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[Ed Anger]

http://thoughtcatalog.com/brad-pike/2013/11/13-images-of-cats-as-your-favorite-superheroes/

Saw it on fark, thought of Seedy.

[mongers]

Repaired my German headphones, one of the leads eventually broke, rather tricky soldering job, tiny, tiny wires.

But damn how does debris, bits of earwax get on to the speaker cones, so cleaned those with some hot soapy water, and they even sound a bit better once re-assembled.   

I like repairing stuff.

[Ideologue]

You're doing your part to fight Gerry's trade surplus.

[The Brain]

Can you repair a broken heart?

[mongers]

You're doing your part to fight Gerry's trade surplus.

Hadn't thought of it that way.

And your assumption is correct the replacement would have been another German pair, especially given this set have last 9-10 years of daily use.

edit:
Looked up some figures, appears UK-Germany total trade is just a bit larger than the USA-German total, though same story of a German surplus of around $17billion with UK.   

[Tonitrus]

Can you repair a broken heart?

Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

[The Brain]

Can you repair a broken heart?

Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

I need one for circulation.

[Josquius]

No idea if it's true, but it's still funny. 

It is true. I remember when they passed the law tochange it

[Phillip V]

I love overtime. Workplace now let's me work up to extra 15 hours per week.

[CountDeMoney]

Goodie for you.

[Josquius]

I love overtime. Workplace now let's me work up to extra 15 hours per week.

See, this is why the internet needs a sarcasm button, this looks real.

[Admiral Yi]

Voluntary overtime is totally ossum.

[fhdz]

Is there a Russian map of Softdrink names?

What's your favorite soft drink?
Vodka.
What's your favorite color?
Vodka.

[Ed Anger]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/a-russian-gps-using-us-soil-stirs-spy-fears.html?ref=centralintelligenceagency&_r=0

Ugh. Brownosing to the Russians.

[CountDeMoney]

I doubt it's the possible threat they think it could be.

The Russians are still so incredibly paranoid about the CIA and FBI being under every rock, they probably wouldn't even trust their own stuff working for them correctly, think it was already all infiltrated and NSA'd and shit.  Which it would be.