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I *LOVE* this. - Will Hunting Jan 7, 07:09
Ohhhhh, I feel much better. I'm almost feeling okay. *swigs dayquil* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 07:07
NY question for znufrii - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:50 10
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade? -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:52 8
  - it was very much not the Brooklyn Bridge Park. It was rather quiet though some people were walking their dogs. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:54 5
    - oh, I think I know the place, but don't know the name. I'll ask my friend in Carroll Gardens. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:55 4
      - looking at the few pictures on Google Maps, maybe it was the Promenade. But where exactly on the map? I can't find it. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:58 3
        
        it's just north of Brooklyn Heights (fancy houses), and overlooks the Gowanus (aka the BQE aka I-278) -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:59 2
        
        technically, it's the BQE at that point. It doesn't become the Gowanus until you get south of the tunnel. -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 07:12 1
        
        what's that, a quarter mile? :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 07:13
  - your mojo is slow. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:52 1
    - bah -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:52
- I'm not z, but is it the Promenade? -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:51
good news for mandy! Pennsylvania police to stop issuing citation for profane language. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 7, 06:48
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Charlie Crist will be joining the law firm Morgan and Morgan today. - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:46 7
- How long until he comes out and writes a book? -- nm - MDH Jan 7, 06:59
- I can confirm the IM - please help a sistah out - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:54 3
  - He's our former Governor. Old, overly tan white dude who went from a Republican to Independent because he was losing to Rubio, basically. - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:56 1
    - interesting - I am fairly certain I will never have to deal with him - Epiphany Jan 7, 07:09
  - Former Gov of FL who lost to Marco Rubio in a US Senate race 2 months ago -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:55
- "For the people." - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:51 1
  - Yep - some locations are easier to deal with than others - but cautionary tale - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:55
ST Poll #Beaker -- On a scale of 1 to 10, how fast of a walker are you? 1 = slowest 10 = fastest - znufrii Jan 7, 06:41 21
- 5 -- nm - psilotum Jan 7, 06:59
- About a 6, 7 if in a hurry. -- nm - LMS Jan 7, 06:49
- probably 8 or 9 -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 06:46
- use to be a 7 now I am a 5 -- nm - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:44 1
  - I got a co worker who is a 10 - always - any faster and she would be jogging -- nm - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:45
- 6 while "strolling", 8 normally -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:44
- I used to walk fast (and have always been described as a "bounce" walker). I've slowed it down the past few years, so ... 7. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:44
- 4 -- nm - decline Jan 7, 06:43
- Before knee surgeries: 9.5 Now: 5 -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:43 3
  - there are days I know the knee is feeling exceptionally well because... - Mel Profit Jan 7, 06:44 2
    - I must have had on my Extra Special Orthopedic Skechers. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:46 1
      - ...with jet packs. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 7, 06:47
- 8 -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:43
- 8 or 9. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:43
- Radiolab had an episode about this. Average walking speed of people in a city was strongly correlated to only one thing: - nubby Jan 7, 06:42 4
  - size by population or geography? -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:43 3
    - Population. And this was worldwide, not just North American. -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 06:44 1
      - It's audio-only, but here's a link. -- (link) - nubby Jan 7, 06:46
    - height - decline Jan 7, 06:44
- Between a 4 or a 5. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 7, 06:42
- 9 -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:42
New study: Walking speed may indicate how long you will live (faster = longer) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 7, 06:36 30 1
- nice! -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:40
- No no no...it's harder, better, faster *stronger*. -- nm - Daft Punk Jan 7, 06:40
- Theme parks molded me into the fast-walker that I am today. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:38
- yeah!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:38
- woohoo! i'll live forever! -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:37 25
  - word. I'm practically slow jogging when I walk. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:37 24
    - One of the foundations of my marriage is that we are both fast walkers -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 06:39 23
      - They're OK if they stick to their own kind (and to the side, out of my way) -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 06:42 18
        
        yes, out of the way. why are there always groups of like 5 slow-walkers taking up entire sidewalks? -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:47 17
        
        and they have to stretch all the way across. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:50 16
        
        and do the same thing in store aisles. Bastards -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:50 15
        
        if you want the city dwellers here to go nuts, let's start talking about slow walkers in the subway. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:51 14
        
        *exit train* *stop, look around* -- nm - Slow Walker si Jan 7, 06:55
        
        "Get out of my way or I will knock you over." -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:53 7
        
        don't come to a stop at the top of the elevator! -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:54 6
        
        My pet peeve is the escalator standers that prevent walkers from passing on the left. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 07:01 3
        
        I find that rarely happens on the subway here, but when it comes to the mall, these rules are forgotten -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 07:03
        
        don't even get me started. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 07:02 1
        
        For my mental health's sake, I don't think I could take living in DC for this reason. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 07:11
        
        *gets on the train and stops in the middle of the doorway* -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:56 1
        
        i just push then. and i'm not that pushy. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 07:08
        
        It's "stand on the left and walk on the right" correct? Or is it "stand on the left - TWuG Jan 7, 06:52 4
        
        The real frustrating part is "take a slow step inside the train. Stop. Look around. Decide where you want to sit/stand. Move there." -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 06:53 2
        
        some people cannot grasp that there is a crowd of moving people behind them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:55 1
        
        My favourite memory of this is two people (bf and gf it seemed) are running to the train just as the doors are closing. - Roger More Jan 7, 07:01
        
        oh my god. They deserve for me to give them a hard shove in the ass with my big boot. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:53
      - slow walkers drive me batty. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:40 3
        
        word -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:40 2
        
        The worst is when they want to join me. Me: "I'm heading out for a walk." Slow walker: "I'll join you!" - loosilu Jan 7, 06:41 1
        
        (note: Specifically referring to exercise) -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 06:42
it boggles my mind that an autographed puck by Jonathan Toews is priced 3 times that of one of the greatest players of all time (Beliveau). -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:34 5
- Somewhat related. We got our All Star and Skills Comp tkts this past week. Oh they look good. I don't even want to break them apart so we can frame - HdnAgnda Jan 7, 06:37 1
  - *jealous* Be sure to try and get autographs on a schedule or book or something. Frame that too with the tickets -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:49
- it depends on other things though, like how many there are. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:37 2
  - *nods* Pretty much the only guy this doesn't apply to is Mickey Mantle who was famous for pretty much signing anything - Will Hunting Jan 7, 07:05
  - oh I know, but still (especially with Beliveau being deceased) -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:38
I love what remlik posted on FB yesterday applying the Inception theme song to Ghostbusters. I want to see that take off. I bet you could make Weekend - HdnAgnda Jan 7, 06:32
I think some people were looking for TV's. The Amazon gold box deal is a 42" LCD Panasonic for $500. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:32 2
- Tempting but I'm really interested in an LED at this point -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 06:38
- My past 3 TV's have all been Panasonics, I love them. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:36
After watching the 1st part of The Sinking of the Laconia yesterday I've got a crush on the German actor Ken Duken. -- (link) - LMS Jan 7, 06:24
This hoarding stuff is fascinating! The most infamous NYC hoarders: Homer and Langley Collyer even had booby traps set up in corridors and doorways to - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:21 5
- there was an apartment fire here a few months ago, that has displaced hundreds of people. Fighting the fire was extra-hard because the tenants were - Andie Jan 7, 06:22 4
  - I had no idea hoarding was such a phenomenon. It's like all of a sudden everyone knows one. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 7, 06:25 3
    - My ex once told me of a family she knew that bought the house next door to keep all their hoarded stuff in -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 06:36
    - LYC: Our Fire Marshall was telling me some really scary stories - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:27 1
      - This is my kryptonite in ways I can't adequately explain. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 7, 06:33
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- I saw that...and that's what he should be. If you guys pony up a 2, you could bring in Orton to run McHoody's offense. - Jim Jan 7, 06:25 3
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    - why not as DC? Wasn't that Frazier's position, did it get filled when he was promoted? - Beaker Jan 7, 06:28
    - That intrigues me...I'd have thought Singletary would go the DC route...but he'll be great as a position specific coach like that. - Jim Jan 7, 06:28
- ooh...might have to give it another shot... -- nm - Fav-ruh Jan 7, 06:21
- Scared to death if he was my HC, but he seems like an above average OC. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:18
The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 9.4% -- its lowest level since May 2009 -- (link) - ty97 Jan 7, 06:04 6
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- See? You can thank us now. -- nm - New Republican Congress Jan 7, 06:13 4
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    - The only # that will get play with the people is unemployment going from 9.x to 9.4. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 07:03
    - Those are not the numbers you are looking for. *waves hand* -- nm - New Republican Congress Jan 7, 06:16 1
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oops. - znufrii Jan 7, 06:04 7
- No big deal, there's always a third marriage. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 06:05 6
  - ... - znufrii Jan 7, 06:06 5
    - Just the one divorce in 2011! *cheers* -- nm - znufRoss Jan 7, 06:09 4
      - HA! -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 06:16
      - He should have married Julie -- nm - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:15 1
        
        Ross not Znu - Epiphany Jan 7, 06:21
      - et tu? -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:11
Can someone attempt to convince me that Andrew Luck's decision is in any way smart? -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 05:55 18
- I used to have this argument with a friend of mine. I was always Pro Stay in School (even as a recent college drop-out)... - Mel Profit Jan 7, 06:42
- It's risky, but I agree with David, it's not a stupid decision. Dude wants to graduate and wants to stay at Stanford another year. - Jim Jan 7, 06:04 8
  - If he's 100% guaranteed the same money, that's the only way I'd agree with his decision. - nubby Jan 7, 06:16 7
    - I don't see a CBA getting done without a rookie salary cap. My whole argument hinges on that being a fact (instead of just my opinion). - Jim Jan 7, 06:27 3
      - Still, if he gets hurt or underperforms, he may drop like a rock. -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 06:44 2
        
        See, with the cap, the risk is in injury more than dropping. - Jim Jan 7, 06:57 1
        
        If this is true and I have no reason to doubt it then it makes sense. - Mel Profit Jan 7, 07:17
    - it's not always about money. -- nm - decline Jan 7, 06:21 2
      - I would love to see him him just walk away from football and become an architect. -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:25
      - And this kid comes from money - his point of view is decidedly different than most. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:24
- define "smart". -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 06:03
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  - and Jim posted a good concise argument for staying as well. -- nm - TFox Jan 7, 06:04 1
    - I should bookmark this...I don't know that anyone has ever used those words in that order describing me before. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 7, 06:04
- It's a huge risk. - Strongbad Jan 7, 06:01 2
  - worst and most likely case harbaugh leaves; Luck has to learn a new offense and drops like Leinart -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:27 1
    - Although Harbaugh has now turned down his alma mater AND the opportunity to be the highest paid coach in the league. - Jim Jan 7, 06:29
- word -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 05:59
Piers Morgan's first guest (Larry King's replacement) will be - Strongbad Jan 7, 05:55 1
- When Ego's Collide -- nm - LMS Jan 7, 06:12
Netflix streaming adds more streaming titles: Blade 2 and the ever classy Smokey and the Bandit (1 and 2) -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 05:41 8
- Holy moley, 129 new items. But after looking, the ones you mentioned (and Breakin'!) are the only mentionables, looks like. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:31 4
  - As always, I was excited to see a big dump hoping for Disney but then it was mostly crap -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 06:35 3
    - Disney makes sooooo m uch on DVDs why would they ever do this? -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 06:50 1
      - It's for the TV episodes. We get most of our DVDs from the library and instant stream the Disney channel shows we don't get on cable -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 06:58
    - yup -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 06:39
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- *Rebrands it Redneckflix.* -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 7, 05:55 1
  - heh. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 06:08
guys, do we have a source for custom-printed beach towels? we're only looking for like 50, so the big players won't touch us. thanks in advance. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 7, 05:31 2
- find a local place that does shirts/hats etc for sports teams. they can probably do them. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 06:04 1
  - Yep. We have a local sporting goods store that does all our Scout t-shirts. They'd probably do towels if we asked them. - Jim Jan 7, 06:05
NB in December was 129 degree days warmer this year than average (largest variance in 4 years) -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 05:22
Overcharging at private gyms a common complaint -- (link) - Beaker Jan 7, 05:07 1
- Canada clearly doesn't have the societal problems the U.S. does. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 05:39
Torchlight next month... Yay. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 05:04

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