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In which ty97 learns he is probably spending an unscheduled 24 hours in Tokyo* - ty97 Aug 12, 09:39 3
- Remember that post a few days ago about the DTW-NRT flight being delayed and the SIN and intra-Asia flights leaving anyway? - ty97 Aug 12, 09:41
- Got delayed that much? Are you stuck in Detroit? -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 09:40 1
  - Currently on an (estimated) 3.5 hours mechanical delay. - ty97 Aug 12, 09:41
Daveed Diggs is going to be in 'The Get Down'. i already more than want to see this. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 09:31 1
- BaZ and I have had a rocky relationship but I have wanted to see this show since day one - ty97 Aug 12, 09:39
Man - Roger More's wife is literally The Best. - Diva Aug 12, 09:25 9
- Yes. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 09:42
- Wait, what? -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 09:29 4
  - The woman you married. - Spawn Aug 12, 09:30 3
    - I am pretty sure most of the ST wives are all paid actresses. - groiny Aug 12, 09:31 2
      - You don't have one. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:32 1
        
        I am waiting for yours to trade up. -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 09:32
- word -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:29
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For those scoring at home, the 2016 Chevy Cruze has become a dark horse candidate and been added to the spreadsheet. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 09:20 12
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  - I'd totally go for a Volt if I had a place to plug it in. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 09:37
  - or a colt or a molt. -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 09:37 1
    - don't be a dolt -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 10:07
- I am really digging my Trax. -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 09:29
- Thankfully you can take the badges off so you don't have the word cruze on your car. - Krusty Aug 12, 09:27 3
  - Not yet. Apparently the autostop feature could be the killer. People seem to hate it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 09:28 2
    - Maybe you'll have no issue. Either way, I hope you eventually find one you like. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 09:37 1
      - Since I have my car until November I really haven't done much but the fancy spreadsheet. As it gets closer I'll start test driving. - spamlet Aug 12, 09:38
- you can be in one of the commercials!! -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:21
- is that the American spelling of Cruise? -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:21 1
  - Tom was going to sue. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:30
Shorter gate agent: "there's is/was a problem with the engine and maintenance took it apart. Captain won't let us board until they reassemble" - ty97 Aug 12, 09:20 1
- sounds safe -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:20
Hillary releases 2015 tax return: $10.6M in income and a rate of 31% -- (link) - decline Aug 12, 09:19 7
- and They donated 9.8% of adjusted gross income to charity -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:26 3
  - Though I wonder how much of that would be to the Clinton Foundation? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 09:43 2
    - charity is charity if it's helping others. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 09:44 1
      - Charity Watch and other organizations will tell you that not all charities are equal on output. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 09:49
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  - Also still probably paid speeches for him. -- nm* - pmb Aug 12, 09:28
  - bubba bringing home the bacon -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:27
Olympic Diving Pool Closed, Whole Building Reportedly "Smells Like a Fart" -- (link) - ML Aug 12, 09:18
Kubo review from Variety -- (link) - LMS Aug 12, 09:17 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 09:22
Sausage Party is priced for a 29M opening. Just sayin'... -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 09:13 1
- (and the OW is almost 33...) -- nm* - Andie Aug 12, 09:14
For Dano: "Happy 10th Anniversary to 'Step Up,' you beautiful piece of trash" -- (link) - Andie Aug 12, 09:11
These new Marist polls have Hillary ahead by more in NC than FL? -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 12, 09:03 8
- Never mind. -- nm* - mara Aug 12, 09:08
- Old people move to Florida, young people move to NC, perhaps? -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 09:05 6
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    - Oh I got that, but I was also thinking as well of your demographics question below. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 09:09 4
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        I think it's related - NC's economy has shifted from tobacco farming and textile manufacturing - Roger More Aug 12, 09:20 2
        
        (the age/education factors are related. I don't have an answer for NH) -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 09:22 1
        
        the southern part of the state has seen a similar shift from Boston exiles, i think -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 09:26
August 12, 30 BC – Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:03 6
- reading through Wikipedia I can't determine her motivation for suicide. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 09:17 3
  - Rather than live under Octavian's domain. -- (link) - mara Aug 12, 09:21 1
    - I always thought they knew they'd be killed horribly so they did themselves in instead. -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 09:42
  - (watch Rome) -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:20
- 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 09:03 1
  - 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. - Beaker Aug 12, 09:04
We were supposed to start boarding 25 minutes ago. We have not started boarding. - ty97 Aug 12, 08:59
Breaking: High jumpers are hot -- nm - zork Aug 12, 08:49
Boring Destiny post. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 12, 08:49 2
- that is not currently active? -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 08:57 1
  - What the vendors are selling? No. Unless it just went live this week. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:03
Can somebody please post Dawson's article? -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:48 13
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  - Is their argument that he was speaking on behalf of someone else, so it shouldn't count? - David Aug 12, 09:00 10
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      - Eesh. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 12, 09:23 1
        
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      - wait, that's illegal? -- nm - decline Aug 12, 09:22 3
        
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        What about disregard for the truth. It's quite possible he had no knowledge whether true or not, but absolutely didn't care and didn't care to find -- (edited) - pmb Aug 12, 09:30 1
        
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      - That's brilliant...and pure evil. -- nm - David Aug 12, 09:14
      - aka, shoot the messenger. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:10 1
        
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  - Congratulations! -- nm - Diva Aug 12, 08:59
I have zero doubt that it takes a ton of athleticism to play water polo - ty97 Aug 12, 08:44 1
- Those poor horses. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:47
"'m hearing upcoming Tyrod Taylor deal is not a bridge contract. Bills are all-in, maybe as long as six years" -- nm - ML Aug 12, 08:41 1
- Hmm. I was *just now* trying to decide if I want to replace him on my Dynasty bench with any of the rookie QBs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:43
Polls: Clinton widens her leads in North Carolina and Virginia -- (link) - decline Aug 12, 08:39 10
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  - and more, PA,VA after the last polls are solid blue. From this map, Trump won't win even if he takes all the 'grey' states -- (link*) - decline Aug 12, 08:50
  - if she flips NC back, it almost doesn't matter what happens in OH or FL -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 08:50 7
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      - I think the momentum running towards Hillary (or even moreso away from Trump) is really building quickly, but that just makes me wish the election was -- (edited) - pmb Aug 12, 08:54 4
        
        If it was next week, Russia would have already dumped the mother-lode. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:56 1
        
        " October Surprise" -- nm - Epiphany Aug 12, 09:02
        
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        we need the "Chill Out, She's Got This" meme back -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 08:58
    - this -- (link*) -- (link*) - Spawn Aug 12, 08:50
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- Someone should check the restroom for the book. Of course if you find it, it'll be flagged for eternity. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 12, 08:42
- Bro, I took that book when I left -- nm - Nanak Aug 12, 08:38
20,000 litres of maple syrup stolen from Montreal storage facility -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 08:33 8
- It was probably a trisyruptops -- nm -- (edited) - CQ Aug 12, 08:59 1
  - JAR...... -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 09:03
- This looks like ... *removes sunglasses* ... a sticky situation -- nm - zork Aug 12, 08:48
- Again? (No, seriously. Wasn't there one a few years ago?) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:33 4
  - Ah, the earlier bigger one was 2012. And this one ... Reminds me of the heist in Firefly. - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:35
  - (this is the latest one) -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 08:35 2
    - (the thieves ran out of it) -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:38 1
      - the Ocean's 11 remake is going to suck -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 08:38
Elizabeth May may resign as Canada's Green Party leader after the party votes to support a boycott of Israel -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 08:30 2
- It's a bluff. She needs another year before some pension triggers kick in. She was always upfront that she looked at politics as... - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 08:40
- That sounds like something she should do. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:32
hey David when does the draft start hey David when does the draft start hey David when does the draft start hey David when does the draft start hey Davi -- nm* - ML Aug 12, 08:28 5
- heh. My online rookie/free agent draft (dynasty league) last night, the topic came up of having a slow draft next year instead. - Spawn Aug 12, 08:33
- If I told you August 24, would you believe that? -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:31 3
  - so you want to be done in mid-October, is that it? -- nm - ML Aug 12, 08:34 2
    - Two thirds of it anyway. -- nm - David Aug 12, 08:37
    - "want" -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:35
I made a beersbee set this morning. Priorities, people. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 08:27 2
- I never heard of this but just looked it up. Looks fun and likely to get you drunk quickly. Enjoy! -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 08:33 1
  - It's a lot of fun. team mates trying to catch either the frisbee or the bottle makes it loads of fun. We use the aluminum bottles (they work best) -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 09:00
Adverts at Clapham Common Tube station to be replaced with pictures of cats -- (link) - LMS Aug 12, 08:20 1
- Love it! I'm okay with ads on the subway if it means fare hikes less often but that doesn't seem to be the case here as we're always - Krusty Aug 12, 08:27
Thanks Pippy and Baron for B2. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 08:18 4
- an employee was told that some people are carriers and unless they get a cut and then have an oppressed immune system at that exact time - Epiphany Aug 12, 08:22 2
  - yes, ~5-10% of people are carriers (it's called colonization); and, for the vast majority, it's never a thing. this is vs. actual infection. - b. Aug 12, 10:05
  - My concern has been - Strongbad Aug 12, 09:13
- It looks like a *lot*more people than two posted on B2. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:19
For Oblique: Tips for getting started in No Man's Sky -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 08:15 4
- Step 1: buy a PS4... -- nm - ML Aug 12, 08:18 3
  - That can't be right. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:23 1
    - It's the worst kind of step. - David's iPad Aug 12, 08:25
  - Step 2 : Kiss your wife and kids goodbye -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 08:23
Rio 2016 confirm diving pool closed this morning while they continue to sort out the water. One or two athletes had "itchy eyes". -- nm - budice Aug 12, 08:05 11
- "the whole building smells like a fart" said one German diver -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 08:40 4
  - (be sure to read it with the Deter accent) -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:42 3
    - L4. - Diva Aug 12, 09:23 2
      - Would you like to touch my monkey? - Spawn Aug 12, 09:38 1
        
        *dawnce* -- nm - Dieter Aug 12, 09:46
- I believe this is how World War Z starts -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 08:26
- I'm amazed they can't get the pH and TA corrected. It's really not that difficult -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 08:26 2
  - They need to shock that shit, but then the wait time would suck. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:39
  - I saw the best and brightest pool boys of our generation... - Diva Aug 12, 08:28
- Bob Costas grimaces -- nm - ML Aug 12, 08:07
- And they poisoned Ryan Lochte's hair. Rio is killing our athletes. We should not fly anyone in from Brazil until we sort this out. -- nm - Donald Trump Aug 12, 08:07
Always (ALWAYS) wear your seatbelt on the plane when seated, even if the sign is not on -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 12, 07:56 10
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- ok. *guilty look* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 12, 08:03
- Two crew? You would think they would know to wear their seatbelts! -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:02 3
  - Probably had to be up yelling at jerks to put on their seatbelts. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 08:11 2
    - No, they were all trying to calm down a passenger who was having a panic attack! -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 12, 08:13 [youtube] 1
      - I think they were with 22 others in the line! -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 08:20
- don't tell me what to do -- nm - ML Aug 12, 07:59 2
  - DO IT -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 08:03 1
    - You're not my plane supervisor! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 08:33
- yup. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:56
TGIF! -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 07:53

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