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Spotted on a hairdresser website: "Apply for a career at this location" - am I alone in finding that phrasing really awkward? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 12:17 5
- It's serious turf business. You try to go for a career at another location, hairdressers will cut a bitch. -- nm - Max Apr 9, 12:19
- ??? -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:18 3
  - Can one apply for a career, or is a career something earned over time? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 12:20 2
    - Ah. Was not sure what part had you. They are trying to play it up. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:22
    - (I've worked at only one company where it was true that you could apply for a career there. They had plenty of lifelong employees.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 12:21
Harvey done. 91 pitches, 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K. - Tim Apr 9, 12:11 4
- Done for today or done for good? -- nm - amoxy Apr 9, 12:20 1
  - He feels that major league hitters have had enough for today. -- nm - Tim Apr 9, 12:22
- Nice line. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 12:17
- Maybe give him an extra treat tonight, Andie. nm - Dignan Apr 9, 12:17
Sprinkler on in the back yard. I love watching my kids interact with a sprinkler. effin hilarious -- nm - CQ Apr 9, 12:10 1
- Debating politics? -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:15
I was about to post that the board is slow and then I looked at the clock and realized that actually, it is the afternoon that is slow. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:09
Groiny, I have no idea what happened, but I can't get back online. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:04 6
- well, we are still fucking with swordbearers -- nm - groiny Apr 9, 12:09 1
  - Get yo Gjallarhorn! -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 12:17
- Uhm... ST *is* online. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:04 3
  - Ive been asked to join the "real" ST -- nm - eag Apr 9, 12:10
  - www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts -- nm - Max Apr 9, 12:07
  - You took the wrong pill, Neo. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:06
ST Poll: If you were to start writing books to self-publish on Amazon, what niche market would you write for? - oblique Apr 9, 12:02 10
- How to *really* get away with murder. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:24
- ... does this count? -- (link) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 9, 12:18
- Sci fi. The next "wool" or "Martian" -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 9, 12:16
- make up books - Epiphany Apr 9, 12:12 2
  - TV anchor make up. with hidef, even small amounts can look horrid. if they are shooting outside in winter that is other dynamics which must be adressd -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 12:15
  - "You're driving, I need to fix my makeup in the car. For *me*, not her. I don't want to scare anyone." -- nm - Schmidt Apr 9, 12:15
- dinosaur erotica - decline Apr 9, 12:11 1
  - esp The Brontosaurus. It is making a comeback -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 12:11
- Well, that's easy. YA Fantasy. - Kim Pine Apr 9, 12:03 1
  - Sure you have. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:04
And reports on that other site that this new movie about avenging things (anyone heard of it?) might be selling well -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 11:57 1
- It may be the movie I see in the theater this year. -- nm - decline Apr 9, 11:59
CA regulators fine Pacific Gas & Electric a record $1.6B for violating state and federal pipeline safety standards in deadly 2010 San Bruno blast -- (link) - con_carne Apr 9, 11:53
DoesCQhaveadingeryet.com -- nm - CQ Apr 9, 11:52 1
- If I could give you one of mine, I would. - Ultron Apr 9, 11:56
It appears we may have a third 'wide' opener this week - ty97 Apr 9, 11:51 1
- the IPO has " hard candy" written all over it - which is not a bad thing - Epiphany Apr 9, 12:08
8 inventions that might emerge before the Leafs win their next Stanley Cup....(link) - Walt_Disney Apr 9, 11:50 2
- Warp Drive. -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 11:51 1
  - heh. I was about to post, "Intelligent life on other planets". -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 11:53
There's a goat at ESPN -- (link) - ty97 Apr 9, 11:49 7
- "Say hi to your mother for me." -- nm - budice Apr 9, 11:57
- Our long national nightmare is over. -- (link) - Ultron Apr 9, 11:54 1
  - He got lost on the way to Wrigley. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 12:02
- Smarter than half the on-air 'talent'. -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:53
- F'in Cubs -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 11:51
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- SCAPEY!!! -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 11:49
Apparently MLB At Bat now has Lowes as a sponsor so instead of silence during the local commericals I get one Lowes ad and then silence every half. -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:48 3
- Oh, that explains it. - Tim Apr 9, 11:49 2
  - Yeah, in prior years they just let the commercials run (usually). I think that's why Jack and I had the issue of a dead feed until the first pitch Mon -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:52 1
    - Yup, last year it was like same five ads on the Mets station here. I didn't notice the Lowe's ad until just now. - Tim Apr 9, 11:54
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- What a joke of a system. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 12:03 3
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    - Yup. I can go to work after I get out so why can't they? This is hurting college ball and not really helping the pros at all. - Krusty Apr 9, 12:20
  - Not UK, the NCAA. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 12:03
- Ranks them preseason #1 -- nm - AP Poll Apr 9, 11:50
- The Browns will trade up to take one of them. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 11:49
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- 7 of them, anyway. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 11:43
your line: mary, it doesn't matter how cute the house is. you *can't* live on the HP bus route. -- nm - amanda Apr 9, 11:32 5
- Could you even *imagine* the HP bus route every day? Man.... -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:36 3
  - I keep telling myself "maybe I could walk to the B. it's only four blocks." - amanda Apr 9, 11:51 1
    - When the B is your best case scenario, that's a problem. -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:54
  - Yeah, good point. mary, it doesn't matter how cute the house is. you *can't* live on the HP bus route. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 11:41
- I hear the HP bus route is also known as "Raisin Alley" -- nm - Max Apr 9, 11:35
News we never thought we would hear. - Ultron Apr 9, 11:31
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sitwap? Uber is putting a breathalizer stand in Toronto that will hail you a cab if you're drunk -- (link) - decline Apr 9, 11:20
General Electric selling $30 billion (with a b) real estate portfolio. -- (link) - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 11:11
Tiger Woods watch... - MDH Apr 9, 11:09 6
- Tom Watson came in at -1. I love how he still seems to get it togethr to play in the majors. -- nm - pmb Apr 9, 12:18
- Second Hole - MDH Apr 9, 11:25 2
  - meanwhile, someone's playing really well, right? - Reagen Apr 9, 11:27 1
    - Clubhouse Leader is -5. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 11:33
- No match for the Apple watch. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 11:14 1
  - "Driveway clear, gun it in reverse." -- nm - Tiger Woods Watch Apr 9, 11:17
I don't feel super. rx for that is six pack of oreos, right? or is it nutter butters? -- nm - amanda Apr 9, 11:08 6
- both -- nm - chad Apr 9, 11:28 1
  - Damn right, Chad! -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 12:04
- What about those wonderful artifical orange peanut butter crackers? -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 11:25
- Pretzel nuggets and dip - ty97 Apr 9, 11:19
- Normally I'd suggest taking a meeting -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 11:10 1
  - seems like a viable option -- nm - Epiphany Apr 9, 11:26
SHIELD spinoff TV show in the works -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 11:04 17
- Cool! More Agent Carter, too, please. -- nm - TWuG Apr 9, 11:09 6
  - I know I'm in the minority here, but I found Carter very meh (and still have 2-3 eps on DVR unwatched) - decline Apr 9, 11:10 5
    - I will join your minority, and become Emperor. - Ultron Apr 9, 12:03 3
      - I actually enjoyed more than I thought - eag Apr 9, 12:08 2
        
        I debated fast forwarding through to watch those parts but we needed the DVR space. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:16 1
        
        If they reshow it in the summer - eag Apr 9, 12:23
    - I would rather see an Agent Carter's Private Beach Party spin-off. -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 11:59
- What was the last spinoff of a spinoff that lasted more than a season? (other than NCIS/L&O) -- nm - Max Apr 9, 11:08 9
  - Good Times. :) -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 9, 11:30
  - Would you consider ST:DS9 to be a spin-off of ST:TNG? - oblique Apr 9, 11:26 2
    - Yes. The events of TNG lead into DS9. Voyager would be a spinoff of DS9 - TWuG Apr 9, 11:28 1
      - Of course, spun off the original ST -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 11:29
  - Spinoff of a spinoff? I thnk the NCIS stuff is the only thing that's lasted - TWuG Apr 9, 11:20
  - Flash spun off Arrow and should see multiple seasons; with at least one more spinoff on the way -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 11:10 1
    - oops, think I read the initial question wrong -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 11:11
  - vampire diaries, of course. -- nm - amanda Apr 9, 11:08 1
    - the Originals is quite a good show. -- nm - decline Apr 9, 11:11
You step out that door...you're an Avenger. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 9, 11:04
With all the hate for single player campaign lengths in video games these days, here's another speedrun. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 9, 10:58 5
- I can't remember the game, but people were beating one recent game in 6 hours. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 9, 11:30 1
  - Some guy did a Bloodborne speedrun in 44 minutes. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 11:31
- 25 is still decent and if 50 is the average for a normal run, that's very respectable -- nm - decline Apr 9, 11:14 2
  - But if half of that involves walking and filler quests, meh - Guigue Apr 9, 11:18 1
    - They've gone on record saying that exhausting the content is about 200 hours. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 11:32
why go to all the trouble of cutting down trees to make wood to make furniture? just grow them *as* furniture. -- (link) - Andie Apr 9, 10:49 4
- You think the wait time for custom furniture is bad now? If you want these for your retirement cottage you'd better order when you start working :) -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 11:29
- Very! -- nm - TWuG Apr 9, 11:07
- I Am Groot -- nm - Groot Apr 9, 11:06
- 3D Printers are creating furniture too. -- nm - budice Apr 9, 10:55
This is a damn fine game trailer. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 9, 10:41 [youtube] 3
- I would watch that movie. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 10:58
- I played the first Deus Ex game and didn't like it for various reasons. I wonder if anything has improved? -- nm - decline Apr 9, 10:48 1
  - I tried to play the first one but got bored so not sure about the game itself, but they can make a kickass trailer :) -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:53
Sabra hummus recall due to possible listeria -- (link) - con_carne Apr 9, 10:40 1
- Well, crud. I just finished off the last of a container about an hour ago. - TWuG Apr 9, 10:44
On a happier note, the trailer for Netflix's "Grace and Frankie" with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, and Sam Waterson -- (link) - MDH Apr 9, 10:38 [youtube]
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This DC Murder makes me feel for those who can't accept themselves, also if this woman gets off for her bs "imperfect self-defense" things will burn. -- (link) - MDH Apr 9, 10:34 1
- That is...an uncomfortable font. nm - Dignan Apr 9, 10:38
Here's how you handle the first round of the NFL draft. "Ozzie, who you like?" *pick that dude* - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:29
Destiny: Is the Vault of Glass too easy on normal mode? You could try this. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 9, 10:25
Man is there anything worse than a tie that is too short to tuck into itself and keeps splaying left and right? *anything??* -- nm - Max Apr 9, 10:24 17
- a zipper that won't stay up....jacket with sleeves a little too short, a shirt with a button that just won't stay closed, and yesterday - zeitgeist Apr 9, 10:47 1
  - But you kept the rest of the outfit? -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 10:49
- people still wear ties? -- nm - decline Apr 9, 10:42 7
  - in my san fran days near daily, now hardly ever, last time I took a dress shirt out of the closet it had dust epillets -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 10:48 1
    - The fooking priest didn't have a dress shirt or even a tie on!!! -- nm - random wedding review writer Apr 9, 10:54
  - speaking of: Has ST seen the story of the guy who showed up in business casual and than Obama and Orrin Hatch joined the meeting? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 10:44 3
    - The worst part? - Ultron Apr 9, 11:28
    - oh whatever, isn't Obama the disgraceful president who doesn't wear a jacket in the Oval office? -- nm - Max Apr 9, 10:59
    - Thanks, Obama -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 9, 10:52
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 10:43
- that Kenyan massacre last week? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 9, 10:41
- It's the fifth horseman. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:29
- eldredge knot. learn it, love it. there's no tucking in the thin end into the tag. that's bush league -- nm - CQ Apr 9, 10:26 4
  - I see someone wearing that knot I'm just going to assume they're having a worse day than I am. -- nm - Max Apr 9, 11:07
  - that's like the snootiest of knots -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:31
  - I've never seen (or heard of this) before. That's an odd lookin' knot -- nm - prayformojo Apr 9, 10:28 1
    - I've never tried it before, but Max doesn't know this. Let him wonder -- nm - CQ Apr 9, 10:30
I'd have no problem with Cooper (or Scherff). Accentuating a team strength is important as addressing weaknesses. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:23 5
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  - A lot of people think that he doesn't get past 7. The Jets make the most sense at 6. - David Apr 9, 10:28 3
    - Did I read that Jake Long got cut? - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:30 1
      - Yeah, he's had two ACL tears, so he's too expensive for his situation. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:32
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- It is a good thing this is a season 2 of a popular show because otherwise that is a blah trailer. -- nm - Ultron Apr 9, 12:10
- oh. my. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 9, 10:53
- oh Officer McAdams, just cuff me to my bed and get on with it already. -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 10:43
- Riggins! -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:28
- I still can't see Vaughn being a good fit for this project -- nm - prayformojo Apr 9, 10:26
*trades first post for a ham sandwich* -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 10:22 3
- "Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor." -- nm - Roger More Apr 9, 10:40
- You got fleeced. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:29
- *trades ham sandwich for Rolls Royce -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 10:25

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