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did I ever tell you guys that every day when I check to see how late my bus is, I sing "how late is my bus?" to the tune of "how deep is your love?" - university of amanda jones Jan 26, 13:40 2
- *sings the harmony* -- nm - alexa Jan 26, 13:44
- bee gees or calvin harris? -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:43
I really need to get rid of my storage unit. -- nm - sycor Jan 26, 13:38
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- Day 6. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 13:47 1
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- I don't recall Trump qualifying his statements when he said "They will pay for it, believe me." So he's not as influential as he claimed to be. -- nm - Max Jan 26, 13:41
- well, only the parts of the border that don't have it... so.. 1200 miles or so? -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:41 1
  - Well, it's controlled for 700 miles, but there is only 129 miles of actual barrier, right? (of 1954 total miles) - Andie Jan 26, 13:43
- No, no. They are because we're taxing their exports. That's totally a cost that they will bear all on their own and not pass on to consumers here. - pmb Jan 26, 13:39 3
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  - Yeah I really wish we got CoL raises. -- nm - sycor Jan 26, 13:41
  - Right! -- nm - Mayor Jim Kenney Jan 26, 13:41
- Wait, who do you mean by 'we'? :) - Reagen Jan 26, 13:39 2
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Leaving U.S. cell service again...... -- nm - redmond Jan 26, 13:22
I've been playing some old DOS games.. Carmen Sandiego Delux (cause I never did catch her) and Joshua and the Battle of Jericho - colin Jan 26, 13:10 18
- Two words: Ultima IV -- nm - Teddy Baron Jan 26, 13:41
- old games are really unforgiving. and they also tend not to explain crap.... - x Jan 26, 13:15 11
  - The solution to this puzzle is the fourth word of the third line on page 27 of the manual. -- nm - Tim Jan 26, 13:41
  - the Indiana Jones and the Machine of Doom (or whatever) game was like that.. an illogical mess. -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:21
  - you really got your money out of them. -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:16
  - *remembers Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy Dos game* -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:16 5
    - The Infocom one? That was brutal hard. Like Spellbreaker hard. -- nm - Teddy Baron Jan 26, 13:33 1
      - yes -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:33
    - was it good? -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:19 2
      - no idea, I could not get anywhere on it. - groiny Jan 26, 13:21 1
        
        Starship Titanic was really good, if you can find it.... kind of open world weird. -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:21
  - Hello King's Quest games. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 13:16 1
    - There's also an excellent joke about this in The Simpsons Game. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 13:17
- got bored with jerking off? -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:12 2
  - oh look, groiny's back :) -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 26, 13:40
  - most just use the arrow keys, so i can do both. -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:12
- if you want to catch Carmen... -- (link) - colin Jan 26, 13:11 1
  - DO IT ROCKAPELLA -- nm - Tim Jan 26, 13:12
b, there are plenty of AA planes without power -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 26, 12:56 3
- that's a bummer for use-your-own-device thing then, even with backup packs, for long flights. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:04
- I have power -- nm - AirTrump Jan 26, 12:58
- how do they fly then? -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:56
48 4f 57 41 4c 49 56 45 - prayformojo Jan 26, 12:55 2
- ah memories of great trivia timing. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:07
- I was proud of that one. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 26, 13:00
from bb, thanks, mara - I meant to check if the cuteoff is continuing today. :) - -- nm* - b. Jan 26, 12:46 1
- :-) -- nm - mara Jan 26, 12:48
Regarding the Bannon thing on B2, I just finished an having an argument with one of my partners about this. He is an anti-Trump, staunch republican. - pmb Jan 26, 12:43 35
- On the Obama stuff, the Chicago SunTimes, at the time the liberal paper, covered all that. Lynn Sweet, politcal reporter, was the expert on him.. -- nm* - . Jan 26, 13:53
- But *we're* in the bubble. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:48 32
  - He also says they portrayed him as a moderate instead of the radical liberal that he was. And I asked him in what way did he govern that was - pmb Jan 26, 12:54 31
    - I remember*years* ago when SSM was still an issue here and I got into a discussion with a co-worker about it - Reagen Jan 26, 13:13
    - I'll never get the Obama is a Liberal bit. They clearly weren't listening to his speech in 2004. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 26, 13:02
    - friends don't let friends discuss politics. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:01 28
      - burying our heads in the sand doesn't solve anything either -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 26, 13:40 2
        
        fwiw, I don't think it's necessarily total head-burying - I think it depends on the friend, and esp. coworker, in question. - b. Jan 26, 13:51
        
        no, I get that too, but I have seen way too many people go from 0 to 11 very quickly on political issues - groiny Jan 26, 13:48
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        well, pmb and his buddy punching each other in the balls about it ain't gonna get anything done! - groiny Jan 26, 13:08 23
        
        Hey, how are you feeling? -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 26, 13:12 22
        
        pretty terrible. - groiny Jan 26, 13:13 19
        
        Damn. :-( Get well soon! -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 13:52
        
        dang. feel better...nm - x Jan 26, 13:49
        
        I guess I missed an episode or two. Sorry you are sick, dude. Hope you feel better soon. -- nm - sycor Jan 26, 13:37 1
        
        when I am off the grid, I am really off the grid. - groiny Jan 26, 13:50
        
        Sorry. Hope you feel better soon. -- nm - pmb Jan 26, 13:20
        
        jesus. You need to get your health in order this year - Remlik Jan 26, 13:18 6
        
        plus, the specialist said I should expect to be on an inhaler the rest of my life at this point. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:25 4
        
        ugh. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 13:40
        
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        You get used to it pretty quickly. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 26, 13:46
        
        I mean... -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 13:39
        
        I thought I had been. I made it through most of 2016 without an issue. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 13:19
        
        Hope you get back to feeling better soon. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 26, 13:16 1
        
        gracias..... - groiny Jan 26, 13:18
        
        so sorry. been there in the past multiple times, and it's the suck. :/ I hope it doesn't linger too long. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:16 4
        
        the pulminary specialist I saw said expect to be short of breath and coughing for 6 weeks. - groiny Jan 26, 13:17 3
        
        !! big hugs feel better soon - that sounds awful -- nm - Epiphany Jan 26, 13:29
        
        You know I feel your pain. - Dark Callisto Jan 26, 13:21 1
        
        yeah, I can't even do that now, because I can't talk on the mic. - groiny Jan 26, 13:22
        
        yes, and welcome back, too, grn. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:13 1
        
        thanks dears. - groiny Jan 26, 13:14
- you should have shot him in the face, it's Chicago, you'll get away with it. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:47
A new writer has just been hired to do a complete overhaul on DC’s Flash movie, marking the third time the creative direction of the film has changed. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 26, 12:42 21
- did you see the interview with David Ayer on Suicide Squad, where he said he wished he made Joker the main villian...... - groiny Jan 26, 12:45 6
  - but then we would have been subjected to Jared Leto's terrible acting even more. -- nm - colin Jan 26, 13:16
  - With only 6 weeks to crank out that script they were screwed at the time. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 12:56 3
    - all the more reason to get shit right from the get go.... - groiny Jan 26, 12:57 2
      - different regime and priorites in play at that time. but you're not wrong. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 12:58 1
        
        I still did not hate it, but it could have been so much better with just a little change. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:59
  - If most of us had a time machine, we know what we would do. Not what David Ayer would do. -- (link) -- Spawn Jan 22 '17, 13:57 (No message) - Spawn Jan 26, 12:50
- Writer: I'm seeing the flash as a depressed, alcoholic, barely holding it together. DC: Perfect. -- nm - pmb Jan 26, 12:44 6
  - I bet Johns tossed the script and said "nope" start over. -- nm - Remlik Jan 26, 12:54
  - The thing is, he is in the Justice League movie so a lot will already be established. - Spawn Jan 26, 12:50 1
    - Well in all fairness - eag Jan 26, 12:57
  - and we need to make everything dark and gritty with lots of rain and explosions -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:45 2
    - "can his mother and/or girlfriend be named Martha?" -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 12:46 1
      - The dog is named Martha -- nm - eag Jan 26, 13:18
- This can only mean good things for the movie, right? -- nm - Ender Jan 26, 12:43 4
  - Third time = charm? -- nm - Spawn Jan 26, 12:57 1
    - they are really getting this thing down by now. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:58
  - I think so. It seems to me, at least, with Johns on board and the Rock very interested in playing the in DC Movie Verse that they want to lighten up - Remlik Jan 26, 12:56
  - well, at least it has not already filmed. -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:44
- not good at all -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:42
- they should hire a writer from Marvel -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:42
motherf'ers: "The District’s current snow total of 0.4 inches ranks as the 11th least amount of snow on record to date, and it’s a good seven inches.. - prayformojo Jan 26, 12:38 1
- That year Boston kept getting snow after snow, what was the latest they got significant accumulation? -- (edited) - Max Jan 26, 12:43
*begins humming 'Runaway Train...stops dead* nonononoNoNoNoNONONO! *grabs pen and stabs myself in the ear, glaring at the Tall* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 26, 12:32 5
- I will have my DMB revenge. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:35
- Dave Pirner has to be the best possible argument against the grunge look -- nm - prayformojo Jan 26, 12:33 3
  - No one who "got" Winona back in the day can be your best argument for that. - rollo Jan 26, 12:49 2
    - No fair cutting out the entirety of music. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:50 1
      - yeow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 26, 12:52
*takes another whack at the dead horse* Yes, they'll offer free streaming - to those that have their own devices. - Meg Jan 26, 12:31 1
- Hawaiian Airlines already does this on some of their flights -- nm - JD Jan 26, 12:37
this photo (which I assume is real) of Kushner is carrrrr-eeeepy -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 26, 12:29 3
- hmm. so, Trump is going after this voting Fraud thing because he cant stand that he lost the popular vote right? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 26, 12:32 2
  - Well, it may be as much due to Bannon's beliefs as Trump's. -- nm - mara Jan 26, 12:37
  - Or to cater to the prejudices of his supporters, and give them ammo to further marginalize "outsiders". Or both. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 26, 12:34
David, wait what? -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:28 3
- You know this story. - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 26, 12:28 2
  - I don't actually recall it right now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:31 1
    - When Mase was writing for BOP... - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 26, 12:36
Who's gonna pay for that wall? American consumers! that's who!! -- (link) - decline Jan 26, 12:26
apparently the press sec just said that trump's decided to pay for the wall with a 20% border tax on imports from mexico.... - x Jan 26, 12:26 45
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  - they are our 2nd largest export market. 3rd largest trading partner overall -- nm - decline Jan 26, 13:03 1
    - right...nm - x Jan 26, 13:07
- Donald Trump stars in The Great Wall -- nm - budice Jan 26, 12:52
- U.S. imports from Mexico are up 638% from 1993 (pre-NAFTA). -- nm - Spawn Jan 26, 12:33 7
  - 84% of Mexican exports by value are delivered to fellow North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) members United States and Canada - decline Jan 26, 12:36 3
    - so export them to canada to be finished, the export to america, thereby ignoring said tax. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 26, 12:43 2
      - These UNFINISHED PRETZELS are making me THIRSTY -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 12:45
      - oh,he will be taxing imports from us within two weeks, i bet. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:44
  - it's insanity. mexico is also our second biggest export market..... - x Jan 26, 12:36 2
    - I'd hate to be in the market for a new car this year -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:46 1
      - or a burro and a cart? -- nm - groiny Jan 26, 12:47
- no more bimbo's cupcakes.....doesn't this violate NFTA? and isn't there a world trade org that could put sanctions on US just like we do other countri -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 12:31
- I feel like that has to go against *something* in the WTO. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:30
- *starts avocado business from patio* -- nm - b. Jan 26, 12:28 12
  - avocado tree starter kit -- (link) - decline Jan 26, 12:33 7
    - see also - toothpicks and a glass of water and an avocado pit. - Andie Jan 26, 12:34 6
      - yah, I've tried a few times in the past and had healthy plants for a while; but getting fruit never happened. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 12:41 4
        
        did you sweet talk it? -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:41 3
        
        yes; and I'm a leaf-stroker, too. -- nm - b. Jan 26, 12:43 2
        
        b! - budice Jan 26, 12:47 1
        
        :) - - b. Jan 26, 12:49
      - we better start now then! -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:37
  - How hard can it be? - Spawn Jan 26, 12:31 3
    - A friend's son had an avocado grove for some years. He had a management company for picking and such but still spent a lot of time there. -- nm - Meg Jan 26, 12:36 2
      - Note: Until I googled them, I might not have accurately identified an avocado. - Spawn Jan 26, 12:52 1
        
        neither has Trump! -- nm - decline Jan 26, 12:54
- enjoy your avocados today. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:28 14
  - tomatoes, fruits, veggies...we paved much of our best farm land to build houses and industrial warehouse parks -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 12:32 9
    - oh, i've said it a few times. Fresh food prices are going to skyrocket. - Andie Jan 26, 12:33 8
      - Maybe drop here though? -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:35 7
        
        that would be nice. Not sure though. Isn't most of it trucked? Will the US let it just pass through, untaxed? -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:38 5
        
        Maybe Canada should buy a Caribbean country after all. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 12:41 4
        
        right? stupid politicians not doing it way back then. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:42 3
        
        I bet we could get Puerto Rico at a deep discount right now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 12:49 1
        
        i'll set up the GoFundMe page tonight! -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:50
        
        Now maybe we could buy more than one. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 12:44
        
        I hope so. It's already a bit pricey. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 12:37
  - we're on the important things. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 26, 12:29 3
    - avocados!! -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 12:31 2
      - (I just saw ty's bb post about them, too, heh. one of us.) -- nm - b. Jan 26, 13:10
      - #freetheavocados! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 26, 12:33
- Yep. Just as I figured. -- nm - pmb Jan 26, 12:28
- So regressive. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 12:27 1
  - holy guacamole....nm - x Jan 26, 12:28
TV PSA: Grey's Anatomy, Hell's Kitchen, NBA, Supernatural, Curse of Oak Island, Alone, Riverdale, Top Chef, Scandal, My Kitchen Rules, Baskets, -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 12:23 1
- Lip Sync Battle, Colony, HTGAWM, Roast Battle, Pure Genius, The Selection, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 12:24

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