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Hey, cinematographers, how about using an RC helicopter instead of a boom? -- (link) - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 2, 11:09 [vimeo] 3
- i'd rather just ban helicopter shots by cinematographers....nm - x Aug 2, 11:13 1
  - It's all in CG these days, anyway. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 2, 11:15
- Polynesian Town 2! -- nm - Johnny LaRue Aug 2, 11:10
Dear ER: I haven't paid you because you never sent me a bill. - ty97 Aug 2, 11:08
So here's an awful idea: how many NYCers would be interested in watching Sox/Yanks on Sunday night, if I made myself be in the city? -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:05 21
- "rhode island red sox fan found beaten, bloodied"....nm - monday's new york post Aug 2, 11:15
- Me! -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 11:13
- (I'd probably know for sure if I could swing it tomorrow sometime.) -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:11
- If I can make it up to the city, I'm in. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:10
- I'd be down. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:07
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  - (Beckett/Sabathia is what it looks like too.) -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:12 6
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      - Yup. Looks like they want to go with some f***ed up six man rotation. - Krusty Aug 2, 11:15 2
        
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        I know and I still think it's an awful idea. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:19
      - *shakes fist at ESPN's schedule page* -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:15 1
        
        See my post above. The just decided to change the rotation yesterday. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:16
- I'd go -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 11:06
- you would be able to get ... tickets? -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 11:06 6
  - To a sports bar or something, sure..... - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:07 2
    - Tickets to a sports bar? - Spawn Aug 2, 11:11 1
      - Well, if you wanna sit up front next to the giant tv...you gotta know people. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:12
  - the game is in Fenway, but lucky for us, TVs don't require tickets. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:06 2
    - I misunderstood the question -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 11:08
    - aha! -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 11:07
Of course they would *say* they're loyal americans... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 2, 11:03
Former Oregon Ducks and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington was injured when he was hit by a sport utility vehicle while bicycling in southeast Portland. - David Aug 2, 10:58 2
- popped his hip back in place, and asked if he could play today. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 10:59 1
  - *ph33r* -- nm - Andre Johnson Aug 2, 11:01
ST Yahoo Salary Cap Football Group - come one, come all, see what type of team you can buy on a budget - crash davis Aug 2, 10:56
Andre Johnson's injury was "just" a dislocated finger. After it was *ahem* popped back into place, he asked if he could practice this afternoon. - David Aug 2, 10:54 5
- I would have just cut it off, sissy -- nm - Ronnie Lott Aug 2, 11:08
- After being carted off the field. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:05 3
  - Be careful. You don't want Andre Johnson's undivided attention, Mr. It's Too Hot. -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:07 2
    - He could keep watching me longingly as he's carted off the field becuase of a dislocated finger. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:08 1
      - And heat index of 122, I could die. Him with a dislocated finger, can't do cool handshakes for a few minutes. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:18
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- And Dan Uggla's OPS is over .700! -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:55 2
  - Oh, and I might have mentioned this, but I'll be at the Braves/Mets game Friday. - Tim Aug 2, 11:00 1
    - Tell Dickey UT still loves him. -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:04
- I like that Dan Uggla has a 22 game hitting streak and is still hitting .212 -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 10:55 6
  - Wouldn't it be hilarious if he broke Joe Dimaggio's streak while hitting about .270? -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:56 5
    - No. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:02 3
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      - *laughing* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:04
      - lol. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 11:03
    - I always enjoyed the theoretical possibility that the streak could be broken while a guy hits .250 in that span. -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 10:59
The good news is I got to go swimming today. It be hot. Dumbass renters pulled off a patch in the pool liner. 5 minute fix and $80 dollars richer :) -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 10:52 6
- Nice. Stupid renters. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:03
- I learned about Hot Tub Folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and now I am hesitant of going into the hot tub. Knowledge blows. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 2, 10:55 4
  - it's like a petri dish full of human funk. *shivers* -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 11:04 3
    - "I'm not taking a soak in that bacteria frap." -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:07
    - this. blech. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 11:06
    - aww.. I was hoping you would reassure me haha. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 2, 11:05
Kings of Leon's frontman has a drinking problem? I'm shocked! -- (link) - nubby Aug 2, 10:46 1
- If I had to tour this country during *this* summer, I might be compelled to do bad things to myself as well -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:47
Old school TT question: were any of you Chelios or Gutterface? -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:42 4
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  - Man, did you ever panic over the Bippy reveal. -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:44
  - You are not me. nm - wang Aug 2, 10:44 1
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Kim: Cool! I actually wondered if a lot of ST friends blocked me on FB since I usually update my status in French (unless it's something that involves - Guigue Aug 2, 10:39 3
- I Google translate anything in another language. - Krusty Aug 2, 11:11
- I just figured you wouldn't appreciate someone jumping in to your conversations with friends. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 11:07
- had once considered it, but reserve that banishment for those who speak fluent republican -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:45
Bananas are ripe. I think I'm making the mandy recipe cookies tonight. - ty97 Aug 2, 10:38 3
- argh. I still have to make my almond slivers into almond meal. - ty97 Aug 2, 10:42 1
  - put it in a baggy and hammer it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 10:43
- also, a delicious pudding. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 10:39
sitmop: The person who allegedly burgled Alex Trebek's hotel room is a 56 year old woman who is facing prosecution under the '3 Strikes Law'. - Diva Aug 2, 10:36 2
- What is not guilty be reason of Alex-Trebek-is-sexy-to-her insanity? -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 10:38 1
  - I'll take 'Totally Not Worth It' for $400.00, please. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 10:49
Oh, I have a nice open ended poll: Who makes it look easy? Who makes it look hard? - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:34 16
- Robin Williams/Richard Lewis -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:52
- Adrian Gonzalez, Adam Dunn -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 10:51
- Ron Reagan, GWB. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 10:41 9
  - You mean Ronald Reagan, right? - Stephen Aug 2, 10:50
  - I am fascinated by the retcon that has been done on Reagan. -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:48 4
    - I was referring just to oratory, in case you were wondering. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 11:10
    - Republicans today make him look reasonable. He granted me amnesty. If a Republican even mentioned that today? - con_carne Aug 2, 10:56 1
      - What do you think the shift in philosophy arose from? - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:02
    - By both sides no less. -- nm - Stephen Aug 2, 10:51
  - Eisenhower / Obama -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 10:46
  - subpoll: is the Phil-Hartman-as-Reagan "back to work!" SNL sketch the best Presidential sketch they've ever done? - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:44 1
    - Chevy Chase as Ford managed to turn probably our most athletic President ever into a bumbling punchline. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:45
- SYTYCD's Melanie, Rachel Brice -- nm - Amy Aug 2, 10:41
- Bolt. Mel Gibson. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 10:38
- George Clooney, Cialis. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:36 1
  - I think groiny would argue you should flip those around -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:53
For a cheap movie I was surprised at how fun it was to watch "The Warriors Way" B+ -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 10:33
Loosi B2: "Home" was awesome, forgot about that one! Bad Blood I remember liking as well. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 10:28 1
- Vince Gilligan's standalones were almost all great. BB, Paper Hearts, Pusher, Small Potatoes, X Cops, Tithonus. - loosilu Aug 2, 10:31
I dont know if this means my warranty has officially expired (getting old) but I have had back issues for about 20 years... - Capstern Aug 2, 10:27 6
- BP seems to go up in the 50's I have the same levels now too, but back pain is a bitch -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:57
- (441 lbs? holy Christmas.) -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:29 4
  - ("You ruined Christmas dinner!") -- nm - Max Aug 2, 10:38
  - ??!! -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 10:37
  - Yes that was about 6 years ago right before the GB surgery I had. Have lost a LOT since then - Capstern Aug 2, 10:32 1
    - congrats, yo. that's nuts. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:33
That Giffords news had me wondering if she was Obama's back up plan. - TFox Aug 2, 10:27 11
- I did find it highly ironic that she came back on the day the VP called his political opponents terrorists. -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 10:35 8
  - well, it's not like the words has had any fixed meaning in our political discourse for years. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 10:40 5
    - does... this... have a fixed meaning? -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:41 4
      - Yes, it does. - znufrii Aug 2, 10:46 3
        
        *laughing* -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:04
        
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        I think youve been hanging around TFox too much -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 10:50
  - You should be quaking in fear for impugning the Biden. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:39
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- Hee! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:31
- that would require a level of strategy and forethought that is light years beyond him -- nm - moles Aug 2, 10:28
Got this email forward the other day. Arguably a good idea, but... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:22 40
- I like a bunch of these ideas. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 11:14 1
  - See below...most of them have already been debunked. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 11:19
- Term limits.....we have them already. They're called elections. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:37 20
  - This. - Stephen Aug 2, 10:43
  - Of course, gerymanderying (sp) keeps seats safe, something that CA has also taken steps to remedy at the state level (to extend my example) -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:40 18
    - That's one thing I'm upset about. Districts should be drawn non-partisanly, somehow. - nubby Aug 2, 10:43 16
      - Again, CA has implemented steps in this regard. Lines are drawn by a nonpartisan panel now. - con_carne Aug 2, 11:11
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      - why not just logical geographical borders? i know, it's crazy, but.... -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 10:46 12
        
        There's plenty of logical ways to approach lines. Problem is, lines get drawn by human beings... human beings who are in the business of making deals -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:15 1
        
        i honestly think you guys are the only people who do this. -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 11:17
        
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        do you mean 'wildly uneven' in terms of population numbers? then those are, logically, bigger. but, just bigger, not zig zagged all over. -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 10:54 2
        
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        sorry, yeah, i didn't mean necessarily like rivers or coasts, just one street through town is a border, another main street east west becomes another. -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 11:16
        
        The scientist in me says there should be a maximum geometrical eccentricity to each district's borders. -- nm - nubby Aug 2, 10:47 5
        
        or just have an acceptable range for the ratio of area to circumference? -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 10:48 4
        
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        apart from being impossible for eevry district in a given state? Sure! -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 10:57 2
        
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        you're exactly right. - znufrii Aug 2, 11:00
      - shyeahright. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 10:44
    - Right, but that's why you tear down the incumbency barriers like money and such....not just wholesale chuck people out - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:42
- Take it from the State of California: having term limits in a legislative body is *overrated* -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:27 11
  - You've got a shitload of rookies in this Congress. How's that going? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:28 10
    - Unless we want Congress to accomplish *even less* than they already do, then by all means, let's have term limits. - con_carne Aug 2, 10:36 7
      - I sort of agree with your overall point... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:41 1
        
        In CA, term limits plus gerymandering (which the US Congress definitely has) led to extremists on both sides getting elected. - con_carne Aug 2, 11:02
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        *shrug* We're a tiny state. I can see how our politics can pass under your radar. -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:42
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        the e-mail writer wanted to see their e-mail forwarded. - TFox Aug 2, 10:38 1
        
        Dear Diary: Great day. Achieved demagogue status. Celebratory dinner at Bob Evans. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 10:41
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      - Under that type of arrangement, the only people who would qualify for Congress are those smart enough to avoid it. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 10:31
- *deletes* -- nm - moles Aug 2, 10:26
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- http://www.factcheck.org/2011/03/congressiona l-reform-act/ -- (link) - mara Aug 2, 10:25
- What? Reform! Why? Simple! How? E-mail! When? Thursday! What else? Change! -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:23 1
  - *forwards this post to twenty friends*....nm - x Aug 2, 10:27

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