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Seventeen-year-old businessman Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943. The furniture company’s name is actually an acronym for Ingvar Kamprad’s name and - Spawn Aug 29, 10:43
'I love my sweet sweet baby, wait, did you say apple?!' - Jovian Aug 29, 10:39
Umm. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 10:34 1
- ...and then the murders began. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 10:39
Gee, I wonder why Brett can't find a date?... -- (link) - decline Aug 29, 10:19 5
- (and I mean, ethnic background can be a place to start a conversation but 'heritage' is a big ol' red flag) -- nm* - Reagen Aug 29, 10:38
- . “Oh, where do you volunteer? ‘Well, nowhere currently — but I’m thinking about it.’ ” - Reagen Aug 29, 10:34 1
  - "I assist candle lit vigils across the Southern US" = I assist Tiki Torch rallies by white supremacists -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:43
- Is this Brett the bedbug? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 10:25 1
  - Narrator: "It was not. This was Brett the sexist asshole chimney." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 10:26
ST survival Pool is up and running - amoxy Aug 29, 10:16 2
- I'm playing with fire with my survival pick. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 10:45
- Pick'em -- (link) - Spawn Aug 29, 10:44
Super Feud: I'll be back shortly. No need for you to pick for me amoxy, thanks -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:10 3
- Samara is on the clock, is aware, and will be a few minutes. -- nm - ML Aug 29, 10:16 1
  - she picked and I picked -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:25
- woo -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 10:15
Beaker, Nuditarian, and then all you fuckers go away and never bother me again. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:09 5
- I'll be back shortly -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:10 1
  - done. thanks for everything everyone!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:19
- we love you David -- nm - cavemen Aug 29, 10:09 2
  - You should. I'm real and I'm spectacular. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:11
  - the Draft is just us whacking you over the head with a club -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 10:11
Realizing people may not know Truly/White Claw, spiked seltzer: "White Claw & Truly Hard Seltzer Explained" -- (link) - MDH Aug 29, 10:05 2
- "It's Zima." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 29, 10:38
- Atlantic: "Why this is the summer of White Claw - White Claw Is What Happens When Being Cool Becomes Exhausting" -- (link) - MDH Aug 29, 10:06
Superfeud List sent to NWBR -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 29, 10:03
Preseason: Jimmy G throws into coverage on purpose. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 29, 10:01 1
- My favorite Greg Maddux story is that he once gave up a homerun to Jeff Bagwell in a Spring Training game to set him up for a postseason strikeout. - David Aug 29, 10:03
Heh. ML took Justice -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 09:59
Funny thing that happened at the Nats game last night - MDH Aug 29, 09:59 29
- gay people humor. -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 10:01 28
  - It's more so, we didn't realize how Trulys were basically gay men and women drinks, and that's it. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:03 27
    - *Googles Trulys* Ok, sounds about right. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 10:30
    - never heard of it. I would guess some sort of vaping thing. -- nm - Max Aug 29, 10:21 21
      - It's growing incredibly rapidly, and killing the beer market at the moment. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:31 20
        
        (amoung gay men and women) -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:35
        
        Unsweetened vodka beverages are not a threat to the beer market. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 10:33
        
        Yes, I'm sure the beer market is petrified. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:33 17
        
        ZIMA2.0 -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 10:45 6
        
        Right, which is a perfectly fine niche in a massive marketplace. - David Aug 29, 10:46
        
        "Hard seltzer is currently a $550M business and is projected to keep growing, with one UBS analyst estimating to it could hit $2.5B by 2021" -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:46 4
        
        That's a lobbyist/PR person doing their job if I've ever heard one. -- nm - Max Aug 29, 12:38
        
        preaching to the choir, I would much rater than a hard cider than a beer. -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 10:48 1
        
        Alt beverages are definitely growing (there are many excellent ciders out there now!), but it's a rounding error to beer. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 10:50
        
        The beer industry is a $114.2 billion market...in the United States alone. - David Aug 29, 10:48
        
        It's so cute when you are dead wrong and won't admit it. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:42 8
        
        Remind me in five years to ask you if beer is still a thing. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:45 7
        
        The word will be stricken from the English language so it won't even be possible. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 10:47 1
        
        "the beer has gone bad, no one drink the beer!" -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 10:48
        
        I didn't say it would end beer. I mean killing as in sales are skyrocketing for it, and beer sales are very down this summer. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:47 4
        
        "killing the beer market" certainly reads like it's killing the beer market -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:49 1
        
        Okay then "Crushing/beating" and notice I said "at the moment." -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:49
        
        in the US climate today, people need to drink more than ever. -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 10:47 1
        
        *clinks glasses with you* -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:49
        
        I can feel my resolve melting as we speak. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 10:39
    - They were selling for $13/, when at a store it's $10 for 6. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 10:03 1
      - bastards -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:04
    - to wit: I have no idea what you're talking about. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 10:03 1
      - I only know it because I think I've seen it on stands at tables at like Red Robin or maybe a Chili's -- nm - oblique Aug 29, 10:37
Kim, Decline, Me, Tru, Brian, Beaker, Nudie, Done. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 29, 09:50 8
- Kim & I are done -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:57 7
  - Does David know? -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 09:58 6
    - So I can pick again? We need 5 on the bench, right? -- nm - Volnelk Aug 29, 10:02 5
      - Yes, it's you then two assigned picks. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:03 3
        
        I see my joke failed miserably. -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 10:04 2
        
        No, I laughed, but I still had to answer his question. -- nm - David Aug 29, 10:05
        
        heh :) -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:04
      - Yeah, sure that is it -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 10:03
Volnelk to the white courtesy phone, please. Paging Volnelk -- nm - Cavemen Aug 29, 09:48 1
- Done. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 29, 09:50
This summer I started tracking our daily AC runtime vs our overall electric usage. As far as I can figure, we are going to pay an average of $4.63/day -- (edited) - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:43 [Attachment] 17
- $130/mo doesnt seem that bad. Ive had in upwards of $300+ -- nm - budice Aug 29, 09:48 2
  - Yeah. We pay about $80 during the non-summer months - heating is through natgas -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:50
  - Our place is about $130-$160. Our old place could hit $400 at times. - David Aug 29, 09:48
- Have you ever considered solar? you can rent the equipment rather than buy it now. -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:47 13
  - Semi-related. I recently signed up with these guys -- (link) - oblique Aug 29, 09:50 7
    - wow. I'll definitely look into this -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 10:03 3
      - Their community solar program is really interesting too. You can basically buy panels on another person's house. -- (link) - oblique Aug 29, 10:18 2
        
        does a similar program exist for pools -- nm - Max Aug 29, 10:22 1
        
        this is a genius idea -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:28
    - is it dark in your house when it's not windy? -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:02
    - That's really cool. How is it working out for you in terms of performance? Are you saving much money with it? -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:58 1
      - So, I've only been on it for a couple months. Already they've lowered my $/kWh from 0.071 to 0.067. I'm technically paying more because I chose to - oblique Aug 29, 10:16
  - Our house is semi-circled by trees that would block most of the direct sunlight -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 09:49 4
    - Just get a chainsaw. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 29, 09:50 [youtube] 2
      - chainsaws are dangerous - he should just burn down the trees -- nm - decline Aug 29, 10:03 1
        
        Easy, Bolsanaro. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 10:04
    - What are "trees"? -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:50
Samara, ML Strongbad in SF -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 09:31
I have Beakers pics in SF, give me a minute -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 09:29 1
- Hawt. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 29, 09:30
Samsung - Spawn Aug 29, 09:24 5
- Microsoft - Mop Aug 29, 10:05
- Lego - Spawn Aug 29, 09:24 3
  - did you find one of those 'One-Fact-A-Day' calendars you forgot you had? -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:26 2
    - 7-Eleven - Spawn Aug 29, 09:27 1
      - More please! -- nm - Mop Aug 29, 10:05
Half of Team Give'r from The Amazing Race Canada died after a fall off a mountain in BC -- (link) - Reagen Aug 29, 09:22 1
- :-[ -- nm - mud Aug 29, 09:27
Twitch is like 70% World of Warcraft right now. - David Aug 29, 09:21 6
- Regular or Classic? -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 29, 09:28 2
  - Definitely Classic. - David Aug 29, 09:35
  - Make Love, Not Warcraft -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:29
- Better than 70% Fortnite -- nm - eag Aug 29, 09:26 2
  - That is Mixer. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:27 1
    - Now it is -- nm - eag Aug 29, 09:54
Do you know why "Starbucks" was chosen for their name? spoiler answer IM (made me laugh) -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 29, 09:21 2
- It's a Moby Dick reference but other than that... -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 09:22 1
  - the original 3 owners wanted a name starting with 'St' and one of the 3 was an english teacher - decline Aug 29, 09:27
Do you know what Amazon was going to be called? spoiler answer IM -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 29, 09:20
Do you know what was Twitter going to be called? spoiler answer IM -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 29, 09:14 4
- BirdPoopr -- nm - Max Aug 29, 09:18
- Spewer? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 29, 09:16 2
  - you accidentally hit the p key there. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 09:19 1
    - "Sewer" is phonetically implied. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 29, 09:27
That just looked like a regular picture of Piper Perabo. -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:13 10
- honestly, I didn't recognize her at all. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 09:14 9
  - We've been watching Go On all summer. That's exactly how she looks on the show. -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:15 8
    - Covert Affairs should have had more seasons too -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 29, 09:32 1
      - Turn Up the Charlie, as well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:37
    - I should watch that again -- bought it on Amazon video -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 09:25
    - You still have it on a tivo or is it streaming somewhere? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 29, 09:23 1
      - I have it in a way that isn't even possible anymore. We bought it on Amazon Video and then downloaded the episodes to the TiVo. - David Aug 29, 09:28
    - I'm still a bit pissed about the fate of that show. -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 29, 09:17 2
      - The jokes hit just as strong today. It's extremely impressive. -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:18 1
        
        I can't believe I'm going to type these words in this order, but... - Uncle Six Aug 29, 09:27
What could go wrong? -- (link) - decline Aug 29, 09:03
ST NCAA Football PickEm: Group ID# - 11428 Group Password - 312.50 (Starts tonight-Top 25 picks) -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 09:02
Sceire, me, me, Kim -- nm - Volnelk Aug 29, 08:59 1
- Sceire picked. Vol x2, Kim, me -- nm - decline Aug 29, 09:42
Thanks amoxy (email sent). Give me 15-20 minutes when my turn is up and then pick please, I may be back in time for the second one. - Beaker Aug 29, 08:57
Man, women in South Dakota are cheap dates -- (link) - decline Aug 29, 08:57 7
- KY = $75 for meth and $6 for the bj? -- nm - Max Aug 29, 09:20
- WTFNJ? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 09:17
- See? Everyone pays for sex. -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:17
- NJ must be dinner at the diner and then Devils tickets. -- nm - Max Aug 29, 09:13 2
  - have you seen the price of skeeball these days? -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 09:14 1
    - Does it cost more than vagina? - Shaun Aug 29, 09:16
- Is this a date, or a "date *wink wink*"? -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 09:01
Let’s roll this board so I can post pictures of my new puppy -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 29, 08:56 11
- She was so brave at her vet visit -- (pic) - Mr. Havens Aug 29, 09:33 [Attachment]
- Yay! Everyone, meet River Rosalind Havens - Mr. Havens Aug 29, 08:57 [Attachment] 9
  - So cute! Congrats on the new family member! -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 10:36
  - Adorable! -- nm - Epiphany-Shade Goddess Aug 29, 09:27
  - heh, she looks like she'll investigate everything -- nm - Max Aug 29, 09:15
  - Awww -- nm - Amoxy Aug 29, 09:14
  - Whoo! Nice. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 09:13
  - Adorable! Congrats! -- nm - David Aug 29, 09:09
  - sweet -- nm - groiny Aug 29, 09:03
  - Very cute puppy. Enjoy. -- nm - pmb Aug 29, 08:59
  - cute puppers -- nm - decline Aug 29, 08:58

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