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- In the same way Hosni Mubarak voluntarily left Egypt. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:42 2
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    - Yeah. It's the most inexcusably bad ref'ing I can recall and I watch Duke games. - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:46
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- But do they get the lady spider dance? That's bound to get cut and I've heard it's classic! -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 08:48
- Is there ever such a small sniff of entitlement here? - OAE Mar 10, 08:45 6
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  - He's Mexican by birth. But of course you don't know that. And your generalization is pee usual gross. - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:48 1
    - this -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 09:02
  - Wow, I thought this was a stand-in. If I buy a ticket for a performance, i expect to see a finished product or be given compensation - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:48
  - do you not *read* your posts before you hit enter? - Andie Mar 10, 08:47
  - It's entitlement to want what you pay for? They bought a ticket for the show, not a preview of the show. - sycor Mar 10, 08:47
- Spider man don't sing anymore -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:44
- the previews they're seeing are no worse that what the show would've been if it had actually opened by now... -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:42 2
  - (but I do think it's sh!tty of them to not allow people to exchange tickets, at the very least) -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:44 1
    - on the other hand the last thing they want to do is lose buckets of revenue as everyone rushes to exchange their tickets for post-overhaul dates... -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:49
Repost of something Beaker already posted. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 08:35 1
- Mop? -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 08:36
Sentences that sound profound but aren't: "A sole atom is a tiny magnet." -- nm - nubby Mar 10, 08:31 1
- A soul atom is a tiny angel. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 08:38
*Gasp* The library just scored massively discounty YMCA memberships. POOL!!! And Logan can be on a soccer team! -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 08:30 6
- I need to find some cheap local way to get into a spin class -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 08:37 1
  - There's preschool parent/child soccer. I'm going to kick ass! -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 08:47
- Good for Greenwood? -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:32 2
  - The Baxter is on the north side of County Line! nmbs sorry ST - Amy Mar 10, 08:34 1
    - Do it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:35
- *BOOM!* -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:31
China posts a surprise trade deficit as exports slow -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:30
This dunk-over-a-car goes Blake Griffin's one better -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 10, 08:28 [youtube] 1
- If he had landed in the drivers seat and drove off I'd be really impressed. -- nm - pmb Mar 10, 08:30
In addition to my life long journey of decisively learning what Permanent Press means, I also need to learn to spell "occasionally" without error. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 08:20 14
- I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car, I'm only lonely after dark. I'm only lonely when I watch my tv, I'm only lonely occasionally. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:33 3
  - I love this disc. Actually, I love her first three. -- nm - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:36 2
    - word. I actually listened to the first two *this* week. - Spawn Mar 10, 08:39 1
      - I always toy with something from brave and crazy as my "first song in a new house" or "first song in new house." - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:44
- You should *definately* do that *seperately*. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 08:27 6
  - Ridiculous. -- nm - nubby Mar 10, 08:34 1
    - Supposebly. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 08:35
  - The first is my spelling nemesis. - Spawn Mar 10, 08:31 2
    - Does the trick to think of the word "finite" help? Does for me. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:33 1
      - Yup. It is just a word that I seem to unlearn as soon as I correct it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:34
  - *stab* :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:30
- musubi would *love* to spell occasionally without error. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:22 2
  - "occerrorsionally" -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 08:28 1
    - ind i mellem -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:29
I think riding the bus to work has saved me something around $170/mo for over 3 years -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:15 27
- I'm actually keeping track. I only drove for three of the four week in January and my savings were about $125 from feb to Jan. -- nm - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:38
- Do you think it's healthier, too? -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 08:36 3
  - walking is, but i think it's healthier to be in a car then a bus -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:40
  - On some days, yes. Mostly equal, though. - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:40
  - I certainly do (but I am still super fat). I walked four miles at least every day this week so far. -- nm - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:39
- I wish this city was more commuter friendly. But since I frequently have to go on sales calls anyway, I need a car. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 10, 08:27 1
  - yeah, this is another thing. I have to be able to go to client meetings on short notice. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:31
- I ride the local bus for free when I'm a student. This includes getting me to work. I'm like mandy! -- nm - wasteful government_carne Mar 10, 08:26
- Granted I pay rent, but when I moved into DC it saved me $330-350/month on metro. - MDH Mar 10, 08:19 15
  - Hmm. I was thinking (car insurance + parking + gas)-bus pass cost($64) = 170, but it might be even higher than that -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:27
  - I don't know about DC, but living not near a metro in Arlington saves me a few hundred in rent. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:23 13
    - Does Maxine count as "near metro"? Because I am trying to figure out how buying in your neighborhood is so much more costly than in his. - miss amanda phones Mar 10, 08:35 10
      - he bought years ago before the bubble. Also, I would appreciate if you would stop judging the minutiae of my living choices. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:42 9
        
        "Trying to figure out" indicates wondering about something out of curiosity rather than judging, IMO. -- nm - mara Mar 10, 08:44 8
        
        I believe she is insinuating that I lie about housing prices, buses, and god knows what else. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:45 7
        
        There's no reason to read that much into it, and several good reasons *not* to (or at least not to post that you are). -- nm - mara Mar 10, 08:46 6
        
        And let me sympathize here: I read stuff into ST posts *all* the time, and I've learned it's almost never a good idea to post about it. It makes me - mara Mar 10, 08:48 1
        
        my mistake was responding. I thought a polite response would do the trick. I did not intend to cause even more discord. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:51
        
        Since I have been asked these questions frequently, I would say there is a basis. I don't imagine mandy is genuinely - loosilu Mar 10, 08:47 3
        
        Girls, Girls, You're both pretty! -- nm - JD Mar 10, 08:50
        
        So give her the benefit of the doubt! And give yourself the benefit of not looking like an argumentative paranoid! And give ST the benefit of not - mara Mar 10, 08:49 1
        
        fair enough. My hope was to be left in peace for a few hours. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:52
    - It's definitely a tradeoff. I love where I live and pay for the location. - MDH Mar 10, 08:26 1
      - my place is walking distance from my previous job, which was awesome. no driving. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:29
- I like trains. buses, on the other hand, make me carsick. I avoid whenever possible. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:17 2
  - they have put flatscreens in the busses here they update on stations regulary...pritty neat you get the latest news constantly - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:20
  - Train transit is dead on vancouver island. Last nail in the coffin came this week. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:18
LYC: Work in Boston Update: Booking extended stay hotels sucks - MDH Mar 10, 08:03 7
- Wouldn't it be cheaper to rent a vacation condo (fully furnished)? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 10, 08:17 1
  - Probably, they are looking into this. -- nm - MDH Mar 10, 08:18
- Did you see this? -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 10, 08:14 1
  - Yep! That's great. Some athletes have done this, but very very few. - MDH Mar 10, 08:16
- I would just phone hotels in which I was interested and say "hey I need an extended stay rate." often I could get 40% off what was on, like expedia. - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 08:09 2
  - Our company has all of these negotiated rates way below market, but still nothing so far - MDH Mar 10, 08:09 1
    - Great news! The Hooker Express lets you pay by the hour! Enjoy your stay!! -- nm - Travel Team Mar 10, 08:11
Sheen raking in the dough from his new online antics -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 08:02 1
- Oh, good. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 10, 08:07
st poll: Amy inspired - are you going to buy gas on " No Gas Day" which is today. - Epiphany Mar 10, 07:56 63
- I need to, to finish my trip. Should have done it when I got in last night. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 10, 08:28 2
  - Now the torrorists have won, Mojave. Nice work! - con_carne Mar 10, 08:29 1
    - Good run up yesterday - once I got through L.A :) - Pismo Beach to Rohnert Park today. Just waiting for the fog to clear a little. - MojaveMeg Mar 10, 08:36
- If you want to have any affect, have a use-no-gas day. Enough people do that, it could temporarily shock the system. -- nm - not2fast Mar 10, 08:15
- Yes. I didn't know and quite frankly, I don't care - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:11
- sadly I may have to - but I did fill up yesterday in the hopes I won't need to - have to be in Kalamazoo this evening for a Rotary thing - it's a 4 - JenBro Mar 10, 08:10
- How about a "sell your hummer, buy a hybrid" day? -- nm - nubby Mar 10, 08:09 3
  - Give a hummer, get a hybrid. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:10 2
    - Buy me the new Sonata hybrid, and well... -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 08:17
    - mmm Hummer - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:12
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  - This tends to be how I feel -- nm - ty97 Mar 10, 08:23
  - Like the Twins showing up for playoff games. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:23 6
    - oof. -- nm - Diva Mar 10, 08:34
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      - You've become immune to the Vikings jokes...had to switch it up. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:26 3
        
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        Won't be from me; we're taking a WR likely now who doesn't thrill me. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:34 1
        
        Plus...there's still a chance as flawed as he is...he's better than your current. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 08:37
  - And yet you root for the Vikings. -- nm - pmb Mar 10, 08:14
  - Neither am I -- nm - unsatisfied Mrs. ML Mar 10, 08:07
  - so you would not hire yourself, then. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 10, 08:07
  - So, by "no" you mean you will participate. - Spawn Mar 10, 08:07 2
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      - Joiner! - Spawn Mar 10, 08:15
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    - bravo, coun sellor. -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 08:07
    - one vote to rule them all -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:07
- I'll be the obnoxious dude who answers "N/A" -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 08:05
- if I need to, which is likely. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 10, 08:03
- No, but only because I don't need to. -- nm - pmb Mar 10, 08:02
- no gas day???? should be: less gas everyday -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:02
- Is everybody filling up tomorrow instead of today supposed to teach someone a lesson? -- nm - Ender Mar 10, 08:01 19
  - or yesterday -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:03
  - If it was "Everyone Take The Bus" Day it might actually stand a chance of making an impact. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 08:01 15
    - I like this idea, but uses are crowded, and often late, as it is. - con_carne Mar 10, 08:24
    - When we finally got bus service, I looked into it, but I would have 4 transfers and it would take 90 minutes or more. I just got worried I wouldn't - Amy Mar 10, 08:11 3
      - I agree that it's not practical for everyone and bus service often sucks. - Reagen Mar 10, 08:19 2
        
        And, it's all a loop. They started these suburban routes, but they suck so now they can say they are failures and we'll never have anything better. -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 08:27
        
        The bus in LA used to be the *worst*. Then one day, I dunno, something happened. - con_carne Mar 10, 08:22
    - or even carpool. I mean, the way people are so unwilling to even *try* to conserve is maddening to me. -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 08:07 9
      - money babt money - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:08 8
        
        There's that, and there's a certain mode of living that simply requires that you have access to a car. - znufrii Mar 10, 08:10 1
        
        the question is not to drive or not but to do the driving that is needed as efficiently as possible - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:15
        
        I have no idea what you're saying besides "money" but I will say this: it should *not* be 100% about money. -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 08:09 5
        
        yup. the price of gas alone cannot change our cutural values. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:14 1
        
        ofcourse it can - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:17
        
        should not but will eventually be i fear -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:13
        
        What part of "Babt" don't you understand? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 10, 08:12 1
        
        hee -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:12
  - yeah, I don't think I get it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 08:01
  - yup, the focus should be on not *using* gas instead of not buying it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:01
- no, filled up on Tuesday -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:00
- I didn't know, and I do have to buy some. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 07:59
- no, i only buy gas on saturday or sunday morning at costco -- nm - ceregon Mar 10, 07:59
- (These things don't work.) -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 07:59 1
  - It's training for the big day when we finally stop ;-) -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 08:00
- I know. My light was on. -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 07:58
- I don't think I need it. But I would if I did. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 10, 07:58 1
  - yep. -- nm - TFox Mar 10, 07:58
- No. -- nm - amoxy Mar 10, 07:57
- no, filled up yesterday -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 07:57 1
  - this (but not intentionally to avoid it today) -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 07:57
Oof. NPR Morning Edition did an investigative story on how Muslim Americans get treated when they try to cross into the US from Canada -- (link) - con_carne Mar 10, 07:54 2
- 'Who's going to win?' " - Danedukenuuk Mar 10, 08:00 1
  - Yeah, even I was taken aback a little when I heard that part :/ -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 08:31
If you authorize access to your Twitter account, and they screw up, can you say your account was "compromised"? -- (link) - mara Mar 10, 07:53 1
- This is what they mean when they talk of making things idiot proof -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 07:54
Need some mental brillo for B2? -- (link) - con_carne Mar 10, 07:46 [youtube] 2
- 1, then 3. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 08:14
- 2, then 4 -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 07:48
I had a moral dilemma this morning. My gas pump was broken and it thought I had prepaid. - Amy Mar 10, 07:46 3
- Nice. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 10, 07:55
- you fulfilled your moral obligation by bringing it to their attention and giving them the opportunity to rectify the situation. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 07:47 1
  - It is funny though, that I tried to buy gas on "No Gas Day" and got it for free. -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 07:50
Some think the anti-union bill vote may have violated procedural rules. -- (link) - mara Mar 10, 07:44
Good morning -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 07:43 1
- 'ello govnur -- nm - Epiphany Mar 10, 07:45

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