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Petey: 4. Bunnies: 0. - Spawn Aug 6, 07:21
LIR B2 - NC BBQ. If you are in Raleigh I think Coopers is the go to BBQ place. If you come on October 24th Lexington has a big BBQ festival with all -- (edited) - sycor Aug 6, 07:10
Oof. One of my local clients just got picked up and charged federally. - ML Aug 6, 07:02
Tech support ticket of the day: Need help unzipping this file. It is holding up a $1M project - oblique Aug 6, 06:57 1
- ask for 10% -- nm - Max Aug 6, 06:58
It's really odd not seeing Tiger play at Bridgestone. -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 06:48
A cop was caught on tape proposing to murder a resident and make it look like self-defense. This was in 2013. (wait for it.....) -- (link) - ty97 Aug 6, 06:32 5
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  - apathy will kill us. i am not being sarcastic. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 07:15 1
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  - You said the same thing when the waitress brought you pancakes with the wrong topping. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 6, 07:13
- 35k....seems like a reasonable payoff.... - Will Hunting Aug 6, 06:44
My spider story from last night. Arachnophobes, do not read. - Baron Bing Bong Aug 6, 06:28 3
- You grabbed it? Wow. I tend to flick them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 07:22
- I think that was fair and just. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 06:32 1
  - Would you be killed in your sleep like an ailing pet? This is a good death. There is no shame in this, a spider's death, a spider who has done fine -- nm* - works Aug 6, 06:35
Newest rumour re Chris Hyndman's death, his mother believes he fell off their balcony sleepwalking. - Andie Aug 6, 06:22 2
- Mike Birbiglia did the same thing and amazingly survived. -- (link) - Max Aug 6, 06:45
- oof -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 06:23
5 True WWII Stories Too Insane For History Books -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 06:08
I don't want to alarm anyone but SPOILER - all the boys love the measles and the mumps Aug 6, 06:05 24
- Do you still have the haunted basement? -- nm - trish Aug 6, 06:29 22
  - We all float down in mandy's basement, Trish! -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 07:07
  - :) - ty97 Aug 6, 07:06
  - where the heck have you been?!? (aka how *you* doin?) :) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 07:01 1
    - Mostly on bedrest reading my kindle.I have over 500 books on it and in the cloud, mostly free. I've been re-reading the classics from the Narnia books - trish Aug 6, 07:11
  - I was just thinking about the time you called me in the hospital. And you were yelling at me. - amoxy Aug 6, 06:41 6
    - I really did feel bad for yelling at you. - trish Aug 6, 07:01 3
      - get better!!! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 08:18
      - nmb Trish - emoticripple Aug 6, 07:10 1
        
        That's very sweet. - trish Aug 6, 07:28
    - That day was ST/TT at its best ! -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 06:52 1
      - And *I* found him. - trish Aug 6, 07:03
  - heh. I had to check the tron. you stealth posted on Aug 1st and no one noticed :) welcome back! -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 06:39
  - hello trish! -- nm - Max Aug 6, 06:35
  - no! I bought a new basement two weeks ago!! -- nm - all the boys love the measles and the mumps Aug 6, 06:35 2
    - Did you buy the rest of the house to go with it? -- nm - trish Aug 6, 06:38 1
      - And it includes a *grape arbor* !!!!!! -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 06:47
  - Trish! You won't remember me, but I am happy to see you! -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 06:33 1
    - Well I do, so there. -- nm - trish Aug 6, 06:37
  - !!!!!!!! - ML Aug 6, 06:31 3
    - I swear you got me all woken up and peppy and actually wanting to post again. - trish Aug 6, 06:36 2
      - whoo! - ML Aug 6, 06:47 1
        
        Word! -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 06:50
- Oooo sexy. Did you go all HE and get a sweet front loading couple? - Shaun Aug 6, 06:17
August 6, 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 06:01 3
- 1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 06:01 2
  - 1945- Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 06:02 1
    - 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 06:04
Tesla Model S car hacked, shut off while driving -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 06:00 1
- "Tesla is issuing a patch, which all drivers will have by Thursday, to fix the flaws." Easiest "recall" ever. - TWuG Aug 6, 06:22
Guys, I went UP another rank at the other site. I'm the highest I've been in a few years, I think. - ty97 Aug 6, 05:56 13
- Down 1 today to 1095; I snoozed on the bonds and am generally on the wrong side of this week. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 06:34
- Damn, I forgot to record my MTD for July. But I've reached 1143 rank, only 5 behind Remlik -- nm - Max Aug 6, 06:25 1
  - Since I started back at it in April (iirc?) I've improved about 80 places. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 06:26
- Same. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 06:24
- I went down two this weekend. I feel like a failure. -- nm - all the boys love the measles and the mumps Aug 6, 06:04 2
  - i wasn't paying much attention to my port last week, i lost bajillions it felt like. - Andie Aug 6, 06:23
  - I dropped a couple over the last few weeks but went back up 1 last night. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 6, 06:21
- I wonder as a group what % of the Top X we hold -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 05:58 5
  - At one point I was in the top 20, I haven't touched it in almost 3 years. Heck I don't even know how to play now. -- nm - trish Aug 6, 06:33 1
    - it's like riding a bike! just get back on. (sooo good to see you!) -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 06:40
  - about 8-9% - Roger More Aug 6, 06:15
  - In the league, we have 6 of the top 50, 9 / 100, 12 / 150, 14 / 200, and 15 / 250. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 6, 06:15
  - *crying.* less because of me! less because of *me*! -- nm - all the boys love the measles and the mumps Aug 6, 06:05
Celeb Bdays:Adrianne Curry (33),Asia Carrera (42) Geri Halliwell (43) - budice Aug 6, 05:54 2
- MFK -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 06:04
- MKF -- (link) - amoxy Aug 6, 06:01
Chicago weather this weekend: Friday: 82 Sat 80 Sunday 85 -- nm - Pippy in the Windy City Aug 6, 05:46 2
- It's gonna be nice. It's very not-Chicago summer right now -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 05:48 1
  - that was my thought. it will be 104 in Dallas - *giggling* -- nm - Pippy in the Windy City Aug 6, 05:51
Woohooo, in line for my flight to vegastravaganza! Can't wait to see all you ST'ers this weekend!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 05:43 4
- I thought it was Chicago? -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 05:59 2
  - Wait, what? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 06:26
  - damnit. He is drunk -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 05:59
- Don't get drunk and punch someone! -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 05:49
happy sick day!!! -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Aug 6, 05:14 4
- It's my fake Friday! -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 05:49
- I may be sick tomorrow afternoon -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 05:33
- woohoo! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 05:15 1
  - you know it, brother! -- nm - all the boys love the measles and the mumps Aug 6, 05:16
So is saying "I'm jelly" rather than "I'm jealous" a new internet atrocity or just one I've been lucky enough never to have noticed until now? - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 05:04 8
- ur jelly u can't hack the life jar -- nm - Max Aug 6, 06:51
- You've just been lucky. Kids have a very rich set of slang. - TWuG Aug 6, 06:24 2
  - Ok, grandpa. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 6, 06:31
  - Totes magotes. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 6, 06:28
- I'm totally jelly that you're just hearing it now. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 6, 06:18
- You're lucky. - oblique Aug 6, 05:51
- I've heard some kids using it -- nm - Pippy in the Windy City Aug 6, 05:48
- You've been lucky, it's been with us for a while -- nm - J Aug 6, 05:13
Tom Brady's reaction to being told he has to buy an $8,500 pool cover -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 04:46 3
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  - pool cover actually means deflate footballs. He paid $8500 to have it done. It is so obvious! -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 05:58
- $8500 pool cover better cook me breakfast -- nm - budice Aug 6, 04:47
Yay - on the road to the Windy City - Woo! -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 03:55 8
- us too! plane is boarding! -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 03:56 7
  - Jealous! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 05:17 2
    - Jelly! -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 05:17 1
      - This. Have a fantastic weekend guys! -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 06:01
  - Coolios, gettin high -- nm - budice Aug 6, 04:47
  - Wish I could be there. Have a great trip, and keep us updated! -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 04:28
  - have a great time everyone!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 04:25
  - Have fun guys! -- nm - iSpam Aug 6, 04:05
The Daily Show: 7 memorable Canadian moments -- link -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 03:20
Here's the Arby's ad from the Daily Show. -- (link) - Mop Aug 5, 23:54 3
- his corporate shill bit with Seth Rollins was fun too with a crap ton of Arbys bashing. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 05:25
- There were 2 different long ones and a really funny 10 second one right at the end, -- nm - trish Aug 6, 04:16
- Thank you. That's kind of epic - JD Aug 6, 00:44
Mr. Robot went way off the rails last week and stayed there this week until 2 minutes before the end. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 23:27 2
- OK, uh... thank you for such a specific review in your OM -- nm - con_carne Aug 5, 23:56 1
  - What, you want spoilers? Elliot in the psychiatrist office at the end is all kinds of awesome. Meanwhile, the subplots need to die. - Mop Aug 6, 00:05
man, there's not much better on a hot night than a cold, juicy orange from the fridge when you get home -- nm - jangles Aug 5, 22:28 10
- it's almost like you don't actually want to taste things. -- nm - mafic Aug 5, 23:09 1
  - it was delish -- nm - jangles Aug 5, 23:10
- You are so lucky to have all that great California produce! -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 22:31 7
  - umm . . . yeah - jangles Aug 5, 22:36 6
    - right ... but it's ALWAYS there if you are so inclined ... in perfect condition - here? Not so much -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 22:38 5
      - I've been eating the biggest ripest juiciest plums ever all week long - con_carne Aug 5, 22:49 4
        
        I don't think I've had meat in almost a week. All my fave produce is in season. I've been eating plums, black grapes,pluots. cherries, raspberries - trish Aug 6, 03:50 2
        
        is there a winery culture there at all? -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 03:56 1
        
        Oh yeah. Google Idaho wines--they've been winning awards for years, There are some great wine tours, both organized and DIY - trish Aug 6, 06:27
        
        *b.hammers post* -- nm* - jangles Aug 5, 22:52
Jen, What time? 6? - tobor.2 Aug 5, 22:14 3
- Six sounds good to me - if something changes that plan I'll post here to let you know ok? -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 22:27 2
  - Okay. I'll check before I go too far. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 5, 22:33 1
    - we can check in at our hotel at 4 ... so 6 should be fine -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 22:39
Gyro was pretty good earlier today at lunch. Ruben is awful. God awful. Biscuits and gravy is tomorrow's lunch. - Qale Aug 5, 22:02 4
- I picked up one of each of those. Will have to do a taste test tomorrow. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 5, 22:14
- I liked gyro better than ruben because it was a thicker, crunchier chip. both were awful. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 22:12 2
  - The aftertaste on all of them is a nightmare to be sure. I'm having fun with them though. I'm always game for a gimmick. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 22:21 1
    - to me the gyro aftertaste resembled yogurt. the ruben sadly was sourkraut -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 22:23
Has this made the national news? Bounty hunters raid the house of the Phoenix police chief... -- (link) - Meg Aug 5, 21:14 4
- Not sure, but it made it here a while ago. -- (link) - GregW Aug 5, 21:17 [Backboard]
- Or in other words, "this is how meg helps the competition get rid of themselves" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:17 2
  - Sounds like a variation of "swatting" - using an anonymous tip on 'social media' to send cops or bounty hunters against a celebrity. -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 21:47 1
    - yes, it does. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:48
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz considering a Demo White House run -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 5, 20:52 2
- Yes, the thick and meaty right flank of the Democratic Party - jangles Aug 5, 21:18
- Ha ha - jangles Aug 5, 21:13
that was a great Arby's commercial during Jon Stewart -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 20:48 5
- Hopefully someone links to it -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:19
- Yeah. They can really take a joke. Well done by them. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 21:14 2
  - he said arby's sends gift boxes everytime they get mentioned -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 21:48 1
    - I might eat there one day just because they took the jokes so well. - Krusty Aug 6, 06:13
- I hope it featured Peter Stormare as a Nihilist. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:13
Diva, it was, what,3 times an episode they had him ripping open his shirt? - Reagen Aug 5, 20:47
JENBRO, HURRY AND PACK! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:46 6
- I can't yet - clothes are still washing!!! I'm so excited to see everyone again :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 20:50 5
  - Will you see Max? -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 5, 21:01 4
    - Isn't he a West Coaster? -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 22:29 3
      - (Northern Virginia) -- nm - jangles Aug 5, 22:38 2
        
        Well what do you know -- nm - JenBro Aug 5, 23:44 1
        
        (you were close) -- nm - jangles Aug 5, 23:52

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