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Tom Holland swung by the Children's Hospital LA. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 5, 11:01 2
- Was he wearing that hot number from his Umbrella video? -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 11:06
- And then Tom Hollander swung by and stole all their candy. -- nm - Max Jun 5, 11:05
I went to see U2 on Saturday and a really striking thing showing the state of the American psyche happened during it. At one point in the show Bono - pmb Jun 5, 10:58 5
- Seeing them later this month and I had actuall thought about that. Of course, exactly one month later I am seeing Roger Waters so I will get to... - Spawn Jun 5, 11:01 2
  - that Waters concert is going to be awesome. -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 11:07
  - I'm seeing Roger Waters as well. Looking forward to that one too. -- nm - pmb Jun 5, 11:02
- I had friends who went to last night's show. they thought it was great -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 11:00 1
  - Overall great show. Just a weird moment. -- nm - pmb Jun 5, 11:01
anyone have good service with Direct tv...specifially the internet service? -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 10:57 3
- No, but likely will be looking into it soon. Evidently AT&T is giving people really good offers to switch from Uverse to DirecTV. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 11:01 1
  - right on. going to see what the Costco deal is. -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 11:07
- unfortunately that is the only service we don't get from them, so sorry -- nm - crash davis Jun 5, 10:58
st poll: had a handyman tell us he thought tenants were cooking drugs due to a couple factors. What did the real story turn out to be? -- nm - crash davis Jun 5, 10:55 12
- moonshine still? - zeitgeist Jun 5, 11:07
- Homemade bullets -- nm - zork Jun 5, 11:06
- terrorists -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 11:03
- They were holding prayer meetings in the apartment -- nm - zork Jun 5, 11:02
- just a couple of guys who liked running around in their tidy-whities. -- nm - Diva Jun 5, 11:02
- There actually *was no handyman* - prayformojo Jun 5, 10:59
- using a bbq smoker -- nm - decline Jun 5, 10:58
- The handyman was breaking in and cooking drugs while the tenants were at work. -- nm* - ty97 Jun 5, 10:58
- serial killers who sold home made shrunken heads to major museums -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 10:57
- plaster of paris project -- nm - Max Jun 5, 10:57
- cooking Indian Food. -- nm - groiny Jun 5, 10:57
- Incontinent cats? -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 10:56
And I'm still getting Kaspersky activation emails, in German. - znufrii Jun 5, 10:55
I know nothing about the new iMac Pro, but it has some hardcore theme music, and if Wonder Woman is any indication, that's great news. - Mop Jun 5, 10:55
A spec upgrade for the Macbook Air? That'll surprise everyone who thought that Apple had abandoned the product line (i.e. everyone). -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:53
so what are people excited to see from E3 this year? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 5, 10:51 11
- I'd like an Animal Crossing for the Switch. I'd like Breath of the Wild's DLC to come out immediately. Elder Scrolls 6 this fall. -- nm* - Qale Jun 5, 10:57 2
  - We'll definitely do that... I think. I mean, we're working on something, I'm sure. Right? We must be... -- nm - Nintendo Jun 5, 11:00 1
    - I actually do not expect an announcement for AC: Switch. The Zelda thing is probably August and December. Smash 4 Deluxe is probably happening though. - Qale Jun 5, 11:04
- Evidently nothing Halo since Microsoft hates me. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:56
- Spider-Man and God of War. Hopefully something huge from Sony that hasn't been a known entity yet. -- nm - Shaun Jun 5, 10:55
- I want Portal 3. -- nm - David Jun 5, 10:55
- PS4: Gran Turismo, Kingdom Hearts 3, the new LOTR game, Elder Scrolls 6? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:54 1
  - oh and Square's Avengers game -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:54
- The hololens demo last year was pretty cool, so I expect MR on Scorpio to be amazing. That and Forza 7. -- nm - Max Jun 5, 10:53 2
  - Sunday is going to be a very important day for MS. -- nm - Shaun Jun 5, 10:54
  - Here's my minute-by-minute breakdown of Xbox briefings since 2013 -- (link) - Max Jun 5, 10:54 [Image]
it's "Smart Commute" week here and I biked to work this morning (first bike ride in a long LONG time) - I did pretty well too - doing Pilates has - JenBro Jun 5, 10:48 6
- Nicely done! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 11:07
- oh - and the bike ride was only 2 miles - pretty level - so don't be TOO impressed :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 5, 10:50 4
  - And you started on the top of a hill! -- nm - Covington Jun 5, 11:34
  - I'm impressed. way 2 go -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 11:04
  - still impressed! -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 10:51 1
    - :) thanks - it's my next phase to add cardio work outs to the pilates so - fingers crossed - I can and will keep riding to work when possible. -- nm - JenBro Jun 5, 11:03
Parking study: Raiders stadium site holds only 15 percent of required spaces -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:47 2
- Meh. They can all commute on Las Vegas's world class mass transit system. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:58
- The riffraff can do their tailgating at home! -- nm - Max Jun 5, 10:52
Highly Suspect's "Little One" is so goddamn good. -- (link) - Qale Jun 5, 10:46 [youtube]
The Untouchables was released 30 years ago today. HWDYK -- (link) - Max Jun 5, 10:46 2
- 23. I'm disappointed with that result. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 5, 11:03
- Patriot Games was released 25 years ago today. HWDYK -- (link) - Max Jun 5, 10:47
Amazing that customer service still matters to some. - znufrii Jun 5, 10:45
‘Wonder Woman’ Could Boost Time Warner Shares 20 Percent This Year - crash davis Jun 5, 10:42 7
- Lol -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 10:56
- Note: TWX has a market cap of $75B+. So this movie that likely will gross about 1% of that is expected to increase the company by 20%. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 10:44 3
  - You're putting more thought into it than the author did. - David Jun 5, 10:54
  - It's an irrational expectation. It will drive the price up higher than it should be, and a single bomb will cripple them. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:51
  - I'm not defending Barron's, I'm just sharing what they said -- nm - crash davis Jun 5, 10:51
- That's pretty miserable news for WB, that a single movie can bump them that much. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:44 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 10:49
AppleWatch 4.0 will now sync with your treadmill. Of course, you'll also have to buy a new treadmill that's sync-able... - decline Jun 5, 10:42 3
- You can't hatch Pokemon on a treadmill. -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 10:56 2
  - On an Apple one you can! -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:03 1
    - Unless the Apple spoofs your GPS, you can't. -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 11:05
macOS High Sierra. - Beryllium Jun 5, 10:31 2
- A new file system for an incremental OS upgrade seems pretty dramatic. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:37
- Autoplay blocking in Safari is the best feature they're going to announce today. -- nm* - Mop Jun 5, 10:32
Details, sadly, not surprising out of Orlando. Man, 45, was fired in April. Returned today, killed four employees and himself -- (link*) - ty97 Jun 5, 10:30 8
- Your move, Mr. President... -- nm - David Jun 5, 10:37 7
  - that's if he remembers Orlando is in the US -- nm - decline Jun 5, 10:44
  - Is anyone else concerned with Trump's claim that he carries a gun with him? - Mop Jun 5, 10:43 4
    - Conservative writer David Frum: "What Trump Doesn't Understand about Gun Control in Great Britain". -- (link) - pmb Jun 5, 10:49
    - Not really. - znufrii Jun 5, 10:46
    - I was not aware of this claim, but considering he's surrounded by Secret Service always, and their likely faster than him to react to a threat, not - ty97 Jun 5, 10:44 1
      - I'm just thinking he'd accidentally shoot himself in his private rooms... or the TV, maybe. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:48
  - "SAD news in Orlando. LOSER fired, kills old co-workers! Company has new JOBS!" -- nm - DJ Trump Jun 5, 10:42
Like squeezing blood from a vacuum tube -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 5, 10:24
I was beside myself with excitement when I saw a new Orphan Black on my Tivo this morning. - Mop Jun 5, 10:22
Skin Clinic has an awesome logo. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 5, 10:21 1
- A skin tag, if you will. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:02
NYC congestion pricing is being pushed by transit advocates again -- (link) - ty97 Jun 5, 10:16 4
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 10:57
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:35 1
  - Sounds like NYC and Atlanta have alot of similarities regarding battling state legislature dominated by less populous parts of the state. -- nm* - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:37
- This is the right path. People who still think they can drive into Manhattan are stupid. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:18
Huh. WWDC starts today. The keynote is at 10 AM Pac--- FUCK! That's 15 minutes ago!! -- (link) - Mop Jun 5, 10:15 10
- So far they've just talked about tvOS and watchOS4 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 10:26 8
  - Amazon Prime Video to Apple Tv -- nm - decline Jun 5, 10:27 7
    - Unless it's coming to Canada, that's no better than white noise to me -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 10:30 6
      - I have Amazon Prime Video and have never used it. Netflix still has enough stuff. - Shaun Jun 5, 10:44 1
        
        specifically on Apple TV -- nm - decline Jun 5, 10:47
      - do you guys even have tv's ? -- nm - decline Jun 5, 10:36 3
        
        They do, but they have to drive to the store to buy one. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:38 2
        
        I drove to Maine to get my last tv! -- nm - Shaun Jun 5, 10:49 1
        
        A craftsman carved it out of wood and fish bones! -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:57
- They'd better f*cking announce that new iPad Pro. It's been long enough since version 1. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:17
Massive overcrowding in British prisons. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 5, 10:12 [Image]
David you might know as Liz of ATT in India doesn't when I spoke with her. Is ATT compatible with Tivo? -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 10:12 4
- No (uverse) but I'm pretty sure DirecTV (which ATT just bought) is -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:38
- If you mean UVerse it doesn't. -- nm - David Jun 5, 10:20 2
  - yeah. and rats. thank you. -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 10:25 1
    - In your face, Liz from India, if that is your real name and location! -- nm - David Jun 5, 10:36
BREAKING NEWS: Trump shutting down Netflix to help bring back Blockbuster jobs. - Strongbad Jun 5, 10:12 2
- It's a joke, but it's not that far off. By trashing net neutrality, he's basically doing to the Internet what he's doing to the environment. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:16
- I wouldn't be surprised...he's determined to push this country back 25 years in progress. -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 10:15
I know this is super late, but my grade for Aliens Covenant was an A++ no spoiler inside - JenBro Jun 5, 10:09
Researches to recruit 10,000 NYers to open up every aspect of their lives (phones, credit card history, etc) for 20 years - 'Human Project' study - ty97 Jun 5, 10:05 3
- F no! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 10:12
- *snicker* -- nm - Google Jun 5, 10:07 1
  - This was my thought... -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:08
Aircraft still carrying out missions from al Udeid airbase in Qatar despite rift in Gulf ties: U.S. military via Reuters -- nm - zork Jun 5, 10:05 1
- I wonder what's more surprising here. That we're still carrying out missions... or that we're carrying out missions at all. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 10:09
Tend to think Trump ain't this much of a thinker, but scary thought nonetheless -- (link) - ty97 Jun 5, 10:00
Headlines that put fear in the common man: President Trump is Awake, Angry, and Tweeting -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:59
SLACKERS!!!! I have MISSED you guys ... I troll when I can to try to keep up - got a lunch hour - how's everyone? - JenBro Jun 5, 09:55 9
- We need more JenBro in our lives, that's what's up, dammit. -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 11:01 2
  - heh heh ... it was a flurry of stuff happening and I just didn't have time to ST ... but I'm making time at lunch and for West Coast hour - I need my - JenBro Jun 5, 11:14
  - So. Very. this. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:02
- Hey you! -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 10:32
- Hey, hey! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 10:16
- Hi! :) -- nm - Diva Jun 5, 10:11
- Hi, sweetie -- nm - zork Jun 5, 10:04
- we question your dedication to Slacker motion -- nm - groiny Jun 5, 10:00
- Who are you again? -- nm - amoxy Jun 5, 09:57
Olivia Wilde is Marissa's girlfriend in that Champagne Supernova scene! - David Jun 5, 09:53 1
- Well, Marissa died. Not Alex -- nm - JD Jun 5, 09:57
ATC privatization splits the airline industry. Most airlines favor, but Delta opposes it & left the industry lobby org in protest. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 5, 09:52 1
- on the Govt side, privatization always strikes me as an effort to say "we are reducing Govt, our labour force is down 25%!!" - Beaker Jun 5, 09:56
Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, accompanied by Keshia Knight Pulliam (Rudy Huxtable) -- (link) - ty97 Jun 5, 09:51
Hunt them, identity them, and kill them. Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all. -- (link) - Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins Jun 5, 09:49 12
- Took all of 2.5 paragraphs for the writer to go from "every single “radicalized” Islamic suspect" to the false "genocide of an entire religious group" -- nm - Ender Jun 5, 10:21 1
  - Have to catch them all! -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 10:29
- They're just words. Free speech. Not our job. -- nm - Facebook Jun 5, 10:06
- People who use their phones or talk in cinemas? I agree. -- nm - LMS Jun 5, 09:59 1
  - And racists. -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 10:02
- I wonder how he feels about the DH rule -- nm - amoxy Jun 5, 09:57
- We're walking the early path to world war. -- nm - David Jun 5, 09:54 3
  - I still believe (even after all this) that there are more of us sane people left in the US than not -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 09:56 2
    - (and to be VERY clear here. Sane = non-bigoted. Not implying sane = liberal) -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 09:56 1
      - There are definitely way too many people like Higgins, it's scary, but I think they are a distinct minority still -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 09:57
- He really hates ducks? -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:53
- he sounds like a peach -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 09:52
Legos: vote for the Dinosaur fossil collection..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 5, 09:48 1
- As you wish -- nm - crash davis Jun 5, 10:19
Jon Hamm and January JOnes lip synch "Bye Bye Birdie" -- (link) - amoxy Jun 5, 09:48 [youtube] 2
- will remain to be seen, but I think he may actually turn out to be best in comedies - JenBro Jun 5, 10:14 1
  - he was great on 30 Rock -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 10:50
So I was wondering, if/when Jeremy Corbyn becomes PM, how long before he withdraws the invitation to Trump of a state visit? -- nm - LMS Jun 5, 09:45 2
- I thought it was Tories who were opposed to allowing people into the country who might pose a threat to the nation. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:47 1
  - Corrupt billionaires are more than welcome. -- nm - LMS Jun 5, 09:48
New GnR album. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 5, 09:44 2
- This scares me. Feels like the tour is easier to manage egos. - Name Withheld by Request Jun 5, 10:00
- Any year now... -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:45
Truth -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 09:42 11
- Dare -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 09:42 10
  - Devil -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 09:43 9
    - with a Blue Dress. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:43 4
      - *smh* - groiny Jun 5, 09:45 3
        
        Doh! -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:46 2
        
        a Deer -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 09:46 1
        
        In the headlights. - Mop Jun 5, 09:47
    - Inside -- nm - groiny Jun 5, 09:43 3
      - Out -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 09:43 2
        
        Class -- nm - Volnelk Jun 5, 09:52 1
        
        Act -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:06

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