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Looks like a bad day for all ten toes. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 5, 13:19
Half of the United States lives in these 146 counties (there are over 3000 counties) -- (link) - con_carne Sep 5, 13:13 28
- I was born in and one live in another but went to college far from any. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 13:29
- wait, *none* of them are in the Dakotas??!! -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 13:28
- I've got my birth county (Queens), the county in MA where I grew up, and Kings County (Brooklyn). Current county not there. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:24
- My birth county is there and that's it. - Kim Pine Sep 5, 13:21
- I've never not lived in one - znufrii Sep 5, 13:19 13
  - Yeah, same here - decline Sep 5, 13:23 1
    - I didn't live in one... when I was born in Argentina. - con_carne Sep 5, 13:23
  - *googles* Is each NYC borough in a different county? - con_carne Sep 5, 13:21 10
    - Yes, but they're usually not referred to by the county name. - Tim Sep 5, 13:25 1
      - I only remember hearing county names on election days. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:28
    - yes, and each borough has a president. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:22 5
      - We depend on the county for stuff like Metro transit and sherriff's dept, but I imagine each borough doesn't have its own one of those... -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 13:27 1
        
        the transit is weird because it used to be several different systems, but now all one system. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:27
      - And county supervisors and stuff like that? County services? -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 13:25 2
        
        I don't know how it breaks down. There is one police and one fire dept for all of them. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:27
        
        I think it's really only relevant in the court system, everything else is handled by the city governance, iinm. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 13:26
    - yes -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 13:22
    - yup. - znufrii Sep 5, 13:22
- I'm adjacent to one. - Tim Sep 5, 13:18 2
  - Loser. -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 13:19
  - nice try -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:18
- I have lived in 2 of them, but not now -- nm - amoxy Sep 5, 13:17
- Both the place of my birth and my current location are on the list -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:17 2
  - (I think it's interesting that only 1 VA county is on the list, but 5 CO counties are) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:18 1
    - counties being smaller on the east coast is a factor. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 13:21
- I do -- nm - decline Sep 5, 13:15
- I'm in one of them. -- nm - Jim Sep 5, 13:15
- I do not. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 13:15
State Dept tells Putin: John Kerry is rubber and you're glue! -- (link) - Diva Sep 5, 13:07
So remember, even if you don't feel up to the part, always at least try to act actractive -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:00 3
- this. and get all the booty. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 13:01 2
  - It's a pirate's life for me -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 13:07 1
    - *giggles* -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 13:15
ST Roll Poll: Name the winner, and score, of tonight's Broncos/Ravens game: Broncos 31-Ravens 17 -- nm - Flavorize Sep 5, 12:56 13
- Broncos 38 Ravens 28 -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 13:27
- Ravens 27 / Broncos 24 -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 13:22
- Broncos 34 Ravens 20 -- nm - amoxy Sep 5, 13:15
- Broncos 20, Ravens 17 -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 13:09
- whoever wins, we all lose. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 13:02
- America, One Bazillion -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 13:02
- Broncos 38, Ravens 31 I'll also predict that Rahim Moore pics Flacco at least once tonight. -- nm - Jim Sep 5, 13:01 1
  - Bold! I love it. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 5, 13:07
- Ravens 56, Broncos 3. I'm not completely making this pick out of spite - prayformojo Sep 5, 13:01
- Broncos 24 Ravens 21 -- nm - decline Sep 5, 13:00
- Broncos 34, Ravens 24 -- nm - David Sep 5, 12:59
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- Ravens 26, Broncos17 -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 12:57
David... are you around? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 12:52 5
- Yeah, just walked in. What's up? -- nm - David Sep 5, 12:55 4
  - did you get a yahoo fantasy sports email from me today? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 12:57 3
    - In a league I'm not in so I didn't read to the bottom. - David Sep 5, 12:59 2
      - thank you. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 5, 13:01 1
        
        He's got an email filter that he's out of the country without email access until 9/11 so I'll just run his team this week. - David Sep 5, 13:13
Florida Man invokes "Bush Doctrine" to justify shooting neighbors at BBQ... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 5, 12:50 3
- one of these days we'll see: Infant shoots house guest over fear of theft of his nose -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:54
- and something fraught with just as much danger and peril: Alec Baldwin To Host Late Night MSNBC Show On Fridays. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 12:53
- offs -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 12:52
Chobani recalls some Greek yogurt cups due to (eww) mold -- (link) - ty97 Sep 5, 12:49
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"I don't want anything bad to happen to the US, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God I hope it lands in - link - Dave Chappelle Sep 5, 12:44 1
- He had something similar happen when he played here but apparently it wasn't as big a deal. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 5, 12:55
Repost for the day shift: get FREE admission to your choice of hundreds of museums via Smithsonian on 9/28 -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:43 3
- Oddly, I see this while sitting in one of the Smithsonians using their wifi. - Andie Sep 5, 13:03 2
  - are you seeing maxine? if you wind up at the hotel max, break the shower for me. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 5, 13:05 1
    - max hotel! dammit, I always screw that up. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 5, 13:05
House P0rn/ST lotto party pad: Celine Dion's Jupiter Island estate...only $72m -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:38
So what's this crap on myVegas about having to invite friends or buy chips in order to unlock the new game?!? - Meg Sep 5, 12:37 9
- HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA ... I've never heard this level of IRE from Meg and it's totally making me chuckle! -- nm - JenBro Sep 5, 14:04
- Friend a couple of people in the big MyVegas Group -- nm - amoxy Sep 5, 12:38 7
  - From what I see you need to invite people who aren't already playing. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 12:41 6
    - You can invite me. -- nm - kelly Sep 5, 12:51
    - Go ahead and invite me. I need to sign up for this. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 12:47
    - feel free to invite me if you'd like. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 12:44
    - *sharpens a stick and gathers some nice round oval stones...I f'n dare ya -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 12:44
    - you can invite me -- nm - Epiphany Sep 5, 12:43 1
      - Thanks guys....gotta go out now - I'll see where we're at when I get home. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 12:49
STIS: I'm feeling better but still not 100%. Jean and Pierre Trimbach of Maison Trimbach are doing a wine tasting/bottle signing at my fave little - Diva Sep 5, 12:35 3
- you're sleeping on the couch if you don't go. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 5, 12:38 2
  - whuhh... -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 12:38 1
    - drink. the. wine. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 5, 12:43
Can you name the members of the G20 ? -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:34 5
- US, Canada, France, UK, Japan, Italy, Germany, Russia, Spain, Brazil, China, Argentina, Australia, India, South Africa, Indonesia, South Korea, Poland - Reagen Sep 5, 12:38 1
  - pretty close. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:40
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  - these chicks don't even know the name of my band -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 12:38
- I have to leave soon, so spoilers! - Beaker Sep 5, 12:35
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- installed in a former women's prison. -- nm - loosilu Sep 5, 13:17
- Screaming Vagina is the name of my retro NYC-style punk band. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 5, 12:37
- Oh good, my old nightmares were getting kind of stale. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:32 1
  - *Your* nightmares. I'm shaking in the corner. -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 12:42
ST Help: I am done having a "land line," so I want to cancel with ViaTalk. But I want to keep the phone number. How do I get it to Google Voice? - JaxSean Sep 5, 12:30 6
- Here's how I went from Vonage to GV - spamlet Sep 5, 12:44 2
  - That's what the person below did as well. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 12:46 1
    - So I need a dedicated cell phone (other than my own)? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 13:15
- Porting number from ViaTalk to Google Voice -- (link) - decline Sep 5, 12:32 2
  - Heh, I was just about to link that. I've heard in the past it's very difficult to port into GV from ViaTalk. I may be doing the same thing next year -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 12:34 1
    - :). It's interesting. She used Tmobile as an intermediary -- nm - decline Sep 5, 12:35
The "My Son Wears Dresses" column is *great* -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 12:25 2
- and this, from a couple days ago, works as a good companion article -- (link) - znufrii Sep 5, 12:52
- some of the comments, not so much *puts a dollar in the jar* - znufrii Sep 5, 12:51
5 WTF Abandoned Wastelands You Won't Believe Exist -- (link) - Beaker Sep 5, 12:20
National zoo padan gender revealed: It's a girl! -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 5, 12:18 2
- so cuuuuuuute! -- nm - JenBro Sep 5, 14:10
- Drops a few cents in the comment jar....*giggling* -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 12:27
NFL broadcast maps for Sunday -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 5, 12:15 7
- So I have Marv Albert, Rich Gannon, Chris Myers, Tim Ryan, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman - amoxy Sep 5, 12:37
- Even if I was wanting to watch football, I get stuck with the effing Rams rather than GB/SF. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 12:22 2
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    - It happens anytime the Rams are playing out west. We always get that instead of the marquee later game. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 12:47
- the CBS one is weird. Why is Austin different than Houston? -- nm - decline Sep 5, 12:18
- Looks like I'm watching FOX. - Strongbad Sep 5, 12:17
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- 90%. Missed #2. -- nm - spamlet Sep 5, 12:58 1
  - same. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:59
- Boom. 100% -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:18 2
  - Enjoy your highly useful skill. -- nm - con_carne Sep 5, 12:31 1
    - my wife does... -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:32
- 80% -- nm - decline Sep 5, 12:17
NSA laughs at your pathetic attempts at digital encryption -- (link) - znufrii Sep 5, 12:12 11
- someone linked an article a few months ago about just how much brute force the NSA has at it's disposal. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 5, 12:18 10
  - but, why bother with brute force when you can design encryption standards to allow you backdoor access to data from the get go? -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 12:25 9
    - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 5, 12:44
    - No More Secrets -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:25 7
      - pretty much. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 12:32
      - "You can have anything you want in the world, and you're asking for my phone number?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:28 5
        
        they need to remake this movie. -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:30 4
        
        *slaps you in the whole face* - oblique Sep 5, 12:30 3
        
        I'm having fun imagining the mechanics of this. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:33
        
        just to update the technology! Keep all the same actors even, just recast the dead ones... -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:32 1
        
        Forget re-casting. Hologram actors! -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 12:43
Walgreens awards you with the "Bow-chicka-bow-wow" achievement for purchasing 100+ condoms in 1 year. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 12:11 3
- Buying a 36-pack gets you the "Have a nice night!" achievement -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 12:13
- "Acheivement Unlocked: "Do You Need To Talk?" - Purchased 5 pints of ice cream in one visit" -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:12 1
  - Stalker Level Achieved: Purchase duct tape, ski mask and knife in same visit -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:13
The Battle of Alberta Just. Got. Real. -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 12:11
On the X-Files 20th Anniversary (Loosi alert) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 5, 12:07
FELICIA DAY DECREES IT! -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:07 16
- She is in the category of People I Don't Fully Stipulate to Actually Exist -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 12:10 15
  - She is in the category of I Don't Get All the Hype Surrounding Her. nm -- nm - Jim Sep 5, 12:13 12
    - Fairly pretty girl that is nice to nerds = nerdgasm -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 12:19
    - Reasonably Actractive girl who can speak Nerd authentically. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:15 10
      - But she can't act -- nm - amoxy Sep 5, 12:39
      - this, pretty much. -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 12:16
      - "attractive" -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:15 7
        
        I think 'actractive' should actually be a word. it could describe someone people think is hot merely because they're in TV shows or movies. - Diva Sep 5, 12:22 6
        
        I like it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 12:33
        
        Like Mark Ruffalo? -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:32 4
        
        no, he actually is sorta cute except for in 'You Can Count on Me', but you're on the right track. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 12:36 3
        
        I just think about how out of place he was in that Avengers GQ cover. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:40 2
        
        They were all on an EW cover shortly before it came out and I didn't even know who the hell he was. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 12:48 1
        
        maybe it was EW. I just remember it was like a big game of "one of these things..." -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:49
  - someone got Weird Science to actually work. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 12:13
  - She's a real life Manic Pixie Dream Girl. -- nm - Tim Sep 5, 12:11

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