ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 158

of all the bad TV tropes, i think i hate the "crazy aunt" who blows into town once every couple years to teach the family lessons about living life - dug Jun 26, 13:41 8
- I remember well when my brother pulled this ... came to town and ratted us siblings out to the parents for dirty laundry on stuff we all did in - JenBro Jun 26, 13:47
- as the crazy aunt ... yeah I agree. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:42
- what about the crazy uncle who serves as a cautionary tale? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:42 2
  - i don't mind that one. see Tom Hanks as Uncle Ned on Family Ties -- nm - dug Jun 26, 13:43 1
    - that's who I was referencing. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:43
- Nothing is worse than identical cousins. -- nm - mara Jun 26, 13:42 2
  - unless it is on HBO :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 13:43 1
    - I believe you mean Cinemax. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:43
Not everyday we get a znufrii-and-TFox vs loosi-and-Dawson argument. - TFox Jun 26, 13:37 10
- *capers about, smiling and humming* -- nm - tiny print gremlin Jun 26, 13:41 1
  - I like this image. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:43
- [deleted] 3
  - And I suspect we aren't exactly arguing the same thing at the core of it, though it all works out to basically the same thing. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:41 2
    - [deleted] 1
      - I'm big into T-shirts for events that didn't really happen this week. -- (link) - TFox Jun 26, 13:43 [Image]
- glances out window to see if pigs are flying -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:38 3
  - you mean, whether swine flew? -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:40 1
    - do we know it was really a swine and not just a wart hog in disguise? -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:41
  - nope. Pink Floyd ain't in town :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 26, 13:39
Dow Jones (WSJ) CEO calls Google a digital vampire. -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:36
heh, limo going into MJ's rented house has the license plate of a car I drove back in 2002 - 2003. - CrankYanker Jun 26, 13:35 2
- *books you* -- nm - Larry King Jun 26, 13:36 1
  - :) -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 13:36
~I/understand dry mouthedness~ -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:33 5
- Totally can't place this. -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 13:34 4
  - He's a regular Freddie Wilson -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 13:36 1
    - or Rory Calhoun. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:36
  - White Men Can't Jump. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:34 1
    - Yes, nice. -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 13:35
Thoughts, prayers, best wishes requested - Inigo Jun 26, 13:31 14
- Very scary...best of thoughts to you both. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 26, 14:21
- that's an odd one. Best Thoughts. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 13:42
- you got it -- nm - 'lia Jun 26, 13:41
- done -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:40
- good luck (it's not lupus) -- nm - dug Jun 26, 13:35
- done. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:35
- Wonderful thoughts and I hope for a quick diagnosis. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 13:35
- [deleted]
- Oh man...good luck to you guys! -- nm - kelly Jun 26, 13:34
- yikes. sending good thoughts to you all. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:34
- wow, good thoughts indeed. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 13:33
- *good thoughts sent* -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:33
- you got it. -- nm - Callisto Jun 26, 13:32
- sheesh - best wishes :( -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 13:32
The conversation below reminds me of one of my flights last year, where Will and I thought my flight was at 5-ish rather than 4-ish. We got to the - kelly Jun 26, 13:31
worst breakup lines ever -- (link) - dug Jun 26, 13:30
Starting today: Buy a Windows Vista PC, get a guaranteed upgrade to Windows 7. I am now seriously in the market for a desktop. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:23 3
- Laptops too??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 26, 13:28 2
  - It's a Microsoft Windows thing. But something running Vista, you get into the upgrade program. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:33
  - I'm itching to get a laptop. This might push me towards it. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 13:29
OK, Poll: When arriving at the airport for your initial flight (not a connection), how much time to you usually have to spare? - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:21 22
- [deleted]
- It used to be 45 minutes or so (there never seemed to be any lines in PVD) - now it's more like an hour and a half. -- nm - kelly Jun 26, 13:32
- an hour or so. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 26, 13:32
- two hours -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 13:29
- 45-60 minutes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 13:27 7
  - well, I think I see the problem. :) -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:29 3
    - i've never missed a flight. -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 13:31 2
      - (and that's usually accounting generously for subway travel as well) -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 13:32 1
        
        in NYC I would never cut it that close knowingly. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:34
  - And that's before security? In what decade? 1960? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:28 2
    - it's New York. they're entitled -- nm - dug Jun 26, 13:29
    - in NYC no less. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:29
- 2 hours, usually. -- nm - Callisto Jun 26, 13:26
- between an hour and two -- nm - dug Jun 26, 13:24
- i aim for two hours. i've been stuck in security line ups before. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 13:24
- Generally, domestic - 60 minutes. international 90 minutes. - Roger More Jun 26, 13:23 1
  - I give it two hours at Dulles because security is slow. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:24
- At least two hours. -- nm - Dano Jun 26, 13:23
- For internation, we usually go overboard with the early. For in country flights I'm a bit less anal about it. -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 13:22 2
  - Yeah ... 2 hours was for my domestic. I think I waited for 3 hours at VIA prior to Mexico. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:22
  - *international* -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 13:22
- depends on the airport, the date, and the time of day. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:22
Thriller set back the zombie cause by a generation. Discuss. - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:19 2
- Since Day of the Dead came out in 1985 and was perfectly horrifying, I'll go with no. - Callisto Jun 26, 13:25
- that would have been a good line in Shaun of the Dead "Zombies are attacking!"......"I hope they dance" -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:20
Comics yesterday: Nova (pick of the week, what a great book), Guardians of the Galaxy (very good), Avengers/Invaders #12 (will read all now) -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:18 10
- This may be my biggest week, ever. - Spawn Jun 26, 13:22 1
  - 40% was the biggest discount I ever got. Eventually, it was 35%, then 30. I don't recall what I had MOC. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:24
- REMLIK! You've got some 'splainin' to do! - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:20 7
  - Captain America Reborn -spoil - Spawn Jun 26, 13:23 5
    - That's Remlik's opinion, too. I still don't buy it. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:24 4
      - He steals all my ideas. I say again, Captain Ameria *Reborn*. -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 13:25
      - Also... (spoils) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:25 2
        
        Whatever is unmade can be made again. -- nm - Spawn Jun 26, 13:27 1
        
        Barry Allen came from the Reborn universe, too. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 13:35
  - probably won't get to it for awhile, spread out in bozes and bags downstairs -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:21
Body language "expert" reviews the handshakes of NBA draftees -- (link) - Beaker Jun 26, 13:16
znu, the check in time is posted all over the place and I'm pretty sure it's printed on all of my itineraries and e-tickets. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:13 44
- *shrug* - znufrii Jun 26, 13:15
- The man needs to stick up for his SO, not Delta, rule or no rule. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:15 42
  - it's not even Delta's rule, it's FAA. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:15 41
    - Ok. That changes nothing. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:16 40
      - oh, you're serious? -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:16 39
        
        Yeah. Even if its a rule, it's a frustrating rule and one that z's default position on should be "yes honey, fuck Delta." - TFox Jun 26, 13:18 38
        
        it's a security rule and it's not hard to follow. I find it hard to believe people still don't know it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:19 37
        
        so if your SO said "hey loosi, I got fucked over by Delta, listen to this shit," you'd respond with... - TFox Jun 26, 13:20 36
        
        I'd tell him he should have got his dumb ass to the airport on time. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:21 35
        
        see you think this in your head but say outloud "ahh man they fucking suck, Bastards" -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:23 9
        
        (My SO would prefer to arrive with more time to spare than I do ... so this has never come up.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:23
        
        no I wouldn't, because if I'm travelnig with him, we will get to the damn airport on time. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:23 7
        
        not if the NYCTA has anything to say about it. - znufrii Jun 26, 13:27 4
        
        then you give yourself enough time to account for that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:28 3
        
        oh, come the fuck on. like she is the first person who, with the best intentions, had a series of things happen that screwed up a plan. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:29 2
        
        it - loosilu Jun 26, 13:31 1
        
        but this, of course, would not apply here... - TFox Jun 26, 13:34
        
        You should favorite this and meditate on it sometime. Good nuggets in here for you, I think. :) -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:24 1
        
        I would say "wow that sucks". - loosilu Jun 26, 13:25
        
        OK then. Disconnect identified. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:22 23
        
        you expect Delta to break federal law because your SO is flaky? -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:22 22
        
        I would expect, that if it were a matter of law, they would make it explicit on their "Check-In Requirements" page. - znufrii Jun 26, 13:26 10
        
        [deleted]
        
        it's posted everywhere. - loosilu Jun 26, 13:26 8
        
        It's not on the most obvious page to look online, and if they're saying it over the PA in the airport... - znufrii Jun 26, 13:29 7
        
        it's been that way since 9/11, - loosilu Jun 26, 13:32 5
        
        I'm calling elves. - znufrii Jun 26, 13:36 4
        
        then - loosilu Jun 26, 13:36 3
        
        or - znufrii Jun 26, 13:37 2
        
        I went to American Airlines for contrast - they say at least one hour prior for domestic, no luggage -- (link) - Andie Jun 26, 13:41
        
        you're - loosilu Jun 26, 13:38
        
        it's more a common sense thing. (i know she was delayed and that sucks), but it's not like showing up at the airport 30 minutes before you fly is the - Andie Jun 26, 13:31
        
        I expect z to be a good bf and say what his gf likely needs to hear on an extremely frustrating day. - TFox Jun 26, 13:23 9
        
        yeah, this is a "yes, honey. I too know what it's like to be frustrated and upset" moment. -- nm - Callisto Jun 26, 13:28 3
        
        but not the second or third time it happens. - loosilu Jun 26, 13:29 2
        
        so, in other words, you're talking about a situation that's completely different than the one I'm complaining about. - znufrii Jun 26, 13:31 1
        
        no - loosilu Jun 26, 13:33
        
        i think he should be totally sympathetic to her, no question. that doesn't mean he has to think that this is Delta's fault. - Andie Jun 26, 13:26 2
        
        [deleted]
        
        agreed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:27
        
        *nodding* -- nm - kelly Jun 26, 13:25
        
        He's not talking to his SO right now, he's talking to ST. -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 13:25
        
        I think he expects you to side with your SO -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:23
        
        Ditto. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:22
So aparently my dad's skin cancer on his nose was worse than they thought - eag Jun 26, 13:08 15
- all best to him. -- nm - Callisto Jun 26, 13:32
- Glad to hear the good news part. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 26, 13:19
- Best of thoughts and hopes. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 13:18
- best wishes - 'lia Jun 26, 13:15
- best wishes to him. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:13
- Good luck to you guys. -- nm - kelly Jun 26, 13:13 1
  - How's Will's mom and bro doing? -- nm - eag Jun 26, 13:23
- sorry boss. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 26, 13:12 1
  - He isnt worried - eag Jun 26, 13:21
- best wishes -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:12
- [deleted]
- Oh no. Best wishes for him and your family. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 13:09 3
  - He should be fine - eag Jun 26, 13:13 2
    - good thoughts, and, um.... - Andie Jun 26, 13:23 1
      - Its gonna be from his leg from what he told me -- nm - eag Jun 26, 13:27
I predict another "Anna Nicole Smith" lynching for MJ's doctors and handlers. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 26, 13:04 4
- It will be worse Anna doesnt even have the status of Michael -- nm - eag Jun 26, 13:09 2
  - Anna was considered a victim. Heath Ledger and Elvis were not. I think MJ will be thought of as a victim too. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 26, 13:15 1
    - Anna was never charged with anything creepy. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 13:20
- i expect some Elvis-like revelations -- nm - dug Jun 26, 13:08
Your hottie of the day... -- (link) - Dano Jun 26, 13:03 [Image] 1
- is it just me or does he look like he's wearing lipstick? -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:45

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)