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I knew it!!! Investigators checking whether lithium batteries played role in plane's disappearance, officials say. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:59 2
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  - It was a lithium battery from the heavens! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:01
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Nice. FIFTH federal lawsuit challenging Indiana's same-sex marriage ban. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:57
Yeah, I can see that. As opposed to your stereotypical LA depictions, Modern Family accurately depicts life in West LA -- (link) - con_carne Mar 14, 11:55 2
- Oh, there's an awful trope that you might not understand - the Latina woman is a hot-blooded, assertive loudmouth -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:04
- Carne note: The mall where Mitch did his flash mob is where the best Imax screen in the area is - con_carne Mar 14, 12:00
So, that was new and painful. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:46 5
- Hi Will!! -- nm - several mussles which have not been used much late Mar 14, 11:52 3
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    - Not true. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:56 1
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Hello Veronica Mars HDX in my Vudu. I've been waiting for you... -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 11:45 13
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  - And one more thing: the movie reviews are pretty consistent that this is an ode to fans. - ty97 Mar 14, 12:04
  - It's too bad you don't hang out on a discussion board where people can spoil you just enough to enjoy the movie -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 12:03
  - This is me. I might watch it if someone in our group bought it but I'd probably be lost. -- nm - spamlet Mar 14, 12:03 1
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  - Watch the show, it's great. Then watch the movie. -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 11:58 1
    - To David's point: I never watched the show before the Kickstarter. I binge watched after all that hoopla. - ty97 Mar 14, 12:03
  - Yes but the show holds up quite well. It wouldn't take long to binge watch it. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:54 1
    - This. Plus, it's a fun show. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:58
  - I picture a decent amount of fan service, so probably. -- nm - timPhone Mar 14, 11:48
  - I get the impression yes. - Reagen Mar 14, 11:47
  - I imagine you'd get the understanding that these characters have a history together but have been apart for a while. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 11:46 1
    - We have seen the opening and it does a good job of explaining the history. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:48
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- See? -- nm - Jim Mar 14, 11:46
- In my head, I always pronounce this as "Mit-zou" -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:43
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- link? as the Canadian Banks base their lending rates on what the Bank of Canada sets, I don't see how this makes sense -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:40 2
  - This is to do with LIBOR -- (link) - Roger More Mar 14, 11:40 1
    - and some background on the LIBOR scandal. - Roger More Mar 14, 11:43
Veronica Mars update: Still no luck uploading the digital code to my library. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 11:32 7
- Had to do it twice through Flixster. The 2nd time, it stuck and showed up in my Vudu. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 11:46 4
  - Huh, I only had to enter Stephen's code once for it to work... -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 12:00
  - Same here. Keep trying it, Stephen. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:54 1
    - Yup, I finally got it to work! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 14, 11:56
  - me to -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 11:51
- *breathlessly awaits next update* - spamlet Mar 14, 11:36 1
  - Your sarcasm is exactly what I needed.... - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 11:43
Damn it. #Vikings announced that WR Jerome Simpson has re-signed. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:32 2
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  - I actually had read a blurb on the Colts. - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:37
Veronica Mars update: WB will be happy/hoping for $1M weekend. Debuted in 95 theaters at midnight - 260K. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 11:31 1
- We're going this weekend, and I'm seeing lots of chatter on FB of friends that are going. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:57
When ST and personal worlds collide....I had a dream about an ST'er I have not met last night... - Walt_Disney Mar 14, 11:26 3
- If my dream interpretation is correct, you want to use her to get to Bacon. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:30
- *with sexy results* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 11:30 1
  - bow chicka wow wow -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:51
Forbes on the upcoming faceoff at the movies between Marvel and DC in May of 2016 -- (link) - Remlik Mar 14, 11:14 4
- "Watch it die!!!" -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:16 2
  - Yeah, DC is going to get clobbered that weekend. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 11:22 1
    - I love that they alreadymoved it once, and this is what they got. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:26
- It's cute that Warner thinks they have the slightest of chances at winning. Can someone hire me/ST to run their DC division please. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 11:16
LIR - thanks MDH for the afternoon pick me up eye candy video - Epiphany Mar 14, 11:14 5
- I'm just saying, Salt N Pepa did that 20 years ago. -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 11:15 4
  - I think that might have been the point. not sure. I didn't listen to it at work - Epiphany Mar 14, 11:25
  - Get this: JLo's "If You Had My Love" turns 15 this May. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 11:20 2
    - On the 6 was a good album. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 11:24 1
      - it really truly was -- nm - Epiphany Mar 14, 11:26
Any ST'ers familiar with Outlook Calender? I have a question.... - Walt_Disney Mar 14, 11:13 1
- I'm no expert, but I don't think so. The .ost file (along with .pst for mail) files are created for each profile. - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:18
from the end of B2 ... John Daly shooting a +19 . . . what is the all time record for a total professional metldown in 1 day of a tournament? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 14, 11:09 2
- It was already a bad round, but the 12 on a Par 4 has to hurt. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 11:11 1
  - and it could have been an 89 but he missed a 4 foot putt. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 11:12
And here, The Guardian, concluding that the explosion in Harlem shows that NYC's infrastructure overall is crumbling and dangerous. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 11:09
What happened?! -- nm - Jovian Mar 14, 11:09 4
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  - (there's an Airplane! movie reference in there somewhere . . .) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 14, 11:15 2
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      - then dinosaurs walked the earth -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:18
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Wow -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 11:01
I love and hate cliche so much. What TV trope aggravates you the most? -- (link) - con_carne Mar 14, 11:00 54
- Either direction, either impossibly accurate shooters, or impossibly bad shooters. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:58 3
  - related: the good guy can't get a clear shot at a bad guy, so he shoots under a car/desk/etc and gets the bad guy in the foot. - Roger More Mar 14, 12:06
  - heh. I was just about to write about what takes a lot of science fiction down for me. Robots shooting and missing. - JaxSean Mar 14, 12:00
  - 2 handguns and shotgun in the hands of good guys will always prevail over multiple automatic weapons in the hands of bad guys. ALWAYS! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:59
- Professionally trained SWAT guys/soldiers getting killed by bad guys/terrorists. - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 11:50 2
  - the Blacklist is pretty bad for this (also 24) -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:56
  - Related...SWAT guys that can't hit the broad side of a barn, even with a sweet scope. -- nm - Jim Mar 14, 11:55
- Absolute betrayal that gets forgiven for pragmatic or even romantic reasons, where in the real world these are permanent relationship enders. - Max Mar 14, 11:49
- the cop lowers his gun to convince the bad guy to put his down too, no f'n way, they shoot first, ask questions later by training and rules -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:28
- When the jerk character reforms and is nice to all the other characters, who all then decide they preferred the jerk as a jerk. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:28 2
  - Because the reformed character is overcorrecting his past mistakes and overdoing the niceness -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:30 1
    - Or just because they now find him boring. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:32
- Oh yeah, the worst of the worst. That the CSI lab guys not only are in the interrogation room, but LEAD the interrogation. Also... - Jim Mar 14, 11:26 1
  - They ended the worst offender of that when Miami ended. At least Nick has police officer with him. Even if he is out front - JD Mar 14, 11:54
- Also, it's not trope, but I hate when someone is playing an instrument that obviously is *not* playing the notes being heard. - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:25
- The person being chased ALWAYS falls down. And I don't know if this counts, but I'm tired of the "coming up" on reality shows prior to commercials. - Jim Mar 14, 11:23 6
  - Masterchef is the worst for this, plus the pointless suspense. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 11:51
  - Or when they come back from a break and show what just happened on the show just before the break. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 11:28 4
    - Yep. And come to think of it, Face Off actually does both. Hate that! -- nm - Jim Mar 14, 11:37 2
      - Hells Kitchen (which returned last night) does it after every break. As much as I love the train wreck of the show that is fricken annoying as hell. -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 11:45
      - I watch a lot of Velocity channel, and 40% of the hour must be them promoting their own shows. My mute button is getting worn out. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 11:39
    - those cop video shows are the worst, they show what's coming up later, what's coming up next, and after show it again so show what you missed if you - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:31
- If you pressure them too much on the stand in court, they'll break down, implicating their guilt and telling you everything. - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:22 1
  - or the bad guy admitting everything when confronted with some very mino evidence that a good lawyer would likely get tossed - Beaker Mar 14, 11:23
- person stuck in the evil small town just happens to run into the one and only person that can help but is also immune to the powers that be -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:22
- Smart people being socially inept. House, every smart person on BBT, Bones... -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 11:20 2
  - Oh yeah. Tangent: Beating book smarts with street smarts -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:22 1
    - Happens all the time. -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 11:33
- Spies that get caught every. single. episode. It made Chuck unwatchable after awhile. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:16 3
  - which is also why The Americans is awesome -- nm - Jovian Mar 14, 11:52
  - Similarly, cops that get kidnapped and almost die, and knowing that every one of the crew will be kidnapped at some point. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 11:20 1
    - some random crime incident always gets routed to the one detective struggling with a major crime and that provides the missing piece of the puzzle -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:25
- The car not starting especially when you need it to is the biggest for me -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 11:14 4
  - But then no one would (a) get killed or (b) just *barely* get away! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:26
  - Or, even, better, the car not starting, and not starting, and not starting, and then the person yells "Cmon" and hits the steering wheel - prayformojo Mar 14, 11:21 1
    - all people in dire need of starting a car are Fonzie. They just need the desperation to activate their powers -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:25
  - Exactly. See? This thread is just the best -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:20
- not TV but in books the "hurting leading man finds a woman to heal him in the midst of some mystery or other" -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:12
- 1) About to catch criminal, catch them, oh no they got away 2) main character backing down from a standoff - aka every ep of The Following -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 11:11 4
  - 2) is the reason why Raylan Givens is the man. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:31
  - every.single.f**king.episode. -- nm - Jovian Mar 14, 11:14
  - Or when the bad guy stands over the good guy and explains what he is going to - amoxy Mar 14, 11:14 1
    - Monologuing! -- nm - Fro-Zone Mar 14, 11:14
- Any time any storyteller includes the dialogue, "You just don't get it, do you?", I immediately dismiss them as a hack. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:06 8
  - The "oh my god" revelation dialogue in movies and video games sucks. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 11:38
  - I do the same with "unfinished business", though it applies less generally -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:14 4
    - Oh, and "we've got company" -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:16 3
      - When surly locals are "the welcoming committee." -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:25 2
        
        Oh, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with [dumb or oddball character]" -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:36 1
        
        was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour?! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:37
  - "You just don't get it, do you ya Frank!?" nm - Jovian Mar 14, 11:10
  - heh -- (link) - CQ Mar 14, 11:07 [youtube]
- I hate most TV Bands. Except Jeffster -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 11:02 1
  - See, Nashville is great for this. I am not even a country fan, but you could buy those artists are real - con_carne Mar 14, 11:04
I hate college basketball -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 10:58
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- It's over. (spoils) - Jim Mar 14, 11:16
I know it probably wont happen but I want Marvel/Disney and DC/Warner Bros to hold there dates on the Cap 3 vs Bats/Supes movie - eag Mar 14, 10:56 9
- Tangent: saw this recently. This is what the weekend of July 9, 1982 looked like at the movies -- (link) - con_carne Mar 14, 11:13 3
  - But you also wouldn't have been able to see them all in any one place as they were playing regionally. -- nm - spamlet Mar 14, 11:34 1
    - I can see that, I guess. Way less multiplexes back then -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 11:36
  - Wow. I went to the movies a lot that year. -- nm - landbeck Mar 14, 11:26
- Warners will move Superman to late April. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:12 3
  - did this already happen or are you guessing. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 11:13 2
    - A little of both - "sources say" speculation + what makes sense to me.. Nothing's been announced officially though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 11:24 1
      - A second move? Hilarious. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 11:31
- Even though MoS was better than I expected, this is still the best Superman has ever looked in a 'movie.' -- (link) - Shaun Mar 14, 11:04 [youtube]
Ender, put a reminder on your calendar to wish him a Happy Tau Day. - ty97 Mar 14, 10:55 1
- someone should make a two-layer pie and call it a tau -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 10:57
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I posted the 2013 grades for Seattle's entire defense in that thread on b2. - David Mar 14, 10:54 4
- How does PFF grade players who actively don't get into the play? - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:56
- It's not the truth that matters. It's what people perceive as the truth that matters. -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 10:56 2
  - What if I perceive your statement as incorrect? - David Mar 14, 10:58 1
    - Don't change, Marty -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 11:00
Taveras optioned to Memphis. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 14, 10:52 3
- Kim and my guys are having unhealthy springs. -- nm - David Mar 14, 10:54
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- Speaking of...here's a name to keep an eye on: Stephen Piscotty. Quickly making a name for himself in Cardinals camp. -- nm - Jim Mar 14, 10:53

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