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Well, as it turns out, it worked out that we didn't complete all the paperwork yesterday as we got a better deal and interest rate today! - IrishStephen Jun 24, 18:04 1
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 18:12
Dogs > Cats -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 17:12 2
- Animal Planet, YouTube, and the entire Internet say you are wrong. - ReluctantCynic Jun 24, 18:18 [youtube]
- I love that dog! -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 17:26
Looks like the trailer to Pitch Perfect 3 premieres tonight at Vidcon. There's a suggestion the cast will perform -- (link) - Mop Jun 24, 17:10 2
- They owe me money back from Pitch Perfect 2. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 18:23 1
  - I'll let them know. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 18:25
You guys think Drumf has it bad... - Marlowe Jun 24, 16:44 7
- Yeesh. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 16:52 6
  - And it is about 6% too high anyway.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:10 5
    - What's the margin of error? -- nm - . Jun 24, 18:01 1
      - 2%.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 18:28
    - Everything I read is not good. Corruption everywhere and the economy is taking a beating. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 17:20 2
      - Yeah.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:24 1
        
        I'm sorry to hear that. - Krusty Jun 24, 17:29
Daed & Co first set is starting the first 2 or 3 songs are free then it cuts away. Dancing, the opening song just started -- (link*) - peglegpete Jun 24, 16:41 [youtube] 1
- and that's all they let us see. they cut off a few bars into Jackstraw. the set 2 opener will be live in about 2 hours -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 16:52
Spectrum sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. - Covington Jun 24, 16:33 2
- Actually ok here...250Mb down, 25 Up. -- nm - budice Jun 24, 17:07
- I just switched to Spectrum from uVerse a few months ago. Don't use it for TV, but internet speed is great at about 118Mbps -- nm - GregW Jun 24, 17:00
Crash the Rick and Morty mobile will be in Boise on the 26th.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 24, 16:21 4
- +1 -- nm - budice Jun 24, 16:23 3
  - they did a stop in cleveland at a friend of mine's shop. Lines started at 6am and they didn't get there till 3p... - Remlik Jun 24, 16:26 2
    - Ill winds that upcoming season may not happen -- nm - budice Jun 24, 16:29 1
      - incorrect! it's happening, they're just struggling writing it... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 24, 16:31
Yesterday we had a heat index of 112, today a high of 83 with nearly 4 inches of rain. From the hottest day of the year to the wettest June day ever. - GregW Jun 24, 16:19
Pixar is just messing with our emotions now -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 16:09 2 1
- My god, what a gut punch -- nm - Amoxy Jun 24, 17:24
- Awesome. Firms up Toy Story as the Best Pixar Movie. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 16:41
Marlowe, we have a space for you. - Spawndroid Jun 24, 15:59 18
- Just sent my request to join.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 16:17 17
  - Sweet. We had a bloke that was exactly 8 days inactive. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 16:37 16
    - Nice.. It's good to be in a guild where most people play.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 16:42 15
      - They have been debating doing the next Tank Raid on Heroic. Not sure which way that will go. - Spawn Jun 24, 16:45 14
        
        Jeebus, that will be interesting.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 16:51 13
        
        The one before that lasted 12 minutes. - Spawn Jun 24, 16:53 12
        
        How? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 17:19 9
        
        I (stupidly) sat out the first phase and it was done in 2 minutes. I then was only able to get three teams in before it was over. - Spawn Jun 24, 17:29 1
        
        Looking now, there is one guy that is inactive 3.5 days. The next is 21.5 hours. - Spawn Jun 24, 17:30
        
        A shitload of people with great teams, I suppose.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:24 6
        
        I mean more 1 Kylie -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 17:29 5
        
        The way they explained it, he must be Zetaed. You *only* use the primary attack. After about 6 rounds you can retreat him, repeat. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 17:32 3
        
        Zeta = the yellow skills? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 18:15 2
        
        Zeta is a last tier of skill that some (not all) heroes have that you need a purple mat named Zeta to unlock.. - Marlowe Jun 24, 18:27 1
        
        Ugh really? Ships? - Will Hunting Jun 24, 18:42
        
        Ah. No idea.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:30
        
        Scary!! (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:09
        
        Also, I found out that the dialy challenge tiers top out at VII. - Spawn Jun 24, 17:02
Known Pokemon Go raid bosses by raid level. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 24, 15:13
SpaceX instantaneous launch (no launch window, it's go or no-go at that time) tomorrow at 1:25 PT - TWuG Jun 24, 14:54
*sigh* -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 14:53
How do people do anything in >80° heat? It's 84 and I just want to lie in a hammock on a boat in the shade. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 14:35 15
- Drink lots of cold water. -- nm - . Jun 24, 16:30
- I ran around a bunch yesterday. I just drink lots of water and try not to think about how much I'm sweating. It was really humid -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 24, 15:41
- Only 96 today, after a week of 100+ degrees...feels nice. -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 24, 15:37 2
  - We won't got under 100 until Monday -- nm - Amoxy Jun 24, 15:39 1
    - Oof. Perfect time to stay inside and relax! -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 24, 17:56
- oh my god you big baby! Get outside for a run! -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 14:50 1
  - No, mother! That's how you get heat stroke! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 16:45
- Sunny and 70 in HB -- nm - budice Jun 24, 14:44 1
  - Yeah it's actually pleasant in the OC this year. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 15:29
- my low was 88 today -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 14:39 2
  - People that live on the Sun cannot complain about hot weather. Just like people in Antarctica can't complain about cold. -- nm - Bacon Jun 24, 14:42
  - Well, Vegas at 98 was tolerable for me. Must be the distance from the ocean. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 14:42
- Only 36% humidity -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 14:36
- We are going to break 100 today, holy fucking fuck!! -- nm - Bacon Jun 24, 14:36 1
  - Shut up wimp -- nm - Amoxy Jun 24, 15:19
If you don't like covfefe, you could have T -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 14:21
Mike Comrie Not Charged in Rape Investigation -- (link) - budice Jun 24, 13:21
Less than 15M of the 60M H$45 IPO shares for WICK3 are still available. -- nm - GregW Jun 24, 13:04
Just met Brady Haran. I babbled like an idiot and I'm good with that. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 12:50 1
- "Who are you? If I Google you, I might recognize you..." -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 14:06
TCM has my favorite Shirley Temple film on now -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 12:42 2
- Is it the one they filmed a very very very very long time ago? -- nm - Bacon Jun 24, 13:15 1
  - not they. John Ford. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 13:24
So Fitbit users, does that thing vibrate to indicate some type of goal? - JD Jun 24, 12:25 1
- You can set it--But, mine goes off at 10K steps and 20K steps--it is jarring, but can be wonderfully rewarding, when doing day-to-day step counting -- nm - Flavorize Jun 24, 12:59
now people that can't spell reggae are trying to use my email as theirs. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 12:08 1
- Manyyyyyy emails to swiiiiiiipe before my home page -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:28
Judge! -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 12:05
GLow: Allison Brie and Betty Gilpin talk about it... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 24, 11:27 8
- Two in, and quite enjoyable. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 14:05
- I really liked the whole season. Good acting, characters and directing. Marc Maron was terrific. Lots of great 80s touches -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 11:36 1
  - I have 2-3 episodes left. I'll hopefully watch them tonight. -- nm - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 24, 12:24
- We're four episodes in. It's shockingly delightful so far. - David Jun 24, 11:29 4
  - How much did the casting of Knives Chau factor into your decision to watch? -- nm - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 24, 12:26 1
    - Just a pleasant surprise. -- nm - David Jun 24, 13:13
  - It's really good. We got 7 episodes in before the gf painkillers knocked her out for the night -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 11:43
  - *scoots away* -- nm - Man Card Jun 24, 11:32
Hey Krusty - eag Jun 24, 11:05 1
- Yup. It was before they traded down but it was still a crappy move. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 12:07
I have switched to iOS from Android. The new job has some to do with this as I'll be using Apple there. Project Fi kind of stagnating doesn't help. - Qale Jun 24, 10:51 1
- I'm sure that Pixels have good resale value -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 11:21
A Nebraska Democratic Party official was caught on tape saying he was “glad” House Majority Whip Steve Scalise “got shot” -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 09:44 5
- There is no excuse for that. Ugh. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 09:54 1
  - I actually think there is an excuse for thinking such things. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 24, 10:19
- State-level legislators are crazy pants. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 09:50 1
  - that one that Tfox posted I wanted to smack in the fucking face. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 09:59
- disgusting. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 09:49
"Really?!" with Seth and Amy. -- (link) - Mop Jun 24, 09:44 [youtube]
So i just bought an amazon echo dot -- (edited) - eag Jun 24, 09:29
GLOW: who's the redhead? I've only seen a couple of episodes and she's barely spoken... Australian? British? - Mop Jun 24, 09:26 2
- Also, Alison Brie gets nekkid. -- nm - Shaun Jun 24, 10:06
- Kate Nash and yes, she's British. -- nm* - Krusty Jun 24, 09:28
Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 09:16 1
- And three states here as well as D.C. relaxed restrictions on it because it was costly to do the testing. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 24, 09:25
"Nothing was out of the ordinary except for some things that were out of the ordinary." -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:15 3
- It's sort of Douglas Adamsian. - Reagen Jun 24, 09:18 2
  - "Everything was out of the ordinary, except for the things that weren't." -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:20 1
    - one of my fave expressions: I'm Always Right Except On the Occasions When I'm Not! -- nm - mud Jun 24, 09:33
Gave up trying to think of building my own pan/tilt mechanism for the Pi camera and ordered one. Hopefully it doesn't suck. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 09:09 2
- They review products online now, you know -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 09:31 1
  - It's not a product. It's an assemblage of servos. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:00
Elizabeth Debicki is about 9 feet tall -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 09:06 3
- For a long time I thought she was the same person as Caitlin Fitzgerald. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 09:44
- meh...she's only as tall as I am. She was terrific in Man from Uncle -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 09:16
- *readies oxygen tanks* I'm attempting the summit, tell my family I love them! -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 09:08
Senate GOP plans to add new penalties for uninsured into health bill. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 24, 08:28 8
- The article states the bill does not comply with the "Byrd Rule' - Amoxy Jun 24, 09:05 4
  - Nm -- nm* - Strongbad Jun 24, 15:47
  - It may not. And given the reception, having it fail the Byrd Test would be a GOP out. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 12:03
  - So what you're saying is that perhaps, currently, Byrd is NOT the word? -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 11:08 1
    - Just for you -- (link) - amoxy Jun 24, 11:21 [youtube]
- But you're not mandated to have insurance! -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 09:04
- With some costs increasing roughly 25x for people earning just over 16k. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:41 1
  - Gotta get the money for the tax cuts for those job creators somewhere, Will. Besides, moral people don't get sick. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 08:47
It seems the new Top Gear hosts are in a little trouble for speeding in Norway. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 24, 08:18
There was an update posted to Landbeck's site at the hospital. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 24, 08:10 3
- Just catching up on all of that. How awful. But, at least, it sounds like he's improving. -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 24, 10:14
- *keeps fingers crossed* -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:14
- I was so happy to read that he's responding to them and moving but his arms and legs. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 08:12
For Landbeck... what about a simple show of support for now and an offer of assistance later? - Dano Jun 24, 08:05 16
- nice -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 09:05 1
  - This. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 14:04
- That's a great idea.. I'll find a way to pitch in somehow.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 09:02 1
  - me 2 -- nm - mud Jun 24, 09:33
- Good idea. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 08:57
- Yes, great idea. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 08:56
- That's a good idea. We can send some flowers and such once he's out of ICU and then figure out what he really needs. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 08:07 8
  - This isn't the right place for me to post this, and this probably won't even make sense but I need to get this out - ty97 Jun 24, 08:10 7
    - I went to bed last night reiterating what I know to be true. That life is not fair, not fair at all. - Bacon Jun 24, 11:13
    - I think that makes a lot of sense, to a lot of us. - IrishStephen Jun 24, 10:16
    - As fucked up as this situation is, I hope his family finds a glimmer of light in the knowledge that John has this community of friends online. - Mop Jun 24, 09:24 1
      - His family knows who we are. Some of us were at his son's memorial service. Others hung out with him and his wife/daughter at a Christmas lights displ - kelly Jun 24, 10:13
    - I'm right there with you -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 08:27
    - Yup. What comforts me a little is they have a built in support network to help them. - spamlet Jun 24, 08:26
    - I had similar thoughts last night and had a good cry about it. My heart is broken for him and his family right now and I'm also quite angry. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 08:11
- I think that's a fantastic idea. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:05
The first episode of Glow got me hooked but the damn soundtrack is going to give me the most annoying earworms. -- nm* - Krusty Jun 24, 08:01 6
- Just wait until (spoilers) - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 24, 09:01 1
  - That kind of rings a bell. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 09:34
- Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang! -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:11 3
  - That song came on XM in the rental car a couple of days ago and I made no apologies for blaring it. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 08:23 1
    - My second non parent or sister accompanied concert! -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 24, 14:03
  - ~Na, na, na, na, na, na, she's got the look.~ -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 08:19
First for The Outfield! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 24, 07:44 1
- Cause Josie's on a vacation far away? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 07:48

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