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Braves have informed pitching coach Roger McDowell that his services will not be needed in 2017. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:21 1
- (This tells me Snitker is not getting that job) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:25
Golf: Tiger playing next week in the Safeway Open. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:18 7
- Did you see Any Given Wednesday's bit about Tiger? I was laughing so hard. -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 07:35
- odds that he makes it through the tourney? -- nm - ML Oct 7, 07:20 5
  - Healthy, 98%. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:21 4
    - He's +5000 for next year's Masters -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:22 3
      - to play in it? -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 07:26 2
        
        No, to win. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:26 1
        
        see, cause -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 07:30
Watch #Westworld Episode 2 early on @HBONOW, @HBO GO and HBO On Demand -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 07:17
ST List Poll: Care to guess the 10 US metros where rent is growing the fastest according to Bloomberg? -- nm* - ty97 Oct 7, 07:15 45
- Full article and list -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:27
- Only one left is #4, the east of the Mississippi one. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:26 10
  - Cleveland -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 07:27
  - Cheyenne -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:27
  - Cincinnati -- nm - Bacon Oct 7, 07:27 4
    - *ding* #4 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:27 3
      - odd -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 07:28 2
        
        I guessed only because I had 2 separate friends from here that moved there and they didn't know each other. - Bacon Oct 7, 07:29 1
        
        It's a boom town. New streetcar. Fast growing downtown core. - Volnelk Oct 7, 07:34
  - Columbus -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 07:26 2
    - no, but warmer -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:26 1
      - (not a climate reference FYI) -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:27
- I heard a stat yesterday, 131 people a day are moving to Portland Oregon. Stop!!! -- nm - Bacon Oct 7, 07:26
- Denver -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 07:25 3
  - Well done. #3 (everyone wants their legal pot!) -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:25 2
    - My mother is considering moving back east. If she does, she isn't going to sell her house, but will rent it out for this very reason -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:27 1
      - Sounds like a smart move -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:28
- A couple of low hanging fruit for west of the Mississippi still - ty97 Oct 7, 07:23 5
  - Another one in CA? - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:24 1
    - Sacramento is #7 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:25
  - San Jose -- nm - Bacon Oct 7, 07:24 1
    - #10 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:24
  - Bismarck -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:24
- Dubuque -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:22 1
  - Yes! #.......haha, no. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:24
- Albuquerque -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:21 1
  - nope -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:21
- Poughkeepsie -- nm* - decline Oct 7, 07:20 1
  - learn to spell it, rube! -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:20
- Portland is bad right now -- nm - Blainey Oct 7, 07:19
- Pittsburgh -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 07:19 4
  - Nope. I will note that there is only one city east of the Mississippi on the list - ty97 Oct 7, 07:20 3
    - Memphis -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 07:22 2
      - nope -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:22 1
        
        (I do think the east of the Mississippi one is hard, FWIW. No idea what's behind it) -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:22
- Austin, Charlotte -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 07:17 3
  - Portland, Seattle -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 07:18 1
    - #2 and #1 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:19
  - The lack of Austin surprises me, but not there. Charlotte also not there. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:18
- San Francisco, Boston, New York -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 07:16 1
  - no on Boston and New York -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:17
- San Francisco, LA, San Diego -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:16 1
  - LA #6, San Diego #8 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:17
- San Fran -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 07:16 1
  - #5 -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:17
The NFL is just stupid. -- (link) - ML Oct 7, 07:14
Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:13 5
- ty is the new mop. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 07:15 4
  - Ah, but his link has more in the comments section -- nm - LMS Oct 7, 07:24 2
    - *taps tip jar* You know the rule about Comments Sections -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 07:26 1
      - That all opinions are valid and of equal worth? -- nm - LMS Oct 7, 07:39
  - *flex* -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:16
Unimportant, but this tweet taught me that Eric Trump is married. I hadn't thought about it but assumed he wasn't. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:07 4
- she looks like his sister. -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 07:15 3
  - I dunno, I'm not seeing it - and I've been known to be way too forgiving with lookalikes -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 07:21
  - Liking Ivanka seems to run in the family -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:16
  - Ew. Ewewew. - TWuG Oct 7, 07:16
Awwwwwww -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 07:05 1
- Looks like a labby-doodle. :-) -- nm - mara Oct 7, 07:15
So the Pats should win by about 100 points this weekend, right? - decline Oct 7, 07:03 4
- But what I *really* need to know is how many Defensive TD's they will have - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:15 1
  - all of them - ML Oct 7, 07:20
- Brady's gonna *really* try now guys! -- nm - ML Oct 7, 07:15
- On paper, sure, but the NFL seems to be the place where the things on paper aren't always the case. - Volnelk Oct 7, 07:05
Daytona Beach cam -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 06:58 2
- (Click refresh this cam link if prompted, also check out nearby cams) -- nm - budice Oct 7, 07:00 1
  - Yeah, I clicked to the left I think twice and got Ormond Beach. Whoa. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 07:04
Jax news person shows off the power of the storm, look at that tree! -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 06:55
Have we heard from JaxSean? -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:55 2
- i was just about to post this. He needs to check in. (assuming he continues to have electricity.) -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:56 1
  - Wouldn't be surprised if they lost power. Brunt of the storm hasn't quite reached them yet, but they've been stormed on good already -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:58
Daytona Beach: strongest winds, surge yet with Hurricane Matthew -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 06:42 18
- good footage here. -- (link) - Andie Oct 7, 06:58
- Power at my parents came back on this AM. They're under curfew until tomorrow AM. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:58 7
  - (They are about a 30 minute drive from Daytona) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:00 5
    - Yeesh, Glad they're doing okay and have power back. -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 07:01
    - so, it's past them now? house okay? -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:01 3
      - All they said - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:13 2
        
        hope all is well for them. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:14 1
        
        Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:14
  - glad they are safe -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:59
- Radar Plane Flying through Hurricane Matthew -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 06:48 1
  - that was very exciting! -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:50
- yep. windy. dude, get the hell indoors. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:43 5
  - He's a weather chaser. -- nm - iSpam Oct 7, 06:45 4
    - not even the guy with the camera, the guy leaning on the railing. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:54
    - "No, it's OK, I'm a professional idiot." -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 06:50 1
      - "He's only in it for the money!" -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:05
    - Just because he gives himself a title doesn't make him less idiotic -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:48
- it's a tad windy there today -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:43
The DoE kinda freaked out over 'Stranger Things' -- (link) - ML Oct 7, 06:38 4
- "It's not true that 'the Energy Department doesn't explore parallel universes'." -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 07:16 1
  - that was my fave part -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:17
- "Regardless of this new interest, the public must not find out about [REDACTED] or the [REDACTED] of unusually large size. The effect on public confid - Reagen Oct 7, 06:47
- "For the last time, there *IS* no Upside Down! Now, on a completely unrelated matter, excuse us while we resume our search for our missing scientists" -- nm - DOE Oct 7, 06:40
Backpage.com has been raided and its CEO has been arrested on allegations of sex trafficking. -- (link*) - ML Oct 7, 06:34 7
- Fantastic news. -- nm - iSpam Oct 7, 06:38 4
  - not for him, it's not -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:43 3
    - For humanity it is though so I'll count that as a win. -- nm* - iSpam Oct 7, 06:46
    - I bet he doesn't see any prison time. - Epiphany Oct 7, 06:45 1
      - this -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:47
- pimpin' ain't easy -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:35
- The interesting (to me) part about this is that it was a joint op between the AG of Cali and the AG of Texas - ty97 Oct 7, 06:35
Blue Oriigin had a pretty impressive test launch of the New Shepard escape system for the capsule. Stuck the landing with the booster, too. - TWuG Oct 7, 06:26
The Long Walk animated short -- (link) - LMS Oct 7, 06:24 1 1
- one of my favorite King stories -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:47
Good Place was great last night, and Superstore is growing on me this season, - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 06:24
FL's sign language interpreter much more chill than SC. -- nm - budice Oct 7, 06:23
TV PSA: Hell's Kitchen, Last Man Standing, MacGyver, iHeart Radio, Dr Ken, Hawaii 5-0, Shark Tank, Z Nation, Exorcist, Blue Bloods, Lewis Black, -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:23 2
- Van Helsing, Doomsday: super massive black hole, lots of MLB playoffs all day, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:23 1
  - Deja vu -- nm - David's iPad Oct 7, 06:24
Furnace: no, and we won't need to for a while, hopefully. - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 06:20 8
- I expect my heat may come on (by law) a couple of nights next week, but we'll see -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:34 6
  - Damn the Man! tryin' to make you hot -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:36 3
    - In early Fall/ late Spring, I on occasion have to run the A/C to offset the heat -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:48 2
      - I used to have to keep a window open in the dead of winter in my first apartment in Boston. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 7, 06:54
      - the humanity - decline Oct 7, 06:51
  - our furnace is technically on (i think it has to be by October 1st), but, the heat in my place is off. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:35 1
    - That reminds me that I need to open up my radiators. -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 06:38
- We may never need to turn on our furnace if the trend continues. - Dark Callisto Oct 7, 06:29
October 7, 1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:17 6
- 1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history. -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:17 5
  - +20 SB Points!!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:58
  - Cumberland went bankrupt and couldn't afford the $500 penalty if they didn't play. So they fielded a team of frat boys. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 06:19 2
    - This was also retaliation to a 22-0 baseball Win by Cumberland the year before where we accused them of using professionals) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 07:00 1
      - No wonder they went bankrupt! -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 07:04
  - 1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the US -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:18
Scanning RT scores, I think Bridget Jones's Baby at 77% is the biggest surprise to me -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:14 1
- yeah, I assumed it was going to get torched -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:24
Having DJ in my $ppr league is a great way to start the weekend. At 2-2, I need to win this week. -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:11
so...it was Grigson's decision not to take the Colt's bye week after their trip to London... - Beaker Oct 7, 06:07 1
- Grigson fired yet? -- nm - ML Oct 7, 06:10
Bad Lip Reading has outdone itself this time. -- (link) - ML Oct 7, 06:07 [youtube] 1
- Yeah, that is a winner. :-) -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 06:27
Happy Birthday CQ! May your celebration be filled with good beer! -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:06 4
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 11:27
- Happy birthday, CQ! Woo hoo!!! Have a great day! -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 06:27
- Thank you one and all for the wishes. Since the kids don't have school, I think I'm taking them to see Middle School today. -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:08 1
  - happy birthday! -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:22
Don Homer CQ! -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:06
Donald Trump Holds Make-Believe Town Hall to Prep for Real Debate -- (link) - ty97 Oct 7, 06:05 2
- It had nothing to do with Sunday's debate! Believe me! -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 06:06
- (ugh, terrible first) -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:06

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