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Truman - you are inactive on Ikariams -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 12:34
Stanford Coach David Shaw will not interview for the 49ers’ -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 12:32
Meg, this may be of interest, saw it as a kindle offer last night. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 7, 12:31 1
- Hmm, I'd not heard of Shuler before. Looks worth checking out - thank you. -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 12:36
Huh. One last kick at the can at Jeopardy tryouts ( until they fix the online test issues for me) - Reagen Jan 7, 12:28 9
- get it! -- nm - Deeve Jan 7, 12:36 1
  - Q for you - Reagen Jan 7, 12:40
- What is the tallest player they have ever had? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:29 6
  - Kareem was on Celeb J. Does he count? -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 7, 12:38
  - Someone taller than me. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 12:34 3
    - Don't sell yourself short. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 12:34 2
      - it's a tall order to get on Jeopardy -- nm - ML Jan 7, 12:36
      - price paid doesn't matter -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 12:36
  - who is: Manute Bol -- nm - ML Jan 7, 12:30
mmmm ... Star Bucks sample of salted caramel hot chocolate is quite good - and only 90 calories -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 12:28
Meg, I am in. -- nm - Todd Manning Jan 7, 12:25 4
- How much are we doing? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:26 3
  - $20 max per person. max is $20. (whoa!!!) -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:28 2
    - $20? I'll take him! -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 12:33 1
      - Even I'm pitching in $20! -- nm - max Jan 7, 12:35
will today never end!?! -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 12:23 1
- yes -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:24
Politics: Big Hill in LA today -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 12:22
Will Meg's story for this year's bulk buy top this one? -- (link) - JenBro Jan 7, 12:22 [Backboard]
Piazza will request to enter the Hall wearing the cap of the... -- (link) - ML Jan 7, 12:21
Chipotle Stock has lost 45% its value since October ($10B in Market Cap) -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 12:14 16
- if only I knew how to edit video - this clip at the 2:10 mark to say "Sell Chipotle" instead of the other - would be funny! -- (link) - JenBro Jan 7, 12:26 [youtube]
- *shrug* fitbit has lost almost 60% I believe -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:16 1
  - (since august though) -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:17
- Which kinda feels like a buy signal to me. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:14 12
  - They're under criminal investigation. Have at it. -- nm - ML Jan 7, 12:26
  - No way. It is due to a problem they are unble to find/fix. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:15 10
    - i don't get that sense at all. i have no qualms about eating there -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 12:17 4
      - maybe fewer qualms now than earlier, since they've taken some measures to prevent; but I still have some, since the source still hasn't been found. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 12:43
      - i had Chipotle for lunch today (and i do that rarely.) -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 12:33
      - I encourage you to eat there. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:18 1
        
        White Spy +1 - Black Spy 0 - JenBro Jan 7, 12:27
    - It's reactionary. How long have they been in business operating with basically the same process? - oblique Jan 7, 12:16 4
      - hi, how are you today? -- nm - Tylenol Jan 7, 12:32
      - multiple outbreaks of more than one virus sickening people seems pretty disease ridden to me -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:18 1
        
        Yeah, I am amazed how people like to think the best when it is clearly broken. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:27
      - It just took this much time. - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:17
Actually, almost worse than an emote. - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:13 3
- so what is the event timetable for playing? -- (edited) - Truman Jan 7, 12:33 1
  - Log in and and play anything January 7th - January 10th 11:59PM PST. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:36
- 15 strange coins gets you an exotic from Xur, or 10 3 of coins. -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 7, 12:17
7 drawers. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:07 20
- 22 for me. -- nm - Truman Jan 7, 12:31
- oh I forgot my skiv drawers. dammit.29. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:29
- Aroud 60 if you include the garage. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:15
- That's like 20% of your apartment. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 12:13 1
  - Essentially my apartment is a drawer. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:14
- somewhere around 50 -- nm - Jim Jan 7, 12:12
- 16, I think. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 12:10
- ... in your kitchen. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:10 1
  - 0 in the kitchen. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:11
- go buy yourself a dresser! -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:08 10
  - I have a dresser with large drawers. That's 5 of the 7. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:10 8
    - Only 5 drawers? Is it a kids one? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:16 7
      - my dresser has 3, Dave's has 5, Nico's has 3. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 12:22 3
        
        But those are metric. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:34
        
        Really? Mine has 7 and Amy's has 9. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:25 1
        
        this is basically my dresser: it's not big. -- (link) - Andie Jan 7, 12:38
      - I could fit your kid in one of the drawers. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 12:17 2
        
        Wait, I lied! It has *6* drawers, so I have 8! - ty97 Jan 7, 12:18 1
        
        *phew* -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 12:25
  - I have a whole one just for socks. (can quit *anytime.*) -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:10
happy birthday, zork!! :) - -- nm - b. Jan 7, 12:07
For the first time in years, maybe ever, I'm caught up on my work. As in I've done everything I was supposed to do today. And even some for tomorrow. - sycor Jan 7, 12:06 3
- coffee is for closers? -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 12:14
- go online shoe shopping - decline Jan 7, 12:07 1
  - you mean "it's what WINNERS do." -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:08
Early Oculus Rift adopters. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 12:02 1
- ok, that's funny -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:03
STL Mayor has never met Stan Kroenke -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 12:01 7
- Somewhat aside: the article says the team won arbitration but the city didn't move to upgrade the stadium anyway? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 12:04 6
  - The team wanted $900m of upgrades to the facility. The city is offering to build a new stadium instead. -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 12:05 5
    - Exactly. And request after request after request to sit down and discuss the proposals the team was submitting were ignored or straight out rebuffed. - Jim Jan 7, 12:09 1
      - But his word is good! People know him! -- nm - iSpam Jan 7, 12:13
    - cheapskates -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:07 2
      - (at $1.1b) -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 12:07 1
        
        tightwads -- nm - decline Jan 7, 12:08
Sony's introducing a new turntable at CES this year, as well. That's so quaint. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 12:01 4
- I really want to get one, the 180g vinyl these days is fantastic for sound - J Jan 7, 12:17
- I got my wife one for Christmas; she's crazy for it. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 7, 12:14
- vinyl's in vogue. Sony's (unsurprisingly) will be of zero interest to anyone who is not a total snob -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 12:05
- i recently bought a turntable (just a cheap used one from CL). I'm sort of in love with it. -- nm - Andie Jan 7, 12:05
Awesome soccer crowd. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 11:58 [youtube]
Meg, money sent! -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 11:58 1
- me, too. thanks, Meg! -- nm - b. Jan 7, 12:07
Leo and Tom. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 11:57 [Image] 2
- It works. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:58
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:58
Moose MLB trivia! Wade Boggs won the American League Batting Title each year between 1983-1988, but one; who was only other player to win? -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 11:53 9
- Kirby Puckett? -- nm - pmb Jan 7, 11:57
- mattingly with a .353 average in 1985 iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:56 3
  - Him with .343 in 1984 -- (link) - spamlet Jan 7, 11:57 2
    - sorry Will, you lose -- nm - ML Jan 7, 12:04 1
      - I suck. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 12:08
- 42 -- nm - budice Jan 7, 11:54
- George Brett -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 11:53 2
  - his 3 were 1976, 1980 and 1990 -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:57
  - my guess too -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:56
reddit in a nutshell. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 11:52
Adam Driver hosting SNL Jan 16th. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 11:52 4
- odds they will spoil TFA off the table. -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 11:56
- Who ? -- nm - decline Jan 7, 11:52 2
  - Star Lord, man... Legendary outlaw..? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:57
  - Kylo Ren -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 11:54
13 Hours will have its premiere at the Jerrydome, and free for all to get in -- (link) - humbug Jan 7, 11:50
Just act natural. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 11:50
Netflix rebooting Voltron. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:48 3
- Yeah, amoxy posted this link yesterday. -- (link) - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 11:51
- one piece at a time? -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 11:49 1
  - Like the Defenders, they'll come together in a later series. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:51
Christina Hendricks cast in Bad Santa 2. I'm sure her involvement will be totally tasteful. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:46 2
- I hope not. She needs more exposure. -- nm - Shaun Jan 7, 11:53 1
  - It was all downhill for her after Firefly. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 11:57
Clever role-player. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 7, 11:46 [Image] 3
- That makes me so happy. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 7, 12:15
- Han Solo as a kid. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 11:48
- Nice. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:47
NFL: Records vs Playoff Teams: 1) Panthers [4-0] 2) Broncos [5-2] 3) AZCardinals [4-2] 4) Patriots [3-1] -- nm - budice Jan 7, 11:45
Has SW:TFA opened in China? No, but thanks to their version of the Bieb, it will bwe huge! -- (link) - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 11:45 [youtube]
Neighbor says we had 3 inches of rain last night. So far this week we've had more than in all of 2015. -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 11:41 4
- SanFran said they already have 4x the January rainfall as all of 2013, 2014, and 2015 combined -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 11:49
- El Niño! -- nm - decline Jan 7, 11:44
- Make sure you collect as much as you can. When the drought season returns you can really cash in. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 11:43
- Meg, I sent you $20. Thanks for doing this. -- nm - pmb Jan 7, 11:42
*pushes order on Amazon cart to stop adding things to it* - oblique Jan 7, 11:41 1
- I know the feeling. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:52
Listen, I may bitch and piss and moan about football because that’s all I do because I am a miserable person. But I’m entitled to bitch about the NFL -- (link) - Beaker Jan 7, 11:40
FN-2199 question (spoiler) - Mop Jan 7, 11:36 1
- spoils - Beaker Jan 7, 12:33
PFT: Ted Monachino will be next Colts defensive coordinator -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 11:36
things i learned in 2016: the "mid-atlantic" accent doesn't mean U.S. mid-atlantic region, but an imaginary place halfway between America and England -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 11:36 1
- The Bermuda Triangle -- nm - Max Jan 7, 11:37
Dow: down 400 points.."selloff accelerating" -- (link) - budice Jan 7, 11:35 3
- VIX over 25. Me likey the opportunity. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 7, 11:44
- *hand-waving freak-outery* -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 11:39
- it's ugly out there -- nm - decline Jan 7, 11:36
the amphibious Lambo -- (link) - decline Jan 7, 11:33 1
- Didn't James Bond do this once? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:37
YNAB has moved to a webapp and subscription model. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 7, 11:32 8
- YNAB preaches the envelope method. I don't know that I need to pay for this as I categorize spending by different credit cards, one, and two - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:01 4
  - putting everything on Discover for the cash rebate has been good and bad - humbug Jan 7, 12:14 1
    - 1%? You need to up your game! - iSpam Jan 7, 12:17
  - but I really think that I want to introduce a work lunch card into the mix for increased accountability. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 7, 12:02 1
    - You can't meet minimum spends with work lunch! -- nm - iSpam Jan 7, 12:15
- what's YNAB? -- nm - decline Jan 7, 11:44 1
  - You Need A Budget. -- nm - spamlet Jan 7, 11:56
- I'm on the 34 day trial. It's just OK. Not terrible, not amazeballs. I'm not mad about the change in business model. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 11:44
yeah, and that guy was old. -- nm - Deeve Jan 7, 11:30

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