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ST Poll -- How many hours of sleep did you get last night? - znufrii Jun 12, 07:20 24
- 4 hr 58 min - Reagen Jun 12, 07:33
- 4.75. -- nm - kelly Jun 12, 07:32
- Probably about 9 hours. -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 07:31
- 4-ish -- nm - Jim Jun 12, 07:30
- 6, not enough. -- nm - LMS Jun 12, 07:30
- 6:30 -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:30 1
  - That should be 6.5 -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:30
- Between 5 and 6. -- nm - pmb Jun 12, 07:29
- maybe 5? summer commute *sucks* for sleeping. -- nm - starfish & coffee Jun 12, 07:28
- 7 -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 07:27
- 6.5 -- nm - amoxy Jun 12, 07:27
- 4.5 (less than optimal) -- nm - mud Jun 12, 07:26
- Almost 2 -- nm - trish Jun 12, 07:25 2
  - :-( -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:32
  - ! -- nm - mud Jun 12, 07:27
- 7 -- nm - David Jun 12, 07:25
- Between 6 and 7. - Mel Profit Jun 12, 07:24
- INSUFFICIENT. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 07:23
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- 6.5 (i usually get about 7.5) -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 07:22
- 9 -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:21
- 6 -- nm - decline Jun 12, 07:21
- 6.5 -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 07:21
- 6 -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 07:20
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- "I'll suck your Dickens" -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 07:23 1
  - Please sir, can I have some more?" -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 12, 07:24 1
Meet Mike Hessman, the dude that's hit 400 minor league HRs. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 12, 07:17 1
- Hessman and Diamond were both originally with the Braves. -- nm - David Jun 12, 07:27
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Dude, learn to slide. -- (link) - Prince Fielder SI Jun 12, 06:57 1
- If he slides normally, he's out by a mile....that bounce actually seems to almost catch the catcher by surprise in an attempt to elude the dead to - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:00
Whew, the world is safe for cheese aged on wooden boards again. -- (link) - Was Bar Was Jun 12, 06:54 1
- cheese eaters are every bit as (hummm what's the word?) as gun owners, you'll have to pry that wedge out of their cold (but well aged) hands -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 12, 13:56
Just another day riding the NYC trains. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 12, 06:51 [Image] 18
- that is hilarious. This is one of the reasons I love your city. That stuff happens and NO.ONE blinks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 12, 07:11
- Your constant contact with strangers of all sorts frightens and confuses me -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 07:07
- Wow -- nm - Pippy Jun 12, 06:58
- well, that's awesome. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:57
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  - going into a GaGa concert doesn't count.I love watching people filing into a GaGa concert. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 12, 07:13 4
    - that and a Marilyn Manson show. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 07:27
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      - I loved seeing that guy when I was in NYC - znufrii Jun 12, 07:29
      - that's Fantastic. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 12, 07:18
  - He's a tribal leader from Papua New Guinea. He's here on a book tour. - Krusty Jun 12, 06:58 6
    - that's awesome. - znufrii Jun 12, 07:06 1
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      - Yup. :-) That's the best part! -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:33
    - And he can't afford a cab? Cheap publishers -- nm - Pippy Jun 12, 06:59 1
      - Heh. :-) - Krusty Jun 12, 07:00
  - You've worn weirder get ups -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:56
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- Cristina! It's supposed to weaken later today -- nm - decline Jun 12, 06:58
- Yeah, but mostly, I thought the currents carry those storms away from land so it wasn't news. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 06:52
- no, no i did not. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:51
Happy 90th to George HW Bush (41). He's going skydiving today. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:44
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- Hey there zubazzi-man, I need a favor please - trish Jun 12, 06:49 4
  - Thanks babe. - trish Jun 12, 07:01
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    - "The Wildo" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 06:53 1
      - like a mental dildo. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 07:21
- I believe so. Let me guess, no Android app? -- nm - spamlet Jun 12, 06:34 10
  - "Prime Music will be ad-free and device agnostic, meaning you can listen on Android and iOS phones and tablets," -- nm - David Jun 12, 07:02 1
    - yup. just need to update your Amazon player. It's very cool. -- nm - decline Jun 12, 07:02
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  - Seriously, a lack of an Android app is probably the reason that we're not going with Prime. -- nm - spamlet Jun 12, 06:35 6
    - The amazon music downloader/player/storage app works just great on my android phone (samsung). In fact, it likes my phone better than Win 8.1 - trish Jun 12, 06:58
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      - I was unclear. There is no way to watch Amazon video on non-Amazon Android devices. - spamlet Jun 12, 06:58 3
        
        what's that got to do with music? -- nm - decline Jun 12, 07:01 2
        
        Me whining about Prime is all. -- nm - spamlet Jun 12, 07:19
        
        One of the benefits of Prime is getting free movies/tv shows either on a Kindle Fire or compatible smart phone. - trish Jun 12, 07:11
Is it too early to label Fancy (Iggy Azalea) as the Song of Summer 2014? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:24 5
- I find it baffling that this is a thing that people think can be determined and/or care about. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 06:30 3
  - We can usually identify the top candidates, and almost always capture the eventual 'winner' - ty97 Jun 12, 06:33 2
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      - yep -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:37
- Yes. Also, a tangent, this is an example of why i hate radio. That song came out February and was already overplayed by March. -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 06:29
Golfer DQs himself from US Open to clear conscience -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:22 6
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- I know golf's a gents game and self-policing, but this is absurd. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 06:41 1
  - Agreed. No one saw anything, not even the golfer himself. Play on. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 12, 06:52
- That sounds pretty textbook OCD -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:35
- wow. - znufrii Jun 12, 06:34
- That's insane, and not in a good way. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 12, 06:31
'Open carry,' NRA-induced paralysis, the growing paranoia around U.S. gun laws -- (link) - Beaker Jun 12, 06:21 4
- a parallel to Game of Thrones hit me just now - book 4 and 5 spoilers - Beaker Jun 12, 06:35 3
  - Did you really mean sparrows? -- nm - Pippy Jun 12, 06:44 2
    - it's the name of a religious faction. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 06:49 1
      - Oh okay. I was confused - Pippy Jun 12, 06:57
The name of Robin Thicke's new album...."Paula." Heh. -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 06:15 4
- what a choad. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 07:20
- Lead Single "In Retrospect, There's One Pretty Definitive Line" -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 06:34 2
  - If Emily R. is naked in the uncut video, I can dig it. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:31
  - ha! -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:34
Speed 20th (!) Anniversary: Meet the passengers of Bus 2525 -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 06:09
Bill Murray crashes couples engagement photo...ends up in it -- (link) - Beaker Jun 12, 06:08 2
- of course he did. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 06:18 1
  - he is like Caine. Only rather than dispensing Kung Fu he gets in viral videos -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:19
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- the really funny thing is that it came from him misplaying the ball again -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:09 1
  - Yeah, I'm thinking he wouldn't need the arm if he could actually, ya know, catch the ball. -- nm - Jim Jun 12, 06:55
My two cents: the more people who can be exposed to an art form, opera in this case, the better. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 12, 06:02
The insurgents in Iraq are called ISIS? I call BS - amoxy Jun 12, 06:01 1
- They're heading for the danger zone. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 07:35
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So how long until Baghdad falls to the extremists? And will other countries do anything about it.... - Walt_Disney Jun 12, 05:55 1
- Sorry I meant to post a link.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jun 12, 05:55
Wake up you lazy sacks of spaghetti -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 05:44 28
- Relatedly: I don't like how spaghetti has become used to associate with socially awkwardness. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 06:36 2
  - it has? - Andie Jun 12, 06:37 1
    - Yeah. Usually in the context of talking to girls. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 06:38
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  - An extra hour of sleep. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 06:56 1
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  - At that time, I got up to use the bathroom and went back to bed. - Krusty Jun 12, 06:42
  - (you know that's insane, right?) -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:19 12
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      - Actually, I think I could have done that when I was in competent shape. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 06:58 3
        
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        My 2 minute best was 127, my 1 minute was 73. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:27 1
        
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      - I could maybe, *maybe* run 2 miles during that period of time, but not the rest of it by any means. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 06:48
      - oh, i meant literally insane. - Andie Jun 12, 06:32 4
        
        Right? If that's what it takes to not be flabby - ty97 Jun 12, 06:34 2
        
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        *ugh* -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:40
        
        for comparison: i did a half hour work out last night - i swam lengths of my pool. - Andie Jun 12, 06:33
    - what andie said. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 06:28
  - drank a Diet Pepsi -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:16 1
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  - I was on my first conference call at 6:30am - ty97 Jun 12, 06:12
- I just label everything that may be a spoiler a spoiler. I don't want to spoil spoiling or even spoil spoilerishness. I just want to talk about things - starfish & coffee Jun 12, 05:54 4
  - right? -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 05:56 3
    - it makes me want a damn cookie. before 9am!! -- nm - starfish & coffee Jun 12, 05:57 2
      - if you get an cookie that contains any degree of oatmeal it totally counts as breakfast. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:00 1
        
        *fingers to nose* Something with fruit in it (say an Apple Fritter) counts as well -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:20
Teaser trailer for one of our films starring DTENN, RPIKE, BCONN and some cute kids. -- (link) - LMS Jun 12, 05:32 [youtube] 5
- Adorable! Is it making it to the states? - amoxy Jun 12, 05:47 4
  - Wait are there movies that are British and don't make it to the United States? -- nm - Pippy Jun 12, 06:30 2
    - In general only British films about British royalty get a US cinema release. -- nm - LMS Jun 12, 06:58
    - They usually end up as an On Demand release if they don't get theatric. Has Postman Pat got a US release? -- nm - LMS Jun 12, 06:51
  - Hopefully. -- nm - LMS Jun 12, 06:20
Is there just one World Cup game today? (Brazil vs Crotia). -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:56 1
- yes -- nm - zork Jun 12, 05:31
Things I have learnt in the last day. New York has a steam network and Chicago a A/C one -- nm - Karl_S Jun 12, 04:30 9
- didn't Pendegrast use steam in the first Relic novel? -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:58 6
  - speaking of: ML have you read the newest one? -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:58 5
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      - I've read some reviews of the newest one...not good. plot minor spoilers - Beaker Jun 12, 06:17 2
        
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        Fever Dream was where they went off the rails for me I think -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:39
    - and I think betwen the two of them they have 3 books either out or coming out soon. -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:59
- Yup, and I managed to burn myself on the steam pipe next to my bed at least once a month in winter. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 04:56 1
  - ~I got *bum*bum*hssssss* steam heat...~ -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 05:32
Marshawn Lynch to skip mandatory minicamp, wants a new deal -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 12, 04:14 5
- the cap hit seems very high for the last two years based on a signing bonus of only $6M. -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:57
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    - Wow, Freeman went a lot higher than I expected. And I'm a little surprised at the order of those WR's after Evans. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:20 1
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aaaannnddd posting early because I know Big Shaunu has been DYING to know - Chip Flavors from Canada include: Canadian Burger, Moroccan Spice, Poutine - JenBro Jun 12, 04:05 6
- Sounds like someone went to Loblaw's. Those PC chips are excellent. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:27
- Mmmm, maple bacon sounds good. -- nm - Budice si Jun 12, 05:01 1
  - Oops. Sfan -- nm - kelly Jun 12, 05:02
- You didn't get the Calamari & Tzatziki flavour? (It's not good) -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 04:16 2
  - they didn't have those two ... I did skip a couple that we've had before - cornichon - loaded potato - etc. -- nm - JenBro Jun 12, 05:00 1
    - (It's one flavour, not two) The chips you have are good, flavours, but my problem with that brand is the actual potato is too thick and powdery. - Roger More Jun 12, 05:37

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