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i absolutely hate having a georgia number now (and one that is old enough it could be a land line). the senate race spam is non-stop. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 12:00
The San Joaquin valley has sunk 28 ft. since agriculture started there. -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 11:58 [youtube]
Amanda - and anyone else who loves cheese. 2 words "Prairie Breeze" - it is outstanding. -- (link) - JenBro Nov 19, 11:58
I think english coastal is better than kerrygold. I switched to ECC from that. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 11:53
Category 5: The Soviet Union - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:53 42
- Putin-istan? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Nov 19, 12:01
- Russia -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:00 1
  - stop giving answers, ruiner -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:01
- clarifying a possible spoiler... - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:59 2
  - that would count -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:00 1
    - gotcha. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 12:00
- Azerbaijan -- nm* - budice Nov 19, 11:57 2
  - 9 points. (allowing this because it was changed before I could respond) -- nm* - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:58 1
    - orly? -- nm - budice Nov 19, 11:59
- Romania -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:55 1
  - not part of the Soviet Union -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:58
- Armenia -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 11:55 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:55
- ukraine -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 11:54 1
  - 3 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:55
- Estonia -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:54 3
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:55 2
    - Not listed? -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:58 1
      - It's smaller than Belarus -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:00
- Belarus -- nm - mara Nov 19, 11:54 1
  - 6 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:55
- Slovakia -- nm - Slovakia Nov 19, 11:54 1
  - not part of the Soviet Union -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:58
- (is size population or area?) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:54 1
  - land area -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
- tadzjiistan -- nm - mud Nov 19, 11:53 1
  - (sniped) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
- Uzbekistan -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:53 2
  - 5 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
  - Ubetchastan -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 11:54
- Georgia -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:53 2
  - 10 point answer!! -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54 1
    - Prevoskhodno! -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:56
- Kyrgyzstan -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:53 1
  - 7 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
- Lithuania -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:53 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
- Tajikistan -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 11:53 1
  - 8 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:54
- Latvia -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:53 2
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:53 1
    - Bullocks! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:54
Strongbad, if I may add some context to why people are mad at the court cases - Reagen Nov 19, 11:44 8
- This administration crying foul about voting fairness is the ultimate in hypocrisy. -- nm - David Nov 19, 11:50 3
  - 100% -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:59
  - Yeah, where were the people who are supposedly so concerned with voting integrity when the USPS was junking sorting machines? -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 11:52 1
    - to be fair to USPS - a lot of letter sorting machines need to be replaced with package sorting due to shifting needs. the timing was terrible and - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:55
- this is exactly the "frivolous lawsuit" that conservatives have railed against to push tort reform and increase corporate power. more hypocrisy. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:48
- Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:48 1
  - We also greatly disagree on what the % of Republicans that think "black votes shouldn't count" actually is. - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:00
- well said -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:47
Category 4: Agriculture (everyone's favorite category!) - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:39 71
- End of the growing season! Here's what the report says. - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:50 5
  - Whew good thing I didn't say "dry edible bean" -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:53
  - that's a lot of whiskey. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 11:51 3
    - rain makes corn - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:52
    - well, bread too -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:52 1
      - pish posh -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 11:54
- Apples -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 11:48 2
  - apple is a meat -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:51
  - . -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 11:49 [Backboard]
- sorghum? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:46 1
  - 6 points? -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:48
- Oranges? are they considered as a crop? -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 19, 11:46 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:49
- lettuce -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:46
- almonds -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:45 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:48
- Navy/Pinto Beans -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:45 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:48
- irrigated or non-irrigated? -- nm - crash davis s.i. Nov 19, 11:44
- Marijuana - budice Nov 19, 11:44 2
  - puff puff X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:48 1
    - soon. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:49
- I had one other guess I was wondering about but don't even know if it counts. Curious to see at the end -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:43
- alphalfa hay straw whatever they feed horses and cattle -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 11:43
- Potatoes -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 11:42 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:45
- Rye -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:42 1
  - 10 points!!!! -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:45
- Alfalfa -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:42 4
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:44 3
    - rats -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:45 2
      - (rolled into the hay figure I believe) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:46 1
        
        buddy, I'll roll you into th no, wait -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:46
- GRASS SEED! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:42 3
  - 3 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:43
  - Almost went with this -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:43 1
    - Corn is a grass! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:43
- Tomatoes -- nm - David Nov 19, 11:41 12
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:41 11
    - What is it ranked? -- nm - David Nov 19, 11:43
    - huh -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:42 9
      - My guess is it grows on a vine and doesn't take up the acreage that other crops that grown side by side take up -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:47 3
        
        there's also not a lot of places that they're suited to grow as a commercial crop. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 11:48 2
        
        California is really the only major grower of tomatoes. Some in the south but not a whole lot -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:49 1
        
        canada, in plastic tent farms, semi hydroponic in 8 in troughs, power and water is cheaper there. -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 11:52
      - America needs more Italian grandmothers. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:42 4
        
        most tomatoes are grown in Mexico -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 11:44 3
        
        California grows a lot -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:49
        
        Which is why America needs more Italian grandmothers. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:44 1
        
        I agree with this completely! -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:50
- Oats -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:41 2
  - 7 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:41
  - I wanted to say weed. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:41
- Brussels sprouts -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:40 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:41
- tobacco -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:40 2
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:41 1
    - I'm stealing this category BTW - excellent -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:42
- Corn -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 11:40 1
  - (sniped) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:41
- corn -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:40 2
  - 1 point. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:40 1
    - I was getting on the board and I don't even care it was only a point! -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:41
- barley -- nm - mara Nov 19, 11:40 1
  - 9 points, but just barley (ha!) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:40
- cotton -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:40 1
  - 5 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:40
- Soy beans -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:39 1
  - 2 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:40
- wheat -- nm - mud Nov 19, 11:39 1
  - 4 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:40
The New York Knicks created over $40 million in salary-cap space Thursday by parting ways with six veteran players. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 11:37 3
- No free agents want to play for them. These guys didn't grow up seeing the Knicks as a good team or destination. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:40 2
  - The consensus now is that they aren't going to use the Knick name to get guys, they are going to use the UK connection to lure former Kentucky players -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 11:41 1
    - They better figure something out because they've been a joke for years. Let's see what the new front office can do with that plan and whatever - Krusty Nov 19, 11:44
Wow, what a beautiful house...WTF? -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 11:37 8
- The pool is nice. But looking at the rest I cringed so much I thought I broke my face. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 19, 11:56
- That looks nice outside, but the inside has some weird ideas and decorations :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 19, 11:52
- that's a lot of house for 2m -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 19, 11:48
- I don't like HDR houses -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 11:41 2
  - people who still do that shitty HDR filter should be slapped on the genitals. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 11:57
  - That's what it is! Thank you! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:42
- Jesus. H. Christ. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 11:41
- Good Gaudy -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:41
Time is up on Question 3. Here are the top BBWAA vote getters. - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 11:37 3
- Ryan being that high is hysterical. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 11:48 2
  - Robin Ventura lobbied -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 11:50
  - they were afraid he would kick the shit out of them -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:50
‘Halloween’ Superfan Dies Less Than One Hour After Jamie Lee Curtis Officiates His Wedding -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 11:35
B2: I assume Mattingly's coaching can be added to his playing acreer and he'll be eligible again for the Hall? -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:35 1
- They would consider his time as a coach separate from his years as a player -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 11:38
Today in 1991, U2's seventh studio album, Achtung Baby, was released -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 11:32 5
- that and War are their only two albums that I like front to back -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:35 1
  - I am not a big fan of Exit on Joshua Tree, but the album is still second on the front to back. 1. AB, 2. JT, 3. War, 4. Unforgettable Fire -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 11:37
- Who? -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:34
- I remember it well, and I'm not exaggerating when I say it was life-changing. -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 11:33 1
  - Word. I was living with two girls that I had actually met while camping out in line for Joshua Tree tickets. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 11:35

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