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TV PSA: The Roseanne roast tapes tonight. -- nm - nubby Aug 4, 14:24 1
- Feeds 75. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 14:40
Women's 100m spoiler. - loosilu Aug 4, 14:18 3
- damn thats some tall women indeed -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 4, 14:49 2
  - even allison hayes wouldn't stand a chance. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 14:51
  - spoils - Roger More Aug 4, 14:51
Great Britain/Korea men's soccer spoilers - David Aug 4, 14:14 2
- We'll add it to the list. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 14:17
- spoils - amoxy Aug 4, 14:17
Olympic women's basketball ratings records surge in viewership -- (link) - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:14
"Taken" with a real dad -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 4, 14:12 [youtube] 1
- mop? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 4, 15:06
Guys, what's my preferred iPhone weather app that has radar? Alternately, can someone look at my weather and tell me how big this storm is? - Amanda Aug 4, 13:50 9
- Found current radar. Looks like (you're in State College?) it should be mostly passed and there are other scattered cells. -- nm - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:05
- You could probably wait it out. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 4, 14:05
- You could probably wait it out. -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 14:04
- WeatherBug has a cute little ladbug as its app logo. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 14:04
- Weather Service says light rain. Which you know is wrong. -- nm - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:04
- There's a really excellent just radar app called MyRadar. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 4, 14:03
- Weather Channel has the best radar. WUnderground has radar but it doesn't seem as user friendly. -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 14:02
- Here's a site I'm waiting for it to downloadt the info you want. -- (link) - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:01 1
  - It's no help. It was updated Tuesday. -- nm - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:02
10k spoils - Reagen Aug 4, 13:47 4
- they actually run that twice as fast as I do, which blows me away. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 14:37 1
  - marathon runners are doing 5 minute miles -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 16:07
- 10k spoils - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:57
- *soccer spoils* - Strongbad Aug 4, 13:54
Holy mackerel there are a lot of events today. They are blearing together in my mind. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 13:39 3
- I'm a big fan of the Javeline event. So bouncy, so pointy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:44 2
  - I only saw about 4 throws from the Heptathlon. Had to run and get a lotto ticket. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 14:40
  - (supposed to be a portmanteau of trampoline/javelin ... Doesn't really work as well as I had hoped) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:45
"if you're just joining us, they are still running" ... Maybe if I say it enough times, it will be funny. - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:35 1
- They could always kill the last one at the end of each lap. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 13:37
Argument I heard on the radio...hockey fans: If you were starting a team who would be your first pick? Gretzky, Orr or someone else? - Krusty Aug 4, 13:07 12
- Tony Esposito. -- nm - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:07
- Shea Weber -- nm - Other David Aug 4, 13:26
- Personally, I'd take Gretzky, but plenty would take Lemieux over both. - zork Aug 4, 13:10
- I obviously pick Gretzky but the question is not insane. - Reagen Aug 4, 13:10 2
  - All things being equal; health, age, etc. - Krusty Aug 4, 13:13
  - I was going to say that it's too bad your last line wasn't available to him. Still, one of the criteria for is that ... - zork Aug 4, 13:12
- aren't both a bity long in tooth to pick? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 4, 13:08 5
  - hockey players have teeth? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 13:12
  - Well yeah. The argument was about the greatest of each sport and he went with Orr. - Krusty Aug 4, 13:10 2
    - ok. dream team, not necessarily active players -- nm - peglegpete Aug 4, 13:18 1
      - Yes. More about who is the best of all time. Obviously it all started with the Phelps talk. - Krusty Aug 4, 13:19
  - bit -- nm - peglegpete Aug 4, 13:09
General Hospital Shocker (spoilers) -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 4, 12:57 2
- Uhm...the spoiler pops up at the top of the window if you're in Firefox. -- nm - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:09 1
  - That's why he called it a spoiler, isn't it? -- nm - mara Aug 4, 14:31
I have to say 6 packs on women are kind of sexy. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 12:15 4
- heptathletes? - zork Aug 4, 12:37 3
  - I have to agree. Taken as a group, they are the hottest set of athletes at the Games. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 12:57 2
    - soccor team gals are a collection of cuties -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 13:11 1
      - also, according to my friend who used to play high-level women's soccer: about 80% gay. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 14:43
Which would you prefer? - Under the Influence Aug 4, 11:59 9
- C) A) Rhode, Kim - USA - Herself - Gold Medalist, London 2012 Women's Skeet Shooting -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 12:46 2
  - Discrete data is a good thing. Makes it more useful for pivoting. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:32 1
    - yep, i really feel country deserves it's own column for later sorting. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 13:41
- I think country is kind of important. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 12:21
- *wonders what the "Herself" column is for* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 12:18 3
  - Individual or Team, perhaps? -- nm - Roger More Aug 4, 12:19 2
    - herself just souns odd, like a movie credit where a name star plays themselves, how about Ind. or team -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 12:50 1
      - Yeah, I'd drop it and just add team to the event description if it was a team event. -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 12:54
- I'd go with the second one, aside for the big names people may not know what country they're from. -- nm - Stephen, in Fantasy Football Hell Aug 4, 12:10
Olympic weightlifter pinned to floor by the neck with 332 lb bar -- (link) - zork Aug 4, 11:32 2
- Disqualifies him for trying to lose on purpose -- nm - Olympic Commitee Aug 4, 13:27
- Yikes! -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 13:23
I don't know how people in less mild climates function. it feels like only 100 degrees here and I can't even move. -- nm - amanda Aug 4, 10:59 6
- I can take almost any temperature...so long as it's less than about 10% humidity. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 4, 11:35 1
  - You can take my temperature anytime. :) -- nm - Mom's Cabana Boy Aug 4, 12:01
- one of the austerity measueres in Spain is gonna be to abandon the siesta - Danedukenuuk Aug 4, 11:04 1
  - McDonald's will clean up with the 80 Euro cents, any size drink promotion. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 12:07
- I've found I can do things outside in the morning and the evenings, no matter how hot and humid it is. It's having the sun overhead when it's so hot - mara Aug 4, 11:02 1
  - Yup, if we have yard work to do we do it before 11 or after like 6, when it's bearable. -- nm - Stephen, in Fantasy Football Hell Aug 4, 11:47
Olympic soccer spoils - amoxy Aug 4, 10:52
Viking Poll: where have you been victorious today? - landbeck Aug 4, 10:40 18
- the day just started, so nothing yet. hopefully sampling quartz. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 14:48
- I slept in until 11am -- nm - Bacon Aug 4, 12:50
- I was victorious at sleeping in today... - Stephen, in Fantasy Football Hell Aug 4, 11:41
- yes i destroyed a base in Battle Pirates in less than 3 min. -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 4, 11:16
- The HOA meeting I just got home from. I have never received so many compliments on my work. - The Dark Spawn Aug 4, 11:15
- bought dave a new suit and a great shirt in record time! -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 11:14 1
  - so much easier than a dress -- nm - the human tater tot Aug 4, 13:22
- I kicked a child's ass in zingo and chased a bat out of a house all before 10:00 a.m. -- nm - amanda Aug 4, 10:58 1
  - *taps out* -- nm - the US Army Aug 4, 13:16
- Determined an estimate for the number of books in adult general nonfiction (c. 120,000), and the number of shelves in that section (4920). -- nm - mara Aug 4, 10:57
- Sleeping till one despite dreams involving killer dinosaurs AND zombies. -- nm - Ender Aug 4, 10:56
- I did get up at 6:30 to work so I can spend the rest of the day my family. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Aug 4, 10:54
- I emptied a box in the garage! -- nm - psilotum Aug 4, 10:54
- My blood sugar was under 150 -- nm - amoxy Aug 4, 10:51
- Successful weigh-in for the second month in a row. - MojaveMeg Aug 4, 10:49 1
  - Congrats! -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 13:36
- I repaired my dresser! -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 10:46
- in the washroom -- nm - mud Aug 4, 10:45
we watched captain america last night. it was pretty terrible. -- nm - amanda Aug 4, 09:24 3
- I'm inclined to agree. the first half was decent. the last half much less so. I didn't hate it, but I wish I hadn't paid for it. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 14:49
- I thought it took itself far too seriously, wasn't any fun to watch. And HATED the ending. -spoils- - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 12:35
- Where's the banhammer when you need it? -- nm - Stephen, in Fantasy Football Hell Aug 4, 11:41
I know we're all crazy with the Olympics but I just finally watched the Pacquioa vs Bradley fight. (spoiler thoughts) - Mel Profit Aug 4, 09:22
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- Nice...on the Linney train -- nm - budice Aug 4, 09:12
- what did her boobs feel like? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 4, 09:06
- Nice. - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:04
Men's 400m spoilers - Dano Aug 4, 08:51
Olympics shooting spoils - Trish Aug 4, 08:41 1
- Might want to rephrase that :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 4, 08:46
So, trampoline compared to gymnastics - tramp is for older, bigger gymnasts that excel at tumbling stuff but not the other stuff? - rollo Aug 4, 08:32 2
- I dunno (spoils) - Beryllium Aug 4, 08:38 1
  - They are some of the happiest looking atheletes. - the liioulu with high humidity Aug 4, 14:11
What's got two thumbs and a Nexus 7 on tax-free weekend? - sycor Aug 4, 08:28
That was ugly. UGLY! -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 08:18 5
- spoils - Trish Aug 4, 08:23 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 08:24
- Yes, but - rollo Aug 4, 08:21 2
  - That was pretty sweet. Too bad they couldn't run like that the whole game. - Krusty Aug 4, 08:24 1
    - def. esp - rollo Aug 4, 08:27
BBall spoiler - Krusty Aug 4, 08:08 2
- And that effing air horn. It's annoying the hell out of me. -- nm - Trish Aug 4, 08:12 1
  - Heh. :-) The only way it could be worse would be to use a vuvuzela instead. -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 08:18
Well, you should put the USA-LIT basketball game on immediately if you're not already watching -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 08:03 5
- *smh* Spoiler - Krusty Aug 4, 08:05 4
  - spoils - Trish Aug 4, 08:09 3
    - spoils - Krusty Aug 4, 08:12 2
      - chuck the three up way too often... like Duke? - stewie Aug 4, 08:16 1
        
        I'm fine with Coach K despite my venemous hatred of him and Duke. This team isn't built well with only one real big man. - Krusty Aug 4, 08:23
American Horror Story was filming at the Old County Courthouse Museum yesterday...... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 4, 07:57
Olympic spoils - Roger More Aug 4, 07:55
The USA men's b-ball game is interesting. - Trish Aug 4, 07:30 2
- spoiler - Krusty Aug 4, 07:41
- No one is rooting harder for Lithuania than Michael Jordan. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 07:36
I'm watching last night's Nightline. They should stager the gymnastics and the pool events -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 07:12
I thinkit was horseshit they suspended those Badminton teams. They changed the rules, and they used them so that they would have an easier draw going - Under the Influence Aug 4, 07:08 7
- the problem was, you had two teams trying the same tactic and it was pathetic watching them play like day care toddlers -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 12:47
- They were given several warnings. The players were just too stupid to even make it look like they were trying. -- nm - GregW Aug 4, 07:24 1
  - The rule change is what made gaming the system possible. I'm surprised they risked pissing the Chinese off. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 07:44
- The 2 per country gymnastics rule for the all around is kind of outdated. - Dano Aug 4, 07:17 3
  - I agree completely. When the fourth best overall gymnast is watching from the stands there's a problem. - Krusty Aug 4, 07:43
  - I pretty much agree with you. I just like making the 24 variable. If the big 4 teams were on there game that would just require an extra athlete per - Under the Influence Aug 4, 07:38 1
    - You do still want to balance the # of gymnasts per rotation though. 24 works for both men and women because it is divisible by both 6 and 4. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 08:24
Janet Jackson digs in, insists her only concern is for the kids' safety. Of course it is, dear. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 4, 06:45 1
- Well the state of California found the will valid so I don't see it getting over turned. Anybody know when the kids get control of the estate? -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 06:53
Olympic tennis spoilers - Dano Aug 4, 06:45 4
- spoils... - budice Aug 4, 07:22
- Serena needs to invest in some product for that wild ass hair. Just sayin' -- nm - Trish Aug 4, 06:54 1
  - dat hood hair just sayin -- nm - budice Aug 4, 07:05
- They should put a no grunting rule into tennis. Anything over 85 decibels you lose a point. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 06:48
Can't get into Trampoline, Tennis (Serena), Basketball, just checking the web to see what was on earlier. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 06:42 2
- There's shooting (womens' rifles) on MSNBC. Oh, they're also cutting back and forth to fencing. -- nm - Trish Aug 4, 06:49 1
  - Not channels I get, and the wrong country to access on the web. :( -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 09:44
Men's basketball, USA vs Lithuania just started. It's on NBCSN (and NBCSHD). It might also be on regular NBC, check your listings. :) -- nm - Trish Aug 4, 06:35 6
- Why? Watching Kobe and The King and his Jesters play is about as interesting as watching paint dry. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 4, 06:38 2
  - I tend to ignore Kobe. - Trish Aug 4, 06:42 1
    - I ment to delete Kobe from the post and go with King and Jester. :) Funny thing is if they could have got Michael out of retirement even - Under the Influence Aug 4, 06:51
- Unless Marta in very little clothing is on, I'm not interested :) - spamlet Aug 4, 06:37 2
  - She really is, isn't she? - Trish Aug 4, 06:41 1
    - She's cute, not skanky hot like fashion people want their models today. -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 07:01

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