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Just saw the Dane news. I shall watch as much Handball as possible. -- nm* - Todd Manning - 160 days till Monster Trucks Aug 6, 17:23
Yankees announce presser tomorrow at 11am. Topic: ARod. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 17:04 4
- Retirement presser or a release presser? -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 17:11 3
  - Unknown, but the spec has been the latter. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 17:13 1
    - My guess is he's retiring at the end of the season. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 17:23
  - They are going to release him I heard -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 17:12
Pokemon GO STers. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 6, 16:59 1
- Heh heh. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 6, 17:32
Suicide Sqaud impressions across the social media networks.... - Remlik Aug 6, 16:55 4
- It's a shame DC and WB ruined their movie universe. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 6, 17:16 2
  - They didn't make them dark enough. You know like the darkness of Marvel. -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 17:18 1
    - Maybe next time! -- nm - David's iPad Aug 6, 17:20
- I shorted it this morning, with confidence -- nm - gerald Aug 6, 17:01
This business will get out of control. It'll get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through the night. -- nm - China's Men's Basketball Team Aug 6, 16:45
Why does Hope Solo not get the Ray Rice treatment? -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 16:43 2
- Because she is 'hot'. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 17:24
- Cause she wins gold medals for Murcia. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 16:59
I love this comparison. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 16:24
Olympics challenge spreadsheet updated. Nobody hit the air pistol jackpot. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 16:20 2
- Mara is doing very well -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 16:32 1
  - It's a strong start, but keep in mind the winning total will likely be comfortably over 1,000. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 17:22
Been out all day so just now seeing all the Olympics choices on xfinity. Incredible. - zunk via drone Aug 6, 15:55 7
- Determined Womens Handball 100 times more entertaining than Mens Field Hockey. -- nm - zunk via drone Aug 6, 16:25
- I have water polo on the TV and men's gymnastics on the computer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 15:58 5
  - If you know what I mean -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 17:24 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 17:25
  - I've got Women's soccer on one tv and the Cubs on another, - . Aug 6, 16:15 2
    - South Africa vs China not the most dynamic game. -- nm - . Aug 6, 16:17 1
      - The polo match was one sided and dull but the gymnastics is great. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 16:19
Wow - znufrii, dad. Aug 6, 15:38
Prelim soccer at the Olympics: is it pool/point play? or one and done? -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 15:31 1
- Pool -- nm - Marlowe Aug 6, 15:32
I didn't realize the creator of the This Is Fine dog did an update a few days ago. -- (link) - mara Aug 6, 15:24
Suicide Squad just played another song. - David's iPad Aug 6, 15:19 1
- All my friends are heathens take it slow. (nm) - Tim Aug 6, 15:47
I feel bad that we didn't miss a regular poster for over a year. I am just as guilty - amoxy Aug 6, 15:05 22
- I wish we were still in touch with the old IRC crowd. FullMerino and Cal-dree in particular. - Meg Aug 6, 15:57 2
  - OTT/little bird -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 18:37
  - I mentioned yesterday that I do keep tabs on BAD. Also Trish and Crash if they don't come by for a while. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 15:59
- BTW, do we know what's up with Marcel? I don't Facebook much. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 15:28 4
  - He posts on FB pretty regularly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 15:29 3
    - In German.... or is it Swiss? -- nm* - . Aug 6, 16:06
    - good. thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:36
    - Ah, okay. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 15:31
- I've been thinking I need to make sure my daughter has my login info in case she needs it. - Meg Aug 6, 15:28 4
  - I'm pretty sure that top secret medical program you went through during the 60s at the behest of J Edgar Hoover means you'll be terrorizing everyone - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:33 3
    - Oh, I plan to - just have to try not to walk in front of a bus ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 15:38 1
      - thattagirl. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:40
    - "Why is J. Edgar Hoover on your phone?" "He's on everyone else's, why shouldn't he be on mine?" -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 15:38
- I mentioned his absence and tried reaching out many months ago but obviously never heard back. - Krusty Aug 6, 15:14 6
  - Yeah, I'd also tried to locate him. I have a Danish friend and I almost had asked him to look into it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 6, 15:24 1
    - why don't you, maybe there was something in the paper, he wasn't old, so was it an accident, heart attack? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 18:38
  - I messaged him on FB in June of last year. Three months after he passed. :-( - Krusty Aug 6, 15:20 3
    - I Googled his name every few months or so, and found it difficult to find anything due to the language barrier. I couldn't find an obit though, so - kelly Aug 6, 15:43 2
      - Yeah, searching for him on Google wasn't fruitful. I was hoping he'd just stepped away - Krusty Aug 6, 15:56 1
        
        I'd googled three times in the last year and came up with nothing. OTH, the most recent stuff I found on him was 2012. -- nm - . Aug 6, 16:11
- you're not alone. I've been feeling badly since the news came out. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:13 1
  - This -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 15:34
Women's Handball Brazil v. Defending champ Norway (spoilers) -- (link) - amoxy Aug 6, 15:01 7
- I literally did not know this game existed until this morning and this match. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 15:16 5
  - It's one of the big four in high school here.. - Marlowe Aug 6, 15:32
  - It was one of Dane's favorite sports and he posted about it sometimes. It's pretty much the only reason I know about it. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 6, 15:22 2
    - We played it in high school. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 6, 15:28 1
      - It looks like a fun sport and it seems to be high scoring. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 15:32
  - I was talking to a friend in the phone and he said the same thing. He also kept mentioning how hot they are. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 15:18
- Gawd no don't spoil that! -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 15:03
My brain keeps telling me it should be dark outside. I just feel like it should be 9pm. -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 6, 14:56
AT&T finally wore me down. I now have u-verse internet and phone :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 14:47 4
- I had the worst customer service experience with them yesterday. I spent 2 hours and spoke to 7 different people, at 5 different numbers to try and -- (edited) - jnine Aug 6, 15:02 1
  - Their CS people are useless. I hesitate to say they're lying but they sure give some incorrect information. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 15:06
- We're in the minority that have Comcast and have never had an issue with them in 18 years. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 15:00 1
  - Local cable is Time-Warner. We had them years ago and I'm wired for them - they'll be a bargaining chip in - Meg Aug 6, 15:03
With Hollywood looking to remake anything that was either vaguely successful in the past or has a chance of being successful, I would love for someone to consider -- (edited) - Mel Profit Aug 6, 14:42 5
- All I can think of is Sting in that blue wave speedo. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 15:05
- I want them to remake Flash Gordon -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 14:53
- perhaps you missed this -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 14:45 2
  - I saw it. It was good. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 14:49 1
    - get Kyle to play the father role -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 14:53
That one French woman is, like, Reagensized -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 14:31 1
- That one French woman with The Hair is making a real statement. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 14:42
Star Trek DS9: showrunner Ira Steven Behr is working on a documentary and they've started writing the 8th season.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 14:21
USA/FRA soccer spoiler - Krusty Aug 6, 14:20
women's rugby sevens doesn't have a lot of competitive balance, I'm discovering. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 14:15
"OK, so gender-flipping 80s classics is the new thing. Here's my idea: gender-flipped Three Men and a Baby. ... It was the top hit of 1987, come on!" -- nm - Some Studio, Probably Aug 6, 14:12 5
- Isn't that Bad Moms? -- nm - . Aug 6, 16:05
- Three Women and a Grandpa -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 14:15 3
  - They already did Charlie's Angels. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 14:28 1
    - ouch....truth...hurts -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 15:36
  - the golden boys -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 14:22
Vudu.com help please - I bought digital codes and went to vudu.com to load them in and they say " invalid code". - Epiphany Aug 6, 13:46 5
- They might be Canadan. It's why I don't use that site. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 6, 15:28 2
  - Yes. That is the issue. I tried the work around. No good. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 16:06 1
    - Whatcha got? -- nm - J Aug 6, 16:17
- A couple movies I have had to be added at the studio site, then it showed up on Vudu. - Covington Aug 6, 15:12
- Maybe they have out codes wrong -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:57
USA/FRA women's soccer spoiler -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 6, 13:20 3
- Spoiler - Krusty Aug 6, 13:43 2
  - I wish I could watch the match. -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 6, 14:09 1
    - Do you need log-in info or just not able to watch for other reasons? -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 16:01
Diva made a Boxing Funny this AM. I mentioned that Andre Ward was fighting tonight. To which she immediately deadpanned... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:19
History question: What year was the Golden Spike? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 13:12 12
- 1870? - Will Hunting Aug 6, 13:16 8
  - Yes. Thanks Wild, Wild West. -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 14:09 3
    - It was hammered in by a giant mechanical spider? -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 14:12 2
      - Serious answer - the giant mechanical spider interrupts the golden spike ceremony -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 14:45 1
        
        You're doing noble work, remembering plot details from that movie so others don't have to. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 14:57
  - Oh, duh. 1868. -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 13:17 2
    - May 10th 1869 -- (link) - amoxy Aug 6, 13:18 1
      - And 100 years and 5 days later I was born. -- nm* - Bacon Aug 6, 13:19
  - Close, very close -- nm* - amoxy Aug 6, 13:16
- 1849? -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 13:15 2
  - Gold rush was responsible for the wanting of the railroad, so I guess 1874 -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 13:17
  - Cold -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 13:16
Why is the Olympic field hockey being held at Boise St? -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 13:02
Iran bans Pokemon Go -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 12:43 9
- One really funny thing from last night was that Fenway was a Gym. I was there early and by myself so I had time to kill... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:40 5
  - How do you earn coins in gyms? I have had a few of mine in gyms over the last few days but don't see extra coins. -- nm - kelly Aug 6, 14:56 1
    - Become a member of a gym. Go to your shop and click on the shield in the upper right corner - decline Aug 6, 15:42
  - you know the Ayatollah banned the game so he can have all the gyms for himself -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 14:16
  - There was a line down the block from one store which was/is the pearl jam merch store this morning. -- nm* - TRuMaN Aug 6, 14:10 1
    - yeah, there's a lot of merch floating around in town this weekend. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 14:37
- Iran is like that kid we all knew who hated chocolate because his little sister liked it. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:18
- Still no ban on public executions -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 13:01 1
  - Imagine the pokeballs generated there though. -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 13:28
So I saw suicide squad today. There was only like 30 people in the theater. Honestly it was about on par with BvS to me. - TRuMaN Aug 6, 12:41
Gregg Allman cancels tour and enters Mayo Clinic with undisclosed 'serious health issues' -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 6, 12:41
I dug the Stranger Things pilot a lot -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 12:18
Slikova all over. Mmmmmmmmmmm Slikova -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 12:06
Kevin Smith gave a glowing review of SS and he is getting blasted in the comments section for it from his fans. Heh -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 12:03 2
- To be fair, if he's using his movies as the judgment bar..... -- nm - JD Aug 6, 12:05
- Link -- (link) - Bacon Aug 6, 12:04
ANd your Olympic Joe Thiesman moment.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 12:03 7
- The video is a little fuzzy on the landing but then he rolls over and his leg - amoxy Aug 6, 13:02
- That's straight up Sid Vicious like... -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 12:29
- Well, at least it wasn't Zika. -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 12:26
- Just saw that. Holy mother of god. I like how the video lasted just long enough to go "oh shit, look away." -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 12:25
- not gonna click -- nm* - Dano Aug 6, 12:21 1
  - I cringed in store -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 12:36
- Was I not supposed to do that? -- nm - Leg Aug 6, 12:13
Ping Pong spoiler - Krusty Aug 6, 12:02
Anyone else having issues updating to iOS 9.3.4? - spamlet Aug 6, 11:54
ML if this creepy politician becomes a client I want a piece.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 11:50 2
- Alas not my district -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 13:14
- Snort -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:40
Donald Trump has Todd Akin's vote all wrapped up. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 11:47
This road cycling race is crazy dangerous. So many crashes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 11:29 3
- Well, it's hard to concentrate when you've got a kilo of Coke strapped to your back - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:36
- totes cray cray -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 11:30 1
  - 2 hours. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:41
Olympics - Mens Road Race spoils... - budice Aug 6, 11:29 1
- D'oh. spoils - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 11:47
There's a scary chance that Suicide Squad doesn't earn $275 million domestically. - David Aug 6, 11:21 3
- WB is doing everything they can to kill comicbook movies. They should give Marvel Studios all the DC characters. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 14:51 1
  - A woman in a Daddy's Lil Monster shirt got up and left during the final battle. - David's iPad Aug 6, 15:33
- Hey I figured a drop after this weekend for sure. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 11:32
WWE: Lana and Rusev are in Rome celebrating Carnival...and daymn.... -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 6, 11:15
Rogue One spoils -- (link) - budice Aug 6, 11:13

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