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And I can also share now that I was put on panel for a trial. - ty97 Apr 23, 16:33 5
- quick, have your company print out an itinerary that has you leaving Monday, see judge tix are paid, I gotta go -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 23, 20:57
- whoa! -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 17:21
- Ek! -- nm - amoxy Apr 23, 16:35
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  - You could hear the air go out of the room. -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 16:35
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- Oops. Can we have a re-do? -- nm - Mel Kipor Apr 23, 16:38
- Tremendous. -- nm - David Apr 23, 16:34 1
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M. Knight Shalyman and his new 'found footage' movie: The Visit -- (link) - Remlik Apr 23, 16:14 [youtube] 2
- That looks soooo bad -- nm - Guigue Apr 23, 17:56
- Some things shouldn't be found -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 16:17
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Sequel to Hit Theaters in 2017 -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 23, 16:13 4
- starring Wolverine & Marvel Girl? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 23, 16:34
- Unless we can all recall the safe word. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:13 2
  - You're having a good board. -- nm - David Apr 23, 16:35
  - Please Stop? -- nm - eag Apr 23, 16:26
Oh? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Apr 23, 15:50
ST will be pleased to know that my jury duty is complete and I will not have to serve again until 2021 -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 15:35 9
- Why would this please me? - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 15:46 1
  - While at the same time being sworn not to dish about the actual case. This is really the worst possible outcome -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 15:50
- And by then the asteroid would have hit or the machines take over - eag Apr 23, 15:44
- Wow. In Illinois it's only 2 years. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:43
- woo! (you're covered for more than one court there?) -- nm - b. Apr 23, 15:40 4
  - Yeah, they have a deal with Feds to cross-honor. -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 16:29
  - Yeah I was called for county and then Fed within six months. -- nm - iSpam Apr 23, 16:00 1
    - Same here. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 23, 16:28
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I'm being made to go through a Project Management exercise so futile and asinine that I think my eyes just twitched in frustration. - Mel Profit Apr 23, 15:31 4
- But did u sing something at the subway station today - eag Apr 23, 15:34 3
  - he belted out a few lines from this album -- (link) - dogbert Apr 23, 15:36 2
    - #2,928,797 Paid in Songs ! -- (link) - Covington Apr 23, 15:58 [youtube]
    - L2 -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 15:39
So did we ever figure out exactly who was the fox and who the chickens were? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 15:24 1
- remond used to be the chicken (vegas tram), but he's gotten better - dogbert Apr 23, 15:30
Wonder what kind of preseason odds I could've gotten on a 5-0 month of April for Bartolo Colon? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 23, 15:20
pippy! - b. Apr 23, 15:19
Ed Douglas:Furious 8 announced for April 14, 2017 -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 15:15 6
- That's a weird direction for the series. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:11 2
  - he plays Statham's nephew -- nm - prayformojo Apr 23, 16:17 1
    - This one's going to be a time travel film, where they'll back in time and kill that family before any of this happens. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 16:20
- #RideOrDie -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 16:08 2
  - Looks like we go for one last ride . . . again. -- nm - Vin Diesel Apr 23, 16:12 1
    - it'll time jump 20 years and now Jack joins the crew -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 16:13
Alan Rickman and his girlfriend of 50 years (!!!) secretly married a few months ago. -- (link) - kelly Apr 23, 15:05 17
- That makes him 69. How can Alan Rickman be A -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 19:22 1
  - ... Almost 70? -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 19:23
- and apparently had the reception in Tiny House. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 15:51 1
  - "Creato omelette... Damn!" -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 15:57
- hope nobody's getting ready to die... -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 15:40 5
  - urgh...I didn't even think that. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 23, 15:45 3
    - I'm the pragmatist and you're the one that yells 'Puttin on the Ritz!!!' in South Station. It works. -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 15:59 2
      - you've (thankfully) said, "you sure you want to eat that?" -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 23, 16:03 1
        
        I can't stop giggling at what I imagine your face looks like when she says it! -- nm - JenBro Apr 23, 20:22
  - yah, that's what I was thinking, too. hopefully just way advanced prep for that in the mix. -- nm - b. Apr 23, 15:43
- Hey just like Glen and Sally someday -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 15:10
- well he held out as long as he could. -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 15:10
- ok, at 50 yrs together, somehow I think the chick'd be tired of being called his "girlfriend" -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 23, 15:05 4
  - With that accent? I doubt it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 15:13 3
    - I hope he said I Do in his Snape voice -- nm - eag Apr 23, 15:50 1
      - How is it different from his regular voice? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 15:52
    - And she might have been the holdout. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:44
why am I down two f*cking million dollars? -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Apr 23, 14:46 1
- How much did you pay for that house? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 14:50
anyone need a very interesting prohibition era corkscrew? -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 23, 14:22
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- if that's legit, that's incredible hand/eye and handspeed for a kid that age -- nm - prayformojo Apr 23, 16:41
Remlik, have you seen a promo code anywhere for the new Marvel Collector Corp subscription? - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 14:16 16
- no. I haven't seen any. I *highly* suggest you pull the trigger now. they're going to sell out. -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 14:20 15
  - Ok, thanks. Trigger pulled! - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 14:27 12
    - I see it selling on ebay for around $25 or so -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 14:39 11
      - I thought it was $150. -- nm - David Apr 23, 14:46 10
        
        It's $150 for the 1 year subscription (6 shipments). Actually comes out to about $210 with taxes and shipping. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 15:06 8
        
        Good lord, that's more than LootCrate, which is monthly. -- nm - David Apr 23, 15:08 6
        
        no it's not. Loot is $20 a month right? -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 15:16 5
        
        $16.95 * 12 = 203.40. - David Apr 23, 15:35 4
        
        Hopefully the exclusive stuff will make it worthwhile; if I'm reading it right, each box includes, in addition to the exclusive figure, a t-shirt, and - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 16:12 2
        
        Box 1 Spoliers -- (link) - JD Apr 23, 16:27 1
        
        Thanks, but I want to be surprised! -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 23, 16:37
        
        ah. but better stuff on a consistent basis I hope -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 16:02
        
        but you do get exclusive stuff for the one year membership -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 15:07
        
        looks like that was the Marvel Legends figure. I do see complete sales for as high as 38 for the funko -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 14:56
  - Is there a cut off date or just when they sell out ? -- nm - eag Apr 23, 14:27 1
    - I don't know. But I suspect they're gonna sell out with the FUnko Hulkbuster figure in the 1st pack -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 14:38
"If you see a pool of blood, dont touch it." - thanks for that advice ABC news - Jovian Apr 23, 14:10 10
- *finger - tongue - ponder* "Nope, that's not ketchup." -- nm - Max Apr 23, 18:08
- Gross story inside* - Mel Profit Apr 23, 14:56 2
  - "Puttin' on the Ritz!" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 15:01 1
    - I cracked on that. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:45
- well, ya know . . . some people just have to be told -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 23, 14:51
- where, exactly, does one stumble upon pools of blood? -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 14:12 2
  - This would be an appropriate question for the new "Ask Dignan" advice column -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 14:18
  - Apparantly in the middle of the woods where a coyote may or may not have been shot. -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 14:13
- unfortunately, some people aren't as smart as you. or, you know, they're vampires. -- nm - b. Apr 23, 14:12
- hand? -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 14:11
Jeni's icecream is recalling all products and closing all stores due to listeria - TWuG Apr 23, 14:09 10
- as one of the nations largest ice cream makers. Blue Bell probably does a lot of private labelling. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 23, 14:23 1
  - looks like this is separate. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 23, 14:29
- Interesting. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 14:22
- I made my own ice cream last night. this time it came out fluffier than most times. usually it is like a rock. what I did different this time was - Peglegpete Apr 23, 14:20 5
  - interesting -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 15:00 3
    - i'v made ice cream dozens of times over the years and this is one of the only times it was not the consistancy a block of ice. I thought of this - Peglegpete Apr 23, 15:14 2
      - Haven't seen that in the recipe books. Though Breyers or one of the other big companies used to advertise how they whipped their product to make if - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:18 1
        
        i've also seen this technique used in pancakes -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 23, 15:24
  - hmm...like ice cream breakfast... -- nm - Diva Apr 23, 14:28
- More for max -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 14:11
for anyone who likes more natural brands of skin/body care and other items, great deal this week. - b. Apr 23, 14:03 5
- I prefer the unnatural brands -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 14:05 4
  - that reminds me, I noticed they have a sexual virility section, too. -- nm - b. Apr 23, 14:11 2
    - Who was speaking of that?! - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 14:12 1
      - it's possible there's been some sharing in the comments of my st blog. -- nm - b. Apr 23, 14:13
  - well, your deodorant smells like manure and gunmetal. - groiny Apr 23, 14:06
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- I don't really agree with that. They made a great car. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Apr 23, 14:14 1
  - it's a click bait title. I didn't address that because the writer himself pretty much says it's not currently the case in the second paragraph. - b. Apr 23, 14:22
- yep, we do. this reminds me that I saw a relatively rare thing this morning - - b. Apr 23, 14:07
Rubiomentum! -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 13:55 1
- Rubio! Rubio. Rubio. Rubio. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 14:01 [youtube]
1100 layoffs at yahoo. Do they have anyone left? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:41 5
- They've become less and less viable as a partner to work with (for me, anyway). - Kim Pine Apr 23, 13:46
- That guy on Silicon Valley who they never show anymore -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 13:43 3
  - he works for Hooley. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 14:07 2
    - And judging by IMDB, he's not coming back. -- nm - David Apr 23, 14:08 1
      - they outsourced him to India. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 14:09
Ted Cruz is actually pretty cool with the gays (when he needs their campaign donations) -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 23, 13:37
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there are varying degrees of gifting things to people. - groiny Apr 23, 13:31 15
- I'm beginning to wonder why you are so invested in this. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 14:46 8
  - well, don't. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 15:02 7
    - Why not? You've dragged this discussion on to two different boards today. - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:06 6
      - fuck off, I was actually trying to help, but I will make sure I mind my own fucking business from now on. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 15:43 5
        
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        you win jack - groiny Apr 23, 16:18
        
        BS -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 15:47 2
        
        and you opening your dumb fucking mouth is helping how exactly? -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 16:00 1
        
        You should've asked yourself that several hours ago, and a few times after that. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 23, 19:15
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  - sure, if I believed that to be true, I could very well retract it. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 13:58 4
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      - I disagree. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 14:05 2
        
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        there is no need. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 23, 14:11
Getting a new couch delivered today. Thank's budice - oblique Apr 23, 13:31
chemistry geeks, please describe the difference between "water-soluble" and "dispersible" in the context of physical chemistry - Max Apr 23, 13:30 4
- by "dispersable", do you mean" miscible "? - Reagen Apr 23, 14:17
- in the air you have various molecules that are solvent, that is mixed so it is indistinguishable from the two pure forms, and disputes particles like - z babbling galaxy Apr 23, 13:37
- Well, I don't know a full-form essay answer, but I do know that it basically comes down to the difference between KoolAid and off-brand drink crystals -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:36 1
  - I've been digging the Kool-Aid squeeze thing that you squirt into a water bottle -- nm - oblique Apr 23, 13:47
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A special presentation from the producers of The 97 Show -- (link) - ty97 Apr 23, 13:29 [youtube]
Eleven. -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 13:29 9
- The first two games were the B team, but I'm worried about Teheran. -- nm - David Apr 23, 13:31 8
  - That first inning was ugly. -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 13:35 7
    - The Mets have a 4 1/2 game lead in the East. No other division leader is up by more than two games. - David Apr 23, 13:37 6
      - Can I be smug for a day or two? I never get to be smug. -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 13:37 5
        
        I hope you're smug through September. -- nm - David Apr 23, 13:38 4
        
        FWIW this is mostly the unbalanced schedule. The Phillies and Marlins are disasters - Tim Apr 23, 13:40 3
        
        Washington can't play defense well enough to win 90 games. -- nm - David Apr 23, 13:43 2
        
        *throws the ball somewhat near you* -- nm - Ian Desmond SI Apr 23, 14:15 1
        
        Ean Desmond! -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 14:17

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