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I hope Thomas Kretschmann brushes up his English before Avengers2, I can`t understand a thing he says on Dracula -- nm - mud Jan 15, 12:15 1
- "That's a lovely, lovely voice." -- nm - Thomas Kretschmann in a Bane mask Jan 15, 12:17
ST AA / Research Poll: Over the course of one year, how many bottles/cans/pints/glasses of beer do you think you consume? - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:11 47
- average a case/month plus av 2 night when i go out, hales ipa is 20 at costco -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 15, 12:52
- I average about 30-40 I think. Probably used to be close to 100. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 15, 12:36
- 30? maybe? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 15, 12:30
- Just beer? Probably 100-150 variable volumetric units. -- nm - mafic Jan 15, 12:29
- 0. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 12:26
- 50 or so -- nm - Jovian Jan 15, 12:24
- 0 -- nm - Jim Jan 15, 12:24
- Dogfishhead IPA will run you 2.49-2.99 per bottle (at the store) here. -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 12:21 3
  - and it's only average beer. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 15, 12:27
  - A 6-pack is $15-$18? Yeesh. - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:25 1
    - A 6-pack of Yuengling is about $10 (or my other favorite, Land Shark) -- nm - Jovian Jan 15, 12:27
- 7 -- nm - Max Jan 15, 12:19
- 0 -- nm - David Jan 15, 12:19
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  - So if I use the grocery average ($1.33/bottle), that still only comes to ~$600 for the year. - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:22 5
    - pints average more like $8/pint -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:25 3
      - where are you drinking? - znufrii Jan 15, 12:26 1
        
        yrah, your probably right. Domestics are cheaper. I was thinking imports. Guiness is $6-$8 everyplace I go -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:28
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- 312.50 -- nm - budice Jan 15, 12:19
- In a year I probably consume 2 bottles of wine, 6 shots of hard alcohol and less than 20 beers. -- nm - TWuG Jan 15, 12:19 2
  - That's a normal weekend for me... -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:26 1
    - Yeah, I figured he misread it as YTD. -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:27
- does using it as a liquid for cooking count? ie beer steamed hot dogs, etc. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 12:17 5
  - How often would you do this in a year? Maybe 5? 10? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:18 1
    - maybe 3 -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 12:20
  - it counts as a waste of beer... :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 12:17 2
    - even beer batter fish & chips? -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 12:20
    - If it was Coors Lite it was already wasted. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 12:19
- 200-250? -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 12:16 1
  - and yet still a struggle to reach .02 BAC -- nm - Max Jan 15, 12:20
- 2 -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 12:16
- Maybe 75-100. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 12:16
- I'll estimate... 15 bottles in a year. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 12:15
- rough estimate? 600-700+ pints per year -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:15
- Less than ten but more than zero. Six? -- nm - Krusty Jan 15, 12:14
- 0 -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 12:14
- I've slowed down, so I'd probably say about 6-8 beers a week, on average. -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 12:14
- If you ever drink beer at a bar those numbers are way off. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 12:14 2
  - I agree. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:17
  - And I'd guess I have somewhere between 25 and 50 a year. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 12:14
- 0 -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:13
- Zero. I *might* drink 12-15 bottles of wine. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 15, 12:13 2
  - (In the past 2-3 years, my $-spend on wine would *way* outpace my beer spending.) - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:16 1
    - Yeah, probably $10-15 is typical. - Kim Pine Jan 15, 12:32
- 0 -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 12:11
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- "come on, cross examine me harder" -- nm - Max Jan 15, 12:22 2
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    - End every answer with "dumbass" under your breath. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 12:25
- "Uh... everything that guy just said is bullshit... Thank you." -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 12:20
- woohoo! No perjury Wednesday!! -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:16
- have fun? good luck? what does one say? -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 12:13 1
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- Have fun storming the castle! -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:13 1
  - beat me to it -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 15, 12:15
- Holds you in contempt. - Krusty Jan 15, 12:12
- "You wanna see hostile? -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 12:11 1
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Huh. I completely missed all the birthday greetings last night. Thank you, very nice people! - prayformojo Jan 15, 11:58 4
- Hope it was a good one! -- nm - Don Homer Jan 15, 12:06
- I wouldn`t exactly call us sworn enemies, I just dont like your face -- nm - mud Jan 15, 12:06
- Wait, that was for you? - Spawn Jan 15, 12:03
- take-back -- nm - Max Jan 15, 12:01
funny moment on Pandora radio just now ... local spot for an ad between songs, and the person obviously .... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 15, 11:54 5
- That's what happens when they eliminate sales partners and use their own people. - Kim Pine Jan 15, 12:04
- It's like if a radio announcer from Mexico City tried to pronounce local place names. - con_carne Jan 15, 12:02
- except those ads are read by people in Chicago, NY and LA. -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 11:57
- tangent, back when I was first in college, it was amusing watching my east-coast classmates in a radio performance class try and figure out - znufrii Jan 15, 11:57
- Dear locals, learn to speak right. -- nm - Pandora Jan 15, 11:56
Hey, anyone been to the Caribbean lately? Apparently there's a new virus making the rounds. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 15, 11:53 6
- ummm... - znufrii Jan 15, 11:55 4
  - weren't you both just in Antigua? -- nm - JenBro Jan 15, 11:58 3
    - about 6 weeks ago, yeah. - znufrii Jan 15, 11:59 2
      - *knocks wood* -- nm - JenBro Jan 15, 12:04 1
        
        1100 hour incubation period. -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:13
- (new for the area, I mean) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 11:53
That beer number if WAY too low -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 11:51 6
- I'm more likely to buy beer out at a restaurant/bar then I am to bring home. So if they're measurement is by grocery shopping - we spend WAY less than - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:05
- No kidding. Like stupidly low. -- nm - Shaun Jan 15, 11:55 3
  - Child please - Epiphany Jan 15, 11:56 2
    - Faint how? Like by how low it is? -- nm - Shaun Jan 15, 11:59 1
      - its high as shit - Epiphany Jan 15, 12:28
- $10 a week! -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 11:53
TV PSA: Arrow, American Idol, Revolution, Modern Family, Psych, L&O SVU, Criminal Minds, American Horror Story, CSI, Chicago PD -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:49 1
- Suburgatory -- nm - mud Jan 15, 11:58
random fact that will not change your life: tonight's full moon will be the smallest of 2014 -- (link) - Andie Jan 15, 11:49 4
- "I was in the pool! I was in the pool!" -- nm - M-O-O-N Jan 15, 11:53
- random fact that will not change your life: tonight I am going to jonathan's to drink beer and order girl scout cookies. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 15, 11:50 2
  - Damn, I want girl scout cookies. -- nm - Max Jan 15, 11:56 1
    - I have a source if you need. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 15, 11:59
NYC settles remaining claims over 2004 GOP convention arrests for $18 million -- (link) - znufrii Jan 15, 11:43 1
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Omaha Steaks considering aoofering an endorsement deal to Peyton to keep yelling Omaha during games -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 11:36 5
- tangent, I received my first ever shipment of Omaha Steaks last month - znufrii Jan 15, 11:38 2
  - we got a huge shiipment from my MIL - really top notch stuff - wail til you get to the burgers -- nm - Epiphany Jan 15, 11:55 1
    - haven't done the burgers yet. trying the polynesian pork chops tonight. -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 11:56
- There's gonna have to be a Super Bowl commercial about this, or something similar. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 11:37
- "offering" -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:37
Waiting for MDH's take on the Maryland countersuit, when he arrives. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 11:31 2
- It's all about trying to get jurisdiction and their claim is based on the idea the $52mil figure was arrived at *after* they said they were leaving. - Will Hunting Jan 15, 11:38 1
  - To me, the countersuit is about - Strongbad Jan 15, 11:40
So, I am 2/3 of the way through Del Toro's Strain trilogy....it's....an easy read, but really pretty solid. Hopefully, I'll be finished by friday. - Will Hunting Jan 15, 11:28 11
- why did I read this as Del Taco? - peglegpete Jan 15, 11:39 2
  - Now that would be an entirely different book. - Spawn Jan 15, 11:41 1
    - And a completely different Strain. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 11:47
- heh -- (link) - Spawn Jan 15, 11:30
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  - Awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 11:39 1
    - Lets see what you say when the giant robots show up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 11:54
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  - "The Strain begins production later this month in Toronto and the series is scheduled to premiere in July of 2014 on FX." - we need our Toronto folks - decline Jan 15, 11:32 2
    - they filmed beside my house this summer - see? -- (link) - Andie Jan 15, 11:33 1
      - err. fall, i guess. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 11:35
sitwap? The NSA has secret technology that allows it entry to computers not connected to the internet -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 11:24 4
- They also have mind control devices and sharks with laser guns on their heads -- nm - decline Jan 15, 11:26 3
  - "The radio frequency technology has helped solve one of the biggest problems facing American intelligence agencies for years" -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:27 2
    - oh, I don't doubt the tech exists. I just kind of question the accuracy of the prevelance of its use - decline Jan 15, 11:36 1
      - the article lays it out, usually spies, users being morons and just doing it themselves or at point of creation -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:37
50 GB of free storage from Box (formerly Box.net) if you download their app. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 15, 11:23 1
- Already have 50GB there, but never use it since they have a filesize limit of 250MB. - GregW Jan 15, 11:49
A New Brunswick mother's open thank you letter to a stranger who showed kindness to her autistic daughter during a recent flight home has gobe viral -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 11:22 12
- how cool -- nm - JenBro Jan 15, 11:54
- one more: Widower's secret napkin note to dining couple goes viral -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 11:26 10
  - minor quibble - znufrii Jan 15, 11:28 9
    - Whenever I see a story that leads with that, I think it's aimed at people who aren't on the Internet all day at work - con_carne Jan 15, 11:57
    - i'm kind of annoyed that that should be news either. i experience nice people all the time.. far more than the bad ones. - colin Jan 15, 11:31 3
      - it's good inspiration though :) - JenBro Jan 15, 12:04
      - agreed, but with all the murder, rape, killings and craziness it is nice to see stuff like this in the mix I find -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:34 1
        
        I'll read 100 of these over 1 horrible child abuse or murder story. -- nm - Jim Jan 15, 11:41
    - "viral" to news sites is like synergy to consultants. The buzz word of the day -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:29 3
      - "hey, everyone likes this story on other people sites, we might as well post it too."\ -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 11:32 1
        
        "I have another two column inches to fill. Better go check my aunt's Facebook feed" -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 11:53
      - true enough - znufrii Jan 15, 11:30
*pushes ST down the insanely high water slide* -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 11:20 17
- "My idea of fun is not screaming at the top of my lungs and fearing for my life" - Beaker Jan 15, 11:31 2
  - All of the parks at Disney are pretty tame. Nothing compared to Cedar Point or some of the Six Flags rides. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 11:38 1
    - I really liked the Mt.Everest ride at Animal Kingdom. -- nm - Shaun Jan 15, 12:01
- forgets to keep my legs together the whole way down -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 15, 11:28 2
  - no joke, I know someone who broke their foot on a waterslide -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 11:29 1
    - I knew two people who went over the side at one (like 3o years ago, so almost no safety of course) - Beaker Jan 15, 11:33
- The name of that ride is icelandic for "F*** no." -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 11:27 1
  - it literally translates as "crazy" -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 11:30
- It should be like a car wash where you select add-ons for more adventure: baby oil, bubble bath, tobasco sauce... -- nm - Max Jan 15, 11:23 5
  - Pippy on a normal night. -- nm -- budice Jan 15, 13:56 -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 11:26
  - Follow on Bowling Ball. - Mel Profit Jan 15, 11:26 3
    - Cat in a bjorn. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 11:28 2
      - I like this. And how about...Cat Hat? - Mel Profit Jan 15, 11:36
      - "Half way down, the bjorn will come loose. And the cat is not declawed." -- nm - Max Jan 15, 11:30
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- Better yet, *breaks up with you and then pushes you down the insanely high water slide* -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 11:22
- The goggles they do nothing -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 11:20

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