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Do people who text on their phones pay for receiving text, or just sending? -- nm - mara Nov 4, 08:00 6
- Only for sending (for me) -- nm - Roger More Nov 4, 08:03
- I only pay for sending. -- nm - mafic Nov 4, 08:02
- I think I pay $0.10 to receive, and another $0.10 to send. It adds up quickly (which is why I don't text when I can help it.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 08:02
- if you do not have a plan, you normally pay for both. -- nm - decline Nov 4, 08:00 1
  - This is the case for me, which is exactly why I don't text. - Jelly Nov 4, 08:03
- yes - oblique Nov 4, 08:00
So the task I've been dreading doing didn't magically get done by itself. I absolutely have to do it today. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 07:58
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- Curious: how much do you hate Pedro now? and how much are you prepared to hate him in the morning? -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:55 12
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    - boner! -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 08:02
    - I am loving this World Series so far. Far more than I would have thought I could. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 08:01 5
      - it's been some fantastic baseball. -- nm - decline Nov 4, 08:03
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        I like that both teams actually feel like juggernauts. That isn't always the case, sadly. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 08:03 2
        
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        Agreed. I would have loved to go seven games with the Rockies. - Jelly Nov 4, 08:05
    - As in, you'd burst if you just imagined higher levels? Or you'd burst if you actually reached higher levels? - Subversive Nov 4, 08:00 1
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    - you and me both, brother. I'm going to be overjoyed when the Yankees light him up tonight -- nm - decline Nov 4, 07:58 1
      - This is what I'm hoping for. These late nights are killing me. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 08:00
So...PPP polling suspect....Siena polling....not as suspect. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:48 2
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  - We shoulda known something was up when they had only 3% undecided in a race one person just dropped out of and endorsed her opposing-party mate. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:53
Hump Day Overshare: I dreamt about Jon Bon Jovi a lot last night and it was fun. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 07:44 9
- awesome -- nm - e Nov 4, 07:59
- this ain't a dream for the brokenhearted -- nm - big time shamu Nov 4, 07:54
- His love is like bad medicine -- nm - Roger More Nov 4, 07:47 4
  - it will take more than a doctor to perscribe a remedy -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:47 3
    - He tried to resist me for a while but in the end... -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 07:59 2
      - ... he was forced to stay in the positions I posed him in, thanks to the wonderful adhesive properties of Aqua-Net. -- nm - Diva si Nov 4, 08:00 1
        
        yeah - positions with smooching. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 08:01
- ~ Wooooah, are you halfway there? ~ - Bon Jovi si Nov 4, 07:46 1
  - slippery when wet? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 07:46
Watched the Will Ferrell George Bush comedy special last night.....B-. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:42
This is my mental picture of 53% of Maine -- (link) - MDH Nov 4, 07:36
Ty - Salvos was on the F Word last night (spoilers) - LMS Nov 4, 07:29 3
- Smoked ewe's ricotta! I gotta get to Leeds! Place sounds amazing... -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 07:55
- mmm, now my mouth is watering. - ty97 Nov 4, 07:35 1
  - Now the queue to get in is going to be even longer. Bloody Ramsey. -- nm - LMS Nov 4, 07:43
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- Obama never promised the gays anything -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 07:46 1
  - He promised to repeal DADT and DOMA, so far nothing -- nm - MDH Nov 4, 07:47
- I never expected him to do much for gay rights. He and McCain seemed to have generally the same position on the issue during the campaign. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 07:32
- Disagree with your IM - ty97 Nov 4, 07:29 44
  - He's not going to ger re-elected if he continues to not do anything significant on the 'hot-button' issues. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 07:32 3
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      - Red meat! -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 08:01
      - The voice of apathy is powerful, yet subtle. Like Richard Simmons with duct tape over his mouth, wearing a business suit. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 07:39
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    - With respect, how often do politicians need to say one thing and mean another until you get the point? - ty97 Nov 4, 07:33 6
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        This feels like territory we have discussed (ad naseum) previously. - ty97 Nov 4, 07:40 4
        
        The thing that goes against your idea is that Obama did stick his neck out for an unpopular idea. - Inigo Nov 4, 07:49 3
        
        The vast majority of people want healthcare reformed. - ty97 Nov 4, 07:53 2
        
        That's not at all what I'm saying. - Inigo Nov 4, 08:00
        
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      - I think ML is talking about Obama's campaign promises for gay rights issues. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 07:34 14
        
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        Did you both have lost bets where you'd have to agree with one another? -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 07:45 1
        
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        I'm agreeing with z, ML and Dawson are agreeing... fuck this. - TFox Nov 4, 07:45 7
        
        I can't wait till Znu starts talking about the glory of the Yankees. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:46 6
        
        (he's a sox fan, he can't possibly... wait, he can.) - TFox Nov 4, 07:48 2
        
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        Personally, I think I'd have you defending ARod. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:49
        
        yes. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:47 2
        
        How about Znu si? -- nm - amoxy Nov 4, 07:47 1
        
        heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:48
    - Agreed. He has stated this multiple times. But I also agree he totally only cares about 2012 then he can worry about other issues. -- nm - MDH Nov 4, 07:32
    - "I do not support gay marriage" is a lot different than saying he supports it being taken away. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 07:32 2
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        I bet he's eating his keyboard after reading that. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 07:35
    - if the political climate were different, do you think he would continue to not support gay marriage? i extremely vehemently don't. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:32 7
      - I think if the climate was different, he'd be leading the cause, only becuase there'd be popular votes in support of it but still oppose it personaly. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:40 5
        
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        I think it's still grey-area enough that he's not ready to commit. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:45 3
        
        But he could win the popular vote! - ty97 Nov 4, 07:45 2
        
        Still a turnout battle.....and the conservatives have proven time and time again, they come out to vote strongly. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:51
        
        If everyone in the popular vote bothers to turn out. -- nm - Roger More Nov 4, 07:46
      - I posted a day or two ago: He has adopted a position meant to anger as few people as possible and has succeeded in please no one. - TWuG Nov 4, 07:35
  - ^5 -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:30
- It could be worse...he could be trying to sell your electricty infrastructure and long-term control of your energy market to Mexico -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:29 3
  - as NB is trying to do...only to Quebec...but rates will stay the same for 5 years!!!!!!!!!!!...then what? - Beaker Nov 4, 07:30 2
    - Ah quit bitchin'... - Guigue Nov 4, 07:43 1
      - not yet ;) -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:48
- Just like his speech at the HRC dinner, he pumped the crowd up, but ended up doing nothing -- nm - MDH Nov 4, 07:28
- i don't think he does. i just don't think he's willing to disagree with the Maine voters publicly right now, and risk his other priorities. - TFox Nov 4, 07:28 1
  - His priorities, since DADT is so hard to end... Um it's called an executive order and boom we are done. - MDH Nov 4, 07:29
Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 07:22 7
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- that is just absolutely absurd in a country as prosperous as the US. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 07:25 3
  - well, i mean, we're using our prosperity to buy food for all those kids. it would be absurd if we didn't have easily accessible food stamps. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:29 2
    - fair enough, but it seems appalling that 90% of black youths are in that situation. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 07:34 1
      - it's awful, and yet i constantly remind myself: MLK was shot all of 41 years ago. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:37
- I find that number to be so staggerring that I doubt it just because it is so staggerring...does that make sense? -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:24 1
  - the only thing that surprises me is that that many parents took the responsibility to sign up for the food stamps. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:24
Well, so much for that. All 800 vaccines have already been taken/appointments scheduled. -- nm - kelly Nov 4, 07:22 5
- my kids got theirs last night. -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:24 4
  - Rather than get the vaccine, I stopped eating barbecue. -- nm - David Nov 4, 07:25 3
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    - BAN BACON! -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:27
    - the cure is worse than the disease! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 07:27
hey, now, let's not start beating up on oregon when california is sitting right underneath us. - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 4, 07:21
Damn, first email of the day, a really decent guy on my last project suffered a major stroke - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:17 6
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- that sucks. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:22
- oh man ... that's terrible. very sorry to hear this. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 4, 07:22
- Geez. Your department has had some *bad* luck lately. - kelly Nov 4, 07:19
- :( -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 07:18
- Ye Gods, that's terrible. -- nm - David Nov 4, 07:18
New monitor in hand!! I have to hand it to newegg.ca. I ordered it Sunday and got it today, plus shipping was free. -- nm - Shaun Nov 4, 07:16
Also, casinos make children weep spontaneously, upping a region's General Non-Specific Sadness Quotient (GNSQ). -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:16 13
- I just know that since 1994 over $4bil has been pumped into Missouri's economy from casinos. Wonder where that money would have come from otherwise. -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 07:19 12
  - I think it's a fair question to ask where it came from regardless. - znufrii Nov 4, 07:22 7
    - People who feel lucky but who, fortunately for the rest of us, actually aren't!! - mara Nov 4, 07:24 5
      - I'm certainly not against gambling, but I don't tihnk it's useful to exaggerate its civic and economic value to society. - znufrii Nov 4, 07:25 4
        
        Ah...the displaced spending argument...I know a study was done in 2002 that estimated some $560mil was injected into the economy even with the - Jim Nov 4, 07:28
        
        Fun, on the other hand, *can* be created. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 07:27 1
        
        which is precisely why I'm not against gambling. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 07:27
        
        true enough, usually from the people who could least afford to lose it as well -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:26
    - beyond fair. nay, essential. don't sell yourself short. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:23
  - In fact, in RI, they forced the main dog track and gaming parlor place to pay so much tax revenue to get approval, that they struggle to stay afloat. - TFox Nov 4, 07:22
  - as long as some is put into extra police and problem gambler groups, I'm for it. -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:22
  - And don't forget the multitude of jobs. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:21 1
    - Over 11,000 jobs in the 12 casinos here. -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 07:26
"he learned not to waste time late in the week when the hay was in the barn for that week's game plan." - prayformojo Nov 4, 07:16 1
- See, the hay in the barn is the last thing that happens when you bale hay. -- nm - David Nov 4, 07:17
*hopes he's not drinking decaf coffee by mistake* -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 07:16
Remember: you hate gay marriage and that political topic is much more important than your outrageous health care costs. -- nm - David Nov 4, 07:14 13
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  - Sure it will be won at the ballot box. it was 52-48.... - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:21 11
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      - Nor should you. It's one of the purest legal examples of discrimination. -- nm - David Nov 4, 07:26
      - no, you shouldn't wait that long, but it would, eventually, get done at the polls. - TFox Nov 4, 07:26 8
        
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        But it won't need state by state. You get a decent amount of states that give you that right; presumably their reps will as well and boom, you get - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:36 1
        
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        going state-by-state, yes, i totally agree. a long ass time. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:30 4
        
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Focus! -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 07:13

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