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hurry up and roll, I have a poll -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:29
SpaceX is about to make history by relaunching a used Falcon 9 rocket -- (link) - crash davis Mar 28, 11:29 2
- They found it on NASA's curb on big trash day. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 11:30
- Fake! -- nm - decline Mar 28, 11:29
ftr, i am so 100% in on A Ghost Story. Love the new trailer. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 11:12
"America has never seen a party less caring than 21st-century republicans" -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 11:09 5
- Janet Reno's Dance Party. She doesn't care, she does what she wants! -- nm - Max Mar 28, 11:29
- well.....there is ISIL -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 11:13 3
  - Didn't realize they had a political party here in the states. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 11:21 1
    - i wouldn't be especially surprised. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 11:32
  - which is as American as ISIL pie -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:14
The closest Carvel to me at this moment is 621 miles (driving distance) away. In Placerville, California. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 11:05 7
- 585 miles (also Placerville) Google tells me that with the usual traffic I can be there in 9 hours and 19 minutes -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 11:15 4
  - Worth it for the ice cream cake. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 11:30
  - I will pick you up and we will be there in 5 hours. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:15
  - Meet RC for desert tonight! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:15 1
    - Road trip! - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 11:21
- 114 miles, Evansville Indiana thanks to the new highway! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:09
- you should go there for dessert tonight -- nm - decline Mar 28, 11:06
do we know yet who's dead on big little lies? -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 11:05 2
- I haven't watched Sundays episode but it is supposed to be pivotal -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 11:26
- As far as I know, no.. It's a whodunit and a whogotdun.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 28, 11:06
Reds sign Scooter Gennett. All the pieces are now in place for a World Series run. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 28, 11:01 1
- My Opening Day tickets were just delivered at my brother's office! -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 11:22
Los Pollos Hermanos From ‘Breaking Bad’ Is Popping Up in LA This Week -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 10:53 2
- pick me up some blue meth while you're there -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 11:03 1
  - Gus Fring was a chemical visionary, I would think,since GMO's can make tomatoes that extrude their own roundup weedkiller he can breed chickens that - zeitgeist Mar 28, 11:09
Spicy needs to give us more details about this. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 28, 10:50
These numbers on spiders are daunting -- (link) - decline Mar 28, 10:37 4
- I just have a problem with their estimated total numbers of spiders per square meter. Maybe its because I'm essentially in a desert. -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 11:00
- RC, DO NOT CLICK -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:42 2
  - Thank you. - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 10:44 1
    - I have "spiders" on my block list. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 28, 11:00
Destiny Update is apparently live. -- nm - Shaun Mar 28, 10:34
Spicer to April Ryan: "stop shaking your head like that" -- nm - mud Mar 28, 10:33 2
- and then ends the press briefing. I gotta stop watching these. -- nm - mud Mar 28, 10:37 1
  - reports you to the committee on unamerican activities for getting russian dressing on your salad -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 11:14
Researching a epidemic of "deaths of despair" -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 10:32
Seems like we need some positive news. Just got my taxes back from the accountants, and…its POSITIVE. - Volnelk Mar 28, 10:31 1
- very nice taxing! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 11:26
I give up. - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 10:29 1
- Never give up on catching a shiny! NEVER! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:30
I like background articles like this: Amid Trump Inquiry, a Primer on Surveillance Practices and Privacy - crash davis Mar 28, 10:28
oof, if this is real :( -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 10:25 14
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 11:27
- :( - kelly Mar 28, 11:24
- That's awful. Things like this shouldn't be happening. We have the means to stop these things. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 10:35 2
  - I did my part. -- nm - obama Mar 28, 10:48
  - agreed -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:35
- What are we doing as a people? -- nm - David Mar 28, 10:28 7
  - I wish I had an answer for that -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:47
  - Succumbing to greed and selfishness over compassion and empathy. -- nm - mara Mar 28, 10:37 3
    - and in lots of cases professing to be Christians while doing so. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 10:45 2
      - real christians (that are not just christians by name) gets smeared and lumped in even though we do not agree with the extreme right AT ALL -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 11:47
      - I try, I really try, not to be angry at this particular bit of hypocrisy but I find this one of the more challenging personal things. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 10:58
  - Disclaiming responsibility for caring about others in the name of personal autonomy in the pursuit of our own narrow self-interests. Duh. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 10:36
  - we're firmly in a dark place as a people. It feels insane to me. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 10:31
- that's heartbreaking. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 10:26
Uwe Boll now running a fine-dining restaurant in Vancouver. Bauhaus -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 10:25 1
- Is Better Than His Movies -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:05
ST Poll: That local Italian place on Dorothy Lane, or the local Italian place at Dorothy and Woodman opened by his brother? -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 10:23 2
- Be more specific. I'm from centerville. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 28, 10:28 1
  - Well, there's Troni's, then his brother Jimmy opened Jimmy's Italian Kitchen, and this week another brother, Hisni Troni, opens Troni Brothers Pizza. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 10:34
Did we do a weekend movie poll yesterday? We finally saw Fantastic Beasts...I was whelmed...B- - IrishStephen Mar 28, 10:23 1
- Eddie Redmayne is one of the actors working today that bother me the most.. - Marlowe Mar 28, 11:09
Fox News: still racist -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 10:17
Iron Giant Blu Ray is $6 -- (link) - Remlik Mar 28, 10:15
36% again -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:13
Pokemon Go-ers. just caught a shiny Magikarp, low low CP, but still, woo! -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 10:13 5
- jerk! -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 10:28 1
  - right? Let's never speak to her again. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:34
- Nice! -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 28, 10:15
- nichay -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 10:14
- *jealous* Congrats! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 10:14
Americans haven't been this optimistic about stocks for nearly 2 decades (is that my sell signal) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 10:11 1
- *increases his cash position* -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 10:24
Oh yeah that was a pretty good Spider Man trailer on b2 - eag Mar 28, 09:56 9
- RDJ's in it a lot more than I had realized. -- nm - David Mar 28, 10:26 2
  - He has done a wonderful job with Tony Stark - eag Mar 28, 11:16
  - The studios working together is fascinating. - Spawn Mar 28, 10:58
- Agreed. WB has yet to figure out how to craft a good villain, where the Marvel side seems to excel at it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 10:02
- If you want the entire plot condensed into two and a half minutes, sure. - Name Withheld by Request Mar 28, 10:01
- I just finished it and thought the same thing. It's the first one I really want to see. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:57 3
  - Agreed. I was really happy to see an aspect of the suit. trailer spoil - Spawn Mar 28, 10:00 2
    - spoils - Shaun Mar 28, 11:04 1
      - I would love for us to see the Iron Spider like in the comics. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:06
NFL: Jason Witten (34) signs a 4-year extension with Dallas -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 09:55 2
- (currently 236 receptions behind Tony Gonzalez for most receptions by a TE alltime) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 09:57 1
  - I love watching Martellus Bennett talk about how much he hates Witten. It's pure envy, and (on some level) he knows it. -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:59
Little girl meets a water heater and thinks it's a robot -- (link) - Remlik Mar 28, 09:50 [youtube] 1
- I love that she is still happy at the end of it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 10:12
Georgetown may or may not name a new coach this afternoon. Rumor is that it's Amaker - prayformojo Mar 28, 09:45 15
- What does ST think of Archie Miller? -- nm - mara Mar 28, 10:38 6
  - I think he's a fine coach, but he's not better than what Indiana already had. -- nm - David Mar 28, 11:05 1
    - Hmm, this was sort of what I was thinking. But thanks to all for your thoughts; overall I think I'm optimistic. -- nm - mara Mar 28, 11:13
  - eh...well he'll be subject to the Alumni Association so they'll like him -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 10:51
  - He's a really good coach. He's taken Dayton to the tournament the last four years - JD Mar 28, 10:49
  - Sounds like a good pick, hopefully better for you than the time we took Dayton's HC. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 10:45
  - Damn fine television. - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:42
- I'm ... whelmed by that choice. - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:01
- He's a fine hire in a vacuum, but I'd have hoped that Georgetown would aim higher. - David Mar 28, 09:56
- I'm rooting for Hurley or Ewing. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:49 5
  - I don't see Ewing happening because of - prayformojo Mar 28, 09:54 1
    - They need a break from the John Thompson show...it's been 50 years of it. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:03
  - Ewing ?!? - SyrDragon Mar 28, 09:51 2
    - He's a well thought of assistant right now. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 28, 09:55 1
      - Jay Williams made a great point, though. He's basically been NBA-specific for 30 years now. - David Mar 28, 10:00
Raiders-themed brothel coming to Nevada -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 09:45
WWE: Paige releases statement about the hacking - Remlik Mar 28, 09:43 4
- Who is she saying took advantage of her? -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 28, 10:00 2
  - Not sure but I think Maddox. but I'm not sure. -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 10:03 1
    - I can't imagine it's Xavier given the WWE hasn't distanced them from him if he was more than just a participant. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:04
- that is a really good statement -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:44
Game of Putin. Certain Russians have a lower life expectancy than the Starks it seems -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:41
ST Poll: Carvel or Dairy Queen -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:36 31
- Our DQ is always a disaster, looks dirty every time I'm in, staff are untrained, the blizzard maker is usually broke -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 15:05
- Only ever seen a Dairy Queen -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 10:20
- DQ -- nm - decline Mar 28, 10:15
- my first job was at DQ. I only know Carvel because we got an American channel when i was growing up. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 10:14
- I grew up on Dairy Queen, and visited Carvel twice when I lived on the East Coast. - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 09:52 2
  - My brother! -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 10:12 1
    - I can recognize greatness when I see it. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 11:03
- Indoctrinated with Fudgie the Whale commercials...have to say Carvel -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 09:50 1
  - My brother! -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 10:12
- Carvel is awesome! Their cakes are the best ever! - Krusty Mar 28, 09:46 1
  - Then there's the flying saucers and just a very tasty soft serve. Everything they make is awesome. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:48
- DQ, never heard of Carvel before -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:43
- I only know Carvel cakes in the Walmart freezer, so DQ as I can get a hamburger there -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:42
- Pretty sure you made "Carvel" up. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:41 1
  - Don't make me bring Friendly's into this poll -- nm* - ty97 Mar 28, 09:42
- DQ. -- nm - pmb Mar 28, 09:41
- Carvel for a cake, DQ for a blizzard, obvie -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:39 1
  - This -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 09:59
- Carvel, I don't even think twice -- nm - budice Mar 28, 09:38 1
  - My brother! -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:47
- DQ and I don't even know what a 'Carvel' is. -- nm - Shaun Mar 28, 09:38
- Since I only know Dairy Queen, that. - David Mar 28, 09:38 6
  - I was going to get on you for living nowhere that has anything, but the IM is too sweet -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 28, 09:39 5
    - Hey, we have Cheddar's, Mr. IDontKnowWhatThatIs. -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:39 4
      - ha, there's one 10 minutes from my parents house. They've sworn it off - ty97 Mar 28, 09:40 3
        
        I like ours pretty well, but the service is jaw-droppingly bad. - David Mar 28, 09:42 1
        
        pretty sure the service is what turned my parents off -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:43
        
        My nearest one is in Dover, DE though -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:41
- Dairy Queen - I'm addicted to their Turtle Pecan blizzards - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:38 2
  - cappuccino heath bar blizzard -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:40 1
    - oh.my. - next. I'm trying that next -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:48
I'm glad I don't have either of those places out west. I wouldn't want to Sheetz the bed or bite into some food and hear "wawa". - crash davis Mar 28, 09:31 2
- wah wah...George Harrison -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 28, 09:40 [youtube] 1
  - dang you beat me to it -- nm - rollo Mar 28, 09:42
The reason Sheetz and Wawa are so popular is a bit like Buc'ees in TX. Not the size of Buc'ees, but the food options. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 09:29 4
- Ok, that looks pretty good for "gas station food." AM/PM's tagline of "Too much good stuff" rings hollow after seeing that. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 28, 10:09 1
  - When AM/PM was in Japan (licensing deal) I'd get dinner there several nights - ty97 Mar 28, 10:15
- In TX, prolly thinking Love's, Speedway, Flyin J or QuikTrip -- nm* - budice Mar 28, 09:41 1
  - Quik Trip is my jam - though they hacked my debit card once -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:48
Attention: Nudiatarian! Monster Trucks is now available for digital purchase!!! -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:26

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