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since Krusty mentioned the XFL and I want to make everyone feel bad, a kid born right after the XFL folded would be a senior in high school this year -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 14:09 3
- Yep. I start school next Wednesday. I have a study hall with all freshmen. Some of them were born in 2005. I started playing HSX in 2000. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 9, 14:19
- He Hate Me -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:16
- And could conceivably be drafted in the first new XFL draft. Wheee. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 14:11
Space Force Commander Jodie Foster has a nice ring to it. Just saying. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 13:31 6
- Space Team Kardashian -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:42 1
  - Space Sex Tape w/RayJ -- nm* - Budice Aug 9, 14:06
- Spiritual Lover to Space Force Commander Matthew McCongahay also has a nice ring to it. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 9, 13:35
- Until her father shows up. Then all that training goes right out the window. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:35 1
  - Elliot Goa’uld? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 13:58
- Space Command Master Sergeant Dave Bautista -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:33
Colby Cosh: Losing the beachhead - Have the Liberals harmed the cause of carbon taxation? -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 13:28 4
- And in related analysis -- (link) - Roger More Aug 9, 13:35 3
  - I make no secret that Wells is my north star for Canadian punditry, so of course he dug below the surface (or read a book in this case) that.... - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 13:49
  - so 2019 is the next big election? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:41 1
    - Yep. October something or another. I'm betting it is a minority government of some sort (with a rematch coming in late 2020/early 2021). - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 13:51
I can't believe the Yankees are participating in this ridiculous nicknames on the jerseys thing. We're not some upstart XFL league and -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 9, 13:25 50
- Old Man Yells At Baseball - Tim Aug 9, 14:12 3
  - Oh, I get that the fans love it. I hate the fans too. ;-) - Krusty Aug 9, 14:17 2
    - At least Judge isn’t using a nickname this year. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 14:18 1
      - I think I heard that Frazier or someone else pushed him to use All Rise. There's no way that's his nickname if he even has one. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 14:25
- If I'm playing a sport where I only get to play for like 15 seconds per game, I'm wearing whatever the heck I want -- nm - con_carne Aug 9, 13:57
- Yes but it sells last year MLB store was selling out like crazy the unis and hats -- nm - eag Aug 9, 13:49 1
  - And come on I could so see you wearing this -- (link) - eag Aug 9, 14:01
- Yankee Fun Police in the house! -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:34
- I love that, as far as baseball and Yankees are concerned, you are 108 years-old.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 9, 13:32 27
  - :-) Except for the DH which I think both leagues should have. - Krusty Aug 9, 13:38 14
    - your team rules are archiac , get with the times man. - groiny Aug 9, 13:41 13
      - I like the traditions teams have in sports. I think MLB teams should go back to wearing sweaters. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 13:42 12
        
        I just want them out of the baggy pants. -- nm - . Aug 9, 13:53 2
        
        I bet you do. ;-) I like it when they wear the pants above the socks or stirrups. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 14:07 1
        
        Love that look. -- nm - . Aug 9, 14:22
        
        the only tradition is the game between the white lines. - groiny Aug 9, 13:43 8
        
        You're very wrong. We aren't special but we have traditions and the team puts that word all over - Krusty Aug 9, 13:49 2
        
        not just my team, all the teams except one, the "special" one -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:57 1
        
        Other teams do as well. The Red Sox don't have names on their home jerseys, just the road ones. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 9, 14:00
        
        Aw damn, groin...now you did it. nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 13:45 4
        
        the facial hair policy and the no names on the jerseys bugs me -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:46 3
        
        It's about your appearance as you represent the organization and the no names is because it's a team sport and not about the - Krusty Aug 9, 13:50 2
        
        then all the players should be paid the same then. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:58
        
        I know why they do that, and I think it is stupid. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:57
  - He was just 10 when Boston traded that pitcher to them. -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:36 11
    - And he hated it because the picther was batting, too. Pitchers are pitchers, goddamn it! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 9, 13:39 10
      - Heh. :-) That both leagues don't play by the same rules is ridiculous. Ridiculous! -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 13:41 9
        
        I sorta agree, but isn't that due to tradition, as well? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 9, 14:06 8
        
        From the 1970s. So, that can go immediately. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 14:08 1
        
        think of all the titles you would not have won without Matsui at DH -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:12
        
        We're only concerned with the 100 year old traditions of the Yankees...not the 100+ year old traditions of MLB. jeez... -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 14:07 5
        
        What are you talking about? There was no DH until '73. Why do you hate fun and more home runs? ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 14:11 4
        
        Exactly - the tradition of pitchers batting for themselves goes back to the beginning of baseball. Why aren't you crying over that lost tradition - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 14:12 3
        
        I'd be fine with that if that's the way they go with it. I just want the same rules in both leagues. - Krusty Aug 9, 14:20 1
        
        I'm not such a traditionalist that I can't see how changes can make the game better. - Krusty Aug 9, 14:23
        
        and how about all these Asian players? They should be be doing the team's laundry!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:13
- *wires Aaron Judge $100 to adopt the nickname 'Chicago Style' " -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:30 1
  - "Chief Broken Wing" -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:41
- "He Hate Crust" -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:29
- Why? Cause the Yankees are above having a little fun? Making the game a little more fun for fans? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 13:28 7
  - NO BEARDS, JIM!!!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:35 1
    - Word. nm -- (pic) - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 13:42 [Attachment]
  - They don't have names on their jersey. Never have. It's something I love and many others as well. This is beneath them and all of MLB. - Krusty Aug 9, 13:35 4
    - You're a "just hand the ball to the ref" football fan, aren't you? nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 13:44 3
      - I am because of the late, disgraced Joe Pa. "Act like you've been there before." - Krusty Aug 9, 13:53 2
        
        But I don't get bothered by guys spiking the ball or jumping into the stands. The fans love it! - Krusty Aug 9, 13:59
        
        I kinda love that CC was one of the players that was instrumental in creating Players Weekend. nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 9, 13:57
- They just wanna be liked. -- nm* - . Aug 9, 13:26
- L4! Do you really think the *Yankees* are not going to cash in? -- nm* - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:25 1
  - Their Senior Vice President & General Manager is named Cashman. I take it as a sign. -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:29
STIS - My sister is looking for a laptop. She wants it to run Autocad. I need suggestions, or at least what to look for. -- nm - . Aug 9, 13:24 7
- Don't listen to Mop. We run CAD on laptops all the time. Look for a gaming unit or a "workstation" class laptop from someone like HP -- (edited) - oblique Aug 9, 13:46 4 1
  - yeah. I run more intensive CAD-like things on laptops all the time. we basically use HP zbooks, NVIDIA graphics, all the RAM we can cram in them. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 19:35
  - Thanks. - . Aug 9, 13:51 2
    - If she's just viewing, I'd think any laptop with a big screen and nvidia graphics would be fine. It really isn't until you try to do hard core renders - oblique Aug 9, 13:53 1
      - I'll have ask more specifically. She just said CAD. Not sure how much more she needs it do. -- nm - . Aug 9, 13:56
- Those two requirements are incompatible. - Mop Aug 9, 13:32 1
  - Or a lessor version. She has a full version on her work pc, but needs something for when she's out in the field so she can bring up plans. - . Aug 9, 13:46
Damnit people. You turkeys with "Blood Feud" in your nicknames are cluttering up my ability to search for the periodical updates. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 13:19 3
- Yup. I tried to do a search to see if anyone had posted a link to the forums and got hundreds of "Blood Feud" tagged posts back... - IrishStephen Aug 9, 13:37
- Yeah, they are rather annoying. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:21
- Start the draft! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:19
if, like me, you can never have enough USBC cables around, slickdeals has you covered. -- (link) - amanda Aug 9, 13:18 1
- I hope the donuts taste better -- nm - decline Aug 9, 13:19
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- Awesome! Congrats! -- nm - David Aug 9, 13:55
- Very nice! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 13:40
- Wahooo!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 9, 13:37
- that's great -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 13:23
- run scammers, the long arm of the law is coming, and its name is Jack -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:20 1
  - "Wild Onions" premieres on ABC in Fall 2019! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:24
- nice job! -- nm - decline Aug 9, 13:18
Saudi Arabia, while standing up to notorious human rights abuser Canada, bombed a school bus full of children in Yemen today. -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 13:13
Chain migration! Melania Trump's parents become naturalized US citizens - crash davis Aug 9, 13:06
Sessions threatened with contempt for deporting asylum seekers ahead of hearing to determine their case. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 9, 13:03 1
- Jesus said unto him...Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:10
Pence details plan for creation of Space Force in what would be the sixth branch of the military - crash davis Aug 9, 12:59 19
- someone should tell him we already have one, and it's called NASA. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 13:26
- ... what's the fifth? The Coast Guard? -- nm - landbeck Aug 9, 13:20 6
  - More like military-lite. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 9, 13:38 3
    - When I was a senior in HS and my brother came home from the Naval Academy, a friend came over to see me. - crash davis Aug 9, 13:46 2
      - And you can even work on the Great Lakes. -- nm - . Aug 9, 14:17
      - Oh, absolutely. I mean I'll still joke about a Marines' favorite meal being a box of crayons, but I respect the hell out of what they do. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 9, 14:16
  - yes -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 13:25
  - I believe that is what they are counting -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:24
- Didn't we all agree that space would not be militarized? I thought that was a thing - Guigue Aug 9, 13:17 3
  - Yes and no. There's international agreement that space-deployed WMDs are banned, but modern militaries depend on information conveyed by space-based - Roger More Aug 9, 13:24 1
    - yes and almost all navigation as well -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:39
  - China kind of screwed that up for everyone years ago -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:19
- What if they know something they aren't telling us?!? - decline Aug 9, 13:05 1
  - We got Will Smith. We're covered. -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:06
- Drink that Koolaid, Mike. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:01 1
  - This is space. It's Tang. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:15
- I understand the need but Space Force is just a stupid name. I keep imagining that British show with the puppets. -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:01 2
  - Spitting Image? -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:20 1
    - Thunderbirds -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 13:23
Okay ST, I need assistance. I am wanting something that can take the place of a car cigarette lighter so my radar detector can plug into a USB port. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:52 21
- Wait. Your car has a USB port, but not a cigarette lighter? -- nm - psilotum Aug 9, 12:56 17
  - I feel like it's hard to get one with a lighter now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 13:08 3
    - My most recent model year is 2004. - psilotum Aug 9, 13:50
    - yup, my 2017 car does not have a lighter in it -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 13:46
    - They are still around, largely due to radar detectors needing them. They usually do not have a real lighter with them. Even this car (a 2015) just had - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:09
  - It has both but am using the port for a thumb drive of music. Would like to use the lighter to create two USB ports, one for RD, one for tablet. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:58 12
    - can you bluetooth to the stereo rather than using a thumb drive? -- nm - amanda Aug 9, 13:05 1
      - Yeah, but I don't like that (it also has an auxiliary plug). I like the library being part of the car at all times. It has been at least a decade - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:08
    - Then don't you want something like this? -- (link) - psilotum Aug 9, 13:00 7
      - Uhm, I have one of those but then I can not use the radar detector. Hence this thread. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:02 6
        
        just HOW fast are you driving that mini that you need a radar detector? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 9, 13:04 4
        
        I have had a RD in every car I have owned since about 1987. They are a MUST. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:06 3
        
        and aren't very effective against modern tech -- nm - decline Aug 9, 13:11 2
        
        Depends on type of signal but are *very* effective for my commute. Yes, Audis and crap set them off at close range in front of you but I can know... -- (edited) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:14 1
        
        wow - yes you need that thing!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 9, 13:15
        
        You need a lot of outlets -- nm - psilotum Aug 9, 13:03
    - This is the alternative, but kinda bulky. -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:59 1
      - Went ahead and got this. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 13:20
- 12V 0.7A vs 12V 1A -- nm - amanda Aug 9, 12:54 1
  - Ah. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:55
- The other -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:52
LIR: I'm reading "Pachinko", by Min Jin Lee. - Marlowe Aug 9, 12:45
republican education...Kansas governor's race only 91 votes apart, because someone couldn't add numbers correctly -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 12:40 4
- Voter Fraud!! -- nm - Kris Kobach Aug 9, 12:43
- nailed it -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 12:41 [Backboard] 1
  - here, you use our kalkoolater -- nm - cute russian girl with dufflebag of cash Aug 9, 12:48
- Practice your cipherin'! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 12:41
WWE: Maria Kanellis broke her wrist at the performance center -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 12:38 1
- She won’t be ready for Asuka that way. -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 13:14
Memo to self: when elected (or appointed in the case here), just stay off Twitter -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 9, 12:32 3
- I noticed there was a high paying job with Homeland Security available in Boise. First thought "I'll have to get Bery to delete 1000s of posts" -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 12:54
- I don't buy her explanation. The tweet is super aggressive, but in that last part she meant to say that his country of birth gave him - Guigue Aug 9, 12:45 1
  - yeah, I agree. the tone isn't consistent with her explanation. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 19:39
and thanks amoxy! -- nm - amanda Aug 9, 12:24
How Kate Upton Saved Justin Verlander's Career -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 9, 12:22 8
- He named his car Eleanor? Be more original! -- nm - Roger More Aug 9, 13:09 1
  - Eleanor Gee-I-Think-You're-Swellanor -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 13:15
- It was *his* phone that was hacked. Didn't see that one coming. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 12:58 1
  - It was probably his lock screen image. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 13:05
- That's actually a much better story than I thought it'd be. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 9, 12:36
- Short answer: BOOBS. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 12:31
- The power of... yeah, we know. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:24
- My money is on "used her boobs as a flotation device." -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 9, 12:24
$1,403 -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 9, 12:21

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