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Home heating question: Are any of you using a "heat pump" system and do you like it? - TWuG Feb 9, 12:13 8
- the heat pump is an addtion to your running system and not the main system - Danedukenuuk Feb 9, 12:17
- From anecdotal evidence from friends, you'll need a sweater (or two) if you live north - decline Feb 9, 12:16
- One pump to warm them all. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 12:16 1
  - *just* one pump -- nm - nubby Feb 9, 12:28
- i know people who have had them - tRuMaN Feb 9, 12:14 2
  - Cool. Thanks. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 12:34
  - This is correct. Heat pumps/forced air are not the best for climates with extreme cold. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 9, 12:17
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I just found out a bank that I have a savings account with is closing down. - Loyola Feb 9, 12:06 3
- Weird. What, do they just mail you a check for the balance? -- nm - nubby Feb 9, 12:09 2
  - No like it goes into the will. It didn't sound right to me. Who knows. -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 12:10 1
    - No, no, not your IM. A closing of a bank. -- nm - nubby Feb 9, 12:28
Mass Effect 2 credits are rolling... -- nm - Shaun Feb 9, 12:06 4
- How many hours? -- nm - lileve Feb 9, 13:35
- I'm still working on Darksiders and now have Bioshock 2 sitting in front of me -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:13 1
  - I'm going to try and hold off on Bioshock 2. - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:18
- you really should write reviews of all these games. - tRuMaN Feb 9, 12:07
Gun to your head, and you had to choose either Dignan or Laffarow to be the next President, who would you pick? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 9, 12:06 7
- well, we don't let forners be presidentin'. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 12:16 3
  - but what if Dignan lived in the White House and fed Lafarrow his lines, like Cyrano DeBergerac? - dj roomba Feb 9, 12:17 2
    - that's not all he'd be feeding him. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 12:19
    - What *is* Burn Notice?" nm - President LaFarrow's first SotU Feb 9, 12:18
- Bippy -- nm - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:10
- Diggie. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 12:07
- Co-Presidents -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 12:07
So I finally finished the Prey series as well as Under the Dome. I think I'm going to read the virgil flowers books from Sanford now -- nm - oblique Feb 9, 12:05 1
- I just finished Under the Dome last night. One of the better books King's written in years. -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:09
Thanks all! Sent a number of links to my friend. I'm leaning toward Switchblade Symphony. {nm} - Banzai! Feb 9, 12:00 2
- Strawberry Switchblade too - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 9, 12:18
- Delerium. great bamd -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 12:11
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- When you Tripp upon a falling Starr ...... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 12:01
LIR to nubby and sycor re: steaks. Best I had in town was Hayes Barton Cafe & Dessertery. But Angus' prime rib is right up there. For more casual - HdnAgnda Feb 9, 11:59
Video review of Bioshock 2 -- (link) - eag Feb 9, 11:59 2 1
- It's not 70 minutes long, is it? -- nm - oblique Feb 9, 12:00 1
  - 5 minutes -- nm - eag Feb 9, 12:03
Currently installing: Star Trek Online -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 9, 11:58 6
- I've been playing sense open Beta. Like it so far, despite the bugs - scorpion Feb 9, 12:08
- are you gonna pay the fee to be a borg? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 9, 12:06 1
  - You can make you own unique alien species for free -- nm - scorpion Feb 9, 12:25
- Beta? nm - Dignan Feb 9, 11:59 2
  - saw in in a store on friday here -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 9, 11:59 1
    - Huh. Sadly, the reviews thus far are not favorable. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 12:06
Now *this* is a fundraiser. -- (link) - mara Feb 9, 11:54
for CQ: Vermont and NH are super duper different from each other, politcally. - loosilu Feb 9, 11:47 6
- they all seem like crunchies to me -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 11:52 5
  - I grew up just south of NH. It's like night and day with VT. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:00 4
    - man, I don't know. I've been to both skiing, have friends in both, my bro went to UNH, seems all the same. heh -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:06 3
      - guess we have to disagree. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:07 2
        
        I think I know where you're getting at though. fwiw. -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:10 1
        
        I think I know what you're getting at as well. :) -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:10
Bery...what are you doing to that Inspiron 1501? - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:47 3
- It's incapable of running Vista/Photoshop - so once the wife gets her Macbook Pro, I'm going to put Ubuntu on it and use it for coding -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 11:58 2
  - Got it. - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:59 1
    - It has issues with Vista, and I think part of it is just the very low-end construction -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 12:00
Do you have what it takes to disappear and win $10k? -- (link) - oblique Feb 9, 11:47 8
- that guy in haiti did it. -- nm - Max Feb 9, 11:54 1
  - although showing up for a flight with cash and no luggage might not be the best idea these days -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:58
- great marketing idea. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:50 1
  - $2,500 for a month! so effin easy -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:51
- this would be so easy -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:49 3
  - Except I'm guessing the rules will require you to do things that could potentially get you caught. Probably won't let you just wander off into the - oblique Feb 9, 11:53 2
    - why not? catch me if you can, suckers -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:55
    - yep and probably will need to stay in or near a big city -- nm - decline Feb 9, 11:55
I heard a comedy routine from Al Madrigal where he took a shot at Burn Notice, too. not the title but just "who watches this"? - Reagen Feb 9, 11:46 9
- No one is saying it isn't a great show. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 11:48 7
  - this guy was though. - Reagen Feb 9, 11:49 6
    - sounds like he's got issues. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:01
    - Well, yeah, that is a strange criticism. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 11:50 4
      - Wait. Shit. It wasn't Al Madrigal, it was Aziz Ansari. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:09 3
        
        his comedy central special is hilarious -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 12:11
        
        Well, now you're just profiling racially. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 12:09 1
        
        Brown people hate Burn Notice! -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:10
- what is burn notice? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:47
max, what's up with the 1930 census being the most recent one available? - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:45 6
- The most recent one available for names, addresses and other data. It's called privacy. More recent censuses are available for collective demographics - mara Feb 9, 11:49 3
  - It might be if you're 28 and you have a 13 year old daughter! - Max Feb 9, 11:50 2
    - There's other records to go on like Birth, Death, Marriage, Military, Property.....Etc. - scorpion Feb 9, 11:57 1
      - yup. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 11:58
- The Cencus Bureau is legally required to not release its records for 70 years -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 11:46 1
  - 72. Don't get me started on DC. "100 years after birth and 50 years after death." -- nm - Max Feb 9, 11:49
Gun to your head, and you had to choose either Palin or W to be the next President, who would you pick? -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 11:45 33
- I'll take the bullet, but at least Palin can speak without sounding like annoying drunk, I could not stand the sound of W's voice - zeitgeist Feb 9, 12:17
- W. I'd pick Toonces the Driving Cat over Palin. - TWuG Feb 9, 12:06 1
  - I think I'd go Palin too though. I can't see her at war. -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 12:08
- W (nm) - musubi Feb 9, 12:04
- fire the gun -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 9, 12:02
- Is this one of them 'lesser of two evils' questions? -- nm - OAE Feb 9, 11:51 9
  - Ya think?? -- nm - Jim Feb 9, 11:54
  - Could be :) I'm regretting now I didn't do Palin v Cheney. -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 11:53 7
    - PALIN/CHENEY 2012! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 11:54 4
      - nah, running with the tea party crowd isn't Cheney's style. - znufrii Feb 9, 11:55 3
        
        IM: I don't. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:01
        
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        I think she jumps ship from the tea party to run in the GOP primaries, drops out, and tries to go back to the teabaggers for a third-party run... - znufrii Feb 9, 12:01
    - *grabs the gun and shoots himself* -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 11:53 1
      - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 11:54
- Palin. -- nm - mara Feb 9, 11:50
- Revolution! -- nm - David Feb 9, 11:50
- Palin. - JaxSean Feb 9, 11:49 5
  - Canada won't be safe. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:02 4
    - Sure we will. Could Palin find it on a map? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 12:03 3
      - she doesn't have to. she can see it from her house. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:05 2
        
        that's russia, silly -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 12:07
        
        Not her new house! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:05
- W. In a second. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 11:48
- duh. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 11:47
- pick one and shoot democrazy in the head -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 9, 11:46
- Michael Palin -- nm - peglegpete Feb 9, 11:46
- W. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 11:45
- W. -- nm - Jim Feb 9, 11:45
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- fire away. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 11:45 1
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:46
- W. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 11:45
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- Oh, and I have a developing 'population density affects perspective' theory that I'm still working on. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:10 11
  - I'm not sure that misanthropic is the right word. People like this want the government to help other people - they're not inflicting government on - Roger More Feb 9, 12:16 2
    - hence my "sounds fair" comment. :) -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:18
    - yeah, he was definitely showing some bias there by using that word... -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:18
  - I definitely agree with the premise, but I think your conclusion needs a little work. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:14 6
    - It probably does! :) - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:16
    - more succinctly... - znufrii Feb 9, 12:15 1
      - Yet you'll find no greater widespread sense of community than in a rural setting. I*ron*y! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 9, 12:29
    - I think both of you would be shocked at where socialism got its biggest support in Canada. - Reagen Feb 9, 12:15 2
      - No, but the conditions of 1940's Saskatchewan/Manitoba is a world of difference from today's setting. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 9, 12:21
      - Canada doesn't count. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:16
  - sounds entirely fair. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:13
- I've wondered too how much history plays apart. See, Australia is relatively homogenous, but I think that's because the biggest cities were all - Roger More Feb 9, 12:02 3
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    - This may be stretching, but the French influence? -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 12:05 1
      - (Not that the French of the 1600s were granola-eating hippies) -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 12:05
- All good questions. Economic demographics probably figure in to some degree. I haven't been through Vermont... - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 11:49 9
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    - Well, they elected Bernie Sanders. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:06
    - Sounds reasonable. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 11:52
  - Not everyone is, but there are often shocking levels of racism. - Reagen Feb 9, 11:50 5
    - As there are in every area of the planet, if you look for it, I would wager. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 11:52 4
      - not true...I've seen racism in some places that far outstrips what I see in others. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:58 3
        
        I've seen behavior in some races that varies greatly from what I've seen in others. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:07 2
        
        Mel is saying there is more racism in certain part of the world, not that everyone there is a racist - Guigue Feb 9, 12:16 1
        
        That's like saying there is more evil or athletic ability or intelligence in certain races, not that everyone in that race has that trait... - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:21
suitable industrial ambient : became a fan of Caspian, If These Trees Could Talk, Auburn Lull, Dif Juz, Loop, - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 9, 11:41 2
- of course there's Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance on a gloomy tuesday -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 9, 11:41 1
  - also The Constants -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 9, 11:45
banzai, you might also try Dead Can Dance and other bands off the 4AD label. - reluctantcynic (en treo) Feb 9, 11:39 2
- Delerium. great band -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 12:11
- try Switchblade Symphony... - Mel Profit Feb 9, 11:45
Thanks Pixie and Jax. Was looking for something NIN-ish, just not NIN. Y'all helped! {nm} - Banzai! Feb 9, 11:39 3
- what is burn notice? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:40 2
  - beats me {nm} - Banzai! Feb 9, 11:42 1
    - 1. nm - Dignan Feb 9, 11:43
i thought there was a law that anything S&M related had to use Enigma for its soundtrack -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:39 2
- unfornatly Enigma is popular in thoose circles -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 9, 11:42
- it's massive attack, not enigma. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Feb 9, 11:40
aaammmmmmmmbbbbbiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeennnnnnnnntt ttttttttttttt -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 11:38
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- Nah, it just doesn't have the same ring to it -- nm - Def Leppard Feb 9, 11:42
- ~if you want it put arugula on it~ -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 11:41
what is burn notice? -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 11:38 6
- Loosi's present job situation :( - peglegpete Feb 9, 11:47 1
  - nada. and today I found otu they let my COBRA lapse. -- nm - loosilu Feb 9, 12:03
- The 2nd best thing Jeffrey Donovan's ever done. -- nm - Jim Feb 9, 11:40 2
  - Hitch? -- nm - Max Feb 9, 11:43 1
    - Seriously?? This is ME we're talking about here. nm - Jim Feb 9, 11:43
- I am infuriated that this post will stay on this board for over 4 and a half minutes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 11:39

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