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crap crap crap. guys, no way can twilight do 65 mill this weekend, right? right?? -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 21, 07:44 4
- The number of early sellouts is impressive. My daughter is so excited about this movie that she's going immediately after school today and could talk - pmb Nov 21, 07:47
- I think absolutely. I'll post my reasoning next board. -- nm - TFox Nov 21, 07:47
- I think it can. The flip-side if you short it, you'll make it up over the next few weeks, imo. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:45 1
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china has passed japan and is now the united states' biggest foreign creditor. likely the biggest creditor period... - x Nov 21, 07:37 2
- what if someone had told us this back in, say, 1970? ridiculous! -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:39 1
  - 1970? hell, it would've been considered ridiculous in 1995. -- nm - reluctantcynic Nov 21, 07:41
mint is pretty unuseful to me because I live on a stipend I get once a semester. once I have a job, I'm sure it;ll be super. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 21, 07:37
happy weekend! - M Nov 21, 07:36
ST stalker poll: what's your favorite movie? who's your favorite actor? gift cards, yeah or nay? - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:32 15
- Braveheart, Jake Gyllenhaal, nay. -- nm - nubby Nov 21, 07:45
- Jaws/Piranha, Peter Sarsgaard, sure -- nm - Dano Nov 21, 07:41
- Casablanca, Clive Owen!, a big yay. -- nm - kelly Nov 21, 07:39
- Magnolia (maybe not anymore, I need to revisit my list), Edward Norton, heck yeah. -- nm - TFox Nov 21, 07:39
- Magnificent Ambersons, can't decide, gift cards are awesome. -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:39
- matrix, don't really have one, gift cards are fine -- nm - decline Nov 21, 07:38
- Real Genius, Steve Martin, I have cards that are years old because it doesn't make sense to dine alone. -- nm - Max Nov 21, 07:38 2
  - I love eating by myself. I take a book or a magazine. (Bonus, my brother met his wife this way.) -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:41 1
    - Reading is a possibility, but I usually do that concurrently with commuting. I see solo dining as unproductive time. -- nm - Max Nov 21, 07:49
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- The James Bond franchise, duh! No real favourite actor. Gift cards - yay, but I'm in Canada which may cause US stalkers more trouble than it's worth. -- nm - Roger More Nov 21, 07:37
- don't know, don't know, art supply store gift cards. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:37
- blade runner. johnny depp. no, thank you. -- nm - reluctantcynic Nov 21, 07:37
- Don't know. Don't know. Yes! -- nm - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:35
- Glory. Jennifer Aniston. Oh yeah. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:33
i frickin' hate flying. - reluctantcynic Nov 21, 07:25 3
- That reminds me of a fun fact I just learned - Chambliss and Martin are fraternity brothers. -- nm - Dano Nov 21, 07:29 2
  - seriously? that's pretty funny. -- nm - reluctantcynic Nov 21, 07:35 1
    - Apparently two years apart in Sigma Chi at UGA. -- nm - Dano Nov 21, 07:39
wait .. the US has more Internet hosts than users? - M Nov 21, 07:25
Wow, the top 8 Friends for sale are women...(nm) - amoxy Nov 21, 07:24
A little late to the party, but this week's episode of Life was *awesome*. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:20
Notes from the conservative stagnation, Part 11: CAFE standards caused car companies� woes -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 21, 07:19
Stacy: MSG on Wikipedia -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 21, 07:17
weather report says we'll get snow, 12 inches or more. and it's only raining now. blah. -- nm - M Nov 21, 07:15
Brrr. It's chilly! -- nm - Don Homer Nov 21, 07:14 1
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s + p 500 real annualized return since greenspan's 1996 "irrational exuberance" speech; -0.5%.....nm - x Nov 21, 07:13
Your fun financial fact of the day. Back when Alan Greenspan gave his "irrational exurberance" speech on December 5 1996 - Brian Nov 21, 07:11 5
- nice timing....nm - x Nov 21, 07:14 4
  - It really is amazing - Brian Nov 21, 07:17 3
    - right! unless, of course, we end up like japan.... - x Nov 21, 07:20
    - that's the way the markets roll. Had a presentation on this last week. Huge dips followed by years of growth is the norm -- nm - Beaker Nov 21, 07:18 1
      - graph the market of the world's 2nd biggest economy sometime to see the counter example. or heck, graph the nasdaq.....nm - x Nov 21, 07:31
Those Somali pirates? they've taken $150M in a year - decline Nov 21, 07:11 48
- how has this not illicited an overwhelming military response? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 21, 07:31 23
  - Nobody cares about Africa. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 21, 07:47
  - multiple reasons, for instance navies are largely deployed elsewhere. Second, the ships are flying under many flags. Third, Somalia itself? Useless. - loosilu Nov 21, 07:41 6
    - it's a good thing I'm not in charge I think. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 21, 07:47
    - yep. the us navy clearly wants very little to do with policing the area....nm - x Nov 21, 07:46
    - fifth, paying the ransom is a pittance compared to the value of the ship and cargo as a whole, and the potential risk thereto from military action. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:42 3
      - Getting back the current ship/hostages is one thing. Preventing further piracy is quite another. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:44 2
        
        yes, I think we need to start rethinking what we do there and how we do it. - Mel Profit Nov 21, 07:48
        
        this is true. however I interpreted the original inquiry to be regarding reactive force as opposed to preventative force. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:46
  - You'd think the world could nip this problem in the bud if just a few nations sent frigates on patrol in those waters. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:40 5
    - takes more than a few frigates to patrol 2-3 million square miles. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:41 4
      - They wouldn't need to be randomly patrolling. We only care about a few mile radius around cargo ships. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:43 3
        
        so who guards what ships? say it's registered in Liberia, what navy protects them? -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:44 2
        
        I'm envisioning a multinational task force that would escort any ships, regardless of country of origin. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:47 1
        
        the EU is in fact deploying one, but they don't have anywhere near the capacity to make it really safe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:48
  - Their are several navy's in the area now, but the problem is the area is just way too big - decline Nov 21, 07:40 5
    - the real solution is to deal with the problem at the source, which Somalia can't do. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:42 4
      - absolutely....nm - x Nov 21, 07:47
      - have we discussed how commercial fishing trawlers have devastated the coastal fishing economy there, which is another impulse to engage in piracy? - znufrii Nov 21, 07:45 2
        
        that was their original excuse for piracy, but they've long ago abandoned that pretense. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:47 1
        
        gotcha -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:47
  - it has not elicited a military response due to the inheherent risks of such, to the crew and ship's cargo. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:36 2
    - Has anything leaked on how much they want for the tanker? -- nm - VMan Nov 21, 07:38 1
      - not that I've heard...but I haven't been paying that close attention to the situation. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:39
- yay! good news for the oil drillers and equipment etf i just bought!....nm - x Nov 21, 07:15
- depends how much of our oil comes that way. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:13 21
  - And when Exxon alone's making like $10 billion in profits per quarter, $150 mill worldwide seems a drop in the bucket. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:16 15
    - any effect on prices (were there to be one) woud be more about the rerouting of supply to more expensive routes rather than ransom...nm - x Nov 21, 07:18 5
      - and perhaps increased insurance costs and hedging against possible disruptions of supply. - znufrii Nov 21, 07:19 4
        
        right. but it's at least possible that it either causes re-routing or tanker folk charge more for going through that route for higher risk....nm - x Nov 21, 07:27 2
        
        agreed, but, even so, it is, overall, a relatively small effect in terms of its effect on prices. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:32 1
        
        absolutely...nm - x Nov 21, 07:33
        
        One ship that probably has every oil shipper thinking hard about piracy risks -- nm - Roger More Nov 21, 07:25
    - not to mention that don't just target oil tankers. So the oil shipping companies' share of that expense is quite a bit lower than $150m -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:17 2
      - I think they got just the one oil tanker. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:18 1
        
        that's what I thought. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:20
    - doesn't a significant part of our oil come from Nigeria? -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:17 5
      - #5 supplier I believe -- nm - decline Nov 21, 07:19
      - and Venezuela! - Roger More Nov 21, 07:18 3
        
        OK, what I've found is the US gets 15% of its oil from Africa - and from another article (linked) that it wants to increase that to 25% - Roger More Nov 21, 07:24 2
        
        According to the EIA statistics Africa has hit 21% in 2007 -- (link) - VMan Nov 21, 07:27 1
        
        thanks for posting that - interesting to see how much oil comes out of Angola these days -- nm - Roger More Nov 21, 07:31
  - it's fungible. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:14
  - No, no it does not depend on t hat. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 07:14 3
    - why not? -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:15 2
      - because it's a fungible commodity. disruptions anywhere have an effect on prices across the board, not just on the particular destination of - znufrii Nov 21, 07:33
      - The US invades other countries to lower the price of oil on a global scale. The actual oil th at goes to the US is from Canada and Mexico and similar - Beryllium Nov 21, 07:25
- Does that come with dental? *Yo Ho a pirate's life for me!* -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:12
So, we are having a food drive at work to support the local food bank. - kelly Nov 21, 07:10 4
- Do you think in this economic climate that regular banks will start having cash drives? - nubby Nov 21, 07:16
- steal the food from other boxes and but it in your team;s box! -- nm - Beaker Nov 21, 07:16
- now I'm curious - M Nov 21, 07:12
- last food drive we had here, we had a competition between the three floors of our department - znufrii Nov 21, 07:12
almost sad news: the neighbours moved to Cairns today, but would we care to guess at the volume of bottles they removed from their house before going? -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 07:10 7
- what units? -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:11 4
  - volume of the recycling bins they filled with empties since monday (when they last emptied). -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 07:13 3
    - 15 mins. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:15 2
      - er, bins. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:16 1
        
        sorry, only 2 bins, but they're rather large bins. - mafic Nov 21, 07:24
- This actually could be 312.50! -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:11 1
  - that's actually not far off (in litres). -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 07:23
I still can't quite believe how good a deal Amazon had for the full series of Studio 60. It's already back up to $44 from $13. *NM* - Ender Nov 21, 07:08 1
- looking back, I can't say I enjoyed that series at all. it had good aspects but really missed the mark for me. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:09
Mint hating ING would be a deal-breaker, except I love the investments tracking. -- nm - nubby Nov 21, 07:08
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- getting re-routed through new jersey. - reluctantcynic Nov 21, 07:34
- Hopefully...having a baby, if my ready-to-pop wife has anything to say about it. :) - Subversive Nov 21, 07:24 2
  - ST babies rock! -- nm - mara Nov 21, 07:29
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- Other than getting a haircut tonight after work, I.dont.know -- nm - amoxy Nov 21, 07:16
- Tailgating OSU-Michigan and watching Cincinnati-Pitt. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 07:14
- shopping for a humidifier tonight. making sushi tomorrow night. -- nm - Roger More Nov 21, 07:14
- sleep. eat. sleep. -- nm - M Nov 21, 07:14
- Probably working tomorrow, seeing either Bolt or JB22. - kelly Nov 21, 07:12
- too early? it's friday night! just got back from a pint down the street, beach tomorrow, then dinner at a friend's, then more beach on sunday. -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 07:11
- Dinner out tonight, and off to the USA for shopping Sat/Sun (nmbAmy) - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:11 6
  - No prob. And I can always try the shady website if it's just too big a PITA for you. - Amy Nov 21, 07:18 1
    - oh, i don't mind at all. - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:19
  - Where are you going to shop? -- nm - kelly Nov 21, 07:13 3
    - Grove City is the plan, and probably stop in Buffalo on way back Sunday. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:14 2
      - Walden Galleria? -- nm - Diva Nov 21, 07:24 1
        
        yep! -- nm - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:35
- A whole lot of photo retouching - Guigue Nov 21, 07:08
- going to chattanooga saturday night.. change of scenery. other than that, not much. - colin Nov 21, 07:07
- Costume party tomorrow, Lion King Sunday. (I can't believe I can finally answer this poll.) -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:07
- Thanksgetting has been postponed until next weekend for us, so probably just see Bolt. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:06 2
  - sweet! oh, crap. I'll be on the road to Florida. dayam -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:08 1
    - Passing throught Jacksonville this week? - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:34
- tonight: driving into the city to pick up wife and headed to Stratford, tomorrow: surprise 30th party for cousin, sunday: football -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:06 5
  - Stratford CT? -- nm - lileve Nov 21, 07:06 4
    - yeppers. I got family all over CT. My mom's originally from Fairfield -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:08 3
      - Neat. I have family in Wilton and Westport. -- nm - lileve Nov 21, 07:14 2
        
        I got Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, Torrington, West Hartford, Avon, and Trumbull. :) heh -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:20 1
        
        Holy cow. -- nm - lileve Nov 21, 07:22
- hookah bar tonight, birthday dinner and party tomorrow night, church and rehearsal on Sunday. -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:06
- prepping for travel. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:06
Biggie's "Ready to Die" for five dollars is straight up larceny. "Madvillainy" is pretty ridonkulous as well. -- nm - TFox Nov 21, 07:05
~ We need heroes (build them). Don't put your fists up (fill them) with our hopes, with our hearts and our hands... - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:04
Spawn needs his XM taken away. He calls every day for me to put CDs on hold for him now that he has BBC1 in the car. -- nm - Amy Nov 21, 07:04
oh, and Bronx Mowgli Wentz? his initals are friggin BMW. Please. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 21, 07:03 2
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  - Wait, that's an acronym? nm - wang Nov 21, 07:06
Algeria trivia 2. Guess the reported price of a cheeseburger and fries at the hotel, in American dollars. PIR rules. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:03 12
- $27,25 -- nm - znufrii Nov 21, 07:07
- 312,5 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 21, 07:06
- $10,50 -- nm - Guigue Nov 21, 07:06
- $1, Bob. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 07:05
- 100 million dollars -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:05 1
  - I did not say Zimbabwe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:05
- $17.50 -- nm - amoxy Nov 21, 07:04 3
  - by PIR rules, amoxy wins!! $25. so close, znu. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:08 2
    - bah! - znufrii Nov 21, 07:09 1
      - well, it's halal. -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 07:10
- 40 -- nm - VMan Nov 21, 07:04
- $15.75 -- nm - decline Nov 21, 07:03
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- getting your poophole slaughtered? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 21, 07:32
Can't say what but cross your fingers & wish me luck! -- nm - lileve Nov 21, 07:02 2
- Good Luck! -- nm - amoxy Nov 21, 07:02 1
  - ditto -- nm - M Nov 21, 07:11
Why is KISS not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? -- nm - amoxy Nov 21, 07:01 2
- because they suck? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 07:09
- They won't pay Gene enough. -- nm - VMan Nov 21, 07:02

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