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Flavorize, yopu are Inactive on Ikariam. -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:38
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Wow, guys if you want to go to Asia you might want to look now. I'm getting sub $900 RTs for Kuala Lumpur in Sept/Oct. - spamlet Jul 18, 07:27 13
- NYC-SIN is $601-$626 in September (didn't check which airline). HKG IS $550 -- nm* - ty97 Jul 18, 07:28 12
  - Mine are mostly American with a few Delta in there as well. - spamlet Jul 18, 07:42 2
    - If it's KL, I think DL only gives partial MQM/miles on KL - ty97 Jul 18, 07:43 1
      - (KL here = Korean Airlines btw) -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:47
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    - Depends which airline you want - ty97 Jul 18, 07:39 1
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  - SIN as in Singapore? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:29 5
    - Well, it's a bit more pricey than Vegas -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 07:31
    - yes (sorry, I speak in airport codes a lot) -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:30 3
      - I just wanted to double check. Those prices are astounding. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:31 2
        
        Southeast Asia prices come in low sometimes, especially with competition from the ME3 carriers and the Chinese carriers. - ty97 Jul 18, 07:38
        
        yonh. -- nm - Diva Jul 18, 07:32
wait....Scott Baio is speaking ath the RNC? Seriously? -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:24 10
- as is a Duck Dynasty guy. Meanwhile the 2 living former GOP Presidents won't be there - nor will the Governor of Ohio (the host state) -- nm* - decline Jul 18, 07:28 4
  - Not with open carry. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 07:43
  - (last 2 Republican noms also skipping ) -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:30
  - Antonio Sabato Jr! -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:30
  - I'm moving to Mars. -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:29
- Well it is taking place right next door to the Charles in Charge fan con, so it was pretty convenient for him. -- nm - TorBaron Jul 18, 07:28 1
  - Will Jennifer Runyon be there? - David's iPad Jul 18, 07:36
- That's ICON Scott Baio. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:26 2
  - ~Trump in charge of our days and our nights. Trump in charge of our wrongs and our rights. So I say I want Trump in charge of me~ -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:29 1
    - Nice. -- nm - mara Jul 18, 07:40
me at level 4: "This game is fun, but it's not very challenging, the Pokemon just stand there and wait to be caught" - ty97 Jul 18, 07:21 40
- Also... - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:34 5
  - fyi, those are just "eggs". Lucky eggs are an item you use for 2x XP for 30 minutes -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 07:36 1
    - ah, right. thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:37
  - I found out yesterday that it does register distances (for incubators) while I'm kayaking :) -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:35 1
    - If I drive slow, I get credit. - ty97 Jul 18, 07:40
  - Yep, I have had 5 going at once and you get credit on all of them while walking. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 07:35
- I ran out of Pokemon balls last night trying to catch something. Grrr. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:33 11
  - Plus, I'm having server issues again. The game is down more than it's up. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:34 10
    - Yep. When I've been able to play I have to reboot every few mins. They'd better fix it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:35 9
      - This weekend was bad. I'm very surprised they are screwing this up so badly on that front -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 07:43 5
        
        From what little I know from my last job... - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:51
        
        Saturday they were hit with a DDoS attack from a hacker group. -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:44 3
        
        sure :) -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 07:45 2
        
        ok, a hacker group publically claimed to DDoS them on Saturday - decline Jul 18, 07:46 1
        
        I blame canada -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 07:47
      - I can't even sign in half the time. Using Google seems to work but using the trainer's club doesn't. I may need to start over using the Google sign in -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:38 2
        
        The trainer's club sign-in is a known problem they are working AFAIK -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:41 1
        
        I log in via google and was locked out a couple of hours yesterday, otherwise I can get in - ty97 Jul 18, 07:44
- those motherf*ckers. -- nm - Diva Jul 18, 07:32 2
  - uh oh. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:32 1
    - L3 -- nm - Diva Jul 18, 07:33
- "Don't you like you're home!? Stay in your home!" - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:31 8
  - spoiler - ty97 Jul 18, 07:34
  - razz berry's are your friend :) -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:33 6
    - I have tons of them so this is great. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:34 5
      - Just wait until your backpack is full and you start dumping stuff :( -- nm* - ty97 Jul 18, 07:36 4
        
        I don't battle alot so I'm constantly dumping potions and revives -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:42 1
        
        I haven't battled yet, so I'm doing the same for now -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:48
        
        You can buy a bigger backpack :) -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 07:38 1
        
        *gasp* spend money?!? -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:38
- LVL 11 -- nm - eag Jul 18, 07:30
- Level 16. 47 Caught/Seen. 380 Captured, 38 Evolved, 6 Hatched, 325 Pokestops -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:27 5
  - 16, 52, 424, 57, 8, 319 -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 07:39
  - I have no idea how to get these stats. -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:33 3
    - click on your guy in the bottom left & scroll down to see your badges -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:34 2
      - I see the badges, but don't see how you are getting those stats. -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 07:35 1
        
        the numbers under each badge. For instance Kanto is registered (you can click a badge for a description) -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:37
- I am also lvl 14 and when a fucking Pidgy wastes one of my Pokeballs I want to throw my phone at it. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 07:26
- I'm only at 7 and that kept happening last night. I had the same reaction. -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 07:24
- I'm level nine. I had to start over -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 18, 07:23
No charges for Eagle's WR Agholor from that alleged rape a couple months back -- (link) - decline Jul 18, 07:18
mafic's wedding looks *fun*. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:17 1
- I'll take the wedding night - con_carne Jul 18, 07:52
The last episode of "Making a Murderer"...H+ (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:04 2
- its pretty freakin incredible that it can go down like that - it can happen to any one of us -- nm - Epiphany Jul 18, 07:47
- two games of Age of Empires II (going old school...) B+ - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:12
An independent investigation led by a Canadian law professor has confirmed widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russian sports. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 07:01 1
- get. out. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 18, 07:05
Arian Foster to work out for Dolphins, Lions -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 07:00
Chairs that make you go "Hmm." -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 06:57 1
- This might be a trump vs hussein interior decoration quiz -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 07:25
we watched this fight Saturday night. We were so disgusted with the r3esult that we watched Bellator instead afterward -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 06:53 3
- This was a good fight? - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:06 1
  - wasn't bad. but at the time it seemed like Diaz got screwed over as he dominated, the other guy was docked a point and they still called it a draw - Beaker Jul 18, 07:12
- so we ended up seeing this....fractured skull for Cyborg Santos from a flying knee -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 06:55
guys, I heard this weekend that craig is retiring in december of this year, not december of next year *and* kate just told me - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 18, 06:49 11
- Bad news, Craig is being replaced with Chad. -- nm - TorBaron Jul 18, 07:38
- does this mean you'll get a widow? -- nm - decline Jul 18, 07:02 1
  - a window? I'm moving upstairs in ten days and *losing* my window. (my team will get windows, I lose mine.) -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 18, 07:05
- Is this good for you, a bump up with a raise maybe? -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 06:58
- what does that *mean"? -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 06:57 6
  - nobody knows! I mean, no craig means someone might actually make some decisions around here. I know there'll be significant change and that it'll be - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 18, 07:03 5
    - Is this a chance for you to grab some power and do some good? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:04 4
      - it.... might be. kate has to have the ear of whatever the new VP looks like, and kate loves the way I reinvent process. - unbreakable mandy jones Jul 18, 07:07 1
        
        In that case - get a window. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:08
      - or better, grab some power and do next to nothing! -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:06 1
        
        1) Grab Power 2) Get a Window. [nm] - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:07
Apple files to simplify streaming royalties for songwriters and takes aim directly at Spotify. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 18, 06:30 10
- That would pay songwriters $910 for a *million* plays...and is an improvement. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 18, 06:35 9
  - So Gangnan Style's video on youtube with just under 50mil views would basically have brought in less than 4,600 dollars. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 06:42
  - so...I shouldn't write a song and then hire people to listen to make money is what you are telling me... -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:38 6
    - Unless you can get them to work for under 1.8 cents per hour. -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 06:41 5
      - (This assumes a 3 minute song.) -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 06:47 3
        
        do you have to listen to the whole song for money? -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:49 2
        
        30 seconds on Spotify. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 18, 06:54 1
        
        I just increased my profit 6 fold! -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:57
      - I'm sure there are some 3rd world countries where that is the going rate -- nm - decline Jul 18, 06:41
  - Yup. -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 06:37
Early Mon RT check: Star Trek 90% (28/3), Ice Age 16% (6/31), Lights Out 100% (10/0). -- nm - TorBaron Jul 18, 06:24 11
- Re: Ice Age - I know I'm not the target audience but I have seen literally no advertising anywhere for this. -- nm* - Diva Jul 18, 06:41 1
  - Same for me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 06:44
- Oof. That's horrible for Ice Age. Good signs for Star Trek and Lights Out, though. -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 06:30
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  - i have to pick this week - do i see Nerve or Light's Out? Someone decide for me. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 06:42 2
    - lights out based on the trailer and reading the premise for both -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 07:16 1
      - i think this is the correct answer. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:20
  - the trailer for it makes me want to never turn the lights off again -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:33
- Ice Age: Collision Course opened in the UK this weekend (after previews the previous weekend), it didn't do particuarly well - LMS Jul 18, 06:28 2
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    - Is it the end of narrative cinema as we know it? -- nm - LMS Jul 18, 06:35
TWuG: the Civil War book I am reading is by Bruce Catton. Really like his writing style -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:09 4
- Cool. My friend is Eric Wittenberg. He focuses mostly on cavalry engagements. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 18, 06:12 3
  - cool! -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 06:17 2
    - He's working on a book on Grierson's Raid right now. - TWuG Jul 18, 06:39
    - that's a lot of cold -- nm - decline Jul 18, 06:25
Softbank to buy ARM Holdings for $32b. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 18, 06:03
on that Hamilton talk, i do wonder about maybe doing a limited special event where the show is broadcast to some movie theatres nationwide. - tRuMaN Jul 18, 05:45 2
- People would get in no matter what, and it wouldn't be just for schools. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 06:12
- He's been doing shows for NYC schoolkids and wants to do the same thing in Chicago -- (link) - oblique Jul 18, 05:59
st poll: What is the last movie, book, and music album you purchased? - tRuMaN Jul 18, 05:43 14
- movie : Copycat, book : Zoo, Music : new Blink 182 -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:26
- The Witch, (I don't remember), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend soundtracks and Hamilton soundtrack. -- nm - kelly Jul 18, 07:25
- Always Tomorrow in Hong Kong, The Fireman, Matt Nathanson's Show Me Your Fangs -- nm - David's iPad Jul 18, 06:38
- movie: Perks, I think; book: The Marked Girl, by one of my group; album: best of Prefab Sprout -- nm - gerald Jul 18, 06:32
- Ghostbusters II, The Drafter, the Postmodern Jukebox christmas album. -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 06:19
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- Movie: Central Intelligence at theatre, Book: Dr Seuss On Fish Two Fish and no idea for music. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 18, 06:15
- Probably SW:TFA, A Survival Guide to Japanese (that I need to get on), The Undertale Soundtrack for the kid. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 18, 06:05
- Age of Adaline, End of Watch, 25 - Adele -- nm - Jim Jul 18, 06:04
- Deadpool. Blink by William Swardstrom. I haven't bought a full album in over 20 years so no idea -- nm - decline Jul 18, 06:02
- Movie: The American President/Dave combo on Vudu. Book: The Hamilton book. Album: ... No idea really -- nm - oblique Jul 18, 05:58
- never buy movies. Book was The Seven Good Years. Album - Gregorian Chants (it was for a specific event reason.) -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 05:56
- Movie - Deadpool; Book - one of the freebies I get from ebookpub; album is Hamilton. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 05:48
- Movie: Minions, Book: kids book for daughter, CD: no idea...single would be Sound of Silence -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 05:45
July 18, 1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts - Beaker Jul 18, 05:41 5
- 5 Year Old Mel's first crush that wasn't animated. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 06:50 1
  - *moves that under Beaker's last post in this thread* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 07:12
- I still get chills just thinking about the line in the IM. -- nm - Inigo Jul 18, 05:54
- 1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives his car off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 05:42 1
  - 1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 05:43
Patricia Lake, Jasper, Alberta was the site of Operation Habbakuk, a top-secret WWII military project to build a prototype aircraft carrier out of ice - Beaker Jul 18, 05:39 2
- I did actually know. I think it was one of Churchill's ideas. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 06:52 1
  - I knew the idea existed, didn't know it was in Alberta -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 07:27
Good morning! -- nm - ty97 Jul 18, 05:34

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