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QV: Reagen, Rollo, Alex2, Kim, Alf, Dano, Bud -- nm - budice Sep 6, 15:43 3
- It’s your pick. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 6, 15:44 2
  - I picked, see page 8 -- nm - budice Sep 6, 15:44 1
    - Ah, Reagen, rollo, me, Woody done. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Sep 6, 15:45
If Brazilian elections weren't already complicated enough, someone attacked the leading candidate with a knife today. - Marlowe Sep 6, 15:31 2
- Amateurs -- nm - Putin Sep 6, 15:38 1
  - Bolsonaro, the knifed guy, probably is Putin's candidate, if he cares to have one here.. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Sep 6, 15:41
I had a mocha frappinco today. No orange -- nm - Amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Sep 6, 15:31 2
- because orange and chocolate is gross. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:41 1
  - Unless you are a Neopet -- nm - Qale Sep 6, 15:50
Blue Jays will sign a different manager this offseason despite one year plus option left on Gibby's contact. -- (link) - zork Sep 6, 15:30
"Oh, okay, so now I'm the bad guy 'cause I wanted to have an elegant Timberlake/Biel-style wedding, while you wanted to walk down the aisle carrying a - prayformojo Sep 6, 15:27
Roger Waters....75 today -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 15:26
I'm amused at people pulling the sweatshop card on Nike as an answer to Kaepernick. Oh, so now you give a shit about *that*. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:22 8
- Alternatively... - IrishStephen Sep 6, 15:34 7
  - I'm more likely to avoid a brand for such reasons. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 17:05
  - I did consider buying their stock on the dip, does that count? -- nm - znufrii Sep 6, 15:52 1
    - Eh, that's just good money sense. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 6, 15:58
  - Well, I don't think it's affected my chances of buying nike at all. Although I do need to buy new shoes. - Beryllium Sep 6, 15:44 1
    - I can't remember the last time I bought a "name brand" shoe. - IrishStephen Sep 6, 16:02
  - Yes - loyalty to brands over "messages" are silly - Reagen Sep 6, 15:40 1
    - It would be a great ad without Kaepernick; his presence only serves to make it a controversial ad, but, controversy sells, so... -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 6, 16:04
"What did phones look like, in the 70s, or whenever they were invented?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:19
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 6, 15:18 1
- Heh -- nm - zork Sep 6, 15:23
Stupid gentrification. Our Toronto strip club is closing. -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 15:16 8
- TBF it (and two other strip clubs) are on one of the major streets of the city. -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 15:22 1
  - Enough with your logic! -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 15:26
- Is Gentrification the name of the cocktail bar that's taking over the space? -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:20 4
  - "98-story condo" -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 15:25 3
    - But now I want to open a cocktail bar called that. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:26 2
      - I'd invest in that -- nm - zork Sep 6, 15:31 1
        
        Be sure to have MDH design the website and the menu :-) -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 15:34
- That's not good -- nm - zork Sep 6, 15:19
Pretzels, kombucha, twizzlers, Tom cruise. #winning -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 15:11
This is one of the more unique takes on the anonymous op-ed I’ve seen, from a friend... - znufrii, promoted Sep 6, 15:08
Why flat Earthers and Holocaust-deniers won't change their mind: Researchers say some people's brains are wired to value feedback over facts - crash davis Sep 6, 15:06 2
- This explains people like Kanye and Candace Owens -- nm - Jovian Sep 6, 15:12 1
  - Trump -- nm - zork Sep 6, 15:18
~I go ape, my best friend is Dora the Explorador/ That line was dope, I had to smuggle it through Florida~ -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 14:58
Mattel launches film studio.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 6, 14:55 2
- Sweet - time for the Barbie Cinematic Universe. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 15:37 1
  - Barbie, Winx, Hot Wheels, He-Man ... that's ... well, I'm not saying it's a sure shot, but there's a chance for greatness there. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 15:38
Burt Reynolds :( -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 14:52
*golf spoilers* - Strongbad Sep 6, 14:52 1
- Give him credit. From rock bottom to playing some credible golf. Not the dominance of yesteryear. But he's making an effort to play regularly. -- nm* - budice Sep 6, 15:11
About Robert Newton being drunk on set -- (link) - zork Sep 6, 14:51
Cincinnati shooter was armed with 500 rounds. Details still emerging. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 6, 14:46
Less clear cut movie choices: Should I go see Perfect Blue tonight? - JD Sep 6, 14:38 2
- It’s good but the least good of Satoshi Kon’s films in my opinion. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 6, 14:48 1
  - Thanks. - JD Sep 6, 15:03
Shooting in St. Catherines (west of Niagara Falls), multiple victims, not active shooter but searching for suspect(s). -- nm - zork Sep 6, 14:34 2
- My home town gets a mention on ST!! I'm about 5 kilometers away so I'm good. -- nm - ryancoke Sep 6, 15:22 1
  - OMG, you live! -- nm - zork Sep 6, 15:24
His final bastion has banned him.. - Jovian Sep 6, 14:31 2
- The day after Twitter was on Congress answering questions about silencing voices? I guess they finally realized they had to walk the walk. -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 14:37
- maybe the Donald will give him a pardon -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 14:37
You definitely care: in three days since getting the new laptop, I'm up 300 skill rating points in Overwatch - Reagen Sep 6, 14:26 5
- so I don't suck at this game, I just have bad tech :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:40 4
  - by "bad tech" you mean "10 thumbs"? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 14:53 1
    - and slow reactions compared to Truman -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:54
  - I mean, it helps. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 14:50 1
    - Loading web pages on my second work computer was way faster - zork Sep 6, 14:55
As the NFL season prepares to kick off, all I keep thinking is... - David Sep 6, 14:21 5
- 😚 -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 14:48
- Yes, yes they do suck -- nm - Amoxy Sep 6, 14:36
- I almost named my team this year the Fighting Jerick McKinnons. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 14:26
- With pick 4-7 I take Royce Freeman. Kelly, Budice, NWBR up -- nm* - Bacon Sep 6, 14:25
- Quite possibly, you have the greatest IM of the day -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:24
"Dewey, have you tried peeing?" - groiny Sep 6, 14:16 17
- Dewey was one of my favorite characters. He almost never failed to make me laugh -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:19 16
  - having just started season 3 again, I forgot how fantastic Neil McDonaugh is as Robert Quarles..... - groiny Sep 6, 14:32 7
    - I don't think I've ever seen a role where Neil McDonaugh failed to deliver the goods -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:40 2
      - For the love of God, why won't you people watch Boomtown??? -- nm - David Sep 6, 15:09 1
        
        Are you saying that McDonaugh fails to deliver the goods in it? I’m confused. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 15:27
    - I hated him the first time. The second time he was amazing. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 14:35 3
      - the scene with him and Wynn Duffy..... spoils.... - groiny Sep 6, 14:38 2
        
        Wynn Duffy's looks are the secret star of Justified. -- nm - David Sep 6, 15:08 1
        
        Because of Wynn Duffy. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 15:20
  - Dickie would be a better Manson, but Dewey will be great! -- nm - mud Sep 6, 14:23
  - Remind me (spoils) - Jovian Sep 6, 14:20 5
    - I think you may be thinking about Dickie Bennett -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 14:21 1
      - yep I was -- nm - Jovian Sep 6, 14:28
    - spoils..... - groiny Sep 6, 14:21 2
      - Yeah, the actor was filming at the time. With limited availability, they decided to go that route. - David Sep 6, 14:23 1
        
        well, we will get a good look at him when he plays Manson -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 14:23
  - I started a full rewatch, it is crazy how many great characters are on the show. -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 14:20
Large wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation (One small little problem though) - crash davis Sep 6, 14:13 2
- More heat in the Sahara. That’s what they needed! -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 15:39
- (african war zone. ship of death!) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 14:38
Man convicted of punching the alt-right Charlottesville organizer in the head fined $1, no jail time - crash davis Sep 6, 14:01
Due to an earthquake in Japan, the Nintendo Direct was pulled from the schedule. -- (link*) - Qale Sep 6, 14:00
I don’t know the last time I ended a day with only eight emails in my inbox. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Sep 6, 13:52 1
- you could stay and end your day with zero -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:54
Help me remember a scene from The Jerk. Somebody says something and Steven Martin says, "It is??" They say something else and he says, "I have?!?!" Is - mara Sep 6, 13:49 11
- that's a scene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, isnt it? -- nm - mud Sep 6, 14:25 1
  - It felt like it to me as well -- nm - zork Sep 6, 14:31
- I may have found it in the transcript, the scene where they're on the beach - Max Sep 6, 14:24 3
  - "I dont know how you handle all the weighlessness." -- nm - Jovian Sep 6, 14:26
  - THAT'S IT!! -- nm - mara Sep 6, 14:25 1
    - It is? -- nm - Max Sep 6, 14:26
- thinking of The Man with Two Brains maybe? - Jovian Sep 6, 14:22
- are you sure you have the right actor and movie? - groiny Sep 6, 14:05 1
  - it sounds like it could be The Jerk, but all I remember distinctly are the new phone books -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 14:09
- I can't recall offhand but it might be related to when he learns about his Special Purpose. - Max Sep 6, 14:05
- Does the “get yarn” site have clips from the jerk? Could help find surrounding dialogue. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 13:54
MDH is just entering his 30s. I just realized I've been misspelling "acknowledgment" since my 20s. -- nm - Max Sep 6, 13:49
MDH is 31?! How the heck did that happen? -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 13:38 2
- I went with JackDawson to a concert 9 years ago. I was a baby then! -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 14:11
- see 31 years and 9 months ago, zygotes and shit -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:40
Michael Moore Claims Gwen Stefani Was the Reason Donald Trump Ran for President - crash davis Sep 6, 13:38 7
- Yeah, that makes as much sense as anything. -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 14:40
- "it just went off the rails" -- the last two years aptly summarized -- nm - David Sep 6, 13:49
- Not really 'because of' though. Because of an immense inferiority complex, sure. -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 13:41 2
  - of course, but I chose that headline imagining that we could point at her and say "A-HAH!" -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:44 1
    - I mean I chose People's headline, I didn't write it myself -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:44
- That shit is bananas. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 6, 13:40 1
  - lol -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 6, 14:32
B1 is a No Thwarting Zone. - Beryllium Sep 6, 13:37
LIR: Pippy. There were donuts in the office today. I resisted. It helped that an acquaintance we work with that I hadn't seen in a few months kinda - oblique Sep 6, 13:27 3
- Victory!! You must look noticeably different with that type of weight loss. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 13:44 1
  - also this chicken thigh recipe with roasted red pepper cream sauce is amazeballs -- (link) - Epiphany Sep 6, 13:48
- Resistance is futile. -- nm - Locutus of Kreme Sep 6, 13:28
I saw that SyrDragon mentioned hard cider on B2. Boise is getting its first cider house. 19 ciders and 1 kombucha on tap. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:20 14
- We're supposed to get a meadery soon. Looking forward go it. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 13:47 1
  - I don't know if I could deal with a meadery. Too much temptation to go in dressed as a Viking -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:52
- Lots of local ones here in Upstate NY -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 6, 13:37 3
  - Isn't that prime apple country? -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:39 2
    - New York and Ontario - zork Sep 6, 13:42 1
      - My old stomping grounds produced the majority of the apples in the US, so I forget where else they come from -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:51
- I've made cider a few times. It's dead easy and you can add a lot of flavors. - Reagen Sep 6, 13:29 5
  - I like cider - zork Sep 6, 13:40
  - how long does it have to ferment? -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:34 3
    - ~2 weeks. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 13:34 2
      - did you need any special equipment or did your beer set up suffice? -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:36 1
        
        Nothing different no. - Reagen Sep 6, 14:24
- get Trish transferred there! -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 13:20 1
  - The rep for this new place did not show up for the 10 am meeting. No word, and a nurse told Trish that she may not be going anywhere today. - crash davis Sep 6, 13:27
Researchers Find First Known Plant-Eating Shark - crash davis Sep 6, 13:17 2
- Baby shark, doo doo doodoo doodoo... -- nm - znufrii, promoted Sep 6, 13:51
- Free Waterfall Jr. seen lurking in the background. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 6, 13:22
ST PIRR Poll: How much was Strongbad just offered by a reputable online dealer/collector - Strongbad Sep 6, 13:12 17
- Wow. Walk in, or something you posted online? -- nm - Max Sep 6, 13:38 1
  - There are a couple of sites out there where their model is - Strongbad Sep 6, 13:45
- $175 -- nm - Flavorize Sep 6, 13:33
- $100 even Bob -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 6, 13:32
- $312.50. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 6, 13:23 6
  - WINNER WINNER!!!!!! - Strongbad Sep 6, 13:36 5
    - "I wouldn't think you could put a price on your childhood." "Neither would I but here we are." -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 14:26
    - Nice! Maybe I should finally get those boxes out of mom's garage like she's been begging me to do. -- nm - David Sep 6, 13:50
    - Cha Ching! Very cool -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 13:42
    - Wow, that's very cool. -- nm - mara Sep 6, 13:38
    - *thud* -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 6, 13:37
- $71, if we are PIRR (actually, I'll guess $185) -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 13:18
- $70 -- nm - mara Sep 6, 13:17
- have you watched Power of Greyskull on Netflix? - Jovian Sep 6, 13:16 1
  - Nope. (We have Hulu, not Netflix) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 13:17
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline Sep 6, 13:16
- $65, 4 magic beans and a staff job at the White House -- nm - peglegpete Sep 6, 13:14
Working from home tomorrow - woo!! -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 13:12

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