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Well, seems the dead body in the "lake" near us was a 63 year old man who had a heart attack - oblique Aug 9, 11:39 2
- :( -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 11:45
- might not want to pull any fish out of that lake anytime soon -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:41
The Koch Brothers invested in Wonder Woman, Dunkirk and Ready Player One...among others -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 11:34 4
- This is very insignificant news. "Rich people invested in company." -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 11:40
- double post -- nm* - Mop Aug 9, 11:39
- I bet they have their hands in all kinds of businesses one wouldn't think they would be in - decline Aug 9, 11:37
- pity, but I'm still going to get my digital copy -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:36
WaPo has an initial Eclipse weather forecast - still very early (it will be updated every other day), but not looking great for parts of the country -- (link) - decline Aug 9, 11:24 28
- This may be the wrong board to say this, but - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:26 21
  - Because science is cool. Last time anything close to this occurred I was in college and I'm not sure I've ever seen a full total eclipse -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 11:45
  - Have you ever experienced even a partial one? It's kind of freaky. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:36 6
    - I remember seeing one as a kid on one of our summer road trips through California, if I'm remembering correctly. Probably the one on July 11, 1991 -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:45
    - Almost positive I saw a partial one when I was younger, down in FL. - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:42 2
      - Read my second description below. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:47
      - I'm about 40 miles from the beginning ot the totality zone, and I like the remote areas there. :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:44
    - Annie Dillard's essay is perhaps a bit overwraught, but she attempts to describe just how freaky totality is. -- (link) - mara Aug 9, 11:39 1
      - Here's a more prosaic description: "As the sliver thins, though, you get the very weird atmosphere that surrounds an eclipse, which is very difficult - mara Aug 9, 11:47
  - Oh, you're one of those people who thought Breaking Dawn was sooo much better huh? -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 11:31 3
    - This post deserves a - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:33
    - this is so bad that I would not have posted that -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:32 1
      - I post so little these days, I have to make each of them count. -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 11:38
  - the sun and the moon living together like polar bears and penguins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 11:29 3
    - ~EXIT LIGHT, ENTER NIGHT!~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:30 2
      - ooh, good one - I'm going to play this on the road trip to my viewing site -- nm* - crash davis Aug 9, 11:30 1
        
        ... BOOM! -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:31
  - *blink* -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:28
  - It's a once in a lifetime experience! - decline Aug 9, 11:28 3
    - I remember being disappointed as a kid when I didn't get to see Halley's Comet -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:47
    - It's really like a "twice or three times in a lifetime!" event. But still... -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:41 1
      - the next one we will be able to see is in April of 2024 -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:42
- What about TN? - Will Hunting Aug 9, 11:26 4
  - Around Nashville 'Looks Okay' right now. -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:27 2
    - "... but still, Tennessee." -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:29 1
      - "relatively okay" -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:29
  - looks good for Nashville, possibly afternoon thunderstorms for Knoxville -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:27
- thanks for linking this, so far it is looking awesome for me *knocks on wood* -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:25
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis) suggests tiredness and ill health may have influenced McCain's vote. -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 11:21
I am not happy that the Yankees are participating in this awful nickname idea. We don't have names on our jerseys and never should. I'm very - Krusty Aug 9, 11:17 13
- This will make them reconsider their ways. They would sell a lot more jerseys if they had names on them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:21 7
  - #13 is my favorite! -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 11:37
  - *smh* -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 11:24
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    - But see, holdouts like Krusty will finally give in!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:30
    - And I hate everyone that wears one. - Krusty Aug 9, 11:25 1
      - Why do you hate capitalism? - Will Hunting Aug 9, 11:31
    - They're yanking your chain. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 11:24
- Everybody's got a price. -- nm - Ted Dibiase Aug 9, 11:18
- you should boycott them and never watch another game -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:18 3
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  - you are the SlacerTalk vice president of suggesting things -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 11:18
Time Magazine has released quick worksheet to determine whether you would be allowed to legally immigrate to the US under the new proposed Senate bill -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:12 12
- Do you have a Nobel Prize or major international award? Yes 25 points No 0 points -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:43 1
  - Having neither a Nobel Prize, nor an Olympic Medal, I guess i'm not getting in. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:44
- does an MBA count for science tech or math? I said no. I do not qual. -- nm - amanda jones state university Aug 9, 11:31
- *pats his Nobel Prize and 3 Olympic medals* -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 11:28
- Nope -- fluent with a good salary offer and a college degree. -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 9, 11:20
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  - you're such a knee jerk pessimist - have you even asked a foreign Nobel winner if they would like to pick strawberries? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:20 1
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- Finally, my Nobel prize is gonna start paying off! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 11:17
- according to this, I'm not eligible -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:16 1
  - wait a minute - forgot about my bronze in the modern pentathlon - whew! -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:19
- I'm betting a lot of ST would not make it in. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 11:13
this just in - I have found Lay's Dill Pickle Potato Chips to be tasty -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:09 9
- Yep. -- nm - kelly Aug 9, 11:29
- You didn't read it in my newsletter? Pickles are gross. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:14 3
  - sorry, I let my subscription lapse and picked up Andie's newsletter instead - she advised me to bread fish in these crushed chips - crash davis Aug 9, 11:18 2
    - That's probably a wise move in the end, I'm sure her winning mojo has rubbed off on you somehow. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:19 1
      - she told me I have to upgrade to the premium subscription for contest winning tips -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:22
- 2017 Do Us A Flavor Finalists: Crispy Taco, Kettle Cooked Everything Bagel w/ Cream Cheese, Wavy Fried Green Tomatoes -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 11:13 3
  - Tim, are those out in stores yet? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:14 2
    - Supposedly but I haven't seen them yet. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 11:26 1
      - thanks, I'll keep an eye out - they could be good, they could be horribly bad -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:27
Comics: Boom Studios announces "Kong on the Planet of the Apes" crossover story -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 10:57
Health officials: Moscow mules in copper mugs could make you sick -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 10:52 3
- I saw this on our local news site yesterday. I have some at home, I wonder how I know if they're ok or not? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 11:11 1
  - If they have a different metal interior, stainless steel or nickel, you're okay. If not, stay away from acidic drinks -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:13
- Copper mugs are poisonous, Copper heads are venomous. Got it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 10:55
TWuG, did you see that there's a full interactive mock up of the Tesla Model 3 infotainment system? -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 10:51 2
- Yeah. It gives an okay look at it, but is missing much, understandably so. I posted a video on the - TWuG Aug 9, 10:59 1
  - did you see Tesla is looking to raise $1.5B to prevent a production crisis with the Model 3? - decline Aug 9, 11:10
New Dinosaur Species Was Largest Animal Ever to Walk the Earth Meet Patagotitan mayorum, a long-necked behemoth that weighed as much as 12 elephants -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 10:45
And now to teach myself enough Excel VBA to code the following: - znufrii Aug 9, 10:39 4
- It is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 10:42 3
  - How about if I'm working with locked cells on a protected sheet? - znufrii Aug 9, 10:49 2
    - No. Then you're screwed. - nmm - JaxSean Aug 9, 10:52 1
      - Protected from the users, not from me. :) -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 9, 11:19
Qale's Top 5: Run, Less Than, Talking to Myself, Rx, Born for Greatness. - Qale Aug 9, 10:36 [youtube]
You Can Now Rent Donald Trump's Childhood Home on Airbnb for $725 a Night -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 9, 10:29 5
- *rolls around naked in the bed* -- nm - Kayleigh McEnany Aug 9, 10:42
- Peeing on the mattress is extra. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 10:32
- A fool and his money... -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 10:31
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  - Hopefully someone with a time machine will think differently. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 10:33
NY state senator representing Brooklyn and lower Manhattan resigns abruptly. -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 10:26 3
- Fun fact: There are more Democrats than Republicans in the Senate, but *9* elected Democrats caucus with the Republicans. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 10:33
- Corruption indictment in 3...2...1... -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 10:30
- "Better policies at the state level can help turn the tide nationally," he says as he resigns from his position making policy at the state level. -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 10:29
17 days until college football -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 10:24
whats worse in the roof, snakes or raccoons? - zeitgeist Aug 9, 10:23 1
- Yes. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 9, 10:26
I think it's significant the Manafort raid came the morning after his appearance with the Senate Intel -- nm - mud Aug 9, 10:20
Jedd Gyorko's nickname is...Gyorko. -- (link) - Tim Aug 9, 10:06 3
- I was know as "Dalton" in college. And this was *before* Road House came out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 10:32
- Josh Phegley (who?): PTBNL -- (link) - Tim Aug 9, 10:07 1
  - Kyle Seager: Corey's Brother -- (link) - Tim Aug 9, 10:08
Yeah, we don't do snakes at our rescue, thank God. And I don't think we've ever had one brought into the city shelter, either. - IrishStephen Aug 9, 09:59 2
- the 3rd or 4th greatest thing they ever did on Sirens was the bit about the snake that got loose in the firehouse and got its hands on - prayformojo Aug 9, 11:19
- But do you have an attic? -- nm - snake Aug 9, 10:34
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Celeb BDays: Anna Kendrick (32), Gillian Anderson (49), Melanie Griffith (60) -- nm - budice Aug 9, 09:53 14
- MFK -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 09:54 13
  - Yup. I think Anna moved into a slot on my laminated list, too. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 10:15
  - if you go by the abomination of the sexless marriage rules then it is FMK for sure. -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 10:14 6
    - I'm pretty sure you get a couple F's before the sexlessness settles in -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 10:21 1
      - But it's only in the missionary position for the purpose of procreation. -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 10:37
    - It's F-M-K, not F-Roommate-K. -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 10:16 2
      - THIS. thank you -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 11:27
      - It's a one-night stand vs living with them day in and day out for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 10:41
    - Only crazy people go by that rule. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 10:15
  - the only logical answer -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:55 4
    - word, unless talking peak Griffith -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 09:58 3
      - Something Wild -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 10:29
      - eh, she never did it for me. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:59 1
        
        Body Double?! - how old were you in '84? -- nm - mud Aug 9, 10:15
Ugh: 'Largest Racist Protest in Decades' to occur in Charlottesville, VA. Alt-right, Klan, etc members attending and expecting 1k plus -- (link*) - MDH Aug 9, 09:53 12
- Wa-hoo-wa! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 10:34
- how many will show up opposing? (hint: it'll be more) -- nm - mud Aug 9, 10:17
- I assume the tiny turnout will be dwarfed by counter-protests. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 10:17
- But the alt-right is totally not racist... right? -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:58
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  - Are we allowed to call them that now? -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 10:13 1
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  - I'd love for some reality show to exist where they take these guys and drop them in the middle of real poverty. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 10:05 2
    - This is the town where Chad and his family lives. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 10:30 1
      - ugh. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 10:56
- "Hey, uh, Kim-Jong ..." -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 9, 09:55 1
  - Hey, that was gonna be my joke! -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:58
Kidding aside, testifying against the Russians is taking your life in your own hands. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:52
MLB players will be allowed to wear nickname jerseys from Aug. 25-27 -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 09:52 11
- Terrible idea. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 11:05
- Surely someone will go Political, right? - Strongbad Aug 9, 10:04 1
  - Hopefully a few with the number 45 will go with, "IMPEACH". -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:06
- WTF? They could not have done this when there were good nicknames playing? - groiny Aug 9, 09:57
- Ayyyeeeeeeee -- nm - He Hate Me Aug 9, 09:54 2
  - Ayyyyyeeeee -- nm - Ron Mexico Aug 9, 09:55 1
    - Ayyeeee -- nm - Carlos Danger Aug 9, 09:56
- $100 to anyone who wears He Hate Me -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 09:54
- Randy Johnson comes back for one week. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 09:53
- Well, shit. -- nm - Ken Gryffindor Jr Aug 9, 09:53
- Like "Hitter McHitface"? -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:52
160 is enough! -- nm - snake Aug 9, 09:49 2
- Watch as the rats move in and the family decides it wants the snake back. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 09:51 1
  - that house was the only thing stopping rat world domination. Foolish humans -- nm - Willard Aug 9, 09:52

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