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[urbanhack]

What the hell is going on in the "My fitness app" thread??I browsed through there and thought I was on the Jenny Craig site for a minute.

we all just want to be sexy like you, dude.

Serious question....is the app really that special and is it making a difference?

 

[phishphan]

What the hell is going on in the "My fitness app" thread??I browsed through there and thought I was on the Jenny Craig site for a minute.

we all just want to be sexy like you, dude.

Serious question....is the app really that special and is it making a difference?

is it special? no, you could do the same thing many other ways.is it helping? sure. it makes it easy to keep track of daily caloric intake. I haven't found a food (that I eat) yet that isn't in there. If you're eating something with a UPC on it, you just scan it and it loads all the nutritional facts for you.It's simple, it puts real figures for what you eat in your face, and it gives you a goal which is something that has always worked for me. There's also a way to have "friends" (many of those guys are in a group of some kind), but I don't use that feature.

 

[JaxBill]

Hey GM, my son just got his first AP test result back and I was looking for more info so I started checking the twitter acct of AP_Trevor.

One of AP_Trevor's recent tweets is raving about the quality of the AP English Lit conference being held at .... Milsaps College.

 

[Osaurus]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

 

[Guster]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

congrats!!start drinking?

 

[urbanhack]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

Head over to Cigar City?

 

[Disco Stu]

WOW FACEBOOK FRIENDS, THOSE INSTAGRAM FILTERS ARE REALLY COOL.

Back when the "retro" or "instamatic" filter was first introduced I thought it was pretty cool...but only if the photo was good.Now it is like "it doesn't matter what filter you use...you're still taking a picture of your freaking dessert".

Is that what's going on with Facebook photos? The ones where all the pictures look like they were shot in an 1875 Saloon with sepia tones or whatever it is? That's horrible. I just thought everybody was screwing up their camera settings. That's awful

My link

 

[urbanhack]

WOW FACEBOOK FRIENDS, THOSE INSTAGRAM FILTERS ARE REALLY COOL.

Back when the "retro" or "instamatic" filter was first introduced I thought it was pretty cool...but only if the photo was good.Now it is like "it doesn't matter what filter you use...you're still taking a picture of your freaking dessert".

Is that what's going on with Facebook photos? The ones where all the pictures look like they were shot in an 1875 Saloon with sepia tones or whatever it is? That's horrible. I just thought everybody was screwing up their camera settings. That's awful

My link

My link

 

[Tiger Fan]

So I'm selling a mattress/boxspring on craigslist and I get the following email:

Is the item still available?

How old is it?

Are you the real owner?

Legit questions or shady email? The "Are you the real owner" is throwing me for a loop?

 

[Captain Quinoa]

So I'm selling a mattress/boxspring on craigslist and I get the following email:Is the item still available?How old is it?Are you the real owner?Legit questions or shady email? The "Are you the real owner" is throwing me for a loop?

Maybe they are worried that you are just leasing it. Show them the title.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So I'm selling a mattress/boxspring on craigslist and I get the following email:Is the item still available?How old is it?Are you the real owner?Legit questions or shady email? The "Are you the real owner" is throwing me for a loop?

Maybe they are worried that you are just leasing it. Show them the title.

 

[krista4]

What kind of person schedules a meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and doesn't provide lunch?

 

[Frostillicus]

What the hell is going on in the "My fitness app" thread??I browsed through there and thought I was on the Jenny Craig site for a minute.

we all just want to be sexy like you, dude.

Serious question....is the app really that special and is it making a difference?

is it special? no, you could do the same thing many other ways.is it helping? sure. it makes it easy to keep track of daily caloric intake. I haven't found a food (that I eat) yet that isn't in there. If you're eating something with a UPC on it, you just scan it and it loads all the nutritional facts for you.It's simple, it puts real figures for what you eat in your face, and it gives you a goal which is something that has always worked for me. There's also a way to have "friends" (many of those guys are in a group of some kind), but I don't use that feature.

I'm down 21 lbs. since I started using it. I don't use the friends thing either though because I'm not a weirdo.

 

[JaxBill]

So I'm selling a mattress/boxspring on craigslist and I get the following email:Is the item still available?How old is it?Are you the real owner?Legit questions or shady email? The "Are you the real owner" is throwing me for a loop?

Maybe the sender is relocating and buying a bunch of things and just reused the body of his previous email that he had sent looking for a new car?

 

[urbanhack]

What kind of person schedules a meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and doesn't provide lunch?

a big dummy

 

[YSR]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

Congrats.I have 4 more days at this job, so I'm attempting to pack is as much Internetting as I can in that time. Not sure how much time the new job will afford me. Today will likely consist of watching S7 of Weeds, with the possibility of getting into S8. Then I will likely starting catching up on Californication.

 

[JaxBill]

What kind of person schedules a meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and doesn't provide lunch?

a big cheap dummy

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

Congrats.I have 4 more days at this job, so I'm attempting to pack is as much Internetting as I can in that time. Not sure how much time the new job will afford me. Today will likely consist of watching S7 of Weeds, with the possibility of getting into S8. Then I will likely starting catching up on Californication.

And quitting Top Shot <_<

 

[YSR]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

Congrats.I have 4 more days at this job, so I'm attempting to pack is as much Internetting as I can in that time. Not sure how much time the new job will afford me. Today will likely consist of watching S7 of Weeds, with the possibility of getting into S8. Then I will likely starting catching up on Californication.

And quitting Top Shot <_<

I got bored.

 

[Osaurus]

Hola GMTAN. Enjoying my last day of work at home with a no call no show. I highly recommend it.

Congrats.I have 4 more days at this job, so I'm attempting to pack is as much Internetting as I can in that time. Not sure how much time the new job will afford me. Today will likely consist of watching S7 of Weeds, with the possibility of getting into S8. Then I will likely starting catching up on Californication.

And quitting Top Shot <_<

I got bored.

No drinking as of yet. Gonna go re-charge my car's AC here shortly. I might even have Monday off if my paperwork and drug test have not been processed yet. A four day weekend would be nice.

 

[Seatown Mofos]

Paging Fish. Saw a story on the news this morning about a man found in a ditch in Gig Harbor. My first thought was Knuckles finally flipped.

I sure hope this guy wasn't everyone's GB Fish.

 

[General Malaise]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

 

[UOFI_316]

What the hell is going on in the "My fitness app" thread??I browsed through there and thought I was on the Jenny Craig site for a minute.

we all just want to be sexy like you, dude.

Serious question....is the app really that special and is it making a difference?

is it special? no, you could do the same thing many other ways.is it helping? sure. it makes it easy to keep track of daily caloric intake. I haven't found a food (that I eat) yet that isn't in there. If you're eating something with a UPC on it, you just scan it and it loads all the nutritional facts for you.It's simple, it puts real figures for what you eat in your face, and it gives you a goal which is something that has always worked for me. There's also a way to have "friends" (many of those guys are in a group of some kind), but I don't use that feature.

I'm down 21 lbs. since I started using it. I don't use the friends thing either though because I'm not a weirdo.

Dropped 55 pounds since January using MFP. It made me realize how much I was actually eating. I dropped the probably the first 30lbs of the weight without really exercising, just from diet change.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

I watched the first couple episodes. I like it, even though the dialogue is a bit over the top at times.

 

[Wrighteous Ray]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

My link

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

I don't know if it's the accent or what, but the producer gives me a strange bit of jumpy&quo

 

[Idiot Boxer]

k4...

How many people does the house in guatamala accomodate?

 

[shuke]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

My buddy from high school is in it, but I canceled HBO after Game of Thrones was over so I'm not sure how big of a part he got. I figure small since I did not see him once in all of the previews.

 

[Disco Stu]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

I watched the first couple episodes. I like it, even though the dialogue is a bit over the top at times.

Michael Ian Black enjoys it..."I'm not trying to carry Edward R. Murrow's torch; I'm just trying to keep the damned lights on." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"It's not a 'story.'" "What is it?" "It's a tragedy." Isn't a tragedy a story?" "Not when it's happening to you." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"Our job isn't telling the truth." "What is it?" "Telling the facts. History decides whether it was the truth." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"Forgive me, Senator, but ALL time is 'equal time.' How you spend it gives it value, and you're wasting mine." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"Why're you looking for the girl? You should be looking for the story!" "The girl IS the story." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"What's the coffee guy's phone number?" "You just found Julian Assange. You can find the coffee guy." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"But it's baseball, Will. It's frivolous." "There's nothing frivolous about baseball." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"It's Galveston. Nobody cares about Galveston." "We'll make them care." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"Get me inside the compound." "They'll kill you if you go in there." "America will kill me if I don't." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"You don't get to tell me if the story is important. The story tells me if it is important." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"It's not good television." "We're not making good television. We're making the news." #actualnewsroomdialogue

"I'll stop digging for the truth once they stop burying it" #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"This desk used to mean something." "It was never about the desk, Will. It's about the man who sits behind it." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

"History was watching tonight, Will. And you know what?" "What?" "I'm pretty sure she smiled." #possiblenewsroomdialogue

 

[Tiger Fan]

Saints FTW

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I've been off of allergy medicine for almost two months now (Hack ). It was pretty tough at first and I don't notice much of a difference during the day except when I go to bed. Apparently I'm very allergic to my silk & down pillows.

So I have two of these up for grabs. Who wants them? I can ship either washed or soaked in my magnificent head sweat.

 

[Tecumseh]

What kind of person schedules a meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and doesn't provide lunch?

A dickmitten?

 

[Osaurus]

Looks like I have a 4 day weekend lined up as my new hire paperwork will be done Tuesday at the earliest.

 

[madhatter]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Power went out in the office about a half hour ago. Boss said I have to wait it out. At 3pm on a Friday? :finger:

 

[General Malaise]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

 

[General Malaise]

Power went out in the office about a half hour ago. Boss said I have to wait it out. At 3pm on a Friday? :finger:

This is a "positive news only" page of GMTAN. Please delete this and wait to repost it on the next page of "negative news only". TIA.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

Did you refi through HARP, or something else? Been looking at options, but I'm not Freddie - Fannie with the current mortgage.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Power went out in the office about a half hour ago. Boss said I have to wait it out. At 3pm on a Friday? :finger:

This is a "positive news only" page of GMTAN. Please delete this and wait to repost it on the next page of "negative news only". TIA.

I plan on getting drunk tonight.

 

[Marvin]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

There is a thread.I watched most of the first episode and lost interest. I can't stand Sorkin's writing style.

 

[Marvin]

Anyone watching "Newsroom"? Is there a thread on here for it?

My buddy from high school is in it, but I canceled HBO after Game of Thrones was over so I'm not sure how big of a part he got. I figure small since I did not see him once in all of the previews.

WHOA! You went to high school with 'guy in coffee shop' from "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"? You're just telling us this now!?!

 

[Thorn]

Continuing the good news theme, I landed the biggest real estate transaction of my career this week. About ten times the size of my average deal. Client is very big corporation that needed local counsel. They're not Amazon-big, but still you've-definitely-heard-of-them, traded-on-the-NYSE big. I was on a conference call with general counsel yesterday. I should have asked him how his Nicaraguan empire was doing, you know, just for comparison's sake.

 

[General Malaise]

Hey GM, my son just got his first AP test result back and I was looking for more info so I started checking the twitter acct of AP_Trevor.One of AP_Trevor's recent tweets is raving about the quality of the AP English Lit conference being held at .... Milsaps College.

Well, how about that! Excellent English Dept. at Millsaps. Wonder if they tied the conference into the name "Eudora Welty" at all. They worship her at Millsaps.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

Refinance our house two weeks ago, still waiting for my "sizable" check. I think they said it can take up to 30 days FWIW. I think I'm spending my money on XOM.

Continuing the good news theme, I landed the biggest real estate transaction of my career this week. About ten times the size of my average deal. Client is very big corporation that needed local counsel. They're not Amazon-big, but still you've-definitely-heard-of-them, traded-on-the-NYSE big. I was on a conference call with general counsel yesterday. I should have asked him how his Nicaraguan empire was doing, you know, just for comparison's sake.

Congrats GB!

 

[eoMMan]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

Yeah, it's an awesome time to refi. It's crazy to see rates this low when you look back and see double digit numbers in the 80's.Congrats on the new baby or dog.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Good news report:

[*]found out one of the twins' supposed "lazy eye" is not an issue and should correct itself.

[*]I've lost 8 lbs in the past 3 weeks, which I've either done cardio or situps/pushups 6x a week

[*]Been eating very healthy (hello my fitness pal)

[*]On my way to happy hour with work folks

 

[YSR]

Finally got my official offer letter from UT today. I submitted all of the information needed for my background check a week ago and was starting to get a little concerned.

shuke> turns out there was room for negotiating, although I didn't do any of it. My new boss noticed something on my resume, took it to HR and they bumped my starting salary up 10%.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I've been off of allergy medicine for almost two months now (Hack ). It was pretty tough at first and I don't notice much of a difference during the day except when I go to bed. Apparently I'm very allergic to my silk & down pillows.

So I have two of these up for grabs. Who wants them? I can ship either washed or soaked in my magnificent head sweat.

Pillows have been claimed.

Finally got my official offer letter from UT today. I submitted all of the information needed for my background check a week ago and was starting to get a little concerned.

shuke> turns out there was room for negotiating, although I didn't do any of it. My new boss noticed something on my resume, took it to HR and they bumped my starting salary up 10%.

Sweet!

 

[General Malaise]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

Did you refi through HARP, or something else? Been looking at options, but I'm not Freddie - Fannie with the current mortgage.

Maybe? My buddy is handling it all for me, so I don't know honestly. I had a 5.37% 30-year through Met Life, but my buddy said that was eligible for a refi and we just closed on a 4.25% 30 year. Not sure all the details. It's taken about a month to complete.

 

[General Malaise]

Got a letter today from my mortgage holder, stating that had record of a $1500 check that I was owed. They're putting the check in the mail monday. Free money is awesome.

Just closed on a refi of my house. Getting back a nice sum from escrow as well as clearance to miss my next two mortgage payments. Wasn't expecting that. Hello new TV and hello Webber Grill! Also just a few months away from paying off my car. ### freeing up money in time for a new mouf to feed.

Yeah, it's an awesome time to refi. It's crazy to see rates this low when you look back and see double digit numbers in the 80's.Congrats on the new baby or dog.

lolz...BOTH! We inherited the 'house dog' in the move. I didn't know much about the dog, having just limited access to him in the year or so that my ex-wife took him in from an elderly lady who couldn't keep him after her husband died. He was really skittish and goofy when I saw him. But he's a GREAT dog. Golden Retriever/Rott mix. Looks a bit like Winston Churchill in the face...so fugly he's cute. Very well behaved and doing fantastic with the move. I think he enjoys not being locked in my sons bedroom all day while people are gone. He also is forcing the cat to lose some much needed weight. New baby touches down July 24, though I have the under. MIL comes in July 18th for a month, so I guess I have 3 new moufs to feed. Better get some chickens or something...