ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 150

Harry Potter 7 major spoilers - Beaker Apr 4, 18:47
Bye bye Duda. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 18:26
"oh come on. There's worse things than an attractive man touching your body." - rollo Apr 4, 18:18
christian minister claims she has the gifts of prophecy . . . for movie plots -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 18:17
The Rock lip syncs to Taylor Swift's Shake it Off - he gets into it. pretty cameo of Christy Teagon -- (link) -- (link) -- (link) - Epiphany Apr 4, 18:15 [youtube] 1
- That's fantastic. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 18:48
Meanwhile in the NBA... - David Apr 4, 18:11 2
- Joe Johnson - 4 points -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 18:13 1
  - (Hawks are 13 for 20 from 3PT) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 18:14
this is genius: lesbians earn 33% more than straight women -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 17:55 3
- I miss karebud. -- nm - David Apr 4, 17:57 2
  - Kare's actually quite busy on FB -- nm - budice Apr 4, 18:30 1
    - all that quinoa and kale ain't gonna recipe themselves -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 18:31
My wish? Ashley Judd in tears! -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 17:51
If Wonder Woman doesn't get pants...*nobody* gets pants -- (link) - znufrii Apr 4, 17:41
Rihanna in da hizzie..wow -- nm - budice Apr 4, 17:40
I could not have named the Tool song. Or that it was Tool. - ty97 Apr 4, 17:38 6
- I know it's my wheelhouse but I think the sound like no one else. I agree that the masses likely didn't know who they were - Epiphany Apr 4, 18:07 3
  - I was in college so certainly aware of them, they just weren't a band I was into - ty97 Apr 4, 18:09 1
    - Shrunken is the perfect word. I had forgotten the college angle -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 18:30
  - they're no Trooper -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 18:09
- "AC/DC!" -- nm - ty97 si Apr 4, 18:00
- a mark of distinction -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 17:39
"You're handsome, daddy. And that means ... - Beryllium Apr 4, 17:38
Shut up and take my money, Mad Max! -- nm - David Apr 4, 17:37
So, that sucked. - David Apr 4, 17:23 5
- 93,114th - 99.2% -- nm - Ultron Apr 4, 17:29 4
  - Where is the link on the new ESPN? -- nm - David Apr 4, 17:38 3
    - My bookmark. -- (link) - Ultron Apr 4, 17:49 2
      - Wow, Duke betaing Gonzaga destroyed me. - David Apr 4, 17:56 1
        
        Duke beating Utah was my death. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 18:01
I forgot the Final Four was on. Is it too late for me to root for Duke? I want to help Jenbro's team -- nm - Bacon Apr 4, 17:07 6
- smh -- nm - Pixie si Apr 4, 17:47 2
  - what'd i do?! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 17:49 1
    - I stole your "smh" for Bacon screwing overMSU withhis jinx miss. -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 17:53
- Nothing can help Jenbro - ty97 Apr 4, 17:17 2
  - Yeah, I had this game in my brackets with MS losing. - Ultron Apr 4, 17:19 1
    - Yep ... Time for "OnWisconsin!" -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 17:48
Rob Ford elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame Board -- (link) - Beaker Apr 4, 17:00
[deleted] 1
- Here here! -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 17:49
Well this game is close. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 16:42
Wow, 12 Monkeys just keeps getting better and better. - Covington Apr 4, 16:32
I love that Tubthumping seemed to be the most liked song. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 4, 16:09 16
- especially since Amnesia is far superior -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 18:36 1
  - I don't remember. -- nm - Tim Apr 4, 18:42
- "And the pointing. There's a lot of pointing with boy bands." -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 17:59
- that was fun to watchso I watched others and.... arya stark reacts to the NES system -- (link) - dogbert Apr 4, 17:01 [youtube]
- Is that the one the said sounded like Panic at the Disco -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 16:20 2
  - I think that was Green Day -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 4, 16:28 1
    - Ahhh - Epiphany Apr 4, 17:00
- It's also amusing that you can go from "biggest song in the history of ever" to "never heard of you" in 15 years. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 16:17 8
  - How many one hit wonders can you name from 10 years before you were born? -- nm - iSpam Apr 4, 17:19 2
    - If just asked to list them cold, probably not as many as would like to think. But if asked to listen to a selection.. - JD Apr 4, 18:44
    - with the 60's? pretty good. many of the ones they used weren't one hit wonders though -- nm - dogbert Apr 4, 17:34
  - this is what I thought as well... - Mel Profit Apr 4, 16:43 2
    - My bands were Van Halen, Def Leppard, The Police and U2. - Ultron Apr 4, 17:17
    - surprise me how obscure... - Mel Profit Apr 4, 16:45
  - Exactly -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 16:19 1
    - I've always found One Sweet Day to be rather tuneless anyway. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 16:20
universe, you are letting me down. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 16:05 1
- Ran out of money? -- nm - budice Apr 4, 16:08
Apparently the Galaxy S6 bends at the exact same pressure as the iPhone does. -- (link) - iSpam Apr 4, 15:56 1
- DOOOOM -- nm - Volnelk Apr 4, 16:06
I'm blaming JenBro -- nm - prayformojo Apr 4, 15:54 1
- Blame Max! -- nm - Pixie si Apr 4, 16:02
okay, i will never understand HSX . . . a lot of stocks are crashing as people free up $$ for Frozen and Furious ... and yet ... - call me Ishmael Apr 4, 15:46 1
- it's only about 50% "play the game." the other half is "play the players." if you haven't learned this in ten years... -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Apr 4, 16:55
Will only get this answered on ST. Are these the regular Duke home uniforms? -- nm - Zunk xometimes Apr 4, 15:42 2
- They are since Feb -- nm - JD Apr 4, 16:00 1
  - Thanks. Finally found something. "March Madness Edition ". Weird of me not to notice before now. - Zunk xometimes Apr 4, 16:08
From the SVP show, if it's Duke vs UK, who does America root for? Both fan bases would be intolerable. - Volnelk Apr 4, 15:38 2
- Indiana collapses into a sinkhole - Reagen Apr 4, 15:42 1
  - Nuke it from orbit. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:43
Not learning how to drive a stick shift once you've been cast for TAR. Stupid stupid stupid. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:37 25
- What's really fascinating is that this season's format laid the ground work for this to happen. Cause that was definitely a first. - Jovian Apr 4, 16:41
- Yup. -- nm - David Apr 4, 15:54
- Careful. I brought it up and got blasted. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 4, 15:39 22
  - Nah, you're right. If you get cast on TAR and don't learn how to drive a stick, you're just naive. Or stupid. Or both. - Kim Pine Apr 4, 16:28 6
    - I started to learn to drive on a standard. My mother was so worried I'd strip the gears she paid for lessons. I haven't driven a standard since. - Covington Apr 4, 16:35 3
      - I learned in a '58 Holden (Australian Chevy) with a stick shift on the steering column. In the '70s I drove a manual Corvair. - Meg Apr 4, 16:42 2
        
        I was in the market for a used car when I was 20 or so, found a good deal on a VW, bought it and then had my ex teach me how to drive it. - kelly Apr 4, 16:49 1
        
        I bet you *really* regret not keeping it. - Dignan Apr 4, 17:49
    - Mmhmm -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 16:34
    - ^5 -- nm - Volnelk Apr 4, 16:30
  - You didn't get blasted, you asked the wrong question. And (spoiler) - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:42 2
    - And... - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:56 1
      - Ok. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 4, 15:59
  - That's as bad as being cast on Survivor and not knowing how to swim. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:40 11
    - or start a fire -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 15:55
    - That's what I said! :-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 15:41 9
      - For something like AR, even if you knew how to drive manual, it would be well worth the effort to practice on a right hand steer vehicle - JD Apr 4, 15:45 8
        
        Where are you going to do that? - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:53 7
        
        places like the Vegas race track where you can rent cars there to drive on the track -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 4, 16:43 1
        
        or contact a vintage Jaguar or Rolls Royce club -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 4, 16:44
        
        Around here (So-Cal) there's more than a few grey market tuner cars - JD Apr 4, 15:58 4
        
        They don't usually make them drive in India. - tobor.2 Apr 4, 16:01 3
        
        And they drive on the other sidd of the street in those places, not just the other side of the car. - tobor.2 Apr 4, 16:04 1
        
        Well, yeah. That's the more fundamental change and thus the change in the steering wheel location -- nm - JD Apr 4, 16:11
        
        *nod*. Would be a special type of test to have them drive in India....or China -- nm - JD Apr 4, 16:04
Looking for Fitbit recommendations. Do you have one, or a competitor version that you like? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:36 12
- Old lady question. Do all of these need to be synced with a phone or are there ones that work with a usb connection? - Meg Apr 4, 16:33 3
  - Mine *can* be synced with a phone, but the main connection is computer. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 4, 17:01 2
    - Ah, thank you. I'll have to look at it. Weightwatchers keeps pushing theirs but I don't want to pay for eTools. -- nm - Meg Apr 4, 17:03 1
      - Fitbit has lots of different options and prices. You can sync to WW, too. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 4, 17:26
- (It also has the watch function and also buzzes when I get a call or text.) - Kim Pine Apr 4, 16:31
- I have the Charge and I love it. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 4, 16:30
- I have a fitbit flex and love it -- nm - decline Apr 4, 15:46
- I like the Surge, because it looks like a watch and also does call and text notifications. - Reagen Apr 4, 15:41
- My iPhone tracks my steps and flights. Th -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 15:38 1
  - But not everyone has a M7 equipped iPhone --nm - JD Apr 4, 15:48
- Also looking for recs on companion apps. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:38
- we have Garmin's and like them -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 15:37
Why did I bother combing my hair this morning. It would have looked the same if I hadn't. - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:28
MSU or Duke - who ya got? -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 15:16 11
- Go Green! -- nm - JenBro Apr 4, 15:33
- msu -- nm - budice Apr 4, 15:20 6
  - nmb budice - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:29 5
    - Not if he's smart. -- nm - David Apr 4, 17:49
    - yes -- nm - budice Apr 4, 16:07 3
      - He's available for the right price. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 16:55 2
        
        Make an counter-offer -- nm - budice Apr 4, 17:45 1
        
        (sent) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 18:12
- Duke sucks. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:19 2
  - I take this to mean "I hate Duke, but they are going to win, Dammit!" -- nm - amoxy Apr 4, 15:31 1
    - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 15:36
OK universe, you have a 25% chance of getting this right. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 15:10
Indy Final Four court looks exactly like what they did for Houston -- nm - budice Apr 4, 15:10
yummm...like me sum Kennedy -- nm - budice Apr 4, 15:00 4
- the crazy right-wing veejay from MTV? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 15:09 2
  - I had no idea until very recently that she was a conservative. - Tim Apr 4, 17:28 1
    - she didn't hide it very well -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 4, 17:36
- That was a cool Anthem. Should get Elton John for the Natl Championship -- nm - budice Apr 4, 15:02
I'm in a family "fun" center. Send help and booze. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 13:51 14
- The new trend in bars/microbreweries is family friendy. Not kidding. - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:13 3
  - I think that's going to work as well as it did for Vegas - JD Apr 4, 15:30 1
    - So far it's working for the nearest one. On the other hand there are a lot more bars opening in the area. - tobor.2 Apr 4, 15:40
  - At Rock n' Brew they have a jungle gym thing for kids. And I'm pretty sure they took their time serving our rounds so we wouldn't be shitfaced - con_carne Apr 4, 15:25
- Taking the youngsters to Disneyland exempt you from these places for 6-8 weeks at minimum -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 14:56 2
  - ^should -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 14:56 1
    - Deserve's got nothing to do with it -- nm - Unforgillian Apr 4, 15:04
- Hang onto your wallet! -- nm - budice Apr 4, 14:46
- Procreation is a bitch and family fun is it -- nm - Bacon Apr 4, 14:22 1
  - SFEK!! I hate you enter key, I hate you with all my being -- nm - Bacon Apr 4, 14:22
- We'll send be children booze. That should help. -- nm -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 14:21
- You aren't having fun? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 4, 14:03 1
  - it's a bit like purchasing tears on a layaway program. -- nm - Reagen Apr 4, 14:23
- At minimum booze - JD Apr 4, 13:59
PSA from the Trailer Park Boys -- (link) - Beaker Apr 4, 13:21 [youtube] 1
- I haven't watched in years, but the TPB will always have a place in my heart. -- nm - Shaun Apr 4, 14:43

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)