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Attempt no landing on Earth. We are a small but powerful planet. ... Hailing Jupiter: Prepare to be boarded. Attempt no landing on Earth... -- nm - Battleship Juno Jul 5, 15:48 4
- I figured this was you. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 5, 15:50 3
  - I actually dislike the 2001 movies so much I've never watched either one all the way through. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 15:57 2
    - good lord -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:58 1
      - I really don't like anything Kubrick touched after Spartacus. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 16:00
There was a cutaway prior to a commercial in last night's Pops broadcast that showed the choir coming upstairs. Diva was the only member who actually - Covington Jul 5, 15:41 1
- it's like that Nick Jonas planned it or something -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:44
Pop quiz hot shot: How do I get from Manhattan to JFK without going underground, using mass transit -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 15:22 31
- go to a major hotel and get on one of the airport shuttles -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 15:54 3
  - Manhattan hotels don't have shuttles to airports - ty97 Jul 5, 15:59 2
    - helicopter? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 16:00
    - Uber Blade, bruh -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:59
- walk -- nm - budice Jul 5, 15:40
- a bus? - dogbert Jul 5, 15:36 4
  - There isn't one bus that goes from Manhattan to JFK. You'd need to transfer along the way. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 15:40 3
    - Two buses then. -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 15:43
    - as long as he doesn't fall into a sewer when walking between buses, it should meet his requirement -- nm - dogbert Jul 5, 15:42 1
      - True. We were offering quicker ways than sitting on a city bus across all of Manhattan & Queens. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 5, 15:51
- Without gong underground? Fuck why? -- nm - zork Jul 5, 15:29 5
  - Back to back conference calls (phone calls don't work underground) -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 15:30 4
    - get a better phone?? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 15:54
    - Airport limo and expense it if work is requiring you to be on the calls -- nm - zork Jul 5, 15:39 2
      - And you probably don't want station announcements blasting dieting the calls -- nm - zork Jul 5, 15:40 1
        
        Attention: the red sauce is for Portly travelers only, no fat asses -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 16:03
- Q32 to woodside, lirr to Jamaica, air train to jfk. - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 15:24 9
  - Who let a Q bus into Manhattan?! - ty97 Jul 5, 15:27 8
    - Or you can take the Q60 all the way to Jamaica -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 15:30 1
      - Or transfer to the Q10 at Kew Gardens which takes you to the terminals. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 15:32
    - Q39 to LIC, 7 train to the air train. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 15:30 5
      - I'm trying to meet up with someone who is coming up from JFK (by car) and headed across the Whitestone into the Bronx/upstate - ty97 Jul 5, 15:42 2
        
        I would go with Znufrii's route and get off in Woodside. You can find a good place to eat or hang out there. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 15:49 1
        
        I'm trying to avoid having my ride get too far off the Van Wyck / 678 so don't want to make them come all the way into Woodside. - ty97 Jul 5, 16:00
      - That would be great, if the 7 train actually connected with the air train. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 15:33 1
        
        Oh, right. It's the E which is underground. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 5, 15:35
- hitch it. see if you make it. tweet it out to us -- nm - CQ Jul 5, 15:24
- Lyft? -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:22 3
  - Not mass transit. -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 15:23 2
    - it's the exact opposite of mass transit -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:25 1
      - Right, that's ambiguous, but in his first post, mass transit is a requirement. -- nm - mara Jul 5, 15:32
Home alone, what should I do for dinner? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 15:20 3
- I always go for the stuff we don't usually have because she doesn't like it, so mexican -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 16:00
- Cheese pizza - zork Jul 5, 15:28
- 16 Oz steak, Scotch, Cherry Cobbler -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 15:21
Air India flies NYC - London. Because of course they do. -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 15:13 1
- They probably don't have the right aircraft to fly direct and have fifth-freedom rights to pick up grand-Atlantic passengers -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 15:29
*sigh* just booked a six leg trip and not one new airport involved :( - ty97 Jul 5, 15:04
"Police investigating Jung Ho-Kang for possible sexual assault." - ML Jul 5, 15:00 9
- Also Chris Evans of Top Gear UK -- (link) - Max Jul 5, 15:10 7
  - ^ just fyi, that link is showing as not being a private connection for me. -- nm - b. Jul 5, 15:19 3
    - What's that mean? The twitter link is being treated differently on ST? Or the Sun's link is suspect by computer security? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 15:22 2
      - sorry, I should have specified - it's the sun's link. it's a warning to be extra careful about what you enter and/or click there. -- (edited) - b. Jul 5, 15:33 1
        
        ah. I hadn't actually clicked it, I just grabbed one from a search result. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 15:43
  - Is that another reason he quit/was pushed out the door? -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 15:16 1
    - The investigation/quitting timing is suspicious, or just coincidental. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 15:18
  - as long as he didn't smack a show producer.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 15:12
- :( - nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 5, 15:01
the (auto-video) ad is longer than the clip itself, but this is nice to see - george hw bush singing gba, with a us flag "tattoo" on his face, yest. -- (link) - b. Jul 5, 14:54 1
- He's led a good life. Good for him to be so spry at that age. -- nm - ML Jul 5, 15:01
Billy Hamilton scored from second on a passed ball. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 5, 14:37 2
- A lot of it is Lackey's fault for not covering home -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 14:55 1
  - The catcher didn't exactly hustle to pick it up either. Gotta be alert with Hamilton on the bases. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 14:57
Have any cities other than Philly erected statues of movie characters in a permanent outdoor venue? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 14:30 44
- There's a Rocky statue in Croatia (IIRC) also -- nm - zork Jul 5, 15:36 3
  - Frostbite Falls too. nm - Dignan Jul 5, 15:42 2
    - fun pixie fact: my hometown's unofficial nickname is "Frostbite Falls" -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:49 1
      - callous dignan fact: don't care. nm - Dignan Jul 5, 15:51
- Lincoln, Shakespeare, Grant, and a few other generals. - . Jul 5, 15:32 2
  - Those are real people -- nm - zork Jul 5, 15:37 1
    - And movie characters. ;) -- nm - . Jul 5, 15:42
- chicago has that guy from space jam outside some arena -- nm - dogbert Jul 5, 15:24 2
  - Shawn Bradley? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 15:26
  - Oh that guy from the Crying Jordan meme? -- nm - ML Jul 5, 15:26
- we have a giant Kurt Vonnegat somewhere downtown -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 15:21
- Giant Marilyn Monroe in Chicago -- nm - mara Jul 5, 15:18 1
  - Or wherever it is now. -- nm - mara Jul 5, 15:19
- Loosi -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 5, 15:02
- Popeye -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 5, 14:59
- John Wayne -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 5, 14:58
- tangent: The PHL airport, in the walkway between the A and B gates, has posters of Philly movies -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 5, 14:51 1
  - At MDW airport there are statues of the blues brothers (though it's really just in front of a House of Blues gift shop). -- nm - pmb Jul 5, 14:53
- Mary Tyler Moore, but that's tv -- nm - ML Jul 5, 14:42 1
  - We have a Ralph Kramden statue at the Port Authority. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 14:49
- The Bradbury Building has Charles Caplin as the little tramp - con_carne Jul 5, 14:41
- Metropolis, IL has Superman -- (link) - TWuG Jul 5, 14:38 1
  - Been there a couple of times! -- (link) - iSpam Jul 5, 14:45
- in going to find a link to the horrible lucy one, I found this piece that has it and some others. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 5, 14:35 6
  - duh-b. re: Lucy, Max didn't ask about tv. sorry! -- nm* - b. Jul 5, 14:45
  - That statue of The Fonz is going to haunt my nightmares. *shudder* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 14:37 2
    - He looks like the Fonz with the Joker's face. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 14:57
    - He's very happy to see you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 14:53
  - Are we sure that's not a re-purposed Jimmy Carter statue? -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 14:36 1
    - History's Greatest Monster? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 14:36
- Washington DC made a whole monument to that guy from the Lincoln movie. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 14:34 1
  - the vampire slayer guy? -- nm - dogbert Jul 5, 15:20
- And if not, who would be the good candidates? Captain America? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 14:31 11
  - Godzilla, obviously. -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 14:34
  - Miami - Scarface -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 14:34
  - Michael Douglas on Wall Street holding that 'brick' cell phone -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:33 7
    - John McClane for NYC. -- nm* - Max Jul 5, 14:33 6
      - I think half the town in the west could have reason to place a John Wayne statue, is there one at the OC airport named for him? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:40 5
        
        There used to be one in Santa Monica in front of the Great Western S&L. I don't know what they did with it when Washington Mutual bought them and - jnine Jul 5, 15:04 4
        
        it may be the one in front of the Hustler building in BH -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 15:12
        
        we need a ruling, does it have to be a civic, governmental or other 'public' body or would corporate, private citizen count? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 15:11 2
        
        It would count to me if it were accessible by sidewalk traffic. I was just trying to rule out wax museums etc. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 15:17
        
        I would think it just needs to be in public. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 15:17
  - Detroit is still waiting on their Robocop statue -- (link) - Roger More Jul 5, 14:32
TomCattt: Not Your Toy -- (link) - CQ Jul 5, 14:22 [youtube] 4
- Bit subdued for him - It's not "The Hurt" or "Yes Love" -- nm* - amoxy Jul 5, 14:33
- i have potentially devastating TomCattt news ... - Andie Jul 5, 14:25 2
  - "Turns out that was the problem all along. Now he sounds like Barry White." -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 14:32
  - I love how nuts this cattt is. -- nm - Diva Jul 5, 14:30
Because, Canada. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 14:02 4
- Most black bears are right handed. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 14:14 1
  - at least that's what they want you to think. -- nm - Dread Pirate Black Bear Jul 5, 14:28
- As I said on Twitter, if there ever was a time that the world should mourn that we no longer have Stomping Tom around to write a song about it... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 5, 14:04
- This reads like a particularly strange episode of The Champ - Reagen Jul 5, 14:04
I know I shouldn't keep posting Palin stuff, but I can't stop giggling..."Splodey Heads Are Splodin'' -- (link) - amoxy Jul 5, 13:58
12,000 year old Shaman Burriel with very interesting grave goods -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 5, 13:56
CNN reports that Trump will announce his VP pick next week - ÜMLaut Jul 5, 13:48 10
- where do you put Pence's odds? -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 15:21 1
  - The fact that he's announcing before the convention makes me think it could be Pence, who needs to withdraw from the governor's race before then if - mara Jul 5, 15:42
- You called Palin right, I will defer to you. I think either Newt or her -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 13:55 1
  - in this year of jaw dropping WTF moments, Bailin Palin getting a 2nd try would be the most astonishing of all -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:38
- Waiting for Chris Christie to get back from vacation in Italy, probably. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 13:53 3
  - assumes facts not in evidence -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 13:54 2
    - He needs someone to pick up his Big Mac while he makes the announcement. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 13:55 1
      - recovering from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest board game. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:56
- What a dummy. Milk the Comey report a bit before bringing up another topic of conversation. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:49 1
  - shhhhhh -- nm - budice Jul 5, 13:54
LIR - I once flew from Socal to Idaho in a small plane with my boss, his wife, and an airsick cat..... - Meg Jul 5, 13:40 8
- Welcome to the Purge -- nm - budice Jul 5, 13:49
- i remember this scene from Scarface -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 13:46
- 'bathing the cat" seems like possibly an unwise decision. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 13:45 2
  - or an exremely unwise euphemism -- nm - con_carne Jul 5, 14:27
  - Well to quote C.W. McCall the smell in that plane was "In-tense" and we still had a way to go :) -- nm - Meg Jul 5, 13:50
- If this isn't a cover story for a covert operation I don't know what is. - iSpam Jul 5, 13:45 1
  - she can't tell us the details as all that got redacted -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:35
- ...and the bartender says, "I call it the Fur Ball." -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:43
House GOP members want to revive the independent counsel statue for . . . -- (link) - gerald Jul 5, 13:39 8
- How much will that cost? -- nm* - . Jul 5, 14:00
- Palmerston vs Pitt the Elder -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 13:55
- They can't govern, so they obstruct and investigate -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 13:43 2
  - And vote to repeal Obamacare every five days or so. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 5, 13:44 1
    - And they can pay for this out of their own pocket and not with tax payer money. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 13:46
- Typing is hard. Double post. -- nm* - Volnelk Jul 5, 13:41
- What a bunch of f*cking crybabies. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 13:40 1
  - "We HAVE to keep this in the news. Come on guys. No idea is a bad idea." -- nm - Volnelk Jul 5, 13:42
"Don't boo [Trump]. Vote!" - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 13:35 6
- I'll boo him, and her, and then vote for neither! -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 5, 13:41 4
  - it must be physically painful to be so much better than the rest of the world -- nm - gerald Jul 5, 14:01
  - Who boos the booers? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:48 1
    - Sweet Meteor of Death, duh -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 5, 14:00
  - OK. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 5, 13:42
- Yep. Good line. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 5, 13:39
*ends b2* -- nm - oblique Jul 5, 13:34

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