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roll tide -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 08:25 2
- time -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 08:26 1
  - ha, I just rewatched Time and Tide (Hark Tsui, 2000) last night!! -- nm - mud Dec 16, 08:28
You and ty97 are now Ultra Friends! -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 08:11
The murder charges against Major Matt Golsteyn - amoxy Dec 16, 07:53 1
- Dont worry Amoxy, Trump is going to get to the bottom of it. -- nm - Jovian Dec 16, 07:56
I now have a Kitchen-Aid mixer. So much baking is about to happen in the Krusty house. Today, gingerbread cookies for my clients. - Krusty Dec 16, 07:31 4
- nice -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 08:24
- :) -- nm - Ben Affleck Dec 16, 07:55
- bakerwithweakforearmssayswhat -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:38 1
  - Seriously. Making icing by hand sucks. -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 08:23
Southampton!! -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 07:24 1
- Yessir. Fantastic. Now Man U getting a result will be the cherry on top of the weekend. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 16, 07:35
CardiB's badonkadonk you still have Wentz starting in Caveman. -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 06:47 2
- and right now in the other Caveman semi-final the projected points are .01 apart...should be a fun day -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 06:48 1
  - one of the Super Feud matchups is .21 apart... -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 06:49
Mortal Engines has a budget of 100mil. I doubt it makes 25mil domestic. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 06:16 2
- I suspect it does "fine" internationally. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 06:57
- That hurts. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 16, 06:34
This is without a doubt the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and I remind you that I work with teenagers -- (link) - Reagen Dec 16, 05:59 4
- I believe most of the replie to him are “and what’s the temperature on Venus?” -- nm - Tim Dec 16, 08:08
- fucking snowflake. learn to breathe CO2 you wussy -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 06:46
- I mean, he’s technically correct. It’s not an existential threat to the *planet*, but that’s a dumb hair to split. -- nm - mafic Dec 16, 06:15 1
  - "also, the moon has 0% CO2 in its atmosphere and is totally lifeless. Make up your mind, libs!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 06:36
"When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought." -- nm - David Dec 15, 22:47
::shudder:: -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 21:24 4
- watch this. Lily Hevesh put up a 30 minute video of a lot of her domino topples today. no music, just soothing domino falling sounds -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 15, 21:26 [youtube] 3
  - That's pretty neat -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:44 2
    - she's one of the top domino artists in the world, and puts a new video up every Saturday. -- nm* - peglegpete Dec 15, 22:23
    - I just want to keep watching. -- nm - . Dec 15, 22:09
Our speaker at the Arch.Soc. on Thursday was the same one I quoted back in 2015 - and he told the same story :) -- (link) - Meg Dec 15, 21:17 [Backboard] 2
- I hope he charged less because of the repetitions -- nm - peglegpete Dec 15, 21:23 1
  - Eh, people speak to us out of love of the discipline :) We sometimes pay gas and hotel but you have to be really special for that. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 21:25
I've only owned consoles 1, 3, and 10 on this list. And of the rest, I've never played 8, 12, and possibly 11. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:10 11
- Owned 1,2,7,9,10,11. Played them all except 12. -- nm - mafic Dec 16, 06:17
- I’ve only ever owned Intellivision and Wii -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 06:13
- 1, 3, 6, 9. The original AtRi was my first -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 06:08
- Atari 2600, intellivision, - where’s the Wii? - Will Hunting Dec 16, 04:36
- Technically, my first one was 1 (my cousin had an Atari 2600 which lived in our grandma's house). Also had 9, 11 and now the 13 (or 14 NM) - Marlowe Dec 16, 03:57
- Owned 1,3,4,9,and 11 -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 22:01
- My answer is none of the above, but I've owned all of them. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:55
- I've owned 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 and 10. My first was the Atari 2600. I still have it. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 21:43 2
  - 1976 I got a Fairchild Video Game System. Look that one up. That was my first. Later I got the Atari 2600 -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 22:30 1
    - I've had and seen a lot of video game systems but I've never even heard of this one. Neat! The oddest one I've had was the Vectrex. - Krusty Dec 16, 06:05
- Oddly there's no Xbone on there, which I also haven't played. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:11
Today I made the beta site 115kb smaller per page load, and improved functionality on the main site as well. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:03 2
- LOL, sorry for that downtime blip, I upgraded some server packages on the database server and it took longer than expected to restart. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:22
- To be fair to the beta site, that 115kb file was probably getting cached, so it wasn't being downloaded every time. But still way more than was needed -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:04
A funny story about the comeuppance of what I presume is a sleazy property developer. -- (link*) - Beryllium Dec 15, 20:39 1
- At least the Robert Disney house in L.A. was saved from demolition and is now back with the Disney family. - Meg Dec 15, 20:55
Joe Ricketts is such a terrible human being. -- nm - David Dec 15, 20:28 5
- You'll have to be more specific. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 21:11 4
  - He's the latest billionaire to claim he's a slave. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:54 1
    - As if giving rise to Pete Ricketts wasn't enough. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 22:55
  - "John Joseph Ricketts (born July 16, 1941)" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:12 1
    - Yep, that one. The rest are variable. -- nm - . Dec 15, 21:47
LDB out. Carowinds got me again this year. On the way out of the park too. -- nm - CQ Dec 15, 20:26 5
- But you got to ride Fury 325, right? So, you really win. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:55 4
  - Nope, that’s loaded during Winterfestat night. I got to ride Afterburn which was fun, intense. -- nm - CQ Dec 15, 22:05 3
    - Ooh, I love those ski lift rides! -- nm - David Dec 15, 22:40 1
      - There was no line too, so I got to be in front. -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 06:10
    - Loaded = closed -- nm - CQ Dec 15, 22:05
ss package received and opened. will post onto facebook once I find my phone and take a photo. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 15, 19:54
Typical USPS. Stalker package still 'in transit to destination.' No change in status since it left here on the 12th :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 19:36 4
- I completely understand. I mailed mine on the 13th. Priority mail. - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 19:38 3
  - Mine went priority on the 12th. Expected delivery by 8:00 pm today. Guess we'll see. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 19:50
  - I had a priority package take 2 weeks last month. I'm using their comp. tracking to tell me when my stalking victim gets their package. -- (edited) - peglegpete Dec 15, 19:45 1
    - I typed mine into a doc on my desktop. Copy and paste to Google. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 19:51
Now watching: Star Trek - Discovery S01E12 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 19:35
"yeah, why don't you blow me Colin" Spy is such a fun movie -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 19:25 1
- I need to rewatch it. It's been a while and seems rewatchable. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 19:41
why did they even bother to add "guided games" to destiny if it takes 30+ mins to find a game? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 15, 19:14 1
- Supply and demand, it’s much easier to find a game outside of prime time - J Dec 16, 05:24
F me. I'm against Kaimi Fairbairn in 2 of my 4 games this week. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 15, 18:33
Mrs. Maisel Episode 7...spoils... - Remlik Dec 15, 18:24 1
- Yup -- nm - Amoxy Dec 15, 19:17
A is for Aquaman. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 18:24 3
- Wet Panther. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 18:53 1
  - If he was a bad guy, he'd be called ... - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:05
- excellent! -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 18:25
Sunken Garden -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 15, 18:00 [Attachment]
decline, you still have Wentz in as a starter. I want to win but just a head's up :0 -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:59
Mayfield looks amazingly solid -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 17:29 3
- Nick Chubb haulin the mail too -- nm - budice Dec 15, 18:22
- where is the game playing? NFL Network here says the games should be on but they are fucking not -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:30 1
  - NFL here had a 5:30 start time listed. at 5:30 there was 3 minutes gone and a score. someone local who set a timer may be upset when he watches it. -- nm - peglegpete Dec 15, 17:36
wow, nice catch Robby !!! -- nm - mud Dec 15, 16:33
Krusty I think the Jets are going to win this one -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 15:41 5
- *pets his Texans kicker* Also, cavemen should check their teams, specifically my opponent -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 16:23 1
  - I have the Texans kicker vs NWBR. I want one more kick to tie it up -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 16:29
- I could use 5 more yards from Robbie Anderson -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 16:07 2
  - And forgot there was a game today -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 16:09 1
    - Two games, there is another one after this one -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 16:15
Christmas shopping. Complete. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 15:18 9
- Same. Now I just have the Christmas baking to take care of. -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 19:03
- Achievement Unlocked here too! -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 15, 17:18 2
  - Now who wants to wrap them for me? I su-u-u-u-uck at it. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 15, 17:29 1
    - I take pride in wrapping beautiful presents. I'll wrap yours if you buy mine. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 17:31
- I have not bought a single Christmas gift yet. -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 15:42 1
  - Same -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 17:30
- 40% complete -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 15:33 2
  - I am? Shit. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 15:37 1
    - Yes. Make it a nice even 160% -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 15:45
Debating whether I should bring my camera to butchart gardens tonight ... I'm usually never really happy with the photos ... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 15:18 2
- Take pics of the dormant plants. They've got different shapes now. -- nm - . Dec 15, 16:00
- are you bringing the kids? then enjoy them and make notes about what to shoot the next time when you have more time -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 15:53
final verdict on Nightflyers: that is ten hours of my life I will never get back. -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 15:17 5
- Hah. I did have that thought as well, but I was sufficiently entertained so I don't mind. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 15:18 4
  - spoils - Jovian Dec 15, 15:23 1
    - Spoils - Beryllium Dec 15, 17:41
  - Actual spoilers (for episode ... 8, I think?) - Beryllium Dec 15, 15:22 1
    - I mean (spoils) - Jovian Dec 15, 15:40
well shit... -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 15:02 2
- Bound to happen. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 15:34 1
  - eh...2 buckets of ours didn't go in....that was the game right there -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 15:37
I came across 2 good Jimmy Page 90 minute interviews, -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 15, 14:12 [youtube] 1
- both were done circa 2012 -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 15, 14:14 [youtube]
Aviation Gin. An American original. Now owned by a Canadian. -- (link) - Mop Dec 15, 14:03
good news update on my friend Scott who was in a coma 3 days ago with an inoperable brain tumor on his brain stem. HE'S AWAKE and being moved to less - peglegpete Dec 15, 13:43 3
- thoughts and prayers for him -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 13:54
- Glad to hear there's some good news for him. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 13:54
- :-] -- nm - mud Dec 15, 13:47
Dear Yahoo FF ap, thanks for sucking. - Spawn Dec 15, 13:37
Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk! KU! Wooooooooo!!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 13:26
MFW I didn’t realize that the PokemonGo event doesn’t start today, it starts the 18th. -- (pic) - Qale Dec 15, 13:05 [Image]
Has anyone made a post that could be considered "the most ST thing ever", like this clearly The Most Instagram Thing Ever post? -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 15, 13:04 4
- I faved this one for some reason -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 15, 14:30 [Backboard] 1
  - Oh, that gals Birkin purse, starts at 16K and goes to over 100k, one is over 300k -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 14:41
- More like threads - the Cheerleader threads or the the TV wars (I mean the dpi tv thing). -- nm - . Dec 15, 13:48
- "That wasn't a roller coaster, that was a whole damn theme park" -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 13:09
Travelers Season 3 overall A- (spoilers) - amoxy Dec 15, 12:58 4
- cool...looking forward to it after I finish Mrs. Maisel. -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 14:03 3
  - What episode are you with Mrs. Maisel? -- nm - Amoxy Dec 15, 14:28 2
    - episode 6. -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 14:35 1
      - Susie and her plunger - Amoxy Dec 15, 14:54
a record size 552 carat yellow diamond has been found in Canada -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 15, 12:36 9
- Fact: The Whitney Flame is prettier than the Hope Diamond -- nm - Ben Affleck Dec 15, 19:37
- Fun fact: the Foxfire diamond they talk about was broken in processing. Best guess is it was about double the size originally. - mafic Dec 15, 14:59 3
  - sounds like the cutters would have had to cut it apart anyway if it was so ready to shear from being tossed around -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 16:03 1
    - Diamonds are fairly brittle, they can shatter with reasonable ease. Explosives, crushing, people just dropping them. Lots of places to go wrong. - mafic Dec 16, 06:22
  - Like when we find pick or trowel damage on artifacts when we're excavating. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 15:07
- Mafic may be sorry he left :) -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 13:20 3
  - I dunno, there's lots of gold where he is -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 13:27 2
    - Themtharhills, Australia -- nm - mud Dec 15, 13:28 1
      - Hah :) plausible. Very plausible. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 20:00
The Squad -- (pic) - Spawn Dec 15, 12:14 [Attachment] 1
- Salad Days -- nm - mud Dec 15, 12:52
[an error occurred while processing this directive] -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 12:05
I won on a lottery ticket! - Beryllium Dec 15, 12:03 2
- the drinks are you tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 14:32
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Dec 15, 12:54

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