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Tempted to add this "Ford 100" to my car shows album, even though it wasn't at a car show ... and even though the truck isn't terribly old -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:00 [flickr]
hey Meg? this looks like a terrific corn soup recipe you might want to try with that excellent corn you've mentioned ... - JenBro Jul 7, 09:58
U.S. Seen as Biggest Oil Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 09:53 2
- ~raises prices~ -- nm - Oil Companies Jul 7, 10:06
- "Will Americans Greet Their American Liberators With Open Arms" - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:57
wap? TSA bars battery-dead cellphones & computers from flights -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:34 4
- I recall early in my international travel career ('08? '09?) hearing that *(someone) reserved the right to make you prove your electronic worked. - ty97 Jul 7, 09:39 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:39
- Jeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Ryan Lochte Jul 7, 09:35
- caveat: applies for now only to certain overseas flights -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:35
Hmm, after reading a book to kieran last night that mentioned it ... I think the dragonfly pic I posted was actually a damselfly. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:33 [flickr]
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- It took me a while to understand what you were talking about. At first I was thinking a Tiffany concert. -- nm - CQ Jul 7, 09:54 1
  - ~'All This time. All and all I've no regrets. The sun still shines the sun still sets~ - Jásdeando Jul 7, 10:07
- That depends. - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:37 2
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    - Sell it, baby! -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:39
- You guys are going the 2nd week, correct? - Mel Profit Jul 7, 09:36 1
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Barcelona 'near miss' video: Planes appear to avoid collision -- (link) - Dándukini Jul 7, 09:14 1
- again? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:18
Gitmo detainees sue, cite Hobby Lobby. -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 7, 09:14 6
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  - The rules are different because these dudes are not Catholic. -- nm - David Jul 7, 09:51 1
    - The rules are different because they are prisoners. - TWuG Jul 7, 09:56
  - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:35
- Niiiiice. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:23
- offs -- nm - Pippe Jul 7, 09:22
from 2 to 3 pm tomorrow.. i have 5 meetings scheduled at the same time. - colin Jul 7, 09:06 10
- (hijack) I just completed my 9th conference call of the day. -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 09:27 1
  - But how many of them were at the same time? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:29
- You're popular! -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 7, 09:18 1
  - I am... time to ask for a raise. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 09:19
- What is there to hate? - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:15 5
  - i have 12 meetings total for the day. every meeting i get more work, but i never have time to complete work because of meetings. - colin Jul 7, 09:16 4
    - Are they necessary meetings or not? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:36 3
      - mostly, yes. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 09:39 2
        
        Then couch the annoyance in a way to get you some assistance. - Will Hunting Jul 7, 09:42 1
        
        i am trying. problem is i'm the SME on several services. i'm asking for help, but getting pushback. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 09:55
Federal judge says SCOTUS should STFU -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 08:40 5
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  - The blog belongs to this judge (wiki link) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 09:01 1
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  - By RGK -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:01
- VN! -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:51
should I happy hour after work or be a grown up and go home and clean? - peggy ann m Jul 7, 08:39 31
- Clean please. It's effing disgusting in there. No way am I taking my shoes off in your place -- nm - CQ Jul 7, 09:43
- Happy Hour - I took 3 hours out of cleaning Sunday to meet high school class mates - about 25 of us - at a down town bar - FUN! -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 09:42
- No one on their death bed ever wishes they'd cleaned more. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 09:32
- happy hour, partial cleaning. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 09:06
- This is making me feel bad for having not gotten to the annual hardwood floor cleaning and waxing. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:57
- Research has shown that cleaning while buzzed is more efficient than cleaning sober. -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 08:55 2
  - do you seriously want me in my closet deciding which clothes stay and which clothes go after a couple of beers? - peggy ann m Jul 7, 08:56 1
    - Yes. And stream that shit on youtube. - ty97 Jul 7, 08:58
- amanda: one of the activities has Happy in it. Why wouldn't you want to be Happy? Do you hate Happy? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:50
- Happy Hour -- nm - Jásdeando Jul 7, 08:46 2
  - you guys are terrible for my carpet. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 7, 08:47 1
    - *bites lip* -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 09:07
- get your drink on! -- nm - decline Jul 7, 08:46
- eff it. happy hour (summer is short.) -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 08:44
- Amy rented a carpet cleaner this weekend. And this was *after* running the Patriot Challenge. - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:41 16
  - I rented a carpet cleaner last week. Bigger difference than I anticipated, which means I had been lazy for longer than I thought. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 08:47 13
    - I bought a shampoo machine for the house years ago. I shampoo once a year, minimum. - groiny Jul 7, 08:49 12
      - New place? Did I miss something while I was gone? -- nm - pmb Jul 7, 09:23 4
        
        yeah, to make a long story short...... - groiny Jul 7, 09:30 3
        
        while I know this is all bittersweet, I'm so happy for you to get away from the flooding - all good things ahead! -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 10:05 1
        
        yeah, you cannot possibly imagine how mentally draining it is to always be worried about rain. - groiny Jul 7, 10:07
        
        Ugh. That sucks. Hope it all works out for you. -- nm - pmb Jul 7, 10:02
      - how's stuff going there? can I ask? (or you can email me.) I own a steam cleaner too. I steam about every three months - peggy ann m Jul 7, 08:55 3
        
        ygm -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 08:59 2
        
        My mail is lonely. - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 09:06 1
        
        Ditto -- nm - Max Jul 7, 09:44
      - yeah, I've got one of those hoover steamvac's - well worth the money -- nm - decline Jul 7, 08:50 2
        
        you can buy them for like $150. that's four rentals. makes no sense not to buy. (sash and I split one, really.) -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 7, 08:56 1
        
        exactly - especially if you have pets -- nm - decline Jul 7, 09:07
  - yeah, I heard you are a lazy ass. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 08:42 1
    - I just pace myself. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:50
Why Everyone Is Starting To Freak Out That We Might Be Headed For A 'Construction Shutdown' -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 08:32
Binge watched Mixology yesterday. Must say... it was rather brilliant in its structure. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 08:25 1
- I blame the obnoxious beard guy -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 08:28
Observations from this weekend: - ty97 Jul 7, 08:19 7
- Can't be any more dangerous than Chicago. 60 shot this weekend -- (link) - oblique Jul 7, 09:52 2
  - not again! -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 09:54 1
    - *slaps myself* - oblique Jul 7, 09:55
- what about the laws? do they have any? -- nm - Pippe Jul 7, 08:21 3
  - None. It was basically anarchy. - ty97 Jul 7, 08:24 2
    - sounds about right. -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 08:44
    - heh to the IM -- nm - Pippe Jul 7, 08:29
Binge Watching Season 5 of Dexter and the shark seems to be airborne. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:16 5
- Spoilers - amoxy Jul 7, 09:06
- Wait till you get to S6. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:20 2
  - but wait, there's more! -- nm - colin Jul 7, 09:17
  - I started to see stuff in S3 and 4 but S5 is embracing some of the lapses. We did miss the inner monologues. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:23
- and apparently I need to re-watch "Gettysburg". I can't imagine it aging badly but I suppose it's possible. The stuff on the Little Round Top alone... -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:19
Angie home from the hospital but cant walk for now and I just had 3rd ankle surgery cant walk... - Capstern Jul 7, 08:16 1
- when the cell phone contract is up, hand them some pay as you go units on their own dime -- nm - POP..and...fizzzzzz Jul 8, 20:41
So, Manzel was photographed doing coke in a Vegas bathroom? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:14
Random Anti-CBC rant: CBC is holding a public party in downtown Toronto for the World Cup Final....its the ONLY allowed one in the Toronto area..... - Valdo DiZeni Jul 7, 08:05 2
- how can they do that? how can Toronto or CBC dictate what Mississauga does? I am assuming it's a television licensing thing? - Andie Jul 7, 08:15 1
  - I assume it is a licensing thing too....but its very unfriendly for people wanting to participate in a public event. -- nm - Valdo DiZeni Jul 7, 08:58
yikes. runway video of near collision/aborted landing -- (link) - znufrii Jul 7, 08:05 3
- I would love to know what/when the passengers onboard were told. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:07 2
  - well it's a russian airline, so something along the lines of "next time we won't miss"? -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 08:36 1
    - "Increase power to maximum. We are going THROUGH!" - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:40
Ender great suggestions...any more especially a canadian moose mountie/hockey guy -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:05 10
- élan is french for moose. If you went "Ehlan" you get both the moose pun and the "Eh"... -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 08:11 7
  - no one in Canada would get that. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 08:16
  - This would get you blank stares here. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:15
  - Though it looks like that's real French, not Canadian French, so maybe not... -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 08:12 2
    - If you want stereotypical French-Canadian, it would be Pierre or Jean - Reagen Jul 7, 08:15 1
      - Pierre I like...then just needs a humorous last name -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:16
  - should that be first or last.. Ehlan McKenszie ? -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:12 1
    - i mean McKenzie -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:13
- Doug and Gord are the usual stereotypical Canadian names. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:06 1
  - I was really tempted to call him something McKenzie but might be too dated to be funny -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:09
Cleveland removed the comic sans letter from their website this morning. -- nm - David Jul 7, 08:04 1
- Big, if true. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:05
nmb ML - Strongbad Jul 7, 08:02
Not to be outdone by Chicago: Gunman Opens Fire on Man Sitting on Bed-Stuy Stoop (with video!) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 07:55
The most common ancestry in every county -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 07:49 1
- That little bit of France just off the coast of Newfoundland is still there, FWIW (in the first map) - Reagen Jul 7, 07:53
Map: The 25 (US) cities nobody wants to live in -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 07:38 4
- Moptown? -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 07:40 2
  - Next stop, Moptown! Clothing optional! -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jul 7, 07:43 1
    - Sparklers again? -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Jul 7, 07:45
- Driving through non-metro areas of PA and OH last month and looking them up in wikipedia, I saw a sad trend: peak population was in 1920. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 07:39
Garth Brooks, the largest selling solo artist of the Soundscan era, has annouced a 2015 World Tour. -- nm - MDH Jul 7, 07:30 13
- I wonder if this year's college and high school graduates know who he is. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 07:38 12
  - Any country fan yes - he is still revered as The Man to many along with George -- nm - Capstern Jul 7, 08:04 3
    - George? -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 7, 08:12 2
      - Strait. (he was already a legend when I was in college) (damn, you are so NY :) - ty97 Jul 7, 08:15 1
        
        I heard of him but that's it. Don't know his music. -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 7, 08:40
  - I am familiar with the works of Garth Brooks. -- nm - Snotty High Class of 2014 si Jul 7, 07:42
  - My experience with country (in college, when Garth was huge) was that country fans paid more attention their music history - ty97 Jul 7, 07:41 6
    - I didn't have the chance to see Garth in his prime. If he puts on a "Garth" Show, I'm going to be highly interested in going. - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:50 3
      - When he did his 'final' tour in 1998, he closed it out on the A&M campus. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:53 2
        
        I loved his attitude in setting up shows. - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:59 1
        
        That's exactly what happened here. - ty97 Jul 7, 08:07
    - Believable. While watching the Miley Cyrus special on tv last night (!!) I heard her mention "...my dad told me, that Kris Kristofferson told him" -- nm - Max Jul 7, 07:44
    - Then again, it doesn't really matter. Year after year, many of the $$$$ tours are 'old' artists - ty97 Jul 7, 07:44
I would be so much better at being rich than the vast majority of those trust fund idiots. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 07:30 12
- I have no idea what this is about as I'm just getting to ST but I think several of us would be great at being Rich. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:14 2
  - Here you go -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 08:15 1
    - So basically it's a Douchebag Tag? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 08:22
- I still haven't decided if I ever get a windfall do I spread it out or buy a lump thing. Historical preservation? My own research assistant? - Max Jul 7, 07:33 6
  - Same as always, the greatest ST MM Vegas get together -- nm - Jásdeando Jul 7, 08:01
  - I'd spread it out over about 1500 itesm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:52
  - "research assistant" was missing the quotes. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jul 7, 07:45 2
    - see below -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 08:00
    - Someone to type in my non-complicated genealogy data would be a nice time saver. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 07:54
  - Sex robot. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 7, 07:37
- "Patrick McMullan, the 58-year-old nightlife photographer, held court — he has his own key and acts as a sort of mentor to the clubhouse crowd." - ty97 Jul 7, 07:32 1
  - if he's not a chicken hawk then he's a pimp -- nm - POP..and...fizzzzzz Jul 8, 20:38
Hey, let's talk probiotics! -- nm - Max Jul 7, 07:29
Let's start over. -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:28 1
- Let's make a snowman -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 07:29

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