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90 percent of the island of Barbuda wiped out by Irma -- (link) - eag Sep 6, 18:00 1
- Notonly is the island gone, your link is. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 18:18
Federer - Del Potro starting now. -- nm - Dano Sep 6, 17:58
I have neighbors that are concerned about losing power because of Irma and are stocking up on water and batteries. I live north of Charlotte in effin - CQ Sep 6, 17:51 3
- HEY there, then you know something about BBQ, wait WNC... nah never mind -- nm* - Matrix_Mafia Sep 6, 17:55 1
  - pretty much :) -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 17:59
- *bookmarks this post* -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 17:54
Veep will end its run with its next, seventh season -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 17:50 2
- man. HBO needs some new stuff. -- nm - windows jones Sep 6, 18:03 1
  - Th Wire vs. The Sorpanos, coming this Fall to HBO! -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 18:05
With the current disastrous events in the Columbia River Gorge I'm beginning to rethink next years vacation :( - Meg Sep 6, 17:44 7
- It's actually not utterly terrible. We're getting information from the Forest Service. - ReluctantCynic Sep 6, 18:07 5
  - I guess I did already see the falls and the tunnel. A lot of the trip would be new including Mt. St. Helens and maybe Hell's Canyon. -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 18:21 1
    - And I really don't have to commit for a long time yet. -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 18:22
  - We still want her to come up so lie to her -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:08 1
    - This was supposed to be a private message. Nobody look at it -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:09
  - Also, y'all can get frequent updates via InciWeb (if you're really curious) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Sep 6, 18:08
- Here is the tunnel now. Also St. Maarten was absolutely destroyed. I think our itinerary is probably going to change from Princess. -- (link) - Bacon Sep 6, 17:53
Whoever is running Jockstrap league. You have waivers on until the 8th, we just lost the Tampa Miami game, so we can't replace with players - Bacon Sep 6, 17:35 16
- This can go a couple ways. I could just reply "If you'd shown up for the draft, you wouldn't be effed." and I let it go as I am just a caretaker. Or - crash davis Sep 6, 17:59 15
  - To be fair, I didn't have internet all last week, and didn't see this draft coming. Labor Day Weekend had me busy. This league caught me off guard. - Bacon Sep 6, 18:01 14
    - I truly fail to see how any of this is Remlik's fault. - crash davis Sep 6, 18:04 2
      - I never said it was anyone's fault. When I lost internet there was no draft day. The Miami Tampa game was just cancelled by weather. - Bacon Sep 6, 18:05 1
        
        If you can build a case against Remlik for the hurricane, you will have my utmost apologies. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 18:06
    - Thx for changing it -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:02 10
      - I'm in the league right now, so please drop someone good -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 18:06 3
        
        Josh Lambo is all yours!!! I needed to replace my Tampa D -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:07 2
        
        I was hoping for a Mike Evans or Jay Ajayi drop. This is slightly a bummer -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 18:09 1
        
        Waivers are still turned on even though I know you turned them off. It's okay, I can start KC Def against NE and suicide -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:11
      - Did we know the Miami game was cancelled as of draft day? -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:02 5
        
        Some of us know better than to draft Florida teams during hurricane season. - Spawn Sep 6, 18:09 2
        
        So my autodraft is taking on your autodraft -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:09 1
        
        And yahoo says mine will win! -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 18:21
        
        No, but we draft competent backups on draft day so we can just substitute within our lineups :P -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 18:04 1
        
        Funny boy. I will say I am horrible at drafting for bye weeks so there is that. -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 18:06
There are over 7,000 people who have signed a petition to get NOAA to remove the name Mohammad from the Hurricane List for 2018. - Qale Sep 6, 17:17
Big shocker. The Las vegas cops body cam was off when they went after Michael Bennett -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 17:12
Honest NFL Headlines: Kickoff Week -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 16:53
Vegas: Final gate numbers for Floyd/Conor are in. $55.4M. Well short of the $60-80M predictions. Well short of the $72.2M for Floyd/Pacquiao - Strongbad Sep 6, 16:19 2
- Curious how the PPV buys were impacted by the outages and refunds -- nm - budice Sep 6, 16:37
- I love that Fathom Events showings of the fight finished #9 at the box office that weekend. -- nm - Baronnywise Sep 6, 16:25
I wonder how many icons Jeff* has on his desktop. - Mop Sep 6, 16:19
Eyewall Replacement Cycle was my favorite band at Bonnaroo last year. -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 16:13 1
- Coronal Mass Ejection the opening act -- nm - budice Sep 6, 16:35
Wait. Topica exists as a "Premier Email Marketing" company? - JD Sep 6, 16:09
Suicide Squad 2: Gavin O'Connor (The Accountant) announced to direct. -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 16:00 7
- I liked The Accountant. I liked Margot Robbie. I can deal with this. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 16:23 4
  - Too bad it's for Suicide Squad 2. -- nm - con_carne Sep 6, 16:50
  - Any hot tubs? -- nm - Baronnywise Sep 6, 16:26 2
    - I have liked hot tubs -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 16:27 1
      - Oh, filth, I meant bubble baths. Well, there went that joke. -- nm - Baronnywise Sep 6, 16:32
- Well, maybe the visual palette will be brighter. -- nm - Max Sep 6, 16:05
- Eek. -- nm - David Sep 6, 16:01
Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 15:45 3
- At least once per year I revisit this line and see if I can make it make sense. nm - Dignan Sep 6, 15:49 1
  - Maybe if you pronounced it mo-NEE and added a 'd'. -- nm - GregW Sep 6, 16:43
- Everybody makes mistakes. That's why they put erasers on the ends of pencils! -- nm - Max Sep 6, 15:48
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- condition: grounded. but determined to try -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 16:36
- Frustrated, TOM drives to Florida to evacuate refugees from the storm. INT. COCKPIT - Mop Sep 6, 16:23 1
  - In Trump's America, being on a plane a thousand times means you should be allowed to fly the plane. -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 16:29
- Jack, Karate Lawyer -- (link) - decline Sep 6, 15:50
- Can't even *fly* the planes. -- nm - Max Sep 6, 15:40 2
  - I'm willing to try! -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 15:47 1
    - "This is ty97 speaking. I have control." "Nope." "Aw come on, how about we just tilt it a little." "Nope." -- nm - Max Sep 6, 15:50
Repost: Seeking 4 other players for Bill Simmons style NFL wins pool rules inside - rollo Sep 6, 15:00 7
- This looks easy enough. I'll join if (only if) you need another. -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 18:03
- ok, me too -- nm - mud Sep 6, 16:28
- I'll do it -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 16:27
- Ok, I read your earlier messages. I am in. -- nm - GregW Sep 6, 15:48
- So you are picking teams based on how many games they will win in the regular season? -- nm - GregW Sep 6, 15:31
- I'm in. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 15:26
- Current players CQ, volnelk, Beaker, Spawn, myself. -- nm - rollo Sep 6, 15:01
IT 90% (70/8), mother! 83% (15/3), Home Again 44% (7/9), Anti Matter 100% (11/0) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 14:57
largest solar flare since 08 blasted this morning -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 6, 14:50 2
- 1 - are these flares headed to Earth? They rarely are. 2 - do we know if a flare shoots out in the opposite direction? - Mop Sep 6, 17:58
- OH YEAH. FEEL THE HEAT LUNA -- nm - Sol Sep 6, 14:51
Irma, Jose and Katia are all now hurricanes in the Atlantic -- nm - decline Sep 6, 14:43 11
- Jose a lucky man -- nm - budice Sep 6, 15:23
- KMF -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 6, 14:53
- I think Katia pissed on me once -- nm - Trump Sep 6, 14:50
- The bartender says, "Hey Gadot, could you handle this please?" -- nm - Max Sep 6, 14:46
- So many immigrant names. Must tick off sessions and trump. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 14:43 6
  - They get the job done. -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 15:37 1
    - Today for the first time I saw Schrodinger's Immigrant -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 6, 15:39 [Image]
  - They will just try to convince people we need a wall around the Gulf and Carribean to protect us -- nm - eag Sep 6, 15:30
  - Immigrant names. Riiight. -- nm - native americans si Sep 6, 14:51
  - is it too late to change Irma to Ivanka? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 6, 14:46
  - Melania? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 14:45
I may have a problem. Costco has Amanda 5-pocket jeans on sale this month.....and I didn't have green. - Meg Sep 6, 14:42 2
- what size do you need, maybe one of us can find them -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 14:51 1
  - Oh, I found them... just didn't necessarily *need* them....that's my problem :-) -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 14:56
ty97 is this true? -- (link) - decline Sep 6, 14:39 4
- Delta has now apparently capped fares at 399 for the storm -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 15:51 1
  - So what you're saying is that I can fly 1st class to Florida for $399? -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 16:28
- Jetblue did cancel a flight out of San Juan though -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 15:47
- I doubt UA is charging 6K but who knows. Jetblue's highest fare bucket is probably 699, thus it won't go higher -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 15:45
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Atlanta Falcons -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 14:39 2
- 28-3 was mentioned 283 times in this article. - Strongbad Sep 6, 16:22
- Early 2017? -- nm - rollo Sep 6, 15:05
That Delta flight referenced here earlier was able to land on PR, unload and load the passengers in a turnaround time of 52 minutes, and get out. -- (link) - mara Sep 6, 14:21 12
- Highly motivated passengers tho. -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 15:17
- I don't want to go anywhere that bad. -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 14:33 3
  - Though I gotta imagine that there were passengers who wanted to leave the island really, really bad -- nm - JD Sep 6, 14:42 2
    - And those 30 that went in: ballsy. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 16:10 1
      - News crews and surfers -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 16:23
- *hangs on the outside of the plane* -- nm - passenger Tom Cruise Sep 6, 14:31
- That's not terrifying or anything -- nm - decline Sep 6, 14:29
- wow! -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 14:28
- Check out the flight path of the departure. -- (link) - mara Sep 6, 14:25
- I'm guessing a light passenger load going in maybe? That's a pretty good turn for a 737-900 -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 6, 14:24 2
  - Yeah, Jason says he heard 30 in, full out. -- nm - mara Sep 6, 14:37
  - ...So wtc with regular schedule delays, airlines? -- nm - the inevitable question Sep 6, 14:32
Separate kindergartens is killing me with all the extra paper shit that comes home. I need to start a bin system for incoming and outgoing. - CQ Sep 6, 14:11
U.S. base in Afghanistan attacked after distributing 'offensive' dog flier - crash davis Sep 6, 14:11 3
- seriously how the fuck do our 'experts' not know that. Granted it's batshit crazy. but... -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 14:24 1
  - I feel the idea of dropping leaflets at all is a pretty worthless means of winning hearts and minds. -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 18:04
- If the leaflet had been a cute kitten video, all of this could have been avoided. - Max Sep 6, 14:18
Canadian Parent PSA: Toronto Mike'd podcast (Canadian media) has Splash N' Boots on today's show. Far better than it has any right to be. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 14:07
BB...poo punting princess , any mention of how she actually, uh...handled it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 13:55
Have you seen the pop songs as Shakespearian sonnets? This guy is good. -- (link) - mara Sep 6, 13:47
LIR groiny - con_carne Sep 6, 13:43
Sometimes I don't even copy and paste. I just retype the whole thing. -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 13:41 1
- *kicks you in the shins* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 14:27
Kelly, is it possible there's another kid causing him strife? -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 13:38 6
- No, I don't think so. The lack of self-control/short fuse has been an issue to an extent for a while now. - kelly Sep 6, 13:46 4
  - We have a friend with a kid like that, she removed electronic devices and he is much better -- nm - Karl_S Sep 6, 15:55 1
    - We've tried that before with minimal short term success but are trying it again now. -- nm - kelly Sep 6, 16:05
  - he's probly a genius. -- nm - mud Sep 6, 13:47 1
    - I don't know, but even without an IQ test I can tell you he's highly intelligent. - kelly Sep 6, 13:49
- I mean I have some co-workers that i'd like to throw mulch at -- nm - JD Sep 6, 13:42
Shout out to the person driving by blasting Head Over Heals by The Go-Gos -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 13:36 2
- Been running so hard When what I need is to unwind -- nm - JD Sep 6, 13:40 1
  - mmmmm, Jane Wiedlin -- nm - mud Sep 6, 13:44
Ivanhoe is the story of a Russian farmer and his tool -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 13:32
"Your package with Destiny 2 has been delivered" - groiny Sep 6, 13:31 4
- I went to sleep at 90% loaded. It's ready when I get home. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 13:35 2
  - you were doing online download of the game, or from disc? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 13:36 1
    - We always get digital since we can then download it on both of our Xboxes (mine & Catherine's). -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 13:37
- until I come in and blow up your cleverly designed plan -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:33
Cosplay: Game of Thrones cosplayer who is a granny went as Olenna Tyrell, had a great time at Dragoncon, then she got internet famous... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 6, 13:30 [youtube] 1
- Downtown Comics has the hookups with ALL the Cosplay hawties! -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:37
I bet Jeff constantly falls for the Alt-F4 trick while gaming. nm - Dignan Sep 6, 13:29 1
- "I can't seem to get the trick to work, it keeps crashing my window instead!" -- nm - Jeff* Sep 6, 13:30
I'm not even sure who he's trolling at this point -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 13:28 1
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ST Poll: Tech Tips for Jeff* -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 13:26 12
- my whole IT dept is honestly a nightmare. today it took three people 25 minutes to get a conference room's tech to work. - amanda jones state university Sep 6, 13:44 1
  - I think I could be a very rich man if I figured out how to do conference room connections 100% seamlessly all the time on any laptop - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Sep 6, 13:53
- The really cool IT guys have a helmet and visor that can read their minds -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 13:38
- You can type "typewriter" using only the top row of letters. - Baronnywise Sep 6, 13:38 4
  - also, the longest English word that can be typed only with the left hand? "Stewardesses" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 13:41 3
    - that cuts the amount of fingers I use to type in half -- nm - peglegpete Sep 6, 13:45
    - hit me with a longer one, I bet I can do it with only my left hand -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:44 1
      - floccinaucinihilipilification -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 14:38
- 1234 should be all of your passwords -- nm* - peglegpete Sep 6, 13:36
- Later model keyboards have replaced the any key with the enter key -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:29
- always delete your browser history -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 13:27 1
  - That's what incognito mode is for -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 13:33

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