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I am winning by 30 points this week in Caveman, even with 5 guys on bye weeks - amoxy Nov 8, 13:23
in the olde days paper was expensive, it was all hand made from old rags which were both old and very ragged - zeitgeist Nov 8, 13:21 1
- old ragged rags? -- nm - mara Nov 8, 13:22
Mad Men theme meets Nat King Cole (live performance) -- (link) - mara Nov 8, 13:13 [youtube] 2
- The Chick Singer is news broadcaster Brian Williams daughter. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 13:24
- mashup! -- nm - Remlik Nov 8, 13:18
Well all four of us survived Week 9 - amoxy Nov 8, 13:11 2
- I was hoping Tampa was gonna narrow the field down to just you and me. Mr. Davis has been surviving by the hair on his chinny chin chin. -- nm - samara Nov 8, 13:23
- I won my main survivor league yesterday. ($120, thank you Browns and Packers) Though only b/c both of us finalists whiffed on our choices last week. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 8, 13:18
Alison Brie sings Santa Baby... - Remlik Nov 8, 13:08 [youtube] 6
- Wonderful. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 8, 13:19
- Annie from Community -- nm - Remlik Nov 8, 13:17 4
  - you should have mentioned boobs in the first place. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 13:20
  - *CLICKS* -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 13:18 2
    - Damn, check out the other Santa Baby clips on the suggestions list. I'm set for the afternoon. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:23 1
      - I clicked another of her videos, a collection. - Spawn Nov 8, 13:34
pmb, how was the 5K this weekend? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 13:07
Is it a violation of FAA rules to allow a passenger on the intercom? - znufrii Nov 8, 13:05 2
- I would have thrown my bag of peanuts at his head. -- nm - sycor Nov 8, 13:16
- "As first class passengers, we can do pretty much whatever we want" -- nm - Billy Idol Nov 8, 13:07
In colonial times, letters were folded into their own envelops and sealed with wax. I just want to know how to fold a letter. How can I not find this? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:05 15
- Thanks guys! -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:13
- Sounds like a Bing commercial. -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 13:12 1
  - To the cloud! -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:13
- nmbal -- (link) - mara Nov 8, 13:08
- here's one -- (link) - znufrii Nov 8, 13:07 [Image]
- IIRC, I think they show this in John Adams -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 13:07
- Because your Google skills are weak old man? -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 8, 13:06
- business letters should be folded from the bottom up first, so that when the first unfolding is done, you see who it's addressed to and their address. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:06 7
  - I found a YouTube video on this. Talk about anal. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:09 6
    - I like to put a little sliver fold on the bottom edge so the act of opening the folded letter flings white powder into the reader's face. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 13:10 2
      - and then inside: "PS that was pure gluten, ha ha ha" -- nm - Max Nov 8, 13:11 1
        
        *snorts some pure HFCS... loses 2 lbs* -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:14
    - *shrug*, it's just as easy to fold it that way as any other. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:10 2
      - No, I mean you should see the video. Holy smokes, Emily Post things this woman is nuts. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Nov 8, 13:13 1
        
        oh, heh, i'll try to find it later,. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:15
For perspective in ty's apartment search -- (link) - Karl_S Nov 8, 13:02
And, finally, the Real Estate Crush of the Day -- (link) - ty97 Nov 8, 12:56 21
- Do you see much with 2 bathrooms? Be much better if you have guests or (potentially) a roommate/house-sitter. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 8, 13:06 8
  - you people who don't live in East Coast cities are funny. - loosilu Nov 8, 13:12
  - whether I can afford a second bathroom depends on the neighborhood -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 13:08 6
    - My house has 2.5 bathrooms. :P - sycor Nov 8, 13:15 5
      - my brother has a house in KY that cost less than a condo in DC would. His master bedroom is bigger than my entire apartment. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 13:15 4
        
        crazy. I can get a 1,200 sqft apartment here for around $1,000 a month. Sure it's not DC but damn. -- nm - sycor Nov 8, 13:18 1
        
        his deck is 1500 square feet. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 13:18
        
        yeah, but he has to live in Kentucky -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 13:16 1
        
        *finger to nose* -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 13:17
- Geez. My 2600 sqft single family home cost less than that. - sycor Nov 8, 13:02 9
  - for a city, Chicago's rather affordable -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 13:12 1
    - seriously, i was thinking 'wow, that's not bad at all!' -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:15
  - similar condo costs more in the DC area. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 13:11
  - I shouldn't tell you how much my townhouse cost, then. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 13:04 5
    - probably not -- nm - sycor Nov 8, 13:14
    - It always amazes me how much real estate costs vary from place to place. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 13:06 3
      - heck yeah, our house in tacoma cost bout what a condo parking space sold for -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 13:14 2
        
        my friend Julie paid $25,000 for parking and $15,000 for a storage locker on a new unit 8 years ago. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:16 1
        
        (for the record, that was crazy expensive even for here.) -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 13:18
- I used to live a block from there. Actually twice. - pmb Nov 8, 12:58
- ooh, what if all these Redfin pictures are real estate versions of Catfish? -- nm - Max Nov 8, 12:58
Little bit of sadness in our household today. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 8, 12:55 5
- Sorry and hope you can find the dad soon -- nm - amoxy Nov 8, 13:07
- Sorry. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 8, 13:01
- how horribly sad. so sorry. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 12:59
- Very sorry for your loss, and especially about the dad. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 12:58
- so sorry for your loss - znufrii Nov 8, 12:57
Hey, nice ones, Kat Dennings. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 8, 12:53 2
- She's got a real "burn your house down because you forgot her cat's birthday" vibe to her. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 12:54 1
  - If I didn't like risk I wouldn't gamble. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 12:55
Does anyone (Mara?) know when the 2010 tax forms will be available? Google is being no help. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 8, 12:52 11
- There are draft forms available at the IRS website - Brian Nov 8, 13:05
- I'll let you know when I see it, our software at work hasn't pushed through that update yet. - MDH Nov 8, 13:05
- vaguely. The IRS will wait until late december to make sure that congress doesnt pass any changes, so the earliest they could be available is a - tRuMaN Nov 8, 13:05 2
  - votes to abolish the irs, all the US needs to do is cut wasteful spending - zeitgeist Nov 8, 13:24
  - Yep, that's kinda what I figured. I'm trying to decide if I need to make an estimated payment. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 8, 13:20
- What forms? -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 12:56 3
  - 1040 -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 8, 13:00
  - heh. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 8, 12:59 1
    - Hey it could have been a state form :-p -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 13:01
- I never see them before January -- but then I've never looked for them in December. -- nm - mara Nov 8, 12:53 1
  - Yep, I guess some of the adjustments are still not decided on. I guess I can use last years for general planning. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 8, 12:59
LYC: Sigh. If the LAist starts posting about poutine as if it is an ordinary food, I know it is probably catching on here -- (link) - con_carne Nov 8, 12:51
The Green Bay Packers have released veteran cornerback Al Harris(notes), cutting short his attempt to return to the field after a serious knee injury. -- nm - David Nov 8, 12:51
Snapple Real Fact # 675: Did you know that more than 280 countries celebrate Earth Day together every April 22nd? -- nm - Jim Nov 8, 12:49 12
- Snapple Real Fact #675a: Did you know that I typo'd that fact and that it's really 180 countries, not 280? -- nm - Jim Nov 8, 12:52 1
  - my next post was going to be that about.com says there are 195 countries in the world. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 12:53
- wiki says there are 192 UN members. are that many countries not UN members? -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 12:51 3
  - InfoPlease says there are 195 countries. -- (link) - mara Nov 8, 12:52 2
    - Tricksy Taiwan. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 12:54 1
      - more importantly FIFA ranks 207 countries -- nm - zork Nov 8, 13:20
- 279. -- nm - Joe Barton Nov 8, 12:51
- Yes. 283, to be exact. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:50
- People who don't believe that the environmental tenderness of Mother Earth today is false? -- nm - mara Nov 8, 12:50
- beep beep boop robble glah. -- nm - OEA Nov 8, 12:50 2
  - TMI! -- nm - sneezy cat Nov 8, 12:58 1
    - L4 -- nm - mara Nov 8, 13:08
sorry for your loss, dano :( -- nm - sneezy cat Nov 8, 12:48 2
- crap -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 8, 12:56
- Word. -- nm - Jim Nov 8, 12:48
One of my favorite things about this community is how much we love our pets. -- nm - David Nov 8, 12:48 5
- *ugh* I'm glad I don't have pets. They're nice in other people's house, but not mine... - Remlik Nov 8, 13:02
- *whistles* -- nm - dignan Nov 8, 12:54
- One of my favorite things about Community is Annie's boobs. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 8, 12:52 1
  - this -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:53
- *whistles* -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 12:50
Part of me wonders why a coach would pull a play like that exactly? - Will Hunting Nov 8, 12:46 26
- Part of me wonders why nobody paid attention to this when I mentioned it twice this morning. -- nm - zork Nov 8, 13:14 2
  - Because you don't talk about sports here. - Spawn Nov 8, 13:17 1
    - hey, I just mentioned Jeremy Roenick today too - zork Nov 8, 13:23
- "Pay attention." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 12:47 22
  - Meh..it's so weird a play beginning, I think it's just asking to get him killed if it's ever run again. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 12:48 21
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    - I say we make Philip Rivers run this play over and over again. -- nm - David Nov 8, 12:50 19
      - YES! -- nm - Jim Nov 8, 12:52
      - Not. Funny. -- nm - Team Autodraft Nov 8, 12:51 17
        
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        Scoring over 100 points in my bye week? I will take it. What about you, are you above .500 yet? -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:59 15
        
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        My back-ups? 4 or 5 of them are my starters. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 13:12 6
        
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        Fourth best is a mediocre I will take. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 13:16 4
        
        You're 5 pts from being 8th...so really....... - Will Hunting Nov 8, 13:22 1
        
        Considering I had *8* players on bye to get there this week? I will take it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 13:34
        
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        As of now, 4th. - Spawn Nov 8, 13:36
        
        Where do I rank on that listing? - Will Hunting Nov 8, 13:06 2
        
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        I've only had 1 matchup under 100pts... and that wouldn't have mattered since you went nuts that week. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 13:12
        
        *licks his lips* Best part, even if I somehow lose...I'm still the #1 seed. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 13:00 3
        
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        I mean, against Spawn when I get my crack at him. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 13:05
        
        My defense is a *wall*. #4 in points scored, but #1 in points against. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 13:02
damn you, ty. - znufrii Nov 8, 12:44 11
- uh oh, ty97, what if znufrii buys the house you want and you're forced to live with him and pay him rent? -- nm - Max Nov 8, 12:46 10
  - ty is moving to Philly? -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 12:47 3
    - no, you're mov.....oh J hasn't told you yet? - ty97 Nov 8, 12:48 2
      - It's funny because it could so easily be true. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:50
      - L3 -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 12:48
  - Hi-jinks ensue. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:47 1
    - seriously, can you imagine the sitcom potential if you throw JackDawson into the mix? -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 12:48
  - define 'rent' -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 12:47 3
    - I have enough difficulty defining znufrii. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 12:48
    - "buttstuff." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 12:47 1
      - unpossible. znu is buttless -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 12:48
"I know those words but not in that order." -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 12:44
Posted? Cleveland responds to LeBron's "what should I do" commercial -- (link) - mara Nov 8, 12:43 [youtube] 9
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  - Nike: We make you think. - Spawn Nov 8, 12:53 1
    - Nike: We've already bought these douchenozzles, now we have to help rehabilitate them to make our money back. -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 12:54
- That's great. -- nm - Stephen Nov 8, 12:47
- One of these days I will get around to seeing the Bron Bron commercial. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 12:44 4
  - The clip in the response are probably all you need to see. -- nm - mara Nov 8, 12:46 1
    - clip should be clips -- nm - mara Nov 8, 12:48
  - I saw it for the first time yesterday. - Stephen Nov 8, 12:44 1
    - Yeah. He really doesn't get it. Not even a little bit. -- nm - Jim Nov 8, 12:47

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