ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 153

Randolph County, GA Board of Elections decides not to close polling places -- (link) - Roger More Aug 24, 08:38
Robin Leach (lifestyles of the rich and famous) has passed away -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:31 1
- :( *lifts a champagne toast in his honor* -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:37
STIS: Easiest ways to convert foreign currency (coins) to USD? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:23 19
- Will the currency exchange at the airport take coins? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 08:45
- here -- (link) - oblique Aug 24, 08:28 3
  - nmbkilbo - can we talk diet/keto stuff? whatcha been doing? making? on a break with the kid going off to college? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:39 1
    - Still going. Made a pretty good tomato soup + fathead garlic knots last night. Mostly repeating stuff I made already right now (sausage rolls, etc) - oblique Aug 24, 08:51
  - Thanks. Found a couple of other sites like this too. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:29
- Go back to the foreign country and get some bank notes. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 24, 08:26 2
  - Maybe I'll try to find someone flying to England and give them a good conversion rate? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:27 1
    - That sounds like your best plan, honestly.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 24, 08:31
- you might try a casino -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:24 1
  - Wish I could! None here in GA. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:26
- you might try a bank -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:24 8
  - Don't take any coins. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:25 7
    - I'd probably just toss 'em in a drawer someplace then and forget about them -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:27 6
      - Which is exactly what both of us did many years ago. - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:28
      - Logan has a nice pirate chest with a good number in it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:28 4
        
        Logan is a pirate??!? -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:29 3
        
        least surprising news ever -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:37
        
        No. I insist Logan is only three years old. - crash davis Aug 24, 08:35
        
        Working on it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:29
to maintain competitive balance, the NFL should break up the Browns defense -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 08:17
John McCain will no longer be receiving treatment for his brain cancer. - znufrii, promoted Aug 24, 08:17 4
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:38
- Somewhere, John Kelly just asked WH Communications to throttle Trump's phone and Twitter accounts. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 24, 08:33
- dammit -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:23
- that sucks -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:18
This makes me super cringe. Stupid kid loses NASA internship by telling Homer Hickham: "Suck my dick and balls I'm working for NASA" via Twitter - JD Aug 24, 08:07 8
- actually, per the article, she didn't lose it for telling him that but something else semi-related - oblique Aug 24, 08:21 2
  - Well, she lost it for telling him that, but not because Hickam told Nasa, they just found it on their own. -- nm - Ender Aug 24, 08:46
  - Yup. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 08:46
- I am totally OK with this -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 08:16
- Well, she is female so that comment means that they should re-examine her basic science competency -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 08:13
- Rocket Boys Homer Hickman? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:08 2
  - yeah. And he's looking to help her get a new position. and to make sure this event doesn't leave a black mark in her file -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:12
  - Exactly. -- nm - JD Aug 24, 08:12
Man, this sucks. John McCain has decided to discontinue treatment -- (link) - decline Aug 24, 08:06 3
- Damn, too bad -- nm - amoxy Aug 24, 08:32
- that sucks -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:23
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 08:16
WSJ: Allen Weisselberg, Trump Org CFO, granted immunity by prosecutors in the Cohen investigation -- (link) - mud Aug 24, 07:58 3
- Allen? Allen who?? He might have worked for Trump Org? I don't really know him -- nm - Trump Aug 24, 08:25
- wow...well the one good thing about all this is it knocked Omarosa off my tv. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:10
- When Trump get impeached I may lock my doors and stay home for a couple days. To take it all in, and to see if the gun nuts revolt. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:05
Allen Weisselberg, the CFO of the Trump Organization, has been granted immunity from federal prosecution - Roger More Aug 24, 07:57 6
- the avalanche is picking up speed -- nm - decline Aug 24, 07:59 4
  - it actually is -- nm - Jovian Aug 24, 08:00 3
    - Trump better have another rally, quick! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:09 2
      - big GOP dinner in Ohio tonight. Kasich was not invited to it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:32
      - oh, he will -- nm - mud Aug 24, 08:14
- oh, damn. -- nm - Diva Aug 24, 07:57
*sigh* Letter from Section 8 that a renter has lost her rent coverage for failing to attend two meetings. She got 100% rent coverage, plus utilities. - Spawn Aug 24, 07:48 8
- terrible -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:02
- sorry, bub -- nm - mud Aug 24, 08:01
- ugh. :( -- nm - Diva Aug 24, 07:55
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 07:54
- That's terrible. :-( Hopefully she gets the help she seems to need. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:53
- [deleted] 2
  - I just hate seeing this stuff. Sometimes people fall down and they just continue to fall. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:55 1
    - I have a friend in a similar situation, he is my age, lived with his parents, and they both died within 6 months of each other. - groiny Aug 24, 08:00
So Affleck stopped at Jack In the Box before Jen G. drove him to Rehab. Mel may have showed me this pic last night and some improv may have ensued. - Diva Aug 24, 07:48 3
- That's usually the face I have after eating a ton of fast food. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 24, 08:34
- L4!! - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:06
- Come on Ben, we are going for a car ride! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:49
Checking BBs and seeing the Tibbetts thread, what really disgusts me and makes me want to go all Jovian on some people - NiKlaus Aug 24, 07:24 1
- It was their only ray of light on August 21. - Jovian Aug 24, 08:03
Putin's 'Tesla': The Russian maker of the AK-47 built a Soviet-style electric car it says can rival Tesla -- (link) - crash davis Aug 24, 07:22 8
- Ah. It has no battery. You have to keep it plugged in at all times. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:31 4
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Aug 24, 08:00 3
    - It goes zero to 60 in 2 seconds but then it slows down to zero again. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:06 2
      - rapid deceleration blues - mud Aug 24, 08:15 1
        
        ~I gotta reel in my cord and find a new place to stick it...~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:24
- it's very pretty -- nm - decline Aug 24, 07:28 2
  - IWHT -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:30
  - TWuG gonna be jealous -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 07:28
Kansas is playing in Brooklyn this November. First time they've played here in a while. I missed out on tickets through every presale I tried. - Krusty Aug 24, 07:17 11
- This is why I can never move to a bigger city. I like being able to get tickets to concerts. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 07:54 2
  - for 2019, I want you to track how much you pay in fees for concerts for the year. - groiny Aug 24, 07:56 1
    - for 2018 we've been to 31 different concerts, for at least 84 different bands. ~ $2,200 of tickets. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 08:52
- Jayhawks!! -- nm - Bacon Aug 24, 07:22 5
  - I'm worried about going since the last two times I watched them live they lost. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:34 4
    - Starts a Go Fund Me for you to go. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:41
    - If they play Oregon I will buy you court side tickets so you can do your thing -- nm - Bacon Aug 24, 07:40 2
      - Thanks? -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:46 1
        
        That was from one ruiner to another. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:56
- They are on my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wish list right after Weird Al. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 24, 07:20 1
  - And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 07:29
Happy 30th Birthday Ron Weasley! -- (link) - Andie Aug 24, 06:49
Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' -- (link) - Covington Aug 24, 06:42
What's your favourite statistic? the Royal Statistical Society runs a competition for the best statistic of the year. -- (link) - LMS Aug 24, 06:40 1
- The second most recognized English phrase in the world is "Coca-Cola." First is "OK." -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 24, 06:44
The Tariffs are working!! Durable good orders drop 1.7% (vs. 0.5% expected) -- (link) - decline Aug 24, 06:30
And I really, really hope the Republicans in Florida vote this woman into the House. If she wins, she'll be the first member abducted by aliens... -- (link) - decline Aug 24, 06:11 5
- Two words.....SPACE FORCE -- nm - Trump Aug 24, 07:16
- I mean it was only a matter of time if they kept electing Floridians. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 06:26
- I really hope Floridians stop voting for the GOP but that's not gonna happen. This nutter will get a lot of votes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 06:25 1
  - Old people scare easily. I mean, I *AHH AN ALIEN!* -- nm - Old Man JaxSean Aug 24, 06:58
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 06:25
Duncan Hunter totally threw his wife under the bus in an interview -- (link*) - decline Aug 24, 06:08 7
- they appeared in court together...however they arrived separately and did not sit together. Fuck them both. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:34
- Wasn't one of the charges for him and a lady friend not her at a resort? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:07
- he also says $174,000 isn't enough to live on in either San Diego or DC -- nm - decline Aug 24, 06:28 4
  - Then he should have fucking moved. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 08:44
  - I bet he opposes a national $15 minimum wage because f*ck other people. -- nm - Diva Aug 24, 06:50 2
    - precisely -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 07:20
    - We have a provincial election this fall and one of the party leaders is pushing a $15 minimum wage. -- nm - Shaun Aug 24, 06:52
Six prime ministers in eight years? It's hard to really comment on quality leadership considering where the US is today but - Krusty Aug 24, 06:06 6
- It's worth noting that this has a lot to do with Rupert Murdoch's meddling. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 06:14 5
  - Are they really even given a chance to do the job if they're getting just over a year before being ousted? - Krusty Aug 24, 06:18 4
    - They're getting three years or so, and the issues are around ideology and electability. - Roger More Aug 24, 06:56 2
      - Is there talk of dissolving the House and having a general election soon? -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 07:09 1
        
        The election is scheduled for next November, and the government would be crazy to call an election before then because they'll lose power. - Roger More Aug 24, 07:39
    - Yes. -- nm - Cleveland Browns MGT Aug 24, 06:53
(I love that people are obsessed with the Alberta rat thing) -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 05:53 2
- Well, it's rather fascinating and makes a lot of us jealous. - Krusty Aug 24, 06:07
- they'll be the only ones to survive the ratpocalypse -- nm - decline Aug 24, 06:00
ha -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 05:27
Huh. TSA is in process of opening 50 new PreCheck enrollment centers inside Staples stores nationally. - Strongbad Aug 24, 05:21 9
- I get automatic pre-check on most flights. I was told you need to be 75 but they seem flexible :) -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 08:51
- Soon everyone will have pre-check. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 24, 06:07
- [deleted]
- I have Global Entry $100/5 years, so worth it. -- nm - MDH Aug 24, 05:35 5
  - CLEAR felt like I was bribing my way to the head of the same line, so I cancelled it. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 07:22
  - I just got my Nexus card, which now works as Global Entry going to the US, and then as Nexus when entering Canada. YAY! -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 06:44
  - because you have global entry do you get into the precheck line or is it a different place? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 05:48 2
    - Same line, but it works coming home from out of the country (which is the difference). So I basically skip customs. -- nm - MDH Aug 24, 05:59 1
      - nice that would be advantageous. Our precheck line in DFW is longer than the normal lines and TSA is snotty about it. - Epiphany Aug 24, 06:23
NL ROY Update - Strongbad Aug 24, 04:56 3
- Give me Soto. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 24, 05:29 2
  - Soto's actually in a funk. His OPS is down .150 points in August, where he's at .727. It's going to be Acuna, barring something unforeseen. -- nm - David Aug 24, 08:49
  - Yes, the walk discrepancy is what's driving the OBP difference -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 07:49
Proctor&Gamble wants to trademark OMG and LOL for product names -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 24, 01:07 1
- That is so fetch. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 24, 06:38
Sony confesses: If you bought Michael Jackson's posthumous 2010 album Michael, you bought some fake Michael Jackson music -- (link) - con_carne Aug 23, 22:00 5
- I am *not* okay. -- nm - Annie Aug 24, 06:51
- “Lisa It’s Your Birthday, Happy Birthday Lisa” -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 22:28 3
  - Huh? Only one i, nevermind. -- nm - . Aug 23, 22:44 2
    - Sorry, it’s a joke about the bizarre terms of Michael jackson’s Simpsons appearance. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 22:55 1
      - I know. - . Aug 23, 23:30
Big Brother new HOH spoiler - peglegpete Aug 23, 21:09 1
- *soulless blank stare* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 03:43
Our donation evaluator for the bookstore asked where we'd like her to shelve a donation of graphic novels. - Meg Aug 23, 20:59 2
- I'm assuming she went for the other meaning of graphic. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 05:46
- Seriously. Get those to eye level so they can see them and they'll sell. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 05:42
13-4 Baron Wasteland 13-5 JF 13-6 crash davis -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 23, 20:53 1
- Move along home. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 24, 04:34
the Oregon man who harassed the Bison in Yellowstone National Park last month, has been sentenced. -- (link*) - peglegpete Aug 23, 20:50 4
- He created a hostile park environment. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 24, 04:36 1
  - do you feel good about this? - Epiphany Aug 24, 05:48
- The bison was the bigger man. - . Aug 23, 21:27
- 118 days punishment more than Urban Meyer got -- nm - Bacon Aug 23, 20:58

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)