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Things I learned today; "a parcel of deer" and "a gulp of swallows" is a thing. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 07:34 1
- gulp of swallows? - groiny Feb 12, 07:35
hmm, if you cut the cable cord, and want to watch tv while playing xbone, there is a way. - Truman Feb 12, 07:30 1
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Did my friend David see that Def Leppard will be playing in Nashville on August 18th? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 12, 07:29 1
- hey, barely 30 minute drive for me . . . i know this message wasn't for me, but maybe I need to go to this :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 12, 07:48
Also, 3 gorgon chests = 18 ascendant shards. Blah. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 07:29
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- That's a really good deal. If I didn't love Chromecast so much, I'd definitely do it. - Inigo Feb 12, 07:42
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looks like Dave Bautista is going to play the Kurgan in the Highlander remake... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 12, 07:09 1
- I doubt he has the acting chops of Clancy Brown, but I am intrigued by the casting. -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 12, 07:34
I really thought we were going to win the lottery #depressed -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 07:07
Some of these GamerGate dude wouldn't seem believable on Oz. -- nm - David Feb 12, 06:53
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- It worked for us. We got our first AmEx for Costco and have had it for 10 years now. - spamlet Feb 12, 07:03
- I guess I could shop there in a year. -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 07:02 1
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- They did that here in Canada last year now its Mastercard. -- nm - ajrimmer Feb 12, 06:50 1
  - yup (Capital One is there bank brand of choice) -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:52
ty97 Travel News: Expedia is buying Orbitz -- (link) - decline Feb 12, 06:46 2
- Kayak is the official sponsor of ty97 -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 06:55 1
  - if this consolidation continues they may be next -- nm - decline Feb 12, 06:56
Dignan: thoughst on the trade with Buffalo? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:44 2
- I think we cleaned up, especially considering we weren't trading from strength. - Dignan Feb 12, 06:54 1
  - getting the first rounder and them paying some of Stafford's salary were a great and surprisining get -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 07:15
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- Elaine has been famous for years. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 06:44
Sam Rockwell makes any movie he's in so much better. -- nm - kelly Feb 12, 06:39 14
- Who's the anti-Rockwell then? James Franco? -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 12, 06:46 10
  - Kristen Stewart. -- nm - kelly Feb 12, 07:26
  - Leslie Mann -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 07:12
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  - At this point, Johnny Depp. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 07:10
  - Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell, Tyler Perry. nm - Dignan Feb 12, 07:04 1
    - Agreed on Bloom. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 07:14
  - Wes Bentley -- nm - David Feb 12, 06:49 2
    - Danny Huston. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 12, 06:57
    - yeah, about right. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 06:52
  - I was going to say Lindsay Lohan, but then I remembered Mean Girls. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:47
- Iron Man 2! -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:44 2
  - There's always an exception to the rule and you found it. - TWuG Feb 12, 06:50 1
    - Clearly you have forgotten when he danced on stage at the Stark Expo. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:54
Come for the tweets, run from the meats. -- nm - David Feb 12, 06:36
Destiny: 3rd Nightfall completed. I got a void rocket launcher that has tracking and third eye. Not bad. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:23 10
- i got materials. that is all. nightfall hates me. -- nm - Truman Feb 12, 07:20 9
  - I got my 4th Badger. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 07:25 8
    - Sometimes just getting mats is a blessing in disguise. I'd certainly rather get 9 AE straight up than some useless legendary weapon. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 07:28 7
      - at this point, I am blowing through Energy like water. - groiny Feb 12, 07:34 1
        
        Level that CE armour! -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 07:35
      - i have a ton of them already, i want the weapons really (or gear i can give my titan). - Truman Feb 12, 07:31 4
        
        Are you hurting for rep/marks which may be preventing buying one from the vendors? -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 07:34 2
        
        the vendor guns and armor are mostly crapola. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 07:35 1
        
        The armour can at least get you to level 31 if you can't swing any CE runs. There are also 2 guns that are standouts that I know off the top. - Shaun Feb 12, 07:37
        
        If I am on, I need to do it with my Titan as well. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 07:33
Rob Ford thrown out of Toronto city council meeting (although, honestly I kind of agree with him...his point, not his actions) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 06:08 4
- ika: Are you grabbing the p-spot at 39:38? -- nm - Randal Feb 12, 06:17 3
  - I would. But not showing I have my free premium move. Actually, not showing any free moves right now... -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:27 1
    - duh. moved. spot available on forge on 39:38 -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:38
  - Go away, Randall. -- nm - Ultron Feb 12, 06:19
In the new beta.com --- is there an alliance target location? - Will Hunting Feb 12, 05:40 10
- I can't believe they still have the 5 messages per 5 minutes cap right now. nm - Dignan Feb 12, 06:16 1
  - just thinking that. they did the same thing on .org, but lifted it pretty quickly. But no learning for them -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:24
- whats the alliance name? -- nm - Truman Feb 12, 06:07 1
  - NOVUS -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:08
- Spawn is online and accepting applications. the welcome has som info -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 06:04 5
  - I'm not in a position to join up yet...I just want to be nearby when I am ready. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 06:09 4
    - here: - Beaker Feb 12, 06:11 3
      - Kudos to WM on this. It's really well done. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 12, 08:25
      - Thanks -- Stupid mobile browser is garbage. I'm in the 27:88-28:91 area. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 06:59
      - at lot of the islands in the hub area are filling up with none alliance people already. -- nm - Truman Feb 12, 06:16
TransAsia Forced to Ground Ten Pilots Who Couldn't Pass a Flight Test -- (link) - budice Feb 12, 04:43
Tesla: $108 Million dollar loss in Q4 -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 04:42 4
- Not surprising. The ugraded the Model S to duasl motor and are incurring R&D costs for the Model X and probably the Model 3, as well. - TWuG Feb 12, 05:03 3
  - well, it also didn't help that the sold a whopping 120 cars in China last Q. (and the stock is still overpriced) -- nm - decline Feb 12, 06:25 1
    - How can you put a price on a dream? :) -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 12, 06:43
  - plus "stealing" all the apple eaters is costly :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 12, 06:08
Helena Bonham Carter nekkid with a tuna in ad campaign against overfishing -- (link) - budice Feb 12, 04:30 1
- whats that smell again? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 12, 06:03
Ika.com: still not available -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:28 3
- AND WE ARE BACK! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:53 1
  - yeah just tried -- nm - Karl_S Feb 12, 04:54
- 10 more minutes at a minimum I would think -- nm - Karl_S Feb 12, 04:53
Great video on drug companies, manipulating the media, astroturf and Wikipedia -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:18 [youtube]
This week doesn't even have the good manners to be Friday yet. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 04:11 1
- no freaking kidding -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 04:52
Tens of Thousands of San Francisco Commuters Possibly Exposed to Measles -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 02:57 4
- and? are they not vaccinated? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 12, 06:04
- Bunch of crazy right-wing religious freaks! - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:43 1
  - these are the other side of the anti-vax coin. left wing commie hippies -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:44
- well thank goodness everybody is vaccinating their kids. -- nm - colin Feb 12, 03:52
Are we millionaires yet? -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 02:44 1
- sure but the currency is H$ -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 12, 02:47
So... umm... anybody here? -- nm - colin Feb 12, 02:32 1
- are your there? -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 12, 02:41 [youtube]
The Americans - Keri Russell has a lovely bum. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 11, 23:00 1
- nwbr! -- nm - budice Feb 12, 03:34
Meg..I suggest you put whatever winnings into Megamillions for friday. $1 tix, and $74M jackpot.....powerball is reset back to $40M -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 22:59 7
- How much was it? I'm okay with her just getting herself and the kitties something for doing this. -- nm - spamlet Feb 12, 07:06
- Yes -- nm - oblique Feb 12, 05:27
- Agreeance -- nm - Flavorize Feb 12, 03:52
- this -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 02:50
- I'll poll the masses in the morning...it's that or send each of them ~$1 :) -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 23:02 2
  - Meh. Keep it Meg buy yourself something nice ;-) -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 02:46
  - rough math. if we won MegaMillions we would each get back approx. $45K for every dollar we originally sent you. based on $48M cashout. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 23:18
Haggen stores is moving into our area, taking over some albertsons and safeway locations, some empty, some still open -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 22:44 6
- Ours turned into a Superior Grocers, another Latino supermarket - con_carne Feb 11, 22:58
- Hmm, never heard of them. But we definitely need more competition, especially after the Albertsons/Safeway merger. - Mop Feb 11, 22:48 4
  - Our closest Albertson's is 5 miles away and Vons (Safeway) is so sleezy I won't shop there. - Meg Feb 11, 23:10 3
    - what about the weekend farmers market? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 23:12 2
      - Currently 3 booths - one general, one asian, and one citrus - all expensive. -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 23:15 1
        
        I can't believe mine is better :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 23:18
Powerball hit $564M..1 known winner so far...in Texas -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 11, 22:00 3
- there were 3 winners -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 22:26 2
  - there are 4 lights! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:27
  - Princeton Texas . Not a quick pick -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 22:54
Supernatural, not so spoiler - Lake Nebagamon does exist, I've been there many times. - tobor.2 Feb 11, 21:51 3
- it's in wisconsin and the zip is 54849. I went to camp there decades ago -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 21:55 2
  - ...Daddy? -- nm - tobor.2 s.i. Feb 11, 22:56
  - why after 45 years do I remember the zip? the human mind is amazing. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 21:58
STIS - does anyone use MS OneDrive online storage or anything about it? - Meg Feb 11, 21:40 9
- I have. I prefer Google Drive, but yes, it's about the same. Find the right price :) -- nm - colin Feb 12, 02:26
- Dropbox, Box, Amazon Drive, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive... they're all basically just a folder for putting files. - Mop Feb 11, 21:44 6
  - We're looking for something secure and dependable (and cheap) for Archaeological Society files. All of the stuff we have on a variety of home PCs that - Meg Feb 11, 21:53 5
    - Any of these services will do. Most offer some space for free. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 22:46 3
      - We can currently get 100gb free on OneDrive for 2 years. From what I can see their price for that size is $1.99/month. So that's within the budget. - Meg Feb 11, 23:00 2
        
        honestly, if it's not video or photos, even that much textual content won't add up to much. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 23:02 1
        
        True, and I guess we can hope MS will be as secure and long-lived as we need them to be. - Meg Feb 11, 23:14
    - a yahoo group or google group -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 22:43
- yes -- nm - budice Feb 11, 21:42
I wonder how many of you know this. I was watching a documentary with my son... - Mop Feb 11, 21:38 5
- I broke this news to my son tonight and he didn't seem shocked, so I guess it must be pretty obvious. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 22:50
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- Yeah. That's pretty apparent in old newsreel footage -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 21:44 1
  - You mean they didn't have 5.1 sound in 1918? -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 21:45
- Yep. - tobor.2 Feb 11, 21:39
No matter how often I put out fresh water, Jinx still prefers to drink residual shower drain water. -- nm - Dano Feb 11, 21:26 3
- our cats used to drink out of the tap of the bathtub -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 02:51
- One cat I lived with preferred water fresh from the bathroom sink faucet. - tobor.2 Feb 11, 21:38 1
  - That's my two. I have a drippy tap anyway so I just keep a tub under it and that's where they drink. -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 21:41
the science behind popcorn -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 11, 21:15
The Oregonian is reporting that our Governor was going to resign today... but then changed his mind. -- (link) - Mop Feb 11, 21:14 5
- There was a nice article about the source of his problems in my alumni magazine. - tobor.2 Feb 11, 21:46 3
  - Women. Amiright? -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 21:46 2
    - Fiancee -- nm - tobor.2 Feb 11, 21:49 1
      - if his lover wasn't a woman, I'm *pretty* sure we would have heard about it already -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 22:46
- Typical Jerry ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 11, 21:17
woman tweets “Ew I start this f*** a** job tomorrow.” and then gets message from boss you're fired - zeitgeist Feb 11, 21:13 6
- I have a lawyer buddy who has busted so many people for the stuff they share on social media. Example inside. - Shaun Feb 12, 05:05 1
  - the insurance industry loves to spread stories about the guy on dis winning a rodeo or motorcross race -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 11:09
- lol twitter. -- nm - Qale Feb 11, 22:45
- Re: jobs people hate, this NYT article from last May made me smile. Most people hate their jobs. Does your job include any of these traits? -- (link) - Mop Feb 11, 21:19 1
  - You know who I can do without? I can do without the people in the video store. -- nm - Randal Feb 11, 22:49
- I imagine it was on @midnight earlier this week, or late last week. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 21:14
I returned to poker recently and just saw a classic "Why do I play this game?" hand... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 11, 21:13 3
- online poker has turned into "just buy a lottery ticket already". - Reagen Feb 11, 21:19 2
  - Yeah, I really can't say that I felt bad for the turkey. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 11, 21:22 1
    - I'm guessing it wasn't a re-buy SnG. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 05:00

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