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My friend who moved to Edmond OK to escape California earthquakes is about to be hit by a storm front with possible tornadoes. - Meg May 18, 15:27 2
- I was almost hit by a tree driving home last night. - Cuzzin Todd May 18, 15:32 1
  - Trees have very little respect for sheet metal. -- nm - Meg May 18, 15:34
Andrea: definite kabuto -- nm - ty97 May 18, 15:07
Wonder Woman US/Canada screenings for Wed 5/24 -- (link) - budice May 18, 15:06
Vice President Pence has a growing credibility problem - crash davis May 18, 14:56 1
- President Pence would be the best thing to happen to the GOP. They might have time to recover for 2018. -- nm - Jovian May 18, 15:08
I love Kevin Owens -- (link) - Will Hunting May 18, 14:45 1
- He's the best thing they have on the main roster. - Tim May 18, 14:57
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein knew before he wrote his controversial memo that Comey would be fired - crash davis May 18, 14:37 1
- 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Beryllium May 18, 14:41
USC has a deal in place to sell LA Coliseum naming rights to United Airlines -- (link) - budice May 18, 14:30 2
- I look forward to the passenger/lion events. -- nm - Roger More May 18, 14:31 1
  - Lions? Hell, just go with passengers vs UA staff -- nm - JD May 18, 15:03
So a month and a half later and I'm still playing Fallout 4 on a regular basis. - IrishStephen May 18, 14:12 19
- F4 kept me busy many a night/weekend. Lots of it just doing dumb stuff like building my own mall and such. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 18, 15:10 1
  - That's awesome. I just bought the Wasteland Workshop DLC and now I want to build a castle at one of my settlements. -- nm - IrishStephen May 18, 15:38
- Also, it just dawned on me last night (or this morning?), as I had to stop my settlement building again to go out looking for wood/steel, that I could - IrishStephen May 18, 14:36 2
  - Also, also, Ronan enjoys watching me play it (no missions, just building and messing around in the settlements) that when he wants to watch me play he - IrishStephen May 18, 14:44 1
    - *swoon* -- nm - David May 18, 14:45
- I'm getting ready to set ESO down and pick up Skyrim for the first time. -- nm - Strongbad May 18, 14:17 3
  - *waves goodbye* See you in 6 months! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 18, 15:08
  - I loved Skyrim -- nm - crash davis May 18, 14:18
  - ooh, aah -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:18
- Oh yea. I played that crap for months and months -- nm - Jovian May 18, 14:14
- It took a while, but I liked it alot, if Skyrim would not have re-released, I would still be playing it -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:14 2
  - Eventually I want to get back into playing that one, too. -- nm - IrishStephen May 18, 14:22 1
    - I am to a point now where I am overleveled, so almost all the fights are too easy. - groiny May 18, 14:23
- Are you using mods? -- nm - David May 18, 14:13 5
  - My son played through the whole game then came back to it and loaded up the mods. Looked like fun. -- nm - Mop May 18, 14:28
  - No, I want to play it through without mods. -- nm - IrishStephen May 18, 14:21 3
    - at least the mods for carry weight. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:24 2
      - Using mods disables achievements, so I'm going no mods for the time being. -- nm - IrishStephen May 18, 14:27 1
        
        achievements are overrated. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:28
cool, I haven't even played this game and I'm already on the B team -- nm - crash davis May 18, 14:09 14
- well....we might let you be on the practice squad -- nm - Remlik May 18, 14:20 4
  - I never knew you practiced being defeated. Interesting. -- nm - crash davis May 18, 14:28 3
    - Imma let you have that ine since you spent money at my store -- nm - Remlikphone May 18, 15:16
    - Whoa ... - ReluctantCynic May 18, 14:46
    - Ha! -- nm - David May 18, 14:33
- I'll join you on the bench. We can be the equivalent of The Hanson Brothers (but less talented). -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 18, 14:17
- If you can play as part of a team, you're already better than groiny. -- nm - David May 18, 14:13 7
  - if you tell me what you want me to do, I will do it. - groiny May 18, 14:15 6
    - addendum : if your plan sucks, I also go into groiny smash mode. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:17 4
      - Try smashing the bad guys for a change. -- nm - David May 18, 14:20 3
        
        I never knew you to have such a poor memory. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:20 2
        
        Any time you want to play Trials, I'll be glad to Twitch it so that ST can see the truth. -- nm - David May 18, 14:33 1
        
        I will take you up on that anytime. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:35
    - No, that's Crash. -- nm - David May 18, 14:16
I'm receiving drunken social media/tech messaging from each parent, independently of one another... -- (edited) - Mel Profit May 18, 14:07 1
- parents mixtape would go gold -- nm - budice May 18, 14:10
I knew this was coming. Email from HSX. - pmb May 18, 14:03 2
- Haven't heard from them yet but did have an email from Social Security. You might remember, a few months back, they tried to institute 2-step - Meg May 18, 15:01
- Least surprising news ever. -- nm - ty97 May 18, 14:04
Rock event is definitely acting much more like the water event -- nm - ty97 May 18, 14:01 3
- kabuto sightings? -- nm - Andie May 18, 14:03 2
  - Two geodude ant three rhyhorn in a block walking home from the dentist - ty97 May 18, 14:07 1
    - In fact, three kabuto on my nearby right now. -- nm - ty97 May 18, 14:13
Just got Wolfenstein: The New Order... it's.. uh.. 40 gigs to download. - colin May 18, 13:40 3
- Its a fantastic game with a fantastic story. -- nm - Jovian May 18, 14:00
- Yes, that would be a pretty reasonable size for a modern game. -- nm - Ender May 18, 13:58 1
  - Maybe even a little small, they could fit almost another 10GB on the Bluray. -- nm - Ender May 18, 14:00
"Not Hot Dog" -- nm - prayformojo May 18, 13:40 2
- "It's just like in that movie Professor Bighetti showed us... And he was the *hero*" -- nm - Reagen May 18, 13:48 1
  - God, I loved that joke. -- nm - David May 18, 13:49
Kane. Kane. Kane. -- nm - Volnelk May 18, 13:32 1
- Kane. Kane. Kane. Kane. - Volnelk May 18, 13:36
At least some good news. MIL's surgery went well. They feel good they got it all and don't anticipate needing chemo (though there will be radiation - pmb May 18, 13:28 15
- what a relief -- nm - prayformojo May 18, 14:22
- Excellent -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 14:20
- That is some good news! Thanks for letting us know. - ReluctantCynic May 18, 14:18
- Great news! -- nm - diva May 18, 14:11
- Glad to hear -- nm - decline May 18, 14:04
- Woot! woot! -- nm - Epiphany May 18, 14:01
- great news! -- nm - ty97 May 18, 14:01
- nice! -- nm - Remlik May 18, 13:57
- Great news! -- nm - Meg May 18, 13:54
- glad to hear this great news. -- nm* - Mel Profit May 18, 13:48
- excellent news. -- nm - Andie May 18, 13:47
- Good and healthy thoughts for your MIL. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 13:40
- glad to hear! -- nm - colin May 18, 13:37
- good to hear! -- nm - crash davis May 18, 13:29
- well, that is good at least. - groiny May 18, 13:28
Bringing back Glass-Steagall? Lol, wut? -- (link*) - SecTreas. Mnuchin May 18, 13:28 1
- GS will squash that idea in a NY minute -- nm - decline May 18, 14:00
CBS this morning.had a story about a rape vitcim who sought out her attacker and they wrote the experience - Amoxy May 18, 13:21 2
- Found it, called "South of Forgiveness" -- (link) - Amoxy May 18, 13:26 1
  - That's heavy stuff. -- nm - Mop May 18, 13:29
Have we noted the 37th anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption? -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 18, 13:21 1
- ix-nay! -- nm - Spawn May 18, 13:24
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- How old is the defendant? -- nm - Roger More May 18, 13:21 3
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    - It beats working for a living -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 14:09
CNET: If you have a Twitter account, change these privacy settings now -- (link) - GregW May 18, 13:15
Which musicians death would really effect me? Probably Jagger - Amoxy May 18, 13:14 20
- Prince already did it to me. - Cuzzin Todd May 18, 15:29
- Paul McCartney. -- nm - Mop May 18, 13:37
- I'm not even that big a fan but I think I'd go with Beyoncé. -- nm - Volnelk May 18, 13:31
- Springsteen would be devastating for me. -- nm - pmb May 18, 13:26 1
  - this, and he isn't getting younger -- nm - crash davis May 18, 13:32
- If it had come quickly, Gord Downie's definitely would have rocked me. By now, I'm prepared for it. It'll be actors for me. Smith. Pitt. Cruise. - Name Withheld by Request May 18, 13:19 12
  - It's interesting how a lot of the Golden age guys died relatively young - Reagen May 18, 13:37 11
    - one exception, Olivia de Haviland born 1916 and still going strong (also not a guy, so there is another exception) -- nm* - crash davis May 18, 14:04 3
      - Lots of exceptions though. Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, etc. John Wayne got cancer from starring in a movie and still lived to - Roger More May 18, 14:17 2
        
        I don't mean that it was universal, just that some people are gonna knock off at like 60, 65 just statistically. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 14:37 1
        
        Oh no, I didn't think that was what you meant - more that nowadays we think of someone dying at 60 as young, while in the Golden era Hollywood days of - Roger More May 18, 14:52
    - The 70's wave of actors is rapidly coming: Pacino, De Niro, Redford, Hoffman.... Hackman. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 18, 13:49 5
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      - Nicholson -- nm - Roger More May 18, 13:51
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      - Connery -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 13:50 1
        
        Moore -- nm - Roger More May 18, 13:51
    - Clark Gable in there too. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 13:37
- the old guys are obviously going to pass, it is these young guys that are bad. -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:16 1
  - None of the young rock/popstars I have a connection with. -- nm - Amoxy May 18, 13:23
Turns out all those radio transmissions we've been broadcasting may be shielding us from harmful cosmic... stuff. -- (link) - Mop May 18, 13:11 1
- Yeah but it's also telling the evil galactic empires exactly where we are -- nm - decline May 18, 14:03
I'm tempted to get Destiny 2 on PC. Uncapped framerate's pretty exciting. -- nm - David May 18, 13:07
Harry Kane. He's one of our own. -- nm - Volnelk May 18, 13:05
~I am forever on your side~ - Epiphany May 18, 13:05 1
- And pain will never say goodbye -- nm - Spawn May 18, 13:10
You are my density! -- nm - Spawn May 18, 12:56 27
- FYI, raids look to still be 6 players. Strikes look to still be 3 players. - the wrong element, bad guy May 18, 14:23
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- now we just need to get crash and krusty to get this on day one. - groiny May 18, 13:02 23
  - what are you talking about, and is there a possibility I can betray YOU on what ever it is? -- nm* - crash davis May 18, 13:30 3
    - well, I don't know about that, but you can step in front of my rocket and kill me. - groiny May 18, 13:36 2
      - Don't give me too much credit. - David May 18, 13:38 1
        
        like having to run to revive you on the other side of the map? - groiny May 18, 13:38
  - When does it drop? -- nm - Krusty May 18, 13:12 18
    - September -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:13 4
      - Birthday. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 13:24 3
        
        tru and I already pre-ordered ours, so we will be ready for the Beta -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:28 2
        
        When's the beta out? -- nm - David May 18, 13:32 1
        
        no clue -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:34
    - September. If you want it, it's on me. -- nm - David May 18, 13:13 12
      - I got it but thanks! -- nm - Krusty May 18, 13:21
      - Hey since you're being Oprah today Spawn and I will each take one! - Remlik May 18, 13:16 10
        
        But Krusty and Crash are the only two I *want* to play with! -- nm - David May 18, 13:28 5
        
        😁👍 -- nm - Krusty May 18, 14:03
        
        aww....*kicks rock* -- nm - Remlik May 18, 13:59 1
        
        welcome to the A Team -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:07
        
        Oh, and tru. -- nm - David May 18, 13:32 1
        
        hey, if you wanna hang with the B team, that is all up to you -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:37
        
        he should buy it for all of us, since we have to deal with him all the time on it -- nm - groiny May 18, 13:19 3
        
        Try the same thing for the thousandth time! I'm sure it's due to work! -- nm - David May 18, 13:28
        
        Teams of 4 mean you might not have me there to carry you. - Spawn May 18, 13:23 1
        
        boy, you ain't carrying shit. - groiny May 18, 13:25
- Where is JenBro when we need her? - Spawn May 18, 13:01

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