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I also wish to salute the noble STers who will watch the debate so I don't have to. I appreciate your service and sacrifice. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:49
that thing about Polish experts saying there is no Nazi gold train is exactly what people who found the Nazi gold train would say -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:40 2
- Hitler escaped the bunker! The History channel knows -- nm - UliC Qel Droma Dec 15, 13:51
- I know it's what I would say. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:50
Investigation Reveals Fig & Olive’s [which gave everyone food poisoning] Kitchen Relies On Pre-Made Meal Components -- (link) - MDH Dec 15, 13:35
hre i am, up $5.5M after bond adjusts (and thanks in part to the star wars movies being way up as well), and here i am miffed over 1 little thing - call me Ishmael Dec 15, 13:33 3
- You should TOTALLY ask for your membership fee back. - spamlet Dec 15, 13:48
- Razorhawk's site is good -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 15, 13:38
- kaigree is great when the update has been recent but not great other times. Look at howprofitable -- nm* - ty97 Dec 15, 13:37
next on CNN. Sarah Palin. they just went into commercial -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:32
Headline: "Florida devasted by prized recruit's choice to sign with Georgia" - David Dec 15, 13:31 1
- I wish I had gotten into that business years ago. - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 15, 13:37
LIR: Fargo season 3 will be a whole new cast. More from the article in the IM. - GregW Dec 15, 13:30
I'm just saying, Princess Leia is way into Mel into that picture. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 13:26 1
- good lord yes. -- nm* - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:26
Man if Okafor only had some decent players around him -- (link) - decline Dec 15, 13:15 4
- we better trade him fast so we can rebuild -- nm - Hinkie Dec 15, 13:19 3
  - Amusingly, ESPN speculates that they should do exactly this at the trade deadline. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:20 2
    - 15 second rounders is a steal really -- nm - espn Dec 15, 13:22 1
      - I'm sure Gerald Williams or Ben Gordon are available. -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 15, 13:40
Today has made me want to gently punch someone. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 13:15 3
- if you have to punch something, make it a comfy couch or chair. a wall could give you a broken hand & an ER visit -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:18 2
  - I would not waste a punch on an inanimate object. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 13:18 1
    - fine. i'm just giving you info to make a better decision :) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:20
I also need an Alaskan cruise that will let me climb on a glacier. Do they still do that? -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:14 2
- No, all the glaciers melted. Al Gore told me so. -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 15, 13:36 1
  - Lame. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:37
If STAR7 underperforms opening weekend, what's the money on the headline being -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 15, 13:10 18
- "Finally, A Star Wars Movie That Doesn't Suck" -- nm - Max Bebo Dec 15, 13:19
- What'll happen if it impacts the stock any is that Disney will leak numbers about its Star Wars merchandising estimates. - David Dec 15, 13:17 15
  - yeah, their December merch ales are going to be in.sane. -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 15, 13:23 1
    - I much prefer an IPA or even a crisp lager to a merch ale -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:30
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    - I thought Disney was the name of the parent company? -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:23 8
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        Oh, if your point is that it's a small part of Disney overall, that's absolutely true. - David Dec 15, 13:29 2
        
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        It was a little under a billion in the first quarter out of almost $13 billion overall. - David Dec 15, 13:34
        
        Yes, but you seem to be implying that stocks always move rationally -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:28 3
        
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        morons not only vote, they play the stock market too -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:31 1
        
        *finger to nose* -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 15, 13:35
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  - Didn't someone project merch sales to be at 5 Billion by next summer? -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:20 1
    - In *down* years, it's a $1.5 billion performer. So, I'd totally buy that. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:22
- WSJ: Disney stock tanks from poor Star Wars opening -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:13
WWE: Raw jumped up in rating with 800,000 plus viewers more than last week -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:07 3
- was this week special or something? -- nm - decline Dec 15, 13:10 2
  - Word spread they were probably gonna hot shot the title to Roman on Raw. -- nm - Tim Dec 15, 13:40
  - Vinnie Mac back on tv for the 1st time in a year. And the start of the Roman Empire. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:11
interesting. Jake Tapper on CNN just said Sarah Palin was coming in as a consultant later this hour -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:03 2
- to talk on CNN? what are they turning into ... a comedy channel? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 15, 13:05 1
  - she's there to talk about the appeal Trump & Cruz have to the Republican Party [I re-wound to hear why again] -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:09
Dr. Who: Eccelston reprises the role for a video for sick child... -- (link) - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:02
Is there any reason to visit Portland or Seattle? I don't drink beer and hipsters make me illogically angry. - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 12:59 27 1
- I'd go there for this alone. -- (link) - mara Dec 15, 13:25 2
  - Goonies! -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:34
  - yup. also Fort Stevens is nearby if one is at all interested in military history. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 13:28
- Amanda's sister -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 13:21
- seattle museum of flight -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:11
- seattle pop culture museum -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:11 6
  - The Seattle Music Experience museum is realy fun too. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 13:19 1
    - Actually it's called the Experience Music Project Museum. -- nm - pmb Dec 15, 13:21
  - Cool. Thanks! -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:17 1
    - Paul Allen spent a large fortune putting it together and it is a wonderful museum -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:19
  - I second this -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 13:13
  - and their science fiction museum -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:12
- Voodoo doughnuts -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 13:10
- Seattle is pretty darn amazing. I love it there -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 13:09
- They are both gorgeous cities with a diverse set of things to see/do/try. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 13:09
- wine, now lots of distilleries too....great restaurants, powell's books, beautiful beaches, waterfalls to hike to..salmon, you can order it like wine. - General Zeit Dec 15, 13:04
- How do feel about seafood, beautiful scenery and books? -- nm* - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:03 7
  - Seafood is yummy, love scenery, books... eh. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:09 6
    - not sure where you live but Seattle was a shock in scenery alone - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 13:10 5
      - North Carolina. So I have beaches and mountains. But I'm sure it will be very different. I loved Ireland for the scenery. - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:13 4
        
        and for scenery, you can't beat the Columbia River Gorge, just east of Portland. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 15, 13:29
        
        lol, "mountains". - znufrii Dec 15, 13:15 2
        
        yeah yeah. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 15, 13:18 1
        
        :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 13:19
- If you've never been to the west coast, you should go at least once. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 13:02
- i love Seattle. It's a great city to just walk around. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 13:00
- Portland is near some excellent wine country as well. - znufrii Dec 15, 13:00
In the first Freddie Gray officer trial, jury is deadlocked. Judge tells them to keep deliberating. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 15, 12:54 1
- they just want the free room & board -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:54
The Force Awakens is now officially Fandango's top advance-selling movie of all time -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:52 36
- "This weekend is traditionally a big travel and shopping weekend, so trackers are thinking that this film could have a three-day of $130M to $150M." -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 12:54 33
  - That's kind of a weird line right after they suggest $50mil in preview business on Thursday. Or are they saying the $130-150m is literally the 3-day - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:00 13
    - $50M Thursday + $130-$150M Fri-Sat-Sun is how I read it the second time. The Harry Potter finale made $43.5M midnights, then $125.7M over Fri-Sat-Sun -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:05 2
      - Yeah, that makes more sense. It just read weird to me. -- nm* - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:05 1
        
        It could certainly be better-written -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:08
    - Harry Potter 8 had the largest day ever at $91 million then dropped to $42M then $35M. - David Dec 15, 13:02 9
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        It was actually Friday from midnight -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:14 3
        
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        Starting at midnight was the norm, back before The Dark Knight Rises. Shows for Potter started at 12:01 am on Friday. -- (link) - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:18 1
        
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        Right. We'll get two different reports. - David Dec 15, 13:13
      - So they're suggesting that this will throw under Potter, even with the bigger pre-sales? That seems as crazy as the $300mil predictions. -- nm - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:04 2
        
        No, they're saying it earns Between $180 and $200 million, which bests the current December record by $100 million. - David Dec 15, 13:06 1
        
        That seems in the right ballpark to me, but I was never good at this in the first place. - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:11
  - Priced at $192m on the exchange. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 12:58
  - with a $50m Thursday -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:57 14
    - So, short of the record either way. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 13:00 13
      - but, they also say it's doubled the presales of Avengers 2. The article is not terribly consistent. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 13:05 12
        
        It can do both, especially if a lot of the presales occur during the first 24 hours. - David Dec 15, 13:08 10
        
        If this thing is as good as some of the folks last night suggest - Saturday will be a lot of repeat business...cause if it kicks ass, I'll be back on - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:14 9
        
        Some people certainly will. Many, many more will discover that they're too busy on the Saturday before Christmas. - David Dec 15, 13:18 6
        
        If only they had movie theaters at malls. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:26
        
        see that's where I disagree with you. Families are carving out time for this. It's a FAMILY EVENT. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:24 2
        
        And they'll have plenty of FAMILY time between December 20th and January 2nd. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:25 1
        
        When they'll want to see it for a second and third time. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:30
        
        This is as dumb as think Justin shouldn't have paid to keep the cab waiting -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 13:23 1
        
        On your end, yes. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:26
        
        agreed. I'll hit it again on Sunday if it rocks as much as I hope it does. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:17
        
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        Both things can be true, since not every film presales at the same rate. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 13:08
  - I'm pretty sure the same site has used three different numbers on three different days over the past week. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:56 2
    - It's a long way from their $300mil stuff last month. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 12:56 1
      - Again, the people saying that are doing so for attention and traffic rather than sincerity. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:57
- that's gonna be a lot of disappointed people -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:53
- i'm surprised that's just happening now. i would have figured it was the highest about a week ago. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 12:53
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- i haven't even seen the movie. i have no feelings about it one way or another. it's just my gut reading of the initial reactions - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:56 3
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    - If it's not good enough, that's one thing. But the idea that it can't get seen soon enough to be nominated is ridic -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 13:17 1
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monocle poll: how much would your estimated total life change cost? like, not a theoretical jillion dollars but the hard value of just the things you - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:50 14
- $ 350k and I'd still keep working - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 13:12
- a boat (I'm on a BOAT) would do it, a condo on the beach -- nm - General Zeit Dec 15, 13:08
- $50K would do it. Pay off a bit of debt, and pay down the mortgage enough that it would be super cheap. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 13:01
- I'm not going to be greedy here. with $35k I could pay off *all* of my debts (student loans, car) except my mortgage. so I would say that half that - loaner machine mandy Dec 15, 13:00 2
  - yep -- nm - Max Bebo Dec 15, 13:31
  - Oh shit, yeah I'd payoff the student loans en grosse -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 13:22
- $1.5-$3 million for a condo and $100-$200K a year for first class travel and five-star hotels. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 12:58 1
  - I want G5 money, that 100k would hardly pay the maintenance -- nm - General Zeit Dec 15, 13:00
- I don't see how any amount would totally change my life if I kept working the same job. -- nm - mara Dec 15, 12:56
- I just want to have a do-over on Bitcoin. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:56
- no mortgage would be nice -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 12:55
- $80k -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 12:54
- millions -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:54
- a total life change for me, would include not having to worry about work, so your question makes no sense. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 15, 12:53
Monaco judge gives full custody & split holiday visitation rights of their 2 children to Kelly Rutherford's EX-HUSBAND :((((( -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 15, 12:46 1
- I wonder how much the ex paid him. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:00
Being deployed to the Canadian border would be awesome. All the nice Canadians standing there feeding you maple candies and smiling. -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 12:45 5
- Mmmmm....I can almost taste the back bacon, eh? -- nm - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 12:50
- Not if it's the border with Alaska. -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 12:50
- you'd freeze to death! -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:48 1
  - It's the Canadian border, not LA! -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 12:49
- they will gut you like a moose -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:47
Word. -- nm - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 12:44 2
- Coogler! -- nm - Yoda Dec 15, 13:01
- Salvage -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 12:47

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