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Bery, turning off font shrinking isn't working currently. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 09:48
Krispy Kreme: Free Donut to those who vote on Election Day -- (link) - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 09:46 1
- excellent. I can get two -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 09:53
interesting story on one GOTV effort in FL -- (link) - crash davis Nov 1, 09:45
SW: Rogue One - Gillette tie-in ad -- (link) - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 09:43 [youtube] 1
- does it completely spoil a critical plot point because if it doesn't I'm not watching - ML Nov 1, 09:44
Eleven will return as a series regular for s2 of Stranger Things -- (link*) - mr monkey Nov 1, 09:40 1
- *twitch* -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 09:53
If you want to see a bisexual taco get freaky, Sausage Party is now available on Digital HD. -- nm - David Nov 1, 09:38 2
- I don't know, do I? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 1, 09:52 1
  - It's got THE most climactic scene in movie history. -- nm - David Nov 1, 09:53
Damn, I was one screen off a perfect screen on FML. - iSpam Nov 1, 09:38 2
- "FML, I was one screen off a perfect screen in FML" -- nm - Roger More, post corrector Nov 1, 09:40 1
  - I sit here in shame. -- nm - iSpam Nov 1, 09:45
Geek Deal: Canon Color Laser Printer for $90 w/ Free Ship @ NewEgg (promo code: EMCFFEF45) -- (link) - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 09:32
Folks, I have an announcement...There are no more 0 win teams in BF Caveman. - amoxy Nov 1, 09:21 1
- WTG -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 09:21
TNA: they've lost thier UK tv deal which was a major moneymaker for them -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 09:17
I had 2 trick or treaters last night. Up from 0 last year -- nm - amoxy Nov 1, 09:10 40
- It was crazy here. I'd say around 500 - Guigue Nov 1, 09:27 2
  - Whoa...How many bags of candy did you go through? -- nm - amoxy Nov 1, 09:37 1
    - I would say we had about 1000 pieces of candy, but some we good and one at a time (chocolate bars), others were to be given two at a time, or to kids - Guigue Nov 1, 09:40
- I did not get home until after the time cutoff in the town. - ghouly Nov 1, 09:20 32
  - what time do they cut off? - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:23 31
    - 6:30 -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:28 29
      - Also, what do they do, arrest kids after 6:30? -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 09:36 2
        
        it's is close to Chicago, they shoot them. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:38 1
        
        And then plant a fake knife -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 09:43
      - that's crazy early. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:30
      - That's super early. Peak time was around 7-7:15 here -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 09:30 24
        
        yeah, the town allows kids to trick or treat from 4-6:30 -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:30 23
        
        so, no-one with an actual job can be home when it starts. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:31 22
        
        here is last years rules -- (link) - ghouly Nov 1, 09:36 16
        
        Nothing says "Fun Halloween" like "Share the fun by arranging a visit to a Retirement Home or Senior Center." -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 09:39 14
        
        After several warnings about how kids should interact with strangers, "Create an alliance with college fraternities..." -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 09:43 2
        
        lol, do you see what I have to deal with? -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:43 1
        
        I guess this is why so many people don't like big government. -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 09:56
        
        you ever scare the shit out of an old lady in a walker????? - ghouly Nov 1, 09:40
        
        also, "you can only T-or-T within two blocks of your home." Don't even think about walking *3* blocks over. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:40 9
        
        I had literally zero other people living within half a mile of me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 09:49 1
        
        well, you did have to climb down the beanstalk. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:50
        
        oh hell no - we always traveled to the better neighborhoods -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 09:44
        
        "Hey kid! Show me an ID with your address on it or go to jail!" -- nm - Cop (not sexy Halloween kind) Nov 1, 09:41 5
        
        when I was young, we would wander around for 5 hours. - ghouly Nov 1, 09:43 4
        
        Yeah we'd do the entire town. Several hours worth. -- nm - iSpam Nov 1, 09:47 1
        
        I would have to stop home to empty the bag several times. - ghouly Nov 1, 09:49
        
        Right, we'd have the run of the neighborhood. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 09:46
        
        right? me too. that was fun. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:43
        
        o.m.g. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:37
        
        mostly true. - ghouly Nov 1, 09:34
        
        And a lot of younger kids can't go because their parents aren't home in time -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 09:32
        
        (and, what's the point of a jack-o-lantern, it's still broad daylight.) -- nm* - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:31 2
        
        it is pretty dark here at 6:30 this time of year. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 09:35 1
        
        yeah, at 6:30, when it's ending. not at 4. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 09:35
    - we know we get the teenagers after 8 pm - and that's fine. We closed down shop at 9 pm -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 09:27
- 25-30, all within the span of an hour. - znufrii Nov 1, 09:19
- We had maybe 20 (and that might be stretching it). Way down from previous years (the trend continued and intensified). -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 09:17
- two: princess, pumpkin. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 09:13
- I had a 5 year old dressed like Nacho Libre - so cute! also had a girl spiderman - -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 09:11
Valiant Comics issue of Faith #5 that comes out tomorrow she meets Hillary Clinton.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 1, 09:04
SWGOH: only 18% left in P4! -- nm - ML Nov 1, 09:03
My desktop is being reimaged as this new HP can't bring it self out of Sleep Mode normally. - Diva Nov 1, 08:58 2
- I was out late last night! Just gimme 10 more minutes! And close the damn curtains! -- nm - new HP Nov 1, 09:00 1
  - this desktop is an old tired Ho. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 09:00
Trump announces media blitz over next 7 days for 12 states. Noticeably absent is PA (which benefits at least 3 of us) -- (link) - decline Nov 1, 08:55 8
- VA, NM, ME seem like a waste of money -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 09:12 6
  - Polling in VA is close to the MoE and Trump can win ME2, so those two make sense. - ML Nov 1, 09:17 5
    - Uh VA is definitely not close. The polling shows her up 7-9 points. He's going for states where he needs to "look" competitive. -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 09:41 2
      - (He knows) -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 09:49 1
        
        This isn't even about limited data, look at all of the VA polls. -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 09:51
    - one electoral vote in ME doesn't seem worth the effort compared to defending AZ and UT -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 09:20 1
      - yeah, I dunno about those two -- nm - ML Nov 1, 09:25
- Desperate times ... -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 09:08
Cruel intentions TV series is off-again. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 1, 08:53
I am in mourning, they closed down the Moe's that just opened here. - ghouly Nov 1, 08:53 4
- I wonder if they expanded too fast. there are two in allentown now. ours is pretty slow now even on monday. - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 09:15 1
  - to be honest, the last few times I had went there, it was not great.... - ghouly Nov 1, 09:19
- YOU FEEL MY PAIN! - spamlet Nov 1, 08:58
- poor Barney Gumble -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:58
For Trish {{{Hugs}}} and Darcy too. -- nm - MonsterMeg Nov 1, 08:44
Demi Lovato as Dorothy for Halloween -- (link) - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 08:39 2
- I'd like to make her click her heels together..... - ghouly Nov 1, 08:42
- Sometimes she's really pretty. This is one of those times -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 08:42
NASA does pumpkins best -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 1, 08:37
Can I just say, the pic of Will/kelly's kid at David/kim's house for Halloween made my heart two sizes too big last night -- (edited) - oblique Nov 1, 08:35 3
- Yeah, that was awesome. They're starting an ST collective in TN. -- nm - Inigo Nov 1, 08:45
- Our *only* Trick or Treater! -- nm - David Nov 1, 08:38 1
  - because you make them all come in and write 500 words. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 08:44
PIT: Heyward-Bey promoted to starter over Wheaton. -- nm - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 08:32
I'm awesome. -- (edited) - Diva Nov 1, 08:31 7
- and gosh darnit people like you? -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 08:38
- Relevant? -- (link) - JD Nov 1, 08:38 [youtube]
- ? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 08:32 4
  - just posted in the wrong place. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:45
  - she really is - don't believe her IM -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 08:38 2
    - I was going to say... - Mel Profit Nov 1, 08:49 1
      - :) -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:51
Brother and sister survive 'terrifying night' in Dracula's castle in Romania (they won an Airbnb contest) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 1, 08:27
Poll for the residents of the United States of America: Have you voted ? -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 08:25 21
- YES, and fucked up the envelopes (I signed her's she signed mine, so I had to go to the county election office and figure it out) -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 1, 11:54
- dropping my absentee ballot at lunch today! -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 09:31
- Can't until Election Day. -- nm - Tim Nov 1, 08:58
- I've been hearing about early numbers but I haven't even thought about whether I can. I'm curious about turnout lines. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 08:53
- What decline said -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:44
- Completed my ballot last night. Will put it in the mail today. -- nm - MonsterMeg Nov 1, 08:43
- No, the election isn't for another week. -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 08:37
- Yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 1, 08:35
- yes, last Friday. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 08:31
- Election day! -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 08:31
- Not yet. I need to go over the ballot still. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 08:29
- nope, no early voting here. -- nm - decline Nov 1, 08:28
- This week. - Mel Profit Nov 1, 08:28
- No -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 08:28
- Yes, with a huge line at our library it still only took about 20 minutes to vote. -- nm - Inigo Nov 1, 08:27
- Not yet. I wanted to last Saturday but the lines were still way too long. I will likely go on my way to work first thing Tuesday -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 08:26
- Yep -- nm - prayformojo Nov 1, 08:26
- a few weeks ago -- nm - ML Nov 1, 08:26
- No. Early voting is silly :) -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 08:26 2
  - duh, you're in Illinois, you can vote twice! -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 08:27 1
    - Yeah, just go out and say you're me. They won't take me off the rolls even though I haven't lived there in 15 years. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:28
STIS and I'm too lazy: "Does My Vote Count" Voting Question: In the Presidential race, if my county is 70% Republican and they vote Trump, - JaxSean Nov 1, 08:23 5
- FL is winner-take-all. Whoever wins the popular vote in FL wins the electoral votes. -- nm - ML Nov 1, 08:26 2
  - OK this is what I thought. Is it different for other races? - JaxSean Nov 1, 08:29 1
    - I don't know. -- nm - ML Nov 1, 08:31
- Whomever gets the majority for all of Florida gets all of Florida's EVs. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:24 1
  - Only Maine and Nebraska apportion by congressional district. All other states are winner take all. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:25
At least 6 dead in Baltimore after school bus hits transit bus -- (link) - Beaker Nov 1, 08:23 1
- (no kids on school bus as was 6am) -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 08:31
I probably should have figured out how to use RSS feeds years ago, huh? -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:19 16
- feedly man - oblique Nov 1, 08:25 5
  - although that's not the same thing, really - Reagen Nov 1, 08:37
  - I still miss Google Reader. It was just better. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 08:31 3
    - I did also at the time. Feedly is just solid for me. I use it extensively -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 08:33 2
      - I used Feedly for a while, but eventually got tired of the layout. - JaxSean Nov 1, 08:35
      - I switched to Old Reader for the backend. I just use Reeder on my iPhone/iPad anyway. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:35
- Since they're largely legacy at this point I'm not sure why you'd bother now. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:23
- Also, does Chrome not support them? -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 08:20 8
  - ... it's not really a browser thing -- nm - Scaryllium Nov 1, 08:21 7
    - Tell me more. - znufrii Nov 1, 08:23 6
      - Do you use Outlook? You can add RSS feeds to there and get them all in your email client. -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 1, 08:24 5
        
        I don't know how accurate that number actually is, but thanks for the suggestion! -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 1, 08:28 4
        
        You could also use something like IFTTT but that might be kind of a nightmare with a large number of feeds. - spamlet Nov 1, 08:37 3
        
        Thanks - znufrii Nov 1, 08:43 2
        
        Oh yeah, if it's normals then Outlook is the way to go. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 08:59 1
        
        Very much normals, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 09:30
People who call you specifically for someone's phone number *then* say, "oh, let me just find a pen," deserve to be accidentally cut off, right? - Candie Apple Nov 1, 08:19 1
- one of my biggest pet peeves. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 09:18
Tuesday morning NFL cross-off: Jacksonville Jaguars are not making the playoffs. Let's see your shocked face. - rollo Nov 1, 08:18 2
- Bortles remains the 4th quarter MVP though -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:21
- They deserved to go on this list sooner due to their dirty-diaper colored TNF uniforms. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 08:19
Percy Harvin is signing for $1 million over eight games, including incentives, Rapoport added. -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:16 1
- Incentive 1: Don't die -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 08:17
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 08:15 1
- Not *quite* enough zoom. -- nm* - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 08:16
It is almost time. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 08:15 4
- 339 days -- nm - philip k mud Nov 1, 08:23
- Vader Time! -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 08:15 1
  - Every time you see him, Lord Vader ain't no hype. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 08:16
- Ruiner -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 08:15

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