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In good news: My rent is only going up $5 next year to $550 a month. It will be my 6th year in the apartment. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:27 7
- Also: I really did pour over that listing that’s next door to Dano. I don’t see how I could have done it without a serious funding. But it was pretty. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:53
- Be sure to call in a repair that costs them at least $61 this year. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 11:32 5
  - This place looks almost as good as when I walked in. Parts just need cleaned. And the carpet could use some love as it’s buckling. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:33 4
    - have you cleaned under the sinks yet? -- nm - mud Feb 22, 11:34 3
      - In the cabinet spaces? No... I don’t even open those. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:37 2
        
        LOFL -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 11:39 1
        
        I’m just saying compared to other tenants, I’m a saint. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:42
My favorite 1980 Olympic hockey stat is, in the group stage, USSR went 5-0 and scored 51 goals. - Volnelk Feb 22, 11:17
"Precinct caucuses will be held starting at 10:00 a.m. local time (PST), with voting starting at noon on February 22" - ty97 Feb 22, 11:16 20
- Are the Nevada Caucuses things people care about? -- nm - JackDawson Feb 22, 11:25 17
  - I'm curious how the process works because caucuses are just weird to me. - ty97 Feb 22, 11:29 16
    - I’d be super interested to caucus actually -- nm - JackDawson Feb 22, 11:40 15
      - oh it's a system you'd love I'm sure because of the discussion/persuasion nature of it - ty97 Feb 22, 11:57 11
        
        (for the sake of the candidate your support, thankfully NY does not have a caucus) - ty97 Feb 22, 12:10 1
        
        Lol. And: gaze -- nm - JackDawson Feb 22, 12:24
        
        There's no discussion/persuasion. That's a crock. It's several hundred people grouped together playing individually on their phones. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 12:01 2
        
        Then why not (I'm gonna say it Iowa!!!!) have a primary? -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 12:08 1
        
        *shrug* Would make more sense to me. But... TRADITION! - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 12:09
        
        It’s basically ranked choice voting + time. - spamlet Feb 22, 11:59 5
        
        I do not have an issue with ranked choice, in theory. - ty97 Feb 22, 12:00 4
        
        I wish I remembered who did the show on the Irish elections. It may have been TAL. - spamlet Feb 22, 12:03
        
        Ranked choice has a tendency towards the squishy middle choice. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 12:02 2
        
        But I think that's likely a better indicator of overall viability. Especially when you have this many candidates. Bernie is going to lead in - pmb Feb 22, 14:31
        
        I was guessing this, which is where my reservation lies I guess. I don't know that you always want that person -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 12:07
      - I'm sure you would, I'm sure you would! -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 11:47
      - Sexy caucus! -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 11:41 1
        
        "Grindr caucus" -- nm* - budice Feb 22, 11:42
- Will there be punch and pie? More people will come if you say you have punch and pie. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:18 1
  - I'm curious about the time commitment. Like if you have to get there at 10 and voting starts at noon, say you leave at 1, you have to free up 3 hours? -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 11:19
the rain is over. good luck NASCAR. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 10:54
I think only Pegleg will know who he was, but Cleveland TV legend Marty Superhost Sullivan died -- (link) - TWuG Feb 22, 10:54 1
- yup. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 10:55
My all-time favorite starters by position. It took a while because I truly feared admitting who my favorite closer is. - crash davis Feb 22, 10:33 5
- NO Satchel Paige????? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 10:53 1
  - There is a very specific reason Walter Johnson is on there. I don't have that connection with Paige. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:57
- Man, King Felix plays one spring training game for Atlanta, and you turn on him. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:43 1
  - I'm sorry. The competition for the last starting slot was intense. Nolan edged out Felix and Gaylord Perry. Those two are long relief. -- nm* - crash davis Feb 22, 10:47
- stupid double post, I'm so sorry -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:33
My all-time favorite starters by position. It took a while because I truly feared admitting who my favorite closer is. - crash davis Feb 22, 10:33
Beaker, last night I tried the maple sugar/pepper on air-fried sweet potatoes. Quite yummy!! -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 10:27
It's been eight days, and I'm *still* mad about the Huey Lewis digs. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:20 18
- “Everything else in here held up OK” “Except Sports by Huey Lewis” -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 11:53
- New album ain't bad. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 11:33 2
  - dude. -- nm - mud Feb 22, 11:35 1
    - Dropped last week. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 11:38
- the only thing about HL I will always remember is Bill Graham and several others died in a helicopter crash coming home from one of HL's shows. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 11:29
- He’s so terrible that even The News were like ‘fuck that guy.’ -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:19 1
  - Way to double down on your insanity! -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:27
- The other reason you can tell we're getting older... -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 11:05 1
  - Aggressive grudges? -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:13
- I'm not sure I understand why truth-telling is being reframed as digs -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:47 2
  - I'm sad that you can't experience joy. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:53
  - now I know who on David's list is #2 -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:51
- Wasn't it just one person who did that? -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:37 4
  - There were at least three people who made an enemy that day. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:40 3
    - Like I wasn’t already on your enemies list. -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 10:55 1
      - I mean, you weren't, but now... -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:13
    - ah, shame on them -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:41
- You'll probably still be mad 100 years from now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:26
Baseball is on my TV! -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:17 2
- The non cheating kind? -- nm - eag Feb 22, 10:31 1
  - Yup. Yanks vs Blue Jays -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:42
USA Gymnastics offer to sexual abuse victims seems like a very very dumb idea (tiered based on how good the victim was at gymnastics essentially) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 10:09 1
- They flipped, but the landing got sticky -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:23
ydc - Researching my all time favorite players per board 2, players born in Idaho have 733 career HRs. Harmon Killibrew has 573 of those. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:49 1
- Career batting totals by state of birth, there is a huge disparity between the top state and everyone else -- (link) - crash davis Feb 22, 09:50
$8M Friday for Call of the Wild -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 09:01
Hmm. What video game adaptation would you like to see - and with which director? -- (link*) - Beryllium Feb 22, 08:54 50
- Zork by Tim Burton -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:25 1
  - Tetris by that guy that shoots all those slowmo videos of buildings being blown up, er...down as they slowly collapse in a cloud of dust -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:27
- This whole poll unfortunately is forfeit because making video games into movies is quite cursed. The best so far is Silent Hill and 1.5 Resident Evils -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:23 1
  - "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal." -- nm - David Feb 22, 11:37
- Remarkably, LA Noire by Scorsese would be shorter than actual gameplay. I'll take Red Dead Redemption 2 by Taylor Sheridan. -- nm - Max Feb 22, 11:13
- Civilization by James Cameron (the Gandhi nukes the world scene would be epic) -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 10:37 2
  - Maybe Ben Kingsley will still be kicking around after avatar is finished -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 11:15
  - I liked the part where the American bronze age phalanx defeated the Babylonian tank division. (actually happened in a game I played) -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:40
- Kingdom Hearts - Brad Bird, Knights of the Old Republic - Rian Johnson -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:16
- Taiki Waititi Fallout -- nm - eag Feb 22, 09:59 3
  - Also Castlevania Sam Rami -- nm - eag Feb 22, 10:01 2
    - (watch the cartoon on Netflix, it is very well done) -- nm* - Beaker Feb 22, 10:03 1
      - Saw the first season just never got around to the 2nd -- (edited) - eag Feb 22, 10:06
- Elder Scrolls Ultimate by crash davis assisted by Peter Jackson -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:44 16
  - "Why is Russell Wilson doing this instead of throwing interceptions?" -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:20 11
    - Because he doesn't throw interceptions anymore, duh. Please try to keep up David. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:22 10
      - It's okay, Crash. Everyone's eyes go as they get older. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:24
      - Vs the Niners in Seattle he threw a doozy int. I wrote him a thank you letter -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 10:23 8
        
        He is so good that people can remember specific interceptions. Thank you for proving my point Bacon -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:25 7
        
        Thank him for letting us win! -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 10:29 6
        
        Hey you know what SF and Seattle have in common besides that game? Neither of them won the latest Super Bowl. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:34 5
        
        Remember that time Russell Wilson threw from the one-yard-line? And completed a pass to New England? -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:42 3
        
        the only moment worse in modern history was when Wisconsin was intercepted by the Donald and went on to take Penn -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 11:00
        
        I have no idea what you are babbling about -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:43 1
        
        I get that a lot. -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:44
        
        Bahahaha -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 10:34
  - So a 12 hour movie separated by 3 chapters ? -- nm - eag Feb 22, 09:55 3
    - Yes. And spoiler, Sean Bean dies again -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:57 2
      - Twice! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 10:52
      - Now I'm not sure 12 hours is long enough to tell the story. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:10
- Leisure Suit Larry by Olivia Wilde -- nm - David Feb 22, 09:41 2
  - Duke Nukem by Greta Gerwig -- nm - Max Feb 22, 11:25
  - Police Quest by Kathryn Bigelow -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:57
- Clive Barker's Undying by Clive Barker. OK, that's cheating. James Wan then. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 22, 09:31
- James Cameron's Bionic Commando. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 09:22
- Wes Anderson's Donkey Kong. -- nm - mud Feb 22, 09:21
- Werner Herzog's Oregon Trail -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 09:19 1
  - Meek's Cutoff is almost this. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:25
- God of War by The Russo Brothers. -- nm - Shaun Feb 22, 09:17
- Batman: Arkham Asylum by Christopher Nolan -- nm - Shaun Feb 22, 09:15
- Baldurs Gate (D&D) by Ridley Scott -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 09:10
- Leisure Suit Larry—Spike Lee -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 22, 09:08
- Animal Crossing, Hayao Miyazaki -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 22, 09:08 4
  - I mean, that’s a given. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 11:21
  - Animal Crossing, Quentin Tarantino. :P -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 22, 09:29 2
    - "What does Tom Nook look like?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:32 1
      - W-W-What? -- nm - Bam, frightened Feb 22, 09:35
- Halo - Rian Johnson. Factorio - Chad Stahelski. Kerbal Space Program - Wes Anderson. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 09:01
- Bioshock:Infinite by Denis Villeneuve -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:00 1
  - I like the choice. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 09:07
At least the Nevada caucus doesn’t break ties with a coin flip. They draw cards. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 08:20 5
- meh - I think too much gets made of this. Would you rather a Thunder Dome type scenario where 2 candidates enter and one candidate leave? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 08:26 2
  - Who would combine to be Master Blaster? Warren/Biden? -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 22, 09:20
  - Just saying. The caucus set up lends itself nicely to a game of Red Rover. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 08:52
- knife fight between a drag queen and a Cirque performer. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:21 1
  - (shouldn't a knife fight involve two different people?) -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 08:22
Volkswagen ID.R vs McLaren 720s -- (link) - spamlet Feb 22, 08:16 [youtube] 2
- I'd much rather have the McLaren simply because it sounds so much better. Sure, it's slower but that engine sounds awesome. The VW has that awful - Krusty Feb 22, 08:25 1
  - And the McLaren never had a chance beating it in a drag race. Electric cars are great off the line. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:28
Do you believe in miracles?!?! YES!!!! - Volnelk Feb 22, 07:45 8
- I remember hearing the rumors as I went to school. I went home that night hoping they were true. Then Jim McKay said - crash davis Feb 22, 10:03
- They've been reviewing stats from that game. Russia had a massive time of possession edge. USA only got 2 shots on goal in period 2. USA also scored - Flavorize Feb 22, 08:33 2
  - If you haven't seen or heard Jim Craig talk about that imbalance, try to catch a bit of him doing so. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 08:55 1
    - I’ll have to find that—it’s been fun finding out more about it -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 22, 09:32
- Yes, looked it up and it was broadcast later that night in prime time. I remember because I was there - zunk lake county Feb 22, 08:13
- I remember watching the match, but it had to be on replay. Maybe even the next day or following weekend. And my dad had to explain to me … (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 08:08 2
  - I'm pretty sure the only way to watch it live was CCTV. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 22, 08:30
  - Yes. It was at 5 and shown tape delayed during the prime time coverage that evening. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 08:18
There's a Krusty Funko Pop? Now I wish I'd signed away my likeness to Bery like the rest of you. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 07:34 5
- Comes with a rolled blunt and a sweet pair of Nike's on. :-) I'm waiting for the Znufrii which comes with a unicorn and a map of Greece -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:49 4
  - Special variant with a Dominoes pizza! -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 08:54 1
    - You monster! -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:02
  - The actual Krusty The Clown Funko isn't that good. It looks like a little kid version of Krusty. :-( -- (link) - Krusty Feb 22, 07:53 1
    - WTF? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 13:33
Russia Doesn't Want Bernie Sanders. It Wants Chaos -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 22, 07:23 21
- Obviously -- nm - JackDawson Feb 22, 07:43
- Well duh -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 07:28
- Yuuup. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 07:28
- This would be my interpretation, yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 07:25 17
  - but they want him as the nom, believing that'll give them donnie as fakeprez again -- nm - mud Feb 22, 07:32 16
    - No they want maximum chaos and an American people at each other’s throats. Trump v Sanders does that. - spamlet Feb 22, 07:47 8
      - They should both drop out, then. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 08:00 2
        
        Ok done. -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 08:09
        
        (I mean I'd take that deal in a millisecond) -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:01
      - I think people should just honestly chose their intentions without worrying about other people's ulterior motives - Reagen Feb 22, 07:53 4
        
        I agree but the analysis that they want Sanders because they want Trump isn’t true is what I was trying to point out. - spamlet Feb 22, 08:10 3
        
        It’s sort of a besides the point waste of time point to make— do you disagree that they want Trump to win? -- nm - JackDawson Feb 22, 09:02 2
        
        I don’t think they honestly care as long as it divides us. - spamlet Feb 22, 09:15 1
        
        The evidence is to the contrary. Hilary was clearly also divisive. They’ll take divisive but the icing on the cake is someone to weaken our foreign - JackDawson Feb 22, 09:40
    - Maybe .. we should stop jumping at our shadows because someone else *might* want the same thing for a weird reason. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 22, 07:41
    - Yes, like Bloomberg said. They either get Trump or a socialist. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 22, 07:35 5
      - But, see, if Sen. Sanders is elected President, the Democratic leadership will rein him in and keep him in check. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 08:12 2
        
        eh. no one knows how to lose the win like Democrats, so probably. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:21 1
        
        At moments like this, I wish Bruno Gianelli was an actual (not fictional) political strategist. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 08:28
      - I won't name the tool who said it but the quote is "I'd rather have a socialist than a dictator". I'm in the neither camp but if it came down to it, - zunk lake county Feb 22, 08:05
      - Mike is like a broken squirrel .. or a blind clock, or something -- nm - mud Feb 22, 08:05

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