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Catching up on Walking Dead. First two episodes: great. Third episode: absolutely inexplicable. (spoil) -- (edited) - Dignan Nov 6, 14:24 4
- Made sense to me. -- nm - Bizzaro Dignan Nov 6, 14:53
- Hopefully you feel better about the next episode. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 14:26 2
  - Well, it's time for another step forward before the inevitable two back. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 14:27
  - (Although I pretty much agree with all your points. :-) ) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 14:27
Spectre C+ - One Word "Tired" (spoilers) - amoxy Nov 6, 14:18 2
- I broadly agree (spoils) - Roger More Nov 6, 14:32 1
  - and things I liked... - Roger More Nov 6, 14:36
You only poll twice: which studio will land the Bond franchise when the rights are auctioned next year, and who's the next Bond? -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 14:15 17
- I feel like Sony and Fox can't afford not to pay an ungodly sum for this property -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 14:24
- Troma! -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 14:23 1
  - I was going to suggest Studio Ghibli -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 14:24
- blumhouse productions, some nobody...nm - x Nov 6, 14:23 2
  - Some nobody could very well happen. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:24
  - Is Troma still a thing? -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:24
- Universal, Idris Alba. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 14:22
- Legen ... wait for it ... dary. NPH. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 14:20
- Disney! (oblique Spectre spoilers) - Roger More Nov 6, 14:20 2
  - I also think that Sony holds on to the rights. Not sure about the other part though unless he's a master negotiator in the media. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:22 1
    - If Spectre makes another billion worldwide, the producers will be backing the money truck up to his house -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 14:38
- Disney, Bradley Cooper - spamlet Nov 6, 14:18
- No clue, Cumberbatch -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:17 2
  - why not just cast Eddie Redmayne while you're at it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:18 1
    - Then there would be two Bonds. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:19
- Universal, Tom Hardy. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:16 1
  - Fassbender would also be a solid choice. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:21
LIR: Thanks for the heads-up, decline! Fingers crossed. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 14:14
wait, what's wrong with documentation wikis? -- nm - Max Nov 6, 14:07
I have decreed it James Brown Friday in my office. I suggest you do the same. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:03 6
- Please, please, please! - Covington Nov 6, 14:18 1
  - It's almost time for the James Brown Christmas album. Almost. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:19
- crap, i have no james brown on this laptop...nm - x Nov 6, 14:09 2
  - This is a Man's world -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:13
  - Spotify! -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:10
- James Brown is Dead -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 14:09
Would anyone here know what planet in our solar system has the greatest obliquity without looking it up? -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 14:03 28
- Earth clearly. oblique lives here. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 14:15
- Earth -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:14
- Uranus, if I've interpreted obliquity correctly. -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 14:08 8
  - That's what I thought, once I looked up the definition. However, it's a little bit of a trick question. - mara Nov 6, 14:13 3
    - nmbMara! oh my gawd, I can't stop listening to the Steel Drivers and guest who the lead singer was??? - Pippy Nov 6, 14:19 2
      - I've quite liked them - for them and chris, I didn't mention before the other day because there's so little - b. Nov 6, 14:29
      - Wow, I didn't realize. Also didn't realize he wasn't with the Steeldrivers any more. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 14:25
  - Yeah, that would be my interpretation of it as well. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:11 3
    - apparently it's Venus at 177 -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 14:12 2
      - I quarrel with that answer - Reagen Nov 6, 14:13 1
        
        right? I guess being retrograde makes it greater -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 14:15
- is this Common Core? -- nm - gravy Nov 6, 14:07
- Guess, Neptune? -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:07
- Not me. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 14:06
- I can picture the graphic showing them relative to each other, but I can't remember which is which. *brain squint* pluto? -- nm - b. Nov 6, 14:06 7
  - i thought pluto wasn't even a planet?...nm - x Nov 6, 14:08 6
    - Pluto State. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:12
    - I said it's been a long time since I saw the graphic! ;p -- nm - b. Nov 6, 14:09 4
      - here's a more recent version. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 14:12 [Image] 3
        
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        It's north pole is pointing "down" instead of "up," so it's essentially upside down. (The poles are defined by the direction of rotation.) -- nm - mara Nov 6, 14:30
        
        a quickety search brought this, a sciency, but not too sciency, explanation. more detailed than the wikipedia link mara gave above. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 14:27
- saturn....nm - x Nov 6, 14:06
- If I knew what obliquity was, sure. -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:04
- I'm going to have to look up obliquity first -- nm - Pippy Nov 6, 14:04 3
  - that I know - it's how far over a planet is angled relative to its orbit. earth's is ~20%. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 14:10
  - One of my neighbor's kids (8-9 year old) was telling me all about the planets and brought it up. wtf kid -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 14:05 1
    - Kid wears a Brady jersey just about every day too. Now I really want to punch him in the face -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 14:18
american pharoah's stud fee set at $200k & if he's a productive stud they can probably collect that 200 times next year....nm - x Nov 6, 13:40 24
- Good news ladies, I will knock you up for a mere fraction of that amount -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 14:09 2
  - jangles' stud fee set to dinner and a movie....nm - x Nov 6, 14:27 1
    - that he's paying for, right? -- nm - b. Nov 6, 14:30
- Thats alot of money for sex when you think about it. -- nm* - eag Nov 6, 13:54 14
  - Haven't you ever heard of Mike Rowe dirty jobs? All he gets is a handjob, and the mare gets a turkey baste -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:01 4
    - I mean the horse, not sure about Mike -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:02 3
      - *snicker* - Pippy Nov 6, 14:04 2
        
        I can't help think he kicks himself, he's neck deep in shit every episode, then come guy fieri and Bourdain who just travel and eat -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:13 1
        
        yes very likely he does -- nm - Pippy Nov 6, 14:18
  - well, it's not as glamorous as it sounds. they use a "breeding phantom"....nm - x Nov 6, 13:59
  - Yes but the mare will be walking out of there thinking, "I just had American Pharaoh" - Loyola Nov 6, 13:58 7
    - You do realize that alot of these are one night stand type of things - eag Nov 6, 14:02 6
      - That's not right. I hope he at least texts her afterwards. - Loyola Nov 6, 14:05
      - that is not how it works, at all... - x Nov 6, 14:05 4
        
        I hope there is some way to verify that your getting the horse you just forked over 200k for um... stuff - eag Nov 6, 14:17 2
        
        sure, there are controls. there is also the fact that an op like coolmore *wants* american pharoah progeny to do well... - x Nov 6, 14:21 1
        
        plus, what else is he going to do with it? -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:23
        
        THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:17
- There's going to be alot of horses called American something. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 13:42 5
  - Just like how there were a shit tonne of [Something] Dancer horses. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 13:42 4
    - or [Cat]. Storm Cat at the top was getting stud fees of $500k per....nm - x Nov 6, 13:45 1
      - American Cat Dancer -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:53
    - Seattle Stew? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:44
    - I hope there's a horse out there called tiny dancer. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 13:44
mmmmm, rittenhouse on the rocks. that's tasty.....nm - x Nov 6, 13:33 6
- Nice stuff, I'll join you tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:47
- Good choice. -- nm - znufrii needs a job Nov 6, 13:42
- Is it a link dump in a glass filled with ice cubes? -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 6, 13:37 2
  - I was trying to go with a marmot joke but this is way better. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Nov 6, 13:51
  - Ahahahaha -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 13:50
- Precisely -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 13:36
I just booked a sweet weird wedding, at a stop sign between two country towns - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:31 5
- "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference" -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 13:39 3
  - :) - for the story and this. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 14:04
  - Nice, I may use that... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:43 1
    - The road not taken. Robert Frost. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 13:45
- that is cute. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 13:33
I'm going to start doing the punching machine the next time I see someone walking towards me not looking where they're going because they're looking - prayformojo Nov 6, 13:31 4
- just drop the shoulder...nm - x Nov 6, 13:34 2
  - ditto - Reagen Nov 6, 13:38 1
    - ha....nm - x Nov 6, 13:40
- "OK pie, if you get eaten, this is on you." -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 13:32
law is law; but, man, the numbers in this class action suit vs. starkist tuna are something. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 13:30 4
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  - This is one of those areas that, while I agree it is necessary for the reasons stated, it also gets pretty badly abused. - pmb Nov 6, 13:42 2
    - If it's a choice between erring on one side or another ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 14:26
    - yah, I look at that site from time to time, and too many have very little for claimants. great when otherwise, though. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 13:50
Warcraft looks painful. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 13:26 3
- the 45 minutes of wood chopping are a bit much - Reagen Nov 6, 13:42 1
  - gotta have good orc on orc action, no one want to see uglies gettin busy -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 13:43
- the director is the only thing that makes me have hope for it - ML Nov 6, 13:38
this st amazon ad is trying to get me to buy the print version of grantland #1 for the "best price" of 1000$.....nm - x Nov 6, 13:19 1
- Effective advertising, know your market, etc etc -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:51
Netflix v Walmart DVD online service - class action resolution - did any of you know about this? -- (link) - Pippy Nov 6, 13:19
X-box deal. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 6, 13:18 3
- Though it looks like Dell's BF deal is a ton better. - spamlet Nov 6, 13:47
- Great deal but I don't know what I'd do with a $100 dell gift card. -- nm - iSpam Nov 6, 13:21 1
  - ebay! -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 13:22
Speaking of finances (sorta) can I just gripe about a first world problem? - ty97 Nov 6, 13:17
I don't know why I thought I could watch the new john lewis ad at work. dumb.-b. - b. Nov 6, 13:17 [youtube]
My parents went to Lowe's. 2.5 hours ago. - ty97 Nov 6, 13:16 8
- What are you, 4? Getting separation anxiety -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 13:39
- they are probably now in the bar next door. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 13:20
- away from their troubles = freedommmmmmmmmm! -- nm - b. Nov 6, 13:18 3
  - Sadly, I'm not sure going to a home improvement store is actually escaping their troubles :) - ty97 Nov 6, 13:18 2
    - it's not small that they don't have to look at holes in their walls. ;p -- nm - b. Nov 6, 13:19 1
      - :) -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 13:33
- And didn't take you? Buuurn -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 13:17 1
  - Yeah, I am heartbroken. (also: working) -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 13:18
Brad lookin' oooooold. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 13:16
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- Ooo, thanks for reminding me to set up a Roth at Myra.gov -- nm - mara Nov 6, 13:46
- i hate that. my old employer plan would always do this..... - x Nov 6, 13:17 2
  - laughing - ty97 Nov 6, 13:19 1
    - copper et cetera, the etf!....nm - x Nov 6, 13:20
- You should be banned from having a 401K for ethics reasons -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 13:15
- Can't you just roll it over into your current? -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 13:14 5
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    - IRA? -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 13:16 3
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        But you could put it into index funds and just have to clear it once. - iSpam Nov 6, 13:20 1
        
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Breaking the back of love -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 13:12 1
- bed full of guns? -- nm - Greg Hardy Nov 6, 13:13
I've lived a life that's full, I've traveled each and every highway. And more, much more than this, I did it my way. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 13:11 6
- Carefree Highway, let me slip away on you. -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 13:14 5
  - 65 I was 21 running up the 101, I don't know when that turned into the road I'm on -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:20 4
    - On the day we met I went a stray , started rolling down that lost highway -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 13:27 3
      - life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long. -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 13:28 2
        
        On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. . . -- nm - jnine Nov 6, 13:59 1
        
        My hand slipped up her skirt, everything else slipped my mind, out in the roadhouse on highway 29 -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 14:09

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