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LYC: Today in "I did not know they were Canadian!" - con_carne Jul 10, 12:26 1
- he totally looks Canadian. -- nm - Max Jul 10, 12:28
Rate the trade: FF, 8 team keeper: C.Newton,11th overall, 38th overall for A.Rodgers,8th overall,33rd overall. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 12:20 8
- 8 team leagues.... ew. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:29 3
  - Rosters are very non-standard: 2QB,3WR,3RB,1TE,1W/T,2W/R,K,DEF. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 12:32 2
    - Oh, okay. The larger rosters help. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 12:34 1
      - Hate those. - Spawn Jul 10, 12:45
- In such a small league, having the best player at each position is more important so the Rodgers side. - David Jul 10, 12:22
- ARodg side wins. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 12:21 2
  - This -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 12:33
  - by a fair amount, I think. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 12:23
"You Can Only Hope to Contain Them" On having breasts and playing sports... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 10, 12:19
Randy Orton divorces....find out how much he makes - Remlik Jul 10, 12:18 4
- I guess it's good to be King??? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 10, 13:10
- I wonder what happens when his salary goes down. Does the child support drop? -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 12:36 1
  - In most cases, yes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 12:42
- that's a correctly quoted monthly salary? seriously? -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:33
I think I will have million french fry night for dinner. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 12:17 5
- That sounds damn good -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 12:31
- I've had a brisket in the slow cooker since this morning -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:26 2
  - nice. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 12:36
  - YUM -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:27
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How Canada became a "rogue, reckless petrostate." -- (link) - mara Jul 10, 12:17
My mother wants to watch the entire AFI top 100 via streaming media. - David Jul 10, 12:15
Crash Davis News: Summer Glau to join the CW show "Arrow" -- (link) - Remlik Jul 10, 12:03 3
- David! Now what are you going to do ? -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:10 1
  - Feel sad for her career. -- nm - David Jul 10, 12:11
- F YEAH! Love that show -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 12:05
Warmachine (nmbwm) - Diva Jul 10, 12:03 1
- thx -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 12:13
*clap clap* -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 12:01 1
- (I look over my shoulder after watching a commercial for The Conjuring...no way am I watching the entire thing) -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 12:02
Mexico surpasses US in levels of adult obesity... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 10, 12:00 13
- *fist pump* -- nm - Michelle Jul 10, 12:17
- Problem solved! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 10, 12:16
- We're #2! We're #2! -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 12:09
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- El Kilbocha! -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:04
- that's okay ... most of them are sneaking into America, so we'll be Numero Uno again in a few years ... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 10, 12:02 4
  - really? -- nm - Roger More Jul 10, 12:20 3
    - although, it is harder to sneak in when you're bigger -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 12:33 2
      - dashing across the border becomes a real b**** -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 12:34
      - can't climb over that damn fence anymore -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:34
- effin' burritos -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:02
- It was scary walking around Cedar Point. There were a *lot* of very overweight people there -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 12:01
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I'm not afraid to admit that I did a happy dance when Netflix recently added License to Drive to it's streaming catalog - oblique Jul 10, 11:57 6
- Coreys! -- nm - David Jul 10, 12:11
- (shameful?) confession: i've never actually seen License to Drive -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:00 3
  - Neither have I -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 12:33
  - yikes!! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 12:00 1
    - Everything about that movie screamed "Not for you" - con_carne Jul 10, 12:15
- Mmm... young Heather Graham. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:59
very important poll: who's your car insurance carrier? I have state farm for both renter's and auto. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:44 37
- formerly small Michigan based company called ... wait for it ... Michigan Ins. Co. - JenBro Jul 10, 12:28
- Geico -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 12:26
- Progressive -- nm - Hemp Jul 10, 12:01 1
  - errr - Stephen Jul 10, 12:05
- Allstate -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 11:49
- SF -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:49
- Traveler's -- nm - mara Jul 10, 11:47
- I had State Farm for my condo. I have no insurance now. - ty97 Jul 10, 11:46 18
  - you should get renters -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:47 17
    - I know I should. But, but. but. It costs money. - ty97 Jul 10, 11:55 14
      - just tell them to write you whatever the minimum requires to have replacement cost settlement Ty - JenBro Jul 10, 12:26 2
        
        good advice, jenbro! -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 12:28 1
        
        insurance is tricky! -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:34
      - Without renters insurance, Kim and I would have had $25k of expenses sans any restitution. -- nm - David Jul 10, 12:12 2
        
        (Just cleaning the place and moving was a $12k fee, ty.) -- nm - David Jul 10, 12:16
        
        ... in tivo's alone... -- nm - decline Jul 10, 12:13
      - dude. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 12:09
      - i pay $23/month for $30,000 contents and $1M liability. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 12:03
      - you and I are often MKK with cash, right? this is among the stupidest things I've ever heard. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:56
      - it's not that expensive. I pay about $30/month for mine -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:56 4
        
        mine is $190 per year. I have like $60k in coverage. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:57 3
        
        that seems about in line. Mine is somwhere north of $100k -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:58 2
        
        I always think I have not enough coverage. but like... how much is enough? you know? -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 12:04 1
        
        I'm pretty sure mine is overkill at this point - decline Jul 10, 12:05
    - freaking renters -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:47 1
      - I'm surprised those people are even able to get insurance. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:49
- Liberty Mutual, which has been pretty hassle free -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:46 1
  - blech. (I recall you've mentioned this before.) wife worked for them for a couple years a while back. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:48
- Used to have Flo, now State Farm -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 11:45
- whoever insures the LA buses -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 11:45
- Allstate for both - decline Jul 10, 11:45 1
  - Me too. -- nm - pmb Jul 10, 11:46
- USAA -- nm - Max Jul 10, 11:45 1
  - Lucky Duck - JenBro Jul 10, 12:29
- American Family - home, auto, camper. -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 11:45
- Flo. -- nm - spamlet Jul 10, 11:45
- Amica. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:44
Our car insurance has renewed at a 35% increase in our premium - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:40 13
- check your credit report...see if someone is using your ID -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 14:47
- I was told recently by a company marketing rep. that State Farm was going to be taking double digit rate increases in their auto line for Michigan - JenBro Jul 10, 12:31
- Comparison shop, get a much better offer then take it back to them. - David Jul 10, 11:46
- This reminds me that I need to add my daughter to the policy. I'm sure my premium will shoot up now too. -- nm - pmb Jul 10, 11:45 3
  - oof, good luck -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:46
  - jenbro, what can he do? -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 11:46 1
    - call his agent - ask the rate for adding her as an occasional driver - can it be to an older car or does it have to be on the newest one & ask the - JenBro Jul 10, 12:37
- Time to start shopping. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 11:42
- what company? (FWIW, we've been with Amica for car and home for about 8+ years, and I've been happy.) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:42
- call Gieco -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:42
- I would call them then comparison shop. -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:41
- Call them. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:40 1
  - I did! - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:45
REB2: Also, Amazon said a while ago they were out of "Launch Edition" PS4s, but they still had the Launch Edition bundles with games until now. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 11:39
Strongbad, it is a pretty common issue (rural vs urban) - spamlet Jul 10, 11:37 1
- It's bad here in Georgia. - Strongbad Jul 10, 11:41
just curious - anyone tried these "grill combs" yet? -- (link) - JenBro Jul 10, 11:37 4
- regular wooden skewers work best -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 12:26
- Stuff falls off of them. That is why shish kabob works. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:41
- no. this is the first I ever heard of them. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 10, 11:40 1
  - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 11:40
David...refresh me...Raptor is the hangy down one, yes? Mantis is the stand up one? - Jim Jul 10, 11:37 11
- Yes. Mantis racked me too much to be enjoyable. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:38 9
  - Yeah, I was a little more rattled by that one than any of the others -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 11:46
  - Jesus Gigantor...you're to tall for some of those rides! -- nm - Remlik Jul 10, 11:43
  - You were not doing it right! -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:40
  - We hit a lot of the smaller coasters, cause there was no wait. We did MF first, though. That first hill is something else. - Jim Jul 10, 11:40 5
    - Exatly. The view of Lake Erie is what MF offers that cannot be replicated. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:45 4
      - That's what I remember about the Magnum also. Similar view, very impressive -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 11:51 1
        
        Magnum never has a line so we have ridden that as much as Iron Dragon. - David Jul 10, 11:52
      - For fun, I just went to YouTube and they have a front seat POV video for MF...doesn't even come close to doing it justice. - Jim Jul 10, 11:48 1
        
        As many times as we've ridden it, I could only get Kim to sit in the front row once. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:50
- Oh wait a minute...that's what you meant by "ski lift" isn't it? Yes...we rode Raptor...not Mantis. -- nm - Jim Jul 10, 11:37
So, I guess the amended rule for box office is "Competion doesn't matter..." - Inigo Jul 10, 11:36 15
- I'd say competition matters more for movies aimed at children because they are not the decision makers. - Roger More Jul 10, 12:35
- I'm not ready to write that off as competition yet. Cars 2 was at 23.0% of its opening weekend during its third weekend. - David Jul 10, 11:43 6
  - I would simply say to look at last Wednesday's dropoff for Monsters U. - Inigo Jul 10, 11:56 5
    - I'm obviously familiar with the numbers as I did that column last week. My point is that it could simply be decaying that quickly. - David Jul 10, 12:06 4
      - I'm not sure what you're waiting to see. The issue is whether or not competiton affected Monsters U last week. - Inigo Jul 10, 12:16 3
        
        And that issue cannot be identified until we know what happens this week as well. - David Jul 10, 12:21 2
        
        I'm not sure you're geting it. - Inigo Jul 10, 12:31 1
        
        This is apples and oranges. Because of the holiday mess, we *do* need more data. - David Jul 10, 12:46
- or Pixar sequels not named "Toy Story" generally blow -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 11:37 6
  - I was pleasantly surprised by it. It wasn't on par with Nemo, TS3, or Incredibles, obviously, but it was a good solid movie. It actually works well - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:39 5
    - The one huge opportunity they missed... (Monsters U spoilers) - Inigo Jul 10, 11:50 3
      - but... - Beaker Jul 10, 11:53 2
        
        I'm not sure many remember that scene though. (spoils) - Inigo Jul 10, 12:06
        
        Right, they work as companion pieces. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:55
    - It reminds me a lot of Kung Fu Panda 2 in that it's not laugh out loud funny but it's very well intended. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:44
there should also be a radius on the ground marking where parts from TTD might land. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 11:36 1
- It was made all the more impressive by watching National Lampoon's Vacation that night and having Clark note the St. Louis arch is 630ft at the center - oblique Jul 10, 11:50
LIR: I was wondering about the Gs on that ride. I couldn't find anything in my quick mobile google that was definitive - oblique Jul 10, 11:34
I am drinking an orange Fanta right now. Jealous? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:32 4
- only if you're washing it down with a vicodin - JenBro Jul 10, 11:39
- No. If you had said a Sunkist, then maybe. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:35
- Doncha wanna. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:34
- aw, original Fanta girls, I miss you. -- nm - Max Jul 10, 11:34
so Unbroken is going to be Universal's Xmas 2014 pic. for those who read the book, does AJOLI directing it inspire you with dread or confidence? - charlie Jul 10, 11:32 7
- It'll be hard to fuck up that story. nm - Dignan Jul 10, 11:33 6
  - do I like this book? -- nm - amanda Jul 10, 11:40 1
    - I doubt it. It doesn't have any pictures. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:43
  - this -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 11:35
  - i would have thought it was hard to fuck up Seabiscuit too, but Gary Ross was more than up to the challenge - charlie Jul 10, 11:35
  - i had also forgotten that the Coen Bros. are doing the script and Roger Deakins is her DP. maybe it will be fine -- nm - charlie Jul 10, 11:34 1
    - [insert groiny comment about her DP] -- nm - Don Homer Jul 10, 11:35
BJ board! -- nm - Trish Jul 10, 11:32 1
- Basic strategy! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 10, 11:34

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