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LMM to narrate episode of 'Drunk History ' about Alexander Hamilton. -- (link) - Diva Aug 16, 04:35 3
- I really need to catch up with these. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 05:15
- I love this show. We should have started watching it. It's totally for MelDeevs. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 05:11
- The first drunk history was Alexander Hamilton. Still one of the funniest ever. -- (link) - Inigo Aug 16, 04:44 [youtube]
Price is Right Rules - The total cost of meals, lodging and airfare for me to go work in Boston for 10 nights is? - tRuMaN Aug 16, 04:34 4
- 3251 -- nm - iSpam Aug 16, 05:02
- $3925 -- nm - CQ Aug 16, 05:01 1
  - winner. the final total is $4,619.51 - tRuMaN Aug 16, 05:10
- $3000 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 04:45
Happy Gawker bankruptcy sale day everybody! -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 04:24 2
- I bid $1.01 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 05:03
- I bid a dollar -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 16, 04:31
wut -- (link) - Reagen Aug 16, 03:59 3
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- it all makes perfect sense! -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 04:17 1
  - And what's up with Clinton wanting to build a wall with Mexico? -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 04:19
MIL is now inventing elaborate backstories for the seagulls at her cabin. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 16, 03:45 3
- Now I'm imagining elaborate backstories that are clearly about her. - mafic Aug 16, 04:15 1
  - I expect that's coming. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 04:18
- we had two at ours years ago we named Peat and Repeat (any time I see 2 seagulls together I still call them that) -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 03:50
Wes, what is happening with your mom? -- nm - andie Aug 16, 03:30
Pennsylvania Attorney General Found Guilty of All Charges Over Leaked Grand Jury Documents -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 03:26
Don't Try To Surprise Adrian Beltre With A Beverage Shower Or He'll Fight You With A Broom -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 03:24
Olympic volunteers quitting because of long hours, lack of food -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 03:15
Results are in - compression fracture on 12th vertebrae. - colin Aug 16, 03:02 9
- Disregard my email as it was sent before checking ST. This must be an interesting experience doing it from where you two are. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 05:13
- good thoughts for you guys -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 03:26
- Semi good news. Hope it continues on in the good direction. -- nm - . Aug 16, 03:09 2
  - yes. she's going to try to get something to dull the pain on some of these long flights. -- nm - colin Aug 16, 03:12 1
    - Good. -- nm - andie Aug 16, 03:13
- Good news that she will recover without too much outside involvement. A nice quiet drink, in a quiet restful bar, tonight. Right? -- nm - andie Aug 16, 03:08 3
  - Seems it. The specialist may feel differently though :( -- nm - colin Aug 16, 03:11 2
    - Glad she is seeing the specialist. Don't mess around with your spine. -- nm* - andie Aug 16, 03:14
    - the first doctor said muscle spasm, second said no big deal but now you have a break.. bad trends. -- nm - colin Aug 16, 03:13
Guess what, after years of study, Univ of Calif reports that jet planes leave harmless vapor trails that contain NO harmful chemicals -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:45 1
- I'm sure that'll settle it. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 01:47
I wish I had cupcakes right now. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 23:31 2
- A bed of cupcakes would be pretty nice. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 01:32 1
  - careful where you place the chocolate ones -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:46
I wanna see NBC treat football the same way they treat the Olympics, on a delay with stories of the players and tons of breaks in the action to presen - . Aug 15, 23:24 1
- He leaps to haul in that touchdown pass...to honor his mother's 3 year battle with cancer -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:23
Olympics: Tug of War was an Olympics sport up until 1920 -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 22:51 1
- I always got a kick out of barrel jumping, the track race where you run and jump *through* a barrel (not to be confused the winter sport of jumping... - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:51
"and its value was estimated at "a google billion money presidents" by hat enthusiast Ralph Wiggum." - David's iPad Aug 15, 21:54 1
- omg its tara lupinsky and some guy from the hunger games...(at least according to his hair) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:25
I just found out my favorite weekend news anchor moved to Colorado Springs to be their top female anchor at KOAA. they have/I lost a good person -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 21:49 2
- Heh, saw KOA and wondered what she was doing broadcasting from a campground. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 22:27 1
  - Hah! (We've got one of those around here) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 22:37
I got a raise of .51965 today, putting me at $12.067432 an hour now. -- (edited) - Qale Aug 15, 21:07 6
- Do you track your hours with an atomic clock? -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 03:32
- 4.5% increase. But like you say it still doesn't explain how they came by the old number. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 21:22 1
  - Federal Min. Wage $7.25 times % raises about a dozen times. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 01:26
- it probably puts them over/keeps them under some kind of important threshold. what that might be, I have no idea. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 21:14 1
  - I ain't mad. Possible raise opportunities twice a year is really great in retail. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 21:18
- thanks, Obama! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 21:08
WWE: Jon Stewart to be the guest of Raw at Summerslam -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 21:06 1
- Because that was such a great idea last year! -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 21:13
Kelly your homemade pickles will jazz up your homemade tatziki sauce -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:51 2
- Pickles are all I can handle making at this point. Most of my cooking stuff is in storage and my house is in shambles. - kelly Aug 15, 21:52 1
  - tatziki is simple whenever the day comes you need it. yogurt, pickles, lemon juice, smashed'd'd'd garlic -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 21:55
I just put buying a box of Kraft Dinner on my Canadian bucket list. -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:39 4
- Add smarties too -- nm - Rollo Aug 15, 20:41 3
  - Is that different than the American candy? -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:42 2
    - Canadian smarties are closer to m&ms -- nm - Rollo Aug 15, 20:46 1
      - Yep. We call the American ones "Rockets", and Rockets are vastly inferior to Smarties. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 22:37
Seems this is the venue for next year's state archaeology annual meeting. -- (link) - Meg Aug 15, 20:18 14
- Here's a deal for it. -- (link) - jnine Aug 15, 22:25
- Hey Boo-Boo de doo.. -- nm* - Yogi Bear Aug 15, 21:01
- oh poor you! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 20:47
- call the lodge and ask if the group deal beats what you'd pay with AAA, AARP, etc. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:36 1
  - Oh, for sure. The society's gotten some good deals in the past so I'm sure it'll be fine. - Meg Aug 15, 20:58
- what a hellhole, I hope you survive okay -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:19 8
  - Seriously. Meg, you need to bring along at least one valet / attache' to help you out. - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 20:39 4
    - Take a number ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 20:59 3
      - "You there, this water was *boiling* when it touched the leaves for madam's tea! What are we? Heathens?" - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 21:17 2
        
        several. and 2 of them are offering a tidy sum to subsidize Meg for whatever expenses she may occur -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 21:36
        
        Heh, reminds me of that restaurant that didn't have *any* hot water in the kitchen and tea had to wait for them to heat it. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 21:26
  - We skipped this year's meeting 'cause it was in Redding - a good two day's drive each way. - Meg Aug 15, 20:27 2
    - sure you can skip Redding, but this is the big dog of California...you've got to make it happen - crash davis Aug 15, 20:29 1
      - Noted :) -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 20:59
Not only has Bartolo hit the first home run of his career this year, he also just walked for the very first time. -- nm - Tim Aug 15, 20:14
Well done. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 15, 20:02 1
- Noun. Verb. Lie. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:04
I did not know French fries were served at the White House in 1802. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 20:00 3
- Jefferson also liked ice cream, so he was into fair food. Murica! -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:02 2
  - John Quincy Adams was partial to deep fried Snickers -- nm - Rollo Aug 15, 20:43 1
    - "Ham?" "OK, we're square." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 21:20
Does anyone here make their own pickles? Would you mind sharing the recipe? - kelly Aug 15, 19:45 25
- I use this recipe. They are quite sour though. Also really easy to pickle are jalapenos -- (edited) - decline Aug 16, 05:21
- Threads here can still surprise me after all these years. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 15, 21:05 4
  - ?? -- nm - kelly Aug 15, 21:11 3
    - A homemade pickle thread isn't something I would expect to have such detailed replies. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 15, 21:47 2
      - Kelly did ask for a recipe. those are usually detailed. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 22:18
      - ... Neighbor -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 22:10
- Look into Half Sours -- nm - Rollo Aug 15, 20:44
- a suggestion. make a small batch [1 jar] to check flavors and do a bigger batch a day later when you know how much garlic peppers, etc you really need -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:33
- Thanks, folks! -- nm - kelly Aug 15, 20:15
- my wife has a couple, says she'll take pictures and send them to me. -- nm - mafic, economist Aug 15, 20:06 6
  - cuban pickles? -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 20:15 1
    - probably the russo-ukranian influence there. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 20:30
  - thus fulfilling demand for pickles. totally relevant handle! -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 20:06 3
    - I assume economists like guns and butter pickles -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:14 2
      - my microeconomics professor used beer and kraft dinner. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 20:30 1
        
        kraft dinner still gobsmacks me whenever I see it...its like you're making it all fancy or something -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:31
- I'm planning to try this recipe. Friend of mine knows David Barber (the author) and she swears by this recipe. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 20:03 1
  - as I said in my recipe, the cukes take a lot of flavor fast. sometimes too much and diluting the brine a day later will suck out the overkill aspects -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:26
- the person who makes pastrami, also makes pickles - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:00
- No but try this one -- (link) - No one except pregnant women ever Aug 15, 19:55 1
  - this one cooks the cukes, mine with the cold brine keeps them snappy/crunchy -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:02
- I'd been intending to get into pickling this year, but alas. Its nice to know I can use you as a source next year :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 19:55 3
  - it is incredibly easy -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 20:03 2
    - I want to pickle perch -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:07 1
      - as well as cukes, and my mom used to make some spicy pickled eggs that were great on a picnic -- nm - crash davis Aug 15, 20:09
and *another* thing! when did people start saying "price point" instead of just "price"?!? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 19:38 6
- I blame an unnamed Jonas brother. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 15, 21:56
- it happened around the same time that *toilet paper* because *bathroom tissue* -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 15, 20:26 1
  - dear marketing people, I realize that its a 2nd rate product to your expensive perfumes, but really do you *have* to keep calling it Toilet Water -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 20:42
- and they technically misuse it! usually. -- nm - mafic, economist Aug 15, 20:01
- So what did you do about the router? -- nm - iSpam Aug 15, 19:42 1
  - I've kept it....and it actually seems to be doing better! - prayformojo Aug 15, 19:44
womens 400m spoilers - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:13 11
- I think - Reagen Aug 15, 19:17 10
  - she ran great...nm - x Aug 15, 19:19 7
    - running implies her feet crossed first -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:23 6
      - Uh sure but winning via a lean (ie not feet to cross line first) is an accepted and practiced form -- nm - JD Aug 15, 19:41
      - did she break any rules? no. did any of her competitors do anything but congratulate her? no.... - x Aug 15, 19:28 1
        
        her stumbling form was on *fleek* -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:31
      - that's never been the metric. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 19:26 2
        
        then don't call it a sprint, i guess -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:27 1
        
        does it matter if you're still running after the end of a race? technically she sprinted to the finish line. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 19:27
  - sniper -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:18
  - Now just imagine if she had done that for the entire race! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 19:18
Manning face. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 15, 19:07
I love seeing some of those very legitimate track records where it's an East German athlete from the 80s. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 19:06
"Brock Osweiler unimpressive in Texans debut" - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 19:00
I hope they show the men's vault finals. A Ukrainian gymnast is (did?) apparently going to attempt an insane vault. - Dano Aug 15, 18:40 1
- twitter comments were from 8h ago -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 15, 18:47
heh, we have a guy at a conference in Jakarta, and he mistook the Muslim prayer washing area for a urinal. apparently there were some ruffled feathers - mafic Aug 15, 18:34 2
- Heres some Holy Water -- nm - budice Aug 15, 18:54 1
  - Water from mah hole! Boo yah! -- nm - Drunk-ass archer character (any of them) Aug 15, 20:25
The 400m hurdles is just brutal. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 18:26 11
- I added it to the list of "things Diva is to call an ambulance for if she sees me doing this" because... -- (edited) - Mel Profit Aug 16, 05:15
- Steeplechase is crazy -- nm - budice Aug 15, 18:53 5
  - Especially since steeples don't move. -- nm - Dano Aug 15, 18:55 4
    - *cat waggle gif* -- nm - Max Aug 16, 01:23
    - I saw one move when it got hit by a tornado. -- nm - iSpam Aug 15, 19:12
    - the Gothic ones hurt the most if you land worng -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 19:12
    - Keanureeveswhoa.gif -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 15, 19:06
- Hello Sage Watson -- nm - Rollo Aug 15, 18:30 3
  - um, yeah -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 18:42
  - I'd love to see the google image search data on some of these athletes as they compete. Some of them have to go up a million percent. - Volnelk Aug 15, 18:41 1
    - I felt gross after hearing the age of the youngest American girl in track and field last night. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 05:18

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