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QB is a lot like pitching in baseball, as far as size goes. - groiny Jan 2, 14:11 18
- It is but Billy Wagner still went #12 in the draft despite being a midget from Ferrum, whatever that is. -- nm - David Jan 2, 14:23 17
  - The point is that a guy who finished first and fifth in the Heisman is probably that rare exception. - David Jan 2, 14:24 5
    - put yourself in the team drafting him's shoes. - groiny Jan 2, 14:26 4
      - I have. It's a swing for the fences. - David Jan 2, 14:28 3
        
        Given his maturity issues, I'd take Bridgewater over him. - Will Hunting Jan 2, 14:33 1
        
        I'm not sure Bridgewater is going to wind up being the consensus #1 pick. - David Jan 2, 14:37
        
        That very well might be the way he sneaks into there, because they are all desperate for QB. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:30
  - and he was lefty, to boot, which is an automatic bump up as well. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:23 9
    - Manziel gets the 10k yards in 2 seasons of SEC football bump. - David Jan 2, 14:26 8
      - and you know how hard it is for any college player to adjust to the pro game - groiny Jan 2, 14:28 7
        
        Oh, he's a massive risk and I'm on record as saying I think his body will break down. - David Jan 2, 14:30 6
        
        teams are expected to hit home runs when you draft 1,2,3 for sure, and maybe even up to 5. - groiny Jan 2, 14:34 1
        
        Final grading rarely happens before 6 weeks prior to the draft. - David Jan 2, 14:42
        
        I would trade down and amass a couple picks for it. - groiny Jan 2, 14:31 3
        
        In the case of Cleveland, they already have multiple first round picks because of Richardson. - David Jan 2, 14:34 2
        
        see, that might make some sense, but did they not also get killed on Quinn? -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:34 1
        
        They got killed worse when they had all of Atlanta's picks in the Julio trade then wound up with Brandon Wheedon at QB. - David Jan 2, 14:44
  - well, he was also hitting 103 on the radar gun at the time. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:23
People complained about FB autoplaying videos, but the experience is actually better for me - con_carne Jan 2, 14:06 1
- I am one of those people that hate to have anything moving on the screen. It is too hard to focus on the text. -- nm - GregW Jan 2, 14:58
So I just drop the slice of pizza in the skillet? I guess it should be a non-stick? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 2, 14:01 3
- the hell with that...I''m gonna dunk mine in the deep fryer -- nm - auld lang zeitgeist Jan 2, 14:11
- yep - on medium heat - cover for 4 to 5 minutes - cheese and toppings will be hot and bubbly and crust nice and crisp -- nm - JenBro Jan 2, 14:10
- sure. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 14:05
I've been wearing rugged crosstraining shoes (like this) for a while. But I'm thinking of going simple (like this) instead. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 2, 13:59 2
- I very much prefer the new style. -- nm - Krusty Jan 2, 15:01
- I like the "new style" ones - the "old style" always made me feel like I was walking on "platforms" and I HATED them ... -- nm - JenBro Jan 2, 14:11
Family Movie Night tonight - Wreck It Ralph; Hockey game/University reunion tomorrow; FMN: Epic - Saturday night -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:42
I didn't know you could make your own "bath bombs" ? check this out ... -- (link) - JenBro Jan 2, 13:25 1
- *shits in the tub* NM -- nm - Stacee Jan 2, 13:26
Ted Allen actually has a great idea for re-heating pizza - in a pan on the stove - JenBro Jan 2, 13:18 21
- I hate microwaving pizza (the crust goes limp), so I might try this. - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:08
- the Microwave is my only cooking friend. - Jovian Jan 2, 13:42 2
  - Right. How do you make a Perfect Bowl without a microwave? -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 2, 14:07
  - I like that today is a day where reheating pizza is this mysterious puzzle and microwaves are a strange foreign contraption of some kind -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 13:44
- Get a pizza stone and throw it in the oven. -- nm - pmb Jan 2, 13:36 8
  - seriously, do you people have nothing but time????? - groiny Jan 2, 13:39 7
    - "Do you want it done fast, or do you want it done right?" "Like all Americans, fast" -- nm - Roger More Jan 2, 14:07 3
      - I do 95% of the cooking in my house, without microwave. - groiny Jan 2, 14:09 2
        
        Sure - different priorities. I'll happily spend 15 minutes waiting for the pizza stone (or whatever) to heat up. -- nm - Roger More Jan 2, 14:13 1
        
        and no matter what I do to a leftover pizza, it will never taste like a fresh one. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:15
    - then broil it in the oven. takes no time at all. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 14:05 2
      - my oven takes about 5 minutes I think to preheat to 400. - groiny Jan 2, 14:08 1
        
        Do you have to make the oven get to temperature? You put the pizza in and do other things for 10 minutes. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 14:38
- Toaster oven. Easy peasy. Microwaves are evil! -- nm - Krusty Jan 2, 13:27 4
  - I simply do not have room in my kitchen for all the gadgets I would like to have. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:28 3
    - If you have a toaster, you could just ditch that and get one of these -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 13:30 2
      - they are quite a bit bigger than my toaster. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:34 1
        
        TO's are much slower at the basic function of toasting bread...otoh, you can't slide a slice of pizza into your toaster - auld lang zeitgeist Jan 2, 13:50
- I wonder if an open Foreman Grill would work too. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:24
- andie mentioned this option earlier as well. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 13:23 1
  - it was from when he was on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy -- nm - JenBro Jan 2, 13:26
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- Cant mistake the leadership tho. -- nm - budice Jan 2, 13:45 7
  - I am pulling for the guy, I really am. - groiny Jan 2, 13:46 6
    - He got that Bret Farve mentality - eag Jan 2, 13:55 5
      - His skill set is better than Tebow's was -- nm - eag Jan 2, 13:57
      - Tebow? -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:55 3
        
        they are similar in that they both have a big flaw in their game. - groiny Jan 2, 13:59 2
        
        Drew Brees -- nm - eag Jan 2, 14:03 1
        
        There is a good reason why there are so few undersized QB. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 14:05
it's farm show time! you know what that means. 1) mandy and dano see a bad movie! 2) butter sculpture. -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 13:17
OK, it can stop snowing now. -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 13:15 1
- right? -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 13:24
3 playoff games still could be blacked out...WTF NFL? -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:06 26
- The NFL is starting to run up against the fact that it is a waaaaaaay more enjoyable experience to watch football on tv than in stadium. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 2, 14:45 1
  - definitely -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 14:47
- Do they need more electricity for heat? -- nm - Jovian Jan 2, 13:48
- It's COOOOOOOOL out there! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 2, 13:37 2
  - Cold, too. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 2, 14:01
  - you rang? -- nm - Fonzie Jan 2, 13:45
- when I had a 32 inch SD tv... being there was a big diff... now, not so much -- nm - stewie Jan 2, 13:36 3
  - I think there's still a big difference. You don't go to the game to see it better, you go to be there for the experience. You can always see the game - pmb Jan 2, 13:39 2
    - yup, I do not enjoy being out in the cold any more than I have to be. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:47
    - I went for 10 years, playoff games, etc.. so maybe it's just no big deal to me after all that, but I'll take home theater with friends everytime -- nm - stewie Jan 2, 13:46
- WTNFL could be a thing -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 13:32
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  - As crazy as GB fans are, I think the weather is having an impact. - pmb Jan 2, 13:32 1
    - They also added 7000 seats this season. They're 5500 short so they're still above past numbers. -- nm - pmb Jan 2, 13:34
  - When the offers went out to season ticket holders, both teams did not seem play off bound. - Spawndroid Jan 2, 13:15 11
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      - Okay, present a better reason. GB has sold out every game since World War II. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 2, 13:21 3
        
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        They have better things to do in Indi..... - spamlet Jan 2, 13:30 1
        
        bwhaha! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 14:26
    - Indy had that division by default very early on. -- nm - Inigo Jan 2, 13:17 5
      - Many fans thought we were toast when Reggie went out. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 2, 13:19 4
        
        They were 5-2 at that point. The Titans were 3-4. Who was gonna win the division but the Colts? -- nm - Inigo Jan 2, 13:24 3
        
        When the Colts played the Titans, a Tennessee win would have put them within a game. - David Jan 2, 13:30
        
        You know that and I know that and Spawn knows that. But regular moronic people didn't know that. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 13:25 1
        
        Disagree, but it doesn't matter because the playoff tickets didn't go on sale until at least a month later. - Inigo Jan 2, 13:27
Now we know why Missouri sought so hard to shield where they got execution drugs. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 2, 13:00
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American Airlines Employees Vote to Keep New Livery -- (link) - ty97 Jan 2, 12:55 3
- Right? Apparently it's "too American (country) centric" and might hurt AA overseas. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 12:59 1
  - Meh - lots of airlines have a design based on their country's flag on the tail. British Airways, JAL, Emirates, Korean, Swissair - Roger More Jan 2, 14:19
- why do they need a stable? -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:58
TV PSA: Community returns tonight, 2 episodes -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:52 5
- (based on the reviews I've read, it returns stellarly (is that a word? anyway, reviews are great based on what I'm seeing)) -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:00
- BBT new as well -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:53 3
  - Elementary as well -- nm - J Jan 2, 12:54 2
    - And Parenthood. -- nm - elf kelly Jan 2, 13:17 1
      - heh, my wife got seasons 1-3 of this for Christmas :) ... also season 1-3 of Downton Abbey -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 13:41
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- I guess I'll stick around then... -- nm - Kristin Cavallari Jan 2, 13:13
- What's the signing bonus? Obviously, lower than $38 million... -- nm - Inigo Jan 2, 13:11 1
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is jimmy fallon moving to LA to take over the tonight show or is he moving it to NYC? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 12:44 2
- Tonight Show is coming back to NY. -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 12:44
- NYC -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 12:44
How is WR Mike Evans at run blocking? - Strongbad Jan 2, 12:43 4
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  - Wow. - Strongbad Jan 2, 12:54 2
    - Oh, he's not on Julio or Calvin's level but he's really damned good. - David Jan 2, 13:12 1
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- I always laugh at the majority of people that call in.. - Jovian Jan 2, 12:58 1
  - I'M ON THE RADIO! -- nm - Rob Ford Jan 2, 12:59
- It's already pretty inane in New York, I can only imagine it's worse elsewhere. -- nm - Tim Jan 2, 12:49
- You're the one listening to sports radio... -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 12:44
It'll be at least 5 more years before anything is added to the public domain -- (link) - znufrii Jan 2, 12:38
Did I mention that a couple days before Christmas, I learned what the fox says? - Jim Jan 2, 12:37 13
- Well Jim, most likely he was just trying to cross the highway to be at home with his family around the holidays -- nm - Jovian Jan 2, 12:59 4
  - Or, the holiday season was just too much for him. - Will Hunting Jan 2, 14:17
  - Yeah? Well, he didn't make it. -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 13:03 2
    - lol nm - Jovian Jan 2, 13:06
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- I saw a fox over in our neighborhood the other day. I think it got lost from the river. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 12:42 4
  - Granted, I wasn't on a major highway, I was on 367 on the way to Fast Eddie's. But I was going about 60 and there was no avoiding it. -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 12:44 3
    - That's what you get for crossing the river. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 12:47 1
      - LIke I don't make that drive a couple times a week. nm - Jim Jan 2, 12:48
    - you couldn't have just run over it's foot? - zork Jan 2, 12:46
- poor little fox. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 12:37 2
  - I felt bad til I saw my car. Then I was more than a bit pissed off. -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 12:42 1
    - well, at least you were not related to your victim, this time. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:50
Cardiff City FC fan rescues child from under train -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 2, 12:31 1
- we all know that Man U fans certainly wouldn't do that -- nm - zork Jan 2, 12:32
zork Re: The microwave...I know it's at least 20 years old...we got it from Carrie's grandma and have had it since 1995. - Jim Jan 2, 12:22 1
- yikes, those older microwaves scare me. mom had one circa 1985 until about three years ago. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 2, 12:23
Yeah, that's quite the character assassination by Kluwe against Priefer. - Tim Jan 2, 12:17 2
- after the shitshow in Miami, I'd be surprised if the NFL doesn't investigate some of the claims of language use on it's own -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:18 1
  - Kline should have just punched him. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jan 2, 12:54
LIR: we'd pay cash! Besides, the scooter will be working soon... -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:12 17
- Scooty Puff Jr. suuuuucks.... -- nm - Fry si Jan 2, 12:25 4
  - this just reminded me that the Sugar Crisp bear had a scooter for a while -- nm - zork Jan 2, 12:41
  - 200cc scooter...that thing flies! -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:26 2
    - The Doombringer! -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 12:28 1
      - what killed the dinosaurs? -- nm - David Jan 2, 12:32
- You'd still get the depreciation hit, no? I do understand your want for new things in January though. -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 12:16 5
  - It'd be a used car..new to us. I wouldn't buy brand new. -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:22 2
    - Ah, okay. Was a little unclear. Having the truck strand you is crap too. - Qale Jan 2, 12:26 1
      - Yay cash pile. -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:27
  - I got exceptionally fancy with the microwave on Christmas btw. - Qale Jan 2, 12:19 1
    - Ooo, and Science Cat got some. -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:22
- I was about to say to not get Subaru but it's Suzuki that is pulling out of North America. -- nm - zork Jan 2, 12:16 5
  - I've heard Hyundai has been getting better. -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:23 4
    - I think I heard that the paint doesn't hold up well and the steel underneath isn't great. -- nm - zork Jan 2, 12:30
    - I would get the Subaru. They are quality cars and hold their value very well. Plus AWD all the time is excellent. -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 12:26 2
      - subi 4w are really popular here -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 12:32
      - Agreed. And we'd like something that can tow a bit. -- nm - colin Jan 2, 12:29
1,400 yards at 20 yards a pop. A 6-5 dude who can take the roof is a wet dream for NFL personnel people. -- nm - David Jan 2, 12:11 3
- Let's see...Rams can trade down with Atlanta...take Matthews at 6 and Evans at 13. - Jim Jan 2, 12:19 2
  - I'll be curious to see how TD handles this. - David Jan 2, 12:22 1
    - With Washington sucking so bad, the draft got a lot more interesting for me... - Jim Jan 2, 12:24
If you saw the 2013 movie The Purge, what letter grade would you give it? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 12:11 4
- probably a B. I am still not quite sure about it though. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 13:10
- A. It's rare that a movie surprises me that often these days. -- nm - David Jan 2, 12:12 1
  - spoils - Shaun Jan 2, 12:15
- B -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 12:11
last year I had my water heater and AC/heating unit replaced (thanks, Mom and Dad) and bought a new car. I think I'm alright. - Tim Jan 2, 12:10
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It was a dark and stormy night -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 12:09 5
- mrs. zork did a story for a writing class that was all writing clichés. Seriously funny. -- nm - zork Jan 2, 12:31
- His name was Remo -- nm - GregW Jan 2, 12:14 3
  - he woke with a boner but had to pee -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:19 2
    - and that's when he realized that he was in the back seat of someone else's car... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 2, 12:28 1
      - The very car he was conceived in. -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 12:29

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