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This piece of junk is named "MV Tachie". I should bid on it and, after repairs, rename it Rocinante. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:31 9
- Nice. Screaming Firehawk would work, too -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 17:46 8
  - Oh, "Legitimate Salvage" would be the best. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 18:00 6
    - Apropos link -- (link) - TWuG Oct 18, 18:07 2
      - cool -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 18:13
      - I want that. Ideally in a metal version. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 18:09
    - I'm playing No Man's Sky and all my ships have Expanse names. I'll have to add this one to the list -- (edited) - TWuG Oct 18, 18:01 2
      - IM: Best ship name ever, but only fits just the right kind of ship. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 18:08 1
        
        It would work very well for a ship I linked a few years ago, although that one already had a great name (The Curve of Time) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 18:12
  - Yes. But not "Pinus Contorta". -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:58
my fave line from the sequel I saw today was from one of the newcomers. - mud Oct 18, 17:12
Yankees Power!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 17:07 1
- Yes, YES YES!! Give the fans hope only to crush it later. -- nm - Bacon Oct 18, 17:40
I called my cable company today and got my bill reduced slightly. - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:03 5
- every 6 months deals on HBO & other pay stations expire and I call in to get them again. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 18, 17:38
- Works out to a $10/mo savings compared to the last 2 years, but a $30/mo savings going compared to if I hadn't called them. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:07 3
  - Tomorrow (or sunday), will talk to telus about something similar re: cellphone. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:27 2
    - You can save more by putting it in SOs name, take advantage of first time deals. Disconnect/reconnect -- nm* - budice Oct 18, 17:37 1
      - It's a cell phone. And we each have one. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:44
... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:00 1
- heh, and this one from the replies is great too -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:01
Bunch of Toho movies on TCM tonight. Also later on Blacula. - zork Oct 18, 16:13 2
- I am so unhappy that Comcast moved TCM to a be part of a premium ‘sports’ package. It’s an extra $10/mo now. - howie Oct 18, 18:40
- Thanks! -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 16:41
So have we seen Trump giving the finger to those female astronauts today? -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 16:10
FX fires SOA/Mayans creator Kurt Sutter for being an "Abbrasive D#ck" -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 15:54 2
- That sounds like something that would cost extra at Club Vandersexx -- nm - JD Oct 18, 15:57 1
  - nmb -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 16:09
WaPo: State Department probe of Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 15:49 3
- Mike Pompeo is going to have some explaining to do to Trump. - pmb Oct 18, 15:53 2
  - Easy! "The report totally confirms that there was mishandling of classified information!" -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 17:04
  - while we're xplainin' stuff to them, like what a server is, can someone tell them what "quid pro quo" means? -- nm - mud Oct 18, 15:55
Now those are quality Spirit Fingers -- (link) - zork Oct 18, 15:45 2
- photoshop a lawnmower in front of the fox, put the White House in the background... -- nm - Max Oct 18, 16:15
- In related news, I sponsored a Vancouver Island Marmot through the Toronto Zoo. They are the most endangered mammal in Canada and at one time ... - zork Oct 18, 16:01
I could get a camera to capture it, but in our yard today, at the same time, I saw a cardinal and a blue jay - prayformojo Oct 18, 15:42 7
- That could only mean one thing. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 17:26
- That is interesting. I think Blue Jays are kind of aggressive and other birds stay away. Cardinals aren't very smart though. - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 16:07 2
  - I hear blue jays are very intelligent and can mimic human speech - zork Oct 18, 16:15 1
    - Not sure about the mimicking, but they do have long conversations with each other. - . Oct 18, 18:24
- Did you throw a baseball at them? -- nm - zork Oct 18, 15:46
- Well, do it! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 15:45
- make them fight! -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 15:43
With an offer to see 1-4 Northwestern get pummeled by #4 Ohio St. tonight, I choose watching our 2-5 high school in the home finale. Go Mustangs!!! -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 15:27 2
- Ah, c'mon, most of those four were pretty close. -- nm - . Oct 18, 15:43 1
  - This one won't. I'm thinking about 45-9ish. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 15:57
We're into the final weekend - Canadians, is your vote decided? - Reagen Oct 18, 15:23 10
- voted early, and often -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 16:57 [Backboard]
- Voted weeks ago, so yeah. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 16:53
- Easily. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 16:50
- Mostly but not entirely. Down to two tolerable options, though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 16:48
- Got a local Rhino to consider? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 16:34 1
  - does anyone else have the Animal Protection Party running in their area? -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 16:44
- Vote for Prell to go back to the old glass bottle! -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 15:53 1
  - Vote for Pedro -- nm - zork Oct 18, 15:54
- No -- nm - zork Oct 18, 15:38
- yup. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 15:27
I think I might do this movie marathon: Star Wars Marathon - JD Oct 18, 15:20 8
- If only they weren't the George Lucas fucked them all up editions -- nm - Bacon Oct 18, 17:41
- Call me when they do a Step Up marathon. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 17:31
- If they did it Machete order and put 1-2 in the middle of the night that’d be awesome. -- nm* - spamlet Oct 18, 16:10
- I'm in. Just told Amy and set the reminder on the AMC ap to notify me when they go on sale. Thanks for the head's up. - Spawn Oct 18, 15:59 2
  - mental -- (link*) - mud Oct 18, 16:03 [youtube] 1
    - 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 17:00
- I hope they do it at our local AMC. I'll see if my kid is up for it. Some on this board did the Marvel ones IIRC. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 15:37
- No Rogue One or Christmas Special, no go! -- nm* - Qale Oct 18, 15:28
Someone should tell the DC police that they done fucked up now -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:31 2
- That's a good start on arresting the cast of The Newsroom. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:40 1
  - "Don't try to arrest me, girl." "Don't call me girl, SIR." -- nm - Max Oct 18, 14:46
Not only did Erdogan throw the letter in the garbage, he took it personally. -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:20 14
- It reminds me of the letter JT sent to Russell Hantz. -- nm* - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Oct 18, 15:07 9
  - Here's an email I get yesterday. On the third Thursday of each month our firm does a happy hour at some local bar. A little after 5 one of the - pmb Oct 18, 15:26 3 1
    - That's great. And that would have been fun. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 15:32
    - Spectacular! -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Oct 18, 15:30
    - Trump should know how bad this is....he's been comedy-dunked on by lawyers! - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:28
  - Some moron on facebook was arguing it's not real. The MSM is making things up. *link to Trump saying it's real* "Still fake!" *link - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:14 4
    - It's amazing the number of people that are just locked into a particular conclusion and bend everything they see to justify it. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 18, 16:20
    - I’ve just started being direct: “why do you want to believe a lie?” -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Oct 18, 15:22 2
      - There's a subreddit called AskTrumpSupporters - Reagen Oct 18, 15:24 1
        
        That about sums it up, but also, I was watching the Netflix series "Explained" the other night and they have one on cults. How they get people to - pmb Oct 18, 15:27
- “I hope history will not record this letter,” Serdar Kilic, Turkey’s ambassador to the U.S., said Thursday on “PBS NewsHour.” -- nm - dude, you're so pretty Oct 18, 15:02 1
  - Too late. -- nm - . Oct 18, 15:04
- But... But... that was not what Trump tweeted? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 14:53
- But he was tough with him! -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:31
This seems like a flaw...pixel 4 facial recognition works if your eyes are closed -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 14:18 7
- But it's still your face. Just your face with your eyes closed. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:28 5
  - Meaning, I take your phone while you're sleeping, use your face to unlock it and away we go. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:29 4
    - Although there are bigger problems than the phone if this is happening, it makes me imagine cops doing it on handcuffed suspects. - Max Oct 18, 14:52 2
      - A code over any type of biometrics with the current court rulings -- nm - JD Oct 18, 14:58 1
        
        Password always required after restart. -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 16:18
    - But what about Gandalf? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:31
- Closing your own eyes doesn't make *you* disappear, decline/ -- nm - Max Oct 18, 14:22
I remember when the first Luigi's Mansion was an indication of the struggles of the GameCube. How far we've come... -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 14:14 1
- Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on 3DS is one of the most fun games I played on the system. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 15:09
Congress getting involved in the Blizzard/Hearthstone debacle. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 14:04 1
- I would not be above trying to manipulate Trump's obsession with beating China into cancelling our agreement to return pandas -- (link) - Max Oct 18, 14:08
25 Modern Love Essays to Read if You Want to Laugh, Cringe and Cry: I started to read this and only made it as far as the first one - JD Oct 18, 13:58 2
- from bbs -- (link) - . Oct 18, 14:06 [Backboard]
- ~gets me to the church on time~ -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 13:59
Checkbook says ouch. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 18, 13:54 2
- Ouch, indeed -- nm - JD Oct 18, 14:03 1
  - Not unexpected, thankfully, but it won’t be the last, either. -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 15:28
~Is there anyone out there looking out for me? Does anybody need me?~ - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 13:52 1
- My friend won’t let me play Bad Flower songs in her car. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 15:11
Then I saw “Don’t Tread on Me” by Metallica. That was perfect, just what I wanted -- (link) - JD Oct 18, 13:36
Trivia: Until 1987, Goodyear Blimps were named for the winners of what sporting event? -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:31 16
- Soap Box Derby! -- nm - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 13:34 2
  - This would be awesome -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 14:06 1
    - USS Ronny Beck -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:15
- America's Cup. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:33 7
  - Well done -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:34 6
    - It's one of those "why do I know this" facts. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:34 5
      - Final question last night ... 1 team got it right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:38 2
        
        the reason why 1987 is hilariously petty -- (edited) - Reagen Oct 18, 13:50 1
        
        (1983) -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 14:20
      - I don't know why you don't shutup about the America's Cup all the time. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:36
      - You Canadians seem to stalk us. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:36
- Strong Man Competition? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:33
- Indy 500 -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:33
- Kentucky Derby? -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:32 2
  - No (this was my guess) -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:33 1
    - It's unusual names, not like sporting team names or individual names. I thought "Horse names... maybe?" -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:33
Well, as procedures go, colonoscopies are a breeze. - TWuG Oct 18, 13:28 1
- Excelsior! (I hit a much much higher number my first time ... not fun.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 14:27
That's a cart kiosk cart-kiosk permit! -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 18, 13:28
B2: 8( but here's hoping -- (link) - JD Oct 18, 13:24 [Backboard] 2
- Blah! -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:31
- Thanks...it would be amazing to keep him in town with his interests and all. -- nm - Chamberlain Oct 18, 13:24
Trivia: Name the 4 "majority minority" states, that is the states with <50% Non-Hispanic White population ... per the 2010 census -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:18 23
- NM -- nm - The Bleaken Oct 18, 13:27
- Texas, California, New Mexico, Hawaii -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 13:27
- Texas, Cali, Hawaii, NM -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:27 1
  - This is right ... HI ~22%, CA ~37%, NM ~37%, TX ~42% ... since 2010 NV can also be included on this list at ~49% -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:29
- Ok, so Texas, California, Alaska and, um, Georgia? -- nm - Chamberlain Oct 18, 13:25 5
  - 2 right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:26 4
    - Hmmm...Ok, Texas, California, Hawaii, New Mexico. nm - Chamberlain Oct 18, 13:26 3
      - Yup... given the info out there your prior guess made me lol - rollo Oct 18, 13:30 2
        
        Eskimos! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:31 1
        
        ~61% n-h w -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:32
- Alabama Mississippi Louisiana FL -- nm - Geist Oct 18, 13:22 1
  - 0 right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:24
- I did not realize that B1 would be a test. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:22 4
  - Did you not take notes from B2?! -- nm - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 13:23 3
    - Eyes on your own paper you two -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:24 2
      - *passes love note to the wrong person* -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:25 1
        
        (X) yes -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:32
- Texas, California -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 18, 13:21 1
  - 2 right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:22
- Alaska, New Mexico, Texas, Florida -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:21 1
  - 2 right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:22
- Um...Alaska and Hawaii? -- nm - Chamberlain Oct 18, 13:21 1
  - 1 right -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:22

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