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13 rift circuitry. *sigh* -- nm - CQ Feb 24, 15:02 1
- so glad I'm done with that place. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 15:05
Well that was a scare. They are playing a movie on the plane. I noticed Jamie Foxx..... - ty97 Feb 24, 15:02 4
- Aw, poor tysie. Meesa loves Annie. -- nm - Jar Jar Binks Feb 24, 15:03
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  - It's a small TV several rows away and there's a glare. - ty97 Feb 24, 15:07
  - No. -- nm - Ultron Feb 24, 15:05
A girl I know started dating a Syrian guy. And he wants to bring her to Syria to meet his family. - Loyola Feb 24, 14:48 13
- let's see, the sadistic murderers and slave rapists are being kept away from town by a cruel malevolent dictator who gases and barrel bombs his own - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 24, 15:12
- What a great opportunity for her!! -- nm - Hotkissi Feb 24, 14:59
- He probably knows this "great group of guys" over there. -- nm - CQ Feb 24, 14:58
- Sounds legit. -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 14:57
- Middle East war zone! Ship of Death! -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 14:54
- I'd need to investigate the hotspots and current status before ruling it out. - ty97 Feb 24, 14:53 6
  - Really? With everything that's going on over there you would take a chance on a place that seems safe(r) for the moment? Not me. - pmb Feb 24, 14:56 5
    - Highly unlikely. I just don't feel like I know enough about the current status to rule it out immediately. - ty97 Feb 24, 15:04 3
      - Civil war and a city that ISIS considers it's "capital" city. I'm out. - pmb Feb 24, 15:09
      - Really? Really? -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 15:07 1
        
        Sure. Here's what I'm saying: I'm not informed enough to rule it out. - ty97 Feb 24, 15:11
    - same -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 14:57
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Thanks for putting the Parks & Rec finale on 2 hours later than their usual time NBC. - Beaker Feb 24, 14:47 1
- Actually, I'd miss it if it were at the regular time. - nubby Feb 24, 14:59
Pacific Strandbeest -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:45 [Image]
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- he turned 3 3 weeks ago. -- nm - kelly Feb 24, 14:46 1
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- Oh! I think I know this ... just turned 3? -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 14:45
My ranch screed was for naught. Despite the airline proudly stating that they sell meals (like salads with ranch!) on flights over 3 hours.... - ty97 Feb 24, 14:41 2
- How would you know the flight is almost out of club soda? -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 14:43 1
  - Unsubtle FA announced it when a guy Row 10 tried to order it. The went to F to try to get some, but apparently they are using a lot and can't spare -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 14:51
Ugh, I got the Anthem-your-info-was-compromised-email. Automatic 2 year ID theft protection. - Covington Feb 24, 14:40 6
- We are going to freeze our credit after the two years. -- nm - Ultron Feb 24, 14:51
- i used to have bluecross blueshield, is that included? -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:43 4
  - from anthemfacts.com... - Covington Feb 24, 14:55 1
    - carp. -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:59
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 14:44 1
    - fries are done? -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:49
random: Guy Fieri married 101 same-sex couples in FL this past weekend. (sitwap) -- nm - Diva Feb 24, 14:33 12
- Polygamy! -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 14:57
- Wasn't there some homophobic tags on him in the past? Is this reputation repair? -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 14:45 7
  - he's not gay? - dogbert Feb 24, 14:47 6
    - Hey, are you in for WN this year? - spamlet Feb 24, 14:59 2
      - was thinking of being out because I really don't even look at except for draft day, but draft day is fun so I'll take a run for one more year -- nm - dogbert Feb 24, 15:07 1
        
        Ok. Please sign up if you haven't already -- nm - iSpam Feb 24, 15:12
    - married with son (and I don't think so otherwise); but yes, jen, he said some dumb crap in the past - homophobic and other bigoted. -- nm - b. Feb 24, 14:49 1
      - correction: 2 kids -- nm - b. Feb 24, 14:49
    - Nope - has wife & kids and rumored to not like doing shows with gay male chefs. -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 14:48
- "and also another Cinnabon." -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:37
- I didn't realize same-sex polygamy was a thing. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:34 1
  - Scalia tried to warn us - ty97 Feb 24, 14:52
serious catch up time on the backboards . . . does anyone have a good link to that 15 minute video with sachof ? (something about power rangers, . . - call me Ishmael Feb 24, 14:30 2
- no, it's not sachoff nudity. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:34 1
  - oh, well, okay . . . nevermind then? -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 24, 14:42
honestly, make your own salad dressing, easy peasy, pour a spoon of oil, a serious squirt of honey mustard, mince a shallot (probably the main reason - zeitgeist Feb 24, 14:26 1
- also good with dijon mustard :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 14:47
The Walking Dead (remixed) -- (link) - Covington Feb 24, 14:22 [youtube] 1
- that is 5 minutes I will never get back. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 14:40
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Ranch salad dressing is the worst salad dressng. -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 14:13 39
- HATE CRIME! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 24, 14:52
- I get it when I can't have blue cheese. But I dress salads lightly. -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 14:48
- I like it. - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:31
- I enjoy ranch dressing on some things that aren't salad - con_carne Feb 24, 14:26 3
  - some additional-flavors-added, ranch-type dressings for salads can be ok to me; but straight-up usually - b. Feb 24, 14:43 2
    - Oh man. To recommend combining ranch and McNuggets and then have people not like it. I feel so trashy -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:02 1
      - I felt kind of trashy for ordering, so you're in good (or bad or something) company, haha. - b. Feb 24, 15:14
- It's like, leave to Americans to figure out how to make the healthiest food in the world bad for you. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:26 16
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    - Because french fries were so healthy *before* the gravy. -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 14:51
    - ... but we don't try to fool ourselves into thinking poutine is a health food. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:41 5
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        I don't think it's that, it's that some people choose salad as a healthier choice, then load it with unhealthy dressing. -- nm - b. Feb 24, 14:47 3
        
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        Au contrare, think a good number of American equate salad (t has lettuce!) with healthy - ty97 Feb 24, 14:55 1
        
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  - I do like how Hidden Valley sells themselves as a way to trick your kids into choking down something green once in a while -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 14:38
  - how do you want your salad? regular deep fry or extra crispy? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 14:27
  - Careful. 1000 Island originates in the St. Lawrence area. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:26 5
    - does anyone over the age of 12 use 1000 island? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:27 4
      - A man can't live on vinegar alone and we've already discussed ranch.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:38
      - I like it once in a while. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 14:32
      - when I make reuben sandwiches, it's a must. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 14:30
      - It's my favorite salad dressing, so, there's at least one of us who does! -- nm - kelly Feb 24, 14:28
- Objectively. nm - Dignan Feb 24, 14:24
- catalina -- nm - dogbert Feb 24, 14:21
- #TeamRanchSux -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:20
- They're all awful. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:19
- Yes. -- nm - nubby Feb 24, 14:17
- Unpossible. While Italian dressing survives, ranch dressing will never be the worst. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 14:17 5
  - Italian is just oil, water and herbs. That's like, every other salad dressing except 1000 and Russian. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:21 2
    - oil, vinegar and... -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:21 1
      - ... sweat. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:41
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    - Totally dope marinade. And I love me some balsamic vinaigrette. But store-bought "Eye-Talian" (as my grandfather used to say) is just ... awful. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 14:32
- liar -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 14:15
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- it's supposed to be used instead of buttermilk, when preparing fried chicken -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 14:14
- werd. -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:14
st knows all. recommend a mandoline for me (I need one, I'm supposed to make zucchini chips for something this weekend). -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:13 13
- you probably already have one on your cheese grater - con_carne Feb 24, 14:22 5
  - umm, i dont even think i have a cheese grater. -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:25 4
    - well, how do you make quesadillas, then? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:26 3
      - umm..... walks into a corner to cry for his lost love of quesadilias. - Truman Feb 24, 14:32 1
        
        I can't remember, can you have goat cheese? if so, I've had really tasty butternut squash and g.c. quesadillas. -- nm - b. Feb 24, 14:51
      - open a package of shredded cheese cause...amurica! -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 14:28
- a basic $20 works best, a fancy metal $120 is a PITA...get one in a chinese/asian store -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 14:20
- Not sure how this is going to help . . . - pmb Feb 24, 14:20
- mandolin wind -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 24, 14:18 [youtube]
- Here you go -- (link) - Roger More Feb 24, 14:14 3
  - And it's apparently b. approved! -- nm - Roger More Feb 24, 14:15 2
    - well, they do sell it in red and orange. (I have no idea if b. would approve of those colors). -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 14:16 1
      - b. approves of the colors and the mandolin, but not at the current price. it's usually 30-something. I'd check other sites for a better price, or - b. Feb 24, 14:39
How to push money influence out of politics by emulating the already-successful marriage equality and marijuana legalization movements -- (link) - con_carne Feb 24, 14:10
Nobody wants to dance with Sam Bradford. -- nm - Ultron Feb 24, 14:08 1
- They're afraid he'll blow out his knee dancing. -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 14:44
I knew 5 of them. -- nm - nubby Feb 24, 14:07
Aww, I didn't subscribe to the Network until the week before WrestleMania. - Tim Feb 24, 14:07 4
- And they are now supposedly enforcing one login at a time. - Tim Feb 24, 14:19 2
  - I imagine the code is locked to the account as well. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 14:24 1
    - shop accounts are separate from Network accounts, so I'm not sure. -- nm - Tim Feb 24, 14:26
- Is this where I'm supposed to cut my promo about how you help me and I help you? I can describe that kind of thing in one word and I'll spell it. - Qale Feb 24, 14:19
I can't say it any better than ML: "DDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!" -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 14:07 1
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- Sling has the ESPN channels. -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 14:25
- Streamtorrent for live games. HD-Sportsbits.org for NBA/NFL. I am not really into baseball. - GregW Feb 24, 14:23
- 16-20 games following your local football team, most any bar in america, following baseball, well that's a lot of beer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 14:23
- The only thing keeping me on cable. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:21
- MLB At Bat for $20/season, gets me the audio for every game. - Tim Feb 24, 14:15 2
  - This. It also does not black out local games. -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 14:19 1
    - and if I really want, they do show one game free daily, unless it's the Mets or Yankees, then it's blacked out. - Tim Feb 24, 14:21
- That's been my biggest struggle. So much college football is on cable (not networks) -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 14:14
- Illegal online streams? Live sports, especially the Yankees, are probably the only reason I haven't cut the cord. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:13 3
  - *is probably* -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:14 2
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      - It sucks that we're stuck paying so much just for sports. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:19
- Having next to no interest in it helps a lot. But things I am interested in are available free-to-air (Olympics, Super Bowl) or on line (World Cup) - Roger More Feb 24, 14:11 1
  - Was the Superbowl available this year on CTV website for free? (with commercials of course) -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 24, 14:27
- ESPN3 helps some. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 14:09
- Listen to the radio, head out to a sports bar, or watch games online when they're available. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 14:08
- totally ignore it on the tv over the pregnant woman until all the birthing requirements are finished -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 14:08
- watch what is shown on the OTA networks. If i really want to see something, go to a sports bar. - Truman Feb 24, 14:08
- Don't worry about it. -- nm - iSpam Feb 24, 14:07
- In the future, people will use services like Sling to get ESPN anyway. - David Feb 24, 14:06
- MLB package -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 14:05 6
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    - Yup. It's only good if you don't live in the city of the team you root for. No good for Yankee games here. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:15 4
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        I don't like our radio team much so I need the TV. Though, that's not much better. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 14:37
        
        *sports bars* -- nm - Andie Feb 24, 14:30 1
        
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- Read books. -- nm - Ultron Feb 24, 14:05 1
  - Recreate the matches in vidya games. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 14:07
[an error occurred while processing this cut cord directive] -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 14:03
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- For the last time, no. - Ultron Feb 24, 14:04

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