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awww awww awww awww awww our time and billing system is done. - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 07:00 3
- doesn't this mean you can just go home for awhile? -- nm - decline Aug 1, 07:01 2
  - sadly I am home (appraiser guy is showing up in 45 mins to appraise my house). -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 07:02 1
    - "hey, that's a nice house" -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 11:14
*nailed it* - oblique Aug 1, 06:54
How one unvaccinated teen brought measles to NYC. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 1, 06:47
Trump is literally having the biggest twitter meltdown of his entire presidency at this very moment. - Jovian Aug 1, 06:46 20
- in other trumpian news, did you know that you have to have an ID with you to just buy groceries? Groceries require an ID, so why not the same - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 07:05
- so the day still ends in Y. cool. -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 06:57 1
  - Smursday? -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 07:04
- biggest twitter meltdown is a high bar -- nm - crash davis Aug 1, 06:47 16
  - He is begging Sessions to fire Mueller -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 06:54 13
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      - You kind of wish he would? You kind of wish you could witness the end of US Democracy? What? -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 07:03 3
        
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        Dawson wants to see the world Burn, news at 9:05! -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 07:04 1
        
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      - he also is trying to stay that it was the governments fault (a conspiracy if you will) that he hired manafort, cause if someone had just told him the - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 06:59 2
        
        Yep. The US Government was supposed to be his HR department while he was campaigning. -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 07:04 1
        
        damnit, being shady was one of the qualifiers -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 11:17
      - Funny is one word for it, sure. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 06:59 4
        
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        Good god, no. - znufrii Aug 1, 07:07
        
        He is the only thing left. - Jovian Aug 1, 07:05 1
        
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  - covfefe! -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:48
Mueller refers three cases on unregistered foreign lobbying to federal prosecutors in NY. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 1, 06:42 4
- A lawyer and 2 lobbyists -- nm - decline Aug 1, 06:46 3
  - walk into a bar -- nm - mara Aug 1, 06:52 2
    - And screw in a lightbulb -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 07:05 1
      - the argue if they should replace it with an LED version until the bar closes. -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 07:06
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- come to me -- nm - poutine Aug 1, 06:37 1
  - hello old friend -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:39
*lights incense* 12 minutes later, 2 rattata - oblique Aug 1, 06:26 22
- 3 rattata -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 06:35 2
  - evo fodder -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:36 1
    - helps me knock out the catch 50 with berries part of the quest too so it's not all bad -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 06:38
- Aside: Because of the changeover from Snorlax to Raikou at 4pm ET today, all quests will reroll at 4pm today. - ty97 Aug 1, 06:29 15
  - you get a chansey if you hatch 5 eggs? that's a lot of work for a chansey. -- nm - amanda Aug 1, 06:32 11
    - I always have some incubators on hand, and walk a lot in the city, so it's not too bad. - ty97 Aug 1, 06:33 10
      - And chansey evolves into Blissey, the undisputed #1 gym defender. - ty97 Aug 1, 06:34 1
        
        This is not as true anymore. The fighting event gave us a great response to that Blissy bitch. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 07:06
      - real question - you must buy coins in large quantities, right? I buy a few once in a while to buy a box. maybe. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:34 7
        
        I tend to buy the bigger coin bundles since it's better cost per coin, but I don't spend a lot of coins - ty97 Aug 1, 06:36 6
        
        here at least the 100 coins cost the least per coin. Which makes no sense but is true. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 1, 06:41 5
        
        oh weird, we're at 1 cent per for 100 but it drops as low at .068 cents per as the bundles grow. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 1, 06:43 4
        
        right, and my prices are in US dollars as well - so we end up paying way more -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:46 3
        
        oh that stinks :( -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:48 2
        
        oh also, if PoGo follows pattern, Moltres Day will be the first Saturday of TIFF from 2-5pm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:51 1
        
        heh -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:57
  - what do you mean reroll? -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 06:31 2
    - Quests assigned to each pokestop change (reroll) randomly at midnight every night. - ty97 Aug 1, 06:33 1
      - rgr -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 06:33
- incense sucks, it's useless. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:28 2
  - It give you more when you are moving rather than standing still I think. - ty97 Aug 1, 06:28 1
    - if you incense on a loop around campus when school is in session, there's so many poke you can't catch half of them. you have to loop two more times - amanda Aug 1, 06:33
Sorry folks, no 3D printed guns for you -- (link*) - oblique Aug 1, 06:22 2
- it's already too late. The douchebag who created them put it online early. Several thousand downloads have already happened. - decline Aug 1, 06:33 1
  - How can this be? You mean the government can't stop the flow of information on the Internet? *boggle* - oblique Aug 1, 06:34
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Apple stock watch. Price is at $190.29. At $203.45 they will hit a $1 Trillion market cap -- nm - decline Aug 1, 06:11 4
- *procrastinates on trimming his position again* -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 06:18 1
  - the biggest purchaser of Apple stock right now? Apple. Those tax cuts are really working to help the economy -- nm - decline Aug 1, 06:59
- My $1k investment I couldn't get from my parents -- worth $476k. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 06:17
- (Pre-market $198.85) -- nm - decline Aug 1, 06:11
Apple is up about 5% in pre-market trading. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 06:10
Back at Destiny 2: Didn't do a tonne. I finished the Homecoming Redux mission and did the first mission for the CoO campaign. - Shaun Aug 1, 06:04
did I tell you guys about my friend bennett, who's been trying to adopt with his husband for years? - amanda Aug 1, 06:03 10
- Awesome! -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 06:34
- That's awesome! Congrats to the new family! -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 06:31
- here is a photo. she's actually very cute. (bennett wouldn't care. he is shouting from rooftops right now.) -- (pic) - amanda Aug 1, 06:31 [Attachment]
- Nice! -- nm - Shaun Aug 1, 06:16
- Fantastic! that baby will have a great home with your friends -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 06:07
- awesome. will she have a southern accent? -- nm* - decline Aug 1, 06:06 2
  - Will the wind come sweepin down the plain? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 06:15
  - I kind of hope so. that would be better than the bellefonte accent. (they named her taylor ann. that's kind of bellefonte.) -- nm - amanda Aug 1, 06:11
- That's good. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 06:05
- congrats! That's lovely. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:04
Happy birthday, Mafic! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 06:02 1
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mostly for kilbo - ty97 Aug 1, 05:42 9
- ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐ - oblique Aug 1, 05:43 8
  - Took me a while to get a curve excellent when I was at that stage - ty97 Aug 1, 05:48 6
    - Using the videos I can basically do curves all the time now which is fine. I wasn't THAT bad at it before but it is consistent now - oblique Aug 1, 05:51 5
      - hey, friend me - decline Aug 1, 06:06 4
        
        just added you. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:22
        
        I thought I did, did I not? - ty97 Aug 1, 06:06 2
        
        you did - decline Aug 1, 06:07 1
        
        Thought that was you but wasn't 100% sure. -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:07
  - it took me a minute to realize what these symbols were. -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 05:44
I feel bad for Adam Jones - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 05:25 2
- I don't. He's the one that declined the trade to PHI. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 05:52
- ehhh, maybe its karma -- nm - tRuMaN. Aug 1, 05:39
Did no-one mention Laggies for the favourite Sam Rockwell films list? - LMS Aug 1, 05:08
So about those remains returned from NoKo... -- (link) - Reagen Aug 1, 05:05
Happy birthday, mafic! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 05:04 6
- Happy birthday!! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 1, 06:27
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Aug 1, 06:02
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Aug 1, 06:01
- Happy Happy Birthday, Mafique! -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 06:01
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Aug 1, 05:59
- Whisky time! Thanks! -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 05:21
I would immediately bust out laughing if I saw anyone wearing these in public. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 1, 04:57 3
- Still better than boot cut jeans and cargo shorts -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 06:07
- I hope those pockets are at least functional. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 05:22
- Finally, the ability to wear denim on your legs! -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 05:03
If you're in the market for a new 4K TV and watch a lot of Netflix, Sony's new models are the first TVs to have Netflix Calibrated Mode. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 1, 04:57 [youtube] 1
- More info on the TVs themselves. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 1, 04:57
Anyone want to buy a second hand jacket? -- (link) - LMS Aug 1, 04:12 3
- Only if it's long and worn with a short skirt. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 05:13
- is it a - Strongbad Aug 1, 04:53
- There's zero ostrich in it, so no interest. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 04:26
color printers imprint a hidden code to ID the machine that made it...do 3d printers do so? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 02:04
this dude just *ran* the Tour de France in 68 days. -- (link) - mafic Aug 1, 01:14
Toyota 4Runner with 7-passenger seating ... that would be a sweet ride. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 23:15 6
- You’re gonna burn gas, but a Chevy Traverse is about as economical a 7 passenger SUV as there is. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 23:36 5
  - Oh, wow, the Toyota Sequoia burns at 18L/100KM -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 00:12 2
    - that's impressively bad. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 00:46 1
      - It's a V8. It's almost bad for a V8. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 01:14
  - burning gas is technically what most cars do. -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 23:38 1
    - I wish the Outlander PHEV had a third row of seats ... would be really nice to have a plug-in hybrid. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 23:39
A couple more thoughts on The West Wing. 1) Now that I know some of the history, its obvious when Sorkin's fights on the internet spill over into the - crash davis Jul 31, 21:41 14
- I sometimes think about Eugene Levy (Tobey) and CC Pounder (CJ) almost castings--what could have been--would've been interesting--but -- (edited) - Flavorize Jul 31, 22:46 4
  - In the same vein--I think Studio 60 should've worked--honestly, I think the Sarah Paulson casting killed that show. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 31, 22:52 3
    - Sorkin's unhealthy concepts of relationships killed that show. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 05:15 2
      - Run away! Run away! nm - ralph wiggum Aug 1, 05:48 1
        
        Let's just say that if Hardwick-style stories came out about Sorkin...it would register a 0.1 on the Shocked Face Meter. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 1, 06:06
- Or someone's from Idaho -- nm* - . Jul 31, 21:44 8
  - Isn’t a Bartlett a type of potato? - Beryllium Jul 31, 21:46 7
    - also a pear and a book of quotes. do they grow pears or quip in Idaho? -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 22:08 1
      - quip by the bushelfull -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 22:24
    - NiCole Robinson who played Margaret, Leo's secretary is from Idaho, but I don't think that is the answer. -- nm - crash davis Jul 31, 21:51 4
      - Turns out I wasn't wrong about the potato thing, but it's from the UK, not Idaho. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 21:54 3
        
        I hate to tell you but that is a huge swing and a miss. Bartlett is the company, the various potatoes are named otherwise. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 31, 22:01 2
        
        Well, it's a brand of potato. That's like being a type of potato, in a way. Just not a cultivarish way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 22:02 1
        
        You've mashed the terms but I won't argue the point because it is small potatoes. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 31, 22:05
This hasn't gone live on their website yet but local Channel 3 has put together this piece on the Historical Society. - Meg Jul 31, 21:40 [youtube] 2
- SMH - Two years to finish? If I didn't know any better I'd think this was a kids museum. - Covington Aug 1, 04:06
- Needs more Meg. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 00:49
federal judge issues tro to stop release of downloadable blueprints for 3-D printed guns. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 31, 21:32 1
- my solution: Galen Erso a bunch of blueprints. - mafic Jul 31, 22:25
Swedish Royal Crown Jewels stolen in heist seeming to reboot a movie, escape by speed boat -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 31, 21:28
Qale: Stardust has always been important, the toughest commodity in PoGo. You can get some in gifts and via certain quests now too -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 20:52 2
- I got 3 x 100 stardust from the gift you sent me. -- nm - kelly Jul 31, 21:25 1
  - oh, nice! - ty97 Jul 31, 21:29
a cassowary jacket would cost way more than ostrich. cassowaries are endangered assholes. -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 20:52 4
- Endangered assholes or endangered, assholes? -- nm - Volnelk Jul 31, 20:54 3
  - just the first. y'all are ok. -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 20:57 2
    - He says that, but just to be safe, nobody eat or drink anything for a little while. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 31, 20:59 1
      - And then the birthday murders began... -- nm - David Jul 31, 21:07
How quickly was the starter pulled for the Mets? -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 20:51 4
- Jose Reyes needing TJS after that outing -- nm - budice Jul 31, 20:54
- Matz faced 11 batters and got two outs. -- nm - Tim Jul 31, 20:53 1
  - About what I expected, but was curious :) -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 21:01
- 2 outs. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 31, 20:53
This picture makes a good point. -- (pic) - David Jul 31, 20:34 [Attachment] 1
- Hmmmmmmph. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 31, 20:36
Worth it. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 31, 20:30

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