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Wait..so the IOC dropped baseball because it was dominated by the US, but basketball the way it is is okay? -- nm* - . Aug 6, 02:54 3
- We lost in the 2004 Olympics. I thought baseball was removed because not enough countries played the sport year round not because we dominate. That - Krusty - The only honest STer Aug 6, 05:50 2
  - It was also that the baseball/softball complexes were expensive and went unused after so host countries complained. - iSpam Aug 6, 06:01 1
    - Right, there's that too. Good point. -- nm - Krusty - The only honest STer Aug 6, 06:05
ORDEM PROGRESSO -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 01:00
Start of ragweed season has hit me hard this week. And now, I'm feeling skin sensitivity and muscle ache like the start of a flu. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 00:58
Well said. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 6, 00:03
Jeez. Suicide Squad is rated PG in BC. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 22:51 2
- They must use worse language in Canada :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 6, 00:48 1
  - In Canada, anything that is not please or sorry is a swear word - zork Aug 6, 00:55
now I see why ty liked Tonga -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 22:46
WWE: the Cruiserweight Classic is fantastic. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano is a match of the year candidate. -- nm - Tim Aug 5, 22:33
Meg....myvegas has 2 night awards posted include bellagio (according to someone's message on a fan page) through Dec -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 22:11 5
- Not seeing it. Only 2-night package I see is on Bimini. Wonder if that's special to the mobile site ? -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 22:38 3
  - I suspect its only visible to those who have purchased chips -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 22:47 2
    - Ah right. Never have. -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 22:53 1
      - well as often as you go, or could go, might be worth while, it doesn't expire, so you would continue to get a 4th reward and see better options -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 22:58
- thanks. you made me look at their summer garden. I have to go there to walk thru it. the Under the Sea theme is stunning -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 5, 22:23
cable just screwed up and I have to reboot the box. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 22:01 5
- all I missed was cape Verde to Spain walking in -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 22:38 4
  - apparently the Tongan flag bearer steals the show, dressed in a skirt and a quart of coconut oil -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 22:49 3
    - was the skirt made of native plants? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 23:00 2
      - only saw a thumbnail on FB, probably cloth, doesn't look like a grass thatch -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 23:04 1
        
        googled, autofill was on it, (the damn fb story used a different set of photos on the actual page) -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 5, 23:10 [Image]
Too bad spawn isn't on FB, I think he'd get a kick out of the video of Declan that I just posted! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 5, 21:56 1
- Pixie needs to see it. Pixie would LOVE it -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 22:00
Just finished up the extended cut Batman Vs Superman (thanks, Pippy!). It really is kind of a mess. (minor spoiler question) - JaxSean Aug 5, 21:50 6
- It was 2 hours of shit and 20 minutes of fun. BAD movie -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 22:01 2
  - This was longer! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 22:28 1
    - We have that version too but I went theatrical for my first view. Probably my only view. Lex was played horribly bad -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 22:33
- spoilers - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:53 2
  - The only other thing I was thinking was (spoils) - JaxSean Aug 5, 21:57 1
    - Did you see the - con_carne Aug 6, 05:24
omg, Texiera bawling like a baby at his post-game press conference - gerald Aug 5, 21:37
I've already awarded Finland a medal just for their flag bearer -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 21:30 1
- Would you say that she's quite a Sirén? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 21:47
Pretty awesome choice for torch lighter -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 21:26 3
- Who is it? Can't watch it -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 21:30 2
  - (spoils?) - JaxSean Aug 5, 21:55 1
    - Yeah, that's a good choice. (spoils) - Beryllium Aug 5, 22:01
Not surprising given the political situation but there appeared to be some significant booing of Temer there. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 21:08
Thunder Road (The Sundance Grand Jury Award winning short film) -- (link) - Dano Aug 5, 21:02 [vimeo]
The IOC President speech has always been a worse segment than the Academy President speech. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:56
Holy flip. Maureen McCormick is 60?!??!? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 20:53 3
- i'm going to be 60 in less than 2 months -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 21:26
- Yeah, I posted that on the BB's -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 21:23
- An odd choice to light the Olympic flame -- nm - gerald Aug 5, 21:02
Julia Stiles is morphing into Joan Allen before our very eyes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 20:48
b.hammers post -- nm* - gerald Aug 5, 20:39 1
- Opening Ceremonies: Screen saver made by humans in real life -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 20:47
I think "Suicide Squad" refers to what it drives people to. - Marlowe Aug 5, 20:36 5
- I disagree with your IM. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 20:40 4
  - It's barely. - Marlowe Aug 5, 20:47 3
    - Dude. The score had lyrics playing at the same time as dialogue. - Spawn Aug 5, 20:49 2
      - Thankfully, because the dialogue was bad. - Marlowe Aug 5, 20:54 1
        
        I watched BvS twice. Even with Harley booty, I will not watch SS again. - Spawn Aug 5, 20:56
There, I fixed it -- nm - prayformojo, sledgehammer o'er his shoulder Aug 5, 20:36
Hellllooo Tonga -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:33
STIS: What legitimate site(s) can I get my credit report and score from? - JaxSean Aug 5, 20:30 13
- Some other credit cards will also give you your score. -- nm - . Aug 5, 21:31
- JustGiveMeYourSocial.com is probably not one of them. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 20:49 1
  - NOW you tell me. -- nm - JaxSean's Identity Aug 5, 21:06
- Do you have a Discover card? -- nm - gerald Aug 5, 20:37 2
  - no. I believe they'll now give you your score even if you don't, but just your score, I think. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 20:39 1
    - Yeah, I just look at the score -- nm - gerald Aug 5, 20:40
- AnnualCreditReport.com is the one required to give you free copies -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:34 2
  - But they don't give you a score -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 20:36 1
    - I thought the law had changed that you had to be given your score, was I wrong? -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:56
- Credit karma will get 2 of 3. The FTC website will have the link to the free ones you get once per year. -- nm - iSpam Aug 5, 20:34 1
  - looks like the FTC site says to use annualcreditreport.com. thx -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 20:40
- I use creditkarma. -- nm - GregW Aug 5, 20:33 1
  - Does it give you both your score and your reports for the three agencies? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 20:40
somehow, this is going to end with me driving my car off a cliff in a hail of police gunfire -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 20:08 8
- Are you using Chrome or Firefox to get to the admin screen? - Reagen Aug 5, 21:38
- Maybe you're too addicted to the internet... -- nm - David Aug 5, 20:15 6
  - Well he is missing the Orlando Bloom / Justin Bieber peen war. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 20:28 1
    - Don't be creepy. -- nm - David Aug 5, 21:07
  - how *else* am I going to stock up on Oogieloves references and plan my trip to take in the bridges of Madison County? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 20:17 3
    - here. you're gonna need a pair of matched pearl handled 1911's -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 20:25
    - wtf is an Oogielove? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 5, 20:22 1
      - Shh...just be happy you don't know. -- nm - . Aug 5, 20:27
Can anyone recommend a good router? -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 20:07 4
- Yes! -- nm - Zombie JaxSean Aug 5, 20:27
- Apparently not. -- nm - iSpam Aug 5, 20:27
- dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 20:15
- I like my Archer -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 20:12
Did I miss the part with the giant inflatable octopus and the Spice Girls? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 20:05
Thanks Bery! -- nm - Zombie JaxSean Aug 5, 20:04
Who dat doing the opening narration on NBC? -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 20:02 3
- Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera, Hoda Kotb -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 20:04 2
  - Not the opening narration I meant. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 20:06 1
    - I'm thinking it's Harry Lennix. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 20:09
Fortunately, there is a full bottle of bourbon to get me through this - prayformojo Aug 5, 19:58
Shorts with jackets? What was that Great Britain? -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 19:57
Potentially a sad ending to the career of Big Time Timmy Jim. -- nm - Tim Aug 5, 19:56
Mozambique! Happy to be in a country that speaks the same language! -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:51
"Who you gonna call? Albania! Who you gonna call? Algeria!" -- nm - David Aug 5, 19:45
SSC: I enjoy the Parade of Nations. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:44 6
- I love everything Olympics. It's fun to see the outfits and happy athletes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 19:47
- I'd enjoy it more if they showed all the countries and quit pretending it's live. - . Aug 5, 19:46 4
  - Sure, watching it without ads would be fun, as would watching live, but I still enjoy it. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:56 1
    - NBC's taken a lot of the fun out of it for me. - . Aug 5, 20:12
  - hmm..maybe they changed that this time. -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:47 1
    - Or that's a cable channel - . Aug 5, 19:53
Up to ep 7 of Stranger Things. Spoiler question... - GregW Aug 5, 19:42 1
- Spoiler - JD Aug 5, 20:14
Wow!! Sunset in Montana! -- (link) - Bacon Aug 5, 19:41
Jeebus they're only on K. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 19:39 1
- They'll be out of the K-Hole soon enough -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:41
The Djibouti delegation looked like they all just got out of the shower. I love the outfits from some of these countries. - Krusty Aug 5, 19:38 3
- USA is boring -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:42 2
  - We looked like preppy douches. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 19:44 1
    - That would describe the customers Lauren designs for, -- nm - . Aug 5, 20:28
In live facebook feeds is there a way to turn off the floating likes? annoying! -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 19:36 2
- How will you heart various things? -- nm* - Krusty Aug 5, 19:39 1
  - These are floating along the bottom of the live video. -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 19:54
Me: "Why does Guam get to walk in alone, they're our territory". Brother: "Well Philippines gets to walk in alone" -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:25 14
- Well ... he does kinda have a point. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 5, 19:44 7
  - Which is? -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 19:46 2
    - I dunno. Still trying to figure that out ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 5, 19:52
    - "We saved their ass in dubya dubya two"? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:47
  - Does Puerto Rico send their own team? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:45 3
    - Apparently (brother wants to 'tape' PR for his partner who is at work) -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:57
    - Yes. The US Virgin Islands and American Samoa send separate teams as well. (As well as territories of other nations - eg Aruba, Cook Islands, Bermuda) -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 19:47 1
      - America Samoa has some of my favotite costumes - half-naked men with beautiful tattoos. -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:55
- Philipines is an independent country. -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:32 5
  - (that's the point) -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:33 4
    - Guam is semi autobomous? And don't Canada and Australia have their iwn teams? -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:39 3
      - Canada and Australia are autonomous nations. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 19:41 2
        
        ! -- nm - andie Aug 6, 04:25
        
        ;) It's the Olympics Jake. -- nm - . Aug 5, 19:44
3 hours. Holy hell what a piece of crap. Plus 45 minutes on hold for tech support before the call was disconnected -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 5, 19:19 6
- Really? I didn't have any real issues. -- nm - iSpam Aug 5, 20:00 1
  - I guess I should be helpful. What are you trying to do? -- nm - iSpam Aug 5, 20:03
- This is what happens when you get router recommendations from people who aren't me! -- nm - David Aug 5, 19:48 3
  - which one did he go for? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:53 1
    - No idea. I'm just teasing him. -- nm - David Aug 5, 19:55
  - PFM was routed -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 19:49
Ugh Roger. I'm already stressing over the 2020 Parade of Nations. - ty97 Aug 5, 19:19
Presidential -- (link) - Spawn Aug 5, 19:18
10 years ago in theaters: Step Up, World Trade Center, Pulse, Zoom, (ltd): Conversations With Other Women -- (edited) - Max Aug 5, 19:16 13
- One of the great movie franchises of all times was born. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 19:56
- I have not seen any of these movies. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:17
- 15 years ago: American Pie 2, The Others, Osmosis Jones, (ltd): Session 9 - Max Aug 5, 19:17 10
  - Yes, Yes, No, No -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:27
  - 20 years ago: Jack, Escape From L.A., (ltd): Basquiat, Flirt - Max Aug 5, 19:18 8
    - Oh, flirt. -- nm - Amanda Aug 5, 20:50
    - Yes, No, No, No -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:27
    - 25 years ago: Double Impact, Pure Luck, Bingo, Delirious, (ltd): Paris is Burning -- nm - Max Aug 5, 19:19 4
      - Yes, No, No, No, No -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:27
      - 30 years ago: One Crazy Summer, A Fine Mess, Transformers: The Movie, (ltd): Stand By Me, She's Gotta Have It - Max Aug 5, 19:20 2
        
        Um, not in theatre, but I saw transformers and stand by me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 19:28
        
        35 years ago: Student Bodies, and... Condorman! - Max Aug 5, 19:22 [youtube]
    - Yeah, August used to be crap month -- nm - gerald Aug 5, 19:18

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