ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 152

Whee, pointless stats! -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 18:54
I think ESPN toggling the score bar at the bottom of the screen when a play starts and ends is distracting -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 18:26
WWE tribute video to Nick Bockwinkel -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 18:26 [youtube]
After spending Sunday holed up in my parents guest bedroom (which, uh used to be mine), I have a new TV for my place. - Tim Nov 16, 17:48 5
- congratulations. may you have many happy hours together for years to come! -- nm - b. Nov 16, 18:00 4
  - 32 inch, which is fine. Mom has a smart TV and asked if I wanted one. - Tim Nov 16, 18:03 3
    - in an amusing twist, my smart tv always knows what's on, but can't show me any of it. - mafic Nov 16, 18:41
    - ah, that's ~what I'm seeking; but I probably want smartish, at least. -- nm - b. Nov 16, 18:05 1
      - "Do you have any TVs that went to community college?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 18:26
OK that was a decent Voyager. Season Episode Prototype (spoilers) - amoxy Nov 16, 17:45
huh, the people who got the house we offered on went 27% over asking. that's... surprising. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 17:42 11
- so when do you start your plot to get them to want to move out? -- nm - b. Nov 16, 18:03 2
  - it is just down the street from our current place. we considered being super-trashy and hanging around the open houses. - mafic Nov 16, 18:13 1
    - That strategy wouldn't work in Australia ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 18:31
- That's some prime weed-growing basement real estate there. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 17:48 1
  - Basement? ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 17:56
- So, we had a discussion about this last year when Canada said going over ask is normal. How does it work in Australia? -- nm - David Nov 16, 17:45 1
  - depends. if it's listed at just a price, under is acceptable. if it's listed as 'offers over', you go over (unless it's been sitting for a while). - mafic Nov 16, 17:50
- How much over were you? -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 17:43 3
  - about 16. in Australia sometimes you get places that are 'offers over x' - mafic Nov 16, 17:47 2
    - occasionally there are auctions as well. usually only for high-end stuff, but occasionally for others as well. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 17:58
    - Interesting. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 17:51
How the hell do I teach my kids to put their g-d f$cking sh!t away when they're done with it? - Subversive Nov 16, 17:35 27
- before dinner is served, is everything ship shape? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 19:07
- my brother like cubs, I didn't. if I had an out like this, I would've used it. I was a manipulative little shit. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 18:00
- cancel their technology for a week. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 17:49
- heh, I might prefer that to a son that freaks if everything is *not* in place. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 17:42 2
  - wonder where he got that from? -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 17:54
  - That..... sounds glorious.Maybe the boy will be a neat one. -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 17:51
- A coat rack does not work -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 17:38 12
  - Not in the slightest. - Subversive Nov 16, 17:45 11
    - YES IT DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! -- nm - Joan Crawford Nov 16, 17:46
    - same here. All 3 have their cubbies for shoes/hats and I just mounted a coat rack for them too. Shit still on floor, heh -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 17:46 9
      - mine are younger though, so......Our oldest takes better care of his stuff. He's a bit anal -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 17:47 8
        
        Ally, the 8 year old is starting to get better, but she couldn't find her sash tonight. - Subversive Nov 16, 17:48 7
        
        (don't hurt me.) have you tried having them empty their bags or take off the sashes immediately after getting home from scouts? - b. Nov 16, 17:55 4
        
        Oh yeah, we're all over them as soon as they get home. "Ok, put your stuff away now so you can find it next time..." - Subversive Nov 16, 17:57 3
        
        walk 'em over instead of just instructing? variations on animal training. -- nm - b. Nov 16, 18:02 2
        
        or just straight up get a clicker. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 18:24
        
        We have done that in the past sometimes. However, there are 4 kids and only 2 parents. They're going to have to learn to do shit on their own. :) -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 18:16
        
        yep, my 4 year olds don't give a flying shit -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 17:49 1
        
        Thanks for the reminder. *buy more condoms* -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:51
- cause and effect doesn't sink in until, like 16. Sorry. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 17:36 7
  - For serious? *sob* -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 17:38 6
    - Every week for dance class: "And where are you shoes?" "I don't know, they were here and now they're gone!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 17:40 5
      - they sound like magical disappearing shoes -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 18:19 1
        
        it's cruel of us to blame her for clearly supernatural events out of her control. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 18:25
      - I thought you were citing some teacher/smart guy shit here, not the evidence of your slightly younger child. - Subversive Nov 16, 17:50 2
        
        It's both, really - Reagen Nov 16, 17:52 1
        
        Curses! Damn your dual natured goodness! -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 17:55
Of interest, perhaps, to b.: Former KTVU personality Pat McCormick has passed away. -- (link) - IrishStephen Nov 16, 17:24 3
- this made me go look, for the first time in months, at a local tv/radio blog - dude went off on millenials, including - b. Nov 16, 18:08
- Damn, the Dialing for Dollars guy.... :( -- nm - amoxy Nov 16, 17:41
- :( - dang. part of my childhood right there. -- nm - b. Nov 16, 17:27
Correa and Bryant are your ROYs -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 17:23 3
- No argument -- nm - ML Nov 16, 17:31 1
  - Linder had a strong case. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 17:50
- Shocking. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 17:26
Crud, I just dropped my tablet and the corner of the glass is cracked. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:10 14
- quick! put it in a bag of rice! the starch will fill the cracks. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 18:01
- If it makes you feel better, my iPad has been operating perfectly with a badly cracked screen for nearly 3 years. -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 17:58 1
  - That helps. The major problem for the moment is that I have to get it home without screwing it up more. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 18:03
- Not sounding good. Is the touch screen working at all? - Krusty Nov 16, 17:26 10
  - I rebooted it twice and it seems to be working now mostly. I kind of had to carefully push at the cracked part to get the screen to work. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:33 9
    - *whew* Glad to hear it. Hopefully you can get it working well again. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 17:38
    - They have places around here that replace broken screens on phones and tablets. Not sure how much -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:34 7
      - I'll see what I can find. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:37 3
        
        Yep, check the customer comments. Batteries Plus does it here. Not sure if that is a National Chain -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:38 2
        
        They are around here. Seems they started in Green Bay. Thanks for the info. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:41 1
        
        Good to hear, hope it works for ya. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:43
      - Also while you have it working might not be a bad idea to backup the things you would want to save if it broke for good. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:35 2
        
        I've been working on that, so I could update the OS, but I'll have to do a major download to finish that off. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:39 1
        
        Yeah pics are always the thing I worry about losing. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:40
*whew* -- (link) - znufrii needs a job Nov 16, 16:54 2
- not that I don't think the banning talk is gross, but jerry brown's response has me wonder.. is there something he knows about that - b. Nov 16, 17:19
- did he break into the Electric Kool Aid again? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 17:04
PFM, the actress in the Daily Fantasy bit is Kathryn Hahn. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:50 1
- thanks! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 16:52
Rapsheet: Saints make it official this afternoonl, fire Rob Ryan -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 16:42 2
- Sean Payton is a liar! -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 16:44 1
  - If they hadn't yet, then he didn't lie -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 16:46
We are at the township meeting. The board is about to approve a project that *all but two* residents of the township signed a petition against. Nuts. -- nm - All the boys love lazy chicks Nov 16, 16:40 5
- Make sure they move the actual graves and not just the headstones. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 16, 18:12
- Developers always get what they want -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 17:09 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 17:47
- They don't know what's good for them! -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 16:52
- I guess it's time to lobby against the board members for the next election. - Krusty Nov 16, 16:51
holy myvegas....new cruise awards, free 7 day, only specific cruises next month 750K points -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 16, 16:40 2
- Links not working. Is this the Companion Fare or something different? Not seeing it in Rewards. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 16:50 1
  - some folks replying to the fan page post said its only for those who bought some chips? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 19:05
6 people killed in Palestine, one man arrested. No word on how they were killed. Oh, and that's Palestine TEXAS. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:15 8
- I have been there. Numerous times. (It's pronounced 'STEEN' at the end, if you care) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 16:21 7
  - Oh, like Pay-ris, Texas -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 16:50
  - Is there nothing Texas can't ruin? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 16:45
  - I care. -- nm - Luke Skeewalker Nov 16, 16:27
  - me too! -- nm - Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein Nov 16, 16:26
  - "Mayor Igor issued a statement..." -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 16:23 2
    - that took me a minute -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 16:25
    - That's Eye-gore. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 16:24
Christopher Kimball quits America's Test Kitchen over contract dispute...this is like a star quarterback leaving your team -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 16, 16:15 2
- Geez. You'd like he'd be CEO or President or something. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 16:22 1
  - Minority owner, according to the story. He shouldn't have sold a majority stake. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 16:29
So, I'm just reading board 2 and... - David Nov 16, 15:56 2
- as I have talked to you off board on the topic before... - groiny Nov 16, 16:13 1
  - My opinion is that your opinion, as a gun owner, is similar to others that own guns. - JaxSean Nov 16, 16:41
Oh, look, the GOP are giving the terrorists exactly what they want. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:52 13
- Ooh, this is a rub. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:07 11
  - Ashton Kutcher? -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 18:02 1
    - We could have kept him out? I am for the bill now -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 18:03
  - Look back at the original tweet. - ty97 Nov 16, 16:20 5
    - spoilers - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:26 4
      - would this be the first time the US stamps itself as a christian nation in matters of law and social presidence? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 16:34 3
        
        lets not forget, a lot of these evangelicals don't accept Catholism as Christian enough -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 16:36 2
        
        Unless they're trying to make a point about some particular issue. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 16, 17:34
        
        Well that's just a big pope in the pants! -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 17:21
  - C'mon, people. It's clearly Chris Gaines. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:17
  - Balki Bartokomous? -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 16:15
  - Tom Cruise?! -- nm - Max Nov 16, 16:13
- 72 virgins and a shiny new camel? -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 15:53
NPR has a story on how glial brain cells have a surprising impact on brain functions. They only needed to watch Nerds in Paradise (1987) to know this. -- (link) - Max Nov 16, 15:48
McConaughey To 'The Dark Tower'? -- (link) - mud Nov 16, 15:47 1
- "Sometimes... you just have to go up... to keep your feet on the ground. Head to one place to visit others. Yeah..." -- nm - Max Nov 16, 15:52
So will President Obama just sign one of the Presidential Decree thingies he's so fond of, and make these governors take Syrian refugees? - Jovian Nov 16, 15:40 9
- It doesn't work like that at all. - Mop Nov 16, 16:04
- "He's so fond of..." He's used fewer than any other two-term President since Grant - TWuG Nov 16, 15:46 2
  - More like required to because Congress won't do their damn jobs. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 15:59 1
    - The better argument is, given that, he isn't fond enough of their use. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 16:07
- [deleted] 4
  - Refugees aren't stockpiled in warehouses like cord wood. And they're not monitored like criminals on house arrest. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 16:05
  - It would be more the other way around, wouldn't it? Like, what law could a state pass to prevent a refugee from choosing to live in the state? -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 16:02 1
    - [deleted]
  - isn't this a Fed law anyway with the Refugee Act of 1980? -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 15:48
show me, mouth. show me what you are referring to. - groiny Nov 16, 15:39
*hits the Case Keenum music* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 15:31
Haven't seen a plane that looks like this for quite some time -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 15:23 6
- Ooh, Instagram pics work? -- nm - David Nov 16, 15:45 1
  - I didn't realize it, but yep, appears so. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 15:47
- Yep, been a while. I last flew them LAX, St Louis, Kansas City - sometime after 1993, maybe ~2000? -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 15:27 3
  - Would make sense. I think AA gobbled them up in 2001. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 15:34 2
    - Looks that way. My first couple of trips to KC were United via Denver but at least one was TWA via St. Louis. - Meg Nov 16, 15:37 1
      - I never actually got to fly TWA. I did fly AA via the acquired STL hub a couple of times circa 2002-2005. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 15:48
Spectre way over-estimated again by $1.7M. 52.2% weekend drop. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 15:12 1
- Slightly better hold than Skyfall (though not as far to fall) -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 15:15
ty, if all things are equal, see if he can go to the Mayo Clinic. - JD Nov 16, 15:11 4
- but if his brother goes to Eisenhower, Ty can go to [warm in the winter] Palm Springs to visit him -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 16:00
- Thanks. I'm not clear if he would go or if he would have a remote consult? I have to learn more. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 15:20
- some places are better than others, depending on what's in the mix; but, in this case, if it's - b. Nov 16, 15:18 1
  - (I know you both know that subject line, no idea why I said it here. durr.) -- nm - b. Nov 16, 15:38
Hyacinth Bucket may return to TV as Young Hyacinth -- (link) - Covington Nov 16, 15:05
Alexa, tell me a joke. "Did you hear about the two thieves that stole a calendar?" - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:05 1
- Alexa, tell me another joke. "What's the difference between a well-dressed man on a tricycle, and a scruffy looking guy on a bike?" - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:06
Louder than bombs -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 15:03

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)