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LMAO at the President leaking the USA's true imaging capabilities via twitter. - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:27 1
- I would assume they got all that when they hacked the NSA from that contractor with Kaspersky AV on his laptop -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 14:43
Tyler Skaggs: OD - opioids and alcohol -- (link*) - budice Aug 30, 13:03 4
- Article places some blame on an unnamed Angels employee. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 13:18 1
  - If it’s the trainer, they are absurdly stupid. It’s a banned substance. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 13:27
- Dammit. That newspaper was right. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:04 1
  - Don't hate the media. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:17
prescription screw up turns 17 children into werewolves -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 30, 12:42 4
- Why are so many kids getting prescription antacid meds? Is it that common -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:00 1
  - Rolaid? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 14:01 -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:01
- Mistakes were made. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:59 1
  - "In our defense, those children never said they didn't want to become werewolves." -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 13:02
It’s odd that Linda Hamilton is imo, the worst part of that trailer. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 12:42 2
- I would love if (Spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 12:52
- her voice is utterly shot. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 12:46
Congratulations! Start streaming November 12, 2019. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:40
Rhode Island? Oh fuck off. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 12:20 4
- I was going to reject Oklahoma outright but Drzyzga's tweeted map shows an interesting dialect cone from Pitt to Oklohoma/Kansas. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:32
- Probably an area of the state, a neighborhood that calls itself midwest, like a compass designation -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:06
- This makes zero sense. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:26 1
  - I mean, the dark green I'd agree with. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 12:28
my 330 to 430 meeting the friday before a long weekend (that should have been cancelled days ago) just cancelled. dudes, I'm already here. - amanda Aug 30, 12:04 5
- all the donuts -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:32
- Obviously they set it up to get you out of your office so their mission impossible team can get in motion -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:13
- I declined a 4:00 meeting for this afternoon. Right, like I'm going to that even on a regular Friday. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 12:28
- also, this conditioner smells amazing. I keep looking around all like, "what smells so good?" OH WAIT. IT'S ME. -- (link) - amanda Aug 30, 12:15 1
  - They should just make that the brand name. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 12:21
I took my collected change (quarters, dimes, nickels) to Coinstar and it totaled $342. How many quarters did I have? - TWuG Aug 30, 11:34 25
- I can’t put my quarters in the change bank. They’re still too useful for bus fare and doling out to panhandlers since I don’t smoke anymore. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 11:58 13
  - Yeah, I resent every quarter I give to Coinstar. But "You'll take my useless nickels and it only costs 14% of their value and I can only redeem at -- (edited) - Roger More Aug 30, 12:13 6
    - Huh. Mine spit out an Amazon gift code with no fee. -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 12:14 5
      - So you get this flimsy tissue more valuable than gold...than cold pressed latinum, looking no different from a gas station receipt, don't lose it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:16 3
        
        What is this "gas station" you speak of? -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 13:36 1
        
        its this thing where random people are allowed to squirt highly flamable toxic fluid from a metered dispenser into their metallic transport devices -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 14:46
        
        That's exactly it -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:20
      - Exactly. I've mentioned before, I buy out the bookstore coin and convert to Amazon credit. Always have money on hand for impulse buys :) -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 13:01
  - Last 5 words? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:58 5
    - Giving beggars a cigarette is the best way to keep it moving. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 11:59 4
      - to keep what moving? their decline? -- nm - mud Aug 30, 12:08 1
        
        Moot point now. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:58
      - Huh. Never thought of that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:00 1
        
        Of course, they are worth more than a couple of quarters by now. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:00
- 312 -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:38 2
  - No, just... no -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 11:41 1
    - I was actually serious in that I tend to spend my quarters, but no other change. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:09
- 666 -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:35 7
  - that's too low. How about 1333 -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:36 6
    - Too high -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 11:37 5
      - 987 -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:41 4
        
        To low, but close enough: 1054 and 610 dimes - TWuG Aug 30, 11:42 3
        
        *laugh* I was going to guess something close to that -- (pic) - JD Aug 30, 11:45 [Attachment] 1
        
        Nice! :-) -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 11:51
        
        whoa -- nm - mud Aug 30, 11:43
Trump disclaims responsibility for Iranian rocket failure in unconvincing fashion -- (link) - TWuG Aug 30, 11:19
thanks for the disney plus tip, sean! -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 11:15 4
- Yep, it was posted here by kilbo as well (that's how i saw it). Hopefully you get it -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:18 3
  - Think it was first posted by eag. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:20 2
    - It takes a village -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:39 1
      - smiley face emoji. -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 11:53
You know who completely vanished? Emily from Friends. - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 30, 11:08 13
- Steve Zahn hasn't done too much that I've seen recently. Not sure if that says something about his career, or my lack of movie watching. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:38 3
  - Steve Zahn peaked with A Perfect Getaway. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:40 2
    - threads converging! Zahn and Olyphant! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 11:42 1
      - Ha! -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:54
- did anyone but me watch Cuckoo? First season was watchable, i made it about 2 episodes into season 2. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 11:18
- That Crapbag guy from Friends ended up being a nobody too. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 11:16 6
  - No, he's co-starring with Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman in Steven Soderbergh's next movie -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 11:18 5
    - i've told this before right? his aunt had my job before me (sort of, the job changed somewhat, but, yeah.) - Andie Aug 30, 11:22 4
      - wait is Roger talking about Schwimmer? I thought Crapbag was Rudd? - Andie Aug 30, 11:25 3
        
        Yes, it was a joke about how much Ross sucks. (And also, I don't get Friends season 10 references) -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 11:50
        
        Yes, it's Rudd. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 11:31
        
        Technically it's Crap Bag. First name Crap, last name Bag. Easy way to remember it is to think of a bag of crap. -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 11:27
- To wit: I immediately thought "No, Emily Mortimer still get work" and then realized that wasn't her. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 30, 11:12
Finally came across a useful Facebook ad. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 10:50
Memory Game: Swap on completed match, or make it, take it? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:44 1
- make it take it -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 12:59
10 years ago in theaters: The Final Destination, Halloween II, Taking Woodstock, (ltd): The Open Road - Max Aug 30, 10:33 [youtube] 18
- Rolaid? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:01
- Kate Mara is so pretty. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:35 5
  - I still want to stunt cast her with her sister in The Kind Worth Killing - Reagen Aug 30, 11:13
  - I had zero idea this movie existed -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:39 3
    - I want to believe in justin timberlake the actor so, so much. it *just* doesn't work. -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 11:13 1
      - I don't think we should overlook Jeff Bridges cootin' it up in that - Reagen Aug 30, 11:18
    - Someone from Anchor Bay mailed me a disc like three months before it came out. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:42
- 15 years ago: Hero, Anacondas: Blood Orchid, Suspect Zero, Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2, (ltd): Brown Bunny - Max Aug 30, 10:33 [youtube] 10
  - 20 years ago: The 13th Warrior, In Too Deep, The Astronaut's Wife, The Muse, Dudley Do-Right - Max Aug 30, 10:35 [youtube] 9
    - Heh, my stepdad was an extra in 13th Warrior. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:50 2
      - I remember weak reviews but I saw it in theater and I liked it. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:52 1
        
        Drive-In double-feature with Sixth Sense. 13th Warrior was better and less predictable. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:02
    - 25 years ago: Natural Born Killers, Wagons East!, Camp Nowhere, (ltd): It's Pat - Max Aug 30, 10:36 [youtube] 5
      - 30 years ago: The Package, Millenium, Wire, (ltd): The Adventures of Milo and Otis - Max Aug 30, 10:37 [youtube] 4
        
        Milo and Otis was the first movie I can remember going to see with my family. I was 10. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 11:59
        
        35 years ago: Oxford Blues, (ltd): Flashpoint, C.H.U.D. - Max Aug 30, 10:39 [youtube] 2
        
        40 years ago: City on Fire (I had thought I'd heard of every disaster movie) - Max Aug 30, 10:43 [youtube] 1
        
        50 years ago: The Gypsy Moths (d. Frankenheimer; Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson) -- (link) - Max Aug 30, 10:45 [youtube]
Some Florida residents are leaving their cars at gas stations because fuel is running out before Hurricane Dorian arrives in the state. -- nm - decline Aug 30, 10:28 5
- "Run away! Run away!" -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 12:39
- ...Tuesday morning. They..have time. sheesh -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 11:15 1
  - Yeah, there will be more gas deliveries. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:00
- FIRST IN LINE!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:01
- Tangent: Kim's boss had an easier time getting a flight to Naples, Florida, than she did to Knoxville. - David Aug 30, 10:30
Poll: Do you know the actor who said, "You're not Jonesey!" Do you know the actor who *was* Jonesey? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:25 8
- Damien Lewis is one. Is Jason Lee the other? -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:27 7
  - it's someone else with two first names. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:42 6
    - Kurt Russell. No, wrong movie. -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 11:07
    - Chuck Todd? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:49
    - Well, that rules out Olyphant. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:45 3
      - I only wanted to see the Olyphant. -- nm - Sam Gamgee si Aug 30, 11:20 1
        
        I hear he only ever needed one read through on those tricky Deadwood scripts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:22
      - Harrumph. -- nm - Olyphant James Aug 30, 10:46
Meanwhile: Matthew McConaughey will be a professor at the University of Texas -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:02 9
- I hate that when he grades our papers, he just puts “Alright.” -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:01 2
  - Underrated joke. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:13
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 12:06
- Percussion? Horticulture? Keepin' It Real? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:11 5
  - i would enroll in any of those courses with him. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 10:12 4
    - word. and I would go to every session. -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 11:14
    - Quantum Mechanics is another possibility - Reagen Aug 30, 10:13 2
      - Reality is sadly not that interesting: Script to Screen. -- nm - JD Aug 30, 10:14 1
        
        obviously the law school needs him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 10:52
I'm finally reading an SI column from earlier in the week. During the 2012 season, Washington had: - David Aug 30, 09:58
Comic book people - quick question - is a standard comic book (especially older ones) slightly smaller in size than a regular 8.5 x 11 piece of paper? - Andie Aug 30, 09:53 6
- slighty larger. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 10:04 4
  - Call your local comic book stores and ask if they have comic book frames. - Remlik Aug 30, 10:05 3
    - okay. thanks. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 30, 10:13 2
      - when you have time...take a photo of it... - Remlik Aug 30, 10:40 1
        
        will do! thanks. (Edit) i don't think it's valuable or anything, it's just the name connection. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 30, 10:44
- Define old. Some older ones are larger. But they do make frames especially for comics -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 10:03
Easily 90% of the time that my phone rings, it's a single ring and the caller hangs up. They're calling my friend Jonesey - the last 2 digits of our - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:49 4
- "You're not Jonesey" -- nm - If you picked up Aug 30, 09:53 2
  - I love how a terrible, totally forgettable movie can have such a memorable line. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:00
  - I totally need to do this -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:53
- if you manage to answer it in time, make sure to yell ... - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:52
College football starts! Yay! What was your alma mater's record last season? Any post-season play? - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:41 14
- 7-6 and we lost 52-14 last night. Expected to win 3-4 games this year. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 30, 13:05
- N/A My colleges only had intramural sports. Fucking nerds! -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 11:11
- 10–3 Beat WV in Campping World Bowl 34-18 -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 30, 10:40
- 6-5. No postseason for the first time in a few years. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 10:16
- Stopped playing football in the 90's -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 10:00
- 5-7. Kim's been *horrible* for UT since she moved down here. - David Aug 30, 10:00
- 11-2, won the Military Bowl -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 09:56
- 4-3 in sprint football last year -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 09:52
- 7-7 lost in the Sun Bowl -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:46
- 12-1. Squished like grape in the Cotton Bowl. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 30, 09:42 4
  - what's your guess for their record this season? They have a bit of a challenging schedule -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:43 3
    - Anything worse than 9-3 would probably be considered a disappointment. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 30, 09:47 2
      - Ugh. I always forget you're one of them. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:31 1
        
        No tickets for you then! -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 30, 11:21
*Click here* for the website that will hack your iPhone -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:39 3
- My reply to the very valid point that the article is uninformative. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:58 [Backboard] 1
  - Of course it was valid. I only post the best for you people. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:02
- Oh noes! What will it do to my Facebook? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:41
Texans tried to unload Clowney on Dolphins along with 1st round pick in exchange for Laremy Tunsil. - Spawn Aug 30, 09:32
Big QoL change: bought some of those wax pencils to label spice jars, leftovers, freezer meals - Reagen Aug 30, 09:31

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