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If you want to pick up a tween girl tonight [insert Capstern joke here], a Dear John showing is your best bet. - Dano Feb 5, 19:14 1
- see, will? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 19:14
its halo time -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 19:11 1
- Um - eag Feb 5, 19:12
It warmed my heart to see kids out playing football in this. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:59 2
- One of the best parts of a good snow fall was the ability to play some good tackle football. - Krusty Feb 5, 19:11
- video games or movies? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 19:10
I'm going to see Did You Hear About The Morgans tonight and I don't know why -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 5, 18:56 3
- You needed to see something familiar? -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 18:59
- is it dubbed in Spanish? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:57 1
  - of course. It sucks that it's the only movie showing around 9pm, and we have nothing else to do. Either that or the Tooth Fairy... -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 5, 18:59
My poor wife is stuck at work (hospital). She had already worked a 12-hour shift when they told her she needs to stay until her relief gets there. - Fuzzy Feb 5, 18:50 29
- Sucks. My wife is in similar situation. She started at 3 pm and will be there probably until at least late morning if not - Don Homer Feb 5, 18:56
- it's better being safe there, that in the storm -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 18:55 2
  - for the night -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 18:55 1
    - This may likely be the case. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 19:01
- fuzzy, why did I think you were in TX?? -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:54 5
  - Good question. This explains why you never wave to me when you move through Pittsburgh. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 18:59 4
    - what? pittsburgh?? what?? I swear you live in texas. please move at once to be inline with my expectations. thanks. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 19:02 3
      - I've never been there. Is it nice? -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 19:09 2
        
        this is insane to me. you have to be joking. (hello, my name is amanda. I live in maryland but spend weeks in NH (these days) and weekends in PA. - amandize Feb 5, 19:14 1
        
        See, and I thought you spent weekends in Maryland and occasionally Atlanta. - Fuzzy Feb 5, 19:18
- yikes ... that hardly seems like the person in charge of staffing planned well huh? -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 18:52 18
  - It's not about planning per se, it's because the scheduled people aren't able to get there. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 5, 18:57 17
    - actually - and this is prolly because of where I live - but they could have shifted the people for those that lived closer and could have made it? - JenBro Feb 5, 19:03 16
      - Not so easy when it's a flex schedule that's made weeks in advance. - Krusty Feb 5, 19:08 10
        
        Yeah, she works in the OR. Same kind of thing. - Fuzzy Feb 5, 19:14
        
        we've done the "pick up people" thing too ... cool to know they don't make you do 24 hour shift - I was thinking that was crazy for health care - JenBro Feb 5, 19:13 1
        
        Docs work 24 hours, mostly residents. Sometimes nurses will but it's much more rare. - Krusty Feb 5, 19:16
        
        *whoa* -- I had *no idea* you work in an ER. nobody tells me anything around here. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 19:09 6
        
        I work two jobs. Part time registrar in an ER and for a pet transportation and food company. - Krusty Feb 5, 19:12 5
        
        Both jobs I had previously that I had to go back to after I lost a good job a year ago. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 19:13 4
        
        Do you not like this job? It sounds more important and thereby rewarding. -- nm - David Feb 5, 19:17 1
        
        I love working in the ER but the hours are terrible. - Krusty Feb 5, 19:22
        
        I knew you'd lost a job (you walked out, right?) -- but I had no idea you were in healthcare. god, I suck. I get so frustrated sometimes here - amandize Feb 5, 19:16 1
        
        I didn't get bitchy from anything you wrote. :-) - Krusty Feb 5, 19:20
      - but then the people who live close bear all the brunt of the storm staffing. there's no way to make it fair. the best way is to stick to - amandize Feb 5, 19:06 2
        
        I guess I was thinking that a nurse working crazy long hours isn't much of a good idea for solid patient care? - JenBro Feb 5, 19:10
        
        right. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 5, 19:09
      - we only live 3 miles from hospital, but might as well be 300 right now. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 5, 19:05 1
        
        Yeah, being in a car in this mess is just dumb. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 19:08
hope the cx'ers bought their Dear John shares -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:39 28
- thus far, it's a slower burn than HSX on the gain side, but nothing challenging enough for me to not want to throw some real money in. - TFox Feb 5, 18:49 8
  - depends how you play. so far, most positions traders take overvalue a lot of stocks relative to the HSX stock - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:52 5
    - i'm playing the way i would if i had real money in there: relatively long term plays. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 19:04 4
      - i'm going to put real money in and that's not how i would play based on the practice rounds so far - dj roomba Feb 5, 19:07 3
        
        like when one starts out on the hsx. the only big fast money is on news and just before open and opening weekend, really. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 19:12
        
        is there shorting? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 19:11 1
        
        if there's a buyer on the other side with shares, yes -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 19:12
  - (is there a halt?) -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 18:51 1
    - no, which is why playing the short term, especially openers, can be pretty profitable - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:53
- the tv previews were cut *so* well. I can't see less than high teens for it. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:45 18
  - early numbers are $10 mil Friday -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:46 17
    - *THIS* is the pos that'll beat Avatar? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:49 6
      - it's a function of time more than anything, really. and offering a movie that serves the XX chromies rather than the XYs with dragalong XXs. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:53 5
        
        If it was Valentine's Day or wahtever that mass-appeal thing is next week, okay...but this looks awful - Will Hunting Feb 5, 18:57 4
        
        so did Twilight/New Moon. -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:58 3
        
        Is the Dear John book popular? - Will Hunting Feb 5, 19:00 2
        
        but if Twilight does $100 million on the wknd you only have to tap into 25% of that market to have this kind of opening -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 19:01
        
        there've been no *date* movies for eons. see? -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 19:01
    - they cut the last two shows tonight at my local AMC because of the snow. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 18:49 8
      - but is this a huge consideration? the take thus far that's used to extrapolate the numbers estimated - amandize Feb 5, 18:52 7
        
        I'm just saying it's that much more impressive because of the lost income. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 19:04
        
        Avatar's opening weekend was estimated to be down between 10 and 20% because of the last noreaster -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:54 5
        
        No, it wasn't. -- nm - David Feb 5, 19:09 2
        
        it did $73 million without the midnight sneaks. without the snow storm, it probably does $80 to 85 -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 19:11 1
        
        It did $77 million and you're equally wrong about the other thing. -- nm - David Feb 5, 19:15
        
        right, so you say 10 mill and I say down one mill. that's 10%. see? -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:55 1
        
        i'm math dumb -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:55
    - I'm not surprised at all. the blitz on my tv has been impressive. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:49
Yikes, snow getting pretty intense in the past hour or two. Very windy and dark too. - Don Homer Feb 5, 18:38
Smallville spoilers... - Remlik Feb 5, 18:33
this movie was released before I was on HSX TT - what did everyone think back then about A Time To Kill - it's on TNT now - JenBro Feb 5, 18:30 7
- it's my favorite Grisham novel too. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 18:45 1
  - the book was *so* good. I read the firm and like three more after it trying to find a time to kill again, but - amandize Feb 5, 19:04
- Yup, I really like it too -- nm - Stephen Feb 5, 18:39
- didn't see it -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:34 3
  - whaaa .... huh? seriously? - JenBro Feb 5, 18:35 2
    - i'm a loner. a rebel. -- nm - dj roomba Feb 5, 18:36 1
      - rebel perhaps - loner - no way - JenBro Feb 5, 18:41
Kelly? you won't be getting any IPA. it blew up a couple of hours ago. - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:30 8
- Ruh roh. (No biggie - thanks anyway!) -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 18:43
- You blew it up! Damn you!! Damn you all to hell -- nm - Chuck Heston Feb 5, 18:32
- Imploding Pale Ale? -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 18:32 5
  - that was no implosion, let me tell you. -- nm - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:32 4
    - it was the closest word to explosion with an I I could come up with. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 18:33 3
      - I know, I can't think of anything either. -- nm - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:33 1
        
        Immolation is the best I can think of. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 18:45
      - without googling. -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 18:33
from b2: About falling on ice. I fell on ice and broke my wrist. It was not bent or swollen. People told me I would "know" if it was broken. - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:24 5
- Thanks. Seems slightly bent and swollen, ever so slightly. - Facto Feb 5, 18:35 2
  - get an xray. you could have a hairline fracture. -- nm - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:39 1
    - I'm thinking it's probably sprained, but it could always be checked out.. - Facto Feb 5, 18:59
- That's why I said to go in if it didn't feel better after a day or two. -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 18:27 1
  - agreed. -- nm - loosilu in hibernation Feb 5, 18:28
sorry Shoelace, we don't make NutriYums for dogs . . . - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 18:12
ok, these KIA superbowl '3rd quarter' commercials are getting a little creepy -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 5, 18:07 1
- Muno! -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 18:08
i will be playing mw2 until someone tells me to play halo -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 18:06
tonight's Smallville looks so cool in HD - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 5, 17:54
I forgot something you guys might need after the storm - lawn chairs. - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 17:53 4
- no, Baltimore does that. there's nothing special about Chicago -- nm - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 17:57
- It's a Pittsburgh thing too, though not limited to lawn chairs. I see a lot of 70's-era dining room chairs. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 17:55 1
  - Basically anything you don't mind an irrate neighbor running over. -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 17:59
- in Winnipeg or NWT they would stick to your butt -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 5, 17:55
Things funny about Facebook: I just got a friend request from an old work colleague who now lives in Oregon, so I write her back to check in... - TFox Feb 5, 17:46
nmbBery... - Krusty Feb 5, 17:41
Iiiiinteresting. I just got a call from Wind Cellular, canada's newest cell company. They want to put a cell tower on the roof of our condo and pay us - Beryllium Feb 5, 17:33 2
- (spoiler) - kelly Feb 5, 17:35 1
  - shit, i knew i shouldn't have clicked. now buying a cell phone tower is ruined. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 17:37
Paul Pierce vs Chauncey Billups vs Stephen Curry should make for a solid 3 Point Shootout. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 17:25
what did facebook change that's so awful? mine's the same, isn't it? -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 17:16 15
- you're not platinum preferred facebook? - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 17:45 9
  - She's platinum in the Social Network Alliance, but Facebook doesn't give her any special consideration for that. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 5, 18:00 4
    - you guys think I'm super bitchy, don't you? god, I swear I'm not usually bitchy about my status. but united, come *on.* -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 18:07 3
      - I don't think so at all. I just saw a good opportunity to make a joke about it. - Fuzzy Feb 5, 18:19
      - Hey, with the hours you've spent in airports you've earned it...you're entitled! :) - MojaveMeg Feb 5, 18:11 1
        
        if it was 2002, they would charter her a personal jet -- nm - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 18:14
  - YSMM - Guess I'm not either :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 5, 17:48 3
    - Question - I've always assumed a page layout was universal across a website. Why didn't we all get the same update at the same time? -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 5, 18:00 2
      - i think this happened the last time they rolled out changes. they seem to do it in groups or waves of users instead of a global change -- nm - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 18:01 1
        
        Mine was changed when I got home drunk and, uhm, "injured" last night/early morning. Just what I needed - even more confusion :-) -- nm - Facto Feb 5, 18:10
- The main page is different fir me. New stuff on the left side. Basically same stuff just in new places. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 5, 17:19
- for a moment I couldn't find the Lexulous button but I just clicked on Boxes. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 17:19 1
  - I ahve a lex link in my toolbar. I'll be fine. -- nm - amandize Feb 5, 17:20
- i haven't seen a change yet either -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 17:17
- Mine hasn't changed yet either. -- nm - the nubbyphone Feb 5, 17:16
Ugh. Pouring rain, freezing house, and my intesines feel like someone's squeezing them. -- nm - the nubbyphone Feb 5, 17:16 3
- Oh, and no wireless. -- nm - the nubbyphone Feb 5, 17:19 2
  - and no Dollhouse. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 17:22 1
    - Ahhhh! -- nm - the nubbyphone Feb 5, 17:23
current season Burn Notice question, mild spoilers - prayformojo Feb 5, 17:05 1
- aren't they all? - Max Feb 5, 17:10
Bioshock's twist blind sided me more than any movie twist ever has. - Tim Feb 5, 16:59 13
- Better than Dexter S4? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 17:12 5
  - I guessed that one. Would I guess Bioshock? -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 17:33 2
    - Now that we've built it up so much, maybe, but I sure as hell didn't when playing through. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 5, 17:38
    - If the first half of the game were a movie, you could probably see it coming. What helps it as a video game is you're trying to kill shit. -- nm - Tim Feb 5, 17:35
  - No -- nm - stewie Feb 5, 17:27
  - If Gore Verbinski does the movie and does it right, it will blow people's damn minds. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 5, 17:17
- the best in any game ever -- nm - Jovian Feb 5, 17:05 1
  - Metal Gear Solid had more twist to me - Guigue Feb 5, 18:08
- Yeah, someone here was saying the other day that they quit before the end and it was a WOW! moment for me. - Dav5id Feb 5, 17:00 4
  - That may have been me. Hmmm. I guess I should go back and finish this wknd. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 17:05 3
    - You can just watch the video I posted earlier today if you don't want to bother with the game, but if you have the time, I recommend finishing it. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 5, 17:07
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      - I'll try! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 17:25
Damn, this is a heavy snow. And I think I guessed wrong which way to park the cars to minimize drifting. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 16:58 10
- What the hades is snow? -- nm - BAD Feb 5, 17:56 1
  - Isn't that what we used to get on the screens of those old B&W TVs? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 5, 18:13
- I noticed the same thing - it's coming from the opposite direction. I got home a half hour ago and measured 3" on my car. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 17:00 4
  - you're all gonna die in there! -- nm - pretty darned good pixie Feb 5, 17:45
  - I think I'm going put the dog on the leash and let him eat our sidewalk clear. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:02 2
    - this is hilarious ... I had a dog that used to "hike" big snow chunks like a football - they LOVE to play with the snow -- nm - JenBro Feb 5, 17:25 1
      - Oh, he's not playing it...I had to shovel my yard to get him to walk in it. however, he knows it's tasty. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 17:53
- It's 50F here and it was sunny at lunch ... Woo! Go Canada! (this'll be great for the olympics) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 16:59 2
  - Spring Olympics? -- nm - the liioulu with the wrong season Feb 5, 17:02 1
    - Nashville 2018 -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 17:04

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