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- Back alley. -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:33
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- Get a pack of Bertie Bot's Everyflavor Condoms. -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:34 1
  - Wouldn't it be cool if he got the "jizz" flavored one? - Trish Jul 8, 09:58
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- Why choose? -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:34
lileve, approximately 4000 people are out of work at NASA with the end of the shuttle program. -- nm - bc/nc Jul 8, 09:28 2
- Wow. -- nm - lileve Jul 8, 10:03
- ...including, ironically, a lot of actual laser focusers. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 8, 09:32 1
Casey Anthony offered $1 Million if she will appear with her parents and brother -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:23
Waiting Room Trivia passed along from Mrs. NWBR: Every year, approx 300-something New Yorkers are bit by rats. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:20 3
- I can't even walk down my block at night. There are a ton of them that come out at night on my corner. - Krusty Jul 8, 09:36 1
  - the obvious solution is to train them into an army to do your bidding. -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 09:37
- Approximately 1,500 are bit by fellow New Yorkers. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:20
Adjustment Beaurau or I Am Number Four? -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 09:18 8
- I Am Number Four was one of those movies that seemed like wasted potential, but it was OK. - JaxSean Jul 8, 09:30
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- I liked "I Am Number 4" a lot. -- nm - MDH Jul 8, 09:21
- I have a challenge for my friend, 97...decide something for yourself! nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:19 3
  - Take Jim's advice or not? -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 09:20 2
    - Hee! -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:32
    - Not! - Epiphany Jul 8, 09:21
- The fomer, by a mile -- nm - prayformojo Jul 8, 09:19
Man, that Texas Ranger fan story is heartbreaking. nm - Jovian Jul 8, 09:17 16
- Why isn't there a net over that gap, at minimum? -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 09:33 2
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    - I think back to the kid killed by a puck at the Columbus Blue Jackets game. More or less overnight, every rink in North America had nets from glass to - Reagen Jul 8, 09:36
- what's this? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 09:24 3
  - Player tossed a foul ball to a fan in the stands which fell short, the fan tipped over the railing and fell 20ft to concrete and died from injury. -- nm - Max Jul 8, 09:29 2
    - ugh. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 09:31 1
      - Dude was at the game with his young son...so it's even worse. -- nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:32
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  - me either. it's water cooler gossip here - we wonder if the family files a lawsuit - Epiphany Jul 8, 09:22
- the worst part was - prayformojo Jul 8, 09:18 5
  - I also think about how Josh Hamilton must feel having tossed the ball to him. -- nm - pmb Jul 8, 09:24 3
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      - ditto. That's horrific that it happened to him. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 8, 09:32
    - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Jul 8, 09:24
  - The bullpen pitchers said he just kept repeating, "My son is up there. My son is up there by himself. My son is up there." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:19
SITWAP: TNT has renewed Falling Skies for Season 2, 10 more episodes next Summer. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:10 1
- Hmm. I have only watch 0.6 episodes, but have them recorded. - Spawn Jul 8, 09:12
The Real-Life Tumult Of An Online Meme -- (link) - decline Jul 8, 09:09 1
- It's sounding like that girl deserved a punch to the face. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 09:29
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- Him and Chevy Chase are both HUGE box office stars, and on the same show! What a coup for NBC! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 09:09
- he was probably the worst part of Transformers 3. -- nm - TFox Jul 8, 09:07 7
  - I though he himself was fine, but he was playing a character that should have been in a different movie. -- nm - Ender Jul 8, 09:32
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  - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:10
  - This. I loved Malkovich though. -- nm - MDH Jul 8, 09:08 3
    - Malkovich was the most useless part of Transformers 3, but he was entertaining. - TFox Jul 8, 09:11 2
      - So true, but I at least laughed at him. -- nm - MDH Jul 8, 09:21
      - Technically, *all* humans are the most useless part of a Transformers movie. -- nm - Spawn Jul 8, 09:13
- and he still has Zookeeper to come! -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 09:07
Quick FB people: Decide my lunch - ty97 Jul 8, 09:03 3
- the chicken -- nm - prayformojo Jul 8, 09:04 2
  - ditto -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:05 1
    - (i usually go with the "signature" item if there's a choice) -- nm - nubby Jul 8, 09:05
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- The more I think about it, I think it's douchey of the chick. YOU invited him back to YOUR place. YOU should provide the condoms. -- nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:35
- Better to have and not need than need and not have. I know from experience mostly on the latter. -- nm - bc/nc Jul 8, 09:24
- subpoll: Guys, if she calls it douchey and you head home after one drink, will there be a third date? -- nm - Max Jul 8, 09:20 3
  - Either they won't sleep with you, and then there's really no need to ever call them again. - Monty Jul 8, 09:27 1
    - Awww and they tried to tell me you weren't a nice guy. -- nm - Trish Jul 8, 09:54
  - Oh yeah, cause she obviously loves the flava! -- nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:21
- Does he just blurt it out or what? Is he wanting a gold star? A cookie? - Trish Jul 8, 09:18 1
  - "Lookie what I have here!" -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:19
- just having that in his house would never strike me as a bad thing, -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:15 2
  - *her* house. He brought them with. -- nm - Spawn Jul 8, 09:16 1
    - ah, well. *shrug*, it's not unheard of to be prepared, right? -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:24
- boyscouts are hott - fedup Jul 8, 09:05
- 2nd date requirement - Epiphany Jul 8, 09:05 1
  - ha! -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 09:05
- Is it a box of twelve? -- nm - con_carne Jul 8, 09:04
- good that he's prepared. -- nm - kare Jul 8, 09:04 1
  - This. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 8, 09:20
- I doubt if I would consider it flattering, but I have no problem with him being prepared. The condoms, in and of themselves, could never be douchey. - mara Jul 8, 09:03
- Smart smart smart -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 09:02
- smart - psilotum Jul 8, 09:00
- IANAG, but I'd be surprised if that was douchey. - TFox Jul 8, 09:00 5
  - IM - Spawn Jul 8, 09:14
  - This -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 8, 09:02
  - hell, I would have put it on during dinner. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 09:01 2
    - What you do is put on 2 before you leave the house. Then when the time comes, you take one off and you feel so liberated! -- nm - Jim Jul 8, 09:02 1
      - "I gotta double bag, I got no idea where this bitch has been!" nm -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 09:02
- does he announce it at the start of the date? or are we in a position where he needs one? -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 08:59 1
  - "I just figured we could use a position where we don't need one. *winkwink*" -- nm - the guy Jul 8, 09:01
LYC: One of my very first memories was looking up into the sky after school let out and seeing the Challenger explode. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 08:56 10
- Wow! That's... sort of awesome. - Dr.Vermin Jul 8, 09:35
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  - 11:38 am -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 09:04
  - It was around lunch time, I think we had a half day or something. My mom was picking me up. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:03 4
    - we had a half day too for some reason. -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 09:05 1
      - There were a lot more teacher work days and 1/2 days when I was in elementary school than there are now. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:09
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      - Yeah, in central time, I have to say it was around 11:00am or so. (I was on a bus in the school parking lot waiting to leave when we were told.) - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:05
- wow. cannot imagine seeing that in person. -- nm - psilotum Jul 8, 08:59 1
  - Not 1st memory, but first really lasting memory - Strongbad Jul 8, 09:02
LYC: I swear it seems like my work peeps geniunely pick a day and say " Let's see if we can get Pippy to flip out" - Epiphany Jul 8, 08:56
One of my memories of the space program was when we turned on our lights for John Glenn - MojaveMeg Jul 8, 08:56 2
- This is pretty awesome. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 8, 09:06 1
  - I was in my first year of high school when Sputnik was launched and we spent a lot of time in science class studying rockets and the solar system. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 8, 09:13
On the plane. Hope maintenance did a good job. -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 08:55
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Andie, there's going to be two things driving the grumbling beyond dislike of Charles. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 08:53 9
- Having a very appealing heir after Charles will mitigate some of the ill feelings towards him. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 09:25
- He'll be King for, what, five-six years before he kicks off? I think we can deal. -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 09:06 7
  - There's no reason to believe he won't have the long life his mother has had. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:13
  - nah, he'll live forever just like his parents. -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 09:07 5
    - The odds are good for QEII living deep into her 90s. Even accounting for their longetivity, it doesn't seem as likely for Charles to have an extended - Reagen Jul 8, 09:11 4
      - See above why you're wrong. ;-) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:14 3
        
        the women live longer than the men. and he'll be in his 70s when he starts. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:16 2
        
        Yes, but it's still not unreasonable to think he can safely aim for 85. A reasonable age for a man in good to moderate health. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 8, 09:23 1
        
        entirely possible, but i think it will all be a tempest in a teapot for a very brief amount of time, then it will be just busines as usual. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:27
companion us employment chart of the day.... - x Jul 8, 08:48 7
- Yeah, basically all of the numbers from the jobs report was depressing - Brian Jul 8, 08:52 4
  - seriously. i'm mr negative, and i expected it to be a fair bit better....nm - x Jul 8, 08:56
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    - it certainly makes bad work days or bad work mistakes (like, for me, yesterday) a shitload more stressful. -- nm - TFox Jul 8, 09:05 1
      - I recently got a raise. For half a second, I thought - ty97 Jul 8, 09:08
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  - yeah, but they are really brutally bearish. you really have to take them with a grain of salt a lot of times....nm - x Jul 8, 08:50
This picture has been inordinately cracking me up since I saw it a few hours ago: -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 8, 08:48 [Image] 1
Mop, from B2 : Kraft is already going to be putting those in production. - groiny Jul 8, 08:44 3
- or maybe it was Heinz. - groiny Jul 8, 08:47
- Kraft ketchup? I did look up the Chick-Fil-A "dip and squeeze". Looks just about perfect. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 08:46 1
  - yeah, thats it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 8, 08:47
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- Yep. Turns out Juba is literally a village. Google up some pics to see. -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 08:57
- Hmmmm I think I had heard this but did not realise it was so far along in the process. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 8, 08:57
- yes and - Danedukenuuk Jul 8, 08:50
- i did not...nm - x Jul 8, 08:49
- Looks like a pretty tough neighborhood. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 08:47
- Civil War starts Monday! -- nm - Beaker Jul 8, 08:46
Just FYI, NASA Channel runs 24/7 and it's on nasa.gov. The Ustream mentioned on B2 is their official Flash outlet. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Jul 8, 08:44 1
- They're replaying stuff in just a moment on Ustream if you missed it: -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 8, 08:46
my pants are tight -- nm - Beaker Jul 8, 08:43 2
- I'm sure they just shrunk in the dryer, fatty. - sycor Jul 8, 08:45 1
  - green quarter? -- nm - Beaker Jul 8, 08:47
So no more shuttles. How many will lose their jobs over this? -- nm - lileve Jul 8, 08:43 11
- I haven't heard of any job losses expected. -- nm - decline Jul 8, 08:46
- LAME first! -- nm - lileve Jul 8, 08:45
- i haven't been following this really, but what does this mean for the Space Station? just used by other countries? -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 08:44 8
  - The US will continue to participate in the space station program. It's just that the shuttles won't be used to transport stuff to it. -- nm - Roger More Jul 8, 08:45 1
    - or back - Danedukenuuk Jul 8, 08:46
  - we are going to use commercial rockets and Foreign ones for the time being -- nm - decline Jul 8, 08:45
  - Soyuz trips only -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 8, 08:45
  - I think Russia and Japan have the means to get people and cargo there, and they resell -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:45 3
    - I certainly hope they do. -- nm - loosilu Jul 8, 08:58
    - people only by russia, sofar -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 8, 08:45 1
      - ah, yes, right. Japan = cargo only -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:59

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