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So I'm watching a live stream of one of the HS basketball teams I cover in the provincial tournament and there's a 7 second delay on the audio vs the - Reagen Mar 18, 12:00
~baby lock them doors and turn the lights down low~ -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 12:00
How close is your home/work to a nuclear power plant - CrankYanker Mar 18, 11:56 18
- Oh, if nuclear holocaust comes, I wouldn't even have time to jump under a desk. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 12:04
- 111 miles to the closest US one, though I live 153 miles from a plant with the same containment system as Fukushima -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 12:03
- 231 miles. Next nearest: 922 miles (diablo canyon) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 18, 12:03
- funny you should ask - about 10 minutes drive - but it was decomissioned a few years ago - funny story inside - JenBro Mar 18, 12:03
- Note to people in border states: Canadians may have also discovered nuclear fission. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Mar 18, 12:03
- 48 miles -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 12:02
- And most of your clients live a lot closer than you do :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 18, 12:02
- I don't know about plant, but we're less than 20 miles from the Y-12 Nuclear Security Facility. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 18, 12:02
- Thanks, I was planning to look this up. I am just outside the 50-mile radius. -- nm - not2fast Mar 18, 12:01 1
  - Oh, good. I see the second closest one (273 miles) is right on the Gulf coast. Good plan. -- nm - not2fast Mar 18, 12:03
- 202 miles -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 12:00
- not sure if the university about 40 miles away has a plant. after that, probably 150miles. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 12:00
- closest 3: 44, 66, 76 miles. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 11:58
- around 120 km or so -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 11:57
- running or shut down? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:57 3
  - The U.S. map provided shows how close you are to a potential danger, so "running". -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 18, 11:58 2
    - they don't need to be running to be a danger, iirc, Trojan still has spent fuel stored on site, even though the plant's been demo'd... -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:01
    - no idear anymore - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 12:00
I was just in the bathroom where Jake got in a fight with the guy with the camera. No plaque commemorating the event = missed opportunity by theater -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 11:54 1
- You should have had your photo taken -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:56
there is only one question that I want answered this friday. - tRuMaN Mar 18, 11:49 2
- possibly, it will take a bunch of thing to align correctly -- nm - crash davis Mar 18, 11:54 1
  - look mister, just man the eff up, ok. - tRuMaN Mar 18, 12:01
Schatzee has become quite friendly with the neighbor's cat and looks for it in our shared entry-way when we go out in the morning. Today we met - MojaveMeg Mar 18, 11:45 7
- sweeties. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:52
- adorable -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:51
- awwwww ... so CUUUUTE -- nm - JenBro Mar 18, 11:48
- traitor -- nm - moles Mar 18, 11:48 3
  - this is so hilarious - I'm not on the board for a couple days - quickly log in to see what's up - and my post of course completely contradicts the one - JenBro Mar 18, 12:01 2
    - Sally, meet Harry -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 12:02 1
      - except he's the one with the weird food thing -- nm - JenBro Mar 18, 12:04
Is this auto-tune fad ever going to end? The BEP song on AI sounded like a 1980's robot. -- nm - not2fast Mar 18, 11:45 4
- Ooh, can somebody spoil me on - con_carne Mar 18, 11:48 2
  - I had to look it up since I was not watching that closely. - not2fast Mar 18, 11:54 1
    - Well, thanks for looking it up fo' my lazy ass :-) - con_carne Mar 18, 12:00
- ~Friday Friday Friday~ -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 11:45
so, um, what was the big libya announcement? -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:43 9
- Backing the UN Resolution. Telling Qaadafi to stop murdering his people and back the eff up. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:49 5
  - "Section 1A of the resolution reads, and i quote, 'you betta check yoself, before you wreck yoself'" -- nm - moles Mar 18, 11:51 1
    - get the hell up on outta Misrata, Bitch. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:53
  - but but but, fox news told me that "obama was fleeing to Brazil to further ignore his duties" - tRuMaN Mar 18, 11:51 1
    - Baraclusconi? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:56
  - I like this action... Certainly fits with my worldview, which is hawkish, but this is poorly thought out. There's no endgame that is a win. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 18, 11:50
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- Yes, we're going to be handing them some bombs soon probably. -- nm - lileve Mar 18, 11:45 1
  - From 20,000 feet. "Hey, look up here! Catch!" -- nm - Ender Mar 18, 11:49
I'm feeling kind of sullen still. Maybe an iCarly marathon will help. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 11:43 5
- Winning! - TWuG Mar 18, 11:48 1
  - Agreed. Phineas is way better than boring Spongebob. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 11:51
- I just finished a "marathon" with her -- nm - Justin Bieber Mar 18, 11:44 2
  - No you're with one of the Witches of Wavery Place. Which is Disney gross! -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 11:46
  - this even disturbs me on a number of levels. - Beaker Mar 18, 11:45
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sitmop: Is Randy Quaid getting ready to join Charlie Sheen's live show? -- (link) - Diva Mar 18, 11:39 1
- The two of them should get together with Gary Busey. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:43
*Zips up* -- nm - budice Mar 18, 11:36 2
- finally! the barn door's been open for months, brah. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:39 1
  - i was looking for a 'chinese food scarecrow' joke. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:40
UT/Michigan spoilers - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:35 15
- TFox, come back! -- nm - moles Mar 18, 11:48 1
  - I need Richmond to lose ASAP. I want their coach for my team. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:49
- Is the word on the street that your AD & Coach are both gone? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:42 6
  - Tennessee's governor is the main booster for UT. Hamilton is his patsy. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:46 5
    - My prediction is he's fired and ends up at NC State. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:47 4
      - He won't work anywhere else for two years since he has the Show Cause hanging over him. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:50 3
        
        agreed.... - x Mar 18, 11:57 2
        
        Frankly, this is a dream come true for ESPN. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 12:00 1
        
        yup.he's made for it....nm - x Mar 18, 12:17
- that is a real lopsided score -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:41 5
  - It was 33-29 at the half. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:43 4
    - geesh -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:44 3
      - Odd sidenote: Michigan scored no free throws in the game. I don't think I've ever seen that before. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:47 2
        
        First team in NCAA history to win a game without making a free throw. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:50
        
        someone did not practice to make perfect - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:50
a perfectly sane friday hax chat q: they are having a cookbook author over for dinner. should they cook a recipe from her cookbook? - moles Mar 18, 11:34 11
- no, make something from the cookbook ranked just above theirs on the sales list -- nm - crash davis Mar 18, 11:53 1
  - "I just love Guy Fieri, don't you?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:55
- serve only desserts -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 11:51
- No - the correct answer is to make what you do best, or make something they've never tried -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:46
- no - order in Popeyes Chicken - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:42
- If this is a business-related dinner, *maybe*. If not, and it's a weekend, it will be a work-related buzzkill for them. -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:36
- i'd say no, make something else - but the consideration was nice. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:36
- I'd say avoid it at all costs. Unless you put an interesting spin on it/make it your own. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 11:35
- why, why would you do that? you know they can make it better than you. And they probably made it alot while fine tuning the recipe. Make something - Andie Mar 18, 11:35
- no it's a lost lost situation -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:35
- totally sane, finally! and absolutely not. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 11:35
I hope the next Fallout game is not set in Japan. -- nm - lileve Mar 18, 11:32 3
- on a related note; the next Bioshock game sounds awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:32 2
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    - *splurt* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:52
Poll: How many degrees warmer is it where you are right now compared to Winnipeg. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 11:31 10
- It's 82 F here. First day not wearing a jacket in... 7 months? -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 11:57
- Smartass. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 18, 11:47
- 61 -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:43
- 64 degrees F -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 11:35
- 2 degrees and one minute and 8 seconds -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:34
- 19C warmer -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:34
- +23*C (man, it's cold in Winnipeg today!) -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:34
- +67F -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:33
- 17. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 11:32
- +16F (gonna hit 41 today! WOOO!) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 11:32
so, um, a coworker just told me that he heard there have been measurements of 800 rad/hr at fukushima. I wonder if that's true. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:27 7
- ~ heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another that we're all gonna di-i-ie ~ -- nm - Fleetwood Vermin Mar 18, 11:30 4
  - Do you mean REO Verminwagon? -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 11:32 3
    - this nmbdano - Diva Mar 18, 11:33 1
      - I just turned it in yesterday. I was given no idea of a timetable. Just a general "they are going to be hiring soon." -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 11:36
    - Oh snap. Good catch. -- nm - Dr.Vermin got it wrong Mar 18, 11:33
- *drinks more NukaCola* -- nm - oblique Mar 18, 11:29
- i hope not -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:28
Split-screen! -- nm - nubby Mar 18, 11:22
apparently there are several seltzer delivery services in NY. check out the bottles this one uses!! -- (link) - loosilu Mar 18, 11:22
The correct answer was Libya. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 18, 11:22
i feel like we have rock stars coming for meetings next week. Some one just showed me the 'notes' that they sent ahead: - Andie Mar 18, 11:22 21
- and don't forget to refresh the cookies! -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 11:27
- no orange m&ms -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 11:25
- acceptable lunch options? vs what? staples and belly button lint? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:24 16
  - *snort* -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:27
  - like sushi (wide assortment), sandwiches (mixed deli), etc are "okay." Mexican and Indian are "not preferable." -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:25 14
    - is that normal? Canadians not fans of Mexican/Indian - or that considered like " unhealthy" food - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:26 13
      - Flatulence is not something that's condusive to business meetings - con_carne Mar 18, 11:29 1
        
        but it'll make them end sooner. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:30
      - NB: the guests are American. no idea of the reasoning. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:27 10
        
        must be California hippie freaks - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:30 3
        
        california is weird. you do have the hippie vegan cuisine. but at least in socal it's more than balanced out by spectaculalrly unhealthy burger and - moles Mar 18, 11:32 2
        
        I still remember when lard was widely used in some places -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:34
        
        gizzards! - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:33
        
        The Blandy McBlandersons are coming. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:28 1
        
        in their Beigemobile LX -- nm - moles Mar 18, 11:29
        
        Are they eating and meeting? They want less mess. -- nm - Amy Mar 18, 11:28 3
        
        that's what i assume. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:29 1
        
        Or ulcers! -- nm - Amy Mar 18, 11:29
        
        Wha? When did I turn into Dr. Seuss? -- nm - Amy Mar 18, 11:28
- Vatican assassin rockstars from Mars? -- nm - Jim Mar 18, 11:23 1
  - that would be entertaining. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:24
food poll. you can only eat at 1 restaurant for the rest of your life. what is it's name & cuisine? - peglegpete Mar 18, 11:22 12
- This is tough. Maybe a good Korean food joint from K-Town. -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:40
- no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 11:26
- Marzanno, a mediterranian, well mostly italian place in a house just off a private college campus, has a little bit of this, that and the other -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 11:24
- I want to say something like Golden Corrall, so at least I'd have a wide variety, but this place rocked my shit last week: -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 11:24 6
  - We serve "dishes prepared from the finest Alaskan ingredients" .... Ostrich?? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 18, 11:27 1
    - There are a few wild herds down near Juneau. - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 11:29
  - am I crazy or are those prices pretty darn awesome for what they are serving? - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:25 1
    - Not crazy. It's win-win over there! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 11:27
  - not what I'd expect from the name, by any means... -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 11:25 1
    - Indeed. Sounds like a gay strip club. But the food is the best I've ever had in this town. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 11:26
- Anameias - Mexican -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 11:23
- Am I guaranteed to get a table? Peter Lugers steakhouse. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 11:22
Coke Zero should crack the Top 10 soon. That stuff is awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:20 3
- Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper #1 -- nm - oblique Mar 18, 11:29 1
  - Vanilla Coke Zero #0.9 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 11:30
- Top 10: Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Diet Pepsi, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Dr Pepper and Fanta - Mop (210 lbs) Mar 18, 11:21
big in japan -- nm - moles Mar 18, 11:19 2
- Although only a 1 on the Ines Sainz scale -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:21
- Yes, in Japan, 5 is "big". -- nm - nubby Mar 18, 11:20

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