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*steps on the scale for the first time after two weeks at the shore* - znufrii Jul 12, 05:10 6
- A week of drinking on the beach at Hilton Head, lost 2 pounds -- nm - rollo Jul 12, 06:31
- The lesson here is, "don't get on the scale." - JaxSean Jul 12, 06:09 3
  - Burning down the observatory is the only way to make sure it never happens again. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 07:17
  - I ordered a scale. I forgot I ordered a scale, so I ordered a scale. - ty97 Jul 12, 06:31
  - right, just get rid of the damn thing altogether -- nm - decline Jul 12, 06:14
- ~ poor unfortunate soles ~ -- nm - Ursula Jul 12, 05:16
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 12, 04:50 [Attachment] 3
- Knuckled -- nm - rollo Jul 12, 06:30
- Leud Neck -- nm - budice Jul 12, 06:23
- UNCLE DUNK NUDE -- nm - Not Enough Secrets Jul 12, 05:04
Another player named Max Muncy was drafted by the A’s—prompting this tweet —caution —Loki TV show spoilers -- (link) - flavorize Jul 12, 03:42
MLB: There’s only been one player ever drafted #1 in two different drafts. He turned out to be a AAAA player during his career. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 12, 03:38
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 02:00 3
- . -- nm* - spamlet Jul 12, 03:20
- i'm headed for bed, night y'all -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 02:18
- Way ahead of you. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 12, 02:03
I saw them all dead, Nick... because of me. I wasn't ready. I didn't do all I could... you'd think that was as bad as it gets. Nope. I watched my friends die. That wasn't the worst part. -- (edited) - Tony Jul 11, 23:18
FBI says people arrested near Coors Field didn't pose threat to All-Star Game or related festivities -- (link) - Ender Jul 11, 22:46 3
- I don’t believe them. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 07:32
- oh, so ... no first pitch for the maid? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 23:17 1
  - She still broke up a drugs for guns deal so maybe a nice certificate or something. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 04:58
8000 year old piece of lacquerware found in China is the world's oldest -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 11, 22:19
Black Widow Pitch Meeting - spoilers of course -- (link) - Mop Jul 11, 22:15 [youtube]
A disoriented hiker somehow managed to get stranded 200 feet up a cliff. I’ve hiked there, I have no idea how this would happen. -- (link) - mafic Jul 11, 22:02 1
- Just keep climbing. I’m sure that’ll get you to where you need to be. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 22:17
Amazon / AWS having issues currently. -- (link*) - budice Jul 11, 20:25 3
- Tweet appears to have been deleted, but I've seen multiple people comment on it. Haven't experienced an issue myself. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 21:49 1
  - Mine's back now. -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 21:55
- True. Items aren't loading. -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 20:46
My portable A/C just started acting weird and looks like it's not long for this world. - Krusty Jul 11, 19:40 8
- It turned on this morning but immediately reset itself to 62F. *sigh* It keeps beeping which I think is it trying to lower the temp more - Krusty Jul 12, 05:00 1
  - Sounds like the button is jammed. Sucks. -- nm - znufrii Jul 12, 05:30
- please consider unplugging it before going to bed. if stuff inside is going bad, you don't want ....... -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 11, 20:18 1
  - Oh, I will. But thanks for looking out for me. - Krusty Jul 11, 20:48
- would it still be under warranty? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 20:05 3
  - Even with warranty, send it back for 8 weeks while in the middle of a heatwave -- nm - budice Jul 11, 20:09
  - Nope. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 20:06 1
    - email them, ask if there is a particular circuit board that is going bad, how much would a replacement cost to be shipped to you -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 20:11
MLB question. Why do the draft today, when there are games? Do it the day after the all-star game when there is literally nothing. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 11, 19:07 11
- Tomorrow's the Home Run Derby. -- nm - jnine Jul 11, 23:44
- Did espn really bail on the broadcast? -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 19:39 1
  - Yes. He was in the middle of talking about a pick. There was seven picks to go and he just said ‘ok. Here’s Sportscenter.’ And it was on to SVP. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 11, 20:53
- It used to be a random Monday in June until this year. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 19:28
- Because nobody would care on Wednesday either. We won't see these kids in the majors for 2-3 years minimum. -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 19:25 1
  - yeah, in most other sports you can expect to see the top picks at least appearing - if not making a difference - the next season. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 19:47
- Cause the public doesn't really care? -- nm - JD Jul 11, 19:14 4
  - I get it. But is it a chicken-egg scenario where maybe nobody cares because they do such a garbage job promoting/positioning it? - Volnelk Jul 11, 19:29 3
    - The NBA and NFL draftees are playing in the pros that year. These guys will be playing at Low-A Daytona next year. -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 19:41
    - People know who is getting drafted with the NBA/NFL because they follow college. MLB/NHL drafts high school and college and no one - spamlet Jul 11, 19:30 1
      - and none of them are going to immediately play for the big league club that drafted them -- nm - JD Jul 11, 19:34
Yankees steal the #55 prospect with the #20 pick. Oops. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 11, 18:58 4
- I don't understand the thinking here. He's not on any draft board I've seen. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 11, 19:00 3
  - He had a lot of momentum from what I was reading. A lot of scouts really liked him. - spamlet Jul 11, 19:33
  - He’s on one. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 11, 19:05 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 19:08
Now Playing: Hotel Transylvania (2012) #VampireWatch -- (link) - Ender Jul 11, 18:35
con_carne, The Band is one of my favorite groups. The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team were The Band of basketball teams - Edward Havens Jul 11, 18:21 1
- Thanks for the rec! Looks like it's on Hulu -- nm* - con_carne Jul 11, 23:25
so most scientists say space begins at 100km up. Branson got to ~85km .. so, yeah -- nm - mud Jul 11, 17:26 24
- It’s a good thing that we’re in an era where science is for looooooosers. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 20:11
- NDT said the same thing on CNN this morning. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 18:36 3
  - my fave bit was when he was holding the globe, the size of a basketball, picks up the apple and .. - mud Jul 11, 18:43 2
    - Big, if true. - Spawn Jul 11, 18:49
    - we chuckled as well. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 18:48
- Moonraker sex, or bust! -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 17:56 15
  - sure it *sounds* like fun, but you'd need to be so thoroughly strapped in it'd probably just be inconvenient. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 18:35 14
    - There's been writings proposing using a tunnel type structure to keep participants in close contact -- nm - JD Jul 11, 19:19 10
      - it'd certainly be possible with some well-placed hand/footholds, but it wouldn't be comfortable. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 19:30
      - I don't think close contact is really the problem, it's constantly bouncing off the walls. -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 19:27 4
        
        I think the tunnel concept is based that the participants would be limited in how far off they could rebound from each other while still allowing some - JD Jul 11, 19:32 3
        
        I read a thing about a large elastic you wrap around yourselves as well. apparently there are rumours about research having been done. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 19:46 2
        
        velcro...cargo net...bungee cords...put your arm or ankle through a strap....just remember as we recently learned, no one has showered since arrival -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 20:10
        
        There was The Guardian falling for the ST-XX hoax during the Space Shuttle era -- (link) - JD Jul 11, 19:52
      - This will need to be studied at some point, right? -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 19:24 3
        
        I'm sure this is the apex of Branson's plan -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 21:48 1
        
        its hard carrying naked supermodels on your back in gravity at his age -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 22:28
        
        Or already has been ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 19:52
    - Me now: agreed - Spawn Jul 11, 18:36 2
      - you'd be slamming into bulkheads all over the place! - mafic Jul 11, 18:40 1
        
        you say that like its a problem -- (edited) - budice Jul 11, 19:07
- There is no hard line. I mean why not 98km or 106? I guess NASA, the CIA, etc. have their reasons for their number. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 17:46 1
  - US’s line is at 80km essentially so they could give astronaut wings to some navy pilots. Karman line makes the most sense. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 18:09
- Exosphere or bust! -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 17:39
I think these weekend-of pitch meetings have to stop. I haven't watched the BW one yet, so I could be wrong. - Beryllium Jul 11, 17:16
At the next ST gathering, we should film each of us attempting this. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 11, 17:15 18
- If he can do 42" on one leg he must be able to do 84" on two, or a 30lb medicine ball. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 20:22
- White Men can't Jump -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 18:00
- senior discount: 3" box and holding a marble -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 11, 17:40
- I can do a 36" box jump. A little bit of training and I could get there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 17:38 3
  - I have a scar from being overly ambitious and then getting tired during a workout that included 30" box jumps - JD Jul 11, 19:08 [Attachment]
  - Well sure, but that’s basically like stairs for you. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 18:16 1
    - Shhhh -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 18:53
- I might. I'll have to train a little. That was four point two inches right? -- nm - crash davis Jul 11, 17:34
- I don't know if I could hold a 15lb medicine ball, let alone the rest of it. - Beryllium Jul 11, 17:17 9
  - take a sphere full of sugar - crash davis Jul 11, 17:31 8
    - no, we're trying to make the ball go *up* ...so epcac -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 20:17
    - 👍 -- nm - JD Jul 11, 18:41
    - Go stand in the corner and think about what you just did -- nm - zork Jul 11, 17:47
    - heh -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 17:46
    - That was horrible. Well done. -- nm - rollo Jul 11, 17:46
    - oh no -- nm - mud Jul 11, 17:31 2
      - OH YEAH! -- nm - The Kool-aid Man Jul 11, 17:32 1
        
        heh -- nm - mud Jul 11, 17:33
interesting article on Albino Redwoods -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 11, 17:01
It seems things are happening right now in Cuba. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 11, 16:48 2
- my Cuban in-laws say essentially "don't think anything will come of it." - mafic Jul 11, 18:39
- more -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 16:56
Welcome to the Slacker Talk Sports Board -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 16:14 2
- "Sports!" -- nm - mud Jul 11, 16:45
- Reminder: Start The Draft -- nm - budice Jul 11, 16:16
#1 overall pick in the 2021 MLBDraft, the Pirates select catcher Henry Davis out of Louisville. -- nm - budice Jul 11, 16:13 11
- The draft is broke when the best pitcher for 2-3 years doesn’t go top 5. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 17:29 3
  - Do you mean Rocker? There have been questions about him this year. It’s not a complete shock. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 17:30 2
    - Yes. The questions are stupid. He’s been great for 3years. Cheap teams passed on him to maximize their prayers. That is a broken system -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 17:43 1
      - Not cheap. They spend their entire allotment but drafting under slot in the first round is a legitimate strategy. - spamlet Jul 11, 17:53
- Everyone was wrong! -- (link) - Tim Jul 11, 16:53 2
  - Congrats on getting Rocker! -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 17:27 1
    - Yay, I think! - Tim Jul 11, 17:36
- Man, the Red Sox get Mayer. That kid looks special. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 11, 16:50
- That’s a shock. I didn’t hear anyone mention him #1 -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 16:43
- #2 RHP Jack Leiter to the Rangers -- nm - budice Jul 11, 16:27 1
  - #3 RHP Jackson Jobe to the Tigers -- nm - budice Jul 11, 16:28
NASCAR Atlanta race spoilers - ReluctantCynic Jul 11, 16:00 1
- Anheuser? - Will Hunting Jul 11, 16:14
It has been a while since I've had a six hour day drunk. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 11, 15:17 1
- 👍 -- nm - JD Jul 11, 16:07
On the plus side Boris Johnson would have been insufferable if we'd won so at least we're saved that. - LMS Jul 11, 15:12 10
- should've been a red card to Chiellini, but yeah. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 00:43
- So very sorry on the loss. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 15:19 2
  - I think most England fans expect us to lose on penalties so we're mentally prepared. -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 15:23 1
    - The comedy bits will be better with the loss. - Krusty Jul 11, 15:30
- Same thing here. - Marlowe Jul 11, 15:16
- Still, not many expected them to get this far. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 15:16
- This suggests that he is otherwise sufferable. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 15:15 1
  - You're right. -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 15:21
- It will be an angry riot rather than a happy one. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 15:13 1
  - True -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 15:18
Celebrate Footy with a special FIsh and Chips pizza from Japan! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 11, 15:09 5
- That’s crazy expensive, especially for Dominos. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 18:32
- I'd eat that because I know you would foolish enough to dare me money to eat it. -- nm - crash davis Jul 11, 15:14 3
  - The smallest size is almost $30. - the wrong element Jul 11, 16:33 2
    - In Japan, a Kit Kat bar is probably $12 -- nm - zork Jul 11, 17:44 1
      - and tuna-flavoured. -- nm - mud Jul 11, 17:50
Start the World Cup! -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 15:07 2
- Listen, Qatar still have another 10-15k people to kill in building the stadiums. You'll just need to wait. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 15:08 1
  - Harsh but true. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 15:31
An interesting word choice in this headline. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 15:04 3
- Alternatively "Pedestrian struck intentionally by motorist." -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 15:06 1
  - A different outlet used the headline "Homeless man run over by vehicle then pepper-sprayed in Nanaimo", which is even more problematic. - Beryllium Jul 11, 18:39
- The housing-challenged. A housing-challenged individual. -- nm* - con_carne Jul 11, 15:06
hi, footy is over, you can go back to your regular non-football sunday activities -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 15:02

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