phuturephillies wrote:Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

But they dont live in America?

I thought oriental was the slur when used for a person.

The Red Tornado wrote:technically, race-wise youre asian, altho I'd argue that youd be able to spot the difference between an Indian and a Chinaman just as easily between a European/Caucasion and a Chinaman.

Either way, your fellow Indians sure have been buying up all the Dunkin Donuts franchises in my area.

don't forget about the 7-11s. i think that an indian actually bought the franchise, straight up (DD, that is).

i've never seen a non-24/7 dd.

also, Bose is Indian. and my last name. please don't make me regret disclosing that y'all.

My cousin told me you need to show close to a $1 Million in bank before you can buy a DD franchise. Indian families partner together to buy them

The Red Tornado wrote:

phuturephillies wrote:Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

But they dont live in America?

I thought oriental was the slur when used for a person.

ummm........forget it.

td11 wrote:

The Red Tornado wrote:technically, race-wise youre asian, altho I'd argue that youd be able to spot the difference between an Indian and a Chinaman just as easily between a European/Caucasion and a Chinaman.

Either way, your fellow Indians sure have been buying up all the Dunkin Donuts franchises in my area.

don't forget about the 7-11s. i think that an indian actually bought the franchise, straight up (DD, that is).

i've never seen a non-24/7 dd.

also, Bose is Indian. and my last name. please don't make me regret disclosing that y'all.

nah, the 7/11's in my area are owned by Koreans

big asian population in my area (North Wales)

Woody wrote:My cousin told me you need to show close to a $1 Million in bank before you can buy a DD franchise. Indian families partner together to buy them

there's 4 of them in a 1 mile radius that's 2 miles from work, so I rotate which one I patronize each day so no one thinks Im addicted to their coffee and muffins

Tattaglia's a pimp.

The Red Tornado wrote:

phuturephillies wrote:Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

But they dont live in America?

I thought oriental was the slur when used for a person.

A lot of Asians aren't Chinese. The term you used was acceptable like 40 years ago, but so were a lot of other words.

phuturephillies wrote:Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature.

Especially for Chinese females.

Barack Obama will be campaigning with Oprah Winfrey today in Iowa. The two campaign stops in Iowa are expected to draw tens of thousands of people. By campaiging with Obama, Oprah is expected to overtake Hiillary Clinton for the lead in the Iowa polls.

Barack Obama will be campaigning with Oprah Winfrey today in Iowa. The two campaign stops in Iowa are expected to draw tens of thousands of people. By campaigning with the popular and charismatic Presidential hopeful, Oprah hopes to raise her profile and promote her talk show: "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

i wonder where Barack Obama will be campaigning with Oprah Winfrey today

Does anybody watch boxing anymore? I was going to rent the Mayweather/Hatton fight tonight but it's $55. F that- I'll just wait until next week and I'm sure someone will be selling the DVD on eBay for like $10.

Maybe 10 years ago I would have paid the money, but now I prefer MMA anyway. Boxing needs a heavyweight superstar in the worst way.

Phight On! wrote:Does anybody watch boxing anymore? I was going to rent the Mayweather/Hatton fight tonight but it's $55. F that- I'll just wait until next week and I'm sure someone will be selling the DVD on eBay for like $10.

Maybe 10 years ago I would have paid the money, but now I prefer MMA anyway. Boxing needs a heavyweight superstar in the worst way.

It'll probably be on HBO next week for free, don't pay the 10 bucks

I got rid of HBO when Sopranos finished. Although I'll probably turn it back on for the final season of The Wire. My cable bill (with internet) was approaching $200 so I had to cut back somewhere.

Phight On! wrote:I got rid of HBO when Sopranos finished. Although I'll probably turn it back on for the final season of The Wire. My cable bill (with internet) was approaching $200 so I had to cut back somewhere.

Surely you're subscribing to enough services that you're entitled to some kind of package deal discount.

ColeforPresident wrote:

Phight On! wrote:Does anybody watch boxing anymore? I was going to rent the Mayweather/Hatton fight tonight but it's $55. F that- I'll just wait until next week and I'm sure someone will be selling the DVD on eBay for like $10.

Maybe 10 years ago I would have paid the money, but now I prefer MMA anyway. Boxing needs a heavyweight superstar in the worst way.

It'll probably be on HBO next week for free, don't pay the 10 bucks

I still watch boxing. When I lived in PA a bunch of friends would get together and we would just split the cost of the PPV events. Now that I've moved and none of my new friends are into boxing, I just go to a bar to watch the fights I want to see.

And while it may be true that HBO will be showing the fight next week, it's still a premium channel and probably costs more than $10 a month so ebay might be the way to go for Phight.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Phight On! wrote:I got rid of HBO when Sopranos finished. Although I'll probably turn it back on for the final season of The Wire. My cable bill (with internet) was approaching $200 so I had to cut back somewhere.

Surely you're subscribing to enough services that you're entitled to some kind of package deal discount.

I know this was discussed on here somewhere... if you just call the cable company and ask to speak to the retention department you can usually work out a discount with them.

I actually did that already- twice. Once was a legitimate problem with my internet connection and I had techs out to my apartment like 5 or 6 times and they still couldn't fix the problem. So I called Comcast and told them that I was switching to DSL if they didn't run a new cable into my place since we tried everything else. Two days later someone came out and ran the new cable and I never had a problem again. I complained that it took too long to fix and they gave me some kind of deal where I only had to pay $99 a month for 6 months or a year.

The other time I told them I was switching to DirecTV and they gave me a similar deal just because it was expensive but then it went back to the normal price.

So I'm not sure what they will do if I go for the hat trick.

Oprah Winfrey campaigned with Barrack Obama today in Iowa. The two spoke in front of huge, enthusiastic crowds. And ten lucky people in attendance received free makeovers.