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LYC. I think I'll start wrapping gifts tonight. Okay, your turn, share an LYC... -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 13:07 19
- I'm in the middle of the most boring depo ever about soill stability. -- nm - jnine Dec 1, 13:28
- I can entice our oldest cat, the loner, to sleep beside me if I turn up the electric blanket. -- nm - David Dec 1, 13:15
- A has had a bad case of diaper rash this week, poor thing! -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:13 1
  - maybe if you changed a diaper every now and then..... -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 13:14
- work Christmas party tomorrow, and I could not possibly be less interested in it. -- nm* - groiny Dec 1, 13:13
- Inlaws are in town this weekend - its going to rain all weekend. I never know what to do with these people. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 13:12 3
  - canasta -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:13 2
    - I like canasta -- nm - oblique Dec 1, 13:13 1
      - I've been playing canasta disastrously -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:15
- molly's cat just had five kittens. like today. like, hours ago. -- nm* - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 13:10 2
  - are you taking one ? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:13
  - and, how likely is Molly to find great homes for all of them? - Andie Dec 1, 13:12
- I may take Battlefield 1 to Game Stop tonight. I just can't get into it. Too real. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:09 3
  - BOO -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 13:12 2
    - It just wasn't *fun*. Maybe if I had skipped the campaign, but damn. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:14 1
      - forget the campaign, the game is made for multiplayer. -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 13:15
- I have bought zero gifts so far -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:08 2
  - Me too. And I'm pretty much stumped on what to get everyone this year. It's feeling like a chore this year. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 13:13 1
    - you can just send me $ -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 13:14
Has an NFL team ever played on consecutive Thursdays before? -- nm - David Dec 1, 13:07
Is this standard med ins provision? No longer refill prescription at 75% one week before, now 90%...costco wants 2 or 3 days advance to fill -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 1, 13:00
When I Rule (and I will Rule) I'm adding the following people to the list of people who are going to get talked to... - Mel Profit Dec 1, 12:56 2
- Thanks for explaining the joke, Gramps. -- nm - Roger More Dec 1, 13:00 1
  - on the truck with you. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 1, 13:04
Twitter thread. Click through -- (link) - ty97 Dec 1, 12:55 12
- what's the last post mean "-30-" ? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:58 4
  - Wiki: –30– has been traditionally used by journalists to indicate the end of a story -- nm - GregW Dec 1, 13:19
  - End - znufrii Dec 1, 13:01
  - Haha, -30- especially. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:00 1
    - Newspaper typesetting code for end of story -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 1, 13:01
- Is it being reported anywhere that Pence had already done this with Carrier a couple years ago? - Spawn Dec 1, 12:57 6
  - Maybe the guy who is negotiates for Carrier should be appointed to the administration. -- nm - jnine Dec 1, 13:27
  - yes, I saw this earlier today -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:58 3
    - Okay. Being *here* it is harder to disseminate what all is out *there*. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:00 2
      - It's not been splashed everywhere, but it was in an article on the deal (I just don't remember which paper had it) -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:04 1
        
        I figure if it took a governor to do it in 2013 and a PE to do it in 2016, in 2019 it will take what, a god? -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:12
  - Maybe they should outsource the Indiana HC job - budice Dec 1, 12:58
Indiana has fired football HC Kevin Wilson - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:51
fun fact: since the iphone 6 was shipped, foxconn has replaced half of its employees with robots....nm - x Dec 1, 12:50 6
- Trump obviously didn't call Foxconn. -- nm - jnine Dec 1, 13:30
- Those should be American robots! - Reagen Dec 1, 12:56 2
  - Yeah, but they're impossible to keep sober enough to put the phones together. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 12:57
  - dude -- nm - Mexican robot Dec 1, 12:57
- batteries, man, we're all gonna be effin batteries -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:54
- make artisan pickles -- nm - crash davis Dec 1, 12:53
Wow. For those that think nobody helps vets, we have a vet in a tiny apartment that goes for $250/month. - Spawn Dec 1, 12:50 9
- Good on you guys, and Volunteers of America. -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 1, 13:20
- then you kick him out -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:58
- you should have him do some odd jobs for you to work it off. - groiny Dec 1, 12:56 2
  - He is on my Top 3 List of renters I avoid talking to. - Spawn Dec 1, 13:02 1
    - he;s probably lonely :( you should take him out for breakfast each week -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:03
- Palin will save em all -- nm - budice Dec 1, 12:52
- good deal -- nm - crash davis Dec 1, 12:51
- effin renters!....nm - x Dec 1, 12:51
- !! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 12:51
"CFS is slightly warm and very wet." [so, not really close to how I like my roast boiled] - prayformojo Dec 1, 12:46
oo, there's a bus! looks sort of like it's trying to outrun gale force winds? :) - -- nm - b. Dec 1, 12:45
Trump's conflicts of interest: a visual guide -- (link) - znufrii Dec 1, 12:43 2
- Eh, if Trump is not the sun being orbited by the conflicts, I ain't looking. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:45
- WTF. It's the exact same piece NYT ran yesterday. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 12:44
it's gonna be a long 4 (8?) years... - x Dec 1, 12:41 5
- Arizona and California are not America.. Make America great! -- nm - Drumpf Dec 1, 13:07
- NAFTA shafta -- nm - budice Dec 1, 12:49
- he also says companies won't leave the us anymore. :it's not going to happen".....nm - x Dec 1, 12:42 1
  - it's already started! He saved 800 jobs! -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:48
- Try 15 after he changes everything. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:42
Its payday and the boss bought me some proper Mexican tacos. Good day so far. -- nm - crash davis Dec 1, 12:39 2
- Taco Thursday! - Spawn Dec 1, 12:41 1
  - cool cool cool -- nm - crash davis Dec 1, 12:43
We like: Property Brothers, Fixer Upper, Flip or Flop; Don't like: House Hunters, Love it or List it -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:36 15
- No love for House Hunters International? - IrishStephen Dec 1, 13:17
- whatever show it is where people have like a half million budget for a new house - groiny Dec 1, 12:57
- Ahh Flip or Flop, I could watch her all day long -- nm - J Dec 1, 12:51 5
  - I hate those two soooooooo much. -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 12:59
  - Just Googled it. That's the show with the super hot chick that's on all the time. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 12:56 2
    - googles. So their seminar scammers too, huh? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:08
    - 👍 -- nm - J Dec 1, 12:56
  - Yeah, she's on my list with Giada. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:53
- My favs are Rehab Addict, Beachfront Bargain Hunt, Income Property, and Yard Crashers -- nm - Crashquick Dec 1, 12:40 1
  - oh, i like Rehab Addict too. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:42
- I will watch almost anything on HGTV. my order is probs HH, flip or flop, HHR, property bros, income property, - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 12:40 2
  - I quite liked property virgins and that rent show, but they're long over. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 12:46
  - Oh we like Income Property too. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:42
- One of the biggest hobbies of my friends and I is watching House Hunters and drinking. - MDH Dec 1, 12:38
- All I've ever seen is House Hunters and one with a super hot chick that's always on now. - iSpam Dec 1, 12:37
important related poll: what's your favorite price is right game? mountain climber obvs. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 12:34 12
- Final game, figuringcost of all those cars and trips -- nm - budice Dec 1, 12:56 1
  - Showcase Showdown. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:58
- Check game. It became a running joke that every contestant had never seen it before and didn't understand how it worked. -- nm - Baron More Dough Dec 1, 12:45
- Plinko because it never worked. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 12:41
- love the mountain climber -- nm - crash davis Dec 1, 12:40
- *starts yodeling* -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:38 3
  - As a kid I always liked the Golden Road game -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:42 2
    - and the one where you punched the holes for $$ -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:46 1
      - yes, second to Plinko for me -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:58
- what's the thingy they do at the end? I always liked that -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:35 1
  - Bob has his way the the models? -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:36
- PLINKO! but won't be watching The Wall -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:34
Nothing like offering to help with a project just as it's finishing up. :) -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 1, 12:33
‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff ‘Mayans MC’ Gets FX Pilot Order -- (link) - Beaker Dec 1, 12:31 8
- Note to folks: Article spoils SOA -- nm* - ty97 Dec 1, 12:49 1
  - oh, thanks never read it as haven't finished SoA, but knew people liked it here -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:59
- Hot Latino lead coming right up! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 12:39 1
  - Give me some of that hot Danny Trejo action! -- nm - Pippee Dec 1, 12:46
- I need to finish SoA, have gotten bogged down in season 4 a couple times now -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:32 3
  - i made it a couple eps into season 6 and then drifted away...nm - x Dec 1, 12:34 2
    - The Ireland season was the worst I always stop at the same part in season 4 (I think it is anyway) - spoils - Beaker Dec 1, 12:36 1
      - yeah, i didn't like that ireland stuff either....nm - x Dec 1, 12:38
i kind of don't think Rogue One is doing $150M next weekend. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:29 19
- Our company has bought out the theater again for opening night (Friday). - JaxSean Dec 1, 12:53
- It will. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:42
- I expect decent legs due to the holidays but an underwhelming opening. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 12:39 8
  - Said everyone last year. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 12:42 7
    - for the last SW movie? No, i figured that was going to be epicly huge. This one I don't. - Andie Dec 1, 12:49
    - ah yes...the start of the year of "David is wrong" -- nm - Remlik Dec 1, 12:46 5
      - and what qualifies as me being wrong is nailing the global box office take within 68 million. - David Dec 1, 13:04 3
        
        cherry picking one stat and setting the goal post *TTHHHHIISSSS* wide doesn't make you right. - Mel Profit Dec 1, 13:07 2
        
        Oh, it was. It overperformed domestically and underperformed internationally. - David Dec 1, 13:10
        
        Considering he even lost a bet on it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:08
      - *laughs* -- nm - GotG Dec 1, 12:54
- so far at our regular spot there are 2 sell outs for Thursday regular digital. Not the IMAX. No sellouts for Friday or Saturday atm. -- nm - Diva Dec 1, 12:39
- Probably not, given that it's still 2 weeks away. -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 12:37 1
  - see! I was right! -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:39
- it's gonna bomb -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:36
- I was doubting it, until I saw one theater near me is sold crowded already they added midnight, 1am, and 2am shows Thursday night (Friday am) -- nm - MDH Dec 1, 12:32
- it had better, I went all-in on the options for it to -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:32 1
  - oh i am now too. (also, bought the Put.) but i don't know if i'm holding the till the end. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:33
- will hit that easy -- nm - Remlik Dec 1, 12:32
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals are ramping up talks about a trade that would send star outfielder Andrew McCutchen to D.C -- (link) - Beaker Dec 1, 12:28 1
- NNNNOOOOOOO! -- nm - iSpam Dec 1, 12:36
Correctness on B2 -- (link) - con_carne Dec 1, 12:25 [Backboard]
Show me show me show me how to do that trick--the one that makes me scream, she said -- nm - ML Dec 1, 12:23 2
- As a matter of fact I *do* keep my majority whip in my shadow cabinet. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:27 1
  - Wow. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 12:27
and right on fucking cue here comes the motherfucking snowplow -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:22 3
- I.hope you stood at the end of the driveway flying the bird as he drove by. -- nm - iSpam Dec 1, 12:38
- EFFIN' GRITTER!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:23
- now *that* is the worst -- nm - ML Dec 1, 12:22
PGA/Tiger Woods Update (Spoils) - MDH Dec 1, 12:22 1
- Spoils - MDH Dec 1, 12:25
I'm only now putting two and two together that the director of A Single Man is that fashion designer of the same name. -- nm - David Dec 1, 12:21
TE-pocalypse continues: TE Jordan Reed reportedly OUT for Sunday. -- nm - ML Dec 1, 12:21
why are all the 'Shop Related Products' at the bottom of the page Krampus - decline Dec 1, 12:20 9
- bunch of purses...I blame the wife -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:29
- I've got products about reptiles, amphibians, and gardening -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:21 7
  - Krampus, Krampus the Reckoning, The Krampus and the old Dark Christmas - decline Dec 1, 12:23
  - well now so do i. Also, "Create Your Own Florida Food Forest." -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:22 5
    - I now have video game products, which makes *complete* sense with this community -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:23 4
      - I have electric guitar effects pedals. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 12:32
      - I have several things called "Pilot". -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:28 2
        
        ...now...back to Krampus. I think I want to watch that this year -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 12:30 1
        
        I nearly recorded it on free weekend until I did a tally and realized I was recording 60 hours of tv. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 12:44
Listen, you all can play coy but nothing you say will dissuade me from believing that ST is full of robber barons. -- nm - ML Dec 1, 12:20 1
- Actually, I do name my electronic devices after robber barons... -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 12:23
Dateline December 1: On B2, JaxSean ensures that Jacksonville will get a wet snowstorm this year. -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:20
I Love Plinko, but can't see watching an entire show about it. -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:19 4
- what's Plinko? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:20 3
  - Did you grow up in a cave?! -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:20
  - Price is Right! -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 12:20 1
    - oh, right. gotcha -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:22

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