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Poll: Do you say "grocery" with an S or an SH sound in the middle? -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 13:42 17
- Just the S. Saying it with "sh" is something I've never heard and didn't know was a thing. - Krusty Mar 28, 14:02
- A grocer (grosser) sells food at a grocery (groshery) store. - Spawn Mar 28, 13:53
- Do people have a fave grocery store? -- nm - budice Mar 28, 13:52
- Can someone admit to pronouncing it growswee? I want to make fun of you. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 13:51
- "Grosh-ree" *Wait, is that how I actually say it?* "Gross-ree" *That doesn't seem right...* Fuck it. "Krogers". -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 13:50 1
  - This, except "Publix." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 28, 15:51
- shree -- nm - Max Mar 28, 13:48
- sh -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 13:47
- SH. -- nm - mara Mar 28, 13:46 2
  - is it more 'gro-shree', than 'gro-shery' ? -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 13:48 1
    - I say both interchangeably -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 13:49
- grow surrey -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 28, 13:46 3
  - This is correct. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 13:50
  - and: gross ree -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 28, 13:48 1
    - this. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 13:50
- s. 'groshery' sounds like you are drunk and slurring. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 13:45 1
  - I'm an SH man, but I'm also about two steps removed from Winter's Bone, so hardly the resource for pronunciation. -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 13:52
sitwap - NFL's huge overtime rule change gets tabled, change to kickoff gets voted down - crash davis Mar 28, 13:31 2
- "I don’t think we feel that ties are necessarily a bad thing." Ugh. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 13:36 1
  - Exactly. I *Hate* ties. This isn't soccer. You play until someone wins the game. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 13:40
I started John Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire on this trip- it basically reads like Game of Thrones In Space. -- (edited) - Reagen Mar 28, 13:21 12
- If there were a Deadwood version it could read like Pigs in Space. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 13:50
- Is this part of the Old Mans War series of books? -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 13:25 1
  - No. New world..er space -- nm - JD Mar 28, 13:42
- Its Tuesday can we make this a poll? what are you reading? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 13:25 8
  - The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower 4.5 -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 13:49
  - Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry, then I'll move on to Collapsing Empire. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 13:46
  - John Dies At The End. There's some uh, rather interesting descriptions so far -- nm - JD Mar 28, 13:43 1
    - I really liked the movie. -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 13:45
  - Man on the Run - Paul McCartney in the 1970's -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 13:29 1
    - The county judge who held a grudge will search forever more -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 13:33
  - Behind her Eyes: by Sara Pinbourough - its in the same vein as Gone Girl, Kind Worth Killing - I am loving this new to me genre -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 13:27
  - the curious incident of the dog in the night-time -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 13:26
This is a pleasant thought. (Spider warning) -- (link) - GregW Mar 28, 13:10 1
- daunting even -- nm - decline Mar 28, 13:17
New York City’s 20 oldest buildings, mapped (most are not in Manhattan BTW) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 12:57 10
- I just walked by #4. I see it all the time since Mr. Darcy lives a few blocks away. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 13:18 6
  - Wait, I thought he moved away? -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 13:20 1
    - This is my last full week of walks with him. Next Wednesday is the last day. I'm going to be a mess all day. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 13:23
  - Mr Darcy in front of the Ferrari yesterday was hilarious. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 13:19 3
    - it really was - he is super photogenic -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 13:26 1
      - Where is Mr. Darcy??? ...THERE HE IS! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 13:47
    - He loves beautiful Italians. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 13:24
- you should go walk to them all and take pictures. -- nm - decline Mar 28, 13:05 2
  - who do think I am, amanda? -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 13:05 1
    - We *might* *consider* interviewing you for a rehire if you did. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 13:16
GA-6: Club for Growth running a negative ad against Republican front-runner Karen Handel -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 12:51 [youtube] 6
- They should. She's an awful human being. - David Mar 28, 12:57 4
  - *googles* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 13:11 1
    - You can read some prior ST discussions of her here. -- (link) - David Mar 28, 13:18
  - I'm expecting her to make the runoff, she's got a lot of supporters around here. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 12:59 1
    - Of course she does. She's a deplorable. -- nm - David Mar 28, 13:03
- Thats a terrible name for a club -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 12:53
I run the best polls. The best. They're very popular. Big league. -- nm* - ty97 Mar 28, 12:44
So the trick to being able to drink as much beer as is humanly possible and not be stumble bum drunk is to walk 20+k a day. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 12:39 9
- Whooo..upping the stakes to the beer half marathon -- nm - JD Mar 28, 12:44 8
  - I have had in the area of 12 beers today - Reagen Mar 28, 12:49 7
    - but you're |^this tall, maybe a lot of it hasn't reached your gut yet. -- nm - mud Mar 28, 13:00
    - Oh, Barney. -- nm - David Mar 28, 12:57
    - Woo Belgians are mah fave -- nm - budice Mar 28, 12:55 4
      - I've been to a couple places here where they basically drop a dictionary sized menu of beer in front of you. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 13:02 3
        
        Have you had strawberry yet? -- nm - David Mar 28, 13:20 1
        
        a couple of cherry ones tonight - Reagen Mar 28, 13:23
        
        Dude, sweet -- nm - budice Mar 28, 13:14
I'm going to call Comcast. I'm psyching myself up. This is not something you do on a whim. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 12:26
Because crazy: The popular Costco golf balls has now led to a lawsuit. - Mop Mar 28, 12:25 4
- Golf War Dogs -- nm - Max Mar 28, 12:49
- ~But we've got the biggest balls of them all~ -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 12:32
- at least its a big company suing a big company this time - Epiphany Mar 28, 12:30 1
  - well, this is after Titleist already sued 8-10 smaller manufacturers out of business for patent infringement -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:32
Sport Card nerds: are 1993 All Star Upper Deck Cards worth anything? -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 12:13 7
- sorry NBA -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 12:27 5
  - off the top of my head I'd say no as that was right in the over-produce like lunatics time -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 28, 12:29 4
    - that's what I figured. -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 12:32 3
      - you could always go through, the big names are easy to reognize, Jordan, Shaq, etc; they might have a little value -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 12:40 2
        
        Thats Shaq's rookie year so he would be the highest card -- nm - eag Mar 28, 12:46 1
        
        I hoarded quite a few of his various rookie cards thinking it would bring me vast wealth - eag Mar 28, 12:51
- Hockey? A million bucks. Baseball? Nah. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 12:18
We have a new person (at another location) and her name is Dawn Johnson. Say it out loud. - Andie Mar 28, 12:09 17
- See, that's where the Brits and Americans disagree. To me, Dawn and Don sound nothing alike. -- nm - Meg Mar 28, 12:19 5
  - The one that gets me is people who think Aaron and Erin sound the same -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 13:21 2
    - Doesn't it depend on how they're pronounced? I'm pretty sure they *can* be pronounced the same. -- nm - mara Mar 28, 13:40 1
      - Sure, I mean pronounced. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 13:56
  - they sound different to me too, but they are somewhat indistinguishable in NE. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 12:26
  - and with the Boston accent they are distinguishable. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:22
- My HS girlfriend's middle and last name. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 12:15 6
  - (also, my middle name!) -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 12:17 2
    - your middle name is Johnson ? -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:17 1
      - Sonny H. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 12:20
  - did she move to Canada? -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:16 2
    - That might explain why I could not find her later. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 12:16 1
      - Wow - eag Mar 28, 12:53
- I can already sense that ST is going to find you new and inventive ways for you to drive her literally insane. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:12
- someone sing ~Heartbeat~ to her and see if she gets it. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:11
- oddly, the first image in my mind was from Tin Cup. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 12:11
- Everyone comes dressed as Crockett or Tubbs for her BDay party -- nm - budice Mar 28, 12:11
The closest Carvel to me is 2 miles. -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 12:04 18
- Even William Shatner appreciates Carvel -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 12:30 1
  - Damnit jim, you dont have to be a Vulcan to know that doesn't make any sense. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 14:18
- The closest one to us is in Georgia. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 28, 12:17 3
  - go for dessert! -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:18 2
    - With Litton's already in town? -- (link) - David Mar 28, 13:20
    - "Sorry, we sold out to a birthday party an hour ago." -- nm - Max Mar 28, 12:29
- 7 miles here -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:15
- 151 miles. sashamart, basically. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 12:14 1
  - go to sashamart for desert! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 12:46
- I'm pretty sure I'd smash the fingers of an ST with a hammer, almost any STer, for a Carvel cake. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:08 8
  - I'll pick one up tonight and put it in the mail for you tomorrow -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:27
  - Would you go camping with me over a weekend for a Carvel cake at the end? -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 12:09 1
    - possibly. that's how much I love them. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:13
  - I think I've seen them at Stop N Shop. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 12:09 4
    - Yes, they're sold in some supermarkets now. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 12:23 2
      - most of the markets around here carry them -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:29 1
        
        this feels like a fire-arable offense that I wasn't notified. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 13:00
    - NOOOoooo!???? - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:14
Hey Steve Mnuchin, how long before artificial intelligence disrupts the work force? "50 to 100 years" -- (link) - Max Mar 28, 12:00
If this Sunday's episode of Big Little Lies is the finale, it feels a little premature -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 11:57
PoGo Poll: What are your highest CP pokemon now? -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:53 19
- 3070 gyrardos, 3048 rhydon, 2839 vaporeon, my beloved 2752 snorlax. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 12:03 9
  - This is where you have me beat by miles. My highest CP is a 2746 Rhydon and I'm at level 28. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 12:07 3
    - I'm also 28, WTF?! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 12:07 2
      - I'm a gym whore. Gym = money = lucky eggs = evolutions. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 12:19 1
        
        see. i'm all about incubators, not eggs. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 12:37
  - (I am level 34. is that requested info, too?) -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 12:03 4
    - 30. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 12:10
    - *angry face* you don't deserve a shiny! - ty97 Mar 28, 12:07 2
      - I work at a pokestop and walk at least six miles per day in a college town. I am pretty much the luckiest poke player there is. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 12:12 1
        
        I stopped playing at lvl 23 because I live in the exact opposite of you -- nm - decline Mar 28, 12:18
- Still my 2096 vaporeon. After that, a 1798 Exeggutor, then a 1686 Sakura. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 28, 12:01
- Kingler, Kingler, Vaporeon, Jynx, Taurus - psilotum Mar 28, 11:56 1
  - ugh, Kinglers. I thought they were cool once but meh. Almost as useless as Pinsirs. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:57
- i still don't have anything great, 2781 Rhydon, then 2736 Gyrados, then another Rhydon. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 11:55 1
  - Doing better than me. 2458 Vaporeon. 2445 Gyarados. 2216 Snorlax. - ty97 Mar 28, 11:56
- Flareon, Snorlax, Pyro, Rhydon, and Slowbro. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 28, 11:55
- *that's* your poll?? Fired. -- nm - decline Mar 28, 11:54 2
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 11:57
  - I had to go get a lapras! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 11:57
Buried lede from Los Pollos Hermanos story on B2: BCS back on April 10. -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 11:51 2
- So, we have that long to watch the last five episodes of season 2. -- nm - David Mar 28, 11:51
- And S2 just made it to Netflix. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 11:51
So, what part of securities law did you have to research today? -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 11:47
I had forgotten what humidity feels like. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 11:44 1
- it feels like summer, Max. -- nm - decline Mar 28, 11:54
*bursting in...nekkid and crazy...wearing nothing but a flame thrower...heading for ty...firing a few blasts at him...running off* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Mar 28, 11:39 5
- does NCM ever dance to fireworks? because that would be pretty epic, I think. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 11:43 4
  - Fired at him or held within his own clutches? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 11:44 3
    - If not for the "N" part... -- (link) - Spawn Mar 28, 12:16
    - platform behind him. like miss piggy in the great muppet caper but bigger, louder. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 12:15 1
      - If you find his particular currency and then have enough of it, most likely. One has NO idea what he cherishes however. But: Yes. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 12:18
ty, you are fired. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 28, 11:37 2
- True story inside - ty97 Mar 28, 11:54 1
  - I am so glad I rolled the board for you now. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 12:00
Hit it, ty! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:31 3
- ty, you are fired. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 11:35 2
  - worst poll ever -- nm - psilotum Mar 28, 11:53
  - I knew you were trouble when you walked in. - Baronspringa Mar 28, 11:39

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