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Holy crap, Kyle Blanks is tall. -- nm - nubby Apr 12, 15:49
Coca Cola installs a "Happiness Machine" on a college campus -- (link) - MDH Apr 12, 15:33 [youtube] 3
- step one: put your dick in the Coke Happiness Machine -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 15:50 1
  - It's called a Dignan -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 15:55
- Outstanding. -- nm - nubby Apr 12, 15:36
If you love me, you'll figure out this Excel question for me. - Dano Apr 12, 15:28 7
- Are you using the Excel file to create mailing labels in Word? - musubi Apr 12, 15:58
- Copy, Paste Special. Use the "transpose button" -- (link) - oblique Apr 12, 15:30 4
  - Hmmm, that will help I guess, but it's still one by one. I guess you like me, but just not in that way. -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 15:36 3
    - Oh I think I have a better solution... - Dano Apr 12, 15:39 1
      - Ah yeah, I think that's the easiest way to do it. (nm) - musubi Apr 12, 16:00
    - Another option would be to export to CSV, then import from CSV and have it create a new row for each "," which would get you a long spreadsheet with - oblique Apr 12, 15:39
- (is there a way to transform that easily?) -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 15:28
kelly: Yep, I am. - MDH Apr 12, 15:20 5
- It's a MD tax question. It's so dumb I probably shouldn't even ask. :) - kelly Apr 12, 15:25 4
  - I do taxes like its my job (horrible pun I know) - MDH Apr 12, 15:32 3
    - This seriously is a dumb question, but since I'm very new to the MD tax return filing thing, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. - kelly Apr 12, 15:41 2
      - Actually, that isn't a dumb question - MDH Apr 12, 15:50 1
        
        Okay. Thanks so much!! -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 15:54
Alive or Dead: Robert Pattinson -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 12, 15:14 3
- Sparkling. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 15:45
- actor: alive. career: brooding. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:20 1
  - Kristen Stewart, on the other hand... -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 12, 15:23
Alive or Dead: Edward Woodward (star of The Equilizer series) -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:14 2
- recently deceased. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 15:17 1
  - Would have loved to been on the set of Hot Fuzz w/him telling Wicker Man stories. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 15:25
Brandon Routh joins the cast of The Walking Dead... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 15:13 10
- actually great casting if he is playing who I bet he will be -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 15:40 3
  - I'm guessing Glen. nm - Dignan Apr 12, 15:54
  - A zombie. -- nm - David Apr 12, 15:52
  - Shane is already cast. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 15:49
- Alive or... -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 15:16 4
  - actor: alive. career: on life support. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:16 3
    - imdb says he's having a pretty busy year. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:52 2
      - who's playing him in Superman 2? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:53 1
        
        oh, wait, they can't call it that ... okay, how about "The Dark Tights"? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:54
- This joke is too easy. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 12, 15:13
Alive or Dead: Robert Preston -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:11 8
- very dead -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 15:13
- dead. -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 15:13
- who? alive. -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 15:12 3
  - Professor Harold Hill -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 15:14 2
    - Centauri -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:16 1
      - no he isn't -- nm - Londo Mollari Apr 12, 15:24
- dead (total guess) -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 15:11
- dead -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 15:11
quick, no cheating Alive or Dead: Dabney Coleman -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:06 14
- alive (nm) - musubi Apr 12, 15:10
- 100% alive -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 15:10 1
  - Mmm-hmm! -- nm - Dabney's wife Apr 12, 15:12
- alive. -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 15:09
- alive -- nm - Callisto Apr 12, 15:09
- totally alive. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:09
- alive -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 15:08
- alive -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 15:08
- dead. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:08
- Dead. (nm) - musubi Apr 12, 15:07
- alive -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 15:07
- alive. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 15:07
- alive -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 15:06
- alive (total guess) -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 15:06
Drunk driver injures a judge previously gave him slack in a drunk driving case (even though it was his 3rd in months) -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 12, 15:03 1
- poetic -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 15:41
Dear baserunner: please to not break Kevin Youkilis' wrist. -- nm - David Apr 12, 15:00
I'm a SQL Hen today. - Mel Profit Apr 12, 14:54 3
- I'm struggling with how to merge two distinct data sets (of the form 'date,quantity') into a graphable data set -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:12 1
  - here's an example: - Beryllium Apr 12, 15:15
- I cannot believe it's already 6. I've worked 9 straight hours and haven't even touched what I wanted to get done today. -- nm - David Apr 12, 15:01
Honestly, to me it sounds like a scam that slave traders would use to get hookers to come to Ecuador in Taken 2 -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:46 6
- Seriously, look what I posted when Hotkiss first posted that she was applying. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 12, 15:12 [Backboard]
- Listen to your friend, Beaker Zane. -- nm - David Apr 12, 14:52
- In all fairness, they're not hookers until after they arrive. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 14:47 3
  - please do not poke the Ecuadorian Mob. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:49 1
    - hmm ... with stacy working TSA and Hotkiss working ecuador ... maybe we could form some sort of ST-Coyote business -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 14:50
  - ~ what do you do with a drunken sailor ~ -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 14:48
What is the breakeven point? Assuming you were in HK's shoes, with no encumberances, how much would they have to pay you to work there? - musubi Apr 12, 14:42 24
- There are very few places I'd consider working in outside if the US - Stephen Apr 12, 15:04 6
  - I can think of a lot of places I'd work. not that job, though. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 15:07 1
    - *shrug* to each their own. -- nm - Stephen Apr 12, 15:14
  - *sniff* -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:06 2
    - Canada was sitting up there so politely and quietly I completely overlooked it - Stephen Apr 12, 15:12 1
      - I'd add New Zealand and Australia to the list, but I get that sentiment. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 12, 15:26
  - If = of - Stephen Apr 12, 15:06
- I'd do it for under 1000-ish, but it would have to be somewhere that offered variety -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 14:56
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- If I was interested....I'd probably go with about 700/mo. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 14:46
- depending on the real cost of living there (and not just bare subsistence) it might be as low as $1000/month -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 14:45
- Southern Hemisphere? Ew. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 14:45 8
  - Most of Argentina is quite cool -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 15:19
  - It's right on the Equator! That's why it's called *Ecuador*! -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 14:54 5
    - "particularly the seaport of Manta" ...which is below the line. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:01 3
      - so... if she got a job in Esmeraldas, that would be okay? :) -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 15:02 2
        
        This thread is about ME, let's not forget. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:05 1
        
        Bogota or bust! -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 15:08
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  - It -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 14:53
- it's not high skill, sounds like. I dunno, I probably just wouldn't do it, but that's because it's not my interest. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:43 3
  - I just assumed that since she mentioned something about a partnership with the school, it was *some* kind of skilled-educational-type job. - musubi Apr 12, 14:46 2
    - based on the description below, it does sound like it requires more skills than the pay would indicate. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 14:48 1
      - Yeah, it aint exactly digging ditches. -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 14:49
Man ,does Lester look bad today. I'm surprised he can hit the catcher's mitt. -- nm - CQ Apr 12, 14:40 1
- conversely (sp?) that new ball park looks georgous -- nm - CQ Apr 12, 14:41
Gotta love Ferris Bueller -- (link) - eag Apr 12, 14:40
Reconsidering... -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 12, 14:39 33
- Maybe it's me, but $400 would get a laugh from me and I wouldn't even consider it. - MDH Apr 12, 14:45
- it makes for some lively discussion - find out more about what you have to do - red flags be damned - JenBro Apr 12, 14:40 20
  - unless this is the only job she can get, this is essentially costing her tens of thousands of dollars. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 14:43 17
    - Maybe, maybe not. If $350 is truly a living wage, the tens of thousands dollars might have to get plowed into the same living wage. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 14:48 13
      - a living wage in Ecuador means you live like an Ecuadorian. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 14:50
      - She will save nothing when she returns to America. She'll start with a $0 balance -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 14:49 1
        
        nmb MDH - kelly Apr 12, 15:00
      - Assuming not a single financial encumberance in the US: no student loans, credit cards, anything. - TFox Apr 12, 14:49 8
        
        It depends on a lot of factors. Look, I wouldn't even consider it, but if what she wants is a year in Ecuador for the experience of it and her - pmb Apr 12, 14:53 7
        
        Get a real job, and visit Ecuador for a couple weeks or something, that's escapist. Wait. Didn't HK just come back like a month in Mexico? - musubi Apr 12, 14:58 5
        
        The experience of vacationing and living somewhere is different. Again, this is not my personal make up at all (and if it was my kid I don't think - pmb Apr 12, 15:02 2
        
        This is silly poombah. Obviously, it's her choice. Nobody is gonna chain her down and force her to now go (at least I don't think). - musubi Apr 12, 15:09 1
        
        My point is that it's different strokes for different folks. Her priorities are clearly different than yours or mine (if she's making an informed - pmb Apr 12, 15:13
        
        there's nothing wrong with traveling a lot at her point in life. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:59 1
        
        I never suggested it wasn't. (nm) - musubi Apr 12, 15:07
        
        in that case, she wouldn't need a job. she would just need something to keep her from getting bored. -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:58
      - living wage means alot of things in different places. Plus goodbye savings. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:48
    - Exactly. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 14:46
    - considering that she couldn't figure this one out at first glance, I guess we do need to consider that possibility... -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:45
    - *ding* -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:44
  - come *on*. -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:42 1
    - (the job doesn't even pay enough to buy the fucking red flag.) -- nm - TFox Apr 12, 14:42
- Out of interest, what is the actual job? -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 14:40 10
  - Manta is a seaport. - Hotkiss Apr 12, 14:42 9
    - Customs and cargo paperwork??? Holy crap, you can make a LOT more than $300/month. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 15:03
    - that doesn't sound like much fun ... to me at least - I'd keep looking. -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 14:52
    - Yeah, I thought it would be something like shipping from your original post. Leaving the money completely out of it, do you think that this job will - Roger More Apr 12, 14:50
    - that's not a job, that's free labor for them. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:43 5
      - word. and a potential fall-person when the drugs are found and the cops come looking for a scapegoat -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:45 4
        
        Yep ... national geographic has a great show about stories like this. - Beryllium Apr 12, 14:46
        
        well maybe we are not factoring in the bribery and graft she could skim by looking the other way -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 14:46
        
        On the other hand, maybe she can make out on drug bribes... -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 14:46 1
        
        "Tips" -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 14:47
"Did you know that the average tax refund is up nearly 10% -- about $3,000 -- this year?" - David Apr 12, 14:35 16
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- Mine sure went up. - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 14:42
- how can the average be that high? -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:37 7
  - Who am I, Irwin R. Schyster? -- nm - David Apr 12, 14:40 2
    - Mike Rotundo! - Will Hunting Apr 12, 14:41 1
      - He is? That's fantastic! -- nm - David Apr 12, 14:50
  - Lots of unemployed people fell in tax brackets, causing big returns? - musubi Apr 12, 14:39 1
    - that's going to happen to me, but not nearly that much $$. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 14:40
  - nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 12, 14:38 1
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- More people gave the government an interest-free loan! That's win-win, really! -- nm - mara Apr 12, 14:36
- in Ecuador, you're Warren Buffett with that refund -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 14:36 4
  - *spits drink and curses* - JenBro Apr 12, 14:39
  - I just baught an Ecuadorian rain forest for $20 via Paypal -- nm - CQ Apr 12, 14:37 2
    - I just bought an Ecuadoran county that includes your forest, so I demand my $2/year rent. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 14:39 1
      - I just bought the County Commissioner and asked him to change the tax rates on property owned by foreigners. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 14:48

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