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*changes his relationship status to Wierdsies* -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 11, 10:33
We get emails when new houses match our criteria ... every time I see one come in, I'm like "yes! yes!" and then I open it and ... - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:33 9
- I'm starting to wonder if I could get all the way through life renting, and never regret it. I am starting to think I could. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 10:36 3
  - well, I do think it's a mistake to consider home equity as a resource. - mafic Dec 11, 10:39
  - I'm not sure I'll ever own again. I don't know that it's worth it for single people who work a lot. - amanda Dec 11, 10:38
  - I'm still a happy renter. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:36
- Play the Lotto, baby, play the Lotto -- keep dreamin', meanwhile... - OAE Dec 11, 10:34 1
  - I'm in for the euromillions tonight. 40 mill. Get a few good nights out of that. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:36
- I still get those from my realtor. just never unsubscribed from the automated service. - mafic Dec 11, 10:34 2
  - There's been a dearth of viable matches :( starting to get depressing, especially because I want out of the condo stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:35 1
    - To ask an idiot question: can you not just sell, and then rent while you look? - TFox Dec 11, 10:36
Heh, Craigslist job posting of the day. Too bad I don't qualify :) - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 10:26 2
- *snork* $12/hour, and all the pot you can smoke. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:33 1
  - and I have a feeling they may have trouble finding a self-starter. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:33
LYC: I'm w/Spawn -- never reveal the SS name. - OAE Dec 11, 10:25 15
- Unless you get stuck with the organizer of the event. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 11, 10:34 1
  - What, you still have one of those wooden chickens left? - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 10:38
- Postmarks can give it away, but there is also the magic of direct shipping. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 10:28
- I always give my name, because it annoys me when they don't tell me the name. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:27 3
  - we're talking about secret stalker, not date night - zork Dec 11, 10:28 2
    - heh -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 10:34
    - on date night it would be a plus. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:29
- I always thought that half the fun was supposed to be *guessing* the SS -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:26 7
  - yeah, when I haven't given my name, I've sent something that should be relatively easily associated with me. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:31
  - I thought the secret was more not knowing who's buying for you until it's received. - b. Dec 11, 10:29 5
    - some people like knowing things, others like figuring things out -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 10:31 1
      - sure. that's not always so hard, though, is what I was after. - b. Dec 11, 10:39
    - true, true. I've never participated, so I really shouldn't be offering my opinion :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:29 1
      - a lot of times it's not guessable, like with direct shipping. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:30
    - me too. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:29
is Diva around? I was stalked and she did a most amazing job! - decline Dec 11, 10:25 1
- Yayy!!! Glad you like!!! -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 11:33
Owning a home in negative equity, reduces your chances of finding gainful employment. Agree/disagree? -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:19 14
- If it's possible, there's always telecommuting as a work style. - OAE Dec 11, 10:33
- possibly, in that it reduces your mobility. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:21 9
  - I probably worded it wrong too, replace finding with securing. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:26 3
    - securing? not at all. -- nm - decline Dec 11, 10:29 2
      - Well you could find a job. But it might be 2000 miles away and your private jet could be giving you trouble. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:32
      - no, I think he's right. It's easy to find a place to interview at ... it's hard to find a place near where you're being forced to live by the market - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:31
  - I was unsure what this meant for a bit, but now I get it. Can't actually sell the house without still owing ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:25
  - ah, that's true. -- nm - b. Dec 11, 10:25
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  - Correct. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:23
  - this is the only reason i can think of, yes. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 10:22
- largely unrelated for most jobs, with possible exception of personal stress causing notbestself interviewing. -- nm - b. Dec 11, 10:20
- why would one affect the other? -- nm - Andie Dec 11, 10:20 1
  - Can I not answer that for a second, curious to see if the answer to that will pop up. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:21
So, we put Andrew down for nap about 15 minutes ago. He was making some noise so I go to his room - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:15 9 1
- aww -- nm - fedup Dec 11, 10:51
- That's adorable!!! Thanks for sharing! -- nm - JenBro Dec 11, 10:50
- heh. -- nm - decline Dec 11, 10:23
- I guess we know where he learned that one! -- nm - OAE Dec 11, 10:22
- Black cow, black calf. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:20
- You got pwned. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 10:17
- L5 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:16
- hee. -- nm - b. Dec 11, 10:16
- *laughing* -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:16
LYC: Apparently the Spy Museum is doing photos with Spy Santa. I'm considering it. What does one wear? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:14 11
- lingerie -- nm - decline Dec 11, 10:24
- a skimpy Mata Hari dancing outfit -- nm - peglegpete Dec 11, 10:18 3
  - exactly what I was thinking -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:19 2
    - Let's assume it's cold out. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:20 1
      - highbeams! -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:21
- Nothing. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:15
- spies are like accountants with gonads. So ... business casual, I guess? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:15 4
  - trenchcoat? shades? I don't have a fedora. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:15 3
    - I don't think they want you flashing people. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:17 1
      - I think you're confusing me with Redmond. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:18
    - Neal Cafferty says you should get one. (Trenchcoat is a great idea. All spooks wear trenchcoats.) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:16
Pippy, are you still around. I keep missing you........... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Dec 11, 10:12 [Backboard]
Yeah ... I think I'll just leave for a while and come back later. - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 10:12 11
- That's so Alaskan. And by "Alaskan" I mean "poopyheaded." -- nm - mara Dec 11, 10:19
- *looks down the board* phew - zork Dec 11, 10:17
- SAY IT SAY IT! -- nm - Sam Kinison Dec 11, 10:16 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:17
- om. - b. Dec 11, 10:15
- Eh. Go ahead and say it. -- nm - mara Dec 11, 10:12
- I had no idea wrestling tag teams were such a touchy issue with you. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 10:12 4
  - Beaker left out Strike Force. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 10:13 2
    - Tito and Rick Martel! -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:14 1
      - When he started being "The Model", that was awesome. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 10:15
  - YSMM -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:13
Prep & Landing: still laugh-out-loud funny and touching the second time. I award it a golden A. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 10:08 3
- Do you think they'll replay it at all? I missed it the first time. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:16 2
  - looks like it'll be on wednesday night. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 11, 10:18 1
    - cool thanks. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:19
The deadspin story on Brian Kelly is sad/amusing. Sad for the team and players. But a... slimy college coach? Shocker. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:04 2
- Nick Saban would be proud. -- nm - nubby Dec 11, 10:08 1
  - *nods* don't forget RichRod, amongst many others. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 11, 10:09
Rate these tag teams from 1-5: British Bulldogs, Hart Foundation, Road Warriors, Demolition, Arn and Tully (4 Horsemen). -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:00 21
- from best to worst, i'd say, Warriors, Bulldogs, the FOundation, Horsemen, Demolition ... - i'm not dead yet ! Dec 11, 10:21
- Road Warriors, 4 Horsemen, Hart Foundation, Bulldogs, Road Warrior wannabes - Stephen Dec 11, 10:10
- Road Warriors, horsemen, harts, demolition, bulldogs. -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 10:07
- score each on a scale of 1 to 5 or rank them from best to worst? -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:03 2
  - best ----> worst -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:04 1
    - I don't know enough to change the order you presented them. seems reasonable to me. -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:05
- Arn and Tully, Road Warriors, Hart Foundation, Bulldogs.........Demolition -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:02
- 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:02
- 4,1,3,2,5 -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 10:01
- Bushwhackers! -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 10:01 11
  - Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:02 10
    - Killer bees, The Rockers, Midnight Express, Rock n Roll Express, Freebirds...there are alot :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:03 9
      - yeah, none of those are in the same tier -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:04 8
        
        Midnight Express and Freebirds are easily on par with a few in that first segment. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:05 7
        
        you are probably right, but as someone who hasn't followed it in ages, it seems to me that ... - zork Dec 11, 10:09 4
        
        the new guys are better bumpers, but no where near as good wrestlers or charisma wise IMO -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:10 3
        
        Cuz Vince doesn't care about tag teams....he puts failed singles wrestlers into tag teams...not the old manner of 2 guys who could break out (Shawn) -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:17
        
        and presentation is practically everything -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:13
        
        with some exceptions of course -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:12
        
        Yes, and the Steiner Brothers (before Scott became a roid freak) were great. -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 10:08 1
        
        once he grew the goatee and died his hair it was all over for them. -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 10:11
The will it/won't it question of affecting his game; -- (link) - Loyola Dec 11, 09:59 6
- They didn't even go 1 sentence without a factual error. He missed the cut in 2006 US Open as well. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:03 4
  - They're Indian. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:03 3
    - Does Indian mean incapable of using Google? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:04 2
      - Quite possibly. -- nm - Loyola Dec 11, 10:05 1
        
        Redskin means incapable of playing football. -- nm - Shaun Dec 11, 10:07
- "Woods needs five more majors to overtake Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 titles, and all of a sudden, it seems a massive challenge." - TFox Dec 11, 10:02
Extremely bad programming choice: An ad for extermination services during Hotel Rwanda. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:57 5
- yeah, someone wasn't paying attention there.... -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 09:57 4
  - it even mentioned roaches. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:01 3
    - I was going to joke about that, but yeesh. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 10:04 1
      - my jaw dropped. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:05
    - *facepalms* -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 10:01
Bacon of freedom. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 09:56
"word" -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 09:55
Go ahead and start a conversation to get things moving. -- nm - Guy Dec 11, 09:55
LIR: RogerMore. No worries - oblique Dec 11, 09:55 4
- you don't know? - zork Dec 11, 09:56 3
  - Pervert :) -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 10:09 2
    - your post on the backboards made me cancel the honeymoon plans - zork Dec 11, 10:10 1
      - Haha! -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 10:11
This is SO gay. - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 09:54 [Image] 28
- I must have missed this conversation... -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 10:20 16
  - It started with Loyola and Jack. -- (link) - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 10:25 8
    - well the "retarded" question has always been an easy one for me to answer. - znufrii Dec 11, 10:27 7
      - I'm hoping that you wouldn't be using it even if that weren't the case - zork Dec 11, 10:35 3
        
        I appreciate the IM sympathy... - znufrii Dec 11, 10:36 2
        
        actually, after posting I realised that I should have said "for her family" -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:37 1
        
        I'm not going to say it's been easy. But it's worth it to have her around. -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 10:39
      - ditto. - Andie Dec 11, 10:33
      - and as for "that's so gay" I think the best response would be to ask the person what specific aspect of it resembles homosexuality. - znufrii Dec 11, 10:32 1
        
        in my experience people who use gay in the pejorative sense tend to think that actually being gay (or having people think they were) - mafic Dec 11, 10:37
  - I forget how it started ... it might have been Guy who commented on it. It was worth missing. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:22
  - Did it come up in yesterday's 'retard' as a noun v as a verb discussion? - Roger More Dec 11, 10:22 5
    - which brings up the point the Vermin is essentially arguing the same point as Guy (just replace retarded with gay). -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:27 2
      - Not really. - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 10:32
      - which should tell you all you need to know about Vermin's argument. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 11, 10:28
    - oh, right, that's the one that Guy started. It might be partially or wholly unrelated to this. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:22 1
      - that one sprouted from an initial comment. - b. Dec 11, 10:24
- You are awfully quick to accuse people of wallowing in victimhood. just saying. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:07 1
  - I think he might be projecting. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:16
- if they were wallowing in victimhood, gay people probably wouldn't call themselves gay. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 10:06 8
  - Worrying about how strangers use a word, when they're not addressing you or even the specific characteristic that relates to you... - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 10:09 7
    - there are all sorts of derogatory words (think slang for black people - there are lots of choices) that *literally* don't mean something bad, doesn't - Andie Dec 11, 10:14 4
      - I'm not arguing that. I'm saying if you want people to not use it in a derogatory manner.... - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 10:33 2
        
        Are you saying people shouldn't defend themselves? why not do both? -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:35 1
        
        Because a gay person who hears someone say "that movie is gay" isn't defending *himself* or even his lifestyle. - Agent.Vermin Dec 11, 10:38
      - exactly. The literal meaning doesn't matter. it's the intent that matters. -- nm - loosilu Dec 11, 10:15
    - I don't worry about how strangers use the word, but I do think less of them for it. - mafic Dec 11, 10:13
    - a climate of intolerance. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:11

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