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No, this is not a photoshop. O'Hare is so well designed you have to drive under a taxiway. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 3, 10:14 3
- For some reason, I think we did the same in Dallas or Houston on a flight to Vegas. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 10:18
- The old Denver airport had that as well. - JaxSean Aug 3, 10:18
- I always thought it was cool. -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 10:16
Zoo pandas are faking pregnancy to get more and better snacks and air conditioning -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 3, 10:02 1
- Think bigger, pandas. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 10:07
ST Yes/No poll: Do you know how Times Square got its name? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 09:57 14
- I believe it was in 1904 when Mayor McLellan was heard saying "How many TIMES do I have to clean this fucking place up." -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 10:15
- Yes. Follow-up poll: do you know what it was called before it became Times Sq? -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:11
- I don't know for certain, but I've always assumed it's related to the NY Times. -- nm - ML Aug 3, 10:09
- Nope. I figured it either had to do with - JaxSean Aug 3, 10:07
- Good Times? -- nm - Max Aug 3, 10:04
- I assume it's like Michael said in The Office: "Named for the good times you have when you're in it" - prayformojo Aug 3, 10:02
- City planner was a math nerd who loved puns -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 10:01 1
  - Like NYC was ever planned. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 3, 10:04
- Multiplication mafia -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 10:00
- Yes because I just read it but I usually forget until I'm reminded. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 3, 10:00
- no -- nm - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 10:00
- Yes -- nm - Diva Aug 3, 09:59
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  - This is what I thought. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:08
of all of John Oliver's recurring bits, the one I like the most is - prayformojo Aug 3, 09:52 2
- I liked the one where he did that same bit with Oklahoma or Nebraska. - Inigo Aug 3, 09:57 1
  - That was the only time I knew whether or not he was right. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 10:27
Sh*t just got real. Hank Green goes to war against freebooting - and other Facebook misdeeds. -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 09:51
Thing I was reminded of visiting my family: For the price I pay in rent, I could afford this house in their development: - ty97 Aug 3, 09:48 2
- This one is available now too -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 09:51
- I like it. I don't need the 2nd floor for any reason whatsoever but I like it -- nm - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 09:51
"Signs ty97 is old" Monday edition (with bonus Sunday edition!) - ty97 Aug 3, 09:40 2
- to be fair, nobody can figure out that interface. -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 3, 09:43
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"From the studio that inexplicably sewed his fucking mouth shut the first time..." -- nm - Ender Aug 3, 09:37 1
- (which actually does make sense in some ways) -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 09:47
So, the podcast Witness is rather good. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:30 2
- I'm not convinced that was actually General Custer they interviewed... -- nm - Ender Aug 3, 09:33
- Yeah, I've been listening for a couple of years after catching one randomly on the BBC World Service. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 3, 09:31
Trailer for the trailer of the new Deadpool movie -- (link) - Beaker Aug 3, 09:29 [youtube] 7
- I really like the tone of this film. -- nm - ML Aug 3, 09:31 6
  - "Rated R" - Spawn Aug 3, 09:36 2
    - will it stay R? -- nm - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 09:49 1
      - Yes, they even had an April Fools joke video which cemented the R-rating. -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 09:51
  - I wouldn't be surprised if the name "Ryan Reynolds" is mentionned IN the movie - Guigue Aug 3, 09:35 1
    - yeah . . . just how far will they push the envelope with the 4th wall . . . should be a fun ride -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 3, 09:53
  - Agreed. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 3, 09:33
Fishnado -- (link) - ML Aug 3, 09:22 [vimeo] 2
- Oh the ichthanity. -- nm* - Baron Bing Bong Aug 3, 09:29
- Oh Hell No -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 09:24
Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing all their student loans with grants. -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 09:17
This seems to be a pretty good XBone deal -- (link) - ML Aug 3, 09:08 2
- That is a decent deal. The 1TB system with just Halo is $400. So you get the AC game and year of Live for free. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 09:19
- yeah, except that didn't that AC game suck? -- nm - decline Aug 3, 09:09
New GOP Poll (from Monmouth). Poor Rick Perry. Poor JackDawson -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 09:04
EVE: Gunjack for your Samsung Gear VR pleasure -- (link) - oblique Aug 3, 09:02 [youtube] 3
- Seems like we've come a long way just to play Asteroids again. -- nm - Imperator Aug 3, 09:04 2
  - That man is playing Galaga. -- nm - Tony Stark si Aug 3, 09:16 1
    - Probably works for Hydra -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:18
Sweet Op-Ed in the Washington Post by a mom of a transgendered son. - Jim Aug 3, 09:00 4
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  - Yeah, she's very excited to get her article published. She's also having an issue with her rainbow flag being stolen from off her house... - Jim Aug 3, 09:11 2
    - She should paint the side of her house rainbow. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 3, 09:22 1
      - I think she's finally found one to stay. I think part of the issue was that she was flying the version of the flag - Jim Aug 3, 09:38
*fires the TWTR under $30 flare* - Baron Bing Bong Aug 3, 08:53
If Biden wanted to blow up the Democratic primary, he'd agree with Warren to be his running mate and promise to let her run his admin's econ policy. -- nm - ML Aug 3, 08:52 1
- *twitch* -- nm - emoticripple Aug 3, 08:52
Okay that is some bullshit Jack!! - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 08:42 11
- Speaking of, is there some sort of schedule for the weekend. I don't facebook so I don't what's on the agenda. -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 08:49 3
  - Not much actually scheduled except for Saturday @ 9 architecture tour/fireworks. We are trying to schedule dinner before the tour -- -- (edited) - Diva Aug 3, 09:09 1
    - Ok. If you could email me as you know more. I think I'm unlikely to be able to make the cruise, but likely could make one or both of the dinners. - pmb Aug 3, 09:31
  - there will be hot dogs, pizza and a boat tour at some point over 3 dasys -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 08:51
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  - *grumble, grumble* okay then. -- nm - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 08:45 5
    - Now ask him "Why can't you go to Chicago two weekends in a row, Jack?" -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:48 4
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        What did you think of Lollapalooza? -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 08:55 2
        
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        That area is called Perry's. When I first started going it was a small tent and now is an area that holds 10,000 people and is always crowded. The - pmb Aug 3, 09:05
"Good morning pmb. You're being subpoenaed to testify in a federal criminal trial in New York in late October- early November. You need to block off - pmb Aug 3, 08:37 18
- Do they have to pay for your trip? or is that on you? -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 09:15 2
  - They pay. Although the last time I had to do this they put me up in a hotel that was a bad, run down, old Holiday Inn (where even the gift shop had - pmb Aug 3, 09:18 1
    - Then they turned the coffee shop into an Arby's -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 13:11
- Monday sucks but as my dear 97 said, pmbstravaganza!!! -- nm - Diva Aug 3, 08:48 1
  - Right! Everyone just needs to be available at a moment's notice over a 2 week period! -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 08:50
- "I say, can't I just hire one of those poor people to read a script for me?" -- nm - Sir Monocle Aug 3, 08:43
- My Monday is the suck but it doesn't suck and blow like yours -- nm - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 08:43
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  - What amazes me is that I think I'm going to being testifying about a single 20 minute phone call that at least 2 other people who have much more that - pmb Aug 3, 08:44 4
    - "I can't recall; I was doodling the entire time." -- nm - Max Aug 3, 09:51
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      - It's this case (I think I've posted about it before). -- (link) - pmb Aug 3, 08:48 1
        
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- Woof. -- nm - ML Aug 3, 08:40
- damn, could they have at least sent you somewhere nice for it? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 08:39 1
  - the downgrade in pizza quality is killer -- nm - ML Aug 3, 08:40
- pmbstravaganza! -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:39
- dang -- nm - decline Aug 3, 08:38
"He went to Mexico planning to drink himself to death." Interesting article about Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys - ty97 Aug 3, 08:36 1
- 10 dwi's is just crazy. -- nm - decline Aug 3, 08:54
Astrotrade! -- nm - ML Aug 3, 08:36
Everytime I see it, it nearly gives me an aneurysm. Why is there a Words with Friends board game?! It's just Scrabble, people! -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:31 3
- Because Hasbro has been slow to get "with it" and so someone else just made an app. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 08:35 2
  - But why a WWF board game? -- nm - mara Aug 3, 09:16 1
    - Oh... a board game? Geez. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 09:18
if you wanted to buy an 11.6 or 12" windows laptop right now, what would you buy? SSD preferred. thanks, nice tech people. - fabulous squad Aug 3, 08:23 9
- Someone - was it ty97? - looking for one a few weeks ago. They're rather interchangeable. But if not the Surface Pro, then... - Mop Aug 3, 08:36
- Surface Pro 3 -- nm - decline Aug 3, 08:27 7
  - isn't the surface pro 3 not a "laptop" in that you can't use it, like, on your lap, as a laptop? it needs a stand? -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 3, 08:31 4
    - It can but it's not like using a classic "clamshell" laptop. If you have a strong preference for that, don't get the Surface -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:39
    - here look at this video -- (link) - decline Aug 3, 08:35 [youtube]
    - Kind of. It has a very sturdy plastic stand built-in, but it kinda digs into your legs. Not very comfortable. -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 08:34 1
      - So it needs a stand stand. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:34
  - this -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:30 1
    - Yup -- nm - Ender Aug 3, 08:31
The best part of Descendants was when (sp) - prayformojo Aug 3, 08:21
ESPN '30 for 30' Presents: "I Should NOT Have Pissed Off Ronda" -- (link) - decline Aug 3, 08:19
Weekend Movie Poll: It Follows: B, Rogue Nation: A. - Imperator Aug 3, 08:18 10
- Hateship Loveship: B-, Minions: C+ (Nathan's first movie theater experience: A-), the first half of Grace and Frankie S1: B- - kelly Aug 3, 09:03
- Rouge Nation IMAX: A-. It was a little long (spoilers) - oblique Aug 3, 08:58
- Birdman - B+, but brought down by a lame ending. -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 08:53
- We Are Still Here: B+; Birdman: A; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A- -- nm - emoticripple Aug 3, 08:52
- I'd agree with your ratings, mostly. I might put The Flash at a B+, but Wentworth Miller and Domenic Purcell are A++. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 3, 08:50
- True Detective last night's episode - glorious! spoils - Pippy of the Windy City Aug 3, 08:44 1
  - It was really great. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 3, 08:53
- Kiss The Girls: C+. Sense8, ep 1-4: B-. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 3, 08:26
- Lucy: B+ (I liked it better this second viewing) -- nm - decline Aug 3, 08:21
- Rogue Nation: A-; Mr Holmes: A- -- nm - Ender Aug 3, 08:20
I will paypal you a dollar if you remind me to (and I actually follow through) order a tv mount tonight. - fabulous squad Aug 3, 08:16
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- I note that none of these ambitions listed include fixing actual problems -- nm - Roger More Aug 3, 08:17 2
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Washington DC Statehood (HBO) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 3, 08:13 [youtube]
Duh headline of the day: 75% of Latinos Have Negative View of Trump -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 08:08 6
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  - ¿Quien es El Trump? -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 08:15
  - my impression is a lot of families that emigrated legally have strong feelings about the undocumented -- nm - jangles Aug 3, 08:11 1
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  - they are on his payroll. - groiny Aug 3, 08:10
  - nah, that's the group who have no idea who he is -- nm - decline Aug 3, 08:10
W10 LYC: So. I had to install an update to my DisplayPort software to get my 3 monitors to work. My primary (currently using a mini-DisplayPort to - oblique Aug 3, 08:04 2
- I'm hoping with the Surface Pro 4 that Microsoft will make it much easier to get 2 or more monitors working. -- (link) - Inigo Aug 3, 08:20 1
  - Seems from further reading I need monitors that support the daisy chaining but at least I can probably get my low Hz monitor back up to snuff - oblique Aug 3, 08:29
FLAME ON!!! -- (link) - Spawn Aug 3, 08:03
LIR: sycor. Just in time for Windows Edge! :) -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:01 1
- Well, hopefully 11 will be supported for a while longer. lol -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:26
Related: Everyone (including pollsters) Is Already Freaking Out Over the 2016 Election Polls -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 08:00 1
- So stop freaking out , ty! -- nm - Roger More Aug 3, 08:17
awww, Bobby Haircut says no to a seat on the clown bus -- (link) - jangles Aug 3, 07:58
That was nicely done, Inigo! - David Aug 3, 07:54 8
- At this point, I'm not even sure if the correct question was posted -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 08:08 3
  - I'm tempted to edit the original post, but that would ruin the comedy gold for the ST latecomers. -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 08:30 2
    - Other than Hangover 2, Hangover, Ted...eetc etc...what are the next two highest grossing worldwide comedies? - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:33 1
      - In hindsight, it shoulda just been a top ten highest grossing comedies question. -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 08:35
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- What do you mean? I just got here. Haven't posted since last week! How was everyone's weekend? -- nm - Inigo Aug 3, 07:55 2
  - When I left Nags Head yesterday the water was turquoise, warm, and clear. I woke up with my windows open to totally pleasant weather here too. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 07:59
  - Probably among the top 3 or 4 I've ever had.....wait, top 6...nope, top 8. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 07:57

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