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Snow Forecast: 10 cm (4 inches) tomorrow 35-45 cm (14-18 inches) Sunday and another 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) Monday/Wednesday/Thursday -- nm* - Beaker Jan 17, 08:32 7
- As each model runs we fluctuate between 0 and 12 inches here. -- nm - Ender Jan 17, 08:37
- Sucks! Ours is "Saturday will either be a snowstorm of epic proportions, or, possibly, nothing". -- (edited) - Andie Jan 17, 08:35
- Yeah, my Saturday meeting got postponed again. So now I will be having 4 meetings in a 6 day span. - Spawn Jan 17, 08:33
- did you rush to the supermarket to stock up on TP? -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:33 3
  - I did chop more firewood yesterday. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 08:34 1
    - you get the blessings of freezing rain I think -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:35
  - last weekend actually :) but will be getting some storm chips and storm beers for sure -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:34
Nova Scotia geologist (worked for Progress Mineral Mining Company out of Vancouver) found dead in Africa (he had been kidnapped) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 08:26
Facebook announced the removal of another 500+ Sputnik controlled Facebook/Instagram pages for anti-western/NATO “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” - MDH Jan 17, 08:26 2
- The age of hegemony is here, people! If you'r pro-Russia, you're not welcome on Facebook and Instagram! -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 08:49
- I'm currently listening to the Sam Harris podcast episode on Information War talking about this type of thing. It is pretty interesting -- nm - oblique Jan 17, 08:28
Spawn mentioned Steph Curry hit a lot of 3's in the 3rd last night (7). He made the last 6 in the last 4:05 of the quarter. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 08:19 1
- Seven? Wow. I missed one! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:21
I'm pissed at Google Play Music for the first time. They only have The Cowboy Junkies' Trinity Sessions Revisited instead of the original. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 08:18 2
- bastards -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:19 1
  - I wanted the lo-fi Sweet Jane not the "Margo is bored" Sweet Jane! - Reagen Jan 17, 08:27
Accused 'Peeping Tom' confronted (beatdown) by ex-NFL player -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 08:17
I will always be amused and mystified by the way this city shuts down at the mere hint of inclement weather. -- nm - David Jan 17, 08:16 9
- Shut down everything! -- nm - President Madagascar Jan 17, 08:34
- did you rush to the supermarket to stock up on bread and milk? -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:32 1
  - TP! -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:33
- We were blown away our winter in Charlotte where a light dusting shut the entire city down. I was the only one to go to work that day. - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 08:30
- I remember walking straight down the middle of the Strip when it snowed like an inch once when I was in school. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 08:27
- We had a Travel Advisory from 7am - 10am. My commute starts at 9am so I obviously delayed it an hour. - Spawn Jan 17, 08:17
- LA should shutdown, but its a major biz hub. so all kinds of calamity on the freeways -- (link) - budice Jan 17, 08:17 2
  - Wow, it's snowing in LA? -- nm - ty97 Jan 17, 08:22 1
    - They are building snowmen in their convertibles! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:24
Royal Bank edged the rate on its five-year "special offer" mortgage down to 3.74 per cent, a cut of 0.15 percentage points -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 17, 08:15
I only enjoy Canadaland podcasts in small doses because I find too many of their hosts obnoxious, but I hope they get support on this. -- (link*) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 08:07 2
- I mean, were they defamatory? Seems pertinent. - Reagen Jan 17, 08:12 1
  - Feels like a "nuisance lawsuit" to shut them up, but I suppose that's for the courts to decide. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 08:20
Slack's new logo: my favourite description so far is that it makes them look like an urgent care or assisted living facility. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 07:48 5
- I just don't like how it looks in a pinned tab in Chrome. Hard to see the "updated" color dot now -- nm - oblique Jan 17, 08:27
- every time I see this "Slack" mentioned I keep looking around here to see what I am missing... -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:50 3
  - Yes, if only I'd had millions of dollars in 2008, then I could've bought that domain without blinking and Slack would never have existed. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 17, 07:54 2
    - I don't know what they do... -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:56 1
      - They are like modern IRC (group chat) but targeted primarily at internal business communications. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 08:57
Thursday Morning Funny: How the states got their postal abbreviations by Gary Gulman. - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 07:48 [youtube]
Kiper's Mock Draft 1.0 (Sorry for the C/P edit) - Volnelk Jan 17, 07:41 5
- hmm, so this assumes a KC NO superbowl. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 17, 08:21 1
  - with NO winning. probably just went with season rankings -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:28
- LOL at 13. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 07:44
- no way does Hoodie take a QB in round 1 -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:43 1
  - I expect the Colts to trade Jacoby Brissett back to them for peanuts and a thank you from Hoody for stashing him on our bench for them. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:20
ME: "huh, i haven't checked my coinbase account in months, let's check in with...... bahahahahahahaahahahah!" - Andie Jan 17, 07:36 8
- ugh -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 07:38 7
  - Total value of all coins: $46.29 - oblique Jan 17, 07:41 6
    - How u doin? -- nm - budice Jan 17, 07:53
    - I bought $200 and got a few little bits extra for referring. Total value today $38. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 07:48
    - OH MY!!*cries* - I'll check my pot portfolio later. - Epiphany Jan 17, 07:48 2
      - Pot's creeping back - Reagen Jan 17, 08:05 1
        
        I'm down 31% -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 08:21
    - oof -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:47
Happy 97th birthday: Betty White -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 07:34
John Bogle passed away. He found the Vanguard Group in the 70's as a non-profit company - it now has $5 Trillion under management. He also invented - decline Jan 17, 07:33 1
- now if this were EVE Online he would of stolen all their money, setup a hidden massively fortified base and dared people to come get him -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:49
WWE: in addition to The Revival, Mike and Maria Kanellis have reportedly asked for their release. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 07:25 6
- Yeah, the complete lack of doing anything with them is shocking. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 07:40 1
  - WWE generally lets you go if you’re unhappy but since they did put Bennett through rehab, I wonder if they keep them around for a while longer. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 07:42
- That's interesting in that the two groups were exchanging words on Twitter. -- nm - David Jan 17, 07:32 3
  - Huh, Dolph Ziggler May be done, too. - David Jan 17, 07:39 2
    - Good, let him go. He's another John Morrison...he'a great at play-fighting, but pro-wrestling isn't just that. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 07:44 1
      - I feel like he’s more interested in things outside of wrestling now, anyway. - Tim Jan 17, 07:46
Sorry if this is a rehash: Here's the 2018 box office totals, what are some thoughts on disappointments, surprises, etc? -- (edited) - MDH Jan 17, 07:04 49
- Solo and Grinch should be flipped. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:16
- Fantastic Beasts needs to do better if it's going to make it to the planned five movies. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 07:57 1
  - This is like my "Fables in 2009 on ABC" joke. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 08:03
- That Mary Poppins number seems kind of meh given the history of the character and the holiday release. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 17, 07:53
- Solo should of done better (we loved it), surprised Bumblebee tanked so bad and Aquaman really surprised -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:41
- So until 30 seconds ago, I had no idea that Overboard (2018) had actually come and gone already. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 07:40
- This make no sense. I thought Ralph should have grossed more, but I think Transylvania did well. - MDH Jan 17, 07:39
- Paddington 2 making less than Sherlock Gnomes is worse that Brexit. -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 07:36 1
  - Also the highest entry for one of my films was #269, I guess we won't be getting any income for that year! -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 07:40
- Non-Marvel continuing IP's underwhelmed. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 07:30 4
  - Deadpool 2 was still huge but also made $45M less than #1. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:36
  - Fifty shades dragging its corpse across 100 is funny. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:32 2
    - It’s a minor miracle, I think if it had the same final multiplier as either of the first two, it would have missed. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 07:33
    - I laughed at this one as well. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:33
- 5 of the top 9 are superhero movies in case anyone wonders why there are so many. The success of Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born I think will - pmb Jan 17, 07:29 8
  - Rumors are studios are looking at projects around Michael Jackson, Meat Loaf (ugh), Madonna, etc. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:39 3
    - MeatLoaf bio would rule. -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:42 2
      - Yeah, of the three, the one I might watch. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:26
      - Only if he keeps the bitch tits though. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 07:48
  - I'm becoming a little shocked that there hasn't been a good Rolling Stones movie yet. Mick and Keith are both roles that would be fun to do. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 07:38 3
    - I want a Fleetwood Mac Movie about those crazy ass shenanigans. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 07:39 2
      - god, yes, why there isn't a movie about the Rumours album is crazy. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 07:46 1
        
        No one's brave enough to collect all the rights. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 07:54
- Ocean’s 8 was worth doing. Not just to rustle the jimmies, but to cash in on the brand. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 07:22
- Black Panther was a doomed project at one point, so I'm still kind of stunned by its dominance. - David Jan 17, 07:19 3
  - Yeah, ask Shaeline Woodley how she feels about Maze Runner 3. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:25 2
    - uuummm = wasn't she Divergent? or is that your point? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 07:32 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:33
- Johnny English Strikes Again wins the 2018 "it's not *for* you" International Box Office Award -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:17
- that number for The Predator is pathetic. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 07:15 3
  - The franchise was never as popular as people imagine. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:26 2
    - Slapping the word "franchise" on it seems a stretch. Sure, there was a sequel. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Jan 17, 07:52
    - THIS. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:34
- What would everyone have given me for odds this time last year that A Quiet Place-$50m > Ready Player One? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 07:14
- I didn't know 'The Mule' was close to 100MM. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 07:13 3
  - He really knows and targets his fanbase effectively. -- nm - David Jan 17, 07:20 1
    - "Reverse Mortgages, brought to you by The Mule" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:30
  - I looked into it the other day. I was shocked so I posted here. It's going to be his 2nd highest grossing movie (as an actor) -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:15
- The Meg could easily have ended at half of what it did. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 07:12
- Comedies had a really rough 2018. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:11 6
  - There hasn't been a break-out comedy since what... Pitch Perfect 2? -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 08:11 2
    - Depends on your definition but Girls Trip. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 08:14 1
      - Yeah, it definitely over-performed. (Also, I'm forgetting Crazy Rich Asians) -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 08:19
  - Maybe it's just me, but I think the highest grossing "true" comedy in 2018 made $77M (Night School) -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:16 2
    - Nope, that’s right, then Game Night at $69 million. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 07:17 1
      - That's truly nuts, especially considering Book Club would be #3 -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:32
- on paper, I Can Only Imagine should have made less than $20 million. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 07:09 2
  - It's a wonderful movie, and that band is wildly popular. - David Jan 17, 07:12
  - That immediately comes to mind as one of the biggest "Whoa" moments. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:09
Happy season 2 March 27 -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 06:57 [youtube] 3
- yessss -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 07:00
- Holy shit, that's the best crazy person room I've ever seen -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 06:58 1
  - this is going to be awesome. I liked season 1 more than Preacher and season 2 looks even crazier -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 07:00
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- Your last sentence is 100% accurate. But I would also add, Americans are too f**king spoiled as well. -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 06:55
- One of my favourite idiot responses was "why are there federal employees in Denver?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:52 4
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    - My favorite facebook post of the day is "Imagine if Trump fined everyone who didn't want the wall like Obama did with Obamacare." - Volnelk Jan 17, 07:09 2
      - Cardi B would have something to say to that em-effer... -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 07:14 1
        
        I'm not sure why I'm worried about losing Tumblr pr0n when we got Cardi B putting out videos called Twerk. Its as twerky as one imagines. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 07:34
This list is amazing: Declassified list of military research reports the DIA commissioned -- (link) - decline Jan 17, 06:47 1
- *looking for a Flux Capacitor* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 06:53
25 days until pitchers and catchers report! -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 06:38
David, re: your James Wan comment on B2, I just don't see it. - MDH Jan 17, 06:36 7
- His last 6 movies have cost 455mil (200mil guess for Aquaman) -- they've made 3.438 billion to date. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 07:15
- Now look at the financial outlays for those performances... -- nm - David Jan 17, 06:48 4
  - You're right. For some reason I thought the Conjuring cost more, was thinking of something else I guess! -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:00
  - 100m WW on 1.5 budget. That's as good as a lottery ticket win for a studio. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:50
  - his ROI is impressive -- nm - decline Jan 17, 06:50 1
    - We should have started a movie studio in the late 90s. Cheap horror is where the money is, and we said as much all the way back then. -- nm - David Jan 17, 06:50
- He delivers winners cheaply. Conjuring made 300 ww on 20 production costs. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:40
First 2018 tax form received! - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 06:36 1
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The whole of the girls K section in baby names is predictably a tire fire - Reagen Jan 17, 06:34
MPR will end up with ...175 domestically? That's fine. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:32 11
- The absolute floor for the movie should have been $225M, and I think higher. Greatest Showman made $175, and the built in IP of MPR... - MDH Jan 17, 06:34 10
  - I think we're debating philosophy at this point. 175 for this is what you reasonably expect. If you made it expecting more - Reagen Jan 17, 06:38 9
    - I was expecting $250-$300 million. It's Mary Poppins. - David Jan 17, 06:50 5
      - Their problem is that they made it 15-20 years too late. People who grew up with Mary Poppins (like me) have kids who are already grown up. They - pmb Jan 17, 07:39 1
        
        Yep - I'd say 15 years is about right. They skipped the generation that should have been their target. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 07:54
      - Interesting to the IM, I hadn't heard that, but makes sense. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 07:05
      - I think the win is getting anything at all out of 50 year old IP. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:53 1
        
        See, they had no problem with Cinderella, but I guess that has unique brand awareness. - David Jan 17, 06:54
    - I get you, but when the movie costs $130M+ (P&A not included) you don't expect it to just make $175M domestically. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 06:40 2
      - Which comes down to giving Rob Marshall way too much fricking free rein. - Reagen Jan 17, 06:46 1
        
        Bumblebee is the same mistake (though they kept it cheap). "You loved Transformers!" "Yes. Love*d*." - Reagen Jan 17, 06:48
I saw Stan & Ollie last night. Reilly and Coogan were both great. Plus, I caught LMS's credit at the end. Rating B+. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 06:30 2
- Wow, that's a lot of credits to sit through to get to my name, thanks! I thought the wives were great too. -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 06:34 1
  - the wives were fun. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 06:34

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