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complete "the wire" is a current gold box deal at amazon - $59.99 nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 4, 12:34 1
- This is the best bang-for-your-buck deal you will ever find. nm - Dignan Nov 4, 12:37
F you, Diego Costa. F. You. - Volnelk Nov 4, 12:33
"Rams RB Trey Watts suspended indefinitely for violating NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse" - ML Nov 4, 12:32
Krusty alert - diddy releases free album for his birthday (46 today), lots of big name rapper collaborators. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 4, 12:26 2
- No thanks. Not even for free. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:48
- Thanks! I'll check it out when I get home. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 12:33
*whew* "U.S. officials believe ISIS planted bomb on Russian plane" -- (link*) - ML Nov 4, 12:26 1
- Nice to know that our TSA is at least as good as Egyptian TSA. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:35
LYC: What has two thumbs and just got a nice merit-based raise? - con_carne Nov 4, 12:24 7
- Free butter flavoring all around -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 12:54
- Why do good things happen to evil twins? By which I mean, congrats! -- nm - David Nov 4, 12:33
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Nov 4, 12:28
- Don Homer! -- nm - iSpam Nov 4, 12:27
- woot!! -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 12:27
- ^2 (just thumbs.) -- nm - b. Nov 4, 12:26
- Neechay! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 12:26
V: Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 12:23
Fitzmagic to start. - ML Nov 4, 12:22 1
- *whew* -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 12:23
China, Russia, UAE to be home to theme parks with Hunger Games/Twilight/Divergent/Now You See Me/Step Up (Seriously, Dano!), HTTYD, etc. attractions -- (link) - MDH Nov 4, 12:20 1
- See, I need to make America great again. -- nm - Trump Nov 4, 12:21
Mets GM Sandy Alderson Passes Out During Press Conference -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 12:14 3
- Ok, fine, I'll do it. "The New York Mets: Collapsing isn't just for the playoffs!" -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 12:50
- how odd that they'd choose to show that photo. like we wouldn't be able to picture him on the ground. hopefully better after eating something. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 12:27
- nah, he's just break dancing -- nm - Max Nov 4, 12:15
Mexico's Supreme Court just legalized marijuana use and growth for personal use. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 12:11 8
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  - It was a breaking news tweet about the NYT story. The story does clarify that but the original push did not. -- nm - iSpam Nov 4, 12:24
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 12:18 3
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    - "While the ruling does not strike down current drug laws, it lays the groundwork for a wave of legal actions that could ultimately rewrite them" -- (link) - znufrii Nov 4, 12:24 1
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- I'm sure the DEA will have some very supportive things to say about this. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:13 1
  - These fields? It is for my personal use! -- nm - A Mexican Citizen Nov 4, 12:14
Let's do 20 questions. I bought something on Amazon.ca yesterday as a Christmas present. It's similar, but not the same, to something at Amazon.com. - Mop Nov 4, 12:08 6
- sex doll -- nm - decline Nov 4, 12:35 1
  - The Canadian one says "eh". -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:47
- onesie with a photo of justin trudeau on it. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 12:29 1
  - The Amazon.com version has a picture of Hillary on it. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:31
- is it bigger than a bread box? - Pippy Nov 4, 12:22 1
  - Depends on the breadbox but, no, it's probably not bigger than a breadbox. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:31
Kraft Heinz to close 7 plants, lay off 2,600 employees and move Oscar Meyer brand to Chicago from Wisconsin. -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 12:06 1
- PAUL RYAN! -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:09
RIP former Vikings LB Fred McNeill. -- (link) - emoticripple Nov 4, 11:55
Do any vampirates have a problem with the accepted trade? - David Nov 4, 11:55 25
- No Objections -- nm - jack foley Nov 4, 12:37
- Without looking at which teams are involved and the impacts on their respected rosters - Strongbad Nov 4, 12:24 2
  - Yup. As long as it isn't clearly one person giving away great players for scrubs I have no beef. - Krusty Nov 4, 12:28 1
    - yeah--leagues should let trades through absent collusion or mistake - ML Nov 4, 12:31
- I'll dissent; not for any other reason that ML and I tried to push a trade this year and were denied. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 12:18 8
  - That's a very fair point. The issue is that one of the GMs is leaving the country and can't set their lineup until the trade executes. - David Nov 4, 12:25 6
    - not a vampirate, but the reasons should be irrelevant. - groiny Nov 4, 12:31 5
      - Considering what happened to me with the waiver set-up, 100% agreed. - Spawn Nov 4, 12:35
      - I agree. -- nm - ML Nov 4, 12:35
      - No, that's not right. -- nm - David Nov 4, 12:33 2
        
        IMO, you can not make an exception for one case and not another. - groiny Nov 4, 12:34 1
        
        No, that's not right. One asked for no reason. One asked to more easily manage their team while out of the country. - David Nov 4, 12:45
  - good point, yeah -- nm - ML Nov 4, 12:21
- I haven't seen notice in my email yet either. I wonder how many actually have. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 12:07 1
  - Nevermind. See it on the website. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 12:09
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 12:00 1
  - You haz trademail. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 12:15
- out of curiosity, what was the trade? -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 11:56 7
  - I have no idea. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:57 6
    - Oh wait, I do. - David Nov 4, 11:58 4
      - eesh -- nm - ML Nov 4, 12:02 3
        
        I'm big on Williams rest of season and Hopkins was just going to get traded in the offseason. Rather go for the win now. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 12:06 2
        
        fair 'nuff, although I think Hopkins is a top-five dynasty asset - ML Nov 4, 12:20 1
        
        This team, this league, I'm aiming for 2015. With Luck, Gurley and Julio, I'm sitting well going into 2016 too. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 13:41
    - Then I fully endorse it! -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:58
In Russia, Palaces and Metro Stations Are Hard to Tell Apart -- (link) - spamlet Nov 4, 11:53 2
- Assholes -- nm - Tsar Nicholas II Nov 4, 12:02
- Classy. -- nm - Trump Nov 4, 11:59
I have spent the past two hours listening to sizable sections of moist drywall being cut out of my parent's dining room, foyer, and guest bathroom. - ty97 Nov 4, 11:48 3
- can you take pictures? it must be awful seeing the damage. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 11:50 2
  - My mom lasted a good 45-60 minutes before she self-evacuated to my brother's house feeling a bit despondent. - ty97 Nov 4, 11:54 1
    - And they still don't know the source(s) of the leak(s). -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 11:54
*looks at my empty spot in the armory where Vex Mythoclast is supposed to be.* -- nm - groiny Nov 4, 11:45 7
- Mine's empty, too. And I also don't have Nechrochasm due to selfish teammates. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:46 5
  - we were running Crota almost weekly..... - groiny Nov 4, 11:47 4
    - The fact that you selfishly stopped once you got yours, however... -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:49 3
      - that is 1000% untrue. - groiny Nov 4, 11:51 2
        
        This is going to be my last Destiny post for a while, which the board will appreciate. - David Nov 4, 11:54 1
        
        it would be true, except that it is not. - groiny Nov 4, 12:01
- *and then looks at my 3 crux of crota's clogging up my vault space* -- nm - groiny Nov 4, 11:46
How's your Christmas shopping coming along? - Mop Nov 4, 11:43 55
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- I'm going to try to do it all at our gift shops. That employee discount tho -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:15
- YGM because I do not want my stalkee to read what I have done for him so far -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 4, 12:05
- started for my Stalkee. Planned for others. Not much else. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 12:03
- Started planning, but haven't started shopping. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 11:50
- I started thinking about it the other day but it's so stressful I had to stop. - Krusty Nov 4, 11:48 2
  - Give it a month to sink in. You'll be a lot less stressed. -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 11:56 1
    - Hell, make it two. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:57
- 6 -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 11:48
- Slow for now -- nm - budice Nov 4, 11:48 5
  - are you truly living in El Paso now or were you stopping through? -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:50 4
    - Im back in SoCal... - budice Nov 4, 11:55 3
      - hmph. - b. Nov 4, 12:31
      - glad to hear about your Dad - you strike me as a Cali Person Only - Pippy Nov 4, 11:57 1
        
        No lie... - budice Nov 4, 12:00
- made my first of many internet purchases yesterday - that's it. -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:47
- Not bought a thing -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 11:47 1
  - how you feeling? -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:48
- I need to find stalker gifts, something for the Santa project at the library, gift cards for the grandkids.....done. - Meg Nov 4, 11:47 1
  - You too with the being just about done. Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 11:50
- I bought my first one yesterday (kindles were $30 off). -- nm - fabulous squad Nov 4, 11:46 2
  - I bought a new paperwhite for myself earlier - that's the lowest price they've had with it. (also, from bb, I've been liking cashew milk, too.) -- nm - b. Nov 4, 12:37 1
    - ^I should add that, for prime members, the 30 off one is still available today. 5% back for amazon with discover this Q, too, if you're signed-up. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 12:38
- Only bought a couple of small things thus far. I'm going to struggle mostly with my brother's partner. - ty97 Nov 4, 11:45
- I need to buy for my ST stalker, a yet-undetermined family member, and buy a few more gifts for Kim. - David Nov 4, 11:45 11
  - Nice. I'm jealous. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 11:49 10
    - I'm compelled to go over board - I have no idea why -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:50 9
      - I will not be able to go overboard this year at all. Those pesky 'Hamilton' tickets... - Diva Nov 4, 12:09 6
        
        I am with you - I need to make a budget this year and stick to it. I think our new puppy will be our present to each other - Pippy Nov 4, 12:19 5
        
        Hmm. This is a great idea except I have already started buying her stuff. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:20 2
        
        might you consider saving it for bday, anniversary gifting ideas down the road? -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 12:21 1
        
        No romantic enough for anniversary, and birthday is end of June! - Spawn Nov 4, 12:22
        
        yeah, we are doing fitbits for each other, so that's easy. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:19 1
        
        yonh. we are doing one gift to each other and then little things for stockings. That *should* help. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 12:20
      - I love giving gifts. I'd spoil everyone if possible. - Krusty Nov 4, 11:52 1
        
        *agrees wholeheartedly* -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:57
- you are a wacko. - decline Nov 4, 11:45 11
  - I made reservations last night at a local Indian casino for 24th-26th. It's closer than Vegas :) -- nm - Meg Nov 4, 11:48 3
    - very nice -- nm - decline Nov 4, 11:49
    - I'm excited for you - sounds fun! -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:49 1
      - It was there or the Queen Mary again. QM would have been twice what I paid last year and I was disappointed they don't do an "English" Christmas. - Meg Nov 4, 12:09
  - Right, buying a gift for the stepdad is weird. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:47
  - Mop will be starring in his own show next fall Crazy Ex Husband -- nm - eag Nov 4, 11:47 4
    - and here I thought I was a poster boy for the Friends with Exes club. - znufrii Nov 4, 11:51 1
      - You have an ex? I had no idea! -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 11:57
    - He's so broken insiiiiiiiiide. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:47 1
      - :) -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 12:00
  - And you call *me* a wacko? -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 11:45
- i have bought 3 things for my nephew, 2 things for my stepson, and Dave's December bday present. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 11:44 1
  - and, put one thing in my amazon cart for my SS. -- nm* - Andie Nov 4, 11:46
- I wonder what the IM is. Probably ... chicken breasts. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:44
- I bought 6 during the woot-off and already had a couple. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:43
- I've still got a birthday to figure out before then. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 11:43 2
  - My son's birthday is 12/12. We try not to do any Christmas decorations until his birthday is over, so as to make a distinction. - Mop Nov 4, 11:45 1
    - I've got 2 and a half weeks to figure out if its cost effective to get our turntable repaired and where to do that, or just buy a new one -- nm* - znufrii Nov 4, 11:48
ST #weirdest poll ever: You have to lick one part of Spawn's body below the neck. What do you choose? -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 11:42 20
- not sure, but I will know after he is deboned and sectioned into smaller pieces -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 4, 12:07
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- Why is this happening? -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 12:04 3
  - Is this real life? -- nm - Max Nov 4, 12:09
  - ty97 has been in Austin less than 24 hours and its driving him insane -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 12:07 1
    - ha! -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 12:17
- ...does Spawn know you're doing this? - znufrii Nov 4, 11:56 1
  - I got tired of ty's poems about it, so he took it to the group. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:58
- *eyebrow raise* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 11:50 4
  - *below* the neck... -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 12:04 3
    - he's such a newb -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 12:06 2
      - It's been so long since I had the opportunity to kiss anyone below the neck ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 12:13
      - Maybe I am upside down? -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:12
- The back of his hand. - Mop Nov 4, 11:47
- isn't my answer already known? -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 11:47
- I see you have finally gotten a new obsession - oblique, Head Astronaut Nov 4, 11:45 1
  - spoilers - ty97 Nov 4, 11:47
- To block your user ID. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:43 1
  - a fair choice under the circumstances. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 11:44
- Death -- nm - decline Nov 4, 11:43

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