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"Having the Sox and Tigers play a DH this late in September is almost inhumane to the fans" -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 08:56
is it bad that the surgeon convinced me to have a third minor surgery at the same time as they are working on my leg - Truman Sep 21, 08:48 8
- The more the merrier. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:55
- good. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 08:54
- not bad. that's good -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:49 5
  - Not only is it not bad, it's knot shred! Get it? -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 08:59
  - so basically, i will walk out of the hospital with a limp and my arm all bandaged up. - Truman Sep 21, 08:51 3
    - good luck and good healing thoughts - is this going to be when they freed up your schedule? -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:55 2
      - no, this wont be until first week of november. -- nm - Truman Sep 21, 08:55 1
        
        Good, that"s after my trip out there :) -- nm - Meg Sep 21, 09:00
Teaser of Sam Smith Bond theme -- (link) - LMS Sep 21, 08:43
and Richard Dawkins can go f*ck himself. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 21, 08:41 3
- Richard Dawkins gotta Richard Dawkins. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 08:45
- everyone knows he didn't invent time. Time has been around for literally hundreds of years! How could this boy have invented it? -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:43
- That can be said pretty much every day, but today especially. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:41
Did you know? Hot air ballooning was once an Olympic sport. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:41
go to the 40 second mark and squirm -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 08:35 2
- OMG. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:42
- Be warned. you can't unsee this -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:35
The Eagles just turned over the ball again. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:33
VW shares down 20% so far today. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:29 2
- The "clean diesel" vehicles represent about 20% of sales, so that seems to make sense. -- nm - ty97 Sep 21, 08:52 1
  - (in the US) but the US is almost a rounding error to VW. - spamlet Sep 21, 08:57
Man, Jordan Matthews redefined garbage time points yesterday. - ML Sep 21, 08:23 3
- Glad to see them. I have already won my Fandual head-to-heads, and I still have Ivory and Vinatieri to go. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:25 2
  - *cha ching* -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:25 1
    - I really should just stick to them. Beating one guy seems easy, compared to groups. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:29
ST POLL: You have rented a hall for a wedding. What if any amenities and customer service do you expect?..... - Walt_Disney Sep 21, 08:22 17
- Enough folding tables and chairs, kitchen caterers can use, bathroom capacity, - zeitgeist Sep 21, 13:27
- Thanks for everyone's thoughts. Part of my question was for marketing purposes and your answers help a lot. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 21, 08:47 3
  - the one thing I might suggest would be having a list of preferred vendors to refer people to -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 08:54 2
    - yep (but don't make it mandatory, just preferred. vendors who know your site and know what they need.) -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 08:55 1
      - 'zactly -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 08:56
- depends on the nature of the space, and how much I'm paying. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 08:39
- for a place such as yours, only basics. white tablecloths. set up and clean up. (for both ceremony and reception). - Andie Sep 21, 08:37 1
  - (i mean, i agree with others - just be upfront with what there is, but those are things that would be helpful to most weddings) -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 08:38
- As long as you are upfront with what you'll do it doesn't matter. - spamlet Sep 21, 08:28 2
  - (As long as it's priced accordingly as well.) -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 08:33 1
    - Well, yeah but if you're priced at a full service price and provide no service no one will book you. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 08:34
- i have? who's the lucky girl? -- nm - jangles Sep 21, 08:28
- I think it varies wildly from venue to venue and is certainly a way to differentiate yourself. -- (edited) - Volnelk Sep 21, 08:27
- I expect whatever I paid for and whatever the hall has promised. For instance... - Jim Sep 21, 08:27
- clean up afterwards, set up ( chairs?), access to water/sinks, clean restrooms -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:25
- strippers and a kegerator to start -- nm - decline Sep 21, 08:24
- only what they have requested. Otherwise may be wasting time and money on stuff the couple is bringing themselves -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:24
Bwahaha -- (link) - Reagen Sep 21, 08:20 1
- day-um. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:21
So, how much will Trump make off this thing? -- (link) - Spawn Sep 21, 08:18 4
- This feels like writing a toast to your 20th anniversary while on your way to your first date -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 14:48
- I think I just found my Secret Stalker Christmas present for some lucky STer -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 08:33 1
  - Kindling is indeed a fine present. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 09:00
- Not much; I think he's long, long gone by then. -- nm - emoticripple Sep 21, 08:30
This is how good I am in Pick 'Em: on tiebreaker 2 this week: - emoticripple Sep 21, 08:15 3
- Oakland is ALWAYS my lowest points default. - IrishStephen Sep 21, 08:25 1
  - Jacksonsville is normally mine - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:26
- I won the ST league last year. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:21
88.83% of people lost their Survivor pool this weekend. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 08:14 2
- Rising to 93.72% if the Jets win. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 08:16
- Of course, I'm sure many like mine were saved because everybody still around got the boot this weekend. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 21, 08:15
Honest NFL Headlines - Week 2 -- (link) - Diva Sep 21, 08:10 7
- #notblessed -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:15 4
  - "Never again" -- nm - budice Sep 21, 08:17 3
    - You simpletons cannot comprehend the scope of my failure! -- nm - Chip Kelly Sep 21, 08:21 2
      - I think they went pretty light on the Saints and their poor performance yesterday. -- nm - budice Sep 21, 08:23 1
        
        I disagree - the untimely passing is pretty harsh -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:24
- "Sam Bradford defeats deer in headlights in staring competition" - ML Sep 21, 08:13
- "Report: Ciara not sure why she's saving herself for last place QB" - budice Sep 21, 08:12
that rat bastard charlie is going to lunch with his sister today here. what should I make him bring me back? -- (link) - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:55 2
- Penne with Vodka Sauce -- nm - budice Sep 21, 08:09
- a 16" All Meat pizza - just don't leave it where Chad can find it -- nm - decline Sep 21, 08:00
Drug price goes from $13,50 to $750 overnight -- (link) - znufrii Sep 21, 07:54 11
- BS like this is just going to compel the FDA to bring down the hammer and regulate. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:14 2
  - LOL!!! -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:26 1
    - I admire your cynicism and would like to subscribe to your group. Do you have any literature? -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:46
- Supply and demand, amigo. -- nm - Mexican Drug Lord Sep 21, 08:13
- that is awful. yeah for capitalism!! charge what you want for drugs no one can stop you! -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:06 3
  - huh? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:08 2
    - sorry I was mixing my tones. I think its detesable that drug companies can charge astromical prices for drugs - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 08:11 1
      - Ah, the typo got me. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:14
- $13,500 to $750? Nice. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:00 2
  - 13.50 to 750 - Turing Pharma is run by a disgusting person who is putting profit over people's health -- nm - decline Sep 21, 08:12 1
    - yeah, he is a piece of work. - znufrii Sep 21, 08:19
Romo likely headed to IR/DTR - ML Sep 21, 07:53
the Bills just got another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 07:48
Krusty, read the Douglas Adams books. Then move on the Christopher Moore. - Mop Sep 21, 07:41 1
- I've read a few from Adams and two from Moore. I should check out some other Moore books. - Krusty Sep 21, 08:02
Tracy Morgan's speech from last night -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 07:40 6
- I can't get over how tentative he was at first then... Boom... There's the old Tracy Morgan again. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 07:42 5
  - Yeah, I felt bad for how 'injured' he appeared to still be...and then he woke up. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:54 4
    - I hope - I feel, really - that initially it was just a reflection of his emotional state. He's not a guy who speaks from the heart very often. - Mop Sep 21, 08:16 1
      - I think he honestly is humbled by the outpouring of support. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:20
    - I was honestly wondering how he expected to do SNL next month. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 21, 08:13 1
      - Yeah. This. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 08:15
Tonight's premieres... New Shows: Blindspot, Life in Pieces, Minority report. Returning Shows: Big Bang Theory, Castle, Gotham, NCIS: LA, Scorpion, The Voice. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:35 9
- isn't there football tonight? how is there so much on tv? -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:57
- Gotham -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 07:40
- Recording blindspot and Minority Report. Still with Scorpion (it's really stupid, but a guilty pleasure). Dropped Gotham -- nm - decline Sep 21, 07:37 4
  - (I secretly loved it too. see below.) -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:52
  - Scorpion's borderline for me. I'm not sure I can keep putting up with the stupid. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:39 2
    - I watch the first segment and the last segment. It's a six-minute show about antisocial family that way. -- nm - David Sep 21, 07:53
    - I think scorpion would be a great show to binge watch if it weren't for the CBS app. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:51
- b2: I think life in pieces might be first to go. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:36
- BBT is it for me -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 07:35
Jason Witten played yesterday with a sprained knee and two sprained ankles. -- nm - David Sep 21, 07:22 10
- Cowboys are like a Medical Drama -- nm - budice Sep 21, 07:30 2
  - I am strongly considering Weeden for my DFS lineup this week. - Strongbad Sep 21, 07:44 1
    - Is this performance art as fantasy football? -- nm - David Sep 21, 07:52
- remember Dez jumping up and down in Week 1 after his injury? They must have the best painkillers in the world in Cowboys Stadium. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 07:30 4
  - that was my thought when I saw Romo standing on the sideline in the 4th Q with a smile on his face -- nm - decline Sep 21, 07:31 1
    - right?? me too! -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 07:31
  - (Irsay hooked Jerruh up with his dealer) -- nm - ML Sep 21, 07:31
  - Should share no? -- nm - budice Sep 21, 07:31
- my DK team appreciates that. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 21, 07:25
- well, that explains Escobar's snaps - ML Sep 21, 07:25
WMATA has said that Metro servcie is ready for the Pope's visit tomorrow: Here's what happened this morning -- (link) - MDH Sep 21, 07:11
Will, you just gained two points! -- (link) - ML Sep 21, 07:10 6
- That stat correction increased my weekly total by 6%. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:27 4
  - Now I only need Gore to go for 580 yards and 11 TD's -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:28 3
    - Or get 27 more stat corrections for the win.! -- nm - Bacon Sep 21, 07:28 2
      - 52 more! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:29 1
        
        It's worse than we expected, get the paddles!! CLEAR!! -- nm - Bacon Sep 21, 07:32
- hmmmm - I couldn't see the game, only hear it - do we think that is correct - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 07:19
Apple's iOS App Store suffers first major attack -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 21, 06:59 4
- Note to developers: Never, ever download anything from China -- nm - decline Sep 21, 07:02 3
  - Bunch of morons. Looks like developers thought they could sneak around Apple by using counterfeit software, and they got burned. - Mop Sep 21, 08:19
  - Well, the developers themselves were in China. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 07:28 1
    - so you are saying they should not have downloaded anything from themselves? -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 07:39
First driverless pods to travel public roads arrive in the Netherlands -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 21, 06:57
So, the Emmy's were a significant bunch of meh... - Will Hunting Sep 21, 06:50 26
- Olive Kitteeidge just won another Emmy. -- nm - Mop Sep 21, 07:39 1
  - Well, there were only 5 shows in that category. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:52
- I didn't watch it but I heard on the radio this morning that there were massive spoilers for the nominated shows. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 21, 07:32 9
  - yeah, he spoiled GOT and then spoiled the new season -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 07:33 8
    - oh spoil me! I don't watch but love knowing what spoilers are out there. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 21, 07:35 7
      - The radio folks mentioned Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, and Nurse Jackie in particular. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 21, 07:38 1
        
        Well, they did a montage of shows that ended this year. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:58
      - huge GOT spoilers for past season and new season - Beaker Sep 21, 07:37 4
        
        spoil - decline Sep 21, 07:44 3
        
        spoils - Beaker Sep 21, 07:47 2
        
        more spoilers - Diva Sep 21, 07:49 1
        
        spoils - Dark Callisto Sep 21, 08:07
- Eva Green didn't even get a nomination. That's all you need to know about that... -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:30
- The shocker is that Modern Family lost. - David Sep 21, 07:07 5
  - We have 18 episodes DVRed that we have yet to watch. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:23 1
    - This season was really good. Not as good as S1-3...but still soli. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:54
  - I think people realized Modern Family shouldn't have won last year (or probably the year prior) and jumped off that ship. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:26 1
    - Modern Family had the most inventive episode of recent TV this past season. - David Sep 21, 07:30
  - Minor Spoils - MDH Sep 21, 07:10
- Some thoughts: - MDH Sep 21, 06:56
- I think the big problem for the Emmys is how fractured the viewing public is now. - Volnelk Sep 21, 06:55 4
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 07:06
  - I would agree if the same 3 people didn't get nominated every year. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:01
  - yonh. this is the first year in a while that I was even able to watch a lot of the nominated shows as we finally got a smart tv. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 06:58
  - I agree wit this. -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 21, 06:57
- But not nearly as much meh as this first. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 06:51

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