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PiR Pop Quiz -- What was our initial monthly car insurance quote? - znufrii Apr 27, 07:04 16
- With or without the extra fee for driving a neon? - Stephen Apr 27, 07:13
- Answer - znufrii Apr 27, 07:11
- 327 -- nm - mara Apr 27, 07:10
- 225.25 -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 27, 07:09
- 230. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 07:09 1
  - this is actually my guess for closest. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 07:09
- 470 -- nm - zork Apr 27, 07:08 3
  - PIRR? 326, Bob -- nm - zork Apr 27, 07:09 2
    - and are we talking each or together? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 07:10 1
      - it;s on the car. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 07:11
- $325 -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 07:07
- $125 -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 07:07
- $312.50 -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 07:05
- $1, Bob! -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 07:05
- (Progressive) -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 07:05
- $185 -- nm - Dano Apr 27, 07:05
Home price index shows 1st annual gain in 3 years. -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:56 1
- renegotiate the mortgage then :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:57
how exactly do you want me to validate the calculations in a pdf document, folks? recreate the formulas with my imagination in Excel? - TFox Apr 27, 06:55 7
- Sounds like you have people like this guy in charge. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 27, 07:01
- people are crazy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:59
- I always laugh when people ask to edit PDF documents like word documents. I keep trying to tell them, that's the whole point of PDF - that you can't - oblique Apr 27, 06:56 3
  - they want me to confirm their math is right. "I don't even know what their math was." -- nm - TFox Apr 27, 06:58 2
    - Just sit on it for a few hours and then say "Yes" -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 07:03
    - Ask them if you can borrow their slide rule. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 06:59
- Lasik lets you do that, I think -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 06:56
bad decision to renew lease on Ukrainian naval ports to Russia ends up with egg throwing in Ukr. parliament -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 06:54
update and good background info on what Bret Michaels is going through -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 06:52
Abby's new favorite thing to watch is Pixar shorts - prayformojo Apr 27, 06:52
heh. -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 06:49 [Backboard]
"It's a novelization of the movie Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 06:41 1
- My favorite movie novelization is "Bram Stoker's Dracula." (That was actually the title of the novelization, too.) -- nm - mara Apr 27, 06:44
LYC: This has officially been the busiest month, in terms of new requests, since I started - znufrii Apr 27, 06:36
Some pics from this past weekend at the beach, for those interested... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:34 [flickr] 6
- i did not know you were such a liberal thinking father - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:43
- Is Andrew's hair really as red as it looks in those pictures? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 06:42 2
  - Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. It really depends on lighting. Outside in the sun it looks very red/orange. At home it can appear much darker. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:43 1
    - (And, yes, I've already questioned her several times about the mailman.) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:44
- Heh. This one looks like Andrew would be smacking his brother on the head if the camera wasn't on him. -- (link) - Inigo Apr 27, 06:37 [flickr] 1
  - yeah, I like that one. He looks very suspicious of him. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:40
National Geographic is having a photography contest. Win a trip to the Greek Isles. Andie? -- (link) - oblique Apr 27, 06:31 8
- The way their economy is going it should be win the Greek Isles. -- nm - LMS Apr 27, 06:41 2
  - I'm surprised she hasn't already won Iceland. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 07:03
  - traaa daa daa dii dum -- nm - Opponents of the Euro currency Apr 27, 06:44
- first she needs to find a contest to win herself US residency. - mafic Apr 27, 06:40 3
  - that is interesting. Thanks for pointing that out -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 06:45
  - Oh, I didn't see the attribution free part. Not cool. -- nm - Subversive Apr 27, 06:42 1
    - but non-exclusive, so it's not all bad. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 06:46
- Only open to Americans. Bah! -- nm - Subversive Apr 27, 06:38
mandy? Dropbox vs. MobileMe -- (link) - oblique Apr 27, 06:29 2
- I don't know what mandy was asking, but I'm a big fan of dropbox. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 27, 06:33 1
  - I just recalled her expressing her dislike for MobileMe before -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 06:35
*waits for the Jeffster debut album* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:28
I just saw an ad for a job at a school where they hate teh gay. I should put in an application just to show them what they're missing. -- nm - nubby Apr 27, 06:26 20
- apply, get the job, get the sack and then SUE BABY SUE -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:28
- Liberty? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:27 18
  - I knew a closeted guy that went to Liberty - MDH Apr 27, 06:37
  - Wheaton -- nm - nubby Apr 27, 06:28 16
    - Didn't ML go to Wheaton? -- nm - Callisto Apr 27, 06:43 4
      - My High School valedictorian went there. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 07:03
      - in MA? my ex-girlfriend went there. now i wonder if he knew her. - TFox Apr 27, 06:44 2
        
        no, in IL. -- nm - Callisto Apr 27, 06:55
        
        IL -- nm - nubby Apr 27, 06:45
    - Cuz Wil Wheaton's a dick. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:30 10
      - "WwwwwheatONNNN!" -- nm - Sheldon si Apr 27, 06:35 8
        
        *ding* - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:36 7
        
        "Do you really think I would ruin a relationship just to win a game of bowling?" - TFox Apr 27, 06:39 5
        
        I really hated that episode - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:40 4
        
        Agreed, one of the weaker episodes. - Subversive Apr 27, 06:43
        
        The xmas episode with the napkin is my favorite - eag Apr 27, 06:43 2
        
        That's probably my favorite. Superb show. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:44 1
        
        I always enjoyed the episodes with Leslie Winkle -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 07:11
        
        "Now bring me Will Wheaton" -- nm - eag Apr 27, 06:37
      - WLTC? -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 27, 06:31
Tonight: on TLC -- (link) - Reagen Apr 27, 06:21 2
- I hear rumor of a new show - nubby Apr 27, 06:27 1
  - My favorite joke was about the show "The Little Choclatiers" - MDH Apr 27, 06:40
If I'm reading this right, Avatar became the #1 selling Blu-Ray in 4 days time; trumping Dark Knight. -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:20 5
- I'm going to wait to get the proper release. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 06:21 4
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    - approx x-mas - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:23
  - approx x-mas? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 06:22 1
    - iirc. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 06:22
McAfee offers compensation to those affected by their latest glitch -- (link) - oblique Apr 27, 06:17 1
- and rumor on the Street is they are on the trading block - with HP as the leading contender to buy them. -- nm - decline Apr 27, 06:26
Borderlands peeps: If anyone is in the market for a legal Hellfire weapon, I have like 4 to give away. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 06:12 5
- i have one already. lovely glitchy knoxx dlc -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 27, 06:55 4
  - I raided the armory 3 times last night and I am going back for more tonight I hope. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 06:59 3
    - yeah, i need to start doing that. - tRuMaN Apr 27, 07:08 2
      - I've found some beauty new double anarchy guns too. Found a pearlescent rocket launcher as well. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 07:10 1
        
        hmm, this reminds me, i need to fix the glitch on that save, again. - tRuMaN Apr 27, 07:11
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for Xbox 360 $46.49 on goldbox right now. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 06:10
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- Psst... - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:19
- I'm sorry. -- nm - TFox Apr 27, 06:02
*wonders if Gary Bettman has started having kittens yet* -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 05:57
ST poll -- Today's Congressional hearings with Goldman Sachs -- justified or witch hunt? -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 27, 05:37 15
- I don't know if Congressional hearings are going to do any good but Goldman is crooked... problem is this whole thing has a misguided focus - stewie Apr 27, 06:16 7
  - Related: one person's suggestions about what's currently legal that shouldn't be -- (link) - mara Apr 27, 06:36
  - iirc, they had the ratings companies up in front of the committee recently as well. - znufrii Apr 27, 06:30
  - Yes, yes and a thousand times yes. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 06:27
  - This is a very smart post. Thank you. - Fuzzy Apr 27, 06:25 2
    - I credit Michael Lewis' (blind side author) great new book The Big Short -- nm - stewie Apr 27, 06:41 1
      - i want to read this. -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 07:04
  - Very little in regards to the rating services. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 06:18
- Politicians trying to look like they're doing something. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 06:09 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 06:11
- Better than a hearing on MLB players dipping. So there's that. -- nm - TFox Apr 27, 06:00
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 05:59
- some of both. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 05:58
- Waste of time. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 05:45
- Justified -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 05:44
I'm fairly sure that the freaky truck from Jeepers Creepers was following me in to work this morning - prayformojo Apr 27, 05:27 2
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- "beating you?" -- nm - TFox Apr 27, 05:59
Kenya seeks end to visa row after Dubai royals expelled -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 05:23
Bioshock 2 is the Gold Box Deal of the Day on Amazon for $39.98. -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 27, 04:49 3
- XBOX 360 and PS3, FYI -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 05:32
- Plus it looks like all of the Lightning Deals are going to be video games and related. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 04:50 1
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6 game hitting streak on Beat the Streak! *FLEX* -- nm - Strongbad Apr 27, 04:19
dear al gore and current tv: up yours, jerkfaces. -- (link) - mafic Apr 26, 23:36
mr wigs and i need to have a chat about ice cream cake - mr. irrelevant Apr 26, 22:49
Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset $34.99 * + $5 shipping (refurb) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:42 1
- bah. PC. Nevermind. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:44
what are the calories per box of all the B2 cake treats? nobody eats only a mfg. suggested serving size :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 22:38 2
- the serving size is the box, right? -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 22:39 1
  - yes. an 8 oz. bag of hershey kisses is 1980 calories. they say 36 calories per kiss -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 22:46
LIR: mafic...cassette! - oblique Apr 26, 22:34 1
- that's the same reason I had to rebuy bon jovi on itunes. -- nm - mafic Apr 26, 22:43
TastyKakes are all over Florida at Publix supermarkets. But at $4 a box, slutty debbie undercuts them by $3. - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:33
I kind of hope we don't get the house we applied for, because I think I just found a better one. -- (link) - mafic Apr 26, 22:31 24
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- "We"? I need to pay closer attention to the mafic show. -- nm - nubby Apr 27, 04:56 1
  - nothing so exciting. roommates. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 06:32
- don't take this personally, but I kind of hate you right now. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 22:35
- Trendy! (When are you coming back from down undah?) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:35 9
  - I'd say not sooner than 2012, but the visa is good till 2014. -- nm - mafic Apr 26, 22:44 8
    - Are you getting LAFHA? nm - ralph wiggum Apr 26, 23:57 7
      - I didn't even know that existed. I need an australian accountant. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 00:36 6
        
        though it seems I may not be eligible, since I was already in Australia when I got this job. it looks like a grey area. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 00:42 5
        
        You pretty much need your employer to cooperate. You might check with your HR type people and see if they know anything about it. - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 01:43 4
        
        I think its 3 years, from arrival and if you want to stay longer you have to pay it back -- nm - Karl_S Apr 27, 03:52 2
        
        4 years. And you don't need to pay it back if you end up staying (so long as your intent was not to stay when you first came) nm - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 04:15 1
        
        Unless they've changed it in the last few years. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 27, 04:16
        
        luckily our HR person is also the accountant (and CFO. it's a small company). -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 02:06
- do those dollars translate to our dollars? cause damn. -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 22:34 9
  - $3k per month? Chicken scratch for mafic. - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:36 8
    - splilt three ways, one presumes. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 22:37 7
      - and not three equal ways, the couple pays more total than the two singles, but less per person. -- nm - mafic Apr 26, 22:39 1
        
        (probably ~$210/wk for me) -- nm - mafic Apr 26, 22:41
      - mafic is ... Jack Tripper. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:39 4
        
        there are two girls, and the real estate agent may think I'm gay. -- nm - mafic Apr 26, 22:42 3
        
        Love the agent's name....Stacy Clutterbuck :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 26, 22:46 2
        
        "Buck clutter! ha HA, Trebek!" -- nm - Connery si Apr 27, 06:00
        
        I might have actually met her in passing -- nm - Karl Apr 27, 00:42
Hoedown Throwdown! -- nm - oblique Apr 26, 22:30 1
- say hello to my assistants Stephanie & Miriam. -- nm - Bobby Flay Apr 26, 22:34

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