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I'm vaguely disappointed Hinkie's letter wasn't one page per 76ers win under his regime. -- nm - David Apr 7, 07:39 2
- "Sorry for writing such a long letter, I didn't have time to write a shorter one" -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:40
- It was damn close though -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:39
The GF moved out yesterday. We had a good talk Tuesday night. But damn it still hurts. - sycor Apr 7, 07:37 7
- big hugs! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 07:46
- Sorry. Stay strong. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 07:45 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:47
- sorry, man. -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:42
- Aww :( -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 07:40
- Sorry, dude. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:38
- Wrong thread. Sorry. -- nm* - David Apr 7, 07:37
st poll: musical choice so far this fine and lovely morning? - Truman Apr 7, 07:35 11
- take five while taking my car to get the AC replaced -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 14:00
- I listened to the music of Bernie (who refuses to go negative), going negative on Hillary. - Spawn Apr 7, 07:46
- Blue October - you and I are the musical soulmates -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 07:46 2
  - hmm, i guess that means I should try blue october then. -- nm - Truman Apr 7, 07:51
  - NICE! -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 07:46
- RHAP to start the day and now I'm listening to some old songs Carrie and her friend made back in the early '90s. -- nm - Jim Apr 7, 07:45
- Disturbed. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:39
- The new Pet Shop Boys album "Super" -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 07:39
- Empire of the Sun: Walking on a Dream -- nm - David Apr 7, 07:38
- Just podcasts so far. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:38
- When I get around to turning music on, it'll probably be Kentucky hillbilly garbage like Cumberland River. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 07:37
Krusty, I voted for Bernie, but any momentum he has is illusory. He can't win. -- nm - David Apr 7, 07:27 25
- It's nice that there's a solid backup in case something comes up that really damages Hillary -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 07:35 3
  - He's solid only becuase he's not had fire trained on him. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:38 2
    - He's still the second best candidate in this race, just as Hillary was in 2008. -- nm - David Apr 7, 07:38 1
      - Well, yeah...but let's not conflate his success with actually facing down the crucible of a Presidential run. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:44
- That might be true but I'm still voting for him and I'm glad he's still in the race. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:35 20
  - You proved my point!!!!!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:36 19
    - i am not sure why you think that people voting for the person who represents their views is so terrible. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:36 18
      - I didn't say terrible. The word I used was delusional. At this point, a candidate that cannot win staying in and bashing the candidate that will be - Bacon Apr 7, 07:40
      - (i really dislike the mentality of voting for the person you think will win. too many people do that instead of who they would like to win.) - Andie Apr 7, 07:37 16
        
        I voted for Nader and got Bush. I won't make that mistake again. - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:51 1
        
        As did Guy Incognito. I get it, I do, and in a landslide vote a protest vote for ideological vote is fine, but in a close one, it's a catastrophe. - Bacon Apr 7, 07:54
        
        I think it's just a question of micro v. macro view. On the micro side is the view that you want to pick who represents your views best. The macro - pmb Apr 7, 07:44 6
        
        and i understand that. but the Bernie supporter bashing really bothers me. -- (edited) - Andie Apr 7, 07:45 5
        
        I get that. I had this coversation with my daughter. She supports Sanders. I explained these various reasons and her answer was "I want to vote for - pmb Apr 7, 07:50
        
        Delusional is only used in the context that a lot of Bernie supporters still think he can win. He cannot - Bacon Apr 7, 07:48
        
        The bashing and talking point repeating is happening in spades from both side's supporters -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:48 1
        
        oh, i don't like it from anybody. i like to see people's OWN reasons, not spouting CNN sound bites verbatim, - Andie Apr 7, 07:49
        
        I think the delusional part refers to people who think he can realistically win. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 07:47
        
        Bernie CAN'T win is my point. Unless Hillary drops out, he cannot win. He would have a better chance at winning a Powerball jackpot at this point. -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:41 6
        
        then Hillary has nothing to worry about and can just start campaigning now. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:44 5
        
        What she has to worry about is him damaging her further to help the GOP. A vote for Bernie is a vote to damage the eventual primary winner. - Bacon Apr 7, 07:46 4
        
        Bernie, "she is not qualified to be President" You don't think that quote will end up in a GOP commercial? Hah!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:49
        
        Counterpoint: Hillary/Obama in 2008 stretched out way longer than this primary, and Obama still won easily. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 07:48
        
        oh please. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:47
        
        I think you're wildly overstating that possibility. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:47
I'm a little surprised I wasn't arrested on suspicion of espionage/dealing drugs this morning - prayformojo Apr 7, 07:24 4
- try harder next time. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 07:27
- spoiler - prayformojo Apr 7, 07:25 2
  - Did you have a Kronk-esque theme song you created on the spot and were humming while you made the drop? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:42
  - i was going to guess - Andie Apr 7, 07:36
Rogue One trailer spoils - ML Apr 7, 07:24 8
- Uhm... if you punch a stormtrooper it should not sound like that. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 07:44 2
  - how many stormtroopers have you punched ? -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:46 1
    - Only the one. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 07:47
- Youtube linkage -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 07:37 [youtube]
- A Jarmusch-directed Star Wars movie would be amazing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:33
- I dug it -- nm - budice Apr 7, 07:32
- he should have been a stormtrooper, then I would know why they can't hit anything. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 07:26
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 07:24
FIOS: Frontier/Verizon handoff of services not so smooth -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 07:18 6
- Frontier Apologizes for Ongoing Verizon Transition Outages -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 07:25
- ooooof. My Frontier stock is up today at least -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:21
- Frontier is awful -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:20 3
  - We love them here. LOVE them. -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:21 2
    - My brother had them in CT and had crazy problems -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:22 1
      - CT was another market they acquired from another company. I read about those issues also. -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:24
Beaker. That B2 speculation is an interesting thought. Although...... - volnelk Apr 7, 07:17 12
- I'm thinking there will be ties to the larger Universe -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:17 11
  - Concerns me a little. I thought that was a mistake of the prequels. - volnelk Apr 7, 07:21 10
    - the best prequel right now is the Star Wars Rebels cartoon. It is great stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:31 2
      - we just watched the series finale. Every once in awhile the cartoons pull out great material. This episode was great (spoilers) - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:38 1
        
        yeah, that was a fab ending (spoils) - ML Apr 7, 07:42
    - Lucas fucked up the prequels and the originals with his OCD tinkering to make everything sync up too perfectly. -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:23 6
      - I think it was more Lucas insisting on the prequels telling an incongruent Anakin story, then trying to link up all the pieces as an afterthought. - Inigo Apr 7, 07:30 2
        
        and what about ObiWan not knowing R2D2? - Beaker Apr 7, 07:31
        
        I wish my memory could be wiped of the existence of the prequels. -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:30
      - and it never made sense considering how ObiWan aged 50 years in the time it took Luke to turn 17 -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:24 2
        
        He was living in the desert, and aged horribly. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 07:34
        
        If only he didn't sell the franchise he could have taken out Alec Guinness and put in a CGI Burt Reynolds -- nm - Bacon Apr 7, 07:26
Dennis Hastert accused of sexual abuse by at least 4, sources say -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:16 1
- I think I heard a similar story recently -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:17
Since we're doing subway gripes, I'm doing a driving one. There's one set of diesel pumps and those will almost inevitably the only filled pumps. - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:16
Forgot to mention this last night. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 7, 07:14 2
- Road Trip! -- nm - budice Apr 7, 07:17 1
  - I was running on fumes so stopped at a Mobile station that I usually would not have. So 13 1/2 gallons at $1.19 per! -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 07:24
Flint Victims File Lawsuit Accusing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder of Federal Racketeering (RICO) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 07:13 1
- Sadly, nothing there suggests what they did was criminal, just horribly wrongheaded. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 07:47
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert accussed of sexual abuse by at least 4 teenagers -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 7, 07:11
Roger, yeah, these relatabilty tests are silly. - ty97 Apr 7, 07:10
The Padres were the first team ever to fail to score in their first three games. - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:08 21
- Padres players just can't hit in that ballpark. - groiny Apr 7, 07:14 6
  - The Dodgers didn't seem to have a problem scoring runs. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:17 2
    - Not only that but Maeda there pitcher went yard in his first game. -- nm - eag Apr 7, 07:22
    - well, they quadruple the Padres payroll, so they should be 4 times better than them. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 07:18
  - Power #'s for sure, but that just means more room in the outfield to put the ball - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:16 2
    - tell me one good offensive season from a Padres player in the last 5 seasons..... - groiny Apr 7, 07:18 1
      - Well, let's not overlook the reality the Padres haven't been good for 5 years. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:37
- Yeesh. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:09 13
  - They actually did score yesterday but the call was blown on the field and was upheld incorrectly. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:11 12
    - That's the second blown call I know of that was upheld incorrectly in the first week. I expect better when they can review the calls. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 7, 07:16 10
      - They didn't call interference on Correa becuase he didn't interfere with the throw. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:18 9
        
        He was running out of the base line and blocking the throw. I agree that the Betances should have just hit him in the back with the ball. - Krusty Apr 7, 07:21 1
        
        I agree with krusty here, the rule needs tweaking. -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 07:22
        
        yeah, that is an oversight on the rule, you do not generally try to not throw to the fielder. - groiny Apr 7, 07:19 6
        
        I think it was Seaver who's said he wished a runner would do that so he could fire a strike in his back. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:20 5
        
        I'll agree with that. The rule needs to change if the umps aren't allowed call that interference. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:22
        
        oh, middle infielders are tought to throw into the runners in those cases - groiny Apr 7, 07:21 3
        
        Yup. I was told to hit the runner if he didn't move. It never happened though. They always moved. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:23 2
        
        no one wants to take a fastball to the face. - groiny Apr 7, 07:24 1
        
        Right on both counts. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:37
    - Yay progress!!!! - groiny Apr 7, 07:14
H$1,001,071,624.97, Rank: 2,782 -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:06 8
- VNT! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 07:30
- someone get this guy a key to the executive bathrooms -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 7, 07:23
- Welcome to the party pal! -- nm - LMS Apr 7, 07:10
- $1.489B rank 1545 -- nm - budice Apr 7, 07:08
- Congrats on joining the billionaires club! -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:08
- but #2,500 in our hearts -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 07:07
- first Billion is the hardest! Congrats!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:07
- Nice! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:07
My vote may be back in play -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:05 35
- Transit cards are like USB ports, but with higher dimensions of insertion failure. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 07:40
- *points and laughs at NYC* who swipes? - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:24 2
  - Sure, but your drunk train lines are like a carnival ride. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:25 1
    - one guy *ONE* straps the break to the OFF position and the train takes off unattended and the whole system gets denigrated. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 07:28
- *laughing* A GOP PAC is actually using this in NON-JOKING attack on Hillary. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:18
- We have contact-less TAP cards in LA..here . Much like a proximity card/badge -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 07:10
- Bring back tokens! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:08 24
  - I'm curious as to how this worked? Did tokens have various values, was everything one price? -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 07:21 3
    - The whole system is one price. You get on and you can go as far as you want and take as many trains as you want for one fee. - Krusty Apr 7, 07:25
    - Our entire systems is still a single price. One stop or 20 stops, fare is $2.75. -- nm* - ty97 Apr 7, 07:23 1
      - It's still that cheap!? -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 07:27
  - Here's my subway etiquette hate. Every turnstile here has a slot for a token, but only one, maybe two per station have slots for swiping a card. - Roger More Apr 7, 07:12 4
    - That's not good planning. They should phase out the tokens and put in more swipe turnstiles. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:26 3
      - I think we're moving to a tap card. But it's confusing because we have just as many transit agencies as NYC (subway, commuter trains, satellite city - Roger More Apr 7, 07:32 2
        
        We have zero coordination. I mean, all of NYC Transit (subway, bus) are on the Metrocard but that's it - ty97 Apr 7, 07:38 1
        
        And I forgot the Staten Island Railroad (because really) and the ferries. - ty97 Apr 7, 07:41
  - We *really* need a tap card system. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:09 14
    - We were supposed to get one two years ago but it failed numerous roll out tests. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:30 2
      - You'd think this sort of system would be relatively commoditised by now. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 07:33 1
        
        Right? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 07:39
    - DC has a good tap card system, but awful metro execution. Win some, lose some. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 07:22
    - Even Philly is about to roll out theirs. - znufrii Apr 7, 07:18 3
      - Chicago's already got it. The land where they make lasagna and then call it pizza is ahead of us on these cards! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:22 2
        
        They were nice when we were there last week but I know the rollout was bad. - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 7, 07:33 1
        
        They rolled it out right after I moved. My brother was still there and the rollout was just horrendous. - ty97 Apr 7, 07:35
    - I don't know what that is exactly. Is it a bank card thing because that could be a big problem for the poor. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:10 5
      - It's a subway card that you tap against a reader instead of swipe. -- nm* - Roger More Apr 7, 07:13
      - No, it's just a contactless/RFID subway card. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:13 [youtube] 3
        
        Also my link above -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 07:16 2
        
        Thanks, guys. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:17 1
        
        One other great thing about them is you generally don't have to even take them out of your wallet. - ty97 Apr 7, 07:32
- I swipe that damn card backwards ever single frickin' time -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:07 2
  - I get it on one swipe almost every time, but those occasions where it says 'Please Swipe Again' are mortifying. - ty97 Apr 7, 07:08 1
    - Yup. Same for me. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 07:10
- I built the subway and would make Mexico pay for a new one running between Washington DC and Havana -- nm - Trump Apr 7, 07:07

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