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Coldplay concert coming to Virtual Reality -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 13:13
We now go live to the inflated, giant chicken floating behind the White House -- (link) - decline Aug 9, 13:06 4
- Speaking of which, why hasn't trump installed his letters on the top of the WH? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 13:07 3
  - Places on the national register of historical buildings have strict rules, even painting is an issue -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:16 2
    - But what about balloons? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 13:17 1
      - If they are trial balloons, I'll allow it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:45
I hadn't posted anything in a while, but it's important to me that you all know this. -- (link) - David Aug 9, 12:57 3
- shame they didn't focus on getting bargain yards in a certain fourth quarter -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:58 2
  - Ah but they did. - David Aug 9, 13:03 1
    - no Matt Ryan turnovers at all? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:20
I am facing a major life dilemma (not hyperbole) and I'm interested in other's thoughts (though I know the decision ultimately can only be mine). As - pmb Aug 9, 12:48 38
- I thought about it a while and I have a cold blooded answer. - crash davis Aug 9, 13:20 6
  - I'll add something else. - David Aug 9, 13:22 5
    - There's that, but maybe it's an opportunity to think about the situation and life and the world away from the immediate scenario? - Max Aug 9, 13:35
    - both good points -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 13:32
    - yes, this as well -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:23
    - yes, I forgot to add that so I second David's post -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:23
    - I was just thinking about this too. If you go will you even enjoy it, or be worried the whole time? -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 13:23
- ugh, are you her designated POA?? Making decisions for her if she is unable to? -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:17
- As a parent, if there was something wrong with me, I'd want my children to continue to live their lives. Ultimately, it's up to you, I think. - JaxSean Aug 9, 13:15
- This isn't the Olympics, you can have another shot. Funerals are for the living, regrets over a trip not taken won't be as bad as not being there for -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:13
- My thoughts - Bacon Aug 9, 13:10
- Here's how I'll answer. - David Aug 9, 13:02 4
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    - When my father was very ill, I know i couldn't have left. (Even though he probably would have said to.) -- (edited) - Andie Aug 9, 13:13 2
      - your IM is very true. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 13:18 1
        
        every family is different, everyone has different wiring. - groiny Aug 9, 13:20
- Tough tough decision. I think she would want you to go. But there is no wrong answer. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 13:01 1
  - "no wrong answer" - well put. -- nm - mud Aug 9, 13:04
- I'm with the majority, you must go. -- nm - mud Aug 9, 13:01
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- Sounds like she probably will be around when you get back. She probably would want you to go. - zork Aug 9, 12:57
- Sorry that you have to go through this with your mom and with this extra stress. As a parent, I'm sure that you know that you'd be telling your kid - oblique Aug 9, 12:56
- That is rough and an unfortunate plug for trip insurance. I would probably stay but since I'm sending good thoughts to your family, - crash davis Aug 9, 12:56 3
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    - I am not sure. pmb probably got it as he is a smart cookie -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:16 1
      - except in choosing pizza places to eat. but hey other than that.... - Remlik Aug 9, 13:18
- Really sorry to hear this. What do you imagine her advice to you would be? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 12:54 1
  - This is the direction I was thinking. What would she say about it? Would she encourage you to go and enjoy yourself and not worry about her? -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 9, 12:57
- Wow. That is a terrible decision to have to make. - decline Aug 9, 12:54
- If it were my dad, he'd want me to go. If the nurse's statement stands, I say go climb. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 12:53 4
  - I'm in this boat. My mother/father would tell me to get my ass up that mountain. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 12:58
  - My sisters, who both live here in town as well think I should go. My mother thinks I'm crazy to go do this even if she was healthy. Her statement to - pmb Aug 9, 12:56 2
    - As common as her POV may be, I think it would be unfair to let it guilt you into not going. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 13:11 1
      - Which is to say, it's a tough decision, and you shouldn't feel judged whichever choice you make. Life is gonna happen either way. - Max Aug 9, 13:14
- i'm so sorry. What a terrible decision to make. How long are you gone for? -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 12:50 2
  - Thanks. I'm scheduled to be gone for 17 days. -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 12:51 1
    - i honestly don't know if i could go. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 12:52
- If it were me, I simply wouldn't take the chance. Mom versus the Mnt as it were. I just couldn't take the chance. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:50
How can a copper mug be poisonous yet copper pipes are prefered for water lines, copper is pretty much required for stills even if only some packing - zeitgeist Aug 9, 12:26 12
- the acidity of the drink (it's got ginger beer and lime in it) breaks down the copper, water isn't acidic enough to do that -- nm - decline Aug 9, 12:28 2
  - So I shouldn't be doing shots of vinegar out of copper cups? -- nm - Max Aug 9, 12:36 1
    - and quit doing marinara shots as well -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:41
- it is the fact that Moscow Mules have a pH below 6, drinking water should have a pH of 7 -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:28 8
  - It's the lime juice that has the low pH level, iirc. -- nm - Inigo Aug 9, 12:29 7
    - I've heard a lot of discussion about Moscow Mules, but I've yet to try one myself -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:30 6
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      - you need a strong peppery old fashioned ginger ale. not the newer stuff which tastes more like 7 up -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 12:34 2
        
        Ginger beer is better. -- nm - Inigo Aug 9, 12:47 1
        
        definitely -- nm - decline Aug 9, 12:49
      - they are not bad - as long as they don't poison you -- nm - decline Aug 9, 12:33 1
        
        well, maybe you shouldn't testify against me then! -- nm - Putin Aug 9, 12:34
Wonder Woman passed $400 million domestically on Tuesday. It will eventually pass Spider-Man to be the biggest non-sequel superhero movie ever. -- (link*) - Inigo Aug 9, 12:25 3
- she appeared in Batman vs Superman. I call shenanigans -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:26 2
  - shenanigans -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 9, 12:30 [youtube]
  - I changed the wording, but it was still the first movie in the Wonder Woman franchise. -- nm - Inigo Aug 9, 12:28
One of my favourite running gags on Father Ted was when he made phone calls. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 12:25 [youtube]
Seeso website to shut down "later this year." Uh, what was Seeso? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 12:23 4
- i actually might have subscribed if it was available here. it had a lot of classic comedy stuff on it (monty python, etc) -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 12:40
- It was a site dedicated to comedy. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 12:31
- an app to sell seashells by the seashore -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:25 1
  - if you say so -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 12:28
If you have it, you can go ahead and delete the Facebook Groups app -- (link) - oblique Aug 9, 12:19 4
- no problemo -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 12:21
- There was a Facebook Groups app? -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 12:21
- I wanted to upload a pic to the ST group from my mobile app but couldn't figure out how to do it. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 12:20 1
  - swipe from right to left (if you have that turned on in Android). Otherwise it's like (volume down + power) or something like that. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 12:22
A friend works for the Gov (not the admin). This is the cover to a report they are working on. Amurica. -- (link) - MDH Aug 9, 12:17 [Image] 4
- Where's the apple pie? -- nm - zork Aug 9, 13:02
- That would be great if he works for the NPS -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:22 1
  - He does not haha. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 12:32
- Jesus. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 9, 12:21
James Maddog Mattis to N.Korea cool it or say goodbye to your country -- (link) - eag Aug 9, 12:16 7
- good luck with that Mad Dog -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 12:33 2
  - Now tell them they'll live to regret this... -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:43 1
    - Im sure South Korea and Japan are just thrilled with the Nazi rhetoric coming from the WH. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 12:56
- "I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. I'm pleading with you with tears in my eyes. Do not fuck with us. If you do ... - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:22
- he is scarier than the orange one -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:21 2
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  - Nah. If it was solely up to the Orange fuckboy, he would have launched nukes already. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 12:57
ST Poll: What others songs should be listened to during the eclipse? Total Eclipse of the Heart for sure. -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:08 26
- Brain Damage/Eclipse by Pink Floyd -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 13:19
- Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush for the eclipse in the video -- nm - zork Aug 9, 13:07
- Bad Moon Rising -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:42
- Bark at the Moon -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 12:35
- Walking on the Sun -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:26
- [in the shadow of the moon] Terrapin Station -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 12:25
- Here Comes the Sun -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:25
- ~Rivers flow uphill. Blue turns into grey. Winter follows springtime. Morning ends the day. Beyond the silver rainbow~ - Max Aug 9, 12:22
- stones paint it black - zeitgeist Aug 9, 12:21
- also for that one line, You're So Vain -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:21
- from your favorite Deadhead: Darkstar -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 12:20
- King of Pain -- nm - Max Aug 9, 12:18
- Sunglasses at Night -- nm - Max Aug 9, 12:16
- as Spawn suggested, Enter Sandman -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:16
- Steal My Sunshine! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 12:14 1
  - Does she like butter tarts? -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 12:20
- Darkside of the Moon -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:13
- Another Day of Sun -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 12:13
- Don't let the sun go down on me -- nm - decline Aug 9, 12:12
- Black Pearl Jam -- nm - jnine Aug 9, 12:12
- It's the End of the World (REM) -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:12 1
  - that's nuke North Korea Day material -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:12
- Blister in the Sun -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:11
- Black Hole Sun. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:10 1
  - this -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 12:14
- Walking on Sunshine. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 12:09
i just dumped coffee on my lap. So i washed out my skirt because i'm going out after work. - Andie Aug 9, 12:00 3
- Ah, the oft-forgotten "wet skirt" contest -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:13 1
  - popular at Amish Spring Break. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:48
- Is it just me or is Andie being very un-Andie and having a run of Greg Brady-like bad luck? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:08
A+ on 'MURICA ultra mode -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 11:52 [Image] 3
- The same sign hangs above the black trench coats. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 12:44
- Goodness. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 12:12
- Offs. -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:54
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ST Poll -- Did you see Halley's Comet? -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:49 23
- Yes -- nm - Amoxy Aug 9, 12:40
- was that the one Bruce Willis and friends blew up? Or the one that Mrogan Freeman guided us through? -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:28 1
  - The one Pat Benatar gave birth to. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 12:43
- I vaguely remember it, yes. I was in high school, and remember at least knowing it was going by. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 12:20
- besides that - in '73, I saw Comet Kohoutek - hyped as 'comet of the century' - it was a let down -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:20
- Wasn't born. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 12:12
- Yes -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:10
- Nope. It was completely overcast all day that day in NJ. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 12:04
- I did. And, I remember seeing Hale-Bopp from a boat in Belize. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:57 2
  - I remember that one. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 12:00 1
    - it lead to a bumper sticker that I am ashamed I liked "So many stupid people. So few comets" -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:24
- Sure did. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 9, 11:56
- I think so. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 11:56
- yes -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 11:54
- yeah, I think so -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:53
- I think so. It was '92, right? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 11:53 5
  - There was an eclipse when I was a kid, but I did *not* understand the concept of the pinhole camera box. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 11:54 2
    - I remember making a makeshift one using two sheets of paper as we were driving on our road trip, it was pretty neat. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 9, 11:56
    - I didn't fully grok it until the most recent partial eclipse here. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 11:55
  - 86 -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:53 1
    - Hmmm ... I guess that sort of falls into the timeline I'm remembering. Judging based on where I lived at the time. - Beryllium Aug 9, 11:54
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:50
- Yes. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:50
Smart people take Kim Pine's Game of Thrones quizzes. Be like the smart people. And appreciate question #15, the greatest quiz question ever written -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 9, 11:46 4
- 20/20 because they taught me that in fancy lad school -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:13 2
  - and yes, Kim does deserve extra credit for #15 -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:16 1
    - Yep. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 12:37
- 20/20 -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 12:05
LIR: eclipse: Because science is cool. It's been 20 years since anything close to this occurred and I'm not sure I've seen a full total eclipse - oblique Aug 9, 11:46 7
- It was probably the same near-total eclipse I saw in grade school or middle school. - ReluctantCynic Aug 9, 11:58
- the best part is several channels will be showing it live on tv, so it does not matter where you are -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 11:54 1
  - I really need to get out and practice taking pics of the sun with my new equipment -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:11
- I know I've never experienced totality. I think if you had, you'd know it. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:49 3
  - I remember one from when I was in high school. Not sure if it was a total or not though -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:54
  - I've never even experienced a Total Eclipse of the Heart. Bawww! -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 11:50 1
    - Turn around -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 12:19
Why do they need a vegan variation of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter"? What's in the original version? -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 11:45 5
- some have milk protein solids to give actual bovine flavor -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 12:17 1
  - I'm going to Bovine Academy! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 12:28
- Fabio. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 12:06
- without googling, it may have originally had some gelatin in it for consistency. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:46 1
  - That's so much worse than my speculation: butter. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 12:05

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