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[shuke]

Who am I supposed to bet on today? I swear I saw someone with some picks in here, but I have been drinking quite a bit and have a bit of an imagination

It's been a while for me so take this with as many grains of salt as you wish, but I'm firing back up today.In order:GB -3Cin -3.5Was -3.5Oak +5Dal -7

So my account balance only allowed me to bet two units, and by units I mean American dollars. Bet one on the pack and the parlayed everything for the other. How do I reload my account? Looks like Neteller is dead for US.

 

[cosjobs]

How fishy does this seem to you?

Thanks for your response, my name is Frank M. Ryan from Canada.

I'm moving to your area soon, I work with EPA here in Toronto, I was

transfer from Toronto to carry out research work with Environmental

Protection Agency(EPA) in your state. Here is little about myself,

I'm a Doctor, i speak English and French, am single, fun, loving,

clean, and respectful of others, don't drugs/smoke. My father is

from US and my Mother is from Canada, am { 30yrs old/M }. I attended

University of Toronto, where i gain my Medical Doctor (M.D.) a

physician's degree and Masters.

I'm coming for a short term stay, the lease is for how many months?

am ready to sign the lease agreement as soon as i get there. I'll like

to pay for the first month rent fee now... I'll would have like to

come and check the room before renting but am very busy here with my

preparation, i will love to see 1 or 2 of the room pics. I'll like

you to tell me little about yourself, please let me know the total

amount for the first month rent and payment will be done in Us dollar

certified check.. It's my employer that will sponsor me and

responsible for my rent and traveling expenses. Kindly get back to me

with the below information, so that the check will be send out to

you.Please get back to me with the cost and i will be glad to update

you and make the payment in advance to show you how serious and for

you to secure the room for me.

Full name to be on the check :-

Street address (not P.O Box): -

City:-

State:-

Zip code:-

First Month rent fee :

Mobile number:

I wait for the information from you as soon as possible, so that i

can forward it to my empolyer to issue out the check for the first

month rent, you can hold on the place for me upon my arrival. If you

have any agreement form to fill out, the lease agreement will be sign

with my physical signature on my arrival. I'll be using the room

started from Jan .

My information

Frank Mike Ryan

200 Elizabeth St

Toronto, ON M5G 2C4

+1 805-364-0287

Thanks for your co-operation

It sent off quite a few warning bells in my head and a quick google confirmed it to be a scam artist.

Interesting. What exactly is the scam?

Probably (fake) company sends me (fake) cashiers check for more than the price quoted and he tries to get me to Western Union him a refund before I find out its a bad check.I got a different email this afternoon. Eerily similar and certainly no coincidence.

I am interested,I will be coming on this vacation with my wife from

UK,our trip will be sponsored by my wife's employers in the states and

payment will be done by US certified check.please let me have the

following information so that the check can be sent to you.

Name which you want to appear on the check:

Address (not P.O Box):

City:

State:

Zipcode:

Tel:

Total Amount

Hope to hear from you soon.

 

[cosjobs]

TB could salvage my morning bets. Need a 2 Pt conversion here and an overtime win

 

[Guster]

Who am I supposed to bet on today? I swear I saw someone with some picks in here, but I have been drinking quite a bit and have a bit of an imagination

It's been a while for me so take this with as many grains of salt as you wish, but I'm firing back up today.In order:GB -3Cin -3.5Was -3.5Oak +5Dal -7

So my account balance only allowed me to bet two units, and by units I mean American dollars. Bet one on the pack and the parlayed everything for the other. How do I reload my account? Looks like Neteller is dead for US.

Where are you playing? I was able to load on SB with my regular visa debit card

 

[Guster]

TB could salvage my morning bets. Need a 2 Pt conversion here and an overtime win

Halfway there. If TB can win in OT, it'll be a +4u swing for me

 

[Osaurus]

TB could salvage my morning bets. Need a 2 Pt conversion here and an overtime win

Halfway there. If TB can win in OT, it'll be a +4u swing for me

Things are looking up for you.

 

[Bogart]

Cadium causes cancer. The government now prefers Zinc plated fasteners to Cad plated ones.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

My computer has the AIDS. I need a new one. Considering a Mac for the first time (we're iEverything other than this) but found, as expected, that wading into any Mac v. PC threads here is beyond my tolerance(hi, goonsquad!). Any thoughts from the GMTAN crew, whom I trust?

Also would be interested, if there were such a thing, in a tablet that acted a bit more like a laptop than the iPad. We have an iPad that I love, but I need the ability to edit documents more easily and upload photos, for instance. Love more of a tablet due to constant travel that argues in favor of something as light as possible.

TIA, will answer yours.

I have an iMac at home and my work HP laptop. Either is fine really. Macs can be quirky, but once you figure out how to use them, are really good. I grew up on windows machines, so those are more native/comfortable for me. That said, I have to reboot my work laptop at least a couple times a week because programs get locked, etc. the last time the iMac was rebooted was when I lost power a month or so ago. If I were you, I'd look into a Mac book air mirror while naked.

fixed

Oh god no.

I mean this with all of my Friends-Of-Feminism badges on, and with all due respect - but I really don't think you are the best judge of this. It's just too close for you to evaluate fairly. So, I think your friends here - who have nothing but your best interests in mind - should be your guide.

 

[shuke]

Who am I supposed to bet on today? I swear I saw someone with some picks in here, but I have been drinking quite a bit and have a bit of an imagination

It's been a while for me so take this with as many grains of salt as you wish, but I'm firing back up today.In order:GB -3Cin -3.5Was -3.5Oak +5Dal -7

So my account balance only allowed me to bet two units, and by units I mean American dollars. Bet one on the pack and the parlayed everything for the other. How do I reload my account? Looks like Neteller is dead for US.

Where are you playing? I was able to load on SB with my regular visa debit card

Intertops. I haven't tried with my cc yet, just figured it wouldn't go through.

 

[General Malaise]

Blazing Five!

Buccaneers (-1.5) at Panthers

Saints (-4.5) at Raiders

Browns (+8) at Cowboys

Packers at Lions (+3.5)

Ravens at Steelers (+3.5)

3-2 last week and he got crapped on.

might want to check on Joe Haden's status before betting on the Browns. Even if he does play I don't like it. One of the few games in which the Cowboys will have the coaching edge in addition to the talent edge.

but Dallas is one of those wierd teams that plays like #### at home and CLE is coming off the bye. Just something to think about.

Teased to +14 works great for me. Jason Garret is a horrendous coach.

Almost as horrible as Chip Kelly.

 

[General Malaise]

Who am I supposed to bet on today? I swear I saw someone with some picks in here, but I have been drinking quite a bit and have a bit of an imagination

Indy +9.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at 10 now, but I'm not biting

FWIW, lumpy in the gambling thread has NE as a "cadmium" lock.

Is cadmium a good or bad metal?

I think it's pretty good?

Not real good to play with nor inhale, but batteries use them and stuff.

 

[bentley]

Who am I supposed to bet on today? I swear I saw someone with some picks in here, but I have been drinking quite a bit and have a bit of an imagination

Indy +9.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at 10 now, but I'm not biting

FWIW, lumpy in the gambling thread has NE as a "cadmium" lock.

Is cadmium a good or bad metal?

I think it's pretty good?

Not real good to play with nor inhale, but batteries use them and stuff.

Good, but not as good as Sepultura.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Watching the live tgiving special on food network and imagining Giada and Rachl Ray doing dirty, dirty things to each other

Slap it high?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Watching the live tgiving special on food network and imagining Giada and Rachl Ray doing dirty, dirty things to each otherSlap it high?

I'd slap it low myself.

 

[bentley]

Spent the afternoon with the boys hanging out with a friend of mine that recently lost his wife of 30+ years to liver cancer. Really hoping that I go before AngryWife because things kinda suck for him right now.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Watching the live tgiving special on food network and imagining Giada and Rachl Ray doing dirty, dirty things to each otherSlap it high?

I'd slap it low myself.

 

[charvik]

Spent the afternoon with the boys hanging out with a friend of mine that recently lost his wife of 30+ years to liver cancer. Really hoping that I go before AngryWife because things kinda suck for him right now.

#### cancer, again. Just learned a guy that worked for me passed from liver cancer. A month and a half from diagnosis to the end... Unreal.

 

[charvik]

K4> what's the primary usage for portable/travel machine? I work with all flavors, and have found usage patterns really dictates which one to go with.

 

[Abraham]

K4>. I know people that use an iPad with a keyboard case ($70) and it works great. My dad is a college professor and sits in his chair all day surfing the web and reading books and then whips out the keyboard for grading papers and stuff. He loves it.

That said, I have a MacBook Air 11" and I can not rave about it enough. I use a 16" pc at the office that I like as well, but there will be weeks that go by when I look up and realize the air has been doing 99% of my work. It's a great machine and worth the money. Mac isn't that different then pc in my opinion. There are some cosmetic things (file system, etc) but it isn't a huge learning curve or anything like that.

 

[charvik]

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity isn't a bad option either, besides the iPad4 suggestion above. The question is if you are ok with the android OS.

If you do a lot of work in Microsoft applications a Windows 8 machine could be ok, but I haven't seen a top end machine I like enough to recommend yet. Then again, I've only tried 3-4 of the windows tablets available.

 

[krista4]

K4> what's the primary usage for portable/travel machine? I work with all flavors, and have found usage patterns really dictates which one to go with.

K4>. I know people that use an iPad with a keyboard case ($70) and it works great. My dad is a college professor and sits in his chair all day surfing the web and reading books and then whips out the keyboard for grading papers and stuff. He loves it.

That said, I have a MacBook Air 11" and I can not rave about it enough. I use a 16" pc at the office that I like as well, but there will be weeks that go by when I look up and realize the air has been doing 99% of my work. It's a great machine and worth the money. Mac isn't that different then pc in my opinion. There are some cosmetic things (file system, etc) but it isn't a huge learning curve or anything like that.

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity isn't a bad option either, besides the iPad4 suggestion above. The question is if you are ok with the android OS.

If you do a lot of work in Microsoft applications a Windows 8 machine could be ok, but I haven't seen a top end machine I like enough to recommend yet. Then again, I've only tried 3-4 of the windows tablets available.

Thanks so much, guys!I've been researching online today and it seems to be coming down to the Macbook Air (not sure which) or the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, which seems to be very highly reviewed everywhere.

I do need to be able to run a lot of Microsoft applications--I work a TON in Word and a moderate amount in Excel and PowerPoint. That along with basic web-surfing and watching live streams of kittens are pretty much all I need. Oh, and as mentioned I already have an iPad and need something instead from which I can upload pictures on vacation--we take hundreds on every vacation and I need to be able easily to get them onto the device, which is why a laptop is good. I also hate not having Flash on the iPad. Otherwise it does pretty much everything I need. I don't mind the lack of keyboard on iPad--in fact I bought a keyboard case and never use it as I just liked the touchscreen better.

Ideally because I travel so much I wanted something pretty light. When I travel with just the iPad it seems a breeze compared to my laptop. That's why the two I mentioned were appealing as well.

Is it a pain to try to work in Microsoft applications on a Mac? This would be a big issue for me.

 

[charvik]

There are decent virtual machine applications for Mac which would allow you to run windows if needed, but Mac does have the office suite as well. As long as you don't venture outside of those apps you should be good.

Even if you go android, open office should work just fine.

 

[charvik]

I would probably go with the lightest, most powerful MacBook Pro, or whatever they are called nowadays. Should be easy I transfer any photos for upload and with the office suite for Mac, you should be fine for work as well.

 

[krista4]

I would probably go with the lightest, most powerful MacBook Pro, or whatever they are called nowadays. Should be easy I transfer any photos for upload and with the office suite for Mac, you should be fine for work as well.

Thanks! I'll take a look.

 

[charvik]

What kind of camera do you have? SD card, cable transfer only, discs?? Either way, make sure the laptop/MacBook comes standard with that port.

I use SD cards in my cameras, and wouldn't dream of getting a laptop without an SD slot. Makes things so much easier.

ETA: I just checked the MacBook Pro's and they all have an SD-slot. Weight seems to be the biggest factor in choosing between the 13 and 15, I would go with the 15 myself, because the extra screen real estate is worth a lot when working in Excel on the road. (about an extra lbs in weight, 4.5lbs vs 5.6)

If you don't worry too much about price (which I assume is the case since it is "work related", hence deductable/expensable) I would definitely get a 512Gb Solid State drive. Solid state drives are expensive, but they are also very fast, and with a max memory option that thing would fly.

ETA2: I would think the full weight, with power adapters, machine and bag should be around 7.5lbs, which isn't too bad for a traveling kit. I would expect the price (if you go with the above) to be around 2.5 - 3k.

 

[kevzilla]

My GB is a dork.

<a href=http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/?action=view&current=20121111_084320.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/20121111_084320.jpg border=0 alt=></a>

 

[charvik]

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity isn't a bad option either, besides the iPad4 suggestion above. The question is if you are ok with the android OS.

If you do a lot of work in Microsoft applications a Windows 8 machine could be ok, but I haven't seen a top end machine I like enough to recommend yet. Then again, I've only tried 3-4 of the windows tablets available.

Here's the Asus: http://eee.asus.com/en/transformer-infinity/specification/Total weight with the docking station (keyboard, extra battery up to 24-ish hours and SD slot) is 2 lbs, maybe .5 lbs more for charger, and you are considerably lighter. If you use Open Office on the Android platform you get basic Office functionality. A bunch of people I know use this and like it a lot. Going to guess the total cost is between 1k to 1.5k (the dock is a must, and so is maxing memory)

 

[General Malaise]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

 

[General Malaise]

My GB is a dork.<a href=http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/?action=view&current=20121111_084320.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/20121111_084320.jpg border=0 alt=></a>

Taking link tips from Hipple?

 

[charvik]

For the Windows devices I'm liking the looks of this one: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ad/envy-x2/overview.html

HP Envy x2. I has all you need, and Windows/Office for work. Out in December, and expected price is around 900 - 1200 I believe.

 

[charvik]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

Wife has a Volkswagen Routan. Very comparable to the Honda Odessey, but $10k cheaper.

 

[General Malaise]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

Wife has a Volkswagen Routan. Very comparable to the Honda Odessey, but $10k cheaper.

Rhymes with "crouton"?

 

[charvik]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

Wife has a Volkswagen Routan. Very comparable to the Honda Odessey, but $10k cheaper.

Rhymes with "crouton"?

Sure, if Crouton was spelled Croutan? no idea how it's pronounced, just that it's a cheaper option, and German, not Japanese.

 

[Bogart]

It seems like Baltimore and Pittsburgh play six times a year and always at night.

And my latest commercial crush is the mom in the Samsung phone "kids made you a video, I made you a video" commercial.

I want to do naughty things to her, and we can film it for Samsung if they make it happen.

 

[krista4]

What kind of camera do you have? SD card, cable transfer only, discs?? Either way, make sure the laptop/MacBook comes standard with that port.I use SD cards in my cameras, and wouldn't dream of getting a laptop without an SD slot. Makes things so much easier.ETA: I just checked the MacBook Pro's and they all have an SD-slot. Weight seems to be the biggest factor in choosing between the 13 and 15, I would go with the 15 myself, because the extra screen real estate is worth a lot when working in Excel on the road. (about an extra lbs in weight, 4.5lbs vs 5.6)If you don't worry too much about price (which I assume is the case since it is "work related", hence deductable/expensable) I would definitely get a 512Gb Solid State drive. Solid state drives are expensive, but they are also very fast, and with a max memory option that thing would fly.ETA2: I would think the full weight, with power adapters, machine and bag should be around 7.5lbs, which isn't too bad for a traveling kit. I would expect the price (if you go with the above) to be around 2.5 - 3k.

I do cable transfer from the camera.I wasn't planning to deduct. I'm pretty conservative with stuff like that.

 

[General Malaise]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

Wife has a Volkswagen Routan. Very comparable to the Honda Odessey, but $10k cheaper.

Rhymes with "crouton"?

Sure, if Crouton was spelled Croutan? no idea how it's pronounced, just that it's a cheaper option, and German, not Japanese.

might go test drive one of those. wonder what a used one will run me.

 

[General Malaise]

It seems like Baltimore and Pittsburgh play six times a year and always at night. And my latest commercial crush is the mom in the Samsung phone "kids made you a video, I made you a video" commercial. I want to do naughty things to her, and we can film it for Samsung if they make it happen.

Also like the mom in some car commercial where the dad is parallel parking. She says "are you sure that will fit in there".

 

[Mr.Pack]

My GB is a dork.<a href=http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/?action=view&current=20121111_084320.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/20121111_084320.jpg border=0 alt=></a>

Taking link tips from Hipple?

+i copied and pasted that 3 times and got nothing each time.That might make me a bigger dork.

 

[charvik]

Tech chat is to me what mini-van chat is to Krista.

I sorta liked the turkey cooking stuff, though.

Wife has a Volkswagen Routan. Very comparable to the Honda Odessey, but $10k cheaper.

Rhymes with "crouton"?

Sure, if Crouton was spelled Croutan? no idea how it's pronounced, just that it's a cheaper option, and German, not Japanese.

might go test drive one of those. wonder what a used one will run me.

We got my wife's at carmax:2011 Volkswagen Routan S

4D Pass Van, 2WD, 6 cylinders, Automatic, Black, 17/25 MPG

AM/FM Stereo, 3rd Rear Seat, Quad Seats more...

Miles: 13K

$19,998

Fresno, CA

Transfer Fee: $599

Looks like a decent deal.

I'm no car expert though, but the wife is very happy with it.

ETA: The above is not my wife's car, it's from a search I just did at carmax.com

ETA2: I think the one she has is an SE. Dubble DVDs, which would be perfect for you.

 

[General Malaise]

Pitt +9.5 is going to sink me, isn't it? :(

 

[mr. furley]

Also like the mom in some car commercial where the dad is parallel parking. She says "are you sure that will fit in there".

so hot

 

[General Malaise]

Had a terrific overnight trip with Kellen down to Eugene for the Oregon game. It was his 10th birthday gift/celebration and it was probably one of the best memories either of us has and will have being father/son. Just had a blast. He's really growing up. We had a pretty nice hotel room in downtown Eugene that was a gift from my friend from SFO who had to cancel on going to the game. Kellen thought it was sooooo fancy. We walked about 5 miles on the day, around town, around campus, to the stadium, back to the hotel. Kid swam in the indoor pool for an hour while I read the paper and sipped on a cold one. Then we got room service at like 11:30pm and stayed up late just talking about life and watching the History Channel. He's made the transformation from little kid to young adult and it was really cool bonding with him.

When I dropped him off with his mom today, he had a little tear in his eye and said "I'm so sad the weekend is over, that was the best time of my life". Cool kid, really cool memory for us. Game sucked, but the weekend ruled.

Also, I had heuyvos rancheros (sp?) for brunch with him this morning and I'm reminded of that tonight as I shake the walls of my living room. :vuvuzella:

 

[General Malaise]

Also like the mom in some car commercial where the dad is parallel parking. She says "are you sure that will fit in there".

so hot

Yeah...got caught pausing this one on DVR the other day.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Had a terrific overnight trip with Kellen down to Eugene for the Oregon game. It was his 10th birthday gift/celebration and it was probably one of the best memories either of us has and will have being father/son. Just had a blast. He's really growing up. We had a pretty nice hotel room in downtown Eugene that was a gift from my friend from SFO who had to cancel on going to the game. Kellen thought it was sooooo fancy. We walked about 5 miles on the day, around town, around campus, to the stadium, back to the hotel. Kid swam in the indoor pool for an hour while I read the paper and sipped on a cold one. Then we got room service at like 11:30pm and stayed up late just talking about life and watching the History Channel. He's made the transformation from little kid to young adult and it was really cool bonding with him. When I dropped him off with his mom today, he had a little tear in his eye and said "I'm so sad the weekend is over, that was the best time of my life". Cool kid, really cool memory for us. Game sucked, but the weekend ruled.Also, I had heuyvos rancheros (sp?) for brunch with him this morning and I'm reminded of that tonight as I shake the walls of my living room. :vuvuzella:

 

[kevzilla]

My GB is a dork.

<a href=http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/?action=view&current=20121111_084320.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Kevzilla/20121111_084320.jpg border=0 alt=></a>

Taking link tips from Hipple?

Tried to do this from my phone, selected the wrong code. Let's try again.

 

[kevzilla]

While I'm at it, I had this happen to my rented RV at 60 mph. Good times.

 

[SofaKings]

While I'm at it, I had this happen to my rented RV at 60 mph. Good times.

Sandra Bullock at the wheel?

 

[General Malaise]

While I'm at it, I had this happen to my rented RV at 60 mph. Good times.

Is that some of your magic hair in the tire?

 

[kevzilla]

While I'm at it, I had this happen to my rented RV at 60 mph. Good times.

Is that some of your magic hair in the tire?

It's steel wire, so your confusion is understandable.

 

[cosjobs]

Had a terrific overnight trip with Kellen down to Eugene for the Oregon game. It was his 10th birthday gift/celebration and it was probably one of the best memories either of us has and will have being father/son. Just had a blast. He's really growing up. We had a pretty nice hotel room in downtown Eugene that was a gift from my friend from SFO who had to cancel on going to the game. Kellen thought it was sooooo fancy. We walked about 5 miles on the day, around town, around campus, to the stadium, back to the hotel. Kid swam in the indoor pool for an hour while I read the paper and sipped on a cold one. Then we got room service at like 11:30pm and stayed up late just talking about life and watching the History Channel. He's made the transformation from little kid to young adult and it was really cool bonding with him. When I dropped him off with his mom today, he had a little tear in his eye and said "I'm so sad the weekend is over, that was the best time of my life". Cool kid, really cool memory for us. Game sucked, but the weekend ruled.Also, I had heuyvos rancheros (sp?) for brunch with him this morning and I'm reminded of that tonight as I shake the walls of my living room. :vuvuzella:

who won?