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Dallas Cowboys 1-6 -- nm - budice Nov 1, 08:46 4
- *look of a mixture of confusion and constipation* -- nm - Wade Phillips Nov 1, 08:48
- Closely pursued by the Minnesota Vikings at 2-5 -- nm - budice Nov 1, 08:48 2
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  - And my Broncos. *sigh* -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:49
Pictures of my smoking hot wife in costume on my Facebook page. Oh, my kids too. - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 1, 08:46
the funny thing is Billy Idol was on the radio on the way into work this morning...coincidence? -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:45
I'll buy a white dress but not a "wedding dress" just the name alone jacks up the price. -- nm - lileve Nov 1, 08:43 14
- *Anything* with the word 'wedding' attached makes the price go up. It's kinda infuriating. - Diva Nov 1, 08:49 2
  - But it's a special day. You should celebrate it by paying a premium on everything. -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 08:49 1
    - ugh! -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:50
- i actually plan to wear red if i get married. - Andie Nov 1, 08:45 6
  - you could totally pull this off -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 09:20
  - ... to Satan! -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 1, 08:48 2
    - *shrug* no-one wore white till Queen Victoria did it. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:50 1
      - Diamond engagement rings are a fairly new idea too. Thanks to DeBeers marketing. -- nm - lileve Nov 1, 08:59
  - my brother's wife did this for their wedding. - znufrii Nov 1, 08:46 1
    - i just don't look good in white. :) -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:48
- But...if you could buy a "wedding dress" for the same price as a "white dress"...would you, for your wedding? -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:44 3
  - Sure. -- nm - lileve Nov 1, 08:46 2
    - And this is the only point several of us trying to make. Instead of destroying the dress...if you really don't want to keep it, why not sell it to - Jim Nov 1, 08:47 1
      - I'd keep it but if I didn't want it I'd sell it. -- nm - lileve Nov 1, 08:58
Not really a fan, but I'd like to see the Cubs in the WS someday. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:35 3
- Bleat -- nm - Goat Nov 1, 08:36
- word -- nm - Bartman Nov 1, 08:36
- Me too...just to watch them lose it! :) -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:35
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Some signs I saw at the Rally To Restore Sanity satellite event in L.A. - con_carne Nov 1, 08:33
ST, we've gotten off to a poor start this week. we're already having the dumbest argument of the week. - TFox Nov 1, 08:31 13
- I think it's wonderful, never quite knowing what will send Sters off into a 3-board rant. I wish I still had that kind of passion..... - MonsterMeg Nov 1, 08:47
- the dumb arguments need the most attention! -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:41 1
  - THE SKY IS NOT BLUE! -- nm - lileve Nov 1, 08:46
- I thought we gave good DVR info to CQ -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 1, 08:36
- but this is what I love about ST...I never even knew wedding dresses were controversial. Now I can mention this casually in a staff meeting... - ceregon Nov 1, 08:33
- let's talk about election day tomorrow! -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 08:32
- I can link to Favre's penis again if necessary -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:32 1
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- wait for it -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 08:31
- just getting it out of the way. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:31
- which one? -- nm - 127 Danos Nov 1, 08:31 2
  - i don''t even know anymore!.....nm - x Nov 1, 08:32
  - "wedding dresses are bad for africa." -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:32
Mystery behind the chupacabra solved! -- (link) - Beaker Nov 1, 08:29
CLEAR lights up in NYC -- (link) - oblique Nov 1, 08:22
Wedding dresses are few and have very limited reuse potential. The third world, on the other hand, gets deluged with actual trash clothes. - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:18 8
- so you're saying starving Africans don't want those 2008 New England Patriot Super Bowl Champion t-shirts? -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:27 1
  - I admit that when I watch documentaries about Africa, I am always captivated by the tee shirts. -- nm - 127 Danos Nov 1, 08:29
- are you suggesting that donated wedding gowns are killing third world textile industries? out loud, on purpose? - TFox Nov 1, 08:21 2
  - the local txtile industies have allready killed the textile industry of the industrial world -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 08:22
  - yes, taht is exactly what I said. - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:22
- The local markets are street after street of piles of used clothing sold out of massive wagons. I keep wondering from where these old clothes/shoes - Hotkiss Nov 1, 08:20 2
  - from the US, most likely. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:21 1
    - or Europe -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 08:21
TV Tonight: Chuck, HIMYM, Hawaii 5-0 -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:17 4
- It is sad that the World Series is falling faster than a lead balloon - amoxy Nov 1, 08:29 2
  - MNF alone will crush it in the ratings -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:31 1
    - Agreed. I remember seeing that a post game wrap-up for a 49er preseason game - amoxy Nov 1, 08:34
- Assuming I get off work early: Chuck, Weeds, Hawaii 5-0, DVRd: Walking Dead, CSI Miami -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 08:27
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- I think I can save us all some time: Yes, Jack, you have the only correct persepective on this. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 08:35 1
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- Baseball is becoming a localized sport. - amoxy Nov 1, 08:32 13
  - As a non baseball fan, the best way to try and and enjoy baseball was explained to me by someone recently: You pick your team, and you stick with them - con_carne Nov 1, 08:37 6
    - And that maybe Baseballs undoing. It is not an instant gratification sport like football - amoxy Nov 1, 08:39 5
      - After watching 2-3 football games yesterday it's not easy for me to settle into the rhythm of the WS games. Attention span is a big factor. - Diva Nov 1, 08:42 1
        
        Totally agree...Watching Bumgarner, a rookie, totally baffle the Rangers - amoxy Nov 1, 08:44
      - agreed. Americans are all about instant gratification. now now now now. that's why they hate soccer. they don't "get it" -- nm - CQ Nov 1, 08:41
      - it really is a 19th century sport in so many ways....nm - x Nov 1, 08:41 1
        
        this is true. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:44
  - Your IM is how I feel about football. I'll watch anyone play anywhere at anytime. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:36 1
    - That and Figure Skating. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:39
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    - Well, the issue is the obnoxious length of the season. I can barely keep up with the Cardinals 162 games...much less any other team. - Jim Nov 1, 08:42 2
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        the season reflects, to an extent, the deliberate character of the game itself. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:49
- The fans probably ARE watching it. The problem is that there aren't as many people that care about baseball as there used to be. -- nm - ceregon Nov 1, 08:31
- There are only three teams I'll watch play baseball. -- nm - 127 Danos Nov 1, 08:25
- being happy that it's not the Yankees and Phillies doesn't mean I'll watch it. - Jim Nov 1, 08:17 22
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    - I'm not going to watch C-SPAN, but I care who gets elected. -- nm - 127 Danos Nov 1, 08:31 1
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    - because, remarkably enough, it is possible to care about the outcome of something you don't personally witness. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:25 3
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        or reading news reports of it, for example... - znufrii Nov 1, 08:28 1
        
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    - because as fans of the sport, we have teams we'd prefer to see succeed over other teams? -- nm - TFox Nov 1, 08:22 13
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        the world is never going to stop being amused by the yankees' failure, despite you pointing out that you think its dumb. - TFox Nov 1, 08:28 11
        
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        without a cap MLB ratings have dwindled, I bet they see the light soon enough -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:39
        
        No one thinks that MLB will. We do think that they *should*. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 08:38 1
        
        i don't....nm - x Nov 1, 08:39
        
        What about when the ratings for the baseball championship are dwarfed by a regular season game of a sport that does have a salary cap? -- nm - 127 Danos Nov 1, 08:37 1
        
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        even under a salary cap, there will still be "big teams". sox yankees no longer gets ratings under a salary cap? -- nm - TFox Nov 1, 08:34 1
        
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        Oh hell no...that will never happen. Which means a ton of people will continue to root against the yankees. -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:33
        
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        I'd say that's a pretty safe bet. Teams like the Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and yes, ever my Cardinals... - Jim Nov 1, 08:32
    - Call it rooting for the little guy, the underdog. Watching the teams with the #10 and 26 payrolls beating out the teams that try to buy the Series. -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:21
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Actually it's all a plot by the bridal-industrial complex to reduce the amount of wedding gowns available on the secondary market, thus forcing you to - znufrii Nov 1, 08:16 52
- think of all the girls today who want to wear their mom's 1980s dress! -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:18 50
  - Think of all the women in the next year who'll gladly wear 2010 styles....at a substantial discount. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:20 26
    - then no one should ever save theirs. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:20 25
      - unless they're planning on using it again or giving it to a child. I for instance would not save mine. -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:23
      - Oh for crying out loud.....really? Some women have an attachment and wish to keep them. Others don't. For those that don't feel keeping their dress - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:22 19
        
        Yes, I know. But don't play the "someone else needs it" card. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:24 18
        
        If you can play the "I'm much more worried about 3rd world textile industry" card...I don't think the "someone else needs it" card is too out of whack - Jim Nov 1, 08:26 15
        
        Sure I can. It's a scale difference. There aren't boatloads of used dresses getting dumped in Ghana. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:26 14
        
        *shakes head* -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 08:30
        
        I think what I was trying to say is that Will's suggestion that some women could use the cheaper wedding dress - Jim Nov 1, 08:30 12
        
        You're policing whether I love the dress or not. If I have a sentimental attachment then I can keep it. If I don't have a sentimental attachment, you - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:32 11
        
        it's wasteful! "I am attached to this soda bottle. I will keep it." "I am not attached. I will trash." no. we recycle. -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:34 9
        
        I think buying DVDs is super wasteful. Should I think less of people who do? -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:36 8
        
        Oh for christ sake. It is if you buy them and then chuck them when you're done with them. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:37 2
        
        if no one buys them, they don't get made. Tons and tons of plastic saved. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:39 1
        
        *confused* And people end up out of work in production and thus, their fiancees need cheaper wedding dresses - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:41
        
        do you recycle? -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:36 4
        
        absolutely. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:37 3
        
        because you wouldn't just throw it in the garbage, right? well, why would you do that with perfectly good clothing? -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:38 2
        
        Oh jeez, you win. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:39 1
        
        Yay! -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:39
        
        I don't even know what your arguing anymore...so you win. -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:34
        
        well, i know who doesn't need it. a garbage dump. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:24 1
        
        so throw it on a compost heap when you're done. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:25
      - no-one is saying that. we're saying 'why waste it?' why trash something, for no reason, that has value to someone else? - Andie Nov 1, 08:22 3
        
        all I am saying is, do what you want to with the dress. Saving it for sentimental reasons is arguably just as wasteful as trashing it. - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:23 2
        
        so you own *nothing* that you keep only for sentimental reasons? no old love letters, no mix tapes, no clothes that just don't quite fit? -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:25 1
        
        not much. I'm an anti-hoarder. I keep a few things but personally would not keep a dress. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:25
  - Think of all the girls getting married in the next year who can't afford a grand for a dress, but could sure wear Kelly's for $250? -- nm - Jim Nov 1, 08:19 20
    - or people who won't spend $4k on a single-use item. not just "can't afford," but "are smarter than..." -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:21 18
      - there are many options less than that already. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:21 17
        
        Let's say...$400. That's a decent chunk of change to people. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:23 16
        
        you can do it cheaper than that, I know many who have. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:24 15
        
        Of course you can. You also....get what you pay for. Whereas "2nd-hand" is an instant large discount. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:30 11
        
        You're ok with me saving it, but if I am not attached, then it's immoral to do something else with it? - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:31 10
        
        It's the same immoralness I see from anyone wasting perfectly good materials when there are so many without. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:33 3
        
        out of all the wasteful things people do, all the trash they generate, it's ridiculous to focus on one dress. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:34 2
        
        (listen to yourself here) -- nm - TFox Nov 1, 08:36
        
        Micro vs macro.....both are shockingly wasteful. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:36
        
        it's wasteful. like throwing away any other article of clothing. I donate. -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:31 5
        
        a lot of the ones you donate go in the trash anyway. You are just handing off the responsibility. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:33 4
        
        oh my god. have you never set foot in a goodwill? a salvation army? those stores exist for a reason. because people shop there. - Andie Nov 1, 08:36 1
        
        do a little googling and see how many clothes they get that are not sellable. That's the stuff that goes to the third world. - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:38
        
        I did my 'moral' part and paid it forward. If there's no one to receive it...oh well, I tried. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 08:34 1
        
        *precisely.* -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:36
        
        the closest I can relate is my prom dress, which I bought for $20 a year early. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 1, 08:25 1
        
        I actually buy tons of clothes at end of season sales and wear them the next year or two years later. that's smart shopping. - chromanda Nov 1, 08:33
        
        if you buy it used, sure. -- nm - chromanda Nov 1, 08:25
    - ohfer. It's not as if EVERYONE is trashing the dress. there are plenty of used ones available. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:20
  - no, but i'd *gladly* wear my aunts dress from 1959. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 08:19 1
    - I couldn't fit into any relative's dress without multiple amputations. -- nm - saint loosilu Nov 1, 08:19
- don't underestimate the stupidity of the American public -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 08:17
An error occurred while processing this waste -- nm - con_carne Nov 1, 08:14 1
- poopsie -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 1, 08:15
oopsie -- nm - decline Nov 1, 08:14

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