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"This Fanboy Loves ‘Star Wars’ So Much He Plans To Watch ‘The Force Awakens’ In Theaters" - ML Dec 16, 13:52
2/2/1998 - I haven't looked at my port in years. over H$2B. (nm) - howie-wan kenobi Dec 16, 13:45 2
- whoa - ML Dec 16, 13:47
- hi! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:46
Jim/spam, I've always meant to ask--my preferred theater is Wehrenberg a few miles from my house. That's a STL-centric company, yes? -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:44 3
- Yes it is. I didn't know they had theatres outside of the STL. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 13:47 2
  - looks like just a few--one in Cedar Rapids, the one here, and Bloomington - ML Dec 16, 13:50 1
    - Their newer theatres are certainly nice. We have a retrofit one with the megascreen not too far from us. If I wasn't seeing it in true IMAX - spamlet Dec 16, 13:52
Trump must have worn out his dvds of LA Femme Nikita, Bourne and Bond if he thinks the government will have death squads kill old ladies and kids -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:42
Yeah, so that was pretty amazing. It's so not prequels. -- nm - mafic Dec 16, 13:41 11
- think folks will see it multiple times? -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:50 1
  - Yes. I know I will. -- nm - mafic Dec 16, 13:52
- woo! -- nm - b. Dec 16, 13:45 2
  - b! - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:50 1
    - boo.! - b. Dec 16, 13:56
- Did the lightsabers make a wooshing sound plz put your answer in the IM no spoils thx -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:45 1
  - I can't tell if you're being serious, but... - mafic Dec 16, 13:53
- I thought the cinematography/sets of Crystal Skull looked amateurish, especially in the forest. Is this that or more like original trilogy quality? -- nm - Max Rebo Dec 16, 13:44 1
  - Vague spoils about look and feel. - mafic Dec 16, 13:52
- Boom. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 16, 13:43
- yeah! -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:43
now playing: homeland season 4, espiode 1. -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Dec 16, 13:39 1
- Now we're talking. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:41
the best shot on Trump was from Rand last night: - Jovian Dec 16, 13:37
Hilarious collection of tv's Batman's obsessively labelled 'bat-devices'. -- (link) - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:37
Spawn, I got 5 coupons for a free 12 pack on my cokerewards just now. It didn't stop me. I can probably do more. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 16, 13:37 1
- Actually the limit is 5, I tried to get a 6th and it stopped me. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 16, 13:48
Minnesota Mom Makes Half-Court Granny Shot (on the bounce), Goes Nuts -- (link) - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 13:35 1
- ha--the delayed reaction is great -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:37
So...I want to pay the extra $3.75 to see Ep. 7 in IMAX, right? -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:35 4
- only if you have control over where you sit. the front row is not worth the upgrade unless you are really stoned :) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 16, 13:38
- Yes. I'd pay that for the sound alone. (IMAX or LieMax?) -- nm - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:36 2
  - pretty sure it's LieMax--it's a theater retrofit so yeah? -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:40 1
    - Probably. Sound is still likely 5x better. -- nm - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:45
you know why wifi on planes sucks? because my boss can keep emailing me. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:29 4
- Ha! (Posted from a plane) -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 13:48
- The emails, they are coming ... from. ...INSIDE THE PLANE -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:36
- Just don't pay for the wifi? -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 16, 13:33
- "Change my short to a long." nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:30
I'm currently paused at the MPAA Rating screen for Unfriended. - David Dec 16, 13:22 1
- Loved that movie. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 16, 13:30
(The ten year cockneck anniversary was one week ago.) nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:21 5
- Thanks for making me feel old, -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 13:23 4
  - Guy has a ten year old penis on his neck. He should be in prison. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:26 3
    - "if your cockneck lasts for more than 10 years, see a doctor" -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Dec 16, 13:40 2
      - I could've sworn he said he had that thing laser-removed. - RC-3PO Dec 16, 13:59
      - "Specifically a therapist." nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:42
Mets: Keeps Bartolo on 1yr $7M agreement -- nm* - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:18 2
- All the Cheeseburgers! -- nm - Bartolo Dec 16, 13:18
- our long national nightmare is over -- nm - ML Dec 16, 13:18
I've been out of the loop but CNN at the gym says that Bush took some good shots at Trump. What do I need to know? -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:14 4
- I heard Paul did so better. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 16, 13:21 1
  - Rand crushed him. Compared his policies to North Korea. - Jovian Dec 16, 13:27
- "Donald is great at the one-liners," Bush said, "but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president." -- (link) - decline Dec 16, 13:21
- They were a couple shots but neither particularly great (chaos candidate!) -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 13:19
I know this is late, but a few thoughts on the republican debate last night . . . -- (edited) - pmb Dec 16, 13:13 3
- All I heard was "bomb bomb bomb" -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 13:24
- Jeb continually insisting "I *am* tough" just reinforces the sense that he's not. He should have jumped on Trump's "that's unprofessional" criticism - Max Rebo Dec 16, 13:21
- I give you credit for sitting through it. I wouldn't do it. -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 13:15
So in a year. ..or 2, will be the 20th anniversary of HSX, we should ask d.mac, are we going to do something -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:11 16
- Vegastravaganza VII: The Farce Returns -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 16, 13:58
- we do the party & invite him -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 16, 13:28 1
  - That's what I meant, ask mac what is the birthday of hsx, though I would accept the version that allowed shorting as when the game came of age -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:35
- Reunion! Someone find HSX Tech! -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 13:22 3
  - I googled her some time back - looked like she was living in the UK, doing some marketing consulting work. -- nm - b. Dec 16, 13:27
  - Max will know -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 13:25 1
    - I'll light up the canoodle signal. -- nm - Max Rebo Dec 16, 13:29
- The best was running into D. Mac on City of Heroes and he was a superhero called D Mac. - Jovian Dec 16, 13:20
- Party at Disneyland, everyone bring the relatives. -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:13
- We were disowned. We're not invited to the shindigs. -- nm - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:13 6
  - however, he did send hsx merch to the Vegas outing where you became...disposed. That was nice of him. - R2-Deev2 Dec 16, 13:21 4
    - *waves hand* I have no recollection of this. Therefore, it didn't happen. -- nmbhhis - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:38 2
      - can't fucking take you anywhere -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Dec 16, 13:39 1
        
        Yes you can. You just may need to wheel me. - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:44
    - that was a fun time. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 13:35
  - The 20th Anniversary staff party will be D. Mac. - TWuGbacca Dec 16, 13:17
Mar 14, 1998 -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 13:10
huh. Hotel news. Hilton is spinning off it's hotels into an REIT. - decline Dec 16, 13:08 12
- what?! link please -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:11 11
  - twitter -- (link) - decline Dec 16, 13:13 10 1
    - article -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 16, 13:22 4
      - thanks. I am going to tell my boss - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:25 3
        
        here's another article from the summer -- (link) - znufrii Dec 16, 13:26 2
        
        thanks. I think everyone here at least, is a bit twitchy after what happened to Starwood - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:38 1
        
        yeah, this is nothing like that -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 13:53
    - stupid - STUPID question - what is a REIT? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:15 4
      - It's a real-estate Trust. Think a holding company that owns a portfolio of properties that earn income -- nm - decline Dec 16, 13:17
      - Real Estate Investment Trust, its an investment vehicle that owns real estate and passes through the income to its investors via dividends -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 16, 13:17 2
        
        Which will then be sold to a subsidiary in a tax haven -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:28 1
        
        is this the reason they would do it? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 13:36
Dec 1, 1997 -- nm - Jovian Dec 16, 13:05 2
- Jan. 14, 1998. My first day on the internet. - Dignan Dec 16, 13:14
- Aug. 28, 2005 -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 16, 13:09
I wish there was still a way to hack the Order History to get back to your first trade order. -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 16, 13:00 10
- I think Everything is Illuminated was my first buy. I did not understand the market at that time. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 16, 13:49
- I'm pretty sure mine was prequels. -- nm - mafic Dec 16, 13:43
- I went looking in my Google Drive to see if I had a copy of a time I did that. (I didn't.) But I did find a spreadsheet tracking JaxPoints. heh - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 13:12
- I remember my first big successful weekend for openers - gmile and deuce. -- nm - b. Dec 16, 13:07 6
  - I don't think I played the openers my entire first year. Or bonds. I was too cautious. - RC-3PO Dec 16, 13:15 1
    - openers were always the thing for me, once I got into playing more. the research, the risk, the stress; but woo for getting them right. - b. Dec 16, 13:20
  - b! - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:12 3
    - boo.! - b. Dec 16, 13:17 2
      - b! - Kylo Bud Dec 16, 13:19 1
        
        boo.! - b. Dec 16, 13:21
In the Admirals Club, they had General Hospital on. Finola Hughes is still on it. -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 12:59 2
- If Emma Samms had asked, 1983 Mel would have gutted you like a fish. - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 13:54
- eek! how tight is her face? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 12:59
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- I figured with AFI naming it a top film, and again without seeing it, I wondered if they'd give him a nod. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 16, 13:07 4
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      - right on. thanks for the input. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 16, 13:19
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- Jurassic World and Star Wars are not even on the same continent! -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 16, 12:59 1
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- you and David should start a podcast -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 12:58 3
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    - Flattering, but I don't think about you that way -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 13:02 1
      - he works out. nm -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Dec 16, 13:03
still can't believe HSX gave me real money for my first port--LOL that was great -- nm - ML Dec 16, 12:57 7
- Bill got $850 for his #2 LTD port but that was from an outside bidder that sniped HSX - Meg Dec 16, 13:17 4
  - nice! - ML Dec 16, 13:48
  - well done Bill. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:45
  - wow. -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 13:36
  - Wow, that's right, I remember some controversy about promoting something referencing the had a major port -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 13:31
- I got to 200, but decided to keep going because it git easier, was around 450 when they pulled the plug -- nm - General Zeit Dec 16, 12:59
- Do people still buy ports? He asks for no reason... -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 12:59
Jeff Skoll just got into the movie business with Steven Speilberg -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 16, 12:57
you know what really bugs me? when admins are allowed to work 7-330. I mean, nobody's here till 9, so who are you supporting then? and everyone knows - loaner machine mandy Dec 16, 12:55 4
- wha'd i say?! -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 12:58
- just pick a room and put an 'Out of Order' sign on it until you need it -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:57 1
  - The Secret of Mandy's Success -- nm - Max Rebo Dec 16, 13:14
- This is usually why I don't come in until 9 or 10, and end up staying until 6 or 7. - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 12:57
April 17, 2000 -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 12:55 1
- I know I started before December 1997. I think it was late 1996, but I can't recall exactly. -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 16, 13:01
Ha, the Seahawks just re-signed RB Christine Michael. - ML Dec 16, 12:52 1
- I'd bet Carroll has some secret lab where he's trying to figure out how to stitch together multiple running backs. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 12:54
all your base are belong to us. -- nm - Truman Dec 16, 12:52
So I just logged into my port... - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 12:51 16
- i still laugh at that picture of Dignan's port -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 12:57
- I have soooooo many red stocks. lol -- nm - Jax Pavan Dec 16, 12:55
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- Buy Bonds! - ty97 Dec 16, 12:54
- and apparently I just Longed STAR7. -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 12:54
- sell that crappy red then short whatever was red - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 12:53
- you should just buy STAR7 and let it ride. i mean, you are already there. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 12:52 9
  - I didn't intent to but...apparently I just did. - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 12:55 8
    - FWIW: I'm long and strong at that price. - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 13:02
    - yah, bonds are the time suckiest. -- nm - b. Dec 16, 12:58 6
      - I mean, I felt bad.... - Mel Profitine Dec 16, 13:01
      - bah - I just normally do the best funds - let someone else do the work -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 12:59 4
        
        but those big adjusts coming up! ;) - - b. Dec 16, 13:02 3
        
        howprofitable - you use these pages, right? they are by adjust date. - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:15 2
        
        yes, I use those - still keep track of next adjust dates myself, though, plus check if change is worth it. -- nm - b. Dec 16, 13:24 1
        
        oh yeah, i don't buy every single bond. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 16, 13:30
The bird is the word. -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 16, 12:50

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