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Time flies: In just 5 days, STAR7 will cash out, flooding HSX with $H 400 Billion. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 15:15 2
- I was looking earlier for a list of the most expensive stocks on the exchange. I don't think they do that. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 15:17 1
  - Buy one share of everything, sort your port by price -- nm - General Zeit Jan 6, 15:21
with the advent of all of this VR tech, when do we think VR vacations will become a thing? -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 15:09 1
- get your ass to Mars! -- nm - ML Jan 6, 15:11
Piazza and Griffey are the only inductees to the MLB HoF. Griffey gets over 99%, highest percentage ever. He was left off three ballots. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 6, 15:06 14
- How many tries now is this for E. Martinez? - Jovian Jan 6, 15:20 2
  - your IM is the argument for why he's not in - ML Jan 6, 15:21 1
    - I know. But its BS. He was a ridiculous hitter. -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 15:22
- Is this Ken Griffey or Jr? - JaxSean Jan 6, 15:17 1
  - Seriously? Junior. 😁 -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 15:19
- Bagwell: 71.6, just missed out. Raines: 69.8, Hoffman: 67.3, Schilling(ugh): 52.3, Clemens: 45.2, Bonds: 44.3 and Edgar: 43.4 -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 15:10 2
  - Mussina 43.0, Trammell: 40.9, Smith: 34.1, McGriff: 20.9, Kent: 16.6, Walker: 15.5, McGwire: 12.3, Sheffield: 11.6, Wagner: 10.5, Sosa 7.0, -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 6, 15:14 1
    - bye bye Big Mac -- nm - ML Jan 6, 15:15
- Those three should seriously lose their privileges. They left him off just so he wouldn't be unanimous. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 15:10 5
  - depending on the reasoning, maybe - ML Jan 6, 15:17 1
    - for example....this was last year -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 15:18
  - yup, revoked with prejudice -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 15:17
  - Probably. Dopes. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 15:11 1
    - "And right now, there's someone who was smart enough to write for a living who can't get over that Ken Griffey wasn't very good or healthy in his 30s" -- (link) - JD Jan 6, 15:25
Downright affordable for a powerball winner. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 6, 15:05 5
- This Bery. Only $560,000 a week. Chump change. -- (link) - Loyola Jan 6, 15:14
- not large enough for ST (36 guests). comon man! -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 15:10 3
  - but it's only $450K. I mean, we could probably afford that without having won the lottery. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 15:11 1
    - (then, of course, an extra $450K for maintenance - that would be tougher to afford) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 15:11
  - But 16 crew, so get working. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 15:10
Can we recall Cuomo now? -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 15:02 2
- can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 15:05
- *facepalm* -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 15:04
Jeremy Renner to produce series on the Knights Templar for the History Channel to debut late 2016 -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:56 2
- I will be watching -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 15:18
- "A little known practice of the Templars was their excellent staging of castles with quality furniture, increasing overall value for future owners." -- nm - J. Renner Jan 6, 14:58
oh yay, birtherism has started in 2016. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:51 11
- It would be quite telling if it didn't. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:59
- lol - znufrii Jan 6, 14:55
- Yup -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 14:54 3
  - I mean, it was inevitable, but come on people. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:56 2
    - fair is fair, at least he's being consistent... -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 14:56 1
      - meh -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:58
- wha? -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 14:52 4
  - link -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 14:53
  - Calgary Cruz -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:52 2
    - does that mean canada will take him back? -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 14:53 1
      - Sorry, we only do cross-border exchanges of musicians and spies -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:54
so, apparently they converted to the metric system for labeling alcohol in 1979 - znufrii Jan 6, 14:47
besides renting the Sydney Opera House for Diva to sing in. what else will we be doing in Australia? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:42 7
- Sydney Harbor Bridge climb of course. I'm looking at you Mel -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 15:05 2
  - Hell no. I skipped that when I was there for good reason. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 15:09
  - I will have meg carve out your most sensitive organs with a spoon first. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 6, 15:06
- Bungee jumping off the bridge? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 15:03
- I had previously promised the desert rats a road trip to the interior to see the rock art. This is - Meg Jan 6, 14:55
- getting mel a ride via a kangaroo? - Truman Jan 6, 14:52 1
  - now that my body has decided it likes booze at adult doses don't think this can't happen. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 6, 15:05
I'm toying with the idea of signing up for ST Biggest Loser. It's kinda fun finding out about calories. - Loyola Jan 6, 14:41 9
- But remember we record in pounds - none of this kilo nonsense ;) - Meg Jan 6, 14:53 4
  - I'll have to convert from stones to pounds. Google is handy. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:58 2
    - Multiply by 14 - how hard is that? -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 15:01 1
      - Oh. Good woman :) -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 15:02
  - I measure myself in stones because the low number makes me feel skinny. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:54
- Lesson #1: If you pour the beer into a glass, the calories fall out. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:43 3
  - Like I always suspected! -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:44 2
    - Lesson #2. rename your bathroom: gym. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:45 1
      - Lesson #3: Restless legs burn calories. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:53
so looking at the NH primary poll numbers, independents are either going to have to choose between Trump or Sanders -- (link) - humbug Jan 6, 14:27
Speaking of The Spleen ... now listening to TV On The Radio - Happy Idiot -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:24
Ridiculously Hot Asian Intern just leaned into my doorway to wave goodbye for the evening. - Max Jan 6, 14:22 5
- so you are gonne be eatin Chinese this evening? -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 14:57
- PICS????????? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 14:55 1
  - Even better, you can stop by the office during your visit! -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:56
- "only bankers actually get to work bankers' hours, you know" -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 14:24 1
  - well and thier hot interns who get to go to lunch and early dinner with the bankers. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 14:31
Powerball went from $340M to $500M since saturday. if nobody wins tonight, what will saturdays jackpot be, poll? I say $1Billion -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:15 4
- won't jump that much, I don't think. maybe $800m -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 15:03
- Mine. -- nm - Powerball employee Jan 6, 14:18
- No wonder STAR7 isn't keeping up the pace. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:17 1
  - the mike255 theory -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 14:18
So, you know if we go to Australia I'm not prepared for such a long flight, so we'd have to stop over at one or two islands along the way. - Meg Jan 6, 14:09 56
- GAAAAH! I log into ST to discover you guys are plotting an invasion?!?! - ralph wiggum Jan 6, 15:07
- Buy a mega yacht ...now wait, your own aircraft carrier (the one used in Top Gun will be available soon) think of all the hunky sailors you can employ -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:27 2
  - Cap'tn Bery! -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 6, 14:30
  - Titanic 2 -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 14:30
- You can fly LAX - Honolulu - Guam - (Australia). Breaks the trip in (very rough) thirds -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 6, 14:23 27
  - Tahiti isn't in our flight plan! -- (edited) - Setec Airlines Jan 6, 14:30 4
    - But it's a magical place. -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 14:37
    - I'm the captain now! We're going to Tahiti! -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 6, 14:35 1
      - Hey I want to have a go at flying the plane too! -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:36
    - we can take care of it! -- nm - Oceanic Air Jan 6, 14:32
  - London, Paris, Rome Tahiti, then Australia sounds more fun to me -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:29
  - I lied about that first route! - ty97 Jan 6, 14:26 20
    - Sorry - the correct itinerary is flying Air New Zealand: LAX - Rarotonga - Auckland - Sydney -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:31 4
      - Oh, if we're taking different airlines - disregard! And fit in Easter Island between Santiago and Papeete -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:33 3
        
        Yeah, I wasn't event trying to route it on a single airlines (had no idea if that was even possible!) -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:33 2
        
        Fiji Airways seems to do LAX-HNL-Apia-Nadi-Australia. -- (link) - Roger More Jan 6, 14:38
        
        LanChile used to do it all on a flight from Santiago to Sydney, but then they got better planes. -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:37
    - yeah but...Guam? why not Bora Bora? and she'd have G5 money so could just tell the pilot lets go (and no TSA issues) -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:30 1
      - I was thinking of hub airports. Guam is a hub for United Airlines (no really, it is) -- nm* - ty97 Jan 6, 14:31
    - If you take the second route (and here's modified version too) - ty97 Jan 6, 14:29 11
      - And it looks like the SCL-PPT route stops at Easter Island, so you could break it up that way too if you want. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:30 10
        
        And we could carve onto the Easter Island statues "ST woz ere" - Loyola Jan 6, 14:32 7
        
        All I know is finding a way to fly that SCL-Easter Island-PPT route someday. - ty97 Jan 6, 14:33 6
        
        PPT is Philippines? I'd love to see there. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:42 5
        
        PPT is Fa'a'ā International Airport, the only overseas international airport in Tahiti. MNL is Manila, Philippines. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:44 4
        
        Ah ok. How do you say Fa'a'a? -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:45 3
        
        "Pee-Pee-Tee" (that's all I got!) -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:46 2
        
        Jeepers. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:47 1
        
        Just pretend it's Gaelic. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 14:56
        
        I think we've broken the tyBOT. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 14:31 1
        
        I was coded...errr...born for this. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:34
    - Don't let ty97 navigate! He'll Amelia Earhart us! -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:28
- the one with dinosaurs on it -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 14:18
- i'll br travelling by tardis, and meet you there -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:17
- I think this is a great idea. I mean you're flying over such a long distance, there has to be some place to stop and visit. - Mel Profit Jan 6, 14:17 1
  - i've always wanted to go to the Canary Islands. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:18
- I like this idea. Let's charter a plane like the military use and we can run around in the back and party while we fly. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 14:13 11
  - Con Air 2 -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 14:18
  - This is Mel Profit approved. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 6, 14:18
  - what's the range of a C-5 Galaxy, anyway? -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 14:14 1
    - 7,273 miles -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 14:15
  - like the military? no, no, we charter a fancy fun plane. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:13 6
    - *puts in a call to Airbus for an A380* - znufrii Jan 6, 14:28
    - We need a plane like this. But on a bigger scale. -- (link) - Loyola Jan 6, 14:21 [Image]
    - MonocleJet -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 14:17
    - austin powers style, yeah baby -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:15
    - but how would we carry our MAzzarati's and Super Jeeps? -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 14:15
    - with Rose Byrne. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:15
- And we *would* go to the west coast - by train across the Nullabor Desert. -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 14:10 4
  - not by motorcycle? It would only take 160 days. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:14
  - i want a dude on top of the car playing thrash metal guitar that spits fire -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 14:12 2
    - Begin the blinding of Dave Navarro! -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:15 1
      - "Boy, he's really started playing angry since the blinding." -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:15
- We can buy each island we visit. - Max Jan 6, 14:09 2
  - How big a boat would Bery need to take all of us? -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 14:11 1
    - Maltese Falcon. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:39
Half-priced Papa Murphys? YES PLEASE -- nm - ML Jan 6, 14:07 2
- Promo Code: HGH -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 14:09 1
  - wrong Papas -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 14:10
Texas DPS trooper who stopped/arrested Sandra Bland (who later died in custody) charged with perjury -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 6, 14:00
As much as I like Raines and think he should be in the Hall, his career is eerily similar to Kenny Lofton. - ML Jan 6, 13:58 5
- It's 'similar' in the context that Lofton's his 2nd comp, but it's not that similar based on this measure. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:20 4
  - It's less an argument against Raines and more an argument that Lofton should have gotten better treatment by Hall voters. - ML Jan 6, 14:21 3
    - Agreed. Kevin Brown is the pitching version. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:27 2
      - *clink* - ML Jan 6, 14:28 1
        
        Brown falling off the ballot, while Smoltz and Glavine strolled in made me wonder what in the hell voters see. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:34
powerball now $500mil. i wonder if I can figure out a way to literally swim in my winnings, ala scrouge mcduck, after I win. -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 13:56 7
- coins are too dense. paper should be fine as long as it is loose -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 13:59 6
  - papercuts could be a problem. also, the amount of "stuff" which would get on you from the bills means I would need someone to clean all the bills - Truman Jan 6, 14:01 4
    - you hire a group of hot co-eds to shower you off after swimming in the money, duh -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 14:14 1
      - officer thinking. -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 14:33
    - fine. they can pull my numbers and I will get a compound :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:11
    - Dear Lottery Commission, please delivery Truman's winnings in the form of Jell-o. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 6, 14:08
  - this reads like a Bernie Thought -- nm - ML Jan 6, 13:59
pump up the jam -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 13:55
is it possible to be allergic to grapes? - Truman Jan 6, 13:55
Adrian Peterson's clown of an agent (Ben Dogra) just got suspended for three years. - ML Jan 6, 13:54

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