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In BF can Astronauts make moves now? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:09 1
- kilbpo already did. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:11
DC Comics renames Justice League of America to Justice League Canada... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 08:02 3
- *Niagara.*, not, Niagra. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 08:07
- I think these protests about Ben Affleck are going too far. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 08:04
- Argofuckyourself? -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:03
Kelly is out shopping, I will get a draft card from her in a minute after I look at who's available. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:57 1
- There's no shopping in football! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 07:59
tRU, if you're still around, you're up. If not...I'll get a pick in for you shortly -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:55
Shaun, you suck! You keep stealing my picks! -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 07:54 1
- Hehe. -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 08:01
we were watching a Bollywood movie last night and we were calling one of the actors "the most interesting Punjabi in the wordl". totally the same vibe - zork Aug 23, 07:49
Wait, it is spamlet that drafted Jonathan Stewart? lol -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:46 3
- For a last round pick? Sure. If he gets PUPed, I cut him. If he doesn't he's a lot better than the dreck found at the level. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:48 2
  - I don't know, he's just coming back. Oliver got all the reps over the summer... -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 07:51
  - Ah, he was your last round. That is cool, then. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:49
Whew! That was close. Almost deleted the Vampirates entire Burn List thread. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:43 4
- Can I get confirmation of the Spawn line below about not taking a kicker until next week? Can we draft a team that can't field a roster? - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 07:50 2
  - There's no rule against it (and he's been doing it for years). -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:51 1
    - Nicey nice nice. Thank you. (My other two league say you have to have a roster by your last pick.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 07:54
- Heckuva job, Brownie. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 07:45
Shaun, tRu, me -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 07:39
*laughing* No Medals Yet... Amazingly, Kilbo has not earned ANY medals in this league. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:38 1 1
- I see how it's going to be - oblique Aug 23, 07:42
Fan Expo started yesterday. I'd love to go but we have a vet appointment on Monday and it's going to be an expensive one. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:37 1
- :( ... what's up? Is it the dog you mentioned a bit ago that was having some troubles? -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 08:08
Man, WR is *deeeeeep* - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:37 2
- Yup. Part of why I am waiting until next week to get a kicker. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:41 1
  - Ooooh. We can do that? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 07:46
Woke up today feeling sick. No idea why. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:32 15
- You know who else is going to wake up sick? Vashanka... - Stephen Aug 23, 08:16
- ViP is using bioweapons against our Leadership team! - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:06
- there's a bug going around town. I had it Tues/Wed -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 07:52 1
  - It hit about 9:00 last night. Nausea. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:57
- me too. but I know why --nm - decline Aug 23, 07:32
- It's your draft. It made us all feel that way -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 07:32 9
  - heh. Ran it through a site last night and came in 4th overall, 4th on starters and 3rd on bench. - Spawn Aug 23, 07:40 8
    - 3rd across the board. We actually tied on bench. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:43
    - What'd I come in? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:42 6
      - Oops, above. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:53 5
        
        Cool, that lines up close to what I had. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:54 4
        
        Agreed. Am wondering how much no kicker dinged me in their ratings. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:58 3
        
        Actually, I had my top 2 backwards last night -- Nubby was ahead of ML. Did yours concur? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:04 2
        
        Can not recall. They flip-flopped between the three catagories. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:09 1
        
        Overall, ML was first. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:10
Everything is to the auditors. - spamlet Aug 23, 07:29 3
- nice, always a good feeling -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:46
- *super* congrats. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 07:41
- You may now poop. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 07:38
Hulk Hogan vs. Mayor Rob Ford arm wrestling match: And the winner is ... -- (link) - zork Aug 23, 07:28 6
- here's the video ... -- (link) - zork Aug 23, 07:44
- Rigged! -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 07:30 2
  - Hulk's used to that. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:31 1
    - This has to be a new low for him. Lower than Darin's his daughter's BFF. Lower than Santa with Muscles. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 07:32
- The recap i just read "It didn’t seem like much of a fair fight when they entered the room prior to the match. One man stood at 6’7 and had biceps - Andie Aug 23, 07:30
- Everyone. -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 07:29
9 MLB teams currently have one player leading the team in average, home runs and RBIs. That seems weirdly high to me - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:26
Beaker, Josh P., Shaun -- nm - Stephen Aug 23, 07:17 1
- done -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:20
How to remove a fishhook from a shark's mouth -- (link) - TWuG Aug 23, 07:13 [vimeo]
Jim - what I (and Probst, I expect) am hoping for from Redemption Island - Roger More Aug 23, 07:05 5
- That'd be cool. I like the idea that they could (spoils? I guess?) - Jim Aug 23, 07:08 4
  - Or... - Roger More Aug 23, 07:12 3
    - Here's the thing though, the way I understand it... - Jim Aug 23, 07:16 2
      - That's my understanding too - Roger More Aug 23, 07:26 1
        
        This has potential to be very cool or a complete disaster. Or...because they made shitty casting choices, it won't matter at all. - Jim Aug 23, 07:34
I picked. Shay, Bacon, Foley then Samara. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:02 6
- JD is up. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 07:32 2
  - Kelly, budice, NWBR -- nm - JD Aug 23, 07:40 1
    - We might finish before lunch. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 07:41
- And I pick you, Pikachu! -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Aug 23, 07:10
- Draft cards, draft cards...foley is up -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:07 1
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:09
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  - I don't know enough about the statute, but I would argue that as a matter of contract law she couldn't change it without the consent of the other - pmb Aug 23, 07:49 9
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      - I'm no FDCPA expert, but my understanding is that it regulates conduct beyond the terms of the contract and is not waivable. Here the TCPA is - pmb Aug 23, 07:57 5
        
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        I'm missing information then because I thought it said she had to check a box to waive the robocall exclusion rights, not just give her phone number. - pmb Aug 23, 08:07 2
        
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        a) The description did not make clear that it was a "silent" waiver. If you want better analysis of the cases you need to give more explicit factual - pmb Aug 23, 08:20
        
        I have no idea what you just said here, but for some reason, I'm really turned on right now! nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:58
      - I see, thanks. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:56
    - I agree -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:50
  - at this point, I don't think that there should be a distinction for cell phones, especially with cases where there is an established relationship betw - zork Aug 23, 07:34
  - If she has another method of contact, I'm okay with that. But if she's cell phone only, I don't think she should be able to say "don't call me" -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:28 19
    - but 40 times in 3 days? -- nm - decline Aug 23, 07:34 7
      - Depends on how the dialers are set up. If the person actually answered the call...the dialer would register that as a contact and would not call - Jim Aug 23, 07:36 3
        
        it depends on how it's programmed. Ours are not for collections so they aren't that aggressive, but contact/no-contact do put in different callback ti - zork Aug 23, 07:39 2
        
        Exactly...and a company who is trying to collect money is going to be way more aggressive, I would think. - Jim Aug 23, 07:40 1
        
        we are market research so it's in between those. also B2B surveys have somewhat different rules than residential -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:43
      - That should fall under normal creditor harassment laws, not a special law for cell phones. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:34 1
        
        this -- nm - zork Aug 23, 07:36
      - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:34
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      - I would have no problem with that if your cell is your only number. - spamlet Aug 23, 07:33 6
        
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        Courts can intrepret the law in various ways and we've seen that happen over and over (and had arguments here). -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:51 4
        
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        I guess I see this as less of a reach because this would be her primary phone (likely). - spamlet Aug 23, 08:08 1
        
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      - i guess because she is legally obligated to pay her debts, contacting her regarding that seems like it should be treated differently. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:33 1
        
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    - It's just robo-calls being blocked now and not person to person. They just need to have a person call her and not a computer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:29
  - Yeah...not a fan of that at all. But, I come from a collector side of things. For me, as soon as I got the "don't call me anymore"... - Jim Aug 23, 07:25 12
    - I did collections for my dad's company for a while. Luckily, it wasn't to consumers but a lot of small businesses were one man shops. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:30
    - that's near the top of my list of jobs that would probably make me shoot myself. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:27 8
      - Not a fun job at all. For anyone that thinks I'm a dick now...you should have seen me THEN. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:30 3
        
        I don't think you're a dick just that your job is rough and not one I could do. - Krusty Aug 23, 07:35 2
        
        I don't do it anymore. If I was still collection, I'd be divorced and living alone. - Jim Aug 23, 07:38 1
        
        That's what I was thinking, hard to not let it get to you. - Krusty Aug 23, 07:39
      - yup. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:28
      - could. not. do it. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:27 2
        
        right up there with the week I tried doing door-to-door sales. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:28 1
        
        I was a delivery driver for a company that called people and sold them shit. - groiny Aug 23, 07:29
    - I'll also mention that as a collector...auto-dialer's suck balls. Hate them. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:27
    - *note to self : do not answer the phone when Jim calls* -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 07:26
- Gotta be B. -- nm - Buzz Aug 23, 07:14
- i side with Dell - B -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:12 2
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  - I agree with you and spam. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 07:13
- B -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 07:11
- A. Pay up, you deadbeat. -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Aug 23, 07:10
- E - Dell is placed under involuntary medical confinement for obsessive, psychopathic behaviour. The flip side of companies being people. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 07:09
- B -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 07:06
- D -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:04
- D, and she should also file a complaint under the FDCPA -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:04 7
  - FDCPA, at least when I was a collector (and it's been awhile) only regulated contacts. If she's not answering...that's not a contact. - Jim Aug 23, 07:10 6
    - "Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously" is prohibited -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:14 5
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        Could be. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:19
      - as well as "Failure to cease communication upon request" -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 07:15 2
        
        With some exceptions...one of which being to inform the consumer that efforts are being terminated... - Jim Aug 23, 07:22 1
        
        for sure - znufrii Aug 23, 07:25
- Should be D, likely outcome is B (A would open a HUGE kettle of fish regarding "consent" to sex I would think) -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:03
- I'm gonna guess C...but I gave much consideration to B. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 07:03
- I would like to think it's D, but becuase it's business doing it, B. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:03 2
  - Yeah this -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 07:10
  - great minds :) -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:03
krusty and sceire.... -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 06:58 2
- sittin in a tree..... -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 06:59 1
  - d-r-a-f-t-i-n-g -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:02
textbooks: purchased. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 06:56
Krusty, Shay, Bacon, JackFoley, Samara, Me -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 06:55 6
- I'm taking suggestions for my upcoming Mr. Irrelevant pick. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 06:59 5
  - pixie! -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:59
  - DJ Hackett! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 07:30
  - TEBOW! -- nm - Beaker Aug 23, 07:04
  - Sanchize! -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:03
  - Aaron Hernandez -- nm - Bacon Aug 23, 07:00
Word. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 06:53 1
- Sploosh. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 06:54

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