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i have never seen an episode / season of The Amazing Race Canada, but I wonder .... - call me Ishmael Aug 10, 07:30 5
- it is really enjoyable. Much like Canadian Big Brother they cast it with fun interesting people (usually) rather than people looking for a career in - Beaker Aug 10, 07:33 4
  - I caught about 2.6 minutes of Big Brother a few weeks ago and wanted to slit my wrists. -- (edited) - Shaun Aug 10, 07:38 3
    - yeah, my wife likes it; but 3 nights a week (for months) is an insane commitment -- nm* - Beaker Aug 10, 07:40 2
      - Ah, but that's why I love BB in the summer. Like baseball it has that "I can pick it up or leave it at any time" quality. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 10, 08:12
      - No, the insane commitment is those of us with the live feeds. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:41
I've really enjoyed watching rugby this Olympics. I'm still learning how the game works but it's been fun to watch. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:22 14
- I still have 0 clue how they decide when one or more "plays" are run after time has run out. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:25 1
  - From what I figured out it seems to be that if the team that is losing has the ball they let them keep going until they score or they turn it over. - Krusty Aug 10, 07:26
- It's fun to watch, we've got a local Rugby League team we've gone to see a couple of times. - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 07:24 5
  - Then there's Australian Rules which is also different and the oldest of the three. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:27 4
    - *makes hand-wavy motion*. Rugby was invented first, but later split into the union and league variants - Roger More Aug 10, 07:41 3
      - I could have sworn that I read yesterday that Australian Rules was the oldest but *shrug* -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:43
      - And "Union" is really just the original version that they had to give a name to later to differentiate it, right? -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:42 1
        
        Yes. It was a split between the gentlemanly amateurs (union) and the working-class teams which went proferssional -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 07:44
- LYC: one of my older brothers played for Team Newfoundland in the Canada Games a few times -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:24 1
  - Cool! I'm sure he's still sore. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:25
- it's pretty simple, beat the shit out of the guy with the ball. -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 07:22 3
  - My gf calls it Olympic Keep Away. I think of it more like kill the man with the ball. That was always fun to play as a kid. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:25 2
    - yeah, but we called it something very non politically correct. -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 07:29 1
      - Same -- nm - Volnelk Aug 10, 07:40
Jeremy Maclin collapses to the ground, non contact injury at practice. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 10, 07:11 2
- Chiefs have gone to full team drills and Maclin is participating. Crisis averted, apparently -- nm - budice Aug 10, 07:43
- maybe he was just sleepy -- nm - decline Aug 10, 07:15
9 year old Katie Ledecky getting an autograph at a meet and greet with Michael Phelps. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 10, 07:06
Dear Rowdy Gaines: The idiom is "Don't poke the bear". I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say don't poke the tiger. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:03 3
- heh -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 07:13
- Well, it's still good advice. -- nm - mara Aug 10, 07:05 1
  - Very true. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:07
39 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 06:57
The Atlantic has had only 1 named storm formation since 6/20 - fewest since 2009 - And the ocean temp off of NJ is 80° - decline Aug 10, 06:56
Really fun game at Fenway last night. Yankees lost obvs, but it was a beautiful night spent with wonderful company. -- (edited) - Diva Aug 10, 06:51 3
- Looked like you had a nice little group last night. Too bad the good guys couldn't pull out the win for you. - Krusty Aug 10, 07:29 2
  - there was some interesting stuff going on. And i had the pleasure of sitting next to a retired NYC cop who has followed the team for 60 years. He was -- (edited) - Diva Aug 10, 07:36 1
    - That's so great and I'm sure you loved hearing his stories. Plus, it's always nice to meet a fellow Yankee fan in Red Sox country. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:42
that mystery star keeps getting more mysterious -- (link) - gerald Aug 10, 06:49
never mind, guys. Paul Ryan is pretty sure Donaldo was trying to make a joke, badly -- (link) - gerald Aug 10, 06:44 3
- And that makes it better? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 06:48
- No, I get it, I get it. -- nm - Hinckley Aug 10, 06:48 1
  - Giuseppe Zangara is the better historical parallel, perhaps. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 06:56
The education gap between Clinton and Trump has gotten even wider. -- (link) - decline Aug 10, 06:42 1
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Page 147 of 147 -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 06:27
73-y.o. Florida woman attends citizen police academy. you can guess what happens next -- (link*) - gerald Aug 10, 06:26 3
- N.C. homeowner confronts black "hoodlums" to "secure his neighborhood." you can guess what happens next -- (link) - gerald Aug 10, 06:29 2
  - Awful. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 06:39
  - Dear White People... -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:32
What was your favorite Ghostbusters sequel moment? -- (link) - ML Aug 10, 06:25
Bills announce rookie Reggie Ragland "will have surgery for a torn ACL and he is expected to miss the season." -- nm - ML Aug 10, 06:19
For the five people who care, Lieberman is voting for Hillary -- (link) - ty97 Aug 10, 06:15 14
- You WAY overestimated that number. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:26
- well *now* it's over. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:30
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  - Hillary Clinton is a former senator, secretary of state, first lady, and the current Democratic nominee for president -- nm - gerald Aug 10, 06:33 10
    - wears a lot of pants suits, cold icy stare, not a fan of cigars. -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 07:23 6
      - Seems to prefer a Nehru pants suit. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:29
      - why you gotta bring up cigars?? nm - Jim Aug 10, 07:25 4
        
        I hear Trump is gonna send her a nice box of Cubans when she wins. -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 07:35 3
        
        SHE'S TRAFFICKING IN SLAVES NOW?!? AND SHE'S JUST GOING TO STUFF THEM IN A BOX!?! -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:38 2
        
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        Just like Bill's cigars!!! -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 07:39
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      - you forgot raging bitch monster -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:44
      - did you forget 'Baller' and 'Cardboard Superhero'? yes, you may have... -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 06:37
Good morning, ST. Can I ask that we be more careful with the spoilers during the Olympics? You guys spoiled the Phelps race for me last night. - Krusty Aug 10, 06:09 8
- Try being on the west coast. I've given up. Even if you stay away from social media, they tease the local news and show the celebration of the - jnine Aug 10, 08:27
- Sorry about that. I know I was one of the guilty parties. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 10, 07:19 1
  - I don't remember who posted what but it's no biggie. I just wanted to point it out so we're more careful. We all do it sometimes. I'm sure I've done - Krusty Aug 10, 07:24
- I was reading the board as each subsequent post made the outcome more and more apparent and wondering if I should say something. - mara Aug 10, 07:08 1
  - I don't want to have to avoid ST and we're usually pretty good at keeping things in the IM. The replies to the posts are what spoiled it the most. - Krusty Aug 10, 07:20
- Sorry, will do. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 06:31 1
  - It wasn't one person but a few. I get it that people got excited but can we keep it in the IM, please. We all do it sometimes so I'm not mad but it did -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 10, 06:40
- speaking of which ... "angry Michael Phelps" -- (link) - JenBro Aug 10, 06:14
Who's seeing what this weekend? (Bonus points if you say Florence) -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 05:55 24
- I want to see Florence, chances of actually getting out of the house to do so are very slim. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 06:43 1
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- Don't Think Twice, prolly -- nm - gerald Aug 10, 06:42
- There's so much I want to see: Bad Moms, Florence, Indignation, Pete's Dragon, Anthropoid, Star Trek. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 06:42 3
  - Some people were down on it, but i thought Star Trek was worth seeing in theatre -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:09 2
    - me too. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 07:15
    - I enjoyed it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 10, 07:14
- I am so psyched - first movie in the new theatre in Harbor Springs (see Link) - I think it will be Captain Fantastic - JenBro Aug 10, 06:19
- I'm seeing Paul McCartney this weekend. -- nm - Jim Aug 10, 06:14
- I'm seeing Anthropoid tomorrow, and we have Ben Hur passes for next week. so maybe nothing? -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 06:04 11
  - oh wait, Jack reminded me, maybe Sausage Party (i do want to see Florence though.) -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 06:05 10
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      - I would very much like to see 'Florence' and 'Hell or High Water'. But none of this will happen this weekend. My nephew just turned 1 year old and his - Diva Aug 10, 06:40 3
        
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        :) Sometimes on weekend mornings mel will just yell (in a very funny manner) 'SCRAMBLE!!'. -- (edited) - Diva Aug 10, 06:42 1
        
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      - i like everyone in it. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 06:36 2
        
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        He's getting high marks for this one. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 06:41
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      - oh, i like Rogen's stuff. I love This Is The End. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 06:36
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  - Pete's Dragon is out here, so I'm going for that. Is the 3D good? -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 06:10 1
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LYC: Kilbo OneDrive update. 207GB of 775GB uploaded. -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 05:45
If you're looking for a place to stay for TIFF, looks like Trump hotel will have some availability -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 05:34 1
- I was reading an article the othe day looking at at foursquare data, estimating that traffic to Trump properties was down over 10% from last year -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 06:47
Arsenal have bid 30mill for Mahrez. Can't blame him for wanting to leave. -- nm - CQ Aug 10, 05:02 1
- he doesn't have a release clause, so he could be staying though -- nm - CQ Aug 10, 05:20
Has Trump called for the murder of any more of his opponents yet today? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:52 8
- Murder? No, but he did threaten to give Jill Stein a swirlie. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:31
- He means what he says. But even though that's what he said, that's not what he meant. -- nm - Trump Supporter Logic Aug 10, 06:24 3
  - He means what he says unless he doesn't have the best words. [nm] - Mel Profit Aug 10, 06:26 2
    - it is so remarkably freeing to not have to defend any candidate this cycle -- nm - ML Aug 10, 06:27 1
      - good for you. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 10, 06:28
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  - hey, it's not like he is anyone important, just some nutjob with a microphone...oh -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:23 1
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Znu: some local people are doing that Greatest Scavenger Hunt thing, they mention some of the things they have to do in the article -- (link) - Beaker Aug 10, 04:41 2
- Nice. We totally need to do this next year. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 10, 05:54 1
  - You just want to wear the corn stalk bikini. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 06:02
No Man's Sky - day 1 thoughts *spoilers* - Strongbad Aug 10, 04:40 13
- I have not yet been able to find my home system and warp back to it yet. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:35
- Played for about 2 hours, exclusively on my starting planet, except for going to orbit long enough to get rid of the quest message. -- (edited) - Shaun Aug 10, 06:21
- Regarding cash, how much of what you buy is convenience and how much is necessity? I'm trying to get a sense of how "rich" you get - oblique Aug 10, 05:31 4
  - I suspect that long-term a lot of your money is going to go towards upgrades to your suit/ship. - Ender Aug 10, 07:34
  - It's fairly complex and there is market fluctuation. You can certainly craft everything you need, although all elements are not found on each planet - decline Aug 10, 06:19 2
    - And you'll have to find the recipes before you can craft everything you need. - Ender Aug 10, 07:33
    - Thanks. That's actually pretty good. After the "leaked" copy I was hoping that the economy wasn't out of whack where you could just buy your way to - oblique Aug 10, 06:31
- Played for a few hours last night. I have no idea how that guy did it in 30 hours. I've reached my 4th solar system - big spoil -- (edited) - decline Aug 10, 04:48 5
  - I imagine the 30 hours is probably possible if you ONLY harvest to build warp coils to get to the next system, but that's missing the point of the gam -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:45
  - Yeah, I fully charged my hyperdrive then went to redeem the preorder ship and realized it wouldn't transfer, so I'm holding on to the old one for now. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:37
  - The thing I love is that every planet is really different. - decline Aug 10, 04:58 1
    - I had a "High Security" world yesterday where there were rare resources, but the sentinels attacked on-sight, or if you plucked one of the resources. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 07:40
  - I posted a Tips link yesterday, they have some ideas on a few things if interested -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:51
Kershaw welcomes the Rams back to LA with Johnnie Walker blue. -- (link) - jnine Aug 10, 04:39 1
- think he got a discount? -- nm - decline Aug 10, 06:57
August 10, 1755 – Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the 13 Colonies -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:34 3
- 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:35 2
  - 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 04:35 1
    - 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area - Beaker Aug 10, 04:38
Bery re: B2 -- my favorite schedule ever was 4-10's...basically 7am to 5pm M-Th. 3 day weekends each weekend. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 03:45
Wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 02:52 1
- #PhelpsFace -- nm - Max Aug 10, 03:06
After watching Ellie Downing's performance last night, Michael Jordan isn't tough enough to be compared to a gymnast. -- nm - . Aug 10, 01:50
(The Rock's blind item from earlier today was apparently about Vin Diesel.) nm - Dignan Aug 9, 23:25 4
- Let Them Fight. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 06:46
- Note he was extremely nice about the women. you don't mess with Helen Mirren. -- nm - . Aug 10, 00:28
- Rocks about the only peep that can get away with sayin that -- nm - budice Aug 9, 23:27 1
  - Perhaps, but I'd like to see Andy Samberg try it -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 23:28
"I don't approve of his Bart-killing policy, but I do approve of his Selma-killing policy." -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 23:01 1
- *shudder* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 23:07
For mafic. (Nmblink) - ralph wiggum Aug 9, 22:29 4
- Nice. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:07
- yeah, might do it tomorrow night -- nm - Karl_S Aug 10, 04:30
- Don't Panic If You Didn’t Do The Census Last Night: You Have Until Next Month -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 22:34 1
  - Well yeah, but then it seems like an obvious mistake to mail out nine million letters saying "please complete the census on August 9th." -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:08
I've been on a plane all night. Let's talk Olympics spoilers. As in, spoil me. - ty97 Aug 9, 22:18 4
- All the color from Ryan Lochte's hair drained into his torso. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 22:50
- Spoils - Krusty Aug 9, 22:20 1
  - also spoils - gerald Aug 9, 22:23
- seriously? -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 22:20
new, improved Trump campaign sign revealed tonight -- (link) - gerald Aug 9, 22:15 [Image] 3
- They're essentially admitting that he does NOT have the best words. Now they can finally challenge that claim. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 22:56 1
  - he's not a typical politician because he always means what he says -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 22:58
- *snort!* -- nm - . Aug 9, 22:42
Christmas flight booked !! And I'm counting on ST to be right. And I did take Jnine and Spamlet's advice re: early check-in :) -- nm - Meg Aug 9, 22:01
Sometimes a picture says it all. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 9, 21:55
Hail Hydra! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 9, 21:54

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