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Forum: Social Studies 20 June 2013, 04:20 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 107
Posted By WildaBeast
Now people from the Midwest are going to be...

Now people from the Midwest are going to be convinced they really do have "neutral" accents.
Forum: SLC 20 June 2013, 03:16 AM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
It's been years since I've actually bought...

It's been years since I've actually bought anything from eBay, but I thought they did offer the option of a Dutch auction, or at least they used to. Or maybe they just called it a "Dutch" auction,...
Forum: Rantidote 20 June 2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 291
Posted By WildaBeast
Well, it's all cleared up now. I was actually...

Well, it's all cleared up now. I was actually pleasantly surprised that AT&T was actually quite helpful and reset my password for me. I was lucky that I was able to find a document with my old DSL...
Forum: Rantidote 19 June 2013, 11:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 291
Posted By WildaBeast
Yep, as I suspected Yahoo's response was just to...

Yep, as I suspected Yahoo's response was just to tell me to contact AT&T.
Forum: Rantidote 19 June 2013, 10:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 291
Posted By WildaBeast
I couldn't find any phone number for Yahoo, but I...

I couldn't find any phone number for Yahoo, but I filled out their help request form.

Answering what color underwear I was wearing would have been easy; I only have one color. But they dont...
Forum: SLC 19 June 2013, 08:53 PM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
Well the entire reason I asked was because I did...

Well the entire reason I asked was because I did encounter a situation where I needed to use snopes' name at the beginning of a sentence, but I take it you're weren't being serious.
Forum: Rantidote 19 June 2013, 06:24 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 291
Posted By WildaBeast
Icon02 My email account may have been hacked

I got to work this morning and tried to check my Yahoo email account as I do every morning. Except this morning Yahoo isn't accepting my password, and I know I'm typing it correctly. This is a...
Forum: SLC 19 June 2013, 05:07 PM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
I didn't say that, but usage on this site was...

I didn't say that, but usage on this site was primarily what I was asking about.



So I used it wrong in the dreams thread then...
Forum: Social Studies 18 June 2013, 08:57 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 458
Posted By WildaBeast
Not exactly. When you pay for cable service that...

Not exactly. When you pay for cable service that money goes to the cable provider, and the programs themselves are paid for through advertising (apart from premium channels like HBO). You can still...
Forum: SLC 18 June 2013, 07:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 95
Posted By WildaBeast
Icon95 Things you learned in your dreams last night

Snopes drives a black 1963 Dodge Dart (apparently my subconcious has conflated him with Tom Magglozi from Car Talk). When he parked it at the very top of one of San Francisco's famously steep hills,...
Forum: SLC 18 June 2013, 07:19 PM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
When the word "snopes" appears at the beginning...

When the word "snopes" appears at the beginning of a sentence, should it be capatalized?
Forum: SLC 17 June 2013, 10:02 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 9,658
Posted By WildaBeast
Did you know that the a cappella band from Scrubs...

Did you know that the a cappella band from Scrubs is in fact a real band called The Blanks (http://www.theblankswebsite.com/), and they have an album, and it includes most if not all the songs they...
Forum: Rantidote 17 June 2013, 08:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,235
Posted By WildaBeast
She thought they were like bonobos...

She thought they were like bonobos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo#Sexual_social_behavior), apparently.
Forum: Rantidote 17 June 2013, 04:36 PM
Replies: 887
Views: 95,643
Posted By WildaBeast
Yeah, I thought of that. The main reason I...

Yeah, I thought of that. The main reason I didn't bother was because I'd already bought a new chair at that point.
Forum: SLC 17 June 2013, 04:28 PM
Replies: 1,001
Views: 99,643
Posted By WildaBeast
I decided to pretend I was homeless and sleep on...

I decided to pretend I was homeless and sleep on the sidewalk in front of my house wrapped in a couple of old blankets instead of in my bed. Then I decided the concrete sidewalk was too hard and...
Forum: SLC 16 June 2013, 07:28 PM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
Well, I don't think it's uncommon for McMansions...

Well, I don't think it's uncommon for McMansions to be build such that each family member has their own private bathroom, plus at least one on the ground floor for guests, etc. My parents' friends...
Forum: Fun House 16 June 2013, 07:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 854
Posted By WildaBeast
Hey, Seattleites have been dressing up their...

Hey, Seattleites have been dressing up their statues for decades.
Forum: SLC 16 June 2013, 03:34 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 9,658
Posted By WildaBeast
Well... she lives in Los Angeles...

Well... she lives in Los Angeles...
Forum: Rantidote 15 June 2013, 07:32 PM
Replies: 887
Views: 95,643
Posted By WildaBeast
Also, I just realized that the broken chair came...

Also, I just realized that the broken chair came with a 3 year warranty, and it probably would have been still covered (just barely; if I remember correctly I bought it in late 2010), except I didn't...
Forum: Business Bytes 14 June 2013, 10:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 905
Posted By WildaBeast
I think the bigger issue is that lots of...

I think the bigger issue is that lots of companies don't want to provide training anymore, and are expecting new graduates to pretty much know how to do their job from day one. Thus the candidates...
Forum: Food 14 June 2013, 02:40 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,458
Posted By WildaBeast
A long time ago I heard a Chinese-American food...

A long time ago I heard a Chinese-American food writer on NPR who IIRC wrote a book on the whole history of how American "Chinese" dishes came to be. I distinctly remember her saying something along...
Forum: SLC 13 June 2013, 09:45 PM
Replies: 517
Views: 18,638
Posted By WildaBeast
My local public radio station is holding a raffle...

My local public radio station is holding a raffle as a fundraiser. They make it clear that buying a raffle ticket is not considered a tax-deductable donation because you get something in return --...
Forum: Social Studies 13 June 2013, 09:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 616
Posted By WildaBeast
The AMEX cards all have an annual fee, though,...

The AMEX cards all have an annual fee, though, don't they? At least all the ones I looked at seemed to. For me, at least, I don't care how good the cash back is, I'm just not willing to pay an...
Forum: Social Studies 13 June 2013, 08:59 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 2,565
Posted By WildaBeast
This tangent reminded me of the time I...

This tangent reminded me of the time I accidentally walked in on a teenaged girl in a port-a-potty. She probably assumed she had locked the door, but she had really only moved the lock about halfway...
Forum: Rantidote 13 June 2013, 05:45 PM
Replies: 887
Views: 95,643
Posted By WildaBeast
My local public radio station is raffling off a...

My local public radio station is raffling off a car (and some other smaller prizes). The have no way to purchace raffle tickets via the internet. The only ways to buy tickets are to call them, or...
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