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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

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


Cass - Jan 30, 2011 4:55:07 pm PST #20093 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

It is easy to teach someone to do a Rubic's cube and then practice can cut the time down.

Unlike riding a bike, you can totally forget how to do it though. I "borrowed" Nephlet's one Christmas and never could remember how to solve it.

I should buy myself one.


billytea - Jan 30, 2011 4:56:59 pm PST #20094 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It is easy to teach someone to do a Rubic's cube and then practice can cut the time down.

The point is not that he's capable of doing it, it's that he bothered to learn. It was rare enough when I was a kid, let alone now.


Hil R. - Jan 30, 2011 4:58:52 pm PST #20095 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The point is not that he's capable of doing it, it's that he bothered to learn. It was rare enough when I was a kid, let alone now.

It's easier now. There are a zillion web pages with instructions.


Dana - Jan 30, 2011 5:00:37 pm PST #20096 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Since husband is starting his new job tomorrow, we're looking at benefits. He is now going to be working at my company. For some reason, it's cheaper for me to get my insurance and him to get his separately, than it is for one of us to get employee + spouse. I don't understand that.


billytea - Jan 30, 2011 5:01:09 pm PST #20097 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It's easier now. There are a zillion web pages with instructions.

Once again, the point isn't that he's capable of doing it, it's that he bothered.


meara - Jan 30, 2011 5:04:52 pm PST #20098 of 30001

For some reason, it's cheaper for me to get my insurance and him to get his separately, than it is for one of us to get employee + spous

Because employee+spouse they assume one of you doens't work there--so they're subsidizing it to the tune of one person. Whereas with two separate policies they're subsidizing both.


Hil R. - Jan 30, 2011 5:05:56 pm PST #20099 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Once again, the point isn't that he's capable of doing it, it's that he bothered.

I mean that it's easier to bother. You don't need to find someone to teach you. I know a bunch of kids who can do it.


Dana - Jan 30, 2011 5:07:23 pm PST #20100 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Okay, I guess that makes sense, and I was kind of getting there in my mind.

I guess now we need to figure out if there's any reason, tax-wise or whatever else, we should be on the same insurance situation.


Kat - Jan 30, 2011 5:09:29 pm PST #20101 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I find myself struggling with newfound respect for the Bieber, on discovering that he can solve the Rubik's Cube in 90 seconds.

Really? That's...unexpected. I don't know how I feel about that.

Some of the laziest, stupidest and most irritating kids at my school can do it in less than 60 seconds. It's not that impressive. Plus, if you're bored and you don't mind practicing, which practice is something he obviously doesn't mind, then it's no big deal. Or so they tell me.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 30, 2011 5:10:09 pm PST #20102 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Since husband is starting his new job tomorrow, we're looking at benefits. He is now going to be working at my company. For some reason, it's cheaper for me to get my insurance and him to get his separately, than it is for one of us to get employee + spouse. I don't understand that.

At my uni, married couples aren't allowed to do that.