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sigh all this BBQ talk is making me want to go get BBQ - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:55
Speaking of BBQ, how bad does a restaurant have to be to serve beef ribs, when the menu says pork? - znufrii Mar 9, 08:55 1
- um, beef ribs are really big. it's obvious. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:55
So, my PIL are driving home from Florida, stopped in Lafeyette (sp?), NC at a Days Inn or something; my FIL mentioned going for a walk... -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:52 4
- Sounds more like Fayetteville or as it is known down here, Fayettenam. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 9, 08:56 1
  - that could be, -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:56
- the girl at the checkin said: "no, you go to your room, lock the door and pull the curtains closed". Surprised that it was so dangerous there. -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:53 1
  - Maybe she did not like you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:55
Speaking of sandwiches, there is apparently a place in Chicago where you can get footlong Vietnamese sandwiches for $3 - ty97 Mar 9, 08:51 11
- Do Vietnamese taste good? -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:53 1
  - like heaven -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:54
- Where is this? -- nm - pmb Mar 9, 08:52 2
  - Uptown -- (link) - ty97 Mar 9, 08:55 1
    - Also in that area, if you like dim sum, we went here yesterday. Very good -- (link) - ty97 Mar 9, 08:56
- just don't have the hot dog -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 08:52
- are they made with real Vietnamese? - loosilu Mar 9, 08:52
- Vietnamese sandwiches are great. Get the one that has the least identifiable meat -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:51 3
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:53 2
    - I'm actually serious. I get them for $1.75 and they come with three meats, a pale pate, a pale baloney-type meat and a reddish baloney type meat - Roger More Mar 9, 08:56 1
      - (three meats in the one sandwich, I mean) -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:57
I have about 7 free hours in San Fran, between arriving at the airport and my family picking me up. What sights can/should I hit up in that time, - Hotkiss Mar 9, 08:47 4
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  - Heh I still have another 2 weeks here, but in April I'm going to see my cousin for her spring break! - Hotkiss Mar 9, 08:55
- Jeebus, haven't you seen enough crap already? - Spawn Mar 9, 08:49
- How YOU doin? -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 08:49
oh lyc, I cooked a brisket over the weekend. - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:44 3
- Cross state rivalry and all that, I don't usually talk nice about KC...but the bar-be-que over there is fantastic... - Jim Mar 9, 08:46 2
  - i dabble. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:49
  - Barbecue is one of the few things I'll readily concede American superiority over Australia. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:49
Anyone receive their census letter in the mail yet? Forms will arrive next week; don't forget to complete and return them as soon as possible! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:44 24
- Why the urgency? Does a quick reponse help? - ty97 Mar 9, 08:49 10
  - At some point I think they send out census takers to those who haven't responded. That will be a major extra expense. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 09:00
  - does it help a data collection agency to get data sooner rather than later? ;) -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:50 2
    - ye.......no? - ty97 Mar 9, 08:52 1
      - I don't know the answer to your IM, but I think earlier responses can only be good. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:54
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    - You mean re-apportion. (Redistricting is done by individual states; not the census.) - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:52 3
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      - Ahhh, this make sense (thanks) -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:53
      - "We now interrupt this meeting to bring you.. a football game." -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:53
  - Yes, very much so. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:50
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  - Should today or tomorrow then. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:48
- We got a letter yesterday saying we would recieive it in a week. Thanks for wasting tax dollars on that. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:47 2
  - You mean saving tax dollars, actually. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:48 1
    - I meant, like znu, sending out an announcement letter first. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:50
- Got it yesterday. Haven't even opened it yet. -- nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:47
- I got mine at least a month ago. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:46 2
  - A small percentage got them hand-delivered, but I doubt you are in one of those areas. You may be thinking of something else. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:47 1
    - you're probably right. I can't find it now anyway. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:49
- yup, got mine yesterday. I was amused. - znufrii Mar 9, 08:45 3
  - heh -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:47
  - Well, then you'll be happy to know that survey research has proven this to be very beneficial in improving response rates. Easily making up for the - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:46 1
    - My bank did this recently as well, for their opt-in notice for overdraft coverage... - znufrii Mar 9, 08:48
Heh, Alice in Wonderland is the biggest 2010 released movie after 3 days -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 9, 08:37 1
- I'm really surprised it was *that* successful. Be interesting how it holds up this weekend. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:45
LYC: I ate pulled pork last night because you people kept talking about it. And yes, I had two sandwiches - oblique Mar 9, 08:30 32
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- I am not sure I even know what pulled pork is. - Spawn Mar 9, 08:33 26
  - sort of the pork equivalent of a sloppy joe. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:43 2
    - not really. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:48
    - Mmm. Sloppy Joe -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:44
  - a euphemism -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 08:42 1
    - Hmm. I see that znu and Dawson are very... excited about it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:43
  - mmm...pulled pork... -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:40
  - shredded pork basically -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:35
  - BBQ beef, but "stringy" -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:35 18
    - Yuck. Stringy is not good, unless it is pasta. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:36 17
      - haha, you're dumb. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:49
      - It's "pulled". Not a big chunk of meat, but kinda ripped apart -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:37 15
        
        Ah, pieces. Pieces can be good. Kinda like turkey leftovers. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:40 13
        
        Indeed. Have you never been to a BBQ/rib fest? They usually have some there -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:43 12
        
        Yes, I have and I think I have had therm but by other names. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:46 7
        
        not sure what other name would be used for pulled pork sammiches, its sorta universal. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:49 6
        
        I've only heard it called pulled pork. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:51
        
        Maybe Amy gave it to me without telling me the name because she knew I would be WTF about it? -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:51 4
        
        it usually has flavor, like spice rub or sauce. in other words I don't think you'd eat it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:55
        
        i guess if you didnt slather it with BBQ sauce, it could just be called - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:54 2
        
        it would be wrong to call pork beef, yes. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:56
        
        I don't like BBQ. - Spawn Mar 9, 08:56
        
        its spawn, if there isnt comic's involved, he doesnt go. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:45 3
        
        I will admit, I went for the music (Morris Day & The Time etc). - Spawn Mar 9, 08:48
        
        The comics are irrelevant. He doesn't eat things he never ate before. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:46 1
        
        there is a remlik joke here, but I wont post it. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 08:48
        
        Yeah, it's slow cooked until it's so tender you can shred it with a fork -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:40
- do you guys dip the rolls in the sauce a little or is that just too much? -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 08:32 1
  - when provided, I am known to do that -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:35
- Mine were larger than regular hamburger buns. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:31
- We call them sammiches. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 08:31
Anyone else had this on a flight? The stewardesses did a 50/50 ticket sale on our flight home from Orlando - Beaker Mar 9, 08:27 11
- We do this at our Relay For Life meetings. 50% to ACS, 50% to one person. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:39 1
  - it's a fun way to raise money for sure - znufrii Mar 9, 08:40
- On a charter vacation flight, this could be fun. On a normal flight, this would annoy me - I want minimal noise/nuisance. - ty97 Mar 9, 08:37
- heh, fun. But ... are you sure you want to be playing the odds while in the air? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:29
- Yup. I've seen it on many flights back from Mexico, etc. Can't say I've seen it on a domestic -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:29
- was this on a charter flight, or part of a package deal? I wouldn't think there'd be much interest in such a thing on a regular commercial carrier... -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:29 4
  - Nope, regular flight from Orlando to Bangor. I'd guess well over half the plane bought tickets (probably closer to 80%) -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:31 3
    - Was that Allegiant airlines? - ty97 Mar 9, 08:38 1
      - yup and we were quite impressed. -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:41
    - intersting. I've never heard of such a thing, but I suppose flying from Orlando it's almost exclusively the tourist trade anyway - znufrii Mar 9, 08:34
- Did this on Southwest once. T'was fun. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 08:29
23 year old man arrested after daughters (4 mo and 18 mo old) found beaten, tortured, and bound in a bedroom. -- (link) - CrankYanker Mar 9, 08:26 2
- kill him. - sycor Mar 9, 08:29 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:44
I always feel like a stupid American when I have to make an international call. I feel like I should know how to do this without looking it up. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 08:26 2
- Of course, I was also surprised to learn that howtocallabroad.com is not a website geared towards Redmond. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 08:31 1
  - I used to have the hardest time calling Africa. No one writes the phone numbers down the way they're supposed to be dialed. - loosilu Mar 9, 08:41
I sorta love In My Head by Jason Derulo -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:23 1
- Word. nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:26
LEGO Star Wars Watches available -- (link) - oblique Mar 9, 08:20
laughing -- (link) - ty97 Mar 9, 08:11 [Backboard]
Okay, I just read the Palin article. Two things: - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:11 17
- Seriously though...who really gives a fuck what Sarah Palin says? nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:17 9
  - I'm a little fascinated by the reactions to her. My defence doesn't come from liking her as a political leader today. I'm don't. I just don't... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:23
  - Unfortunately, *way* too many. The same people that think Glen Beck is speaking the truth. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:18 6
    - I just think there is WAY too much time and discussion spent on this idiot. Essentially...if we ignore her, she may just go away. - Jim Mar 9, 08:20 5
      - Unfortunately, with FOX News' ratings, too many people are listening to her. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 08:37
      - She's an attention whore. She will become ever more extreme and out there to maintain the attention. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:22 3
        
        which could be a good thing. *starts handing out hangin' rope by the yard* -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:26 2
        
        Not yet. Let's let the GOP nominate her, *THEN* give her all the rope she can take. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:33
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:27
  - unfortunately, about 20% of the population really cares. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:17
- Well, how often did her brother burn his foot? She's not saying two random medical events here - Will Hunting Mar 9, 08:14 6
  - making "logical sense" is not high on her list of priorities, I imagine... -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:22 1
    - I'm not sure it's even *on* her list of abilities. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:23
  - I just know that I had very similar injuries at that age a couple of times (same broken arm, stitches in the head). As far as why tell the story... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:21
  - i couldn't care less that she did it, but she called it 'ironic', i have no idea where she thinks the irony is. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:18 2
    - She keeps saying that word. I don't think it means what she thinks it means. -- nm - Alanis Montoya Mar 9, 08:21 1
      - L3 :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:25
LIR: decline: I already put alot of information online. Obviously Gmail. I also use Passpack for passwords (although that is more strongly encrypted - oblique Mar 9, 08:10
Rush Limbaugh vows to leave country if health care passes - amoxy Mar 9, 08:09 21
- Related - is there any data on how many Canadians cross the border to get healthcare in the US and vv? - Roger More Mar 9, 08:18 13
  - I recently saw something on this that I'm trying to find, but I seem to recall that the number was in the low five figures per year. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:35 1
    - Yeah, as posted before, I'm rough calculating it as 40Kish. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:37
  - No numbers, but I know at least three people (non politicos before anyone asks) who have gone to Mayo for treatments out of pocket. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:25
  - the most recent, public example would be the Newfoundland Premier going down for heart surgery -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:21 9
    - So... one guy? :) What I mean is, on the one hand, you have people saying Canadians are flooding the US healthcare system to get procedures they have - Roger More Mar 9, 08:26 8
      - A down and dirty Google search shows that total Canadians who utilized US health are would be about 0.5%, but... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:33 6
        
        Thanks - I've found the same info (though nothing on Americans coming to Canada) Either way, it clearly doesn't match the rhetoric. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:39 3
        
        The figure I've seen reported is 750k Americans seeking treatment abroad worldwide. - Reagen Mar 9, 08:43 2
        
        I saw that too, but ignored it because it wasn't Canada-specific. I've read a few articles about health insurers providing incentives to their - Roger More Mar 9, 08:47 1
        
        Yeah, honestly, there's no way our system could handle even a quarter of that. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:51
        
        is that 'per year' or 'ever'? -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:37 1
        
        Annually that I saw. I would think that even a lot of that is paid out of Medicare though. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:54
      - I haven't seen any numbers, that one came immediately to mind as it was blown into a huge deal (and happened like last month). -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:30
- hey progressives whining that the bill isn't perfect.... *points up* What more do you want? -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:12
- and that's supposed to dissuade us from supporting it in any fashion? -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:12
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    - I'll go to Canada! -- nm - Limbaugh Mar 9, 08:13 2
      - We tend not to let in people who have criminal records. Does Limbaugh have a criminal record? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:24 1
        
        I think it ended up as a misdemeanor, so it's nothing we'd flag. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:39
WE WIN B2! -- nm - WTF Mar 9, 08:08
start the conversation! -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 08:07 2
- starts a commotion -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 9, 08:21 1
  - do the locomotion -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:22

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