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Wimbledon spoiler - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 09:18
random poll: how often do you take an elevator? - Andie Jul 3, 09:17 13
- Maybe a couple times a week, when I need to move a book cart between floors. -- nm - mara Jul 3, 09:20
- twice a day. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 3, 09:20
- Almost never ... we don't really have buildings new enough. :( -- nm - JenBro Jul 3, 09:20
- Couple of times a month. June was a record month for elevator rides for me this year. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 09:19
- several times daily -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 09:18
- both work and home have elevators. but i don't always use it at home. but at least 4 round trips a day. -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 09:18
- Almost never; on the 2nd story of a building; only take it when with a manager who takes it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 09:18 4
  - i never understand the people who wait at my office for the slow elevators, and then get off one floor higher. - Andie Jul 3, 09:19 3
    - My mom had a pollicy of never taking elevators when she didn't have to. When I had my first serious asthma attack... - Reagen Jul 3, 09:22
    - this is my situation at school. I always take the stairs rather than wait for the elevator. -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 09:21
    - well, I suppose there could be at least one reason ... -- nm - left knee si Jul 3, 09:20
- usually 2 round trips daily -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 09:18
- Use it for the IMAX, and that is about it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 09:17
Photos of tropical storms from space are pretty incredible -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 3, 09:15
The conference room in the next row over from me has the door open and pizzas being served. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 09:09 2
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  - I've walked by 4 times just to see if I can discern how long the meeting is going to last - Will Hunting Jul 3, 09:16
States that rasied the minimum wage saw faster job growth. (Imagine how much growth there would have been if they hadn't! Fools!) -- (link) - mara Jul 3, 09:08
O Brother Where Art Thou was such a weird movie, all the moreso because it surprisingly didn't spur a series of knock-offs. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 09:04 4
- The soundtrack basically revived Americana as a music genre -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 09:15 1
  - Yeah, pretty much why I have not watched it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 09:17
- I need to finally sit down and watch this. Also, watch Llewyn Davis - it's a classic Coen Bros movie. Not as funny as some but definitely of them. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 3, 09:11
- It's one of those films that in 100 years will still be very watchable. A classic. -- nm - Loyoliano Jul 3, 09:08
A rumor of Rondo to Indy is piicking up steam. That's a deal that makes some sense. -- nm - David Jul 3, 09:01 1
- Yeah, locally I have been hearing it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 09:05
Crazy: Airbus submits patent application for a plane without a cockpit. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 3, 09:00
Daily Currant: Hobby Lobby Stones Gay Employee to Death -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 08:59 4
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  - They know when to leghump the line, and when to long-jump it -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 09:18
  - Yeah, well... it's better than the Borowitz Report! -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 09:03
  - right. -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 09:02
Bouchard looks a little like Maggie Grace in the face -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 08:52 4
- Maggie Grace *wishes*. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 09:18
- I hope she wins it all. -- nm - Dilva, Slutty Beyonce Voter Jul 3, 09:01
- I dig her vibe -- nm - Budicio Jul 3, 08:57
- Yeah, a bit. -- nm - Reagen Jul 3, 08:56
Peter "What a bunch of A-holes" Serafinowicz has been doing alternative World Cup commentaries. -- (link) - LMS Jul 3, 08:52
Man, I like Eugenie Bouchard. Just a cut-throart all-business game. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 3, 08:52
wap? Proud Whopper & LGBT marketing -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 3, 08:51
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- what is Bonafacio batting these days? - groiny Jul 3, 08:51 3
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    - heh, Ty Cobb of April, Ty Burrell the rest of the year. -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:55 1
      - *laughing* Well done. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 08:58
Family insists their KFC story is true, but rejects KFC's donation to pay for their daughter's medical care -- (link) - znufrii Jul 3, 08:42 2
- Actually, that is still more ammo for the kid to be removed from the home. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:43 1
  - That was true from "Grandpa's dogs mauled her". -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 08:46
Silly LYC: Saw TFIOS last night. There is a scene where they are on a plane watching a movie and you hear the audio from it before you see the screen - oblique Jul 3, 08:38 1
- *whirr* *thunk* *whirr* *thunk* -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 08:45
Cats are like the doomsday preppers of the animal world. - Reagen Jul 3, 08:38 12
- Our pets are ganging up on us now. The dog demands a treat whenever the cats are fed and I think the cats know this - oblique Jul 3, 08:56 1
  - Easy. Our dogs eat at the same time as our cats. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 09:15
- I had a cat who would come and meow at me when he wanted to eat, without checking if there was food in the bowl. I concluded it was just too traumatic - mara Jul 3, 08:53 1
  - ha -- nm - pippy bells Jul 3, 10:50
- Sad Cat addresses this very thing. -- (link) - Mel Profit Jul 3, 08:51 [youtube]
- Weird. Ours meow for food about 20 minutes before both of their feeding times, but otherwise ignore the bowls excet to get drinks of water. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:48 1
  - Our other two cats figure the Food Monitor will take care of it for them, I guess. - Kim Pine Jul 3, 08:51
- We have a similar situation. Our youngest cat has given herself the title of Food Facilitator. - David Jul 3, 08:42 3
  - Ours is the same way...problem is, she's fat and the vet has said to limit her food intake. - Jim Jul 3, 08:43
  - She also knows that right around 6:30 p.m. is canned food time, dammit! - Kim Pine Jul 3, 08:43 1
    - Damn Cats know how to tell time... - BAD Jul 3, 08:54
- Ah, you've met the Ms ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 3, 08:41
We have a persistent customer that keeps calling, trying to get on the schedule for repairs - amoxy Jul 3, 08:36 1
- ha -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 08:38
Hey mandy...Wayfaring Ep 2 is up. #BreakingBad won, so they're in Albequerque making blue sky and stuff... -- nm - Jim Jul 3, 08:30
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- Isn't this like her 4th team to interview? - Will Hunting Jul 3, 08:29 1
  - It is but she is the favorite this time. -- nm - David Jul 3, 08:29
- she should send the Cubs a nice big fruit basket. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:28
SITWAP: Have we discussed the Domingo Santana story? (Phillies/Astros trade from 2011) -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 3, 08:25
Wonderful. ST Poll -- Heading directly to the shore for the weekend after work, what did I forget to pack this morning when I left for work? -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 08:25 16
- Shot glass & Sun block. -- nm - JenBro Jul 3, 09:19
- Hurricane gear -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 3, 08:33
- pants -- nm - Dándukini Jul 3, 08:31 2
  - He's an STer on vacation. He didn't forget pants. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 3, 08:33 1
    - ok then...skirts -- nm - Dándukini Jul 3, 08:57
- Towel -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 08:27
- Comfortable shoes -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 08:26 3
  - close enough - znufrii Jul 3, 08:30 2
    - dollar store handy? that is easily remedied -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:31 1
      - Yup, will have to head over to Dollar Tree on my lunch break -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 08:57
- dawson -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:26 1
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- Your family? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:26
- life raft. -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 08:26
- Your guns. -- nm - Loyoliano Jul 3, 08:26
- penicillin. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:26
Poll : Favortie "Kevin"? - groiny Jul 3, 08:22 40
- God dammit Kevin. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 3, 08:57
- Beryllium -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 08:55 3
  - suckup -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:57 2
    - In the spirit of your poll, I will go with Kevin Costner -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 09:08 1
      - That is not the spirit of the poll, you are just copying. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 09:16
- Smith -- nm - J Jul 3, 08:49
- The snipe. -- nm - kelly Jul 3, 08:47
- NEalon -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 08:46
- This one. -- (link) - Kim Pine Jul 3, 08:46 1
  - Good call (also: I just learned the word "tritagonist") -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 08:48
- Pollak -- nm - Budicio Jul 3, 08:43
- Arnold -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 08:39
- I don't think I know any -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 3, 08:34 2
  - Do you know any Dicks or Harry? - oblique Jul 3, 08:36 1
    - i dated a Harry. i don't know any Dicks (well.....) -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 08:36
- My nephew -- nm - Pippy: strategic Beyoncé Voter Jul 3, 08:34
- kilbo! -- nm - tyf*ck si Jul 3, 08:31
- Feathers McGraw -- nm - David Jul 3, 08:30
- McKidd, just for Vorenus -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:29
- Spacey -- nm - mara Jul 3, 08:27 2
  - This -- nm - amoxy Jul 3, 08:36
  - that would probably be my 1b -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:28
- Hello! -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 08:26 3
  - Oh yeah... Boyd. -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 08:29 2
    - That's cold -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 08:29 1
      - "totes inapprops" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 09:17
- Bacon -- nm - Loyoliano Jul 3, 08:25
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- Smith -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:24
- McCallister -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 3, 08:24
- Me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 08:23
- Kurany or Magnusson -- nm - Dándukini Jul 3, 08:23
- McHale. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 3, 08:23 1
  - I still don't know how many bolts where in the old floor at Boston Garden dammit! -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:28
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  - no Love? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 08:26
  - old butt chin -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:23
- my deceased dog -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 08:23
- Kline -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:22
- Durant. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 08:22
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I'm watching the leftovers. the opening is pretty strong. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 3, 08:20 1
- Yes but it loses some focus. I'm not loving the leads acting ability -- nm - Pippy: strategic Beyoncé Voter Jul 3, 08:33
did we just miss that Rem and Spawn coordinate outfits to rock concerts? - Mel Profit Jul 3, 08:20 7
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  - the "Send Him Down" Chatter has started... - Mel Profit Jul 3, 08:23 2
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      - Agreed. They say baseball is a game of adjustments. - Mel Profit Jul 3, 09:20
- Like he can match any of my pairs of boots. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:22 1
  - did you just call him a Bottom? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 3, 08:25
- so.....gay...... -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 08:21
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 08:19 1
- putt putt -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 3, 08:19
July 3, 1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:19 7
- "I'm sure he was talking about that village over there!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 3, 08:20
- 1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:19 5
  - 1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:19 4
    - 1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:20 3
      - 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:22 2
        
        1969 –Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad. -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 08:22 1
        
        1940 – World War II: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers El Kébir, is bombarded - Beaker Jul 3, 08:23

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