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nm -- nm* - ML Galaxy Sep 2, 18:23
to self: do I care why lena dunham is trending on twitter? nah. hmm, why is odb trending? *click* huh. who'd think to connect those two at all? - b. Sep 2, 18:02 5
- What a psycho -- nm - ML Galaxy Sep 2, 18:16
- Lena the Hyena -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 2, 18:05 1
  - eep. (I didn't know the comic was - or looks to be anyway - the inspiration for the lena in "who framed roger rabbit?") -- nm - b. Sep 2, 18:09
- b! - budice Sep 2, 18:03 1
  - :) - - b. Sep 2, 18:06
Eliza Dushku on the League. - iSpam Sep 2, 17:45 6
- My dibs on her are so old they can drive. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 17:55 4
  - What's the statute of limitations on dibs? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 2, 17:58 3
    - Luckily I have the renewal paperwork right here. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 17:59 1
      - smog check still due - budice Sep 2, 18:03
    - African or European? -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:58
- Duckshoot is awesum -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:46
"Asdrubal Cabrera or Odubel Herrera?" -- nm - Tim Sep 2, 17:42 2
- "And then you introduce Uma to Oprah! and Oprah to Uma!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 17:58
- Astrbrel Carrera -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:43
NCAA: Colorado v Colo St tonite.... - budice Sep 2, 17:41
Now playing: Spy -- nm - ML Galaxy Sep 2, 17:32 7
- Face off machine. -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 18:10
- "You want me to have Cagney and f*%@ing Lacey explain it to you?" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 2, 17:38
- Now playing: all those Beatles songs the Dead covered. Thanks for posting that Pete. -- nm - rollo Sep 2, 17:36 1
  - enjoy. I saw them do 6 or 7 of them over the years..on this date in Grateful Dead history was their only Idaho show. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 2, 18:02 [youtube]
- The Nice Guys for us. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 2, 17:33 1
  - cool -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:34
- fun -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:33
Why does Donald Trump's son look like Odo? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 17:31 3
- That horrible hairdo. - . Sep 2, 17:57
- 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawndroid Sep 2, 17:33
- there it is. That's been bothering me. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 17:32
Telluride:La La Land opens to great reviews -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:24
2016 Fulmer Cup final standings from reddit. Colorado wins, 4 SEC teams in the top 10. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 2, 17:16
two people i know are now in Iceland at the moment -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 2, 17:11 3
- ~matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match~ -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 17:18
- Have them meet. -- nm - David's iPad Sep 2, 17:13
- *Iceland norse clap* -- nm - budice Sep 2, 17:13
Hmm, SuperShuttle no longer offers a choice of pickup time, just assigns one. - Meg Sep 2, 17:11
Wicker Man is now streaming on Netflix -- nm - ML Sep 2, 16:59 6
- As a matter of fact, this is currently scheduled to be an entry in HWDYK's annual pre-Halloween horror movie quiz festival - prayformojo Sep 2, 17:02 4
  - if it ain't the bees, it's the plants - Reagen Sep 2, 17:21
  - IM...great Supremes song, and an Anthony Quinn/Faye Dunaway movie -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 2, 17:09 [youtube] 2
    - that's a crazy movie -- nm - mud Sep 2, 17:17 1
      - yup. it shows up every decade or so on cable and I watch it again -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 17:20
- not the bees! -- nm - CQ Sep 2, 17:00
SF: Kilbo, me, shay -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 16:54 1
- I'm now leaving you to your own devices for a few hours. I'll check in later. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 2, 17:22
Good evening David: -- (link) - ML Sep 2, 16:49
"Brewers were team that won claim on Dodgers' Puig. Teams made legitimate attempt to complete deal. Braun was part of talks." - ML Sep 2, 16:41
are we there yet? -- nm - b. Sep 2, 16:40
I wonder how long it will take to copy 51.19GB of music to an SD card? -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 2, 16:22 19
- Apparently 2 hours and 3 minutes. -- nm - iSpam Sep 2, 18:26
- What is an SD card? This seems like something I should have to back up my library -- nm - rollo Sep 2, 16:54 15
  - Remember that chip that Data puts under his fingernail in that Star Trek movie? - Beryllium Sep 2, 17:12
  - The card that you used to put into a camera. -- (link) - iSpam Sep 2, 17:10 13
    - Wait, what are cameras using for memory these days then? - Reagen Sep 2, 17:53 2
      - Most people just use their phone. -- nm - iSpam Sep 2, 18:25
      - mnemonics -- nm - mud Sep 2, 17:57
    - Shit, that looks hot but I don't think my computer has a slot for it. -- nm - rollo Sep 2, 17:34 5
      - you can buy external readers fairly inexpensively these days. -- nm - b. Sep 2, 17:42 1
        
        Yep. I've got several, they're cheap. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 18:06
      - They make USB connectors for them. We had one before our MacBook had one. -- (link*) - iSpam Sep 2, 17:41 2
        
        :) - -- nm - b. Sep 2, 17:42 1
        
        Great minds something something. -- nm - iSpam Sep 2, 17:46
    - And FWIW, we pay for OneDrive to get Office so we use the storage for iTunes. - iSpam Sep 2, 17:20
    - And some of us still do ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 2, 17:11 2
      - My camera has one but not sure when the last time we actually used it :) -- nm - iSpam Sep 2, 17:15 1
        
        I use them to photograph Historical Soc. events as an easy way to give the photos to the newsletter ed. - Meg Sep 2, 17:27
- 3.13 hours -- nm - . Sep 2, 16:26
- spoils... - budice Sep 2, 16:26
3 common STDs becoming medically untreatable -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 2, 15:56 8
- STD = Slacker Talk Diseases - Oh no, musubiosis! -- nm - Dano Sep 2, 16:22 7
  - Has there ever been a cuer? -- nm - spamlet Sep 2, 16:27 4
    - there is a treatment. -- nm* - Reagen Sep 2, 16:47
    - I see what you did there -- nm - prayformojo Sep 2, 16:30 2
      - (spoils) - spamlet Sep 2, 16:37 1
        
        Rack 'em up Dano. -- nm - . Sep 2, 16:42
  - WADS - wiggie acquired deficiency syndrome -- nm - budice Sep 2, 16:25 1
    - pixieitation -- nm - . Sep 2, 16:27
And thank you to David and Kim for being spectacular human beings. -- nm - Todd Manning - 134 days till Monster Trucks Sep 2, 15:35 5
- Now you can watch Lovesick on Netflix. -- nm - Dano Sep 2, 16:34 1
  - Any nudity? -- nm - Todd Manning - 134 days till Monster Trucks Sep 2, 16:51
- Word! Thank you very much for running the draft so well and for putting up with all of our crap. - Krusty Sep 2, 16:16 1
  - Kim.is indeed amazing - Remliks phone Sep 2, 17:34
- Yes, thanks again.Awesome dude and dudette. -- nm - budice Sep 2, 15:40
Eric Ebron? Somone was looking at the wrong draft card. No big deal though. -- nm - Todd Manning - 134 days till Monster Trucks Sep 2, 15:23 7
- It was pick 10-6. Get over it. -- nm - David Sep 2, 16:02 2
  - If I don't win the league it will be all your fault!!! -- nm - Todd Manning - 134 days till Monster Trucks Sep 2, 16:48 1
    - I get that a lot. -- nm - David's iPad Sep 2, 17:12
- At least it wasn't Teddy. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 15:28
- could have been Eric Estrada - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:27 2
  - heh -- (link) - budice Sep 2, 15:36 1
    - heh -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:42
Inigo and NWBR are up in SF -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 15:21 12
- Mathews was gone already. Pick another. (Nubby's picked now too.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:28 10
  - Somehow I had Travis Benjamin on my team but i did not draft him. I dropped him and picked up Hurns for my 10th round pick -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 15:35 9
    - That could have been my entry error, so just drop him. But Hurns is gone. I just haven't been able to assign him. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:37
    - who was taken by Beaker in Round 9 -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 15:36 7
      - Bah.....okay let me figure it out -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 15:37 6
        
        Burn list was good until just the last few picks on this page. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:37 5
        
        Picked now. You can complete the round. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 15:43 4
        
        Will do. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:52 3
        
        I picked. -- nm - Inigo Sep 2, 15:53 2
        
        Yep. Sorry I forgot that you were after Walt but it worked out. Walt, you're back on the clock. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 16:35 1
        
        Picked. Kilbo and Strongbad now up. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 16:55
- I'll address it in ten mins. In line at the bank then back to you. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:22
IMPORTANT: Narcos Season 2 is *live* on Netflix -- nm - ML Sep 2, 15:21 1
- I know what I'll be watching this weekend. -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 16:17
Tim, I sort of get it, because you're good enough to see what's going wrong, but not good enough to act on it - Reagen Sep 2, 15:19 2
- Especially in a team game, it's "everybody else sucks and is dragging me down." -- nm - Tim Sep 2, 15:42 1
  - and for every game you lose because your team didn't coordinate, you won one because the other team didn't - Reagen Sep 2, 15:50
I just saw someone say (about Adam Sandler's The Cobbler): "It's no Billy Madison, but it was good." nm - Dignan Sep 2, 15:15 6
- Billy Madison is a top tier Sandler flick. -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 15:47 2
  - It's no That's My Boy -- nm - Dano Sep 2, 16:37
  - Dropping dead of a heart attack is a top tier way to die. - spamlet Sep 2, 16:27
- So, I'm confused...is it good or better in comparison -- nm - . Sep 2, 15:22
- and you hit the button for the trap door, right? -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 15:20 1
  - I did, but the button only made a fart noise. nm - Dignan Sep 2, 15:24
Can a person who is fired from a job lose their pension? Vested. Union job. - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:09 13
- If he's vested they can't take it away from him -- nm - decline Sep 2, 15:28
- you'd have to have special circumstances, like being a union official who is also embezzling -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 2, 15:27 3
  - none of that. Line worker watching too much Fox News -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:30 2
    - he'll thank his union, then? - Reagen Sep 2, 16:13 1
      - The irony of that is off the charts. -- nm - David's iPad Sep 2, 16:15
- Not that I know of. In my layman's terms vested = yours. -- nm - iSpam Sep 2, 15:13 2
  - google lawyering agrees :) -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:26
  - thanks to you both -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:23
- i'm not an ERISA lawyer, but my gut reaction is once a qualified-benefits pension has vested, it's un-vestable -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 2, 15:10 4
  - good news. He is now at home taking care of my mom. I was hoping he'd retire. This works too -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:22 3
    - if i'm reading this guidebook correctly, after 7 years for a defined-benefit (usually pension) plan, it's 100% non-forfeitable -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 2, 15:26 2
      - awesome. 40 years would be a lot to lose. im guessing. - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:29
      - I agree with shaolin. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 2, 15:28
Sconsin Badgers: LSU, MichSt, Mich, OhSt, Iowa in their 1st 7 games. -- nm - budice Sep 2, 15:05
Let us die young or let us live forever. We don't have the power but we never say never -- (edited) - JD Sep 2, 15:04
SF: Ok. Got it. 10-9) Walt Disney 10-10) Inigo 10-11) Name Withheld By Request 10-12) Beaker -- nm* - oblique Sep 2, 15:04 14
- Nubby got missed so he can pick whenever he returns. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:06 13
  - I just texted Nubby. -- nm - David's iPad Sep 2, 15:19 1
    - Thanks. (I had shot him an email 30 mins in.) -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:23
  - what pick are we on? Did I pick right? -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:06 10
    - I think we're right. You just picked 10-8 -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 15:08 9
      - yeah. i was all mixed up. forgot that NWBR picked my DEF for me so my team roster was weird too -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:10 8
        
        Right. Walt's on the clock, then Inigo and my two and Beaker's card's two. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 2, 15:15 7
        
        he just picked someone he picked 4 rounds ago. - Reagen Sep 2, 15:21 6
        
        I would like two Odell Beckham's then -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:24 5
        
        Only if I get 3 Antonio Brown's -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 15:27 4
        
        Quit talking crazy. You can't draft three of the same guy. Everyone knows that -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:29 3
        
        What if I play him at K and DEF? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 15:31 2
        
        How many points does he normally K in a game? -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 15:42 1
        
        This should count for at least 10 -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 2, 16:12 [youtube]
We did it for Pippy! -- nm - David's iPad Sep 2, 15:03 3
- gracias -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:06
- Kap did too -- (link) - budice Sep 2, 15:06 1
  - omg -- nm - Epiphany Sep 2, 15:10

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