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i try and not to think how much unnecessary interest i've paid to my credit card company in the past few years - sherlock homie May 12, 11:21 3
- Even while paying for the wedding this year, I've made it a 2010-2011 to get my CC debt to zero to avoid this. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 12, 11:24
- I've still got a few G's that I rotate around to new 0% interest cards every 8-12 months. - Dr.Vermin May 12, 11:23
- been there, done that. -- nm - znufrii May 12, 11:22
Damn, I had lunch at about 10:45. I think it's time for second luck or maybe I'll call it a mega snack -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:19
nmb Jax - kelly May 12, 11:18 1
- It's a rate for September. Hopefully they do something next month for October~ish. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:21
Braves/Brewers spoiler - David May 12, 11:17 9
- a little too early to annouce what the Atlanta pitcher is doing in that game, right? -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:20 1
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  - I don't know if the play is online yet, but I'm stunned he stayed in the game. -- nm - David May 12, 11:22
- Gallardo's entire lineage should be dead after something like that. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:17 4
  - We are talking about a guy who once pitched 1 2/3 innings with a torn ACL. -- nm - David May 12, 11:19 2
    - We are also talking about a guy who can solve the world's hunger problem by sweating on a desert and watching the crops flourish. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:20 1
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  - It's the only place Gallardo is now invulnerable. -- nm - Mel Profit May 12, 11:18
We just got an attic fan installed in the attic next to Abby's room. It's incredible how quiet the thing is. The one we have in the upper attic - prayformojo May 12, 11:16 7
- Abby or the fan? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 11:20
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- fans need to be replaced every few years ... -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 11:17 1
  - (Or "maintained". Whatever. Better just to replace them :) ) -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 11:18
- *RAWR* -- nm - Attic Fan Ghost May 12, 11:17 2
  - relatedly, we had Yuri, who did the installation, out last week to give us a quote. he came when Abby was asleep, but made a bit of noise in the - prayformojo May 12, 11:19 1
    - I swear we could write a Slacker Talk sitcom. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:22
Anonymous caller to Mojave police says he knows who took the cross and that it hasn't been destroyed or vandalized. Hello? They STOLE the cross! -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 11:16
where are they now Star Wars Kid edition -- (link) - sherlock homie May 12, 11:14 5
- That was the first time I'd seen it. - MDH May 12, 11:17 3
  - *no comment* -- nm - Nightcrawler May 12, 11:20
  - you haven't seen the versions where they FX in real lightsabers w/ sound -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:18 1
    - Now that would be funny. -- nm - MDH May 12, 11:20
- I like that I get to do this. It's pronounced "jiz-lan". -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 11:17
excellent best-of-craigslist ad -- (link) - Beryllium May 12, 11:12
You new #1 Song in the Country: Eminem's "Not Afraid" - MDH May 12, 11:12 6
- I haven't even heard it. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:17
- really. huh. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:13 4
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    - *Ding* -- nm - MDH May 12, 11:18
    - i don't mind it, but i wouldn't have thought it #1 material. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:16
  - 380,000 downloads in its first week. - MDH May 12, 11:15
What's the minimum amount you'll charge on a credit card? I feel almost guilty charging a $5 doctor co-pay - but I do it for the record keeping :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg May 12, 11:10 28
- Pfft. I don't carry cash. Not even any change. I'll charge a $1 candy or drink without blinking. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 11:22 1
  - (because doing two things at once is *hard*.) -- nm - Mop si May 12, 11:23
- I don't have a minimum. I use the card all the time -- nm - oblique May 12, 11:15
- $20 -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:14 1
  - oh, I was thinking debit, for the credit card it's at least $100 -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:16
- I've been in two liquor stores that have a minimum purchase for credit/debit cards; one was $10 and the other was $6! -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 11:13 4
  - A lot depends on what the credit card fees are for the business. - Ender May 12, 11:16 3
    - A business usually gets a credit card terminal to increase the sales, not turn them away. You take the bad with the good. -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 11:19 2
      - The liquor store I go to actually at one point had an additional 2% fee they'd charge if you used a card. -- nm - Ender May 12, 11:21 1
        
        Some limo companies charge 3%.....I don't think it's right. -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 11:23
- I quit using my credit a while back, but I'll put anything on a debit card as I don't carry cash. I had a $2.79 purchase yesterday -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:13 5
  - See, I'm the opposite, I put everything possible on the air-miles credit card and pay it off monthly. - MojaveMeg May 12, 11:17 1
    - that makes sense - but for me, I just feel better not having another bill to pay -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:20
  - remlik's soul is *cheap* -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:14 2
    - not really, $2.79 only gets you a mini-mate plastic version of his soul - the limited edition replicas of his soul can get spendy, moreso if signed -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:19 1
      - samwise will play with it for about a day then forget it even exists - sherlock homie May 12, 11:20
- anything under $5 makes me feel wearing-Ed-Hardy-level douchey. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:12 2
  - for a credit card, yes ... for debit, not so much. Not sure why. - Beryllium May 12, 11:14 1
    - meh. debit is like cash to me. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:17
- About $2. I barely ever use cash anymore, I've only made two ATM withdrawals this year. -- nm - Ender May 12, 11:12
- I'll put anything on a credit card if I don't have cash. - JaxSean May 12, 11:11
- I had a customer at Starbuck onec write a personal check for a $.95 cup of coffee. -- nm - znufrii May 12, 11:11
- i hate doing it but when i don't have cash, i'll use my cc for the $2.99 bagel special downstairs -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:11 1
  - I generally have $20 or $30 in cash - but that's for those fun things that I *don't* want a guilty record of :) - MojaveMeg May 12, 11:14
- Ive charged $135 soda from 7-11 -- nm - budice May 12, 11:11 3
  - redmond, don't kill him -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:11
  - That must have been a big fuckin' soda! -- nm - Jim May 12, 11:11
  - damn, Canada is *expensive* -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:11
nothing cuter than sheltie puppies -- (link) - zork May 12, 11:07 3
- They're sleeping. -- nm - lileve May 12, 11:18 1
  - They look like giant papillons. -- nm - lileve May 12, 11:21
- amy's long hair -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:10
Amazon's free song of the day: "It's Hard To Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)". - TFox May 12, 11:05
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Oh an for the record, I think I may be the only person who watched V actively week after week... - Jovian May 12, 11:02 6
- It's just going entirely too slowly, nothing is happening. -- nm - Ender May 12, 11:10 4
  - "first show to have something happen gets renewed." -- nm - Reagen SI May 12, 11:13
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  - that too -- nm - Jovian May 12, 11:12 1
    - There was a sparkle of hope last night in what that guy was researching, but then they just buried it under a ton of crap. -- nm - Ender May 12, 11:14
- so you're saying, for the record, that you're a dum-dum. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:06
I can see how the death penalty is debatable in theory, but I don't see how anyone can support it in the reality of the world we live in. -- nm - Dano May 12, 11:00 32
- I know Americans are loathe to do this, but I also look at the rest of the world and the company you keep in having the DP. - Reagen May 12, 11:17 3
  - as far as things other countries don't do, I bet we dump the DP before we dump our non-metric system of measurement -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:23
  - Joiner. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 12, 11:23
  - I don't think this argument can be made without pointing out the brutality and limited freedoms of prison and judicial systems in some of the other -- nm - 'enlightened' societies, including western ones. May 12, 11:20
- Under strict application critiria, I can be supportive. - Name Withheld By Request May 12, 11:14 1
  - I can be supportive of it in a much wider range. - Will Hunting May 12, 11:20
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  - I'm all for the death penalty on paper. The problem is that you can't trust ANYone to be on the up and up anymore about anything. - Jim May 12, 11:13 2
    - if i can't believe in the state-sponsored murder of the right person, i don't know what to believe in anymore -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 11:16
    - As if you ever could. -- nm - mara May 12, 11:15
- Wait, what? That in today's society we should not have a death penalty? -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:08 7
  - I'm saying that I don't believe our justice system is accurate/fair/etc. enough to be administering a death penalty at all. - Dano May 12, 11:11 5
    - I'd certainly say there's reasons to support it. If a mother kills her husband and drowns her kids, then admits to doing it, - JaxSean May 12, 11:16 4
      - How many innocent people is it okay to kill via the death penalty? -- nm - Dano May 12, 11:22 1
        
        It's a tough argument to think about, but I'm okay living in a society where there is a handful of mistakes like this. - Name Withheld By Request May 12, 11:29
      - But would abolishing it create more of a problem? - Guigue May 12, 11:20 1
        
        I don't think that person deserves to live, personally. It's the system that needs to be fixed, not the punishment, imo. -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 11:24
  - The real-world application of it in today's world makes it harder to defend is my interpretation of Dano's comments. -- nm - Will Hunting May 12, 11:08
- I'm always curious to see a defendant on a cop show give a lot of effort to avoid the death penalty when they're facing a certain life sentence. - Dr.Vermin May 12, 11:04 6
  - Even in jail, you would be able to witness your children grow up at least tangentially. You wouldn't want that? -- nm - Dano May 12, 11:16 1
    - well, you'd also have to live every day with the realization of how you let them down ... -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 11:16
  - Thinking about it in the abstract is probably not much like actually facing the probability of losing your life. -- nm - mara May 12, 11:14
  - as long as you're alive you can appeal. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:06
  - or you could hang yourself in your cell -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:06
  - It's generally assumed that people will fight tooth and nail to stay alive ... -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 11:05
- same here. If I were on a jury and they were looking for the death penalty, there is no way I could agree to it. Whom am I to decide if someone dies -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:02 6
  - while I am personally against the death penalty, I don't know that I would refuse to sit on a jury where I might have to apply it. -- nm - znufrii May 12, 11:13 1
    - (of course, that's probably enough to get me kicked off the jury in any case) -- nm - znufrii May 12, 11:15
  - I'm not sure that's what he's saying. - Will Hunting May 12, 11:06
  - I think that would get you off the jury to begin with -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 11:03 2
    - sweetness -- nm - CQ May 12, 11:03
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Keystone Kapers and Battlezone released today for Xbox live Game Room. - Jovian May 12, 10:58
amoxy, that recipe is scary. There seems to be as much oil, butter, honey, and brown sugar as oats, almonds, and cranberries (and almonds have a lot o - zork May 12, 10:56 10
- amoxy, that recipe is effen awesome -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:03 1
  - it is both -- nm - zork May 12, 11:05
- all fat is not created equal -- nm - Dano May 12, 11:01
- almonds are one of the best foods you can eat. -- nm - decline May 12, 11:00 1
  - unless you're allergic to them like me. then they suck. -- nm - TFox May 12, 11:01
- almod fat is healthy, though. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:00 4
  - that being said, the honey/butter/brown sugar are not good. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:02 3
    - and oil -- nm - zork May 12, 11:02 2
      - some oil is required for health. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:03 1
        
        of course, same with fat but this recipe is excessive (but very tasty, no doubt) -- nm - zork May 12, 11:03
Weekly DC Real Estate: $8.975M, Amazing Backyard/Conservatory/Pond, The Wallpaper is too much though -- (link) - MDH May 12, 10:56 13
- Jesus. Is the Ambassador to La-Dee-Da looking for a bigger place? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 10:58 5
  - They live in "Embassies". -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:01 4
    - they work in embassies -- nm - zork May 12, 11:05 1
      - although the terms are informally used interchangeably, the Ambassador told me that technically, the residence is the embassy. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:07
    - actually, they live in ambassador's residences. I remember a recent such residence going up for sale. - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 11:04 1
      - in fact, the ambassador's residence is called the "Embassy." I visited the Irish Embassy many times since the former ambassador's daughter is - loosilu May 12, 11:05
- oh, I think I've seen that one IRL. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 10:57
- if you can afford the house, you can take down the wallpaper. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 10:56 5
  - I suspect it may be antique. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 10:59 3
    - I think it's a handpainted mural. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:00 2
      - That's what I meant. I should have said "walls" and its out of control. -- nm - MDH May 12, 11:02 1
        
        there's the dining room one (which looks quite expensive), and some cheap stenciling around the firepalce. that's all I see. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 11:03
  - and if you mean the dining room, I am not sure that is wallpaper. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 10:58
"The Phillies claim Billmeyer was checking out their own catcher, an excuse that doesn't hold water because, well, the Phillies were at bat." -- nm - crash davis May 12, 10:55 13
- Anybody ever seen Billmeyer and Belichick in the same room at the same time?!?! -- nm - nubby May 12, 10:57 3
  - Anybody ever seen Billmeyer and Belichick in the same room at the same time?!?! - TFox May 12, 10:58 2
    - *tazes you* -- nm - znufrii May 12, 10:59 1
      - You should do it again, just to be safe. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 10:59
- "What did you do at work today?" "I don't know, but all I know is, the Phillies claimed Billmeyer was checking out their own catcher, but..." -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 10:56 2
  - "Come on, Boss. It's all *anyone* was talking about!" -- nm - David May 12, 10:58
  - "...and saw a horse and a buggy on Mulberry St." -- nm - Jax si May 12, 10:57
- What's this from? -- nm - David May 12, 10:56 1
  - its from my desire to be like the cool kids -- nm - crash davis May 12, 11:01
- There it is. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 10:56
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  - lir -- (link) - crash davis May 12, 10:57 [Backboard] 1
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Don't Taze Me! -- nm - amoxy May 12, 10:53 3
- Brouzin! -- nm - dignan si May 12, 10:55
- *tazes you* -- nm - znufrii May 12, 10:55 1
  - You should do it again, just to be safe. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) May 12, 10:56

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