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from 1990 -- (link) - Jovian Jul 26, 08:31 1
- heh -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 08:37
Okay, got a work fax SPAM. Attorney in Belgium, yada yada. *BUT* the reason it is worth posting here. The deceased client name they used is actually - Spawn Jul 26, 08:31
28% of American adults are online "almost constantly" , including nearly half (48%) of young adults. Even 7% of those ages 65+ are online that amount -- (link) - decline Jul 26, 08:24 5
- I’m on about 8 hrs a day. *shrug* -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:25 4
  - I'm on *ST* 8 hrs a day. - Spawn Jul 26, 08:36
  - yeah, I easily hit 8 hours/day -- nm - decline Jul 26, 08:31
  - I’m on a lot too. My job requires it, plus just general connection. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 26, 08:28 1
    - I don’t necessarily see it as a negative either. It doesn’t interfere with what I intend on doing any particular day. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:30
WWE Stock bouncing up nicely. up to $77. -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 08:22 2
- But why? -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:23 1
  - they're making money and several investment groups are rating them a BUY..plus the Sept/oct launch of the new shows on major tv -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 08:36
Dolly Parton is so cool -- (link) - Amoxy Jul 26, 08:20 1
- her voice makes me melt. - groiny Jul 26, 08:22
UV ends in 5 days. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:14 2
- are you sad? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 08:15 1
  - You may say I’m in... decline. - Mop Jul 26, 08:17
I just did something I haven't done in roughly 20 years. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 08:10 15
- Like this? -- (link) - Krusty Jul 26, 08:42 [youtube]
- I hope you made a scene? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 08:35
- Nice. It feels good. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 08:32
- Grats -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:24
- Seems great. Are they going to have you work out the notice? My bosses I’ve done that with never do. It’s like they think I’m gonna pull something. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:24
- Congrats! -- nm - sycor Jul 26, 08:22
- Congrats on the new job! -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 08:21
- Is it even possible to re-become a virgin? -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:19
- Good Luck! -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 08:18
- Good Luck! -- nm - decline Jul 26, 08:15
- Woot!! good luck! -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 08:15
- It's nice to be able to do it when you already have something better. -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 08:14
- I have never quit a real job. -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 08:13
- I am seeing trend in your behavior. - Spawn Jul 26, 08:12
- Good luck in your new endeavor! -- nm - Diva Jul 26, 08:11
Melvin Gordon holdout may drag into season (the Chargers can fine him $40k a day for missing training camp) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 08:06 9
- So many RBs are so frustrated but when you go to a passing league the position has been slowly devaluing for years. - Capstern Jul 26, 08:29 2
  - It isn’t that they aren’t the stars - it’s that they don’t get a 2nd contract. Alfred Morris was a great back from day 1. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:32 1
    - Well and if they are too close to 30 I wouldnt tie myself to a RB after that unless they were SPECIAL like AP/ES special. The position is just that - Capstern Jul 26, 08:34
- idiot. Its funny some point to Bell as a "success" but he is never seeing that 14M again he gave up -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:17 2
  - PLUS he couldn't be fined as he wasn't under contract. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 08:22 1
    - Yeah I expect the 40K a day to make him twitch and if I am the Chargers I make it clear we wont forgive the fines later...honor your contract -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:25
- Elliot showed up to the Cowboys camp yet? -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 08:09 2
  - nope -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 08:11 1
    - Also dumbz -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:26
Apparently if the Orioles pen can hang on long enough to get to use a center fielder, all good -- (link) - JD Jul 26, 08:04
Here is the Republican candidate who is attempting to unseat Ilan Omar - Amoxy Jul 26, 08:03 12
- "return to the pole from whence you came!" -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 08:39
- Remember, as posted yesterday, she’s been arrested for felony theft. Also, she’s a special ed teacher. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:29 1
  - And supposedly has PTSD and anxiety around people. Perfect political candidate material. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 08:36
- Well alright then. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:26
- Did they find her from a local strip club in Jersey? - Jovian Jul 26, 08:22
- The Republican primary is over a year away, I wouldn't be surprised if there are option GOP options -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 08:19
- *likes* -- nm - Sarah Palin Jul 26, 08:18
- Me: Uhh... wut? Crowd: YEAH!!! -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:16 1
  - It is better to look good, than to sound good. -- nm - Fernando Lamas Jul 26, 08:19
- She's currently facing felony theft charges for shop lifting which means she would fit right in with this administration -- nm - decline Jul 26, 08:15
- So...wait. She seems like she's speaking Engl... no, wait, I think she is from here? No, I don't know. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 08:14
- Send her back is an ironic chant here, no? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:07
I think I might hate my new glasses. - sycor Jul 26, 07:52 6
- Let's test this: "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to..." -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 08:37
- I thought the same thing about mine and left it too long to have them adjusted. Think I might go to Costco and order another pair. - Meg Jul 26, 08:06 2
  - Yeah, I did that once. Did not go back and just kept using my old ones. The next year I went in and took both. The doctor looked at the ones I did not - Spawn Jul 26, 08:14 1
    - Yeah I'm going tomorrow to have them check the prescription. I've had that happen to me before too -- nm - sycor Jul 26, 08:22
- Can you see OK? -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 08:04 1
  - There is a bit of a distortion or something. Maybe from the new prescription, I don't know. I haven't gotten new glasses in a couple years but this - sycor Jul 26, 08:20
I've got another secret screening on Monday - any guesses on what it might be? - LMS Jul 26, 07:51 5
- Downton Abbey -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 08:29
- Re: your IM... you’d think they’d reconsider releasing it in theaters. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:18
- Hobbs & Shaw? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 08:16
- The Happening Part II -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 08:05 1
  - a follow-up to the Quinn/Dunaway picture? finally! -- nm - mud Jul 26, 08:08
David, I agree with you on Maddux. He was the best "pitcher" I have ever seen. - groiny Jul 26, 07:45 17
- He was as intelligent a pitcher as any ever. Then you had Unit who was unfair from a physical standpoint who had to learn how to pitch. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:10 8
  - See, I appreciate the pitchers who get it done without throwing 97. - groiny Jul 26, 08:13 7
    - Unit is a what-if for me. What if Ryan corrected him at 24 instead of 29? Could he have had 400 wins? - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:27 6
      - well, keep in mind, historically, really tall pitchers take longer to develop. - groiny Jul 26, 08:28 5
        
        Yeah, but he debuted at 26, broke out at 29 and still won 300 - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:39 4
        
        1990 - 120 walks, 1992 -150 walks 1993-140 walks - groiny Jul 26, 08:47
        
        that's the thing, he would never debut at 23 then. - groiny Jul 26, 08:44 2
        
        Right. The mechanical flaw. Fix that earlier and he’s a pitching Nolan Ryan. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 08:46 1
        
        was it mechanical, or was it that no one figured out how to get a 6 foot 10 pitcher to repeat a delivery? -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 08:48
- totally agree -- nm - mud Jul 26, 07:50 1
  - I actually enjoyed watching Johan Santana pitch almost as much as Maddux, but just not for as long. - groiny Jul 26, 07:58
- Remember his Cubs days, nothing much. Then the move to the Barves elevated his game. -- nm* - budice Jul 26, 07:49 3
  - true - but man I loved watching Kerry Wood throw til they wore him out -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 07:52 1
    - Kerry Wood wore out Kerry Wood. his answer whenever he got into a jam was "throw harder" -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 07:57
  - he was a different pitcher on the Cubs, he threw harder and did not have to "pitch" -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 07:50
- For years here in Atlanta - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jul 26, 07:48 1
  - I would venture to say the casual fan would not understand why he was as good as he was. -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 07:49
From below: There have been 141 movies hitting the 4,000 theater mark. Of that only 10 have grossed less than $100M total. Here's the list: - MDH Jul 26, 07:33 3
- Some of those were clearly a mistake and did not carry the marketing required for a 4K+ release. Others SHOULD have done better. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 08:20
- Blade Runner 2049 was a crime. -- nm - colin Jul 26, 07:34 1
  - and yet, personally speaking, it is literally the best thing to happen in this century. They made it as a gift, to me. -- nm - mud Jul 26, 07:48
About once every 6 months I zero out all of my bills, see where I stand. - colin Jul 26, 07:32
$5.8 million in previews for Once Upon a Time... -- (link) - Roger More Jul 26, 07:31 4
- what does it mean, man, what does it MEAN? -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 07:46 3
  - It's a big number! -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 07:48 2
    - ($50M is the floor IMO. Go flip your MFMLY.OWs) -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 07:50
    - so you're saying my playing it short is a bad idea? -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 07:49
It's Friday and I still have sand grains coming out of my eyes from Tuesday night vball. They are my little souvenirs. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 07:24
FWIW - from the stuff I saw at SDCC: Batwoman has great potential, The Boys will be great and Batman Hush while not perfect is GREAT -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 06:58 11
- It looked like you were having a great time down there! -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 08:02
- The Boys was live last night on Amazon Prime a day early - I am really impressed with the pilot - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 07:20 8
  - I'm three episodes in. It's good stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 08:25
  - Yeah the panel was excellent and the case seems very invested and yeah - the bits they showed were amazing...looking forward to watching the series... -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 07:23 6
    - its gritty. Not Watchmen gritty but still...its sort of dark. -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 07:26 5
      - it'll get darker. The comic it is based on is really good. Hope they get to finish it and don't drag it out too long -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 07:45 4
        
        Eric Kripke is attached as a writer, so its got a shot. I can't believe some of the cast: Meg Ryan/Dennis Quaid's son, The Banshee actor. Chance - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 08:09
        
        they already booked for S2 and it its filming - if I remember the panel correctly -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 07:49 2
        
        there was like 80 issues if memory serves so a lot to draw on; but 3-4 season s would work best I think (3 probably) -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 07:55 1
        
        Sounds about right Kripke and Rogen seemed hopeful about the full run but not dragging itout -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 08:01
- And John Bradley is freaking hilarious - Capstern Jul 26, 07:02
Beyond Meat is now trading in the $240 range (it IPO'd at $25 in May) -- nm - decline Jul 26, 06:58 2
- mmmmmm dog food additives -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 07:45
- That is crazy. -- nm - Bacon Jul 26, 07:41
Video from last night's Starhopper test. It's about 60 feet tall and running on one Raptor engine -- (link) - TWuG Jul 26, 06:56
73 year old man rescued after 4 days in the Oregon desert -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 06:50 5
- Hey Guardian, no one calls it the “Oregon Outback”. The story of the dogs is equally fascinating. - Mop Jul 26, 08:24
- Oregon has a desert? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 06:53 3
  - Fun fact. Oregon has every climate zone there is. From Desert to Polar -- nm - Bacon Jul 26, 07:34
  - it shocked me last year when I learned this detail too -- nm - Pippy, come at me bro! Jul 26, 07:20
  - Most of the state. - Super Daddy Princess Jul 26, 06:59
I'm really surprised Monkey Bars are still around. - JaxSean Jul 26, 06:45 4
- Well, drunken monkeys don't cause car accidents, so there's little incentive to close the bars. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 06:47 2
  - trying again... -- (pic) - JaxSean Jul 26, 06:56 [Attachment]
  - nmb -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 06:55
- the kids are so fearless on them. even if there's a padded groundcover, that's still a good way to fall -- nm* - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:46
no, *this* was my favorite moment from VMS4 - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:30 4
- I mean, you can picture it being a real thing -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 06:46 1
  - if this movie doesn't actually air some time soon, too many people have fallen down on the job -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:47
- My favorite line was - JaxSean Jul 26, 06:43 1
  - the writer was proud of that one -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:44
TV PSA: SHIELD, Andi Mack, Battlebots, Love Island, Masters of Illusion, Big Stage, Live PD, Shangi-La, Killjoys, MotherFatherSon, UnXplained, -- NM - Beaker Jul 26, 06:26 4
- Killjoys so good - Dark Matter was better IMO and Archer 1999 is fantastic -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 06:59 1
  - I am in S3 of Killjoys. Damn good show. Writing almost reminds me of Babylon 5 in story arch complexity. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 08:16
- The Boys (Amazon), Orange is the New Black (Netflix), Share (HBO), Best of Showtime Boxing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 06:26 1
  - New Veronica Mars, New Rwby on Roosterteeth -- nm - Capstern Jul 26, 07:02
B2: Andie do you know what pop culture stuff he likes? EB Games $5 Fridays has dozens of Funko Pops on for $5 today. Lots of Fortnight and Disney ones -- nm* - Beaker Jul 26, 06:25 10
- their site only has a small number of what is available -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 26, 06:27
- I’d go with a collection of markers that can write on that cast. And since it’s back to school sale time, a total win-win. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 06:26 5
  - that's good, but i am CERTAIN they have lots of markers. do stickers stay on casts? -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:28 3
    - I wouldn’t think so. But anything that lets me visit Michael’s or hobby store is a good thing in my opinion. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 06:32 2
      - actually Michael's is, in itself, a good suggestion. i might just go browse after work. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:36 1
        
        Hurrah! I’m useful. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 06:43
  - oh, very good idea. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 06:27
- maybe Disney. i'll go see. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:26 2
  - poor lil guy. that sucks. but I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:33 1
    - his dad (my brother) broke ALL THE BONES when he was a kid. - Andie Jul 26, 06:38
Wow. Final theatr count for "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" 3,659. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:22 11
- Shrug? It’s a good sized opening. It’s not historic and even impressive, imo -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 06:33 1
  - It is for this type of movie -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 07:21
- Why is that noteworthy? -- nm - Inigo Jul 26, 06:27 5
  - It's his widest opening by 500 theaters, which is a lot. And it's the widest release ever for Tarantino by 300 theaters. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:50 3
    - Look at the screen count of Lion King. Which beat the overall record of Endgame - which came out less than 3 months before it. - Inigo Jul 26, 07:05 1
      - It's Pitt's widest non-animated opening. It's DiCaprio's second largest (after Inception). - Roger More Jul 26, 07:28
    - It's also one of the widest R releases of all time. nd the 3rd widest for an original IP (behind Us and Spy). -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:55
  - Looks to be Tarantino's widest opening by a significant margin. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 26, 06:43
- were you expecting more? Less? -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 06:26 1
  - dammit. I bet my Faberge egg collection on 3,6*4*9. -- (edited) - prayformojo Jul 26, 06:31
- That’s about average for an animated family film right? - Qale Jul 26, 06:25

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