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so fresh, so clean…

Mee-Mee-Meep Meep Go Leafs Go Meep Meep! MEEP!!!

by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions  

LD’s so fast and efficient

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions  

I left for a bit when it was just under 300, so I saw new comments and did overflow

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by loser domi on May 27, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

speaking of overflow...

tomorrow is my Friday.

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions  

you work 3 days

you hadn’t mentioned that

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by loser domi on May 27, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

must have slipped my mind…

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

how many hours do you got left?

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

3 today, and 8 more tomorrow…

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

joke of the year candidate

Finland’s olympic comitea (?) thinks finland should get 12 medals in Vancouver… I think they forgot this in fact is not sweden…

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions  

maybe 12 medals, but not in popular events. Maybe the individual events nobody watches anyway?

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by loser domi on May 27, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

unless they don’t poison norwegian and austrian ski jumpers finland won’t even get 1 medal… 12? I’m thinking they were stoned when said that

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

so yeah, Moyes is running the Coyotes and it seems the bankruptcy will stand…

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions  

I hope Odin’s doing okay.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

also I hope the governors doesn’t let balsille in

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

I imagine they fold the team before they let him have it

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

well if he’s the only bidder it sounds like they may lose control of the situation…

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Its still

unlikely that Balsillie will garner much support from the board of governors

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by Winkle on May 27, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

didn’t they approve him when he tried to buy Pittsburgh?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe, but how many failed bids ago was that?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

uh…. 3?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wishful thinking. B of G mean absolutely nothing now. The key is whether the team can break its lease. That’s the only hope for Phoenix fans.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Isn’t it some amazingly large amount of money if they do?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well that’s up to the judge. The lease agreements are generally able to be broken in the case of a bankruptcy. In this case though the city of Glendale and the NHL will argue that the lease can’t be broken. It depends how the lease was written.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

2-0

for barca

someone is not gonna be happy…

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions  

let the tears flow. honestly, I don’t care either way.

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

The office has fruit!

I just had a nectarine. Delightful.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah well

my office has cake and pizza….

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Eh, cake is ok but it’s my birthday friday so I can always have cake then.

There’s a killer pizza place 2 blocks away from here, I’ll probably get some on friday.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

free cake is always wonderful

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh man...

speaking of cake….

hang on, I gotta get a pic out of my cell. this cake was epic

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

well

that took forever…

this is the b-day cake we got my dad.

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

hahaha that is really awesome

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

i loved the little french fries, which were just cake, to the right, with red frosting for ketchup…

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

It’s a hat!
It’s a plane!
NO! It’s….BURGERCAKE!

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

that’s a great cake!

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

it was delicious.

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

depends on cake…

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

name a bad kind of cake.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

those with too much cream

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

anything with marziapan

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

that too

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

which stuff is marzipan?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Marzipan is an almond and sugar paste used to ice cakes and other pastries or sculpted into a variety of shapes to be eaten as candy or used as cake decorations. Marzipan is simply a mixture of almond paste, powdered sugar, and a moistening agent such as water, corn syrup, glucose, fondant, or egg whites.

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

mmmmm

glucose

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

mmm…hungry now

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

ew

marzipan is soooooo gross

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like it. Do I require it to live? No. But I like it

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

you’re kidding?

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Do you work two blocks away from Thatcher St?

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

what’s on thatcher st?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Unbelievable.

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, tell me and I’ll check it out.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Pizzeria fuckin Regina

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

wait, google tells me it’s regina pizza.

haven’t tried it, but it’s been mentioned as fucking amazing many-a-time

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

PIZZERIA FUCKIN REGINA

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’ve watched people stand in the rain for two hours to get in.

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

That’s pretty intense. Is it really as far from downtown boston as it looks on the map?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

is that name related to margaret thatcher?

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

nice… CR is starting to kill people

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions  

yup, he’ll have to be good boy…

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

I hope he loses control a la Zidane.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

that would be epic… now where’s materazzi when you need him…?

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Spanish party coming – Barca won

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions  

stupid Barca.

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

apparently people at work care about this as well and are quite upset that someone mentioned that Barca won

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

You Canadians are so silly sometimes.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Why cuz some of us care about soccer?

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

well, that’s by far not the ONLY thing…

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

CH… don’t start!!

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Condolences leafer.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Can’t win em all. 3/5 championships this year isnt bad

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly my point. when there are 5 Championships I can’t be bothered to worry about one. Call me when the World Cup rolls around and England’s in the final.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

that would require them to make it to the tournament…

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

oooh low blow.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

but sadly true.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

There’s nothing sad about it.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

you really hate england?

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m Scottish!

That’d be like rooting for the Habs.

An offence against Man and God.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

i’m still amazed UK is still in one piece… so full of hate

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

No. Just no.

Wrong on so many levels it’s incredible.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

eh, I’ll just pop in the movie canadian bacon later or something.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 27, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

that was on comedy central eariler

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by loser domi on May 27, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Meh. I can’t get worked up about soccer especially there are so many various Cups you can win in a year.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

there’s only one champions league

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah but MAn U already won the Premier League. Then there’s some English Cup too,

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

ah here

I know Champions League is the biggest

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Forget that Barca won, Man U lost! Woooooooo hoo!

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by Chemmy on May 27, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Quiet you

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

that’s what you get for beating arsenal

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m much happier with Barca winning, thanks.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well time to go home

and stay away from the CC before PPP gets here.

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by leafer1984 on May 27, 2009 4:52 PM EDT reply actions  

why?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think he hates United

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

He’s a Liverpool fan.

It goes with the territory.

Much like rooting against England goes with being Scottish.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

i’m so bored… and so should be sleeping

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by sleza on May 27, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions  

gah

sorry had to go do some support for CAD again which always makes my head spin!

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions  

uh...Karina

you were right. This day fucking blows. Jays somehow figured out how to lose their 9th in a row.

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by furcifer on May 27, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions  

wow…… see? This is why I gave up on them. That and baseball is boring

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

ugh, i hat waking up from a nap with a headache

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions  

too warm? That’s why I get post-nap headaches.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

nah, lack of food, i worked all day and may have forgotten to eat

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

what?

you? Forget to eat? That’s unpossible!

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

well someone changed the the schedual without tellng me, so i was called at 4am asking where i was, rushed into work, was working in the ONE spot where im not allowed to get food, stupid shuttle

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh boooo. I’m surprised you didn’t kill someone.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, and then when i got home i was so tired, i crashed for 2 hours

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

understandable when called at 4 am
so what’s on the menu now?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

breakfast, eggs and super bacon!

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

what is “super bacon”?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

it says sliced pork flank on the side, but it looks like massive strips of bacon

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I figured it was a full smoked pig

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

i wish

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

mmm yes that is good….

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

if it’s anything like jalapeno bacon, it’s amazing

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

jalapeno bacon?
You get awesome stuff in california….

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

it's amazing

i had it on a sandwich for lunch this past weekend.

spicy crispy bacon yummy

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

wow

do any of you own stock options in the company you work for? Have you heard of this tax?

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

never heard of it

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

me either

until right now but it seems pretty asinine to tax people on the worth of the stocks when they buy them, as that’s not really income until they sell the stocks….

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

It’s considered a taxable benefit to receive stock options like that…avoid it by having your rrsp buy it :)

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

well now I know it’s a “taxable benefit” but it seems unreasonable

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

this is the government we are talking about. a lot of tax rules are unreasonable.

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

they are so retarded

I got my tax refund last week… this week I got a letter saying “Ooops! You claimed this rebate on your spouse’s claim, please give us some money back!”

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

hahah…it’s why I leave that place off my resume!

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know of lots of people who got severely shafted by that, especially at companies like PMC-Sierra.. Their stock was at 240 at one point and is now around 10bucks.

It’s not really an issue for people who plan for it, but people who do things like assume they’ll cash out more shares later on to pay the taxes (and the shares crash) or just don’t figure them into their calculations at all get majorly hooped.

The reason why it’s taxed at the purchase price is because that’s when the companies are granting them to you, hence it is income. If you turned them around instantly and sold them for that price, then you’d be ok. But people hold on to them, hoping they’ll climb. The smart move is to sell enough to cover the tax bill ASAP and then hold the rest if you figure they’ll go up.

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by LeafFanInVan on May 27, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

this is smart and clearly everyone needs to do research on this.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah it’s really just a case of people not realizing it is taxable income. Unfortunately, ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse!

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by LeafFanInVan on May 27, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

fortunately

here they have employee sessions to explain this type of thing before you do choose to buy stocks. I didn’t go, but I assume they’d explain that it’s taxable income… since noone here’s been hurt by it.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know a stack of colleagues that got dinged for this because of the downturn, thankfully our stock did not drop like LFIV’s example

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Reading the article I’m kind of shocked by the whiny tone of the people involved. They got some terrible advice from their financial planners, how is that the government’s fault?

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by LeafFanInVan on May 27, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh, people blame the government for everything. I tell you this, my bosses lost nothing on this stuff, it’s the little guy who’s ill prepared for these things. My company gives sessions on this stuff each quarter.

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think their point is that Canada is the last developed country to still have this law… the US changed theirs last year.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Canada is kind of backward in terms of accounting concepts and tax laws. I constantly struggle to reconcile the two

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don’t even get why it needs to be changed. Really, if you know what you’re doing or feel like taking a risk, you could stand to make a killing because of this. It’s only hurting people because the stocks are/were dropping. If they were going up I don’t think people would be complaining..

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by LeafFanInVan on May 27, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

that’s when the gov’t will change the rule. when it loses tax money opportunities

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Commando is on!
my day is saved! ’
thank you super bacon

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

LET OFF SOME STEAM, BENNETT!

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

I miss one liners like that in movies

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jaws is on here.

The score’s something like Shark 12, Humans 0.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

never bet against shark

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by JaredFromLondon on May 27, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

unless it’s Joe Thornton

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

San Jose should play the Humans.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah.

Ducks are way too tough for them.

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by article1 on May 27, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

the only sharks that don’t choke

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

look, a pink dolphin!

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by blurr1974 on May 27, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

damn. is a pink dolphin an albino?

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

next time,,,read first, ask second

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by blindfolded tank driver on May 27, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

I do that all the time.

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by Karina on May 27, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

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