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Max is a complete and total idiot about everything. We all know this. - David Oct 18, 15:55
one of my regionals wants me to stay at work until 10:00 my time so we can chat after his meeting. - chromanda Oct 18, 15:53 5
- do you get OT? Tell him to go pound sand otherwise. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 15:55
- pm? - Reagen Oct 18, 15:54 3
  - yes. and no. he actually asked my DFA and my pres and both told him they needed to go home, but that I usually work pretty late. "usually, mike, I do. - chromanda Oct 18, 15:57 2
    - what would rile me is that it's just "to chat". - Reagen Oct 18, 15:59 1
      - that's code for 'asking mandy out' -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 16:00
Joe Miller on securing the border: "If East Germany could, so can we" -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 15:52 1
- Handcuffs you for trying to question this -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 15:56
ohhh... the library bought the edited version of this rap album. - TFox Oct 18, 15:41 4
- they're just thinking of the children. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:49
- You've seen this, right? -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 15:49 [youtube]
- "what I want, I want to hug and kiss you" -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 15:46 1
  - "That's something everyone can enjoy." -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:48
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From BBs... I have a suspicion that Sharon Angle is consciously playing a game of how much do you hate Harry Reid chicken. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 15:33
Crystal Cathedral Megachurch files for bankruptcy.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 15:21 6
- Crystal Cathedral MegaDeathChurch -- nm - is what amoxy saw Oct 18, 15:57
- my brother sang w/his choir there yesterday. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 15:55 1
  - did the check clear for performing there? - Remlik Oct 18, 15:59
- They've been struggling for months but I hadn't heard today's news. They've not done well since the Rev. Bob handed over control to the kids. - MojaveMeg Oct 18, 15:33 1
  - wow ... that's the one in Garden Grove right? My mum loved the Sunday morning broadcast of the "hour of power" ... too bad. -- nm - JenBro Oct 18, 16:32
- for a second I thought this was john hagee's church, and I was happy. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:27
If the Federal Reserve said in the morning to you that they want to buy 30% of your house (and base that 30% on the highest boom time price your house - Loyola Oct 18, 15:14 33
- Another idea popped into my head: what if we impose a moritorium on building new homes? -- nm - mara Oct 18, 15:48 9
  - Cutting off the head to cure a runny nose -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 18, 15:57
  - If there's no market for them, they don't build. Or, instead of selling them as condos, they rent them as apartments. -- nm - jnine Oct 18, 15:55 2
    - bargains for upscale renters as many condo projects (gotta have granite counters for those buyers) are now rented instead -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 16:10
    - more building permits means more tax revenue for cities and towns. you could expect municipalities to freak right out.... - bankers Oct 18, 16:01
  - it's called "home builders going bankrupt". -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:53
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  - ahem. -- nm - Construction Industry Oct 18, 15:49 2
    - don't forget us!....nm - bankers Oct 18, 15:50
    - True. But they'd still have commercial buildings, and additions/renovations. -- nm - mara Oct 18, 15:50
- maybe, but i'd have to also tell them they were idiots who should just back the eff off and allow the market to work.....nm - tremendous machine Oct 18, 15:45 4
  - I'm working from the point of view that a great deal of culpability for the property crash can be directly attributed to low interest rates which - Loyola Oct 18, 16:00 2
    - the reality is, there is no easy fix. if it takes years, it takes years.... - x Oct 18, 16:04 1
      - We were talking about this in the pub Sunday. It'd be interesting to work it up properly, cost it out for mortgages involved, give it to the local - Loyola Oct 18, 16:10
  - sfan...nm - x Oct 18, 15:46
- Do I need to have an existing mortgage to qualify? -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 18, 15:34 3
  - Probably. And probably only for mortgages taken out 2002-2009. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 15:36 2
    - this is a terrible idea. you're basically punishing people without debt. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:48 1
      - Well that's the thing, but it's the quickest way of turning the on switch on the economy again. - Loyola Oct 18, 16:07
- No way. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 18, 15:28 5
  - Why not? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:29 4
    - Due to all the improvements we've made to this house, it's never been worth more than it will when we sell it. It would be a poor deal for us. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 18, 15:40 2
      - It's higher value than it was 3 years ago? - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:41 1
        
        Oh yes. And I'm fine taking money from the gov't, when it's profitable. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 18, 15:44
    - socialism! -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:33
- Yeah. My rough calcs on my house would be about $20k more in profit for me. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:20
- all this ends up doing is artificially inflating real estate prices. - mafic Oct 18, 15:19 4
  - I think it has the added benefit of helping real estate find its floor faster. - Loyola Oct 18, 15:27 2
    - when you flood the market with free money, all it does is knock prices up in the short term. - mafic Oct 18, 15:47 1
      - very often artificial intervention is little but a short term mug's game...nm - x Oct 18, 15:49
  - seriously. If your house is worth less now, you sell it immediately. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:20
- are they going to be dicks about the color i can paint it or something? -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 15:17 1
  - No not at all, they won't even ask to sleep over or anything. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 15:18
I think tonight is the night I break up with How I Met Your Mother. - kelly Oct 18, 15:12 3
- I have put off the talk with HIMYM but haven't watched since the season opener -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 15:58
- Is that Kelly? There's something I have to tell you... -- nm - Michael Scott si Oct 18, 15:13 1
  - heh. -- nm - kelly Oct 18, 15:15
This is the most interesting thing I've ever heard about the NHL. (link) - musubi Oct 18, 15:08 3
- Elisha Cuthbert making her way through the league? -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 15:17
- I like that story -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 15:14 1
  - It is so awesome I want to dress up as Taro Tsujimoto for halloween. (nm) - musubi Oct 18, 15:23
Do we think this is organic or just viral advertising by Apple? -- (link) - Dano Oct 18, 15:04 [youtube] 5
- Yeah the news reported that their instruments were stolen, I don't think Apple go that low. -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Oct 18, 15:23 3
  - Why would that be low? Some PR agency hears the news and comes up with a win-win collaboration. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 15:26 2
    - I was saying I don't Apple would setup this story of a banding having their instruments stolen, just some a little viral video. I - Matrix_Mafia Oct 18, 15:38 1
      - It's the good thing about being Apple, they don't need to create that kind of advertising, people do it naturally -- nm - Guigue Oct 18, 15:49
- I'm going with organic that has since been co-opted by apple. - mafic Oct 18, 15:08
here is a near perfect Secret Santa gift -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 18, 15:02
Check out this interesting cat exchange with Comcast customer support. -- (link) - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 18, 14:54 4
- *chat* -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 18, 14:58 1
  - Cat en francais -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 18, 15:04
- Meow? -- nm - cat, calling Comcast Oct 18, 14:56 1
  - Yes, all you have to do is take your old cat to the local Comcast office and they will give you a new HD cat. -- nm - customer service rep Oct 18, 15:03
I think it's finally happened. Now every commercial during the local news hour is a political ad. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 14:53 3
- this morning on NPR I heard that ad revenue was expected to be up 30% year over year this month; all of that from political ads. ugh. -- nm - chromanda Oct 18, 14:54 2
  - Hooray for the free "speech" for corporations! (nm) - US Supreme Court Oct 18, 14:57
  - And they're all negative. Not a single person is running clean now. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 14:56
ABC Family pulls Friday Night Lights off thier schedule.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 14:52 1
- Final season starts on DirecTV real soon -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:52
Gotham Award nominations - Dano Oct 18, 14:50
I really need to do my laundry. what do we think about going home, changing, grabbing laundry, throwing at the laundrymat on my way back in? -- nm - chromanda Oct 18, 14:48 1
- if it is raining, that may help. But I suggest putting the clothes into machines and money into the slot :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 18, 14:49
Warner Brothers and NBC ironing out the details for a full season pick up of Chuck.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 14:46 10
- I posted the other day 6 episode minimum is a lock. That info leaked. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 15:05
- Law & Order: Chuck -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 18, 14:59
- NBC's completely given up the ghost of having successful shows, right? - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:47 6
  - I'm wondering what the DVD sales and Netflix/Tivo sales/ratings are for it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 14:50 5
    - 3rd Season sold 115K copies in 2 weeks equally $4M of revenue in the US, fell off the top 25 chart its third week -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 15:08 4
      - so money wise, it's gotta be doing ok with the sales, product placement it does. - Remlik Oct 18, 15:12 3
        
        "Costa Gravas is very stable right now. We even have Subway franchises!" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 15:24 2
        
        that was great -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 15:47
        
        I was cracking up over that. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 15:44
- this really underscores what a complete mess the NBC lineup is. -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:47
"Once I ran to you, now I run from you" -- nm - eag Oct 18, 14:34
The SEC East is really a mess. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 14:33 2
- You mean the AFC and NFC west right? -- nm - eag Oct 18, 14:35
- I'm so disappointed we got clowned that bad by Georgia. -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:34
Will. Come on, dude. It's in a roll so it can hold all the awesome stuff. Good bread on a hot dog is a plus, not a minus. - TFox Oct 18, 14:32 53
- I used to get a dog from this place here...... - groiny Oct 18, 14:40
- I will think you and kelly are full of it unless you can link me to a menu for this place -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:39 18
  - The dogs were *very very good*. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:40 15
    - was it the dog itself, or what that really made it? I'm fascinated with the idea of the perfect hotdog -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:45 14
      - there is a little joint here that my wifes out of town family gets off the plane at OHARE - groiny Oct 18, 14:47 12
        
        I'd never put peppers on a dog until about 15 years ago when I first heard of "Chicago" style, that was an eye opener -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:48 11
        
        I can not eat a hot dog without hot peppers on it. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 14:50
        
        The real eye opener for Chicago style is how they make the hot dogs. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:49 9
        
        is this a serious post about something I don't know, or are we heading towards a joke about groiny's weiner? -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:50 8
        
        "remove the human's lower horn!" -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 14:53
        
        3 words: Ground up mobster. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:51
        
        my weiner is not a joking matter. - groiny Oct 18, 14:50 5
        
        In much the same manner funerals aren't. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:52 4
        
        /protests groiny's weiner -- nm - Westboro Baptists Oct 18, 15:46
        
        speak for yourself, I will bust on a corpse at the funeral. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 14:52 2
        
        For all the pervy stuff you'd said and done; I never thought necro would be on the list. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:53 1
        
        he said *on*, does that really count as necro? That's like vegetarian versus vegan. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 15:28
      - The dogs were really good. Firm in texture, but with enough juice to be good. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:46
  - here ya go: -- (link) - kelly Oct 18, 14:40 1
    - a belated thank you :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:55
- I am like baffled here. let the jokes begin. I just totally don't get hot dogs. I've eaten two in my life and - chromanda Oct 18, 14:37 15
  - God, I love them. But they have to be good hot dogs. One of my high school classmates has a place here that's been written up in every foodie - pmb Oct 18, 15:12
  - Try buttering the buns -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 18, 15:05
  - I saw a program once on the type of meat used for hot dogs. I'll never eat one again. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 14:53
  - its just a sausage and quality can vary drastically -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:46
  - I do not eat them often anymore, but there is a place by my old work - groiny Oct 18, 14:42
  - like the little pink mystery meat ones, I think I haven't had since I was 11. A smokie is a different story. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:42 4
    - this. hot dogs: gross. sausage: delicious. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 14:47 3
      - unless... what does that hole in the wall place on Stephen Ave. use? -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:01 1
        
        the yodelling sausage? they're like full-on german (or possibly swiss, from the name, I don't know). -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:04
      - Girl Represents Single Dissent Among Website's Sausagefest -- nm - News at 11 Oct 18, 14:52
  - i love em. sometimes at cookouts, if they ask burgers or dogs, I'll just get dogs, if i'm in that mood. -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:38 4
    - I can go either way (mainly burgers though) Last T-Giving, I had 5 burgers and 7 hot dogs though so I broke through -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:45
    - I swear Fenway loads little crack pellets in their hot dogs. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 14:44
    - I like them too. I'd been craving a hot dog for a while, actually, and finally had one no Saturday. It was the yum. -- nm - mara Oct 18, 14:42 1
      - i have a package in the fridge; i think i've settled on my dinner now. -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:43
- He got the plain dog, then when I pushed him to try something "interesting", he got the BLT dog. - kelly Oct 18, 14:34 7
  - do they even offer a plain dog on the menu, or did you have to special order it? -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:37 6
    - "Okay, once you take the hot dog out and put it on the bun....stop there. Just stop. Am I moving too fast for you hot dog cooker?" -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:42 4
      - NO SUBSTITUTIONS! - groiny Oct 18, 14:43 3
        
        Yes, difficult in that , "don't expend energy putting toppings on my food, it'll just save you time" manner. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:44 2
        
        who the hell eats a plain hot dog? - groiny Oct 18, 14:45 1
        
        That's when you let me go load it up with ketchup. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:46
    - they offer a plain dog. I believe it's called the Mutt. -- nm - kelly Oct 18, 14:38
- It wasn't 'bad'...but i'm not a put everything on the dog type person...although the blt dog was sublime. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:34 8
  - I'm the same way, I really don't do toppings on a hot dog. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 14:41
  - I can understand why you'd be iffy on a plain dog. They are constructed to hold a lot of weight. - TFox Oct 18, 14:36 6
    - Considering everything going on, I didn't want my nervous stomach to be inundated with stuff that charitably could lead to distress. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:39 5
      - well, she mercifully kept you out of NY System then. - TFox Oct 18, 14:42 4
        
        Oh, we got gaggers last year at Christmas. (from the place on Reservoir Ave though, not Olneyville) -- nm - kelly Oct 18, 14:43 3
        
        that's still Olneyville NY System. they own both locations, plus a new one in North Providence (with a drive-thru!). -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:44 2
        
        Huh. - kelly Oct 18, 14:47 1
        
        It bothers SheFox too. It is gross, objectively. But its my heritage, damnit. -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:48
NWBR: the last poll had them in a dead heat at 33/31/31. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:32 2
- I'd like naheed to win, just 'cause he's a vague acquaintance. - mafic Oct 18, 14:59 1
  - For Calgary to elect him and Toronto to elect Ford would be a hell of a head shake. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:07
~It won't give up, it wants me dead. Goddamn this noise inside my head.~ -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 14:28
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- I loved The Simpsons' take on him - Reagen Oct 18, 14:36
- Wow that's great. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 14:25
- Bob Loblaw's? -- nm - TFox Oct 18, 14:25 1
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