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so Shaw is going to own Global, and Bell is going to own CTV ... those companies are getting a touch too big -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:47 1
- Rogers needs a broadcast channel. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:49
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Playboy Playmate freaks out, tries to open plane door -- (link) - znufrii Sep 10, 08:40 1
- well, she was equipped with flotation devices. - CQ Sep 10, 08:42
redbox is offering a free night rental and other prizes -- (link) - Max Sep 10, 08:27 1
- Hmmm... specific locations, for specific movies? I'm not grasping it, either. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:43
did we do the weekend plans poll? -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 08:27 41
- Probably video games tonight, getting kids passports tomorrow, cheer, LAN party, church on Sunday + Football -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:40
- Tailgating at Ohio State. -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 08:39 1
  - Go Canes! -- nm - CQ Sep 10, 08:40
- resident evil in a few hours, work, stupid p90x, football -- nm - dogbert Sep 10, 08:35
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- Saturday: a street music festival in the afternoon and a Philharmonic concert in the evening. Sunday (overshare) - mara Sep 10, 08:32 1
  - *tries to think of a sincere, yet humourous, response to IM* - Andie Sep 10, 08:33
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  - male wet tshirt contest? If the shirts are wet, shouldn't they just take them off? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:43
- kayak fishing, clamming, and beach day tomorrow, grilling on the back deck tomorrow night, hike on Sunday morning and then.... - CQ Sep 10, 08:31
- Watching football. My firm has a dinner for all partners and associates (and SO's) at Spiaggia on Sunday. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 08:31
- ST drinks tonight. Taking my friend's 4 yo to the Barbie movie premiere tomorrow morning (pictures with Barbie!), 40th birthday pig roast tomorrow - Andie Sep 10, 08:31
- Durham Bulls playoff game tonight (free cap at the door and fireworks after the game for $10 a ticket), son's first baseball game tomorrow as well as - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:31
- Psuedo-bachelor party/departure cookout. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 08:31
- Football tomorrow! Hopefully something fun in the morning, and perhaps pancake breakfast at a firehouse on Sunday. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 08:29
- metting a friend for drinks tonight, all-day choir rehearsal tomorrow, sleeping in on sunday. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:29 16
  - and, for the first time in a while, not leaving the city for the weekend. - znufrii Sep 10, 08:32 15
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      - next weekend... - znufrii Sep 10, 08:34 13
        
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        kegger? um um um kegger? -- nm - CQ Sep 10, 08:45 2
        
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        oh, I got to see if I can get this done. probably not, but don't be surprised if I stroll in -- nm - CQ Sep 10, 08:49
        
        and to your IM, I have no f*cking idea... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:39 6
        
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        Get hobby other than taking a meeting. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:40 4
        
        I'd say I'm going to be spending a lot of time playing Civ 5, but that would necessitate getting a new computer. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:41 3
        
        Quad core kit. $250 -- (link) - oblique Sep 10, 08:45 1
        
        oooh, shiny! -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:48
        
        Put it together yourself and it's much cheaper. It's not difficult at all. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:43
        
        I'm planning on it... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:38
        
        You got it, I'll be there! -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:38
- I might go see a local production of Chess. New theater, but $75? ouch. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 08:28
- funeral...nm - xi Sep 10, 08:28 7
  - Me too. :-( - Krusty Sep 10, 08:29 6
    - So sorry. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:32
    - so sorry. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 08:31
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    - that sucks. mine is the 54 year old bro of my best high school friend....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:30 1
      - So sorry for your loss. It's been a really crap year here too. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:32
    - so sorry... - znufrii Sep 10, 08:29
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- The tagline I was expecting to see before I found it on the page . . . - pmb Sep 10, 08:27
That tomorrow is 9 years since 9/11 just stuns me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:24 5
- Also shocking is that I've been in NYC for 9 years. - znufrii Sep 10, 08:27 4
  - It was my second day working in the ER and I had no clue what I was doing. - Krusty Sep 10, 08:31 2
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      - That's rough. - Krusty Sep 10, 08:37
  - wow. really? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 08:28
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- Haha. I have no doubt that I'd change my name if it was anything like that. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:39
- They found your kryptonite. -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 08:20
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- I wonder if the next two months will bring a number of "good" whitehouse moves? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 10, 08:24
Very interesting anecdote regarding the response to the Pakistani Floods vs the Haitian Earthquake... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 08:07 7
- I have friends that were posting on FB that they deserved what they got. A-holes. - Krusty Sep 10, 08:42
- Floods garner much less attention in terms of charitable funding than other disasters. It also had the misfortune, if you will, of being after the - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:18
- oh, i thought it was just that hamas already had pakistan relief aid covered....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:15
- I think it has as much to do with geography as anything else... - znufrii Sep 10, 08:09 3
  - I think this is right. It also is a sudden event that grabs attention, whereas the floods build over time. It's really gotten far less coverage here - pmb Sep 10, 08:14 2
    - good points. I'm wearing my Cynical Robe and Hat today apparently. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 08:22
    - also a good point... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:17
At lunch, I need to accompany my wife to the liquor store to buy some alcohol. Can you guess what type? - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:07 12
- The answer: bourbon - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:16 6
  - well then, what's being cooked with it?....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:22 3
    - Some sort of pumpkin tarts, I think -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:23 2
      - nice....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:29
      - ah - znufrii Sep 10, 08:28
  - A taste for Old Fashions, yeah? -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:19
  - you've never had bourbon? -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 08:18
- Vermouth -- nm - decline Sep 10, 08:13
- brandy -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:11
- amaretto -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 08:09
- wine -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 08:07 1
  - incorrectamundo -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:08
Fun is finding an old rotary phone. -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 08:04 8
- I have a blue desk top one and a yellow wall unit one. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:28
- I always wonder what happened to my Grandparents rotary phone... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 08:09 3
  - i have an old classic black one. it actually temps me to have a home phone line once in a while. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 08:10 2
    - does it double as exercise equipment. - Mel Profit Sep 10, 08:12 1
      - oh, they weigh a ton. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 08:34
- funner is knowing what it is and what it does ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 10, 08:05 2
  - I love the scene in Aliens in the Attic when the kids try to dial for help using a rotary -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:08
  - heh, a girl came in and we got her to use it, she left it hung up while she dialed the number -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 08:07
LIR regarding the what you are wearing poll. I have my own rule about wearing white after Labor Day in NC. Figure I am good til mid-late Sept. It - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:01
What TFox said. Song list, please. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 08:01
The ST Survivor Draft was held last night; here are the holdings -- (link) - Beaker Sep 10, 08:00 [Backboard]
4 dead in massive California fire (gas explosion) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 10, 07:56 4
- Did I read correctly that they can't get close enough to turn the gas off? - ty97 Sep 10, 08:04 3
  - "Pacific Gas and Electric Co said a damaged section of a 30-inch steel gas pipeline had been isolated and the gas flow had been stopped." -- (link) - mara Sep 10, 08:07
  - fuck yeah it can. -- nm - BP Sep 10, 08:04 1
    - OK, Jacen -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:05
emailing docs around is the qwerty keyboard of the internet....nm - xi Sep 10, 07:54
ST Poll: Guess the price of my new front door + sidelites and storm door including installation. PIRR -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 07:52 35
- $1101 -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 08:05
- 2500 (most of these guesses are crazy low) - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:02 19
  - I'm going to give it to you. $2916. The door + side windows is $2312, $289 for the storm door and $315 from our installer -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:07 18
    - and I was seconds away from saying it's two doors and some lights, a person would be insane to pay that much - dogbert Sep 10, 08:08 13
      - does the door let you step through time? because then I could see buying it -- nm - dogbert Sep 10, 08:10 2
        
        Let me guess. You're a renter too. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:11 1
        
        nope -- nm - dogbert Sep 10, 08:12
      - Sidelights are window panels, not lights. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:09 9
        
        I doubt noting that they are "designer glass" sidelites would have made any difference - oblique Sep 10, 08:13 4
        
        Not to a damn dirty renter, no. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:14 3
        
        Last year: driveway. This year: front door. I sure hope I can take a break next year but I doubt it - oblique Sep 10, 08:16 1
        
        there's a reason they call it "the money pit"....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:42
        
        Oops, apologies to my esteemed fellow homeowner. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:15
        
        hmm, I was thinking more like security lighting. they should be named different for my convenience -- nm - dogbert Sep 10, 08:11 3
        
        Sidelights can be kind of elaborate. Scroll down and check out the photo. -- (link) - mara Sep 10, 08:13 1
        
        ok, this is starting to make a little more sense. much more involved than replacing two doors and some lights. - dogbert Sep 10, 08:17
        
        Ah, like sconces. That makes sense. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:12
    - those side windows really jack up the price. and that's a really good price on installation -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:08 3
      - He's a friend from church that does construction work. I know we're getting a deal on him. The door/windows are Pella and the price seemed pretty - oblique Sep 10, 08:09 2
        
        Yeah, don't patronize them -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:10 1
        
        The last thing I need is my front door/windows leaking the first time we get a good rainstorm here -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:11
- $1100 -- nm - decline Sep 10, 07:58
- $729.33 -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 07:58
- $376 -- nm - dogbert Sep 10, 07:58
- At least $1800. -- nm - mandyphone Sep 10, 07:57
- $522.13 -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 07:57
- 312.50$....nm - xi Sep 10, 07:56
- $427.66 -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 07:56
- i'm a renter. you might as well ask me "what's a polite and tactful way to interact with other humans?" - TFox Sep 10, 07:55 4
  - I can't believe you are so quick to admit that you're a renter. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 07:56 3
    - as a renter, i don't have the good sense to know i shouldn't. - TFox Sep 10, 07:57
    - If Bill C-221 passes that will be the law. -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 07:57 1
      - Scarlet letter R? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 07:57
- $350 -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 07:54
- $279 -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 07:54
American mass media sucks, but it's what the public as a whole wants, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 07:45 11
- I don't buy this. I have no measurable impact on what is broadcast, and I don't think Nielsen is a true representation of what people watch. - Max Sep 10, 08:17
- It reminds me of the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies where (spoils I guess) - pmb Sep 10, 08:01 2
  - It's one of my favourite recent Bond films. Better than QoS, for sure. -- nm - Beryllium (laptop) Sep 10, 08:03 1
    - (It's got moments of extreme silliness, but it's still better.) - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 10, 08:18
- *gasp* are you saying the audience has some responsibility?....nm - xi Sep 10, 07:52
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- Things were much better when it was easier to ignore how dumb most people are. - TFox Sep 10, 07:49 3
  - I hate non-ignorable Twitter! -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 07:50 2
    - Oh, true. What is much much harder to ignore is "here are my feelings and thoughts, Internet! read them! read and validate me!" - TFox Sep 10, 07:52 1
      - NOISE! -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 07:53
- It's not what all us want. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 07:48
I think I'm going to watch "1.8288 meters Under" -- nm - ty97 si Sep 10, 07:44 1
- Sublime's "1.25 Liters to Freedom" -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 07:46

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