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Thanks to all the car talk I just priced out a Tesla Model S with all the features I would want. $93,000+. So, yeah, I'm - TWuG Aug 20, 10:49 9
- A friend of ours just got one. I haven't had a chance to take a ride yet. -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 11:02
- Heh, I just priced out a Honda CR-Z. I'm very tempted. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:51 1
  - Oh, never mind -- two seater. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:55
- Include resale potential in your cost, heck the first model will be a collector's item -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 10:51 2
  - Just buy two! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:55
  - I could maybe use that as justification for a $60k car purchase. But not gonna happen at $93k. - TWuG Aug 20, 10:54
- A friend of mine bought a brand new Optima last week, I am so jealous. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:50 1
  - That is a *little* different than a 93k Tesla. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 11:01
- Does that include Carvis, the onboard AI? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:49
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Reports of a shooting at an elementary school in Decatur, Georgia. - David Aug 20, 10:44 19
- My wife's old school district. Reportedly no injuries. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:45 14
  - Students now sitting on grass -- all kids are safe. Parents being asked to pick them up from a nearby Wal Mart. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:46 12
    - Thank God. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:49
    - Wal-Mart wins again. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 10:48
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      - yeah, it is. except when you need fact checking....nm - x Aug 20, 10:56 1
        
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      - it really is a brave new world. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 10:49
      - I'll give credit here to our local paper, who's providing a live twitter feed. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:49
      - until some ahole posts bullshite just for the fun of it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 10:48 4
        
        I don't follow aholes. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:52
        
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        You can't stop the signal. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:49 1
        
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  - That's a relief -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 10:46
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- At least the shooter was probably very polite. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Aug 20, 10:44 2
  - :) - Dr.Vermin Aug 20, 10:50
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:46
Antonio Smith of the Texans suspended for week 1 and remaining 2 preseason games for ripping off a player's helmut and swinging it at another him - Beaker Aug 20, 10:41 4
- The player in question was Richie Incognito, which explains a lot. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:44 3
  - He should have just got a 5k fine, in fact. -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 11:02
  - Yes, yes it does. -- nm - Jim Aug 20, 10:47
  - the second or third time they have tangled based on what I've read -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:45
I am probably not going to succeed, but I'm trying to get around that ugly $60 a month cell phone plan by reducing data usage. - Qale Aug 20, 10:38
HA! Someone made the Purdue music video private.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 20, 10:36
California small businesses are getting penalized for following a tax law that was deemed unconstitutional 5 years later -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:35
Ted Cruz: it's a "good question" why President Obama hasn't been impeached (nmbl) - Brian Aug 20, 10:34 11
- He was born in calgary. Hmm. Presidential ambitions notwithstanding, the NSA would be entitled to intercept 100% of his communication. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:42 3
  - And, I think, 100% of the communication of those people who communicated with him. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:44 2
    - and I'd guess a lot of those know people who are hoarding guns and building bunkers to fight a revolution against the current gov -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 10:47 1
      - it's a liberal-NSA conspiracy! -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 10:48
- what a moron. - znufrii Aug 20, 10:38
- Canadians should learn to mind their own business. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:36
- Ok...just to check...doesn't the president have to do something illegal to be impeached? Or can we just impeach guys we don't like now? -- nm - Jim Aug 20, 10:35 4
  - That Congress hasn't tried tells you it's all bluster. -- nm - TWuG Aug 20, 10:46 1
    - of course it is. -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 10:59
  - "The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:38 1
    - that sounds sane... -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:38
Detroit police considering stop-and-frisk -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:32 3
- ....for spare change... -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:33 2
  - Thank you, Jay Leno! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 20, 10:35 1
    - well, he does own lots of cars. -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:37
The Elmore Leonard news is heartbreaking. The trifecta of Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Justified is as great as any trifecta since Hitchcock. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:32 4
- his dialogue is just a natural for cinema.also: the tall t, 3;10 to yuma, out of sight, mr majestyk, jackie brown..nm - x Aug 20, 10:38 3
  - i actually meant 52 pickup here and not out of sight (which you mentioned)!....nm - x Aug 20, 10:53
  - Jackie Brown is far and away my favorite Tarantino movie. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:45 1
    - At the time I watched it, I utterly hated it, but I might like it now. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:46
PSA: 9 days till College Football -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:24
Starting out with GT6 for the PS3 -- nm - eag Aug 20, 10:22
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- I'll be able to report on the Xbox One when it arrives. -- nm - Max Aug 20, 10:51
- PS4 is preordered. -- nm - Shaun Aug 20, 10:49
- No. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 20, 10:35
- nope. a PS4 next year possibly -- nm - decline Aug 20, 10:35
- Wii U will probably get "re-launched" this holiday. -- nm - Qale Aug 20, 10:35
- never for both -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:31
- No -- nm - amoxy Aug 20, 10:31
- No. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 10:30
- No. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Aug 20, 10:30
- my xbox broke this weekend and I think I may just get another 360 until the one proves itself. -- nm - amanda Aug 20, 10:30 1
  - email me -- nm - Remlik Aug 20, 10:34
- Yes, already pre-ordered the PS4 for launch day. -- nm - Stephen Aug 20, 10:28
- no. -- nm - SpawnDroid Aug 20, 10:28
- No. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 20, 10:27
- will get the Xbox One, maybe not on launch day. but I'll get one -- nm - Remlik Aug 20, 10:27
- The last console game system I owned and used took cartridges - TWuG Aug 20, 10:26
- nope...nm - x Aug 20, 10:24
- the last console I bought was an SNES. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 20, 10:24
- No chance. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 10:24
- Nope. nm - Jim Aug 20, 10:23
- Next Year -- nm - eag Aug 20, 10:23
- I have a preorder for a PS4, so yes, unless something drastic happens. -- nm - Ender Aug 20, 10:21
- No, but the PS4 is tempting. -- nm - Inigo Aug 20, 10:21
- No (nm) - Brian Aug 20, 10:20
- No. Early adopter hysteria always makes me laugh -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 10:20 5
  - paying more right away is the best....nm - x Aug 20, 10:31 1
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  - You've done well replacing pixie's anti-everything in his absence. -- nm - Stephen Aug 20, 10:30 1
    - It's not as easy as it looks -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 10:34
  - I forget exactly when I got my 360, but I think it was a year or two after launch -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:20
- Yes. PS4 already pre-ordered for launch day - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:19 2
  - NES-Genesis-N64-PS2-PS3-PS4 for me. -- nm - Ender Aug 20, 10:30 1
    - Whoops, that "PS3" should be a "Wii/PS3" -- nm - Ender Aug 20, 10:31
- no -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 10:18 1
  - and likely not in 2014 or 2015 either -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 10:18
B2: Finally a story about Georgia that isn't bad! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:14
No, not that kind of garden. Snoop Lion wants youth to become involved in community gardening following lift of local ban -- (link) - con_carne Aug 20, 10:09
mandy, libraries don't like being in charge of keeping a record of what you've checked out because if we were subpoenaed, we'd have to hand it over. - mara Aug 20, 10:06 3
- Our library emails us everything that's checked out, anytime something is due. It's clunky, but it's a record I could look through, if needed -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 11:03
- Catcher in the Rye. -- nm - SpawnDroid Aug 20, 10:29
- interesting. -- nm - Andie Aug 20, 10:18
Not sure if I agree, but it seems a good question. Has school become hostile to boys? -- (link) - con_carne Aug 20, 10:00 1
- interesting article -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 10:05
Psilotum, did you get hacked on twitter or is the Dr. Oz link from you? -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:56 5
- apparently there was a major twitter hack, over 15,000 were accessed...twitter says no accounts compromised though... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 20, 10:02
- I've been getting Dr Oz spam for two months :-( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:58 3
  - er, email spam, to be clear -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:58 2
    - me too. only at work though. -- nm - Andie Aug 20, 10:23
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Browns name Weeden starting QB -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 09:54
Sure, that bottle of wine may be worth six figures, but I got to make a profit. I'll offer your $50. -- (link) - Rick from Pawn Stars Aug 20, 09:52 5
- heck, the empty would be worth more than that, especially with the cork, refill it with some other vintage wine and sell it to the next sucker - zeitgeist Aug 20, 10:42 1
  - I did see an episode where a guy brought in a 1921 Dom Perignon - znufrii Aug 20, 10:45
- Fresh $10 Bills! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:13
- *glug glug glug* -- nm - Chumley Aug 20, 09:53 1
  - Who cares about wine, I want some pie. -- nm - The Old Man Aug 20, 10:00
LIR Just a heads up Gamescom from germany started Sony Presser in about 20 minutes expect release date for ps4 to be announced -- nm -- nm - eag Aug 20, 09:50 2
- here is the stream -- (link) - Remlik Aug 20, 10:20
- Wag. Oct 22 -- nm - Truman Aug 20, 09:58
For you soccer folk: Sketchy Reports: Gareth Bale To Be Sold For All The Money -- (link) - Beaker Aug 20, 09:50 5
- real madrid are definitely about to overpay for him, imo...nm - x Aug 20, 10:02 2
  - anytime you can get $150 million for one dude you are playing it smart :) -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 10:11 1
    - well, we'll see what they finally get in the end. this has been going on for months....nm - x Aug 20, 10:26
- What about Christian Bale ? -- nm - eag Aug 20, 09:51 1
  - Tote that barge... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 20, 09:52
Follow-up poll: So what influences your decision in car purchase? Fuel economy? Space? Tech? Comfort? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 20, 09:50 20
- style primarily -- nm - decline Aug 20, 10:49
- style suitability cost mpg -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 10:45
- Obviously for the past few years it's been does it have high-clearance and 4WD. I admit to being totally - Meg Aug 20, 10:21
- Starting point: it has to be a 5-speed 3-door hatchback. After that, price, gas mileage, styling, reliability, not necessary in that order. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:11 3
  - 5 speed 3 door hatchbacks are fun. Heck, even my mazda3+sportshift 5-door hatchback is fun ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:20 2
    - I cannot tell you how ticked off it makes me that a car called Mazda*3* isn't a 3-door. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:30 1
      - "You want three doors? Announcing the Mazda 2!" -- nm - Mazda cannot math, it has the dumb Aug 20, 10:47
- The look (interior and exterior). The reliability and anticipated maintenance costs. The features. - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:03
- Cost, reliability, fuel economy, comfort, styling. In that order. -- nm - TWuG Aug 20, 10:02 3
  - This -- nm - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:13 2
    - and I'll sum up styling as "not stupid looking" - Strongbad Aug 20, 10:21 1
      - Yeah. If a car is ugly enough, the best reliability and fuel economy won't keep it on the list. - TWuG Aug 20, 10:25
- Is it a Toyota? Is it a Camry? Those are for the car I drive. For any other car, it's "Does Carrie like it?" -- nm - Jim Aug 20, 10:00
- Cost....room for teh family...fuel economy. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 10:00
- is it german? is it stick shift? -- nm - amanda Aug 20, 09:54 1
  - *ding* - spamlet Aug 20, 10:10
- all of those but a big thing for us was the dealership was very close making maintenance pickups/dropoffs much easier -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 09:52
- Styling, Comfort/ride, tech, mpg - Truman Aug 20, 09:52 1
  - Cost is probably my first consideration after I get to know the options though. -- nm - Truman Aug 20, 10:01
- Yes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 20, 09:52
From yesterday's poll: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 20, 09:49

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