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Huh, my college alma mater is the only D3 college in the nation to not lose a soccer match in regular time this season - Will Hunting Mar 18, 15:38
does anyone on the org side need sulfur - tRuMaN Mar 18, 15:38
Grrr, I just got pillaged and half the wood I worked on all day is gone. Can I make alliance with someone to fuck someone's shit up? -- nm - Buzz Mar 18, 15:37 4
- on .com delta world it's Alliance Laurus Imperium [ImpL] -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 15:42
- Donate. -- nm - the liioulu with clouds Mar 18, 15:39
- build and level up warehouses, same as hideout. -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 15:38
- build a warehouse -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 15:37
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- Hrmmm - so take your 1/2 repayment CEO and shove it - Epiphany Mar 18, 15:38
Jimmy Buffet at the MGM Grand May 16th. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 15:31
need to visit a grocery store. - tRuMaN Mar 18, 15:29
In the span of 15 minutes Tony Riali has referenced both "I know where to get a toe..." AND "This aggression will not stand, Man." - Diva Mar 18, 15:27
Dick from Veronica Mars has an online tv show... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 18, 15:23
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- Phhfft!!! - the liioulu with clouds Mar 18, 15:34
- You need to start trading for more Red Sox players...heck anyone in the AL East. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 15:26 3
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    - Sorry for your team but keep up the good work. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 15:29 1
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I'm tired of ripping off these guys for sulfur. The marble farmer ain't doing squat for me to rob from. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 15:18
*continues humming Flight of the Valkyries* - Reagen Mar 18, 15:08
*puts away my Aaron Boone voodoo doll* [nm] - Mel Profit Mar 18, 14:58
What's the info for the ST college bball tourney bracket? Thanks! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 14:58 2
- I found one from Dano (17148/berymander)... any others? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 15:00 1
  - I have one on FB that a few from here have joined....and some still need to fill in their brackets -- (link) - J Mar 18, 15:28
I do want to try Fugu before I die - amoxy Mar 18, 14:53 7
- heck bolony (sic) can cause death -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:56
- Seems like one of the "outrageous foods" shows tried it, found it surprisingly ordinary-tasting. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 18, 14:56
- eh....you've lived long enough. - Remlik Mar 18, 14:56
- Poison...poison... tasty fish! -- nm - Ender Mar 18, 14:54 3
  - the master's hands are busy! -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 14:56 2
    - fugu me! -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:56 1
      - Fugu yu! -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 14:57
hmm, if you build a palace, do you also need a town hall in that town? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:53 11
- You want people in your town, right? -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 14:59
- yes. every level of your palace lets you build another territory. however - CQ Mar 18, 14:57 7
  - you tell me that NOW :) - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 15:00 6
    - You get that when you start your first colony. As soon as you build a governor's mansion it'll be back to zero. - Krusty Mar 18, 15:02 5
      - I always say it's better to have the resources on hand before you expand. takes longer, but makes for an easy transition. - CQ Mar 18, 15:04 3
        
        That's my plan for my next colony. I'd like to have the materials needed to build the mansion before I colonize. Great advice. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 15:16 2
        
        if you choose an uninhabited island you have to expand the mine and forrest yourself it looks like -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 15:21 1
        
        Yup. A good idea is to pick an island with a mine and forest of decent level. Are you on an island by yourself? -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 15:29
      - make=may -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 15:02
- you need the palace to create new colonies -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:56
- you have to have someplace for the beheadings. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 14:54
Obama's bracket - Stewie Mar 18, 14:51 2
- He sure likes the favorites. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 18, 14:57 1
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LIR: Fast Food spokesIcon figure most want to hump? The Starbuck's mermaid of course -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:43 17
- Grimace? -- nm - lileve Mar 18, 14:48
- is that even possible? I mean physically. she's got a fricken scaly fish tail for the lower half of her body. -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 14:44 15
  - She can put the foam on my grande' any time -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:56
  - you just have to make a hole in the gravel and let her pour thounsands of eggs into it - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:51 3
    - Exactly. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 18, 14:54 2
      - i intentionalle left the gross part of the story out! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:57 1
        
        I know what you did there. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 18, 15:12
  - You'd think it would be the other way round! -- nm - Philip J Fry Mar 18, 14:47
  - Mmmmm... Ariel... -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 14:45 8
    - Dude, Ariel is like 12! -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 14:48 7
      - 15, according to the Hans Richard Andersen story. 16 according to wiki -- (link) - Roger More Mar 18, 14:50 4
        
        WTF is Hans Richard Andersen -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 18, 14:52 2
        
        Richard Christian Wagner's more literary cousin -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 15:04
        
        Richard Dean Anderson. Sorry -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 14:52
        
        hmm how old was Alyssa Milano when they designed Ariel using her -- nm - DreadPR Mar 18, 14:51
      - She is? I've never seen the movie -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 14:48
      - not with that body she isn't -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 18, 14:48
but is there a way to figure it out without having to go through all that - znufrii Mar 18, 14:32 2
- so you want an equation.. for the equation? -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 14:33 1
  - I have the equation, I just need to know the time factor and if there are any elements I'm missing. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 14:36
How about a Bery the perv poll: What's the grossest thing you've heard about eating (but not necessarily have eaten yourself) -- (link) - Trish Mar 18, 14:31 31
- diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping into their eyes -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 14:54
- hey what's ur email trish? -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 18, 14:50
- pig balls -- nm - lileve Mar 18, 14:50
- That putrid meat Andrew Zimmeran ate in Morocco -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 14:44
- Haggis, blood pudding. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 18, 14:43 2
  - both of those are good. -- nm - loosi on mobile Mar 18, 14:49 1
    - I really dislike liver, kidneys, etc. -- nm - TaurusII Mar 18, 14:53
- Any sort of eyes -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 14:42
- grew up to my grandfather eating capuzzelle on Sunday dinner. - Jovian Mar 18, 14:42
- Durian tastes great, but smells horrible "... its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock." -- nm - ceregon Mar 18, 14:41
- live monkey brains - sick -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 14:40
- miracle whip -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 14:39
- the thing that makes me gag just thinking about, that fear factor thing where they had to eat slugs, urrp oh god, i'm getting ill.. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:38
- Salted insects by the cupful in Cambodia. Was at a local bus stop. A snack I rationalised I may be alergic to -- (link) - DreadPR Mar 18, 14:37 [Image]
- I've had sessos (brains) and sweetbreads, never had the nerve to eat rocky mountain oysters -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:36 2
  - I'd probably have an easier time with the bull testicles. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 14:37 1
    - though when it comes to organs, cow heart is pretty yummy. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 14:38
- Brains from any animal...so gross. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 14:33 9
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    - Every time I see them on a food show on tv I get sick. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 14:43
  - accidently ate calf brains thinking they were chicken fingers. - Jovian Mar 18, 14:40 2
    - common mistake. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 15:34 1
      - yeah, I'd go so far as to say I don't know anyone who HASN'T done this. - Beryllium Mar 18, 15:36
  - eh, looks like coliflower, tastes like boullion marinated tofu -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:37 1
    - Everything you just said seems like a warning to me. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 18, 14:58
  - confession: I once ate lamb brains on a first date -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 14:33 1
    - Sexxxay! -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 14:38
- balut sounds pretty gross, I don't know I could eat that -- (link) - Roger More Mar 18, 14:32 2
  - it's actually pretty tasty -- nm - ceregon Mar 18, 14:37 1
    - I would definitely have to close my eyes -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 14:39
- live baby octopus. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 14:32
What's the link to the TT march madness pool? -- nm - Stewie Mar 18, 14:31 3
- here -- (link) - J Mar 18, 14:32 2
  - group id / pass? -- nm - Stewie Mar 18, 14:34 1
    - well you didn't ask for that.... - J Mar 18, 14:35
Ripping a DVD (in this case, a non-DRMed disc, believe it or not!) to a single high quality video file... what would you recommend? -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 14:31 8
- Bah! Handbrake does it. Handbrake does everything. It even does AVCHDs. Why do I even bother looking elsewhere. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 14:37 3
  - I was going to suggest handbrake - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:38 2
    - this is the last method I used - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:41 1
      - I use handbrake to convert to AVI then I use Magic Video Converter to make it MPG then I transfer it to TiVo. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:45
- there are many ways - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:32 3
  - Yeah, I was leaning towards DVDShrink. But then I have to re-process. *sigh* -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 14:33 2
    - also, dvdhelp has a bunch of howto guides on this stuff. here is a link -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:34
    - I have read a lot of people recommending this product - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:33
You know, I never thought I'd still be here 11 1/2 years later but God help me, I like you people. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:30 16
- I joined two weeks before summer of sam (my first opener that I got wrong) TT was live then - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:47
- Wait, I pre-date you? - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:35 4
  - I guess you do. I started playing around November of 97 and started posting in March or so of 98. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:41
  - He says he likes you but I think dating is going a bit too much:) -- nm - eag Mar 18, 14:36
  - Actually participating on a message board, or just playing the game? -- nm - mara Mar 18, 14:35 1
    - Psuedo-both. I started on the boards soon after then. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:36
- The 11.5 years includes the days before HSX had talk boards and the community was on a fansite, right? (Sorry, I think I've asked this before.) -- nm - mara Mar 18, 14:34 8
  - I've been around just over 11 years now (wow, really?) and there was definitely a TT then. -- nm - Ender Mar 18, 14:36 4
    - Thanks. TT history fascinates me but I can never actually remember the details. -- nm - mara Mar 18, 14:42 3
      - hsj's timeline is still around and covers most of the first 5-7 years of hsx. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:43 2
        
        Yeah, not a lot there about Ticker Talk, though. -- nm - mara Mar 18, 14:49 1
        
        true, though I think it does say when hsx "bought" tickertalk -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:50
  - hmm, well, no idea really - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:35 2
    - 96 -- (link) - Ender Mar 18, 14:37 1
      - hehe, so I started sometime in 1997, but wasnt active in the community until 99 or 00. - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:38
- we love you too, man -- nm - ST Mar 18, 14:33
St Hump day poll (theIcannotrememberifthishasbeenaskedbeforeve rsion). Have you ever paid/bargained/traded for - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:30 13
- yes. tickets to concerts. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 14:45 4
  - Ugh! *You* should have been paying *me*! -- nm - Air Supply's roadie Mar 18, 14:47 3
    - HA! No it wasn't for the geezer station. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 14:50 2
      - So, a roadie was involved. Gotcha. :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 14:58 1
        
        true story...I hooked up members of Linkin Park with comics (a couple are collectors) and they gave me passes.... -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 15:06
- no but it would not bother me to do so -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 14:39 2
  - That's where I am on it. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:43 1
    - We should have been born in Europe -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 14:45
- kind of...I'm married :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 18, 14:38
- Me (red faced) yes I have paid, a friend who was an official Nissan mechanic said he got offers quite frequently - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:34
- Yeah, I've dated. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:34 1
  - heck I was married. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 14:50
- yes, both ways -- nm - ceregon Mar 18, 14:33
I just checked Zap2It.com again just to make sure my channel grid was still accurate. Yup. I'm good. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 14:30
Wow, Sciere... you've got *five* inactive towns on your island??? That's a lot of local pillaging! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 14:30 1
- lucky bastard -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 14:30
OK, "Better Off Ted", I'm in. The first 9 minutes on ABC.com look good, and you remind me of "The Loop". Don't fail me! -- (link) - Mop Mar 18, 14:30
SITWAP: Hard Rock Cafe to return to Dallas. -- (link) - TaurusII Mar 18, 14:30 1
- 9 closed!! holy crap - and I care less about this Hard Rock then I did about the 1st one in Dallas - Epiphany Mar 18, 14:43
shoot the monkey! -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 14:29

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