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2 California men fall off edge of ocean bluff while playing 'Pokemon Go' -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 12:17 7
- that whole "sunny acres" section is something. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 12:25
- ok, this beats the two dumbasses who broke into the zoo at night...nm - x Jul 14, 12:20 3
  - I'm half-convinced that P:G is a secret plot to cull millenials. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 12:24 2
    - and their parents, the Gen Xers. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 12:26
    - you always find the silver lining -- nm - mud Jul 14, 12:25
- has anyone heard from Bacon ? -- nm - decline Jul 14, 12:18 1
  - YSMM. - Spawn Jul 14, 12:20
Another old tweet from Pence he may want to delete. -- (link) - mara Jul 14, 12:14
Alaska air is comping fare to police honor guards going to Dallas -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 12:07
A Gigantic List of Tech Leaders Just Publicly Slammed Donald Trump -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 12:05
sitwap: Margot Robbie getting some therapy from Gronk -- (link) - Remlik Jul 14, 12:04 [youtube] 4
- oh, mental therapy. not physical therapy. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:12 3
  - oh I don't doubt that she had a taste of the Gronkster -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 12:22 2
    - I still don't get what is appealing about him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 12:25 1
      - he's decently hot, and he has a good sense of humor including about himself. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 12:27
At this point, I want Trump to give a big SIKE!!!!!! and go with someone nobody had on the radar. -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 14, 12:02 5
- At this point it seems anybody but drumpf could beat hillary, Jindal, bush....ok maybe not Palin -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 12:14
- "What we know: aides to Pence and other VP hopefuls thought Trump would call earlier today, make things clear. But Trump holding off for now." -- (link) - gerald Jul 14, 12:07
- Andrew Coolidge, currently Chico City Council Member -- nm - amoxy Jul 14, 12:07
- Langdon Alger? -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 12:04
- That is kind of what he did. - Spawn Jul 14, 12:04
CBS poll: Even among Republicans, over 80% are not familiar with Pence. 7% have a favorable view of him, while 6% view him unfavorably. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 12:02
classic dwight howard.... -- (link) - x Jul 14, 12:02 1
- lofl -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 12:03
They tweaked the loading screen. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 14, 11:58 2
- I almost got side-swiped while driving the other day. I'm sure the person on their phone was playing Pokemon. -- nm - David Jul 14, 12:13 1
  - was it Jax? -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 12:13
I emailed my wife that mini-NES link and said we should buy it for the kids for Christmas. Her reply: "Where's Contra?!!!!" - Name Withheld by Request Jul 14, 11:54 11
- So the kids will never see it. -- nm - . Jul 14, 12:26
- (dupe) -- nm* - . Jul 14, 12:26
- It's there in the list. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 14, 12:04 1
  - That would be perfect. 30 games!!!! nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:06
- You outkicked your coverage with her. - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:57
- There *is* Super C. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:57 3
  - She must have forgotten the connection. (I didn't instantly pull it myself.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 14, 12:24
  - Which is actually the better game. nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:13 1
    - agreed. It was the closest I came to Gamer Zen. My brother and I had the muscle memory down perfectly. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 12:23
- ha...nm - x Jul 14, 11:55
- you married well -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 11:55
Great news everybody! -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 11:53
How is it that I can be dealing with this much band drama for something that's supposed to just be a fun hobby. Honestly you'd think we were the - pmb Jul 14, 11:47 18
- we will need details, of course... -- nm - Diva Jul 14, 12:00 6
  - Some details are below Andie's post. There's more to it than just that, but this is the current main drama. I still can't get over how delusional - pmb Jul 14, 12:08 5
    - like, has there been discussion about doing a CD or anything? -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 12:25 1
      - Well, our teacher just built a recording studio in his home (a professional quality studio). My daughter has done some recording there. He does want - pmb Jul 14, 12:30
    - "if I spend time on something, I deserve an award!" (if it wouldn't escalate things, I'd suggest arranging for her to receive a participation medal.) -- nm - b. Jul 14, 12:23
    - Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment to Sparkle Motion -- nm - decline Jul 14, 12:18
    - "We ain't Great! We're just some guys from Jersey!! -- nm - pmb and The Cruisers Jul 14, 12:11
- try being the lukewarm water....nm - x Jul 14, 11:54
- lol, a band without drama, lol -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:52 1
  - The original name of The Decemberists! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 11:55
- what kind of drama? who is the Yoko? -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 11:48 7
  - better question: who is Lindsey Buckingham and who is Steve Nicks? eh? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 14, 12:06
  - It's not really a Yoko situation. I'm not sure what the best analogy is. We just have people who are delusional about what we are. What we are in - pmb Jul 14, 12:05 5
    - You're just one of the out of focus guys? -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 12:10
    - call the teacher back and tell him to sign off on your gig rider and then MAYBE you will comment on how last night went - Epiphany Jul 14, 12:08 2
      - The funny thing is we just played Saturday at a music festival and it went great. We had a crowd of a couple of hundred (not just friends and family - pmb Jul 14, 12:12 1
        
        that is sort of odd - about the band response - Epiphany Jul 14, 12:14
    - does someone want to leave an hunt aliens? -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 12:07
THe last time a GOP ticket won without someone from the South or West was Coolidge-Dawes in 1924 -- (link) - decline Jul 14, 11:46 1
- I know who Dawes is! He has a mansion near here. - . Jul 14, 12:25
LIR...You never go FULL Carolina -- nm - Epiphany Jul 14, 11:45 2
- Just the tip? -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:46 1
  - tri-tip is California nonsense -- nm - Epiphany Jul 14, 12:05
Mike Pence: “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional." -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 14, 11:44 3
- Mike Pence: Nevermind. Someone must have hacked my account. Ban the Muslims!! -- nm - pmb Jul 14, 11:48 2
  - "Every American is entitled to a fair trial and an impartial judge, but of course I think those comments were inappropriate,” he said. - Spawn Jul 14, 11:52 1
    - "American" - gerald Jul 14, 11:56
No Man's Sky - Explore trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 14, 11:42 [youtube] 6
- what's the point of this game? - Reagen Jul 14, 11:46 3
  - Basically - Strongbad Jul 14, 11:47
  - exploration and discovery -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:47 1
    - and naming planets you discover after genitalia -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 11:54
- stop trailering and just give us the damn game already -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:43
- +20 SB Points -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 14, 11:43
I'm going out to pick up lunch and...hunt. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:37 17
- apparently there is basically an active lure downstairs at all times, i've discovered today. - Andie Jul 14, 11:44 12
  - how are you playing?? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 14, 11:46 8
    - apk app. everyone is playing here -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 11:46 7
      - Okay, my curiosity has reached peak. How do Canadians get it? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 14, 11:48 4
        
        it's just moose dressed up as Pokemon. -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 12:21
        
        Apkmirror is where I got it from. It's safe. -- nm - J Jul 14, 12:04
        
        i got a link from this article (just last night) -- (link) - Andie Jul 14, 11:50 1
        
        (which reminded me i needed to go back and change my Unknown Sources option back to 'no.') -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 11:51
      - #JeSuisAmerican -- nm - budice Jul 14, 11:47 1
        
        like anyone cares, Vulture confirms what we already know, Canada is awash in Drowzees. -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 11:47
  - innovation park (where I work) is lit up like a christmas tree. I can see five lures from my desk. (I can only reach two.) -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 14, 11:45 2
    - i can't reach any pokestops from my desk. a few are *so close* but not quite. -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 11:46 1
      - when I move, I think I will only be able to see one from my desk. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 14, 11:49
- Remember to crouch, roll, and take cover behind the park bench. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:42
- CNM: Pokemon Hunter -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:42
- Is... is the grease paint really necessary? -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:41 1
  - Ties a bandana *really freaking tight* around my forehead..... -- nm* - Mel SI Jul 14, 11:43
John Travolta to film John Gotti biopic movie in Cincinnati -- (link) - budice Jul 14, 11:35 1
- Cincinnati is the new New York. As far as shooting a movie is concerned. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 14, 11:39
WWE/NXT spoilers - Tim Jul 14, 11:35
Nice to see the Post renewed their license for Mad-Libs Headline Generator: "A teen stripper, an arson and the case of the telltale potato" -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 14, 11:33 1
- This will be Encyclopedia Brown's raciest mystery yet! -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:37
Man, that McLaughlin Group video is like a dispatch from an alternate universe. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:29 2
- That Christopher Matthews is going places, I tell you. -- nm - psilotum Jul 14, 11:43 1
  - Perhaps if he yelled more. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:46
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is abandoning his re-election bid -- nm - budice Jul 14, 11:26 19
- I don't understand his math here. Presuming he's a smart guy he should see that their chances are weak. What's the benefit to him? -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:31 12
  - Are they weak? -- nm - TorBaron Jul 14, 11:38 1
    - Man cannot live by white bread alone. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:39
  - He was going to lose the governorship anyway, so may as go for the big. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 11:36 1
    - ah, then that does make sense, because he can say he didn't lose reelection and Trump was the reason their ticket lost last time.. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:38
  - A national profile which is probably better than he's likely to ever really have. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:33 7
    - right, it got Palin, what? 8 years of publicity and jobs she never would have got. - decline Jul 14, 11:37
    - But why not get reelected and then just try next time on his own? If he loses now he's got no record for the next 3+ years. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:35 3
      - in no way would he have kep the Governership. -- nm - Remlik Jul 14, 12:01 1
        
        yeah, I didn't know much about him, I was just assuming he had incumbent clout. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:08
      - he's apparently pretty unpopular in Indiana, after the gay pizza law -- nm - gerald Jul 14, 11:36
    - Tell-all book and talking head. Both pay better than civil service -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 11:35
    - "Yep, I'm the guy who agreed to run with THAT guy" -- nm - gerald Jul 14, 11:35
- now watch Trump eff him over at the last second -- nm - gerald Jul 14, 11:29
- Silver Lining x 10 -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:26 4
  - what are the chances a Democrat can take his place? -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:29 3
    - depends on the GOP'er they get to replace him. The top Dem that keeps running for Gov is a clown. -- nm - Remlik Jul 14, 11:35
    - In Indiana? Not very good. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 14, 11:34 1
      - not true it just depends on the Dem. Evan Bay was our last Dem Gov -- nm - Remlik Jul 14, 11:35
Query - do you think if you put a phone on a turntable on slow speed it will register as walking? probably not, right? too small a space. - Andie Jul 14, 11:20 14
- patryk told me earlier this week that yes -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 14, 11:34 2
  - was that patyrk for real for real the other day? - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:36 1
    - yes. last night out I was telling him something and he was like, oh yeah, I saw that posted. a little weird but whatever. - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 14, 11:42
- Y'all need to seek help. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:32
- just duct tape it to a kid in the neighborhood -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 11:29 1
  - while he is locked in your basement. -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 11:33
- maybe? The gps isn't totally accurate and it shows me moving sometimes while sitting -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:23 1
  - ditto. I noticed this from my couch at home yesterday. There's a pokestop across the street. Most of the time it's out of range but sometimes not. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:27
- Just get Roomba and keep it on all day. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 11:22 1
  - Of course you'd need a secondary burner phone for this specifically. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 11:22
- I am serious: roomba. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:21 1
  - i do not have a roomba, or a dog. but i DO have a turntable. - Andie Jul 14, 11:22
- nope, duct tape it to the dog instead. -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 11:21
- I read an article claiming that it would work. I'm very skeptical. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 11:21
CNN: no offical call to Pence has been made as of yet -- (link) - gerald Jul 14, 11:19 1
- he's none the wiser? -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:31
Hey hyde, it is also National Hot Dog Day. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:19 1
- what the hell? this is ridiculous....nm - x Jul 14, 11:36
The Open golf spoils -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 14, 11:19 5
- i'm listening to the brit radio feed. in the post match, they asked him (spoils) - x Jul 14, 11:38 3
  - Haters gonna hate - hate - hate -- nm - Strongbad Jul 14, 11:48 1
    - he's a great golfer, but he's got choke issues...nm - x Jul 14, 11:50
  - *laughing* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:41
- How's Tiger doing ? -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:22
and apparently I've been playing on my own plan's wi-fi... - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:18 6
- I use it constantly on my data plan and since July 6th I've used 152MB of data - so the data seems fairly light -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:22 4
  - I wonder when the news reports will hit of parents getting stupidly high cell bills due to data usage. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 11:23 2
    - I can see it for some of these kids I see just sitting in the park for hours playing -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:24 1
      - Definitely. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 11:28
  - thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:23
- thousand dolla phone bill -- nm - groiny Jul 14, 11:20
The rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble, well they're only made of clay. But our love is here to stay -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:16
Bill Murray -- (link) - Spawn Jul 14, 11:16 1
- and Clooney and the wife looked to have polished off a bottle by themselves. No glass near Murray. - Mel Profit Jul 14, 11:20
*uppercut* -- nm - Bald Bull Jul 14, 11:14
oink oink -- nm - gerald Jul 14, 11:12 1
- Zabedeezoink -- nm - Beck Jul 14, 11:14

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