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2pt conversion helps the Chicago Bears beat the Ottawa Redblacks 8-7 -- (link*) - budice Feb 18, 20:14
The Best (and sometimes only) aged whiskey from every state. -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 18, 20:00 7
- I hadn't heard of the one for WA, we have so many excellent ones, Dry Fly, Woodenville, local Heritage, Oola, Chambers Bay -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 21:21
- FEW's pretty good, but I prefer Koval. -- nm - . Feb 18, 20:46
- I must immediately disregard this list because of Colorado's entry (but that Washington one's pretty good). -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 20:32 1
  - CO has a lot of micro-distilleries, Stranahan's was probably the first as they were a private club making moonshine. but its too scotch like for me. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 21:19
- Hmm, and the California one is only available in Northern California. -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 20:15
- interesting. gracias -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 20:09
- The VA one is actually very solid. -- nm - MDH Feb 18, 20:07
That almost ended very badly for Ronda. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 19:59 5
- I'm pretty sure she thanked Kentucky for saving her. - David Feb 18, 20:03 4
  - EC was middling...this show is a disaster. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 20:09 3
    - The Chamber matches were good to great, almost all of everything in between was terrible. This crowd didn't care about Raw at all. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 20:10 2
      - That's what I mean. As long as they get the chamber matches right, I'm satisfied. -- nm - David Feb 18, 20:15
      - The Mens and Women's chambers matches were indeed good. the rest was just there -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 20:13
please to enjoy this cat autotune -- (link) - Remlik Feb 18, 19:59
India Eisley is pretty captivating in I Am the Night. -- nm - Max Feb 18, 19:39
I missed John Oliver. I’m glad he’s back. I always feel smarter after an episode. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 19:34 4
- We were saying the same thing. Lots of fun facts. But I need to research the EU a little more to get an answer that wasn't addressed. - zunk on edge Feb 18, 20:00 2
  - IIRC, they had a massive recession, austerity and a war over some isolated island a world away. they pulled out of the economic morass in the EU. - zeitgeist Feb 18, 20:05
  - I think the idea is that..... - Volnelk Feb 18, 20:04
- Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 19:59
Elias segment? - Tim Feb 18, 19:30
hey Monsters, Inc. fans and/or engineers, this is the thread for you -- (link) - Tim Feb 18, 19:29 4
- occupational health and safety is like all I think about when I see work areas depicted in movies."oh that factory is SO getting a prohibition order!" -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 19:47
- (of course, it's not nearly as problematic as the Cars universe) -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 19:31 1
  - no see, the robots just accidentally wiped out humanity and are trying their best to recreate the world as it was before. -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 19:42
- "hauling stuff through a busy corridor* always bothered me too. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 18, 19:30
I’ve been recording The Passage, but haven’t watched it at all. I forgot to record tonight’s. That may be the sign for me to just delete it. -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 18:47 3
- It's getting into The Strain territory but Saniyya is worth watching. -- nm - Max Feb 18, 19:39
- it's pretty good. the young girl is tremendous. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 18:54
- Actually was in a similar situation earlier so I just finally got around to the first episode tonight. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 18:49
Nicolle Wallace: time to “get off the Titanic.” -- (link) - mud Feb 18, 18:34 3
- BAH, if we're sinking then how come we're rising so high in the air??? huh, answer me that smart lady -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 21:23
- And this is different from the literally dozens of other times Trump supporters should abandon this "sinking ship" (or some such metaphor) how...? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 18:48 1
  - Trump is making national security policy decisions based on what Putin tells him, which is contrary to what U.S. intelligence tells him. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 20:50
Wait. Survivor starts Wednesday?!?!? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 18:00 1
- wooHooo! -- nm - mud Feb 18, 18:42
Today just wasn’t a good day. But fortunately it’s been a little while since I’ve had to say that. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 17:57 12
- It could be worse. I saw someone on the Braves board get called a Yankees fan! -- nm - David Feb 18, 18:54 4
  - I’ve only watched the tag team Chamber match and loved my IIconics. So that helped too. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:27 3
    - Here, have a Billie and Peyton gif -- (link) - Tim Feb 18, 19:52 [Image]
    - I feel like there are three teams that truly covet being tag team champions. - David Feb 18, 19:29 1
      - I like how probably unintentional it was for your IM to say “It’s Bayley” like that was her name again. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:32
- I’m sorry *hugs* - here’s something that made me grin earlier. corn dog girl tonjoin fsk. :) - nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 18, 18:53 1
  - Beyoncé liked this. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:26
- I think we need some group therapy. So now it’s my turn to say hang in there. -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 18:29 3
  - I don’t know if ST is group therapy, but I usually do feel better here. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:27 2
    - I was just thinking - Therapist is one of the few professions represented here, but we seem to do a pretty good job between us. <3 -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 19:30 1
      - And of course I mean *NOT* represented. -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 19:31
- always look on the .. -- (link) - mud Feb 18, 18:12 [youtube]
The Corey Graves stuff (and Uso/Naomi stuff) had one televised and one non televised impact on the PPV last night. - Tim Feb 18, 17:24 8
- Abyss has started with the company today -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 18:44 1
  - and apparently Cole is on his way out the door. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 18:56
- (Despite one getting arrested, the Usos were going to win the tag match because it starts the Miz and Shane McMahon break up. - Tim Feb 18, 17:27 5
  - Also Uso's contract is almost up according to what I heard - eag Feb 18, 17:49 1
    - I’d let them go. I also would have a unifying match for the men’s tag team titles to put it on par with the women’s. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:29
  - Is it true that Shane's only lost one match in 10 years? - David Feb 18, 17:32 2
    - He's lost most of his matches since he came back. - Tim Feb 18, 17:47
    - no because he returned in 2016 afger being gone for 7 years -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 17:44
Wait, Ciampa, Gargano, Black and Ricochet on Raw? -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 17:16 18
- It's like nobody at Raw showed up for practice. -- nm - David Feb 18, 18:31 10
  - It's like nobody in this crowd has ever watched NXT before. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 18:40 7
    - Including Michael Cole. They need a tv deal. - David Feb 18, 18:46 6
      - Cole hasn't had anything to do with except the 2nd Mae Young Classic. This crowd is terrible. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 18:55 5
        
        Good old LaFayette, Louisiana. They should have stayed here in H-Town. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 19:31
        
        Everyone in this crowd has either never seen wrestling before or hates wrestling. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 19:03 1
        
        It's surreal. -- nm - David Feb 18, 19:09
        
        But he should at least watch the show. - David Feb 18, 18:59
        
        Cole does a lot of behind the scenes coaching and whatnot with the announcing (which is ironic) - Tim Feb 18, 18:58
  - Heavy Machinery are now the Bushwackers 2000. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 18:31 1
    - They're even leaning into it. -- nm - David Feb 18, 18:33
- I wasn't sure if you wanted to be spoiled or not. -- nm - David Feb 18, 17:16 6
  - I just walked in and saw rumblings on Twitter. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 17:17 5
    - They're shaking things up on Raw tonight. Apparently, the show wasn't even written ahead of time. - David Feb 18, 17:24 4
      - Lio Rush has got heat backstage with a ton of people -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 17:52 1
        
        He's legit, but I can totally see him believing his own hype. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 17:56
      - But first, Baron Corbin. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 17:25 1
        
        And everyone's tongue-tied tonight. - David Feb 18, 17:30
Ike had some crazzzzzy in his eyes -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 18, 17:13 [Attachment] 2
- "Hey Ike! How come the Russkies got to Berlin before you did? Were you sleepin' that day?!" -- nm - Phillies fan Feb 18, 17:50
- Nixon was grabbing his ass. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 17:14
LIR: I really didn't expect the first modern water war to start in the United States. - ReluctantCynic Feb 18, 17:10 4
- Forget it RC, it's Chinatown -- nm - Roger More Feb 18, 17:36
- we invented it (unless there was some shit the roman's stirred up) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 17:20 2
  - Yeah, but I thought we'd pretty much finished that by the time Manifest Destiny petered out. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 18, 17:27 1
    - Forget it RC, it's Chinatown. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 17:35
the resolution of Final Jeopardy today was pretty funny -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 16:57
How Napoleon's penis ended up under a bed in New Jersey -- (link) - TWuG Feb 18, 16:56 1
- Lorena Bobbitt is on the move -- nm - Max Feb 18, 17:51
Roger Stone apologizes to the court for Instagram picture of his judge with cross hairs right next to her head -- (link) - Amoxy Feb 18, 16:41 1
- (NOT The Onion) -- nm - mud Feb 18, 17:29
Armie Hammer to finally play Batman! -- (link) - Remlik Feb 18, 16:20 7
- New villain: The Peach -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 18:30
- Will there be two of Batmans? -- nm - Max Feb 18, 17:52
- Alfred played by Johnny Depp? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 17:22
- Hi-Yo Silver!!!! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 16:34
- This time for sure we'll make fetch happen! -- nm - WB Feb 18, 16:24
- But that unknown website swore it was a vampire! -- nm - David Feb 18, 16:22 1
  - HA! right? -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 16:28
Ant Man and the Wasp is cute fun. They get to play well with the visuals and Rudd and Lilly are good enough to have fun with it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 16:00
Toothless character meeting at Universal Studios -- (link) - David Feb 18, 15:37 [youtube] 8
- Yeah, they don’t quite nail him. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 16:18 3
  - The costumed employee makes it better with the interactions, but it's not the right facial appearance. -- nm - David Feb 18, 16:30 2
    - Yeah, it should be a bit goofier and sunnier. -- nm - . Feb 18, 17:49 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - David Feb 18, 17:54
- Have you seen the HTTYD "audition tapes"? -- (link) - pmb Feb 18, 15:46 [youtube] 3
  - So cute! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 18, 16:47
  - that was adorable -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 16:17
  - This made my night, thanks! -- nm - David Feb 18, 16:12
So, I met Alex Skarsgard this evening. - LMS Feb 18, 15:33 6
- did you hit on him? you should have hit on him. -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 16:33 5
  - I second this motion -- nm - Epiphany Feb 18, 16:35 4
    - Yeah, I think there’s a rule where you have to hit on any Skarsgard. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 17:59
    - It was just a hello and handshake, and then he was whisked away. I was just happy to let them catch up and chat about history. -- nm - LMS Feb 18, 16:41
    - You say that about everybody. -- nm - David Feb 18, 16:39 1
      - True that -- nm - Epiphany Feb 18, 20:29
Whenever I have a longer dentist appointment (like a crown or bridge) my Fitbit thinks I'm sleeping. -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 15:12 2
- This gave me a horrible idea for a crime/thriller short story. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 15:31 1
  - It's probably already been done in an episode of Monk or Psych -- nm - Bacon Feb 18, 17:30
From now on, I will only perform historically-accurate stunt dunks - prayformojo Feb 18, 14:50 2
- For my next dunk I will perform the suicide of Hitler. Everyone join me in the bunker I've built beneath the stadium. -- nm - pmb Feb 18, 15:52 1
  - I've asked Lisa Leslie to dress as Eva Braun and will leap over her while dunking with my right hand and catching a cyanide pill in my mouth tossed by - pmb Feb 18, 15:55
That North Carolina Congressional race is still going on? -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 14:42
Why No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 14:29 17
- People are stupid -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 18, 15:36
- who wants to eat 3 pounds of meat at one time? jeez -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 15:14
- 2 Litres of Beef with a km of fries. -- nm - budice Feb 18, 15:05
- They just needed a slogan. "A third. It's bigger than a quarter" -- nm - Roger More Feb 18, 15:01 1
  - Yeah, that would have worked. -- nm - Anti-Vacers, Flat Earthers, and other morons Feb 18, 15:03
- They should've called it the "double sixth-pounder." - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 14:43 4
  - 1/4 pounder with an extra 1/8 -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 14:53 2
    - Isn't that the Royale? -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 14:57 1
      - i'll get to names after the math is made simple :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 14:59
  - I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 14:47
- "A quarter is more", I'm guessing? :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 14:35 6
  - Metric solves all. Assuming they use mg instead of fractions of a kg. Although that would work with ozs too. People are stupid. -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 14:39 5
    - I don't know about that. When I read about the snow totals in Canadian it doesn't sound as much in cm. ;) -- nm - . Feb 18, 17:55
    - 1/4 Troy pound burger... Mind blown. -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 14:43 3
      - 7 fathoms burger. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 14:48 2
        
        320 Rods High Fries. -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 14:51 1
        
        Ultimate Hogshead Burger -- (edited) - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 15:35
5 great curve balls in a row. They are so cute thinking I care that much about this game. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 14:28 1
- LOL -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 14:30
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Hmm, 40-70 WAR is considered the sweet spot for HOF consideration. - David Feb 18, 13:49 3
- over 70 and you're out -- nm - psilotum Feb 18, 14:48 1
  - Nobody likes a showoff, Mike Trout. -- nm - David Feb 18, 17:00
- Baseball-Reference has him at 60.0 flat. 47.2 is only Philly. - Will Hunting Feb 18, 14:23
People should be setting their tax withholding based on a fixed dollar value and not a withholding tier anyway. -- nm - Max Feb 18, 13:44 8
- Am I the only one who has a spreadsheet to project my taxes that I keep updating throughout the year, so I’m not surprised by having to pay? -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 18, 15:39 1
  - Ex cap gains, my payment would've been slightly less this year, but that ignores the over 1G I didn't pay in withholding. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 17:06
- My federal tax paid as a percentage of my AGI was higher this year than last. I expected my refund to be lower but was surprised by this. -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 14:08
- We can't do this. We can only do "additional amount." We can't even do a percentage. -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 13:54 3
  - what the -- nm - Max Feb 18, 13:58
  - We can't either. And I haven't compared 2018 to 2017 dollar for dollar - just a quick scan... - The Commander Feb 18, 13:57 1
    - I'm expecting it to about break even as well. If you have a state income tax and significant property taxes it makes a huge difference. -- nm - pmb Feb 18, 14:04
- Keep your number mumbo-jumbo. I just claim the minimum. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 18, 13:52
That's right, Georgians! Hunting's brought a morning star to the fight! -- (pic) - David Feb 18, 13:38 [Attachment]

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