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Speaking of Doctor Who: I completely picture Karen Gillan as Emma Morley in One Day. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 26, 16:53 1
- *sigh* - pixie yanagita Aug 26, 16:57
Dr Who question: who is the main villain? the robot dudes? what are their names? -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:42 5
- Cybermen, Daleks and The Master are his biggest villians. -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 16:51 1
  - going with Daleks. -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:55
- Daleks but there are also robots called Cybermen. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:44
- Daleks. Other villians are the Cybermen -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 16:44 1
  - merci -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:46
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- kilbo is doing better at the ST-BL challenge than I thought -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:36 1
  - (Then again, I'm one to talk ... I was too chicken to even try) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:37
decline can live. I have to work late after all. -- nm - workmanda Aug 26, 16:23 1
- stop writing perfect emails - pixie yanagita Aug 26, 16:24
Ika.com: a LAZY guy is attacking one of us. -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:04 3
- I sent an alliance wide message I think -- nm - Karl_S Aug 26, 16:16 1
  - yup (Slackertalk Mail helps too :) ) -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 16:23
- But he's only sending one soldier at the time? - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 16:09
sitwap: the nov. xbox update will include some updates to the voice chat system - tRuMaN Aug 26, 16:01 6
- I had to laugh the other day when someone on another board said, "Why does chat allow 8 people? Who would ever need that many?" -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:04 5
  - that's gotta suck for him, to have no real-life friends AND no internet friends -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:10 4
    - I don't think a lot of people have consistent groups of 8+ playing the same game at the same time. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:11 3
      - sssshhh, I'm making fun of somebody on the internet. Don't let your crazy logic crush my dreams. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:12 1
        
        At least your imaginary friends are real. -- nm - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 16:13 1
      - I thought everybody did? - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 16:12
Daughter reports she's found some Canadian currency, left over from a previous trip... - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:00 17
- ...so she's quit her job? -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 16:21 4
  - ? Actually she hasn't worked for many years. The real estate company moved to NJ and she said she'd put off working 'til the kids were in school... - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:27 3
    - I suspected. 'twas just a currency joke. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 16:39 2
      - :) Wasm -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:44 1
        
        SFEK - Wasn't sure :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:44
- the only question is Empress or Murchie's. :) - - b. Aug 26, 16:07 11
  - Yep, I'd thought about the Empress, but we'll likely be going to Butchart Gardens and I believe they offer tea too. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:17 10
    - ah, yah, they have at least a couple of restaurants there. I want to go back someday, as I went around Halloween one year; and it wasn't at its best. - b. Aug 26, 16:22
    - Best tea is @ Empress -- food @ the gardens is just expensive, - OAE Aug 26, 16:22 8
      - mom says empress tea is worth it/impressive -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 16:59
      - Can you email me with contact info? - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:25
      - have you actually been? this looks nice enough, and the price seems normal to me. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 26, 16:25 5
        
        Mmm, I'm not sure I could do it justice, even treating it as a late lunch :/ - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:36 3
        
        ah, in that case, they do have a coffee shop and a more casual restaurant where you can do more a la carte. - b. Aug 26, 16:39 2
        
        here's a link to their food/bev. page. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 26, 16:40 1
        
        There you go - I'll have a cup of tea and a Nanaimo bar :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 16:47
        
        a few positive reviews from recent months here. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 26, 16:30
I'm a mildly casual baseball fan, and I don't like the Reds at all...but I don't think that I'd ever even heard of Joey Votto until the All-Star break - prayformojo Aug 26, 15:59 3
- Interesting kid. For a little while last year, he left baseball to deal with a social anxiety disorder. - musubi Aug 26, 16:04 1
  - It wasn't "social anxiety" per se, it was more the grief of his father's death the previous fall. -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 17:11
- He actually got some MVP votes last year. He's been what Jay Bruce was supposed to be but hasn't managed yet. - David Aug 26, 16:02
hey krusty and groiny - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:54 3
- also, supposedly - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:54 2
  - technically you will need to stay in that for 10 mins though. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:56 1
    - here is a wiki post with suggetsions on where to go. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:59
Truman Welker and my 9th for your 5th? -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 15:52 3
- no. sorry. I dont want to take a risk on him. - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:55 2
  - cool -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 15:58 1
    - me go hammer rock with other rock now. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:58
Diva News Network: Spider-man musical to open Dec. 21.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 26, 15:49 1
- just in time to ruin christmas -- nm - pixie yanagita Aug 26, 15:57
tRu was right - I couldn't go to the mall just to walk :) - MojaveMeg Aug 26, 15:48 1
- heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:49
ika. alittlecreepy warning. - b. Aug 26, 15:39 2
- spoil - Spawn Aug 26, 15:44 1
  - ack! - b. Aug 26, 15:45
B3: I understand "overrated," but what's with the "*clap clap clap*" - con_carne Aug 26, 15:38 16
- Sometimes, I'm caught off guard by stuff that other parts of the country don't know. - David Aug 26, 15:58 2
  - It seems more germaine to college sports where "ratings" (rankings) are more prevalent. (nm) - musubi Aug 26, 16:06 1
    - My first experience was with the Dodgers followed by Alabama in football and Kentucky in basketball. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:10
- at sporting events sometime people clap 3 times shout overated and clap 3 more times and repeat -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 15:42 1
  - oh-ver *clap clap* ray-ted *clap clap clap* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:14
- like the lame-ass Yankees cheer - pixie yanagita Aug 26, 15:39 10
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  - not nearly as bad as the stupid rock chalk jayhawk chant. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:49
  - Ah. I don't know much about baseball, but calling the Yankees overrated sounds like a bunch of sour-ass grapes - con_carne Aug 26, 15:41 6
    - I have no idea what you are talking about. - kelly Aug 26, 15:56
    - When they don't win it all....it fits. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 15:48
    - she's not saying that, in this case anyway. - b. Aug 26, 15:43 3
      - I know - con_carne Aug 26, 15:46 1
        
        some people need to use more emoticons! -- nm - b. Aug 26, 15:48
      - I should add it's not just baseball. here's a clip from a basketball game. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 26, 15:44 [youtube]
  - I'm pretty sure that's in every ballpark, not just theirs. -- nm - b. Aug 26, 15:40
scott pilgrim video game "blood code" - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:38 3
- There is also one for the Sword of Love if people want to breeze through the game.. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:56 2
  - and one for Boss Rush mode or something. - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:58 1
    - That lets you run through the boss fights, skipping the rest of the game. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:59
DAvid News Network: Runaways the comic to return.... - Remlik Aug 26, 15:33 1
- And this time, they mean it. Ish. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:49
crash, maybe its a good thing. did she need a cigarette during the call? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:25 2
- what exactly was she yelling about on the phone with remlik? - groiny Aug 26, 15:27 1
  - how would I know, I am neither remlik nor trish. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 26, 15:29
I hate decline. I'm leaving work soonish and thinking of going to marshall's on a skiv binge. ARGH. -- nm - workmanda Aug 26, 15:24
OMG, Bejeweled is down for maintenance. -- nm - loosilu Aug 26, 15:23 5
- we're doing a bitwe're doing a bit of maintenance. we'll be back shortly. of maintenance. we'll be back shortly. - Spawn Aug 26, 15:25
- guess you are stuck looking for a job then. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:23 3
  - *tosses my calcium chew wrapper at you* -- nm - b. Aug 26, 15:25 2
    - is that like a rawhide bone? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:27 1
      - no. it's like a starburst, only it won't pull-out dental work, and it's chocolatey. (hrmm, chocolate starburst!) -- nm - b. Aug 26, 15:30
Jake the Snake Roberts has retired from wrestling (we'll see), Batista to be on Chuck -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 15:18 3
- speaking of people named Batista, I saw that Batista from Dexter was on L&O:CI recently ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:25 1
  - Typecasting. - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 15:34
- can we get a wrestling dead pool started? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:19
Yahoo FF league needs one more player...details inside - J Aug 26, 15:04 2
- when does this puppy draft -- nm - flavorize Aug 26, 15:21 1
  - Draft happens within 72 hours of being set to ready....which I will do now -- nm - J Aug 26, 16:34
huh, my cher-loving fieldy has just busted out lady gaga (and is singing along). - mafic Aug 26, 14:58 19
- I dunno, I don't typically like "club" music, but her stuff is kind of infectious. I find myself liking it and singing along all the time. - Trish Aug 26, 15:04 2
  - maybe it is hours of hearing my 2 year old singing pokerface, but it sticks in your craw. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:08 1
    - I find myself singing it at odd moments. - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 15:11
- Gaga really is a new generation's Cher - ty97 Aug 26, 15:03 5
  - I was thinking Madonna, but Cher works -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 15:04 4
    - No, Madonna was actually enjoyable. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 15:06 3
      - shit. they're gonna reboot Mask with Gaga, aren't they? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:08 2
        
        Heidi Montag as Rocky Dennis! nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:08 1
        
        We should get pixie to spec this out -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:23
- it amazes me how quickly she has dominated the pop culture scene - crash davis Aug 26, 15:01 3
  - say what you want about the woman / man, but her songs are pretty catchy. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:02 2
    - I have to agree, its not my style, but I do sort of like them. -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 15:03 1
      - shit, if I knew it was gonna go over like that, I would have slapped a dress on amoxy years ago. - groiny Aug 26, 15:04
- Cher and Lady Gaga are pretty much up the same tree. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 15:01
- Honestly, on things that I would expect of an outback bloke, Gaga and Cher sing-alongs are fairly high on the list. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 14:59 4
  - Hugh jackman did very well with that Peter Allen show in Australia. -- nm - the liioulu with crumbs Aug 26, 15:12
  - right after 30 Odd Foot of Grunt. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 14:59 2
    - of course. they're culturally obligated to that one - and to Kylie, of course. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:09 1
      - you can only sing so much "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:10
from bbs, I think I've missed 3 days of work this year plus a few random hours for appts -- 2 days sick, 1 my birthday. -- nm - b. Aug 26, 14:55 3
- one sick day (legitimately sick; I was in the hospital all night and day). three vacation. I work every weekend I'm not here though, so I feel like - workmanda Aug 26, 15:04
- I haven't missed any days this year, but I have taken last-minute days in lieu. I accumulate a lot when I'm in the bush. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 14:57 1
  - Euphamism? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 15:01
"Not a single new home priced above $750,000 sold in July or June, Rosenberg notes. As for houses priced between $500,000 and $750,000, only 1,000 new - Loyola Aug 26, 14:50
so amoxy was in the middle of a remlik - nubby sammich? - groiny Aug 26, 14:49 2
- You are just jealous - amoxy Aug 26, 14:54 1
  - not sure what your recurring dreams have to do with any of this. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 14:55
Eliza Skinner audition tape for Tyler Perry. -- (link) - Dano Aug 26, 14:47 [youtube] 1
- This is all kinds of fantastic. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:52
good point Amoxy! -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 14:47
So, is it appropriate or not to be charged a "delivery fee" from a vendor, when that vendor is also invited to the wedding as a guest? - kelly Aug 26, 14:46 19
- whaT does the contract say? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 26, 15:09
- Is she being forced to wear one of the rental suits? -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 15:05
- ok, thanks all. - kelly Aug 26, 14:50 3
  - I was cheap, bought and picked up flowers - groiny Aug 26, 14:59 2
    - (spoils) - kelly Aug 26, 15:04 1
      - not sure about location / inflation change..... - groiny Aug 26, 15:07
- appropriate. -- nm - loosilu Aug 26, 14:49
- appropriate. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 14:48
- To be expected. -- nm - Loyola Aug 26, 14:47 1
  - yep. -- nm - b. Aug 26, 14:48
- The florist? (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 26, 14:47
- What's being delivered? -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 14:47 7
  - flowers/centerpieces. - kelly Aug 26, 14:48 6
    - I don't know about standard, but even as a guest they need to load/unload it, maybe use a van instead of a personal car etc, so it seems fair to me -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 14:50
    - She is going to be able to bring all the flowers herself? Probably needs a van and help. (but i have no clue). -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 26, 14:49 4
      - and will have to get to the reception hall before the wedding. -- nm - loosilu Aug 26, 14:50 3
        
        oh, good point. -- nm - kelly Aug 26, 14:52 2
        
        were you thinking she was going to keep them stashed in the van at the church, then race to the hall after the ceremony? - loosilu Aug 26, 15:12 1
        
        No, but our ceremony and reception are being held at the same place. I just wasn't thinking about it. I figured she'd be there in time for the ceremon - kelly Aug 26, 15:13

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