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Thanks Chase. I was hoping to save 7% on my next Maserati -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 11:33 1
- Big, if true. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:33
Oilers at Leafs going down tonight! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 11:28
Timeless S1 gets extended to 16 episodes. (I assume that's from an original 13.) -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 11:24
TV PSA UPDATED: Flash, SHIELD, NCIS, Middle, Voice, Smackdown, World Series, American Housewife, Bull, Fresh Off the Boat, No Tomorrow, Married at -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:20 3
- First Sight, This is Us, Real O'Neals, Aftermath, Atlanta (season finale), Ink Master, Drunk History, NCIS NO, Chicago Fire, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:22 2
  - Oilers/Leafs also play tonight -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:24 1
    - go Leafs go! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 11:29
nest 3rd gen $144 shipped free (reg $249). -- (link) - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 11:18 12
- why does it say 'imported' on the description page? -- nm - decline Nov 1, 11:24 3
  - It will speak in russian. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:25 2
    - Nest controls *you*! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 1, 11:28
    - to go with jz's putin calendar! -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 11:27
- whoa. Is 4th gen coming out or something? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 11:19 7
  - Chinese company (which explains the imported thing). So either they have a surplus from manufacturing or they are fakes -- nm* - decline Nov 1, 11:35
  - I don't know. I've never seen it this low before. - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 1, 11:21 2
    - ... I have never even heard of one over-heating. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:24
    - I'm holding out for the next release where they add some significant features - oblique Nov 1, 11:23
  - Self-Aware -- nm - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 11:20
  - Nest event is scheduled for late November! - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:20 1
    - Seeing as "Estimated Delivery Date: Nov. 29 - Dec. 15" that may be true. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 11:22
"North Korea preparing for ballistic missile launch in next 24 - 72 hours, 2 US officials say" - ML Nov 1, 11:03 1
- Surprised they didn't wait a few days, honestly. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 11:03
Meanwhile, Google Consumer Survey still has Clinton +9 in Kansas. - znufrii Nov 1, 11:00
FBI drops FOIA release on Clinton Foundation and other items of interest. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 1, 10:53
Nov. 1 Nowcast 2016: Hillary at 72.2%. Nov. 1 Nowcast 2012: Obama at 80.9 - TWuG Nov 1, 10:24 25
- Itll be down to 60% by the end of the week unfortunately -- nm - Jovian Nov 1, 11:06
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  - Well, looking back over the campaign, trend lines don't seem to matter. - TWuG Nov 1, 11:03 2
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    - Looking back over the campaign, nothing matters and we're all doomed. -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 11:06
  - I can't think of any data to back this up, but off the top of my head, I would say trend lines matter more the closer you get to the election. - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 11:00 2
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    - Her concert series stuff that's happening over the next couple of days should be decent positive publicity. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 1, 11:06
- I'm surprised the senate forecast is remaining rather consistently blue. What Republican blew it? -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 10:44 2
  - From what I've heard (via friends in various campaigns), it's not any one candidate. A lot of candidates in the battleground states, in terms of ... - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 10:58
  - RCP is still showing Senate 51-49 R. Dem pickups in IN, PA, WI, IL. Rep pickup in NV -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 10:50
- if you read what Silver's writing outside of the forecasts, he basically puts all of Trump's chances of winning on the odds of the polls being wrong. - Reagen Nov 1, 10:34 8
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    - You're like a psychic who focuses only on the times their predictions were right. - TWuG Nov 1, 11:09 1
      - You mean "psycho" - Reagen Nov 1, 11:26
  - I thought his larger issue was that he's dividing the undecideds evenly in his projections, but he can't discount the possibility that undecideds... - Inigo Nov 1, 10:39 1
    - I think that ties in with polling being in error. - TWuG Nov 1, 10:42
  - Yeah, I think that if pollsters are going to be wrong, this is probably the election it'll happen. - TWuG Nov 1, 10:39 2
    - Plus, Miley Cyrus will move. It's motivational in that polling booth. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 11:01
    - I agree. The Trump factor + the uncertainty in voting turnout with this being the first presidential election post-Obama - Strongbad Nov 1, 10:44
- The big difference between the two was that momentum wasn't in Romney's favor whereas Trump has all the momentum. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 1, 10:31 4
  - I think "momentum" is a spurious concept. Her path looks harder than Obama's, but Trump's also looks harder than Romney's - TWuG Nov 1, 10:36 3
    - When polls widen or close based on specific events, it's not spurious. It's momentum. - Inigo Nov 1, 10:43 1
      - That's not "momentum", that's the polls tightening. Also, the FBI news isn't reflected fully in polls yet. - TWuG Nov 1, 10:46
    - well put -- nm - philip k mud Nov 1, 10:38
Weird, I've checked two different sites and they both have regular TV shows on Fox tonight. -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:20 1
- oh man. thanks for pointing this out. My Tivo has no clue the game is on tonight -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 10:22
reagen: thanks for the bug report. I did change some code around that over the weekend, so I'm not entirely surprised it broke. - Scaryllium Nov 1, 10:17 3
- I checked the flag, then unchecked it to see if that made a difference - Reagen Nov 1, 10:18 2
  - but it did save the state of the flag, right? -- nm - Scaryllium Nov 1, 10:20 1
    - yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 10:21
Eagles' Josh Huff hit the trifecta: speeding, high, with a gun. -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:11 5
- he may not have been high, just carrying - decline Nov 1, 11:08
- what, no hooker? -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 10:19 3
  - Harmony Hub's got an alibi - she was on stage that night -- nm - prayformojo Nov 1, 10:31
  - failure to commit fully will be why the Eagles won't make the Super Bowl -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 10:28
  - That's hitting for the cycle. -- nm* - Baron More Dough Nov 1, 10:27
There are rules for Trick-or-Treating? F*ck that noise. - JaxSean Nov 1, 10:09 20
- People that want kids will put some decorations out, some pumpkins -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 1, 11:25
- I think we have warped memories of how late we actually were out on Halloween as kids. It was pitch black when ours "ended" at 7pm - oblique Nov 1, 10:21 10
  - we never started that early. school ended at 3:30, had to get home, get ready. i remember dying to get out there, and my mom made me wait till it started to get dark. -- nm* - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:45 4
    - Same with me. In elementary school and high school, I couldn't wait to get out in the neighborhood. -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 1, 10:59
    - to make you less visible for drivers? -- nm - mr monkey Nov 1, 10:48 2
      - back in my day, Halloween was a nighttime thing! -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 11:04 1
        
        The nightime is the rightime! -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:11
  - We never started until after dinner. And we went until we were done. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 1, 10:30 1
    - I think there is some shortening (7pm seemed too early to me) but overall, I don't think, as kids, we were really out until 9, 10pm as a rule -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 10:31
  - I do remember times when our doorbell would ring while we were in bed. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:22
  - Also, it used to be after Daylight Savings Time ended, so it got dark an hour sooner. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:22 1
    - Right -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 10:23
- the egging thing is bullshit, IMO - Reagen Nov 1, 10:18 1
  - I never saw anyone egg multiple houses. It was usually some douchey persons house. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 10:38
- *nods* -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:12
- Aren't you concerned about child safety, Jax? -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 10:10 1
  - The other 364 days of the year, sure. - JaxSean Nov 1, 10:13
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:10
- right? porch lights or no is the only rule -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:09 1
  - our motion activated lights make this a challenge :) -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 10:38
We got 12 BIFA nominations today, but more importantly Jamie Dornan and Shia LaBeouf both got nominations which will make the party extra fun! -- (link) - LMS Nov 1, 10:06 7
- Smuttah! -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 10:48
- And maybe this will get Adult Life Skills a bump so it will actually get released here. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 10:24
- Congrats! -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 10:22
- Nice! (NM) - Marlowe Nov 1, 10:10
- well done. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 10:09
- get it, girl! - mr monkey Nov 1, 10:06 1
  - Someone in the comedy commissioning dept (who I sit behind) mentioned her the other day. -- nm - LMS Nov 1, 10:08
I have 4 RB. It's possible none of them will play this week. #FirstWorldBloodFeudProblems -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 1, 10:06 10
- Yeah, all my teams are in #byeweekhell this week. -- nm - spamlet Nov 1, 10:27
- Meanwhile, Spawn has 7 players (including K and DEF) on bye. -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:07 2
  - By design. - Spawndroid Nov 1, 10:25 1
    - uh huh, okay -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:28
- Stewie has 7 players on bye (and thankfully facing me!) -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:07 3
  - Stewie sucks. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 10:31
  - that is just bad drafting. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:07 1
    - yeah, I always watch bye weeks and when in doubt make sure the byes are varied throughout the season -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:11
- start looking for quick trades -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:06 1
  - No joke. I have a whole bevy of WR and poking through rosters to find a partner. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 1, 10:07
Jai Courtney, still working -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 1, 10:05 13
- *shrug* I liked him in Suicide Squad -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:10 11
  - I have never seen him in anything else that I can recall..... - ghouly Nov 1, 10:14 10
    - Die Hard 5 (John McClane Jr), Jack Reacher (evil henchmen), Kyle Reese in last year's Terminator movie - Roger More Nov 1, 10:17 9
      - yup, I skipped all those winners. -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:18 6
        
        Reacher is a perfectly serviceable movie FWIW -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 10:19 4
        
        so I have heard. I just have not fired it up yet. - ghouly Nov 1, 10:21 1
        
        I know what you mean, I only watched it for the first time last month -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 10:25
        
        the main difference from the Book being Reacher is 7 feet tall and around 275 lbs while the movie he is Tom Cruise...BUT he has Reacher down to a "T" -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:21 1
        
        also, fairly major movie spoiler - Beaker Nov 1, 10:22
        
        you'd like Jack Reacher -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:18
      - huh, he was good in Reacher (hated Die Hard 5 though) -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:18 1
        
        I didn't hate it as much as everyone else seemed to, although it's wholly unnecessary. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 10:21
- Whatever you think about him, you've got to respect his agent. -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 10:07
If you are (a) willing to fly Spirit, and (b) able to fly on Election Day, you can get 100% off your flight. -- (link) - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:04 18
- Anything to keep the rabble from voting. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 10:53
- Vacation packages. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 1, 10:28
- my co-worker Amy is flying them today to Vegas - said they had a TON of add on charges ... like about 50$ round trip for her and hubby to pick seats - JenBro Nov 1, 10:11 13
  - a lot of airlines do this. i never pay for seat selection, on any airline (they all do it.) - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:48 9
    - How do you end up next to your hubby? just chance? have the gate agent do it? ask a stranger to move? - Epiphany Nov 1, 10:50 8
      - you just check in *as soon as* online check-in opens and pick two seats together, it's never been a problem. -- (edited) - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:51 7
        
        Okay - this sounds logical. SM and I flew together to HI but a travel agent booked his ticket and got him next to me - Epiphany Nov 1, 10:58 2
        
        you probably paid for it. :) -- nm* - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:58 1
        
        heh - probably. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 11:03
        
        we watched a family try this...all fun and games till the parents and their 2 young kids were spread around the cabin cause no one would move -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:52 3
        
        had they checked in and picked their seats, or did they check in at the airport and have to settle on what was left. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:53 2
        
        settle on what was left. I think they figured they'd just end up together...they lucked out after holding up the plane someone eventually relented -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 10:54 1
        
        yeah, see, that's just stupid. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:55
  - this is my shocked face :) -- nm - oblique Nov 1, 10:30
  - Oh Honey - American has started up with that bullshit - co worker had to pay to get seats next to her husband on a 8 hours flight - Epiphany Nov 1, 10:29 1
    - don't pay. just check in 24 hours before you fly (or whatever the airline allows), at that point you can select seats, for free. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 1, 10:49
- Im fine with Spirit from LAX->Vegas -- nm - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 10:08
- Too expensive. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:05
OMG, Hunter Pence, lol -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:04
"Deadpool's Director Wants To Make A "Hybrid" Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog Movie" - ML Nov 1, 10:04 3
- When Tim Miller left the Deadpool sequel we all expected he would go on to something great. -- hellSpawn (aka Spawn) Oct 31 '16, 21:51 - Doctor Spawn Nov 1, 11:26
- So... Cool World or Iron Man? -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 10:05 1
  - Speed Racer -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 10:51
Baseball in November: G6 - Arrieta/Tomlin G7 - Hendricks/Kluber -- nm - Bud O'Lantern Nov 1, 10:02
PSA: Amazon Echo now works with Harmony Hub to control your TV, Roku, etc. -- (link) - oblique Nov 1, 10:01 6
- Harmony Hub is Pippy's stripper name -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:01 5
  - we have a brew pub chain called Harmon and one of their joints is called the Hub -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 1, 11:30
  - *lines up groiny in my scope...watching as he picks up a scent...walking towards it...then increasing speed to a jog..a run and then a full on charge - Mel Profit Nov 1, 10:08 2
    - cockblocker -- nm - ghouly Nov 1, 10:11 1
      - No one likes a cockblock -- (link) - oblique Nov 1, 10:15
  - ...next up on the off off main stage.... -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 10:04
zoom zoom - oblique Nov 1, 09:53 1
- doom -- nm - ML Nov 1, 10:00

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