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Donna Noble spoils... - Ender Oct 27, 17:26
Hear me now and believe me later: San Andreas is one powerfully stooooopid movie -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 17:21 3
- Powerful, like The Rock? -- nm - Max Oct 27, 17:29 2
  - I didn't know he was going to be Jack Burton in the remake of Big Trouble in Little China - amoxy Oct 27, 17:30
  - Rocket Man! -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 17:29
Does that count as a little League home run? -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 17:18
that ump was terrible that entire at bat. -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 17:14 2
- Yeah but he missed both ways. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 17:16
- Is there a game on? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 17:15
a vendor left me a message about an invoice from january of last year. I confirmed I paid it back then, but wtheck is that timing? -- nm* - b. Oct 27, 17:10 2
- They're going to the couch cushions. -- nm - Emoticripple Oct 27, 17:22 1
  - "maybe they won't notice they've already paid!" - b. Oct 27, 17:27
Sexy. NSFW?? -- (link) - Bacon Oct 27, 17:06 2
- I like it, like it a lot, but how is that NSFW? -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 17:09 1
  - Depends on where you work I guess. That's why I put question marks there. More as a precaution -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 17:10
Leave it to Q Branch to weaponize puns -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 17:01 1
- deadly -- nm - budice Oct 27, 17:03
Just got the email from Woot about the PS4 sale that sold out hours ago. -- nm - GregW Oct 27, 16:59 1
- I am selling a mint condition Honus Wagner baseball card for $10. - Bacon Oct 27, 17:02
KC in 6 games. You heard it here first!!! It's going to happen, don't bet against me. -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:58 5
- *ahem* -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 27, 17:15 [Backboard] 4
  - Ahem. -- (link) - Bacon Oct 27, 17:20 [Backboard] 2
    - Why in the hell are you repeating yourself? We heard you the first time! - amoxy Oct 27, 17:25 1
      - RC didn't ;) -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 17:27
  - Yeah, what he said -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 17:16
okay, Limitless is definitely my favorite new show of the season. - Jovian Oct 27, 16:58
Holy crap. Edinson Volquez's dad died today. -- nm* - ML/Mel '16 Oct 27, 16:52 7
- "He learned about his father's death on the way to the stadium today." - ML/Mel '16 Oct 27, 17:10 1
  - I didn't really care before this, but c'mon royals for today. no way I want the dude to not excel. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 17:12
- was he supposed to start today? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:58 3
  - He is -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 17:09
  - yes. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 16:59 1
    - and still is, apparently. nbc site says he's warming up in the bullpen. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 17:03
- oh wow, that's just spectacularly bad timing. man. :( - -- nm - b. Oct 27, 16:57
Any Strat O Matic fans. OOTP and their mobile versions are on sale for the WS. -- (link) - iSpam Oct 27, 16:47 3
- I am a lapsed fan but considering get back into it -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 16:53 1
  - This app is completely worth the 99 cents. I paid 6.99 and would have paid triple. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 17:10
- Got your email, thanks. -- nm - ML/Mel '16 Oct 27, 16:52
Tim and Pete, you're nuts. - David Oct 27, 16:45 1
- They very nearly knocked heads as Charlotte almost landed on hers. -- nm - Tim Oct 27, 17:18
Fan made trailer for Marvel Zombies -- (link) - Beaker Oct 27, 16:44
Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra says he spent $500,000 on private investigators to blackmail umpires for smaller strike zone -- (link) - mara Oct 27, 16:44
Not to go to the well too often on this particular point, but how *the F'in H* is today only Tuesday?!??!!! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:35 2
- This is ST. That's what we do. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 16:37
- It would feel like Wednesday, at least, if the Ravens had won last night - jangles Oct 27, 16:36
I think he sees the error of his ways. -- (link) - iSpam Oct 27, 16:30 1
- "oh I see" -- nm - b. Oct 27, 16:59
$55 billion contract awarded to Northrop Grumman for a new long range bomber. -- (link) - Mop Oct 27, 16:28 2
- Yup. Big news here. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 17:11
- Considering what the B2 costs this would be for one plane -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 16:30
CBC radio program Q is selecting an artist in residence, and the listeners vote. Tonight the first two entrants are up, and both are pretty neat. - emoticripple Oct 27, 16:22
My laptop keeps freezing every 20 mins and I have to turn it off and on again to unfreeze it. - Loyola Oct 27, 16:16 1
- ~ let it go, let it go ~ -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 16:34
Colts: may make a coaching change after the bye week -- (link) - Remlik Oct 27, 16:11 3
- After? What morons. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 27, 16:31 1
  - Why let a new coach have an extra week to prepare. Throw em in the fire!!! -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 17:00
- You can have Jim Tomsula if you want. For free!! We will buy the plane ticket -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:13
I love that Casey Neistat's son has basically become a heartthrob through no doing of his own. - Mop Oct 27, 16:07
So 'The Brink' was renewed? Not so fast, Jack. HBO changes its mind. -- (link) - GregW Oct 27, 16:04 6
- It's so much better than Ballers. I guess anything with football gets ratings. -- nm* - jnine Oct 27, 17:04
- Well, that sucks. HBO just canned their best new show since Game of Thrones. -- nm - David Oct 27, 16:47
- I jinxed it. Had convo just this weekend about this show and that I was happy it was coming back. -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 16:21
- Too bad, I liked the first season -- nm - Guigue Oct 27, 16:14
- Now I'll never find out...whatever happened on that show -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 16:07
- I guess it really was on the brink -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:05
So after that whole slack battle at work settled down this afternoon, I went to do some actual work ... and all the servers were down. - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:01 1
- And it's still down. - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:20
Poll please: If you were elected President, what is one legislative action you would veto every time? - ReluctantCynic Oct 27, 15:53 24
- Renaming of federal buildings etc after people or concepts. -- nm - Max Oct 27, 17:28
- Anything weakening campaign finance law. -- nm - Emoticripple Oct 27, 17:24 1
  - I hate to break this to you... -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 17:28
- Bills to privatize government functions -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 16:35
- the proposal to keep the AFC South in the NFL -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:24
- Anything passed with everyone on one side voting yes and everyone on the other side voting no. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 16:24 1
  - There you go - how do we outlaw the Hastert rule? -- nm - emoticripple Oct 27, 16:27
- Anything anti-choice. -- nm - mara Oct 27, 16:19
- Unbalanced transpo bill that are tunnel vision on only building more roads. Anything messing with voting rights. -- nm* - ty97 Oct 27, 16:10 2
  - How about more funds for reading? - iSpam Oct 27, 16:20 1
    - Where other candidates stop at one idea, I go the extra mile. -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 16:31
- Anything pro choice. -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 16:07
- Defense spending increases relative to GDP -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 27, 16:06
- Congressional Pay Raises -- nm - budice Oct 27, 16:04
- Any attempt to curb the right of prima nocta is DOA -- nm - ML/Mel '16 Oct 27, 16:02 1
  - If they cut funding for the Executive Party Jet...it's on. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 16:51
- A law repealing/replacing Roe v. Wade -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 16:00
- Droit du seigneur -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 16:00
- Cuts to Obamacare. -- nm - Mop Oct 27, 15:59 1
  - This is my serious answer as well -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:59
- keeping the indians on reservations -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 15:58
- Spawn bucks -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 15:54
- Equal Rights for Lawyers. -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:54 1
  - Fine. - ReluctantCynic Oct 27, 15:56
Until I saw Budice's pics I had no idea it wasn't called Mann's Chinese Theater anymore. The new name is crap. -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 15:47 3
- Walgreens Chinese Theater offends you communist traitor? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:55
- they changed it from Grauman's???? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 15:49 1
  - Grauman's then Mann then back to Grauman (when WB+Paramount took over) and now TCL as TCL bought naming right from current owners -- nm - JD Oct 27, 16:24
Q's playlist from last week is making me laugh. anything that includes seether's "careless whisper" has to be good. heh. nmbutlinkinside. - b. Oct 27, 15:47
The Warden is a dick. -- nm - David Oct 27, 15:40
John Kasich is going to pull this car over, mister -- (link) - Reagen Oct 27, 15:39
Ben Carson vows never to raise the debt limit if elected president - jangles Oct 27, 15:38 16
- I vow to rewrite accounting if I become president - Peglegpete Oct 27, 15:42 2
  - You should probably check with countries that try this stuff first and see how it works out. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 16:23
  - Yes, that probably would count as rewriting accounting. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:44
- I'm looking forward to the 28th Amendment, the Donald Trump America Will Always Be The Greatest Act -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:42
- That guy terrifies me. -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:38 11
  - Rick Santorum is the only person that scares me more. - Bacon Oct 27, 15:39 10
    - Huckabee would turn it into Escape from L.A. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 15:40 9
      - Yep, I forgot about Huckabee. He's so wacky it's like a male version of Palin -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:41 8
        
        When Donald Trump is the least scary choice. Coming Summer 2016!!! -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:54 7
        
        Let's remember that no matter how crazy pants these guys are, 90% of their policies would never become law. -- nm - Mop Oct 27, 15:56 6
        
        Not if we eventually end up with Senate Majority Leader Cornyn. - ReluctantCynic Oct 27, 16:02 2
        
        Filibuster is still in place right? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:04 1
        
        Mostly. But I'm 100% in agreement with my boss on some needed reforms. - ReluctantCynic Oct 27, 16:19
        
        George W. Bush. *drops the microphone and walks away* - Bacon Oct 27, 15:59
        
        Yeah, but there is that 10% -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 15:58 1
        
        That'll amount to draconian cuts to the social safety net and tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. I'm not saying it won't be damaging. - Mop Oct 27, 16:09
Remind me... do we have unlimited photo storage on Google Photo now? -- nm - Mop Oct 27, 15:30 1
- Yes unless you chose to store RAW on the site. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 15:33
Unreal. Chelsea down on penalties. Couldn't win a man up for all extra time. - Volnelk Oct 27, 15:27 1
- She's probably very distracted with her Mother running for President and all. -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:28
big Gotham spoils from last night - Peglegpete Oct 27, 15:25
::looks at bonds list du jour, remembers why stopped doing bonds in the past:: -- nm - b. Oct 27, 15:22 13
- I think it's been at least 5 or 6 years since I last touched mine -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 15:30 4
  - I can't remember when exactly I stopped, but it was multiple years ago. started again earlier this year, along with a little stock trading. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 15:34 3
    - b! - budice Oct 27, 15:34 2
      - boo.! - b. Oct 27, 15:37 1
        
        Bah! -- nm - Scrooge Oct 27, 15:39
- Have you checked out the Post Adjust Bond Show? Saves a lot of time. -- (link) - GregW Oct 27, 15:25 7
  - If it would help, I can post something very similar here each Tuesday evening -- nm - Roger More Oct 27, 15:52 1
    - you're swell. :) - I wouldn't ask for myself, but maybe those who do more with them would appreciate your posting when whoever does that site doesn't? - b. Oct 27, 17:05
  - This. Very much this. Also how profitable (linked under tools) works well for upcoming bonds. -- nm - iSpam Oct 27, 15:36
  - no! I've never seen that - thank you! :) - -- (edited) - b. Oct 27, 15:29 3
    - Unfortunately, his work schedule means he can't get it done every week. It helps quite a lot when he does though. -- nm - GregW Oct 27, 15:38 2
      - ah, thanks. actually looking at it, I can see it'll primarily be just a back-up for a limited number of bonds, with the way I do them now. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 15:44 1
        
        I'm fortunate to have the time and the H$$ to be able to do my own research and buy long term. -- nm - Meg Oct 27, 15:50
So, each company - or each team within a company (although that's not advisable) - creates its own Slack instance. - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:16 9
- How do I do this? I am willing to guinea pig it for my business (2 of us only but our communication is fragmented badly) - Bacon Oct 27, 15:25 5
  - We've got Skype for Business (formerly Lync). That's good enough right? - iSpam Oct 27, 16:26
  - Uh, you go to slack.com and make an account for your company. It's pretty easy, actually. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:30
  - How much for the paid version ? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:26 2
    - Too much. $5/user/month, I think. But the free version covers most use cases. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:29 1
      - cool beans -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 15:34
- We are trying it out in my office. -- nm - psilotum Oct 27, 15:22
- Sometimes a Slack instance might be wide open and anyone can join, but usually it's limited to a specific email domain -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:17 1
  - I kinda wish I'd created it. But no, I just have a humble little PHP forum. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:18
Someone at work suggested we use Slack. My response was simple. - Mop Oct 27, 15:16
Did amanda ever get her hole punched? -- nm - jangles Oct 27, 15:14 3
- That seems personal. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 27, 15:18
- Was left as a Hanging Chad -- nm - budice Oct 27, 15:18
- *head tilt* -- nm - groiny Oct 27, 15:16
Way LIR: znufrii - You may want to take another look at those cards. If you click 'more details' you will see that price is for 4 decks. -- nm - GregW Oct 27, 15:13

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