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You know, not punishing the Astros heavier did a great job of pitting players against one another just before CBA negotiations -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 07:50 6
- I look forward to everyone hurling pitches at batters. -- nm - Qale Feb 19, 08:01
- Are players pitted against one another? What I've seen is they're united in the punishment didn't go far enough, the Astros should be stripped of the - zunk lake county Feb 19, 07:59 3
  - I mean MLB had to issue a memo not to throw at the Astros players... -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 07:59 2
    - True, so they are united in that they should plunk any Astros players. Now I'm wondering if the ex-astro that talked will play them this season. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 08:02 1
      - Yes he’s with the As and people have asked about his security when he’s in Houston. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 08:03
- but they also now want to stick the Trophy up Manfred's ass so I don't think that will work -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:52
ST Gas Price Poll: Paid $105.9 a liter at Costco last night (equates to $4.01 a gallon) -- (edited) - Beaker Feb 19, 07:37 20
- Most stations in the area are 2.99, Costco is 2.79 so with rebates about 2.6x -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 10:55
- We're at around $2.75 a gallon regular. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 08:05
- It's about $1.12/L here at the moment. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:02
- $1.429/L -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 07:59 2
  - holy shitsnacks -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:00 1
    - Yep. Good thing I don't commute any more, and basically only drive a couple times a month. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:54
- 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 07:58
- $2.12 -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 19, 07:54
- Last fill up was at $3.59 / gal -- nm - JD Feb 19, 07:54
- $3.04 usually do $3.35 premium -- nm* - budice Feb 19, 07:50
- $ 2.19 -- nm - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 07:45
- $2.71 for plus -- nm - decline Feb 19, 07:45
- 99.9 a liter (3.78 a gallon) last night at Esso, no Costco gas close by. -- nm - AJRimmer Feb 19, 07:43
- $2.90/g premium -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 07:39 3
  - do you take your monocle off when filling the tank mister fancy pants? -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:39 2
    - My Volks EOS needs premium. Has the kick ass VR6 engine. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 08:00
    - lol. MINIs require premium so they can kick ass. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 07:51
- $2.19 by the office. $2.45 across town near my place. -- nm - sycor Feb 19, 07:38
- ~$2.30 -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 07:38
- I paid $2.53 per gallon yesterday -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 07:38
Crazy ass weather. In the 60s yesterday. Possibly up to 4 inches of snow tomorrow. -- nm - sycor Feb 19, 07:37
Shaun: gas supposed to go up 3 cents a litre overnight -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 07:35
Lololololololol - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 19, 07:09 2
- Well, I mean, he would know, amiright? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 07:20 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 19, 07:20
They say that anyone who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client yet everyone who does it in movies is clever and cunning. - Mop Feb 19, 06:50
Haven’t seen the follow-up yet but the woman on Jeopardy on Monday *crushed* it. Although she benefit from many pop culture entertainment clues. - Mop Feb 19, 06:49 13
- Too easy. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 07:51 1
  - Yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 19, 07:56
- I did not know that one. Broadway is not really in my wheelhouse. - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 07:02 10
  - Just looked up the clue, man that was easy -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 07:04 9
    - *spoils* - Ender Feb 19, 07:27
    - Yeah, that was pretty easy. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 07:21
    - If you live on Broadway, sure. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 07:19 3
      - I don't live on Broadway, I'm two blocks away from Broadway! - ty97 Feb 19, 07:27 2
        
        Actually it was! -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 07:39
        
        fancy-pants -- nm - decline Feb 19, 07:28
    - *kicks at the dirt* Yeah, well at least I got last night's African Geography question. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 07:15
    - Much like the Survivor category that night, there was no way you'd be able to infer the answer. It was one of those "you know it or you don't" clues. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 07:08 1
      - I do agree with this -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 07:28
another one bites the dust .. for telling the truth -- (link) - mud Feb 19, 06:37 1
- ~And another one gone, and another one gone~ -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 07:36
"Is it your life's goal just to be mean?" - Classroom Transcripts Feb 19, 06:34 1
- I guess only in the movies (a movie?) would the response have been: Did you have brain tumor for breakfast? -- nm - JD Feb 19, 06:37
This whole Bernie medical records thing can be easily resolved tonight at the debate with a pushup contest -- nm - decline Feb 19, 06:29 8
- It's not a good luck that he's basically pulled a Trump tax return on the medical records. It implies he's hiding something. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:51 4
  - Oh he's hiding something. It leaves no doubt to me. People may be voting on a guy that won't be able to serve his entire first term. -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 07:06 3
    - not sure there's actually much to hide. He's an 80 year old with a heart condition - decline Feb 19, 07:14 2
      - Sounds like a perfect candidate for a 24/7 high stress job! -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 07:44 1
        
        Under my administration, there will be no 24s there will be 7s. And we will offer a public option on stress. -- nm - Bernie Sanders Feb 19, 08:03
- As a fellow long-armed gangly person, I would object to such a measure of fitness. We ganglers are simply not designed for that! -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 06:41
- ~In the burning heart / Just about to burst / There's a quest for answers / An unquenchable thirst~ -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 06:30 1
  - Ranking of most likely to reach the top of a Russian mountain range on foot - Reagen Feb 19, 06:44
SpaceX has teamed up with tourism company Space Adventures to offer a 5 day low Earth orbit trip (upto 5 people in a 13 ft capsule). Price TBD -- (link) - decline Feb 19, 06:11 12
- Last man standing gets a return trip to Earth. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 06:31
- I'd be bored after five minutes -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 06:20 2
  - Lots of sex. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:02
  - Much like the Democratic debates, everyone says that until the shivs come out. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 06:51
- I love the idea of doing this. In practice I would pretty quickly succumb to Space Madness -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 06:16 3
  - I'm not sure I could stand being in a closet for 5 days with 5 other people without going mad -- nm - decline Feb 19, 06:18 2
    - It's only 4 other people. You'll be fine. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 07:12 1
      - He's counting the sixth passenger. - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:41
- Can I use points? -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 06:12 3
  - you'll need a whole hell of a lot more credit cards I think -- nm - decline Feb 19, 06:14 2
    - Just think of the miles though -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 06:17 1
      - I calculate roughly 2 million miles. -- nm - Ender Feb 19, 06:34
Stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the End of the Lane is transferring to the West End, here’s hoping Broadway is next. -- (link*) - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 19, 06:10
Nerf has made the guns from Halo -- (link) - Krusty Feb 19, 06:00
nmb Krusty - kelly Feb 19, 05:58 5
- I was going to go with Bucky Dent -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 06:00 4
  - You forgot his middle name -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 06:24 1
    - Bucky Phillip Dent. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 06:45
  - Ha! (I actually like Jeter.) -- nm - kelly Feb 19, 06:01 1
    - 😁 -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 06:16
"It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president" - ty97 Feb 19, 05:56 1
- I agree with the ranked choice ballot part of it.... -- nm - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 19, 06:06
Silly ol’ Margot Robbie - Flavorize— Feb 19, 05:53
ST Poll: What movie traumatized you as a kid? Mine: Lost Boys - Flavorize— Feb 19, 05:48 21
- the 7 headed clamation hydra in Jason and the arghonaughts...Jaws as a ya, after seeing it I walk well around a puddle of water in the parking lot -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 11:01
- preteen me was Stephen King's IT (1990) -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 08:17
- 1970s version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- nm - Jovian Feb 19, 07:54
- Jaws which I saw at an Air Force beach resort - JD Feb 19, 07:52
- Tin Drum - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 07:49
- Temple of Doom freaked me out. As did Robocop when the toxic waste drops on the guy. -- nm - sycor Feb 19, 07:37
- A movie called Gargoyles. There was one under a bed and one in a station wagon that jump scared the shit out of me. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 06:58
- The TV adaptation of Salem's Lot. That kid floating outside the window. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:39 [youtube] 1
  - *clapping* Good answer! Good answer! -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 06:43
- Not a movie, but the Nightmare at 20,000 feet episode of The Twilight Zone. -- nm - Ender Feb 19, 06:36
- The Mist and Dark Night of the Scarecrow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 06:22
- Poltergeist II. That bit with the tequila worm. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 06:19
- The Shining. But I loved it, too. - Dark Callisto Feb 19, 06:11
- Not sure it qualifies as "kid" but American History X was the one -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 06:09
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (only saw just the start) and Carrie (just the end), my brother liked showing me age inappropriate films -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 06:01
- Last Starfighter -- nm - budice Feb 19, 05:56 1
  - If we're going to be snarky... - oblique Feb 19, 06:20
- Jaws -- nm - decline Feb 19, 05:53
- Jaws -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 05:52 2
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 06:24
  - That’s a good one—I looked for great whites, in swimming pools, for a long time -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 19, 05:54
Go home Bloomberg -- (link) - ty97 Feb 19, 05:47 1
- And they always say High Stakes Debate for every debate -- nm - budice Feb 19, 05:51
More LYC: I was going to post a summary of my trip bookings and ended up cancelling one and changing it this morning which has only added to the story -- (edited) - oblique Feb 19, 05:17 2
- Make sure to get an actual Priority Pass card (digital is fine). Your credit card won't get you in -- nm* - ty97 Feb 19, 05:32 1
  - I did enable the service last night and they said they would send us the info soon. Trip isn't until June so I have plenty of time to activate. We - oblique Feb 19, 05:55
TV PSA: Survivor, AEW Dynamite, Black Ink Crew Chi, Howie Mandel, Masked Singer, Goldbergs, WWE NXT, Real HW, America's Top Dog, Schooled, Sistas, -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 04:42 7
- If David doesn’t have a sign at AEW saying he has Jungleboy fever, what is even doing with his life? -- nm - Qale Feb 19, 04:59
- Black Ink Crew, Modern Family, Criminal Minds, Party of Five, Summer House, Single Parents, LEGO Masters, Property Brothers, Good Trouble, Stumptown, -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 04:43 5
  - Magicians, The Soup, Miz & Mrs, Andy Cohen, Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution, Chef Show (Netflix), Year of the - Rabbit Feb 19, 04:45 4
    - 2: Masked Singer and Goldbergs -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 05:27
    - Democratic Debate -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 04:53 2
      - 3: Survivor, Goldbergs, Schooled -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 04:57
      - 2 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 04:53
alright, my attempt at an Expression of Interest for project funding. -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 18, 23:57 2
- I can already see words that can be sliced out. I need an editor for this sort of stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 00:04
- edited to fix a typo - Beryllium Feb 18, 23:58
Jnine alert: poster for Bernie/Red Hot Chili Peppers fund raiser concert ebay/goodwill auction (for 2016 event) (maybe you were there?) -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 18, 23:04 2
- Thanks! I was there so I do have it, but that's a good price. Bernie only appeared on the theater screen from back east, luckily. I didn't want to - jnine Feb 18, 23:09 1
  - don't forget, its an auction, prices usually jump in the closing minute 2, 3x -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 23:13
RIP Ja’Net DuBois, Willona from Good Times and composer/singer of the Jeffersons theme -- nm - con_carne Feb 18, 21:05 1
- She and Esther Rolle can be neighbors again in the afterlife. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 06:23
BE MORE EXCITING -- nm - David Feb 18, 20:25 24
- I got Borderlands 2 and the Prequel yesterday. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 03:46
- No more millennials! - Trisha Feb 18, 22:19 5
  - wooo -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 06:41
  - Yay!! This is indeed exciting! - Marlowe Feb 19, 04:30
  - I say let east wa and east OR join Idaho, drive over the cascades and you're in trumpville Kansas anyway - zeitgeist Feb 18, 23:08
  - Hey, welcome back!! We miss you. -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 22:23 1
    - this -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 08:19
- You were playing the ODST campaign on easy....I can’t talk to you right now -- nm - J Feb 18, 20:51 1
  - I’d already beaten it on Legendary. That was me tracking down all 30 logs again. - David Feb 18, 21:57
- Wholesome doom content -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 18, 20:33 1
  - Well that's unusual. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 07:10
- Idaho vs Oregon and Margot Robbie are two of my best shots. I think I may not be up to the task. -- nm - crash davis Feb 18, 20:29 3
  - Talk more Falcons and Braves. David will like it but everyone else will fall asleep -- nm - Bacon Feb 18, 20:30 2
    - Dale Murphy should be in the Hall of Fame if he is not already there! -- nm - crash davis Feb 18, 20:31 1
      - Crash is making a rare amount of sense. -- nm - David Feb 18, 21:57
- I can't, I'm writing a proposal for government funding of a hobby project. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 20:26 8
  - I will call you Bery Sanders now -- nm* - Bacon Feb 18, 20:30 1
    - Hey, if it gives me the impetus to finally buy a boat, it's a win. Even though the government wouldn't be bankrolling the boat. - Beryllium Feb 18, 21:12
  - Trish thinks her password died. Could you send her a new one - crash davis Feb 18, 20:30 5
    - I just initiated a password reset, the email should arrive within about five minutes. If it doesn't, let me know. - Beryllium Feb 18, 20:35 4
      - another friggin double post -- nm* - crash davis Feb 18, 20:45
      - it hasn't shown up as of yet -- nm - crash davis Feb 18, 20:45 2
        
        I sent a manual reset code (sorry for the delay, I was writing) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 21:26 1
        
        thank you :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 18, 22:17
Tommy used to work on the docks. -- nm - crash davis Feb 18, 20:10 2
- but they're on strike, its so hard, whoa livin on a prayer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 22:17
- and play pinball -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 20:20

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