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And now there's a paper towel jammed in the men's room urinal (there are probably no women's room urinals, but I wouldn't know). what the crap! - Max Jul 20, 11:39
It's 82 degrees! It's 82 degrees! - spamlet Jul 20, 11:39 1
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New infobit: Shooter bought ticket for the show, propped open exit door during the show. He didn't break down the door as previously reported. -- (link) - GregW Jul 20, 11:37 5
- that page is creeping loading, probably getting slammed. - b. Jul 20, 11:41 1
  - Yeah, it doesn't say much else. C&P here. - GregW Jul 20, 11:43
- Suggested overreaction: Every theater will have to have alarms on all exit doors. -- nm - GregW Jul 20, 11:39 2
  - I thought they all were, if only to keep one kid from buying a ticket and then letting in a couple dozen sneak in the emergency door - zeitgeist Jul 20, 11:43
  - A good thing and a bad thing. If they're emergency exits, they should be alarmed. - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:40
Just because: Talking With Kids About News -- (link) - con_carne Jul 20, 11:32
Headline: "EU to amend law to make Libor rigging illegal." So bank fraud is legal in the EU? -- nm - GregW Jul 20, 11:31 2
- I expect financial laws are specific to certain types of actions. So, it's not illegal until someone codifies it. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:39
- one man with a briefcase can steal more than a 1,000 men with guns -- nm - mario puzo Jul 20, 11:32
sitwap: Changes in Immune Systems, of the mother and fetus, maybe linked to autism. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:28 4
- sitwap (sorry, its my science day i guess) : A new collection of compounds�derived from a tiny marine organism�may pave the way for news HIV drugs. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:32 2
  - I'd rather have anti-HIV drugs. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:38
  - my cousin in london works on the 3D modeling of the HIV cell, I ;think' this is his work -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 20, 11:36
- *runs from the McCarthy-ites* - oblique Jul 20, 11:29
I don't get the people on Facebook "liking" the article about the shooting. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:25 6
- there's no 'dislike' button, but I think what people really mean is that they empathize -- nm - mario puzo Jul 20, 11:34
- people do that to be supportive. liking there, thumb's up on YT, +1, etc. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 11:29
- simple answer - people are dumb. complex answer - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:26 3
  - I don't think "Liking" means the same for everyone on Facebook. I think for some people it's similar to a "Thank" button -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 11:28 1
    - true, but still, my answer stands - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:29
  - Well, not to point fingers, but one of us is dumb. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:27
poll, please: link us please to a work of art currently hanging on your walls at home. -- (link) - amanda Jul 20, 11:24 [Image] 21
- I've put about 25 of some of these photos in black frames with white matting 5x7s in a square on a living room wall -- (link) - CQ Jul 20, 11:41 [flickr]
- don't have anything hanging yet, but this is one of them -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 11:39
- I have a Nat Geo map of the world, some pics of my nephew, and some magnets on my fridge -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 11:38
- Our latest. Map of Chicago using only words. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 20, 11:37 3
  - nice. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 11:41
  - that's super cool. remind me about this at my mom's birthday time. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 20, 11:38 1
    - They had a bunch of cities. Here's the original link. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 20, 11:40
- this. -- (link) - groiny Jul 20, 11:36 1
  - Hmm. I was expecting more nudity -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 11:37
- not hanging in my box, but i have this Lolapallooza 1991 poster framed with my ticket stub -- (link) - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:35 [Image] 2
  - I have my ticket to Conan's premiere live show, along with a poster, framed. Cost a bundle. Stupid custom framing! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:41
  - also, Days of Open Hand -- (link) - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:36
- This -- (link) - Stephen Jul 20, 11:32
- I also cut up two Jack Vettriano calendars and framed the prints. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:31
- someday I'd like to have this... -- (link) - Mel Profit Jul 20, 11:30 [Image]
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- A lot of the prints I have are pretty rare (mostly Disney themed) but I just got this one. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:29 [Image]
- local artist V Rae. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:27 [Image]
- Olivia Calendar -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 20, 11:27 [Image] 2
  - Oh! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:28 1
    - hee - not quite the same. snort. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 11:32
Shooting news comment: "Solution? Carry a smallish tire iron, and practice throwing it in a safe place. If every citizen had one of these..." - Dr.Vermin, throws a dollar in the jar Jul 20, 11:21 3
- why not just teach every child how to throw a boom-a-rang at people. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:24 2
  - Not enough kangaroos here to practice on. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 20, 11:26 1
    - hey - I saw your youtube of Big Deuce the other day - very cool. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 11:27
i wonder if this stuff will every actually get produced. Scientists made a material with pores similar in size to those in a cell in the human body -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:18
so we just had a flood in my apartment building. jane (laundry bitch in apt 2) left for work this morning without (spoiler) - amanda Jul 20, 11:17 4
- either got a frantic phone call and left upset...or is a total passive agressive bitch trying to wreck the whole place -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 11:19
- drunk? -- nm - CQ Jul 20, 11:18
- and how does that cause a flood? The drain get clogged? -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 11:18 1
  - I'm not a plumber. what do I know? (I assume slow drain, water level just crept up over time. I have no idea.) -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 11:20
I was thinking of giving "news room" a try, maybe not now. I started to watch the 1st ep. the other day, but 77 minutes in the Summer = unshiny.-nm - b. Jul 20, 11:14 1
- Yeah, it looks great, but I'm a sucker for anything Sorkin does. But time is short while the sun is out. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:29
hey mel, military hardware post for you -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:12 2
- very interesting. and as noted, that's the type of tech that absolutely will save lives. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 11:15 1
  - heh. yeah - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:16
One of the bad parts of being in an apartment. No enough wall space. I have to be super picky about what to put up -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 11:09 26
- Yeah, and it really limits the spots where you can "do it" standing up. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 11:38
- oh my gosh, totally. I am completely out of space. I have no room for my new jewelry mirror. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 11:11 10
  - ain't that a bitch? -- nm - chinese apple factory slave worker Jul 20, 11:16
  - I'm pretty sure we had some boxes that multiplied while in the moving truck. - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:13 8
    - last night I had the realization that one of the main reasons I want to buy a house is that I feel crowded. I'm one person in a two-bedroom apartment. - amanda Jul 20, 11:15 7
      - and then three bedrooms, and then four, and then a storage unit, and then there's a line of 1-800-GOT-JUNK trucks outside your door. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 11:18 5
        
        "i might use that fifth jewelry mirror someday. that stays" -- nm - hoarmanda Jul 20, 11:20 3
        
        I only have three now. and one of them is small. (I like sparkly things!) -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 11:21 2
        
        the world's most beautiful creature has different needs than the rest of us -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:23 1
        
        well, obvs. as I've been saying for years, my needs. *my* needs. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 20, 11:26
        
        really, I worry. I mean, who needs this many clothes?? -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 11:20
      - yeah I'm seeing what I can unpack and nicely display as far as my collectibles go, everything that doesn't get put out, is getting sold. - sycor Jul 20, 11:17
- i've never put a single thing on any of the walls of my four apartments -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:09 9
  - that sounds...depressed -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 11:23
  - not a single John Hughes movie poster?? -- nm - Max Jul 20, 11:13 1
    - well, just "Dutch" -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:14
  - *makes plan to send a "pawtographed" picture of Jim* -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 11:11 3
    - *makes plan to sell it on ebay* -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:15 2
      - you know you would never do that ... besides ... Jim would be heart broken - JenBro Jul 20, 11:16 1
        
        like i could get any money for it anyway -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:21
  - I don't like blank walls. Too boring. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 11:11 1
    - i just feel like they're never really mine so no sense trying to make it mine -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:13
- hang stuff on the ceiling. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:09 3
  - kind of hard to put framed movie posters on the ceiling. lol -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 11:10 2
    - self adhesive velcro! -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 11:12 1
      - popcorn ceiling. wouldn't work. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 11:13
miffed, Amen! Had the chance to fire 9mm, M16, M60, 50 cal, 20mm Vulcan, AT4, and Stinger missile in the Army. - Stephen Jul 20, 11:08 7
- You got that right! - miffed67 Jul 20, 11:36 2
  - Oh, i'd forgotten about the M203! Only got a chance to fire that one a couple of times, and obviously not for qualification. - Stephen Jul 20, 11:47 1
    - The hubby and I talked about getting our CCL's so we can go to the range once in a while and fire something up. - miffed67 Jul 20, 11:57
- *makes a note, must make sure sceire makes it to the compound when zombies start rampaging* -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:09 3
  - I'm pretty sure Sceire is currently living in what will be the compound. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:11 2
    - california? i doubt it, i bet the zombies overrun it first. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:12 1
      - Yeah, we'll be heading for the mountains when it starts... -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:14
Alaska bans king salmon fishing on prime rivers -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 11:07 1
- sure, that stuff is $40 a pound now -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 11:22
From the NYT Letters to the Editor today on the Boy Scout ordeal. - MDH Jul 20, 11:06
hello ST. Elli is dying to say something to y'all. - kare Jul 20, 11:05 9
- she's brilliant as well as beautiful -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 11:28
- My nephew sez: Hey baby, what's shakin'? -- (link) - con_carne Jul 20, 11:17 [Image] 1
  - budda belly! - Epiphany Jul 20, 11:25
- I'm gonna let that little sweetie get away with that tone this time.....this time -- nm - CQ Jul 20, 11:16
- awww :0 -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 11:13
- pang her back to rehab. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 11:11
- at least she's cute as a button -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 20, 11:09
- (personally i'm kinda impressed by the capital M.) - kare Jul 20, 11:06
- ohh, i bet its a secret code that unlocks - tRuMaN Jul 20, 11:05
Rant: Why is it that so many of the mini Google maps you see on websites do f*ck all when you try to click on them and get a bigger map? *end rant* -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 11:04
Dawson it is from Full Metal Jacket - Beaker Jul 20, 11:02 15
- Or keys in a sock.....soap in a sock......a lock. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 20, 11:40
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  - Wait...are you saying you've...never seen it before? -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:09 12
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      - Move it up the queue. Amazing film! Enjoy. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 11:14 9
        
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        FMJ is a lot less artistic, and has more of a documentary feel. - con_carne Jul 20, 11:26
        
        Think of FMJ as Clockwork Orange meets An Officer and a Gentleman. - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 11:24
        
        Better. But also, be prepared to watch two different movies within a movie. -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:19 1
        
        And Apocalypse Now is more of a psychological "thriller"; the second half of FMJ comes close, but it's more actiony (though realistic) than Apocalypse -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:21
        
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        I think he should be forced to go back in time and watch it when he should have watched it to begin with!!! -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:15 2
        
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        Nah, I think 16-17 is an appropriate age to watch it. -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 11:18
      - *jealous* Enjoy! -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 11:14
Boston Mayor Menino is vowing to prevent Chick-fil-a from opening a location in the city, saying "they have no place here." -- (link) - MDH Jul 20, 10:59 1
- Sometimes Mumbles gets things very right. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 11:01
Thanks for the fan advice, y'all. -- nm - Dr.Vermin has gone from suck to blow Jul 20, 10:58 2
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- we can send you fan mail if you want. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 10:58
Live press conference from Aurora right now. Police chief currently speaking. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 20, 10:57
ST Poll: What do I have in my armpit? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:57 22
- the stink of a thousand camels? -- nm - zork Jul 20, 11:15
- Secret -- nm - amoxy Jul 20, 11:15
- Eggs -- nm - amoxy Jul 20, 11:09 1
  - (not chicken) -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 11:10
- Congrats on finally reaching puberty....now you can sit at the big boy table with the rest of us. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 11:02 3
  - Have you registered that Snoggin with the FAA yet? - Mel Profit Jul 20, 11:07 1
    - Not at all, my legs are too short for it to interfere in air travel - Will Hunting Jul 20, 11:11
  - please, lice go to Mel's arpits like we go to Cedar Point. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 11:03
- durian? -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 11:01
- Kuato -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 11:01
- strawberries -- nm - miffed67 Jul 20, 11:01
- love -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 11:00
- "And 100 Other Great Family Reunion Party Games" -- nm - Max Jul 20, 10:59
- box of chocolate and a bottle of vodka -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 10:59
- Groiny's Dog? -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 10:58
- pack of m&m's. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 10:58
- season tickets to the miami marlins -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 10:58
- a puppeteer's hand? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 10:57 1
  - I gave up being a Bull Fighter. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:58
- spider. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 10:57
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- tick -- nm - CQ Jul 20, 10:57
roll the board, yo. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 10:56 1
- Hell yeah! -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 10:56

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