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For the holdouts like me, Mass Effect 3 is today's Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day. $29.99 -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 08:25 1
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Last night was a bit of a milestone for me - Reagen Apr 24, 08:22 4
- Progressive conservative doesn't sound right. Is that the person you voted for? - Krusty Apr 24, 08:30 1
  - our Conservative Party is so centric compared to the US use of the word, -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:42
- and all it cost was a tiny piece of your soul. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 08:25
- how shocked are people that Wild Rose didn't win? -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 08:25
I've had some weird dreams lately - znufrii Apr 24, 08:19
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- They had to do this. He has no confidence in his knee right now. -- nm - David Apr 24, 08:23
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A measure to abolish capital punishment will be on the November ballot in California -- (link) - con_carne Apr 24, 08:12 1
- they might as well. cause they sure as F take their time in carrying out existing sentences. -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 08:29
The news just interviewed someone named "Mr Raper". They said his name at least a dozen times and then had an accidental awkward pause when segueing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:06 3
- Did they also say "meow" a lot? -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 08:09 1
  - naw, it was about a saw mill explosion, 23 injured, 1 fatality ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:20
- someone is going to find out some things during the genealogy project the family isn't going to be happy about. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 24, 08:09
I would if the same "source" that outed the Saints for Bountygate also implicated them in this listening device debacle? -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:56 1
- One of the sources for Bountygate is Scott Fujita, who played for the Saints from 06-09 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:58
Jurrjens' story reminds me of Rick Ankiel - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:55
My local library apparently has a social networking component to their website. - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:50 10
- Library website: 1. ST: 0 -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 07:51 9
  - Hey, ST is weird and clunky and full of potential too. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:53 8
    - ST: 1. groiny: 1 - oblique Apr 24, 08:02
    - I don't find it to be clunky. -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 07:56 6
      - That's because we all know the way we like to use it; it's kinda difficult to explain to new users -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:57 5
        
        we have new users? - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:01 4
        
        foodchem! -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 08:06 3
        
        he used and abused us and then left us! bastardo! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:07 2
        
        didn't somebody else new post just a day or two ago? - prayformojo Apr 24, 08:11 1
        
        yes they did - talking about Cabin - we were all very civil and no one got crazy - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:16
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- she wants to watch the Rangers and Ottawa in game 7 safe at home obviously -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:43
- I could see it. drinks at 8 probably don't finish before 10, and if you have a ways to go after that... - mafic Apr 24, 07:39
- understandable - znufrii Apr 24, 07:39 9
  - It's a city of millions of people...how can you not find something to do for 2 hours? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:45 3
    - devil's advocate - when you are there everyday it's not as enthralling. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 07:54 2
      - Amusingly, the reverse is true for Toronto. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:55 1
        
        heh. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:00
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    - then I'm afraid the only other option is - znufrii Apr 24, 07:44
    - fwiw: 8 is early in the city. way early -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 24, 07:42 2
      - yes. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:43
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- and here I thought you were thinking 8 drinks. Now that's a good Thursday night -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 24, 07:38
- Unless she lives in Canarsie or has to be up at 5am I don't think so. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:36 2
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    - If she works in Manhattan it's even less of a big deal. - Krusty Apr 24, 07:42
- those person X's are evil. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 24, 07:36
beer prices by MLB stadium...... -- (link) - groiny Apr 24, 07:29 21
- That's an awful graphic -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 07:33 2
  - I didn't fucking create it, ass. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 24, 07:34 1
    - Did I say "groiny, you fucktard, you created a piss-ass graphic"? - oblique Apr 24, 07:40
- How can normal people afford Red Sox games? - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:31 17
  - I'm pretty sure last time I went to a hockey game it was $7 for bad beer and $8 for the less bad. - mafic Apr 24, 07:52 1
    - "... and you had to win the cup for good beer." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:00
  - I didn't mind paying as long as it wasn't bad beer... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:51
  - *checks the link* WHOA! -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:40
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    - Yup. Paying to drink at the stadium is for suckers and tourists. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:44 5
      - And for people who like to follow the rules' *shrug* - kelly Apr 24, 07:51 2
        
        I don't drink much and if I do I also purchase my one beer. But if the goal is to get drunk at the game then - Krusty Apr 24, 08:21
        
        have the nice man bring me a decent beer is well worth the price. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:56
      - There were *tons* of suckers there that day then, double-fisting those beers. - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:44 1
        
        The pre-gaming is the biggest issue. If they're already half in the bag before the first pitch - Krusty Apr 24, 08:23
  - pre-drinking. You need to show up drunk -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:37
  - please, it is all sporting events. I used to go to a dozen Sox games a year. - groiny Apr 24, 07:34
  - It's a good thing Red Sox fans live to be miserable. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 07:33 3
    - one last thing regarding last Saturday. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 08:02 2
      - Sports Guy had the same comment. ~So Good, So Good, So Good!~ NOOO! IT"S NOT! ARE YOU WATCHING THE GAME?! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 08:05 1
        
        something snapped in me Saturday... - Mel Profit Apr 24, 08:08
ika forge question (sorry non players) - dogbert Apr 24, 07:25 1
- before you fire it and until you get the temple at 98% is my guess. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:27
Some NY gas stations adding $2/gallon credit card fee... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 24, 07:22 8
- 2%-3% I could understand, but that's insane. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 08:28
- That makes me feel stabby. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 24, 07:51
- $2! that's insane. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 07:31 1
  - welcome to Long Island -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:32
- They could probably pull this off, - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:24 1
  - here you typically get 2 cents off per litre if you pay cash...but no penalty for credit card -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:30
- I would think that that would break their contract with their credit card companies... -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:23
- *stops complaining about the extra $.10/gal they now charge at my usual gas station in Trenton* -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 07:23
i love my dentist! weird, right? - Andie Apr 24, 07:18 7
- that's fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 07:55
- that is great! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:33
- That's really awesome. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:21 2
  - one other time (years ago) i cracked a tooth on an olive pit in a greek salad and she was super pregnant.. - Andie Apr 24, 07:24 1
    - I'd never leave her. that's tremendous. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:46
- Nice! -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 07:20
- Dr. Vogel? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:19
Dear New Orleans Saints: PLEASE sue ESPN. PLEASE. - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:18 1
- espn better have their ducks in a row. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:19
HWDYK note: during the next week we're running some Avengers-related quizzes, but we don't yet have one on Thor - prayformojo Apr 24, 07:12 3
- You should re-post when Diva is around -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 07:24
- I miss doing these. -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 07:15 1
  - 36 minutes in, Thor has his shirt off. How many abs are clearly defined. - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:21
2.4 million in resources pillaged so far (from TWO cities). Beat back a navy attack last night (he was forged, I'm not) - Beaker Apr 24, 07:10
48 years ago today I boarded a ship in Australia for a 6-month trip to England. - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:06 21
- Perth is lovely this time of year. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:30 2
  - I know. Do you have plans for tomorrow? Used to be parade in the morning, drink in the afternoon :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:38 1
    - I considered the dawn service, but I think parade and drinks will be about it (plus laundry squeezed in somewhere). -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:55
- ~a three hour tour~ -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:15
- It must seem like grand adventure. - Mel Profit Apr 24, 07:09 1
  - It was fun - of course I did get addicted to travel. Too bad RL got in the way :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:25
- Do you miss it? - colin Apr 24, 07:08 5
  - Why Scotland? -- nm - J Apr 24, 07:09 4
    - Me dad is Scottish. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:57
    - there is one SINGLE good reason why -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 07:20
    - FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Colinski si Apr 24, 07:10 1
      - gotts find nessie. nm -- nm - Colinn Apr 24, 07:10
- wow, 6 months?!? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 07:08 8
  - You have to understand how isolated (and how provincial) Australia was back then. A lot of Australians went to the UK to work - it was basically the - Roger More Apr 24, 07:27
  - Young people back then went on "working holidays" - kind of like the old grand tour, but taking temp jobs along the way. Air travel was expensive so - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 07:21 6
    - there's actually still a bit of a remnant of this. you can still get working holiday visas (that's how I first came), but also long service leave. - mafic Apr 24, 07:34 5
      - it's a Commonwealth thing, isn't it? Americans can't get those, I don't think. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 07:38 4
        
        Americans can, now, provided they have a college degree. Australia also negotiated a bunch of reciprocal arrangements for working holidays with - Roger More Apr 24, 07:52 3
        
        I don't think you even need a degree, provided you're 30 or under. I do know Americans can only stay for a year at most, and most others can renew - mafic Apr 24, 07:58 2
        
        There are two visas - the working holiday visas, which are open to anyone between 18 and 30, if you're from the right country - Roger More Apr 24, 08:05 1
        
        that is great. My working holiday in the UK was an amazing experience. wish we had had the Australia option at the time. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:17
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issues a ruling & dissent, quoting the movie "Princess Bride" -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 24, 06:58 6
- referred to the supreme court with "have fun storming the castle." -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 08:00
- Was it Health Care Reform?...."if you don't have your health, you don't have anything" -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:17
- The next Prop 8 ruling will be titled "Mawwage is what bwings us together... today" -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 07:08
- "My name is Judge Inigo Montoya ..." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:02
- We should guess. "I do not think it means what you think it means." -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 07:01 1
  - "Oh, what I wouldn't give for a holocaust cloak...." -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 07:04
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- really? - znufrii Apr 24, 07:14 2
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    - gotcha - znufrii Apr 24, 07:41
- IMO it's just parents thinking their kid needs top of the line equipment for that little advantage. The better bat the farther the ball goes, etc. -- nm - MDH Apr 24, 06:54 7
  - it is a status thing, much like having a top of the line car. - groiny Apr 24, 07:07 6
    - It's status, and wanting to live vicariously through them. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:09 5
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      - I want my son to play sports, mainly to make sure he gets scholarships to schools. - groiny Apr 24, 07:10 3
        
        Yes. This would be 1 of my 2 goals - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:11 2
        
        Losing? Do they actually keep score anymore? - Stephen Apr 24, 07:18
        
        yeah, hard to teach the losing lesson. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 24, 07:12
- "because they want to" really isn't endemic of something enough to make it worth speculating on, i guess. -- nm - TFox Apr 24, 06:48 9
  - Really, if you want your kid to be good, just tie his right arm to his chest like I'm doing with Nathan so he's forced to be a lefty specialist. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 06:55 5
    - It's just like those neck ring things. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 06:58 4
      - I don't see how necklaces impact sports ability Bery. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:00 3
        
        Body mods. Unforeseen side effects. Yadda yadda. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:13
        
        you'll never have confidence if you don't have a gold cross to kiss after every good play. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:04 1
        
        "Where was God on the home run you gave up?" "Judging by how far it went, he was catching the ball." -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 07:05
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    - *confused* - znufrii Apr 24, 07:18
    - anything that costs less than an XBox, it's not hard to figure out that people would just drop that cash in a second. -- nm - TFox Apr 24, 06:58
my boss is insane, but you already knew that. -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 06:43 5
- put LSD in his coffee. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:04 4
  - cause we need " Crazy" to be " Crazier"? heh -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:08
  - he doesnt drink coffee, cause its "bad for you" - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 07:07 2
    - drink of choice? Scotch? moonshine or cough syrup? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 07:08 1
      - stolly vodka with ice -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 08:14

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