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Old 05-31-2010, 07:02 PM   #2641
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DVDs that don't let you skip the previews.
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Old 05-31-2010, 07:17 PM   #2642
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I agree Cloud. I've found that if you hit the "next chapter" button on the remote you can often get past them.
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Old 05-31-2010, 07:21 PM   #2643
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I'm watching The Blind Side. Neither the skip to the next chapter nor the DVD menu button works during the previews. bugger!
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Old 05-31-2010, 08:40 PM   #2644
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Does the Fast Forward button work through those? It does on ours. At least then you only have to watch them at 32x.
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Old 05-31-2010, 09:14 PM   #2645
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it might--forgot to try that. too late now! wow! good movie!

and a few more for good measure: !!!!!
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Old 06-01-2010, 10:18 AM   #2646
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So I deposit a $200 POSTAL money order on Sat at my bank. Today it still has not posted and when I called they said it would post tomorrow at 8am. Now had I cashed the money order at the bank on Saturday and then turned around at the same teller deposited the cash it would have shown up right away. WTF? I understand holding checks but not Postal MOs.
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Old 06-01-2010, 10:34 AM   #2647
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They'll do anything they can to delay you getting your money; these sorts of transaction delays are an interest-free loan to them. Multiply your transaction by the millions of transactions they handle every day, and it adds up to quite a bit.
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Old 06-02-2010, 07:58 AM   #2648
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Bureaucracy. Too smegging long to explain here in full and totally not worth it. Bypass paperwork, approximate desired goal within own resources.

And in unrelated matters, I spent over four hours in meetings today.
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Old 06-02-2010, 12:05 PM   #2649
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Oh boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 06-03-2010, 08:51 PM   #2650
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Puffed sleeves.

they're everywhere, and they just don't look good on women of a certain age and build.

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Old 06-03-2010, 08:55 PM   #2651
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Are they as bad as Jerry's puffy sleeves?

But I don't wanna be a pirate!
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Old 06-04-2010, 09:12 AM   #2652
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DVDs that don't let you skip the previews.
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:41 PM   #2653
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I chipped my fucking tooth (filling on my front tooth) and sliced my earlobe whilst shaving so bad that it was unable to stop the bleeding for a fucking hour. I might be more than a little irritated.
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:44 PM   #2654
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Is that like an egg tooth?
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Old 06-06-2010, 09:46 PM   #2655
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The fact that it's so hot, my fridge feels like it's a mile away from my chair...

... and also, that I don't own a helper monkey. That's damned irritating.

(Think if I took a hobo in, from the streets, and fed it... it'd work as my helper monkey?)
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