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I never realized how expensive some refrigerators are. I thought it was around $500 or so. wth? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 24, 17:29 2
- Basis ones are, but if you want any extras... -- nm - tobor.2 Nov 24, 17:30 1
  - Basic...no soap involved. -- nm - tobor.2 Nov 24, 17:32
Stray dog taken to Sweden after 430-mile trek around Ecuador -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 24, 17:17 2
- what a terrific tale. -- nm - mud Nov 24, 17:21 1
  - seriously. -- nm - b. Nov 24, 17:28
"Looks like Twitter's CFO just had the first Mergers and Acquisitions DM fail" -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 24, 17:16
Goodnight, Delta. Tomorrow, I will watch the sun rise on Beta. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 17:01 2
- This is going to be a glorious shitshow. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 24, 17:08 1
  - BTW, one of the clusters that was picked is one where we currently have all of a forge island (36:73). - Spawn Nov 24, 17:11
"That's my secret - I'm always cranky." -- nm - Scenes From: Avenger Babies Nov 24, 16:56 3
- "Nobody wants to play with you, Tony, but you can join our club if you bring your toys." -- nm - Baby Nicky Nov 24, 17:18 1
  - Waaaaaah! I don't see how that's a party!! -- nm - baby Natasha Nov 24, 17:28
- “I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.” -- nm - Avengers for Algernon, a table reading Nov 24, 17:01
The oldest business in our old downtown is closing this week..... -- (link) - Meg Nov 24, 16:54 8
- This reminds me of what I saw earlier: 110 year old East Village restaurant/bakery closing next week. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 24, 17:28
- A brothel? -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:59
- And meanwhile our esteemed city council has refused to permit a tattoo parlor for that block because.... - Meg Nov 24, 16:57 5
  - Mafia family maybe? -- nm - budice Nov 24, 17:00 4
    - This was the council's decision...seems that almost everyone except a couple of businesses were in favor. -- (link) - Meg Nov 24, 17:06 3
      - That downtown is a ghosttown indeed. Not like they couldnt go down a block for a tattoo as it is. smh -- nm - budice Nov 24, 17:10 2
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Meg Nov 24, 17:14 1
        
        Is that the area with all the adult stores? - tobor.2 Nov 24, 17:29
Seattle mayor pardons Tofurky, because it’s Seattle -- (link) - ty97 Nov 24, 16:52 2
- ... pardoning a lump of soy product or fungus or whatever it is. Leaving the actual living turkeys to be slaughtered. Classy. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 16:55 1
  - (I'm being sardonic. Also, I was about to post the link.) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 16:56
"I shouldn't be laughing, it hurts my throat. Wait ... Phrasing! Boom!" - Beryllium Nov 24, 16:40
So with Hagel out, are we going to see a decidely more hawk-ish military? -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:36 6
- Is the military gong to have a leader for the next two years? - tobor.2 Nov 24, 17:21
- Im thinking the exact opposite of that. - Jovian Nov 24, 16:54 4
  - I haven't given up on Obama yet. I think he's got the balls to go in hard after ISIS. - Loyola Nov 24, 17:13
  - The impression I got from reading so editorials was that he (Hagel) was too unclear, or too indecisive. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:56 2
    - yea I dont buy any of that at all. This admin's foreign policy has been rudderless for forever now. I dont think Hagel had anything to do with that. - Jovian Nov 24, 16:59 1
      - "What does Goldman Sachs think?" -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 17:01
Real Racing 3: I have 4.3 million R$ and nothing to spend it on. I need more coins! -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:32
I have a ceiling fan that takes little halogen bulbs. Bought a replacement (100 W) and it's very dim. - Mop Nov 24, 16:29 5
- What was the wattage of the one you took out? Get the same exact ones -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 24, 16:33 1
  - I thought I had. But the old bulb had some of the label worn off. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:33
- do any of the new energy efficient bulbs come in the size you need? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 24, 16:32 2
  - Nah. These are freakish halogen bulbs. The same that go in a car's headlights. Very different stuff, with lots of warnings. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:32 1
    - call the store where you got it and see what they suggest. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 24, 16:34
Budweiser's Super Bowl ad *will* feature the clydesdales....... -- (link) - Meg Nov 24, 16:29 3
- catching beers with one hoof. -- nm - Max Nov 24, 16:39
- The story I read said their *HOLIDAY* ad campaign would not feature the Clydesdales (whatever a holiday ad campaign is) -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:31 1
  - Ads for Brits who want to go on vacation -- nm - con_carne Nov 24, 16:33
I'd call this the repost board, but that'd be a repost of B2. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:19
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"Matt Czuchry for an Emmy, anyone?" -- nm - WaPo, saying hi to Max Nov 24, 16:11 9
- although, the writers are just as much to blame (spoilers) - Max Nov 24, 16:19 5
  - Spoilers - David Nov 24, 16:28 4
    - I would understand it more - Max Nov 24, 16:34 1
      - His eventually *Emmy winning* acting. -- nm - David Nov 24, 16:43
    - Plus... - Remlik Nov 24, 16:33 1
      - I'm leaning in that direction, too. -- nm - David Nov 24, 16:42
- no effing way. -- nm - Max Nov 24, 16:16 2
  - I dunno, dude. I trust the Washington Post's opinion more than I trust yours... -- nm - David Nov 24, 16:28 1
    - You can't trust a media outlet until they do a podcast on another media property. -- nm - Max Nov 24, 16:35
Aaaargh.......myVegas is down!! :( -- nm - Meg Nov 24, 16:06 2
- Back now. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 24, 16:19 1
  - Yep, crisis avoided :) -- nm - Meg Nov 24, 16:24
why are they waiting till 9pm? -- nm - Remlik Nov 24, 15:57
An Afghan mother named Reza Gul claims to have killed 25 Taliban insurgents in revenge for her police son, who was killed at his post -- (link) - con_carne Nov 24, 15:36 6
- So, in other words, her village came under Taliban attack, and she and her family took up arms against them. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:17 2
  - but her name is Reza Gul. Next she will take her fight to Gotham ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 16:37 1
    - I won't be happy if I have to explain to my son why she's waking up next to Barbara. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:38
- Wow, what a story. -- nm - Loyola Nov 24, 16:06
- Didn't she train Batman? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 24, 16:03 1
  - so not really a surprise then. -- nm - Reagen Nov 24, 16:08
I sheets -- nm - Reagen Nov 24, 15:30 5
- The story of a self-making bed's discovery of the wider world. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 15:32 1
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- I always took a CQ to mean "a lot of booze but with a surprising amount of tolerance". am I wrong in that? - Reagen Nov 24, 15:32 2
  - It's drinking hard and going to bed early: before dark :) -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 24, 16:31 1
    - I won't say that's never happened. -- nm - Reagen Nov 24, 16:56
OMG -- (link) - con_carne Nov 24, 15:28 [Image] 1
- More of a "disturbing content warning" in this case -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 15:31
Speaking of Idina Menzel, she and Michael Buble made a version of Baby It's Cold Outside (with a kid actors playing them in the video) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 24, 15:23 1
- Buble's voice is like butter. Menzel, oddly, sounds like Kristen Bell (Elsa sounds like Anna?) -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 16:18
A new Patton Oswalt album came out this year. Just thought I'd mention that -- nm - con_carne Nov 24, 15:22
Holiday Giveaway: Win McFarlane Toys Eli Manning and Joe Namath figures Signed by Todd McFarlane -- (link) - Remlik Nov 24, 15:14
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- The Purge 3 : Missouri Madness. -- nm - groiny Nov 24, 15:20
Ferguson rioting claims its first casualty -- (link) - Reagen Nov 24, 14:53 8
- again? -- nm - Spawn Nov 24, 15:09
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  - It's an odd set of circumstances, so I understand them wanting to link the physical evidence to the story. - ty97 Nov 24, 15:18
  - "Million to one shot, Officer." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 15:14
  - CHARGE HIM!!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 24, 15:10 1
    - It's only right based on the facts known. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 24, 15:11
- I would say it was stupidity that claimed it's first casualty there. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 24, 15:06
- What we call a win-win situation. -- nm - GregW Nov 24, 15:06
The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Star Trek Season 2 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 24, 14:52
Colts Kicker Pat Mcafee and Seth Rollins talk Raw tonight -- (link) - Remlik Nov 24, 14:44
T-Mobile adds several services to it's "free streaming" plans -- (link) - spamlet Nov 24, 14:39
You may have to hope that your ISP deems to let you get standalone HBO GO. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 24, 14:34 1
- In better news, ESPN is inching towards non-cable services by offering a standalone service for the Cricket World Cup -- (link) - spamlet Nov 24, 14:36
"Chuck Hagel has been touched by the support received from your sons and daughters in uniform, and I'm pretty sure he's touched your children too." -- nm - not an actual quotation Nov 24, 14:34
ok, so i finally remembered what I was going to post about last night. I can see it happening. When the 2nd Coming happens, and the dead in Christ - call me Ishmael, sweet potato cassarole consumer Nov 24, 14:30
MyVegas players - 2001 chips on FB from my completion of the first card today for whoever's first :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 24, 14:26
the office is a terrible place for a nap (when you snore as loudly as I do) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 14:24
13 amazing food and life hacks you need to know right now! -- (link) - Reagen Nov 24, 14:19 2
- I only looked at the pictures. Oh my God, you can use hangers as chip bags clips?! That be AMAZING! -- nm - Guigue Nov 24, 14:25
- heh -- nm - Andie Nov 24, 14:19
apparently my power at home is out. my friend works near there and just texted me that the whole neighbourhood is blacked out. - Andie Nov 24, 14:15 8
- Woo! Amish night! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 24, 14:29
- I lucked out when I lived in LA, I was on the same grid as a hospital, and my power never went off, despite rolling blackouts all over every summer -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 24, 14:27 1
  - Yup, I'm right down the block from police and fire depts. -- nm - Meg Nov 24, 15:08
- Toronto Hydro has a power outage map - though it's only reporting minor outages -- (link) - Roger More Nov 24, 14:19 2
  - yeah, it doesn't actually show my street as out - but my friend just drove down lakeshore and it was black on both sides where we are. - Andie Nov 24, 14:20 1
    - oooh, i could just lie on the couch and listen to all the Serial podcasts i have to catch up on. -- nm - Andie Nov 24, 14:22
- Rob Ford would have your back. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 14:16 1
  - Rob is a bit busy today. -- nm - Andie Nov 24, 14:18
I think its reasonable to charge the officer and have the questions asked at trial. Whether thats murder or otherwise. - budice Nov 24, 14:13 7
- What do you think the grand jury has been doing for the past two months? -- nm - spamlet Nov 24, 14:14 6
  - Kinda my point. I think theres enough to charge him. -- nm - budice Nov 24, 14:21 5
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    - No, it isn't. You say he should be charged so everything could be weighed in court. They're already doing that with a lower evidentiary standard. -- nm - spamlet Nov 24, 14:22 3
      - I guess the dilemma is I am expressing an opinion and law talking folks want to sink their teeth into taking the high ground on process before judge - budice Nov 24, 14:30 2
        
        What I'm trying to point out is that what you are wanting is already happening. - spamlet Nov 24, 14:47
        
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  - Crap! Healthy thoughts for him. -- nm - Krusty Nov 24, 15:20
- Ye gods. -- nm - David Nov 24, 14:21
- Oh, no. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 24, 14:14
YDC: I am dreading the crowd (and by that I mean children) at her World Tour shows. -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:08 17
- at Idina Menzel's World Tour shows. -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:08 16
  - She's a looker. I feel that doesn't get pointed out enough -- nm - con_carne Nov 24, 15:06
  - You liked her before it was cool. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 14:17 1
    - Oh I was way way late to the party. Post Rent and Wicked. -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:18
  - I would hope parents are smart enough not to bring their kids who might get bo......wait, WORLD TOUR - ty97 Nov 24, 14:10 12
    - Already this rules "What the F*ck" out, which is one of If/Then's best songs. -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:15 4
      - I wonder if she'd be even allowed to do them if the show is still running at that time? - ty97 Nov 24, 14:18 3
        
        She sang "You Learn to live without" on tour before the show debuted, so she must have some power - MDH Nov 24, 14:19 2
        
        It's selling at 68.3% capacity *with her*. - ty97 Nov 24, 14:25 1
        
        source -- (link) - ty97 Nov 24, 14:25
    - (Jiffy Lube Live? Really DC?) -- nm - ty97 Nov 24, 14:13 6
      - I know, I can't even with that name. It's also an hour outside of DC, but the only venue that worked. 24k capcaity. Lots of gays. -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:15 5
        
        She's doing Bass Concert Hall in Austin which is a great venue - ty97 Nov 24, 14:17 4
        
        And he Pavillon in Millennium Park in Chicago, that's a cool venue. -- nm - ty97 Nov 24, 14:21
        
        Large suburban venues. They can charge a ton for close seats, and parents/kids sit on the cheap lawn section -- nm - MDH Nov 24, 14:17 2
        
        I'll pay double for a 21+ only show. Please? -- nm - ty97 Nov 24, 14:18 1
        
        Hollywood Bowl is the boozyest venue ever. Come and see her there, you'd love it -- nm - con_carne Nov 24, 14:40
HGAM3 very close to 312.50 -- nm - Loyola Nov 24, 14:07 2
- maybe it's the new 312.50 -- nm - call me Ishmael, sweet potato cassarole consumer Nov 24, 14:24
- Going farther away now into the gloom. -- nm - Loyola Nov 24, 14:08
Meg, they're calling from inside the house!! -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 24, 14:06 5
- Pray for them. -- nm - Mop Nov 24, 17:02
- that'll be their LAST call ... -- nm - JenBro Nov 24, 14:07 3
  - The way they caved, I'm wondering what they've heard about me ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 24, 14:08 2
    - I think they heard about your "Make the Zombie Apocalypse Happen so I can kick everyone's ass, Research" and were properly frightened. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 24, 14:11
    - hee ... indeed! -- nm - JenBro Nov 24, 14:10

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