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I openend the gronk story link in a new tab hours ago, only just looked at it. made me have to suppress a giggle. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 13, 15:14 1
- opened. (the I was distracted by the tongue nm) - b. May 13, 15:39
I think I'm going to change my name for a while. - Mack (formerly ReluctantCynic) May 13, 15:10 3
- You'd also be dead by now so careful what you wish for. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 13, 15:14 1
  - Say, Toddy boy, what's the beef? You tellin' me I'd be bumped off? - Mack (formerly ReluctantCynic) May 13, 15:23
- Oh the shark babe, has such teeth dear, and he shows them pearly white. -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 15:11
first look at the Supergirl coming from CBS -- (link) - Remlik May 13, 15:03 2
- youtube version -- (link) - Peglegpete May 13, 15:13 [youtube]
- Hey she works right down the street from me -- nm - professor smartbrain May 13, 15:09
Celebrity Jeopardy spoilers for Wednesday - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 13, 14:59
Heh, I was checking into restaurant inspections in Kitchener-Waterloo for a friend ... there are some funny restaurant names there. - Beryllium May 13, 14:58 1
- . -- nm - budice May 14, 06:07
Hot Dog Festival!! -- nm - Diva May 13, 14:57 7
- *cheering and throwing hot dogs in the air* -- nm - Max May 13, 15:36
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 13, 15:04
- I like the thicker skins that have a good snap when you bite into one. -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 15:00 4
  - do you like them ribbed? -- nm - groiny May 13, 15:11
  - oh man, I haven't had one in.. ~25 years? but this takes me back to childhood. there's a one-location place in my hometown that had that kind. - b. May 13, 15:10
  - Yes! It's a must for me. Boars Head makes a good hot dog with that snap when you bite in. -- nm - Krusty May 13, 15:04 1
    - when I lives in Tarzana I would go to a German sausage maker in Studio City for hot dogs & related meats -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 15:10
I hope the Mets game I go to in July turns out to be Alex Torres Hat Day. -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:56
Holy Shit, Marcus Semien just made his 12th error today. - groiny May 13, 14:56 14
- *snicker* -- nm - Max May 13, 15:36
- 6 dingers is all that matters. -- nm - Strongbad May 13, 14:58
- As long as he hits, I don't care. -- nm - spamlet May 13, 14:58 2
  - he keeps booting the ball, he is gonna stop hitting real soon. - groiny May 13, 14:58 1
    - let's see, 12 errors in 35 games projects to what, 54 errors? -- nm - groiny May 13, 15:05
- From a fantasy perspective, he's the apocalypse walking. -- nm - David May 13, 14:56
- what is the league record? -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 14:56 7
  - Nothing that any modern player will get to. - Will Hunting May 13, 15:10
  - I don't know, but we are a month and a half in, 12 errors is crazy high. -- nm - groiny May 13, 14:58 5
    - Yup. -- nm - Ian Desmond May 13, 14:59 4
      - and what does he have, 8? -- nm - groiny May 13, 15:00 3
        
        oh, he made one today too, #10. - groiny May 13, 15:01 1
        
        Beane isn't letting Semian's bat out of the lineup. Period. -- nm - David May 13, 15:28
        
        9, which, to be fair, I think he had most of them after the first week. -- nm - Tim May 13, 15:01
8 years in this house, and I finally get a second toilet paper extender for the fluffier rolls. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 13, 14:52
"Buy me a Lily cam, or go to hell!" -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 14:41 2
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  - that bit has always cracked me up -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 14:59
First Echo-fied IFTTT recipe executed - prayformojo May 13, 14:41 2
- With anti-aircraft guns? -- nm - iSpam May 13, 14:41 1
  - I need a new defense minister -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 14:41
David, what was that router you recommended, and did it offer a USB port for an external hard drive? -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 14:40 12
- Ask PFM. He has the same one. - David May 13, 14:44 11
  - bery remind me to look when i get home drpn siffer partixe -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 15:01 4
    - "Say it in snowboard..." -- nm - Reagen May 13, 15:03
    - dammi. "get home from soccer practice" - prayformojo May 13, 15:02
    - Are you having a stroke? -- nm - spamlet May 13, 15:01 1
      - I thought he was putting in a nonce so he could look it up later. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 15:03
  - That's a rather obtuse response - zork May 13, 14:49 5
    - I'd look but it's a thousand miles away. -- nm - David May 13, 14:50 3
      - you're still trapped in Disney? -- nm - Remlik May 13, 14:54 2
        
        Mark my words. Kim is going to find a way to move here. -- nm - David May 13, 15:14
        
        That'll teach him to fly through Franz Kafka International Airport. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 15:00
    - I assume David is just stuck at an airport at 2AM in perpetuity now -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 14:50
My new golf clubs are here! My new golf clubs are here! - Reagen May 13, 14:39 8
- now you need a 1920's or 30's roadster with the seperate golf club storage compartment -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 14:54
- Kim just had the worst flashback possible. - David May 13, 14:45 2
  - She can probably leg press a Buick at this point. - Reagen May 13, 14:51 1
    - Actually, where we are now, YES! - David May 13, 14:55
- What'd you get? -- nm - Will Hunting May 13, 14:39 3
  - TM aeroburners - Reagen May 13, 14:40 2
    - I fear playing...my back and neck and hips hurt and I can't hit softball... - Will Hunting May 13, 14:42
    - ooooooh -- nm - budice May 13, 14:41
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- UMass Lowell alum! -- nm - Mel Profit May 13, 16:32
- Is that good? -- nm - spamlet May 13, 14:54
- Before I clicked, I wondered if they'd brought up Matz, too. -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:41 2
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    - Based on this, I'd say they're thinking setup if he can cutdown on the walks - Tim May 13, 14:49
- Holy shit, he's Nolan Ryan. -- nm - Will Hunting May 13, 14:41 7
  - He's going to kick Robin Ventura's ass? -- nm - Strongbad May 13, 14:51 1
    - I wish he would -- nm - groiny May 13, 14:54
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    - Vegas (AAA for the Mets) is a ridiculous hitters park, too, fwiw. -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:45 3
      - Sure, but they only matters for balls put in play. - David May 13, 14:50
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        Hee, the Mets SBN blog's minor league recap headline "Offensive support you get in Vegas, stays in Vegas." -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:50
- "The Situation" -- nm - budice May 13, 14:41
dml. Tonight's agenda: Avengers 2 or go home and work on my house? -- nm - Truman May 13, 14:36 1
- Treat yourself to a movie - eag May 13, 14:39
Your top 5 songs: See You Again (five weeks), Trap Queen, Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey), Uptown Funk, Shut Up and Dance - Tim May 13, 14:25 [youtube] 8
- The only two I know are the last two. I love the Walk The Moon song. -- nm - JaxSean May 13, 14:29 1
  - You've probably heard #1 if you've seen Furious 7. -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:32
- I hate that Shut Up and Dance song. -- nm - Will Hunting May 13, 14:26 5
  - Two hours. -- nm - Tim May 13, 14:57
  - Fuck off. -- nm - David May 13, 14:56 2
    - It's a wonderful little song from the 80's. - Will Hunting May 13, 15:08
    - Wouldn't have gotten as much airplay with that title.' -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:57
  - shut up and dance with me -- nm - groiny May 13, 14:30
Amtrack train was going 106 in a 50 mph turn. Casey Jones, better watch your speed. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 13, 14:21 [youtube]
I don't know the answer: how much more would have to be spent on road maintenance if Amtrak didn't exist, because of increased car traffic? -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:19 43
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  - I like trains a lot and wish I could use them more myself, but cost vs. use has to be considered. - b. May 13, 14:29 17
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    - I think dumping the unprofitable routes and keeping the profitable ones is exactly what people like ML and me are suggesting. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:36 5
      - ok. that was not clear to me from the bb comments. -- nm - b. May 13, 14:39 4
        
        It's the subsidies we're railing against, and those subsidies are there because the long haul lines lose tens of millions a year each. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:43 3
        
        So, less than a hundredth of a percentage point of the federal budget - znufrii May 13, 14:58 1
        
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        (And those long routes are generally there just to appease Congressmen so they'll get their subsidy.) -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:43
    - If we had been investing in them the way other sane governments do, they would be a more viable competitor to the airlines in short route travel - professor smartbrain May 13, 14:32 9
      - Pop Quiz: How many transit systems in the entire world make a profit? - Strongbad May 13, 14:43 8
        
        What was the answer? -- nm - David May 13, 15:27 1
        
        As of 10-15 years ago, the only one was Hong Kong. -- nm - Strongbad May 13, 15:57
        
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        I could have been a clearer in my comment about profitability. I don't think all routes need to be profitable, but I remember reading about - b. May 13, 15:04 2
        
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        + bit -- nm - b. May 13, 15:05
        
        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad May 13, 14:52
        
        Interesting -- nm - zork May 13, 14:45
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- They average 86,000 passengers per day, nationwide. The Brooklyn Bridge carries 120,000 cars per day. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:22 19
  - That doesn't really answer the question, nor is it directly comparable. - Reagen May 13, 14:28 6
    - Travel facilitates economic activity for sure, way beyond paying the fare and maintaining the lines -- nm - con_carne May 13, 14:37
    - Didn't mean to say it was directly comparable, just pointing out that 86,000 passengers nationwide isn't a lot. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:33
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    - especially if the tracks are used by other carriers -- nm - zork May 13, 14:31 2
      - I should have added something about that above - use of trains for commercial transport purposes is still important. - b. May 13, 14:33 1
        
        There's no way the tracks would go away. Nobody suggests the tracks should go away. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:36
  - that's some serious under-usage -- nm - zork May 13, 14:25 9
    - no, it just means the rest of the non-NE Corridor routes bring down the average -- nm - professor smartbrain May 13, 14:27 8
      - The Northeast Regional and Acela lines alone account for 31259 per day. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:29 7
        
        Over 365 days but people only commute 5 days a week -- nm - professor smartbrain May 13, 14:42 2
        
        So...44k a day? - Will Hunting May 13, 14:44 1
        
        and a few holidays but close enough I'm sure. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:46
        
        Hmmm, GO Transit around here does 215,000 per day (train plus 56k by bus -> 68M per year). Via, the national railroad does 4.1M per year mostly in the - zork May 13, 14:37 1
        
        so 16k-ish per day (seemingly based on 250 travel days). Also, the governments subsidise some northern railways as an essential service. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:43
        
        The bottom 10 lines in ridership account for 2924 passengers per day, combined. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:31 1
        
        Expanding it to the bottom 20 gets us to 10214 per day. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:35
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- billions. our roads were built between the 1920'sand 60's and most are falling apart. expecially bridges -- nm - Peglegpete May 13, 14:22 1
  - yeah, our bridges and road infrastructure is falling apart too -- nm - Beaker May 13, 14:25
- Well here's the beauty part ... - The Tax Foundation May 13, 14:21
1980s name: Hakim. That seems... unlikely. -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:15 3
- Name today: Hudson. But my 1910's name is the best ... - ReluctantCynic May 13, 14:40
- "David" was the 547th most popular *girl's* name in 1965. I like the 1900s* name that produces ... - zork May 13, 14:21
- Everyone with 7' kids was naming them after Olajuwon? -- nm - Will Hunting May 13, 14:19
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- now just finish in the 25% of your age bracket! -- nm - Remlik May 13, 14:15
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- "Brandy, Heather, Channing, Brianna, Amber, Serena, Melody, Dakota, Sierra, Bambi, Crystal, Samantha, Autumn, Ruby, Taylor, Tara, Tammy, Lauren, - Tim May 13, 14:19
- "shoulda but didna." -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:13
(now) Mason, Matthew, Matthew, Jason, James, Robert, John, John, John, James, Robert, James, James (1890) -- nm - zork May 13, 14:12 4
- So, why don't I get my own name for the 1960s? How the eff is Mason so popular now? -- nm - zork May 13, 14:13 3
  - decade average vs just your year -- nm - Andie May 13, 14:14 2
    - Also, I like George too because that was my fun grandfather's name plus I always admired G. Harrison. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:18
    - I know but I just had to say it. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:17
Suicide Squad: rumor is that Leto is staying in character for the entire shoot. -- nm - Remlik May 13, 14:09 5
- Counter -point: he is just a nutter -- nm - Beaker May 13, 14:25
- Saves on makeup changes too. -- nm - budice May 13, 14:11
- didn't Heath kind of do that? couldn't get out of character when it was done? -- nm - Andie May 13, 14:10 2
  - Yes. Leto did the same on Dallas Buyers Club -- nm - Epiphany May 13, 14:53 1
    - Fat lot of good that did him! -- nm - con_carne May 13, 14:55

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