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I just want to thank whoever introduced us to nanoblocks. I find that they are perfect gifts for like office people or a quick thank you. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Jun 27, 05:57 2
- Me! :). Nm - ralph wiggum Jun 27, 06:02 1
  - they are seriously perfect. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 27, 06:04
YDC: I broke $4B on that other site. -- nm - MDH Jun 27, 05:52 3
- VNT! -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 06:15
- Nice! Congrats!--I've been hanging around 2.7B for a bit -- nm - Flavorize Jun 27, 06:15
- I look to break thru the 4B barrier soon as well. -- nm - Shaun Jun 27, 06:11
Good subway news. The new South Ferry station, which opened not long before Sandy and was heavily flooded, will finally re-open today -- (link) - ty97 Jun 27, 05:45
I don't get this meme -- (link) - ty97 Jun 27, 05:44 1
- it's said back sooper sarcastically -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 05:53
Russell Westbrook won the MVP last night over James Harden. - Will Hunting Jun 27, 05:44 3
- Averaging a triple-double is just amazing--and sounds good to voters. You're probably right, overall--but hard to get away from all that 3/2 hype -- nm - Flavorize Jun 27, 06:16 1
  - What really blows my mind is the All-NBA incentives--basically cost George and Hayward 30M each and cost Pacers and Jazz their superstars - Flavorize Jun 27, 06:19
- I'm happy for him and happy he won. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 06:14
Ahhh, quarter close my old nemesis. Currently 11 calls today. First one at 7am, last one at 7pm - ty97 Jun 27, 05:09
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, Pretty Little Liars, Bachelorette, Smackdown, Below Deck, Animal Kingdom, Deadliest Catch, Face Off, iZombie, Ink Master -- nm - Beaker Jun 27, 04:49 2
- I think there's some talented artists on Ink Master this year but I really don't like that it's a team challenge. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 27, 06:12
- Team Ninja Warrior, World of Dance, Tosh 2.O, Downward Dog, Fear Factor, Wrecked, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 27, 04:50
AP: Federal investigation looking into Bernie Sanders & his wife over real estate deal? - Strongbad Jun 27, 04:32 7
- From the article, and what I've read elsewhere, it's just his wife under investigation. -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 05:23 3
  - "In a separate complaint, Toensing alleged that Bernie Sanders' senatorial office pressured a bank to approve the loan." -- nm - Inigo Jun 27, 05:36 2
    - A complaint is not an investigation. -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 05:49
    - I think the technicality is that the Feds may not be investigating that part, like they are investigating his wife (but not 100% clear on that) -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 05:39
- technically just his wife, not him, but yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 27, 04:53 2
  - There's a separate complaint against Bernie, too. The guy filing the complaints sounds like he lacks credibility, though. -- nm - Inigo Jun 27, 04:58 1
    - The guy who filed has a history of targetting political enemies. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 05:05
*snork* one of the deputy editors at the economist is named Adam Smith. -- nm - mafic Jun 27, 00:29
Spitballing an idea: So, since STers can now block users and other stuff, we should have a way of dealing with an old habit of ours -- (edited) - con_carne Jun 26, 23:15 5 1
- Check again. Yes, a reply showed you the exact tweet the comment was in reference to. -- nm - kelly Jun 27, 06:14
- I don't understand is there an example? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 23:51
- hashtags deservedly disappeared...drumpf is an enduring tragety that won't go away for years, we had real news to a significant member which really - zeitgeist Jun 26, 23:50 2
  - Let's play an ST Challenge -- Diagram the sentences in this post. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 27, 05:26
  - Are you having a stroke? nm - ralph wiggum Jun 27, 01:32
Roman Reigns is doing a promo. Suddenly sirens. HOLLAR IF YOU HEAR ME!! -- nm - Qale Jun 26, 23:10
Today was National Stitch day for Disney fans -- (link*) - budice Jun 26, 23:03
there is some King of the Dunk show on TNT and this blue haired Canadian has some serious hops -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:54
On a Year-Over-Year basis: Baseball has devolved into buyers and sellers at the trade deadline. -- (edited) - budice Jun 26, 22:47
I'm going to start punctuating a good portion of my sentences with " -- and Thomas Middleditch, apparently --" -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 22:31
Democrats are having a sleep over in the senate, cause what the hell they are powerless to do anything -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:24 3
- They should do shots. Toast the end of the world as we know it. We're only 6 months in. -- nm - jnine Jun 26, 23:43 1
  - they should install a really huge still in the rotunda, make their own by the barrel -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 23:51
- I hope they do a marathon of iCarly. -- nm - Qale Jun 26, 23:01
The latest Mickey Mouse short, "Canned", has an Oswald cameo. Watch it here. -- (link) - Mop Jun 26, 21:18 [youtube]
according to Ancestry.com, 454 people with my last name fought in the Civil War. 297 with the Union and 157 with the other side. link inside -- (link) - crash davis Jun 26, 21:16 39
- 410 Union, 304 Confederate. -- nm - Ender Jun 27, 06:36
- Maiden name is 1 Union soldier. -- nm - kelly Jun 27, 06:17
- 222 confed/824 union. I don't think I would have expected that. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 27, 05:45
- 2 U, 7 C -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 27, 04:28 1
  - Mom's side is 27 U, 3 C -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 06:14
- 358 Confederate, 252 Union. And I am probably related to a good number of the rebs. - Callisto Buffalomeat Jun 27, 04:08
- 12 Union, 5 Confederate. - IrishStephen Jun 26, 23:54
- 3201, 1758 Union, 1447 Reb. Although I'm not really related to them. -- nm - jnine Jun 26, 23:45
- 1 Union soldier - Reagen Jun 26, 22:35
- My last name only has records back to WW I draft cards - JD Jun 26, 22:33 1
  - oof, I'm sorry if that brought up some bad thoughts -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:36
- 6 totl -- nm - Amoxy Jun 26, 22:17
- mine is 5, all Union. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 21:58
- Huh,always thought NY name was German but they say it is Dutch. - Amoxy Jun 26, 21:49 1
  - wouldn't you like to know about the ancestor who earned that surname? :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:52
- 32 Union 11 Confederate. Not likely close relatives :) - Meg Jun 26, 21:36
- It doesn't show me anything for the military. It says 314 military records but nothing about the civil war or anything. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 21:35 4
  - It's at the bottom of the page. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 22:35 3
    - Yeah, nothing. It has a link to search their database but no info. My guess is no one with my last name served until later. - Krusty Jun 26, 22:50 2
      - what about under the old spelling of the family name, Krustkophsky -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 23:53 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 06:15
- vaguely german with a diminuative suffix appended to an old german word for grain -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:30 2
  - so you're really "little wheat"? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:34 1
    - I would think barley would be more of a thing in old germany...wheat came later -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:39
- According to 1920 census records, we were heavily clustered in New York state, by far more than any other state - ty97 Jun 26, 21:24 1
  - yeah, the biggest Irish wave came after the war -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:30
- I expected Davis to be a more common name. - ty97 Jun 26, 21:21 12
  - ftr on Davis - All Davis 27,719 Confederate 12,073 Union 15,646 -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:06
  - my mother's maiden name was Smith, I wonder if any of them fought in the Civil War -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:22 10
    - only 52,214 - 39.320 for the Union, 12.894 for other guys -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:29 9
      - I wonder what last names we need to pick to flip that ration? -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 21:30 8
        
        picking a Southerner I know, David's last name had 12 in the war, 10 for the Confederacy, 2 for the Union -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:32
        
        Beauregard -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:32 2
        
        As a surname: 38. 28 Union, 10 Confederate. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 21:32 1
        
        Robicheaux -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:36
        
        Ahh, looks like Powell works (though barely) - ty97 Jun 26, 21:30 3
        
        oof, those Abercrombies - ty97 Jun 26, 21:32 2
        
        natural Fitch enemies. - mafic Jun 26, 21:48 1
        
        too funny -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:50
Spawn....check your texts and get spidey passes -- nm - Remlikphone Jun 26, 21:04
Sprint's been dancing around a merger with T-Mobile but that may be on hold as they start talking to Charter and Comcast. -- (link) - Mop Jun 26, 20:54 1
- Start a bidding war for Sprint $$$$$$$$$ -- nm - Bacon Jun 26, 21:12
HA -- (link) - ty97 Jun 26, 20:44
Who here hasn't put on a watch at age 12 then forgotten how to remove it for the next 60 years? -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 20:42 5
- Wanna try this query again there buddy? - con_carne Jun 26, 20:49 4
  - I believe it's this (tweet) - howie Jun 26, 20:56
  - he is referring to board 2 -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:56 2
    - He's missed something precious. -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 20:56 1
      - No, I caught the Andy Serkis thread -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 22:56
Crash, thanks for that link to the Wire UV code. Looks like it might transfer, so sharing groups... look into this. -- (link) - Mop Jun 26, 20:39 6
- yeah, its in My TV on my Vudu, so my group should be able to view it if interested -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:42 5
  - I am. I added some things. I've been remiss lately in adding stuff -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 20:44 4
    - as you can see down at the bottom, I've appreciated what you've done already - so no worries -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:45 3
      - :). My Roku stick went missing in the living room remodel I will replace it when we move -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 20:47 2
        
        remodels are fun and never involve any stress at all -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:59 1
        
        I can't believe people willingly do it for a living. Insane -- nm* - Epiphany Jun 26, 21:03
It's 11:30pm, today has been crazy long, and why is there news in my news feed at this hour, go to sleep America! -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:29 5
- Even Jenbro knows, this is the West Coast hour, bro -- nm - Bacon Jun 26, 20:30 4
  - *scans the board* It's apparently the ty coast hour -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:32 3
    - It's the ty Coast to Coast podcast, sponsored by United Airlines! - crash davis Jun 26, 20:39 2
      - To join Ty from East of the Rockies... -- nm - Qale Jun 26, 21:16
      - Like I would ever be sponsored by United.......okay, fair -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:41
(not sure what's going on here) Judge temporarily blocks deportation of any Iraqi nationals from US -- (link) - ty97 Jun 26, 20:26
uuuummmmmmmmmm.......did I miss something? -- (link) - ty97 Jun 26, 20:21 4
- Thats usually when the invasion happens -- nm - eag Jun 26, 20:26
- Last week, the hacking group Anonymous posted a video on YouTube suggesting that the space agency is about to announce discovery of life beyond Earth -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:22 2
  - WaPo - Someone made a ridiculous video about NASA finding aliens. News outlets took the bait. -- (link) - crash davis Jun 26, 20:24 1
    - Aliens what?*Builds wall around earth* -- nm - Don Dump Jun 26, 20:28
And....I've just seen my first poll for Nevada's 2018 Senate race..... -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:12 17
- NO I am not running. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 20:41 6
  - not with a wooden leg -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:37 1
    - ooh, that is good, why didn't I think of that? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:00
  - *write in* -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 20:57
  - There's still time! -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:42 2
    - I'll need you & RC running my team. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 20:42 1
      - I'm sure NWBR would like the entry on his resume -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:56
- yeeeesssss? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 20:15
- are you keeping me in suspense? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:13 8
  - It was really a comment on the craziness and pointlessness of a poll at this point (thus why I didn't even mention results) - ty97 Jun 26, 20:15 7
    - Ralston is good. I do not watch him often enough. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 20:42 1
      - Yeah, he seems to be the go-to for NV -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:42
    - I think the survivors in Nevada will envy the dead. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 20:16 3
      - so... like Nevada in the summer then? -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 20:41
      - It's going to make GA-06 special look like a three hour affair. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:18 1
        
        yeah, GA-06 did look like Gilligan's three hour tour -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:19
    - well, the tightness of the poll does have healthcare ramifications :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:16
OMG Carter Page you beautiful naive little child. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 20:05 3
- plus side: no frantic "CARTER PAGE HIRES LAWYER" headlines. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 20:12 1
  - and no frantic "Carter Page's lawyer hires lawyer" headlines -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:19
- I've long thought the first one to step on his own junk and get caught will be this moron -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:06
Someone's sending a banner plane around WV urging Senator Heller to vote no on the bill. One problem with that..... -- (link) - ty97 Jun 26, 20:04 5
- Well he isn't in NV this week - where does he live when the Senate is in session? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 26, 20:49
- leftover banner from the Obamacare vote. too hard to change anything but the last word. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 20:11
- WV, NV whats the difference? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:07 1
  - next, they'll fly a plane around Boise to lobby Senator Grassley -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 20:08
- Stupider like a fox! Got people to notice it, didn't they? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 20:05
The Harris County Toll Roll Authority computers took a dump on June 5 and processing is so delayed no one knows how much money they have on EZ Tag. - Qale Jun 26, 20:03
If the motion to proceed does fail, what happens? Can they just bring it up for a motion to proceed again later? -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 20:00 1
- If it fails, McConnell will change his vote to No so he can bring it up again - Amoxy Jun 26, 20:05
Veep was up and down this season, but GET HYPE for S7 (spoils) - Reagen Jun 26, 19:59 1
- meh, (spoils) - Jovian Jun 26, 21:11
since Amoxy mentioned signature roles on B2, lets see if I got what it takes to play his game - Gal Gadot's signature role? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 19:57 8
- When she plays Elizabeth Taylors role in a remake of Who is afraid of Virginia Wiolf" - Amoxy Jun 26, 20:10
- Gisele. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 19:58
- Keeping Up With the Joneses -- (edited) - Reagen Jun 26, 19:58 5
  - ~She's got legs, and she knows how to use them~ -- nm - Bacon Jun 26, 20:24
  - I don't think I properly thanked Pippy for putting that in our VUDU group. That scene was memorable -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 19:59 3
    - I thought it was a cute movie -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 20:46
    - and Isla was apparently into it - Reagen Jun 26, 20:09
    - Pippy pleases -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 20:00

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