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LYC: I don't like the Granderson deal. I think the Yanks overpaid. - Krusty Dec 8, 15:37
LYC: Yay! My unemployed twin has found a two-week temp assignment. This is... pretty soon after he started looking! -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 15:36 3
- Outstanding. - Loyola Dec 8, 15:40
- Great news. I'm really not seeing anything worth applying for... - MojaveMeg Dec 8, 15:39
- yay for income, and hope he finds something more permanent soon! -- nm - b. Dec 8, 15:38
*wonders if there were any elevator shafts in 1900/1901, to drop the pedants down* :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:30 3
- American or European style floor numbering? -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:35
- There were. - Krusty Dec 8, 15:34
- I do believe there were, but only in the newest most 'modern' skyscrapers, you know, six or seven stories tall -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 15:33
Canadian recording giants sued for billions for infringing copyright. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:29 2
- Michael Geist is quickly becoming a very important person. He also exposed the ACTA treaty. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:33
- they can use this as a HIMYM subplot one week -- nm - peglegpete Dec 8, 15:32
Tacoma Dome filled with 20,000 police officers... - OAE Dec 8, 15:27 9
- 100 came from Boston, was not even part of the procession (hard to without cars) one sherrif drove from Wyoming - zeitgeist Dec 8, 15:30 8
  - And multiple dozens and dozens of RCMP. -- nm - OAE Dec 8, 15:33 7
    - close to 1,000 actually which IIRC is about all of them -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 15:36 6
      - you -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:38 3
        
        're kidding, right? - Reagen Dec 8, 15:38 2
        
        there's not really an equivalent organization to the RCMP in the US, is there? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:40 1
        
        not really. They do parts of the job of about 5 different US agencies. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:41
      - a sea of red serge -- nm - OAE Dec 8, 15:37 1
        
        They led the start of the memorial with a huge bag pipe and drum march which nearly got me to tear up -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 15:57
ML, Did you add me to your x-box friends request? - groiny Dec 8, 15:26 16
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  - What's your tag? I'll send you one now. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:35
  - are you gonna attempt to play Halo at some point? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 15:29 8
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      - I have owned many games in my life, and none got as much play as my Halo disc. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 15:36 2
        
        It's the ultimate open sandbox game. Two years in, we can still have something happen as awesome as Reagen's simultaneous quintuple betrayal. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:37 1
        
        it takes a lot of talent to wipe out 65% of your own team. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 15:39
      - You and I can be late joiners to the slaughter-fest. Haven't even ripped the plastic off yet (came with the game), but tempted... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 15:32 3
        
        we need some more bodies so we can have massive games - groiny Dec 8, 15:34 1
        
        Maybe over Christmas if I take my X-box home with me. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 15:39
        
        (came with the system would make more sense) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 15:33
- groin-eye of the tiger -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:27 4
  - I am gonna give you a nice up close look my my groin. - groiny Dec 8, 15:29 3
    - fool - my ass doesn't have eyes -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:29 2
      - after I am done with you, it will. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 15:33 1
        
        hey man, keep your eyes out of my ass -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:33
Google Chrome Extensions unleashed. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:26 6
- Woot extension. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:37
- Ok, I will give chrome another go, then. -- nm - celedhring Dec 8, 15:32
- ReloadEvery, and I'm there. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:30
- For the Beta version of Chrome. Still, EXCITING! -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 15:29
- *splurt* -- nm - Guy Dec 8, 15:28 1
  - This was pretty much the last roadblock for me switching. I see Xmarks is already available. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:30
I missed one on the Better Off Ted quiz. My mighty heart is breaking. - David Dec 8, 15:25 2
- 29/30. I missied the first one! -- nm - Todd Manning Dec 8, 15:51
- Where?! -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:37
weird, i think i wrote "11" on the earlier Playlist poll too. - Guy Dec 8, 15:18 1
- There were 11 films on the 2005 list. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:19
Resolved: The Play List has horrible taste in movies. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:16
I'm glad to see that at least Michael Bay doesn't take himself too seriously. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:15 [youtube] 5
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  - Someone posted the FiOS commercial already? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:20 3
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    - no, the victoria's secret one -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:22 1
      - That's where I got this related link. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:26
These decade-ending lists inspired me to rewatch Sexy Beast. It's even better than I remembered. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:05 81
- There's an entire year left in the decade. Aren't these lists a little premature? -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 15:14 45
  - nmb TWuG - CovingtonCat Dec 8, 15:25 2
    - Awesome! I'm glad you like! You said "no books" but like to road trip, so I took a stab that the book would work. - TWuG Dec 8, 15:28 1
      - Sounds good. Thanks! -- nm - CovingtonCat Dec 8, 15:37
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    - Yes, there's the Calendar Decade and the "wow, the numbers changed!" decade. I accept that there are two types of decade. - TWuG Dec 8, 15:26 2
      - see below. No one cares about that decade. It's different for centurys and milleniums. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:34
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    - I submit that this decade doesn't start until after 9/11. -- nm - Rudolph Guliani Dec 8, 15:21
  - Depends on which decade you're talking about. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:17
  - I'm with you but it seems like most people are going with 2000-2009 as the decade. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:15
  - Only if you count 2000 as part of the 90's. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 15:15 3
    - Which noone does. It's counted as part of the tenth decade of the last century, which encompasses 1991 through 2000. You folks who start counting to - TWuG Dec 8, 15:17 1
      - so... you agree then. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:19
    - which would be silly. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:15
  - Here's where I get stabby. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:14 30
    - There is the Nineties, whic encompasses 10 years or a lower-case "d" decade. A Decade (upper case) is ten years starting with a year ending in 1 and - TWuG Dec 8, 15:22 21
      - But what if we put a lower-case-d decade in a title? MAYHEM!!! -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:28
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      - So you're not one of the jackholes who was arguing in 2000 that the 21st century hadn't started yet? -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 15:25 6
        
        By the Calendar with which we mark time, it had not. -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 15:30 3
        
        Ah. I should've known. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 15:38
        
        because that calendar has such a remarkably accurate starting point. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:33 1
        
        It may have an arbitrary date of adoption, but the Calendar works both forward and backward. -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 15:36
        
        OK well.... it hadn't. - Reagen Dec 8, 15:27 1
        
        Agreed. "Hey, remember the 80s" with Goatboy ... and "Hey, remember the 70s" with Cowman ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:28
      - So by your logic, Best of the 60s would include the year 1970? Wikipedia disagrees. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:25
      - Dear nerds: please don't make this a thing. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:24 8
        
        Dear David, stop calling me a nerd. - musubi Dec 8, 15:37
        
        I'm with David on this one -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 15:29
        
        *whimper* -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:27
        
        it's one of the more baffling ones to me. -- nm - b. Dec 8, 15:26 3
        
        as is something like this getting personal. -- nm - b. Dec 8, 15:39 2
        
        Your face is getting personal! - Reagen Dec 8, 15:40 1
        
        so's your mother! - b. Dec 8, 15:41
        
        Hey, I'm pretty nerdy, but even *I* understand the concept of a vernacular usage. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 15:26
      - Do I sound this condescending when I do this? If so, I'm sorry, people. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:24 1
        
        No intention at condescension. I'll cop to being a pedant on the subject, though. -- nm - TWuG Dec 8, 15:34
    - I had no idea TWuG was on your same team. - David Dec 8, 15:20 5
      - I was shooting at blue! -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:20 4
        
        You were shooting blue...at red. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:22 3
        
        it's also not my fault you killed the guy before my rocket got there! -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:25 1
        
        How dare I be great at Halo! -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:27
        
        Speaking of which, I should send you the video of this. -- nm - David Dec 8, 15:25
    - yes. -- nm - Callisto Dec 8, 15:17
    - *turns blind eye* nm - Every possible jury Dec 8, 15:16
- (Oh, and the 2006 list has moved The Proposition to the top of my queue.) nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:12 19
  - Speaking of Ray Livingstone flicks, I enjoyed Cold Mountain probably more than it deserved. - con_carne Dec 8, 15:15 13
    - Ray *Winstone* (who the fuck is Ray Livingstone??) -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 15:19 6
      - (I get him confused with Brendan Gleeson.) nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:22
      - You mixed up Ray and Ron. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:20 4
        
        I bet Ron Rice would have gotten more yards last night. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:29
        
        (I presume) -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:21
        
        That would have made Office Space much different. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:21 1
        
        I need you to come in on Sunday, you *&$*@&#* fat crocodile fat &*&#(@(($# -- nm - Sir Ben Dec 8, 15:23
    - Minghella's films just hit some sort of weird spot with me - Reagen Dec 8, 15:18 5
      - I like Minghella films as well. -- nm - Callisto Dec 8, 15:21
      - I disliked that movie, but I admit it's full of good moments -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 15:20
      - The Talented Mr. Ripley is his best. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:20 2
        
        oh definitely. Just, there's a lot of people that seem to passionate hate his stuff which I kinda get but don't agree with. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:22
        
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  - I appreciated The Proposition more than I liked it. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:13 2
    - Maybe I'll watch The Proposal instead. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:15
    - that sums up my sentiments as well -- nm - Guy Dec 8, 15:15
  - I've only seen 4/10 on that one. -- nm - Callisto Dec 8, 15:13 1
    - 1/10. I so badly want to see Brick, though. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 15:15
- yeah, that's a good film. -- nm - Callisto Dec 8, 15:11
- There's one director that needs to make more movies. What ever happened to him? -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 15:10 1
  - He directed that Nicole Kidman/10 year old kid movie! nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:11
- i had to watch it with subtitles and even then it was only decent -- nm - Guy Dec 8, 15:09 4
  - Point: Dignan. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:10 3
    - you should definitely skip the Darko re-watch, cause i love it. - Guy Dec 8, 15:12
    - I'd go so far as checkmate. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:10 1
      - I didn't want to be greedy, but you're almost certainly correct. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:11
- (Also, Birth was an...interesting followup for Glazer.) nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:09 1
  - I didn't like the movie but the opening scene is one of my favorites ever. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 15:25
- Did you watch it with Donnie Darko for a (spoilers) - Dano Dec 8, 15:06 4
  - I should probably rewatch that one of these days. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:08
  - *shivers* -- nm - Chasing Amy Dec 8, 15:07 2
    - The Wade Robson dance a couple seasons ago on SYTYCD must have been a nightmare. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 15:09
    - you know every time you do that - we all think it's her - Epiphany Dec 8, 15:09
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- Everyone but Brees and Favre? nm - Dignan Dec 8, 15:06
whoops - this was not supposed to be a first - it might be my first ST first though! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 14:58 15
- Some days :) BTW, was there anything in the DD&D book that might be on your roadtrip route? -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 8, 15:01 5
  - YES - oh Meg I'm getting so excited - on the morning of New Year's Eve doing the Silver Skillet in Atlanta with a friend - you might remember the - JenBro Dec 8, 15:07 4
    - Sounds like a great trip shaping up. -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 8, 15:18 3
      - I'll be sure to try to take some pictures! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 15:20 2
        
        You must take the book with you and have it autographed if you stop at any of the featured places. -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 8, 15:33 1
        
        Good Idea! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 15:35
- *zonk* -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 15:00
- Ok. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 14:59
- crikcy - I got all flustered - this should have been below ... sorry! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 14:59 6
  - Yeah, I can see how that would be cause for flustering. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:01 5
    - numbers have always been my downfall - I never look at the page count ... guess I should start -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 15:03 4
      - I have seriously never gotten the fascination with firsting. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:06 3
        
        You know who is REALLY good at it is Pixie on the night crew - and he not only snags it but puts something clever too. -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 15:08 2
        
        if only it were something not... pointless. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 15:10 1
        
        well ... it's usually a quote or song lyrics ... something you have to figure out - which is why I think it's clever? - JenBro Dec 8, 15:12
Dano - answered you below - but you know what Country LIfe needs? a cat and a dog for decoration - like the hay bales! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 14:58

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