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Dell Ruined Christmas :| - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:30 6
- As I said, c). -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 14:33 1
  - That only covers my brother's gift, though, not my sister's gift. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:34
- technically your brother ruined Christmas if he can't set up his own laptop. Lazy fucker -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 14:32 3
  - ... he can set up most of it. I just have access to something that takes too long to transfer over satellite, and doesn't like being burned to DVD -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:33
  - L3. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 14:33
  - And if he'd never been born, this problem wouldn't exist at all. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 14:33
I have successfully resisted buying the 19" LCD because I don't really need it. My 19" CRT works fine. My wallet is happy -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 14:23 1
- Your wallet is stupid and fat. (Look at the poor bastard with the fat wallet, everyone. ha ha.) nm - Dignan Dec 18, 14:26
RIP, Majel Barret-Roddenberry -- (link) - Reagen Dec 18, 14:20 7
- Capt Picard will be relieved. - Mel Profit Dec 18, 14:37
- bummer -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 14:32
- oh man that fucking sucks. nm - Jovian Dec 18, 14:32
- Jeebus ... this is really sad ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 14:27
- aw shit. She was a very nice woman. -- nm - Remlik Dec 18, 14:27
- Sad. I hope she finished the voice work on the Star Trek movie. It would be a nice swan song. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 14:22
- Fuck. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 14:21
The dog seems to be constipated. Any home remedies I could try before we take her to the vet? -- nm - Dogowner Vermin Dec 18, 14:20 6
- Does your dog like vegetables? -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 14:40
- Your dog is kilbo? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 14:31 1
  - I wasn't constipated - oblique Dec 18, 14:32
- Fiber. Pumpkin would be my first choice. -- (link) - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 14:24
- This is the first post I see today? Really? nm - Dignan Dec 18, 14:21 1
  - if only you could be as lucky everyday. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 14:22
hmm, I just found a bunch of gi joe and transformers comics from the early 80s. - truman Dec 18, 14:12
LYC-It feels like Friday, I guess because I am trying to complete a deadline today. Staying late. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 14:12
Sister Winter - nubby Dec 18, 14:12 3
- Sister Christian? -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 14:12 2
  - Sister Mary Elephant? -- nm - Cheech Vermin Dec 18, 14:14 1
    - Sister Sweetly? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 14:33
It seems that every time I agree to stay late/work OT, I have a pounding headache for most of the day. - kelly Dec 18, 14:11
what is lolcats anyway? nm - Jovian Dec 18, 14:10 2
- These things. -- (link) - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 18, 14:13 1
  - or a somewhat less gentle explanation -- (link) - znufrii Dec 18, 14:22
if i want to create a page of something to become a 'fan' of on facebook, where is that? -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 14:09 2
- I don't know how to get to it but I found it in the help -- (link) - oblique Dec 18, 14:16
- Really Andie, I'm flattered and all, but this is a bit much. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 18, 14:15
dano, did the lights ever get turned on? -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 14:03 2
- Yes. Someone else finally turned them on. - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 14:06 1
  - :) - -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 14:07
I went into this cake shop today just for a quick bun or something to take on the go. There were 4 people working there inside the counter and the - Loyola Dec 18, 14:02 1
- ... I want to see an SNL digital short of this. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:04
Museum curator rebuilds the 2,000 year old Antikythera mechanism. (video!) -- (link) - Mop Dec 18, 14:01 3
- holycrap -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 14:28
- weak -- nm - Rambaldi Dec 18, 14:03
- Dang. That's cool. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 14:02
AH!!!!!!!!!! Now I know what happens if I work late in my back office. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 14:01 2
- euphemism? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 14:01 1
  - Should we ask Remlik how uncomfortable it is to sit today? -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 14:02
So I guess the consensus was No. - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 13:58 5
- Yeah, save your money. -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 18, 14:11
- with that context, i'd say no, too. hopefully it will work out better next year. -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 14:00
- I like that the very specific answer I gave you probably applies -- nm - con_carne Dec 18, 14:00
- WIN! -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 13:59
- STIS after all! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:59
this may be my favorite audience giveaway ever. martha's is getting a 4-pack of the new northern bathroom tissue. -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 13:58
so which one of these decisions that happened on this date, amounted to Epic Fail? - Jovian Dec 18, 13:54 24
- "Fail" is starting to grate on me like "lolcats" does. - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:56 17
  - *splurt* WORD. Lupus -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 13:59 1
    - Buddy. 312.50. Spa certificate! -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 14:01
  - Nah, lolcats is much much worse. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:59 4
    - lolcats at least has variety. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 14:31
    - Only becuase it's been around longer, so has had more time to grate. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 14:00 2
      - i hated lolcats from the beginning. - nubby Dec 18, 14:05 1
        
        Congratulations, I award you one internet. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:08
  - yes. -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 13:59
  - They are both by the same people, IIRC -- nm - con_carne Dec 18, 13:58
  - exactly. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 13:57
  - It's overused, but partly because it's just so apt and so succint. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 13:57 4
    - Kind of like you! -- nm - con_carne Dec 18, 14:00 3
      - I *wish* I were overused! -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 14:01 2
        
        Kid, your *face* is overused. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 14:06
        
        you need a Redmond like neighbor - Epiphany Dec 18, 14:04
  - Holocaust levels? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:57 1
    - Fruitcake level. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:58
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  - it's a win for *us*. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:56 1
    - yes, this is what I meant. nm - Jovian Dec 18, 14:09
  - but Nazis Bad. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 13:56 1
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- New Jersey, home of the frosted-tip blooming-onion bottle-tanned douche brigades! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:55
ST Poll: Since most of the gifts to my family are going to be delayed, what should I use as the excuse? - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:53 10
- But CA is the middle of bumble f. :) - lileve Dec 18, 14:18
- "I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. ....." - Joliet Jake Dec 18, 14:01 1
  - Nice :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:02
- c) delivery planes/trucks are snowed in Toronto. -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 13:59
- Blizzard. Or, wait, ninjas. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 13:58
- c) Jizz in my pants -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 13:57
- c) Solar flares disrupting the Internets tubes. -- nm - VMan Dec 18, 13:55
- c) Just blame dignan. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:55
- c.) The Dell Guy -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:55
- *ahem* I guess you can forget I said 'respectively', since I didn't say respective of what ordering/family members. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:54
There's an underwriter here who is just now asking for holiday time off. Good luck with that, Dear. -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 13:48 17
- I don't know what an underwriter does, but I know they have laboratories. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 13:51 3
  - Approve loans and such, usually. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:51 2
    - So what is she going to do if she doesn't get time off? Threaten to actually do a responsible job? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 13:52 1
      - approves a policy for a dynamite business run by rednecks - charges $ 1 premium per year -- nm - Underwriter Dec 18, 14:01
- "Otherwise, I'll sit here and approve everything. *Every*. *Thing*." -- nm - Underwriter Dec 18, 13:50
- Is she asking you? Do you get to ruin Christmas? -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:50 7
  - I sort of could in this case, but I will save the Ruining of Christmas for you and my mother. -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 13:51 6
    - Me?????? -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:53 4
      - bwahahaha...BWAHAHAHA!!! -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 13:54 3
        
        YOU'VE RUINED CHRISTMAS!!! -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:55 2
        
        Oh *Hell* yes... -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 13:56 1
        
        *laughs like a fiend* - Epiphany Dec 18, 14:02
    - heh. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 18, 13:52
- $5 says she's travelling somewhere. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 13:48 3
  - She told me last night that 10 people are coming to her condo for Christmas. i think she's stressed and needs more time away to clean/get ready. - Diva Dec 18, 13:50
  - with non-refundable tickets. "what, is this a problem??" -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 13:50
  - Heh, I just recently asked for time off, but I'm not travelling anywhere ... - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:49
The bottom of the board made me laugh. Well done. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 13:48 1
- It's like you can see the letters getting sucked into the gears. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 13:50
Andie: That was UPS. Haven't done a Purolator price check yet. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:46 1
- Purolator comes in $20 cheaper, which is muoy bueno, but it means I have to get a card ready ASAP because they close at 6pm (stupid stupid stupid) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:56
Apple doesn't ship to P.O. boxes ... so I can't send a gift to my mom's place. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:45 3
- Ship to you, mail it to her. Extra shipping costs incurred. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 13:47 1
  - Well, that could work, because I also have to send my brother's laptop to her after *that* ships to me (Dell Ruined Christmas!) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:48
- (I'll have to get her work address) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:46
"So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- (link) - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 13:45
LIR: Doesn't Mel actually wear a thick, Hefner-like red velvet robe and white silk cravat in the bedroom? - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 13:44 16
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  - Phase 3: Profit! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:54
- I hd a smoking jacket in college. - Mel Profit Dec 18, 13:48 6
  - So did I. It was my dad's. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 13:58 1
    - I think mine was originally my grandfather's... - Mel Profit Dec 18, 14:01
  - I miss mine. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:58
  - i used to have one too, it was peacock blue patterned velvet with black lining and colour. damn, i wonder where i lost that along the way? -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 13:49 2
    - I really wonder where mine went... - Mel Profit Dec 18, 13:51
    - colour = collar. obvie. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 13:49
- I picture him with a Plaid hat, drinking a yard, getting insanely lucky at BlackJack - amoxy Dec 18, 13:46 5
  - nmbAmoxy - Epiphany Dec 18, 13:48 3
    - PIPPY!!! STALK'D!!! - nubby Dec 18, 13:54 2
      - yeahhhhhhh!!! you opened the box!! does that thingie actually really work? it looked.... intriguing. - Epiphany Dec 18, 14:03 1
        
        Of course it does! :) -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 14:06
  - I loved that the dealer ended up playing for us while we drank and hung out. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 18, 13:47
- That's been my experience. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:45
Holy Schnikies! Canwest traded at $0.34 at one point today. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 18, 13:43 4
- did you buy some of this? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 18, 13:44 3
  - Nope, but I've been watching it for months. I was undervalued at $0.75, least of all sub $0.40. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 18, 13:49 2
    - Don't wait too long, or you may miss the bottom. -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 13:56 1
      - Can't tell if sarcasm or not, but serious answer is that I won't be much longer. Waiting for new tax rules on January 1st. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 18, 13:58
Wow, there's a really good job posting at the local board of education. - Subversive Dec 18, 13:43 6
- Willing to testify against clueless teachers and demonstrate utter ignornance of web browsers a bonus! -- (link) - Norwich, CT School District Dec 18, 13:50 3
  - I've always wanted to be in the courtroom when testimony like this is given. - nubby Dec 18, 13:53 2
    - I'd get thrown out from too many "OH COME ON!" and "THAT'S NOT TRUE!" and "A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KNOWS MORE!" -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 13:54 1
      - "You have GOT to be KIDDING me!" -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 14:04
- /me faxes resume - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:44 1
  - *james from the overload* -- nm - Fax Machine Dec 18, 13:49
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- Down to just flurries here ... no major announcements/panic -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 14:04
- Fog and drizzle. -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 13:55
- 8-12" here. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 13:50 1
  - Yeah baby. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 14:30
- My mom in southwest Wisco is expecting 5-8 inches. (So there.) -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 18, 13:47
- Why are you getting weather alerts for Portland, Oregon? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 13:43
- ~licky boom boom down~ -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 13:43 2
  - +2 Qale Points. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 14:54
  - + -- nm - emoticripple Dec 18, 13:46
*js frm te overload* -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 18, 13:42
*js from the overload* -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 13:41
*jas from the overload* -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 13:40
*jams from the overload* -- nm - Dawson's printer Dec 18, 13:40
*james from the overload* -- nm - Dawson's printer Dec 18, 13:40

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