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Alabama is within fighting distance: Moore 50, Jones 44 -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 11:58
huh. New Name of the Day: Shane. - Spawn Sep 29, 11:55 5
- Zulissa--Yes, Melissa with a Zu -- nm - Flavorize Sep 29, 12:00 1
  - We bought a Zulissa! -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 12:01
- Big The L Word fans? -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 11:58 1
  - She called about renting a place, so maybe not. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:59
- erika christensen's daughter is named shane. -- nm - amanda jones state university Sep 29, 11:56
Destiny 2: If you don't already have it, make sure to buy Riskrunner from Xur. Reasons inside. -- (edited) - Shaun Sep 29, 11:54 2
- Also, prestige nightfall is rough. And some other stuff from backboards. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 29, 12:26
- I got it as a drop just before starting my third character. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 29, 12:01
Good place minor thoughts (spoilers) - ty97 Sep 29, 11:54
Do you say "Happy Yom Kippur" to my Jewish friends? Is it a celebration or a solemn date? -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 11:40 4
- Time (?!) has you covered -- (link*) - ty97 Sep 29, 11:47
- No. - Spawn Sep 29, 11:42
- yeah, it's solemn. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 11:42 1
  - Rosh Hashanah was last week (New Year), that's when you wish people Shana Tova (that one is happy.) -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 11:42
The Vietnam War episode 10....good grief, the stories about the - prayformojo Sep 29, 11:34
I bought sushi go because of you guys. it's being delivered to the amazon store today. if it sucks, there will be firings. -- nm - amanda jones state university Sep 29, 11:34 1
- Heh. :-) It's a fun card game. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 11:48
I am now in a line, awaiting the "Amazon Treasure Truck" not since the age of 9 have I waited for a truck delivering treats -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 11:33 12
- Yeah but you're just going to sell it so booooooooo. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 13:06
- I won a trophy for being the very first customer for the Portland treasure truck - Bacon Sep 29, 11:58 1
  - Did you camp out over night? And why not Jim boy tacos? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 12:37
- Roasted Almond please -- nm - Max Sep 29, 11:46
- Bomb Pop FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 29, 11:39 5
  - Chocolate eclair and strawberry shortcake ice cream from Good Humor. The best! -- nm* - Krusty Sep 29, 11:48
  - YEAH!!! -- nm - David Sep 29, 11:43
  - no way. nutty buddy 100%. -- nm - amanda jones state university Sep 29, 11:42 2
    - Those are pretty good. We have the King Cone more often and it seems to be the same thing. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 11:59
    - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Sep 29, 11:44
- Kim is very excited. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:37
- Probably better than the Kilbo Treasure Trail -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 11:33
Packers' Ty Montgomery suffers broken ribs vs. Bears -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 11:28 2
- Packers can't afford to lose good players---Montgomery makes that offense work--I think they're in real trouble if he's out for extended time -- nm - Flavorize Sep 29, 11:58
- During the national anthem? -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:29
I did not watch last night. Was there arm interlocking for the anthem? -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:27 5
- Locking arms is a gateway gesture, next we'll see high kicks! -- nm - Max Sep 29, 11:33 3
  - LOL -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 11:53
  - OMG -- nm - Epiphany Sep 29, 11:45
  - YOUR ALL GAY -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 11:34
- On the field, yes. In the stands, no. -- nm - iSpam Sep 29, 11:32
I really enjoyed the Orville yesterday (broken record, yes) but I watched ST: Discovery 1st episode again yesterday and ... it's so pretty! - Mop Sep 29, 11:23
as discussed, I'm having my attic recarpeted. my quote from lowe's was very high. my quote from home depot was much lower, so I signed with them. - amanda jones state university Sep 29, 11:09 9
- 3 months from now: "I am so glad they finally got my attic carpeted. And it looks pretty g... what is that weird lump... that is moving... Chubs!?!" -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 11:23
- this sucks -- nm - Epiphany Sep 29, 11:19
- Ah so it's not just me. That sucks. -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 11:19 2
  - I was like, "how bad can it be? it's carpet install. I talk to them twice, give them some money, they come over and carpet." - amanda jones state university Sep 29, 11:20 1
    - "If I wanted my tiled bathroom floor to look that bad, I would've done it myself!" - Shaun Sep 29, 11:23
- :( -- nm - decline Sep 29, 11:17
- Shaun tried to warn you -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 11:17
- I feel for you. Dealing with the Home Depots here only results in disaster. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 11:17
- I am Groot? *points* -- nm - Home Depot Sep 29, 11:13
Phillies will be looking for another new manager - decline Sep 29, 11:08 2
- This is the job a manager should want. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 11:19 1
  - absolutely -- nm - decline Sep 29, 11:28
U.S. response in Puerto Rico pales next to actions after Haiti quake - crash davis Sep 29, 11:03
Cow farts are a larger contributor to global warming that first thought -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 11:00 3
- We should kill them all and eat them! -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 11:26
- if I were ty, I'd ask if 11% counts as 'grossly underestimating" and since 95% of the methane comes from belches, why the headline writer wanted farts - crash davis Sep 29, 11:06 1
  - IS IT 2018 YET???? -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 11:12
not to rehash this debate, but this is partly what I was trying to explain yesterday about engrams in destiny. - tRuMaN Sep 29, 10:51
David's retirement is settled. -- (link) - Andie Sep 29, 10:40 1
- Kim's the one who attends Margaritaville Fan Club meetings! - David Sep 29, 11:22
wow - we literally cannot give these Katy Perry tickets away. -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 10:36 4
- Give them to the local Boys and Girls Club of America--have everyone in the office sign a "have fun" card, and send with the tix. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 29, 11:07
- flush flush bish -- nm - Max Sep 29, 10:39
- Makes sense since if you use the tickets you see Katy Perry. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 10:37 1
  - Only if you're unimaginative. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 10:40
"This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water." - Jovian Sep 29, 10:29 2
- The unreal part is that isn't an ad-lib. He is reading straight from a teleprompter. -- nm - volnelk Sep 29, 10:50
- This idiot is your president because the media gave him free reign over their content, - Beryllium Sep 29, 10:34
Puerto rico is a total shitshow, and I think it’s going to get worse. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 10:26 9
- Whoever is auctioning off those plane tickets, did they think it wouldn't get out? That people wouldn't find out? -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 10:49 5
  - Not to say that it isn't a shitshow in PR but what she heard and what's happening is probably different things to some degree - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:51 4
    - If anything, this sounds like the auction system to take a flight credit to give up your seat - ty97 Sep 29, 10:53 3
      - It's so egregious you have to think that something is getting lost in the communication. At least I hope so. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 11:23 1
        
        Right, I just can't see the airline being this dumb. - ty97 Sep 29, 11:26
      - I'm more inclined to believe that a single employee was offered a sum of money to receive preferential treatment... and others joined in. -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 10:55
- I don't quite understand what she means about the flight part - ty97 Sep 29, 10:30 2
  - i think she is saying that if you have a confirmed seat, you dont, instead everything is standby -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 10:44 1
    - I think they are confusing terms. - ty97 Sep 29, 10:47
I was kind of in awe of The Good Place last night. - David Sep 29, 10:14 19
- Meanwhile, the actress who plays Vicky* is 35. She looks a good 10 years younger - prayformojo Sep 29, 10:40 2
  - She was in that Google movie, The Internship. -- nm - David Sep 29, 11:31
  - wow -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:43
- I was wondering if they were going to get to the (sp) - JaxSean Sep 29, 10:32 2
  - spoils - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:52
  - spoils - ty97 Sep 29, 10:32
- I fell flat for me. I mean, a great setup, but by itself, meh. -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:29 9
  - You're literally the first person I've seen anywhere who didn't love the episode. - David Sep 29, 10:30 8
    - I think I mentioned on B2, the season so far lacks (spoilers) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:43 3
      - I think they set that up last night though (spoilers) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:46 2
        
        yeah, i agree. from here forward it is (spoilers) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:48 1
        
        Spoils - znufrii Sep 29, 11:55
    - I didn't love it as much as you guys did, but I respect the set up they did. (spoils?) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:31 3
      - Spoils - znufrii Sep 29, 11:50 2
        
        spoils - ty97 Sep 29, 11:51 1
        
        Doubtful *spoils* -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 11:58
- best episode yet. I was crying almost the entire episode. (spoils) - Jovian Sep 29, 10:15 2
  - that does not sound fun to me. -- nm - groiny Sep 29, 10:18
  - Spoilers - David Sep 29, 10:17
GregW, this is the video that shows me how to replace the hard drive in a Tivo Bolt. - Mop Sep 29, 10:13 [youtube] 1
- Thanks. I still have my torx tool set from when I first upgraded a TiVo 15 years ago. -- nm - GregW Sep 29, 11:56
/~ And every demon wants his pound of flesh ~/~ But I like to keep some things to myself ~/ - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 10:10
I need to reread Snow Crash - znufrii Sep 29, 10:08 8
- just got it from the Library -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 11:00
- I have literally tried reading this THREE times. I cant stand it. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 10:14 4
  - I understand that. My advice is to try to push through until the skater and the "villain" are more fleshed out. - David Sep 29, 10:15 3
    - I will try again. I only get to like page 20-30 and Im just bored. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 10:17 1
      - A strange suggestion: skip to chapter 5, which is page 35. - David Sep 29, 10:20
    - Yup. The world building is kind of thought-provoking, but it does plod along a bit too much. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 10:17
- I'm re-reading right now. It's definitely time to adapt this one. That's a good call. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:09
- I read it for the fourth or fifth time a couple months ago. Still holds up well. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 10:08
American Airlines to add more seats to planes. Again. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:07 15
- offs - Epiphany Sep 29, 10:51
- Yay! - iSpam Sep 29, 10:15 1
  - I'll take an E-175 any day over what the narrowbody mainline planes are becoming (which is basically Spirit/Allegiant) -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:16
- Seats on the wings for the ultimate thrill ride! -- nm - budice Sep 29, 10:14
- How are they going to make the planes bigger? -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 10:13 1
  - 30 inch seat pitch in coach. Smaller lavs. Probably less galley space. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:15
- "I don't think we're ever going to lose money again," said AA CEO Doug Parker - ty97 Sep 29, 10:11 1
  - Lol. - znufrii Sep 29, 10:13
- These are going to be on the wings right? -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 10:09
- A few years ago, their 737-800 had 150 seats. Now they all have 160. Starting in 2019: 172. -- nm* - ty97 Sep 29, 10:08
- So they're extending and widening the planes, too, right? - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 10:08 4
  - They are installing, thinner, lighter, more comfortable seats that make it seem like you have more legroom! - ty97 Sep 29, 10:09 3
    - So the prices are lower, right? -- nm - psilotum Sep 29, 10:16 2
      - hahahahahaha. The current lowest fares are being reclassified, bit by bit, as Basic Economy. - ty97 Sep 29, 10:18 1
        
        Instead of that scheme, they should just reclassify by the average number of hours it will take a traveler to develop deep vein thrombosis. - ReluctantCynic Sep 29, 10:20
You guys hyped me into buying a super nes! -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 10:07 10
- Where did you get one? -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:10 9
  - I saw you guys talking about this morning. Then I got a text that the Amazon treasure truck would be in Portland with this item - Bacon Sep 29, 10:16 8
    - Oooh! Amazon Treasure Truck! -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 10:50
    - If you can grab two, please get me one. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:21 4
      - They are sold out and it was limit one per person. -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 10:23 3
        
        Okay, just give Kim yours. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:27 1
        
        YEAH! -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 10:27
        
        His post still stands. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 10:26
    - Nice! Was sold out as soon as I got the text. -- nm - psilotum Sep 29, 10:16 1
      - Yeah it is showing sold out now. But I think I clicked on the texting ordered about 15 minutes after I got it and still got one -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 10:20
LIR: Beaker. Hard drives are cheap these days. Since I own a Tivo, it is relatively trivial for me to replace my drive with a larger or add an - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Ninth Astronaut Sep 29, 10:05
Apple asks Ajit Pai how it can activate FM radios that don't exist. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 29, 10:04 5
- Glossing over the fact that they DO exist and ARE deactivated in their pre-iPhone7 phones. -- nm* - Ender Sep 29, 10:15 1
  - I mean if you're a plebian... -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 10:24
- well, they should put the chips back in -- nm - decline Sep 29, 10:06 2
  - but then they'd have to take something else out -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 10:08 1
    - Take out the ringer. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 10:11
Even candy bars were taking shots at the Bears last night -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 10:01 6
- Oh man, the person running that social media account deserves a raise. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:09 2
  - The response to Tate sealed it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 10:25 1
    - yup, that was gold -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 11:02
- They should try out Colin Kaepernick. -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 10:02 2
  - I don't think candy bars need a quarterback -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:03 1
    - without a team they'd have a better QB than 1/3 of the League -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 10:05

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