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Because of the Raiders Long Snapper I think we should void all week 1 Blood Feud games. Commish? You with me on this? -- nm - Bacon Sep 11, 17:20 3
- Yeah well I posted 114 and lost, just gotta move on dude. -- nm - budice Sep 11, 17:26
- How many draft picks do you need to win? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 17:21 1
  - more -- nm - Bacon Sep 11, 17:34
Someone's been smoking in the restroom and its ventilation isn't that good. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 17:16 2
- Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school. -- nm - Qale Sep 11, 17:18 1
  - Its that Charlie Brown, he's a clown, he's gonna get caught, just you wait and see -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 18:12
That position that I bid on that I didn't get that I was glad I didn't get? Now I got it. - Dano Sep 11, 17:04 4
- Hooray! - CovingtonCat on Fire Sep 11, 17:32
- *in a tiny little mouse voice* congratulations -- nm - David Sep 11, 17:07
- So....yay? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 17:06
- Much better than taking that CIFF job. - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 17:06
I talked to a former coworker whose brother has a plumbing biz - Truman Sep 11, 16:50 5
- Dude, if you have a person that knows a person. Use them. Less likely to get screwed over if there is some kind of connection. - Bacon Sep 11, 16:59 4
  - Yep. That's how my sister found the best repair people. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 17:01 3
    - and if you need a maid, it is a must -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 17:04 2
      - the best place to find maids is in churches. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 17:25 1
        
        and on Craig's List. - Bacon Sep 11, 17:35
The Texans' J.J. Watt, who had 1.5 sacks Sunday, said he learned the Dolphins' snap count by watching Hard Knocks. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 16:48
General Hospital Spoiler comment - Todd Manning Sep 11, 16:46 1
- They misread the instructions on the apron. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:50
Reagen & Tim need to check their email, please. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 11, 16:43
The Boston Bruins have locked up forward Tyler Seguin with a new six-year, $34.5 million contract extension. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 16:40 1
- Guaranteeing he won't play professional hockey this season. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:42
Wait. There is a Thursday NFL game EVERY week this season?! *splurt* -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 16:39 7
- I love football as much as the next NFL crazed fan, but this is ridiculous. - Stephen Sep 11, 17:28 1
  - WHY WON'T THEY LET YOU LIIIIVVVE! -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 17:34
- Except the last weekend of the season and maybe the 2nd to last -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:44
- OFFS! - Will Hunting Sep 11, 16:43
- do you get the NFL network? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 16:40 1
  - yes (and even if I didn't one of our sports networks in canada has the games :) ) -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 16:41
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#strikememe -- (link) - ty97 Sep 11, 16:34
Rush Limbaugh: "If Obama wins, that will be the end of the Republican party" -- (link) - amoxy Sep 11, 16:32 25
- Related -- (link) - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 17:15 [Backboard]
- Libertarians, unite! - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 16:59 1
  - *applauds the IM - it is very good* -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 17:11
- Okay, that's the glass is half full scenario, now let us know the glass is half empty scenario. -- nm - Bacon Sep 11, 16:54 5
  - Rush Limbaugh dissapears forever never to be seen or heard from ? -- nm - eag Sep 11, 16:56 4
    - No, that's the glass is all the way full scenario. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 11, 17:03 3
      - *nods* -- nm - Stephen Sep 11, 17:30
      - But you know those aliens will just drop him back eventually. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 17:05 1
        
        What did he do with the other half of his brain? Did anyone see it at the recovery point? How do you lose half a brain? -- nm - Aliens, upon recovering Rushbo Sep 11, 17:07
- In a sense, Obama's win in 2008 was the end of the GOP as we knew it. - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:39 9
  - I thought the economic disaster they created with their "limited government" and "free market economy" nonsense would do it. - GregW Sep 11, 17:12
  - I would hope that the GOP would fracture and form 2 new parties, one for the tea party fucknuts, and one for the people who have valid ideas. - Beryllium Sep 11, 16:42 4
    - I'd hope that eventually, the Republicans who realise their party is unelectable in its current state will wrest control of it, and the tea partiers - Roger More Sep 11, 16:52
    - (Am I allowed to call them that? That's OK, right?) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 16:44 2
      - I believe that's how they self-describe. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:45 1
        
        "It's okay. Actually, I think that's their technical name. " -- nm - Harold Ramis Sep 11, 16:58
  - this is one of the reasons I had kind of hoped Santorum had won the nod, - Reagen Sep 11, 16:41 2
    - I was very much rooting for this. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:44
    - That would have been hilarious -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:42
- Bonus! - David Sep 11, 16:33
- It is like 2004 in reverse. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 16:33 4
  - I just can't see the Republicans doing what the Democrats did in 2005-2006 - amoxy Sep 11, 16:36 3
    - Time will tell. If they can pin the narrative that the Dems are ineffective - Will Hunting Sep 11, 16:38
    - They're going to sextuple-down, I suspect. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 16:37 1
      - By 2020, it will be down to Jim DeMint, Michelle Bachmann and Louie Gohmert -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:38
lower top scores in a league mean it's more competatively balanced. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 16:30 1
- Luck's a factor anyway. There is only so much a player can control. - David Sep 11, 16:44
"how can you keep them down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 16:29
I thought this weekend may have set a record for number of interceptions, but nope. - GregW Sep 11, 16:26
shit-joba's already drunk. -- nm - diva Sep 11, 16:13 2
- You too? -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:16
- oops. -- nm - diva Sep 11, 16:13
shit-joba's already drunk. -- nm - diva Sep 11, 16:09 1
- *orders Diva 2 bottles of gin* to catch up :) -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 16:11
heavy rain from 1-3 and the NE part of town is flooded. I am very glad to be 2/3 up the side of a small mountain. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 16:00
So, in CT you can be on the ballot *twice* for the same position? - spamlet Sep 11, 15:49 4
- same in NY. -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 16:08 1
  - yup. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 16:28
- I've heard of this before, getting listed for one or more minor parties as well as a major one. - Was Bar Was Sep 11, 15:54 1
  - Seems detrimental. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:31
Was Highlander the first mythology show of the cable era? -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:37 54
- Maybe Twin Peaks? -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 16:06 9
  - That aired on ABC? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:24 6
    - Cable era, not cable. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 16:26 5
      - Then you need to define what the cable era is. Cable TV has existed, in some way, since the 40s. TBS and HBO started in the 70s. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:30 4
        
        TBS was(is?) a superstation, along with WGN. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:38 3
        
        That is distributed by cable and satellite. What's your point? It's moot anyway. HBO could be the birth of the cable era. That's *1972*! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:41 2
        
        Ubiquity matters. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:46
        
        You're right. Just looked up the history of WGN and they became a superstation as a result of cable. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:45
  - Okay, that's probably the winner. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:13 1
    - 1990 -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:19
- Then there's Doctor Who. Or are we sticking to US shows? -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:05 1
  - Doctor Who has repeatedly popped into my mind during this thread. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:51
- When do you consider cable era? Space 1999 was syndicated from the get go since none of the three networks bought it - JD Sep 11, 16:03 13
  - Right, there were some that pre-date the cable era. That's an earlier tv generation. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:13 11
    - When do you consider the beginning of the Cable era? I remember having cable back in the mid 70's -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:21 10
      - The launches of MTV and ESPN. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:26 9
        
        1981. 1979. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:42 8
        
        Right so 1980-ish. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:44 7
        
        So we're seeking to identify a serialized "genre" type TV series that aired in the 80s? A-Team? Knight Rider? - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:49 6
        
        Yes but something from our generation rather than the generation before. - David Sep 11, 16:51 1
        
        I've drifted into Buffy and Charmed territory. How about... Otherworld, CBS, 1985? Voyagers!, NBC, 1982/1983? - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:58
        
        Oh! Oh! Stingray! Automan! Manimal! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:51 3
        
        You're ready for the "Name an 80s Show" thread! -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:54 2
        
        I win every time with "Otherworld". -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:59 1
        
        You can't just make shows up. -- nm - David Sep 11, 17:06
  - yup -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 16:04
- After thorough pondering, I have decided that the answer is no. - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:52
- I'd say the last gasp of the syndication era. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:38 24
  - Was there an 80s live action mythology program? I'm having trouble thinking of one. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:40 16
    - Star Trek Next Gen was syndciated in the late 80's. I recall lots of bad sitcom syndicated stuff... - Remlik Sep 11, 15:44
    - St TNG started in 87 -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:42 13
      - Quantum Leap hinted at it ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:44
      - There wasn't an overriding arc in that one. Greatest American Hero showed the lead learning the suit but it doesn't really qualify either. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:43 11
        
        I don't think Highlander really had an arc until the Kalas seasons to be honest and then it went back to single episode stories. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:49 2
        
        They added the watcher stuff in the middle of season one. It was the cliffhanger for that year, too. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:52 1
        
        highlander -> watchers -> joe -> four horsemen ... you see where I am going with this. - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:53
        
        OH! You're talking mythology as in story arc not as in elements of the show. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:45 7
        
        Right. I mean a story arc that lasts multiple seasons. - David Sep 11, 15:51 6
        
        Q. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:51 5
        
        Occasional guest appearances are not a cultivated story arc. - David Sep 11, 15:53 2
        
        (Data is the cultivated story arc.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:54 1
        
        He's just a character and not even an original one. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:55
        
        The Borg. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 11, 15:53
        
        (The End is the Beginning is the Q) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:51
    - I'm thinking there was something too, but can't come up with it. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 15:42
  - Herc, Xena, Andomada all came after -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:39
  - I wouldn't say that - Hercules and Xena came after and were quite big through the late 90s. They were probably it though. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 15:39 5
    - yeah that makes sense. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:40 4
      - and Babylon 5 started in 94 -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:41 2
        
        Star Trek DS9 which did have a mythology to it. And Xfiles really made a a myth-arc show in the mainstream -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:46 1
        
        but then we're getting further and further away from David's question. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:49
      - And let's not forget Baywatch! ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 15:40
- it would have been before Hercules and I think -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:38 1
  - 92 for Highlander and 95 for Herc -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:39
On Op-Eds and the Republicans. -- (link) - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 15:34
LYC: wow, my 9 year old nephew just called and wanted to know what it was like to be in NY on September 11. - loosilu Sep 11, 15:25 6
- They probably learned about it in school and his dad probably mentioned you were there. -- nm - spamlet Sep 11, 15:29 3
  - Probably true about school. they have known for a long time I was there. First time any of them specifically asked me, though. - loosilu Sep 11, 15:46 2
    - At 9, he's probably starting to put 2 and 2 together on it. - spamlet Sep 11, 15:47 1
      - yeah, I was wondering what it all means to kids. He wasn't even born yet so he's never known a world before it happened. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 15:48
- That's very touching. I'm sure you knocked it out of the park. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 11, 15:27 1
  - this -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 16:11
Stein Glacier, Switzerland, 25 September 2006 -- (link) - Truman Sep 11, 15:15 [Image] 3
- Stein Glacier, Switzerland, 17 September 2011 -- (link) - Truman Sep 11, 15:16 [Image] 2
  - *There* are my keys! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:53
  - Drei glaser. *holds up three fingers* -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 11, 15:26
Tom Hanks at the Micheal Clarke Duncan funeral... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 11, 15:02 [youtube] 8
- That's a great story - i *heart* Tom Hanks - very cool he did this. -- nm - JenBro Sep 11, 15:58
- cool. That`s Holly Robinson behind him? -- nm - mud Sep 11, 15:06
- Seriously? There is an ad before this? -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 15:04 5
  - not for me -- nm - Truman Sep 11, 15:08
  - I didn't have one. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:06 3
    - I did. But it's par for the course. It's the official CNN channel. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 15:08 2
      - Ahh, my work computer...I don't have AdBlock -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 15:09
      - ah...my adblocker blocked it. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:09

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