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I thought I'd go to the courthouse now. -- nm - amanda Jun 19, 07:20
LIR B3: Minion boxes? What is this of which you speak? -- nm - sycor Jun 19, 07:19 1
- Amazon has decided to allow advertising on its boxes and some have Minions on them to promote the film. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 07:26
Philip Gawthorne Tapped To Write 'Kojak' For Vin Diesel And Universal; -- (link) - LMS Jun 19, 07:05
Playing Danger Zone at the Space Camp graduation. Nearly busted out laughing. -- nm - spamlet Jun 19, 06:59
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- I think Saturday night is the huge solstice bon fire at Seattle golden gardens beach -- nm - z on the go Jun 19, 13:59
- the Lake -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 07:18
- Im going to see Inside Out, do yard work, house maintenance, lounge -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 19, 07:02 1
  - So looks like not going to end up in FW. There's some kind of horse show in OKC and I know my daughter will love that so it's Denton, Candy Store, - oblique Jun 19, 07:06
- Friend's birthday drinks tomorrow, clean flat. -- nm - LMS Jun 19, 07:02
- Checking out Love and Mercy plus whatever movie my mom wants to see -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 07:01
- Taking Abby to Denver to see mom one last (?) time -- nm - prayformojo Jun 19, 06:58
- Gospel Music Workshop. I was looking at the faces and saying the names of the victims in Charleston this morning. - diva Jun 19, 06:56
- concert, golf, concert. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 06:56
- Cleaning our guest room up now that roommate is gone. Wife's school work. Normal weekend stuff. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:52
- More cleaning around the house with lots of Fallout New Vegas in between. Likely to catch a flick or two on Sunday. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:50 2
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    - Heh. :-) I think he gets it, much less talk about it than the last one. He seems relaxed and is playing very well. - Krusty Jun 19, 06:55
- Either going to a wedding or seeing Billy Joel at MSG - znufrii Jun 19, 06:48
- Driving to Texas and back -- nm - oblique Jun 19, 06:47
- Seeing "Inside Out" on Fathers day, apartment cleaning saturday -- nm - amoxy Jun 19, 06:45
- Curing my brisket, lawn mowing maybe, beer. -- nm - Shaun Jun 19, 06:44 1
  - I suppose it's Father's Day as well. -- nm - Shaun Jun 19, 06:45
- Play Destiny. -- nm - Ender Jun 19, 06:42
Fallout Shelter is pretty fun so far. But man, the first group of citizens that show up have terrrrrible stats for the most part - Beaker Jun 19, 06:36 4
- Angry that I cannot play this on Android. -- nm - Lady AnteRoo Jun 19, 06:45 2
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:51
  - Word! Not like it's a large market or anything. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:48
- yep, gotta level and build 'em up - ML Jun 19, 06:38
"WikiLeaks releases 'massive cache' of cables and documents from Saudi Arabian state institutions" - ML Jun 19, 06:36 1
- but they are our allies ML. I'm sure it is all good stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 06:38
Last night was another ST:TNG with my son. We watched 3 very good episodes - amoxy Jun 19, 06:36 8
- Logan, Nathan, Pinch, Finch & Grinch... -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 06:38 6
  - Took me a second, but yes, yes they do -- nm - amoxy Jun 19, 06:40 5
    - I know I'm missing a bunch. Nick, Gilly-bean. Kieran, Connor and the two Declans... -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 06:53 4
      - Charlie. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 06:57 3
        
        He's their Wesley Crusher -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 06:58 2
        
        (she!) -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 07:00 1
        
        Oh, I thought you meant pixie -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 07:20
- Klingon Civil War arc is my favorite of TNG, even moreso that the Borg -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 06:37
A Senator asks the DOJ to investigate if airlines are colluding to limit capacity and thereby increase fares -- (link) - ty97 Jun 19, 06:34 1
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NFL: Bears sign RB Daniel Thomas to a 1-year deal. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:33 3
- Several teams have contacted Terrelle Pryor about playing WR or TE. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:34 2
  - Because Rosenhaus said yesterday he'd convert to WR. -- nm - ML Jun 19, 06:36
  - Kelvin Benjamin came into OTA's 8-9 pounds heavy and injured his hamstring. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:35
Why did the Borg cross the road? -- (link) - amoxy Jun 19, 06:26
I'm watching this golf game and I can't really tell if it's a golf game or archival footage from WII battles in the Pacific. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:23
Karl-Anthony Towns is a good basketball player. He's also an abject liar. -- (link) - ML Jun 19, 06:19 1
- Yeah, that's funny. I'm sure he wants to go #1 but the Lakers are an organization you want to play for and in a city with a lot of opportunities to - Krusty Jun 19, 06:27
IGN's Batman: Arkham Knight review is up. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 19, 06:08 2
- Game Informer (link) - ML Jun 19, 06:26 1
  - I expected 10's all around, I'm cancelling my pre-order! -- nm - J Jun 19, 06:49
$5,001,450,405.55. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 19, 06:06 4
- WTG! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 19, 07:49
- quickly ! save the file before you lose everything ! ! ! back-ups are critical ! - call me Ishmael Jun 19, 07:16
- Niice! -- nm - Shaun Jun 19, 06:08
- vnt! -- nm - budice Jun 19, 06:07
Wittertainment should be good today. Kermode has said one of today's releases is worse than Sex in the City 2. - LMS Jun 19, 06:06 1
- I'm sure Entourage. I can't wait but won't be able to hear for about a week. -- nm - spamlet Jun 19, 07:01
North Korea can cure all the illnesses. All you need is ginseng. Boom, done! -- (link) - Krusty Jun 19, 05:50
Approximately 40% of PS4 owners did not own a PS3, -- (link) - Shaun Jun 19, 05:43 2
- *raises hand* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:56 1
  - You did have one at one point, didn't you? -- nm - J Jun 19, 07:38
"There is a still a good number of people...." or "There still are a good number of people..."? - prayformojo Jun 19, 05:16 20
- is, isn't it? there is a number. take out the clauses and prepositional phrases and that's your answer. -- nm - amanda Jun 19, 05:33 7
  - But isn't the object in question the "people". "There is people" isn't right. I thought "a number of" was just another modifier -- nm - oblique Jun 19, 05:40 6
    - the object is "number". "of people" is a descriptor. -- nm - amanda Jun 19, 05:45 5
      - t'other way around. - Reagen Jun 19, 06:39 4
        
        Mara, where are you?! -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 06:50 3
        
        FB. Sadly, we seem to have lost another wonderful person. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:51 2
        
        I was being... what's that thing where you're talking about a thing but you're really talking about another thing... - con_carne Jun 19, 06:54 1
        
        Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:56
- "are" My understanding is that "is" is for singulars and "are" is for plurals -- nm - oblique Jun 19, 05:25 10
  - It's "is" though, since your subject isn't "people," it's "number." - con_carne Jun 19, 06:48 3
    - Flip it around. You don't say "A number of people has asked me". You say "A number of people *have* asked me". It is plural -- nm - oblique Jun 19, 07:01 2
      - OK, but in PFM's sentence, the the thing that is "good" are not the people, but the number -- nm* - con_carne Jun 19, 07:03 1
        
        "a number of" is like "a lot of" or "three". It's an adjective. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 07:05
  - Yup. And there takes its single/plural designation from the subject (in the case: people) -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:41 5
    - Am I killfiled? ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 05:43 4
      - haha, of course not. I have a problem of not reading the responses before I type. -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:45 3
        
        I'm just messing around. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 05:46 2
        
        Don't you need to go tanning or something? -- nm - Shaun Jun 19, 05:49 1
        
        I hate you. - Krusty Jun 19, 05:51
- There still are a good number of people. It's many people so it's plural and we use are when it's plural. -- nm* - Krusty Jun 19, 05:23
Cowboom: 21% off entire site with code SUNSHINE -- (link) - budice Jun 19, 05:15
June 19, 2015. Strongbad has joined the "Tiger will never win another major" camp. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 04:07 2
- He's needs to kick his current swing coach to the curb -- nm - budice Jun 19, 04:15 1
  - He needs to stay the course and give it time. His swing transitions have never been this bad but never quick either. - Will Hunting Jun 19, 06:18
would the killing of a state senator elevate the mass killing in SC into a federal crime? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 02:13 8
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  - Fort hood was ON federal military property, get a traffic ticket you see a fed magistrate -- nm - z on the go Jun 19, 14:01
  - workplace violence, JackDawson! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:58
  - I am pleased that (at least some) people have been calling this terrorism from the outset. -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:42 1
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  - Can't be terrorism, he's not Muslim -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 05:15 1
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- I would have thought the "hate crime" aspect would do it regardless -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 04:32
Most kangaroos are 'left-handed' -- (link) - Covington Jun 19, 02:11 1
- Ahhh, that explains why they are such good boxers -- nm - zork Jun 19, 03:46
so I was watching a youtube video, and this came on as an ad. is this really that big a problem, Australia -- (link) - mafic Jun 19, 00:41 [youtube] 3
- IIRc. NZ is the only modern country that allows hobby distilling -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 01:54 1
  - Ido believe, despite this, tax revenue from liquor sales as actually gone up - zeitgeist Jun 19, 02:10
- I believe it is -- nm - Karl_S Jun 19, 00:51
all these white supremacists who want to start a "civil war" don't seem to have a firm grasp on who fought against whom in the first one -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 23:31 41
- The gunman lives in a state that flies a racist flag and drives on streets named for generals who fought (to keep it racist) -- nm - Damn John Stewart was awesome tonight Jun 18, 23:40 40
  - wasn't the Civil War more about State rights? - Beaker Jun 19, 05:46 3
    - In the revisionist history of souther racists, yes -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:47 2
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      - *ding* -- nm* - Krusty Jun 19, 05:52
  - My IQ dropped 10 points by reading this post. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 04:33 35
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      - Pop Quiz - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:24 8
        
        Answer - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:30 7
        
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        yikes. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 19, 07:26
        
        Replying to this will cause a fight I don't want to have. I'm ending it here. - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:41 4
        
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        ST would lose. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:56 2
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 06:35 1
        
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    - By all means, let's keep giving cultural relevance to symbols of and people who fought for, among other things, the right to keep black people as pro - znufrii Jun 19, 05:12 23
      - By all means, let's keep attributing racist motives to South Carolina, because it's in the South and has streets named after Confederate generals. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:28 22
        
        Not about the motives of South Carolina, it's about how it informs the motives of the actor. -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:08 6
        
        and the motives of those who argue to maintain the cultural prevalence of those symbols -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:14
        
        So... you're saying the shooter is more likely to be a racist because he lives in a state that has streets named after Confederate generals? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:13 4
        
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        it definitely glorifies people who 'defended that cause.' Implying it was worth defending. -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 06:37 1
        
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        pretty much this. -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:24
        
        It's not because it's "The South" as though there's no basis for calling the South racist. - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:01 11
        
        I wish that as a Country, we were all more tolerant of our differences. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:12 10
        
        I'm suppose to be tolerant of a white wash of history where an entire race of people were held in slavery? - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:19 8
        
        How do you propose this happens? - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:22 7
        
        you don't get off that easy, You have to come up with the answers yourself. that's the point. - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:33 6
        
        And my point is - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:51 5
        
        just from my impression of your posts... - Mel Profit Jun 19, 07:11 4
        
        Admittedly, I'm very defensive. - Strongbad Jun 19, 07:18 3
        
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        I don't know if this helps or not but I formed my impression by your posts not your zip code. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 19, 07:23 1
        
        Understood. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 07:24
        
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        yeah, it does seem to be kind of wagging a broad brush -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 05:52 2
        
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        Be careful Beaker, you'll be labelled as one of *them* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:54
    - it's terrible that the truth is somehow making you dumber. - diva Jun 19, 05:10
And we're looking at our first major fire of the season - 8 miles from Big Bear. -- (link) - Meg Jun 18, 23:17
good news, ML: Herschel Walker believes he could still play in the NFL today -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 23:14
Finally found this local news online. 10 suspects arrested after stealing $5 million worth of jewelry and GPS equipped Rolexes :) -- (link*) - Meg Jun 18, 23:10 3
- Armed with guns and hammers they took 90 seconds to grab 5 meeellion worth of jewelry and Rolex watches -- nm - z on the go Jun 18, 23:36
- unrelated (one hopes): Inglewood man found decapitated in his apartment -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 23:11 1
  - Don't think these guys were in town long enough to be involve in that :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 23:14
we invaded two muslim countries, spent trillions, and thousands of soldiers lives, fly death machines over 5 countries, TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE... -- nm - John Stewart at his finest Jun 18, 23:08
I think someone hit 3 billion. -- nm - Max Jun 18, 22:45 1
- over-budget - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 23:02

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