Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 39 and Holding  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Oct 12, 2005 6:01:13 pm PDT #5659 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Pastafarians, rejoice!

World's oldest noodles unearthed:

The remains of the world's oldest noodles have been unearthed in China.

The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood.

Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old.


le nubian - Oct 12, 2005 6:11:12 pm PDT #5660 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

check this out:

gotta love FEMA


dw - Oct 12, 2005 6:36:58 pm PDT #5661 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

I think the old 60GB was $379, but I could be wrong.

I think it was $399. It's $369 if you have an education discount.

And definitely call the Apple store. And if they aren't willing to sell them, call other stores that carry them. I know Costco had them for $379 last time I looked (over the weekend).


dw - Oct 12, 2005 6:40:02 pm PDT #5662 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

The ump made a good call in the Sox-Angels game. Why the hell didn't Josh Paul tag him out? WTF?


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2005 7:05:45 pm PDT #5663 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

People here have had good luck with refurbished Apple products, right? Will explore options tomorrow.

Yep. My 2001-issue refurbished laptop has crashed on me once, but I had it almost filled with a bazillion files and hadn't run Disk Utility on it in forever. And it works fine today (except for Firefox, but I think it's the program that's buggy).


Lee - Oct 12, 2005 7:40:36 pm PDT #5664 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

California people: Where is a good place to stay for just one night between the SF area and Long Beach?


Kristen - Oct 12, 2005 7:48:56 pm PDT #5665 of 10002

Usually, I just pull into the first motel I see when I start to get tired but, if you want to plan and stay in something nicer than a Motel 6, San Luis Obispo is pretty much half way.


Lee - Oct 12, 2005 7:53:09 pm PDT #5666 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I could go SLO. That's a good idea.


Lee - Oct 12, 2005 7:57:32 pm PDT #5667 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

IcompletelydifferentN: Chocolate vampire bat


Atropa - Oct 12, 2005 8:02:52 pm PDT #5668 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

IcompletelydifferentN: Chocolate vampire bat

I'm assuming all of you heard the "Squeeeeeee!" coming from Seattle at that, right? 'Cos OMG, chocolate vampire bats! Must have!