 10:27
Remember i turned down carrying the torch in Timmins? Well, Shania Twain is doing it. :) -- (link) - Andie Nov 3, 10:25 3
- that don't impress me much. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 10:26 2
  - whose boots has your bed been under -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:28 1
    - speaking of which - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:31
So from yesterday, I am downloading the Torchlight demo and have decided if I like it, I'll get it at the end of NaNo as a reward. -- nm - Qale v2.0 Nov 3, 10:24 2
- I give you permission to count any words written in a brief review towards your 50k. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 10:25 1
  - I'm totally not against having one of my characters write a review within the NaNo. He raged against Adam Sandler and reviewed 1408 in the first one. -- nm - Qale v2.0 Nov 3, 10:32
All kidding (and whining) aside, New Orleans' offense is as good as NE's was when they 16-0. - David Nov 3, 10:23 3
- I have a hard time imagining them not in the Super Bowl. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 10:59 1
  - AFC playoffs are going to be a bloodbath. It's going to be very hard to predict. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:01
- yeah, now that the Saints have a running game, that offense is scary. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 10:28
Canadian PSA: Friday MAX lotto jackpot is up to $50 million (tax free, lump sum). -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:20 4
- for $5 what do you have to lose - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:24 3
  - yeah that was crazy. he should feel better now that they have decided to give him his money -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:25 2
    - why did he even bother playing? if there's no thrill... -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 10:42
    - as if he was needing another seventeen million -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:28
Here it is again, my Twitter list for SlackerTalk. -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:20 28
- I think I have a few you don't. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:33 19
  - Better link -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:35 18
    - Here's mine. I have 58 I think. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:39 17
      - link would be nicer. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:39 16
        
        Hyde! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:43
        
        There's only 20 on your SlackerTalk list. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:40 14
        
        should be multiple pages. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:45 9
        
        No, you have 58 *total*. 20 on your ST list. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:47 8
        
        when you click on his ST list, and then click "Following", all 58 of those are STers -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:53
        
        No, I "follow" 123. There's 58 on my ST list... -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:52 6
        
        Agreed. That *is* too many. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:54 3
        
        Let's summarily execute STers to keep the numbers down! -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:56 2
        
        Now you're making sense! -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:59 1
        
        ooh, sorry. the warriors go first, mop. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 11:02
        
        How does this thread not involve Liiolulu and Reagen??? -- nm - David Nov 3, 10:53 1
        
        ha! -- nm - b. Nov 3, 10:58
        
        Who's dunkind (Seth)? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:42 3
        
        um, dunkind. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 10:47 2
        
        I assume you meant "penis". -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:48 1
        
        *gives you the look* -- nm - b. Nov 3, 10:53
- added myself -- nm - budice Nov 3, 10:31 2
  - What's your Twitter name? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:43 1
    - iamthemarquees -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 3, 10:51
- heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 10:27
- I haven't used Twitter since June 17? - ty97 Nov 3, 10:26
- i haz a twitter. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 3, 10:26 1
  - Twitter name? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:44
- hwdyk -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 10:21
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- *sigh* I thought we had already put that issue to bed... -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 10:20 1
  - maybe we should stop putting things to bed until we don't need the abortions anymore, hmm? -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 10:21
- Also in peril in the house because CBO brought it in at $1.2 trillion. - TFox Nov 3, 10:19 10
  - that's a lot different than the $894 billion net cost figure that the CBO put out last week - znufrii Nov 3, 10:34 5
    - I just saw it this morning. I know that the $894B is only the cost of the extension of coverage to the uninsured. - TFox Nov 3, 10:37 4
      - gotcha. seems like there's so many estimates out there now that opponents/proponents can just pick and choose whatever set of numbers best supports - znufrii Nov 3, 10:39 2
        
        And I even agree with not including all the costs. Because, for example, repealing SGR is expensive, but that was an insane law. - TFox Nov 3, 10:41
        
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      - Mmmm... donut holes.... -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 10:39
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    - The Senate bill, IMO, has always been closer to what would eventually emerge, at every step along the way. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 10:24 1
      - That stands to reason. There had to be a compromise to get yellow dog Dems to support it there. - TWuG Nov 3, 10:29
  - no that is some serious coinage. -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:21
con_carne, you're on the list now. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:18 3
- uh oh. what did he do? -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:22
- Now that it connects with FB again, I may use it more -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 10:22
- as long as it's not con brusselsprouts -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 10:18
If you think it through, this whole flash forward thing doesn't make any sense - FabioParme Nov 3, 10:16 12
- That wouldn't work. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 10:19 1
  - yeah, the "(now an alternate)" subnote is key. - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:20
- (spoils) - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:19 9
  - Well, where's the rule that says that I can't alter my future? - FabioParme Nov 3, 10:21 8
    - You can, but it wouldn't change what you already saw. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 10:23 2
      - I hate Temproal Mechanics. -- nm - Chief O'Brien Nov 3, 10:26 1
        
        word. -- nm - Dr. Sam Beckett Nov 3, 10:42
    - The flash forward is a memory. I would imagine that people's memories are not rewriting themselves, so ... sure, you can change the future. - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:23 4
      - But don't you think that of all the people on the planet, *one* person would have done something that would (spoilers?) - oblique Nov 3, 10:25 2
        
        yes, that's what I'm saying. What everyone saw is now meaningless. Mere hints at what might come to pass. - Beryllium Nov 3, 10:39
        
        One of the things I'm curious about is how they address the "can you change your future?" thing - celedhring Nov 3, 10:27
      - Now that makes sort of sense, I guess -- nm - FabioParme Nov 3, 10:25
*sells B2 to the bank, and leases it back in exchange for tax write-offs* -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 10:16 6
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  - I'm not, really. - znufrii Nov 3, 10:19 4
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      - (I realize that, but it would've made the post a lot clunkier to explain it all) - znufrii Nov 3, 10:26 1
        
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Sorry, mara, I added you to the wrong group. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:16
Why are there suddenly a bunch of people applying to the TickerTalk group? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 10:15 3
- They think if they join they get free presents? -- nm - Qale v2.0 Nov 3, 10:23
- Probably because B2 was the first they'd ever heard of it :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 10:16
- b2 -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 10:16
Re: Christmas shopping. We had our first family portrait sitting at Penny's. The wife says we can hand out our pictures as presents. - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:14 7
- *opens present* Where's the rest of the voodoo kit? -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 10:21
- I expected a bonus... but pictures of your kids? That's cool, I guess. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 10:20
- as long as it doesn't look like these -- (link) - Hotkiss Nov 3, 10:20
- (like this one) -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 10:17 [Image] 3
  - the backround sucks. get some lighter shade, and a santa hat on the baby -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 10:24 1
    - Nah, the santa hat is for one to go on the Christmas card, not this one. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 10:31
  - your parents will love them. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 10:18
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~jingle bells jingle bells~ -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 10:13

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