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The Pirates have the longest consecutive losing streak among the 4 major sports at 19 seasons. How far that list do you have to go before you get to - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:46 6
- I'm not dumb, I understood your question. The answer is 315 games -- nm - Guigue Sep 23, 11:53
- I don't know if I'm reading your question right, but I'll say the lions -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:49
- The Islanders have sucked for a very long time. I bet it's them. - Reagen Sep 23, 11:49 1
  - I asked this poorly, but the answer is 6 - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:50
- 3 iirc. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:48 1
  - doesn't have to be current -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:49
yikes, the MNF ga,es this year are terrrrrrrible - Beaker Sep 23, 11:45 1
- Wow. - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:48
Here's the info on the new Blockbuster streaming service. -- (link) - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:42 2
- so, more money, smaller library. - TFox Sep 23, 12:02
- And you know who called it this morning? -- (link) - spamlet Sep 23, 12:00 [Backboard]
With apologies for another FB post: I need help understanding how something on FB works. - ty97 Sep 23, 11:41 3
- Do you have all of your privacy settings set to "friends only"? I was told it will block that from happening if you switch from friends of friends to - jnine Sep 23, 11:50
- It's all controlled by *your* permissions on your posts. If you post with friends of friends permissions then people can see - oblique Sep 23, 11:49 1
  - That's what I would expect, but I'm not completely certain that's how the news ticker is working. - ty97 Sep 23, 12:00
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- it was a crazy day. -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 12:02
- i have a question about that - were people actually jumping before the second plane hit? - Andie Sep 23, 11:43 23
  - I wish I could find the article I read a few weeks ago, but this explains it too. -- (link) - mara Sep 23, 11:51 4 1
    - oh dear god. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 12:00
    - wow. that's tough to read. thanks though. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 11:58 2
      - also hard to read "Most came from the north tower's 101st to 105th floors, where the Cantor Fitzgerald bond firm had offices, and the 106th and 107th - Andie Sep 23, 12:00 1
        
        One of my brother's friends from HS was in WOW that morning. it's too horrible to think about. he was a really good guy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 12:03
  - The reports I read say yes. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:50
  - There were fires that separated the upper floors from the ones beneath. - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:46 12
    - i guess, i just think my first instinct would be if i couldn't go down, i'd go up before i *jumped out a window* -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 11:46 11
      - word -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 12:03
      - it's easy to monday morning quarterback this sort of thing....nm - x Sep 23, 12:02 4
        
        oh, god, i don't mean to question anyone's actions. i was more questioning the timing of what the guy in the original article was saying. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 12:04 1
        
        I think it varied greatly depending on the location. The floors right above were in a fireball right away. - loosilu Sep 23, 12:07
        
        That's the thing. For a lot of these people, it was a two minute series of events. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 12:03 1
        
        exactly. and clearly it had to be horrific in there. it wasn't one or two people. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 12:04
      - If the smoke was bad enough, you might not be able to find "up." Plus, the window is where light and fresh air were. -- nm - mara Sep 23, 11:55 1
        
        some of the people photographed falling were actually on fire. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:56
      - I will say that while my stubborness was through the roof, my judgment was quite impaired during the fire. - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:50 1
        
        I suspect some of those floors didn't have floors any more. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:52
      - from the telephoto pictures we saw, it looks like people were driven to the windows by smoke and flames and literally had nowhere to go. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:50
  - Remember, Plane 2 hit Building 2. So anyone in Building 1 was already in their situation.... - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:44 2
    - no, i know. i just didn't remember it that way. i thought things weren't that dire, yet. - Andie Sep 23, 11:49 1
      - I read accounts that people started jumping/falling just minutes after the first plane hit. probably people in the floors immediately adjacent to the - loosilu Sep 23, 11:51
  - yeah, also, you don't get dressed when that is playing out across the street in case you have to leave? -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 11:44
- I shivered at his description of the jumpers. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:41 2
  - We posted a thing on BOP last week that our email discussion from 9/11. - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:44 1
    - I just remember watching live news as the battalion chiefs were in the lobby and you'd hear WHAM and people would flinch, and one chief said... - zeitgeist Sep 23, 12:08
- Or, "How I carjacked a cab to get away from Ground Zero while other people were panicking and bleeding around me." -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:40
- good grief -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:40
- Related: Did we know that Seth MacFarlane was supposed to be on AA11 (crashed into North Tower on 9/11). - ty97 Sep 23, 11:38 1
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Weekend plans? Have we done this? -- nm - CQ Sep 23, 11:34 20
- cleaning the house for people to stay next weekend -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 12:03
- MTM in from LA!! wander around frat row with MTM at zombie migration time. work. other work. drink beer. sleep. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 23, 11:59
- San Diego for a Dodgers/Padres game. -- nm - jnine Sep 23, 11:58
- Working the Arch.Soc. table at the Old County Courthouse Museum tomorrow - annual Smithsonian Museum Day. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 23, 11:43
- Ooh, just found one. Pull this up on the tablet, on the piano and learn this. -- (link) - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 23, 11:42 [youtube]
- Comic store with Connor on Saturday, ND game Saturday night, Church, football, and BBQ on Sunday -- nm - Stephen Sep 23, 11:41
- Chyallin'. Layin' low and saving my sheckels for a big weekend next weekend. - con_carne Sep 23, 11:40
- Vegetate....I'd like to clean up the yard and get some plants done, but weather looks sloppy - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:38
- Moneyball tomorrow at 1:00pm is all I have planned so far. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 11:38
- Board meeting. The rest is TBD. -- nm - TFox Sep 23, 11:37
- sit around high on vicodin until my neck & back feel better -- nm - peglegpete Sep 23, 11:37
- Poker tomorrow night, Sunday LOVE Chico - amoxy Sep 23, 11:37
- Finishing the bathroom. (floor tile, painting the walls, installing new light/fan, moving in the new vanity and toilet) -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 23, 11:37
- Tonight: Dinner and/or drinks with friends. Tomorrow: Football time infinity. Sunday: A bit more football. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 11:36
- work, poker, maybe sealing the driveway -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:35
- wedding reception in syracuse tomorrow. on to the east coast from there on sunday. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 11:35
- Moneyball at 7:20. Sit on our asses the rest of the weekend. (nm) - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:35 2
  - What did you think of Archer last night? - amoxy Sep 23, 11:38 1
    - It was uneven but still quite funny. Rip Riley is a great addition. I hope he stays. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:40
- netflix movie tonight, errands and such tomorrow with some home projects thrown in, Aston Villa party on Sunday -- nm - CQ Sep 23, 11:35
Did Black Shadow just back out of taking over an account? - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:30 10
- he mentioned he was in a big war on the Ny server, might be too many accounts -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:42
- If you like I can talk to him. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:35 7
  - Nah. It'll be more pleasant without him. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:36 6
    - No, if we can keep him, we keep him. There's a war coming and frankly, we need as many hands on deck as we can get. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:37 5
      - will do. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:45
      - When I have a sec I want to compare his com set-up to the org (proximity of cities). - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:42 2
        
        5 of them are within an island of each other; and the 6th is distant, almost in the hub. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:43 1
        
        And of course, he's the only person in that same zone as I am. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:53
      - *sigh* Fine. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:41
- Yup, looks that way. -- nm - Stephen Sep 23, 11:30
September 26 (Monday) is the annual St. Jude's day at Chilis. All restaurant proceeds go to the children's charity. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:26 11
- closest Chili's is over 46 miles away. I'm thinking it's a no go -- nm - CQ Sep 23, 11:37
- I wonder how much of a spike they get doing this? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:27 5
  - We go every year, and it's never very busy. :( -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 11:53 1
    - Yeah, I went once. I respect them for what they are doing but still wish it was a better night of the week. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 12:01
  - We eat there exponentially more because of their charity work. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:31
  - I would expect/hope they get a good spike, but this is what causes me to not want to go (I expect crowds and waits) -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 11:30 1
    - Do take out. We do the 2 dinners for $20 pretty often. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 23, 11:32
- Which reminds me: Make a $10 donation to St Jude's and avoid Chili's at all cost on Monday. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 11:26 3
  - They have started doing this on Saturday nights on a monthly basis. For $10, you can color in a Chili. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:31
  - I have a small crush on their salsa. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 23, 11:28 1
    - Give me three baskets of their chips plus a salt shaker (sans salsa) and I'll gorge myself - ty97 Sep 23, 11:30
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LIR Adventure World. I guess we can "Remove Neighbor" on the My Neighbors tab - con_carne Sep 23, 11:20 3
- Sorry. I'm on it. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:22 1
  - (Cau-ha-ha-use Lord knows I have been indundating his a$$ with crap.) -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 11:34
- will do this too. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:21
*won't give dogbert the satisfaction of calling him my nemesis, nemesi, nemesisis?" - Stephen Sep 23, 11:20 7
- 'nemesisis' is when your mortal enemy is your female sibling. -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 23, 11:35 1
  - What is this, "Grandson of Sniglets"? -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 11:36
- bwah-ha! -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:22 2
  - One of these days we'll learn to stop beating ourselves, and then what will you have to hang your hat on?! - Stephen Sep 23, 11:28 1
    - Given how things have gone...the 1990's and 2000's is what they'll have to hang hats on. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:31
- nemeses!!! (I should know) -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:21 1
  - (and, since he wanted the singular version, I was wrong). - loosilu Sep 23, 11:24
Indianapolis announces really embarrassing bid for 2020 Summer Olympics -- (link) - oblique Sep 23, 11:19
After rewatching a few firefly episodes yesterday Jaynestown and Objects in Space are my 2 favorites - eag Sep 23, 11:18 8
- I think Jayne is the leading contender for my costume (if any) at Comic Con next year. - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 23, 11:36
- Ariel is mine. I'm a sucker for a good heist. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 23, 11:26
- ^5 I've been rewatching Firefly this week, too -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 11:21 3
  - I bought the complete first season like 2 months ago and hadnt watched it till yesterday -- nm - eag Sep 23, 11:23 2
    - "First?" - con_carne Sep 23, 11:25 1
      - I should have said the complete series -- nm - eag Sep 23, 11:26
- I want to go to the crappy world where I'm a hero! -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:18 1
  - Wash, we've got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss. -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 11:28
mara: Go to the throne room, find the row of icons on top. Click on the second icon from the right. that's Your Games. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:17 2
- Thanks! I never would have found it. Seems like a totally random place to put it. -- nm - mara Sep 23, 11:26 1
  - yes, it's bad. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:28
Heh. I said Robert Patrick on B2. I meant Eric Roberts. Caviezel looks like Eric Roberts. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:17 2
- I can't get over my attraction to Eric Roberts. I know its wrong on many levels. I just want to climb him like a jungle gym - Epiphany Sep 23, 11:25
- Well, that sorta changes your point, a bit. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:18
Sorry Charlie. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:17 2
- sorry indeed -- (link) - dogbert Sep 23, 11:20 [Backboard] 1
  - This one was the charm. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 23, 11:22
sitmop: I think Kim Delaney's been drinking again. -- (link) - Diva Sep 23, 11:17 8
- I wonder how far into her speech did it take her to realize she was talking about her show. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 11:24
- I'd seen the story but didn't recognize her. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:22
- girl is a hot mess -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 11:21 5
  - she's pretty hot *and* a hot mess. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 23, 11:31 2
    - agreed -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 11:33 1
      - we should play hot or not sometime. I wonder if we have the same taste in chicks. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 23, 12:00
  - that's sort of insult to Hot Mess. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:27
  - 'xactly -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:22
Adventure World friends, I need 2 more people in my party before I can go on an adventure. I've already sent out invites so it won't let me re-send. - Mop (194 lbs) Sep 23, 11:16 4
- Go to the forumn to find people to friend who you can then add to as neighbors -- nm - amoxy Sep 23, 11:26
- ugh, I hate games that require to you harass your friends. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:22 1
  - I don't need games to harass my friends! :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:27
- this is why I hate zynga games. -- nm - decline Sep 23, 11:19
I think my skirt is too short for work. I may be out of dress code. I wonder if they'd actally say anything. also, - amanda jones Sep 23, 11:15 2
- what is rule #1 around ghere guys? -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:15 1
  - grr, -g -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:15
Will, I am about done with the games also. I like Empires and Allies, but it is becoming too much work - amoxy Sep 23, 11:13 4
- I don't like that I have to keep bothering my friends to continue playing the game. I'm done with all FB games. -- nm - Dawson si Sep 23, 11:32 2
  - It all comes down to either bugging your friends or spending lots of real money -- nm - amoxy Sep 23, 11:35
  - *sfan -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 11:33
- the zynga CFO plays E&A, according to my FB feed. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 11:15
I don't think I have an ST Nemesis -- nm - amoxy Sep 23, 11:11 3
- 4 yes, 2 maybe. that's an awful lot of fighting around here for so fewnemesises (nemesi?) -- nm - dogbert Sep 23, 11:15
- Sure you do. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:15 1
  - Jim? Hell everybody hates Jim -- nm - amoxy Sep 23, 11:18
TFox totally sympathizes with The Monster, in "Young Frankenstein" during a particular part of the Gene Hackman scene. [nm] - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:11 6
- Wait, I was going to make Espresso...(nm) - amoxy Sep 23, 11:12 5
  - some of the movie doesn't hold up, I think, but that scene slays and kills. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:13 4
    - At one point, I think it is when they toast mugs and the Monsters mug breaks - amoxy Sep 23, 11:15 3
      - What I like about it is that Hackman is so skilled throughout that all Boyle has to do is follow along. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:17 2
        
        Up until that point, Hackman had been a pretty serious actor. I can't remember any comedies he had done - amoxy Sep 23, 11:19 1
        
        I'd heard that. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 11:26

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