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hmm. I did the Google image search with my name - I got 4 pages of results. *Every* result was either hwdyk or BOP-related. -- nm - kelly Sep 3, 14:17
When you ping a web site to see if your connection is up, what site do you use? - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 14:07 2
- I usually use CNN or Google. -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 14:16
- that or google -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 14:08
motherf*cker! - znufrii Sep 3, 14:06 6
- which airport (and terminal) are you at? -- nm - ty97 Sep 3, 14:20 1
  - LGA -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 14:23
- Geez. Go home. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 14:06 3
  - By the time he gets home he'd have to leave for the airport again -- nm - lileve Sep 3, 14:08 2
    - At least he'd be doing something for those 4 hours... burning fuel. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 14:10 1
      - have you ever noticed there are strip clubs near most maajor airports...wonder why -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 14:19
Online live video watching up 600% year-over-year. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 14:03
~You are my candy girl~ -- nm - The Archies Sep 3, 14:02
A friend is afraid of pigeons. And apparently, she's not alone -- (link) - ty97 Sep 3, 14:01 11
- I kind of like them. I tried to save an injured one but the city doesn't help pigeons. - Krusty Sep 3, 14:06 7
  - You will now be known as the peogon -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 14:10 1
    - sfek!! aaaaaaaaagh! -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 14:10
  - You're already known as the nicest guy on ST. Now you're just showing off. :-P -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:07 4
    - Hahaha. :-) In real life I'm an asshole. -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 14:08 3
      - I haven't met this guy. -- nm - ty97 Sep 3, 14:17 1
        
        Thanks. :-) - Krusty Sep 3, 14:25
      - An asshole that like animals. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 14:08
- squab! -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 14:05
- even me? -- nm - Walter Pidgeon Sep 3, 14:04
- Had an ex who hated them -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:02
wow 7.0 quack near New Zeland -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 13:57 6
- New Zealand had a similar earthquake earlier today. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 14:07 2
  - its the same one. i rebooted my phone and it re sent an alert -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 14:09 1
    - viaduct? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 14:21
- Mop? -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 14:01
- AAAFFFLLLAAAAAAAAAC!!! -- nm - Superduck Sep 3, 13:58
- quick, send in James Randi to assist! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:57
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- What about Malberta? -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 13:45 2
  - People always forget about Prince Medward Misland ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:57
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- You know, people in Cleveland had sorta steeled themselves somewhat for Lebron, but what if this little drip-drip-drip setback is the one that.... - Name Withheld by Request Sep 3, 13:43
So are people anti-hfcs all of a sudden? I don't get it. I've never heard anything about it being bad for you other than people saying so. Nothing - sycor Sep 3, 13:41 51
- I think the anti-HFCS has been a little overhyped in the past, but a new study came out last month saying it speeds cancer growth. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 3, 14:21 1
  - I linked another version of that story below -- it's pancreatic cancer. (could be others, too; but that's all the particular study covered.) -- nm - b. Sep 3, 14:25
- According to the studies listed in the wiki link ty97 posted below the studies are pretty inconclusive. Unless I'm reading what it says wrong. -- nm - sycor Sep 3, 14:09
- I think there is more than enough evidence that processed food makes people fat - stewie Sep 3, 13:58
- Dentists have been against it for years! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:51 3
  - 4 out of 5 dentists are against everything. -- nm - Ender Sep 3, 13:51 2
    - And that 5th one is probably a Muslim. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:53
    - I've always wondered about that fifth dentist -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:52
- it's been going on for years. there have been several studies that indicate it may be harmful. - Kare Sep 3, 13:48 2
  - oh, i capped my name! that looks weird. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:49 1
    - seod ti eruS -- nm - yxoma Sep 3, 14:04
- they need more corn syrup to get an equal amount of sweetness compared with sugar, a lot more, which means a LOT more caleries -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 13:47 5
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    - but it's a matter of how much you need for equivalent sweetening, right? -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:52 3
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        easy test would be to compare the two different kinds of Coke for calorie count. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 14:15
        
        i recall some photo showing 2 Tbs sugar and a half or n1/4 cup of corn juice -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 14:15
- it's not really a new thing. -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:45 20
  - one of my issues with it is i think the we have corn in everything. and i'd rather eat pure cane sugar than something that processed. -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:46 19
    - Same for me. Way too much corn in our diets and I do my bets to limit it where I can. -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 13:50 1
      - *best not bets* -- nm - Krusty Sep 3, 13:50
    - I wish the pure-sugar version was more readily available (even at increased cost) as an optional alternative for those who want it. - ty97 Sep 3, 13:49 16
      - so does will i. am -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 13:54
      - there are more products now than there used to be, it's trendy even. - b. Sep 3, 13:52
      - i believe (i could be wrong) that Americans get a lot of their sugar from sugar beets, and i think we get most from sugar cane. is that true, do you - Andie Sep 3, 13:50 13
        
        Rogers sugar is sugar beets. - Reagen Sep 3, 14:04 3
        
        Redpath is a sugar plant here in Toronto, i just googled, they use sugar cane: -- (link) - Andie Sep 3, 14:07 2
        
        functionally they'd be the same. Sucrose is sucrose. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 14:18 1
        
        not in baking/cooking. I had noticed it myself one holiday season, when I tried a store brand instead of c&h cane. subsequently, I read a story - b. Sep 3, 14:23
        
        a lot of it here is from beets. "pure cane sugar" is a selling point for a bunch of products. - b. Sep 3, 13:57 5
        
        Unless I'm mistaken, cane sugar is the only sugar I ever see in the sugar section of the market -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:00 4
        
        you're mistaken. - b. Sep 3, 14:04 2
        
        No kiddin'? Learn something new every day. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 14:05 1
        
        and *then* there's the fact that some of it is processed through animal bones, but that's a whole 'nuther sticky wicket. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 14:11
        
        What about the sugar that just says "sugar", instead of "cane sugar"? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 14:01
        
        I believe sugar is more expensive for USA because we embargo Cuba. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:52 2
        
        ah, well, drink your processed corn then! :) -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:53 1
        
        Pretty much :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:56
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  - has the princeton study from earlier this year been countered? nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 3, 13:48 2
    - I love that picture. It's so fake. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:51 1
      - isn't it great? heh. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 13:53
  - Of course, most of the studies in support of HFCS are funded by corn manufacturers, so consider the source. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:48 4
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    - the "pro" commercials made me sick. -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:49 2
      - Whenever anybody says "You know what they say" about something, I like to reply, "What, that it's made from corn?" -- nm - mara Sep 3, 13:52 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:54
  - The liver study seems to get the most talk/press lately -- nm - ty97 Sep 3, 13:45 1
    - last month, the ucla study on pancreatic cancer got some attention. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 3, 14:19
- That should be WHY are people anti-hfcs? -- nm - sycor Sep 3, 13:42 1
  - some info and sources here -- (link) - ty97 Sep 3, 13:44
Bejeweled Blitz is *NOT LOADING*!!!! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:39
con_carne: No, they aren't trying to poison you, but they ARE cheaping out, and the cheaper solution may be less healthy than the real deal. - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:38 2
- Alternatively: They aren't *trying* to poison you, but don't much care if they do poison you, as long as they save money -- nm - ty97 Sep 3, 13:40 1
  - (Then again, the constant drive toward cheaper! cheaper! cheaper! is partially our blame to take as consumers) - ty97 Sep 3, 13:40
otoh, I'm amused by bb-stabbing-read discussions about L4 vs. L5. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 13:38 1
- well that's depressing - ty97 Sep 3, 13:39
SDCC tix on sale 11/1/10 -- nm - budice Sep 3, 13:37 1
- Thanks! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:39
If I do a google image search! I do show up on the first page. - Kim Pine Sep 3, 13:35
Is Pixie aware of this blog? -- (link) - David Sep 3, 13:35
Cast a remake of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance kid - amoxy Sep 3, 13:35 1
- crash and I. -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 13:38
(just getting back on-line). We have a team working in NZ right now. Is Auckland affected? - ty97 Sep 3, 13:32 2
- South island was hit, Auckland is north (i think, right?) -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 13:33 1
  - *checks a map* Yes, you're right. One of my friends working there would very possibly have gotten out of town for sightseeing for the weekend - ty97 Sep 3, 13:35
so trying to avoid hfcs means i'm going crazy about it? - kare Sep 3, 13:30 23
- That's not why you're crazy. - ty97 Sep 3, 13:38
- I avoid HFCS all I can. I don't think its crazy at all. - crash davis Sep 3, 13:36 3
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    - I agree I can't prove anything. But I'm adamant that cane sugar products taste better than HFCS products. -- nm - crash davis Sep 3, 13:52 1
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- Dr. Pepper with real sugar is now in stores. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 13:33
- Who said this? It wasn't me. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:32 13
  - well.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 3, 13:34 [Backboard]
  - ?! -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:33 11
    - "yup. hfcs and sugar are hidden in everything. it's a damn conspiracy! " -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 13:34 10
      - i'm actually confused. by posting this you seem to think kare *is* 'crazy' about this. - Andie Sep 3, 13:41
      - ah. i admit this line sounded a little crazy. i was mostly kidding, but i do believe many food manufacturers purposely slip a lot by the - kare Sep 3, 13:41 6
        
        Are they "slipping it by" if it listed on the can? -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 13:46 5
        
        hfcs is easy to find on the ingredients list, obviously. but when they split "sugar" up into several components like - kare Sep 3, 13:53 1
        
        the number of sugar grams are listed on most commercial products, though. - b. Sep 3, 14:02
        
        not only that, they're actively promoting it as healthy and harmless ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:48 2
        
        that's the thing for me. it is one ingredient that is usually listed out, so I don't fault the mftctrs for that. other stuff can be worse. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 13:49 1
        
        sodium benzoate, for example -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:50
      - this is just odd, man. there's no overreaction or conspiracy theories to be read into what's on b2. - b. Sep 3, 13:36 1
        
        well, i did just go there (above) so now he can go to town. ;) -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:42
- No, I don't think so. It's basically the same principle as avoiding MSG. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 13:32
- It's really hard to avoid sadly. -- nm - lileve Sep 3, 13:31
- Just a bit. - Spawn Sep 3, 13:31
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- I notice you losing to a certain team both times. -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 13:29
- you'd be the first person I'd know of where it worked. - Mel Profit Sep 3, 13:29 1
  - It works real well in rotisserie. -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 13:30
- well, I went from 10 to 2 without it. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 13:28
"This is the dangest wang I ever doodled." -- nm - David Sep 3, 13:26
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- all those scrubs, and the pitcher that is gonna cost you is Gallardo. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 13:26 3
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    - Fister, Bergeson (an oriole pitcher for fucks sakes).... nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 13:30
    - I hate lincecum. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 3, 13:30
Should I re-fi to a 15-year mortgage if the payments are at the top of my comfort range? If I refi to another 30-year, the lower payments mean I can - mara Sep 3, 13:24 17
- that half percent means your house is litterally 10% or more cheaper, maybe as much as 20% less (that's what we saved when we refi'd - zeitgeist Sep 3, 13:46
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  - This is what I'd like to do. Thanks to all for the advice! -- nm - mara Sep 3, 13:46
- personally i'd stay well within my comfort range with the 30-year, and pay more toward it every month -- nm - kare Sep 3, 13:32 2
  - ding -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 13:36 1
    - factor in the tax savings on the slightly higher rate when you compare as well -- nm - Bacon on a phone Sep 3, 13:38
- Depends on how good you are at keeping at the additional principal. - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:29 5
  - With my current mortgage, I can automate the payments. Once the extra principal is set up, it's automatic and I forget about it. Yeah, 20-year is in - mara Sep 3, 13:31 4
    - For .5%, I'd go with the 15-year. - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:34 2
      - Fees will be in cash, not rolled into the loan. -- nm - mara Sep 3, 13:37 1
        
        Cool. - JaxSean Sep 3, 13:40
    - Give yourself the choice of paying more in case anything ever happens. -- nm - lileve Sep 3, 13:33
- you can currently make a higher payment each month with no penalty? are the interest rates comparable? - Andie Sep 3, 13:28 2
  - The interest rate will be significantly better if I refi. I just need to decide on a low rate on a 30-year, or a lower rate on a 15-year. -- nm - mara Sep 3, 13:29 1
    - i'd probably take the lower interest. - Andie Sep 3, 13:32
- unless the rate on the 15 is crazy low, go for the 30 with at least 2 months worth extra principal per year. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 3, 13:27
- 30 year -- nm - lileve Sep 3, 13:26

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