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Peter Falk (Columbo) passed away..he was 83 -- (link) - budice Jun 24, 10:41 3
- :( -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:45
- we still have Kevin Pollack. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 24, 10:42
- Aw man. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:41
Wimbledon spoilers - Beaker Jun 24, 10:33 1
- Oh, Swiffer. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:33
Breaking Drama News: Kid Rock Boyfriend's little girl is here and reportedly isn't going back as his baby's mama has been jailed for surprise surprise - Qale Jun 24, 10:29 2
- Reading between the lines, I believe this is a family drama situation that requires a "Dude, that sucks, but good to have her out of there" response. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:41 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:45
Ika.orgers: I;m going after F1Chrome tomorrow morning. Dropping The Death Star on him with 35k military inside - Beaker Jun 24, 10:25 4
- this sounds kinda fun. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 10:34 1
  - Lady MacBeth, y'all. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 24, 10:34
- excellent, (they seem to have improved, a little, the function of walls) but with such a large force you'll be fighting in open field anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 10:30 1
  - I figure it will make them pay when they eventually beat me down via numbers -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:30
mini rant: I have brown hair. I have white or grey hairs interspersed on my head which are no big deal. - Max Jun 24, 10:24 10
- my goatee is almost evenly split between white and brown. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 24, 10:34 5
  - do the whites hurt though? -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:35 4
    - there's quite a few jokes that can be made here....wityh numerous potential stand in's -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:41
    - I have some white hairs on my arm that are as you describe. Like stiff bristles, not hairs. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:40
    - and between my knee and my back and my neck, the hair is the least of my concerns. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 24, 10:40
    - I have never paid attention. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 24, 10:37
- it's just white hair. welcome to oldness. Sometimes white hairs are thicker. - loosilu Jun 24, 10:32
- Bug? -- (link) - Guy Jun 24, 10:26 2
  - eradication of spiderwebs across sidewalks would be my third goal, after extincting mourning doves. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:27 1
    - I can get behind that initiative. Can we extend it to hiking trails too? -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:29
anything...ANYTHING...I say *anything* that requires you to accept a large check and *western union* much of it back is a SCAM...period -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 10:22 2
- But it still works....In the one case I remember from Primal I found out about it when someone from the sales dept came to me to ask how we'd handle - MojaveMeg Jun 24, 10:29 1
  - because it sounds sooo plausible. wedding folks get requests often, an out of country parent wants you to set up a wedding... - zeitgeist Jun 24, 10:37
52% of americans now believe that deficit reduction is the best way to promote economic recovery, instead of boosting government spending -- (link) - moles Jun 24, 10:20 11
- I'll say 'better'. Maybe not best. - Dr.Vermin Jun 24, 10:42
- yet those same americans vote for pols that blow vast fortunes faster than a drunk in a vegas strip club -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 10:27
- Because austerity measures worked so well in Great Britian... - znufrii Jun 24, 10:25
- i dunno. it's not like the egghead economists have one hell of a great track record, either....nm - x Jun 24, 10:24 5
  - I'm wondering WTF all those US soldiers from Afghanistan are going to do with themselves once they get home. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:26 4
    - get drunk, beat their wives, the usual PTS symptoms -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 10:40 1
      - Seriously man? Do you have a form of tourettes that makes you blurt out stupid and offensive shit on a regular basis? -- nm - Stephen Jun 24, 10:52
    - Bonus Army II! -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 10:28
    - train for their next deployment -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:27
- Worked for Canada pretty well in the 90's. Short term pain for long term gain. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 10:22
- 52% of Americans are stupid. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 10:22
Southwest pilot suspended after two and a half minute rant against gays and flight atendants broadcast over the air -- (link) - Stephen Harper Jun 24, 10:20 2
- And apparently the flight attendant's union is now pursuing an EEOC complaint against Southwest for reinstating him after taking diversity training. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 24, 10:23
- sfan -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:20
Owen Wilson single again and ready for action: -- (link) - Andie Jun 24, 10:18 10
- Odds on another suicide attempt? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:23
- MOP! -- nm - Redhead s.i. Jun 24, 10:23 2
  - BAH! This goes under Beaker's post! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:23 1
    - no it doesn't -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:24
- There are more cute pet names for Owen Wilson in that post than I ever needed to learn -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:20
- who was the hsx dude who hated him? -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:20 3
  - Was it gmenrule? He always typed that ka-chow phrase as obnoxiously as possible. -- nm - Jelly Jun 24, 10:21 1
    - yeah, him I think. -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:22
  - Besides myself? -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:21
- Ka-chow! -- nm - bc/nc Jun 24, 10:20
GET BACK TO WORK! -- nm - Stephen Harper Jun 24, 10:16
Wow. The Kissing couple.... Their story is legit. Video emerges... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 10:15 1
- *club* *club* "Hey... are you OK?" Yep, that's Vancouver police for ya. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:22
middle aged women are in our work kitchen singing... - Mel Profit Jun 24, 10:12 6
- ~ My my pulled pork sandwich my pulled pork sandwich. ~ -- nm - bc/nc Jun 24, 10:21
- Call in the riot police. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:16 1
  - that was the more peaceful option. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 24, 10:41
- not everyone serenades their lunch the same way you do. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 10:15 2
  - I sing to my food in private like every good, normal adult. - Mel Profit Jun 24, 10:34
  - They must have breakfast sammiches. -- nm - Amy Jun 24, 10:15
If my headache gets any bigger, it's going to get all Pi: Faith In Chaos up in this bitch.* -- nm - TFox Jun 24, 10:10 4
- at a certain point with migraines, you start to understand why people thought trepanning would work. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 10:11 3
  - Ha! -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:14 2
    - nmbGuy - Beaker Jun 24, 10:27 1
      - Nice! Glad I didn't mess anything up. :) - Guy Jun 24, 10:29
Phoenix movie theater posts a no-refund disclaimer for its showings of "Tree of Life" -- (link) - moles Jun 24, 10:06 9
- I remember going to The Reader, standing behind two guys who looked like extras from the cast of Fubar, who were all excited about seeing a WWII movie - Reagen Jun 24, 10:14 3
  - was there this sort of response to Thin Red Line? -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:15 2
    - to some degree. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 10:16
    - I have friends who were extremely disappointed with it because all they knew was "famous director" and "all star cast" in a WWII movie. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 10:16
- It's no-refund for all their movies. Just so happens that Tree of Life is likely generating greater than average requests. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:12
- People are lame. What are they expecting? I thought it was beautiful (but didn't love the ending) -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:07 2
  - I saw it this weekend, knowing absolutely nothing about out other than the fact it starred brad pitt. - kelly Jun 24, 10:19 1
    - As a Malick fan, I know what I'm getting into. He has a style. OTOH, I do agree it is nice to sometimes go in blind. - Guy Jun 24, 10:24
- that's a great marketing gimmick...oh wait, the opposite of that -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:07
LYC: I just tried to contact my employee pension plan to make a minor change....and they are "closed for a business meeting" WTF??? - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 10:05 3
- quebec based? - zork Jun 24, 10:07 1
  - Nope...its Omers...in Toronto and only eligible for people working in Ontario. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 10:10
- ~it's Friday Friday~ -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:06
Strongbad, I wasn't able to answer your question from the BB since I was called into an appointment. But my answer is Yes. - TWuG Jun 24, 10:03 2
- have you guys set a date yet? how big is the ring? -- nm - zork Jun 24, 10:04 1
  - Not as big as I would like, but it is ribbed for my pleasure. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 10:06
ika orgers, who is djringz? cause they just signed off on a message with this... - Stephen Jun 24, 10:03 1
- English is not his first...or potentially third language :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 10:04
"The Safe Word is Duplo" -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 24, 10:03
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Is there going to have to be a realignment in the NHL because of the move to Winnipeg? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 09:59 14
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  - Let's see if I can do this w/o Google... Wales and Campbell Conferences with Norris, Smythe, Adams....Shoot. What's fourth? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 10:10 2
    - Patrick. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 10:14
    - ADAMS RULES!!! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:11
  - the Leafs were in the Norris division because watching them gives the same feeling as a kick to the head -- nm - zork Jun 24, 10:03
- Yup. Most likely Detroit to the eastern conference in a year or two. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 24, 10:01
- very likely. there is talk of Detroit switching conferences -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:01 6
  - and Columbus and ... -- nm - zork Jun 24, 10:01 5
    - yeah, others have been mentioned, but Detroit bitches about traveling the most of all of them - Guy Jun 24, 10:06 4
      - and they need to move to a weaker conference the least of the ones being considered. -- nm - zork Jun 24, 10:08 3
        
        weaker conference? the one that just won the Cup? - Guy Jun 24, 10:11 2
        
        this is weak ass shit, even for you. - Reagen Jun 24, 10:31 1
        
        how many times has this myth been refuted? Do I really even need to go down that road? -- nm - Guy Jun 24, 10:34
- next next year (2012-2013 season) but nobody knows how big a shakeup it will be -- nm - zork Jun 24, 10:01
loosi's friend reminds me of Taken and the Armenian translator. And something else about abductions and Paris. - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 09:54 1
- and married ones -- nm - frantic Dr. Richard Walker Jun 24, 09:57
OFFS a WarGames reboot? This sits with me about as well as a Saving Private Ryan reboot. There are things in WarGames you cannot duplicate in this day - bc/nc Jun 24, 09:51 3
- did you know there was a WarGames sequel? -- (link) - Max Jun 24, 10:02 1
  - You know I was just tooling around Google about this and came across it. I'm going to act like I never heard of it. :) -- nm - bc/nc Jun 24, 10:05
- also, wouldn't it be a remake, not a reboot? - znufrii Jun 24, 09:54
Reggie Bush dating Kim Kardashian look-a-like -- (link) - Beaker Jun 24, 09:51 3
- Kardashian responded by dating someone who isn't a starting running back, doesn't have a Heismann Trophy, or a National Championship. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 10:04
- I think we know what else we need to see in order to determine whether she is a true look-alike. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 10:01
- that's... sort of creepy -- nm - kare Jun 24, 09:57
Thanks again to all for help with scam on b2. My friend is upset that she was almost had, but I told her the guy is good and at least she knew enough - loosilu Jun 24, 09:51 4
- Keep up abreast of the situation. Sounds fascinating. -- nm - nubby Jun 24, 10:19
- she was *not* had, and he is a professional making his living at this. - zork Jun 24, 09:53
- couldn't she still deposit the cheque just to be sure? -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 09:52 1
  - she could be charged with fraud and wreck her credit and any chance of opening another bank account -- (link) - zork Jun 24, 09:54
loosi, if your friend has not opened the package, tell her not to so any fingerprints are intact should they want to investigate it. -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:50
From B2: The #5 biggest overseas film of all time is Ice Age 3. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 09:38
What's Winnipeg got to do with Jets? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 09:32 32
- regarding defunct teams, usually someone still owns the rights to the name, although actual trademarks may have fallen out of protection -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:40 11
  - Bring back the Portland Rosebuds!!! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jun 24, 10:35
  - pretty sure the league has it. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 09:42
  - The trademarks have been owned by the league for years and Bettman has essentially (and surprisingly) gifted them to True North if they want it. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 09:41 8
    - welcome to winnipegjets.com -- (link) - Beaker Jun 24, 09:44 6
      - Can't remember what the official URL will be. (A cheque might settle that other one.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 09:45 5
        
        all of the official team sites are sub-domains of nhl.com. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 09:46 2
        
        but, as an example, I think canucks.ca redirects to that subdomain -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:49
        
        *nods* -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:47
        
        winnipegjets.ca seems like a good bet -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 09:46 1
        
        I did that first it just has WINNIPEG JETS along the page -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 09:46
    - I was talking in generalities -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:43
- a) the first player the team ever signed was Bobby "The Golden Jet" Hull - Reagen Jun 24, 09:37 13
  - Kings of Pr0n -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 09:47
  - answer for LA ... starts with "R", doesn't it? - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:40 6
    - "In 26 years, someone with this name will get brutalized by police!" - Reagen Jun 24, 09:42 5
      - Lebron gonna have to sue someone. -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 09:42
      - please to be not taking me seriously when I am making a joke. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:42 3
        
        (... and I will try to improve the appearance of actually being funny when I make a joke) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:43 2
        
        whoa whoa whoa now. let's not make statements we can't back up....nm - x Jun 24, 09:58
        
        Do or do not. There is no try ... in your case, we're expecting "do not" -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:45
  - and the owner was friends with the owner of the NY Jets IIRC. -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:39 4
    - This is, in fact, the true answer. (Partially influenced by a junior team already going by the name as well.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 09:40 3
      - back in the time when they were popular (esp. with Nameth playing) -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:41 1
        
        Aerospace is actually a huge industry in town and a major air force base is here as well. There's actually some good ties that developed. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 09:43
      - Manitoba Mooses! -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 09:40
- What's Winnipeg but a second-hand emotion? -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 09:36 1
  - a$$#013 - zork Jun 24, 09:37
- mosquitos doesn't have the same ring. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 09:33 2
  - but it has *buzz* -- nm - zork Jun 24, 09:41
  - You have a point with Roughriders, though. That joke needs more traction in this discussion. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:34
- It's a flyover province -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:32

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