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Toronto Public Health just announced that it is investigating a measles outbreak (at least four positive tests) -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:54 2
- Only 4? Darn -- nm - Jenny McCarthy Feb 2, 08:55
- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:55
David Alert: Dan Quinn to be the next head coach of the Atlanta Falcons (via Ian Rapoport). -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:54 2
- yeah, today they can actually make it official - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:56 1
  - Aaaah, I hadn't heard this was coming down the pipeline -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:57
Bacon.. - Andie Feb 2, 08:48 2
- Yes, my condolences also -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:53
- That will teach you to backboard. Thx -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:49
Do I want to go to a preview screening of Focus? -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 08:44 1
- yes. looks fun even if a played out storyline -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:46
The Terminator commercial was actually one of the worst ads for me - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:43 12
- agreed. it was not good. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 08:47
- omg. is that who that was? I swear she looked 15 and out of place - like maybe she wandered off the Maybeline shoot -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:45 3
  - In the trailer, she does a *FANTASTIC* badass Hamilton. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:46 2
    - I will go watch again. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:49 1
      - I will watch scenes of her ass in GOT to compare. We can exchange notes - oblique Feb 2, 08:50
- They could sell it one of two ways. For the SB spot, they went with the callback. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:44 5
  - I'd rather they go with the way that produced 2 of the best action movies ever. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:47 4
    - Uhm, which two is that? -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:49 3
      - #1 and #2 were both epics and far down on the cutesy humor. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:55 1
        
        But see, that is what I mean. Many did not see the 4th due to the offshoot nature. They are trying to say, look who is back. - Ultron Feb 2, 08:59
      - Yeah, one was more a horror type movie. Two was a good action flick -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:50
- that it was cut together with a blender didn't help. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:44
of course. There's a Buzzfeed for "Which Katy Perry Halftime Show Shark Are You" - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:32 4
- Is there a legit place to watch the show since I slept through it and didn't record it? -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:34 3
  - here linky -- (link) - budice Feb 2, 08:40 [youtube] 1
    - I'm surprised the NFL hasn't yanked that yet, I found a bunch of dead video links when I searched yesterday. Thanks! -- nm - Max Feb 2, 09:06
  - No, but znu will act it for you. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:35
Johnny Football enters rehab,..... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 2, 08:24 5
- ~No no no.~ -- nm - budice Feb 2, 08:33
- You can't just fire your gun in the air in a public area, no matter how frustrated you are. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:33
- I hate the guy, but that is a good thing -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:26
- "Treatment" - Ultron Feb 2, 08:25 1
  - Johnny Rehab. -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 08:28
Pissed Miss Amazon Runner-Up Snatches Crown From Unworthy Queen -- (link) - Remlik Feb 2, 08:22 4
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- I could watch this many many times. -- nm - Polar Baron Feb 2, 08:38 1
  - I would watch the entire show, just to see if it was bubbling under the surface or not. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:39
- ... and the girl in yellow applauds. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:23
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- good gravy does he walk a line on that... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 08:22 1
  - he's tugging at his collar like Dangerfield. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:30
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    - IOW, "NO WAY are you going to get me to take a side on this despite it being part of my job to do so." -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 08:24 10
      - Or he's trying to be subtle in politics which doesn't work today. - spamlet Feb 2, 08:32 9
        
        I expect the one he's *really* talking-not-talking about is HPV. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:52 4
        
        We can freaking prevent a cancer with it, which is the very thing people keep clamoring for science to do, and - TWuG Feb 2, 08:55 2
        
        I'm definitely not saying it's OK, just trying to decode which demo he's talking to. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:57 1
        
        I know where you were coming from. I'm just irritated with the catering to crazies that Christie is trying to do. -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 08:58
        
        Yup. -- nm - Ender Feb 2, 08:52
        
        He's trying to walk the line of being anti-government interference while trying to avoid saying something stupid and dangerous. It's at best weasely. - pmb Feb 2, 08:47
        
        Christie... subtle... does not compute... -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 08:34 2
        
        exactly. Can we change " Mary Pat" to something more respectable? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:36 1
        
        wtf? is she a " Walton"? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:38
ST winter verb poll: When a truck comes by to spreading substance on winter roads, you say that is [verbing] the roads. - ty97 Feb 2, 08:20 23
- Spraying or Treating because salt is banned here because it runs off into the rivers and hurts the fish -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:42 1
  - Or Deicing the roads -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:42
- Salting (though I have no idea what it they use here in TN). -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 08:33
- Sanding -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:32
- I say "WTF are you doing, it's 70 degrees!" -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 08:32
- Salting. We don't have sand trucks anymore. -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:26 8
  - We still have sand but it really is only effective when its really cold so it does not get used often. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 08:32
  - really? because salt is ineffective below a certain temperature -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:30 6
    - horrid if you're near a body of water, though. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:32 2
      - i heard of a guy making a fortune shipping engines to the prairies and car bodies to the east -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:39 1
        
        true dat. I always marvel at how white the highways there get in winter. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:44
    - Yup. And sand is good for some traction. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:31 2
      - i like sand, but i am pretty sure we never use it anymore. -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:36 1
        
        the city puts beet juice in the salt to make it work better in colder weather -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:42
- Salting -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 08:25
- salting or sanding depending but it's usually salt here -- nm - Reagen si Feb 2, 08:24
- sanding or salting, depending what they're doing, since it makes a big difference. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:24
- Sanding. As unless it is liquid type, there is sand mixed with the melt. At least around here. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:21
- Salting or treating -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:21
- white dusting -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:20
- Salting -- nm - decline Feb 2, 08:20 2
  - this -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 08:23
  - this, even if they're using something else (beet juice, sand, etc...) -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 08:21
Kingsman ending spoilers - LMS Feb 2, 08:20 2
- .... (spoilers) - Andie Feb 2, 08:53 1
  - Spoilers - LMS Feb 2, 09:32
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- woot! -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:43
- Happy day!! -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:37
- Wow, 8? Hope she has a great day -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:29 1
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- Happy Birthday V1!! growing up so fast! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:19
ST monday poll - Movies? what did you see? grade? Also grade the Superbowl if you watched it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:17 19
- Book of Life: B+ Surprisingly charming. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 09:03
- SB gets a B. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:40
- I watched switchback, which was more terrible than I was promised it would be. C-? -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 08:37 2
  - I can remember exactly which seat I was sitting in for Switchback because I had invited coworkers - Max Feb 2, 08:47 1
    - god it was awful. not caperish at all. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 08:56
- Pride - A, The Judge - B-, John Wick A -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 08:34
- last episode of "Justified" watched twice...A. SB - A+ - Mel Profit Feb 2, 08:34
- Harlem Nights (first time) was surprisingly disappointing - con_carne Feb 2, 08:29
- Harry Potter 2: B+ ; Vikings s2 epis 3 and 4: A- (fun series) -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 08:24
- Pride: A-, The Judge: B, John Wick: A+ -- nm - David Feb 2, 08:23 1
  - I knew we should have kept the action scenes in Pride. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 08:41
- The Rover (aka Guy Pearce really wants his car back) - B -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 08:21
- 20 Feet from Stardom: A- , Rush: B, Night at the Museum: Still B. - spamlet Feb 2, 08:20
- Fury A-, The Loft C, Superbowl A -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:19 3
  - Episodes Season 3 1-4 - A. Its a cute little show on Showtime - you should watch it. British Humor + Matt LeBlanc - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:32 2
    - Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan are also in Green Wing which I really recommend. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 08:40 1
      - thanks -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:44
- Gone Girl: B/B+ (it deftly handled the problem I had with the book's ending); SB: B+ (I wish I could have watched it w/o having a rooting interest) -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:18
- last six weeks of football, pro and college, gets an A -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:18
There are surprisingly few monosyllabic common English male first names that aren't a nickname for a multisyllabic name - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:16 21
- Bort. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 08:24 2
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- Burt, Blair, Bart, Brent, Hugh, Dirk, Earl, Ford, Jude, Jay, Keith, Kent, Ross, Roy, Scott, Sean, Todd, Trent -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 08:22 3
  - Bertrum, Bartholomew -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:27 1
    - ok, I'll give those up. :) -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 08:29
  - Neil, Ward, Wade, Ralph, Craig, Reed, Clay,Clarke, Dean, Dwayne, Wayne -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 08:26
- Carl/Karl -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 08:20
- there are lots of Jacks now, that are just Jack. James. Clark. Ralph. Earl. -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:19
- Chad, Neil, Kurt -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:18
- Luke, Charles, James -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 08:18 9
  - Craig, Bruce -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 08:20
  - James was another we came up with; we discounted Luke b/c of Lucas (?); Charles is one syllable for you? interesting -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 08:19 7
    - I don't think Luke is short for Lucas in most cases. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 08:21 1
      - just because some people don't know the origin of their kid's name doesn't mean it's not a short form -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:49
    - If there's a Gospel named for Luke, it's not a nickname for Lucas. How is Charles two syllables when Wales is apparently one? -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 08:21 3
      - half of those Disciple name are short for Simon, apparently -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:29 1
        
        plus how many of those are Anglicized and completely different in the original languages? -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:35
      - Oh no. Not Wales again. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 08:23
    - Luke/Lucas? Then John should be out, for sure. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:20
- Jonathan? -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:17
Punxsutawney Poll: predict the last day or week you'll have snow before summer starts. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:16 6
- oh good one. how much snow? like, "there is still snow in the grass" or "it just snowed"? -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 08:41
- What sorcery is this that you speak of? -- nm - Reagen si Feb 2, 08:23
- We are set to have our warmest Winter ever if our trends continue. Zero snow this year -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 08:18
- A Thursday. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:18
- like, snow on the ground, or snow falling? -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:17 1
  - hm. both! -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:17
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- Start the Draft. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 08:48
- I'm in for Dingers, still deciding on the other. It kind of fell off my radar at half season. - J Feb 2, 08:40
- If you have an open spot in Dingers, let me know. -- nm - Inigo Feb 2, 08:13 1
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It chained from snow to freezing rain/sleet hours ago. The plows keep coming by scraping the street anyway. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 08:08 6
- Let it go -- nm - CQ Feb 2, 08:09
- next time they come around you should run out and tell them to stop -- nm - decline Feb 2, 08:08 4
  - They are probably dumping ice melt, as well. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:13 3
    - They are definitely spreading stuff, but lift the damn plow if that's all you're doing. - ty97 Feb 2, 08:19 1
      - Then set your garbage out for them. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 08:24
    - "No thanks, we have plenty of melted ice already." -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:14
You must eat, Anastasia. -- nm - David Feb 2, 08:07 2
- that comma makes a big difference -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:11 1
  - But capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and well..... -- nm - Polar Baron Feb 2, 08:13

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