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seriously, you wait until 3:30 on a Friday to tell me you can't make a conference call scheduled for Monday morning? - znufrii Feb 25, 12:30 2
- I enjoy znufrii's scheduling rants. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:37
- Dude, they are giving you notice the week before. Chill. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:36
HBO has no idea what Charlie Sheen is talking about -- (link) - Reagen Feb 25, 12:27 4
- CBS is owned by Warner Bros.? (Perhaps I'm the one hallucinating - thought CBS was owned by Viacom) Sh!t is still funny though. - Diva Feb 25, 12:43
- Kim is convinced that the Two and a Half Men ads running on FX Networks are specifically chosen to mock him. -- nm - David Feb 25, 12:33 1
  - that's hilarious. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 25, 12:35
- He really does sound delusional. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:28
What percentage of American women answered "YES" to: Do you participate in an organized bowling league? -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:24 4
- 7% -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 12:27
- I stuck with the pattern and answered 7%. Ipsos says: 5%. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:27
- 3.125 -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:26
- 85% - decline Feb 25, 12:26
Combating malaria with fungus. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 25, 12:24
ipfingerprints.com is pretty good at pinpointing you by your IP address. -- (link) - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:22 2
- depends on your definition of good. It has me in the Continental United states correctly, but misses by about 200 miles -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:24 1
  - The radiation will still get you, if the nukes don't. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:27
More library signage opinions requested. Feel free to ignore. - mara Feb 25, 12:21 39
- 160-199 should be philosphy disciplines. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 12:32 5
  - You're saying the specific subject words for 160s, 170s, 180s, and 190s? (Four different signs?) -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:33 4
    - Or "Philsophy disciplines" should be on the sign? -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:33 3
      - Right, that. and "General Philosophy" for the first. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 12:35
      - How many signs per feet of shelf space are you willing to go? -- nm - Max Feb 25, 12:35 1
        
        That's a very complex issue, and I haven't been able to even frame it in words yet, let alone make conclusions. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:37
- I don't have a problem with the example in your IM. I would combine the philosophies into one row. - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 12:29 10
  - jeez vermin, how many times? She can't go outside DD! - loosilu Feb 25, 12:31
  - We can't shelve books out of numerical order. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:30 8
    - We also can't make subjects fit neatly into one row, in most cases. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:32 7
      - Speaking of philosophy, "whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right." You friggin' quitter, you. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, ;) Feb 25, 12:33 5
        
        I know somebody that says that all the time. What does it mean? -- nm - Loyola Feb 25, 12:35 4
        
        "Do" or "Do not", there is no "try". -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:38
        
        it's a catchy aphorism spouted by annoying people. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:37
        
        It means you're right that you can't if you believe that you can't, and you're right that you can if you believe that you can. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:36 1
        
        So it's like a saying that says if you believe in anything enough, it's true? -- nm - Loyola Feb 25, 12:38
      - you should just throw out the books that don't fit neatly -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:33
- For my library I print off a classification tree for each shelf with the titles embedded. Seeing the titles in sequences helps me identify the class - Max Feb 25, 12:28
- Numbers and then the 100-level words -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:24 8
  - 100-level, meaning "Philosophy and psychology" for the 100s, but nothing more specific? -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:28 7
    - Yep. Keeps it simple, keeps it from being paralysis by choice and then you get people wandering - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:30 6
      - The thing is, the level of specificity can't be consistent because some sections are very much larger than others. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:32
      - The sections are pretty big, though. The 600s might take hours to look through, if you scanned all the shelves. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:31 4
        
        make the signs specific enough to cover one aisle. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:36 2
        
        Not possible, when (for instane) the 700s end and the 800s begin in the same range. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:38 1
        
        God mara, you have tooooo many books if you can't just leave blank space between the 7s and 8s. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:40
        
        Buy more signs, use your judgment.....but don't make it so minute that you've hosed yourself - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:35
- *resolves to buy a kindle* -- nm - Loyola Feb 25, 12:24
- Mixed signs with both words and numbers. -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:24 6
  - Oh, yeah, I didn't make clear that we would never drop numbers, as long as that's how we shelve books. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:25 5
    - you should just make up your own system based on the color coding of the books. - decline Feb 25, 12:25 4
      - this is my dream. "where's high fidelity?" "there's a copy in white and a copy in orange." -- nm - amanda jones Feb 25, 12:28 2
        
        I did this once with my DVDs, but it was tough to break my normal sorting tendencies - Reagen Feb 25, 12:30
        
        "Hi, do you have the song "I Just Called To Say I Love You?" It's for my daughter's birthday." -- nm - Qale Feb 25, 12:29
      - If I were rich enough.... -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:27
- Why do you hate Dewey ? -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:23 1
  - uh oh. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:27
- words -- nm - znufrii Feb 25, 12:22
- "110: Bullshit" -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 12:22
What percentage of American women answered "YES" to: Have you ever written a book? -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:16 3
- c'mon mop. chicks can't write -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:21
- 14% -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 12:17 1
  - I'm sensing a pattern. Ipsos says: 7% -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:21
Blue-ray player with integrated wi-fi for $79. - Spawn Feb 25, 12:13 13
- Speaking of integration, are TVs with integrated Blu-Ray players worth looking into? -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:21 3
  - No. Never go integrated. If one part screws up, you are stuck fixxing or buying both again. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:22 2
    - Ah, cool, thanks. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:24
    - This. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:23
- link? -- nm - lileve Feb 25, 12:18 2
  - She saw it at Menards. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:20 1
    - Tiffany? -- nm - lileve Feb 25, 12:21
- and built-in Facebook too -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:14
- Is it a Toshiba? -- nm - David Feb 25, 12:13 4
  - Don't know, Amy saw it and said to post it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:17 3
    - There is a Toshiba model on closeout that has a failure rate in the 40% range. -- nm - David Feb 25, 12:20 2
      - so much less than Spawn's -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:22
      - She thinks it was a Memorex or something like that. - Spawn Feb 25, 12:21
Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson -- (link) - Reagen Feb 25, 12:11 6
- Hey Spawn, check FB some time. -- nm - David Feb 25, 12:13 5
  - I don't watch Parks & Rec, so no thanks. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:14 4
    - This is a jab at my approximately monthly viewing of Facebook. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 12:17 1
      - Ah. Home with the sick Bub today so I am online for the first time as Amy just came home. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:20
    - you should probably stick with Modern Family - moles Feb 25, 12:15 1
      - It's smart of you to parrot me. (nm) - David Feb 25, 12:16
...and sitmop. Boeing wins the $35 billion contract -- (link) - decline Feb 25, 12:09 1
- *shocked* -- nm - znufrii Feb 25, 12:10
bonus friday hax chat q: when (if at all) should a party host be expected to chip in for guest's expenses? (she can't afford a whole trip) - moles Feb 25, 12:08 22
- for a bachelorette party? Guests should chip in. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:28
- Oh, all guests definitely chip in. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 12:12 1
  - (except the bride, of course) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 12:12
- If you show up at the bachelor/bachelorette party, you split the costs of that party - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:12
- Guests should not be expected to share the cost. Otherwise they'd be called hosts. - TWuG Feb 25, 12:11 16
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  - for most things I agree, but for Bachelor/Bachelorette parties everybody should chip in. -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:14 14
    - Yeah, I agree. For the bachelor/bachelorette party the "host" is really more the organizer than truly the host. -- nm - pmb Feb 25, 12:17
    - Then those people should be in on the planning. If the first they hear about the party is receiving an invite and an invoice for their share, then - TWuG Feb 25, 12:17 12
      - that's kind of extreme. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:28
      - Who'd ever do this? - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:26 2
        
        Because the share would change depending on how many attended. If 5 people are invited and 1 can't come then the others' share jumps - TWuG Feb 25, 12:29 1
        
        Yeah....I just don't think for something like bachel-parties...that this is an unexpected situation - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:33
      - so if you were coordinating the bachelor party you would pay for all the lapdances? - decline Feb 25, 12:20 5
        
        If I was the host for a bachelor party I'd be looking for co-hosts and would cover the cost of a stripper or the cover for a strip club. - TWuG Feb 25, 12:27 4
        
        you're a pretty generous exception then. i've literally never attended or heard of attending a bachelor party like this. -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:28 3
        
        Yeah, I do tend to be generous, but I also like to be in on the planning when it's my money being spent. - TWuG Feb 25, 12:35
        
        I haven't attended a bachelorette party like this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:29
        
        yeah, me neither. -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:29
      - well, or they have the right to not go. (bachelor/ette party planning is an effing headache whenever travel is involved.) -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:19
      - That seems somewhat reasonable, if occasionally not feasible. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 12:18
- guests pay at bachelor and bachelorette parties, the minutia of etiquette be damned. -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:10
Cool and cute - The Robot Marathon Race -- (link) - marcel Feb 25, 12:06
What percentage of American men answered "YES" to the following question: Do you have a subscription for a fishing magazine? -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:03 3
- under 1% -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:06
- 8% -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 12:05 1
  - Close! Ipsos says 7%. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:06
For Mop: Disney + Discovery = Woot! -- (link) - oblique Feb 25, 12:00 5
- That's cool! Did you see it on my Facebook news feed? -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:04 4
  - *embarassed* - oblique Feb 25, 12:05 3
    - I often see your updates on Facebook and race to ST to post then... oops! -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 12:07 1
      - This is why Berry needs to add Facebook "Like" support in ST! - oblique Feb 25, 12:11
    - RSS FTW! -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:06
I have spin and fired up for the weekend. I blame max and dano. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 25, 11:59 1
- Fired Up is awesome :) -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:07
LIR: Xoom. The wide-screen form factor, while a little weird at first coming from using an iPad, actually rocks when turned landscape as it more - oblique Feb 25, 11:55
And they've decided to put my mother in hospice - Will Hunting Feb 25, 11:55 23
- just saw this. best wishes to you and your family. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:30
- So sorry. -- nm - pmb Feb 25, 12:18
- Very sorry to hear. My best to you and yours. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 12:17
- I am very sorry Will, I have no words. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 25, 12:17
- I'm very sorry, my thoughts go out to you -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 12:14
- I'm sorry to hear that. At least she's in the constant care of trained professionals. -- nm - David Feb 25, 12:14
- very very sorry -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 12:13
- Very sorry. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 12:13
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - lileve Feb 25, 12:12
- very sad news. sorry -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 12:09
- That's bad. Hope you're holding up. -- nm - Loyola Feb 25, 12:07
- this sucks, man. home based hospice or care at a hospice center? - TFox Feb 25, 12:05 5
  - Hospice center...my dad just couldn't do it anymore. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:10 2
    - from what you've shared about your brother, she's probably in better hands with hospice than with him. - TFox Feb 25, 12:17
    - man, I want to go have a smoke to calm down just from reading this. -- nm - sycor Feb 25, 12:14
  - Hospice, in my experience, has been a wonderful thing for helping everyone deal with what is happening. - TWuG Feb 25, 12:08 1
    - yes. so sorry, Will; but I hope this step will bring some peace and comfort to both your mom and dad. -- nm - b. Feb 25, 12:18
- I'm very sorry to hear this. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 12:04
- my thoughts are with you. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 25, 12:02
- so very sorry -- nm - decline Feb 25, 12:01
- Sad and scary times...be strong. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 25, 11:58
- Ah, sad. You're in my thoughts. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 11:58
- sorry to hear will.... -- nm - Remlik on the 'droid Feb 25, 11:56
This may be the only time people have been excited about arriving in Malta. Americans fleeing Libya have arrived. -- nm - Qale Feb 25, 11:52 5
- a lot of films get shot there, including American ones -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 11:56 3
  - Well go ahead on then -- nm - Geronimo Feb 25, 12:01
  - I defer the argument to Professor Crow T. Robot. -- (link) - Qale Feb 25, 11:59 [youtube] 1
    - A gaggle of flaccid ninnies! -- nm - mara Feb 25, 12:04
- Good to hear. That's the way my friend got out, years ago. Took the ferry to Malta on the pretext of a day-trip and just kept going. - MojaveMeg Feb 25, 11:56
ToothTag sounds frickin' cool. Also, it should be pointed out that it used the word "prosect" in a dating capacity. -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 11:52
there's so much wrong with this Old Navy commercial, but also so much that's right -- (link) - con_carne Feb 25, 11:51 [youtube]
from b3: Mara: You can have as many copies of my books as you need. :) - Qale Feb 25, 11:48 2
- Sorry, dude. I wish I could. -- nm - mara Feb 25, 11:50 1
  - I know. I'm just being self-depreciatingly silly. -- nm - Qale Feb 25, 11:51
punches you -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 25, 11:47

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