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this is not the pimped out Star Wars car you're looking for -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 14:17 [flickr] 6
- I want. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 14:22 2
  - are you part of a celibacy movement? - crash davis Mar 4, 14:26 1
    - this little one's not worth your trouble. come, let me buy you a drink . . . -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 14:26
- what a waste of creative potential -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 14:21 1
  - always with you what cannot be done -- nm - shotgun yoda Mar 4, 14:22
- that is incredible. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 14:19
re: getting in with specialists - there is currently a 6-month wait to see the local endocrinolgist. She is the ONLY one in town to see diabetics. - kelly Mar 4, 14:11 2
- how far are you willing/able w/ your insurance plan to drive? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 14:27
- I *just* called for a stress test appointment, and they couldn't get me in for 5 weeks. - ty97 Mar 4, 14:25
After listening to a good interview with Jeff Garlin, I'm thinking about giving up sugar. Anyone done this? - Fat and Sassy Vermin Mar 4, 14:09 7
- I have done Atkins - so sort of similar - the most noticeable was the easier to wake up in the am, no lethargic spells after meals. - Epiphany Mar 4, 14:21
- Seriously? Just because this one actor says it? -- nm - mara Mar 4, 14:18 1
  - But he won't listen to Al Gore -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 14:19
- There is absolutely no way I would ever even consider this - Stephen Mar 4, 14:18
- Worth a shot. Plus, the more food you cook yourself, the easier it'll be. - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:18
- I'm thinking the hardest part will be convincing Mrs.Vermin to do it with me. - Fat and Sassy Vermin Mar 4, 14:13
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Liberals will split vote to ensure that the budget passes, avoiding an election. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:08 8
- Translation: We dont really like it but we dont have a better plan and we would get our asses kicked in an election! -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 4, 14:23 1
  - I'm damned curious to know what they would have done in the Tories' place (my hunch: a more conservative budget), but yes, something like this. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:26
- This is the budget that has the start of a 17.6 billion dollar savings plan in it, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:11 5
  - That's what they say. Deficit free in five years (though I guarantee that's lowballed and it'll be three). -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:12 4
    - and to confirm my own understanding of the terminology ... deficit = year-over-year budget shortfalls, and federal debt = ginormous, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:13 3
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        *sigh* would that it were possible to put Paul Martin back in charge as finance minister. - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:14 1
        
        Yes he was, though to be fair, they were basically forced by circumstances and had a majority (read: time) to work with. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:19
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- But then I'd have to go to Deadspin. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 14:09
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- It's a telling graphic, but I always feel ripped off buying a salad - it's always a bowl filled with lettuce, with just a couple of tomatoes and - Roger More Mar 4, 14:14 12
  - I always have this problem. Instinctively, I look for "value", in terms of cost per volume/portion. - musubi Mar 4, 14:19 6
    - i had to start looking at it like 'would i pay an extra dollar to lose the two pounds i'll gain if i eat badly this month?' -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 14:23 3
      - (like, people buy all the super value thing for cost effectiveness, then spend hundreds later on weight loss gimmicks.) -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 14:24 2
        
        If I paid hundreds on weight loss, it's be an easier economic decision. - musubi Mar 4, 14:27
        
        yeppers -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 14:25
    - Well, if the salad was chock full of things that weren't lettuce, I would take the salad every time. I'm not a big eater, but a lunch that is 90% - Roger More Mar 4, 14:22 1
      - A salad chock full of other stuff usually costs more than the Cheese Steak+. Therein lies the problem. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 14:24
  - then you should upgrade to taco salads, or Red Robin's mesa chicken salad. - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:15 4
    - We don't have your fancy West Coast food here -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 14:19
    - but, taco salads are really not very good. the taco is full of fats and calories. -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 14:17 2
      - taco salads are *extremely* good. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 14:19
      - heheh - this is why I didn't claim it was healthy :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:18
- I like that -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 14:06
- I *knew* it was the government's fault. -- nm - Fat and Sassy Vermin Mar 4, 14:03 10
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    - I disagree that good food is more expensive. I think the issue is time. fast food is easier to get and instant -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 14:13 3
      - time and effort are part of it for a lot of people, but not necessarily in the way you mean. - b. Mar 4, 14:22
      - It can be both, CQ. The cause can be both. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:19
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    - It adds to the counterinuative fact that our poor have a lot of problems due to obesity. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 14:11
    - That was a fascinating book you mentioned. -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 14:07 3
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        that was the thing that stuck the most in my mind, how the well rounded farm of the 40s & 50s became mired in monoculture - crash davis Mar 4, 14:12 1
        
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- That's not a picture of a Ho Ho. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 14:02
LIR - story about ER billing/collections. *Many* years ago I worked for a small hospital in Northern Calif. A South African man - in town on - MojaveMeg Mar 4, 14:00 1
- ha! that's great. -- nm - b. Mar 4, 14:11
let the Hurt Locker piling on continue: Billy Jack takes down K-Big! -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:58 2
- I can't help but feel, admittedly not having seen Hurt Locker, that Billy Jack telling Bigelow she should be more like Cameron is dumb and demeaning - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:05
- I've seen neither movie, but right now I'm hoping something other than Avatar or HL wins. - ty97 Mar 4, 14:01
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- Shut up and deal IMO. I'm not happy either, but its not gonna kill you. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 14:17
- Looks like "restraint of trade" to me. /shrug -- nm - scorpion Mar 4, 14:05
- ML you know I live for this stuff - " anybody who doesn't realize that netflix would throw the costly and inefficient mailing system under the nearest - Epiphany Mar 4, 14:02
- *baffled* -- nm - psilotum Mar 4, 14:00
I hadn't seen Fight Club in a long time. It's a damn good movie. -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 13:52 3
- meat loaf's best -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:56 2
  - He was also good in Formula 51 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:08 1
    - (and Rocky Horror, IIRC) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 14:08
david news network: "Twilight: Eclipse" director promises to deliver a steamy scorcher of a movie -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:48
The PS2 is ten years old today. What's your favorite game for that system? -- nm - Inigo Mar 4, 13:47 24
- Katamari Damacy -- nm - landbeck Mar 4, 14:23
- SSX Tricky. *Loved* that game. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 4, 14:09
- I'll say SSX because I'm so annoyed they haven't made a new one -- nm - stewie Mar 4, 14:02
- Romance of the Three Kingdom series -- nm - Jovian Mar 4, 13:57
- doorstop - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:57
- Tiger Woods 2007, LOTR: Two Towers, GTA III -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 13:57
- Guitar Hero II -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:54
- gran turismo -- nm - dogbert Mar 4, 13:53 2
  - Which one? -- nm - Inigo Mar 4, 13:54 1
    - oh hell, I don't remember. would have had to have been 1 or 2 -- nm - dogbert Mar 4, 13:56
- FF8 -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 13:53
- Kingdom Hearts -- nm - JD Mar 4, 13:52
- Final Fantasy X. -- nm - Callisto Mar 4, 13:50
- was ff7 ps2? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 13:49 2
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    - hmm -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 13:52
- hot shots golf - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:49 5
  - pixie is smart. (my actual answer is Sly Cooper, but this is #2. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:53 4
    - Hot Shots Golf is my #2 as well. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 14:09 1
      - effin coattailers -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 14:11
    - oh I bet that post got bookmarked -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:54 1
      - nobody needs to bookmark it to know that -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 14:07
- I never owned one - but I rented one once, specifically to play Spy Hunter. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:49
- Madden. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:48
NWBR: The doctors are pretty peeved about the whole thing. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:46 3
- CBC is blocked at work, but I'll check the story out at home. (Though it doesn't surprise me that the doctors are ticked, but that's kinda expected..) - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:02 2
  - CBC is blocked? Heh. (c & p inside) - Roger More Mar 4, 14:03 1
    - Yeah, CNN and CTV as well. Interesting article and at least the docs are willing to reach into their own pockets. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 14:06
cnnbrk: "A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect in Mexico City today" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:45
Redskins to release: Antwaan Randle El -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 13:43 4
- along with Randy Thomas, Rock Cartwright, Fred Smoot, Cornelius Griffin and Ladell Betts -- nm - stewie Mar 4, 13:54 2
  - daymn - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:56 1
    - Redskins One is gassed up for midnight. Vinny is the stewardess now. -- nm - stewie Mar 4, 13:58
- damnit. -- nm - Kal Mar 4, 13:44
ke$ha slams brit brit for lip syncing -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:43 7
- Ke$sha + Star Wars = ???? -- (link) - Dano Mar 4, 13:55 [youtube]
- Kesha doesn't lip sync? I can't comprehend how it's possible to sing her songs live. - ty97 Mar 4, 13:49 1
  - like this? -- (link) - Dano Mar 4, 13:58 [youtube]
- what was the quote? something like "at least when I suck, I have the decency to not phone in the suckage"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:44 3
  - "When I am singing, I may sound s--t sometimes, but at least you'll know I'm singing." *golf clap* -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:53 2
    - So wait, the girl who puts a dollar sign in her name is critiquing artistic authenticity? - musubi Mar 4, 14:13
    - I prefer your made-up quote -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 14:00
hey! - Mel Profit Mar 4, 13:43 1
- I specifically didn't name names. :P heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:43
610 Danish troops just entered one of my towns in .com. I hope my citizens survive - crash davis Mar 4, 13:41 8
- the navy is there in 3 houers so start locking you'r young women up in a safe place! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:56
- the upside is that he always brings his ableskiver pan and good cheese. -- nm - b. Mar 4, 13:46 3
  - (for dane: �bleskiver) -- nm - b. Mar 4, 13:48 2
    - i only make R�dne �bleskiver - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:49 1
      - R�dne means rotten? hee. - b. Mar 4, 13:53
- I think the motto of the danish troops is "raid, pillage, speedskate" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:45 1
  - we have rewritte the Sparta war call of "Where" and added - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:48
- the problem playing handball under thoose condition is that it's too messy - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:43
"If I told you that you had a beautiful body, would you get up on the table and dance a little?" (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:39
poor turtle. ;( -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 13:39 1
- that is a horrible story -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:39
no one cares: I *heart* Macys - got a $240. 00 coat for $45.00 damn dollars. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:38 17
- dayyyymn good shopping -- nm - Epiphany Mar 4, 13:59
- how many ladies did you coldcock to get it? -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 13:43 3
  - it was clearance so it was tucked away in a dark corner - the bad part of store. i was looking over my shoulder like I was doing another type of deal. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:48
  - i wanna see her go to the Filene's Basement sale for her wedding dress -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:47 1
    - there was one of those wacky Running of the Brides events in town a couple of weekends ago. I abstained. Courteously. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:49
- and they still made 50 % profit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:41 2
  - then it's a win-win. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:43 1
    - they have to stay in business, right? -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 13:44
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  - Last weekend we did not go to Macy's. We spent $0. - Fuzzy Mar 4, 13:43
  - ^^^teh awesome^^^ -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:42 1
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- the first $195 is the hardest! -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 4, 13:40
- well done -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 13:38 3
  - have you had the opportunity to model/sport any of your fantastic values from a few days ago? -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:40 2
    - i have not from that spree. but i am wearing another super bargain outfit today. - Andie Mar 4, 13:43 1
      - *score* -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:45
Little bunny Foo-Foo, walking through the forest. - Dr.Vermin, now hungry Mar 4, 13:35 4
- Now *this* is a successful photo-a-day endeavor. -- (link) - Imperial Vermin Mar 4, 13:37 [flickr] 2
  - I love this series. -- (link) - mara Mar 4, 13:51 [flickr]
  - Um. This should not have been a self-reply. - Dr.Vermin Mar 4, 13:38
- what a way to roll the board, Mister Fatal Attraction. -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 4, 13:36

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