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What's the word for when it is snowing, yet it is also raining, and at the same time I think there's sleet and freezing rain too? - ty97 Jan 3, 11:35 6
- its called F'U from mudda nature or slushy ice storm -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 13:24
- fucking winter -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 11:35 4
  - I contend that this is the worst winter has to offer. This morning, it was just snow and that was fine. - ty97 Jan 3, 11:36 3
    - 61f tomorrow. :-) - Krusty Jan 3, 11:41 2
      - 61 but raining and windy. It's like it's mocking us! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:42 1
        
        Pretty much. -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 11:56
LYC: We went down to Discovery Place Kids in Charlotte at about 9am. Saw people tailgating and drinking already. The queen city is really a beautiful - CQ Jan 3, 11:33
Made it! - colin Jan 3, 10:52 [Image] 9
- FA Cup action! -- nm - CQ Jan 3, 11:33
- you forgot to bring Qale :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 3, 11:27 1
  - he's been sitting at the front door staring out like a heartbroken puppy since you left :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 3, 11:30
- yeah! - prayformojo Jan 3, 11:00 4
  - i still have my US passport. - colin Jan 3, 11:01 3
    - and pay taxes? -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 11:07 2
      - actually, yes. thank you tax treaty. -- nm - colin Jan 3, 11:41
      - Neither one of those are the American way. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 3, 11:16
- i was in by about 8:30 local... but I broke that travel rule and took a nap :) -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:53
Spawn has a text. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 10:26
So, which STer got Alice Eve drunk on New Years Eve and married her? -- nm - Ultron Jan 3, 10:22 1
- Sorry about that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 10:23
Urgent! my monitor display is upside down! How do I fix it? - crankyanker Jan 3, 10:19 10
- waitress, I'll have whatever he's having -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 11:54
- I found it!!! Control/ALT/Up Arrow -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 3, 10:33
- Move to Australia. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 10:28 1
  - hee -- nm - mud Jan 3, 10:47
- There's a keyboard combination that does it, but I forget what it is. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:26 4
  - makes sense. this is like trying to retrace my steps, but with short term memory loss! -- nm - crankyanker Jan 3, 10:29 3
    - Try Ctrl + Alt + up arrow key. - Krusty Jan 3, 10:32 2
      - Thanks, I just found it too. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 3, 10:33 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 11:07
- Get a new monitor. -- nm - Ultron Jan 3, 10:21
Early modeling pictures of various celebs. -- (link) - Mop Jan 3, 09:58 4
- Robert Pattinson was a pretty girl -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 10:27 1
  - was? -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 10:28
- They need faster servers -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 10:20
- Man, Mischa Barton even looked haggard as a teen. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 10:01
Slept in. That won't be possible for long. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 09:56 1
- you got that right -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 09:56
Anyone that downloads Serial now gets Audible ads. This is the worst day ever. -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 09:25 4
- By the end weren't there 3 or 4 advertisers? -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Jan 3, 10:30 1
  - SquareSpace and Trunk Club by the end, but they've reuploaded the episodes to replace the Mail Chimp ads. - Tim Jan 3, 10:39
- They won't know what they've missed -- nm - droidlet Jan 3, 09:52
- Aw... dible? -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 09:38
So, to recap, the Steelers won 11 games...but lost games to the Jets, Bucs, Browns and Saints? - Will Hunting Jan 3, 09:00 6
- And will be missing their best runningback vs the Ravens. I say they are done -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 09:36 4
  - Because he had a big game when they beat them earlier in the year? -- nm - Ultron Jan 3, 10:02 2
    - He's their best pass protection RB, he will be missed -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 10:06 1
      - Don't worry, I got this guy. -- nm - Dri Archer: 5'8", 175 lb Jan 3, 10:19
  - Yup -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 09:53
- and beat Jax, Ten and Atl by only 1 score. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 09:20
NFL coaching: Appears Todd Bowles is the only candidate out there that satisfies the Rooney Rule. -- nm - budice Jan 3, 08:59
2015: The Year We Found Gray Hair -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 08:58 5
- 2015: The Year We Found Gray Hair...in my nose. - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:35
- The upside of being a fair blonde, my hair just goes more white than grey and I can't even tell the difference - ty97 Jan 3, 10:32
- Newb. Heh. Mine started going gray last decade, and I'm younger than you (iirc) .... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:28
- On top or... down there? - Cuzzin Todd Jan 3, 08:59 1
  - in a sideburn. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 09:17
10 Comics That Shut Down Terrible Internet Arguments -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 08:12
"I mean, Sarah Palin.....is she *even* black?" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 07:54
Is Colin through immigration yet? -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 07:53 2
- Kaepernick....ummm no. - budice Jan 3, 08:51
- Like he'll ever make it with all that now banned face sitting porn he likes so much. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 08:31
LYC: I watched the first season of Broad City yesterday and laughed from start to finish. Those two girls are hysterical. - Krusty Jan 3, 07:15
which STer was it who donated comics to some charity? - Beaker Jan 3, 07:02 17
- send me a list of what you got - Remlik's phone Jan 3, 07:42 9
  - oh I know the good ones :) Just looking to remove some of the fodder -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 07:56 8
    - what are Avengers and WCAvengers back issues typically? like a buck? -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 07:57 7
      - 50 cents -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 08:00
      - what's your email/gmail? I have a spreadsheet. out of date most anything new would be since the date i stopped tracking (08) -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 07:59 5
        
        remlik at gmail -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 08:00 4
        
        sent -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 08:06 3
        
        you have a few nice pieces -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 08:19 2
        
        yeah I never really collected to "collect", I just bought what I enjoyed. Are the Ultimate SM early issues still valuable? -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 08:20 1
        
        the first couple. And issue 2 depending which cover is a few bucks -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 08:48
- We gave some to our local fire department. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 3, 07:40
- Thread jack/ addition: I'll send Nos4ra2 by Joe Hill free of charge and no need to return to 1st person who wants to read it - Pippy the Truther Jan 3, 07:03 5
  - i'll take you up on that -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 07:09 4
    - Send me your snail mail to epiphany30atgmaildotcom - Pippy the Truther Jan 3, 07:12 3
      - done. thanks a bazillion -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 07:35
      - nmbpippy - budice Jan 3, 07:29 1
        
        Hee! You naughty minx you! -- nm - Pippy the Truther Jan 3, 08:18
-24C with the wind chill. Cubs/Scouts out collecting bottles as a fund raiser - Beaker Jan 3, 06:22 1
- They're never going to find any good left-handed pitchers that way! -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 3, 07:35
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 04:03 2
- WILD CARD SATURDAY! -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 06:19 1
  - almost last chance to signup for the NFL Playoff Challenge. Link above -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 06:27
Well, now I've seen Snowpiercer. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 00:10 2
- Grade? -- nm - Pippy the Truther Jan 3, 00:22 1
  - Grade Meh. C, I suppose. (spoilers) - Mop Jan 3, 00:26
I see on the backboards, Colin has left the country of Texas. That's okay. I ain't even mad he's leaving me... AGAIN! -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 21:35 12
- do you have a passport? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 22:27 7
  - I do not have an unexpired passport. -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 22:29 6
    - until you get one, we'll have to ship you to him in a big crate. I also just checked, $150 is the cost inc. the Govt. sending it to you. which sucks - Peglegpete Jan 2, 22:42 5
      - I already ate up some of my Ebay profits shipping that thing the best way possible. -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 22:47 4
        
        smart. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 23:18 3
        
        I kind of need the positive feedback. While this'll be my 4th item sold, it would only be my 2nd if they bother to leave some. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 08:26 2
        
        I sold a bunch of stuff on eBay and got no postive feedback from anyone. Losers. - droidlet Jan 3, 09:20 1
        
        ask them to -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 11:57
- Colin should land and be thru customs soon -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 22:25
- Left for the land of eel pie and bangers in the mouth -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 22:05 2
  - curry and thai is everywhere, even fish 'n chips are not as common -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 22:57 1
    - And this is why Idris Elba should be Bond, IMO :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 01:35
So I assume after spamming everyone with approximately a hundred or so tweets David Magazine lost all of their followers today. -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 21:28 3
- Even after I messaged them about it, they continued to do it. So I guess they have some automated tweet system that's gone haywire. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 08:27 2
  - David Magazine? - droidlet Jan 3, 09:21 1
    - the David Coulier edition was great! -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:28
darn good version: -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 2, 21:28 [youtube]
The original pairing in Silver Linings Playbook was Zooey Deschanel and Vince Vaughn - amoxy Jan 2, 20:56 4
- eh...movie casts change all the time pre-production. the most famous example is Ronald Reagan starring in Casablanca -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 21:30
- " googly eyed" would have been the wrong way to go - Pippy the Truther Jan 2, 21:11
- sure would have been different -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 21:00
- VOMIT! -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 21:00
Kikkoman's Ponzu Sauce is awesome. The recipe for Panko-crusted Salmon from Kikkoman totally blows. Will majorly tweak it next time -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:52 2
- I will try this. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 07:19
- I hate Ponzi sauce. Going next door to get stuff from two other people never works out -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 04:47
Anyone know when we will be able to sign up for HBO GO if we don't have cable? Last I heard was January 2015 but I can't find the day -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 20:48 1
- All I see is sometime this year. -- (link) - GregW Jan 3, 09:25
Eddie Jimmy Olmos -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 20:38 2
- " Oh my God, when I'm drunk, I speak Italian!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:42 1
  - It's a code war! -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 21:27
Completely different demographic in Costco in the evening...guess that's when the guys shop. -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 20:13 8
- Ahh... fresh meat. -- nm - Megs S.I. Jan 2, 21:30 2
  - They're way more considerate and polite than the little old ladies that clutter the aisles during the day. -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 21:36 1
    - Little old ladies are vicious. And know how to maim with their carts. -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 2, 21:45
- Divorced men. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 21:10 4
  - Maybe some...I think a lot were there to do the heavy lifting.... - Meg Jan 2, 21:13 3
    - Did the kitties get any goodies? -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 21:15 2
      - They get dry chow and clean litter......what more do they need?? :) -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 21:23 1
        
        nip -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 22:16
The Kill Team (on the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary) is a 99 cent rental at Vudu -- (link) - Dano Jan 2, 20:13 2
- and Life Itself (the Ebert documentary also shortlisted) will air on CNN on Sunday night. -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 20:16 1
  - thx for the heads up -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 20:27
Anyone familiar with a tens unit electro-pulse massager? -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 20:12 4
- great for disc issues in the back and hips -- nm - Remlikindle Jan 2, 21:48
- Oh yes! -- nm - Kinky Girl Jan 2, 20:20
- I bet your date is -- nm - Rollo Jan 2, 20:17 1
  - THAT MIGHT be why he's asking -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 20:39
okay Top Chef. i'm making my salmon with Ponzu sauce....you folks better be right on this one -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:06 5
- ah, poor simple Crash....fallin' for one of the oldest scams in the book -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 20:10 2
  - a Ponzu scheme? -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:12 1
    - i see what you did there -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 20:27
- is trish the judge on this one? -- nm - budice Jan 2, 20:09 1
  - I'll be the judge. I'm not afraid of Padma -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:13
That's impressive Budice, but not as impressive as signing up after half the bowl games had been played already and still beating RC and J - Bacon Jan 2, 20:00 7
- ahem, I still lead with overall correct picks - Beaker Jan 3, 04:49
- both of you are to be commended -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:05 5
  - If we don't point out how great we are, who will? Are you mad at the Huskey's for taking your coach? -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 20:06 4
    - not at all, I knew he couldn't last forever there so its better there (i've been to several games in husky stadium) than someplace like the f'ing SEC -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:10 1
      - I am glad he didn't go to USC. -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 20:11
    - Oh and remind the Mrs. to sign up for the Playoff Challenge. - Bacon Jan 2, 20:09 1
      - will do -- nm - crash davis Jan 2, 20:12
medieval hoard discovered under Russian Museum -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:58 2
- by Vladimir Putin himself -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 2, 19:59 1
  - that guy is such a phony -- nm - Kim Jong Un Jan 2, 20:03

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