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Remember all those strange bee deaths? Yeah, they figured it out -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 09:04 4
- This will end up with laser guided killer bees as weapons, won't it? (nm) - musubi Oct 11, 09:09
- "learning how to mash dead bees for analysis � a skill not taught at West Point" - not2fast Oct 11, 09:09
- Take that, Marky Mark! -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 09:05 1
  - That's just some thing they said and put down in some book! -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:05
Naked dude at Obama rally explained -- (link) - Reagen Oct 11, 09:04 2
- I saw that Simpsons episode -- nm - Roger More Oct 11, 09:13
- but who threw the book? -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:04
Re: Dr Who and Utah - most of you have seen this before.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 11, 08:59 [flickr]
The truth behind the "chicken goop" nuggets -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 08:56 5
- Inspired by Poll: Do you prefer white meat or dark meat? - TWuG Oct 11, 09:01 3
  - Depends: fried or grilled or baked? Fried: Dark. Grilled or baked: white. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 09:07
  - Dark mean is almost always better. - musubi Oct 11, 09:07
  - dark -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:02
- I still won't be buying any fast food chicken any time soon. -- nm - decline Oct 11, 09:00
Weekend Movies Poll: The Social Network, A-. Me and Orson Welles, B. -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 08:54 3
- How to Train Your Dragon: A, The Thomas Crown Affair (1956): B. -- nm - not2fast Oct 11, 09:10
- The Social Network A+ - Guy Oct 11, 09:08
- The Town: B, Karate Kid: B-, Solitary Man: B+ -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:01
~if there's a right thing to say ... i'm sure i missed it by a mile~ -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 08:48 1
- "the bridge is out a mile and a half ahead." -- nm - Max Oct 11, 08:49
"What am I going to do with a check?" - amoxy Oct 11, 08:45
What is a department store? How do you know how a merchant has classified themselves with MC/Visa? - ty97 Oct 11, 08:40 6
- Department stores don't have registers up front, only in the different departments? -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 08:52
- Like Kohl's. Men's department, women's department. Or Sears: Houseware, clothing, etc. -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 08:43 4
  - walmart has these classes as well, but is a discount retailer, not a dept store. -- nm - chromanda Oct 11, 08:49 3
    - I think Dano hits the nail on the head. It's a matter of form (location of registers) vs. function (discount retailer expanding into various spaces) -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 08:58
    - They should start calling themselves indie, or alt-department. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 08:50
    - this -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 08:50
Justin Bieber to have his own line of nail polish. No, seriously. -- (link) - Hotkiss Oct 11, 08:39
ST Poll -- Do you know how to change your own oil? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 08:36 12
- I doubt it's difficult, but I've never done it. There's plenty of things I can do that I'm willing to pay someone else to do for me. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:56
- my dad taught me how, back when i was a teen. you know, forever ago. so i could figure it out. - kare Oct 11, 08:53
- I like this link about a gajillion times better (probably NSFW) -- (link) - TWuG Oct 11, 08:44
- I have done it before. Probably will never do it again - amoxy Oct 11, 08:43
- yes. but i would rather pay someone to do it -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 11, 08:41 1
  - this -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:44
- I've changed oil on tractors before, but I doubt I would be able to do it on my car. -- nm - decline Oct 11, 08:40
- no, but I knew how to change it on the buses, when I was a bus driver in undergrad. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 08:38
- In theory. I mean, it's pretty much drain/fill. I can't say I've ever done it because who wants to dispose of their own oil? -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 08:37 3
  - Same here. (nm) - musubi Oct 11, 09:10
  - this. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 08:55
  - I'd do it if there were a hot french exchange chick helping and it would lead to me putting my testicles all over her. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 08:40
Looks like the American Federation of Teachers has been granted an ObamaCare -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:28 17
- just wondering if you have any idea what the waiver is and why it was granted? -- nm - decline Oct 11, 08:33 11
  - well, one of the reasons is the companies receiving waivers were unable to meet a particular mandate of the law - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:36 10
    - right, so the waiver allows the companies to continue to employ people and provide them with health coverage. Why is that a bad thing? -- nm - decline Oct 11, 08:38 9
      - I think (but I don't really have a clue). The company is providing a level of coverage that is below what the govt wants. Right? I am confused about - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 11, 08:59
      - What's the point of the mandate in the first place then? - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:43 7
        
        This probably explains it better than I could, but the mandate that is being waived (for 1 year) is to remove the cap on lifetime coverage - decline Oct 11, 08:53 5
        
        The end result is a good thing, we agree. - Strongbad Oct 11, 09:04 2
        
        Word to your IM. I have my doubts about premiums not going up. I think from what we have seen, they likely will. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 11, 09:09 1
        
        Premiums already go up by outrageous amounts. I typically see 20%-30% increases *each year* for my business - decline Oct 11, 09:13
        
        ^ this article explains it -- (link) - decline Oct 11, 08:54 1
        
        So we are assuming that later the govt will have a better insurance, and the companies will just dumb all their employees onto it? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 11, 09:02
        
        because they had to keep watering it down in a futile attempt at bipartisan compromise. - znufrii Oct 11, 08:45
- You get an Obamacare, and you get an ObamaCare! -- nm - Obama Oct 11, 08:33
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- *you* get an ObamaCare, and *you* get an ObamaCare, and *you* and *you* and *you* get an ObamaCare! -- nm - Oprah Oct 11, 08:31 1
  - *kicks slow computer* -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 08:33
- A "waiver from" ObamaCare -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:28
Resume question. Would you think it's weird to include websites in the publication section? Like the content and design of the site for your small - mara Oct 11, 08:26 9
- no, they're legit samples of his writing (as long as it's still his orig copy). though i've not heard of a publication section on a resume. - kare Oct 11, 08:39 2
  - in some industries it's pretty common. I see it a lot in defense. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 09:04
  - More common on academic type CVs, where publication is important. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 11, 09:01
- No. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:36
- not weird at all. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 08:35
- Of course, it would depend on the job you're applying for (heart surgeon? no.) But I include them on my resume. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:28 2
  - The job is reference librarian. The publications section on his resume includes articles in professional journals, article in other print form, and - mara Oct 11, 08:29 1
    - I'd include them. It's publication. -- nm - OAE Oct 11, 08:34
- certainly not, if you're providing examples of your work. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 08:27
I am like distraught. lesbian chinese closed last week and now we have no competent source for hot and sour soup. - chromanda Oct 11, 08:19
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- To his credit, he was in danger of losing the right wing extremist vote to Cuomo and needed to solidify his base. - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:33
Was thinking about Facebook groups and Friend lists. It's interesting to think that this feature could shift people from being friends with everyone - oblique Oct 11, 08:15
My cousin's cat just turned 21. I did not know that as possible. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 08:06 5
- My cat lived to 22. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 08:49 1
  - but not all cats can afford caviar and fresh bald eagle meat. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:05
- mine is 18+, and with kidney disease no less.... doubt she'll see 30, but 20's not out of the question :) -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 11, 08:32
- Supposedly a number of cats have been documented to live over 30. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 11, 08:11
- my cat was 19 1/2 when he died. It's not that unusual -- nm - decline Oct 11, 08:07
The guy who bet $20 against the Pirates every game this season ended up making $324.34. -- nm - nubby Oct 11, 08:02
the Simpsons opening sequence.....wow.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 07:57 7 1
- What is the animal - amoxy Oct 11, 08:39 1
  - dolphin -- nm - flavorize Oct 11, 09:08
- i enjoyed it in an odd, disturbing sort of way... -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 11, 08:35
- Isn't it common knowledge that the animation for The Simpsons is done in South Korea? - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:31 3
  - yeah it is. -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 08:35 2
    - Maybe there's been internal talks at Fox about moving animation to China, and this was their reaction (mind you, I bet the toys are made in China) -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:38 1
      - *apologizes* -- nm - Mattel Oct 11, 08:38
Doctor Who will be filming in America for the first time in it's history. -- (link) - LMS Oct 11, 07:54 6
- Why? I'm sure we can find a place in Wales that looks just like America, and some local theater company actors willing to try their yankee accents. - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:56 1
  - Are you referring to the Andrew Garfield episodes? -- nm - LMS Oct 11, 09:07
- Ooh, road trip!! They don't say exactly where, but I'm betting somewhere in the red-rock country? This is something I might watch :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 11, 08:23 1
  - They filmed part of one episode down the road from my house a few years back. -- nm - LMS Oct 11, 08:38
- I hear Utah is lovely when Karen Gillan is visiting. - TWuG Oct 11, 08:00
- bought frikkin time. -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 07:57
speaking of, I watched last year's xmas episode of community this weekend. I laughed out loud at the fight. - chromanda Oct 11, 07:52 4
- I'd said it before - that was the best episode of tv I'd seen of any show last season. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 08:11
- Have you watched the paintball episode? It is one of the best episodes ever I'd argue -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:59 2
  - I have to mail back discs 2 and 3 to get disc 4. no paintball yet. I am *loving* the show, though. - chromanda Oct 11, 08:17 1
    - It's called Modern Warfare. You're in for a treat. -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 08:18
lir LMS: no honeymoon til next month. Will has to fly back to CO for work this afternoon. :( -- nm - kelly Oct 11, 07:51 2
- will need a better holiday planner or better employer -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 11, 08:04
- You get to spread out the excitement though. -- nm - LMS Oct 11, 07:56
I can't believe someone didn't say it yet: Only NY bagels are real bagels. - loosilu Oct 11, 07:45 13
- Montreal bagels prove this wrong -- nm - Roger More Oct 11, 08:59
- I would generally agree with this. There's a place in Chicago where the owners are from New York and they believe that the thing that distinguishes - pmb Oct 11, 08:08 4
  - this is what most people say, and I agree. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 08:12
  - This is the what I've heard from my Bronx-bred parents as well. Not sure if it's true, or old wive's tale. - ty97 Oct 11, 08:10 2
    - It's called Eleaven on Onterio a couple of blocks west of Michigan Avenue. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 08:15 1
      - Thanks! Will have to check it out when I'm home -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 08:24
- "baggels" -- nm - chromanda Oct 11, 07:52 1
  - Heh. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 11, 08:08
- Pfft. I view this the same as who has better pizza. BS. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 07:48 4
  - The pizza thing can be opinion. The bagel thing is fact. - ty97 Oct 11, 07:50
  - heh. There was an episode of Food Detectives where guest chefs were asked to pick out the NY pizza blind, and they did. - loosilu Oct 11, 07:49 2
    - Different /= better. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 07:56 1
      - it is in this case. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 08:04
First Paladino, now Larry Brown (WTF- NC). Calls gays "queers" and "fruitloops" -- (link) - TWuG Oct 11, 07:44 2
- My kids like Fruit Loops! Kellogg's is indoctrinating our kids! -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 08:37
- I guess those Panthers cheerleaders won't be getting jobs with the Bobcats. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 11, 07:48
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- how about the genius in Ohio running for Congress taking part in Nazi re-enactments.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 08:04 3
  - Come on down to the South, we do Civil War re-enactments all the time. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:29
  - Taking part in WWII reenactments as a member of a German Panzer division. Which, IMO, is perfectly legit and no cause to call him a Nazi. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 08:22 1
    - I can agree with that. But as a politician it's not a smart move. -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 08:36
- children should not be �brainwashed� period -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 11, 08:03
- Oh, but he's just one individual, Jack, he doesn't represent the Tea Party! -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 07:58 5
  - It's only coincidence that his voters are *also* homophobic. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 08:01 4
    - I love ST. - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:34 2
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        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 08:45
    - I wonder if these are his target voters. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 08:05
- It's a disgusting point of view, but better to have it be heard and discredited for what it is. - znufrii Oct 11, 07:48 5
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    - What I meant was... - znufrii Oct 11, 07:59 3
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        heh -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 08:34
        
        does = is - znufrii Oct 11, 08:04
- hopefully the voters will agree. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 07:46
- Heh. I did not see this post when I made mine above. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 07:45
I have heard Grazi (sp?) and Grazia (sp?) used in Italy. Is there a difference? -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:40 8
- all the same. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 07:43
- Grazie means thank you and Grazia means grace. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:43 4
  - This may explain it. I've only heard Grazie in Milan, but on the train from Pisa to Milan, there was a lot of Grazia. - ty97 Oct 11, 07:51 3
    - isn't it just a regional accent? -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 07:55 2
      - There was a distinct -uh or -ah sound at the end. I wouldn't expect that on Grazie, regardless of accent - ty97 Oct 11, 08:01 1
        
        I don't see why they might not be pronouncing the "e" on the end. - loosilu Oct 11, 08:05
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- it's all Grazie -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 11, 07:41
Mad Men thoughts from last night (spoilers) - amoxy Oct 11, 07:40
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Buenos dias -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 07:36 1
- dos cervesas por favor -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 11, 07:40
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