diff --git a/actions/all.php b/actions/all.php
index 0f8cf587cd..944fec6d4b 100644
--- a/actions/all.php
+++ b/actions/all.php
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ class AllAction extends StreamAction {
 			$page = 1;
 		}
 		
-		$notice = $user->noticesWithFriends(($page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE, NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
+		list($cnt, $notice) = $user->noticesWithFriends(($page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE, NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
 											
-		# XXX: revisit constant scope
-		
-		$cnt = $notice->find();
-		
 		if ($cnt > 0) {
 			common_element_start('ul', array('id' => 'notices'));
 			for ($i = 0; $i < min($cnt, NOTICES_PER_PAGE); $i++) {
diff --git a/actions/allrss.php b/actions/allrss.php
index b6701cfdc7..088d04037f 100644
--- a/actions/allrss.php
+++ b/actions/allrss.php
@@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ class AllrssAction extends Rss10Action {
 
 		$user = $this->user;
 		
-		$notice = $user->noticesWithFriends(0, $limit);
+		list($cnt, $notice) = $user->noticesWithFriends(0, $limit);
 											
-		# XXX: revisit constant scope
-		
-		$cnt = $notice->find();
-
 		while ($notice->fetch()) {
 			$notices[] = clone($notice);
 		}
diff --git a/actions/twitapistatuses.php b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
index 56a8199b78..1480b7a5a1 100644
--- a/actions/twitapistatuses.php
+++ b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@ class TwitapistatusesAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 		$link = common_local_url('all', array('nickname' => $user->nickname));
 		$subtitle = sprintf(_("Updates from %s and friends on %s!"), $user->nickname, $sitename);
 
-		$notice->$user->noticesWithFriends(($page-1)*20, $count);
-
-		$cnt = $notice->find();
+		list($cnt, $notice) = $user->noticesWithFriends(($page-1)*20, $count);
 		
 		switch($apidata['content-type']) {
 		 case 'xml': 
diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index b6689761ee..7da483653f 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
 		
 		$notice = new Notice();
 		
-		$notice->query('SELECT notice.* ' .
-					   'FROM notice JOIN subscription on notice.profile_id = subscription.subscribed ' .
-					   'WHERE subscription.subscriber = ' . $this->id . ' ' .
-					   'ORDER BY created DESC, notice.id DESC ' .
-					   'LIMIT ' . $offset . ', ' . $limit);
+		$cnt = $notice->query('SELECT notice.* ' .
+							  'FROM notice JOIN subscription on notice.profile_id = subscription.subscribed ' .
+							  'WHERE subscription.subscriber = ' . $this->id . ' ' .
+							  'ORDER BY created DESC, notice.id DESC ' .
+							  'LIMIT ' . $offset . ', ' . $limit);
 		
-		return $notice;
+		return array($cnt, $notice);
 	}
 }