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Wow, there were only 95 entrants to the 50k HORSE tourney in the WSOP. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:32 4
- I guess there are no Satellites for this tourney? - amoxy Jul 1, 12:34 1
  - Anything can have a satellite...get enough people to put up a total of 50k and boom, you got it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:36
- main event starts friday -- nm - peglegpete Jul 1, 12:34 1
  - Are they plying on the 4th? -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 12:36
I'd like to believe that even in states where it's not illegal to call (or text) while driving, you can still get busted for reckless driving. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 12:27 5
- They do. I have seen people pulled over for swerving while texting. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:33
- Driving while talking on a cell phone has been illegal here for some time (absent a hands free device) and yet I see people doing it all the time. - pmb Jul 1, 12:32 2
  - I think it makes a differnce. I see it a lot less in DC (illegal) than VA (legal). -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:33 1
    - Maybe, but I still see it multiple times a day. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 12:34
- it's fine to charge someone with reckless driving after the fact, but they still crashed. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:28
mp3 Poll -- What are you listening to right now? - Fuzzy Jul 1, 12:22 19
- I've got a little something of my own creation looping through my head. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:34 1
  - Something about Unicorns and Hamburgers? -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 12:35
- the noise of the a/c unit. - tRuMaN Jul 1, 12:33
- Unsound - Headstones -- nm - J Jul 1, 12:32
- 21st Century Breakdown - But it is on a CD -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 12:31
- MJ- You Rock My World -- nm - MDH Jul 1, 12:30
- Adam Raised a Cain - Springsteen. -- nm - kelly Jul 1, 12:30
- Nothing now. Last song I heard was Let It Die - Foo Fighters -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:26
- Smodcast 82. nm - Dignan Jul 1, 12:26 1
  - nice -- nm - J Jul 1, 12:31
- It was nothing, but shuffle plus three gave me "Evangeline" by Matthew Sweet -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:26
- Angel of Harlem by U2 -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:25
- Beatles - All Together Now. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:24 5
  - OK. BEATLES!... Hey, WTF everybody?? -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:33 4
    - We are trying -- nm - John and George Jul 1, 12:36
    - *laughing* -- nm - kelly Jul 1, 12:34
    - huh? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:33 1
      - All Together Now as a directive to say "Beatles" in unison. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 12:38
- Paul McCartney - Ever Present Past -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 12:23
ST Poll: Have you ever texted while driving? - Dano Jul 1, 12:22 15
- Nevah! -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 13:21
- Email at a stop light. Almost never text. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 12:33
- Yes...And it is sad that most of my texts are from my daughter - amoxy Jul 1, 12:32
- Yes...I try not too but I probably still do it everyday, so I guess i'm not trying that hard -- nm - J Jul 1, 12:31
- yes. -- nm - MDH Jul 1, 12:30
- No. I have checked email at a stoplight though. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:28
- yep. -- nm - kelly Jul 1, 12:28
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:27
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- don't drive, so, no. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:23 1
  - Same for me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 12:26
- Yes. Far more frequently that I should. Both text and email. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 1, 12:23
- Yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:23
- I do at stoplights all the time. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:23
- I've never sent a text. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 12:23
There must be a surplus of lunch bags left at the temp agency - I was just given *another* one. - kelly Jul 1, 12:20 2
- I think Will needs 4 more to carry his lunch in to work -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 12:22 1
  - He uses Hefty lawn & leaf bags. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:29
From the "I didn't know he was still alive" files, Karl Malden has died. -- nm - mara Jul 1, 12:11 13
- Okay, so he's #2 of the Billy Mays, Karl Malden, ? triumverate? Or was MJ #1? Or is Malden a new #1? I'm so confused. I need a score card. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 12:33 2
  - Here we go again, as in starting the next triad. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:35 1
    - So it was Fawcet, Jackson, Mays for the last 3? Should they be grouped by career? Jacson the #1 for musician, Fawcett/Malden are #1 and #2 for actors - TWuG Jul 1, 12:37
- Shit. I Loved his work -- nm - peglegpete Jul 1, 12:33 1
  - 5 Card Stud -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 12:35
- Here we go again. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:27
- OK, we all just need to stop checking the internet. These celebrities are dropping like flies! -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:26
- *stands ready with a baseball bat* -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 12:12 5
  - Hey Batter Batter..>Swing! -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 12:32
  - You know, I tend to check Twitter three times a day. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:23
  - He's in the "Celebrities with strange noses" triumverate, along with MJ. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 12:18 1
    - Run. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 12:19
  - :"I don't know...but we oughta hang him": -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 12:14
Who wants to see the trailer for Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying? - Dignan Jul 1, 12:04 [youtube] 6
- I mentioned it a couple of days ago, but I'm not sure I see it working for an entire movie. It looks like a really clever short to me. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:19 4
  - Nonsense. Your opinions are inferior. nm - Dignan Jul 1, 12:25 3
    - It's no The Informant! trailer. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:26 2
      - (C+) nm - Dignan Jul 1, 12:35
      - Why do you keep offering them?? nm - Dignan Jul 1, 12:28
- "Do we have time to get to a motel, or do we have to do it right here?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 12:10
SITWAP: Mycokerewards changed their site. -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 12:04 11
- Again? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:19
- I know...it's awesome...the old one sucked so bad. -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 12:18
- THERE IS A GOD! -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 12:17
- It is about time they got rid of that flash crap. It is still too slow though. -- nm - not2fast Jul 1, 12:12 2
  - Yeah, that flash was crappy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 12:14 1
    - worst flash ever. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:20
- is it just me or are the menus buggy? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:08 1
  - Hmm.. seem to be working for me. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 12:09
- not taking my codes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:07 2
  - Why not? I have a ton of points. I can give you many. Want them? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 12:10 1
    - menus were being weird. seems ok now. It's better than the old design by a lot. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:13
Wimbledon spoiler - nubby Jul 1, 12:04 1
- spoiler - Dano Jul 1, 12:20
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- I still wish I'd gotten a photo of the sign on the door of my daughter's credit union. A slashed circle with a picture of a handgun. Does this mean - MojaveMeg Jul 1, 12:21 1
  - That's not in California, is it? I've never seen that before. -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:22
- ST Arizosrtavaganza! -- nm - CQ Jul 1, 11:58
- Why do you hate the Bill of Rights? - Don Homer Jul 1, 11:57 1
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As of today, texting while driving is illegal in Virginia -- (link) - loosilu Jul 1, 11:54 21
- what about emailing while driving? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 1, 12:07 4
  - email is texting for us old geezers -- nm - not2fast Jul 1, 12:14
  - emailing is included with texting. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:12 1
    - what about surfing the web? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:15
  - a-ok -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:08
- I'm baffled that we even need to make a law about this. should be common sense. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:01 5
  - You would think so, but then we see video on the news of a bus driver on the highway texting and smashing into a car in front of him. -- nm - not2fast Jul 1, 12:19
  - Most crime laws should be common sense. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:03 1
    - good point. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:04
  - I would say the same think about drunk driving, and yet... -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:02 1
    - Insisting "I'm not drunk!" is a lot different than insisting "I'm not texting!" :) - Beryllium Jul 1, 12:04
- and Tennessee! - Callisto Jul 1, 12:00 2
  - But running over skunks in rental vans is still legal there. Whew!!!!!! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 12:01 1
    - But yet it's still illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling. What a joke. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 12:06
- Of course the penalty if a f-ing joke. Should be much stricter, say 500 hours community service or something like that. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 1, 11:59 1
  - plus it's a secondary offense. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:00
- It's a start. I can't imagine anyone thinking they can drive and text at the same time without a loss of quality to either. - Trish Jul 1, 11:57 1
  - yeah, the focus change alone makes it hard to drive. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 11:58
- I still see many people holding their phone while driving in LA. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 11:56 2
  - Me too -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:31
  - I am terrorized daily by idiots holding a cell phone while driving. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 11:58
Any pressing questions about HPOT6 I may be able to answer? - secretslacker Jul 1, 11:52 3
- I thought much the same thing about the book. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 1, 12:13
- grade? -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 12:11
- Pretty much how they all are. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 11:59
Reagen, re: B2. You need to go to a pet store and buy a can of this stuff called "Outdoor No!" by Hartz. - Trish Jul 1, 11:51
LIR: Well over 100 bottles of wine, we have basement pantry/wine cellar which keeps things fairly cool and even temp year round, oldest is a '91 Mario - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:49
I'm beginning to think she's not at lunch but at "lunch". -- nm - nubby Jul 1, 11:45
Dano, what was the other $100 million dollar from George Clooney? -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 11:45 3
- Batman & Robin. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:46 2
  - yep -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 11:47 1
    - and mafic is correct - he's uncredited but in the Spy Kids movies -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 11:48
Somewhere I have an autographed picture of Farrah Fawcett. A friend got for me when I was in 8th grade. - pmb Jul 1, 11:44
LIR Poll response -- Elle MacPherson, Kim Basinger, Debbie Gibson, and to a lesser extent Madonna -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 1, 11:41 9
- Wiki says Elle is 46. -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 11:57 1
  - Oh, this is a different poll (boyhood crushes) -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 11:59
- Belinda Carlisle still looks pretty good. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 11:56
- I always went for the big-boobed and trashy. Samantha Fox, Sheena Easton, Lita Ford, Jessica Hahn in that Sam Kinison music vid and Elvira -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 11:55
- Heather Locklear, Phoebe Cates, Michelle Pfieffer, and Paulina Porizkova -- nm - CQ Jul 1, 11:52
- don' -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 1, 11:43 3
  - damn enter key ... anyway, don't forget Suzanna Hoffs,,, still hot for that... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 1, 11:43 2
    - and she's "50" now?!?! she's like Jane Seymor... classicly hot at any age -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 1, 11:45 1
      - Did you see Jane Seymour in HIMYM? She was smoking...(nm) - amoxy Jul 1, 11:46
You can read Jacko's will -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 1, 11:38 4
- ::scans for his own name but doesn't see it:: -- nm - secretslacker Jul 1, 11:52
- Who is "Bob the cotton candy vendor," and why is he getting 17 million dollars? nm - Dignan Jul 1, 11:45
- Written in glitter. I probably should have expected that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 11:40
- This one might load faster... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 1, 11:40
nitpick: clooney was in spy kids and spy kids 3, which I think both grossed over $100 million. -- nm - mafic Jul 1, 11:37
Spawn thinks he's charming? -- nm - nubby Jul 1, 11:37 3
- He doesn't have to think it, he IS charming. - Trish Jul 1, 11:58
- no one ever thinks they're a bad person. I'm sure if you asked Ted Bundy if he thought he was a great guy, he'd say sure. -- nm - CQ Jul 1, 11:39 1
  - well a lot of women did to...until later. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 11:40
Holy crapoli that was a weird rain/thunder/lightning/flash flood storm -- nm - CQ Jul 1, 11:37 1
- Were you in a pool when it happened? -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 11:53
Jax! how could I have missed Sammy?\ -- nm - zork Jul 1, 11:37
LIR: Mop, you can look but not touch. she's mine! -- (link) - zork Jul 1, 11:35 [youtube] 3
- Marla McLean. Strangely, she played Anne in a musical stag version of Anne of Green Gables. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 11:38 2
  - "stag" just seems so much better than "stage". -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 11:38 1
    - "Gilbert, what are you doing?!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 11:40
in a stunning surprise move Crash Davis cancels his Batman Comics and orders... - Remlik Jul 1, 11:35 13
- I ain't buying Supes, but as far as Batman goes, if it ain't Bruce, DC can go f**k themselves - crash davis Jul 1, 11:40 9
  - word -- nm - Beaker Jul 1, 12:11
  - This makes me sad. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 11:51
  - Dick Grayson is *the* man. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 11:40 6
    - Only when he's Night Wing taking a shower. -- nm - Trish Jul 1, 11:53
    - Better than psycho Jason Todd -- nm - eag Jul 1, 11:43
    - Dick Grayson is a man who was made by THE man -- nm - crash davis Jul 1, 11:41 2
      - And see, that is why I am ok with it. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:22
      - yeah but that man is gone. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 11:51
    - "She's trying to kill you, Dick." -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:41
- speaking of comics...Captain America Reborn...you better not suck! - Stephen Jul 1, 11:36 1
  - I liked it and it reminded me of a plot point Brubaker did in his early run on Cap. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 11:38
- Heh. Crash digs the Sirens. -- nm - Trish Jul 1, 11:36

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