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Maybe this is the year for new irons after all. This Nickent set of graphite irons for $70 looks like ultra-sex. -- (link) - TFox Mar 16, 09:13 6
- Unless they're magic slice-correcting irons, you're still up the creek sans paddle, son. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:16 1
  - a good iron could *kinda* work as a paddle -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:21
- Wow, that's ridiculously cheap. I'm tempted. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 09:16
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  - Looks like the same brand and model and price point, slightly different coloring and design. -- (link) - TFox Mar 16, 09:17 1
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LIR new Action Comics book to be auctioned - you know the last guy is kicking himself since this one is graded higher -- nm - sycor Mar 16, 09:09
Tuesday Grammer Poll, Part 2 ... Revenge of the Comma .... - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 16, 09:08 21
- I always go by the rule "as few commas as possible", and I was taught not to put commas before "and" -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 09:28
- it was as if a b.-signal in the sky pointed me to sign-on just now. I always use it, and it's common use/proper pretty much - b. Mar 16, 09:22
- i learned it needs the comma -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:20
- I learned in school that it's sorta optional. My teacher preferred to see it, but it wasn't wrong to omit it. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:16
- When I ask experts this, I hear back "it's correct either way". Which is, of course', maddening. - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:15 3
  - Grammar isn't math. We should probably be thankful for this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:16 2
    - ...athough it would make your job transition a lot easier. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:17 1
      - I think I still write like an engineer at times. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:21
- My Ex (an Editor) always told me that final comma is no longer required - decline Mar 16, 09:15 1
  - And is the final comma. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 09:18
- We wera taught not to use one before "and". -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 09:14
- I could be completely wrong here and likely am but I sometimes am tempted to use a semi-colon at the beginning... - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:12 2
  - Yeah, you're wrong. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:13 1
    - stupid Mrs. Collins and her overhead projector. - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:16
- Ah, irony. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Mar 16, 09:12
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  - point taken (or should i say 'comma'?), and to me.... it just reads better sometimes when it's there, like it gives... - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 16, 09:15
  - Yeah, that's the one that's bugging me most. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:12
- It's called the Oxford Comma. It's a common grammatical controversy. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:10 1
  - (Dropping the comma is hand-in-hand with the belief that "and" is a verbal comma ... if you think of it that way, it makes sense) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:11
- Agreed. Needs the comma. -- nm - Jelly Mar 16, 09:09
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- logic can never be a threat -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:12
- Most of them who won't vote for it are in districts where they wouldn't want him there anyway. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:09 9
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    - They got elected because the GOP brand was destroyed in most cases and people assumed the Democrats couldn't be worse. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:13 6
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        Ooh, can this be the part of the debate where we bring up anecdotal stories about 2 or 3 Reps and try to make them indicative of all Reps? *NM* -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:19 2
        
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        (To be clear, a) that was a joke, and b) by "Reps" I meant "Representatives", not "Republicans".) -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:33
      - "was"? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:15 1
        
        Yeah, past-tense. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:18
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- His job approval #s are crap because health care hasn't passed. It passes, they go up -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 09:05 28
  - I 100% agree with this. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:05
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    - Nope. The reality is that this is going to be a positive improvement for the majority of people in their daily lives. They will either see little - pmb Mar 16, 09:10 4
      - Not in the immediate future though. Most won't see any change for at least two or three years, which is no help in 2010 and may be marginal in 2012. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 16, 09:15 3
        
        Some of the more important provisions are immediate, like removing the prior condition exemption. -- nm - nubby Mar 16, 09:20
        
        Dem supporters want and need a legislative win after all this time. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:17
        
        It doesn't matter. It's the fact that it passed. The log jam ends and the world doesn't end. Some things do change immediately that people think - pmb Mar 16, 09:17
    - I'm almost tempted to bet you on this. - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:09 13
      - WHo's going to change opinions on it becuase it passes? - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:10 12
        
        the far left will come back on this because...something/anything got done. - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:18 1
        
        "...and a few..." - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:20
        
        My job approval rating of him is low because it hasn't passed. If a pollster asked me to rank my approval - TWuG Mar 16, 09:14 4
        
        Job approval is one thing, but the actual bill in question doesn't really get favorable marks either. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 09:15 3
        
        Because the Dems suck at selling it. The individual parts of the bill poll very well. But the GOP has succeeded in casting the full bill as government - TWuG Mar 16, 09:19 1
        
        The benefits poll very well. The costs, mandates, taxes, and penalties... not so much. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:20
        
        Which I also think will change once something passes. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:16
        
        Trust me, the people who are pro healthcare reform just want to see something done. It's the nothing that has their ire up. - TFox Mar 16, 09:12 3
        
        I'll say....5% bump up at most. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:15 2
        
        After a month? Maybe. Then give it another three. Higher. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:15 1
        
        Give it 3 months and it's all about how the jobs are coming back (or not). - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:21
        
        a lot of the people critical from the left will come around on it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:11
    - every time the elements of the reform get broken out, the support from the public improves. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:07 1
      - Every time the *popular* elements get broken out, the support improves. - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:17
    - You think there are people approving of the job he's doing now, that will stop approving of it if health care passes? -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:06 4
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        I would say that lots of people who disapprove of healthcare not passing, will approve when it passes. - TFox Mar 16, 09:11 2
        
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        No, they don't, because his efforts are getting them *nowhere*. They approve of results. Not a perceived inability to get those results. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:14
- The congressmen are at much more risk for reelection than Obama himself. He has a ton of time to put this behind him before 2012. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:04
I knew Brian Giles was good, I watched baseball most of his career, but I didn't realize just how good he was. - musubi Mar 16, 09:02 3
- He's one fo the guys that I fully expect to be found on drug company lists in the future. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:08
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  - His years when he was in PIT were...wow. - musubi Mar 16, 09:06
The floodgates are opening soon for unreleased Michael Jackson songs. Expect *10* albums of new material by 2017. -- (link) - TFox Mar 16, 09:00 4
- they're going to Tupac him? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:03 2
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  - Tupac's label *wishes* they had that much material to push out that fast. That out-Tupac's Tupac. Which is insane. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:05
- Pedo 1-10! -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 09:02
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- lasik is awesome - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:05
- you should have done here in Indy at the Price Vison Group... - Remlik Mar 16, 09:03 3
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    - You're relocating to NY next fall too? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:09 1
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So yesterday evening we went to my son's post-basketball season dinner with his teammates, parents etc. It was at CiCi's pizza. I have never been - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 08:54 16
- pizza street is slightly better food. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:06
- Honestly, I preferred Chuck E Cheese pizza over this and that is saying something. - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 09:05
- yeah it's crap pizza. BUT when I was in school I ate a ton of it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 09:03
- It's good if you have a big group of kids like that. But food-wise it's horrible. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 09:03 1
  - I don't even think my kids enjoyed it. They seemed to stay with the breadsticks. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 09:11
- I love CiCis. Cheap. Not great, but good for the price. -- nm - sycor Mar 16, 09:03
- yeah, It's awful -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 09:02
- Yep, it's not good pizza, it's just cheap pizza. -- (link) - Ender Mar 16, 09:00 [Backboard] 1
  - Exactly. It is like a step from frozen plus it is all you can eat and you don;t have to make it. Hence the price. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 09:01
- *shrugs* I guess all you can eat pizza is not for you and kilbo. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 08:57 5
  - It's a hot circle of garbage -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 09:01 1
    - Uh, yeah. No such thing as bad pizza, you freak. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 09:02
  - I dream of the day someone builds a CiCi's in RI. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 08:58 2
    - You can do better. Try to do better. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 09:01 1
      - Trust me, around here, I *know* I can do better. Might be hard to do cheaper though. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:02
- Yeah. We have one by us. Went once. never again. -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 08:55
Bad idea jeans. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Mar 16, 08:53 1
- yeah, this can't be good .... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 16, 09:02
ST Casting Call: Who would you cast as Captain America? -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 08:50 15
- ryan reynolds, cause he needs to be ever superhero. - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:19 1
  - "I am ... Batman!" ... it could work. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:20
- Alex Skarsgard -- nm - LMS Mar 16, 09:13
- Rich Franklin -- nm - ceregon Mar 16, 09:01
- Dennis Quaid -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 09:01
- Mads Mikkelsen -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:00
- Ryan McPartlin is the right age (early 30's). - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:57
- William Katt -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:51
- Ryan McPartlin and Mark Valley. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 08:51 6
  - Captain Awesome. I mean, he already has half the name! -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 08:59 1
    - agreed -- nm - sycor Mar 16, 09:04
  - I had to imdb him. Captain Awesome would work for sure. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 08:59
  - Mark Valley really works. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Mar 16, 08:53 2
    - except for the bit where he's 45 years old -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 08:56 1
      - Still, he's *perfect* for an "older" Cap. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:03
So ... there was a sailboat here that was busted for drug running. It had 1,001 kilos of cocaine on it, - Beryllium Mar 16, 08:45 4
- A tip? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 16, 09:46
- Maybe becuase it was 2,206 lbs. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:49
- Maybe they really enjoyed watching the Taking of Pelham 123 - oblique Mar 16, 08:47
- the kilo for the crew -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 08:46
I just bought my flight to spend 5 weeks in Hong Kong in May! -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 16, 08:41 8
- nice! -- nm - Diva Mar 16, 09:07
- Awesome. You have to take the ferry to Macau -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 08:59
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- Awesome - first thing to do is get an Octopus travel card. I got a ferry over to Launtau Island to see the giant Buddah for about 10cents. - LMS Mar 16, 08:45 2
  - I heard it has become a fairly expensive city in recent years. Then again, many place will be expensive after Mexico I suppose. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 16, 08:47 1
    - It's been about 5 years since I've been. It's one of my favourite cities. -- nm - LMS Mar 16, 08:58
- wow. are you running an international drug ring to pay for this jetsetter lifestyle? - Andie Mar 16, 08:44 1
  - More like penny pinching throughout all my college years :) -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 16, 08:47
I have thirty 23" monitors sitting beside me. Is it wrong I want to put them all up on a wall and make one big-screen collage? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:31 13
- Does Morgan Freeman work there? Because he might quit. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 08:43
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  - That's different than every other day how? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:46 1
    - What have I told you about wearing the costume to work? -- nm - Sean's boss Mar 16, 08:54
- That depends. Are you going to do a 3x10, or a 5x6? -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 08:37 2
  - 6 X 5. Gotta go widewall. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:38 1
    - Oh, in that case it's fine -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 08:40
- No....all good evil masterminds have this set-up. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:35 1
  - ".....Excellent." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:36
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  - But if he chooses to put up an Aniston pictorial collage ... well, who would complain about that? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 08:49 1
    - *perk* Now I'm doing it. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:50
- Do it! - psilotum Mar 16, 08:33
I like the Ultimate Cap ideology better than the regular version. Ultimate acts like he did indeed just come from fighting a war. - Beaker Mar 16, 08:29 2
- I don't really care for Captain America but agree. I do prefer the Ultimate Hulk's ties to the Super Soldier Program. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 16, 08:58
- I much preferred the Ultimate Universe, except for The Ultimates and Avengers - TWuG Mar 16, 08:36
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- gives new meaning to, "Get in the hole!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:01
- They'll have him on tight a lockdown as you get in golf, but it still should be brutal. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:30
- It's being broadcast in 3D too -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 08:27 3
  - "His shaft looks like it's coming right at me!!!" -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 08:32
  - All 12 people that own those sets will be excited. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 08:28 1
    - *ding* -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 08:52
- "You put it in the hole!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 08:27

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