ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 159

Seriously, CNN.com? "Have you posted your '25 Random Things' on Facebook?" is your poll?! - TFox Feb 5, 12:21 16
- To be fair, it's actually on Time Magazine's web site, which has partnered with CNN to bring you this explosive story -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 5, 12:25
- I went out to dinner the other night and overheard two separate tables talking about their 25 Facebook things. - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:23 4
  - Is this the "25 things about me" stuff? - JaxSean Feb 5, 12:24 1
    - It's definitely the same idea. I guess there are a lot of Facebookers who didn't go the MySpace route, and are therefore uninitiated. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:25
  - I'm getting hit with it from all angles. STers, Family, old college friends. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:24
  - It's like living in Dresden. I caved and did it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:24
- [deleted]
- [deleted] 4
  - Conversely, I listen to about 2.5 hours of NPR per day -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:24 3
    - I dig NPR as well. That and PBS are the exceptions to my "gov't tends to ruin everything it touches" philosophy. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 12:25
    - [deleted] 1
      - Either you have a new female roommate in AGA's room - ty97 Feb 5, 12:26
- I don't know about cnn the channel, but cnn the website has become a joke. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:22 3
  - But, we're polling about fucking chain mail now? - TFox Feb 5, 12:23 1
    - yes, yes we are. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:23
  - Agreed. I just couldn't take it any more -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:23
LYC: I was so looking forward to packing light for my vacation trip NYC/WV. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:19 9
- Or look like a business man. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 12:20 8
  - A lot of businessmen live out of one 24-26 inch bag, it seems. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:21 7
    - Hotel Laundry service, they only take a few pants and several shirts besides underware and socks. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 12:24 1
      - I do laundry weekly. I guess I probably *could* do it. I tend to pack extra clothes - ty97 Feb 5, 12:25
    - one of my cow orkers went to Guam for 12 days with only a carryon. I was amazed. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:21 4
      - I could easily live out of my carry on back pack for a year -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:25
      - A lot of frequent fliers swear by carry-on only. - ty97 Feb 5, 12:23 2
        
        apparently on flights to Africa, luggage gets lost. esp Air France. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:24 1
        
        Slightly relatedly -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 12:28
Good Lord. Wingsuit basejumping video -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 12:17 [vimeo] 1
- Nuts! Great vid. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 12:23
Gameflyers of ST: Do anyone of you rent games for multiple consoles or handhelds? - Inigo Feb 5, 12:17
Oronde Gadsden wants to bring the CFL back to the US -- (link) - Reagen Feb 5, 12:15
[deleted] 23
- 24 hours. Only closed on tuesdays for 4 hours of cleaning from 4-8am -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:17 7
  - your bars would close at 7pm. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 12:18 3
    - hee! -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 12:20
    - I really have no base of argument against this -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:19
    - [deleted]
  - Bars should be cleaned everyday. The "wet" portions of a bar get filthy quick. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 12:18 2
    - I will have any dissenters to my rules shot -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:20
    - The only logical solution to that is to have nightly foam parties at 2am -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:20
- I leave it up to the owner to make his own business hours. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 12:15
- 4am. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 12:14
- When I'm made dictator for life of Pacifica, the bars can set their own rules. - Trish Feb 5, 12:13
- i'd close them at 6am and reopen at 11am (that so they can get mopped and cleaned a little.) -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 12:13 1
  - [deleted]
- never -- nm - decline Feb 5, 12:12 1
  - [deleted]
- never. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 12:12
- Same time they currently close. -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 12:12
- no restrictions -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 12:12
- open 24/7 -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:11
- (remind me again why bars need to close, ever?) -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:11
- close? -- nm - Marcel Feb 5, 12:11
- Stay open as long as they want. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 12:11
- 6am, and open at 7am. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 12:11
am I the only who finds reading these air traffic radio transcripts absolutely fascinating? -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 12:08 6
- Why read, when you can listen? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 12:11 2
  - [deleted]
  - blocked at work :( -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 12:11
- I listened to some during military service. -- nm - Marcel Feb 5, 12:10
- [deleted] 1
  - I knew that. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 12:09
ML - here's a great ad for Deadly Creatures. Not sure if it'll help sell many copies, but it's very funny. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 5, 12:03 3
- this is the 1st game for the Wii I've considered buying in months -- nm - decline Feb 5, 12:12
- Hmmm, better link here. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 5, 12:05 1
  - [deleted]
sitwap - an open letter to fans from Bruce Springsteen I received on Facebook - Ticketmaster done pissed off The Boss - crash davis Feb 5, 12:02 4
- None of that surprises me - it was a day the music lost when TM was born - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:19 1
  - I am now imagining Remlik with little devil horns -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:21
- He and Eddie Vedder need to meet up, go to TM headquarters and do a major ass whipping. - Trish Feb 5, 12:08 1
  - ~gnashed his teeth and bit the ticket lady's breast~ -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 12:10
If you loose keys and other important pocket items all the time in the house, try this, it works - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:59 19
- wait, how does it work? what if I lose the house? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:23 1
  - You build another house to protect that one. Pretty soon, you end up with a trailer park in your living room -- nm - Guigue Feb 5, 12:25
- I'm going to do this - I miss my earrings all the time -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 12:16
- I put 100 euro in an envelope each month and post it to "King of the Fairies" to keep those little bastards away from me. - Loyola Feb 5, 12:08
- where do you get old hearing aids? -- nm - Marcel Feb 5, 12:03 2
  - loosi? how about ear plugs, sorta the same shape ish -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:06 1
    - heh, not mine. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 12:23
- [deleted] 1
  - hang your 30 day medalion? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:06
- pockets? -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:00 3
  - you know, i am *constantly* looking for my keys - but i never actually lose them. my bf is all 'i keep my keys in my pockets, i always know where - Andie Feb 5, 12:02 2
    - *backs away slowly* -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:03 1
      - *giggle* - Andie Feb 5, 12:04
- so, this is to keep a faery nearby who will keep an eye on your stuff? -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 12:00 5
  - You should also sacrifice one new pair of panties every month to the underpants gnomes. - Trish Feb 5, 12:15
  - keep the faeries/leprechans/gremlins whatever from messing with your stuff, they are fascinated by such symbols of power like keys -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:01 3
    - "Who all see tha' leprechaun say yeeeeaaaahhhh1" -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 12:08
    - You're one heck of an atheist. -- nm - mara Feb 5, 12:06 1
      - Personally, I'm not very convinced by practicioners of situational atheism. -- nm - Trish Feb 5, 12:16
i hate people sometimes - event that three friends were all 'yes, let's go, buy your tickets asap! rah rah rah.' so, i bought my ticket. now, one of - Andie Feb 5, 11:59 7
- cant find anyone else to go? - Crusty Gorillahump Feb 5, 12:07 1
  - no, i mean, i can. but like i said it's a private club alumni type thing. only alumni can go. i don't really know more alumni than that here. - Andie Feb 5, 12:10
- "We got her again!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 12:00
- sell it on craigslist -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 12:00 1
  - it's not that kind of ticket - (private members thing.) -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 12:00
- [deleted] 1
  - I stopped arranging group trips to the movies b/c I got sick of standing outside, missing the beginning of the movie, waiting for someone to show. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 12:18
Oh, also, TFox, re: yesterday's conversation about my coworker's son who died - - kelly Feb 5, 11:58 1
- oh good. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 12:11
Dano, from B2 - it's not possible to search for 'word!' because google ignores most punctuation (including !) -- nm - decline Feb 5, 11:55 1
- really great functionality from a site that started as a search engine -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 11:56
Franken/Coleman update: Al says he should be certified as winner without waiting for the results of Coleman's legal challenge -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 5, 11:55 5
- Let's end the madness. I nominate ML! -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 11:57 3
  - [deleted] 2
    - *sits you right next to Harry Reid* -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 12:04 1
      - [deleted]
- Minnesota is the new Florida! -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 11:56
Pippy, I just threw away a set of keys (or at least, I *think* I threw them away!) a few months ago. - kelly Feb 5, 11:55 2
- 1st time? then you are doing good - I did a lot when I 1st started to drive - I'm with Amoxy helps to hang them up always -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 11:58 1
  - Will and I were in a rush, on our way to a friend's house - I'm not sure whether I lost them at our place, or at theirs, but I'm pretty sure it was - kelly Feb 5, 12:02
Pippy, I never threw out my keys but I did slip on ice once, and they were lost in a snowbank for 30 minutes -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 11:51 2
- We decided to go to the park at 3AM on new years eve. One of my friend lost his key in the snow - Guigue Feb 5, 12:01
- geesh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 11:59
14 yr old sets Guitar Hero World Record. Watch him play. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 11:50 6
- I finally broke through my longstanding GHII barrier, Freya on expert. I just had to take a fifteen minute break in the middle. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 12:13
- Did he get mad because he missed *1* note in the middle? - Subversive - daddy x 2 Feb 5, 12:03
- Finishing some songs on Expert is good enough for me. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 11:53
- looking away from the screen is just showing off. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 11:53
- that's insane -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 11:52 1
  - Seriously, that seems impossible. -- nm - pmb Feb 5, 12:09
[deleted] 4
- She can try to cover it up like Steve Jobs? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 11:51
- isn't that what Jobs had and Swayze has? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:50 2
  - The pancreai are revolting! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 5, 11:56 1
    - you said it, they stink on ice. -- nm - Count DiMoney Feb 5, 11:58
LIR: I don't remember what NYC neighborhood it was in, but when it gets late enough, it turns into street food heaven - con_carne Feb 5, 11:48 10
- Jackson Heights perhaps? Roosevelt Ave. is always crawded with street food vendors every time I've been out there. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 11:50 9
  - It would have been like at 3 in the morning. Naturally. Also, I love street food and taco stands probably more than I shoul -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 11:53
  - [deleted] 7
    - just a thought. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 11:53
    - It would have been either that or midtown somewhere -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 11:52 5
      - [deleted] 4
        
        Sounds like Pink's -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 11:56 3
        
        [deleted] 2
        
        It's *the* place to be at 2:30 :) Partly because every f***ing bar closes at quarter to 2 -- (link) - con_carne Feb 5, 12:01 1
        
        [deleted]
$6000 for a water filtration system seems extortionate. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 11:47 6
- depends what kind of volume you're running and want it to do. - Reagen Feb 5, 11:51 2
  - Our water is mega hard here. Some guy came to the door once pushing a "de-mineralizer", pretty much leaving the impression that I would catch any - Loyola Feb 5, 11:59 1
    - oh, it's an industry that's filled with scammers and shysters galore - Reagen Feb 5, 12:02
- right? unless they have a small waterpark in their backyard with a slide that goes through a shark tank -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 11:49 1
  - :) -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 12:01
- So does $3000 fwiw. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 11:48
*sigh* - znufrii Feb 5, 11:47
FYI 360 owners: The Halo Wars demo released today. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 11:45 8
- Is it an RTS game? -- nm - Inigo Feb 5, 11:52 2
  - as far as I know, yes -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:54 1
    - Cool. My favorite. -- nm - Inigo Feb 5, 11:57
- Yep, I added it to my 360's download queue from work -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:47 4
  - from bungie's site? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 11:47 3
    - er not, bungie, I meant to ask from what site? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 11:48 2
      - Xbox Live Marketplace, durr. and MajorNelson made a direct link from his twitter feed. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 11:50 1
        
        yeah, I found it on the site. - tRuMaN Feb 5, 11:51
[deleted] 2
- *spills* -- nm - JackDawson SI Feb 5, 11:49
- with bacon? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 11:45
you might as well take it, your addicted to st. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 5, 11:44

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)