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UCL: Real Madrid v Tottenham in 1 hour (1-1 agg) -- nm - budice Nov 1, 11:44
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- Astros or evil. My money's on the Astros. -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:53
- Astros...and it'll be one sided - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:46 1
  - Stupid Cavemen. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:49
- celtics....nm - x Nov 1, 11:43 1
  - already won -- (link) - budice Nov 1, 11:46
- Dodgers -- nm - decline Nov 1, 11:41
- Astros. - IrishStephen Nov 1, 11:41
- Society - ty97 Nov 1, 11:41
- I'm thinking the Dodgers. Unless it turns out to be the Astros. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:39 2
  - whoa -- nm - mud Nov 1, 11:41
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- Astros. SI's prediction will hold. -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:39
- little big man! -- nm - Max Nov 1, 11:39
- Hump Day, FTW. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:38 4
  - Yeah, I got to go with this one -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 11:42 3
    - See you around 11pm. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:43 2
      - make it 9 pm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 11:47 1
        
        Deal. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:49
Trump's top environmental pick said the goal of climate change activists is to end democracy. -- (link*) - decline Nov 1, 11:37 3
- "From a conservative point of view, climate change looks like too good a problem for liberals. Everything liberals want, or that conservatives - mara Nov 1, 11:42
- Where does he *find* these crazy people? - Spawn Nov 1, 11:40
- Capitalism, maybe. Not democracy. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 11:37
So 45 wants to name it the "Cut Cut Cut Act" for the GOP tax legislation.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 1, 11:34 13
- That doesn’t even make for a good acronym! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 1, 11:42
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  - At least it is a new board. It is not like he posted about it 5 minutes later in the same board. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:41
  - crap...sorry...1st I saw it. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 11:39 7
    - Lets talk Mind Hunter - I'm through episode 4 or 5 and I love how *spoils* - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 11:42 5
      - A cute tall guy in my office suggested I watch this. - Diva Nov 1, 11:56 1
        
        *blushes* it is sort of cerebral. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:12
      - I'm not reading the IM just in case. But I have got one and a half episodes done, and I like it. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:43 2
        
        it gets better - finds a groove. I mean its never * action packed* but it picks up -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 11:48 1
        
        I was really enjoying the second episode and then I fell asleep. The World Series is killing me. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:49
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- Snort -- nm - decline Nov 1, 11:36
- I like the name I came up with on b2 - znufrii Nov 1, 11:36
the Browns/Bengals trade stories are weird. a faction of the Browns sounds like purposefully botched that trade - Beaker Nov 1, 11:11 4
- Not like AJ McCarron was gonna save their season -- nm - budice Nov 1, 11:15 3
  - From what I've seen of McCarron, I think he can be an upper tier QB in this league. -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:24 1
    - Plus let us not forget the hot wife factor -- nm - eag Nov 1, 11:31
  - depends on how big of an improvement you perceive 1-15 over 0-16 to be -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:19
British Independent Film Awards - 'Lady Macbeth' leads 2017 with 15 nominations -- (link) - Little Miss Scary Nov 1, 11:11
While you guys are arguing about Starbursts, I'm eating pecan pie. - sycor Nov 1, 11:05 18
- I would like a pecan butter tart. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 11:31
- You know who doesn't like Starburst? - Spawn Nov 1, 11:19 3
  - People with temporary crowns. -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 11:19 2
    - Yes, Trump's crown is *quite* temporary. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:20 1
      - heh -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 11:40
- People who do not like Starbursts are responsible for the decline of civilization. - ReluctantCynic Nov 1, 11:17 3
  - My hordes of chocolate eating barbarians will burn your cities. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:18 2
    - You're worse than the Ostrigoths and Visigoths. Combined. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 1, 11:19 1
      - yes, I'm an Idaho Vandal -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:20
- That is good stuff. And ftr, Starburst are just meh -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:11 4
  - YOU'RE JUST MEH! YOU ARE!!! -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:13 3
    - the possibility is that both of the above two posts can be right -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:17 2
      - All I know is that you suck, and I hope you get a paper cut. -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:24 1
        
        now I'm going to have to spend the day avoiding lemons -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:29
- "I WOULD LIKE. TO PARTAKE. IN YOUR PEE-KAAAN PIE." -- nm - Harry Nov 1, 11:07
- losing -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:07
- pe-can or pe-kan? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 1, 11:06 1
  - PECK an -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 1, 11:22
Oh, now THIS is funny. -- (link) - Ender Nov 1, 11:01 23
- Was't Lisa Bloom Harvey's first lawyer? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:17 7
  - Yes, the one who offered journalists McGowan's sex dossier. -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 11:18 6
    - her sex dossier? - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:19 5
      - “'I don’t know if you’ve talked to Rose McGowan, but we have files on her and her... history,' Bloom told [Ronan] Farrow". -- (link) - Ender Nov 1, 11:22 1
        
        Oh, yeah -- I hadn't read too much about that past the point of Bloom being involved - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:24
      - You still have the same email? -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:20 2
        
        This...got...creepy. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:22 1
        
        *reads IM* never mind -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:23
- I'm still waiting on Michael Bay. -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:14 13
  - Turns out it was all an act. Michael Bay is a total gentleman. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 11:26
  - I'm seriously beginning to wonder if there is a man in the entire entertainment industry who hasn't been either a harasser or a victim. - ReluctantCynic Nov 1, 11:21 10
    - Call me cynical, but it seems likely to me that most powerful men are harassers. -- nm - mara Nov 1, 11:31 2
      - How do you think they got power? - znufrii Nov 1, 11:33
      - Obama? -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:32
    - something Jay Leno said about Hollywood and women jumps into my mind - crash davis Nov 1, 11:31 1
      - our Japanese housekeeper when we were in Nagoya said americans either have big car and no money, a nice house and no money or drink and have nothing -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 1, 11:38
    - I'm trying to think who would actually make me sad to find out they were harassers. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:28 2
      - Mr Rogers -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 1, 11:30
      - Colbert, Michelle Obama... -- nm - Max Nov 1, 11:29
    - This has crossed my mind. I feel that the glass ceiling is about to be shattered out of sheer necessity. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 11:25
    - I'm surprised any movies ever get made at all with all the men involved seemingly whacking their pud at every woman who walks by -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:22
  - I should clarify that it's the fact the Lisa Bloom is saying this that's funny. -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 11:17
- oh man -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 11:01
interesting question about autonomous cars.... - x Nov 1, 10:59 13
- I doubt it. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:49
- There's a sort of understanding that you can speed in order to pass, isn't there? -- (link) - mara Nov 1, 11:20 9
  - My high school Latin teacher got pulled over in MA (near Boston) one for doing 55 in a 55 in the left lane. - ty97 Nov 1, 11:36 6
    - it's typical for new york state drivers to not understand what the left lane is for... - x Nov 1, 11:41 5
      - Illinois. - Spawn Nov 1, 11:42 4
        
        swap Utah for Illinois and I'll be right there -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:46
        
        what is with these idiot states?....nm - x Nov 1, 11:44 2
        
        Illinois is a state that (at least in the past) would alter which side of the highway was the passing lane. As in, to even-out wear and tear... - Spawn Nov 1, 11:48 1
        
        I... have never heard of that for Illinois. - Dark Callisto Nov 1, 11:52
  - while cops don't want you to speed, it has been found that what causes worst accidents isn't that a car was speeding but.... - zeitgeist Nov 1, 11:28
  - Yes, from May of 2015. I wish police would enforce this. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:21
- I would imagine so. The liability if they didn't could be massive I'd imagine -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:12
- police departments/municipalities would hate this -- nm* - decline Nov 1, 11:03
Desperate Cheeto. -- (link) - Mop Nov 1, 10:56 [youtube]
Happy Hump Day: Antje Utgaard‏ all set for Game 7 -- (link) - budice Nov 1, 10:55 3
- Budice is going to be the first STer accused of sexual harassment. -- nm - David Nov 1, 10:56 2
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    - Cappy's gone. -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:14
Hey, the Osiris DLC adds Morena Baccarin. That's three out of eight! - David Nov 1, 10:54 1
- She'll be his "sassy" ghost apparently. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 1, 11:37
Don't you roll me! I'll just re-post. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 1, 10:53 37
- Is that at 60 have 8x the salary you had when you were 30 or have 8x your current salary at 60? Why? -- nm - Max Nov 1, 11:20 2
  - Your salary at the specific age is how I took it. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:26
  - I assume it #X annual income at each specific age. -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 11:25
- At 40years old, at 2.5x, but given some conservative assumptions (2% raises, continuing 401k matches, 8% annual return) - Will Hunting Nov 1, 11:16
- does this include equity in your house (value less mortgage)? -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:10 2
  - Unless you plan on taking out a heloc to fund your retirement, no. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 11:29
  - see, this would be good! - Andie Nov 1, 11:13
- heh -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 11:07
- 0*0=0 Not good. -- nm - Krusty Nov 1, 11:06 1
  - I think I might be at the 30 level. Just 16 years too late. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 11:08
- What? LOL -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 11:06
- counting pension contributions, I'm not *that* far off. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 11:00 1
  - pen...uh,....pen....errr....sions.......what is this word? -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 11:01
- yeah, that's ambitious. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 10:57
- Hmm. If you factor in what my annual income was at 30, I think I just now got on track. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 10:55 8
  - I had only just begun to save when I turned 30. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:58 7
    - Basically the same here. I had a few small RRSP contributions, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 11:00
    - I would be ahead of the curve if I hadn't gotten divorced -- nm - decline Nov 1, 10:59 4
      - Fortunately I got divorced shortly after I started contributing, so I didn’t have much of anything to lose. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 11:30 2
        
        set me back 10 years, easily -- nm - decline Nov 1, 11:31 1
        
        Oof. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 11:34
      - yeah, that sucks :( -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 11:00
    - this is the thing. a very large number of 20 somethings are just making enough to scrape by. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 10:58
- Yeah, I’m behind. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:54 13
  - I was surprised the multiplier wasn't higher for my age group. - ty97 Nov 1, 10:56 2
    - Then again, I'm doing that math solely on my 401K, not considering my non 401K savings and investments. - ty97 Nov 1, 10:58 1
      - Right. Same, to an extent. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 1, 11:31
  - as are probably 90% of the country -- nm - decline Nov 1, 10:54 9
    - Don’t get me wrong, I’m probably in really good shape compared to most of that 90%. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 1, 10:56 7
      - So. many. spreadsheets. -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 10:57 6
        
        4, in fact. (Used to be 5) - znufrii Nov 1, 11:00 5
        
        oh, I have stock units vesting this month! - ty97 Nov 1, 11:00 4
        
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        I do consider all the other spreadsheets I could be building. -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 11:15
        
        point of order: like he'd have been doing something productive with that time otherwise. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 11:04 1
        
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Sony’s Aibo robot dog is back, gives us OLED puppy dog eyes - crash davis Nov 1, 10:51 5
- that will be awesome for surveillance once someone hacks it -- nm - decline Nov 1, 10:54 4
  - groiny will program it to attack me -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 10:57 3
    - the cabal dogs in the Nightfall last week amused me. -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 11:16 2
      - Will they amuse you this week? -- nm - Shaun Nov 1, 11:26
      - quite possibly my least favorite Destiny 2 enemy...they just keep coming at you -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:21
Jack :( -- (link) - decline Nov 1, 10:50 3
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  - You probably already know this (and might have mentioned it on ST), but we were chatting around the office about a rather surprising statistic. - ReluctantCynic Nov 1, 11:13 1
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haha.... - x Nov 1, 10:49 1
- heh. I told my mom about that tweet earlier. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:24
I walked *MY ASS OFF* to hatch a Halloween Pichu this week, and I just got one! 2 KM egg will do the trick. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 10:48 1
- you da man, Mop! -- nm - decline Nov 1, 10:49

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