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International teaser trailer for The Walk. Vertigo warning. -- (link) - LMS Dec 9, 09:05 [youtube]
ST holiday poll are you gonna be off for the full 5 durring xmas weekend and new years weekend? -- nm - eag Dec 9, 09:03 8
- I'm off the 25th through the 1st; working the 2nd. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:07
- Christmas, maybe. NY, doubtful. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:07
- I no longer have a job during that time - Stupid philosophy (roo) Dec 9, 09:06
- Yes! -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 09:04 1
  - Sub-poll: Are you off the 51 weeks between New Year's and Christmas? -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 09:05
- I am taking vacation 12/24-1/1. Working until 12/23, starting work again 1/2 -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 09:04
- I have to work both Fridays. -- nm - decline Dec 9, 09:04
- that is the plan -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 09:04
F'ng work drama. (mini-rant) - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:59 5
- Sounds like office space -- nm - Stupid philosophy (roo) Dec 9, 09:06
- dancing naked on his desk while lighting files on fire should get it done -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 09:03 1
  - or get him a Section 8. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 9, 09:05
- mini-mini-rant -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:00 1
  - in writing, it's called flash fiction I think :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Dec 9, 09:43
Best. Real Estate. Open House. EVER. -- (link) - Andie Dec 9, 08:53 1
- if you buy the house do you get to keep the roller coaster? - decline Dec 9, 08:56
Stalker package sent -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 08:53
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- Well, at least he still throws a touchdown pass during a game - prayformojo Dec 9, 08:57
- lol. I could not even find him on there. - Spawn Dec 9, 08:55
- so, marginally at best? -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:54
Urgent care signed in. Boo yeah! They asked me about Ebola. Maybe I have Ebola? -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 08:52 3
- mad cow disease -- nm - decline Dec 9, 09:03
- you have hoof n mouth disease - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 09:03
- I heard that it first presents as a WebMD addiction -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 08:53
Interesting. My droid informed me that it was down to 9% battery a bit ago and before I could even clear that message did the shut down routine. - Spawn Dec 9, 08:31 6
- Sounds like my phone. - spamlet Dec 9, 08:33 2
  - did you talked nice to it this morning? - decline Dec 9, 08:35 1
    - It does better when I threaten to replace it with an iPhone. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 08:49
- it's mad at you. - decline Dec 9, 08:32 2
  - heh. The speaker had been messing up but they said no free replacement until it did something more annoying. - Spawn Dec 9, 08:33 1
    - Damn it. Had to start the hard reboot but was able to stop short of full reset as that woke it up enough. - Spawn Dec 9, 08:42
The Jersey shore is under water right now -- (link) - decline Dec 9, 08:12 5
- that looks horrendous. and cold. -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 08:21
- Notice that a lot of the houses pictured have been elevated. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 08:17 2
  - almost everything is down there. -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:18 1
    - I watched the season of This Old House after the hurricane. They lifted a lot of houses. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 08:30
- Wow, I thought the coastal flooding as expected to be minor at worst. - ty97 Dec 9, 08:16 1
Demons Tutu has cancer :( -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 08:09 3
- heh. Google "Demons Tutu". -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:15 1
  - Wow, my typos have taken on new heights :/ -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 08:16
- Dude, he's an Archbishop, there's no need for name-calling. - Ender Dec 9, 08:13
Attention MouseHunters, the Great Winter Hunt has arrived! -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 08:00 1
- Huzzah! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:12
Andie....glad my tip worked out for you. Hope you can use it more. -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 07:59 10
- perv -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:00 9
  - what? it was David's tip first. -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 08:05 8
    - y'all are nasty. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 08:07 7
      - Are you saying David's tip is nasty? I mean it helps clean out viruses! -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 08:27 1
        
        so nasty... -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 08:27
      - No respect for Andie whatsoever. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 08:11 4
        
        I remember a time when ST respected each other. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:12 3
        
        I think that's know as the time Spawn got knocked on the head and was delirious and imagined things. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 08:20 1
        
        Amy and I call that Thursday. -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 08:25
        
        *snort* -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 08:20
Have we checked in recently on LDB challenge? Still in. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 9, 07:57 32
- still in even after a Target mission -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 08:53
- In -- nm - volnelk Dec 9, 08:48
- out. -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 08:32
- Still in. Many bullets have been dodged. -- nm - David Dec 9, 08:32 6
  - I've heard enough other awful Christmas songs that I'm grateful we stuck with LDB -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:34 5
    - I have yet to hear my first one (it helps avoiding malls and stores) -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:40
    - last night I was trapped between a barrage of Have a Holy Jolly Christmas on one side and Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree on the other - Reagen Dec 9, 08:36 3
      - I have rotating Mellencamp "Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and Dixie Chicks "Hey Santa" earworms. -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:50 2
        
        do you pray for the sweet release of death? -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 08:53 1
        
        Only if passing the black spot onto some other unfortunate soul doesn't work. -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:59
- Still in. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 08:31
- Still in, even though a lot of Christmas music was played at the in-laws' this weekend -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:29
- Out. -- nm - Shaun Dec 9, 08:19
- still in. -- nm - kelly Dec 9, 08:19
- Still in. I've been in all kinds of places with Christmas music and still haven't heard it yet. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 9, 08:15
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- Still in, but I'm living in a constant state of fear and apprehension. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 9, 08:07
- still in. thought I'd be a goner yesterday from Christmas shopping, but still in. - Diva Dec 9, 08:06
- last night was my big risk day. I survived. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 08:03
- I'm out. A victim of a random drive-by LDB assault. - pmb Dec 9, 08:03 9
  - How surprising that someone who plays music loudly in their car has such bad taste in music. -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:31 1
    - Well, it's better than if it was...OH, I see what you did there. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 08:34
  - Freaking ISIL, man -- nm - prayformojo Dec 9, 08:10
  - And yet all the bleeding hearts will drone on and on about how most LDB attacks will be made by someone you know. A relative or friends. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 9, 08:10 1
    - the Anti-LDB advocates. I must admit I am one. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 08:12
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  - oh, the humanity... -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 08:07
  - *shaking head* kids today. -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 08:05
  - When will it stop? -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:04
- Still in. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 07:59
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  - Exactly. Thought for sure yesterday would be it but still in. - Spawn Dec 9, 07:59
SCOTUS rules 9-0 on something -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 07:56 10
- Such crap! If they can't leave for a half hour they need to be paid. - Krusty Dec 9, 08:48 3
  - It sounds like all that needs to happen is a change in the Fair Labor Standards Act - TWuG Dec 9, 08:53 2
    - Has anything gone in favor of the worker in recent years? -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 08:57
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- I wonder how long is reasonable to hold an employee against his will. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 08:30 3
  - "Sir, we believe you may have swallowed merchandise so we are going to have to hold you until have proven otherwise." -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:32 1
    - Didn't I see that in 1941? (the movie not the year) -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 9, 08:35
  - did you see that post on Adweek that had canadian ad agency videos? One of them addresses this. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 08:31
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  - Obvie I don't know the full legal specifics, but I was a bit surprised to see *this* case go 9-0. - ty97 Dec 9, 08:00
Not that Williamsburg has been truly hipster for a decade, but this seals it -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 07:36
St poll (Stalker): Have you received gifts from your stalker/ do you know who your stalker is? -- nm - Stupid philosophy (roo) Dec 9, 07:32 19
- nope/nope -- nm - JenBro Dec 10, 08:38
- not yet but I'm not sweating yet / I'm confident I'll figure it out -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:32
- no/no -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 07:58
- YES/YES **wiggle waggle eyebrows** -- nm - Stupid philosophy (roo) Dec 9, 07:50
- Yes / Yes -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:38
- Yes/Yes -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 07:37
- yes, yes -- nm - decline Dec 9, 07:37 9
  - you should tell people what you got! :) -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 07:37 8
    - OH! I got the most amazing package! - decline Dec 9, 07:39 7
      - black truffle oil, choc. espresso beans - I'm forgetting something too. :) -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 07:47 6
        
        Oh! the chile's -- nm - decline Dec 9, 07:52 1
        
        oh right - the Asian pepper and the dipping spices... -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 07:54
        
        How'd you ship the wine? I ask because I want to send ann gin. -- nm - Amanda Dec 9, 07:48 3
        
        I suddenly see you two as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in that one GG ad. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 07:54
        
        I put it in a cute little burlap gift bag and just used a lot of bubble wrap. The tape thing that decline mentioned would've prolly been a good idea - Diva Dec 9, 07:53
        
        when I've shipped bottles in the past I always just wrap them in 2-3 layers of bubble wrap and taped securely -- nm - decline Dec 9, 07:51
- This year: No/No. Last Year: No/Yes. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 07:33 1
  - :/ -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 07:42
- yes/yes -- nm - kelly Dec 9, 07:33
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- I didn't think it was that toxic today. I'm avoiding Chun in case she's carrying something from that river. -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 07:28 1
  - Not the first time this has been posted, but Chun-bola. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 07:29
- I was thinking of the NJ college kids that jumped off the GW when I asked. -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:22 23
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    - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:46
    - effing nubby -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:37 20
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        I am sure you did not. Physics has never been a strong point for me. -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:48
        
        it's approximately right on the fall speed, but not all of that energy is translated in the fall - Reagen Dec 9, 07:47 15
        
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        CANNONBALL!!!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:55
        
        in theory it's just trig and vector calculations - Reagen Dec 9, 07:54 11
        
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        (and then wind resistance is going to eat up some of your speed too) -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 07:55 9
        
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        "Assuming a spherical insider trader ..." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 08:20 3
        
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        Always a sphere. -- nm - all of physics is a sphere Dec 9, 08:29 1
        
        inside a vacuum? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:42
        
        from an energy basis, hitting the water at ~100 mph for an average human is about like getting hit with 8000 kg of mass. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 08:03 1
        
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        hence my post. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 08:01
        
        So belly flop on a calm day if I'm jumping off a bridge, got it. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 07:56
        
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        Physics are all his fault. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 07:46 1
        
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boston.com Love Letters: Checked Her Phone, Found Messages to Her Ex - Diva Dec 9, 07:12 7
- Just end it by saying all the things that aren't working out. She'll probably be relieved, and end up with the ex. -- nm - Inigo Dec 9, 07:34 1
  - I agree -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 08:16
- can someone please explain to me why its so important to a guy to " not be the bad guy"? - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 07:20 3
  - We presume that there is a complex network of communication among women. If we are the bad guy, we don't get laid for a long time. -- nm - David Dec 9, 07:23 2
    - Karma is not a bitch. - Spawn Dec 9, 07:37
    - Like that Steve Guttenberg movie -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 07:25
- "has been going south" - just end it. say you aren't ready for a marriage-commitment and it's time to call it. -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 07:17

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