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Got my car washed yesterday. Woke up this morning and my black car had turned green. - decline Apr 8, 08:29
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- We were very lucky to get out last night when we did. Even though it was 10 innings, it was a pitcher's duel. I had fallen asleep on the first 2 games - Diva Apr 8, 08:34
- Agreed. AL East games are unreal. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:28
- I can't ever remember an Umpire speaking out like this -- nm - amoxy Apr 8, 08:23
- Mostly agreed. -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 08:22 2
  - Frakkin' Papelbon. - musubi Apr 8, 08:35
  - (The mostly, only because neither team will willingly rush if they think it gives an advantage to the other, so MLB should tweak rules.) -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 08:31
History of US airline mergers... -- (link) - znufrii Apr 8, 08:01 [Image]
*drool* SnapStream creates DVR that can record 50 channels at once. -- (link) - Ender Apr 8, 07:54 3
- There is absolutely zero chance that there are 50 channels simultaneously showing things you want to watch. - pmb Apr 8, 08:01 2
  - I beg to differ, 50 is just a starting point. (nm) - David SI Apr 8, 08:17
  - Realistically I imagine it's designed for media outlets like CNN, The Daily Show, or The Soup. -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 08:05
free credit report no longer free -- (link) - znufrii Apr 8, 07:48 13
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- In an ideal world you would be able to get your credit reports (and scores) for free whenever you wanted. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 07:49 11
  - you're not asking for much from an ideal world. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 08:02
  - I am fine with getting my free copy when I get rejected for credit. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:56
  - so the reporting agencies should be run by volunteers? -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:53 5
    - You can request one free report from each agency once a year without that site -- nm - scorpion Apr 8, 07:57 2
      - yes, but you've always had to pay for the scores. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:58 1
        
        and thus the point of my comment... you shouldn't have to imo. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 08:03
    - Oh, they make their money by charging the companies that check your credit. -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 07:55
    - illegals -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 07:55
  - The governmet would have to take over the service for that to happen. -- nm - decline Apr 8, 07:51 1
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  - agreed -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 07:51
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- $1800 -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 07:51
- 62k -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 07:50
- $40K -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:49 9
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    - seriously? total guess - I just wanted to capture the high end. -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:56 7
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        I am clearly in the wrong business. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:01 3
        
        you have to k now what you're doing. there's zero guarantee it will keep its value. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 08:02 2
        
        As the seller, all I need it to do is keep it's value till the guy's check cashes. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:03 1
        
        yup. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 08:04
        
        it's not about decorating your living room at that level. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 08:00
        
        If they're buying it for their own pleasure - sure. But prices get that high because people are playing the players -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 08:00
- $6k -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:49
- $6995 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:48
- $1500 -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:48 7
  - n/m didn't see the dimensions...$7500 -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:49 6
    - you're funny. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:51
    - do you buy art by the square inch? -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:50 4
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        I'd really like to know where you came up with this idea that I'm a "hipster" - znufrii Apr 8, 08:11 1
        
        yeah, size does matter. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 08:23
      - he bought a full size replica of his dick for a buck. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:50
- 25k. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:48
Looking at the ad to the left, someone shouldn't have pointed out to Sarah Palin that Burberry is only worn by chavs. On second thoughts... -- nm - LMS Apr 8, 07:43
have we seen the new Tiger Nike ad? thoughts? -- (link) - TFox Apr 8, 07:41 16
- huge success - everyone is talking about it, right? -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 07:48 8
  - It's only a huge success if Nike's making money off it; if I'm less inclined to buy their stuff; it's a loss. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:50 5
    - "there is no such thing as bad publicity." -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 07:51 4
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      - Nike sweatshops -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:53
      - I don't agree with that. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:52
      - OJ would disagree. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:52
  - well, we are, I do not know about everyone. - groiny Apr 8, 07:49 1
    - heard it mentioned on the morning tv show i watch, and about three people here have brought it up,and yahoo news did a story. that's a lot of coverage - Andie Apr 8, 07:50
- Dumb ad in my mind; doesn't sell the product and Tiger's no longer this 'transcendent' figure worthy - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:43 4
  - I think, if anything, it humanized him a bit, that he has problems like everyone else. - groiny Apr 8, 07:45 3
    - I dunnno if I'd say a serial-philanderer is a problem like everyone else.... - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:47 2
      - infidelity is a daily occurance, and puts him somewhat on the level - groiny Apr 8, 07:48 1
        
        One or two mistresses over the years...maybe. The fact that "baker's dozen" doesn't even cover the publically-known women puts it at a higher level. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 08:22
- I think using his dead dad's voice is pretty high on the tacky level. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:41 1
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TV PSA - new series of Outnumbered, currently funniest sit-com on British TV . -- nm - LMS Apr 8, 07:40
Star Wars in Concert is coming to DC? Ooh. Me likey. -- nm - kelly Apr 8, 07:40 1
- Tickets on sale tomorrow. 2 Shows a 2pm and 7pm -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 07:48
LIR: MDH. I *really* enjoyed Star Wars in concert. It was very cool to see it all being performed by a full orchestra -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 07:35
LIR, Borderlands stuff - tRuMaN Apr 8, 07:35 9
- hey remlik - tRuMaN Apr 8, 07:43 1
  - sure. -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 07:46
- nicely put. I would add range (short, med, long etc.) as an important category -- nm - decline Apr 8, 07:40 2
  - well, to some degree yes. at first when you can carry only two weapons - tRuMaN Apr 8, 07:42 1
    - of course. My point was more towards making sure you have both a close and far weapon - decline Apr 8, 07:46
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  - also, you get exp bonsuses for doing certain things, like killing x people with z gun type - tRuMaN Apr 8, 07:40
- agreed. -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 07:37 1
  - also there is a very good borderlands wiki, with discussions about the various weapons, etc. -- (link) - tRuMaN Apr 8, 07:38
Marvel Studios and marketing partners are spending $80 Million on marketing for Iron man... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 07:32 3
- Is that all? -- nm - LMS Apr 8, 07:34 2
  - does a high profile sequel to a smash hit really need much more? -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:42
  - My thought as well. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 8, 07:35
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- reminds me of the chick I drowned in a bathtub once. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:44 4
  - Why so mean to Tubgirl!? -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 07:50
  - that wasn't a chick, it was a rubber ducky. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:44 2
    - and it wasn't a bathtub it was a toilet -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:46
    - it was a rubber chick, maybe. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 8, 07:46
- the Phantom Menace/AOTC reviewer we fight about wouldn't hang those. -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:43
- Living room? No. Torture dungeon? Sure. -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 07:42 2
  - It can go in the corner, by the mop. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:44 1
    - right next to my Wartie! nm -- nm - Mop si Apr 8, 07:46
- No, I wouldn't buy those. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:40
- No chance I'd buy any of those. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 07:36
- *puts this artist on retainer to wallpaper his house* -- nm - Mr. Plinkett si Apr 8, 07:34
- I wouldn't buy that in any form just becuase all I see is women suffocating - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:34 8
  - It's not just appealing, Will; it's hilarious! In virtually any context! (especially on YouTube.) -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:37 7
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      - I actually don't see a defense of it, other than "the insane worthlessness of those parts doesn't outweigh the good parts." - TFox Apr 8, 07:55
      - word -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:46
    - It's all fun and games till you find a saran-wrapped hooker out in the alley. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:39 3
      - not "till". "once". -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:40 2
        
        Depends on how long she's been dead there. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:47 1
        
        Hopefully a really really long time, or I might not be able to get it up. Even if I put on my clown nose! -- nm - Mr. Plinkett Apr 8, 07:48
- "For the discerning serial killer" -- nm - scorpion Apr 8, 07:34
- I think they're great photographs, but not really my speed. - znufrii Apr 8, 07:31 14
  - It says they are paintings - oil on linen -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:32 13
    - The fine detail definition is very high for Oil -- nm - scorpion Apr 8, 07:38 11
      - Yes. There'a an interview with the artist here about how she does it -- (link) - Roger More Apr 8, 07:40
      - That type of photorealism is almost always done from photos that get printed on the canvas. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:40 9
        
        not printed but projected. I don't know the word. The outlines are traced on the canvas then the artist paints over them. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:41 2
        
        camera obscura (I'm looking at you, vermeer). -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 07:50 1
        
        yep yep. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:51
        
        I've never really seen the point of that, I'd rather have a high-quality photographic print. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:41 2
        
        there is still the challenge of getting the colors right. It takes skill. I don't care for it, though. - loosilu Apr 8, 07:42 1
        
        certainly skillfully done, and I can definitely appreciate that. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:44
        
        That's certainly what it looked like to me, when I saw it - like it was either based on a photo, or a print of a photo -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:40 2
        
        ah, from Roger's interview link, I see my hunch was right - the initial seed of the painting is taken from a photograph -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:43 1
        
        I have never heard of an artist who can freehand that level of accuracy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:45
    - doesn't really change my opinion of them -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:36
- lyc: every show i've been to in NY is pretentiousl ike that. IMO most of it is bullshit. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:31
- So you felt obligated to say how you felt? How did that make you feel? -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 07:30
- Who is the artist Son of Sam? -- nm - Redmond Apr 8, 07:30 1
  - I think that would be lovely for a bedroom. maybe a kid's bedroom. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 07:31
Mousehunters....(seeking commentary) - Capstern Apr 8, 07:27 19
- It's an arcane trap, so for forgotten and most shadow mice it's great, but for other types you'll want to go to war with something else. -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:35 17
  - I still need to catch the hydra and silth - Capstern Apr 8, 07:40 9
    - We're in the same spot. I'll be crafting ACRONYM soon, and then gold farming to open the boat, and then gold farming to buy a hydro trap. - TFox Apr 8, 07:42 7
      - thats what I am thinking but I think I need the drillbot - havent got around to it and what hydro si better Net ort Harpoon (i heard harpoon) -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 07:46 6
        
        I think the Ancient Spear Gun is the best of the hydro traps. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 07:55 3
        
        right, but of the intro hydro traps. its similar to the Slumber/Incineration or Sinister/Ambrosial decision. -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:57 2
        
        Yes. Probably better off getting either one, hunt for the elder mouse for the ancient spear and then make the ASG right away. - Krusty Apr 8, 08:06
        
        yeah what I read was they were more or lss the same as long as you picked the right base -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 08:01
        
        I got the Christmas Cracker so I'm not stressing the Drillbot. I think the hydros are pretty interchangeable, whichever sounds better to you. -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 07:47 1
        
        Yeah I started after Christmas so I was screwed and missed that -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 07:54
    - I guess I should buy the drill bot..havent done that yet -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 07:42
  - You seem to move up in rank quickly. - Krusty Apr 8, 07:40 6
    - I sound the horn more than almost any other sane MH player, I think. - TFox Apr 8, 07:43 1
      - I miss the hunter's horn for the toolbar. I'm just getting back to where I need to be over the last week. - Krusty Apr 8, 07:50
    - also OCD helps and I got lucky I fot my 12 scrap metal in 3 days -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 07:42
    - I figured out I can toot the horn from my phone and I have a friend who - Capstern Apr 8, 07:42 2
      - Good idea, I should leave it on my phone when I'm at work. - Krusty Apr 8, 07:44 1
        
        i just used apps.facebook.com/mousehunt and shocked it worked...also caught jen bro and so 3 of us in same place -- nm - Capstern Apr 8, 07:45
- I'm using that trap too, I just built it the other day. It seems to do very well against forgotten mice and is okay - Krusty Apr 8, 07:34
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- More advice: Have a look at each charater's full skill tree and see which one would suit your playstyle the best. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 07:30
BLT Thursday! -- nm - Redmond Apr 8, 07:27

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