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Who is Leroy Smith, and why is he The Mastervator? -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 17:07
Happy Impersonation Day! -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 17:01 1
- And to you! -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 17:06
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I feel like Anvil is a joke that I'm completely missing. -- nm - Tim Jun 3, 16:57 3
- spoiler - nubby Jun 3, 17:08
- What is Anvil? Wikipedia says they're a band; do you think they might be a joke in the Spinal Tap sense? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 17:01 1
  - A metal band that nobody knew existed for nearly 20 years that had a documentary made about them. -- nm - Tim Jun 3, 17:07
how does a guy have an era of 6.32 but a whip of only 1.27? - dogbert183 Jun 3, 16:56 1
- homers? xbh mostly. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 3, 16:58
DVD's today: High Noon and Moonraker! ($5 bin at Walmart), WALL-E -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 16:53 1
- *attempts re-entry* -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 16:55
Comic today: Wolverine: Old Man Logan: A++...+ - awesome., -- nm - Beaker Jun 3, 16:53
I ran into Macaulay Culkin this morning on my way to work. First celeb sighting! - Hotkiss Jun 3, 16:52 2
- I tend to say I've never had a celeb sighting in NYC, but I bet I've just been oblivious. -- nm - ty97 Jun 3, 16:58
- nice. your celeb sightings can only go up from there :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 16:58
Tom Glavine cut. Not a joke. - David Jun 3, 16:43 26
- Too bad so many Mets fans wouldn't stand for a return of Glav, the Mets could use a pitcher or two. - musubi Jun 3, 16:50 7
  - Yeah, we had to make a move in the outfield. No doubt about that. -- nm - David Jun 3, 16:52 6
    - I see they sent Schafer down and called up Blanco, that'll help too. (nm) - musubi Jun 3, 16:56 5
      - And hey, Hansen is starting Saturday, I see. - musubi Jun 3, 16:58 4
        
        I was just telling Kim today was brutal for our personnel people. - David Jun 3, 17:02 3
        
        Quantifying that... - Beaker Jun 3, 17:07 2
        
        If (the majority of) Mets fans wouldn't stage a full-scale revolt, I think Omar'd already be on the phone with TG's agent. (nm) - musubi Jun 3, 17:09
        
        DAN. -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 17:08
- Nate McLouth from the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Charlie Morton and two minor leaguers. -- nm - David Jun 3, 16:46 15
  - Ah, the yearly sell off begins a little early - Brian Jun 3, 16:50 14
    - I'm baffled that they couldn't get more for McLouth. A decent-glove CF who hits above average only gets three middling prospects? (nm) - musubi Jun 3, 16:55 7
      - According to Baseball America, Hernandez is the number 4 prospect in the Braves system - Brian Jun 3, 17:01 6
        
        Must be a tools thing, because his stats look fairly underwhelming. - musubi Jun 3, 17:06 4
        
        I'm just cribbing this from the Pirates' blog - Brian Jun 3, 17:09
        
        I think that with the poor economy, we'll see salaries moved faster than normal this year. - David Jun 3, 17:08 2
        
        Fair nuff. - musubi Jun 3, 17:12 1
        
        Coincidentally, Frank Wren is on Peachtree TV right now. - David Jun 3, 17:16
        
        He was #2 in Detroit's system when we got him. Locke has been as high as #2, but fell off after his struggles last year. -- nm - David Jun 3, 17:03
    - Maybe they will finally bring Steve Pearce up to stay. - groiny Jun 3, 16:54
    - I'm trying to find out what prospects we gave you. Morton has great stuff but little confidence. -- nm - David Jun 3, 16:51 4
      - Here's what Neal Huntingdon has to say - Brian Jun 3, 16:55 1
        
        Hernandez is a great prospect. I think this deal makes sense for you in that regard. - David Jun 3, 16:58
      - Jeff Locke and Gorkys Hernandez -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 16:53 1
        
        story -- (link) - nubby Jun 3, 16:54
- Ooh, we got McLouth? Nice pick-up. -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 16:45 1
  - It is a huge acquisition, but they did him no favors by making it seem like he stepped on Glavine to get here. -- nm - David Jun 3, 16:46
Fiona will be on Craig Ferguson tonight -- nm - Remlik Jun 3, 16:39 1
- And the donkey will sing -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 17:09
mojave Meg - - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:34 2
- Email me and I'll see what I can do. Things are a lot tighter now than they used to be...but they owe me :) - MojaveMeg Jun 3, 16:44 1
  - I will and thanks. -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:45
Now this is dinner. Lemon pepper baked chicken, mash 'em up potatoes, and fresh garden string beans. -- nm - CQ Jun 3, 16:31 5
- what are mash 'em up potatoes? the same as mashed potatoes? -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 16:55 3
  - sure thing. I just call them that. -- nm - CQ Jun 3, 17:02 2
    - I thought it was some weird dialect thing :) Or someone trying to be Jamie Oliver -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 17:03 1
      - well, I'm weird. so there ya go:) -- nm - CQ Jun 3, 17:05
- Ling Ling Pot-stickers and a salad. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:37
Here is the list thus far of, "gosh, I wish I knew where that was" items from my move: - mobile browsing loves mandy lane Jun 3, 16:22 3
- someone at work borrowed my iphone "tail" a few hours ago and hasn't returned it yet -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 16:26 2
  - oh, she must be reading ST - she just returned it :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 16:27 1
    - *whistles innocently* -- nm - 'lia SI Jun 3, 16:28
Well, I had an interesting discussion at the comic shop today regarding Millar and his treatment of certain characters... - Stephen Jun 3, 16:15 11
- He comes across as hugely sexist and racist in Wanted. That's all I know. -- nm - David Jun 3, 16:35 3
  - Interesting. -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 16:45 2
    - sfek. I'd heard it was a good read, but after watching the movie which put me to sleep... -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 16:45 1
      - almost a completely different beast. -- nm - Remlik Jun 3, 16:45
- and Joe Simon. [Jack & Roz Kirby were good friends of mine] -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 16:23
- i think that's a ridiculous assertion. *most* of the characters in Ultimates have been shed with a new light. that's the whole point, really. - Guy Jun 3, 16:19 4
  - Thor's been crazy before. Nothing new. -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:37
  - pssst - Stephen Jun 3, 16:29 2
    - also (spoilers?) - Stephen Jun 3, 16:32 1
      - but for the Ultimate Universe I'd be fine with that if the story is told well. -- nm - Remlik Jun 3, 16:33
- they're full of crap. And yes we are paying extra to have it on Monday....but if you're not a regular pull... - Remlik Jun 3, 16:18
TV PSA: The Cougar finale is tonight. -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 16:05
LIR - kare - for a different slant on the Jane Goodall story, look out for a copy of this... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 3, 16:05 5
- that's just god planning on his part. -- nm - Remlik Jun 3, 16:22
- Jane Goodall *and* Dian Fossey! Both! Louis was a *player*! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Jun 3, 16:10 3
  - And possibly Birut� Galdikas, before he sent her off to study orangutans. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 3, 16:15
  - huh. there was another rumor (goes way back) that Jane was Leakey's illegitimate daughter. -- nm - loosiflu Jun 3, 16:14 1
    - Ooooh, hadn't heard that one. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 3, 16:16
I never quite understand why parcel delivery services insist on going through their 3 attempt rigamarole before letting you go to their depot. - Reagen Jun 3, 16:04 4
- When my Xbox came back from repairs, I practically stalked the delivery van back to the depot. UPS held it for me after the 1st attempt. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Jun 3, 16:07 3
  - The best part is that what I ordered had to be shipped in two packages so I get to go through this twice. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 16:11 2
    - I still feel Bery's pain from his Christmas shipping debacle. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Jun 3, 16:13 1
      - He didn't get the laptop until early february ... and then it had issues! Display glitches and stuff. - Beryllium Jun 3, 16:16
I hit the proverbial wall today at 4pm. I just woke up. Holy crapoli. -- nm - CQ Jun 3, 15:52
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- Serious, non-fighty question: are we not in a recession now? - Dr.Vermin Jun 3, 16:41 6
  - We are and I think Jack is just suggesting that we may be coming out of it (too soon for him). I think it's too early to say that. -- nm - pmb Jun 3, 16:43 5
    - You mean Jack Dawson loves his ST friends getting laid off? We have had so many, he enjoys the pain they suffer? -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:44 4
      - No, I think he just hates what he stated he hates in his IM. -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:45 3
        
        I am just pulling his chain. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:47 2
        
        I think he's pulling ours too. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:59 1
        
        I got that. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:00
- In the years between when the Great Depression hit and World War 2, there were several false bull markets - Roger More Jun 3, 16:37
- I agree -- nm - General Motors Workers Jun 3, 16:34
- Why would you want a recession? -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 16:18 2
  - It's unrealistic to maintain a bull market for years on end - granted, you can have a bear without having a recession, but sometimes it's an important - Beryllium Jun 3, 16:22
  - Probably for the same reason I do. - nubby Jun 3, 16:20
- I'm still finding it episodic. There are signs of life, but it's inconsistent. -- nm - pmb Jun 3, 16:07
- bah, they will just use that money to buy cheap companies, and not lend it to the rest of the economy. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 3, 16:00
- Oh come on. You know the Republicans will do what they can to take credit for getting out of the recession. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 15:59 26
  - Yeah, and Obama and company will claim all praise and glory - Stephen Jun 3, 16:20 25
    - They'd be in office if it happened. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:24 24
      - There's a bit of a difference. The economy, in large part, will go up or down regardless of who is in office. - Stephen Jun 3, 16:28 23
        
        Not really. It was going to fall no matter who was in office. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:33 22
        
        The lengths that people go to to deny Reagan credit where it's due is amusing... -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 16:38 21
        
        More like the lengths people go to to give credit where none is due. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:43 15
        
        Wow, you could not be more wrong if you said Aliens from Mars were responsible for it. Oh well. Think what you want. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:46 14
        
        Then what is your counter argument? Since you provided none. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:50 13
        
        We armed Afghan's and made that war so expensive in human loss and financial loss it crippled any chances to further expand. - Redmond Jun 3, 16:54 8
        
        Thus forcing them to downsize to try and get their economy stable again. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:55 7
        
        The peope in those countries get some credit, yes, but without Reagan's vision and leadership they'd still be living under communist rule today. -- nm - Stephen Jun 3, 17:00 6
        
        Excuse me? He wasn't the leader of those countries or their revolutions. -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:02 2
        
        Without the US those people would have been SLAUGHTERED!!! DEAD DEAD DEAD! -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:03 1
        
        And that's a rational argument how? - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:07
        
        I am sure Carter's boycott of the Olympics made it all happen. That was a gutsy move there. Give credit where credit is due. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:01 2
        
        I'm not giving Carter credit either. I think we had FA to do with it. -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:03 1
        
        I just like cracking on Carter even if I have to reach to do it. It's fun. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:03
        
        And what's your argument for him not having anything to do with it? - Stephen Jun 3, 16:52 3
        
        Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel, the basic ineptitude of the USSR in many of its sattlelites. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:58 2
        
        The collapse of the iron curtain didn't happen in a vacuum you know. - Stephen Jun 3, 17:12
        
        So much had to happen before they even got to that point. You are talking about checkmate, but how did it get there? -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:59
        
        JFK had nothing to do with us going to the moon. We would have went there anyway. FDR had nothing to do with winning WW2, we would have won anyway. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:40 4
        
        Maybe he didn't. In that case that was a US program. And we were spurred on as much by the USSR's space program as anything else. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:54 3
        
        Sigh. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 16:58 2
        
        Hey, you brought it up. - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 17:00 1
        
        Sigh. -- nm - Redmond Jun 3, 17:02
OK, so Acrobat Pro has much better order form handling. - Mop (236 lbs) Jun 3, 15:49
*rolls a beer can from one side of JackDawson's place to the other* - JaxSean Jun 3, 15:33 18
- You laugh but we once stayed in a pub in southwest England, and when we walked into the room and tossed the car keys on the dresser they - MojaveMeg Jun 3, 16:09 1
  - You know he'll quit reading after the word pub. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 16:16
- He's got the apartment from HIMYM? -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 15:43 3
  - That's the first thing I thought of when I read his post. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 3, 16:07
  - Or from Mad About You -- nm - Dano Jun 3, 15:58 1
    - Oh well thank you for indirectly infecting me with that earworm. :) -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 3, 16:04
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  - I bought my house after having only seen it furnished. When I walked through it empty, I got nauseous it seemed to be listing to the side so much. - jnine Jun 3, 15:45
  - they are. honestly, I have lived in places with a floor like that. - tRuMaN Jun 3, 15:43 3
    - also, if you are really worried about it, there are tons of easy ways to see how much the slope is -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 3, 15:47 2
      - spoiler - nubby Jun 3, 16:04
      - "There's an app for that" -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 16:02
  - It will play hell with your bowling game -- nm - Roger More Jun 3, 15:43
  - That sucks - con_carne Jun 3, 15:40
  - So I might actually know a crooked man who lives in a crooked house. -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 15:39 1
    - my old house was crooked as is this one. It's not a big deal, really. -- nm - mobile browsing loves mandy lane Jun 3, 16:14
- he could skateboard down the hallway. -- nm - Remlik Jun 3, 15:34 1
  - Would he notice when he was drunk? -- nm - the liioulu with moe and less Jun 3, 15:44
plan... loophole..whatever, I read it's going to be changed - Stewie Jun 3, 15:28 5
- Maybe it will but I doubt they'd change it. The gov would try any stunt at this point to put a floor under the housing market, and people buying - Loyola Jun 3, 15:37
- I believe the minimum is 3% down, but that may have changed. - JaxSean Jun 3, 15:32 3
  - It's 3.5%. - nubby Jun 3, 15:35 2
    - you're pissed? I bought mine 4 months too soon so I have to pay it back -- nm - dogbert183 Jun 3, 15:44 1
      - Are you posting from your house? -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 15:51
stop holding on to the past! -- nm - b! Jun 3, 15:23 5
- *stops believin'* -- nm - nubby Jun 3, 15:25 1
  - don't do that! -- nm - steve perry Jun 3, 15:26
- But the past has a nice rack... -- nm - JaxSean Jun 3, 15:25 2
  - the future is getting implants -- nm - Guy Jun 3, 15:31 1
    - the future's so bright, I gotta wear Secretstalker :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 15:43

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