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"Oysters, clams and cockles!" -- nm - Buzz Apr 24, 16:26 1
- she's like the Danny Almonte of Westeros -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 24, 16:32
I'm going to a wedding ..as a guest. I don't know how to be a guest, what the hell am I supposed to do? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 16:01 1
- "just smile and wave boys, smile and wave" -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:32
Went roller skating today for the first time in probably 30 years. On a scale of 1-10, how sore will I be tomorrow? -- nm - Dano Apr 24, 15:46 2
- 57 -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 24, 15:55
- If you hit your head, you might not feel a thing -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 15:51
Portishead's first recording in years is a cover of Abba's SOS -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 24, 15:39 [youtube] 2
- Beth must have interesting drugs -- nm - mud Apr 24, 16:24 1
  - Heh. -- nm - Facto Apr 24, 17:11
Points to Equifax. I went to dispute a tax lien but they had already removed it unlike Experian and TransUnion. - Dano Apr 24, 15:39
and now begins the season of Sunday Night Tryingtostayuplateness - prayformojo Apr 24, 15:23
Pepsisaurus. Tostitodon. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 15:09
Hmm. Pulled a little Scotch Broom, but then I hit a big nasty one and I don't have the right tools to pull it :( -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 15:03 6
- I need a Canadian-to-American translation please. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 15:10 5
  - Scotch Broom is a plant. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 15:19 4
    - An invasive species from Europe that thrives on the west coast, especially Oregon (but also here) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 15:20 3
      - The plants can grow up to five feet high and their root systems can be gnarly. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 15:21 2
        
        they release some kind of plant killing toxin so once established are difficult to get rid of, only thing worse is texas thistle with needle points go - zeitgeist Apr 24, 15:54
        
        Once President Trump takes office, The Department of Monsanto will take care of all that. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 15:51
DAL/MIN is verrry interesting in this last minute. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 15:03 5
- I -think- that was a goal, but we'll never know for sure. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 24, 15:05 4
  - It was maddening that they wouldn't advance to the next frame. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 15:10 3
    - Did you think it was a goal? -- nm - David's iPad Apr 24, 15:21 2
      - Balance of the evidence I think no. I think Lehtonen had his pad juuuust at the right spot to keep it out. - Reagen Apr 24, 15:32 1
        
        agreed with all -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:33
Dwight Howard is pure hustle. Never ever ever gives less than 103% -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 14:56
2 pot grow operations found, multiple shooters suspected in Pike Co. murders -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 14:34 1
- somebody has been watching too much TV, kill a couple, that's just a bread and butter homicide, kill half a dozen and they'll be looking at cell phone - zeitgeist Apr 24, 15:58
Where are they now? EW does a recap of where the GoT characters were at the end of last season. -- (link) - GregW Apr 24, 14:08 2
- Syrio Forel: sitting on a beach, earning 20% -- nm - Max Apr 24, 15:01 1
  - "What do we tell the manager if he asks us if we're checking out? Not today." -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 15:31
Well, this is a first. I don't think I've ever had sunburn blisters before. - kelly Apr 24, 13:50 2
- I had them growing up -- nm - budice Apr 24, 14:14
- When you were walking, did you strut your stuff? -- nm - Violent Femmes Apr 24, 14:04
Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. -- nm - David Apr 24, 12:48 2
- ding ding -- nm - ML Apr 24, 15:36
- Can't stop me now hear what I say My feet wanna move so get out my way -- (link) - amoxy Apr 24, 13:22 [youtube]
I added an icon to the slackertalk page on facebook, because facebook keeps bothering me about updating my pages. - Beryllium Apr 24, 12:33 2
- "Facebook keeps bothering me." -- Pretty much. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 12:34 1
  - 25 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 13:13
I watch a lot of crap all the way through and I just turned off Norm of the North about 20 minutes in. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 12:33 1
- From what I hear, you lasted longer than most. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 12:34
I *LOVE* professional hockey! - prayformojo Apr 24, 12:04
*dark chanting* -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 11:50
Korean professional Starcraft circuit rocked by match fixing scandal. -- (link) - Tim Apr 24, 11:38 1
- I beat everyone in 17.4 seconds -- nm* - Kim Jong Un Apr 24, 11:50
Guess the smoker was passed from the balcony to the top of the moving truck and lowered from there. - Meg Apr 24, 11:27
HBO2 is doing a season 5 Game of Thrones marathon. the east feed is on ep. 4 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 11:19
7 hours minus 12 minutes until Game of Thrones -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 24, 11:12 11
- I don't think Charter is doing the free HBO weekend, the bastards. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 24, 12:35 1
  - you should check their HBO GO site and other options the channel gives. one of those may work for you -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 12:38
- I wish I had a show that I still got excited for every week like youse do with this show. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 24, 11:18 8
  - have you tried Vikings? wife and I love it -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 11:21 6
    - Vikings seems like GoT lite. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 13:14 2
      - it's sooooo good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 14:52
      - kind of, only historical and every season it expands in scope -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 14:19
    - i'm upset they decided to split this season. I really want to see ep. 11 next week - Peglegpete Apr 24, 11:29 1
      - we've only watched 3 of this season so far -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 11:29
    - Not something that looks interesting to me. My gf loves GoT but I never got into it. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 24, 11:28
  - 6 hours 40 minutes :) -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 24, 11:20
Huntsman just squeeks by $20M opening weekend (20.1M) -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 11:05 3
- Which suggests actuals will be under 20 -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 11:05 2
  - 18 -- nm - budice Apr 24, 11:07 1
    - that would be a huge % overestimated, but my gut says that this is actually where it is. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Apr 24, 11:37
LIR B a few back...RIZZO! -- nm - zunk via drone Apr 24, 11:00
Truck being loaded across the driveway. Probably just as well I'm not planning to take the car out. - Meg Apr 24, 10:45
GGG should not be able to hit that hard with that short a range of movement. - Will Hunting Apr 24, 10:35
That has to be the two fastest bullshit penalties I've ever seen. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:22 4
- the refs are making up for that 5 on 3. what a shitty call for any game, but a playoff game it is horrid'. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 11:17
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 10:48
- the one that made it a 5 on 3 was a terrible call. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:28 1
  - but hey, the NBA has taught us that people come to watch the referees -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:28
Heh, Kroger offering me an electronic coupon on their new online ordering/pickup service. Closest pickup location is in Tennessee :) -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 10:08 9
- where at? maybe i can use it ;) -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 24, 11:01 1
  - Nah, it would be on my card. If you have Kroger rewards you can get your own. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 11:04
- At least their site makes it easy to tell which stores are doing it. Try to find that at Walmart. - GregW Apr 24, 10:37
- Ours starts next month. I can't wait. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 10:24
- Probably a test location---I wonder how this will affect Instacart? -- nm - Flavorize Apr 24, 10:21 2
  - Instacart delivers, right? These are pickup orders and they still charge $4.95. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 10:26 1
    - Yeah, instacart does both---I wonder if it takes more time to pick everything out, online, than it would to just go to the store -- nm - Flavorize Apr 24, 10:27
- Ask them how much for shipping :) -- nm - budice Apr 24, 10:09 1
  - I get a little tired of them listing great coupons for things our store doesn't carry :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 10:16
Maya Randolph's Prince tribute band performed last night.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 24, 09:59 3
- Rudolph. Chick's got some major music chops. -- nm - GregW Apr 24, 11:46 2
  - thanks! -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 14:52
  - she can carry a tune...but on one of the armison prince skits, she was doing Beyonce and Patti LaBell rang out at the end you could hear the diff - zeitgeist Apr 24, 13:06
Hanging closet doors in a 100 year old house is *fun*. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:23 2
- Construction was a proper trade back then. I bet every line is perfectly straight and every edge and corner perfectly square. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:32 1
  - lol - znufrii Apr 24, 09:38
Lots of LTDs delisting this week - bonds are pretty much useless. Still a nice profit in HMIRR. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 09:17 1
- yeah ... a couple of slow weeks on the starbond front ... but that's okay. May is going to be glorious -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 24, 10:46
Winning. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:06 1
- There was a seriously epic cereal mascot based story I found some time ago that was actually excellently written - Reagen Apr 24, 10:08
the new Star Trek show to be shot in Toronto.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 24, 08:55 2
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  - that is crap. -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 09:41
Zookeepers Wife - JCHAS movie screening in LA -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 08:33 3
- Zookeeper didn't really demand a spinoff -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 24, 08:46 2
  - Throw a Nazi into the plot and its a whole new movie. - budice Apr 24, 09:01 1
    - Inglorious Basterds: now with naught-zis -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:02
Re-post of an earlier mention. 52 years ago today I boarded a ship in Fremantle harbo(u)r for a 4-week trip to England. We missed the - Meg Apr 24, 08:33 12
- you should come back one day. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 09:21
- *remembers where he was 52 years ago* -- nm - budice Apr 24, 08:42
- 4 weeks actually sounds pretty fast for a trip like that ... wonder what speed the ship was going -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:40 9
  - There's still a weird holdover in Australian labour law from then. Work for a company for 10 years, you get long service leave. 9-12 weeks (depending - mafic Apr 24, 09:26 1
    - Nice -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:27
  - Not fast enough :) The first 10 days we saw nothing but ocean - until we reached the North African coast. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 08:50 6
    - Then it was a steady stream of pirates and swashbucklers. No doubt this is where the Legend of Meg began. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:51 5
      - A professor on a sabatical saw the resulting carnage and upon return to school dubbed the nascent football team the Crimson Tide -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 12:47
      - Oh, you took the Suez Canal? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:52 3
        
        Right, through Suez, on to their home port of Genoa for an overnight stop, Cannes, and Southampton. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 09:02 2
        
        4 weeks makes more sense, then. Also, I had no idea Suez was finished in the 1860s. That's impressive. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:07 1
        
        First one was actually around 1850 *BC* -- (link) - Meg Apr 24, 09:23
Walked a couple of blocks to the Everything 99 Cents store. Was as advertised. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 08:27 2
- So you bought a new car? -- nm - Bacon Apr 24, 08:46 1
  - They only had hot wheels knock off brand, so no. - Qale Apr 24, 09:02
“One way or another, a face will be added to the hall.” -- nm - budice Apr 24, 08:21
Let's go Swans. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 24, 08:11 2
- I'm rooting against the Swans because I hate their boats. - David Apr 24, 08:42
- There's only 2 sets of fans rooting for Swans, heh. -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 08:17
You're probably going to be hearing quite a bit of the name Rachel Roy over the next few days. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 08:00 3
- I wish these people wouldn't air their dirty laundry in public. -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 10:39
- not if I can help it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 08:37
- The spoken word lyrics they quote are *awful*. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 24, 08:12
Final piece of Type 1 diabetes puzzle solved. -- (link) - kelly Apr 24, 08:00 3
- Nice. Hopefully they can find some treatments that'll work. Cotton candy for everyone! -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 24, 08:23
- Tell your immune system to STOP IT - Bacon Apr 24, 08:12 1
  - Cure to depression: stop being sad! -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 10:46
Austin is looking to rename its Robert E Lee elementary school and has asked the public for ideas. You know where this is going. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 07:43 7
- Awesome. I was going to suggest "Schoolie" -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 10:53
- Walker, Texas Ranger Elementary. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 08:28 1
  - Winning. "The eyes of the Principal are upon you." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:31
- I was going to post Schoolie McSchoolface. You just can't ask the public to do this seriously. Give us options to choose from and things will be fine. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 24, 07:52 2
  - I think Austin was smart enough to just 'solicit input' but will make their own decision. -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 07:59 1
    - This is what people get paid to do, no? Give us options to vote on and that'll end well. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 24, 08:03
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 07:47
April 24, 1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:42 5
- I remember it. Every restless night. -- nm - Dano Apr 24, 14:37
- 1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:43 3
  - 1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:44 2
    - 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:44 1
      - 2005 – Snuppy becomes world's first cloned dog. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:44
Arsenal should try tighter jerseys. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 24, 07:32
TV PSA: Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Madam Secretary, OUAT, GF Experience, Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Fear the Walking and Talking Dead, Good Wife, -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:31 9
- is that Sorkin's spinoff? -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 07:39 2
  - "shuffle with me" "brains?" "brains" -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:41 1
    - "good talk." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:45
- *twitch* -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 07:36
- House of Lies, The Family, Carmichael Show, Crowded, Dice, Last Man on Earth, Elementary, other stuff. Quantico, Veep, -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 07:33
- Fear The Dancing Dead -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:32 3
  - I stopped watching last week. -- nm - Under the Influence Apr 24, 09:08 1
    - I would but the wife likes it -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:34
  - Maybe they should have Dead Can Dance as a guest -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 07:35
Hi. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 24, 07:26

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