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I think that the Patriots could keep their two tight ends and Welker, jettison the rest of their WRs and still have a dominant passing game -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 07:39 4
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  - and then the occasional deep threat from Branch, maybe Ocho and the new kid. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:45
- It's unbelievable to me that they could field two top-10 TEs. But then you watch them play. - TFox Sep 13, 07:40 1
  - yup -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 07:41
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- details! -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:34 2
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    - cool, now you can rail against the Colts with me for not running more -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:35
Adjustment Bureau B+ Not why it gets all the hatey from here. -- nm - sycor Sep 13, 07:29 1
- The Fat Man hated it.. it was so ped. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:30
Brutal! 1-4 in fantasy money leagues, and lost in BF -- nm - Bacon Sep 13, 07:27 2
- That's... a lot of FFB teams. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:30
- cry me a river. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 07:27
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- ...and there's Redmond, in 9th place! What up, Redmond! -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:29 6
  - It takes skill to pick up a guy and drop him 3 days later! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 07:31 5
    - The part everyone forgot to consider in my Ryan Mathews trade was how much more valuable my 2nd round pick got once Redmond had 4 1st rounders. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:32 4
      - The season is a marathon not a sprint. I love my Beanie Wells pick though -- nm - Bacon Sep 13, 07:37 3
        
        All that matters in BF is making the playoffs and getting hot at the right time. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 07:40 2
        
        My mid season adjustments will put me back in the playoffs -- nm - Bacon Sep 13, 07:41 1
        
        If you win 6 games in BF, you should make the playoffs...to have 9 players after the 1st round...that's not a goal. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:42
- Welker went behind him in 2 leagues. Ha. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:27
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- "As with anything, the chances are 50/50" - prayformojo Sep 13, 07:39
- "It goes up if you buy me drinks." -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 07:30
- ~but he's got hiiiiigh hopes, he's got hiiiiiiigh hopes~ -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:28
- "By the end of the summer?" -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:27
znu! talk to me about Sleep no More. (spoils) - loosilu Sep 13, 07:25 9
- omg, so much to process. (spoils) - znufrii Sep 13, 07:32 6
  - spoil. - loosilu Sep 13, 07:40 2
    - yeah, that. (spoils) - znufrii Sep 13, 07:45 1
      - oh yeah, great one. If I go again, I would follow the (spoil) - loosilu Sep 13, 07:46
  - and I was amazed at how effectively the space was designed from the moment you enter the front door - znufrii Sep 13, 07:37 2
    - ha! did they - loosilu Sep 13, 07:41 1
      - yup. - znufrii Sep 13, 07:42
- they had a vivisection room? -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 07:29 1
  - spoiler. - loosilu Sep 13, 07:29
The US poverty rate increased to 15.1% in 2010, up from 14.3% in 2009... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 13, 07:22
STIS: I should know this, but I don't.. my home antenna is complete crap - channels spotty, don't get many. - colin Sep 13, 07:19 22
- I think this it the one my ex-coworker swears by. Also, where is your power booster? The closer to the antenna the better -- (link) - oblique Sep 13, 07:27 7 1
  - mine is an indoor one.. can't move it that far, booster is nearby. i should probably invest in an outdoor one.. that one looks nifty, good price too. - colin Sep 13, 07:29 6
    - I just have this thing, and it works pretty awesome. -- (link) - TFox Sep 13, 07:37 2
      - oh nice.. mine is linked inside.. flat style from Wal Mart. -- (link) - colin Sep 13, 07:39 1
        
        I think mine was right next to that one on the shelf at Walmart. heh. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:41
    - I think it being indoor is probably the problem. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 07:34 2
      - in most cases yes. colin, did you also check antennaweb for the proper class of antenna you need? Sometimes boosters make things worse too -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 07:35 1
        
        i did, and purchased the correct class for my region. also tried with/without. it works better if i'm touching it or set it on a pile of metal :) - colin Sep 13, 07:38
- Put it higher. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 07:21
- join the 21 century? -- nm - decline Sep 13, 07:20 9
  - i've got a tv with digital tuner.. i just need a decent antenna. - colin Sep 13, 07:21 8
    - do TV stations broadcast over the air any more? -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:25 6
      - All of the big ones (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, etc) and in glorious digital including HD -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 07:28 1
        
        I love that my indoor antenna picks up the Providence *and* Boston feeds, so I could watch last night's game on CBS in HD. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:33
      - there are a lot of regulations regarding this... - colin Sep 13, 07:27
      - Of course they do. The main networks are actually required to. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 07:27 2
        
        that was sarcasm. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:27 1
        
        I believe you. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 07:29
    - ota is weak. move closer to the tv station -- nm - decline Sep 13, 07:25
- what's an antenna? -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:20 2
  - it's what poor people use to watch TV. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:20 1
    - based on all the satellite dishes I've seen in WV, I disagree. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:23
MN school district confronts the repurcussions of its policy of "neutrality" regarding discussing homosexuality. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 13, 07:18 5
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  - "I like attention, but that's the kind of drama I can't handle." - Reagen Sep 13, 07:23
  - he likes Coldplay. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:21 1
    - every one of his tears is a waterfall. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:22
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- Brooklyn? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 07:17 1
  - Mmmmmmmmmm. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:17
My wife has never seen The Rocketeer.... I'm thinking counseling. - colin Sep 13, 07:16 3
- I have never seen it either.... - groiny Sep 13, 07:17 1
  - anyone who saw and liked Captain America should see it.. similar movies in a lot of ways. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:18
- also never seen Blood Sport. - colin Sep 13, 07:16
Tennis: Andy Roddick and Serena Williams?..announced they'll play mixed doubles in Aussie Open in Jan -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 07:15 1
- *cowers in fear of a bad line call* -- nm - Andy Roddick Sep 13, 07:16
LYC: I bought new jeans, a size smaller than I've been wearing. They fit, but the smaller size is gonna take some getting used to. - sycor Sep 13, 07:14 2
- Are you asking us if those jeans make you look fat? -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 07:15 1
  - this bunch of a-holes? Hell, no. You all would make me cry. heheh -- nm - sycor Sep 13, 07:20
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- Let's see how the hose BSU over given the minor nature of the football infractions. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:14
Can someone with a Netflix account verify that Patriot Games is not available on Watch Instantly? Thx -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 07:10 2
- correct.. DVD only. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:11 1
  - thank you -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 07:11
Survivor Pool for week 2: Jets, Steelers, GB the top 3 picks? -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:00 3
- I went with Steelers. They are playing Seattle at home and they are going to be pissed - amoxy Sep 13, 07:05 1
  - Hide yo daughters, hide yo wife. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:07
- Steelers? How about the Ravens, who whoooooooped up on the Steelers and now get Matt Hasselbeck. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:02
Stupid bleeping coworker... - Ender Sep 13, 06:58 2
- Ugh, I'm getting the stupid from two fronts now. - Ender Sep 13, 07:18
- "I need this by tonight." Me:"Ok, do you have all of the information?" "No." Me:"Well then I can't give you a final tonight." -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 07:06
Co-worker Rant... - Mel Profit Sep 13, 06:58 17
- HR involvement is appropriate. all of our cubes are fragrance free zones. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:09 5
  - I should totally pansy up and claim a fragrance allergy. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:11 1
    - "Funny smells make me strip naked and run around doing crazy things" - CNM Sep 13, 07:29
  - wha???? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 07:11 2
    - most of our cubes are for claims people - have to be at their desks all day.. made the decision for no fragrances, no eating at desks. - colin Sep 13, 07:12 1
      - er.. a response to something that happened a long time ago. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 07:13
- You work with groiny now? -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 07:03 3
  - I smell good. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 07:06 2
    - I thought you had a chance to catch Shaun at one point last night. If he hadn't had players in the late game... -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:06 1
      - it would have at least been close. - groiny Sep 13, 07:07
- "It smells like Bigfoot's dick!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 07:02 1
  - "it smells like a used diaper filled with Indian food!" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 07:06
- start playing the Anchorman scene on a loop -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:01 1
  - I think I'm going to quote Anchorman incessantly. - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:05
- the consultant? - Diva Sep 13, 07:00 1
  - No... - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:04
- Leave an anonymous note. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 06:59
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- I don't think I can stand another Yosemite Sam as President. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:01 1
  - "I'm the rootinist - tootinist best Presidential candidate in town!" -- nm - Perry si Sep 13, 07:05
- It'll be interesting to see if the communal Perry beat-down is enough to get Mitt back in it by the primaries. -- nm - Ender Sep 13, 07:00 10
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    - It's interesting that there seems to be no love-lost between any of the Texans and Perry - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:02 8
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        Probably not....but at the same point in time, the Bushies did manage to get that rube elected twice when there was no realistic way he should have. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:04 6
        
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        I think you're overthinking it. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:17 4
        
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        that dude would actually steal candy from a baby. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:19 1
        
        If your a thief and wouldn't...your just dumb. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:21
        
        I think it's plausible. - Mel Profit Sep 13, 07:18
- I don't think the SS attacks have truly started...the GOP won't cannibalize him too badly lest he still win and be damaged ... but come next summer - Will Hunting Sep 13, 07:00
- Mitt reminds me if Adrian Pasdar from Heroes ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 13, 06:58 1
  - he has a loser brother who ditched an Irish lass in an alternate reality and then just left her there? -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 07:14
campus 2012 fashion report: short shorts are *in*....nm - x Sep 13, 06:53 6
- it's akanktacular here. football eve, girls wear super short *tube skirts.* seriously, *tube skirts*? what year is it? and no honey - HPV McGee Sep 13, 07:19
- It's much more cleavagey than I remember - Reagen Sep 13, 06:58 1
  - its like cameltoe is the new cleavage -- nm - budice Sep 13, 07:01
- That's good. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 13, 06:54 2
  - Depends on the wearee...... -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 06:54 1
    - How so? -- nm - Tobias Fünke si Sep 13, 06:57
God, it drives me batty when it's standing room on the bus and people don't slide to the inside seat. - TFox Sep 13, 06:50 5
- Crawl over them to the inside seat. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 07:11
- i used to just stand there, now i say (very very sweetly) "Oh excuse me, may i sit there?' and sort of - Andie Sep 13, 06:51 3
  - my new bus is *never* crowded. I feel like I have my own personal chauffeur. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 13, 07:20
  - I don't have an issue asserting myself for it but others do, and i'm not about to be mr know it all on route 60. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 06:54
  - (and, i don't really wait for them to answer, i just start moving to the empty space.) -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 06:51
girls, let's talk party-wear. - Andie Sep 13, 06:49 8
- it's a plain neckline? -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:06 4
  - well, my suggestion is to wear a multi-strand necklace, not a long one. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 07:10 2
    - Oh, check it out. Banana Republic has a Mad Men collection, and several models have a multistrand necklace. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 13, 07:16 1
      - That model has only a few facial expressions. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 07:19
  - yep. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 07:10
- I think it's time to go shopping. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 13, 07:00
- A string of pearls? -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 06:59
- I wonder how many people misread "party". -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 13, 06:56
Ga. high court upholds life sentence against vegan couple in death of their malnourished baby -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 06:46 9
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  - Fuck them, but life in prison is way overboard (based on the facts presented). -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 06:52 5
    - I bet it just pissed the jury off something fierce. Especially if the prosecution could get pictures of the baby into court - Beaker Sep 13, 06:58 1
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    - *nods* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 06:53
    - this -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 06:53
  - after reading the article I wholeheartedly disagree. -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 06:52
  - Yeah, that sentence seems too harsh - amoxy Sep 13, 06:51

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