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WWE: Triple H who tore a pec muscle during a match, tweets a before picture before he goes to surgery... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 5, 16:48
My email spam just created a poll: What's the most germ-ridden place at an airport? -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:34 4
- Since the board is rolling, the correct answer is the self-check-in kiosks. -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:54
- the bio-hazard barrels in the repair areas -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 16:47
- Armrests on the gate seats -- nm - TWuG Nov 5, 16:46 1
  - Good guess but no. -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:52
Oath is going to be renamed. Guess the new name! Or make one up. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 16:17 7
- also at least the new name is descriptive. there will be less David-like confusion this way. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 16:30
- they're Australianising: Bloody Oath. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 16:28
- Let's start with something simple. What's Oath? -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:22 3
  - What budice said. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 16:27 2
    - I feel like you think you've answered my question, and I think I hate you. -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:37
    - technically also AOL. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 16:28
- Yahoo! -- nm - budice Nov 5, 16:22
Wizards of the Coast decides to release a surprise Magic the Gathering product a month from now with MSRP of $335.76 per box. Suffice to say, ouch! -- (link) - Qale Nov 5, 16:15 1
- Sealed boxes come with a box topper, done masterpiece style, and nearly every one I saw on Twitter was a money card. -- (edited) - Tim Nov 5, 16:19
Interesting look at the Beatles White Album box set that is coming out -- (link) - Remlik Nov 5, 16:03 19
- How many copies of each Beatles album can a person own? - Krusty Nov 5, 16:06 18
  - it's the unreleased stuff I'm interested in. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:11 3
    - How are there still unreleased stuff?!? - Krusty Nov 5, 16:17 2
      - they did tons of takes and cover songs when they were in the studio. it's crazy how much they did... -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:28 1
        
        they were studio hogs when they were working 15-20 hour days when they were focused. And apparently there is still unreleased stuff - Remlik Nov 5, 16:29
  - Zero works well for me. -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:06 13
    - Me as well. But I'm willing to bet the boomers will buy yet another copy -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:11 12
      - One of my best friends is an avid Beatles fan - eag Nov 5, 16:13 7
        
        Nothing better than 10 copies of the same songs! -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:15 6
        
        Says the guy who buys as many different sneakers -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 16:39 3
        
        Different is the important word in your sentence. I don't own five of the same exact sneaker -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:50
        
        threadkiller -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:44 1
        
        Except it's not as I don't buy multiple pairs of the same sneaker. I can barely afford the one. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:51
        
        except it's not that. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:28
        
        Doesn't matter to him if it's different - eag Nov 5, 16:26
      - THE worst generation. -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:12
      - heh...wait till the beastie boys remasters and box sets come out. then we'll talk -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:12 2
        
        Here's another found collection of Jimi Hendrix humming while waiting for the engineers to get the studio set up -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 16:15
        
        Ha! Unless there's new songs I wouldn't be interested. I'm not an audiophile so remastered doesn't interest me. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:14
A last ditch effort to show a softer touch? -- (link) - amoxy Nov 5, 15:54 6
- I think there is one thing that we must keep in mind regarding anything to do with him. - mud Nov 5, 16:04
- more like a calculated gambit to reel in a few folks who might feel guilty voting for him again -- nm - rollo Nov 5, 15:56 2
  - If he had *any* real political savvy at all, he would and could have easily raised his approval rating 10-15%. And *that* would have been an October - Jovian Nov 5, 16:00
  - Hopefully it loses him even more. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 15:59
- "I dunno, learn the violin?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 15:56
- He really speaks like someone who finished school after the 3rd grade. -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 15:55
Ha ha oh if this were to happen -- (link) - Reagen Nov 5, 15:52 1
- Also -- (link) - Reagen Nov 5, 15:56
LSU tracked down the student who made the social media rounds after Bama smackdown -- (link) - budice Nov 5, 15:29 2
- She could have taken that very poorly. Good for her for turning this into a win. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 15:32 1
  - It looked like she was mugging for the camera and barely holding back laughter. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 16:15
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- Also, ASIC *wishes* it could be 1/10 as scary as the SEC. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 5, 16:02 1
  - hey, if you're not careful they'll hit you with a stern corporate officer ban. though the one place they have teeth is of course where I work. - mafic Nov 5, 16:25
- Only in Victoria. They also get a day off for (essentially) the Australian super bowl. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 15:59
- My whole team is leaving for the day at 12:00 to go to a boozy team lunch/pub crawl. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 5, 15:44 1
  - Sounds about right :) -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 15:52
- do you prefer today's other holiday about Parliament not being blown up? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 15:44
- Melbourne Cup, The race that stops Victoria although apparently the nation -- nm - Karl_S Nov 5, 15:39
- Ah, the Melbourne Cup? Very important day :) -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 15:34
- Do we have more holidays than normal? - Guigue Nov 5, 15:31
RE:WalkingDeadfinalee. Can not recall if it was mentioned here but the part of the [spoiler] I am most excited about... - Spawn Nov 5, 15:17 6
- you want a spoil? -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 15:26 5
  - sure -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 15:27 4
    - spoils - Jovian Nov 5, 15:29 3
      - Spoilers. - Volnelk Nov 5, 16:55
      - Like in Word War Z? - Spawn Nov 5, 15:35
      - yup -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 15:35
Sam Bradford had not practiced for previous 5 weeks in Arizona because that left knee is basically bone on bone. No cartilage on the knee. -- (link) - budice Nov 5, 15:12 1
- But it'll heal, right? -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 15:40
USOC moves forward with plan to scrap USA Gymnastics org as governing body for the sport. -- (link) - budice Nov 5, 15:02 2
- I like how the Associated Press managed to avoid throwing shade at Mary Bono even though she's likely largely responsible for this outcome. - Mop Nov 5, 15:35
- "Say hello to the new and improved USA Jimnastics!!! See! It's completely different!" -- nm - USOC Nov 5, 15:10
Kind of cool. To celebrate their 150th anniversary next season, the Reds will wear 15 different throwbacks. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 5, 14:58 4
- Joey style? -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 15:55 1
  - “Could I BE wearing any more clothes?!” -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 16:22
- A closer look at their sesquicentennial uniforms. -- (link) - Ender Nov 5, 15:02 1
  - I like the '56 unis the most out of the group. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 16:00
Hey Secret Stalker peeps, do you want to vote on whether or not we should change things up, or do you want me to choose? - kelly Nov 5, 14:45 6
- you know I am a yes vote for my charity suggestion -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 15:07 3
  - I think your suggestion was we donate as a group to one charity? Will we be able to decide on which one - this *is* ST :) - Meg Nov 5, 15:56
  - In addition to or in lieu of a gift exchange? -- nm - kelly Nov 5, 15:09 1
    - can I say both? if not in lieu of. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 15:11
- I like the charity thing -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 14:50 1
  - What's the charity thing? I want to buy a gift too and not just donate to a charity. That's boring otherwise. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 15:58
Chris Cillizza needs to be sent down to the minors after the midterms. -- nm - mud Nov 5, 14:44 2
- I loved him at the WaPo. He’s a dumpster fire at CNN - Will Hunting Nov 5, 15:01 1
  - Him, Don Lemon and Alisyn Camerota all need to be let go. -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 15:28
PFM - has your daughter seen Blackadder Goes Fourth? -- nm - LMS Nov 5, 14:39 1
- do we have 3 days to find out? -- nm - Sir Tony Robinson/Time Team Fan Nov 5, 14:44
Overlord B-. Plot was thin so it either needed another set piece to fill or should have been 85 minutes. -- (edited) - LMS Nov 5, 14:35
This sums up my current feelings pretty well. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 5, 14:20 1
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When it is your job to run the New York Marathon - JD Nov 5, 14:12
I want this rug (it's amusing.) -- (link) - Andie Nov 5, 14:06 [Image] 2
- very smart & creative [says the man who collects Navajo rugs] -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 14:32
- great for drunken parties -- nm - groiny Nov 5, 14:10
Metallica did an acoustic show over the weekend for their charity. the article has links to several of the songs. -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 5, 13:58
For Dawson -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:47 2
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  - You and I are quite different in some ways. -- nm - David Nov 5, 14:20
eeerrrrmmmmm "One of the Ivanka trademarks approved by China is for voting machines." -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:46
I tried on a pair of high-end noise cancelling headphones at Best Buy for the first time this weekend. Holy hell, what black magic was that? - oblique Nov 5, 13:44 4
- Speaking of, I was in a Best Buy today for the first time in several months - Reagen Nov 5, 15:22
- Noise cancelling freaks me out. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 13:48 2
  - I *love* mine. - Lisa “Frenchy” Fuqua Nov 5, 14:50
  - It was like... "Clear the mechanism..." *shwooop* - oblique Nov 5, 13:49
And since we're talking about, umm, counties north of NYC, time to revisit one of my favorite perennial argument topics -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:44 3
- I would say Nyack, Hudson Valley is not Upstate...I'm in the Poukeepsie group -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 5, 14:19 1
  - and....even in upstate you have regions like Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, North Country (Potsdam/Plattsburgh), Adirondacks, Western NY (Buffalo/Roc) -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 5, 14:22
- Once you get to Westchester you're upstate -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:50
I had an impromptu job interview this afternoon for a job at N’s school. I’ve been subbing in the position for the last few weeks, but of course - kelly Nov 5, 13:43 3
- I'm sure you nailed it. -- nm - Covington Nov 5, 14:39
- This is what my mom did. Worked in my school as a lunch lady in each of the schools. I was so annoyed/happy. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 14:05
- Nice! Best of luck and good thoughts! -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:51
How the New York town of North Tarrytown rebranded itself as Sleepy Hollow. -- (link) - Mop Nov 5, 13:35 [youtube] 3
- It was a smart move. They get a good amount of tourism, especially this time of year. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:56
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- I was actually reading about this a couple of months back while I was in that area for a few days. - ty97 Nov 5, 13:42
Greg, she's talking about the residents of this village -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:35 2
- She also mentioned this village (soon to be town) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:36 1
  - She posted it on October 31, her FB page is public -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:39
kid, your *face* is a grilled cheese. (better?) -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 13:34
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight undefeated Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa; New Year's Eve in Tokyo -- (link) - Beaker Nov 5, 13:33 1
- And they will be fighting with... *spins the wheel of death*... tridents! -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 13:34
97-is this the same cousin who was in favor of family separation at the borders where the brown people come from? Or is this another family member? -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 13:29 12
- This is another family member, one that I'm admittedly not close with - ty97 Nov 5, 13:31 5
  - I will say that I have in fact heard about this issue with a particular sect. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:38 1
    - (Another side of this is it's difficult to imagine his Republican opponent not taking money from an ultra-ultra community) -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:46
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    - I'm in town but can't make it tonight. Thanks though! -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:34
  - or I think it's another one at least? I have at least one uncle and numerous cousins who are Trump supporters -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:33
- "How many awful cousins do you have?" - David Nov 5, 13:31 5
  - L3 -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 5, 14:16
  - I have a ton of awesome cousins too! -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:39
  - I have a similarly enormous number of cousins. A non zero number are total assholes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:36 2
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      - I'm the adorable clever one! -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 15:22
TV PSA: Arrow, DWTS, Neighbourhood, Resident, Voice, Raw, Happy Together, Legends of Tomorrow, 911, Magnum PI, Busy Tonight, Bull, Real HW, Manifest, -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 13:29 2
- Good Doctor, Samantha Bee, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 13:29 1
  - We're going to be watching PBS tonight to avoid political ads getting repeated back to back -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 16:12
We knew this about Walking Dead, right? Spoilers -- (link) - Diva Nov 5, 13:27 5
- yes, they announced all this on Talking Dead last night. -- nm - groiny Nov 5, 13:29 4
  - hey you -- (edited) - mud Nov 5, 13:36 2
    - do I have to? -- nm - groiny Nov 5, 14:13 1
      - you must. -- nm - mud Nov 5, 14:25
  - Ah. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 13:30
"I'm not against a certain group. That would be horrible...but THESE PEOPLE are stereotype, stereotype, and stereotype" -- nm - David Nov 5, 13:26
I know we have some of these hasidic villages in Rockland/Orange counties and some locals don't take well to them but yikes -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:25
LIR: Mop: Blizzard: ‘Diablo Immortal’ Developed From Scratch, Not Built on Bones of Any Game -- (link) - oblique Nov 5, 13:25 3
- If fanboys weren’t the audience, why build the hype and announce it at your fanboycon? Also: Don’t you have phones? -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:31 1
  - Problem is these conferences are also essentially press events. So you get a bit of both. -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 13:34
- OK, so they're very clear about that, but I believe they're lying. - Mop Nov 5, 13:28
shalom! -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 13:24

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