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I have to wonder, that American Doc was experienced and I presume took precautions, if its not that easy to transmit then did someone infect him? - zeitgeist Aug 6, 13:15 2
- Medical infrastructure is pretty much what you'd expect to find in a 3rd world city. - TWuG Aug 6, 13:20
- conditions are apparently that bad -- nm - decline Aug 6, 13:17
Speaking of older movies, I rewatched Young Frankenstein and I gotta say the movie nerd aspect of it holds up well - con_carne Aug 6, 13:10 3
- Also, Teri Garr. So hawt. - Inigo Aug 6, 13:16 1
  - more so now in ways - zork Aug 6, 13:21
- "Wait, I was going to make Espresso!" -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 13:13
Apparently Chris Pratt rapped Eminem's Forgot About Dre (impressively) for a radio station -- (link) - ty97 Aug 6, 13:03 [youtube] 3
- i love him more every day. - Andie Aug 6, 13:04 2
  - I think I'll start texting him. -- nm - Emily Softball Aug 6, 13:10 1
    - alyankovic: "If you wanna chat, for the next 30 minutes I’ll be at (808)248-8996. " -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 13:12
Experts in Monrovia are hearing reports that infected bodies are being left in the streets: the outbreak is beginning to assume a medieval character -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 13:02 16
- article from WHO on the virus and attempts to prevent the spread ... when I read these it just seems like those in Africa are doomed - it is terrible - JenBro Aug 6, 13:09 6
  - i think we all (i do it too) have to stop considering "africa" like it is all the same and one place. *Central* Africa is in terrible danger, but i - Andie Aug 6, 13:12 3
    - the true size of Africa -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 13:19
    - sorry ... I meant the regions having the outbreak in Africa seem doomed - that was poor word choice on my part -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 13:15
    - (actually, i think South Africa had a case - so, maybe ignore that part> :) ) -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 13:12
  - oops - article here ... -- (link) - JenBro Aug 6, 13:09 1
    - found something! our military has sent some to help and as of last Friday were discussing doing more ... also - interesting bits about drugs to cure - JenBro Aug 6, 13:14
- Monrovia sounds like a fictional country in the Marvel Universe. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 13:06 3
  - There's a local community by that name - con_carne Aug 6, 13:14
  - I was thinking, what now for Ukraine/crimea, it sounds like a smallish former USSR satelite -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 13:11
  - And Ebola sounds like a fictional disease. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 13:07
- Bring out your dead *clang* Bring out your dead *clang* -- nm - zork Aug 6, 13:05
- well, that article is terrifying. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 13:05 1
  - I'm still getting shivers from it. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 13:12
- They better hope Ebola hasn't evolved the Necrosis symptom yet. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 13:04
- And that is fine because it will not be long before they get up and walk away on their own. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 13:02
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- They go to P-town quite often if you know what I mean, wink nudge -- nm - rollo Aug 6, 13:11
- Kale soup -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 6, 13:07
- What's the theme this week? Fave restos are Jimmy's Hideaway and The Pointe. Victor's is also supposed to be nice. - Diva Aug 6, 13:02 5
  - tell him about Pedro... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:16 1
    - Pedro is fantastic and can be found here: -- (link) - Emily Softball Aug 6, 13:18
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    - Some chamber of Commerce listings - - Emily Softball Aug 6, 13:09 1
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BF question: Are we official on the 1 RB starter? -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:57 2
- Yes, the people have spoken. -- nm - David Aug 6, 13:16
- Yes. Do it. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 13:08
I knew it when half way thru the movie Bruce Willis hadn't changed his damn clothes. -- nm - Emily Softball Aug 6, 12:56 11
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- Is there a movie that he does change clothes? - zork Aug 6, 12:59 3
  - He was dead the whole time in Die Hard! That's why he knew the Roy Rogers references. He was born then! -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 13:00 1
    - He wished he was dead in the last one, anyway. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 13:01
  - Expendables 2. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:59
- Emily is sharp. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:58
- Can I have a ride? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:56 4
  - Points. -- nm - Emily Softball Aug 6, 12:57 3
    - Nice. I would text you all, night, long. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:58 1
      - She's the kind of girl who doesn't give a shit about your LTR and spoils movies. - Diva Aug 6, 13:00
    - Txt only pls kthxbai. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:58
Comic dudes: How good of a story is Batman Vol 3: Death of the Family? -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:50 6
- Very good. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:51 5
  - So this is an insta-buy then? -- (link) - Shaun Aug 6, 12:52 4
    - hell yes. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 12:58 2
      - but you can buy the trade by itself already -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 12:58 1
        
        Indeed. I think I'd be all over this if it came with the HC version. I hate paperbacks. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:59
    - I hate those damned masks, but yes. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:55
Peyton Hillis injured. - David Aug 6, 12:50 12
- Jennings + Wilson = Great success! -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:51 2
  - Where Wilson = Williams, clearly. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:51 1
    - I thought you just wanted Wilson to play until he died. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:51
- an entire season of Manning Face! -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 12:51
- and Odell Beckham is still hurt. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:50 2
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    - I'm mostly done overall defending Eli in the regular season, but he was lights out for the two SBs. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:53
- Heard anything on Garcon? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:50 4
  - Never draft/sign a guy with such a wussy French name. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:52 3
    - Well yeah, there is that, but just curious. Did you hear how badly Brady carved up the Washington football team yesterday? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:57 2
      - Carving up the Redskins secondary doesn't make you good. It makes you a competent college QB. - Will Hunting Aug 6, 13:17
      - No, I actually haven't been paying any attention yet. A Falcon retired on Hard Knocks last night, and I hadn't heard it. - David Aug 6, 13:08
Just finished Gone Girl. Very good. Not what I was expecting in terms of plot. Very interested to see the film. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 6, 12:48 3
- was it a quick read by chance? I really want to read it before I see the movie. -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 12:51 2
  - I flew through it, but I'm also still on summer break with very little else taking up time. It flows well though. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 6, 13:05
  - I was very intrigued so it ended up being a fast read for me. (and I usually read quite slowly.) -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 13:03
since this works for loosi...where are my pants? (no seriously) - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:47 4
- at the cleaners? in the car? being worn by the cats? -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:51 1
  - no I laid them out, belt in the loops, shoes on the floor because I was between this and that but expected another couple later, pants were NOT where - zeitgeist Aug 6, 13:09
- any laundry still in the washer or dryer? -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 12:48
- In your class room? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:47
what are we serving tomorrow for our Soup Kitchen service? I'm so glad you asked!!! - JenBro Aug 6, 12:46 5
- Wait, why didn't we eat there when I was up there? - CovingtonCat Aug 6, 12:51 1
  - :) we've served as few as 7 and as many as 35 over the past 6 years we've been doing it. - JenBro Aug 6, 13:01
- Awesome. A very nice meal. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 12:48 1
  - the corn is bi-color Michigan sweet corn - and rumored to be "very good" - I'm betting we are the first to serve corn on the cob at soup kitchen - JenBro Aug 6, 12:50
- *brings my tin cup -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:47
promotional video for coming rail link to airport was ridiculed then pulled. Someone even mashed it up with the Snowpiercer trailer. -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 12:44 6
- also the $30 to $35 fare (wtf?) will include a $2 surcharge because you won't be parking at the airport (wtf???) -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:48 5
  - that fare's ridiculous, but what are your other options? -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 12:51 3
    - taxi or airport "limo" wouldn't be much different and certainly better if more than one person. Currently there is a bus from the subway for a reasona - zork Aug 6, 12:54 1
      - and they could have branched off the GO train runs with a half mile extension for hundreds of millions less and decent fares. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:55
    - you can take regular city transit - subway to express bus (works just fine, $3 fare), or a taxi, probably about $45-50 from where that train would run - Andie Aug 6, 12:54
  - Airport gotta get *paid*. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:50
Rude #1 for 4th week, but the atrocious Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj enters at #6. - Tim Aug 6, 12:44 1
- Not at all surprised by the jump in your IM. It's been my earworm for a week. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 12:53
VIDEO: Chris Pratt gives an ‘MTV Cribs’-style tour of his ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ ship. -- (link) - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:42 3
- The most questionable science of all in that film was an outer space vehicle capable of playing a cassette tape. - David Aug 6, 12:54 2
  - Spoiler! -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:57
  - Eh, reverse engineering is rather easy. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:56
Actress Marilyn Burns, 65, perhaps best known as the heroine in the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has died at her Houston-area home -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 12:38
Former Alberta Premier, Alison Redford, is resigning her seat. Current Premier is calling for an RCMP investigation into her use of gov't planes. -- (link) - zork Aug 6, 12:27
Esquire says people who say they realized the twist in Sixth Sense are lying. Fighting words aside, I don't think it was all *that* perfect. - mara Aug 6, 12:26 21
- I had it figured from seeing the trailer and hearing there was a twist. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 13:18
- And I've said this before. I quite liked Lady in the Water. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 12:55
- what about The Village? - colin Aug 6, 12:43 4
  - I think I figured out that one but it's been so long I cannot be sure that I'm not misremembering. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:49
  - I actually had The Village spoiled for me by some kind of blog or movie news site while it was being shot. (spoiler) - mara Aug 6, 12:46 1
    - that's a shame.. that was one of the most WHAT moments I've had watching a movie. -- nm - colin Aug 6, 12:47
  - By then I knew to look for the twist, so I had about 10 different theories throughout that one. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:46
- I didn't have that luxury. I was spoiled prior to seeing it. Not on purpose, but I walked into a room at the wrong time. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:32
- I've said this before, but I figured it out when I saw the previews... - Inigo Aug 6, 12:30 1
  - I'll add that I had heard that there was a twist. So, my mind was working on what it could be as soon as I saw a preview. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 12:34
- I admit that I didn't see it coming. Mrs. zork says she did (and she *never* lies) - zork Aug 6, 12:29
- Esquire is stupid then, as it was painfully obvious. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:28
- not to brag, but i knew, and i can tell you exactly when. - Andie Aug 6, 12:27 8
  - I didn't see it coming but that was the first time I thought something was odd. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 12:32
  - IIRC there was a dinner scene? That was when we knew. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:28 6
    - The anniversary dinner with his wife? -- nm - mara Aug 6, 12:29 1
      - That sounds right. Have only watched it once (at a drive in) and we were both annoyed we had wasted our time with it. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:30
    - maybe? it' -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:29 3
      - it's been a long time... - Andie Aug 6, 12:29 2
        
        here is a screen shot... -- (link) - Andie Aug 6, 12:31 1
        
        I always wonder - mara Aug 6, 12:33
nmb budice - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:26
boston.com Love Letters - He Texts Another Woman All Evening Long - Diva Aug 6, 12:25 26
- 1) Anyone who says "I dig this person every day but I'm not physically attracted to them" is one drink away from jamming that person. - Max Aug 6, 12:42 1
  - For all we know, Emily Softball is looking for a real life Jessica Rabbit. - David Aug 6, 12:44
- Oh come on! How many times have we had the texting another woman/.man letter? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 12:31 2
  - sorry. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:35 1
    - No sorry, just grumpy today -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 12:41
- It's funny how people don't view texting in the same vein has basically having that person in your house for the same period of time you are texting - oblique Aug 6, 12:31 9
  - He tipped the chauffeur when it was over and I gave her his own ride. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:33 1
    - Your sentence has your some his issues -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:35
  - The (texting with softball girl) activity can easily be replaced with any other time-sink where the GF isn't getting enough attention. - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:32 6
    - /me glances at his EVE Online accounts... - oblique Aug 6, 12:33 5
      - I would hope you're smart enough to realize when it's becoming a problem. - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:35
      - I can't even imagine how much time would need to be spent on that game. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:35 3
        
        Once you get over the fact that you're not playing against other people per se, your time investment becomes a personal choice - oblique Aug 6, 12:37 2
        
        Replace softball with church activities, can yield similar feelings -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:40 1
        
        That is... not EVE Online. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:46
- It seems like both live separate lives outside the household. Shared expenses sounds like roomies more than bf/gf. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 12:30 1
  - "most of our days are filled with laughter and happiness." -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:31
- If he doesn't see how much this is bothering her, then there's something else going on. - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:29
- Time to play ball. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:27 6
  - Totally. She should ask him if she can play as well and gauge his reaction. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 12:29 5
    - Or steal his phone and tell Emily all about joinigng! -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 12:30 4
      - She needs to go to a game and scope out this hoochie. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 13:00 3
        
        I've been known to play both 1st and 3rd. -- nm - Emily Softball Aug 6, 13:05 2
        
        Put on the shift! -- nm - Am I a Crazy Girlfriend? Aug 6, 13:06 1
        
        Bitch. -- nm - Emily Softball Aug 6, 13:10
- short answer: No, you are not crazy. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:26
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- And throw in a shortstop too. -- nm - theo Aug 6, 12:23
Word. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 12:16 5
- I'm curious. What is your record for consecutive board rolls? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 12:20 4
  - honestly, I don -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 12:33 2
    - don't know...but I'll go with Spawn's 312.50 -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 12:33 1
      - This is always the correct answer. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 12:36
  - 312.50 -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 12:20

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