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Inbetween the moon and you, the angels gets a better view of the crumbling wall between wrong and right -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:25 2
- When I think of heaven Deliver me in a black-winged bird - groiny Jun 11, 13:27
- d'oh -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:25
So ... twitter is lifting the 140 character limit on Direct Messages, and Dick Costollo is out as CEO (incoming interim CEO: Jack Dorsey) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:13 3
- I'll be okay with a larger character limit as long as the displays remains 140 (and you can click to see the rest) -- nm - Max Jun 11, 13:20 2
  - Note that this is just for DMs, not tweets. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:22
  - agreed -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 13:20
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- That's too bad...but as long as they keep the 140 character limit on direct messages, I guess I can't be too upset. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 13:14 2
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    - dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 13:23
- Stock goes up 10%. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 11, 13:14 1
  - Too bad. It was just getting into the really interesting range. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 11, 13:15
- *edits this post to be about christopher lee or something* -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:14
Since I am disliking my mail app (sparrow) recently, what is a good alternative for an apple phone? - TRuMaN Jun 11, 13:13 1
- has google inbox been ported to the iPhone? -- nm - decline Jun 11, 13:13
ST poll #random: If ST were to plan a stravanganza outside of North America (like 3 people would show but still...) where would be the best location? -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 13:07 14
- Cabo San Lucas -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 13:28
- Hong Kong -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:24
- Tristan da Cunha -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:21
- Komodo Islands. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 11, 13:18
- Venice -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 11, 13:14
- Waponi Woo - Max Jun 11, 13:13 1
  - oh good idea. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 13:15
- the Carribean -- nm - decline Jun 11, 13:12 1
  - this would be the most realistic 'international' destination. Something like Nassau that isn't too spendy. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 13:20
- Tokyo -- nm - eag Jun 11, 13:10
- Iceland - prayformojo Jun 11, 13:09 2
  - flights there shouldn't be that much more than to chicago -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:22
  - Good hot dogs, I hear. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 13:10
- North Korea -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:08
Dammit, RIP Dusty Rhodes. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 13:06 2
- this. bad day for fan favorites -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:07 1
  - Just last week Heyman did an amazing impression of him on the Stone Cold podcast on the Network. -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 13:12
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- CHIP IS RACIST! -- nm - LeSean McCoy Jun 11, 13:02
- I was pretty sure this was going to happen. He skipped the OTA's and wasn't happy - decline Jun 11, 13:00 1
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Black Crows or Counting Crows? -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 12:58 16
- neither both are crap -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 13:23 1
  - what the what? -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:24
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- Im gonna Black only cause i liked Hard To Handle -- nm - eag Jun 11, 13:09
- overall: Counting. but Black had the best single album (their first) -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 13:07 4
  - I don't know. August and Everything After is a fantastic album. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 13:09 3
    - Wait, that was their first? Then I change my answer to CC. - Spawn Jun 11, 13:17 1
      - Not to mention the fact that it gave Adam Duritz the opportunity to sleep with both Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston. That has to make it the most - pmb Jun 11, 13:22
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- Black though not that strongly inclined either way -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 13:05
- Counting -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 11, 13:02
- COUNTING -- nm - groiny Jun 11, 13:01
- Early career, Black. Later career, Counting. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:59 2
  - can't listen to CC's later stuff, hate it as much as I like the first one -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:05
  - mmhm -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 13:05
- Jon Snows -- (edited) - Max Jun 11, 12:58
Can any ST'ers come up with a scenario where a child has a different last name than either of their parents?.... - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 12:56 8
- are you sure they're all parents and not guardians? I mean, unless it says MOTHER or FATHER it's not safe to assume. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 13:06
- foster or adopted kid, sister's or in-laws, step-child, kid one day announced to his folks, from now on I shalled be called Oakenshield -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:03
- mother divorces, takes back maiden name, remarries but keeps it. Kid has his/her dad's name -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:59
- It could be mom gets married, has baby. Mom has maiden name, baby has dad's name. Mom and dad split, mom remarries, stepdad is de-facto dad but - Andie Jun 11, 12:57 2
  - mmost likely -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 13:04
  - (actually marriage isn't even needed in my scenario) -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:59
- Mother remarried. Took husband's last name. Kid lives with mother. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 12:57
- I have seen it in one case. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:56
The Indianapolis Colts have a new banner in their stadium, one that reads “2014 AFC Finalist.” -- (link) - Beaker Jun 11, 12:50 6
- It looks better than the one that reads "remember that time in 2014 when we were really good, and almost made it to the super bowl, but didn't? Yeah, - pmb Jun 11, 13:01 1
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- Sadly, we have a few like that. The only reason it is getting press is DeflateGateBlame. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:57
- that's like the new little league thing where every kid gets a trophy - decline Jun 11, 12:51 1
  - I played in little league and we finished in last place - eag Jun 11, 12:57
i already unfollowed Hillary on instagram. just scrolling past the comments was infuriating. i'm out! -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:39 2
- I kind of want to unfollow her on Twitter because she posts too much. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 12:45 1
  - just add lots of other people and it will feel like she posts a lot less -- (edited) - decline Jun 11, 12:46
ty - wanna to Istanbul and Addis Adaba? -- (link) - Andie Jun 11, 12:34 3
- Turkish has amazing cheap fares, but I need to fly a oneworld airline for my status miles - ty97 Jun 11, 12:45 1
  - ahhh -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:48
- (from Chicago - but whatevs) -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:36
here's a poll: when was the last time you were in a taxi? me: october, NC. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 12:32 45
- I'm not even sure, I've probably only been in one maybe 5 times...definitely not in the last 10 years - J Jun 11, 13:28
- May - Vancouver -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 13:27
- last night -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 12:59
- Tuesday. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 12:56
- Friday. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 11, 12:46
- I was in an Uber in Fort Worth about a month ago. Taxi in NYC shortly before that. -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 12:45
- Summer 1995. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 11, 12:43 1
  - you should jumb in a cab with Kim -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:45
- After Amy's foot surgery to retrieve her car, so a few months ago. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:43 4
  - that'll teach her not to kick the tires -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 12:59
  - she had foot surgery to retrieve a car? -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:43 2
    - You get a car ransom note, you follow a car ransom note. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:47 1
      - I have that tattoo -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 12:56
- 1992. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 11, 12:41 9
  - I think I took one in Dry Ridge. -- nm - David Jun 11, 12:47 4
    - From where to where? I can't remember. - Kim Pine Jun 11, 12:51 1
      - I had to get off the main road there. The car was towed, and I -think- I took a taxi to the shop. - David Jun 11, 13:04
    - but when, David, when? -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:50 1
      - 2002. Before that, it was Paris in 98. -- nm - David Jun 11, 13:09
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:46 2
    - I think I've been in two taxis ever. One in Paris and one in Fort Lauderdale. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 11, 12:50 1
      - wow -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 12:54
  - you should go take one this afternoon - decline Jun 11, 12:43
- about three weeks ago -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 12:41
- In March I took my first Uber. It was awkward. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 12:40 5
  - Too much sexual assault? - Spawn Jun 11, 12:42 3
    - They guy complained the whole way that I wasn't traveling far enough for him to make it worth it. - Qale Jun 11, 12:45 2
      - don't they have a choice? I thought their phone lit up with a list of ride, with info here to there and what rate -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 12:58
      - That's annoying. I'd have been tempted to just get it and find a cab. Uber isn't supposed to go to our airport. I think the airport has it's own taxi - sycor Jun 11, 12:48
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- vegas after leaving you/ex to the airport -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 12:40
- some time in 2006. -- nm - b. Jun 11, 12:40
- Christmas -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 12:39
- 2013 -- nm - amoxy Jun 11, 12:39
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- Sometime in May. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:37
- probably last fall. two saturdays ago was my first uber ride. -- nm - Max Jun 11, 12:36
- last August, Scotland -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 12:35
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- Actual taxi or does like Uber count ? - eag Jun 11, 12:34 2
  - uber counts. paid driver. I guess a limo would count too. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 12:39 1
    - Oh. Then my answer changes to May, Charlotte -- (edited) - sycor Jun 11, 12:42
- Sunday. -- nm - Loyola Jun 11, 12:34
- May 3 -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:34
- last August, NYC -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:33
Son and I had our night together last night. It was a ST:TNG night 4 episodes from Season 4 - amoxy Jun 11, 12:29 1
- I remember watching it with my parents as a kid. - nm - sycor Jun 11, 12:33
otoh, the WaPo photo set of christopher lee that someone (thanks!) linked on a bb was very enjoyable. -- nm - b. Jun 11, 12:29 1
- I shoulda known it was pfm. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 11, 12:30 [Backboard]
Crap, B2. ty go to Dubrovnik. -- nm - Loyola Jun 11, 12:24 7
- It's too bad that Bratislava is too far out of the way -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:26 6
  - It's really not. I can fly to Vienna and train. I was thinking about a Prague - Bratislava - Budapest trip - ty97 Jun 11, 12:47
  - I think a good thing to keep in mind also is that generally, the further east you go, the cheaper the beer gets. -- nm - Loyola Jun 11, 12:28 2
    - so then it's basically free in Japan? -- nm - decline Jun 11, 12:29 1
      - Well, within the European continent, such as it is. -- nm - Loyola Jun 11, 12:31
  - A nickel?! -- nm - David Jun 11, 12:28 1
    - "You guys are on a totally different level of swearing over here." -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 11, 12:33
I rewatched Touching the Void last night. My favorite documentary ever made, probably in my top 20 films ever - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:24 5
- Huh, never heard of this...I will check it out -- nm - amoxy Jun 11, 12:31
- The earworm segment is hilarious torture. -- nm - Max Jun 11, 12:25 3
  - THURSDAY: VOID -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 12:41 1
    - mmhm -- nm - Max Jun 11, 13:09
  - Yup. That didn't really register with me the first few times I saw it -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 12:26
“I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.” -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 12:23
Mahna Mahna -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 12:22 5
- Life in a Northern Town? -- nm - David Jun 11, 12:23 4
  - Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-doo-dee-doo! -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 12:25 3
    - Mahna Mahna! -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 12:25 2
      - y'all is crazy. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 11, 12:28 1
        
        here -- (link) - Spawn Jun 11, 12:34 [youtube]
that reminds me, anyone watch this past season of "grimm"? was it good? - b. Jun 11, 12:22 5
- Yes. It was ok...not great...but the last 5 or 6 eps were really good! -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 11, 12:46 2
  - This and if something from the finale holds up, next season should be better -- nm - J Jun 11, 13:29
  - hmm, ok, thanks! -- nm - b. Jun 11, 12:50
- That's still on? -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 12:24
- I stopped watching it. It had too many filler episodes. I feel like it probably got good at the end like usual. - sycor Jun 11, 12:23

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