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1st Yankee hit after 4 2/3 innings. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 11:32 11
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  - he can't help himself. When budice gets into a sporting event, he keeps everyone updated :) -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 11:34 5
    - he can go back to his normal all-day activity of posting scantily clad women anytime now. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:36 4
      - Here ya go! -- (link) - Budice si Apr 6, 11:41 3
        
        How about some real links? -- (link) - Ultron Apr 6, 11:42 1
        
        Jeebus, did she clunk the kid in front of her? - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:46
        
        it's a classic. and he looked *good*. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:42
  - this happens every Opening Day on ST. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:33
- Have the Cubs started yet? -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 11:32 2
  - Nope; still stuck in line for the toilet. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:34 1
    - omg -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:34
i would *love* to (try to) play FFB but I know for a fact it would drive me batshit crazy and make football unfun for me. - Diva Apr 6, 11:30 4
- But think how fun it would be to see your opponent starting Philip Rivers - Strongbad Apr 6, 11:40 3
  - what makes you think she would be playing Bacon each week? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 11:45
  - Phillip Rivers won me many weeks and a crap load of money. -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 11:42
  - I'd be so inept I'm sure that wouldn't happen nearly enough. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:41
Clemson suspends frat (SAE) over "Cripmas" party, 2 dozen students suspended -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 6, 11:22 7
- Nubbahs with attitude -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 11:38
- they just trying to walk a mile in a brother's shoes...what, do mediterranians complain about Toga parties? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:35
- Yet if I wear a Kiss Me I'm Irish shirt on St. Patrick's Day, nobody blinks. America is weird. -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 11:35 4
  - next month is cinco de mayo....gets out that tourist sombrero -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:42 1
    - What a time to be alive for the easily offended -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 11:44
  - But that's a day it's okay to stereotype the Irish, so it's cool. -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 11:37 1
    - We can take the day away -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 11:39
Rand Paul seems to stray from libertarian roots as he courts GOP base -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 6, 11:20 1
- I like waffles. -- nm - Rand Paul Apr 6, 11:22
I'm going to say it's worse than the Barium. - Qale Apr 6, 11:13 13
- just curious- did they rule out a kidney stone? -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 11:41 4
  - Was not ever part of the program. - Qale Apr 6, 11:46 2
    - Kidney stone would show up on the CT abdomen/pelvis which I think you already had. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 6, 11:47 1
      - Right. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 11:50
  - I am sure they did... before they took him down this path. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 6, 11:43
- what did they do to you this time? dayam in two weeks I gotta go for a colonoscopy -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:38 3
  - prep for the same. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 11:40 2
    - can you mix some vodka into the jug of juice you have to drink the night before? - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:43 1
      - I don't think you'd want to. - Qale Apr 6, 11:45
- ~what doesn't kill you makes you stronger~ -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 11:18
- Dance through the fire. - Ultron Apr 6, 11:16 2
  - Fortunately I used to be a pro at drinking gnarly stuff. - Qale Apr 6, 11:19 1
    - *CHUG!* *CHUG!* *CHUG!* *CHUG!* -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 11:20
Boy, that third inning, with Pillar, Travis, Reyes and Martin delivering warms the heart. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 6, 11:04
Yankee fans on their feet cheering for A-Fraud. They deserve the basement this year -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 11:01 11
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  - Root for the team, not the asshat. -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 11:12 9
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      - Don't they know they're not helping get rid of him? - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:24 3
        
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        your IM is my plan since the only behavior I can control is my own. And since I can't control what others do, I will merely manage my reaction to it. - Diva Apr 6, 11:33
        
        Or you could mke a sign. -- (link) - Ultron Apr 6, 11:29 [Image]
      - it's horrible being that embarrassed by him and others' reactions. It's like having to invite your pedo uncle to your wedding every. single. day. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:18 3
        
        it's horrible being that embarrassed by niece getting married every single day. -- nm - pedo uncle Apr 6, 11:19 2
        
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        *has wedding planner call CPS on pedo uncle every. single. day* -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:22
ARod at bat... -- nm - budice Apr 6, 11:00
ack, I love when my hitters beat the shit out of my pitchers. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:59
The resolution of season one of Silicon Valley is so spectacularly awesome. -- nm - David Apr 6, 10:56
Encarnacion longball and the Yankees are off and running. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 10:56 8
- Only 161 more games to find out who gets to play even more games! -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 10:57 7
  - Communist. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:10 4
    - Hey, I get interested in October. Isn't it sad, that all you people have favorite teams. And mine wins more recent World Series and I slightly care - Bacon Apr 6, 11:14 3
      - Listen, if you didn't play fantasy sports out of fears you'd ruin leagues with ineptness, you'd never be allowed to continue in Blood Feud. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:15 2
        
        I didn't know what it would be but I knew after I hit enter something like this was coming back -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 11:17 1
        
        Welcome to SlickerTalk. Your destination for... -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 11:19
  - I *really* wish you were a taco. -- nm - David Apr 6, 11:06 1
    - taco cat spelled backwards is taco cat - Bacon Apr 6, 11:10
NBA: Paul Millsap - right shoulder sprain, will miss at least 2 games. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 10:49 2
- They'd put Ronnie in but he can't see for shit! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 11:40
- He wouldn't miss it for the world. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 6, 11:18
Do my eyes decieve me, you guys are HSX-ing again? (nm) - musubi Apr 6, 10:44 50
- hey bubers. -- nm - amanda Apr 6, 11:27
- Thanks for the reminder. I needed to set up my limit order for WBENT -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 6, 11:23
- I just play openers some weeks. Let them expire. -- nm - Zunk xometimes Apr 6, 11:04
- I play when I remember. I'm pushing towards half a beeeellion dollars right now! -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 6, 10:57
- I might pick it up again if they develop an app. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 10:55
- Me too. I'm just trying to hit a billion, though. (Currently 985.5m) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:52 5
  - This is easy - shorting FAST7, and buying SKANG and GGADO should fill half that gap - Roger More Apr 6, 10:54 4
    - When the hell did they add Gadot to Furious 7? - Will Hunting Apr 6, 10:56 3
      - Yesterday. Basically, D.Mac went to see the movie and she was in the main credits. -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 10:57
      - over the weekend. it's on the starbonds page. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:57 1
        
        Ahhh, I never read that page. :/ - Will Hunting Apr 6, 10:58
- Take it to the Movies board! -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 10:52 1
  - This. -- nm - Zunk xometimes Apr 6, 10:59
- I dabble -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:50
- yeah, but I'm not even 25% as active as I was. - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:47 6
  - back in the day when my laptop was out I'd go to the library on Saturday for free commision and call mel on Sunday to flip openers. - Diva Apr 6, 10:59 1
    - hee -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 11:04
  - errrr. I'm even less now than I was is what I meant. -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 10:50
  - heh, I was never really an intense everyday player to begin with and I'm not near to that now. -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 10:50 2
    - There was a time when I did the rest traiding pretty reguarly -- nm - eag Apr 6, 10:53 1
      - Reset -- nm - eag Apr 6, 10:54
- Sure. Got my eye on a top 500 spot. (504 currently) -- nm - volnelk Apr 6, 10:47
- Some of us never stopped -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 6, 10:46 1
  - this -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 11:41
- We even have a league! -- nm - iSpam Apr 6, 10:46
- Not all of us. I won't forgive them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 10:45 24
  - seriously. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 10:47 23
    - Yeah, Ikariam is where the real action is -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 10:50 17
      - I got bored. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:01 5
        
        I got a girlfriend then wife that cut into my playing time. But I still enjoy building bigger and badder a little bit every day -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 11:06 4
        
        Well with a GF and Wife im sure you would be real busy - eag Apr 6, 11:16 3
        
        Someone has to take up the slack for Mop. BTW mop look on the backboards. Divorced Women are your target demo now -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 11:17 2
        
        If Mop didnt know this info - eag Apr 6, 11:20 1
        
        Well, he's still new to the game. It takes awhile when you are not dating for so long. The rules all change. - Bacon Apr 6, 11:23
      - at least Ikariam recognizes when they lower the bar so low you can step over it. - Mel Profit Apr 6, 10:53 8
        
        Halts are Saturday now? Ha! Even I can do *that*. - musubi Apr 6, 11:15 1
        
        Saturday at 9pm eastern. It's comical. I haven't lost a single weekend since I've been back :) -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 11:21
        
        Saturday Halt? Heh, what a challenge -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 11:00
        
        It still pisses me the hell off. They can give me the OW derivatives and say it's the same as it used to be, but whatever. - CQ Apr 6, 10:57 4
        
        ha! = your IM. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:05
        
        it really did take away all risk, -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 11:00 2
        
        (i shorted BLAIR) - Andie Apr 6, 11:01 1
        
        I'm still angry that Austin Powers 2 had a glitched halt on Friday so that massive adjust up didn't actually hurt anyone. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:05
      - START THE DRAFT!!!!!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 10:51
      - *chuckles* -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 10:51
    - eh - it's been fun. and it's always interesting now that blockbuster season has started. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:50 4
      - i've hardly recovered from the winter blockbusters . . . still making good money off of starbonds from different things . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 10:51 3
        
        yes, we know! -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:53 2
        
        heh. hey diva, how big is your port? -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 11:00 1
        
        a/o right now 4.56B. I'm totally looking forward tonight to the cash out of the FAST7 derivatives and the AMNSP BW = $$$$. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:06
c'mon, HSX . . . really, seriously . . . i'm up just over $1M right now, largely on Frozen2 . . . someone needs to start buying back all of the stuff - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 10:43 1
- market is usually slushy, wishy washy till May when the summer surge begins -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 10:56
Repost: Reagen's Disneyland trip report -- (link) - con_carne Apr 6, 10:39 [Backboard] 7
- Wait. Wait. Wait. Rey-rey was in SoCal and didn't call me?!? - musubi Apr 6, 10:41 6
  - I feel so privileged!! ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 11:08 1
    - Do you and musubi have something you want to share? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 11:14
  - I can't wait until I finally visit Southern California and get snubbed by musubi! -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 10:53
  - I sort of assumed the 10% increase in awesomeness would just announce my presence. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 10:51 2
    - 10% increase? Did you have Larry Walker in your carryon luggage? (nm) - musubi Apr 6, 11:12 1
      - Paulina Gretzky -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:16
BTW, Jim was the big The Voice fan, right? - musubi Apr 6, 10:38 9
- The woman on Blakes team from RI is my brother's 3rd grade teacher's daughter. She's really good from what I've seen/heard. -- nm - kelly Apr 6, 11:13 2
  - Which woman? The middle aged rocker? She's one of my faves. - musubi Apr 6, 11:24 1
    - Sarah. The one with the funky glasses. -- nm - kelly Apr 6, 11:25
- Pharrell is wicked smart and it was a joy to watch him steal people in the beginning -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:49 1
  - This is exactly how I feel. There was only one time he surprised me. - musubi Apr 6, 11:09
- I bailed on the Voice a couple seasons ago. Once I got over the Adam/Blake bro-mance, the show just started to bug me. -- nm - ???? Apr 6, 10:47
- Locally, we had 2 contestants on it, and I still couldn't get into it again. - Will Hunting Apr 6, 10:47 2
  - Your IM is what I figure, but - musubi Apr 6, 11:10 1
    - He's had several "Legitimate" wins....but he's also had several, "Wait, what the hell is that person still in there?" - Will Hunting Apr 6, 11:29
FAST 7 was underestimated by about 3 million. $146.5MM (sitwap) -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:35 10
- SSee? You all better turn that short around! -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 10:36 9
  - how much is commission now? 3% ? 5% is it worth to cover? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:41 4
    - It's 1% each trade. There's no reason to cover. The under-estimate was worth $8 in HSX terms. This still likelly a 6-7mil short. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 10:48 3
      - "Furious 7 drops only 19% on its second weekend" -- nm - Bad Case Scenario News Apr 6, 10:51 1
        
        If it drops less than 45%, I will go vegetarian until it delists. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 10:53
      - gracias -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:48
  - Love to hear percussion. Turn it upside down. Love to hear percussion. Love to hear it. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 10:39
  - no way. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:36 2
    - Monday #s just came in and it made another $20M!!! -- nm - Ultron Apr 6, 10:37 1
      - heh... -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:38
One of these days I'll need you people to tell me what to buy on HSX. I still have over a billion in cash. -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 10:35 5
- I just periodically go under "release schedule" and buy everything that appears to be wide release for the next year+ -- nm - volnelk Apr 6, 10:45
- I just went under a billion but own just about everything. -- nm - iSpam Apr 6, 10:43
- we should poll, and have everyone actively playing post a stock or bond that is underpriced. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:42 1
  - absolutely. I vote Charlie Hunnam. haaaaaa -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:44
- you can always buy PINK2 ! -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 10:38

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