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Is there anything more elitist/bourgeois than equestrian events? just reeks of snoot, they don't play polo anymore, that's a sport -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 13:17 4
- nah that's going over the top. Equestrian events are *big* here in the midwest with families of all income brackets. -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 13:21
- Looks at calendar, sees daughter is in 4 equestrian events this week, adjusts gaze for maximum snoot. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 13:19 1
  - even the horse is looking down its nose at me..... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 13:22
- the viewing stands are *empty* nobody cares, not even Ralph Lauren -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 13:18
A Chicago Bar Crawl design to save a bus line -- (link) - ty97 Aug 7, 12:52
hey Danica Patrick is leading a race. -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 12:50
We finished watching, as a family, the final season of "Person of Interest" yesterday. I am in mourning. (spoiler) - landbeck Aug 7, 12:47
Posted? Clinton and Kaine doing an AMA on Quora tomorrow. -- (link) - mara Aug 7, 12:37
Manny Machado has 3 homers and 7 rbi so far today. - Will Hunting Aug 7, 12:19 2
- is that good -- nm - Tim Aug 7, 12:34
- wow to the IM. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 7, 12:33
Oh nice, I can watch the streaming events through my cable box -- nm - Todd Manning - 159 days till Monster Trucks Aug 7, 12:12
ST Kindle help please. There are 4 models: Kindle, Paperwhite, Voyage, Oasis. The latter two are expensive and I don't get what they offer - ty97 Aug 7, 12:11 9
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- What are you going to use it for? -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 12:18 7
  - My mom is looking for a new Kindle e-reader. Her old one stopped charging. -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 12:27 6
    - does she have amazon prime? -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 12:45 2
      - Think so -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 12:46 1
        
        find out. maybe get one of the Kindle fires so she can watch the Amazon tv show and movies? -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 12:51
    - Go with the Paperwhite, then -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 12:29 2
      - Yeah, if she's not going to be watching youtube and surfing facebook go with that -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 12:36 1
        
        the expensive ones are for consuming other media not just books -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 12:36
Did Ireland vomit all over this basketball court? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 12:06
See down there. NMS! -- nm* - Shaun Aug 7, 11:56
FB friend posts meme to the effect of "THERE'S 4 CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT NOT 2." So I link wikipedia showing there are 16 candidates on at least one - Tim Aug 7, 11:55
Cycling spoilers - Dano Aug 7, 11:53 5
- Spoilers - Dano Aug 7, 11:55 4
  - Spoilers - Dano Aug 7, 12:07 3
    - that's twice in two days - Reagen Aug 7, 12:08 2
      - Spoilers - Dano Aug 7, 12:10 1
        
        they display a graphic board listing riders and injuries.....serious injuries -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 13:21
Hey, I'll turn on the Sox ga....*sees score* *closes browser* - spamlet Aug 7, 11:45 1
- Pro tip: don't pitch to Machado anymore. -- nm - iSpam Aug 7, 12:19
O's going yard, a lot -- nm - gerald Aug 7, 11:44
new Star Wars Rogue One trailer on Thursday during the Olympics... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 7, 11:41 5
- that would require me to break my pledge of watching zero minutes of the Olympics -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 12:09 4
  - To the Internets!!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 12:11 3
    - Yep, the trailer hook to get me to watch a show is dead. It will be on the internet minutes after it airs -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 12:16 2
      - Yeah, at best it will get me to watch a show I'll already be watching anyway, live. -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 12:26 1
        
        We'll take it! -- nm - NBC Aug 7, 12:28
Looks like Mariner fans don't want ARod back either -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 11:40
Maybe the Trivago guy should play Live Action Archer -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 11:34 4
- Drunk? -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 11:38 3
  - That's not his name. It's probably Thad or something -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 11:51 2
    - Thad, Chad or Brad. -- nm - Diva Aug 7, 11:54 1
      - "Tim Williams". Aww. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 12:05
Does Pokemon Go do a good job at tracking distance (for eggs) with repetitive walking in a small area (like while mowing the lawn)? -- nm - Dano Aug 7, 11:34 4
- From the little bit I've read, not really. Walking in a straight line is better - ty97 Aug 7, 11:39 2
  - Every 30 seconds I believe -- nm - iSpam Aug 7, 12:05
  - That's what it seemed like. No reason to waste battery. -- nm - Dano Aug 7, 11:41
- depends on if you are using wifi or your carrier's tower. wifi kills the walking around in wifi range I have found. -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 11:37
State Polls: VA: Clinton +12, NV: Clinton +2, AZ: Trump +2 - Reagen Aug 7, 11:32 20
- Libertarian/Green polling: 12% nationally, VA 9%, NV 7%, AZ 7% -- nm - Tim Aug 7, 11:50 1
  - I'll be surprised if it ends up being even half that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 12:06
- Sweet, so I don't have to bother voting in Virginia on election day - Max Aug 7, 11:44 1
  - I'm going to punch you in the goiter. -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 11:45
- As long as Clinton wins Ohio and Florida, nothing else matters. Losing both of those would make the race tight, but still win-able. -- nm - GregW Aug 7, 11:43 3
  - This is why Kasich will eventually be forced in line to endorse Trump. -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 11:44 2
    - I'm not sure he will. - TWuG Aug 7, 11:47 1
      - He's already showing the signs of being forced down that road. It will come. - ty97 Aug 7, 11:49
- The Clinton ground game exists. The Trump ground game is nonexistent. - TWuG Aug 7, 11:37 8
  - And this late in the game, I doubt he will put one together -- nm - amoxy Aug 7, 12:30
  - Still hasn't run a single ad since the primaries -- (link) - gerald Aug 7, 11:44 6
    - Good to know his campaign has raised enough money that he can repay his loans back. - Spawndroid Aug 7, 12:28 2
      - He's written those off, but there is still plenty of graft to be extracted using his plane and properties etc -- nm - gerald Aug 7, 13:08 1
        
        I wonder if he has, though. -- nm - mara Aug 7, 13:15
    - Hmm, if only there were some interesting, multi-day event being televised right now that drew a wide variety of demographic groups. -- nm - mara Aug 7, 12:04
    - in that respect he's smart, waste of money. he still gets a billion worth of TV time just by saying shit or tweeting it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 11:58 1
      - TV ads become annoying in the repetition, only thing worse is robo-calling - zeitgeist Aug 7, 12:00
- I check them every day now. I'm kind of surprised at how many are released on a Sunday. -- (link) - mara Aug 7, 11:36 2
  - They're for the Sunday morning political news shows. -- nm - Dano Aug 7, 11:37 1
    - Ah-ha! -- nm - mara Aug 7, 11:39
jenbro! How can I get a puddingstone?! -- (link) - mara Aug 7, 11:24
Ooooo, Dark City on Syfy. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 7, 11:08 2
- Heh. I watched The Fifth Element last night. -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 12:12
- approved! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 7, 11:16
Iron and Wine covering Cyndi Lauper for McDonalds ... Um, sure I guess -- nm - Rollo Aug 7, 10:48 1
- Pitchfork Madlibs -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 11:49
Does anyone have the Infinity Olympic experience? I think it's through a pay provider. You can watch up to 8 events at once on your screen. They had - jnine Aug 7, 10:43 1
- Direct TV also has a mix channel, 205 of all the channnels airing the olympics [except the main NBC channel] -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 7, 11:26
Sorry pfm. Angie isn't coming to teach. -- (link) - jnine Aug 7, 10:40 2
- Yeah, I saw that this morning. Just need to cancel my request for tuition benefits. Last time I take breaking higher ed news from US Weekly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 7, 11:17
- ... I enrolled for this! - Spawn Aug 7, 10:45
Archery leads me to believe my Olympic dreams don't have to die. :-) -- nm* - Krusty Aug 7, 10:22 7
- you'd have to give up the herb months before the competition -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 11:02 1
  - No problem. It's only banned in competition anyway. I'm good most of the time. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 11:05
- Spain has a 54-year-old table tennis player, so there you go. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 7, 11:00 1
  - That's impressive considering the hand eye coordination needed on the pro level. I'll add it to the list. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 11:02
- Buy a gun or a horse. There are options! -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 10:24 2
  - Air rifle could be a good option. I don't want to shoot a real gun and I love horses but don't want to break my crazy neck falling off one. - Krusty Aug 7, 10:28 1
    - well you rocked that Tux so I'd bet you'd look fabulous in dressage too -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 11:42
Russia banned from the Paralympics -- (link) - Reagen Aug 7, 10:21
USA Fencing spoiler -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 7, 10:12 2
- I missed the quarterfinal! - ty97 Aug 7, 10:14 1
  - That earlier match was pretty good too but this one was nuts. Spoiler inside - Krusty Aug 7, 10:19
STIS: What are the federal laws about how much time an employer must let a mother take off from work after childbirth? -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 09:50 6
- *cracks whip* when your time comes, you just squat in the field and have it out, then keep picking -- nm - Paul Ryan Field Boss Aug 7, 11:09
- FMLA requires employers provide 12 weeks unpaid leave, if they have more than 50 employees and the employee has been there at least a year. -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Aug 7, 11:09
- One year. (Sorry, you didn't refer to which country's federal laws ;-) ) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 10:35
- Is this your way of telling us you're expecting? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 7, 10:09
- Also does employer size impact the requirements? -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 09:50 1
  - Family and Medical Leave Act - here....... -- (link) - Meg Aug 7, 09:56
No Man's Sky Day Zero patch notes - Ender Aug 7, 09:49 4
- TL;DR -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 11:08 1
  - Tweaked the story, added a lot more diversity, added more storage, and balanced things. -- nm - Ender Aug 7, 11:12
- Ha! "or pooping valuable resources." -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 10:09
- that's how you do it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 09:59
WaPo: Newly declassified document sheds light on how president approves drone strikes -- (link) - budice Aug 7, 09:41
I don't know the hell he's talking about. I shoot 58 every 18 I play. - Will Hunting Aug 7, 09:39 2
- Yeah, I shot a 53 on my golf game on the Genesis back in the day. How hard could 58 be? -- nm - iSpam Aug 7, 10:54
- Yeah. My wife: "Didn't you shoot like a 54 or something in your league this week?" Yes. Yes I did. On 9. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 09:42
John Deere is recalling around 5,400 of their lawn and garden tractors due to a "laceration hazard." -- (link*) - Spawn Aug 7, 09:35 2
- That's it? No link? -- nm - amoxy Aug 7, 09:36 1
  - obviously its not safe for work -- nm - Don Draper Aug 7, 11:11
Women Basketball ..US/Senegal...yup - budice Aug 7, 09:33 1
- Griner interviewed now - sounds like a dude -- nm - budice Aug 7, 09:37
I love he was over par for the first three rounds. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 7, 09:33
Best round ever in roughly a million and a half rounds of PGA golf. Not a bad stat. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 09:29 5
- He's one of my favorites to watch. He has the wackiest loopy swing, but all the errors cancel out. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 7, 10:58
- Sweet. How many strokes did he win by? -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 09:33 3
  - There's the rub... - budice Aug 7, 09:34 2
    - Started the round +1. Leaders don't tee off until 2 est. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 09:37
    - Well, he clearly needs to play better, then. -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 09:35
So, sub-60 has been done like 8 times; he's done it twice. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 7, 09:25
I love that he's annoyed he didn't get 57. -- nm* - David Aug 7, 09:24
Golf Channel has gone live to Furyk. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 7, 09:07
So I don't get fencing, nor do I much care to get fencing, but this Rio Fencing venue is awesome -- nm* - ty97 Aug 7, 09:05 5
- That match just finished was awesome -- nm - gerald Aug 7, 10:12 1
  - Yup. See above. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 10:12
- I like it but I wish they explained it a little more. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 10:06
- Heh, at first glance "he doesn't have a yard. Why would he need to get fencing" :) -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 09:20 1
  - heh :) -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 09:21
Germany/Canada Field Hockey matchup had a moment -- (link) - budice Aug 7, 09:00
Nice 1st quarter. 35-9 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 7, 08:32
So they gave Jetes a year long sendoff. A-Rod gets a week then GTFO. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 7, 08:27 19
- See your future, Bryce. -- nm - David Aug 7, 10:03
- Duh. Jeter's a bi-racial angel. -- nm - Roger More Aug 7, 08:59 1
  - And an American treasure! -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 09:04
- He doesn't deserve the week. Fraudulent fucker. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 7, 08:54 6
  - Him and Bonds in the same sitch? Or are they different? -- nm - budice Aug 7, 09:01 5
    - A little different though neither will or should see the HOF. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 10:20 2
      - The Baseball Hall of Infamy - Reagen Aug 7, 10:25 1
        
        I keep saying having a Hall of Shame would be a popular thing for reals -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 11:13
    - A-Rod and Clemons are on the same level...I think Bonds was less* - amoxy Aug 7, 09:34
    - For me, different. Bonds' usage is generally known to come after 15 years in the game of which he was the at-worst 2nd best - Will Hunting Aug 7, 09:07
- Sounds about right. -- nm - iSpam Aug 7, 08:52
- "A-Rod will receive the remainder of his salary this year and the $21 million he is due next season." -- nm - Strongbad Aug 7, 08:33 4
  - MLB contracts are guaranteed. He's being released, not retiring. -- nm - iSpam Aug 7, 08:51
  - He gets released, and noone picks him up -- nm - budice Aug 7, 08:35 2
    - "There's been no trade talks." -- nm - budice Aug 7, 08:40 1
      - Because it would be. We will take Arod and give you nothing, but you also have to give us your two best players with him. -- nm - Bacon Aug 7, 08:41
- One was a beloved Yankee from day one and the other is a guy that brought us one ring for a whole lot of money and trouble. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 7, 08:31 1
  - He is a hero in our book! -- nm - Most of the world Aug 7, 09:30
- Changing his walkup music to "Hit The Road Jack" - Reagen Aug 7, 08:29

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