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LYC: The post below reminded me; Paris Hilton's new album is due out this Spring. Yes. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 08:08 4
- She recorded an album with Yes? -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 08:10 3
  - Her first album sold more copies than the last 6 Yes albums combined. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 08:13
  - 9HO125 -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 17, 08:13 1
    - quality -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:19
Jersey Shore's twice-quit Angelina is engaged -- (link) - Hotkiss Feb 17, 08:05
St Poll: FMK: Paris Hilton, Denise Richards, Rene Russo -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 08:00 21
- KFM - I love how we are all marrying Renee -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:11 3
  - She is the only quality choice on there. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 08:13
  - Rene 10 years ago woulda been an automatic F. But she's aged normal-persony/celebrity-poorly -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 08:12 1
    - assuming that forces the M on Richards, that would have been a mistake back then too. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 08:14
- MKF. Paris has money and seems fun, Rene is too old for me. Denise is annoying. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 08:10 1
  - I considered this as well, but that would mean I'd have to put up with Paris the rest of my life. - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:19
- ... society loses. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 08:10
- KFM -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 08:05
- *shoots self in head*....nm - x Feb 17, 08:02 2
  - No problems getting close to Rene -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 17, 08:05
  - quite possibly the only correct answer. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 08:03
- kill it with fire, F, M -- nm - sycor Feb 17, 08:01
- FKM -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:01 6
  - I hate Denise Richards way more than Paris, so right on. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 08:07 1
    - This. - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:18
  - wow. I thought you were smarter than that. - sycor Feb 17, 08:04
  - It'd be less fun than you think in the hazmat suit you'd have to wear. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 08:03
  - ew. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 08:03
  - *schedules you for a head exam* -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:02
- KKKKKFM. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:01
- KFM -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:00
ST poll FMK: Celebrity Birthday Edition: Jerry O Connell, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Billie Joe Armstrong ( Greenday) - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:58 3
- FMK. JGL has to play for visitor. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 08:10
- KMF. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:59
- FMK -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:59
Need some Excel help. I need to concatenate strings like this: - not2fast Feb 17, 07:58 7
- =CONCATENATE(A1,B1,"_",C1) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:02 6
  - Concatenation is probably illegal in a number of states. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 08:16
  - That almost works, except column B is a custom format with leading zeroes. The concatenate makes A001 into A1. -- nm - not2fast Feb 17, 08:06 3
    - =CONCATENATE(A2,TEXT(B2,"000"),"_",D2) - JaxSean Feb 17, 08:16 1
      - Yep, that worked. Thanks. -- nm - not2fast Feb 17, 08:17
    - did you try inserting a new column with 00 in it? (non-numeric, obviously) -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:14
  - this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:02
rewriting a multi-server database mirror rebuild script is actually only 1/10th as fun as it sounds - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:43
the real reason we're the land of the fee is that fees are soooo much more politically palatable than taxes....nm - x Feb 17, 07:43 19
- I thank the atheist equivalent of god that we don't have toll roads here. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:49 10
  - They're coming. Even out here on the prairies. I give 'em til the end of the decade. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 08:06 1
    - they already have one of those in Denver - znufrii Feb 17, 08:08
  - I recently drove to PHL from the lehigh valley exit of the turnpike and it was like $3.50. I don't get how they justify that. - mandy Feb 17, 08:03 2
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      - The worst was when I was driving the U-Haul down from NYC - znufrii Feb 17, 08:06
  - "New Jersey: The Tollbooth State" - znufrii Feb 17, 07:58 2
    - I love how Delaware's sole purpose is to collect money as you drive through. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:00 1
      - stop and buy a laptop on your way through. see that lack of sales tax? I'm willing to pay a couple bucks for the drivethrough - mandy Feb 17, 08:04
  - I would much rather pay tolls than higher gas taxes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:54
  - I'd rather have tolls than highway taxes. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:53
- Lower taxes and raise fees! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 07:48 1
  - heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:54
- Paying for all the crap with taxes would end up with businesses bearing some of that burden and ticket prices going up anyway, right? -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:48 2
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    - I mean, you would pay the same price--your ticket would be itemized differently. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:53
- GA hopped about this train last year and I imagine will be using it more and more. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:47
- That is an old trick in CA -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 07:45 1
  - Replace CA with everywhere. Our auto-registration....DAMMIT, mine's due in a week and I'm not home! good reminder... has gone from $30 every 2 years - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:47
It's such a nice day today, I think I'm gonna put the Pinch in the backpack and hike the walking dunes. sweetness - CQ Feb 17, 07:39 1
- nice -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 07:39
I is the only one in the office now, my nipple rubbing boss just left to go visit a clients office. - tRuMaN Feb 17, 07:39
LIR: Andie, my office is an old converted warehouse with little insulation with a flat sheet metal roof. It get warm in here easily. -- nm - sycor Feb 17, 07:33
Last night's Quickfire put joy in my heart. -- nm - David Feb 17, 07:32 1
- spoils - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:42
Here is a breakdown of a Toronto-Florida ticket I bought yesterday - you can see why an additional US $5 fee would be annoying: - Andie Feb 17, 07:32 45
- all they need to add is a "Fee Handling Fee $10" -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:00 4
  - Groping fee. -- nm - lileve Feb 17, 08:01 3
    - they do that for free! -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:02 1
      - Go to Logan. Ask for Manual. He's got nice hands. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 17, 08:13
    - "Anal probe fee? what's that for? -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 08:01
- Can you decline the use of USA Immigration? That saves you nearly $7 right there! -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:51 1
  - yeah, none of that is optional. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:51
- What the hell is the September 11 Security fee? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 17, 07:40 3
  - for the airlines to recoup the increased cost of security procedues at the airports. - znufrii Feb 17, 07:41
  - note, that is in addition to the OTHER security fee. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:41 1
    - I saw that. crazy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:41
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- The first surcharge is like for fuel......Thanks for finding that Andie. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 17, 07:36
- "US Agriculture fee" WTF is that? -- nm - lileve Feb 17, 07:35 5
  - That's very important. They want to prevent pests from entering the US. Florida has had a huge problem with crop diseases. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:36 4
    - seriously. pre september 11, the first question I always had at land borders was "do you have any citrus fruit?" -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:50 3
      - a citrus disease would devastate Florida's economy. (and California too) -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:54 2
        
        yeah, it just always amused me that it came before alcohol, tobacco, or firearms. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:59 1
        
        we don't care if you kill *yourself*, but leave our trees alone. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:00
- Yeah, that is pretty bad. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:35
- what the heck is the agriculture fee for?....nm - x Feb 17, 07:34 10
  - Does it pay for inspection? I always get flagged by agriculture. I totally look like someone with invasive species in my purse. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:36 1
    - food is the biggest problem. Maybe you look like you're carrying fruit. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:37
  - Beagle brigade. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:36 5
    - Here. (that's really their name) -- (link) - loosilu Feb 17, 07:37 4
      - oh, i know this is a big problem. i just didn't know we charged everyone for it...nm - x Feb 17, 07:39 3
        
        we have enough to pay for, with the interest on the debt and all, buddy. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:40 1
        
        yeah, why should I have to pay to inspect those damn orange-toting Canadians? -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:42
        
        better to charge the users, right? -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:39
  - you tell me. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:35
  - oranges. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 17, 07:35
- Good grief. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:34 9
  - and how many of those are already US fees? -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:35 8
    - well, it looks like a lot of them are specifically for international travelers. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:40 3
      - exactly why i think an ADDITIONAL $5 fee is absurd. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:41 2
        
        If I were a Canadian, then yes I'd be right with you. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:43
        
        after seeing the breakdown, I agree. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:42
    - You mean like a U.S. person travelling domestically? Or what we charge any border crosser? I'll bet this is crazy stupid and complicated with every - Amy Feb 17, 07:40 3
      - Look at this from 2007. And, when searching I saw that Obama plans on letting aiports charge higher facility fees. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:42 1
        
        The "segment tax" is nutty. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:44
      - no, i just meant you are already charging visitors an Immigration fee, and an air tax, and an agriculture fee, and a security fee.... -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:41
- when are you going to FL? -- nm - amanda jones Feb 17, 07:34 1
  - oh, i'm not going. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:34
- Geesh - that is all kinds of ridicilous -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:33 1
  - right? -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:34
Arrest reported in Auburn tree poisoning -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:29 8
- i'm thinking that calling a radio station, admitting a crime and giving your first name and location wasn't a bright idea....nm - x Feb 17, 07:32 5
  - Well, this is the SEC we're talking about -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:33 2
    - Success Excuses Cheating. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:46 1
      - If you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin! - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:48
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  - the caller ID probably helped too. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:32
- That was fast -- nm - volnelk Feb 17, 07:32 1
  - The actual radio call-in was a few weeks ago. The story went national within the past few days. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:34
Do helmets and rpotective gear make sports more dangerous by changing the style of play? -- (link) - znufrii Feb 17, 07:28 28
- there was an irish grad student at my university who started playing football in canada after previously playing only rugby - mafic Feb 17, 07:46
- There's a popular theory going around that highly padded running shoes cause people to run with greater impact. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:33 21
  - Don't tell my wife. She *loves* her Shape-Ups. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:34 20
    - I am terrified of those. They look like they're going to cause major leg injuries. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:38 19
      - They're definitely not for running in, and I'm not sure how much walking is good. But I do like mine. -- nm - mara Feb 17, 07:52 6
        
        She doesn't run in them, but they're her normal sneakers for weekends & walking on the treadmill. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:53 5
        
        I'm truly hoping for them to be taken off the market. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:58 4
        
        Up until this morning, - Strongbad Feb 17, 08:02 3
        
        ah. I really wouldn't do that. I think they pose a falling risk as well. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:04 2
        
        Um, okay. I guess if somebody feels like they'll make them fall, they shouldn't wear them. -- nm - mara Feb 17, 08:07 1
        
        if he wants to wear them to do physical work that requires lifting and balance? I'd be concerned. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:09
      - Possibly? - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:42 11
        
        it's introducing an unnatural obstacle on your feet to force your body to move in a way for which it is not designed. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 07:44 9
        
        unnatrual instability. I can't figure out if it's more dangerous for hte ankles or the knees. - loosilu Feb 17, 07:45 8
        
        like any tool, I'd imagine it depends a great deal on how they're used. - znufrii Feb 17, 07:49 2
        
        the company encourages you to wear them constantly. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:55 1
        
        oh, I'm sure they do. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 07:56
        
        I'm not arguing your point - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:47 4
        
        one data point is meaningless, as you know. I am expecting articles any day about how those damn things cause injuries. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:48 3
        
        If you see any, please forward them my way. - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:51 2
        
        apparently the first lawsuit was recently filed. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:52 1
        
        Here's an article about the recent lawsuit. Based on this (and other comments) the risk seems to be to knees and hips. - loosilu Feb 17, 07:53
        
        landing on your heel is injury-causing, fwiw. - loosilu Feb 17, 07:43
- and if you want to see a violent game, watch the Major League Lacrosse sometime. I'm always shocked players aren't killed. -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:31 1
  - lacrosse is nothing. watch a hurling game sometime. it's kind of like lacrosse without the pads, and the sticks are more like clubs. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:44
- this is always an interesting argument comparing hockey now to when they didn't wear helmets -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:29 2
  - Didn't high sticking penalties soar after helmets were introduced? nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:32 1
    - pretty much. wait till they get rid of fighting -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:59
Walt is the drop in US people going to Canada just the passport rules though? The dollar must be having a greater impact I would think. -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:28 7
- the dollars have been pretty similar for most of the time the passport rule has been in effect. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 07:41
- I mentioned that in an IM on B2.....I am sure that the dollar is the biggest one but it all adds up in discouraging travel..... - Walt_Disney Feb 17, 07:35
- yeah, i would think the weakening u.s. dollar was the biggest factor there....nm - x Feb 17, 07:29
- the passport is a big obstacle to a lot of people, I'm sure. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:28 3
  - I don't have one. So, Canada isn't in my plans but Wyoming and Montana are. - Bacon Feb 17, 07:34
  - sure, but the dollar has gone from 1:1.40 to even, that is a huge difference -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:29 1
    - true. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:29

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