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Man blows off arm during Independence Day party - Loyola Jul 5, 13:52 2
- We had a guy here blow his hand off -- nm - Bacon Jul 5, 13:59
- "Arm declares independence during fireworks party" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:53
If you had to choose; Vertical Limit or Cliffhanger? -- nm - Loyola Jul 5, 13:46 1
- Lithgow is great -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 13:48
heh, I kind of want to win this contest ... but I can't figure out what that photo is. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:34 12
- Red Square -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 13:52
- The Louvre - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:39 10
  - disagree, Louvre is extremely ornate inside. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:46 6
    - It does have red walls in places. - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:50 2
      - it honestly looks like an outdoor picture to me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:51 1
        
        I was thinking that, too ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:52
    - indeed, as this picture shows -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:48 2
      - But a close up of the top, or bottom of a painting wouln't have the ornate stuff. -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:51 1
        
        the frames themselves at the Louvre are extremely ornate. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:02
  - Hmm. I was thinking that it looked like a windowframe on a stucco wall ... but that didn't make much sense. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:40 2
    - Not a bad guess but the shadow looks more like it's from something kind of floating before the wall, like a painting. - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:44 1
      - well, she's in a bulletproof case. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:46
I thought Die Hard with a Vengeance was good enough. -- nm - Loyola Jul 5, 13:30 10
- I loved the movie until they got onto the boat. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:34 2
  - Heh, I didn't remember the boat ... but now that I do, all I can think of is The Dark Knight. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:35 1
    - specifically, this particular dose of batshit effing crazy -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:38 [youtube]
- I thought it was great. It just doesn't really have the same feel as the first one (no real sense of claustrophobia). - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:32 6
  - (Die Hard 2 spoils, I guess) - Roger More Jul 5, 13:35 1
    - this is true, but the snowstorm provided a sense of closed-in-ness. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:39
  - Was Die Hard 2 the one in the airport? I thought it was alright, although the little tower control guy was a bit too annoying with his earnestness. - Loyola Jul 5, 13:35 3
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    - You can't expect a guy who ran for President not to be earnest -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:36 1
      - No the small little guy who came up with the idea of the skywalk to solve something. spoils - Loyola Jul 5, 13:38
Great weekend had by all. 14 of us went to Navy Beach restaurant for lunch the other day. Great spot I had the burger - CQ Jul 5, 13:29 2
- I love oceanfront dining. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 13:33 1
  - ordering beers while lying on the beach is quite possibly the best thing ever -- nm - CQ Jul 5, 13:36
Kovalchuk takes $60M over 7 years to stay with the Devils, turning down $100M over 10 from the Isles. - Reagen Jul 5, 13:27
I learned a little more about the 'murdered' horse, this was more than just a pet, it was trained to help disabled people learn to ride and develope.. - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:15
how do you eat an ear of corn poll? - peglegpete Jul 5, 13:12 17
- Vertically around the two ends, then a horizontal row, then vertically again. -- nm - Ender Jul 5, 13:42
- Right to left, round and round. Total obliteration. -- nm - Loyola Jul 5, 13:32
- Eat one cirlce around the cob, then back and forth rows. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:20
- OM NOM NOM. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 13:19 1
  - *ding.* -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:19
- 1. 4 rows at a time. (direction doesn't matter) -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:18
- right to left. Continue in buzzsaw like state till done. OR cut them all off into a pile. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:17
- I pry a row of kernels off with my upper front teeth, row by row and leave a clean cob when I'm done, not a messy chewed up sloppy gooey stick -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:16
- left to right, obviously. only people who put on their shoes sock show sock shoe do otherwise. -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:16 3
  - sock show! sock show! sock show at lunch! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:18 2
    - sock shoe sock shoe is so lame and gross I can' -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:18 1
      - 't even type it. (see??) -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:18
- left to right for a row, then right to left, then left to right etc. -- nm - CQ Jul 5, 13:15 1
  - I do this sometimes also. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 13:20
- 1. Left to right -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 13:15
- 1. I think I go left to right. At least I did yesterday. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:13
- with some fava beans and nice chianti. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:13
If they ever make a Die Hard 5, and decide to make it a real Die Hard movie (and not like 3 and 4), what should the setting be? - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:10 27
- Oooh, the White House. nm - Dignan Jul 5, 13:39 1
  - Oooh, I should read more better. nm - Dignan Jul 5, 13:40
- Under Siege was Die Hard on a ship -- nm - stewie Jul 5, 13:24 1
  - good point. (and so much better than Speed 2.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:26
- a karate tournament in okinawa! -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:21
- international space station -- nm - CQ Jul 5, 13:16
- The White House. And his mismatched impromptu partner would be the Vice-President. -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:15 3
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    - oh my god! That's Brad Thor with the steel chair! -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:17
  - ...played by Ice Cube! -- nm - Shaun Jul 5, 13:15
- BP Oil Rig. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:14
- International Space Station. -- nm - Loyola Jul 5, 13:14
- A message board. nm - Dignan Jul 5, 13:14
- Carribean island Club Med type resort -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 13:13
- Speed 2 already did it. I think it needs to be at an event like the airport one was during Xmas. The next one could be during the Olympics or - Remlik Jul 5, 13:12 7
  - Die Hard 5: Die Hard with a Red Card -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:13 6
    - ooo...tie it in with World Cup and get even more foreign interest. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:18 4
      - and have Zidane star as the bad guy? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:19 3
        
        And they can have plenty of red herring bad guys. - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:21 2
        
        Vinnie Jones! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:21 1
        
        oh hell yes. he'd be perfect as the guy who is the muscle of the operation -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:35
    - I read that as Red Carpet... which would be interesting.. do it at the Oscars or something. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:13
- Not on water. - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:12
- Speed 2 did cruise ship -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:11 1
  - I know. Maybe Die Hard can do it right. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:12
- it almost has to be cruise ship. -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:10 1
  - lets just get together, have a few laughs -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:18
wow. Ok...Andrew Garfield the new Peter Parker/Spider-man gets $500,000 for the 1st Spidey movie... - Remlik Jul 5, 13:09 6
- I keep confusing him with Drake Bell. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 13:34
- This is why they like these English actors. -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 5, 13:33
- That's the way Marvel are. IIRC ScarJo got $250K for Iron Man 2 -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:12 3
  - that's not Marvel though. It's Sony. They have Spider-man. Marvel Pictures has nothing to do with that or X-men, or Fantastic Four or Daredevil. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:18 2
    - I had forgotten this. But I don't really have a problem with it - people are going to see Spider-Man, not Andrew Garfield -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 13:28
    - but yeha that's how Marvel Studios do it as well. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 13:19
Hee - when my Aussie friends were visiting one of the things they fell in love with and bought was a lucite toilet seat, featuring sea shells... - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 13:03 3
- I wonder if the coriolis effect messes with the three seashells technique? (Best. Bathroom Joke. Ever.) - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:07
- their butts wore off the lucite and desintegrated the sea shells? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 13:05 1
  - "It was so soft and comfy that some visitors nearly took up residence in the loo!" Guess it got a lot of use :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 13:08
ugg, daytime tv is boring with no movie channels. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 5, 12:51 3
- You have netflix right? - eag Jul 5, 13:00 2
  - that seems like work, I would rather just complain. - tRuMaN Jul 5, 13:10 1
    - Lets see - eag Jul 5, 13:26
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Knight and Day: (C-), The Losers: (C+), Windy City Heat: (B), UFC 116: (A) nm - Dignan Jul 5, 12:45
This post is coming to you on Qwest fiber optic 40/20. - psilotum Jul 5, 12:42 1
- This post is replying to you from Fios fiber optic 35/35. - stewie Jul 5, 13:22
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- "Whatever my cable company gives me" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:27 18
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    - My Comcast cable modem crapped out after about 18 months. Took it in and got a new (better?) one. I'll pay the $5/month for that piece of mind. - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:03 10
      - But do you ever think "Today I won't eat out, I need to pay for the modem." (Have you changed your eatting out habit because of the modem and extra - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:09 9
        
        sometimes I think you and I think very alike. I am like, jax, you wasted $30, and moore's law says that - workmanda Jul 5, 13:14 1
        
        The average joe doesn't think at all. I am always surprised to see what people purchase simply because "oh it is only $5 per month, that is super - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:27
        
        Yes, but not modem or Netflix specific. I've definitely changed my eating habits based on a budget (as well as diet) lately. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:12 6
        
        are you finding it really easy to economize? I am always stunned when I go on a financial diet how much fat there is in mine. - workmanda Jul 5, 13:17 4
        
        When you don't do it for a while, then go out and realize you just spent $10 on lunch, it's noticeable. - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:19 3
        
        I'm really fortunate that I live in a postage stamp currently. I can't bring anything else in or the windows will explode. - workmanda Jul 5, 13:25 2
        
        Speaking of cell phones, you can get employee discount through most big universities. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:29 1
        
        I get 25% through wapo. karen also gets 25% via psu but with bundling and sharing minutes and data, we save 40%. -- nm - workmanda Jul 5, 13:50
        
        Cool, it just seemed to me that people don't really change their habits. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 13:14
    - I bought mine at WM for $60 and it's fine. my thought was that if I saved a year, it was all gravy. - workmanda Jul 5, 12:33 2
      - Ours has lasted about three years, and it was paid off in 1 to 1.5 years, so it's been good for us. But you raise a good point. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:35 1
        
        we're not talking about a car, something whose value you realize and appreciate (and show off to your friends) every day. - workmanda Jul 5, 12:37
    - I bought mine, so I save $5 a month. I guess not all companies offer that option, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:31 1
      - Same here, and I got the full cost of the modem credited on my bill so it was basically free. - Shaun Jul 5, 12:32
    - i had a motorolla one i really liked, cannot remember the name of it. got it from buy a few years back -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 5, 12:29
stewie: Why would you *not* buy the trilogy? Jeez. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:16 6
- A lot of people didn't like part 2... I thought it was ok... but I dislike the practice of only selling them together -- nm - stewie Jul 5, 12:56 1
  - I didn't like part 2, either, but being that I like the bookends ... I'm not torn up about it only being a box set - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:56
- For the Matrix I didn't. Ugh, like I would every watch 3 -- nm - Bacon Jul 5, 12:17 3
  - but, back to the future? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:19 2
    - Oh, yeah I would for that. Star Wars 4,5,7 as well. Indiana Jones all but 4 -- nm - Bacon Jul 5, 12:21 1
      - the life of Sir Fracis is a full one -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 5, 12:22
am I reading it wrong, or is Tim's Pepsi Refresh cause in 1st place among Food & Shelter? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 5, 12:15 1
- (and #17 among the top $50k leaders) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 12:17
LYC, DirectTV DVR plus died. They were coming out to replace anyway because of new dish for local channels -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 5, 12:12
What "splurging" during a diet will do: I had a bratwurst and a burger yesterday, and I had a brownie for desert, and last night weighed in at 175. - JaxSean Jul 5, 12:11 2
- Yup, day-to-day variations don't count for much, unless they start trending in a certain direction. - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 12:21
- don't forget you probably drank a lot of fluids and had a higher sodium intake than normal -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 12:12
Noob tubers are usually people who suck at shooting bullets. -- nm - Loyola Jul 5, 12:03 1
- And whiners are people who suck at dodging grenades. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:26
So we were watching my nephew and nieces this week and in church this lady came over and said she was "intrigued" by our "family" - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 12:01 11
- Now with our 4th almost 2 months old, and all 4 under age 6, I love to see the people do the mental calculations when we pass by -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 5, 12:25
- Why would she be intrigued? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 12:12 7
  - because she's "creepy"? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 12:15 3
    - Nah, no creepy vibe, just a friendly, curious lady. -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 12:29 2
      - heh, the quotes made it seem otherwise, kinda :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:02 1
        
        Ah yes, I can see that :) - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 13:36
  - She thought we had four kids, with another on the way... - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 12:15 2
    - Ah, the traditional "have more babies" idea? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 12:18 1
      - Yup -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 12:42
- eh, chatted you up and filed all that info away for future reference -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 12:11
- *weekend* - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 5, 12:10
I found this youtube clip while looking for the other thing. This is pretty awesome. Split screen between the ending of 1 and the beginning of 2. - Bacon Jul 5, 12:01 [youtube] 4
- And Claudia Wells was never seen again... -- nm - David Jul 5, 12:25
- Interesting. They re-filmed it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 12:08 2
  - or used different takes. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 12:11
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Shazayam! -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 12:00

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