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Please stop raining, I know it meant we retained the Ashes but I want to go home now. -- nm - LMS Aug 5, 09:43 1
- :( -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 09:46
Has anybody gotten the Netflix profiles? - spamlet Aug 5, 09:41 3
- Yup. I first noticed it them on Saturday. -- nm - Stephen Aug 5, 09:42 2
  - On the website or just on the devices? -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 09:43 1
    - On the PS3, and then yesterday on our AppleTV. -- nm - Stephen Aug 5, 09:44
speaking of roku, HBOGo is amazing. I'm using my mom's login, obvs, and I have barely watched actual TV since I realized that I can watch any series, - amanda Aug 5, 09:23 3
- I really wish HBO would just take my money. -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 09:26
- yeah, it really is. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 09:24 1
  - and you know, the thing we realized this weekend is that the limited choice really helps you pick what you want to watch. too much choice is overwh - amanda Aug 5, 09:26
Childrens Place jumps on the "obnoxious gender assumptions t-shirt" bandwagon -- (link) - znufrii Aug 5, 09:20 4
- That makes no sense - you need to be good at math to be good at shopping -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 09:41 3
  - not if you're using mommy and daddy's credit card! -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 09:42 2
    - That's not shopping, that's just spending money. -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 09:44 1
      - well, then English probably isn't her strongest subject either... -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 09:49
*sigh* They grow up so fast... - Stephen Aug 5, 09:18 3
- Mine keeps telling me "two more years and I'll be in middle school". - spamlet Aug 5, 09:25 1
  - My youngest has freshman orientation on Friday. DOH! -- nm - Jim Aug 5, 09:27
- Yup. Pretty soon your youngest will be starting his Senior Year in HS in 2 weeks -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 09:21
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ARGH! I call the HOA on advice of the cop from Friday night. -- they say they won't do anything becuase it's a police matter - Will Hunting Aug 5, 08:56 11
- Document the situation. Keep your e-mails. - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 5, 09:53
- Actually, an HOA can not enforce something if there is no proof. - Spawn Aug 5, 09:07 1
  - She didnt even get that far. "Police? Oh, we don't get involved in illegal action issues." -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:17
- Next time he does it you and your neighbors should spray him down with your water hoses -- nm - decline Aug 5, 09:07
- Can you get other neighbors to sign a petition? Strength in numbers? -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 09:06
- But your HOA is stupid, can't they just pass a rule stating no fireworks on building property. -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:04
- My neighbor is playing the piano again :/ -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:00 4
  - "And stop sending her pianos!" - David Aug 5, 09:17
  - Piano playing isn't illegal, especially at 4pm. Shooting rockets off over people's houses...is. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:16
  - my across the alley neighbor teaches piano. I *love* it. -- nm - amanda Aug 5, 09:01 1
    - It sucks big time. Same 2 songs, over and over with mistakes and pauses. I gotta sleep! -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:02
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- People make no sense, there is one on ebay going for $122.50, yet there are tons of buy it now for like $70. Why are people bidding if they can just - James Bond Aug 5, 09:16 1
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  - What, does this USB stick have beer flavored nipples? -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 09:03
  - I am confused as to why people are paying so much over MSRP. For 50-100 you can get a better functioning Roku or just wait a month... -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:01 6
    - in a nutshell, its cheap, and it can be hacked to do lots more. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 09:04 2
      - What more can it do that your basic Roku (or apple tv, etc.) doesn't? -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 09:08
      - But it is not cheap if they are going for 70-80. Roku can do way more and there is a $50 roku available. -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:06
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      - Honestly I don't understand what this offers that Roku (or several others) doesn't. Am I missing something? -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 09:04 1
        
        Someone linked to a review over the weekend, it stated that Roku was indeed better. -- nm - James Bond Aug 5, 09:06
  - You should put an Apple sticker on it. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 08:51
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- I am resisiting posting another. "If the IR spot is removed form the league, would you then be for one additional bench spot being added?" -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:03
- Expanded the explanation to answer questions, btw. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:49 12
  - The Yahoo system isn't that simple. Only players with the IR mark in Yahoo can be put on IR. That may or may not make a difference for how the spot - oblique Aug 5, 08:53 10
    - That's how it should be. If they're on IR, they can be added. - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:18
    - Yeah, Spawn doesn't understand what he is proposing. -- nm - David Aug 5, 08:55 7
      - What it does, is this. Without the disasters of last year. - Spawn Aug 5, 08:59 1
        
        You're just cut and pasting. And I can't take you seriously on the subject since you stubbornly refused to learn the rules last season. -- nm - David Aug 5, 09:14
      - It's an acceptable system, it's just not nearly as flexible as perhaps we might want it to be -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 08:56 4
        
        It shouldn't be flexible. If the guy is ON IR, he can be stashed on IR in Feud. - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:19
        
        I am voting to get rid of it entirely, but if it stays think it needs to be changed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:04
        
        It's the same rule as other sports (with the DL spot, etc.) but the IR in the NFL is so different. - spamlet Aug 5, 08:58 1
        
        I'm gonna go all Scruffy on everything. - Reagen Aug 5, 09:29
    - "Yahoo notates that they are eligible to be put in the IR spot." -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:54
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- 3 polls! - spamlet Aug 5, 08:48 1
  - now i want to start a bf poll. - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:50
- still needs a link. for the lazy -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:44
- New poll: Only one poll per week allowed in Blood Feud -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 08:40
- *swoon* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:40 3
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    - I have been trying to convince my $$ Keeper league to do this for 2 years now. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:45 1
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Adam Schefter: Packers considered signing QB Vince Young before TC started. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:35 1
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  - :-) Freedom!!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 09:04
  - Krusty is 100% male. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Aug 5, 08:43
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"There is absolutely no good reason Johnny Manziel shouldn't be allowed to make money signing his name." (Mike Greenberg) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:22 21
- It is a bad rule and should be overturned, but if he accepted money, he blatantly ignored the rules - amoxy Aug 5, 08:27
- That's the reality of the situation that the NCAA would like people never to consider. - David Aug 5, 08:24 18
  - apples and oranges - znufrii Aug 5, 08:43 5
    - I have no idea what that has to do with anything. When Hermione was at Brown, was she banned from autographs? -- nm - David Aug 5, 09:38 4
      - because her performances in the movies were not connected in any way with her academic career. - znufrii Aug 5, 09:41 1
        
        You're just saying no without tying it to anything. - David Aug 5, 09:43
      - a better analogy is "are actors in school plays disallowed from signing autographs?" because hermione wasn't acting for the univeristy. -- nm - amanda Aug 5, 09:41 1
        
        but nobody's is lining up to pay college actors for their autographs? -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 09:43
  - The most obscene thing about this is how much money will be made selling the shit he signed. - Jim Aug 5, 08:27 8
    - That's the thing. The NCAA will make tens of millions of dollars selling Johnny Football jerseys. - David Aug 5, 08:29 7
      - And if he just refused to sign anything...he'd be a complete douchebag and the public scorn would be even worse. - Jim Aug 5, 08:30 6
        
        Or, just don't take money for your autograph. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:20 4
        
        We're talking about what's wrong with the rule and the NCAA in general. -- nm - Jim Aug 5, 09:22 3
        
        Oh, the NCAA is hypocritical but most sports leagues are. - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:24 2
        
        I'm just saying that if I was in the same spot as someone like Johnny Football, I wouldn't sign shit. - Jim Aug 5, 09:26 1
        
        He needs to learn perspective. - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:31
        
        L3. He should write Autograph IOU's - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:37
  - the contract they sign when they accept their scholarship? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:26 2
    - Codifying something unethical doesn't make it better. - David Aug 5, 08:27 1
      - not sure how it is unethical, but ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:44
- cept it against the rules. good or bad, those are the rules. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:23
Here's the way Ted Cruz wins. How many Senators can you name? Is he one of them? There you go. - David Aug 5, 08:16 2
- Subject change: Is Kimbrel as good as his stats say? Is he that dominant? - Inigo Aug 5, 08:19 1
  - Smoltz had better stuff but he's ahead of Wohlers and Rocker. - David Aug 5, 08:22
Wow. One of our painters lost his wife this weekend. She was at her son's house and went to the bathroom and did not come back. (kind of creepy IM). - Spawn Aug 5, 08:12 1
- heart failure? how old? -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 5, 08:38
More BF: I'm considering offering up another vote for a rule change, but fear the wrath of Almighty David -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:00 19
- I would much prefer people debate all sorts of stuff in polls right now rather than complain during the season about stuff they chose not to mention. -- nm - David Aug 5, 08:14 18
  - My proposal - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:16 17
    - No, we got plenty of flexibility already; and with the IR spot, you have the extra spot. - Will Hunting Aug 5, 08:26 1
      - Yeah, that was what reminded me of the IR spot, and then to do the poll. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:31
    - Posted one, as well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:25
    - Create a poll then bribe 18 others. That's the Blood Feud way. -- nm - David Aug 5, 08:19
    - no. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:18 11
      - Why not? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:21 10
        
        because it makes the waiver wire worth less. because it makes the draft easier, not harder. because we have an IR spot already, and dont need to add - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:25 9
        
        It makes the draft *more* important, not easier. - Strongbad Aug 5, 08:30 8
        
        Personally, I like the idea of more keepers. I feel like better run teams are unfairly punished. - David Aug 5, 08:33 7
        
        actually, i almost suggested that. - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:52 5
        
        "QB/Other" means any position. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:06
        
        I'd be inclined to simply give two wild cards instead of one. -- nm - David Aug 5, 08:56 3
        
        Exactly. In all honesty, I would go for, "Name your five keepers." Period. - Spawn Aug 5, 09:09
        
        hmm, what about - tRuMaN Aug 5, 08:58 1
        
        I'd have to think about that. I cannot decide whether a team should have that ability or not. -- nm - David Aug 5, 09:16
        
        START THE BLOOD FEUD DYNASTY DRAFT!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:34
    - But that screws up the official spamlet Victor Cruz value scale* - spamlet Aug 5, 08:17
The thunderstorm appears to have blown over -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 07:59
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- you should and then just rebuy it when they come back into stock. do you *need* it right now? -- nm - amanda Aug 5, 07:49
The last few days up here in New England have been *gorgeous*. I really should find something for us to do today. - kelly Aug 5, 07:46
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- in fantasy football, you are the Lannisters, I am the Starks - I'm down but not out - crash davis Aug 5, 07:50 3
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    - Injury Report - Week 1 -- Ryan Mathews - Doubtful -- Burn Unit. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 08:09 1
      - As opposed to: Injury Report - Week 1 -- Ryan Mathews - Doubtful -- Ryan Mathews. -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 08:20
Sex in the City (Mrs Dragon made me) - B -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 5, 07:39 1
- gah, under the weekend poll obvie -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 5, 07:40
Movies this weekend: The Call - A (way better than I expected), Oz: Great/Powerful - C, 2 Guns - B -- nm - MDH Aug 5, 07:35 18
- Perks of Being a Wallflower: B-; Moonrise Kingdom: B+ (surprisingly sweet, first Wes Anderson movie I've liked since Rushmore) -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Aug 5, 08:47
- The Wolverine (2nd time - took great nephew) A++ -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 08:42
- 2 Guns: B. Side by Side: B-. The Way Way Back: C-. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 08:25
- Smurfs 2 - At least I still had my family and health after watching it. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 08:15 1
  - *steals this as new tagline* -- nm - We're The Millers Aug 5, 08:26
- GI Joe 2 -- D+ .... Dr No -- Bminus .... From Russia With Love -- B -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 08:00
- Forgot I saw The Way, Way Back too: - B -- nm - MDH Aug 5, 07:59
- Pacific Rim: A-. A real hoot. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 5, 07:53
- sherlock holmes 2: D+. rock of ages: turned it off. grosse point blank: B-. -- nm - amanda Aug 5, 07:49
- Fruitvale Station A -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 07:49
- House of Mirth: B+; Nothing But The Truth: A- -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 5, 07:49
- The Wolverine - B+ - J Aug 5, 07:43
- Mud, B- -- (link) - Qale Aug 5, 07:43
- The Wolverine - B-. -- nm - LMS Aug 5, 07:39
- The Man With the Iron Fists: D -- nm - Beaker Aug 5, 07:36 2
  - That's one of my more strange reviews. I speak at length about the problems I had with it, but apparently was entertained enough to give it a B. - Qale Aug 5, 07:46 1
    - that is an overall grade as it was terrible, but as a night killer while drinking I'd give it a B (as in b movie) - Beaker Aug 5, 08:26
- The Call - A-* -- nm - MDH Aug 5, 07:36
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- Fries are up! -- nm - mara Aug 5, 07:34 2
  - Fries up, rings down. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 07:37 1
    - *sizzles* -- nm - hot grease Aug 5, 07:40

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