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Our servers are starting to shut down because of the heat. No public access computers, no access to our telephone queue so no incoming calls. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:58 3
- Point the fans at the servers. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 7, 10:01
- *RAGES* -- nm - Steve114 Jul 7, 09:59 1
  - still funny -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:00
Those of you who use My Coke Rewards - I just entered 2 codes, both for 24-pks. The Coke code gave me more points than the Diet Coke code. - kelly Jul 7, 09:57 1
- No clue, but they do have different promotions from time to time. So maybe that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 7, 09:59
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- Do you think this guy runs for Pres someday? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 09:53 3
  - It would certainly depend on the outcome of the war. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 10:01
  - I've heard his name kicked around, but never seen anything that suggests he might actually want to. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 7, 09:54 1
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quick question - I'd like to do the monthly film thing - but not sure how it all works? - JenBro Jul 7, 09:47 2
- *taps screen* is this thing on? -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 09:59 1
  - I thought it was just a recommendation from someone who sees a lot more films than many of us do. - Fuzzy Jul 7, 10:02
ST Poll: List your Top 5 Most Played on your mp3 player. - Fuzzy Jul 7, 09:46 8
- I'd need to check iTunes at home to find out... -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 09:58
- I don't think my Zune keeps track of it? - JaxSean Jul 7, 09:54 1
  - yeah mine doesnt, or at least I cannot find said option -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 10:00
- The first five tracks on Girl Talk - Feed the Animals album. - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 09:52
- mine: - kelly Jul 7, 09:50
- I keep my iPod on shuffle and it loves Genesis's Abacab, No Reply, and Turn It on Again. - Callisto Jul 7, 09:50 2
  - Throw it in a fire. -- nm - David Jul 7, 09:54
  - I know what you mean. I almost always listen to mine on shuffle and there are some songs I haven't heard in months. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 7, 09:53
Homebrewers Association has published the winners of the Best Beer in -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:40 8
- I've never been able to be a fan of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Much better pale ales out there imo. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 09:54
- sfek. The Best Beer in America Poll. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 7, 09:41 6
  - why geography lessons? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 09:53 5
    - because some of those beers are from other countries. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:56 4
      - Why do you hate immigrants? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 09:58
      - "The only rule is that the beer has to be commercially available somewhere in the United States." -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:57 1
        
        ah, I missed t hat. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:58
      - So? It just says it needs to be commercially available somewhere in the US. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 09:57
"This is not about the money. I would have taken less money to sign elsewhere. I didn't, but I could have." - David Jul 7, 09:39 13
- wait, what? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:40 12
  - Wade made this comment during a live interview with Wilbon. - David Jul 7, 09:53 7
    - It actually amazes me to some extent how much it does have to do with money. With the kind of money we're talking about, you would think where - pmb Jul 7, 09:56 6
      - I'll be honest....$30mil is more money than I'd be willing to pass up for pretty much location location location - Will Hunting Jul 7, 10:02
      - Pro athletes are greedy mfers, generally speaking. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 10:00
      - That's sorta my thinking as well. It's impossible to project accurately, but I would have to think that a championship or two would be... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 7, 09:59 1
        
        plus guys like LeBron, etc. are more accurately described as Nike/Reebok/whatever employees on loan to the NBA. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 10:00
      - seriously. Even Darko's making "I never have to work again" money. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:58 1
        
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  - David has decided to stay with ST instead of going to another message board. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:42 3
    - Who topped their offer? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:46 1
      - "Let's take him outside and beat the shit out of him." - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 09:51
    - The only way to win, is not to play. (nm) - musubi Jul 7, 09:43
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- We've been thinking of going to AT&T U-verse instead of Comcast. I'm not sure I could go to basic though. - JaxSean Jul 7, 09:53 1
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- How much is "most basic" on Charter? -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:40 1
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SYTYCD getting full episode streaming on Fox -- (link) - oblique Jul 7, 09:37 2
- About time. I always assumed it was a music rights issue. Are there any girls left? -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:39 1
  - Yes. All the ones that watch SYTYCD. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 09:55
nubby, re the FV expansion, I read that last night; still not available to me yet. -- nm - Stephen Jul 7, 09:32
Would it be bad form for me to say it's too damn cold here? - musubi Jul 7, 09:31 3
- 80f here, partly cloudy, chance of dunderstorms -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:41
- 96.4 here with 34% humidity -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 09:39
- At least it's not drizzling rain this morning......still, bizarre!! - MojaveMeg Jul 7, 09:35
ST Poll: What 2 states are tied for the lowest All-Time High Temperature? - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:29 12
- I just used this trivia on the weekend. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:33
- Maine and Alaska (but they are probably too obvious to be correct) -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:30 1
  - Half right.....Hawaii and Alaska are tied at 100 degrees. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:32
- ND and MT -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 09:30
- alaska & hawaii -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:30 7
  - Yeah, where'd you read this? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:30 6
    - I've heard this a lot (natch), but usually "what two states never get above 100 degrees". -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 09:34 4
      - would never have guessed hawaii -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:34 3
        
        why not? - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:35 2
        
        Being in the middle of the ocean usually keeps temperatures moderate. - musubi Jul 7, 09:41 1
        
        yup, tis what I remember from geography class in college. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:41
    - no where, just a guess based on geography. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:31
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This is probably the worst triple feature the drive-in is going to feature this summer: - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:26 1
- replace SHREK with ECLIPSE and you win -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:27
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- Landis's allegations are so detailed yet so far-fetched. But if so many people were involved... - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 09:39
- While I tend to think that there is plenty of cheating in cycling, I think Landis has changed his story so many times I don't know what to believe.\ -- nm - Callisto Jul 7, 09:36
- I assume that all cyclists are cheating. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:28 2
  - Yeah, I also think the same thing about sprinters so I'm not disappointed when Usain Bolt tests positive for horse roids. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:30 1
    - Technological advances in bikes has probably done way more to improve performance than steroids anyway so what's the difference? -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:33
has anyone heard from krusty recently? his apartment hasnt had working a/c for like a month. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:24
remind me again how to switch rows to columns in excel, please? -- nm - workmanda Jul 7, 09:23 9
- paste special - > transpose -- nm - decline Jul 7, 09:26 5
  - of course I kiss in your general direction (no tongue). -- nm - workmanda Jul 7, 09:26 4
    - *punches decline in the nuts* -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 09:31
    - No tongue on hump day. That hardly seems fair. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 7, 09:28 2
      - reconsiders. *adds tongue.* -- nm - workmanda Jul 7, 09:38 1
        
        *punches Fuzzy in the nuts* -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 10:02
- I just had to look this up a few weeks back. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:24 1
  - Basically, copy... new tab... paste special... check "transpose". -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:25
- PIVOT! -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:24
NY Daily News says the best thing about the NBA's free agent free-for-all is that it'll never happen again. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:23 1
- So is Lebron going to dance and sing, or just do stupid headlines? -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:24
Gotta love beaurocracy. I thought I was doing a good thing by trying to pick up some work while unemployed but it turns out to be a pain. - Dano Jul 7, 09:23 1
- Yep, I ran into something similar when I checked the box that said I'd started some training. They had to interview me to find out if the training - MojaveMeg Jul 7, 09:33
Ok, as much as I like Rome this is going a bit far.... -- (link) - Stephen Jul 7, 09:22
Lunch today? I have a hot pocket in the fridge, subway down the street, or various local food options. I will be going to the ballpark tonight - oblique Jul 7, 09:22 12
- Cereal. I have next to no appetite right now. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 7, 09:27
- hmm. maybe a Gold Medal Ribbon ice cream cone (sugar cone, natch). - Andie Jul 7, 09:25
- oh, and for you, I think I'd choose subway. -- nm - Callisto Jul 7, 09:24 5
  - *ding* -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 09:25
  - I had it yesterday but I think it's a good choice. I could go to the supermarket down the street - oblique Jul 7, 09:25 3
    - perhaps a low-fat salad someplace instead? - ty97 Jul 7, 09:29 2
      - I get salads when I go to Subway. It's low fat -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:31 1
        
        i would like a subway sammich for lunch, but the subway - tRuMaN Jul 7, 09:32
- I think I'm having a sandwich sort of something with some kind of fruit. - Callisto Jul 7, 09:24
- Go for the greens now to balance out the ballpark food tonight. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 7, 09:23
- Going out for fettucine alfredo. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:22 1
  - oh my god. I miss real food so much. -- nm - workmanda Jul 7, 09:23
No idea how accurate this site is, but it gives Shatner's net worth at $200 M -- (link) - decline Jul 7, 09:20 4
- I've heard of this before. In fact, I've heard much higher. He got paid in stock for his Priceline ads and now he's filthy rich. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:23 3
  - discussion on B2 : he says he sold the stock before it hit the top and doesn't have as much as was rumored -- nm - decline Jul 7, 09:25 1
    - Oh, I see... -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Jul 7, 09:25
  - MDH said on B2 that Shatner laments selling his priceline stock early -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:24
realization: I have no idea what type of music znu listens to - ty97 Jul 7, 09:18 11
- start here -- (link) - znufrii Jul 7, 09:34 1
  - and his new CD -- (link) - znufrii Jul 7, 09:39
- Apparently you don't know what type of music I listen to either... - Jim Jul 7, 09:22 1
  - Carrie was the only country person I would have linked for you. - ty97 Jul 7, 09:42
- I imagine him listening to Sammy Davis Jr.'s Candy Man on an endless loop. -- nm - Stephen Jul 7, 09:21
- show tunes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:20 1
  - not as much as I used to. -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 09:29
- Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows / Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 09:19
- Somewhere over the rainbow -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:18
- oh, I know. Let me find it for you. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:18 1
  - here we go -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:22
Not to make a big deal out of it, but it's nice to see old friends back. :-) -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:15 4
- mara... samara... same mara... is she your clone? -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 09:18 1
  - we were cloned back in '05, but the "sa" didn't take... -- nm - samara Jul 7, 09:41
- Tell me pixie's back. If he doesn't return, I'll go where ever he goes. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 09:18 1
  - No, sorry. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:20
hot. hot. hot. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 09:15 24
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- In 2009, we had 11 days where the temperature was 90 degrees or higher. - Callisto Jul 7, 09:28
- I blame Al Gore. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 7, 09:26 2
  - I get hot flashes just thinking about him. - Traumatized Massage Therapist Jul 7, 09:28 1
    - He's so dreeeeamy. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 09:43
- It�s hotter than Salma Hayek dancing on a waffle iron. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 09:18 1
  - That's pretty hot. (nm) - musubi Jul 7, 09:27
- The electric motor that runs the fan on the outside component of our AC froze last night. It is now 91 degrees in side out house. - landbeck Jul 7, 09:18 10
  - it was hotter inside than outside my house last night. it's so oppressive. have I slept the past two nights? - workmanda Jul 7, 09:22 2
    - Is the "floor" above you an attic? Because that heat will radiate downwards after sunset, and continue to warm the interior of the house, even if all - landbeck Jul 7, 09:25 1
      - there's no floor above me. maybe a crawlspace, but that's it. flat roof. old old building. -- nm - workmanda Jul 7, 09:28
  - Yeah, we had to sleep down on the main floor last night - the upstairs was 90+ at 9 pm since the attic fan motor went out - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:19 2
    - I'm thinking about mowing the lawn just to enjoy coming back inside to the shade. - landbeck Jul 7, 09:22 1
      - just sit in the cold shower. the money you're saving on the electric bill will cancel out the water bill -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 09:22
  - i should find a thermometer and see what my house is... -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 09:19 3
    - I'm taking that number from the thermostat. I presume it is correct. -- nm - landbeck Jul 7, 09:19 2
      - we don't control the heat, so i don't have a thermostat. :( - Andie Jul 7, 09:20 1
        
        Thermometer? - oblique Jul 7, 09:21
- at 9am it's 21C here ... it's never that hot this early ... this hot weather has got to stop! -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:17
- The first time I saw lightening strike... -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 7, 09:16
- Our AC is out today at work, too. I'm keeping that OSHA page handy. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:16 3
  - oddly enough, i came to the library (where i am now) to GET air conditioning. :) -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 09:18 2
    - A lot of people do. Libraries sometimes use it as a selling point. :-) -- nm - mara Jul 7, 09:23 1
      - I love public libraries. When I'm stupidly wealthy, they will be second on my list for donating. -- nm - landbeck Jul 7, 09:26

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