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its interesting to watch someone abuse a system meant to ensure ownership rights, just because they are having a hissy fit. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jun 29, 12:20 2
- Roo has talked non stop about this -- nm - Epiphany Jun 29, 12:24 1
  - it amazes me that the people affected really dont have any options to combat this beyond a lawyer. - tRuMaN Jun 29, 12:28
Thanks to fan response, Sense8 is kind of partially uncancelled. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 12:16
Since the other worked out well: Can you name the Top 10 Chains by Total Overall System Wide Sales? - MDH Jun 29, 12:15 56
- What is a BWW? -- nm - GregW Jun 29, 12:34 1
  - Buffalo Wild Wings -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:36
- Stupid phone calls! Cannot believe I missed this one. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 12:27
- You all got the Top 10, so here's the Top 100: - MDH Jun 29, 12:22 30
  - lifetime 48/100, last 10 years 20/100 -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 12:44
  - 29 -- nm - Andie Jun 29, 12:31
  - 31/100 (including Tom Horton's) -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 12:26 2
    - 59/100 -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 12:28 1
      - 66/100 -- nm - pmb Jun 29, 12:31
  - I've never even heard of some of those (a quick count, I think I've been to 10 of them in the past 10 years) -- nm - decline Jun 29, 12:26
  - ST Poll -- highest number on the list you've never been to? - znufrii Jun 29, 12:25 15
    - panera -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 12:45 1
      - though I went to a bread bowl place in a mall in Seattle, so I might have been there - crash davis Jun 29, 12:46
    - 8 and then 12 -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 12:38
    - 39 -- nm - Epiphany Jun 29, 12:34
    - 19 -- nm - pmb Jun 29, 12:33
    - 26, none locally. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 12:32
    - 34 -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:31
    - #32. And I've been to 77 of these (uh that's not something I need to be proud of) -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:30 2
      - I probably have that beat. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:31 1
        
        nope, you got me by 4. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:36
    - #2 - Seriously. I have been through the one part of the book store, but never purchased anything. -- nm - VMan Jun 29, 12:29
    - 27 -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 29, 12:29
    - same -- nm - decline Jun 29, 12:28
    - #10 Domino's -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 12:27
    - 21 Jack in the Box (nearest 8hr drive away) -- nm* - Max Jun 29, 12:27
  - I feel like there are more Potbellys around DC than any other chain. Not many Sonics though, they must do well elsewhere. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 12:24 1
    - I'm only aware of 1 Sonics in the city, though I see a few out in the suburbs and beyond. -- nm - pmb Jun 29, 12:28
  - I've never heard of some of these. Culver's? -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:24 5
    - I've been to Wisconsin twice, and missed out on going to Culver's twice. -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 12:28
    - Upper Midwest I believe. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 12:25
    - I've never encountered a Raising Cane's -- nm - Max Jun 29, 12:25 2
      - Charlottesville might be closest to you. It's really solid. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:27
      - Lower Midwest yet apparently expanding rapidly. Chicken strips and fries and not much else. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 12:26
- Pizza Hut -- nm - Max Jun 29, 12:20 1
  - #9 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:21
- 7/11 -- nm - Max Jun 29, 12:19 1
  - #30 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:21
- Dominos -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 12:19 1
  - #10 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:20
- Taco Bell, 5 Guys -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:19 1
  - #4, #43 -- nm* - MDH Jun 29, 12:20
- CFA -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 12:18 3
  - what is this? -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:20 1
    - Chik-Fil-A -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 12:23
  - #8 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:20
- Starbucks -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 12:17 1
  - #2 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:17
- Chipotle, Chili's -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:16 1
  - #16, #22 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:17
- KFC, Dunkin Donuts -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 12:16 1
  - #13, #7 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:17
- $ or customers? -- nm - Max Jun 29, 12:16 1
  - $ -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:17
- McDs, Subway, Wendy's, BK -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 12:16 1
  - #1, #3, #6, #5 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 12:16
Indiana is hiring Charlotte executive Chad Buchanan as GM. He'll work under President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard. -- nm - Remlik Jun 29, 12:07
How Illinois became America's most messed up state -- (link) - oblique Jun 29, 12:02 5
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  - no kidding, this state is horrible. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:13 1
    - It really is. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 12:26
- 'cause of the people who live there -- nm - decline Jun 29, 12:03
- Things really started going downhill when I left, I'll tell you that much. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 12:02
I've never been to a Dave and Buster's. Are they decent food? Are they fun? -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:57 8
- Agree with others - food is so-so. Indoor golf in the winter is always fun. -- nm - VMan Jun 29, 12:05
- food is meh. games can be fun - just go and drink and play some stuff -- nm - decline Jun 29, 12:02
- Steak there wasn't as good as Outback for me, but I like playing shuffleboard. I imagine their profits are from games. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 11:59
- The main way I know them is Steve McNair. -- nm - David Jun 29, 11:59
- Food is ok, games are ok -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:58
- Never ate - pretty fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 11:57 2
  - so I guess you can go and just play games, maybe have a beer? -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 12:00 1
    - Yep -- mixed drinks aren't bad, but overall, it's standard. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 12:00
Is Friday evening considered weekend? I'm getting, not complaining. ..let's say price negotiations bargaining expecting midweek price -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 11:55 2
- Hotels say it is. Friday and Saturday nights are weekend rates. -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 12:35
- technically, I would say it isn't but for practical purposes, I guess it is -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:58
Q Poll: Americans disapprove of Senate bill 58-16. Americans support Medicare For All 60-33. Wait, WHAT? - ty97 Jun 29, 11:52 2
- I get the sense that people think more background checks exist than they do. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 12:13
- Trump is going to usher in a public option by his tomfoolery, but then he will take credit for it -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:54
Fat Bartolo Desnignated for Assignment. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:45 12
- HOF? -- nm - eag Jun 29, 11:57 4
  - Maybe enough to hang around a couple of ballots, but very low and dropping Year One wouldn't surprise. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 29, 11:58 1
    - If he gets 5% of the vote for Year 1, they should shut the HOF voting down and drug test everyone involved. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 12:09
  - Zero chance. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 11:58
  - I doubt it -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:57
- I wonder who David thinks sucks worse: Bartolo or Bryce Harper? -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:53 6
  - The difference between them is that Harper has a future. - David Jun 29, 12:01 4
    - I was disappointed the Mets didn't bring him back. His 2016 didn't indicate this falloff. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 12:13
    - His WAR is -2.3? How is that even possible? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 12:03 2
      - They kept playing him. - David Jun 29, 12:10 1
        
        We are a playoff contender and our ERA is north of 5 -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 12:13
  - Bartolo was really Bryce Harper in a Bartolo skin suit. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:54
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- I don't think you can reach people who swallow dreams and sweet promises of a bragadosious con man with facts and figures -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 11:52
- That said, the Dems need more than 'Trump bad' and 'GOP wants to take away your healthcare'. They need a positive vision too - ty97 Jun 29, 11:48 8
  - indeed, the GOP didn't win shit with immigrants bad, Muslims bad, taxes bad, Obamacare bad -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:51 1
    - For a certain voter, a country without immigrants, Muslims, taxes, and Obamanything IS a positive vision - ty97 Jun 29, 11:53
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    - Shit, Republicans make things up out of thin air, may as well use something they actually tried to do. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 12:14
    - The House voted for it -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 11:51 3
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        Sure it's not the same, you expect voters (or Dem candidate ads) are going to care about that minutia? - ty97 Jun 29, 12:02 1
        
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- How much impact will it have? Not sure. It will have more impact if it passes than doesn't, I think. - ty97 Jun 29, 11:45 1
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- This was a fun board with a food poll, look at what you did! - MDH Jun 29, 11:43 3
  - someone hates fun -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:45 2
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      - change your handle to Canio from Pagliacci ;p -- nm* - crash davis Jun 29, 11:46
WingStop -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 11:42 7
- #4 - chicken completed -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:42 6
  - #ChickenCompleted -- nm - Max Jun 29, 11:55
  - Winner winner chicken dinner! And it's only 5 miles away from me! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 11:43 4
    - I don't much like that place. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 11:46 3
      - I've never been, actually. I like Buffalo Wild Wings, but Portland has a local wings place - Fire on the Mountain - that is utterly fantastic. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 12:02 2
        
        yeah, it does not hold a candle to BWW, so I imagine you would not care for it. -- nm - groiny Jun 29, 12:03 1
        
        Noted. And thank you. It's the little things about ST that actually mean a lot. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 12:04
Hints: 3 left. One chicken (cough wings cough), one "asian," and 1 is a larger format restaurant/game place. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:41 6
- Panda Express? -- nm - pmb Jun 29, 11:45 1
  - $7 - great job everyone -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:46
- BW3 -- nm - VMan Jun 29, 11:44
- Huh, Dave and Busters? -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 11:43 2
  - #6 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:43 1
    - Would not have expected that. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 11:44
Popeyes -- nm - budice Jun 29, 11:40
Little Ceasars -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:39
White Castle -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 11:37 6
- He said no burgers. Domino’s? -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:38 4
  - #10 - the last "mega" chain on the list, however, not the last pizza entry -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:38 3
    - Marco's? -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:39 2
      - On. Fire. #3 (I'd never heard of this one) -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:41 1
        
        Cici's pizza? -- nm - oblique Jun 29, 11:41
- *crave* -- nm - VMan Jun 29, 11:38
There's a very long long to get into the wake for Prodigy. It's on the UES at the same place where Biggie was laid out. - Krusty Jun 29, 11:37
Hints: There are no Burger/Fry type places on the list. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:36 8
- Golden Corral Buffet -- nm - VMan Jun 29, 11:39
- Mary Brown's fried Chicken!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 11:37
- Raising Cane's -- nm - Ender Jun 29, 11:37 3
  - Never heard of it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:38
  - #1 (and I love this place so much) -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:38 1
    - First one in the area here opened yesterday. -- nm - Ender Jun 29, 11:38
- KFC, Popeye's -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:37 1
  - Nope. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:37
Burgerville? -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 11:36 1
- Nope -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:37
Carl Jrs' -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:35 1
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:36
Wendy's -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:35 1
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:35
Subway -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 11:34 2
- Nope - there are no more sub places on the list -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:35
- The only thing fast growing about Subway is in Jared's pants -- nm - oblique Jun 29, 11:35
Dairy Queen! -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:34 8
- There seem to be a ton of chicken places opening around here. Zaxby's? -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:36 6
  - You're on fire. Zaxby's is #8, and Chicken makes up 4 of the Top 10. 2 are remaining to be guessed. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:36 5
    - El Pollo Loco? They're hiring here. -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 12:30 1
      - Afaik, they are socal and bay area only -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 12:34
    - The big shopping center near my parents got at least 2 or 3 new chicken places in the last year or two. I should have guessed that -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 11:37 2
      - I don't know anymore new (non KFC, Popeyes) chicken places. -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:38
      - I wish there were any of those locally. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 11:38
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 11:34
1 more fucking hour till 4 days weekend. This place can kiss my behind for the next 4 days. -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 11:33 4
- I have to work Monday. I think it's unAmerican. -- nm - jnine Jun 29, 11:58
- Happy Canada Day -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 11:34
- Happy Birthday, USA! -- nm - Spawn Jun 29, 11:33
- Don't forget to stock up on Alpine. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 11:33

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