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$320 for a refurbished Xbone is the best I'm seeing so far. No other real discounts so far. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 06:06 1
- At Wal-MArt for $20 more you get a new Xbox, Master Chief collection and 3 months of Xbox live. Step up, Amazon! -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 06:18
Nick Cave's son Arthur dies in Brighton cliff fall -- (link) - LMS Jul 15, 05:59
Happy House Day amanda! -- nm - Andie Jul 15, 05:57 4
- YAY CLOSING! -- nm - JenBro Jul 15, 07:45
- Enjoy! -- nm - amoxy Jul 15, 06:16
- congrats! -- nm - Diva Jul 15, 06:16
- Happy House Day! -- nm - MDH Jul 15, 06:08
Happy Birthday James Bond! -- nm - Andie Jul 15, 05:57 4
- Happy B-Day -- nm - JenBro Jul 15, 07:45
- hbd! -- nm - Diva Jul 15, 06:16
- Happy Birthday! Have one shaken not stirred on me! -- nm - amoxy Jul 15, 06:16
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jul 15, 06:08
Happy Birthday Will! -- nm - Andie Jul 15, 05:57 4
- Happy B-Day! -- nm - JenBro Jul 15, 07:45
- happy bday!! -- nm - Diva Jul 15, 06:16
- Rock your day like it is no tomorrow! -- nm - amoxy Jul 15, 06:15
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jul 15, 06:08
Happy Birthday Jack! -- nm - Andie Jul 15, 05:56 4
- Happy B-Day -- nm - JenBro Jul 15, 07:46
- happy happy! -- nm - Diva Jul 15, 06:16
- Have a great day Dawson! -- nm - amoxy Jul 15, 06:15
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jul 15, 06:07
94-year-old German man who was a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted today of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people -- (link) - Beaker Jul 15, 05:53
*looks at the Amazon deals....outside of the Fire HD for $80, there's not a lot there I'm interested in. The only thing I would have wanted - Will Hunting Jul 15, 05:47
Greece needs far more debt relief than claimed, IMF leak reveals -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 15, 05:39 3
- Theres a reason peeps are adamant on Greece reform -- nm - budice Jul 15, 06:07
- this is my shocked face -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 15, 05:57 1
  - chawl -- nm - Diva Jul 15, 06:06
European Commission approves IAG's proposed Aer Lingus takeover -- (link) - ty97 Jul 15, 05:34 6
- European Commission also approves Closing Wednesday - prayformojo Jul 15, 05:39 2
  - In the latest statement, EC required amanda to bring 5200 drachma for closing. -- nm - ty97 Jul 15, 05:42 1
    - Oddly, ten minutes later, the number was revised down to 4700 and then to 4400 but that's just a best guess. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 15, 05:45
- Bizarrely, the EC concessions require they give up slots at Gatwick, not Heathrow. - ty97 Jul 15, 05:38
- heh. Lingus. -- nm - mafic Jul 15, 05:35 1
  - cunning -- nm - budice Jul 15, 05:39
Thank Heavens. Looks like we are flying to the One Direction concert rather than driving now (1 hour 15 min flight vs around 10 hours driving) -- (edited) - Beaker Jul 15, 05:23 1
- So it's ... round-trip? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 15, 08:12
It Follows: B/B+. Ending could have used more punch, but they carried out the conceit just long enough for it to not get stale - prayformojo Jul 15, 05:18
Halifax, Nova Scotia buildings done in Lego -- (link) - Beaker Jul 15, 05:14
regular price drop, an st-approved wireless router is currently ~$80 (10 less than it has been), and I was offered a $5 promo credit for outdoor and -- (edited) - b! Jul 15, 05:03
Pluto. a-hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 15, 04:57 1
- uh oh indeed. -- nm - b! Jul 15, 05:08
RT: Ant-Man 75% (36/12) ; Trainwreck: 92% (23/2) -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:56 3
- I just realized that I have no idea what day it is. I was about to ask "do they open wednesday?" but guys! it's wednesday. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jul 15, 05:35 2
  - Duh. It's closing Wednesday! -- nm - Inigo Jul 15, 05:36 1
    - I think actuals will be lower than the estimate -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 05:37
Prime Day sucks - prayformojo Jul 15, 04:44 22
- Scrolled through their upcoming deals. Looks like a bunch of crap. -- nm - sycor Jul 15, 05:23 2
  - Best Deals Also being collected here -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 05:24 1
    - Also at Slickdeals of course -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 05:26
- I bought a sound bar. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 15, 05:17 1
  - link? i need one. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jul 15, 05:44
- So far so meh -- nm - Emoticripple Jul 15, 05:15
- If they really wanted to surprise, a discount on Prime Membership to $50 or $60 would attract people -- nm - budice Jul 15, 05:14 1
  - *DING* -- nm - Spawn Jul 15, 07:19
- the lower amount gift card sets that give a $10 promotional credit have already started selling out. (1 per account)nm but: -- (link*) - b! Jul 15, 04:53
- yeah, I signed up for their 30 day free trial last night hoping for some deals. nothing of interest -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:45 12
  - Best thing I saw there was buy $30 in gift cards and get $5 gift card free. Other than that, buch of crap. - Shaun Jul 15, 06:03 8
    - even on gift cards Canada gets screwed. The US deal is buy $45 get $10. - Beaker Jul 15, 06:12
    - You don't want 40 pieces of Tupperware on the cheap? -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 06:07 6
      - *goes to look* Our tupperware set seems to slowly disappear. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 15, 06:10 3
        
        Here. It's Rubbermaid not Tupperware. 42 piece set for $25. -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 15, 06:13
        
        No shit...all of a sudden, it's just gone. Or, at least the lid is gone, which pretty much makes the bowl useless -- nm - Jim Jul 15, 06:13 1
        
        I have lids with no bowls. Wanna trade? ;-) - Krusty Jul 15, 06:15
      - Like I have that much tanning bronzer to store, unlike you. - Shaun Jul 15, 06:08 1
        
        This is all natural, son! - Krusty Jul 15, 06:11
  - It's very meh so far. Sure, I'm really only interested in one item but the rest is still rather meh. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:48 2
    - It's 5am on the west coast. I bet there will be better deals middle of the day -- nm - spamlet Jul 15, 05:03 1
      - Good point. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for better deals in the afternoon. Come on Xbox! -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 05:08
So the trouble with the Everest trailer (which I watched in 3D) is you know none of that sh*t is real - con_carne Jul 15, 04:41 4
- uhhh ... no - it's all very real -- nm - JenBro Jul 15, 07:53
- That's because real alpine climbing is boring as shit -- nm - CQ Jul 15, 06:13 1
  - The Price Is Right game with the alpine hiker is much more fun to watch -- nm - CQ Jul 15, 06:14
- they're both based on true stories! -- nm - mafic Jul 15, 05:37
I'm drafting paperwork on the Ab Fab movie today. - LMS Jul 15, 04:30 2
- I have a few friends that are going to be quite happy when the film drops. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:56
- WHAAAAAASS -- nm - Emoticripple Jul 15, 04:34
July 15, 1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:27 3
- 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:28 2
  - 2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:30 1
    - 2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world. -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:30
happy birthday, James Bond/Igor, and Jack, and Will!!! :) - -- nm - b! Jul 15, 04:27 13
- Happy Birthday!!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 15, 06:17
- Happy birthday everyone! -- nm - OnTheVergeOfRoo Jul 15, 06:14
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Jul 15, 06:02
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  - Hey, I'm oldest...it's you two that stole it! - Will Hunting Jul 15, 06:10
- Happy Bday Dude! -- nm - budice Jul 15, 05:28
- Happy Birthday, all. Very popular day. -- nm - Inigo Jul 15, 05:27
- Happy birthday gentlemen! -- nm - ty97 Jul 15, 05:26
- Cheers, guys -- nm - prayformojo Jul 15, 05:17
- Happy birthday guys! - spamlet Jul 15, 05:08
- Happy birthday, fellas! Have a great day! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:40
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 04:30
- Way to not die, guys! -- nm - Emoticripple Jul 15, 04:29
FAO Schwarz toy store in New York closes -- (link) - Beaker Jul 15, 04:23
PrimeDay: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition (Blu-Ray) on sale for $27.99 -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 03:19 8
- 15%off Warehouse Deals -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 03:21 7
  - I don't think the Xbox will be discounted. :-( - Krusty Jul 15, 04:39 2
    - check Walmart too, as they are doing some deals today as well I think -- nm - Beaker Jul 15, 05:18 1
      - I did, nothing there yet either. For a discounted Xbox I'll even shop at the awful, evil Wal-Mart. - Krusty Jul 15, 05:20
  - 35% off your first item in Beauty & Grooming with code NEWBEAUTY -- (link) - budice Jul 15, 03:38 3
    - thank you! -- nm - b! Jul 15, 04:29
    - Thanks -- nm - con_carne Jul 15, 04:00 1
      - I mean in general -- nm - con_carne Jul 15, 04:06
if for some reason you never saw the original Prime Suspect when it aired -- (link) - jangles Jul 15, 00:00 [hulu]
Best reply to this: "Overly Attached Supervillain" -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 14, 22:40
OK, so we got the first new Bloom County in 25 years yesterday. Where's the second? -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 22:20 1
- In 2040. -- nm - Ender Jul 14, 22:30
Shanghai Disney -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 14, 21:53 1
- Geez, this thing has been in the planning stages forever. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 21:59
... I don't know how AirBnB got so big, with ad slogans like this. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 14, 21:44
Amy opens here this weekend. Cool. -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 21:22 2
- That's what Spawn said. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 21:24 1
  - Haha - jangles Jul 14, 21:30
New Horizons Pluto fly by worked, and it phoned home. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 14, 21:05 6
- I don't care that Nasa is calling it a whales tail, that sepia photo of Pluto looks like a profile of Mickey Mouse's dog, Pluto! -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 22:22
- This isn't rhetorical. Is this new beyond what we knew this morning? -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 21:24 4
  - Yes, the satellite was in full data gathering mode during the flyby so couldn't communicate. - Beryllium Jul 14, 21:43
  - yes because the spacecraft broke silence with info just before 9 pm eastern tonight. many many pix are due tomorrow -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 21:28 2
    - CNN just said an update was coming up after the commercial they went into seconds ago -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 21:31 1
      - and the bastards opend up with the iran nuke deal -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 21:38
Dan Aykroyd will be in the Ghostbusters sequel/reboot. - Mop Jul 14, 21:01 7
- The more I hear about this film the less I'm interested. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:21
- Okay, I was on board with the whole "ghosts are real" premise but women successfully running their own business? - jangles Jul 14, 21:09 3
  - That's the hook! -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 21:28
  - With the help of Thor. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 21:17 1
    - QED -- nm - jangles Jul 14, 21:22
- How come my massage therapist knew this before I did? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 21:01 1
  - I have Sven on speed dial. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 21:04
Running an update. Hopefully it goes smoothly. (No new code, just OS updates) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 21:00
This map from Vox showing the spread of democracy in the world is hilarious. -- (link) - Mop Jul 14, 20:54 [Image] 5
- it's polity data, which while maybe a little narrow, isn't overly terrible. - mafic Jul 14, 21:05 4
  - We're splitting hairs and playing semantics on the word "democracy". - Mop Jul 14, 21:27 3
    - In the case of the UK, in 1842 a person had to own property to be able to vote -- nm - Roger More Jul 15, 05:26
    - The glorious democracy of Iraq is another great example for your point. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 21:57
    - The highlighting isn't very accurate. This breaks it down by country. -- (link) - GregW Jul 14, 21:56
15% hippie. There is something seriously wrong with that quiz. -- nm - tobor.2 Jul 14, 20:36 2
- 15% for me too. They don't remember true hippies ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 20:43 1
  - i'm still wondering how they could get 11% wrong with my answers. -- nm - Peglegpete 89% hippie Jul 14, 20:45
I'd watch the hell out of a reboot of Operation Petticoat FWIW. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 20:13 1
- And Liam Neeson as Uncle Joe - amoxy Jul 14, 21:44
Ok, that DeGrom kid is pretty good. - Mel Profit Jul 14, 20:10 2
- and his hair is luxurious -- nm - Tim Jul 14, 20:19 1
  - it is sort of mythical. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 20:25
Put enuf makeup on Erin Andrews and she looks decent -- nm - budice Jul 14, 20:04
MFK? Zoolander, Zookeeper, We Bought a Zoo -- nm - Jovian Jul 14, 20:03 5
- MKF. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:53
- Never Seen - K, Never Seen - K, Loved - F then M -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 14, 22:28 1
  - You've never seen Zoolander? Dude. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 15, 05:18
- I'd watch We Bought A Zoolander -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 20:42
- FKK -- nm - jangles Jul 14, 20:07
Guy ritchie has his moments. Man from Uncle looks worthwhile -- nm - budice Jul 14, 19:50 5
- he certainly has the look of the times down. I am leery of the script. Solo & Kuryakin fighting all the time is not how I envisioned UNCLE -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 20:49 1
  - The look of the times, and also a few great homage shots in the trailer -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 20:56
- I am so in. Used to love that show. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 19:51 2
  - Ilya looks a little too All-American. Other thsn that it looks good. -- nm - tobor.2 Jul 14, 20:30 1
    - Which is funny, because he's way more Russian than David McCallum. (And Armie looks kind of like Pavel Bure, anyway.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 20:45
Coffee is for closers -- nm - jangles Jul 14, 19:44 4
- I'm Not Shelly -- nm - JenBro Jul 14, 20:53
- Ketchup is for winners. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 14, 20:39
- I'll have a coke, please. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 19:51
- Steak knives work for me -- nm - budice Jul 14, 19:45

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