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wapow! -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:35 1
- wait for it -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 08:36
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy does Mr. Heatmiser for free @ Amazon MP3 today -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:33
When is a contract not a contract? When you are dealing with Rogers -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 08:27 3
- i hate cell phone companies. i'm so glad there's a new player. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:29 2
  - Yeah, apparently the Tories are using Globealive to stick it to the CRTC and to send a warning to television companies as well. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 08:33
  - Indeed. (and nice nick) ... however, they are in a joint deal with *Blockbuster*, so they aren't making hot decisions either -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:31
a neat litlle ,mashup poster of Marvel and Disney characters.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 15, 08:25
My MIL has her ultrasound scheduled for January to see if the experimental treatment for MS will work on her -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 08:20 2
- best of thoughts - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:24
- oh, this is so interesting. - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:22
Predictions on when I get my first ticket for texting while driving? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:20 16
- Hopefully never. - pmb Dec 15, 08:23 14
  - I can't remember the last trip in the car I took where I didn't pull out my phone at some point to read, write, or otherwise look at an email/text - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:26 13
    - the last two days I was in NZ were the first two days it was illegal. they cracked down on it hard. - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:32
    - Ilegal in CA as of June this year? I think. No one used their cellphone for awhile, but now everyone back to the same 'ol same 'ol. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:30 2
      - oops, cellphones illegal since July 2008, texting since Jan 2009.... but few people are abiding by it now. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:33
      - We'll see what happens when budgets come back and hiring of law enforcement resumes -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 08:32
    - I'm always tempted to read texts when I'm driving. -- nm - Loyola Dec 15, 08:29
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      - It is. It'll be a big change for my habits. I just sent a company wide email about it. We have *alot* of people on the road with Blackberries -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 08:30
    - illegal here too. i was very glad when that became law. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:26 5
      - I just wish they would enforce the texting and phone laws. - pmb Dec 15, 08:32 1
        
        Having had a car totaled by someone who was on a cell phone, I feel the same way. -- nm - Callisto Dec 15, 08:33
      - me too. - Callisto Dec 15, 08:28
      - (and phones are illegal everyone. but i believe hands free is still allowed.) -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:27 1
        
        every-where. - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:30
- Hopefully asap if you actually text while driving. -- nm - Christmas VacaShaun Dec 15, 08:21
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- Silent Light, Rudo y Cursi, Lake Tahoe, Drama/Mex, In the Pit, Battle in Heaven, The Crimes of Father Amaro, The Devil's Backbone -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:29 9
  - Duck Season, Sangre, Voy a Explotar -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:31 2
    - You're good. This is why we keep you around, Dano. ;-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 08:33 1
      - (I've even seen all of them except for Sangre) -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:34
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    - I didn't like that one. -- nm - Diva Dec 15, 08:33
    - I guess that invalidates the Oscars and Golden Globes then. :P -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:32 3
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        I suppose that's why the category is called foreign film. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:36 1
        
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- um...assuming you mean latin american films, maria full of grace, central station, city of god, real women have curves -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:27 5
  - lesson for the morning: Jack is mexican. learning is fun! -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:30 3
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      - And the other half is Texan? Oh my. - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:33
      - half Mexican, half gay, and half drunk. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:32
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- pan's labyrinth, amores perros, and y tu mama tambien were what sprung to mind for me. -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:25 2
  - Devil's Backbone. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:26 1
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- Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:22 2
  - It's still early, CY - con_carne Dec 15, 08:23 1
    - potheads don't have calendars. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:24
- Desperado. -- nm - Christmas VacaShaun Dec 15, 08:20
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  - though history of violence was also filmed in canada. -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:22 3
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    - It wasn't even considered at the Genie Awards though -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:24 1
      - good point. maybe replace it with the triplets of belleville. - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:27
Oh great, there's a city truck parked outside, just when my contractors are due back with *their* truck. - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 08:13
for the cryptid-followers in the crowd... today has some historical significance... - i'm not Kris Kringle yet ! Dec 15, 08:06
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- saw it yesterday. -- nm - Diva Dec 15, 08:09
- I just read that as well. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:06 18
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    - I agree with her on the food, but if I'm going there for a Red Sox/Yankees game, I'm really not too worried about the food. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:09 16
      - also, nmbJD, Krusty, & other NYC peeps - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:11 13
        
        wow - amazing price. -- nm - Diva Dec 15, 08:24 6
        
        it's for 4 people splitting a 4-br, iirc. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:27
        
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        yes. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:28
        
        well if you own it, won't you make a profit when you sell it when you move? and possible tax deductions, right? -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:28 2
        
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        so after the deductions is it less than what you were paying per month? and more security... then you made a good decision yay! -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:32
        
        OMG!!!!!!!!!!! why didn't this open up 1 week ago?!?!?!?!? -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:18 4
        
        are you in the city? - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:19 3
        
        no i had to make an employment decision and i couldn't find anything cheap close to where i'd be working - Fednog Dec 15, 08:24 2
        
        do you think i could have the info anyways? maybe i can still change locations? -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 08:25 1
        
        shoot me an email and i'll put you in touch with my friend - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:29
        
        for January 1, obvie. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:11
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        I'm game. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:12
- Sweet. I already hate next baseball season. -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 08:05
*trying to noodle how UPS can send me a notice that they can't deliver my package to an undeliverable address* - mr. squiggles Dec 15, 08:04 1
- You have to stop moving your box. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 08:14
Our neighbors moved last week and I've been pillaging their house and garage. ;-) - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:03 6
- Go ahead and pillage my towns on Ike...I set it to remove my user name - amoxy Dec 15, 08:09 4
  - Y'all can pillage me too.. haven't touched it in for.ever. -- nm - MyrrhDragon Dec 15, 08:23 2
    - Are you on ORG? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:29 1
      - It's been so long I had to check the TTwiki...COM -- nm - MyrrhDragon Dec 15, 08:35
  - you've been pillaged. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:17
- The only thing that bothers me is one of the roomies had two cats and a pet rat. I see the rat cage and the catboxes in the trash. ;-( -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:07
Top 10 Canadian films of the decade -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 08:02 39
- For the link at work challanged, can someone post the list? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 08:18 3
  - here. - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:20 2
    - Crazy as it may be, but F.U.B.A.R. might be my favorite of that bunch. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 08:35
    - I think I've only seen History of Violence, from that list -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 08:30
- #4 is one of my top... 5 or 10 of this decade -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 08:12
- I saw 1 - amoxy Dec 15, 08:11 5
  - same here, but I had no idea it was Canadian -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:13 3
    - david cronenberg is canadian, therefore we will claim it. -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:17 2
      - canadian money too, for that one. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:23
      - I always say we should claim Ghostbusters. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:18
  - ditto (although I'd like to see 2 as well) -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 08:12
- 3/10. -- nm - kelly Dec 15, 08:10
- 6/10 -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 15, 08:10
- there were enough to have a list? -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 08:08
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  - you didn't like it? (i cried. several times.) -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:05 3
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      - Gordon Pinsent! -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 08:13 1
        
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- no Bon Cop, Bad Cop hurts the list -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 08:04 2
  - it's not exactly a cinematic masterpiece. -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:08
  - it's not better than any of the ones on the list that I've seen. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:07
- There were 10??? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 08:03 8
  - you may have actually seen some of them! -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:04 7
    - I've seen 7, in fact. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:06 4
      - me too. all but 5, 6, and 8. -- nm - away in a mafic Dec 15, 08:09
      - only 6 for me. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:07 2
        
        just 3 here -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 08:09
        
        2, maybe 3. I honestly can't remember if I've seen Water -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:08
    - And just an FYI for you... I received a certain package in the mail yesterday. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 15, 08:06 1
      - :) -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:06
- what, no poll? - Roger More Dec 15, 08:03 7
  - also, I love the comments section. People suggesting Men With Brooms should have made the list, etc -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:04 6
    - Men Without Brooms *sucked*. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:05 5
      - ~They can sweep if they want to...~ -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:08 4
        
        I love the 'i've never heard of any of them' comments. then you aren't paying attention. -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 15, 08:12 3
        
        three of them have Oscar nominations! -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 08:15 2
        
        and one of them won -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:18 1
        
        also, Atanarjuat outgrossed Men With Brooms :) -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 08:19
Subversive - con_carne Dec 15, 07:59 1
- Silversive Bells -- nm - MyrrhDragon Dec 15, 08:16
Xmas nick'ed. Still need to watch it though. -- nm - Christmas VacaShaun Dec 15, 07:55
rats! Received a class-action settlement check and misplaced it. Found it yesterday, but the check was void after July 2, 2009. Called the bank; - CrankYanker Dec 15, 07:52 3
- I got a form the other day to request a replacement for a check from 2004 that I'd never cashed. - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 07:59 1
  - yeah, I don't know why they even bother with those amounts.... costs them more to print the checks. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 08:05
- I'm sure if it was a significant amount you would have cashed it immediately. -- nm - Subversive Dec 15, 07:53
*needs to find a date for the opera tomorrow* -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 07:50 5
- I would hook you up with Andrea Bocelli but ended up NOT driving him last Saturday. ;-( -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 07:53 4
  - and I still need to get you that demo tape... -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 07:55 1
    - yes, Mr. Schwartz just gave me permission to use his Phantom if have any "hog end clients", in his words. heh, caught me by surprise. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 07:57
  - imho, almost driving Andrea Bocellis is still very cool -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 07:54 1
    - Thanks, I never take for granted the level I've achieved in my profession. I love my job! -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 07:56
BAM! -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 07:48 9
- *golf clap* -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 07:55
- well done. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 07:49 7
  - thx! just wanted to kick it up a notch :) plus spawn had 4 rolls in a row last night. there are models to live up to -- nm - Fednog Dec 15, 07:50 6
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      - especially with Spawn -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 08:00 1
        
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    - I suppose if you need a goal to strive for in this world, there are worse things to aim for. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 15, 07:51 1
      - I aiming for Tiger's record. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 15, 07:55
    - pfft, only noobs are impressed by firsts -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 07:51

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