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When I type "healthy restaurant" and my town name into Google, the first hit is Golden Corral. -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 11:59 2
- We have broccoli. - Golden Corral Nov 14, 12:03 1
  - dripping in thick, cheddar cheese sauce -- nm - dug Nov 14, 12:04
Boycott fail -- (link) - Tim Nov 14, 11:56 [Image]
Swine flu case fatality rate is well above seasonal flu so far. 1.8 % says CDC -- (link) - loosilu Nov 14, 11:50 6
- please excuse my poor arithmetic. Seasonal flu = 0.01%, H1N1 = 0.018% -- nm - loosilu Nov 14, 11:56 2
  - phewww -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 12:00 1
    - seriously, I double checked because it seemed way too high. -- nm - loosilu Nov 14, 12:01
- Oregon just changed the priority for vaccinations. From kids 5-14 now to people under 55 years old with a health condition. Moves me up the line. -- nm - Redmond Nov 14, 11:53 2
  - I hope pregnant women are first in line in that group. -- nm - loosilu Nov 14, 12:03 1
    - There aren't many pregant 55-year-olds. - ty97 Nov 14, 12:05
how do you say ole ole ole in Bosnia Herzegovinia-ish? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 11:45 1
- Ol� Ol� Ol� -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:51
time to stay off College Street in T.O. - the beautiful game is about to start -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 11:27
Meg - just saw your new "toy" on the bb's - that's no toy - that's a BEASTIE! Nice looking - I bet it's fun to drive too! Congrats -- nm - JenBro Nov 14, 11:25 2
- Wondered if you were still around last night. Yep, can't wait to get out on (and off) the road :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 14, 12:01 1
  - I totally fell asleep with the computer AND tv both on ... heh heh -- nm - JenBro Nov 14, 13:18
Body sold to Russia kebab shop -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 14, 11:17 1
- In Russia you don't eat Kebab, Kebab eats you! -- nm - Redmond Nov 14, 11:22
sitwap: Contestant on The Wipeout suffers heart attack..... - Remlik Nov 14, 11:09 9
- I blame Redmond. -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 12:00
- According to the article, it was a stroke, from a pre-existing condition. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:16 7
  - one that I would guess may not have been revealed to the producers of the show. -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 11:18
  - *denies coverage* -- nm - Insurance Companies Nov 14, 11:17
  - ah. good catch. -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 11:16 2
    - ... and he was competing alongside his wife of 2 months, after they got back from their honeymoon to europe. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:19 1
      - So Bery. How long have you been married? Want to come on our Game Show? -- nm - The Producers of Wipeout Nov 14, 11:21
  - However, his father, Bill Sparks, has told friends and family that his son suffered from a pre-existing condition, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome -- nm - Redmond Nov 14, 11:16 1
    - ... which causes unusual blood clotting, which could have set off a clot while he was jostled around on the obstacles. - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:18
Help me please to understand the UEFA World Cup qualifying scheme. - ty97 Nov 14, 11:00 15
- and who cares Denmark IS quallifyed allready :) -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:22 2
  - you've been an invaluable help. -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 11:23 1
    - actually it looks like each groups of nations has it's own format .... - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:32
- winner of playoff round are the winners of round 2 and therefore quallifyed - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:15 2
  - Well, yes...the playoff round = round two, so the winners are the winners. - ty97 Nov 14, 11:17 1
    - making more goals thn the opponent is the best way :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:18
- addendum to question - ty97 Nov 14, 11:14 8
  - update: egypt and Algeria are equal now - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:38
  - usually it plays out like any other turnament pairing - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:17 6
    - Determining Europe's runners-up (and a better link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:23 2
      - That's how they determined the eight teams in the playoffs, yes. -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 11:25 1
        
        as far as i can tell the use the same fomat to determine winner of playoff games -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:27
    - That would not work here. The two teams play each other twice. If each team wins one game, that would result in 3-3. - ty97 Nov 14, 11:22 2
      - total goals, then total away goals. -- nm - Reagen Nov 14, 12:12
      - the Fifa rules on how to determine the winner are usually pritty complex see my link please :) - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 11:25
/*faint*/ the postman just gave me a package which held 2 packs of 12 Coffee Crisp mini bars. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 10:56 7
- on a Saturday ? - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 11:24 2
  - our post offices still delivers on saturdays -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 11:25 1
    - on a saturday ? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 11:38
- I've never heard of these before - are you fainting because they are good or bad? -- nm - JenBro Nov 14, 11:21 2
  - very good, and a Canadian candy not availible here -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 11:25 1
    - I'll jot myself a note to check it out next time I'm up in Soo Canada - it's amazing to me the stuff Canadians get that we do not - makes for fun trip - JenBro Nov 14, 11:45
- So now you can survive Dec 21st 2012 for at least a week -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 11:05
I upgraded to Win 7. Any point in keeping the Windows.old folder? Seems like a waste.. - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 14, 10:33 1
- well the new OS is not even a month old, the old was less than 2 years i guess - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 10:56
The Refs just screwed Ole Miss twice. Idiots -- nm - Redmond Nov 14, 10:13 1
- They must be afraid Tennessee will point a gun at them. -- nm - Redmond Nov 14, 10:13
Let's go team Ireland. Beat those effin silly ass french asswipes -- nm - CQ Nov 14, 09:18
Portugal in 3 hours ? what time is it over there ? - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 09:08 1
- It's 5:11pm in Portugal right now -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 09:11
Let's go team Ireland. Beat those effin silly ass french asswipes -- nm - CQ Nov 14, 09:03 4
- I fart is your general direction -- nm - french players Nov 14, 11:06
- Gets excited for 0-0 tie!!! -- nm - Fans of a boring sport Nov 14, 10:25
- Ya man, i've been waiting for this match....Go Ireland - J Nov 14, 10:24
- starts in 2 houers calm down -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 09:06
Ep3 series 8 of Spooks (spoilers) - LMS Nov 14, 08:44 1
- I just got it last night. It's looks intense and if the trailer I saw for it is true, I'm not gonna be happy.,..... - Remlik Nov 14, 08:55
Crash Davis alert...Alyssa Milano joins Castle.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 08:39 6
- The article ends with "Are you excited to see Milano on Castle?" ... no, not really. Meh. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:17
- This show already has an overabundance of cooter. I see no reason to add the queen of the cooter cougars to the cast. - Trish Nov 14, 10:32 2
  - Nathan has good taste! -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 10:46 1
    - which is why she shouldn't be on the show! -- nm - Max Nov 14, 11:12
- not crash davis but...schweet! -- nm - Stephen Nov 14, 10:14
- I don't think I like the casting, and I like the plot even less. At least she's only guesting, and not really "joining" -- nm - Max Nov 14, 09:33
Nubby alert...Marina Siritis (Troi) will star in a SyFy movie about particle colliders.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 08:33 3
- Somebody out there has a mind-reader. -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 09:00 2
  - That's their next series. -- nm - Reagen Nov 14, 10:22
  - beam n up ! -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 09:08
the best buy PS3 Black Friday deal will be the 120GB Slim + LittleBigPlanet and Ratchet and Clank for $299.99 - stewie Nov 14, 08:20 1
- you'd probably get more overall enjoyment from Ratchet and Clank -- nm - J Nov 14, 10:33
so there is a farewell service for Robert Enke tomorrow at 11 they expect - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 08:01
Just caught up with "Wild Things", guess I'll give it an A- - The Scorcher Nov 14, 07:34 3
- What is your relationship to the book? -- nm - psilotum Nov 14, 08:33 1
  - "Show me on the page where the bad man touched you." -- nm - Max Nov 14, 09:34
- And I need to change that darn autonick. -- nm - celedhring Nov 14, 07:34
the best part of knowing was the flaming moose. -- nm - mafic Nov 14, 07:25
Early Friday numbers: 25 mil for 2012 and 1 mil for Pirate Radio -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 07:19 2
- Now if Pirate Radio had had a giant wave hitting the boat where they were broadcasting from... -- nm - Dano Nov 14, 07:57 1
  - they had the giant wave of popularity at the time - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 14, 10:19
Why are they mowing the lawn. It's November people! -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 05:57 9
- I think I may have to mow my lawn damnit -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 08:29
- It's been a warm November so far so mine may need it again. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 14, 07:19 2
  - Yup, here too, mine definitely needs to be mowed again -- nm - Stephen Nov 14, 10:14 1
    - My Mom went water skiing a week ago in the Delta when you guys were in the 80s. - Redmond Nov 14, 10:16
- if they have a bagger or mulcher it is easier than arking -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 06:52 3
  - I think this is what they are doing. Well that and being really annoying really early on a Saturday morning. But that's nothing new. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 07:04 1
    - Teach him a lesson and set his lawn on fire. ;-) - Krusty Nov 14, 07:18
  - raking....arking is for 2012 -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 06:52
- most lawn grasses keep on growing until the groundtemperature is about 2 degrees C -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 06:32
Fans make Dr Horrible prequel -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 14, 04:31
Amy Winehouse got some new boobies. She says they make her feel more " womanly" Pics enclosed. - Trish Nov 14, 03:04 5
- If she wanted to feel more womanly she should have asked the docs to start on her face. -- nm - Max Nov 14, 09:35
- They made my heart hurl. -- nm - celedhring Nov 14, 07:56
- wow... um... i have a multiple choice reply to those pics... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 14, 06:51
- heh, I hit page down, and I could only see the first photo from the neck down. it was actually kind of attractive. -- nm - mafic Nov 14, 04:12
- ack! -- nm - loosilu Nov 14, 03:45
Since most of us are former HSX billionaires, lets buy MGM and turn it around (its for sale now) - zeitgeist Nov 14, 01:13 3
- actually, my HSX peak was around $45 million -- nm - zork Nov 14, 10:12
- you need a more Bernie Madoff like approach if you wanna steal my millions of funny money :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 14, 06:39
- they're completing "hot tub time machine" rather than making interest payments? at least we know why they're broke. -- nm - mafic Nov 14, 01:28
ST knows. Someone posted (maybe mop) a way to burn the student download version of Win 7. I can't seem to find the post .Anyone know what it was or - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 14, 00:31 2
- I think this is what you're looking for -- (link) - oblique Nov 14, 07:10 1
  - Yup, thanks! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 14, 08:34
-1C ... starting to get colder for winter. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 00:20 1
- 20 degrees right now, snow showers, windy. - Trish Nov 14, 02:47
Protip: Never say, "Like you ever had a chance with me" during a fight when you've have had sex with that person previously. - Qale Nov 14, 00:04
West Coast if you watch Jimmy Kimmel tonight you will see me, MrsCY and con_carne in front of the stage during Huey Lewis' performance. - CrankYanker Nov 13, 23:16 1
- sorry, they were too loud (I watched, couldn't really swear I saw you but I tried.) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 01:09
Human remains in Death Valley may be German family that vanished in 1996.. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 23:12
Early Friday numbers for 2012: 25M -- nm - H-Mogul Nov 13, 23:09
I heard this on the news a while ago--a 30 something woman died of swine flu right here in our small hospital in our small town, yesterday. - Trish Nov 13, 23:00 6
- But yeah, a lot of ERs are not longer testing patients and they are giving tamiflu only to the high risk. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 23:18 3
  - The way they figure (as was explained to me) is that the test is irrelevant. It's not going to change the treatment, regardless of the result. Plus - Trish Nov 14, 02:39 2
    - Oh.. and it was quite exciting to actually know what some of those words mean in your description. hehe -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 14, 08:43
    - They say that the rapid tests aren't as accurate as they would like them to be. And the path doc was just telling us a few days ago, before you order - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 14, 08:42
- The infectious disease doc told us the vaccine will take about 1 1/2 weeks to work, so it might not have worked for Darcy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 23:17
- If it hits you right(er wrong) then you get multiple organ failures from lack of oxygen -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:08
I'm watching an old movie on PBS and *every* man is wearing a cool hat, suits were pretty cool too -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:00
Umm..say again? Cut and paste from a Craig's List ad.... - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:31 1
- "Dear sir or madman" - oblique Nov 13, 22:33
Wait, paralyzed from the waste down? That is awful. - Spawn Nov 13, 21:44 6
- Who's this? -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Nov 13, 22:29 1
  - Nevermind, saw b2 -- nm - Stephen Nov 13, 22:33
- no problem. his teeth will be out the first week :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 22:10
- How is he going to kneel down and pray to Allah now? -- nm - BAD Nov 13, 22:05
- Uh, I doubt he would be getting anywhere near the general population -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:54
- that depends, not all people who can't move their lower body have no sense of feeling anything -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:54
2012: meh+ - Cuzzin Todd Nov 13, 21:33
first med marijuana cafe opens in Portland -- (link) - dug Nov 13, 21:28 1
- and McDonalds buys the property next door. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 21:51
There's something about a kids.wootoff that's just not the same. -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 21:07 5
- yeah, they never have any cute white babies, only chinese knockoffs, and watchout for those refurbished ones -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:56 2
  - and the Box of Crap? is exactly that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 21:59 1
    - in for one! -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:58
- Speak for yourself. -- nm - The Bubber Nov 13, 21:42 1
  - Admittedly, I wasn't around for much of it, so I don't know if there was anything useful. -- nm - psilotum Nov 14, 00:39
oh, looks like he 12-pointed Slippery Dan -- nm - dug Nov 13, 20:45
LIR, Trish - I'm glad you saw the pics on B2 so you'll recognize it when we pull into your driveway :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 20:38 1
- that's one sweet ride ... - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 13, 20:54
JB he said I would feel better by Sunday and if not to call him on Monday. -- nm - Stacy Nov 13, 20:38
squirrel! -- nm - dug Nov 13, 20:32 2
- and i love you -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 13, 21:18
- Squirrel cop. -- (link) - second gary Nov 13, 20:38

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