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I do splurge when I drive my motorhome back and forth between Anchorage and LA, when a plane ticket would be cheaper. -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:52 4
- don't forget the cost of parking it on Rodeo Drive. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 13:55 1
  - I save a little bit by parking a bit further back than Rodeo Drive. -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:58
- when else would you have an excuse to take speed to stay awake for 57 hours? -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:53
- But that's the price you pay when you strive to be a real Jack London hero -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:53
Dub Dub from Middleman apparently really wants to be on Dr. Who when it shoots here in America. -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 13:46
Truman was on to something, the daily challenges on Reach are somewhat easy today - J Oct 14, 13:45 2
- It annoys me the way they keep pushing Firefight. -- nm - David Oct 14, 13:52
- you can 3 of them done in 2 or 3 rounds of Gruntapocalypse -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 13:50
mcdonalds monopoly ... i picked up four game pieces today ... - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:41 5
- There is such a place. It's called wikipedia. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:45
- It's always the last one alphabetically in the group. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:44
- there has been so much scandal with this game Im surprized they even keep using it - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:44 1
  - I thought it was one person at the company, not the entire company. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:48
- Rare ones: -- (link) - Vermintown Oct 14, 13:43
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sitmop: Justin Bieber disses Tom Brady's hair -- (link) - Diva Oct 14, 13:35 19
- let's compare girlfiends, punk. -- nm - Brady SI Oct 14, 13:42 13
  - hmmm...Gisele or Kim Kardashian? -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 13:51 7
    - I'm not up on the gossip apparently. Is the Bieb's hanging out with Kim? - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:55 6
      - They've long been quasi-flirty friends, and she's gotten death threats from psycho Bieber fans before. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 13:57 1
        
        not to turn serious but...ick. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:58
      - I assumed this was a joke. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 13:56 3
        
        ...but I think he tweeted someth8ing about dating her at one point. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 13:56 2
        
        what's a tweet? - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:57 1
        
        she's said if he was old enought they'd date. Here's a photo shoot... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 14, 13:59
  - Girlfriends? ..... *arched eyebrow* Remember flopsy, my guards shot up our wedding.....they aren't sane. -- nm - Gisele Oct 14, 13:45
  - I wouldn't be surprised at some overlap there, creepy serial killer. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 13:43 3
    - Bieber as a serial killer, right now at this age, would be sort of amusing. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:56 2
      - That seemed to be the point of his CSI episode. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:57 1
        
        I feel like Mop. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:58
- Prof. Tom Brady looks like a creepy serial killer in recent commercials. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 13:41
- If the statement had any trace of Czech accent, it's possible it was just the Capitals goalie. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 13:38
- "Sacked like a sacker"? WTF, Biebs? -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 13:36 1
  - That's bad for three reasons. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:37
- *declares jihad* -- nm - tFox Oct 14, 13:36
"it�s confusing as all get-out." what does that mean? -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 13:33 11
- "all get out" = "hell" -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:34
- really confusing -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:34 9
  - Where did they get the "get-out" out of? -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 13:34 8
    - "all get out" is just an expression. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 13:36 3
      - Interestingly a quick Google reveals it may have been found in Huckleberry Finn -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:40 2
        
        It just occurred to me that Rick Castle reminds me of Mark Twain (at least insofar as depicted on TNG) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:42
        
        That seems to be where the "all" was added, anyway. -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 13:41
    - I dunno. If I were to invent a meaning, I would say that it derives from panic-escape situations like shouting fire in the theatre. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:36 1
      - Ah yeah that makes sense, cheers. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 13:37
    - Get out! *shoves you* -- nm - Monica Oct 14, 13:35 1
      - Are you stickin' it to me? - Elaine Benes Oct 14, 13:38
GSP might not be the most famous athlete to come out of Canada, but he might be my favorite. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:28 4
- aside from his unfortunate tendency to speak in the third person, I think he's a great guy too - Reagen Oct 14, 13:30 3
  - I think it's Dana overselling as well. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:35 2
    - It's not true right now... but they are developing the global reach for it to be true of their top guys in the future - stewie Oct 14, 13:47 1
      - maybe, but there is a reason most of the UFC guys have energy/protein drinks as there major backers -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 13:48
"this is for you, mom. This is what happens when you try to get between me and cake" -- (link) - Reagen Oct 14, 13:27 2
- disturbingly interesting -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 14, 13:31
- Love it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:31
I have lately realized that my fixed expenses aren't that big, yet I don't seem to be increasing my savings. - ty97 Oct 14, 13:25 7
- autotransfers coinciding with your paycheck dates. works every time -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:26 6
  - I need to look at my expenses more closely, because I don't go through much cash. It's all (mostly) on my card. - ty97 Oct 14, 13:27 5
    - You Need A Budget. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 13:28 4
      - Ding. I made one in excel and it has helped me immensly. -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 13:30
      - I agree, but it's difficult. My life is...weird -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 13:28 2
        
        advice I wished I listened to as a teen, put away 10% of everything -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:30 1
        
        yup. - znufrii Oct 14, 13:38
TV News: ABC ordered 4 more episodes of "No Ordinary Family" (4 more) and Brothers and Sisters (4 more) and Off the Map (1 more - hasn't premiered) -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 13:22
you know what all this 'splurge' talk makes me want to do? Shop. - Andie Oct 14, 13:21 1
- muwahahaha. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:22
MouseHunt LYC: Finally! caught the stupid nugget mouse. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 13:21 1
- nice. i just did a run of about 100, came up empty (for both him and BBB). -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 13:35
It's now clear to me that I think of "splurges" differently than the majority of TT. - musubi Oct 14, 13:20 4
- lately it seems our splurges have been cardiologists and neurologists -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:28 2
  - :( (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 13:31 1
    - February, ain't soon enough -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:31
- I think of splurges as spending money on relatively big ticket items that you could do without. - Loyola Oct 14, 13:24
It's my last night in Italy, so I had tiramisu gellato. There was a significant amount of rum in it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 13:19 1
- cognac -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:20
Did you ever hear of Reggie Middleton before? I thought he comes across very well in this video. (Scroll to bottom of page) -- (link) - Loyola Oct 14, 13:16
My God, Air Canada CSRs are universally douchey. Had to speak to two different people, and they both exhibited the same behavior. - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 14, 13:13 1
- I rang directory enquiries the other day looking for the number for a car valeting service that was called crystal clean. So she says she found it, is - Loyola Oct 14, 13:22
TT Poll #opulance: What is the thing that you "splurge" on? - musubi Oct 14, 13:10 45
- Concerts. -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 13:25 6
  - This -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 14, 13:46
  - I was going to say this, but then realized that music is not a splurge, more of spiritual necessity like tithing in a church - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:40 2
    - Word. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 13:42 1
      - I' basically dirt poor but still go to music events, mostly free ones, weekly, hey for the price of a beer get to hear a jazz or blues band, that's - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:50
  - this. - Spawn Oct 14, 13:32
  - Actually, this is probably the best answer for me. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 13:29
- I'm trying to think what it would be and I'm coming up blank - Reagen Oct 14, 13:24 1
  - /nods/ I treat myself, but pretty economically, price-wise. -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 13:27
- theatre tix, dinner in a nice restaurant, top shelf booze (current fav 'ri') -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:22
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- photo development and gas. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 13:21
- Comics? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 13:20 1
  - Oh yeah, this for me too. -- nm - Stephen Oct 14, 13:25
- Movies (roughly 3-6 per month depending on busy season) and Concert tickets, I guess Bar tabs count? -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 13:18
- Fish (tanks, filters, etc), and then electronics -- nm - Stephen Oct 14, 13:17
- Probably most often dining out. When we go out with my brother-in-law and his wife they always like to go to expensive (usually trendy) restaurants. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 13:17
- travel -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 13:16
- Food - mostly eating at home, sometimes eating out - some alcohol and travel -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 13:14 1
  - Oh, and mail-order coffee (though it is far cheaper than buying coffee every day) -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 13:16
- Movies. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 13:13
- food, dining out, electronics -- nm - decline Oct 14, 13:12
- Hmm. I buy good beer. Also, not sure if this fits, but I buy a coffee each morning at work. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 13:12 1
  - depends on the coffee. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 13:13
- Theater ticket subscription, but we still have nosebleed seats so maybe that's not applicable but completely discretionary spending :) -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:12
- Single large purchases: fossils and pottery. Lots of little purchases: LEGO -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 13:11 7
  - Nice -- nm - Greg Raymer Oct 14, 13:22
  - Wait. "Fossils"? Like, that watches, or actual bones? (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 13:14 5
    - when I was a member of a lapidary society I loved to work on dino bones....so cool -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 13:25
    - Actual fossils. I just bought a stingray from the Green River formation and I do have a replica T-rex skull - TWuG Oct 14, 13:19 1
      - Here's the ray - TWuG Oct 14, 13:25
    - IIRC he has a T-Rex skull cast -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 13:16
    - I collect spores, mold, fungus, and fossils. -- nm - TWuG si Oct 14, 13:15
- moisturizer. I would sooner give up cable than kiehl's. -- nm - chromanda Oct 14, 13:11
- Electronics. - DaMENACE Oct 14, 13:11
- the occasional (really really occasional) really nice restaurant meal. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 13:11 1
  - we've been slumming it lately. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:14
- Clothes. Dropped another 600 euro on 2 shirts, 3 ties, and a pair of slacks the other day. - Loyola Oct 14, 13:11
- over the course of a year it is splurging: I pay the premium for organic foods -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:11 1
  - That's not really a splurge then is it? (nm) - crash si Oct 14, 13:13
- Nothing right now, but it was dining out -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 13:11
- Video games -- nm - lileve Oct 14, 13:11
- whisk(e)y -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 13:11
- Sports memorabilia. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 13:11
- the previously mentioned Irish Whiskey... - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:11
sitwmopped: canidate's name misspelled as Rich Whitey in black district ballot... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 14, 13:09 2
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- "Vote for Whitey!" -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:11
Something that I don't understand how people afford is football season's tickets, in say, the lower bowls. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:08 19
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  - I could definitely see it if I were loaded. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:36
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- I get a call from the 49ers every year to see if I want to buy a season ticket package. - Stephen Oct 14, 13:27
- Heh. Just 30 minutes ago I checked for Jaguars/Titans tickets (MNF) because I got an email saying tickets were still available (shocker). - JaxSean Oct 14, 13:10 9
  - That is actually pretty good, compared to what they were for Manning Bowl II. - Spawn Oct 14, 13:22
  - when I went to the Eagles game a couple weeks back, I sat in the Club level. My friend has 4 season tickets. Costs him over 10 grand a year -- nm - decline Oct 14, 13:13
  - I was given NHL pre-season tickets in the lower bowl. $250! Pre-season! - Reagen Oct 14, 13:12 4
    - yeah, but you live where you live and its the NHL -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:13
    - One ticket? -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 13:13 2
      - Yes, each. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:14 1
        
        *weep for the future* -- nm - Starving Children Oct 14, 13:14
  - Holy s**t -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 13:12 1
    - I could buy a nice TV for that price and watch it at home. For many years to come. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 13:14
- I don't get it either. Can't you watch it at home? - Mel Profit Oct 14, 13:10
- *nods* I can hardly stomach the cost of trying to take the family to one game - oblique Oct 14, 13:09
- see, you move to Seattle and wait for them to lose four seasons in a row -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:09 1
  - "Dammit, I'm here, you can stop losing now!" (nm) - crash si Oct 14, 13:11
- It's getting uber-insane for big-program college football. Hefty donations required plus the costs per ticket (and parking etc.) keep rising. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 13:09
DaMenace! -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 13:08 6
- Amoxy! - DaMENACE Oct 14, 13:10 5
  - Doing OK. And I am not really sure how I feel about this year's survivor - amoxy Oct 14, 13:13 4
    - Survivor should get better - DaMENACE Oct 14, 13:16 3
      - Now I'm wondering - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:24 2
        
        How spooled do you want to be? - DaMENACE Oct 14, 13:32 1
        
        Honestly, not much. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 14, 13:43
oopsie -- nm - decline Oct 14, 13:08
*slurp* -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 13:07

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