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Scientists may have detected an Earth-like world orbiting the star closest to our sun -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 20:58 2
- Krypton -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 20:59 1
  - *builds a rocket for one, child-sized* -- nm - Jor-El Aug 12, 21:01
I want to get Keanu, and my guy is out of codes. Any suggestions? Also (nm but Pippy) - JaxSean Aug 12, 20:09 9
- Kick someone out of our Vudu group and take their spot -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 20:10 8
  - Pippy and I need to get in a group. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 12, 20:21 7
    - You just deleted me, I just got the email -- nm - J Aug 12, 20:38 6
      - You said you couldn't access the movies, right? - JaxSean Aug 12, 20:41 5
        
        I had reset my account which broke the connection. I'd like to be in a group though - J Aug 12, 20:43 4
        
        Log into Vudu >> hover over your name in the upper left and select Ultraviolet. -- (edited) - JaxSean Aug 12, 20:46 3
        
        Ok all five spots are open, what's your email? - J Aug 12, 20:51 2
        
        emailed you -- nm - JaxSean Aug 12, 20:52 1
        
        2 invites sent -- nm - J Aug 12, 20:57
ST Inspirations ~ -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 19:44
Oh! -- nm - JD Aug 12, 19:43
For those not subscribed to the zorkFB channel, we fostered a dog for a week and today adopted a different one today... - zork Aug 12, 19:39 1
- well done 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 12, 19:44
The Illinois State Fairgrounds got flooded tonight by a storm. - TWuG Aug 12, 19:15 10
- So what you're saying is that Happy Hollow is neither happy nor hollow right now. -- nm - . Aug 12, 19:51
- Happy Hollow is decidedly Unhappy. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 12, 19:24
- Judging by tonight's news the eastern third of the country is getting hammered - or will be very soon. -- (edited) - Meg Aug 12, 19:24 5
  - We are having one of our cooler summers so global cooling? -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 20:05 3
    - Oh, thought I'd been hearing about high temps even up there. Maybe the warming phase is over and - Meg Aug 12, 20:15 2
      - We hit 97 today, but we have been in a real cool pattern all Summer. Been a great Summer so far. Low 70s upper 60s -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 20:20 1
        
        Still the hottest year on record and I believe every month is hotter than the previous year. The warming trend continues for most everyone else. - Krusty Aug 12, 21:04
  - The forecast for the Chicago area is cooler and less humid when it clears out. I'm tired of humid. -- nm - . Aug 12, 19:55
- I can imagine. We had a crapload of wind and buckets of rain down here. - iSpam Aug 12, 19:22
- They hold the fair in Groiny's house? -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 19:21
Being on the west coast, the Brazil - Australia soccer match is fun -- nm - JD Aug 12, 19:02
dammit Finland medal in something already, you're making me rethink that "sisu" tattoo I 'm thinking of getting. -- nm - . Aug 12, 18:53 2
- Same for me re: Serbia and that Slobodan Milosevic tattoo -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 12, 19:26 1
  - I bet *that's* popular in your neighborhood. -- nm - iSpam Aug 12, 19:36
*geek flex* - iSpam Aug 12, 18:35 1
- Nerd! - Krusty Aug 12, 21:05
Swimming spoilers (100m mens butterfly) - Beryllium Aug 12, 18:17 14
- 800m womens free spoils - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 12, 18:24 13
  - spoiler - zunk Aug 12, 19:20
  - Is there any other athlete today more dominant at their sport? I don't think there is. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 12, 19:02 8
    - You may want to see Teddy Riner's (judo) record.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 20:44
    - is the Mountain representing Iceland in weightlifting this year? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 19:19
    - Usain Bolt -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 19:18 5
      - Might not even be the best in his sport (Gatlin) -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 12, 19:21 4
        
        They've raced eight times and Bolt has won seven of those. We'll see what happens this week though. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 19:40 1
        
        my point is that the two are closely competitive...there is nobody remotely close to Ledecky - ML Aug 13, 07:56
        
        Lol. -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 19:22 1
        
        This, all day long -- nm - J Aug 12, 19:53
  - It was really close there at the end... -- nm - decline Aug 12, 18:56
  - 200m women's backstroke spoilers - gerald Aug 12, 18:26 1
    - Spoilers on that one - Beryllium Aug 12, 18:27
*whispers* I think Teddy's deep ball is improved -- (link*) - ML Galaxy Aug 12, 17:53 1
- I don't think I'd noticed his twitter handle betfore -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 19:48
I have off all week with no plans. Other than sitting around in my underwear what should I do? -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 17:49 16
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- buy beer and whatever munchies now so you do not have to go out next week -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 19:27
- I have *two* weeks off with no plans. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 19:20
- Visit Shane. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 12, 19:08
- Cat wrangling -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 19:04
- poolboy twinkies -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 18:37
- Deep. Fried. Twinkies. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 18:28
- Visit Philadelphia's Jewelerrs' Row before it disappears. -- nm - . Aug 12, 18:12
- buy a smoker, 30 pounds of ribs and perfect your secret dry rub & sauce recipe. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 18:05
- Treat the tv like a Wii and participate in every Olympic event -- nm - zork Aug 12, 17:52
- finish that script! -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 17:52
- Put towels on the couch, assuming you have more than one. -- nm - jnine Aug 12, 17:51 1
  - Nice callback :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:52
- turn the clock's alarm off -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 17:50
- Go visit Fallingwater -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 17:50 1
  - Been there, done that. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 17:52
I'm pretty sure I just watched the dirtiest scene in the history of cinema. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 12, 17:35 6
- I ate a hot dog today. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 20:41
- PileDriving Miss Daisy? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 18:09
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- Was your mic on while playing Overwatch? -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 17:43
- got out the old David's Backyard Adventures on VHS eh? -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 12, 17:42
- The Trainspotting toilet? -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 12, 17:40
A German diver says "the whole building smells like a fart" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:32 2
- Brazil has forked it all up for any emerging markets that would like to host the games. -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 17:34 1
  - putin and friends are off the hook -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 18:33
oh, Orioles at El Gigantes. b. should have bet me -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 17:27
Bulgarian archeologists find the worlds oldest known gold artifact. a 6600 year old bead. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 17:06 1
- A bunch of metalsmiths beat you to that one on FB. - . Aug 12, 18:09
8 times last weekend, plus twice tonight, my 18mo old niece has played with her mother's cell phone and called our house here. Every time - prayformojo Aug 12, 16:58 5
- Maybe you should watch something else. -- nm - jnine Aug 12, 17:45
- The Ringtone -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 17:05
- ... what does she say? -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 17:04
- ♪dun-♪dun-♪dun-♪dun-♪dun-♪dun... -- nm - john Carpenter Aug 12, 17:03 1
  - dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun -- nm - ESPN Aug 12, 17:20
so i guess Brendan will get to go to Wrestlemania now after all -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 16:49
One of those high jumpers knew she had a great ass and she was flaunting it. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 16:35 1
- Mah gawd -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 16:36
"You go to the box. Two minutes by yourself. You feel shame. And then ... you get free." -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 16:26
is it bad if your QB sits out of practice because "arm fatigue"? -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 16:12 2
- jerkin' it -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 16:24
- PIPPY, DO NOT CLICK!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 16:17
it sounds like Sweden did play a cowardly style of game, but that the U.S. didn't bother to adjust to it -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 16:07 15
- It's like when NC used to play that ridiculous four corners offense before there was a shot clock because they couldn't run with UCLA. Still a - jnine Aug 12, 18:01 1
  - The last line of your im is just good life teachings. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 18:10
- Or, they knew the US couldn't play that way and it was strategy. -- nm - andie Aug 12, 17:08 6
  - if i sign a contract to fight Clubber Lang, and my strategy is to just run around the ring until he gets exhausted, i'm a coward -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 17:16 1
    - Or smart for exposing a weakness. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 17:21
  - You know about the coach, right? -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 17:10 3
    - Nope -- nm - andie Aug 12, 17:11 2
      - Pia's the former U.S. coach and the players hated when she made them play this exact way -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 17:15 1
        
        So they should have been extra ready for it! -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 17:16
- winners win, losers bitch about how they won. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 16:24 4
  - Sweden coach Pia Sundhage fires back at Hope Solo: ‘I’m going to Rio, she’s going home’ -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 16:27 3
    - Doesn't make them any less a bunch of pusses -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 16:30 2
      - spoken like a true loser -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 16:43
      - Tony Pulis would be proud of them -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 16:42
- Good teams can adapt. From what I saw of the women's team this Olympics, they have no midfield players to control the game. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 16:09
Olympic trampoline be trippin -- nm - budice Aug 12, 15:59 4
- I wonder how many divers & trampoliners try the other sport -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 16:19 1
  - actually when they introduced the sport/demo'd it, they were saying several gymnasts switched including a few russian names -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 21:07
- Canadian tramps r teh sexay -- nm - budice Aug 12, 16:14
- any country that wins a gold medal for trampolining should be ashamed of itself -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 16:05
My neighborhood is great. Sent out an invite for beersbee at 6:30 for games at 8pm. 6 people already in -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 15:58 3
- Wth is beersbee? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 12, 16:16 2
  - My guess: beer + frisbee -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 16:20 1
    - he's a dad now, he has to act like he knows nothing of beer drinking games until he reaches 40 -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 16:41
head of Islamic State in Afghanistan has been droned -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 15:30 1
- This is what happens when you anger the founder of ISIS -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 19:21
Behind on Battlebots but I'm glad someone took the guitar dude from MMFR and incorporated him. - iSpam Aug 12, 15:27
Qale, re b2, exactly. I mean I called him a f*cking idiot in my head, but I'm pretty sure I didn't actually vocalize it. - IrishStephen Aug 12, 15:19 2
- Right after I posted that I had to tell someone to not put their baby on the conveyor belt. -- nm - Qale Aug 12, 16:40
- "our animals are on strictly controlled diets, we don't allow them random snacks of uncooked meat" -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 15:29
LIR. When I was a kid we had a motorhome, did lots of trips from Rochester NY. The one to Key West was probably the longest -- nm - decline Aug 12, 15:05
Just remember...Its Friday. Have a great weekend everyone! - budice Aug 12, 15:05
I forgot I did Miami to Chicago. That may have been longer than Ann Arbor to Sarasota, but we did it over several days. -- nm - pmb Aug 12, 14:55
prettiest road trip: Driving for 10 Grateful Dead shows on the summer 1983 tour. Portland , Seattle, Eugene Boise, Park West UT. and Red Rocks Co. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 14:52
Ryan Lochte fully expects to swim against Aquaman in Tokyo 2020 -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 14:44 9
- They could be there as commentators. No one said they're going to be swimming. -- nm - jnine Aug 12, 17:50 3
  - Anyone paying Lochte to talk doesn't deserve money in the first place. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 18:14 1
    - He seems much better this time around. I think he can hold it together for small periods of time. Maybe he could teach Donoto. -- nm - jnine Aug 12, 18:23
  - You am smrt! -- nm - zork Aug 12, 17:53
- Phelps has tried to have success outside the pool and has found little. His revenue is largely based solely on Olympic participation -- nm - budice Aug 12, 15:04 2
  - Unless he is awful with money, he should have plenty from being the it boy of 4 Olympics -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 16:51
  - Rosetta Stone didn't do a Portugese ad with him this year :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 15:05
- One of them will be there. - David's iPad Aug 12, 14:56 1
  - I'm pretty sure Aquaman will be scrapped for reasons of excessive suckage.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 14:59
No Man’s Sky Is Pretty Rough On PC -- (link) - Beaker Aug 12, 14:43
Longest road trip: Wisconsin to New Orleans and back. -- nm - mara Aug 12, 14:37 13
- Portland Lake Tahoe and back. I hate driving. -- nm - Bacon Aug 12, 20:11
- Fort Lauderdale to Toronto, 25 hours straight. We did about an 8000k journey from Toronto to Hilton Head and to NS. -- nm - J Aug 12, 18:06
- Portland to Washington, DC via Sacramento, Santa Fe, Dallas, and Nashville. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 17:55
- Toronto to New Orleans, Galv./Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Toronto - zork Aug 12, 17:49
- Straight distance between two points, mine might be LA to Toronto. -- nm - andie Aug 12, 17:11 1
  - Jealous, I've always wanted to do that one -- nm - J Aug 12, 18:08
- California-Texas-Georgia-New Jersey-New England-Nova Scotia-PEI-Newfoundland-Minnesota-Calgary-Cal ifornia -- nm - psilotum Aug 12, 15:49 1
  - I moved/drove from NY-WA, but it was just over 10 years ago. - psilotum Aug 12, 15:52
- FL to ME and back -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 15:44
- I spent a month on the road in a 30' motorhome. Pgh to Pipestem WV to Memphis to N Little Rock to just outside Dallas to a rest area full of roadrunn -- (edited) - Covington Aug 12, 15:39
- Last Summer we did: DC- Williamstown MA- VT- NH- Portland ME- Newport- Ridgefield CT- NYC- DC -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 14:40 2
  - jesus -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 14:40 1
    - I mean this was over the span of a week and a half. Longest I've ever gone. We had a blast though. And NYC was "Hamilton" so it ended on a high note. -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 14:46
b2 to be continued, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 14:35 1
- Aww, I miss that. Such cheesy fun. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:26

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