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27-Nov-2009 00:45
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Barbarella »
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27-Nov-2009 00:59
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borrro »
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wner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!! Got the keys this morning. God I'm sooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!
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26-Nov-2009 21:37
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cybergal »
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27-Nov-2009 00:59
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Winterhawk »
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It's bad enough that you stand, bovine, in the aisle, blocking any access for me, or other people to our seats while for many, many minutes you carefully fold your suit jacket and your coat and then root through your manbag, at snail speed, to get out all the many, many things you needs for this lengthy, 45 minute journey.
But is it really necessary, when you reverse the process to treat your clothes like a matador's cape, swirling it around your shoulders and whacking me in the face with it?
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26-Nov-2009 10:01
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lolasf »
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27-Nov-2009 00:58
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Liiisa »
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So as not to threadjack the other music thread, I'll post my question here:
What band or artist can you absolutely not stand? Do you have one that makes you turn the radio off or change the station as soon as you hear it?
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27-Nov-2009 00:14
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Quailia »
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27-Nov-2009 00:58
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Quailia »
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And since the Americans aren't here I'm posting Weird Turkey Cakes from the "Americans are weird" file.
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26-Nov-2009 09:26
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bevel »
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27-Nov-2009 00:58
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bevel »
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.. cities in the US and Canadia that are on the shores of the big lakes (Michigan, Ontario and Erie - those are the ones I'm looking at on a map), are they like living by the sea? Cos the lakes are that big n' all?
You can't see the other side of the lake can you? They are too big?
posted
26-Nov-2009 13:35
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natashazoe »
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27-Nov-2009 00:57
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natashazoe »
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1) I somehow put myself here willingly
2) I have another 5 days to go
FUCK.
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26-Nov-2009 23:28
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allender »
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27-Nov-2009 00:57
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Ola11 »
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I must admit Im a huge fan of The Lethal Weapon series.
They do a yearly rerun of the series and I never seem to tire watching them.
Who else here will admit to being a fan?
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26-Nov-2009 13:50
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greenleafy »
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27-Nov-2009 00:57
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Contractor »
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I just bought a shiny new iphone.
I want to have a ringtone that will make people piss themselves laughing. What can I use? Yes, I am a wanker before you say 'OP is a wanker'.
Do you think the crazy frog is so uncool that it would be sort of cool?
Whats the funniest/best ringtone you've heard?
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25-Nov-2009 19:30
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The_Lizard_Queen »
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27-Nov-2009 00:55
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Snow_White »
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... in the bank charges saga.
And I still don't understand WTF "unauthorised overdrafts" are even possible.
If your bank hasn't given you an overdraft, why is it nonetheless providing you with the facility to withdraw money from your account or to pay with your card using money which, let's face it, isn't yours. I just don't get it.
If I try doing that with my German card, the cash machine or the till at the supermarket will say "Transaction not possible", end of story, no charges incurred.
Can be a bit embarrassing but it's fair enough. You try that a couple of times, then you learn that you can't spend money that you don't have.
What surprises me is that the discussion in the UK focuses mostly on the question whether unauthorised overdrafts really cost bank this much (around 30 quid) in admin, ...
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26-Nov-2009 10:02
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jenibe »
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27-Nov-2009 00:55
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tortuga_rebelde »
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This morning I woke up to this article…
http://www.smh.com.au/business/house-prices-to-rise-further-but-theyre-worth-it-says-rba-20091125-jrta.html
Doing a 5 minute, lay person calculation of the situation means:
posted
27-Nov-2009 00:54
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natashazoe »
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27-Nov-2009 00:54
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natashazoe »
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after watching for a day or so, I have a new found compassion for (human) men.
.. am I meant to find them attractive?
How is a character like the Bill on True Blood meant to be truly appealing? He's good looking etc, but looks up at you from a bent head - which is totally awful. All meak and pathetic. Yet apparently we're supposed to believe that the main character finds him attractive.
And they are all pale and unhealthy looking too - which goes against biology in terms of factors we normally find attractive.
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26-Nov-2009 00:37
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Winterhawk »
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27-Nov-2009 00:50
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Ola11 »
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Do you think that the merchant bankers, derivative traders, hedge fund managers, sub-prime mortgage lenders and assorted other financial masters of the known universe employed at Canary Wharf, Wall Street, Zurich, etc., are going to have a wonderful Holiday Season in 2009?
As an example, Goldman Sachs is issuing over $16.7 billion dollars in bonuses to its employees. An average of $500,000+ per employee. Cleverly from PR perspective, Lloyd Blankfein has authorized the company donating $500 million to some small business foundation thingy in USA but this represents some 3% of the bonuses it will issue to its employees.
What type of Christmas bonuses will the 62,000 people who were evicted from their homes in the greater Los Angeles area this year receive? Are you going to receive a bonus?
posted
26-Nov-2009 23:04
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Quailia »
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27-Nov-2009 00:49
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Quailia »
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I have an old modem (motorola sb5100e), and a shiny new apple airport express.
They're not playing nicely together. I've called my internet provider, who apparently thinks that being a girl I won't have already tried all the reset options, and they just tell me to reset and it will work. So I tried again and it doesn't.
My geek at work tells me I need to download some firmware to update the modem so I merrily google "firmware sb5100e" and get a plethora of sites and have no idea which can be trusted, which are worth paying for etc.
Help help!
(and for the Dutchies; I'm with UPC, do other internet providers suck less?)
posted
26-Nov-2009 21:15
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the_hames »
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27-Nov-2009 00:49
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Fudgy_the_Whale »
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The Informant! was a distinctly odd yet very good movie! Too long, like most movies these days, but it was different as the storyline was entirely bananas!
Matt Damon is a howl in it!
A Serious Man wasn't in yet. I cannae wait for that one.
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