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Have we seen this? Star Wars: True Detective? (link) - Jovian Aug 12, 08:19 [youtube]
EW first look at Ep. Vii -- (link) - jangles Aug 12, 08:17 1
- Sounds like Han will have a good-sized role. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:23
ST wrap-this-board poll: Does your city have a transit system (even if it's a small system)? Ever used it? When was the last time? -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 08:16 19
- Yes, when we first moved in, took mom for a ride, she was so freaked out by everything being different - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:59
- Yes. 4 hours ago. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 08:28
- Yes. No. -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 08:24
- Yes, no. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 12, 08:24
- Yes, this morning. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 08:21
- Yes we have one. Yes I've used it for ball games. Last time was probably a year ago. -- nm - iSpam Aug 12, 08:21
- There is one bus in my town, but I've never used it. But then again, my downtown is only about 4 square blocks - decline Aug 12, 08:20 4
  - do you live right downtown? -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:22 3
    - yes :) -- nm - decline Aug 12, 08:22 2
      - and in that area? 15 bars -- nm - decline Aug 12, 08:27 1
        
        I used to live in a town like that - but it was wasted on me. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:28
- I think the farthest North Charlotte goes is Davidson. So no -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 08:20
- Bus network. Used to commute with it, but now it would be faster to bike on the regional trails than use it. - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:19 1
  - I did take the bus recently when I got the car tuned up. That was about six months ago. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:19
- Yes. Yes. I'll say 3 months ago. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 08:18 1
  - Yes, No, N/A -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 08:19
- yes. every day. last time was about 2.5 hours ago. -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 08:16 1
  - this, except that I have been known to be lazy or weather-averse and drive some. I *really* need to do this less. - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:19
- yes, last night -- nm - jangles Aug 12, 08:16
great, it's gonna get hot again -- nm* - jangles Aug 12, 08:11
538 on post-debate polling: Losers (Walker), Winner (Fiorina), and how Trump is down a little bit (but polls data is noisy) -- (link) - ty97 Aug 12, 07:51 5
- Carly is a smart woman, but when people start looking at her track record as a CEO she'll be done -- nm - decline Aug 12, 07:54 4
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    - they can be president, they just can't shop in the boys aisle. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 08:24 1
      - Great you know what happens next, we'll have pink nukes and cluster bombs -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:02
  - Yup. -- nm - Imperator Aug 12, 07:57
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- Air Canada has non-stops from Newark and WestJet as non-stops from JFK. But I'm guessing gov rates are with US carriers? -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 07:52 8
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    - harder to make 'em cry through a camera, huh? -- nm - decline Aug 12, 08:03
    - American (aka THE WORST) appears to have dropped the Chicago flight I used several years back. - ty97 Aug 12, 08:02 5
      - The direct flight is WJ, any connecting flights are codeshare with Delta. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 08:25
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      - Really? That's been in the last year as I know people here used it to fly to our office there. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 08:04 2
        
        Low oil price = less need to fly to Calgary, I guess. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 08:23
        
        I was surprised to see it gone, but all I can locate is an AA codeshare on Westjet ORD-YYC. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 08:07
so, we have a plumber at our house right now. our shut off valve for the teeny en suite is in a low wall panel. as soon as he opened it.... our cat - Andie Aug 12, 07:43 2
- 9 Lives matters! -- nm - Andie's cat Aug 12, 07:45 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 07:48
"Alex Rodriguez is the last remaining active player to have debuted before the MLB strike of 1994." -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:37 2
- there has to be a lefty reliever hanging around for that long. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:38 1
  - LaTroy Hawkins is the closest (although a righty), but he debuted in 1995. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 07:44
The best meteor shower of the year peaks tonight -- (link) - decline Aug 12, 07:36
Author George Monbiot argues that obesity should be considered an incurable disease, an addiction to eating. - mara Aug 12, 07:28 2
- you would think this wouldn't be an issue given that our public transportation is such a disaster - decline Aug 12, 07:37
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Gee, thx China for crashing the markets -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 07:27 3
- sigh. It's all in the long view, right? Right? -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 07:41 2
  - SELL! SELL! SELL! -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 07:43 1
    - BUY! BUY! BUY! -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 07:45
poosted? The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster - fabulous squad Aug 12, 07:26 16
- That's one of the few times I've heard our transit be mentioned in such a positive fashion - Reagen Aug 12, 08:14
- That's true (in most places it's the poor that take it) plus transit doesn't work in a car orientated mindset. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 07:37 8
  - It's a self-fulfilling prophecy in many ways. Transit in most places is so awful you would need to have no other choice (poverty) than to take it. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 12, 07:44 7
    - and even though transit here is great, that mindset is still around. people think I'm poor or drowning in credit card debt because I take the bus. - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:03 4
      - I ran into that mindset when I was in Austin as well - ty97 Aug 12, 08:06 3
        
        charlie has never been on a bus. on this campus, where we have meetings in buildings that are a 30 minute walk apart, - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:09 2
        
        This seems bizarre to me. Even people who seem scared of buses (IME) seem to make exceptions for the university buses. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 08:12 1
        
        our university buses are a part of our local bus system. so a white loop you take on thursday might be a RC bus on friday. maybe that's his issue? -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:16
    - I agree. I hate living in a place with terrible transit options. - iSpam Aug 12, 07:46 1
      - when I lived in allentown, I would have had to make three transfers and use three hours to get to work by 9. - fabulous squad Aug 12, 08:05
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- sort of related - I was super impressed with Chicago's public transit - Pippy Aug 12, 07:29 4
  - Other than the pee smell - ty97 Aug 12, 07:40 3
    - No public transport system is perfect, but the wooden floorboards at the downtown L stations... -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 08:01 1
      - Heh. There was more than one occasion when I thought one of those loop stations was collapsing under my feet as the train rolled in. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 08:10
    - LOL! yes there was that. -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 07:42
Canadian Politics: Nigel Wright currently on the stand in the Mike Duffy trial -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:21 3
- who and who? -- nm - decline (non-canadian) Aug 12, 07:24 1
  - 1. ex Chief of Staff for our Prime Minister. 2. Former reporter, current Senator, in loads of shit -- nm* - Beaker Aug 12, 07:28
- Live Blog of his testimony -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 07:22
I just looked at the time expecting it to be coming up on mid-afternoon :/ -- nm* - ty97 Aug 12, 07:19 2
- go take a 3 hour nap and then look again and you meet your expectations -- nm - decline Aug 12, 07:22 1
  - Forget all that stuff I say about your behind your back, you are actually a genius! -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 07:25
You *MUST* see a movie currently playing in theatres this weekend (including openers) - what do you see? - Andie Aug 12, 07:18 53
- Best of Enemies (Buckley v. Vidal) -- nm - jangles Aug 12, 08:04
- I'm seeing MI5 tonight. Maybe I'd see Ant-Man on the weekend. I'd definitely see UNCLE. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:02 2
  - (But I don't like crowds) - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:02 1
    - this is like me saying I like musicals except for all the singing - Pippy Aug 12, 08:11
- Straight Outta Compton -- nm - JD Aug 12, 07:51
- J.World -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 07:45
- Straight Outta Compton -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 07:41
- Probably Trainwreck. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 07:36
- I want to see both Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Straight Outta Compton. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 12, 07:35
- Amy if it's still out. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 07:34
- i got nothing -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 07:32
- Either Uncle (which is probably terrible) or Compton. Do I have to choose? -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 07:31
- No repeats? The man from UNCLE -- nm - amoxy Aug 12, 07:28
- I don't know if Mad Max is still in the theaters but I want to see that. -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 07:24 16
  - oh, i'd pick this too -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 07:33
  - I finally saw it last night. If it's playing, go go go! -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 07:29
  - It's not. You can get it on VUDU now. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 12, 07:27
  - way to be on top of things. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:25 12
    - Wife didn't want to see it and I never found time to see it on my own. -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 07:26
    - says the guy picking Jurassic World., -- nm* - Andie Aug 12, 07:26 10
      - Andie, slicing and Dicing **High Five** -- nm - amoxy Aug 12, 07:29
      - BURN. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 07:26 4
        
        not really. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:26 3
        
        Huge burn buddy, like getting blasting by Gjally, full wolfpack. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 07:28 2
        
        except for..... -- (link) - groiny Aug 12, 07:30 [Backboard] 1
        
        Why you bringing up old shit? Speaking of old shit, let's rewatch the Destiny Live Action trailer from 11 months ago! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 12, 07:32 [youtube]
      - Andie for the win! -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 07:26
      - I saw it opening night. -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:26 2
        
        Ruined a good shiv. Jerk -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 07:27 1
        
        she gets a "A" for spunkiness. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:28
- MI:5 -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 07:23
- Jurassic world (is it still playing?) -- nm - decline Aug 12, 07:23
- The Gift / then Amy / then SOC -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 07:22
- probably Ant Man again, or Jurassic World. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:22
- Compton -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 07:22 4
  - you are gonna feel like you are at a Michael Brown rally. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:23 3
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      - it is called Falling Down. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:25 1
        
        Heh, sounds about right. "I can't get my breakfast sandwich! I'm gonna kill people!" -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 07:30
- Easy - NWA. -- nm - Jim Aug 12, 07:22
- I'm fine with MI5, The Gift, or Straight Outta Compton. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 07:22
- MI:5 and then Jurassic World. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 07:21
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  - I really want to see Amy. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 07:21 1
    - its good - everyone should see it. -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 07:27
- The Gift -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 07:20
- Hmmm, can't decide between Ricki and the Flash, Shaun the Sheep, or Mr Holmes. -- nm - mara Aug 12, 07:20
- Probably The Gift -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 07:20
- Uncle -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 07:19
- in order: Jurassic World, MI5, Ant Man, Minions, Straight Outta Compton -- nm* - Beaker Aug 12, 07:19
- Saw MI5 last night, so I'd see Man From Uncle -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 07:19
- SOC. -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 12, 07:19
- Man From Uncle, which I'm going to see anyway because it looks great. -- nm - David Aug 12, 07:18
Last Ship renewed for 3rd season (13 episodes) -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:10 2
- No, really. THIS is the last ship -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 07:35
- Sweet. -- nm - Jovian Aug 12, 07:27
I have a terrible Guns N Roses earworm - don't you cry tonight - Pippy Aug 12, 07:09 16
- Bummer,, mine is The Kinks "You really got me" - amoxy Aug 12, 07:30
- The alternate lyrics version is better. -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 07:18
- Good thing nothing lasts forever, not even cold November rain. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 07:14 5
  - except for the actual song November Rain. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:15 1
    - Isn't that ironic, don't you think? -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 07:17
  - I have an unnatural fondness for that song actually -- nm - Pippy Aug 12, 07:15 2
    - Love that song. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 07:17 1
      - word -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:18
- Mr Brownstone is going to kick your ass. -- nm - iSpam Aug 12, 07:14
- How in the world is that terrible? Geez man! -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 07:13
- There is a heaven above you, baby. - Spawndroid Aug 12, 07:13
- that's better than mine - Ghostbusters! (we were talking about the new movie, and now, the song is stuck. for days now.) -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 07:12 2
  - Wonder who is covering it. -- nm - Spawndroid Aug 12, 07:13 1
    - Lady Gaga -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:15
- I just heard this song earlier this week. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 07:10 1
  - I was telling Remlik that " Lady at the Piano" by Renior looked as if she was trying to figure out November Rain - Pippy Aug 12, 07:14
SYTYCD is down to the Top 10. -- nm* - Shaun Aug 12, 07:03 5
- that show's still on? Does the annoying chick still yell all the time? -- nm - decline Aug 12, 07:25 3
  - They opted to not renew her contract. Current judges panel is Nigel, Paula Abdul, and Jason Derulo. - Shaun Aug 12, 07:27 2
    - can I say I also love T-pain as a judge on ABCD? he is freakin hilarious. I also think of the MDH story about Derulo - Pippy Aug 12, 07:43 1
      - So. Very. Word. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:12
- Time for a real challenge: dancing to the Mission: Impossible theme. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 07:09

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