Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson separated

OH NOEZ MASS HYSTERIA

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dajafi wrote:

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

dajafi wrote:I'm in Prospect Park in Brooklyn waiting to meet some friends. Meanwhile, I'm watching two lesbians on a blanket kissing and caressing each other.

It's never as hot when they're real lesbians.

...also, depends on if we're talking Portia de Rossies or K.D. Langs.

In the case of the couple in the park, oddly enough, they were kind of one of each.

That's not odd at all. That's probably the hot one's first girlfriend (i.e., the one who recruited her).

Houshphandzadeh wrote:i got next

no rush there's plenty to go around

TenuredVulture wrote:So, it turns out that repairing my dishwasher and my oven will cost almost as much as buying new ones. It cost me $115 to find this out, however. Oh, and a few months ago, I did fix the oven, at about $200.

However, the repairman said I can take the $115 off the purchase of the new appliances, as long as I buy them from Sears.

I'm irritated, especially by the fact that both have decided to break around the same time. Maybe Mrs. Vulture, who is pretty good at haggling, can helps us get a good deal.

Sears has been running good appliance deals on the weekends. I loved loved loved my old Kenmore dishwasher. I lament that we didn't bring it with us and leave the guy who bought it the brand new GE we got with this house, which is the worst dishwasher I have ever owned.

My day: Wake up at 7.33 in a panic, remembering that I made service appointments for both our cars today, with the first one at 8.30.

Spend all morning getting my car serviced. With the kids pestering me every ten minutes for another donut hole that they put out with the coffee.

Get done, pick up lunch at Chik-Fil-A, dole it out, and drive home to pick up Vox's keys for my car, my laptop, and the charger for VoxJr's DS. Drive to Vox's work to pick up his car.

Drive back to get Vox's car serviced, with a pit stop at Wawa for snacks and drinks, because I know all the donuts will be gone.

And I'm still sick as a dog, and I missed my chance today to go to the doctor's office.

MrsVox wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:So, it turns out that repairing my dishwasher and my oven will cost almost as much as buying new ones. It cost me $115 to find this out, however. Oh, and a few months ago, I did fix the oven, at about $200.

However, the repairman said I can take the $115 off the purchase of the new appliances, as long as I buy them from Sears.

I'm irritated, especially by the fact that both have decided to break around the same time. Maybe Mrs. Vulture, who is pretty good at haggling, can helps us get a good deal.

Sears has been running good appliance deals on the weekends. I loved loved loved my old Kenmore dishwasher. I lament that we didn't bring it with us and leave the guy who bought it the brand new GE we got with this house, which is the worst dishwasher I have ever owned.

You're right. We got a pretty good deal--the coupon the service guy got us, plus a "friends and family discount" means that $1100 for both installed, and 12 months no interest to pay for it all. (We'll pay it off well before the 12 months is up).

But it does seem like appliances should last longer. I seem to recall my mom's kitchenaid dishwasher lasted well over 10 years, and the oven considerably longer than that.

And the oven really irritates me--what was broken on it was the electronic control mechanism. The rest of the appliance worked fine. Why would it cost $400 to replace one part on a device that probably cost $500 new?

RAAAAAAAANDY

When you make Housh your Fantasy Football Commissioner, female participation increases... well it goes from 0 to 2.

Dishwashers are on the decline, in both performance and durability. There's a lot of rants out there about that by professionals (engineers and repair guys). The cause seems to be the blessed "Energy Star" label.

So the decline of the dishwasher seems to be a cousin of Why You Have To Flush You Toilet 3 Times Nowadays.

So there's this guy in our long running fantasy football league who has always kind of sucked, and last year was pretty bad at keeping his squad current and even left open spots one week this year, but is an overall legend in terms of personality and reputation. Not sure how I'm gonna go about pushing him out.

We started fining people last year when they didn't set their lineup accordingly. I didn't vote for it at the beginning of the season but I think it ended up working out pretty well. There really was only one guy that ever has trouble keeping up but it kept him in check last year. The guys in my league are most about 10-20 years older but they are a lot of fun.

That's a great idea. I will definitely try to enact that rule.

Bucky wrote:Dishwashers are on the decline, in both performance and durability. There's a lot of rants out there about that by professionals (engineers and repair guys). The cause seems to be the blessed "Enery Star" label.

So the decline of the dishwasher seems to be a cousin of Why You Have To Flush You Toilet 3 Times Nowadays.

Well, I'm hoping part of the reason my last dishwasher crapped out at the tender of age of six was that it was a cheap emergency purchase when we bought our house and found out that the old dishwasher didn't work at all. I've learned there's something called "contractor grade" and I think we bought something one notch above it.

I have no idea regarding the provenance of the stove--that was in the house when we bought it. It wasn't old, but it wasn't new either. It's just that the part that needed to be replaced shouldn't cost as much as a new one. In fact, with the deal Sears was offering, a new one cost less than the repair would have.

if you have prize money for weekly high score, that can help too.

Well, for 90% of the league (100% if I can ditch this guy), it's not a problem.

SHould I get Mall Cop on PPV or something else? The choices aren't that great. Already seen Benjamin Button, I have no idea if I would like Knowing.

you should get drunk, strap yourself in, and make this a Random Thoughts night to remember/forget

I'm gonna smoke this cigarette just so it doesn't exist when I get home from work tomorrow.

matter can neither be created nor destroyed