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oh -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 18:30 8
- This sounds like almost my entire weekend on the subway. The R is running on the A, take the express into Manhattan at the next stop, except all of - jnine Apr 11, 18:35 3
  - The weekends are a mess as we're still doing Sandy recovery work as well as regular maintenance and new signal installations. - Krusty Apr 11, 18:37 2
    - I told you I was going to call you and you blew me off. I also was way off what I had planned due to the almost 2 unplanned days in Nashville at the - jnine Apr 11, 18:45 1
      - I don't remember you saying that but if I didn't respond I'm sorry and it was not on purpose. - Krusty Apr 11, 19:32
- (this doesn't even make sense) - ty97 Apr 11, 18:31 3
  - it has to wait for United flight personnel to get there -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 18:36
  - I'll assume it's an error and someone was just singing the alphabet song and didn't stop in time. - Krusty Apr 11, 18:35 1
    - The G is fine. It's a mistake. So come visit me! -- nm* - Krusty Apr 11, 18:39
So does st like Wynonna Earp? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 18:28
Yoenis is #good. -- nm - Tim Apr 11, 18:22
Bill O'Reilly going on a (totally pre-planned, he promises!) vacation -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 18:19
Assassin's Creed was not the worst movie I saw yesterday. thanks Suicide Squad. that movie is *terrible*. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 18:18 5
- Did the flashy colours of the trailer make it into the movie, or were they mostly an afterthought? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 18:24 1
  - I'd rather not plumb my memory for too much detail. a little when Harley was around. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 18:28
- Long flight? nm - ralph wiggum Apr 11, 18:19 1
  - 5.5 hours, which I now consider "mid-range", because Australia. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 18:26
- Its be a lot more interesting if.. - budice Apr 11, 18:19
Until it stumbles during its last act a bit, Split wasn't too bad. Let's call it a B - prayformojo Apr 11, 18:07 1
- B/C -- nm - Max Apr 11, 18:13
HAPPY ELECTION RESULT NIGHT ST! -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 18:01 7
- Early indications are that KS-04 may be close. - ty97 Apr 11, 18:17 5
  - Early lead for the democrat but Wichita was in those numbers and he was expected to do well there. - Krusty Apr 11, 18:27 2
    - GOP will almost certainly win. What will be interesting is the margin. - ty97 Apr 11, 18:29 1
      - Agreed. It looks like it'll be very close which is a good sign, hopefully. Do you think with national support he could have pulled out a win? - Krusty Apr 11, 18:32
  - Even Kos is like, "the GOP should win this by at least 25." -- nm - Tim Apr 11, 18:27 1
    - They sent Cruz to stump. Trump robocalled. In Kansas. In a special election. -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 18:30
- you're a week late for NV. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 18:05
McDonald's to try it's hand at slushies in 6,000 locations. -- nm - MDH Apr 11, 17:58 5
- I dunno, frozen water and sugar, might be tough -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 18:15
- they've been doing it in Australia for years, but surprisingly they never really existed anywhere else. - mafic Apr 11, 18:13 3
  - It's a million degrees, how has that not ocurred to them? -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 18:15 1
    - Well between the dingoes and the spiders you're just as likely to be eaten as not, and the dingoes like it cold. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 18:23
  - Yes but Amazon is on its way there -- nm - budice Apr 11, 18:14
my only time at Maple Leaf Gardens was to see J. Geils Band. they were playing the night before a comic convention I was in Toronto for -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 17:51 3
- 5-15-82 based on the nice people who list online old tour info -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 11, 18:21
- I saw oasis there in '98, with special guest cornershop. watched the Leafs get pummelled a few times as well. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 18:14 1
  - I saw Oasis there too... maybe then? -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 18:56
Could've sworn I just bought a 16# bag of cat chow. Guess it really was 2 months ago :/ - Meg Apr 11, 17:46 3
- Cats at the dinner table... -- (link) - budice Apr 11, 18:04
- You gotta pace yourself, Meg. -- nm - Max Apr 11, 17:49 1
  - Nah, this is for the cats....... - Meg Apr 11, 18:07
Back in the old days, like 10 years ago today, a wayward comment could get Imus in the Morning cancelled toot suite. -- nm - Max Apr 11, 17:43 3
- or Limbaugh fired from NFL Football -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 18:44
- Was that nappy hair? -- nm - Bacon Apr 11, 17:45 1
  - It looked to me more like a the matted coat of a mutt. -- nm - Max Apr 11, 17:47
Ah. Time to enjoy some perfect porch beer drinking weather. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 11, 17:03
Well and then you have the coments of Marine Le Pen leader of the Nation Front Party in France regarding the Holocaust -- (link) - eag Apr 11, 16:51 5
- Actually I think she's the leader of, Front de libération du Québec -- nm - Bacon Apr 11, 17:34 2
  - You read it in TIME magazine? -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 17:34 1
    - Asian Don! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 17:40
- I love the "She may fall short of the 50.1% needed" - Reagen Apr 11, 17:14 1
  - Hitler didnt need 50.1% -- nm - Spicer Apr 11, 17:17
"What should I do tonight? I know, I'll download this new 800 page biography on Nixon," said nobody ever. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 16:43 1
- *cut to Ryan Gosling in a pool, swimming madly away from Richard Nixon* -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:46
Jaguars trade pass-rusher Chris Smith to Bengals -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 16:41
J. Geils is dead. - Da5id Apr 11, 16:39 13
- I assume you mean Peter Wolf the lead singer. - pmb Apr 11, 17:00 10
  - I was once confused about Boy George's gender. -- nm - Max Apr 11, 17:29 2
    - How did that make u feel? -- nm - Maxs Shrink Apr 11, 17:30 1
      - Like a Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon -- nm - Bacon Apr 11, 17:32
  - I've never been more disappointed in you. - David's iPad Apr 11, 17:24
  - Peter Wolf is still ok, despite having once been married to Faye Dunaway. (!) nm - ralph wiggum Apr 11, 17:02 3
    - Ok, I see. Everybody always assumed Peter Wolf was J. Geils. It was always confusing. At least he's still ok. -- nm - pmb Apr 11, 17:06
    - no way! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 17:03 1
      - fake news -- nm - budice Apr 11, 17:03
  - Actually there was -- (link) - eag Apr 11, 17:01 1
    - the link to his page is clickable at the page you linked - here's billboard on his passing. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Apr 11, 17:05
- First album I ever bought myself. I still recall the weird silver Mr Potato Head-ish cover. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 16:44
- Ah. 😯 -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 16:42
How about something to actually worry about? - JD Apr 11, 16:36 3
- That sounds awful -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 16:57
- oh goodie, let's file that one in the Botfly section. - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:39
- A rather large asteroid will be passing rather close to the earth next Wednesday. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 16:38
Trailer for The Mist (Stephen King) TV series -- (link) - Beaker Apr 11, 16:33 2
- Expiation! -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 11, 17:10
- that doesnt look very pleasant. -- nm - mud Apr 11, 16:37
Does anyone know if the GOTG2 3D is getting praised or derided? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:24 3
- Too early to say. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 16:26 2
  - oh, none of the folks we know have seen it yet? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:57 1
    - It's still 3 1/2 weeks away. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 16:58
How I know I've been getting a feel for boat pricing ... I spotted an error in this ad. Can you spot it? (Oh, never mind, they fixed it.) - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:20
FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 16:17 1
- THIS IS FINE. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 11, 16:40
I have wandered down the rabbit hole of YouTube videos for how to build "cool" looking buildings in Fallout 4. - IrishStephen Apr 11, 16:13 6
- The one where they recreate Bioshock Infinite is inspired. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 16:16 3
  - Oh, I need to check that out! -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 11, 16:32 2
    - Here it is. -- (link) - Da5id Apr 11, 16:38 [youtube] 1
      - That is tremendous! Imagine the hours that went into creating all of that. -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 11, 17:44
- Bring on Fallout 5! - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 16:16 1
  - Yes, I'll get around to playing it a few years later! -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 11, 17:49
my wife: "Remember, pfm, I'm going in to work early tomorrow." me: "OK, what time?" "by 1:00 [am] at the latest" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 16:10 1
- any earlier and she would be going into work late tonight instead -- nm - rollo Apr 11, 16:24
This is what power feels like! I just got SEA-TAC to reply to my complaint on Twitter about power outlets in Terminal C! -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 16:07 10
- This is what power feels like: the outlets in the Sky Club work when I am at SEA :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 16:10 6
  - I walked past the sky club ... looked nice. If I had a five hour layover again, I'd consider it. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:14 3
    - note to the writer, taking a photo of your plate after you ate every scrap of the mac and cheese is not the right thing to do -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 16:19 1
      - No kidding. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:24
    - That's the one I've been in, it's nice. Haven't been in the one by the S gates -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 16:15
  - elitist -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 16:11 1
    - I'm not elitist, I just avoid you plebes. - ty97 Apr 11, 16:14
- Good! Half of them weren't working in January. I missed out on an hour of charging because I didn't notice the outlet was dead. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:09 1
  - Exactly! -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 16:20
- You the man dawg! -- nm - Sean Connery Apr 11, 16:08
The best Punk Rock cd compilation ever! -- (link) - Remlik Apr 11, 15:55 [youtube] 10
- It's an OK New Wave comp. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 17:11
- 3 of the first 4 bands are Australian. -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 16:08 1
  - 0 of the entire 36 songs are punk. -- nm - mud Apr 11, 16:30
- OMG Huey Lewis & The News....so ......not......punk -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 16:01 6
  - Name one of these type of albums that are compilation albums that dont strech it out a bit -- nm - eag Apr 11, 16:13 1
    - there is a difference between "stretch it out a bit" and what they did with this compilation -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 16:16
  - He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. -- nm - JD Apr 11, 16:05 2
    - Is that a raincoat? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:07 1
      - Yes it is -- nm -- nm - JD Apr 11, 16:17
  - Hey the heart of rock and roll is the beaten -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 16:04
Spoilers from Saul S3E1 "Mabel" - Baronspringa Apr 11, 15:52 2
- Spoilers - ralph wiggum Apr 11, 17:27
- I'm sure of that. Chuck does think ahead like that. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 16:26
Mel, you are correct. When my former boss closed his practice due to health (which he's since re-opened), I looked for a similar job closer to home. - IrishStephen Apr 11, 15:50
Let's remember that C.J. Cregg's worse gaffe was saying that the President "is relieved to be thinking about something that matters." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 15:48 1
- Spicer is as close to CJ Cregg as I am to Batman -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 16:10
'My career is over now': Marvel terminates 'X-Men Gold' artist's contract amid controversy - crash davis Apr 11, 15:42 17
- Good. Issues of the book are selling for $50 plus on amazon now -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 15:54 7
  - You'll soon be richer than underpants gnomes. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 11, 15:56 2
    - What's phase 2? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 11, 16:33
    - I sold all but 10 of them over the course of the week/weekend at regular price... - Remlik Apr 11, 15:58
  - I was about to ask you if you have any, but nevermind :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 15:55 3
    - for you...I have 2 left at $25. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 15:55 2
      - if I knew that I could get $50 each on those, I would jump on that -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 15:56
      - I will be taking the high priced variants to C2E2 next weekend to have the writer sign them -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 15:56
- Oh, I'm sure he can still have a wonderful career as an artist. - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 15:49
- I am sure he will find lucrative work as a comic book artist in Indonesia. -- nm - Jovian Apr 11, 15:48
- And rightfully so. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 15:46 3
  - Like how do you think that's going to fly? -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 15:48 2
    - Companies are always down on my hate speech in their products! -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 16:16 1
      - They knew what they were getting when they asked for that Edward Norton biography. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 17:35
- The "212" one sounds like a huge stretch, but maybe not so huge given the other ones. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:45 2
  - he also did it in a Superman book last year as well -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 15:53
  - No, it was very deliberate. nm - Dignan Apr 11, 15:47
so far on DWTS, Rashad Jennings has really emerged as quite the dancer, Nancy Kerrigan gets better every week, - crash davis Apr 11, 15:38
I love these side by side (or top & bottom) comparisons between scenes from Feud and the original. (spoils from the last episode) -- (link) - Covington Apr 11, 15:34 [youtube]
Congressman Who Shouted ‘You Lie’ at Obama Hears the Same From Constituents - crash davis Apr 11, 15:33
We're watching it right now. Sean Spicer looks like he just found out he has 12 minutes to live. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 15:31 9
- what the hell. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:50 4
  - He said that yesterday, too, although immediately corrected it to "destabilize the conflict there." -- nm - mara Apr 11, 15:53 3
    - It's been speculated that he means to say "de-escalate" and keeps getting it wrong. -- nm - mara Apr 11, 15:55 2
      - Even though he's presumably already finished his education, can I blame DeVos for this? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:59 1
        
        all these news organizations publishing fact check on articles on his statement seems like a waste of 0s and 1s - crash davis Apr 11, 16:04
- He could really use a Pepsi right about now -- nm - budice Apr 11, 15:34 3
  - *snort* I just snorted up my coka cola! -- nm - Jovian Apr 11, 15:47 2
    - Nuka Cola is where its at -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 15:53 1
      - Nuka Cola Quantum! -- nm - Jovian Apr 11, 15:55
"First they came for Economy Plus..." -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 15:26
"Why even bring Hitler into this?" -- nm - wolf Apr 11, 15:22

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