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Haaaa - 2nd spin - 35 cents wins me $21 bucks - WOO! -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 10:03 2
- Quit now! -- nm - iSpam Aug 6, 10:05
- Awesome! If this trend continues.... -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 10:04
huh. David Oyelowo plays one of the snake passengers in Source Code -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 10:02 5
- Man, when Samuel L. Jackson finds out... -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 10:06
- what the H is a snake passenger? "Train passenger". plays one of the *train passengers* in Source Code -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 10:03 3
  - ST needs an edit function. - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 10:06 1
    - I've been telling bery this for *years*! -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 10:08
  - snakes on a motherf@cking train! -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 10:06
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Did ST discuss the three terrorists arrested in NC. They were arming up and building bombs. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 6, 09:58 2
- Muslims for sure, right? -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 09:59 1
  - Well, the article calls them "nuts" instead of "terrorists," so...no. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:02
A Shakespearean guide to the Republican primary race, from McSweeney's -- (link) - mara Aug 6, 09:57
"According to multiple reports, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux tied the knot last night!" -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:55 5
- That could also be a euphemism for something else -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 09:58
- poor Jax -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 09:57 3
  - I'm married...she's married....this could work out. *applies for ABC' Wife Swap* -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:00 2
    - "You never said nothing about giving her back!" -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 10:01 1
      - I was obviously not familiar with the rules of this show when we swapped. Therefore, no takey-backsies. - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:04
David, are you watching S2 of The Strain? - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:45 5
- Yes, and I really wish it was better. - Imperator Aug 6, 09:52 3
  - Did you like the 2nd and 3rd books? I never got around to reading those -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:53 2
    - I really want to understand if Guillermo del Toro knows what real human names sound like. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:55
    - More than most people, yes. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:54
- I don't watch but get a kick out of some of the reviews (i09's is what I read) - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Aug 6, 09:49
Bears rookie WR Kevin White may miss the first six weeks of the season -- (link) - ML Aug 6, 09:44
I wonder if David would write this letter for someone in Blood Feud.... -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 09:41 2
- Dear Judge Judy: The person you're about to sentence called you fat and insinuated your parents were unmarried...and related. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:52
- Yeah right. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:46
I have tried about every type of chair possible, so my conclusion is that my desktop is the problem and sets too low. - TWuG Aug 6, 09:39
I'm out. -- (link) - ML Aug 6, 09:38 12
- and for something different: mix half a beer and half a Mike's Hard Lemonade. we call it a Turbo. wife loves it. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 10:01
- Moosehead Raddlers are quite tasty -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 10:00
- Have you never had a Stiegl? - Reagen Aug 6, 09:43 6
  - Nope. - ML Aug 6, 09:47 3
    - It has half the alcohol, and tastes like a fruity soda, essentially. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:56
    - citrus and beer pair realllly well. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:49 1
      - Yeah. I tend to like these combinations. Especially in a summer beer. It's very refreshing. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:53
  - That's my wife's favorite. Stiegl Raddlers = yum. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:45 1
    - that is all I have been drinking all summer. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:08
- Oh, the legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down, of the big-selling shandy they call Leinenkugel's ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:40
- It's delicious. I got a shandy sampler pack and that one was the best. -- nm - kelly Aug 6, 09:40 1
  - I think I'll brew some full strength ones for me next summer - Reagen Aug 6, 09:46
I wonder what it will be like in 35 years when we're all still here on ST - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:29 16
- well, for starts, we need to start having more kids. that way, we'll have at least another generation to carry this thing forward . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 6, 09:46 2
  - I'm available for breeding, st ladies -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 10:03
  - Yeah, I'm pretty sure the "next generation" isn't going to want to hang out with gramma and granpa on the internet. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 09:55
- The annual In Memoriams will be depressing. - TWuG Aug 6, 09:44 2
  - when do we buy the bottle of brandy that the last survivor gets? -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:48 1
    - This is not a bad idea. - ReluctantCynic (mini ruiner) Aug 6, 09:57
- I'll be approaching my mid-80's and still arguing about most things, though mostly with myself. - ReluctantCynic (mini ruiner) Aug 6, 09:40
- RC is ruining the draft again! No wait, sorry--he died last year. -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:39 4
  - Finally, I'm free! -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:40 3
    - on the other hand, we'll still be waiting on Stewie in the BF Legends league -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:41
    - Yet my tombstone epitaph will read ... - ReluctantCynic (mini ruiner) Aug 6, 09:41 1
      - Long live the Blood Feud Fantasy Calvinball League!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:42
- Virtual Reality flame wars. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:38 2
  - "See, here we have a 4D-VR reconstruction of Babe Ruth facing off against the 2002 San Francisco Giants ... " -- nm - ReluctantCynic (mini ruiner) Aug 6, 09:47 1
    - ST will never hear the end of it when that happens. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:59
- ~/ in the year twenty five twenty five, if ST is still alive /~ -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:30
Stolen Stradivarius violin recovered after 35 years -- (link) - Beaker Aug 6, 09:19
Canada's Lay's Flavour contest entries: Cowboy BBQ Bean, Butter Chicken, Montreal Smoked Meat, Scalloped Potatoes (oh come on you're not even trying) -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:18 17
- Butter . . . chicken? -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:20 16
  - It's an Indian takeout standard -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 09:23 1
    - Add it to the list, emot -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 09:25
  - it is the best Indian food. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 09:23 11
    - it's good, but I think I like tandoori better. -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:24 10
      - Saag is my fave. I could it eat it for pretty much every meal, with or without meat. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:25 9
        
        What color glop is that? -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 09:30 1
        
        Green. It's a spinach sauce -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 09:34
        
        I had saag paneer for lunch yesterday, and am now seriously considering going to get butter chicken for lunch today -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 09:27 3
        
        i may have to. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:51
        
        Yeah, now I'm craving it. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:29
        
        I am having an involuntary salivary reaction. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:28
        
        Breaking: Indian food is gross. -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:26 2
        
        I think a lot of it is as well, but Tiki Masala / Butter Chicken are amazingly good. - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:29 1
        
        I tend to like Thai more than most Indian food, but Butter Chicken on Rice = yum. I also like pakora. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:31
  - That sounds like the Indian food I've had. Tiki Masala / Butter Chicken. - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:22 1
    - Ah, I see. Tika masala I know and love. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:25
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welp, Jets had a nice run -- (link) - ML Aug 6, 09:14
Don't worry about this big black violet thing that's blocking out the sun. What you need to worry about is this question that I'm about to ask you: - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:11
Congrats to Jax for completing his first level 32 Prison of Elders. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:08 6
- And I finished up finding all 50 golden chests! Thanks for the help. - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:21 5
  - No prob. Good for all of us. I never pass on a public event (unless I am in the middle of a pack of wolves). -- nmbj -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 6, 09:25 4
    - Wait, so you can only run the PoE lvl 32 once per week? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:59 3
      - For rewards, yes. There's also level 34 and level 35. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 10:00 2
        
        Huh. OK, good to know. So has anyone (here) completed the lvl 35 one yet? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:03 1
        
        No, it's apparently something that takes a couple of hours. I'll try it at some point when it doesn't have Lightswitch as a modifier. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 10:07
HBO Now now has Chromecast support. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 09:08
STIS: Today I am 35 years old. Any advice for the second half of my life? -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:02 29 1
- HBD....remember that advice to put $100 away every month, yeah, now its every week -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:57
- Happy birthday! Focus on the positives in life. No matter how bad things get, there's always a Republican politican near a microphone. -- nm - Imperator Aug 6, 09:54
- Happy birthday! -- nm - kelly Aug 6, 09:39
- Commit to living until 105, then you have 2/3 of your life left. - ty97 Aug 6, 09:33
- HBD! Now go make the world a better place. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 09:24
- Happy birthday, but you're not at the halfway point. Still a ways to go there. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:18 4
  - I'm eager for Elon Musk to invent me some cyborg parts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:19
  - Yup. I will be hitting mine in a couple years. - Spawn Aug 6, 09:19 2
    - Ha ha - jangles Aug 6, 09:26 1
      - Hardly. I will come to your funeral and tell a *really* bad joke in your honor. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:28
- Happy Birthday! Advice: Remember what makes you happy. -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:11
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- plan to live longer than 70, for starters. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:07 2
  - Alternatively, eat a lot of butter chicken! -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 09:26
  - Right? pretty sure US life expectancy is close to 80 nowadays -- nm* - ML Aug 6, 09:09
- Smell every rose. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:07 5
  - Damn it, I told you to stay away from me. -- nm - Rose McGowan Aug 6, 09:18
  - but remember that every rose has its thorn -- (edited) - ML Aug 6, 09:08 3
    - dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:09
    - Yeah it does. - Spawn Aug 6, 09:09 1
      - stop that! - Pippy in the Windy City Aug 6, 09:10
- When the sign says Do Not Feed the Bears, man, you'd better not feed the bears -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:06
- Smile when you don't feel like smiling. The world looks instantly better. -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 09:04
- start training to be a clown now. -- nm - Truman Aug 6, 09:04
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 09:04
- have fun. -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 09:03
- Drink heavily - decline Aug 6, 09:03 1
  - Done. -- nm - emoticripple Aug 6, 09:04
- live to be more than 70 -- nm - jangles Aug 6, 09:02
politico: Jeb! unloads on Trump to GOP donor -- (link) - jangles Aug 6, 09:01 3
- How much experience do the other canditates have being on TV? Trump has done it for years. Could that help him? -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 09:03 2
  - On The Apprentice, I'm sureTrump benefited huuugely from editing. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 09:16
  - absolutely - until he opens his mouth -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:12
Colts.... -- (link) - ML Aug 6, 09:00 7
- Best. Party. Ever. -- nm - iSpam Aug 6, 09:33
- I'm picturing a giant punch bowl on the 50 yard line. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:03 1
  - "The pill disposal will take place at the white van just behind the stadium." -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:13
- That would be better if it was from Irsay's account. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:02 2
  - That would be better if it was from another team -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:38
  - Irsay just tryin' to be discreet -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:03
- They don't let me carry cash anymore -- nm - Jim Irsay Aug 6, 09:02
wigs, I'd agree about the story.....probably would have done better making a 6 episode season instead of 8 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:00 2
- They needed to seriously cut out some of that plot underbrush and then focus on getting to the fireworks factory sooner (spoiler) - ralph wiggum Aug 6, 09:11 1
  - That being said, I'm seriously picking up everything Colin Farrell is laying down. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 6, 09:14
LIR: Bummer. Last showing of the Navy Pier IMAX MI:RN is 9:50pm on Sat -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 08:59 2
- 12:00pm 4:10 7:00 9:50 -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 09:39
- what about before dinner? -- nm - Truman Aug 6, 09:01
How is Arby's winning the Jon Stewart farewell lottery? Talk about playing the long game. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 08:58 1
- Life is a neverending string of disappointments. Eat at Arbys -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 08:58
My 2-year Samsung LED TV's picture just died on me last night. I was/am not amused. - Jovian Aug 6, 08:56 9
- Stupid question: You've tried unplugging it and plugging it back in, right? -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 09:03 5
  - yep. and then left it unplugged overnight and then actually dreamt that it worked. - Jovian Aug 6, 09:05 2
    - This is the dream. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:07 1
      - ~I dreamed a dream in time gone by~ -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 09:08
  - jiggle the cables!! -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:03
  - have the cables been jiggled? -- nm - ML Aug 6, 09:03
- You can probably get a local TV repair guy to solder a few bits on the inside for about $100 and extend the life a couple of years. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 08:57 2
  - "for what it will cost me to fix this you could buy a new 60 incher" -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 09:11
  - Yea thats what I already looking into. Fortunately have a couple repair shops locally. - Jovian Aug 6, 09:01
Chicago people should be relieved I am only there one night, otherwise I would force them to go see it. -- nm -- Spawn Aug 5, 10:57 -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 08:55 2
- what night are you there for? -- nm - Truman Aug 6, 08:58 1
  - Arrive 1pm Sat. Leave Sunday. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 09:00

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