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ST eating poll: Do you chew specifically on one side of your mouth? alternate? do you chew food on both sides at the same time? - Epiphany Aug 30, 10:15 3
- Chew? -- nm - Will si Aug 30, 10:19
- I pretty much chew on the right - amoxy Aug 30, 10:17
- it varies -- nm - budice Aug 30, 10:17
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This will be my first FF free football season in years. Trying to free up time to spend on other things. -- nm - ceregon Aug 30, 10:10
Heh, and to think Kelly was worried she'd need me to post her first pick. (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 10:04 10
- Either I am getting old or I can't remember - amoxy Aug 30, 10:13
- so painful. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 10:07 8
  - The draft is only 67 minutes old! :) -- nm - Jim Aug 30, 10:08 7
    - I know, I'm just used to the rapid fire style. I had a draft yesterday where we had 90 seconds for each pick. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 10:10 2
      - A draft I had on Saturday night took 80 minutes total. -- nm - Inigo Aug 30, 10:12
      - Our draft rules were if it takes you more than 2 minutes, you get a kicker. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 10:12
    - I just hope whoever's next is ready to go. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 10:09 3
      - What time zone is the BOP forums time-stamp? We must be close to an auto-pick. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 10:09 2
        
        You got another 50 minutes.....draft only 'started' 70 minutes ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 10:10 1
        
        Ah. Gotcha. Makes sense though. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 10:12
I love FF. You're offering me Henne/Marshall for Rodgers/Colston? *REJECT* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 10:00 6
- What I don't get are the 3 for 1 or 5 for 2 deals. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 10:09 4
  - 5 for 2 is a lot, but I've offered 3 for 1 or 4 for 2 before where it would improve both teams. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 10:14 1
    - I can see it working to help some teams. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 10:21
  - That might make sense if we had 20-man rosters with 12 starters. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 10:10 1
    - Even then I wouldn't do it, because of my depth. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 10:15
- Dick...you didn't have to bring it here to laugh at it. You coulda just rejected it nicely. (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 10:01
Spawn...you're up! -- nm - Jim Aug 30, 09:51
Has anyone else read this book The Terror. - Jovian Aug 30, 09:48 5
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- the one by Dan Simmons? - decline Aug 30, 10:05 1
  - yea that one. But ughh, I will get to the end tonight. I hope it doesnt disappoint me too. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 10:12
- I looked on Amazon - the one about the Arctic? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 30, 09:53 1
  - yea, fictional account based on a true expedition to find the NW Passage. Amazing awesome book. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 09:55
Wife scored a killer laptop on the Dell "refurb/returns" store. - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:47 1
- "Oh. They sell refurb macs?" - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:49
Weekend movies: Brothers, B+. Julie/Julia, C+. -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 09:45
I am shoeless at work. My socks are soaked. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:43 2
- Get in the kitchen. -- nm - Ryan Reynolds + Bradley Cooper Aug 30, 09:46 1
  - Mmm... sammich. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:47
Wow, there's a chance the Browns might cut Colt McCoy. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:41 1
- What's most likely to happen is that they try to get him through waivers to put him on the practice squad. - David Aug 30, 09:42
dear morons i work with, when the large whole punch becomes unlevel, do not try to - tRuMaN Aug 30, 09:40
The last bite of a good sandwich makes me sad. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 30, 09:38 3
- Kind of like the last piece of sushi, devastating -- nm - Gwaahjo Aug 30, 10:08
- *crying* "oh, Pinchy!" -- nm - Homer Aug 30, 09:39 1
  - I think that was the last really funny thing I saw on The Simpsons before I quit the show -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:45
Here in Canada, we have Registered Retirement Savings Plans ... they can be done separately from work. - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:36 6
- Plus the federal and state pension plans, but I don't think you can control your contribution to it. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:43 1
  - *provincial* pension plans. *sigh* -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:43
- you put the money in *pre-tax* and it lowers your income, which lowers your taxes. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 09:38 3
  - and this is the one of the main reasons I contribute more than the match to my 401K. Sweet refundage! -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 09:40 1
    - right, that's where the refunds come in. you were paying tax for your gross salary, but the contributions get deducted so you paid more tax than - Andie Aug 30, 09:41
  - well, there's that, too. Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:39
boodeechay - yes, I love that the Hibernate mode actually works in Windows 7 as well. Move the mouse, wait about 10 seconds, ready to go. - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:33
oh, was this discussed? Everyone's favourite for-pay service, XBox Live, is getting a price increase -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:32 17
- But don't worry, it's only for "some" users... just Mexico, the UK, Canada, and the US. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 09:38
- Big f'ing joke. It's already overpriced. Most people don't use the "features" that they've added over the last year. Ugh! - Krusty Aug 30, 09:37 8
  - I wished as an incentive and for good customers they would give you points with your membership -- nm - eag Aug 30, 09:40 3
    - They really should do something nice for their loyal customers once and a while. No love from M$. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:48 2
      - Well the new play station plus subscription which is also 9.99 a month - eag Aug 30, 09:51 1
        
        Good for them, I wish M$ would do something similar. Maybe a free indie game of your choice. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:53
  - I wouldn't be surprised if this were the short term end game: increasing immediate sales from the pre-paid current users. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:40
  - I'm in Canada, I can't use half the features they've added (Netflix is not available, the streaming catalog is crap here, that sort of thing) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:38 2
    - All I want is to play online with friends, they can keep ESPN, Facebook and all the other crap. I wish I could switch to the PS3 exclusively. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:39 1
      - We use the Netflix streaming. Other than that, nothing. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:51
- I like that it's a "price change" not a price increase and that it doesn't affect everyone, just the countries with the largest user bases. - David Aug 30, 09:35
- That's ridiculous. (Also, you guys pay $9/month for Xbox live?!?) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:34 5
  - if you're dumb enough to pay by the month. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:49 1
    - I was just going off of the grid he had that only showed monthly. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:59
  - I pay $29.99 a year. All that is needed is to wait until someone puts a card on sale. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:36 1
    - I really should be more pro-active about this -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:36
  - I pay yearly. - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:34
How long do we have to make a draft pick, one hour or two? -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:32 16
- It's two hours for the first round and one hour for the other rounds. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:44 4
  - What time does the clock time out in the evening, 10PM est? Resuming at noon the next day or earlier? -- nm - samara Aug 30, 09:54 1
    - 10 PM/9 AM. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:56
  - Thank you. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:45 1
    - And we're never going to get through the first round today. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:46
- 4 -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:43 10
  - Don't do jokes like this. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:44 9
    - Seriously, is it one or two hours, I don't remember how long we have. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:45 8
      - It's two hours for the first round and one hour for the other rounds. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:46 7
        
        any ruiners yet? -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 09:47 6
        
        yes... - Kim Pine Aug 30, 09:48 5
        
        *self-satisfyingly posts my keepers really, really late* -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 10:08
        
        One day. One day we will break our reputation and finish before the Astronauts and Vampires - amoxy Aug 30, 09:49 3
        
        We actually beat the vamps last year! - Kim Pine Aug 30, 09:51 2
        
        It's a race to the bottom, we've only had three picks today. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:52 1
        
        And it appears you guys have only had two. Ha. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:55
Wow, Sarah Rue lost a lot of weight for Jenny Craig. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:22 1
- It's one of those cases where she's not recognizable anymore -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:25
LIR: 401k matching. Put in up to what they match and no more. Why put your money into a program with restrictions on what you can and cannot - oblique Aug 30, 09:22 23
- This psychological stance is fascinating to me. I'd love to see studies on what people perceive as advantageous when given an extra bonus incentive. - Max Aug 30, 09:33 4
  - Why the hell would anybody pay MSRP for a car? -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 09:34 3
    - heh, accidentally edited out 5% below. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 09:38
    - Dad always did this and it would drive his sons nuts. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:37 1
      - Second question: Who the hell can *afford* MSRP for a car (in a lump sum)? :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:38
- better to pay taxes and put it into a roth -- nm - ceregon Aug 30, 09:29 3
  - nope. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 09:30
  - absolutely not true. -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:29
  - after maxing the match, of course -- nm - ceregon Aug 30, 09:29
- because time and time again it has been shown that defering on a pretax basis will result in a greater account balance in the long run - decline Aug 30, 09:24 10
  - Account balance isn't the only determining factor. You are hedging your bets on the tax situation in the future. Granted, you're probably right - oblique Aug 30, 09:30 1
    - Unless you're putting money away for the shorter term, it really is a much better option to put it in pre-tax. - pmb Aug 30, 09:34
  - can't you guys put your own money into a a 401K (or equivalent) to get the tax break without doing it through work>? - Andie Aug 30, 09:28 7
    - not on a pretax basis we can't . -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:29 6
      - Yes you can. It's an IRA. Though there are different styles of IRA, some of which are pre-tax and others of which aren't. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 09:31 2
        
        true, but if you contribute to an 401k plan, you lose the tax deductibility of the IRA phases out as your income increases -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:34 1
        
        hmm, kind of garbled. Traditional IRA's are tax deductible (essentially making them pre-tax) but only 100% if you are not coved by a 401k - decline Aug 30, 09:35
      - wow, that's kooky. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:30
      - what if you are self employed? -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 09:29 1
        
        if self employed you can have what is called a SIMPLE plan (which is kind of like a mini-401k) -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:31
- No, because you still put in the money pre-tax into a 401-k, so even if you don't get matching you're better off than investing it after taxes. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 09:24
- yes, I agree -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:23 1
  - (maximize the matching, without going over, and it's basically free money) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:24
I have sold a lot of Blood Feud Draft Ruiner jerseys this year. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:20
Whoa. Ryan Reynolds + Bradley Cooper... works for me! -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 09:20 2
- holy mother load Batman! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 30, 09:31
- Fortune cookie style? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:20
spammy picked. I have RC's list and ML's...but RC asked for an email and an hour. So, he has a little less than half an hour and I'll make both - Jim Aug 30, 09:18 1
- Is it one hour or two for each person to make their pick? -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:20
And I know your food schedule is full...but if K Paul's Louisiana Kitchen isn't on the list...cancel something else and go there. - Jim Aug 30, 09:16 5
- fancy or casual? we are trying to go cheap. (hi Spawn) -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 09:17 4
  - Not super fancy, but not really in the vicinity of cheap. -- nm - Jim Aug 30, 09:19 3
    - I'll pass it along. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 09:19 2
      - If you're trying to go on the cheap...the Garden District and cemetery can be most of a day. AND.... - Jim Aug 30, 09:23 1
        
        that's what we were thinking. I'm not a fan of tours anyway. I bet I can find maps online. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 09:25
I'm just glad we don't do 1/2 matches....they will 100% match the first 6% here. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:15 11
- We have no choice. They prescribe how much we have to contribute, and what they'll contribute. No more, no less. -- nm - nubby Aug 30, 09:26 3
  - I don't think they can require you to contribute. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 09:27 2
    - it's happening right now! -- nm - Glenn Beck Aug 30, 09:42
    - Our option is that or take state pension. - nubby Aug 30, 09:36
- If I put in 5%, SLU will match me to 11%. -- nm - Jim Aug 30, 09:17
- that's what we had here last year, this year they chopped it to a 4% match - znufrii Aug 30, 09:16 2
  - We get normally 3% (the last 10 years) of a fixed contribution -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:17 1
    - nice -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 09:18
- let's just say that's the trend. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 09:15 2
  - it is the most common matching formula - although things are shifting to what is called a Safe Harbor option - decline Aug 30, 09:23
  - On a macroeconomic level it's better than them just doing 100% of the first 3%. Encouraging more overall savings... -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 09:17
An error occurred while processing this waiting for Brian to draft request -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 09:14 14
- I wanna hurry up so I can draft someone who is injured or suspended. - groiny Aug 30, 09:16 9
  - Did you trade for Vincent Jackson? I need that confirmed. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:24 5
    - Never mind. I see you listed him as a keeper. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:29 3
      - yup. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 09:45 2
        
        *snort* -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:47 1
        
        he'll be a good keeper for next season. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 09:58
    - He made the offer in the "Caveman team looking for a WR..." thread. -- nm - Jim Aug 30, 09:28
  - I was shocked we got through 14 teams and 17 rounds this weekend and nobody picked the 2 injured WR's -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 09:17 1
    - you're not helping. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 09:22
  - With Pick # 1-6...Groiny selects....Maurice Clarett. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:17
- a response occured while waiting for the first two teams to pickup the players in yahoo. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 09:15 3
  - Is it really that hard to filter out two players from your list? (Not everyone can access fantasy sports at work.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 30, 09:17 2
    - All rosters are current in Yahoo. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:17 1
      - Thank you. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 30, 09:17

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