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Sylvester Stallone is only four years younger than Kirk Douglas was when he made Tough Guys. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 15:20
sigh, that no power from a week an a half ago killed two of my power backups - Truman Aug 18, 15:09 5
- While being used today, my weedeater decided it never wants to be off., and wants to run at full speed. - Spawn Aug 18, 15:11 4
  - did you mow the lawn in your black shorts and black socks -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 15:29 1
    - you have to ask? -- nm - zork Aug 18, 15:30
  - gas or electric or bub? -- nm - Truman Aug 18, 15:16 1
    - Luckily, electric. Corded so I just plugged and unplugged as needed. - Spawn Aug 18, 15:27
Home!! With one very excited puppy dog :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 18, 14:43 3
- welcome home. you made it by 15 minutes :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 18, 14:45 2
  - Heh, no I was here sooner. I've taken time to sort 10-day's worth of mail and check emails. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 18, 14:53
  - all right who had that time in the pool? -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 14:46
Paranorman is fun! -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 14:43
catching up on my photo processing ... now you can experience July 29, 2012 as though for the first time! heheh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 13:44 [flickr] 3
- and now there's a cow, for some reason. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:10 2
  - Are you writing for Hangover 3 as well? - spamlet Aug 18, 14:34 1
    - Look! Wine gums! Behold them, in their 50-cents-off glory! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:42
my client this afternoon is named Schrek, but unfortunately she's not Fiona -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:28 1
- Max? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 18, 13:39
You know, when a machine has 8GB of RAM and 4GB of HD space (on an SSD) and a photo editing app manages to use *all* of it ... - Beryllium Aug 18, 13:24 5
- not photoshop? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:27 4
  - no, not photoshop. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 13:30 3
    - it still might need scratch disk space -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 14:47 2
      - I can't conceive of a reason why it would need this much memory and hard drive space just to apply some filters to some images. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:49 1
        
        It's not even a bulk job - one at a time. It must not be cleaning up its memory usage. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:50
director of Super and Slither is in talks for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 13:10 1
- You forgot writer of Tromeo & Juliet, Scooby Doo, and the Dawn of the Dead remake. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 16:34
I miss Tito. -- nm - kelly Aug 18, 12:29
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- Out of the top 12 picks, how many were QB's? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:09 5
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    - Matt Ryan over Manning? Andre Johnson over those guys? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:40 3
      - Megatron is in a class all his own. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 15:10 2
        
        Maybe, but even those class of their own guys seem to swap. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 15:21 1
        
        Top 3 RBs, Megatron, RBs 3-11, WRs 2-... -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 15:28
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Tim 2, Max 0. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:17 1
- Hee! -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 12:23
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- Lousy cops -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 12:07
- Tuesday probably at the outside. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:05
SITWAP: ESPN is reporting Starlin Castro got a 7 year $60m extension. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 12:03 4
- Ye gods. There is a dangerous contract. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:09 2
  - If a WAR is worth 4-5mil.....he's been worth about 12mil a year the last 2. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:13 1
    - He's another Hanley Ramirez where the talent side isn't the concern. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:15
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Gay parades banned in Moscow for 100 years -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 12:03 1
- All parades are kind of gay. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:07
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- This entire thing is a cluster-mess. Why does he need permission to have his elbow surgically repaired? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:01 9
  - Because it's in the middle of the season? - spamlet Aug 18, 12:07 8
    - They've known he needs this surgery for months....instead of being wise, they now lose him into next season as well. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:10 7
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        This has to be one of the 5 worst contracts ever, no? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:17 4
        
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        That's a bad result -- not a bad contract. 5yr/65mil for the reigning Iron Man - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:30 2
        
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        Belle's contract was very fair -- Crawford's was bewildering. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:39
      - For OF it's different. I thought I'd heard if he did it now he'd be ready for Opening Day. - spamlet Aug 18, 12:14
So, I just received mail from Budget Rent-a-Car's Vehicle Damage Control Dept, stating - kelly Aug 18, 11:35 14
- Was thinking about this while mowing (first time in 2 months) and think my response would be, "Well, clearly the car was damaged while parked on... - Spawn Aug 18, 15:03
- Does your credit card provide rental car coverage? some have stopped but it used to be common -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:34
- I'm really sorry. I can't help you with Budget but point out the time difference to them. - spamlet Aug 18, 12:17 4
  - Would Budget still have my records from 2 months ago, with that piece of paper showing damage to the car? - kelly Aug 18, 12:20 3
    - Yes, they should have your original. - spamlet Aug 18, 12:22 2
      - The office I rented from is a Budget/Avis office located inside a hotel. - kelly Aug 18, 12:27 1
        
        My guess is that after a certain point it gets archived at a regional HQ. - spamlet Aug 18, 12:31
- wtf - that would drive me nuts. it has to be some sort of mix up! -- nm - gLu Aug 18, 11:56
- Ouch. A question, why did you shred the paperwork so fast? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:54 5
  - Cuz the attendant had said "All clear" and we try to keep my clutter down so she just did it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:00 1
    - Your clutter is an entirely different story... :) - kelly Aug 18, 12:21
  - Is 2 months later "fast"? - kelly Aug 18, 11:59 2
    - yes - i have papers from 3 years ago hahahah -- nm - gLu Aug 18, 12:01 1
      - Yep. 3 is my minimum, in fact. Everything is three-hole punched and put in binders. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:46
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!! - Stephen Aug 18, 11:28 1
- *yay* have fun! -- nm - gLu Aug 18, 11:54
Is there any limit to how tall buildings can get? -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 11:10 4
- no just change the scale -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 11:26 2
  - There's a little more to it than that. The article also considers the weight question. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 11:27 1
    - heh... James May just build an Airfix model Plane in 1:1 - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 11:37
- Heh. Your caveat was my first thought. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 11:25
DMCT (Decide My Coffee Table). I've posted three coffee table finalist pics on FB. Go vote! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 18, 11:08 2
- I'm usually not a huge fan of the rustic look but I like the one on the far right quite a bit. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:10 1
  - Usually I'm very anti-mixed materials when it comes to funiture, but I like the metal/wood look on these. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 18, 11:37
Interesting: If Apple is seriously considering the set-top box market, it has to be looking at [aquiring] TiVo. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:44 4
- Frankly, I'm shocked this didn't happen a long time ago. - spamlet Aug 18, 11:41
- could only improve Tivo's customer service. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 10:59 1
  - The software updates every week would be a pain. As would the new UI. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 11:35
- ohdeargodpleaseno -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 10:46
Packing for vacation. It takes me longer to pack my photo gear than it does to pack my suitcase. Mrs Fuzzy is unamused. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 10:41 5
- wrap your lenses in underwear and socks, done! -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:35
- My wife starts packing at least 2 days before a trip. I pack about an hour before hand. - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:44
- I know you're annoed at how slow I'm being, but let me just tell everyone on this message how annoyed you are before I start packing again." -- nm - Fuzzzy Aug 18, 10:43 2
  - It was just a general observation. She's not home right now and I have plenty of time. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 11:03
  - Oh, ffs. -- nm - Inigo Aug 18, 10:44
So the founder of that anit-Obama ad about bin Laden is a birther - that's no surprise. but the particular flavour of birtherism is amazing. - Reagen Aug 18, 10:38 1
- The American presidency is a monarchical birthright, dontchaknow -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:09
Why Tampa is the perfect place for the GOP convention. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 10:31
I'm pretty sure that kieran, if left to his own devices in a library, would put every single book down the return slot. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:30
Speaking of wedding rings...just spent a half hour looking for mine, thought I'd lost it... - Stephen Aug 18, 10:27 11
- The longest mine has ever been off was for a week to repair. A few minutes at a time - TWuG Aug 18, 11:47
- We both thought Will would be like this. - kelly Aug 18, 11:05 1
  - I took it off one morning and forgot to put it back on...I felt completely out of sorts all day till I got home. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 11:25
- I never take mine off. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:29 7
  - I can't sleep with mine on. - Stephen Aug 18, 11:27 1
    - I can't either. I have a metal container for my watch, change, keys, and ring. - spamlet Aug 18, 11:42
  - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:37 1
    - The one exception is when I mow the grass, at which time it sits on something on the top shelf of the buffet in the kitchen. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 15:09
  - Lost mine on my honeymoon -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 10:30 2
    - I bet it is in the box. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 11:55 1
      - *shifts uncomfortably* -- nm - mrs pfm Aug 18, 12:00
Poll: Have you ever reviewed the tax returns that a candidate has released? If so, for what office and did it impact your vote? -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 09:53 5
- No, we allow the expects to do that for us. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 10:03 3
  - We expect the bloodthirsty media to hire the experts to do it for us. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:11 1
    - I must be watching too much Newsroom lately. I have no faith in what the media is telling us. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 10:13
  - I prefer the experts to. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:04
- My answer: No, I haven't. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 09:53
ML, did you get your Hunger Games code to work? - David Aug 18, 09:46 2
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- mine from my bluray worked for me this morning. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 09:47
One of the Little League players just introduced himself with the inclusion, "And ladies, I'm single." - Other David Aug 18, 09:35 2
- *wink* -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 10:04
- *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* -- nm - Mary Kay Letourneau Aug 18, 09:37
The classification of MLB strike three calls -- (link) - Reagen Aug 18, 09:31
ACT (the testing organization) and Kentucky are at odds over evolution. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 09:29 7
- there's pretty much nothing in that story that doesn't make me want to punch kentucky lawmakers. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 09:43
- Holy fucking shit. -- nm - nubby Aug 18, 09:37
- In the specific case of Kentucky they might be right. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:33
- " Under the most rudimentary, basic scientific examination, the theory of evolution has never stood up to scientific scrutiny." -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 09:32 3
  - I know he doesn't believe that. It pains me that he cannot be punished for such falsehoods. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 10:03 1
    - I'm not willing to say for sure that he doesn't. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:05
  - Spoken like a man educated in Kentucky! -- nm - mara Aug 18, 09:33
truman, you are a republic *and* a democracy. The terms are not mutually exclusive. - Reagen Aug 18, 09:04 4
- i wasnt arguing against that - tRuMaN Aug 18, 09:28 1
  - if voting for citizens is not a right it is not a democrasy IMO -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 11:41
- So what you are saying is - Spawn Aug 18, 09:11 1
  - Do you want to be like China or the UK? -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 09:16
NWBR: you probably know this already, but one thing that makes Romney's withholding of returns so controversial is that his father pioneered the idea. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:59 1
- I did not. Thank. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 18, 09:29
Somebody at WSMV-TV in Nashville was having fun the other night. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 08:57 [youtube] 1
- yes, we have some crazy folks here in Nashville -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 18, 11:22
new trailer for Dr. Who's ASylum of the Daleks.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 08:53 2
- when does the new season start? October? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:30
- *splurt* -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:39
Right about now. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:43 10
- funk soul brother -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 08:53
- Sammy! -- nm - cherries Aug 18, 08:48 8
  - Even Spawn knows that Sammy's era of VH was the best overall -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 08:52 7
    - This is just plain crazy talk. -- nm - Stephen Aug 18, 09:18 4
      - F.U.C.K is the best overall disc they ever did....it's the best sounding one for sure.... -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:38 1
        
        *stands you up for this* -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:47
      - He is just trying to invoke my wrath. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:21 1
        
        though the best drums Alex ever did was "Everybody Wants Some" -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:46
    - It was all downhill after "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" -- nm - mud Aug 18, 09:07 1
      - Yes, but 1984 was the greatest swansong, ever. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:14

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