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ATM poll: how long have you used your current PIN code? (I've kept the same code for 21 years) -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 14:01 10
- I'm not falling for this again -- nm - rollo Sep 9, 14:14
- Since my first ATM card in college. 1980. -- nm - pmb Sep 9, 14:09 1
  - "i just have to press 1" -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 14:14
- around 25 years. -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 14:07
- Six to eight. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 14:06
- about 3. but before that, 20+. there was something... (can't remember what) ... that meant i couldn't reuse my PIN when i got a new card for some - Andie Sep 9, 14:03 2
  - similar for me, but I didn't much mind - the assigned one was/is easier to remember, and I sometimes have to share it with a sister. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 14:14
  - and I'd like to thank you. You suggested a PIN convention that has worked wonders. - Mel Profit Sep 9, 14:05
- since the early 1980's -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 9, 14:02
- Call it 25 years. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 14:02
Hey krusty, you should have gotten two xbone related things via email. - TRuMaN Sep 9, 13:56 3
- wacluv at the G? -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 14:12 1
  - Yes. Check your spam. Came directly from msoft -- nm - TRuMaN Sep 9, 14:40
- I don't see anything but I'll keep an eye out. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 14:02
Re; TIFF - i am leaving work soon. unless i hear different, i'll be at the PreNup Pub shortly after 9pm. -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 13:49 2
- (torontonians it is the building that was Ein-steins? or different?) - Andie Sep 9, 13:50 1
  - Close by but not the same -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 9, 13:54
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML Sep 9, 13:46 2
- ^doom level c. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 13:53
- It's the end of the world -- nm - As we know it Sep 9, 13:49
Just so you guys can be kept up to date - my single wife just texted me a picture of... - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:45 10
- Could you see me in the picture? -- nm - Spawndroid Sep 9, 15:41
- 900 ml - larger than a regular bottle of wine! And it's a good one too. The sushi guy recommended as well. -- nm* - Diva Sep 9, 13:59 5
  - Let's make sure we have one on hand for Hurricane Mel's Dad. - Mel Profit Sep 9, 14:01 4
    - The Hurricane. -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 14:02 3
      - When he busted out the old bartending skills I knew we were in for "one hellavah night." - Mel Profit Sep 9, 14:03 2
        
        Yeah, the Manhattans took a new tack. Re: your IM... -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 14:05 1
        
        Manhattans by way of Kyoto. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 14:10
- is there a little hole in the top for straws? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 9, 13:54
- Don't forget the square melon to go with it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:48
- OPEN THE BOX! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 13:47
Now *this* is a great commercial -- (link) - ML Sep 9, 13:43
Amazon pilot "Strange New Things" definitely not to be confused with Netflix's Stranger Things -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 13:42
Arrival reportedly living up to the hype after TIFF screenings. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 13:36 9
- Quick summary. - what is this movie? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 9, 13:48 7
  - Aliens show up, intentions unknown, tensions rise, cunning linguist Amy Adams is our only hope. -- nm - ML Sep 9, 13:49 6
    - directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) whose next film is BLADERUNNER II !! -- nm - mud Sep 9, 14:03 4
      - He's really come on like gangbusters as one of the new IT directors. I had never heard of him a year ago. - Name Withheld by Request Sep 9, 14:06 3
        
        up here he was a bit known, for Polytechnique and Incendies. -- nm - mud Sep 9, 14:10 2
        
        I remember Polytechnique buzz. And I had heard of Incendies so I just hadn't made the connection to Villeneuve. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 9, 14:16
        
        I saw Maelstrom way back when (i think there's still a review for it at BOP) - it's great. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 14:15
    - Mmmmm... Amy Adams. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 9, 13:57
- "That's the movie Interstellar wanted to be" -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 13:41
I have one episode left in The Night Of, and I have what I think is a watertight theory. spoils - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 9, 13:36 2
- aha, the pixietheory -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 14:00
- Without spoiling anything, I'll say you have just as much support for your theory as any other theory out there. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 13:37
I'm glad to know that someone out there was thinking "how can we make candy corn *worse*?" -- (link) - Reagen Sep 9, 13:34 7
- They've been out for a few years. Not great but not the worst ever. -- nm - spamlet Sep 9, 14:08
- I'm going to experiment this season and see if I can eat enough of them so that I make faces like that over sugared toddler. - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:59 1
  - be sure to try candy corn & oreos together -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 9, 14:02
- I actually tried a little one last year, and it was decent - it tasted like white chocolate with spots of essence of candy corn. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 13:56 1
  - *barfing now* -- nm - ML Sep 9, 13:57
- The fu... I bet 90% of those will be washed down wroth a Slurpee or Mountain Dew -- nm - zork Sep 9, 13:49
- Candy corn vodka, oh I know....paleo candy corn -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:41
Pats beat writer says Gronk didn't make the flight to AZ -- (link) - ML Sep 9, 13:30 7
- Don't worry. Gronk is just taking the party train instead. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Sep 9, 13:38
- As a million fantasy owners cry out in terror... -- nm - David Sep 9, 13:31 5
  - the loudest screaming was from Jimmy G. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:34 1
    - He just asked Julian Edelman to break his arm for him. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 13:35
  - now silenced -- nm - budice Sep 9, 13:34
  - Is that Hogan's music I hear? -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 13:32
  - save me, Outlaw! -- nm - ML Sep 9, 13:32
The Feds now say stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7s -- (link) - budice Sep 9, 13:25 1
- (for safety reasons) -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 13:35
Easter in jeopardy. -- (link) - GregW Sep 9, 13:21 15
- Nooooo! Settle with the workers! I need Peeps! -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 13:52
- Guys, XMAS is in danger, all those container ships owned by Hanjin, 15 to 20 billion in goods, lots of Nike etc, can't dock - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:39
- thankfully Cadbury, Marrs & Hersheys are not on strike -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 9, 13:36
- Can we rebuild them? Do we have the technology? Do we have the capability to make the world's first bionic peep? -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 13:30
- nooooooooooooooooooo! -- nm - budice Sep 9, 13:24
- great, this is all we need to happen ... not that I'd give a call to action here but ... - call me Ishmael Sep 9, 13:24
- Counterpoint: Easter saved? -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 13:22
- I'll take diabetes cure for $1000 -- nm - zork Sep 9, 13:22
- let's consider that the Peeps you are eating are at least 6 months old by Easter. -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 13:22 6
  - They're fresh. See my post all the way down at the bottom. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 9, 13:56
  - I wonder how old that can of icing was that I ate last night -- nm - zork Sep 9, 13:23 4
    - Like... just a can of icing? -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 13:26 3
      - No, but i wanted to freak people out - zork Sep 9, 13:43
      - only Duncan Hines can judge him -- nm - ML Sep 9, 13:28 1
        
        Uh huh -- nm - Aunt Jemima Sep 9, 14:00
Jay Ajayi is out. Left back in Miami. Coaches decision. -- nm - budice Sep 9, 13:20 1
- When ESPN wrote that he could be a Top Five RB back in July, I really should have tried harder to get a 3rd or a 4th for him. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 9, 13:39
How Terry Crews can save you money -- (link) - zork Sep 9, 13:16
How about an update on the Arizona congressional candidate ... -- (link) - zork Sep 9, 13:11
iPhone 7 tagline translates to 'This Is Penis' in Hong Kong -- (link) - budice Sep 9, 13:05
Babies are weird. - znufrii, dad. Sep 9, 13:00 1
- hmm. i read that as babes and was looking for a link -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 13:05
Golf: DJ en Fuego -- (link) - budice Sep 9, 12:55
Pope Francis Hosts Feathered Serpent God As Part Of Deity Exchange Program -- (link) - budice Sep 9, 12:47
terrible terrible quality, but a bizarre 5 minute compilation of video/tv content that Trump was in over the years. -- (link) - Andie Sep 9, 12:45 [youtube] 3
- (With Ellen! Megan Mullaley! Wresting! Trump Steaks!) -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 12:46 2
  - He...motorboats Giuliani. nm - Dignan Sep 9, 12:53 1
    - *mouth vomit* -- nm - zork Sep 9, 13:21
here's a fun prank waiting to happen: usb 2.0 dongle will kill a laptop -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 12:44 5
- It's eating the hard drive... - Spawndroid Sep 9, 15:46
- there's been an increasing use of usbs for medical devices in recent years, so an extra ack. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 13:14
- That thing will kill pretty much any device with a USB port -- nm - JD Sep 9, 13:05 2
  - comes in handy when the FBI are knocking at your door -- nm - decline Sep 9, 13:14 1
    - Well you'd have direct connect to storage devices..... -- nm - JD Sep 9, 13:16
LYC: we're going to a happy hour b-day party for a 1 year old. They borrowed my 70qt boat cooler for beers. - CQ Sep 9, 12:42 1
- "He won't remember it so neither will we!" *chug* -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 12:42
Grigson fired yet? -- nm - ML Sep 9, 12:40
Are any STers going to see Temple of the Dog? I remember a thread where a few people said they'd be interested in going to the Philly show in November - Inigo Sep 9, 12:38 7
- I don't have tickets to the NYC show but the hotel is booked. I'll get tickets. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:08
- *checks current prices* - znufrii, dad. Sep 9, 12:42 5
  - The prices were like that for the PJ shows but what I saw online vs what I saw on the street were different. Don't despair. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:09
  - holy crap, did they misplace a decimal point there? -- nm - decline Sep 9, 12:51 1
    - Sacrifices must be made to our Drol Dog -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:01
  - And that's without the $150 in fees and hidden charges. I'll FB message when the concert gets closer to possibly meet up for drinks. :) -- nm - Inigo Sep 9, 12:47 1
    - Sounds good. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 9, 12:54
Last meal in a restaurant was our usual nachos and wings at Boathouse. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 9, 12:36
Did we talk about the impossibly tone-deaf 9/11 themed Texas mattress store commercial? - Dignan Sep 9, 12:36 11
- Something interesting about this: it had fewer than 5k watches when it was posted here yesterday. -- nm - David Sep 9, 13:30
- Wow. -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 12:54
- wtf -- nm - Loyola Sep 9, 12:52
- Come on, they say they will never forget. - Spawn Sep 9, 12:48
- I...I just can't. -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 12:48
- horrifying. -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 12:39
- OMG -- nm - ML Sep 9, 12:38
- i posted it yesterday -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 12:38 2
  - you blocked, fool. -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:49 1
    - pretty sure dignan would never do that to me -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 9, 12:50
- It's just bizarre -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 12:37
Restaurant: my wife had lunch at a hotel today...waited an hour+ for their food; they were pissed. One person order a beer before lunch, delivered as - Beaker Sep 9, 12:29 3
- LIR - smoked porkchop, goat cheese stuffed artichokes and buca beignets last night at Sambua and this guy was the entertainment. How old is he? -- (link) - Epiphany Sep 9, 12:51 2
  - Lunch with the Disney's where everything on the menu was $4.95 plus extra for cheese, avocado, etc. - Meg Sep 9, 13:45 1
    - sounds awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 9, 14:16
Plane full of people from New Orleans going to Saskatoon for goose hunting. They are loud and obnoxious -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 12:29 9
- Preston Sturges already did this scene on a train 70+ years ago in the Palm Beach Story -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 9, 12:52
- People don't go to Saskatoon on purpose. - Shaun Sep 9, 12:49
- Look who's grumpy! C'mon, grumpy grumples. Turn that frown upside down! No more grumpy mumpy, m'kay -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 12:36
- a whole plane? -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 12:32 4
  - Does ty look like a goose hunter? -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:34 3
    - my ass says yes -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 12:34 2
      - That's more pork than goose :) -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 13:32
      - and your ass would know. -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 12:36
- You should hear what they are saying about you. -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:31
I'm not single this weekend but trying to organize something for a small number of folks that seem allergic to all attempts at organization. - Mel Profit Sep 9, 12:27 12
- Plan a social outing that would include couples, just for the chemistry, singles will be more single in a concentration, couples perimones counter - zeitgeist Sep 9, 12:51 2
  - this was a Guys Outing of family members. - Mel Profit Sep 9, 13:12 1
    - Ah, it would be a sad thing to have to chew your own foot off from being caught in a trap of your own design -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:45
- Plan the ostrich joust, throw darts at board to determine the rest. When they complain shrug. -- nm - . Sep 9, 12:41
- effin lazy ass bastages. Play a game of bar tag. (I miss bar tag) -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 12:39 4
  - What's bar tag? -- nm - JD Sep 9, 13:07 3
    - Everyone scatters to find a bar of their own. The person that's it has to find a bar that their friend is in, drink a beer with them, then the 2 find - CQ Sep 9, 13:37 2
      - It only works in walkable towns obvie. -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 13:38 1
        
        hints are given every 15-20 minutes via text -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 13:39
- Wait, you are going to an ST gathering? -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:31 1
  - No, he's going to a ST FF draft. -- nm - Inigo Sep 9, 12:39
- You're single too. Enjoy. -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 12:28
uhoh....Judge won't block construction of Dakota Access Pipeline -- (link) - Beaker Sep 9, 12:26 3
- I wish! Sadly they're always fresh each season. Trust me, I eat a lot of them and I let them get stale on purpose. - Krusty Sep 9, 13:54 1
  - How did this get here? Oh right, I wasn't paying attention. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 13:55
- National Guard called out -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 12:57
Thanks for all the input everyone. I'll let you all know how it plays out over the next few weeks. -- nm - pmb Sep 9, 12:22 1
- just catching up but it all sounds like good stuff. Neither option is that bad. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 12:23
Peter Gregory didn't have to die. - prayformojo Sep 9, 12:21 2
- Your IM is *fascinating*. - Spawn Sep 9, 12:21 1
  - I can't tell if you two are being totally transparent or opaque -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 13:04
the future was about an hour ago -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:19

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