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NBA approves Rivers to Clippers deal, but still may have issue over Garnett -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 24, 13:39
appeals court upholds conviction of Galleon's Rajaratnam -- (link) - zork Jun 24, 13:36
That's very sad news about Teacher. - Stephen Jun 24, 13:31
in the Y's gym (walking track mezzinine) and some kid loses the ball, it rolls across the gym to some kids sitting on a bench, none heed his call for - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:28 1
- I don't understand that last sentence -- nm - zork Jun 24, 13:32
the yoga mat ad pmb linked to really is hilarious. *blots eyes* thanks, I needed that. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 24, 13:28 2
- IKR? really creative imagination! -- nm - JenBro Jun 24, 13:35 1
  - that crazy Lt. Gov. candidate in Va. is right. yoga is of the debbil -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:38
Indianapolis Police detonate device found in Federal building.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 24, 13:25
Hudson's Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) is considering buying U.S. retailer Saks Inc., according to a source close to the potential deal. -- (link) - zork Jun 24, 13:21 1
- so it may one day come true: that dress was made from a horse blanket -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:24
Has it been mentioned Sandi's dress -- (link) - eag Jun 24, 13:19
Paris Jackson will likely be in treatment for at least three months -- (link) - zork Jun 24, 13:15 2
- That's good, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 13:17 1
  - I think so. - zork Jun 24, 13:19
May 28th is when I ordered my random woot shirts. Still no delivery. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 13:15 5
- i sent some dvds of an italian show to my uncle in germany about that time that ahsn't arrived yet either, obviously a worldwide phenom, but comeon -- nm - it has to be aliens, right? Jun 24, 13:44
- I'm on week three of waiting for a CafePress shirt to arrive. Clearly there is a conspiracy afoot. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 24, 13:31 1
  - I blame Snowden for the cooling effect on international shipments. - Beryllium Jun 24, 13:35
- this isn't at all surprising to me. -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 13:19 1
  - It's about a week longer than last time, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 13:44
Nubby...you mentioned Surrey. What part? - Meg Jun 24, 13:07 10
- Oh my - talking about it sent me to the web - this is where my mom grew up... -- (link) - Meg Jun 24, 13:13 2
  - very nice. (I shall now have a moment thinking about a happy-place version of Jude Law .) -- nm - b. Jun 24, 13:17
  - I think that's just down the road :) -- nm - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 24, 13:16
- Horsley. -- nm - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 24, 13:10 1
  - *throws a W up there* -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:11
- five minutes from my brother - charlie Jun 24, 13:09 4
  - The nursing home where I was born was in Reigate. -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 13:14 2
    - your mom was *old* -- nm - zork Jun 24, 13:16
    - you're Benjamin Button? -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:16
  - Hey you. Didn't you kill my brotha? -- nm - Alexei Sayles Jun 24, 13:09
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- Bad Luck -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:05
The National Zoo found the red panda. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 24, 13:01 2
- How many got loose? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 13:02 1
  - Spawn thinks the panda's name is Buddy -- nm - zork Jun 24, 13:03
Seriously. (Wimbledon spoiler) - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 24, 13:01 9
- I don't think it's a spoiler any more. it was breaking news. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 13:05 4
  - My time is so messed up, I can never remember when's when. -- nm - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 24, 13:13
  - some people record to watch later, and they avoid news/twitter/etc. until then. -- nm - b. Jun 24, 13:11 2
    - yeah, I know. this one has been hard to miss though. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 13:48 1
      - I wouldn't have known without (intentionally) clicking on posts here. -- nm - b. Jun 24, 14:07
- isn't it ironic? - charlie Jun 24, 13:04 1
  - A little too ironic -- nm - JenBro Jun 24, 13:39
- Redmond? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 13:02
- Sorry. Drown your sorrows in some more pints. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 13:02
There's still no word on what Bergeron's injury was, right? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 12:59 8
- bruised spleen -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 13:25
- Sprained vagina. - Krusty Jun 24, 13:01 3
  - should have been "he'll be out for a week" - zork Jun 24, 13:28 1
    - Good one. - Krusty Jun 24, 13:35
  - curse you. - Diva Jun 24, 13:25
- sure looked to me like he blew out a disc in his back. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 24, 13:01
- "body injury" -- nm - spamlet Jun 24, 13:00
- Didn't he get 7 years for sleeping with the underaged dancer? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 13:00
Hail!! - kelly Jun 24, 12:55 8
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- the gang's all here. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 13:01
- Wow, WillH really does have a big head if you have to greet him that way. -- nm - zork Jun 24, 13:00
- It's looking like all hell is gonna break lose here any minute -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 12:56 4
  - It's just let up a bit after 20 minutes. I couldn't see 20 ft in front of me in the last stretch of the ride home. - kelly Jun 24, 13:01 1
    - aaaand, now it's done. Not even drizzling out there. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 13:07
  - I hope it doesn't drift this way. I have gary today. -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 12:59 1
    - The rain changed path right before hitting here. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 13:00
do any of us know anything about scooters? -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 12:42 17
- I car-pooled on one in my teens but never owned one. -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 12:59 1
  - *thinks about this, starts to do the math on his fingers* -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:47
- My sister sold Vespas for a time -- nm - budice Jun 24, 12:50 7
  - does she want to talk to me via email? (is she like that? "no" is ok.) -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 12:58 2
    - that works, which email should I give her? -- nm - budice Jun 24, 13:03 1
      - mary at whatmary dot org (thanks so much. I only have a couple of questions. really thanks a lot.) -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 13:05
  - that's cool -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:54 3
    - The Vespas were cursed. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 12:54
    - Not really. She sold *one*. Then she would steal it back and sell it again. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:54 1
      - no idea why but I find this highly amusing ... can't stop giggling -- nm - JenBro Jun 24, 13:42
- I know lots - decline Jun 24, 12:45
- I know they come in pink. Maybe even in red. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 12:44 4
  - and that's all that matters, right? I think I want that smokey grey color. -- nm - amanda Jun 24, 12:45 3
    - someone who parks outside here has the turquoise-y one, and a riding outfit to match. -- nm - b. Jun 24, 13:15 2
      - what? -- nm - barnaby bear in a turquoise-y riding outfit Jun 24, 13:17 1
        
        you don't need to try so hard, when you're naturally cute. -- nm - b. Jun 24, 13:30
- In particular, I'm interested in learning how far they can jump. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 12:43
Is this the sad and depressing yet necessary time we remind ourselves to put STer notification in our ....documents -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 12:42 9
- I have included in mine a request to have a goodbye post made here. -- nm - GregW Jun 24, 13:53
- The virus will upload a few hours after I fail to input the stop code. Without me, there's no point to the board, right? - Dr.Vermin Jun 24, 13:34
- When this is one of the first threads of the daily visit you notice, you know that backboarding is both a must and somewhat dreadful. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 24, 13:20
- Yeah, it is in my will that in the event Amy and I both go at the same time, for you all to be notified via mail. - Spawn Jun 24, 12:59 1
  - i put you in my will - charlie Jun 24, 13:10
- Daughter of course knows about you but I don't know that she'd think of it :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 12:57
- so now documents is the new code for pants? -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:47
- I don't believe I put anything in my will about you people. Y'all will have to fend for yourselves. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:46
- you all are just gonna have to work it out for yourselves. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 12:43
Emmerich claims that Will Smith won't be in Independence Day 2 because he's too expensive. Do you buy that? -- (link) - charlie Jun 24, 12:39 18
- No one watched ID4 for Pullman or Goldblum. Smith is the only person who has to come back. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 13:25 2
  - what i can't tell is if they're just being cheap, or if there's a reason other than $$ that Will Smith doesn't/wouldn't reprise the role -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 13:33 1
    - he doesn't guarantee box office as much as he used to but in this case I think not getting him will make it a "cheap sequel" - zork Jun 24, 13:38
- It'll cost more not to include him. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 13:06 1
  - Right -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 13:14
- the 1st left off with the world a moldering mess w/cities and populations wiped out, so only mostly intact areas would be africa. so bring in eddy - zeitgeist Jun 24, 12:56
- and ID4b's fate as straight to DVD is sealed -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:51
- That's why Will Smith created Jaden Smith. -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 12:49 1
  - Fear is a choice... -- nm - Captain Steven Hiller Jun 24, 12:50
- again? If he has said it this many times, it must be true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:41
- I could easily see him not being "the star" of the movie, just a pricey cameo. That's all it would need. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:40 7
  - Dress him up as an alien for a 5-second shot. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 24, 12:42
  - well i wouldn't pay him for just a cameo. -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 12:40 5
    - "Welcome back to earth!" ::scene:: -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:46 2
      - What would a world-saving airman do in his retirement? Or would he even retire? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:47 1
        
        Be like Kirk, and live with these twins. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 24, 12:48
    - ten minutes of screen time. tops. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:42 1
      - just recycle footage from Hancock -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:42
*ponders wtBoard marketing* ... gotta find a core group who can immediately start using the software with 10+ users. - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:39 2
- I could hook you up with an Al-Qaeda cell. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:54 1
  - What does the NSA offer for referral commissions these days? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:55
This is so strange. For the lady 2 days, my left eye has been really watering, to the point where I have to keep wiping away tears. It looks like I've - kelly Jun 24, 12:34 19
- allergies. eyelash. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 12:41
- I once had a tear duct infection that was something like that. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 12:40 10
  - yes, me too. -- nm - decline Jun 24, 12:44 9
    - We're there any other signs? Pain or anything? - kelly Jun 24, 12:53 2
      - It took a while, but eventually there was swelling and pain. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 13:21
      - that pain didn't start until the infection started spreading. -- nm - decline Jun 24, 12:55
    - by all means, keep us in suspense you two -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 12:46 5
      - heh. It started as pinkeye that moved to the tear duct and then the infection moved into the skin around my eye (cellulitis). Severe pain and swelling - decline Jun 24, 12:52 4
        
        I think I saw you in the trailer for The Conjuring. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:58
        
        Ah, ok. Thanks. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 12:54
        
        you didn't tell us how you have it to mara -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:53 1
        
        that's our little secret -- nm - decline Jun 24, 12:54
- Beaches -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 12:36
- Aliens. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:36
- Allergies. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:35
- plugged tear duct? -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 12:34 3
  - that sounds plugged to you? -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:35 2
    - yes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 24, 12:48 1
      - thanks - zork Jun 24, 12:52
WWSTD Poll -- Your spouse/significant other hates your job. Your boss invites the team w/spouses to his son's wedding. What do you do? -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 12:33 13
- Tell her to suck it up, princess. -- nm - spamlet Jun 24, 12:36 2
  - Pretty much this. Or, you go by yourself and your spouse "had another committment that day" and they don't go. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 24, 12:54
  - The Boitch and I *will* be attending -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:37
- hates it so much that she wouldn't even want to go to a wedding? - charlie Jun 24, 12:35 1
  - yep. it's a social occasion, with some possible networking tossed-in. unless it's like.. illegal stuff or porn-related or something, it's odd. - b. Jun 24, 12:51
- make an excuse for her or both of us to not go -- nm - zork Jun 24, 12:34
- I would not go to the wedding of the son of my boss in the first place. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:34 2
  - aren't you your own boss? - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:35 1
    - Exactly! -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:41
- go without the spouse/significant other and pick up a bridesmaid -- nm - decline Jun 24, 12:34 1
  - (boss's wife! it's the right thing to do.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:35
- politely decline. His son's wedding? Who cares? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:34 1
  - (Keep in mind that I'm answering as an introvert who would rather stay at home and sit on the computer.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:34
all you zombies -- nm - charlie Jun 24, 12:32 2
- all the single zombies...all the single zombies -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:22
- in da house -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 12:32

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