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MGM properties plan to start charging for parking on the strip. -- (link) - Meg Jan 15, 19:22
Monmouth - Iona 2nd half is off to scoring start. 37 total points in about 5 minutes -- nm - JD Jan 15, 19:21
more PIT-CIN mea culpas: crotch catch wasn't a catch -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 19:06
the root cause of Blair Walsh's missed FG has been conclusively determined -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 18:56 2
- locally it was reported that because cam newton? almost got his hands there to block they tried to hurry up, comparing the two videos the last kick... - Professor Snipegeist Jan 15, 19:05 1
  - Kam Chancellor, I think you mean. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 19:24
the thing with red wine...I am a very tight typer...llistening to then Rankin Family./..everyone should listen to te Rannkin... -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 15, 18:51 6
- this does not look good. Go listen to the RanKins. -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 19:01 1
  - da fuq? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 19:02
- Good Lord. , I thought I had retype this truthfully...redwine everyone! also, Mall River Shuffle -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:56 1
  - (sorry listening to the Rankins0 -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:57
- I never knew until today 'room temperature' for red wine is 60-70. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 18:53 1
  - ok. ignore alot. Rankina good. others go crazy. -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:55
this always makes me smile -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 18:41 [youtube]
The Cloverfield sequel looks essentially like an extended Twilight Zone episode - Reagen Jan 15, 18:18 3
- ding -- nm - budice Jan 15, 18:22
- I wonder about the timeline. Is the preview the 1st 10 minutes or first half of the film? -- nm - Volnelk Jan 15, 18:19 1
  - I presume they're just ripping off the season two premiere of Lost. -- nm - David Jan 15, 19:14
TWuG, thank you very, very much. - Dark Callisto Jan 15, 18:09 13
- I'm glad you like it and can give it a good home! - TWuG Jan 15, 18:24 5
  - It looks awesome. Thank you so much! - David Jan 15, 19:14 3
    - :-) You, and the cats, are very welcome. -- nm - TWuG Jan 15, 19:20 2
      - When they do sleep tonight, they're gonna sleep hard. We're...not gonna get much sleep. -- nm - David Jan 15, 19:23 1
        
        Sorry. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jan 15, 19:25
  - He's very excited about that. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 15, 18:25
- TWuGgie, whatta wookie! -- nm - budice Jan 15, 18:15
- (Also, the cats love the paper you used for packing, so they're very pleased as well.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 15, 18:13 5
  - To be fair, cats will play with a balled up piece of yesterday's newspaper -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 18:16 4
    - "The human Obituaries, my favorite news." -- nm - cat friend Jan 15, 18:17 3
      - "Ha! One life, now that's funny." -- nm - cat amigo #2 Jan 15, 18:24 2
        
        Okay this is funny. -- nm - Amanda Jan 15, 19:03
        
        "Splat? What a maroon!" -- nm - cat's eye Jan 15, 18:30
here is actually a great product for people with cat friends. so they can lie and sleep exactly where they should be -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 18:07 2
- these guys think you should try it, pal. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 18:11
- Like a cat is going to sleep where you want it to. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 18:11
Clothes folded and put away -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 18:04 3
- i'm surprised the cat let you live -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 18:05 2
  - He would come back to haunt me,,,10x worse than he haunts me know -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 18:26
  - You broke the deal. Now I'm not going to crap in that box. -- nm - amoxy's cat Jan 15, 18:08
I wasn't the worst on my team! - iSpam Jan 15, 17:54 2
- Having a decent battle and the effing EA server went down! -- nm - iSpam Jan 15, 18:07
- 3:11 and was 2nd best. Ouch. -- nm - iSpam Jan 15, 18:00
Ryan Shazier will not be fined for doing the same thing to Gio Bernard that Burfict was fined for doing to Antonio Brown -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:50 1
- winners>>> loser -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:51
the Blacklist loves Johnny Cash, but nothing will top Person of Interest -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:43
George Washington has died. - David Jan 15, 17:40 16
- Who's buried in Grant's tomb. - Peglegpete Jan 15, 17:54 2
  - John Grant -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:18
  - Some white guy. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 18:17
- Bob hope? -- nm - budice Jan 15, 17:44 8
  - Resting comfortably. - David Jan 15, 17:46 7
    - Joan Crawford? -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 17:46 6
      - Knee-deep in Pepsi. -- nm - David Jan 15, 17:48 5
        
        Don't F**k with me fellas! -- (link) - amoxy Jan 15, 17:53 [youtube] 4
        
        She's actually responsible for the existence of It's a Small World. - David Jan 15, 17:59 3
        
        she came a long way from starting out doing pron -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 18:03
        
        War. Criminal. -- nm - iSpam Jan 15, 18:01
        
        we did that 3 imes with the kids. thought they might of thought it lame, but they fucking loved it -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:01
- I need to rewatch Rome and HBO needs to do a good American Revolution series -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:42 2
  - STIS: recommend a good history book on the revolution for me please. I've read a few and most - Beaker Jan 15, 17:44 1
    - I really enjoyed 1775, but yeah it mostly the political and economic reasons, the fighting part we were terrible at - Professor Snipegeist Jan 15, 19:09
- Again? -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 17:40
You might want to know that a certain STer who shows up infrequently has a new KS for his new game. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 17:39
sometimes, I think vegan warriors go too far - other times, notsomuch. maybe arby's was trying to be denny's, maybe they peaked with the pharrell hat? - b. Jan 15, 17:35 4
- Arby's apologizes to Pepsi for not advertising it. (I love this was linked 2 years ago) -- (link) - Qale Jan 15, 19:23 [youtube]
- I hope you've seen Nihilist Arby's -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 18:32 2
  - yes. :) - I even checked it to see if it had a good follow-up to that one. (not really.) - b. Jan 15, 18:42 1
    - ^from im, jerome has 8.6M followers on vine. 1.3B+ loops. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 18:46
Reminder: Award Options began trading today. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 17:29 7
- so... what are we buying? -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:32 6
  - Chris Rock -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 17:35
  - Leo, Mark Rylance are the only actors i would say are safe(ish) bets at this point -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:35 4
    - I got my money on Stallone winning. Sentimental favorite -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 17:37 3
      - i think the Academy (which as a body is heavily weighted in actor members) will go with the serious nominee -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:38 2
        
        Stallone qualifies as that. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 17:40 1
        
        yup. and the story of being nominated for the same role 40 years apart... -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 17:46
I normally fold laundry on the bed. The Cat is sleeping in the middle of the bed, under the top cover. I got the laundry out of the dryer 3 hours ago - amoxy Jan 15, 17:29 3
- the truth behind k****n break -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:31 1
  - oh, right, it would be a good time for one. thanks! nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 17:44
- He(?)'s under the top cover, what's the problem. ;) -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 17:30
"Last weekend sucked" -- (edited) - Beaker's wife destroying our "dry" Jan16 Jan 15, 17:22 2
- have fun -- nm - budice Jan 15, 17:24 1
  - I've missed beer so much and red wine is like beer only better -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:29
Doom! (Onion Doom) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 15, 17:17 1
- They failed to mention why that tomato was in containment...it was dna was completely in the public domain. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 17:33
about the Super Bowl I re-airing, there is an existing tape of 3/4 of the game but the owner wanted $1m from the NFL -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:15
Mel, the question for me is (Star Wars Rebels and Ep 7 spoils) - ML Jan 15, 17:11 23
- Still thinking..spoils - budice Jan 15, 17:32
- honestly - I hadn't even thought of that. I don't think we can tell from that. But (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jan 15, 17:26 2
  - I think they wanted you to think that - spoils - Beaker Jan 15, 17:28 1
    - Probably true. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 15, 17:29
- spoil spec... - Remlik Jan 15, 17:23 14
  - speculation - Beaker Jan 15, 17:27 12
    - but is he? - Remlik Jan 15, 17:28 11
      - true and it is 40 years or so later. -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:28 10
        
        Rebels is, call it 17 years before new Hope. Force Awakens is what...30 years after Jedi? -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 17:29 9
        
        And Hope and Jedi are 2-3 years apart? -- nm - eag Jan 15, 17:36 1
        
        at least -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 17:43
        
        ahh, I thought it was closer to a New Hope. thanks -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:33 6
        
        you know it may be. WHen they started the show they said it was, like, 18 years before new Hope...but with spoils... - Remlik Jan 15, 18:05 5
        
        It's five to two years before Yavin. nm - Dignan Jan 15, 18:40
        
        I thought it was closer -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 18:07 3
        
        I wonder if the changed plans a bit. -- nm - Remlik Jan 15, 18:11 2
        
        I don't think so, I don't think it was ever 18 years before hope. Episode 3 was only like 20 years before Yavin. -- nm* - Endor Jan 15, 18:25 1
        
        ah...set 5 years before New Hope.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 15, 18:57
  - !!!!!!!!! -- nm - ML Galaxy Jan 15, 17:24
- that trailer was all kinds of awesome and "ooooooh" worthy -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:18 3
  - The final shot has all sorts of significance. V cool. -- nm - ML Galaxy Jan 15, 17:20 1
    - the really good thing is based on Avengers/Marvel, I trust them not to screw it up and to look after the property properly -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:21
  - (it is a fun show to it's credit. we watch with the kids and they love it) -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 17:19
Making a Murderer valentines -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:06 4
- Dr. Phil is doing a show about it. Started to watch, but then realized Nancy Grace was on - amoxy Jan 15, 17:27 1
- (for anyone at work, that was blocked for me for nudity and something else.) -- nm - b. Jan 15, 17:09 2
  - i didn't see any -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 17:10 1
    - ok, just giving warning they might want to click at home to be safe. (and possibly avoid filters being triggered.) -- nm* - b. Jan 15, 17:11
ALIEN MEGASTRUCTURE UPDATE -- (link) - ML Jan 15, 16:55 11
- ^doom-level a. here's a non-gwkr link. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 16:57 9
  - "the star faded by about 20 per cent between 1890 and 1989." They were photographing this star in 1890? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 18:37 5
    - there was imaging of the sky - the source is in the previous paragraph. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 15, 18:45 4
      - But how good were the photos from 120 years ago? Or even 100 years ago? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 18:56 3
        
        you can see at least some of the photographic plates that have been digitally scanned here.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 19:01 2
        
        here's a story, linked in their news section, that gives a bit of a summary of the project. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 19:04 1
        
        oh, this write-up is loads better. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 19:05
  - "he thinks even advanced aliens wouldn’t be able to build something capable of covering a fifth of a star in just a century" - ML Jan 15, 16:58 2
    - the next paragraph amused me. who says it has to be natural? supernatural space aliens ftw! -- nm - b. Jan 15, 17:02 1
      - (or, really, it could be bunnies.) -- nm - b. Jan 15, 17:02
- solved -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 16:57
RIP Johnny Cash -- nm - ML Jan 15, 16:45 6
- No cash, no jobs, no hope. - Tim Jan 15, 16:53 1
  - still funny -- nm - ML Jan 15, 16:54
- Again? -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 16:48
- damn Ring of fire -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 16:47 1
  - gone too soon imo -- nm - ML Jan 15, 16:47
- srip? -- nm - b. Jan 15, 16:47
moist. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 15, 16:44 1
- wet -- nm - budice Jan 15, 16:45
mammoth remains reveal man's presence in siberia 10,000 years earlier than previously thought -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 16:43 1
- was Putin riding a bear at the time? -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 16:44
I went to see what kind of guy would use the phrase (adult term ahead) - b. Jan 15, 16:43 10
- I think it's a play on "weasel dick", but I'm not sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 17:02 2
  - oh I was sure that's probably it, I just wondered who wouldn't think that was enough? heh. -- nm - b. Jan 15, 17:04 1
    - Anyone who's talking about Gary Bettman. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 17:05
- b! - budice Jan 15, 16:44 3
  - boo.! - b. Jan 15, 16:46 2
    - b! - budice Jan 15, 16:48 1
      - boo.! - b. Jan 15, 16:54
- John Scott got voted by the fans into the all-star game (he is a massive fighter), the trade screws him out of his all-star game spot. it is shitty -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 16:43 2
  - oh, I wasn't commenting on the story, just the dude's phrase. -- nm - b. Jan 15, 16:45
  - this could be a pretty big deal for the NHL actually. -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 16:44
evil -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 16:41

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