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Ryan Newman has walked out of the hospital 48 hours after the crash -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 10:57 10
- That's awesome. But from "critical" to walking outside so soon? That seems weird. - zunk lake county Feb 19, 11:03 5
  - Don't know about abrasion, probably one massive contusion, minor burns, but they have well made crash cage, fireproof suit, so I'm thinking... - zeitgeist Feb 19, 13:22
  - I don't remember ever seeing "critical" just "serious" - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:46
  - I heard it was "serious" and non-life threatening -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 11:46
  - he's unbreakable! -- nm - decline Feb 19, 11:04 1
    - I guess! My mistake, he was "serious", not critical. Still. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 11:06
- He doesn't seem to be wearing any shoes -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:59 2
  - His feet appear to be pretty swollen. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 11:09
  - shoes are for wussies -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 11:00
- pff, he should have raced someone in wheelchairs - Max Feb 19, 10:59
Washington exercises AP's option: $2.25 million base salary with a roster bonus of $109,375 (great deal) -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:55
New Burger King ad campaign using mouldy Whoppers. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 19, 10:44 3
- You never thank me for my ideas! -- nm - Peggy Feb 19, 10:55
- yeah, gross. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 10:49
- This is an objectively terrible idea. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 10:48
NEwman family posts a photo.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 10:29 1
- and he's been released from the hospital -- (link) - decline Feb 19, 10:57
We keep hitting the mid-50s in the day and mid-20s at night. And it's hella sunny and bright out. - Mop Feb 19, 10:29 2
- Maple syrup season -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 11:45
- Lousy Smarch weather. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 10:35
Sony has cancelled their PAX East appearance because of the coronavirus -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:26 2
- That doesn't really make sense unless they're concerned about airports, but then airports would be closed if it were an issue. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:40 1
  - (that said, it seems every year E3 and PAX attendees say if you go, you're gonna come home with a cold) -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:41
ST Travel Poll — Where are you going? - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 19, 10:16 41
- Toronto in late March and New York in early April for work. Sadly, I miss the Jays at Yankee Stadium by days. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 19, 11:07
- Chicago for C2E2. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 10:55
- Peoria for a week in April. DC for two weeks in July. PAX West in late August. PAX Unplugged in November. Hanoi for (western) New Years. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 19, 10:51 2
  - Say Hi to my son while you're in Peoria :) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:54 1
    - you banished your son to Peoria? -- nm - decline Feb 19, 11:04
- Athens. Today. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 10:49 3
  - Go to the Agora. Apparently nobody goes there. - spamlet Feb 19, 10:51
  - @whereisty97 -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:50
  - Chidi? -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:50
- I'm supposed to go somehwere this weekend but I think it's falling apart fast. monaca in june. michigan in june. charleston in august. -- nm - amanda Feb 19, 10:49
- Literally driving to Atlanta right now. - David Feb 19, 10:46
- Peru in May. Feels like way too long since my last trip anywhere. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 10:45 2
  - you're going to the Andis? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 10:54 1
    - I'd like to visit the fount of those candies some day. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:57
- Not anywhere, other than Tampa next week. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 10:44
- Just was in California last week so either Idaho or Vegas or back to California week of my birthday -- nm - eag Feb 19, 10:43
- Gold Rush country this weekend, near Yosemite, to see family, go to my cousin's kids' birthday party. -- nm - jnine Feb 19, 10:43
- Booked a week in Anna Maria Island this weekend for the summer. - spamlet Feb 19, 10:35
- I got nothing right now -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:32
- Vegas Mar 18-21 March Madness, Indio April 9-13 Coachella, Vegas Apr 16-19 Bowling, Vegas 21-22 bowling, Hawaii Jul 30- Aug 10 Wedding -- nm - JD Feb 19, 10:32
- Ft Worth next week; NYC, Detroit, Ft Worth in March; road trip to Houston and a few other places plus flight to Las Vegas in April. Potential flight - colin Feb 19, 10:32 1
  - just totaled from last year (per diem calc).. 121 days on the road when billing, plus around 45 additional personal travel/weekends. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 10:32
- Florida in 9 days -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:31
- Florida last week of May. Marco Island then Orlando. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 10:30
- NYC tomorrow for the weekend -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 10:29 1
  - Camping June....some plans for Niagra Falls and Gettysburg might be in the works -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 10:38
- Um, Rend Lake in May, Onondaga State Park in July. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 10:27 4
  - I need to get my bosses at BOP to send me to Fiji for the Survivor S41 and S42 pregame stuff. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 10:29 3
    - Hey, nothing’s stopping you! -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:47 2
      - Yeah, but I need to go on BOP's dime. lol nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 10:51 1
        
        He will go super aggro, but I also think he expected it. -- nm - David Feb 19, 11:07
- Knoxville!!! -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 19, 10:26 1
  - YEAH! Come see the Sunsphere, y’all! -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:48
- nowhere fast -- nm - mud Feb 19, 10:26
- Just spent last night in San Diego -- nm - budice Feb 19, 10:26
- Denver in March. Dallas in June. -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:24
- All I have planned is Man -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 10:22 1
  - Mancos, CO in August. That must change. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 10:23
- Chattanooga in a few weeks. Portland in May. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 10:22
- Maybe Seattle in April, and I probably need to get to Colorado in the next six months. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:21
- Atlanta. Right now. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 19, 10:16
So, I've never been to Dallas but we're only going to be there for basically a day in June. What is the must see thing we should do? -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:13 4
- Visit the leaning tower of Texas -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:19
- have dinner with Pippy -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:17 1
  - check! -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:18
- ride a bull -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:17
Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, Court Hears -- (link) - decline Feb 19, 09:56 4
- You get a pardon and you get a pardon! -- nm - jnine Feb 19, 10:56
- Eh - this is fine. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 10:03
- That is a cesspool of complex interactions (i.e., web of lies) that I would not want to wade into. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 09:59 1
  - Scorsese's movie edit will be 18 hours long. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:22
Re B2: the clone scene from Last Starfighter was freaky/gross -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 19, 09:24 2
- I don't recall. But the alien ship scenes from Fire in the Sky were freaky/gross. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 09:58 1
  - Bill always said he'd never seen another animal movie after seeing Old Yeller as a 12-year-old. I was okay until I saw Easy Rider as an adult. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 10:04
more info on the Romulus Burriel tomb found in Rome. it's been a few months since the last article -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 19, 09:14
Sometimes on Jeopardy you answer "Robert Frost" and you've got a good chance of being right. Sometimes it's "Modigliani" and you're fucked. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 08:59
Help me find the link? I think someone here shared a video about how the new Nike shoes work. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 08:56 4
- will this work? -- (link) - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 08:58 [Image] 3
  - might be a tad to complex for our Mop -- nm - decline Feb 19, 09:04 1
    - Can you slow it down for me? -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 09:04
  - perfect -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 09:00
Republicans in Oregon legislature walking out again to avoid quorum. -- (link) - Mop Feb 19, 08:52
All the Pop Smoke fans here -- nm - budice Feb 19, 08:47 1
- That's seriously crazy -- nm - JD Feb 19, 08:52
The Cavs have parted ways with John Beilein, only 50 games into a 5yr contract. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:44 1
- I, for one, blame Lebron -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:54
Spawn....The Bat and the Cat will be having a baby.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 08:41 15
- In a twist, the baby has Robin's eyes. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 08:48 10
  - Which one ? - eag Feb 19, 08:58 9
    - One of each. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 09:01 7
      - Just how many eyes will this kid have!?! -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 09:10 6
        
        Trigon may have been involved. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 09:11 5
        
        Marvel already did something like that with Scarlet Witch /Vision and Mephisto -- nm - eag Feb 19, 09:31 1
        
        There were only 4 eyes between the twins, though. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 09:31
        
        This thread has spiraled. -- nm - David Feb 19, 09:25 2
        
        It's a nautilus shell. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 19, 10:38
        
        You said a few boards back be entertainig - eag Feb 19, 09:32
    - Damien! -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:58
- That would be awesome if the effin' series would start already. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:42 3
  - DC told Clay Mann, the artist, to take all the time he needs to complete the series in it's entirety before they come out withe 1st issue. - Remlik Feb 19, 08:51 2
    - Do we know what King is doing next Bat-wise? -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:53 1
      - no. Right now it's the Bat and the Cat. And Strange Adventures (Adam Strange) is the next thing he's doing... - Remlik Feb 19, 09:37
Former mob boss rates 15 mob movies (a lot of spoilers, including The Irishman...which he calls bullshit) -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 19, 08:40 2
- Simpsons! -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 09:33
- Ha! He's one of the guys in the roll call at the start of Goodfellas. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 09:31
Here's a photo from a coworker -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:38 [flickr] 6 1
- #nofilter! -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 08:57
- Narnia? -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 19, 08:42 1
  - California. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:43
- wow. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 08:40
- *jawdrop* - oblique Feb 19, 08:38 1
  - I'm sure it's got some photoshop involved, but it's definitely a photo. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:43
Also, VLIR for Pippy: Looks like we're landing in Dallas around 6:30pm on a Thursday - oblique Feb 19, 08:33 2
- We eat late so Thursday will work for dinner or if you guys will be tired from traveling - lunch Friday also works -- nm - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 08:35 1
  - Sounds good. We're going to be enjoying lounge access at ORD and Economy Plus seating on the flight so we may be ready and raring to go :) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:37
“ Giancarlo Stanton sounds off on Astros' 2017 scheme: I'd hit 80 home runs if I knew the pitch coming” -- nm - David Feb 19, 08:33 1
- Like he could stay healthy enough for us to find out. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:35
Mean girl -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 19, 08:32 1
- The biting grumpiness should be a leadup to the breakfast launch, like a snickers ad. "You're snarky when you're hungry. Have a sando." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 08:50
From B2: The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang terrified me. Terrified. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 08:31 3
- metoo -- nm - mud Feb 19, 10:32
- Oh yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 19, 09:18
- Ditto—he needed his own movie. Freaky stuff -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 19, 08:43
Speaking of gas. Any tips from the ST travelers on car renting? I've started using autoslash.com to get pricing quotes. For this Dallas trip, for -- (edited) - oblique Feb 19, 08:31 5
- we went through Costco. Booked at super high price, but wife kept checking and now it is $200 lower than where we started -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:41
- just hitchhike -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:36
- you will need a car in Dallas - everything is spread out. And that is a great price on a rental considering the airport fees -- nm - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 08:34 2
  - It was better than any of the deals I get via all my credit cards too. I've been pretty impressed with the site but mostly I end up booking through - oblique Feb 19, 09:16 1
    - good to know! -- nm - Pippy - Advocate for Men in Kilts! Feb 19, 09:20
Krusty B2 Nerf....Oooo I have been meaning to get the Fortnight guns but Halo ones...take my money! -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 19, 08:23 1
- Yup. I don't know how I'm going to avoid splurging on this. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 08:51
Abbreviating "Special Assessment" always makes me laugh. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:22 2
- It's time for Sass! -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 08:25 1
  - 20% Sass! -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:26
Jesus, I had no idea the Minor League players get hosed this badly. Baseball's passed rules bring their money *UP* to this. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:21 6
- World class talents get large bonuses up front. It’s the middling guys that get the most hosed. - spamlet Feb 19, 08:29
- I never understood why they feed them garbage, subject them to substandard facilities as well as the stress of being broke and needing - Krusty Feb 19, 08:27 2
  - Because that’s the way it’s always been done and it maximizes profits. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 08:28 1
    - The business of baseball is disgusting to witness. They're all making crazy money today. There's no excuse for this or - Krusty Feb 19, 08:38
- It's akin to playing in the XFL. You play because there's always that chance. Except it's a one-in-a-hundred chance at best. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 08:26 1
  - The XFL averages 55k-75k in a quick search. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 08:30
Stefon Diggs has removed all of his photos of him in Vikings gear from his Instagram account -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 08:20 2
- Vikings are $12M over the cap, but I’m betting Diggs isn’t a piece they want to lose—but diva wr gotta diva -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 19, 08:40
- what could it mean!?!? -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:26
Missed the gas poll: Just under $0.11 per kWh. - TWuG Feb 19, 08:16 5
- Speaking of, I shot you an email. - spamlet Feb 19, 08:30 1
  - Email sent. Let me know what you choose! I'm so excited for you! -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 10:04
- My wife got to ride in a Tesla before I did. I may never forgive her. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 08:19 2
  - You should go buy one and spite her by never letting her drive it -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:29
  - Divorce her! -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:20
Right about now. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:07 4
- Funk soul brutha. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 08:10 3
  - Check it out now. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 08:13 2
    - Funk soul brutha. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 19, 08:14 1
      - Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now - Spawn Feb 19, 08:20

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