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Well, that's gotta be a record. My purchase from Amazon.ca on the 4th arrived today. It was... - Mop Nov 6, 17:03 1
- Ramona must've used the Subspace Highway to deliver it -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 6, 17:06
Now I have a Bitchin' Hacksaw. -- (edited) - prayformojo Nov 6, 16:59
kitty break, and story time! - b. Nov 6, 16:59
when I bb'd and read the politico story on ben carson, I didn't think it was necessarily as damning towards him as comments suggested. - b. Nov 6, 16:54 1
- (how they presented/misrepresented the west point records thing is particularly gross.) -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:56
So Politico's big Carson scoop didn't even last the day? Welp. -- nm - ML Nov 6, 16:54 3
- Save me the google, what undid the story? -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 17:05 1
  - (I linked cnn's takedown right above this post.) -- nm - b. Nov 6, 17:08
- you don't say. ;p -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:54
French TV sez an explosion can be heard on the cockpit voice recorder of the Russian airliner -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 16:48 1
- (not saying it was not a bomb) but if the tail strike led to wear and tear, that would have resulted in explosive decompression - ty97 Nov 6, 16:50
that reminds me, I tagged this earlier to watch - already had it open so.. "billy on the street" with two totally game older ladies. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 16:44 1
- Cmon, Tina Fey and Amy Pohler aren't that old! -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 17:05
What do we think of this house? -- (link) - Dano Nov 6, 16:24 18
- I like the price. I wish houses around here were priced like that. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 16:42
- have you been inside it yet, and heard how well it keeps the highway out? noise will be your biggest factor if you buy it so make sure it's quiet -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:41 2
  - There's an open house this weekend. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 16:45 1
    - good. also talk to neighbors if any are around. and good luck -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:47
- Does it come with the bald eagle motorcycle flag hanging? -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 16:37
- it looks like a post war build that has not been updated since it was built. please have the most anal inspection possible for hidden problems -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:34 4
  - yah, the discoloration in various places are concerning. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:36
  - The most anal inspection only happens in porn -- nm - jangles Nov 6, 16:35 2
    - well, if Dano doesn't want to be royally fucked, he'll get one :) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:37 1
      - There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the -- nm - 'hoods a war zone Nov 6, 18:08
- what is the bigger building with the good sized parking lot nextdoor? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:32 2
  - The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 16:35
  - I was just looking around the neighborhood - yah, I wonder about noise and traffic from that and the nearby route ; and, also, access. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:35
- Love the art. -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 16:31
- "it's bigger on the inside." I was concerned about the description starting with "surprising" - b. Nov 6, 16:29
- I actually quite like it for you. -- nm - All the boys love lazy chicks Nov 6, 16:29 1
  - The location is both good and bad. It's pretty much right at the end of a highway exit. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 16:33
- Pink bathtub just like in the house I grew up in! I was going to say there's no storage space but I guess the basement provides that. -- nm - Max Nov 6, 16:27
Good gravy. For dinner I got a crab cake from the deli at the grocery store. This is fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 16:08 4
- which grocery store chain? -- nm - Max Nov 6, 16:25 3
  - Harris Teeter, shockingly - prayformojo Nov 6, 16:58 1
    - The new Detroit offensive coordinator? -- nm - David Nov 6, 18:26
  - Publix -- nm - Jameis Winston Nov 6, 16:33
For 40th anniversary of release of Bohemian Rhapsody (and to raise money for a children's charity) people can recreate the scene from Wayne's World. -- (link) - Covington Nov 6, 16:07 1
- if you've got to puke, puke in here -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 16:11
Chloë Moretz gets the role of the Little Mermaid. I'm not sure I like that. - Mop Nov 6, 16:06 2
- Never mind. I see this is a Universal project. So I expect it to be about as successful as Snow White and the Huntsman. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 16:11 1
  - $150M domestic? Sure, they'll take that. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 16:15
Oh i see spawn...sure go see the family instead of making time for Bond. I see how it see how it is - Remliks phone Nov 6, 16:02 2
- You guys can be so adorable when you two get like this - eag Nov 6, 16:14 1
  - Bastard picked a 7pm showing! - Spawn Nov 6, 16:42
for those who like musicals, spotify has the concept album "songs from waitress" up under sara bareilles's name. here's - b. Nov 6, 15:57 [youtube] 2
- thanks, coldplay, for a break from big uk acts being sad! their new single is downright peppy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 16:09 1
  - while I'm at it, new albums out today from ellie goulding, grimes, tim mcgraw, kate boy, little mix, nico & vinz (ep), seal. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:16
The finale(?) of the Bob Ross Twitch marathon has over 147,000 viewers right now. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 15:54 2
- Was up around 500,000 earlier. -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 16:12
- (163k) -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 15:59
huh, there's a Shake Shack at Woodbury Commons now. - Tim Nov 6, 15:52 1
- yum. - ty97 Nov 6, 16:49
Reports: David Price looking hard at the Cubs -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 15:49 1
- Report: pmb likes these reports. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 16:04
I just walked by the record store, and a poster says there is a Tool tribute band tonight for $10. I have to go to that, right? -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 15:44 10
- that would be interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 16:42
- insist they give you $20 to attend, not the $10 they offer :) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:09
- sure and then report back - for us it will be a (wait for it) vicarious experience. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 15:47 7
  - Nice -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 17:04
  - you, hippie??? -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:16 [youtube] 5
    - :) - -- nm - b. Nov 6, 16:17 4
      - btw, I was at that show and the next night when John Cipollina sat in for most of the show -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:23 3
        
        cool beans - I didn't recognize his name; but, of course, reading this I now know who he is. :) - nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 16:25 2
        
        their live Who Do You LOve jams are classic -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:44 [youtube]
        
        :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 16:36
my brain doesn't know how to process this song - big black delta ft... debbie gibson. in looking for a link, I found this write-up. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 6, 15:44
Wow, Kim Davis has a personal message for CQ! -- (link) - mara Nov 6, 15:43 1
- Yes!! -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 15:51
"Just because it looks like Season 4 doesn't make it Season 4!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 15:38
Pringles. HEY, PRINGLES! Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Pecan Pie, and Salted Caramel are NOT clip flavors!!! - Mop Nov 6, 15:34 2
- So, Pringles ain't chips -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 15:49
- they are clip flavors. but NOT chip flavours :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 15:37
I saw Spectre. it was very good. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 6, 15:32 1
- More (spoilers) - Roger More Nov 6, 16:12
Today I ran speedtest.net on a computer at work. It had 900+ mbps both up and down. That's pretty incredible....haven't seen anything close to it. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 15:21 23
- thanks for this. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 16:47 1
  - and do we think products from these folks are safe? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 17:00
- I'm halfway across the house from our router and getting 50 down, 4 up -- nm* - ML Nov 6, 16:16
- 2.55 and .44 on DSL. AT&T *really* wants me to switch to U-verse :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 6, 15:54
- 119.71/11.22 at home. -- nm - Shaun Nov 6, 15:47
- Blah, I am at 5 and 0.6 at home. :/ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 6, 15:39
- Stick your finger in the ethernet port. It'll be just like Lawnmower Man 2. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 15:38 1
  - Reagen, you are this week's ST MVP. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 15:45
- *steals it's Speed Force* -- nm - Zoom Nov 6, 15:32
- I had to go run one just to make sure I wasn't confused about the numbers. Wow. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 15:26
- Jebus! I get 6.6 and 0.69. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 15:26 8
  - 93/94 here at my office. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 15:43
  - 36/43 -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 15:37
  - 50.58 down 11.97 up 34ms ping Nothing like mara's, but still decent for wireless. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 15:32
  - *points and laughs* I get 93.22 and 88.75 -- nm - mara Nov 6, 15:31 3
    - Nice! I can't get better than DSL and I get the low end of what I'm paying for. Max is 15 and I top out at 7 on a good day. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 15:38 2
      - Oh, this is at work. We've got a T3 connection or better. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 15:44 1
        
        Ahh. That's still pretty sweet. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 15:51
  - 6669 you had sex with the devil! -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 15:27
- wow. gimme. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 15:25 3
  - just ran it, and 476 down, 579 up. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 15:30 2
    - Nice -- nm - mara Nov 6, 15:31 1
      - now I want to ask our folks with more oomphy systems to run it. heh. -- nm - b. Nov 6, 15:34
Colts had a players only meeting -- (link) - Remliks phone Nov 6, 15:16 2
- Pizza party? -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 15:29
- sees "proof is in the pudding" and stops reading. no, it is not. (the hi hyde nm) - b. Nov 6, 15:19
I read Dignan's critique of this season of WD. I don't disagree with some of it, I understanding some frustration over some other things (spoilers) - Mel Profit Nov 6, 15:08 4
- spoils - Dignan Nov 6, 15:48 1
  - my thoughts... - Mel Profit Nov 6, 16:59
- regarding 7..... spoils..... - groiny Nov 6, 15:18 1
  - No, just bush. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 15:49
First occurrence of Hillary being mentioned as President, in film? - Loyola Nov 6, 15:01 8
- Pluto Nash? - Tim Nov 6, 15:06 4
  - Good call. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 15:12 3
    - Let the record show, Tim's knowledge of Pluto Nash is second to none. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 15:15 2
      - I went to your auto dealer today (they are customers of ours). I felt kind of dirty after. -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 15:24 1
        
        Meh. I won't deal with them any more. That's the extent of my feelings towards them. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 15:34
- Alien would have been my guess -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 15:05 2
  - weirdly it was Lincoln. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 15:06 1
    - If the alien had a secretary named Kennedy, then.....whoa -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 15:14
Roger More: Lea Seydoux arriving for dinner...Oh Yeah -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 15:00
oh man, now Yahoo Sports redesigned - prayformojo Nov 6, 14:58 3
- ooh, have they updated their $1,000,00...$900,0....$8...$7...$500,000 fantasy game? -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 15:04
- *takes to Twitter to yell* -- nm - spamlet Nov 6, 14:59 1
  - They should rename Twitter "The Void". -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 15:17
Whoo - just put enough coinstar credit on my Amazon account to pay for my microwave. - Meg Nov 6, 14:51 3
- i love the coinstar/amazon thing too....nm - x Nov 6, 14:53 2
  - yup, same here -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 14:53 1
    - me, three. and from bb, I also like ebates letting users turn rebates into amazon credit. - b. Nov 6, 15:50
just started After Earth for Family Movie Night...not hard to see how Jaden got the role - Beaker Nov 6, 14:49 1
- this is fucking painful -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 16:00
Whoa -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 14:37 6
- Ancient prophecy status: fulfilled -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 14:52
- Wow. -- nm - David Nov 6, 14:44
- that's hilarious....nm - x Nov 6, 14:39 3
  - really makes you think -- nm - ML Nov 6, 14:42 2
    - Aliens hate vampires? -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 15:07
    - John Wilkes Booth was saving us from an infestation. -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 14:51
Time to check my lottery ticket. I will enjoy my last few moments being poor. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:36 11
- Lotto Max is $60M here tonight!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 14:49 1
  - Do it! -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:52
- let's all buy dunebuggies! -- nm - ML Nov 6, 14:42
- just don't forget us little people, pal...nm - x Nov 6, 14:37 7
  - Crap, one number. - Loyola Nov 6, 14:41 6
    - look on the bright side. next week you can throw away your money on a hopeless pipe dream again!....nm - x Nov 6, 14:44 5
      - I'm going to buy you a dunebuggy with less hp than the rest of us. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:47 4
        
        This made me laugh harder than it should. - spamlet Nov 6, 14:59
        
        why does a dunebuggy need hit points? -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 14:52
        
        fair enough...nm - x Nov 6, 14:51 1
        
        :-) I'd totally bring you all on a cruise though. Geez 100 mill...10 spending money, live off the interest on the rest. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 14:55
Calm down guys, it's a long long time until Christmas. Tons of time to do shopping. I mean, just look at this -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 14:34 3
- I saw Christmas lights on a house on my way home. I cursed at the house as I walked passed. - Krusty Nov 6, 14:37 1
  - Bring the dogs around to poop on their lawn -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 15:51
- just don't do it...nm - x Nov 6, 14:37
*nominates the Patty & Selma quit smoking ep for bottom 10 of all time* -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 14:32 5
- Yup. That's the only real clunker they've had in a long time. -- nm - David Nov 6, 14:44
- wow, barney quits drinking was bad enough...nm - x Nov 6, 14:36 3
  - DANCE RUMMY! -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 14:50
  - "guest starring yo-yo ma"?....nm - x Nov 6, 14:40
  - spoiler - Reagen Nov 6, 14:39

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