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Apparently, if you smash the goalie in the face with the ball in handball it's a red card penalty. - Krusty Aug 11, 14:00 1
- I mean sure, if we're going to play like wusses. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 14:01
This is my watching Olympics gymnastics to a tee -- (link) - ty97 Aug 11, 13:52 1
- if they don't fall I'm like "OK, I guess that was good" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:53
it's not the heat it's the humidity -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 13:48 2
- "Moist" -- nm - mud Aug 11, 13:49
- Somewhere there's a corgi outside who isn't smiling. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 13:49
nmb Capstern - I lost your number in my cell phone drop debacle. Are we still on for drinks? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:48
We just got the October renewal rates for our office Carefirst plan. 21-22% increases for HMO, POS, PPO, single to family. - Max Aug 11, 13:34 5
- my individual has gone up double digits pretty much every year. it's brutal...nm - x Aug 11, 13:52
- !!! I can't stand it. I can't. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:49
- yeah so when will the rates be going down for everyone now being in the pool? -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:37 2
  - I think rate increases have been below historical increases for the last couple of years (at least for us they have been). It was bound to catch up. - pmb Aug 11, 13:42 1
    - for another data point, mine went up more each year in recent years than it did in past years - ~10% for this year. - b. Aug 11, 14:06
try it, it's fun! -- (link) - mud Aug 11, 13:34
Paid for one candy bar out of the vending machine...vending machine says, "you look nice. have two." -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:31 3
- That was MY Twix!!!!! -- nm - George Costanza Aug 11, 13:33 2
  - But this is a Clark bar.... -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 11, 13:42 1
    - Was it a Twix bar with a pair of glasses on? -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 13:57
I'm likely beating a dead horse but why does there have to be a medical benefit to reclassify marijuana? That seems to be what the focus is but we - Krusty Aug 11, 13:29 3
- Because that is the definition of DEA Schedule 1 - no currently accepted medical use. - GregW Aug 11, 14:03
- Because it's currently classified as Schedule 1, meaning there's no potential benefit. Having a medical benefit gets it to Schedule 2. - spamlet Aug 11, 14:02
- Amen, preach it -- nm - Choir Aug 11, 13:32
Bloomberg: You May Be Broke and Not Know It -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 13:28 2
- I'm just picturing this as Michael Bloomberg trolling Donald Trump -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 13:35
- Oh, I know it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:30
They don't have the replay tech for tennis in the Olympics? - Reagen Aug 11, 13:27 4
- That can't be, they have it in both vollyballs. -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 15:00
- NESTOR ANGRY! -- nm - NESTOR Aug 11, 13:36
- I don't believe that they actually play the points in table tennis - zork Aug 11, 13:31
- They do but maybe they were out of challenges -- nm - zork Aug 11, 13:29
The cop who shot the 73 year old woman worth "blanks", sicced his police dog on a cyclist for not having a light on his bike (plus other hijinks) -- (link) - zork Aug 11, 13:22
OH!!! Just remembered - spoiler about Captain Fantastic (not sure WAP?) - JenBro Aug 11, 13:19 2
- ::cuts away to JenBro for reaction...:: -- nm - camera Aug 11, 13:20 1
  - *shocked face* -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:38
Someone needs to tell CBS that Kevin James is ovah. - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:18 7
- I've been waiting for this to happen with George Lopez forever now. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 13:28
- other than the scene in Hitch where he dances for Will Smith, I've never found him funny -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:20 5
  - I generally find him to be pretty funny (though I haven't seen the Paul Blart movies). He was funny in Pixels. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 11, 13:38
  - I really enjoyed him in Hitch and I now pronouce you Chuck N Larry but dang CBS can't pull off an original sitcom - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:23 2
    - oh RIGHT - Chuck and Larry was good too! -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:39
    - Should fit right in on the Geritol Network. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 11, 13:27
  - his teacher movie where he fights for the UFC isn't half bad...but yeah not a huge fan -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 13:23
Since Reagen mentioned it below....we won't be seeing commercials for Fanduel et al this football season, right? - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:18 2
- You're adorable. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:27 1
  - I thought were regulatory restricts that went into place during late last season that really curtailed the ads - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:28
ok. So I've been watching this guy streaming playing NMS for the first time. He's pretty clueless and been helping him out but he just got attacked -- (edited) - oblique Aug 11, 13:17 16
- This is live. Is there a link to the clip? -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:20 14
  - - -- (link) - Ender Aug 11, 13:33 9
    - Apparently using the "Start at..." parameter doesn't actually start it there. -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 13:35 8
      - I found it at like the -25 minute mark. That is NOT what men do, by the way. - David Aug 11, 13:42 7
        
        Shooting lifeforms is bad. Then the robots start attacking you -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:43 6
        
        I don't think that's true if they attack you first. (I've never had a sentinel do that.) -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 15:02
        
        What type of intergalactic explorer is afraid of a few robots? -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:45 4
        
        I don't think I've ever been more tempted to go drop $400 and buy a PS4 and hook it up to my projector in the basement than I am right now -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:46 3
        
        Conversely, I'm tempted to buy it on PC and stream it on Twitch. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:47 2
        
        KING KONG AIN'T GOT NUTHIN' ON ME! -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:51 1
        
        ~ GOD BLESS THE USAAAAA!!!~ -- nm - ML SI Aug 11, 13:57
  - Dunno. He's livestreaming -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:20 3
    - And David calls *me* useless? -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:21 2
      - In my defense, it's you. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:27
      - everytime he goes into space now there are pirates who attack him -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 13:22
- SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE GOAAAAAAAAAAT!!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:19
Call this useless: Brad Pitt may reunite with David Fincher for the World War Z sequel. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:15 2
- Its a slippery SLOPE! -- nm - Kevin Spacey of Nine Lives Fame Aug 11, 13:16
- awesome -- nm - mud Aug 11, 13:16
Have they ever determined what the perfect height is for a hurdler, for maximum stride efficiency at the distance between hurdles? -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 13:08 10
- There was a US hurdler - Edwin Moses - who had a perfect stride. Won gold in '76 & '84 (obviously, he missed Moscow in 1980). Looking it up he was 6'2 -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 14:04 1
  - he was so great, and it really was a thing of beauty. -- nm - b. Aug 11, 14:09
- "Brienne is the only representative from Tarth at this Olympiad, but her performance here could be the only one they need to bring home gold." -- nm - Max Aug 11, 13:43
- There is technically no requirement to jump over them, so let's give Verne Troyer a shot. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:10 4
  - So it's just a race where they happened to leave some shit in the way? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 13:17 2
    - Basically. You can't leave your lane but otherwise you just gotta get to the finish line first. If you hit every hurdle that's just fine. - Krusty Aug 11, 13:33 1
      - Your penalty is that you're slow (and that it hurts) -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:35
  - You coulda been a contender -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 13:11
- 10'4" -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:09
- 4' 9" -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:09
What's a big upcoming sequel that's (most likely) still filming, like Furious 8? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:07 17
- Tintin 2 hopefully -- nm - zork Aug 11, 13:28
- Hangover4, the dentist looses his medical license, becomes a male stripper who jumps out of cake for bachelor parrty -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:27
- GOTG 2 -- nm - eag Aug 11, 13:14 1
  - wrapped -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:15
- pink2....nm - x Aug 11, 13:13 1
  - foreva -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:14
- The Divergent Series...no, wait. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:11
- the most important sequel in the history of cinema opens in 60 weeks (420 days!!!) tomorrow -- nm - mud Aug 11, 13:11
- Justice League. Prometheus 2. 23 Jump Street. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 11, 13:11
- thor: ragnarok -- nm - b. Aug 11, 13:10 5
  - Woot! bring me all the Lokis -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:15 2
    - enjoy -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 13:28 1
      - gracias! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:32
  - fifty shades darker -- nm - b. Aug 11, 13:11 1
    - transformers: the last knight (is the new spidey considered a sequel?) -- nm - b. Aug 11, 13:26
- Episode VIII has wrapped, right? -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:09 1
  - Weeks ago, dummy -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 13:09
krusty alert: the never heard 1997 wu tang freestyle - x Aug 11, 13:07
*likes* -- (link) - Spawn Aug 11, 13:04 3
- Texas Justice -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:07 2
  - hell to the yeah ... Texans love their pooches! -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:09 1
    - SM has mentioned it several times - if he ever saw someone abusing a dog, he's probably going to jail for beating their ass - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:16
NCBM loves to camp. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 12:59 2
- Naked and NOT Afraid -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 13:02 1
  - in a Special Sweeps Week episode... -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:02
Women's Judo gold medal spoilers -- (edited) - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:59 2
- Holy smokes. spoilers - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 11, 13:24
- spoiler - Diva Aug 11, 13:02
'/~is you is or is you ain't my baby?..'/~ -- nm - b. Aug 11, 12:58
Why, it's the ST EPL Challenge of course! Get in the game or receive a straight red - CQ Aug 11, 12:57 5
- define "combined goal differential" please & thanks :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:08 4
  - All the goals your 4 teams score minus all the goals your four teams give up for the whole season -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 13:17 3
    - ahhhh... so scores minus scores .. got it! (and thanks) -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 13:20 2
      - Just pick a number in the 20s and be happy :) -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 13:22 1
        
        Pick zero since every match ends in a tie -- nm - zork Aug 11, 13:27
What's the word I'm trying to think of right now? - David Aug 11, 12:56 32
- Sultry -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:19
- Sorry. - pmb Aug 11, 13:10
- VCR -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 13:07
- Viagra -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 13:07
- sesquipedalian -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 13:05
- flatulence -- nm - decline Aug 11, 13:05
- floccinaucinihilipilification? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:04 2
  - "FanDuel Promo Code..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:06 1
    - *looks sadly at manuscript for unfinished novel* -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 13:14
- exsanguination. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:03 1
  - oh Mulder, quit trying to impress Scully -- nm - mud Aug 11, 13:51
- Amanuensis. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 13:02
- Boobies -- nm - Todd Manning - 155 days till Monster Trucks Aug 11, 13:00 3
  - No but that was better than anything I had in mind, so you win. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:10 2
    - "Anthropomorphic. All yours, big guy." -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:13 1
      - And now we can do this! -- (link) - David Aug 11, 13:17 [youtube]
- Spawn -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:00 3
  - I read that as Useless. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:12 2
    - And that is why you fail. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:13 1
      - leaving me to run Challenge with Remlik = you fail. -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 13:20
- Moist -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:59
- bucolic. -- nm - b. Aug 11, 12:59
- Fromunda Cheese -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 12:59
- Moist -- nm - JD Aug 11, 12:58 2
  - LaFarrow? -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:12
  - I swear I thought of saying that but thought better of it. -- nm - b. Aug 11, 13:00
- Perspicacious -- nm - landbeck Aug 11, 12:58
- propagate....nm - x Aug 11, 12:57 1
  - Partial credit! -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:13
- "Piquant". -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 12:57
- Repechage -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 11, 12:57
- Eleemosynary. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 11, 12:57
Go figure - Macy announces store closings and shares up18% - Meg Aug 11, 12:52 2
- cause they're dropping dead weight. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:07 1
  - There are 364 days per year that those parade balloons are doing nothing. Could use them to raise dead weight -- nm - zork Aug 11, 13:16
Been enjoying watching a lot of events on the live streams. Apparently I need the prime time show to enjoy the gymnastics. -- nm - Todd Manning - 155 days till Monster Trucks Aug 11, 12:52 3
- Seems like it. When I was watching over the weekend they didn't show the U.S.or Brazil during the prelims. - Krusty Aug 11, 13:09 2
  - No i meant watching it live isn't enjoyable to me. But they did say the feed they use isn't controlled by NBC. -- nm - Todd Manning - 155 days till Monster Trucks Aug 11, 13:37
  - Also, they showed the standings throughout so I knew how the U.S. was doing but couldn't watch it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:11
welp, guess i'll watch Law & Order from the beginning. . . . again -- nm - 400-year old shark Aug 11, 12:48 1
- this is one show I was late to the party on ... back when it premiered, I was NEVER home to watch serial TV ... consequently now - they are often new - JenBro Aug 11, 13:12
Is it tomorrow night yet? -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:46 2
- You don't want to watch the Rogue One trailer? -- nm - zork Aug 11, 12:50
- I've been ready for Friday since Tuesday -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:47

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