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See, this is the sort of thing I need to get into. Run the math on those numbers. There's money in them thar hills. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 20, 10:44
is today a great hsx day for everyone? I spent a fair while last night putting more focus on longer-term - fabulous squad Jul 20, 10:42 1
- I'm not having a great day (+H$1.2MM), and it seems to be from a thousand cuts. -- nm - emoticripple Jul 20, 10:53
God, he's not even going to finish in the top 2. Another pretender to the throne! *throws out his Jordan memorabilia* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:41 1
- He *stinks!* -- nm - ML Jul 20, 10:44
Repost! Surprise Black Eyed Peas video is my latest music obsession. It has sent me back to TFox's "90s Rap Music" Spotify playlist -- (link) - con_carne Jul 20, 10:37 [youtube] 1
- So basically they went back to their original style (Fergie changed their style completely). -- nm - MDH Jul 20, 10:46
I can't believe he missed that putt, really -- nm - mud Jul 20, 10:28
Happy 40th bday today to the actress that seems to be in all the summer movies Judy Greer -- nm* - eag Jul 20, 10:26 2
- She's going to get smothered with praise ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 10:28 1
  - DO IT AGAIN! -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 10:47
I'm late to the game because of the move, but are we strong recommenders for Arkham Knight? - Volnelk Jul 20, 10:20
I want to see this kid's birth certificate. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:11 5
- Sure thing, Mr. Trump. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 10:54
- This is coming down to Spieth versus Johnson exactly as predicted! -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 10:29 1
  - I liked my odds with my Spieth / DJ idea the other day... - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:29
- he's the Jordan of golf - ML Jul 20, 10:12 1
  - It's odd in the sense that nothing he does is otherworldly... Tiger and Jack were powerhouses with skills to match - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:15
Xbox One Halo: Master Chief Collection Bundle $300 + Free Shipping -- (link) - ML Jul 20, 10:08 1
- Prime+1 Day -- nm - Max Jul 20, 10:09
wait a second . . . is there a way to use italics or bold here on ST ? -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 20, 10:04 1
- Not by design. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 10:07
Those you who had met Inigo before all told me what a good guy he is. What you did not tell me - ty97 Jul 20, 09:54 7
- Great to *meat* you, too! My gf loved you. -- nm - Inigo Jul 20, 10:05 1
  - meat lovers piazza -- nm - Max Jul 20, 10:06
- Well, he never introduced me to her ... probably because he feared our meating. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:57
- did you feel her up? -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:55 3
  - She got out unscathed. Some drunk friend of Jack's, not so much... - Inigo Jul 20, 10:03 2
    - LOL - - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 20, 10:45
    - did you get video? - JenBro Jul 20, 10:34
Sepp Blatter money shower -- (link) - mud Jul 20, 09:43 4
- I thought it might be 'Lee Nelson' doing this, he's a poor man's Dennis Pennis. -- nm - LMS Jul 20, 10:00
- "ew, ew, ones, get them off me" -- nm - Max Jul 20, 09:55 1
  - " . . . they make me feel so cheap . . . " -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 20, 10:03
- golden -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:43
"Hackers Threaten to Expose 37 Million Cheating AshleyMadison Users" - ML Jul 20, 09:42 25
- heh. Doesn't pay to play. I guess. - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 20, 10:48
- they charge you to delete accounts, which was an annoying thing when someone used my email to sign up for it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 09:51 14
  - that's pretty rude -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 20, 10:49
  - mmhmmm -- nm - Max Jul 20, 09:52 10
    - Please. Cheating sounds exhausting. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 09:54 9
      - This...being married now seems "easier" than dating or an affair. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 20, 10:20
      - that is what the site is for, to make it easier. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 10:00 2
        
        I don't think it resolves the issues that are being alluded to - JD Jul 20, 10:07 1
        
        You could call it ... Risky Business. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 10:28
      - Right? -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:56 1
        
        mmhmmm -- nm - Max Jul 20, 09:58
      - My father: "Your mother knows I'd never cheat on her - ty97 Jul 20, 09:55
      - That's what I always tell my wife. I can barely handle just you, how do you expect to me keep up another woman? - spamlet Jul 20, 09:55 1
        
        Right? Being married is exhausting! - IrishStephen Jul 20, 10:28
  - Blackmail is best when it's legal. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:52
  - and the hackers say this is why they went after them cause they charge people but then didn't delete everything -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:51
- 2 of them are probably Max Read and Creggs. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:46
- It amazes me that the site has that many members. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 09:44 7
  - Just looked, and Match.com has over 4 million people using it per month. -- nm - Inigo Jul 20, 09:51
  - the husband of one of ball teammates worked in IT for them for a while. They have the main site but the company also owns TONS of really weird niche -- (edited) - Andie Jul 20, 09:46 3
    - Clown love . com -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:48
    - Balloon Poppers! -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 09:47
    - ~At Farmers Only dot com~ -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:47
  - It's worldwide and I bet some of the cheaters have more than one account. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 09:46 1
    - heh, "Tom Brady has an Ashley Madison profile. Gisele is gonna be pissed. #cheater" -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:47
If anyone (Meg?) had a US Airways flight booked for October 17 or later, you now have an American flight instead. - ty97 Jul 20, 09:39 4
- Yeh,they moved all the revenue flights. The award flights were moved but reverted back to what was on the US system. - Meg Jul 20, 10:02 1
  - Hmm, interesting, an issue specific to award flights? Wonder what is driving that. - ty97 Jul 20, 10:08
- i got a notice last week this was happening (i fly them next April). i should check my reservation -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 09:41 1
  - Word is that it went smoothly, but yeah, def double check -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 09:48
Harry Potter is the Real Slim Shady. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 20, 09:39
That British Open leader would be a fantastic story. (spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:29 7
- How about the fact that Dunne, who was leading the tournament in the 3rd round, isn't going to wind up as low amateur. That's pretty amazing. - pmb Jul 20, 09:34 1
  - Part of me is only surprised no one's tagged a 63 yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:38
- Has Tiger ever won two straight majors and then finished second in another consecutively? - David Jul 20, 09:31 4
  - Actually, he won 2 in a row and then finished 2nd in the next 2 - in 06-07. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 09:35
  - Tiger won 4 consecutively but not in the same year. -- nm - pmb Jul 20, 09:33
  - Tiger won 4 in a row and 3 in a single year...I don't know if he's gone 1-1-2... - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:33 1
    - He went 1-2-1 in 2005 and then 1-1- (2006) and T2 to open 2007. and then 1-2-1 from 2007 to 2008. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:34
Iceburg tipover -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 09:28
I'm watching how to kill hornets, wasp, bees nest on YT. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:27 21
- This is why God gave us flame throwers. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:35 1
  - I will admit to mentally going over some Darwin Award winning ideas. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:50
- How high is it? We always waited until dusk (when they are in the nest) and hit it with copious amounts of bug killer. - spamlet Jul 20, 09:33 16
  - It's not that high...maybe 7 feet off the ground. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:49 14
    - A good can if wasp killer can spray a stream like a super soaker, 2nd floor eaves even, a safe enough distance ,wait till evening - zeitgeist Jul 20, 12:35
    - I'm seeing wait until late evening, spray a can of the stuff, hit the hole and fully saturate the entire nest. Get another can and hit again the - Diva Jul 20, 09:53 12
      - yep, we're seeing the same thing. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:55 5
        
        awesome. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 10:06
        
        how big is the nest? if it is smaller than fist size, one can, wet towel, stompin' should be plenty -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:56 3
        
        about 10 inches tall/8 inches wide. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 10:05 2
        
        yep. bigger than a fist but manageable for now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:23 1
        
        I'm thinking Lacrosse equipment + launching it into neighbors yard -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 10:27
      - have a wet towel handy, when you knock it down throw the towel over it and stomp the shit out of them -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:54 5
        
        7 foot should be high enough to break the eggs if it's falling onto a hard surface. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:56 3
        
        I use the towel to keep any still alive from coming forth for revenge ala John Wick -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:57 2
        
        Now I'm imaging a group of wasps in a conference room with Mel drawn on a whiteboard. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:58 1
        
        "Him!" (an old site gag from 'Scrubs") -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:24
        
        i could never do this. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 09:55
  - same if the below doesn;t work -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:36
- I like using the fake wasp nests to keep them away. They have worked great for me and cheap at the $ Store -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:32 1
  - ha ha ha. wasps are so dumb. (thanks). -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:50
oh Max Read.... -- (link) - ty97 Jul 20, 09:23 1
- That couldn't hold a candle to comedian David pulling down Tami's towel on RW: LA. - David Jul 20, 09:26
Wait, the 7 line extension is actually going to open? I figured it would just delay for 80 years like the Second Ave subway. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 09:21
I wonder how fast Hogan's lawyers were on the phone to those two - Beaker Jul 20, 09:19 1
- They wouldn't be credible witnesses anyway. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:21
i like that one of today's Mothers Day / Mother's Day IPOs has Jennifer Aniston, and one has Courtney Cox. -- nm* - Andie Jul 20, 09:18 5
- I can't wait for Marshall's next movie: Flag Day. - spamlet Jul 20, 10:08 1
  - Scene 1: Julia Roberts opens a fortune cookie... -- nm - Roger More Jul 20, 10:27
- I wouldn't have thought Lepidopterists would warrant their own movie. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 10:05
- I like that one stars Julia Roberts and the other stars Susan Sarandon and they starred in 'Stepmom' together. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 09:31
- I haven't look yet, but will they be playing the mom of a guy who IRL is two years younger than them? - ty97 Jul 20, 09:19
this is like dueling banjos between Reddit and Gawker -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:17 4
- It's really just an intricate game of Red Rover. Ellen Pao will join Gawker tomorrow. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 09:18
- "Two sites enter! ..." -- nm* - Reagen Jul 20, 09:18
- Which has the pretty mouth? -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:18 1
  - well there is this thread on /r/4chan (really really NSFW.. really really racist) -- (link) - colin Jul 20, 09:19
"They say he carved it himself... out of a bigger spoon." -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 09:11 1
- Even just the sound effects in that episode are great. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:11
Executive editor of Gawker Media and the editor in chief of gawker.com are both resigning. - ty97 Jul 20, 09:08 22
- So, if Gawker went away, we'd get rid of Deadspin and it, but we'd lose Gizmodo, Kotaku, and Charlie Jane's io9. - David Jul 20, 09:12 19
  - Deadspin is not the same as the Leitch era, but it's recovered from the icky Daulerio era. -- nm - Tim Jul 20, 09:27
  - Kotaku, I think, was actually the lynchpin for me to unfollow all the gawker stuff. I forget why. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:14 5
    - I never navigate there, but it seems like a site with a lot of good viral stories/news. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:16
    - GamerGate? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:15 3
      - It might actually have been before that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:15 2
        
        I think it was when their entire organization-wide user database got stolen -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:18 1
        
        (that was in 2010) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:20
  - They're all Gawker Media, so baby/bathwater. -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:13 2
    - That was my point, yeah. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:14 1
      - I read those sites regularly as well--also Jalopnik. -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:17
  - Plus Lifehacker. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:13 8
    - I used to read Lifehacker a lot five or six years ago, but I didn't find much use for it overall. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:14 6
      - It's mostly for the deals and new apps now. Much less 'lifehacky' stuff. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:15
      - The world doesn't revolve around you David. ;p -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:15 4
        
        My world does! -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:15 3
        
        Kim, please disabuse him of this notion at your earliest convenience. His world revolves around you. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:16 2
        
        David named his Tivo "Kim"? -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:27 1
        
        The Kim Collective? -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:31
    - Jalopnik (I'm not much into cars, but they have some good articles) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 20, 09:14
- Good! - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:11
- *look down the page* hmm. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 09:11
Pippy - yep, still London based, trying to get moved to Dublin area. Rental in Houston going great.. friend moved out of house, new friend moving in. - colin Jul 20, 09:08
Executive editor Tommy Craggs and editor-in-chief Max Read are resigning from Gawker Media. -- (link) - ML Jul 20, 09:04 15
- "Max Read"? -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 09:11 1
  - And his cousin, S.E.O. Clickthroughs -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:12
- Were these people behind the decision to post or are they leaving in protest? -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:06 12
  - Protest of the chief legal counsel taking it down. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:10 7
    - "But it's jooouuuuurnalismmmmm!", they cry -- nm - ... while falling into the abyss of sensationalism Jul 20, 09:14 5
      - You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 09:44
      - Heh. If they think of themselves as journalists, well, even Uwe Boll isn't that deluded about who he is. -- nm* - David Jul 20, 09:15 2
        
        Yes, I gather that they ought to be flogged by Woodward and Bernstein for even daring to argue the article was worth writing. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:16 1
        
        Bernstein maybe. Woodward, enh. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 09:19
      - Given how that was handled, I'm not sure they understand journalism. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:14
    - idiots.. good. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 09:12
  - Yes. - ML Jul 20, 09:09
  - leaving because the post was taken down -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:09 2
    - Okay, so that's a good riddance situation if ever there were one. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:13
    - I ... oh. Wow. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:12

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