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Insurance Adjuster update: we left surprisingly optimistic...but not holding breath. On the very plus side though - Beaker May 16, 18:13 4
- I hate to tell you that it takes *forever*. Just from anecdotal evidence from my best friend post-Harvey. Granted, hiring good contractors helps. -- nm - Qale May 16, 19:07
- how is the trailer? soggy toast? salvageable? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 18:29 1
  - toast pretty much, once water gets in it is done for -- nm - Beaker May 16, 18:39
- Wow :( -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 18:18
Hitchcock is by far the best character on Brooklyn 99. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 18:12 2
- If you meant 'most disturbing' then yes. - ty97 May 16, 18:13 1
  - Very disturbing but he has some of the best lines. I love every second he's involved in a scene. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 18:20
I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I was taken aback when I was looking at slate wall tile, $3 for a 6" X 12" piece. - crash davis May 16, 18:09
Tim, NXT has Velveteen Dream vs. Ricochet. - David May 16, 17:47 2
- Velveteen Dream is the new Tyler Breeze. -- nm - Qale May 16, 19:09
- spoilers - Tim May 16, 18:59
Reagan, I figured they'd just mention AIDS in a scrawl about his death at the end. - ty97 May 16, 17:47 11
- how he contracted it?! - mud May 16, 17:52 4
  - I think he was bi, not gay. He was also, I believe, a drug user. - ty97 May 16, 18:09
  - Toilet seat? -- nm - Reagen May 16, 17:58
  - spoilers - Beryllium May 16, 17:53 1
    - spoilers - mud May 16, 17:56
- Maybe. I haven’t really cared about biopics since The Aviator, but as I recall didn’t it skip huge portions of the end of his -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 17:48 5
  - Straight Outta Compton comes to mind as a relevant comparison, and it definitely had the AIDS stuff - con_carne May 16, 18:16 4
    - Though SOC was a really good case of history being written by the winners. - Roger More May 16, 19:40
    - I guess it depends on what part of his life they focus on. - ty97 May 16, 18:27 1
      - Couldn't agree more wrt story. - con_carne May 16, 18:52
    - I think Walk the Line was after Aviator. That was a good one. Didn’t seem to pull very many punches. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 18:25
Wow, Calvin Murphy's jacket at the Rockets/Warriors -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 17:43
PoGo nest migration occurred about 40 minutes ago. - ty97 May 16, 17:38
so Fillion is getting a new show? -- nm - Truman May 16, 17:36 5
- Yes! Looking forward to it. -- nm - IrishStephen May 16, 18:14 1
  - probably the only new show I will watch. -- nm - Beaker May 16, 18:16
- I saw the trailer for it and I was put off at first (Another cop show, after castle?) - but the premise seems OK and it seems a bit more serious. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 17:41 1
  - Did not like the first ad but the longer one with the robbery sold me. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 16, 18:32
- Yep, and one of the characters is named Bishop. - Beryllium May 16, 17:40
Hey, I've been here. Cool. -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 17:35
Seth's current tweet thread is up to 182! -- (link) - mud May 16, 17:33 1
- There was an attempt at using Twitter correctly. -- nm - Qale May 16, 19:12
“That’s an even stupider question than when you asked me what they did with the ice in the arena when they switched over from hockey to basketball.” -- (edited) - znufrii May 16, 17:07 2
- Right? They stack it in the freezer. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 18:08
- chop it up for soda fountain ice? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 17:23
"They aren't people, they are animals" -- (link) - Trump May 16, 16:51 3
- I'm beginning to think Melania is in the hospital to get away from people who hate immigrants. - . May 16, 18:54
- Just an altogether nice guy, I see.. (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 17:49
- related, but funny (unlike that statement. yikes. You never go full HYDRA) -- (link*) - Beryllium May 16, 16:59
WWE: Enzo Amore update he will not be criminally charged in Arizona due to insufficient evidence -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 16:46
WWE: NBCU is letting WWE SMACKDOWN go to open bidding. They're keeping RAW but the deal is so big (3x current value) that they're not keeping both -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 16:44 1
- But neither RAW nor Smackdown are worth watching currently. -- nm - Qale May 16, 19:14
TIL: There is a casino version of War. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:34 3
- I have played it -- nm - Amoxy May 16, 16:38 2
  - How was it? Did you ever place a tie bet? -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:46 1
    - You keep going like in War. Though you do gave to double your bet - Trump May 16, 16:53
MoviePass has about a month's worth of cash on hand. -- (link) - Mop May 16, 16:26 2
- Even in bankruptcy they will still have everyone's information to sell. Well, not mine, but all the suckers :) -- nm - Bacon May 16, 17:36
- U2 should make a song about startup bullshit called Runway Bloody Runway -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:30
Cohen went for a cool $Million in Qatari shakedown: -- (link) - mud May 16, 16:06 2
- Right now I feel it's easy to isolate Cohen and suggest he was rogue. - Mop May 16, 16:18 1
  - Novartis and AT&T -- nm - TWuG May 16, 16:36
Director Nicholas Meyer( Star Trek Wrath of Khan, ST Undiscovered Country, producer on Star Trek Discovery) is working on 3 Star Trek movies.. -- (edited) - Remlik May 16, 15:53 2
- The CBS/Viacom think will come to a head quickly. - Mop May 16, 16:16 1
  - Which I think is a bit of a mistake on Moonves part, in terms of IP..adding the Viacom stuff to CBS All Access is a smart move -- nm - Remlik May 16, 16:37
Deadpool 2 87% (120/18), Solo 70% (69/29) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 15:53
Bryan Fuller (who's been fired from Star Trek Discovery and American Gods) has quit the Vampire Chronicles.... -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 15:49
Gibson and Glover pay respect to Richard Donner -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 15:17 [youtube] 2
- They could totally do Grumpy Old Cops -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 15:37 1
  - funny you say that... -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 15:50
Fine, Xbox One external hard drive questions within... - Mop May 16, 14:54 4
- I used this one -- (link) - J May 16, 15:29
- Afaik any usb compatible HD will work with the Xbone as an external HD. - Shaun May 16, 14:57 2
  - Huh. These SSD's have been gathering dust. Time to put 'em to work. -- nm - Mop May 16, 15:01
  - Your correct -- nm - eag May 16, 14:58
Torn between MGM Grand and Venetian for end of november. Coworkers will be at venetian ... hehehe -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 14:47 6
- MGM. Eataly is supposed to open this fall -- (link) - peglegpete May 16, 15:03 3
  - Park MGM, formerly the Monte Carlo. -- nm - Mop May 16, 15:05 2
    - oops. nevermind -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 15:12 1
      - That's not a bad thing. It's right next to MGM Grand, and it's totally remodeled. -- nm - Mop May 16, 16:16
- Venetian. -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:49 1
  - Righty-o. Booked that. Gotta book a flight soon, I guess. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 14:55
fyi, he went full Hitler today. "These aren't even people, they are animals." - Jovian May 16, 14:35 1
- Didn't anyone tell him "You never go full HYDRA"? -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 15:39
Housing prices seem to be dropping around us. Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 14:17 1
- SELL!!!!SELL!!!!!SELL!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Mortimer Duke May 16, 14:18
There's a Bratz live-action movie. -- (link) - Mop May 16, 14:13 2
- I knew this thanks to How Did This Get Made -- (link) - JD May 16, 14:18 [youtube]
- Just in time to be enjoyed by the children of Bratz fans -- nm* - con_carne May 16, 14:16
I've got about $200 in Google Play cash. I can use it to buy hard-to-find Disney studio (Touchstone, Hollywood, etc.) movies. But... damn! $14.99?! - Mop May 16, 14:06 3
- "That hard-to-find title in HD looks interesting. Give ya two bucks for it." -- nm - con_carne May 16, 14:24 1
  - Sounds about right. -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:48
- that's still not enough to buy the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh dvd set. -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 14:15
Dang, GameStop is having a sale on XBox One's...only $250. - IrishStephen May 16, 13:59 21
- That doesn't sound like that great of a deal. Bare bones Xbone S consoles were $229 CDN during Black Friday. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 14:38 5
  - Ok, now what the hell is an Xbox S? -- nm - IrishStephen May 16, 14:47 4
    - Are they selling the white ones on sale? Those would be the S model. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 14:53 2
      - Yes, they've got the Forza or Minecraft bundles for $229. - IrishStephen May 16, 14:58 1
        
        Console racism! -- nm - JaxSean May 16, 17:03
    - Xbox One X > Xbox One S > Xbox One (it's just new hardware refreshes) -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:49
- yes, and then we can Fortnite together!!!! - groiny May 16, 14:02 5
  - Aren't you supposed to be able to play cross-platform? -- nm - IrishStephen May 16, 14:30 4
    - PS4 can play vs PC, Xbone can play vs PC, PS4 cannot play vs Xbone -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:31 3
      - Ah, ok. Declan's going to be disappointed as one of his buddies from school plays, but I think he's on XBox. -- nm* - IrishStephen May 16, 14:37 2
        
        even more reason to switch! -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:57 1
        
        Pfffft. Why switch to the inferior system? -- (edited) - IrishStephen May 16, 14:58
- XBox One X? -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:00 8
  - No X -- nm - IrishStephen May 16, 14:30 7
    - Meh. I have a 1st gen Xbox One. The hard drive is too small. I need an Xbox One X. -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:33 6
      - is it cheaper to just pick up an external? -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:33 5
        
        I supposed I should look into this. -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:40 4
        
        best 50 bucks I spent. -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:45 2
        
        Aside from the Destiny 2 Season Pass of course. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 14:46 1
        
        I did not buy the season pass, so best 50 bucks I did not spend! -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:57
        
        You must have an old HD laying around, get a case for it and just use that -- nm - J May 16, 14:42
Swiss Army Man: B- - con_carne May 16, 13:55
News is still sketchy but apparently the younger victim here is a guy I work with... -- (link) - just oblique May 16, 13:47 2
- Ivory Johnson, I'll bet people had fun with that one. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:57
- oh, how sad. -- nm - Andie May 16, 13:51
Now playing: Ken Burns' Jazz - con_carne May 16, 13:46
Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect: -- (link) - decline May 16, 13:24 4
- If we ban CFCs, only criminals will have CFCs. So we should allow everyone to have CFCs, obviously. -- nm - Mop May 16, 13:49
- Check Scott Pruitt's garage. -- nm - Jovian May 16, 13:29 1
  - Or Tim Hortons, apparently. (Edit: eliminated the apostrophe to appease the Francophones) -- nm* - Baron Breynolds May 16, 13:31
- *mixes it in his bathtub* -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 16, 13:26
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! -- (link) - znufrii May 16, 13:11
A Canadian woman gets really mad at a Tim Hortons - amoxy May 16, 13:00 8
- Thought this was going to be another pun joke -- nm - con_carne May 16, 13:35 1
  - I doughnut know what you mean. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 15:47
- Holy...shit. -- nm - IrishStephen May 16, 13:32
- That's... - Johnny Lawrence May 16, 13:27
- I think that was from late last week. So many social outrages. We're all just bystanders at the social outrage tennis match. - Beryllium May 16, 13:02 3
  - No, this is a different incident, and amoxy is right not to link -- nm - Roger More May 16, 13:18 2
    - Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 13:20 1
      - *searches twitter* THANK YOU FOR NOT LINKING. I APPRECIATE THAT. VERY MUCH. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 13:22
Sweet, they just installed a signal booster for Verizon Wireless on our building, so I now get decent reception at my desk. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 13:00 3
- Enjoy the cancer! -- nm - Mop May 16, 14:02
- no more frozen video right before the money shots? -- nm - decline May 16, 13:01 1
  - Lol -- nm - con_carne May 16, 13:37
survivor night. what do you guys think about dinner? chinese? -- nm - amanda May 16, 12:58 15
- What country is it at this season? :) -- nm - con_carne May 16, 13:41
- Chicken thai curry -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 13:34 2
  - Red or green? -- nm - con_carne May 16, 13:40 1
    - I said THAI curry, not Canadian - zeitgeist May 16, 13:58
- Shouldn't it be like worms and stuff? Or is Taco Bell close enough. - pmb May 16, 13:26
- Spinach, pear and Gorgonzola salad with a homemade lemon basil vinaigrette. -- nm* - znufrii May 16, 13:22
- It's chicken parm at my place tonight. We'll probably do pizza for the finale next week. nm - Johnny Lawrence May 16, 13:20
- maybe taco bell? -- nm - amanda May 16, 13:12 2
  - or qdoba? -- nm - amanda May 16, 13:18 1
    - ding! we have a winner! -- nm - decline May 16, 13:20
- *snacks on a twig* - just oblique May 16, 13:02
- you should cook a roast chicken with all the side dishes -- nm - decline May 16, 12:58 3
  - this is crazy. like I have a chicken handy. -- nm - amanda May 16, 13:07 2
    - You needed an advance roast chicken alert. -- nm - Max May 16, 13:08 1
      - Uber CLUCKS -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 13:09
The U.S. Senate, 52-47, voted to repeal recent changes to net neutrality rules. It now moves to the House where it is DOA. -- (link) - decline May 16, 12:57 2
- Even if it passed the House, Trump would veto it -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:02 1
  - That's why they've cunningly phrased it as a double negative. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 13:02

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