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The new house in Springfield. 2 weeks away from close. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 16, 10:04 2
- they wouldn't sell to you in Shelbyville? -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 10:09
- neechay -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:07
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- I don't understand the supposed problem with this. Are wives of publlic figures not allowed to have lives of their own? -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 10:14
Looking at b's link, I'm still not sure where to be counted for the Census. By April 10 I'll be a permanent resident of Illinois, not Ohio. - TWuG Mar 16, 09:58 2
- see #9 here. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 10:06 1
  - Hmm... I'll go with March 30 as our move date, then. -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 10:08
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- I saw that answered yesterday in their faq: - b. Mar 16, 10:00 4
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    - I kind of was mara before she was. ;) - -- nm - b. Mar 16, 10:05 2
      - "I'm kind of a big deal. *wink*" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:06 1
        
        no. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 10:08
for interested parties: eddie izzard canada tour dates.... nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 09:56 2
- *breaks out in panic sweat* "OK, don't blow this" *mashes keyboard in attempt to buy tickets* "DAMNIT!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:00 1
  - would you like cake or death with that purchase? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 10:02
Bah, I'd canceled mail delivery for later in the week 'cause I was expecting a package and didn't want it left on the doorstep while I was out of town - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 09:53
STers with Kids: Justin Bieber is going on tour, and for a first solo tour, it's an Arena Headlining Tour - MDH Mar 16, 09:41 3
- I don't even think my girls know who he is. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 10:02
- At least he's only charging $30-50 per ticket -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 09:52
- *phone rings* ooooh! maybe that's Justin Bieber! -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 16, 09:43
New from the library: The Strain (also Terminal Freeze and Death Match by Lincoln Child) -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 09:40 4
- The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss: B -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 09:45 1
  - ooh, what period is the setting for this one (i loved conspiracy of paper and coffee trader) -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 10:00
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- The Abrham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter books is much better than it should be. Really surprised. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 09:42
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- Speaking of TPIR, someone put a YouTube clip of Bob Barker moments from the show in the 70's when talking to female contestants. The goal I guess was - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 09:51 2
  - I have a feeling TPIR contestants were probably more representative of everyone back then than today's are of today. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 10:17
  - Rats, meant for below CY's post. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 16, 09:51
- Me too. Shared custody of my kids makes this confusing how to answer. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 09:47
- it looks like #2 addresses that? nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 09:44 3
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    - here you go. see "5 key steps" right side re: "where you should be counted" nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 09:51 1
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- it's just a validation control question - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:43
- Loosi, drop some clarity on this guy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:40
Bought this at a liquor store last night; it made me laugh. Guess how much they cost? -- (link) - CrankYanker Mar 16, 09:39 2
- $1 Bob -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 09:45 1
  - And the retail price is $1.25. You're our lucky winner today! -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 16, 09:50
if you have a boxee, you can get MLB.TV Premium $19.95 for One Year -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:37 11
- The deal appears dead based on the latest comments. That would've been sweet though. Wonder if I could have hooked it to my Roku -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 09:57 1
  - yes -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 10:01
- sigh, i dont even watch too many baseball games, but for $20, i am sorta intrigued by this. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:47
- What is a boxxee? (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:44 6
  - The one who gets boxxed by the boxxer. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:48
  - he got beat up by PacMan Saturday night I think. -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 09:46
  - link -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:45 2
    - So it's like a Tivo with internet fucntionality? (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:48 1
      - Not a Tivo. It doesn't record, just playback AFAIK -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 09:54
  - its a box with an extra xee, but that doesnt matter. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:45
- also shoudl work via the boxxee app for a computer and iphone -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:42
censusize it: where were you when you (hopefully) filled out your 2000 Census form? (me, Baltimore) -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:34 11
- Brooklyn. -- nm - loosilu Mar 16, 10:08
- Boston, MA -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 09:57
- same home as now. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:53
- San Bruno - Stephen Mar 16, 09:47
- Right here. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 09:46
- Weehawken. -- nm - Diva Mar 16, 09:39 1
  - Boulevard East! -- nm - Harry Lime Mar 16, 09:58
- I would've been in Richmond, but don't remember getting one. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:36 1
  - (which makes me remember Ween for the poll below) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:42
- college, dont know if I got one either. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:35
- Normal. -- nm - Callisto Mar 16, 09:35
Poll: Is there an old timer which upon their return to st would cause you to stop paying as much attention to st? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:33 7
- That Jihad SOB. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Mar 16, 10:00
- Sort of, in that I would ignore their posts, so that portion of TT would not get my attention. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:40
- yes. (not an original old timer.) -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 09:35
- probably not -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:35
- yes, though I have no problem saying who it would be (and probably some of you could guess) - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:35
- Sure. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:34
- Yep...though I won't say who that is. But...definitely. -- nm - Jim Mar 16, 09:34
French railway SNCF in train 'explosion' blunder -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:31
I use the Oxford Comma. get upset about that! -- nm - loosilu Mar 16, 09:29 5
- No. Get upset about *that*! -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:39
- Noted: loosi likes to overcomplicate things -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 09:32 3
  - not at all. I think it gives more clarity. -- nm - loosilu Mar 16, 09:33 2
    - I can see how it does in some cases, and adds nothing in others. - Roger More Mar 16, 09:57 1
      - indeed. Because it helps sometimes, I use it all the time for the sake of consistency. -- nm - loosilu Mar 16, 10:09
dang, another tour bus crash. 2 dead, 18 hurt, mexican bus crash in texas. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 09:29
Poll: you can bring back one, and only one, poster who doesn't post here anymore so that they'd once again be a regular. who would it be? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 09:28 34
- Brownie Bob - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 09:44
- hoda codpiece (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:38
- Honk you all. -- nm - Earl the Car Mar 16, 09:37
- no clue -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 09:33
- Feathers. -- nm - Callisto Mar 16, 09:33 1
  - ditto -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 09:36
- nitemare - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 09:32
- Funny Groiny. - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:32
- me - nubby Mar 16, 09:31
- Putting aside Jim's reasoning below (valid), I'd pick Feathers. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 09:31
- i would have no idea. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 09:30
- that i know of: skagnetti; that i never was here for but would like to know: feathers mcgraw -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:30
- Amy, so she could keep Spawn on a short leash :) -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 09:29 2
  - she's been cracking the whip on him I understand. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 09:35
  - not that she needs to post here to do that - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:31
- Torn. So torn. So many choices. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:29 11
  - yah, I can't choose. - b. Mar 16, 09:40 10
    - True for sure. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 09:49
    - I miss hyde. - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:43 6
      - Dude...someone made an old joke and he went nuclear. To me...he was just looking for a reason. -- nm - Jim Mar 16, 10:01 5
        
        he'd made his annoyance with the dead horse joke clear many times in the past - fairway frank Mar 16, 10:04 4
        
        The fuck explosion on the boards WAS out of the blue. Most everyone but you thought so. - Jim Mar 16, 10:06 3
        
        I understand that there were some who didn't know/remember that he had expressed his preference before, but mick. was not alone in having known about - b. Mar 16, 10:08 2
        
        I knew he didn't like them. I'm saying his little pissy fit didn't fit the 'crime' if you will. - Jim Mar 16, 10:10 1
        
        I think some things get built-up over time. - b. Mar 16, 10:12
    - ash - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:42 1
      - oh totally, he was great. (see how hard it is??) -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:45
- spamlet. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:29
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- Off top of my head...Trav. For obvious reasons. -- nm - Jim Mar 16, 09:29 4
  - and induna and hoda. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:31 2
    - and texx. :( - -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:41
    - Word. -- nm - Jim Mar 16, 09:32
  - *nod* -- nm - loosilu Mar 16, 09:30
Shell planning to cut a further 1,000 jobs -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 09:26
so, who had Masters/April as Tiger's comeback date in the pool? - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:24
ML, I assume all iron sets that start at 5 are hybrid sets, right? -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:24 9
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- Looks like the hybrids have to be bought separately. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 09:26 2
  - I already have (non-matching) 3 and 4 hybrids. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:27 1
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- Yeah, the 3/4 are the hybrids that I hate. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:26
- And ultimately, even if it isn't *exactly* the same, the brand and model number getting that glowing of a review... - TFox Mar 16, 09:25 3
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    - For irons, I'd be scared to go anything but stiff, coming off my steel shafted ones. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 09:28 1
      - *nominates this for POTD you can't believe isn't sexual* -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:29
serial commas 4-evah! -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:23 8
- I only use them if they're setting off something could also be a pairing. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:26 7
  - is this canadian grammar (always the commas!) -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:31
  - I... don't want to know this about you. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:28 4
    - You're DADT on grammar? -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:29 3
      - I just try to fake myself into thinking that smart people I like have made typos when it comes to things like this.-- nm - b. Mar 16, 09:31 2
        
        it's both journalistic and Canadian style not to use it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:33 1
        
        as I think you know, it's a "do" in many other areas. rather than listing them, here's the wiki section on usage. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 09:37
  - Same here. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:27
Monty Hall opens a door, revealing a goat. Do you switch doors? (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:21 9
- you always take the other door, given the chance -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 09:36
- Hell. No. -- nm - Dignan Mar 16, 09:25 1
  - Well played, sir. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 09:25
- goat milk, goat cheese, goat water, and goat tacos eventually. I keep the goat! -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 09:23
- No ... I'm already creeped out that he kidnapped me, I don't want to see what unimaginable horrors he has in his closets. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:22 2
  - This is Monty Hall, not Dignan. -- nm - nubby Mar 16, 09:23 1
    - musubi didn't specify the setting or context of the door opening, just the person who opened it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:23
- Not if there are only two doors. -- nm - nubby Mar 16, 09:22
- Always! -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 09:22
I'm still too much of a hacker to need new irons for golfing. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 09:21 5
- t163r w00dz -- nm - fairway frank Mar 16, 09:25
- maybe you wouldn't be such a hacker if you got new irons! -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:22 1
  - I get out maybe twice a season. My 10+ year old irons work just fine. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 09:26
- I don't *need* them. But the ones have, the shafts are a hair too short (which new ones may or may not fix). - TFox Mar 16, 09:22 1
  - I only broke down when I started cracking the graphite over my back. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 09:23
"Hassan Chop!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 16, 09:21

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