burbs

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Verizon doesn't like that, but the burbs are the best customers - they have lots of HDTV sets, they like the packages, and they don't do annoying things like share their Wifi connection to 6 other people in a apartment building.

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  • I'd spent my entire life in the 'burbs, and yet I empathized with this couple.
  • We were way into the burbs, and every soul was shut inside on this freezing night. —  grave Surprise
  • Nine years into Toronto's Bike Plan, the few lanes given to us in the burbs are on minor collectors or in parks. —  NOW Magazine
  • So investors in financials, who have been basically day-trading stocks on daily news and hopes - are now getting suspicious of a sustained rise from here, although mom and pop investors out in the burbs are now wanting to get in while they hear that the gettin 'is good. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Logic burbs, and sometimes crashes when trying to move files between two different projects. (sometimes it works fine too, depends on what 3rd party plug-ins you may be using, and core audio resetting itself). —  Discussions: Message List - root
 

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