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I'm angry at Mint. - nubby Nov 20, 07:57 2
- ditto with Citibank. -- nm - Max Nov 20, 07:59
- He's been a major dick lately. -- nm - Julep Nov 20, 07:58
Fun with job applications... - nubby Nov 20, 07:53
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LYC: Facebook is screwing up my notifications. I missed an important comment. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:52 1
- Oxymoron. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 20, 07:53
apropos of nothing, I had an awesome drink last night - znufrii Nov 20, 07:47
OMFG! Dignan's been cheating on us with another message board! -- (link) - mara Nov 20, 07:45
How do people deal with walking to the bars without a coat when it's below freezing out? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 20, 07:43 15
- I do this all the time. I also wear sandals to bars in wintertime. it just saves time. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 20, 07:58
- Snowshoes! - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:45
- I'm always more curious about the tiny skirts. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:45 9
  - No one want to be Eskimo Willow. - Amy Nov 20, 07:50
  - beauty is pain. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:46 7
    - beauty is but a painted hell - znufrii Nov 20, 07:48 3
      - hell is other people. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:49 2
        
        Hell is for children -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:53 1
        
        Children are the future. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:54
    - life is suffering. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:47 2
      - I guess short skirts lead to enlightenment. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:51
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- I'd often leave my coat in the car cause I didn't want it to get smokey. Now... - Cuzzin Todd Nov 20, 07:45
- drink before you go out. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:44
- Suck it up and then drink faster. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 07:44
So, what did I miss? -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 07:42 13
- Well, it was just announced that the Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday afternoon. And Sandra Day O'Conner is pregnant.. with James Baker's baby -- nm - Tom Brokaw Nov 20, 07:46 1
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- hsx killed beta (allegedly temporarily). and welcome back! you bring any port home? -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:44 5
  - less than we would have liked to. - Reagen Nov 20, 07:45 4
    - I actually found that port was cheaper in Canada -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 07:49 3
      - depends where you went. In Porto itself it was dirt cheap. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 07:52 1
        
        I'm thinking of Porto, but I was specifically looking for older tawnys and vintage port. - Roger More Nov 20, 07:57
      - Though obviously they don't have as much range here -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 07:50
- Every target you've ever aimed at in Halo. - Will Hunting Nov 20, 07:43 1
  - I would say merely great - Reagen Nov 20, 07:48
- You're going to dominate me in Astronauts this week. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 07:43
- No heat in our office. -- nm - lileve Nov 20, 07:43
I just won a Starbucks gift card at my department's Peer Recognition meeting. - kelly Nov 20, 07:42 3
- you've been recognized! -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 07:43 1
  - not by me. -- nm - Huntington Beach Pier Nov 20, 07:43
- Yay! -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:43
Conrad Black seeks pardon from Bush -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 20, 07:41
Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 20, 07:39 1
- Hypothetical questions are like lying to your brain. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:14
So I want to send my secret stalkee some home-made food items as part of their gift. Am I likely to have any problems mailing it to the States? - Roger More Nov 20, 07:34 24
- Thanks for the advice everyone -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 07:48
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  - "expired grape juice" -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:45
- Do they open packages? I mean, wouldn't you just say it was "toys" or something? - Amy Nov 20, 07:41 5
  - i send stuff all the time - it's never been an issue. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 20, 07:52
  - they sometimes exray. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:42 3
    - I need one of those. -- nm - Stacy SI #31 Nov 20, 07:44 1
      - *bravo* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 20, 07:57
    - xray. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:42
- home grown and made cookies from Amsterdam? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 20, 07:39
- my grandmother used to send angel food cake to my cousins in california, she never had trouble. I'd say avoid sending whole citrus fruits or raw beef - mafic Nov 20, 07:38 2
  - do not send any agricultural products whatsoever, seriously. especially California. They seize all veggies at the state line, never mind USDA. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:39 1
    - when I was a kid the first question out of border guards' mouths was always "do you have any citrus fruits?" -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:50
- home made? I wouldn't. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:37
- What kind of food? Certain meats would likely cause issues. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:36 9
  - Oh, a particular type of cake. To say more would ruin the surprise -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 07:36 1
    - No idea what the actual rules/laws are, but I do know from experience the inspectors are allowed a lot of personal judgement. - VMan Nov 20, 07:42
  - Oh and possibly fruits and veggies. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:36 6
    - I would not mail any agricultural products, nor any foodstuff that is not in a commercially produced sealed package. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:37 5
      - oddly, i believe homemade baked goods are fine, but i believe mailing *packaged* candies isn't. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 20, 07:42 2
        
        Canada Post's website says so - but sometimes these things are different in practice. - Roger More Nov 20, 07:44 1
        
        if you read my link, gifts are exempt;. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:45
      - hmm, looks like baked goods are ok, according to FDA. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 20, 07:41 1
        
        Cool - thanks. I was trying to find a US source -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 07:48
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- Bengals Rule #1: Don't be an ass. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 07:32 5
  - No, that's Rule #2. Rule #1 is "Lose if you can, tie if you must , but don't win." -- nm - Ender Nov 20, 07:33 4
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      - I don't know. He still has another year on his contract and Mike Brown doesn't like paying people to not work. - Ender Nov 20, 07:48 1
        
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      - No question. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 07:39
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- I'm in favor of help with securing the needed financing for purchasers of cars (since they blame the credit issue) but not just a handout -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 08:04
- I'm in favor of Chapter 11 for all 3 companies with the US providing the debtor in possession financing - Brian Nov 20, 07:37
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- Any kind of aid of just the free handout bailout ideas? -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:32 1
  - ^or just... -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:34
- I hate to agree but as I said weeks ago, there is clearly a reckoning needed. Bailouts are a bandaid for something that is broken. Fix the problem or - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 07:31
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- Nope, it's just a safety valve -- nm - budice Nov 20, 07:39 1
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- I always just plug and remove usb cabled items. Never had a problem. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:26
- I've never had problems. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:26
- Not sure, I pulled out a usb drive with out doing it in front of an IT guy and he flipped a bit. -- nm - lileve Nov 20, 07:26
interesting thing about gmail themes - i changed the theme in my main gmail, then i just checked elf.mail, and it was already on the same settings. - El Fandie Nov 20, 07:19
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- write more neatly next time or make the edits yourself -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 07:19 5
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    - Obviously you need to buy a very expensive tablet PC so you can make annotations electronically -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 07:50
    - "and why does this page smell like a distillery?" -- nm - jack's secretary Nov 20, 07:21
    - "Sorry but I make these edits on the go and will try to write more clearly." -- nm - lileve Nov 20, 07:20 1
      - ...or "Deal with it!" -- nm - lileve Nov 20, 07:21
- has she never worked for a lawyer before? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:18
You know how Stanley on The Office brings a xword puzzle to meetings? I wish I could do that with this meeting happening in 15 minutes. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 07:15 4
- Buzzword Bingo. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:26
- I sometimes sketch. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:19
- I used to occasionally play sudoku on my pda. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:17
- Just make it look like you're taking notes. -- nm - secretslacker Nov 20, 07:15
ST Poll: What would you *love* to tell your clients right now? - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:13 10
- "If you like to be slapped around for no good reason for free, stay put .. " -- nm - Hammed Uzi Nov 20, 09:01
- I'm doing this for your own good, whether you believe me or not. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 07:34
- Pay. Your. Taxes. -- nm - Amy Nov 20, 07:32
- Fast, accurate, free: choose two. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:28 2
  - I love the quick/good/cheap rule. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 07:33 1
    - Me, too. Unfortunately a lot of libraries are in denial about it. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:43
- Your site and facility are old and maxed out. Let's find you a green site and start from scratch. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 07:22
- Just hire some people. I'm sure the economy is fine. -- nm - Callisto Nov 20, 07:20
- This work is above my pay grade. The obvious solution is to increase my pay grade. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 07:19
- You hired a design professional. Start trusting my design. -- nm - lileve Nov 20, 07:16
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- I'll call it a basic intelligence test, you can't do it right, you don't count. - mafic Nov 20, 07:42 2
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- The worst real life example is still from Florida in 2000 where the person bubbled in next to AL Gore...but under "write in candidate" they wrote in: - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 07:15
ESPN really needs to hire editors who are geeks - Will Hunting Nov 20, 07:10
PC Magazine to cease its print publication and go Internet only - Brian Nov 20, 07:07 3
- ziff davis is a basket case. egm should be next....nm - x Nov 20, 07:16
- When I bought my Mac Pro it came with a few months free of MacWorld. I read most mac news on the net and when I would get the issues they were so far - lileve Nov 20, 07:09
- seems like a lot of magazines are doing this lately. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:08
slacker talk just passed ticker talk in my "most visited" firefox tab...nm - x Nov 20, 07:06 6
- "Have I visited this site before today? Yes, 8,676 times." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 20, 07:10
- loxxilu? -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 07:08 4
  - Ooh, is it STer name mashup day? - nubby Nov 20, 07:11 3
    - All the US and Canadian tabloids will be buzzing! -- nm - HdnAndie Nov 20, 07:13 2
      - And also...znubrii -- nm - HdnAndie Nov 20, 07:14 1
        
        marafic -- nm - mara Nov 20, 07:29
Cool! Last night's NewsHour on PBS featured someone I work with a lot, talking about Somali pirates. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 20, 07:06 1
- btw, it is a really good piece. Lots of stuff I did not know about the pirates. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:11
Facebook wants me wear a platinum ring and get a roommate for a temporary rental in Buenos Aires. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:01 8
- Where do they want you to wear the ring? - secretslacker Nov 20, 07:15
- FB really, really wants me to go on a diet. Is this a gender thing? Do all women get the diet stuff? What do men get instead? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:06 3
  - heh, I just got "hearing loss?", contact lenses, and beautiful lake views. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:11
  - facebook never wants me to go on a diet, but slackertalk always does. - mafic Nov 20, 07:09 1
    - ST wants me to get into baseball today. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 07:12
- facebook thinks I need cooler pants, a date, and a better deal on tv (but I'm not sure how they'll top free).. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:04
- Facebook wants me to advertise, stop wetting my bed, and get better fitting pants -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 07:02
- Um... - nubby Nov 20, 07:02
oh goody, more work for me. - znufrii Nov 20, 07:00 7
- Didn't you hear? No raises next year. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 20, 07:28 1
  - bah. promotion, then... :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 07:42
- More work will keep you warm. Can you work at home? ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 20, 07:04 1
  - I could, if I had to... -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 07:05
- sure! your first new job: fire everyone on the three floors below you. -- nm - zbu's boss Nov 20, 07:02 2
  - *fires half the research department the executive dining room staff and conference center staff* -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 07:04
  - zbu? hell. I'm a typo machine these days. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 07:03
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somewhere, over the rainbow -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 06:59

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