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BOG has tweeted $25M for CAPA3, suggests a $180M weekend -- (link) - Roger More May 6, 08:47 4
- (lower than Batman vs Superman and Avengers v Ultron for Thursday) -- nm - Roger More May 6, 08:52
- I think I'm going to short the OW. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:49 2
  - I just did but simply dumped the calls and puts. I think it could do 190 if that 25 is correct, but not 200. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 08:51 1
    - I think I'm gonna do this too. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:51
You realize we can pinpoint the moment America was destroyed, right? - Mop May 6, 08:47
PSA: Free 8x10 Walgreens photo with code FREEGIFTPIC. -- nm - CQ May 6, 08:39 5
- relatedly, buy a $10 Starbucks egift card and get another $10 free with Visa Checkout -- (link) - ML May 6, 08:39
- why would you want a photo of Walgreens? -- nm - decline May 6, 08:39 3
  - I just enetered the code and they sent me a photo of CQ's family. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:43 1
    - winner! -- nm - CQ May 6, 08:47
  - ~I...I'm so in love with you~ -- nm - Algreens May 6, 08:40
Something happened in Chicago yesterday that had never happened before in MLB history. Without looking, do you know what it is? -- nm - ML May 6, 08:35 7
- 4 first place baseball teams all played in Chicago yesterday. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:36 2
  - wicked smart -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 08:39
  - That's it. -- nm - ML May 6, 08:37
- Only because it got mentioned here last night. -- nm - volnelk May 6, 08:36 2
  - it was mentioned so many times on the Sawx/Sox game last night I almost threw something at the TV (mel). -- (edited) - Diva May 6, 08:44
  - Ah, my bad. -- nm - ML May 6, 08:38
- I saw it on Reddit so I won't answer but it makes sense. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 08:36
Is it terrible that I've had a Klezmer music earworm for 15 minutes now? -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:34
Poll! When giving your address over the phone, do you usually (have to) spell out the name of your city/town? -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 08:33 22
- no -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 08:47
- I do (we're two words). -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 08:45
- Nope -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:43
- Rarely. At least not as often as the street name. -- nm - GregW May 6, 08:42 1
  - I always have to enunciate and then spell street. I live on "old boalsburg road" and people are always like "oburg road??" -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 08:46
- Yes, because sometimes people think "Chino" instead of "Chico" -- nm - amoxy May 6, 08:41
- nope. -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:41
- Nope -- nm - Krusty May 6, 08:38
- Nope -- nm - CQ May 6, 08:37
- "Asian Dawn...D-a-w-n" -- nm - budice May 6, 08:36
- Lol, yes. - znufrii May 6, 08:36
- No, but it doesn't usually fit in online fields so I have to figure out how they abbreviated it to match. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 08:35
- no. (i have to clarify that my street is all one word though.) -- nm - Andie May 6, 08:35
- nope -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:34
- Let's see: Florissant? Yeah. Several times. -- nm - Jim May 6, 08:34
- Kinda. Our town is four words so I always have to clarify that -- nm - oblique May 6, 08:34 6
  - Greater Hobbit Slacker Place? -- nm - mud May 6, 08:37 1
    - Super Yummy Chipotle Downs -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:38
  - your town should be on Wheel of Fortune. - Diva May 6, 08:35 3
    - It's funny too because it is "Lake in the Hills" and we often get "Are there really lakes?" - oblique May 6, 08:42 2
      - They should really ask if there are any hills. - spamlet May 6, 08:47
      - I'd like an 'L' please Pat. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:43
Close enough. -- (link) - nubby May 6, 08:26 [Backboard] 3
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:33
- hahaha -- nm - ML May 6, 08:29
- Fist pump! Yeah! -- nm - Will Hunting May 6, 08:27
Another new Radiohead track Daydreaming directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. I preferred Burn The Witch video. New album on the 8th. -- (link) - LMS May 6, 08:25 [youtube] 4
- I listened to Burn the Witch on Spotify yesterday. I'm still so meh on them since The Bends. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 08:43 2
  - I get that OK Computer was way overblown, but to be meh on it takes like physical work. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 6, 08:58 1
    - Muse turned into what I thought Radiohead should have been. I find their newer stuff incredibly boring. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 09:00
- Burn The Witch has sent me into a 48 hour rabbit hole on the Wicker Man. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 6, 08:39
Okay, so help me out. Can one of the Astros and Cavemen let me know who the "qualifiers" are for superfeud in their leagues? -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request May 6, 08:12 6
- Astros list - spamlet May 6, 08:16 4
  - what is superfeud? Apparently placing in the bottom all these years has left me ignorant of such things :) -- nm - oblique May 6, 08:22 3
    - It's the always rumored, never realized league of champions. - spamlet May 6, 08:37 2
      - L3. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:12
      - +1 -- nm - oblique May 6, 08:40
- Caveman: Champion = me. Inigo - loser #1, Brian was loser #2, Amoxy was loser #3 -- nm* - Beaker May 6, 08:15
Can I shamelessly brag about the bf for a second? He was invited to speak at a UN Subcommittee meeting, and is going. It's in Kazakhstan. - MDH May 6, 08:11 12
- Nice -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 08:48
- Sweet! hawt and smart? - jackpot! -- nm - Pippy May 6, 08:20 2
  - Aww! -- nm - MDH May 6, 08:26 1
    - And he hopefully was not going to his prom when you scooped him up. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:44
- that's very cool! -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:16
- Nice! -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:15
- That's awesome. are you going with him? -- nm - decline May 6, 08:14 3
  - Unfortunately no. I'll be in Houston for work that week. -- nm - MDH May 6, 08:26 1
    - stupid work -- nm - decline May 6, 08:37
  - this and that -- nm - Beaker May 6, 08:22
- Iz niiice! -- nm - Borat May 6, 08:12
- that's awesome! - Andie May 6, 08:12
A Malaysian student in Australia has been charged with a crime after bank discovers they accidentally gave her $3.4M four years ago. -- (link) - GregW May 6, 08:09 3
- am I missreading , or does that say she spent $3M on handbags ? -- nm - decline May 6, 08:16 1
  - "luxury items including handbags" -- nm - GregW May 6, 08:28
- i still remember way back in university, a friend has the bank mistakenly deposit a couple thousand dollars to her account. - Andie May 6, 08:13
The UAE is one of the world's largest importers of sand. -- (link) - iSpam May 6, 08:07 1
- addicts -- nm - Max May 6, 08:09
I may have sat next to the most annoying person ever for the show last night.... - groiny May 6, 08:07
My family (immediate and extended) is hilarious. "You're going to Brazil? Alone?!" *fear on their faces* -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:02 10
- they just don't want to picture you with a bald crotch. -- nm - groiny May 6, 08:24
- when you come back you should get a mason jar and fill it with some muddy water. Give it to them and say you brought them a present from Rio -- nm - decline May 6, 08:10
- "During election season??" -- nm - Max May 6, 08:06 1
  - I have cousins who told me how brave I was to go to Prague. - ty97 May 6, 08:10
- Now that Trump may be your next president, that's how most families here feel about the US as well.. (NM) - Marlowe May 6, 08:06 3
  - At this point I may be willing to trade your politicians for him. -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:09 2
    - We just got a few that were outted but not yet arrested. I can offer 2 or 3 for Trump - Marlowe May 6, 08:12
    - at least they're honest about their corruption -- nm - decline May 6, 08:11
- can't sleep Zika will get me -- nm - Beaker May 6, 08:04 1
  - Zika had nothing to do with it oddly enough -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:05
"The next meeting is probably going to be in Israel. Would you be willing to go?" Me: "Yeah, sure." - JaxSean May 6, 07:59 24
- (Sidenote: I would be surprised if this actually happened, but we'll see. Thanks all.) -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 08:43
- plenty of live music venues and beer -- nm - CQ May 6, 08:35
- Let's all go! -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 08:25 1
  - IsraelSTravaganza -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:32
- dude, this is cool. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:24
- Nope. Pass. -- (edited) - Krusty May 6, 08:17
- No thank you. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:16
- I'd go in a second -- nm - decline May 6, 08:10
- I'd totally go. -- nm - Mel Profit May 6, 08:10
- Id go in a heartbeat. -- nm - iSpam May 6, 08:06
- Work wanted to send me to Armenia. For weeks. I refused. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 08:02
- I'm sending an employee to Israel next month. -- nm - ty97 May 6, 08:02
- it's totally fine- people here go to Israel, like, weekly. -- nm - Andie May 6, 08:01 11
  - OK whew. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 08:03 10
    - (LYC) Delta via JFK and United via EWR are your US carrier options from where you are. - ty97 May 6, 08:04 7
      - It's like airline routing Rain Man over here. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 08:17 6
        
        AA dropped the pmUS PHL-TLV flight not long after the merger. UA has SFO-TLV too, but that would be out of the way for Jax. - ty97 May 6, 08:23 5
        
        El Al from Newark! - Andie May 6, 08:25 4
        
        Let's ALL get re-routed thru Jersey!! -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:30
        
        They have JFK too. - ty97 May 6, 08:28 2
        
        the toronto people fly direct from here, but i have to book NY people too - Andie May 6, 08:36 1
        
        because JFK continues to be the worst. Like Jane. -- nm - Diva May 6, 08:46
    - i mean, they aren't going to send you to Gaza, so, it's fine. -- nm - Andie May 6, 08:04 1
      - Or are they? -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:07
SITWAP, new vision for regional transit in NYC -- (link) - znufrii May 6, 07:59 1 1
- Saved for later. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 08:09
Things flying out of a NY airport makes you think: If I have an evening flight out of NYC, is a 3 hour layover long enough to cover any delays? - ty97 May 6, 07:56 1
- "Maybe I should plan a 5 hour layover just in case" - ty97 May 6, 07:58
It doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the movies but shouldn't Cap sound like he's from Brooklyn? - Krusty May 6, 07:55
Pippy, the first thing I did was hit up Classic Cash and the other two cash games... - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 6, 07:54 1
- son of a b....!! this race is going to get ugly - thanks for the tip -- nm - Pippy May 6, 08:05
Angels SP Garrett Richards out for the year (torn UCL, Tommy John Surgery) -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 07:52 6
- wonder if they'll sign Lincecum now -- nm - ML May 6, 08:09 3
  - I have a strong suspicion that the White Sox will get him. -- nm - groiny May 6, 08:26 1
    - I hope not. He's been *worse* than Danks the past couple of years. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 08:38
  - (related, my WN season from hell continues) -- nm - ML May 6, 08:11
- We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster. -- nm - decline May 6, 07:54 1
  - damn it now I have the doo deed dooo dee dooo ear worm going as well as the bionic sound -- nm - Capstern May 6, 07:54
" 3D hasn't been cool since Avatar" - Pippy May 6, 07:51 12
- disagree -- nm - ML May 6, 08:14
- Gravity was amazing in 3D IMAX -- nm - JD May 6, 08:14
- Yeah, we're seeing Civil War in 3D tonight, because the regular shows were mostly sold out. - Jim May 6, 07:55 6
  - Wait a day? -- nm - MDH May 6, 07:57 5
    - We're going for my son's 17th birthday, which is today. -- nm - Jim May 6, 07:58 4
      - Happy Birthday to your kiddo! -- nm - Pippy May 6, 07:59 1
        
        They can both go see R rated movies without me now...I feel so old. -- nm - Jim May 6, 08:03
      - Ah well then that makes sense! Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH May 6, 07:59 1
        
        He's been excited from the first time he heard the release date was his birthday. - Jim May 6, 08:03
- I disagree. Piranha 3d was cool - Guigue May 6, 07:54
- this -- nm - Capstern May 6, 07:52
- It almost ruined The Martian for me. Almost. -- nm - mud May 6, 07:49 (0) -- nm - mud May 6, 07:52
LIR: Shaun, anyone else, there's an Uncharted app/game for phones that ties-in to 4 I think -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 07:50 1
- Yep. I think you can earn multiplayer skins. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 08:16
My new theater complaint: Directors that record messages to play before movies. - Spawn May 6, 07:49 11
- Duncan Jones, the son of David Bowie? -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 07:59
- We got the before Jungle Book - is that the new thing? -- nm - Jim May 6, 07:54 1
  - I have seen many for the film I am about to see, but this time is the first for other films. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:15
- I can see the need with DVR culture - trying to get themselves in front of captive audience without a remote -- nm - Capstern May 6, 07:52
- You mean David Bowie's son? -- nm - Roger More May 6, 07:51 3
  - I would rather not think of him that way since he made such a bad movie. - Spawn May 6, 08:14 2
    - He also made Moon and Source Code so fingers crossed. He's funny on Twitter. -- nm - LMS May 6, 08:27 1
      - Yeah, I loved Moon. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:42
- that's just for preview or opening night screenings, I hope. -- nm - mud May 6, 07:50
- where the messages "Go watch my movie" ? -- nm - decline May 6, 07:50
- yeah, I had 2 of those 3 as well. -- nm - groiny May 6, 07:49

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