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Strasburg pitching today: 1inn, 7ER -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 13:06
snack psa: unless you're looking for something to use as cushion in packages, avoid "boulder canyon real thin pop" oo/white cheddar popcorn. - b. Aug 17, 13:01
ST Poll - what is the last " service" you received? massage? postal? oil change? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:00 7
- Dry wall. -- nm - jnine Aug 17, 13:27
- no comment -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:14
- Haircut on Saturday. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 13:13
- Yesterday vet shaved a patch cody was licking, ugh. The clerk at petco put the inflatable donut on him, and tied it properly for us -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 13:11
- Tiling and caulking -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 13:02
- massage on Saturday, i guess? -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 13:00
- We had our car detailed before we sold it. -- nm - David Aug 17, 13:00
Olympic security scanners show Lochte holding his wallet and phone after reporting them as stolen -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 12:59 14
- He said they didn't take their cell phones, which surprised people because they're worth a lot there. That looks like it could be his phone in his - jnine Aug 17, 13:07
- The whole video also shows them very calmly walking in.. - Marlowe Aug 17, 13:07
- So what was purpose to lie? I'm not getting why he did that. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 17, 13:03 10
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    - did they flee? I thought the request for the passports came after he left. idk the timeline. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 13:18 2
      - Apparently, it came this morning and Lochte was already gone.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 17, 13:20 1
        
        I wonder if he was tipped off. -- nm - jnine Aug 17, 13:28
  - Supposedly the only people they told were their mothers. Maybe they were supposed to see them and went partying and when they asked them about it, - jnine Aug 17, 13:08
  - Because no one was paying attention to him? -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 13:08
  - Attention. Whore. (?) -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 13:08
  - Poke the Rio beast! -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:05
  - He doesn't seem like the brightest bulb in the ... water. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 13:05 1
    - No, that would be a *good* thing. - Spawn Aug 17, 13:05
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Is anybody else watching the exhibition gymnastics on MSNBC? - JD Aug 17, 12:39 2
- Is that show still on? -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:45
- Recording it for later. -- nm - David Aug 17, 12:41
Robert Kirkman announces Invincible to end with issue #144 (Part 12 of The End of All Things storyline) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 17, 12:36
‘I Am Cait’ canceled after 2 seasons -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 12:16 3
- Cait Sith from Final Fantasy 7? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 17, 12:22
- Cait Plus 8? -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:16 1
  - Cait is Enough -- nm - Max Aug 17, 12:33
David: TiVo Series 1 “Lifetime” Service Ceases September 29th -- (link) - oblique Aug 17, 12:12 6
- $ 75 in lieu of lifetime service? seems legit -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 12:44 4
  - Trying to remember what we paid for ours. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 13:03 3
    - Back then it was only $100. I had two of them. -- nm - GregW Aug 17, 13:12 2
      - Yeah, I was thinking $100. So for $25 I got about 8-10 years of sevice? - Spawn Aug 17, 13:15 1
        
        not the point though. lifetime = lifetime. not when you fail to bring your products up to speed to do what you said you were going to do - Epiphany Aug 17, 13:26
- I've got a bad feeling about Rovi as ownership. -- nm - David Aug 17, 12:33
Wait... Natahn Fillion is going to be on Modern Family? - Spawn Aug 17, 12:08 7
- B2: Nathan Fillion for the Oceans 8 role! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 17, 12:10
- "If Linn-Manuel can do it...so can I, damnit" -- nm - oblique Aug 17, 12:10 5
  - I may ask the ST MF fans to pick out their 5 faves of the last 38 for me to watch. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:11 4
    - The ones featuring Haley and Andy are awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 13:50
    - Just follow Ariel Winter in Instagram. -- nm - Shaun Aug 17, 12:12 2
      - She and her jean thongs are out of control. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:14
      - pervert - oblique Aug 17, 12:13
from bb, po.go stats: level 22, caught 77/seen 79, captured 1310, pokestops 1086, evolved 98, highest cp is 1304 (arcanine). -- (edited) - b. Aug 17, 12:07 8
- 1096 pokestops! I was bummed when I found that stat wasn't *unique* pokestops visited. - JaxSean Aug 17, 13:04 1
  - that number seems high to me, too. I wonder if it counts those I tried to get to but either showed as too far away or wouldn't spin because of server - b. Aug 17, 13:15
- happy un-birthday! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:13 5
  - thanks! - b. Aug 17, 12:18 4
    - :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( (((((((((((((((((((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:20 3
      - aww! - b. Aug 17, 12:24 2
        
        Khaleesi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:43 1
        
        :) - -- nm - b. Aug 17, 12:53
"The International Boxing Association (AIBA) the federation that runs amateur boxing, released a statement Wednesday in which it said some judges have - Loyola Aug 17, 12:07 11
- the judges in question were at previous Olympics as French Skating Judges :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:14
- Did you see RTE's game for the Olympics? -- (link) - spamlet Aug 17, 12:11 1
  - lol -- nm - Loyola Aug 17, 12:12
- This is related to the Irish boxer claiming things were rigged, right? -- nm - decline Aug 17, 12:09 2
  - The heavyweight thing started it. The announcer at that one actually said, "The judges wrote down the name of the winner before they got to Rio." -- nm* - David Aug 17, 12:31
  - among others. The Russians seem to have bought "everyone" off -- (edited) - Beaker Aug 17, 12:10
- "They've been promoted to professional; anyone with this ability should definitely turn pro" -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 12:08
- bummer their scores will stand. -- nm - b. Aug 17, 12:08
- Color me "surprised." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 12:07 2
  - I missed the Russian v Kazakh heavyweight fight. Apparently the judging in that was ridiculous. -- nm - Loyola Aug 17, 12:09 1
    - The judging has been ridiculous among all four of the boxing matches I've watched this Olympics. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 12:52
SITWAP: Welcome to the Majors, Dansby Swanson. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 17, 12:06 3
- SB Nation: "Dansby Swanson is in the Majors, and Shelby Miller is not." -- nm - Strongbad Aug 17, 12:08
- That can't be a real name. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 12:06 1
  - It's no Sicnarf Loopstok. -- nm* - Tim Aug 17, 12:07
These trampoline Olympians are a special kind of crazy. -- nm - David Aug 17, 11:57 14
- Not until they combine trampoline and air rifle. - Max Aug 17, 11:59 10
  - what about equestrian trampolene? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:02 3
    - Synchro elephant springboard diving -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 12:33 1
      - No, no, diving is the *giraffe's* event. -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 12:39 [youtube]
    - If an elephant can do it, a horse can. -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 12:17 [youtube]
  - and combat -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 12:00 5
    - Trampoline Fencing -- nm - Max Aug 17, 12:01 4
      - "l have the higher gr... I have the higher... I have the higher gro... I have the h..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 12:09 1
        
        Gain it fast enough and all you have to do is point down and wait. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 12:36
      - This would be awesome. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 12:07
      - and get John Woo to shoot it in delicious slo-mo -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 12:02
- most of them have the skills to be high divers -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 11:58 2
  - Their diving scores would be terrible! Landing feed first, on their backs...the splash would be enormous! -- nm - Max Aug 17, 12:00 1
    - which is still better than a few of the athletes diving performances this week :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 12:01
France/Spain Men's Basketball Olympic spoilers - David Aug 17, 11:52
aww, RIP director Arthur Hiller -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 11:52 6
- 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:03 3
  - You must have a surprising number of ass-hickeys at this point. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 12:10 2
    - I think 2016 likes the ass stuff so keeps killing people -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 12:11 1
      - it's all Spawn's fault. -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 12:16
- aww, talk about a "love story": "He and his wife Gwen had been married since 1948 and had two children and two grandchildren. Gwen died on June 24, - b. Aug 17, 11:55
- One of my favorite movie trivia notes: He directed Alan Smithee but then removed his name... - David Aug 17, 11:55
More "Stuff Rich People Can Do!" - one of my boss' sons got engaged LAST NIGHT at dinner. The parents are -- (edited) - Andie Aug 17, 11:50 2
- They say that money can't buy happiness, but I'd bet that I would greatly enjoy that misery. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 17, 12:25
- geez -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 12:11
"Your mom can't stop talking about Black China" - budice Aug 17, 11:50 3
- my line last weekend was "They better not look at me like I didn't bring meat". -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:51 2
  - but dayam was the potato salad great. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 17, 11:54 1
    - L4. I just had to apologize to my cube neighbors. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:55
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- Suggestion noted. :) -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 17, 11:50
- I watched it 2 years ago, can you send me back the ticket money? - Marlowe Aug 17, 11:50 3
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    - Yours too! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 17, 11:56 1
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- equal opportunity gender remake: Wild Things with hot young gay dudes in the Neve Campbell/Denise Richards roles -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 11:48
man arrested after attempting to have sex WITH a van. Not IN a van...but WITH A VAN -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 11:46 23
- Take it easy baby, make it last all night, she was...an American car -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 13:17
- nmbRemlik & Spawn - Epiphany Aug 17, 12:09 1
  - Will do. -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:10
- Local boy! -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 12:06
- Poll: Should that actually be illegal? -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 12:05 6
  - Uh...no? -- nm - Krieger Aug 17, 12:23
  - the public part, yes. what a man and his consenting van choose to do together in the privacy of a garage, though, is up to them. -- nm - b. Aug 17, 12:09 2
    - "Honk once if the answer is yes." -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 12:16 1
      - Can you show me on the matchbox where the man touched you? -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 12:28
  - Not if you're sober ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 12:08
  - first gays marry, now this... - Beaker Aug 17, 12:07
- Using the grill? Interesting choice. - Krusty Aug 17, 11:51 3
  - Reagan's MIL heartily disapproves. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:52 2
    - well played, Diva -- nm - oblique Aug 17, 12:10
    - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 11:53
- banana up the tailpipe gag -- nm - budice Aug 17, 11:48 1
  - but who's going to fall for that? -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 11:49
- Hands On A Hardbody - The Sequel. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:47 2
  - that would be one way to get everyone else to quit - "Oh you want to win this? Here let me fuck your truck" -- nm* - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 11:49 1
    - omg -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:53
- if this van's a rockin . . . -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 11:46 2
  - #IfTheVanHasACockIn -- nm - Next Pr0n Title Aug 17, 11:55 1
    - smh -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 11:57
LIR: Shaun: All that being said, I sure hope I don't "outrun" the game and that they add more content. As it is, it is a bit shallow and repetative - oblique Aug 17, 11:44 22
- It's basically Gerry as a videogame. - David Aug 17, 11:49 11
  - Wasn't there a PS3 game that basically *was* that though? -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 12:05 7
    - I dunno, but No Man's Sky definitely fits the bill. - David Aug 17, 12:29
    - (I'm thinking of Journey) -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 12:06 5
      - Nobody better start shit talking Journey! -- nm - Shaun Aug 17, 12:08 4
        
        Glee does a great job with their music catalogue! -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 12:09 3
        
        The best thing Glee ever did was get cancelled. -- nm - Shaun Aug 17, 12:11 2
        
        Glee was too good for the audience. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 17, 12:55
        
        Nah, that would be second. - Spawn Aug 17, 12:15
  - Did it need to be more Elephant? -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 11:53 2
    - It needed to be more Star Trek Beyond. -- nm - David Aug 17, 11:56 1
      - I didn't know Gus Van Sant directed that. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 12:04
- I can definitely see how some people are already bored with it. It won't be everyone's cup of tea for dozens and dozens of hours. - Shaun Aug 17, 11:48 9
  - I've set a goal for myself now to get to a "Class O" star which requires the top end warp drive to get to. I want to see how varied and different the - oblique Aug 17, 11:57 8
    - Yeah, after I finish the 1st atlas path I plan to venture out and ignore the paths for awhile -- nm - decline Aug 17, 12:07 1
      - My BIL is kinda obsessive when playing games and he's already done a ton of the "on the rails" content. I found it...validating - oblique Aug 17, 12:09
    - Cool. I'm not even reading anything about 'how to' do anything in game. I'm just going to sort it out. - Shaun Aug 17, 11:59 5
      - I've been paying attention to mechanics things because I noticed that I don't really ever have to upgrade anything other than slots to hold more stuff - oblique Aug 17, 12:03 4
        
        I've found the environmental modifiers to your suit shield very useful. I switch it out each planet - decline Aug 17, 12:11 3
        
        The one I have might be the wrong kind. I had one you had to recharge - oblique Aug 17, 12:12 2
        
        Oh, they are rechargeable but the higher level ones almost double your shield time. - decline Aug 17, 12:24 1
        
        my planets so far have been pretty tame. I do have two water breathing upgrades which I plan to install now that I found a water planet -- nm - oblique Aug 17, 12:25
I really do not care for the Secret Service and I will not be using them when I am president. - The Donald Aug 17, 11:43 4
- Air Force One? screw that. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 11:44 3
  - Not if he can bill it out to his private plane. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 11:46
  - another solid Vince casting opportunity. the First Husband of President Jennifer Lawrence in the reboot -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 11:45 1
    - "Get off my plane!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 11:57

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