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*has a brand new, unstamped passport at home* - znufrii Jan 4, 11:09 6
- ST time capsule? -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 4, 11:16
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  - the only one set in stone is DR. -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 11:14 1
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- 1 -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:11
- *applied hoof to page* There you go, one translucent rainbow imprint. Enjoy your stay! -- nm - Unicorn Border Agent Jan 4, 11:11
Just noticed I won the HSX Pick'em League. Nice. -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:08
I don't know why I'm getting those "Meet Asian Singles" ads, but... HEL-LO! -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 11:08 5
- "Find your Filipina Beauty today!" -- nm - kelly Jan 4, 11:13
- getting African Love here. -- nm - Diva Jan 4, 11:10
- I'm getting marriage therapists. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 11:10 2
  - Marry the rapists? -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 11:10 1
    - they'll probably get whore presents -- nm - Dano Jan 4, 11:17
Sent, Subby. -- nm - David Jan 4, 11:04
AT&T says that if we want univeresal broadband, we have to sacrifice the old telephone system. -- (link) - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 10:58 39
- Not a bad idea. I'm sure AT&T sees something in doing so that'll benefit them, but it's still a good idea. -- nm - TWuG Jan 4, 11:05 5
  - because as soon as the FCC decides to shut it down, it will still mandate that every home be connected to high-speed, and that will lead the telecoms - znufrii Jan 4, 11:13 4
    - We could always declare internet a utility and force the providers to turn over their networks and have them subsidize that last 10% -- nm - TWuG Jan 4, 11:16 3
      - at which point the telecoms will demand to be reimbursed for their initial build-out investments - znufrii Jan 4, 11:18 2
        
        You give them a trade off. Gov gets the network, they get access to every American home and business. -- nm - TWuG Jan 4, 11:19
        
        (that's not to say it isn't a good idea, mind you) -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 11:18
- did we ever kill the old TV system? I'm all for this. -- nm - amanda lang syne Jan 4, 11:02 32
  - Who even has a home phone anymore? - the nubbyphone Jan 4, 11:07 31
    - I do. It's a digital cable phone, though, not a telco phone. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:15
    - the same people who force Mojave Meg to send hard copy newsletters. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 11:14
    - I use my landline to locate my cell phone about once a week. -- nm - Max Jan 4, 11:13 1
      - bzzzzt. use "phonemyphone.com" and get a separate google number for phone spam. I just saved you $15 a month. (my cut is 50%.) -- nm - amanda lang syne Jan 4, 11:20
    - pretty sure every member of my immediate family still does, to start. (emergency reasons alone will keep a lot of us with them.)-- nm - b. Jan 4, 11:12
    - I do. -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 11:12
    - my mom, but there's not much point to a mobile in dawson city. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 11:11 2
      - *snicker* -- nm - the nubbyphone Jan 4, 11:13 1
        
        I only add "city" for you folks. normally I just call it "dawson," but that'd cause even more confusion. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 11:18
    - My mom does, which I'm actually glad about. Cell phone reception is bad in her apt for some reason. -- nm - con_carne Jan 4, 11:11 1
      - maybe because of all the tin foil she has stuffed in the walls to keep the aliens from probing her -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:31
    - I'll likely be one of the last holdouts on this. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:10 7
      - word -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:11 6
        
        Er... I mean that I too will be a holdout. -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:12 5
        
        Well, wait, I think nubby meant land lines -- nm - con_carne Jan 4, 11:12 4
        
        er, yes? - Reagen Jan 4, 11:14 2
        
        as opposed to digital. I'm never clear when I type and eat at the same time. -- nm - the nubbyphone Jan 4, 11:19
        
        Hm. I guess I don't consider UVerse a "land line" in the sense that AT&T means (old phone system). -- nm - con_carne Jan 4, 11:19
        
        yeah, thought that was obvious? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 11:13
    - *raises hand -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:10
    - With free long distance. Thank you AT&T U-verse! -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:09
    - killing mine on Friday. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 11:09
    - *raises hand* For $10 a month, it's worth it. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 4, 11:09 7
      - i actually hate it. i hate the sound of it ringing. i hate when it rings too early, or after Jacen's bedtime. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 11:10 6
        
        I turned my ringer off over a year ago. -- nm - decline Jan 4, 11:14
        
        yeah. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 11:13
        
        Hmm. We don't get those calls. Maybe one of each in the last year. -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 11:11 3
        
        My own parents fail at remembering, despite my repeated explanations. - TFox Jan 4, 11:13 2
        
        When did he lose the set naptime? Andrew still (more or less) has one- between 12:30-1:00 every day, of course he doesn't always go to sleep though. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 11:14 1
        
        Just in the last few weeks, he's started to eschew it. And he has sucked at staying in bed through the night again. - TFox Jan 4, 11:16
    - We do, unfortunately. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 11:08
TFox: I also thought it was humorous that me being in a relationship now was newsworthy enough to be discussed on ST, twice. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 4, 10:55 2
- "JackDawson became a fan of drinking." -- nm - the nubbyphone Jan 4, 10:59
- right? :) -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:55
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- effin' Rodney Stanger. nm - Dignan Jan 4, 10:56
lileve, the new Intel Atom processor for netbooks is called "Pine Trail" (aka N450). Look for that in the specs. -- (link) - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 10:51
Thanks everyone for your help! -- nm - lileve Jan 4, 10:50
pet peeve today: i know that in legal terms it is important to call criminals "suspects" until they are convicted at trial, but... - TFox Jan 4, 10:49 4
- "Person of Interest" I mean he hasn't actually been formally charged yet? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:04
- he probably should have just put his nuts on someone's drumset. -- nm - Diva Jan 4, 10:52
- what if he was coerced? (not that I believe it for a second) -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:52 1
  - then his lawyers and folks should still say "suspect", but we would all collectively forgive CNN, right? i mean, c'mon. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:53
Am I reading this right? There's *never* been a repeat Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year? -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 4, 10:45 3
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  - aha. thanks -- nm - prayformojo Jan 4, 10:49
- why would they pick a repeat winner? do they hate selling their product? -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:46
I love Mrs. pmb -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 10:45 2
- I love Mr. Pibb -- nm - CQ Jan 4, 11:08
- woah. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 10:45
Roger More - Dallas has the building with the "X"'s and the sphere. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 4, 10:43 [Image] 13
- Frankly, outside of NY, Chicago, San Fran, Seattle, and maybe Miami I don't know that there are many other universally recognizable skylines in the US. -- nm - Ender Jan 4, 10:55 8
  - vegas. maybe boston. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 10:59
  - St. Louis. -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 4, 10:59 1
    - Yep...we're pretty recognizable. -- nm - Jim Jan 4, 11:02
  - DC. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:58
  - Dallas, maybe? -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 10:56 3
    - You show Jax's pic above to 100 random Americans and I bet maybe 10 know it's Dallas. - Ender Jan 4, 10:59 1
      - I'd guess less. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 11:01
    - yeah, should read the rest of the thread first -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 10:57
- have been to Dallas and don't recognize it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:47
- San Diego, with the green hexagon building in the middle. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 4, 10:47 [Image]
- I wouldn't have known that was Dallas. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 10:45 1
  - Well, now just look for the big "X" building and the sphere! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 4, 10:51
I'll go the other way on the big wedding vs. small ceremony. I've got a large family and collect friends so we're doing up the big Ukrainian wedding. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 10:43 2
- i like that weddings run the gamut from small and intimate, to destination, to big traditional blow outs. Who wants to go to 20 carbon copies of the - Andie Jan 4, 10:45 1
  - agreed. I've been to tiny inexpensive ones, and huge blowouts, and all were fun in their own way. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:47
Brady on his ribs: "I'm feeling really good. Everyone breaks bones over the course of the year... It's the best I've felt in a while." -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:42 9
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  - *salivates* -- nm - Freeney Jan 4, 11:00
  - (Were you expecting abject honesty out of a Patriot regarding an injury before a playoff game?) -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:45 2
    - I'll be fine as long as they don't run a zone blitz from the weak side. -- nm - Dano Jan 4, 11:14
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- Here, try mine. -- nm - Tony Roma's si Jan 4, 10:43
- It should be a good game. -- nm - Inigo Jan 4, 10:43
- "I feel happy!" -- nm - Tom Brady Jan 4, 10:43
- Me too! -- nm - Wes Welker Jan 4, 10:42
All Bery board! -- nm - Beryllium s.i. Jan 4, 10:41
mafic: Agreed. Dangerous to do Cuba on an American passport for those reasons, but (sounds like) it's worth a visit if you have a non-US passport -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:40 49
- I always struggle with Cuba. I hear good things as well, but it doesn't feel right supporting the gov't and any tourist activity does exactly that. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 10:45 23
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  - this argument rings hollow since china got most favored nation status. not to mention oil. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 10:52 21
    - Maybe, but Cuba could actually be pressured to change some of their policies if tourism wasn't keeping the economy sustainable. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:08 5
      - you'd also have to stop US remittances, and that'll never happen. - mafic Jan 4, 11:16 1
        
        I'm positive I've read that post Soviet collapse, if it wasn't for tourism, their economy would also collapse within only a few years. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:19
      - it is actually quite different. *because* there is no trade with the US. - Andie Jan 4, 11:12 2
        
        I guess I can see that somewhat, but doesn't your IM tell you something right there? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:17 1
        
        hmmm, yes and no. - Andie Jan 4, 11:23
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      - I don't understand the point you're making. Are you saying that visiting Cuba directly funds terrorism? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:59 13
        
        I'm saying the economy is based on products and resources from regimes far more questionable than cuba's - mafic Jan 4, 11:05
        
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        NWBR is in Canada, so his argument is doubly stupid and misplaced. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:04 10
        
        (However, to reign that in a notch, he was probably just talking about human rights within Cuba itself, nothing to do with The Red Threat ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:06 9
        
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        You cannot seriously believe this. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:12 2
        
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        What I understood from NWBR's post is that he personally had a problem with going to Cuba - Guigue Jan 4, 11:18
        
        i think so. and, while i've met many people who are happy in cuba, there are serious issues that need to be addressed. -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 11:07 4
        
        Exactly. This isn't a communism thing. It's a freedom of mobility, freedom of the press, freedom to protest the gov't kinda thing. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:13 1
        
        it's changed though, since Raul took over. baby steps, but they are happening. - Andie Jan 4, 11:15
        
        agreed, but I think that the Helms-Burton isolationism is a poor way for the US to approach it. - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:13 1
        
        oh, the US policy makes no sense at all. -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 11:14
- she shouldn't go - but Cuba doesn't stamp passports and they have no issues with Americans. It's if the US found out otherwise that she'd have issues -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 10:42 19
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    - When I went to Europe, I went through Italy, Switzerland, France... my passport is stamp-free. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:44 12
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        yeah, i don't even have those. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:51 6
        
        i asked US customs to stamp my passport when it was new. i hated being stamp-less. - Andie Jan 4, 10:52 4
        
        US customs in vancouver stamps about 90% of the time. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 10:55 2
        
        i don't think i've ever been stamped by US customs (other than the one time i asked.) -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 10:56 1
        
        I could cut out Sandy McTire's head and tape it in my passport... - TFox Jan 4, 10:57
        
        if i had known I could ask, I probably would have. i always thought it would be like the passports in Disney World Showcase. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:54
        
        so you have sort of an eternal sunshine passport? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:52
      - the UK stamps everybody but for the rest of the EU it seems to be on the whim of the agent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 10:50 1
        
        UK hassled me big time on my third visit. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:53
      - in the '90s, half the time they only checked to see that you had a passport (unless you were american, then they'd hassle you a little). - mafic Jan 4, 10:48 1
        
        Yeah, in my last passport I only have stamps for airport customs. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:49
    - It's all because of Helms-Burton. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:44
    - it's because of the US. if i had a Cuban stamp, would i get hassled entering the US? who knows. - Andie Jan 4, 10:44 2
      - israel and the arab countries do external visas for the same reason. and for Jack: - mafic Jan 4, 10:46 1
        
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  - yes, that's what I was trying to convey. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:42
- CBC News: HIV travel ban lifted in U.S. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:41 2
  - Obama! -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 10:53
  - oops, that should have gone above. But it's travel-related, at least :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:42
- (U.S. policy toward Cuba is absolutely moronic.) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 4, 10:41
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Erotic Gherkin. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:39 2
- Neutoric Gurkha. -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 4, 10:40
- (Oh, that was about the london skyline ... but I guess it has more features than just that) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:39

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