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Slow Horses very minor quote spoilers - Beryllium Apr 23, 19:14
David Hollander OUT at Showtime -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 19:06
Unfortunately I didn't get any footage of me riding the bike, but I did stitch some stationary clips together to make this silly thing. -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 23, 18:55 [youtube]
Friday: The Bad Guys $8M ; The Northman $5M ; Fantastic beasts $4.1M ; Sonic 2 $4M ; Massive Talent $2.9M -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 18:44 2
- Saw Massive Talent earlier today - it was fantastic. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 23, 19:03 1
  - can't wait -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 19:14
bought volume 1 of Heartstopper for the youngest today at Chapters. she was pretty stoked -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 18:39
Didn't we once have an ST Gamer listing somewhere? Maybe in Dr. S. Talk? Or am I experiencing yet another Mandela Event? - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 17:55 5
- I think it was on the wiki. Or maybe on the FB group. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Apr 23, 18:17 1
  - yeah, FB pretty sure -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 18:36
- There was one on the wiki at some point. -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 17:58
- Nah, Mandela was a shitty Halo player so we dropped him. -- nm* - Will Hunting Apr 23, 17:57 1
  - Always offering to negotiate with the red team. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 17:59
6 Rays pitchers have teamed to no-hit Red Sox for 9 innings, but it's still 0-0 -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 17:39 1
- Wow, helluva finish -- nm - budice Apr 23, 18:17
Please stop tempting fate -- (pic) - ty97 Apr 23, 17:38 [Attachment]
So after 20 years here, someone finally opened an honest to goodness Italian Beef place. - spamlet Apr 23, 17:28 2
- Whose fault is that? You had 20 years to open one! -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 17:29 1
  - I have many talents, peopling is not one of them. -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 17:48
Miggy's going to be the last guy to reach 3,000 hits, isn't he? -- (edited) - Tim Apr 23, 17:13 12
- Heh, just saw a list of active leaders in hits by age. Who is in third place for players aged 37? -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 17:45 6
  - I can't find a list broken down that way but it can't be good since there's only 1 guy at 37 in the top 100. - Tim Apr 23, 18:01 5
    - He's active but highly unlikely to add to his total. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 18:04 4
      - Ohh, I get what you were going for, but... -- (edited) - Tim Apr 23, 18:16 2
        
        The list I saw said Scherzer -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 18:17 1
        
        It didn't seem completely accurate so I had to jump down the rabbit hole, still amusing, though. -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 18:22
      - Chris Davis? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 18:15
- Nah, Machado will have a chance at it. He's not 30, he's got 1450 already and is a career .280 hitter. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 17:26
- Batting Average - 00s=>.260s 10s=> .250s 20s=>.240s . This year=> .230 so far. Even with Universal DH -- (link*) - budice Apr 23, 17:21 1
  - Odds are stacked against it for now. Altuve, Freeman, Andrus (?) Injuries, Specialists, Caution taken for injuries. -- nm* - budice Apr 23, 17:25
- Game revolves around HRs or bust strategy—SB experts going out the window too -- nm - Flavorize Apr 23, 17:15
- It all depends on how many times Gleyber Torres faces the Orioles -- nm - prayformojo Apr 23, 17:14
Can I be both bored and entertained at the same time? Would I be bortained? Entred? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 23, 16:59 4
- Jazz/Mavs game? -- nm - Flavorize Apr 23, 17:25
- iirc, that's called scrolling facebook -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 17:03
- You can be both in europe, but only if you remember the safe word. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 17:03
- Hedonismbot has no subroutine for this scenario. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 17:00
they should make a Person of Interest movie but recast the man in the suit with Liam neeson. Keep everyone else the same, and don't explain it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 16:56 3
- Uh... remember the ending? -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:57 2
  - You're right, the movie could pick up from there - "a few weeks later". Simplifies things. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 23, 16:59
  - he could play his brother! -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 16:59
Here's a photo of the bike I tried -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 23, 16:51 [Attachment] 3
- And? -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 17:23 2
  - I really liked it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 17:24
  - Oh I see below now -- nm - spamlet Apr 23, 17:24
ANDIE!! Are you around? I found some Dolly cake mix! - kelly Apr 23, 16:45
I see your pickle pizza and raise a falafel pizza. -- nm - . Apr 23, 16:43
Max, apparently that dude has some "system", which is like *ding ding ding* as a warning -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:43
Supernatural's Misha Collins has come out as bi -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 16:43 2
- Interesting -- nm - Pippy Apr 23, 19:29
- When you are named Misha do you really have a choice? -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 17:05
Utah Dems not putting up a Senate candidate, backing Evan McMullin's 3rd party bid -- (link) - Reagen Apr 23, 16:27 1
- He got 21.5% in 2016, which isn't nothing. -- nm - Tim Apr 23, 16:34
Would any STers like a 50% off "friends and family" coupon from 23andMe? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 16:22 1
- yeah sure -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 17:08
Blergh. Lost the day to a migrane. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:05
Pirates Memed the Final Score for today's game -- (link*) - budice Apr 23, 15:55
Ebike test ride was a success. Almost bought one that moment. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 15:35 2
- Riding to Panama? -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 15:45 1
  - No, but maybe to Sooke. It's within range. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 17:27
Wordle 4/6 - oblique Apr 23, 15:31 1
- same - mafic Apr 23, 15:33
Fury vs Whyte boxing major spoilers -- (link) - Beaker Apr 23, 15:25
did I have a stroke or did the font get really smaller than usual on ST? -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 15:22 5
- I didn't change anything. Browser might have changed its defaults on an upgrade (happened with the textarea fonts in Firefox recently). - Beryllium Apr 23, 17:18
- if you accidently lean on the control key while scrolling you can radically change the font size, upper right 3 dots select the font size of preferenc -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 17:02
- Looks normal to me. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 15:56
- much smaller on hsxtt than on slackertalk -- nm - Max Apr 23, 15:30
- Por que no los dos? - spamlet Apr 23, 15:23
I doubt there are any STers that can relate to this ;) -- (pic) - Meg Apr 23, 14:48 [Attachment] 1
- So much -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 15:56
I hereby petition to remake A View To A Kill with the AirYacht -- (link) - Max Apr 23, 14:44
Oklahoma has unveiled their statue of Baker Mayfield. -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 14:39
The most amazing thing about the Cub game is it was about 2:45 in length. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 23, 14:36
Bride arrested after serving cannabis-infused food to unwitting guests at her wedding -- (link) - znufrii Apr 23, 14:21 6
- we just had a restaurant close for a month while FDA & City Health, etc. searched for why a dozen people got sick. an employee put pot in the food. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 23, 14:43 1
  - #ProjectMayhem -- nm - Tyler Durden Apr 23, 14:46
- Good. Don't do that to people. Consent is a thing. -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 14:42
- What's the point of a Best Man and Maid of Honor if they aren't going to take the fall for wedding criminality? -- nm - Max Apr 23, 14:38 1
  - Not So Great Man and Maid of Dishonor? -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 16:38
- "Why is everyone giggling?" -- nm - budice Apr 23, 14:22
Elon-Jack, Jack-Elon -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 14:17 4
- Elon-Elton, Elton-Elon -- nm - Dave Apr 23, 15:45 1
  - Elon-Egon, Egon-Elon -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 17:04
- wired -- (link) - Max Apr 23, 15:45 1
  - It's as if ... "Weyland corporation is now Weyland-Yutani, and Peter Weyland is now 'Chief Yute'." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 17:13
so in a little over a week I will be in Vancouver (downtown ish) for about a day and a half. anything specific I should try to see/do? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 23, 13:55 10
- Maybe not your thing but I really enjoyed the Lost Souls of Gastown. -- (link) - Meg Apr 23, 15:38
- We always go to Science World ("Telus World of Science") but ... I suppose it's more of a kid thing. :D -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 14:13
- Stanley Park is worth a visit. Also, if you like Indian food, one of the best (or arguably *the* best) Indian restaurant in North America is there. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 14:00 7
  - Vij's is great. if you want some of the best Japanese you'll find outside Japan then Tojo's. - mafic Apr 23, 15:32 1
    - I have yet to make it to Tojo's. After three tries. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 16:11
  - Do they have anything other than Indian food? -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Apr 23, 14:20 3
    - yes. they buy it from the Denny's next door, charge you 3 times the price, and call it Moons over Mumbai. - tRuMaN Apr 23, 15:10 2
      - Sounds better than Indian food. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 23, 18:09
      - This could be a million-dollar idea, though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 16:09
  - I was looking at the walk to Stanely park (around 2km cause google maps changed to KM in canada I guess). -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 23, 14:02
BC hockey had a blowup yesterday due to a colour commentator ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:55 1
- *scores a goal, somehow* -- nm - Nick Castellanos Apr 23, 16:09
Tyson Fury - Dillian Whyte boxing tonight too TV PSA add-on -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 13:46
I'm going to do an e-bike test ride in a bit -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:45 5
- Possibly the step-through version of this -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:45 4
  - I like this one of these two options. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 15:11 2
    - Yep, it's the one I rode. Folding Fat-tire ebike. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 15:35 1
      - you ain't kiddin about the fat tire -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 17:07
  - Or one of these -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:46
And the hits keep coming for Nascar -- Kyle Busch has no sponsor for next year; and he doesn't think there's a seat for him anywhere - Will Hunting Apr 23, 13:12 4
- JGR has done a really good job of turning into a complete sh*tshow recently. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 13:17 2
  - Its like they're being paid X amount of dollars regardless of who's behind to wheel. So why pay the premium -- nm - budice Apr 23, 13:26 1
    - That is an excellent summary. Totally agree. They seem to be doing the least with the most talent. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 13:33
- Guess when they decide you're done. you're done. -- nm - budice Apr 23, 13:16
Tigers/Cubs winning by a combined 28-0 -- nm* - budice Apr 23, 13:00 1
- Cub game is sold out. SRO. - zunk xometimes Apr 23, 13:29
Just a couple of guy hitting molten iron into the air with a shovel -- (link) - Remlik Apr 23, 12:18 6
- "I'm Johnny Knoxville and even I draw the line somewhere." -- nm - Max Apr 23, 13:47
- I sent that to my friend the glassblower. We're going to try something similar with hot glass - TWuG Apr 23, 13:39 2
  - ... get some slow-mo angles and post that gold to youtube -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:48 1
    - (and tiktok) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:49
- We should petition MLB to replace baseballs with molten iron -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:36 1
  - that would make foul balls far more interesting to the spectators -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:43
Disneyland - Detailed Look at Shrunken “A Bug’s Land” Model Carried by Ant-Man and The Wasp in Avengers Campus -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 12:11
This sounds like a long bike ride ... 80 year old will e-bike from Alaska to Panama ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:00 2
- Isn't that the Pan American highway? -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 12:04 1
  - Perhaps. Although he says he's taking a different route than his last trek, which was Alaska to Mexico City. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:05
Diva Movie News: Director Robert Eggers explains why he had to add in CGI genitals for Alexander Skarsgård's naked Viking fight -- (link) - Remlik Apr 23, 11:54 4
- You've never seen Anya Taylor-Joy like this before! -- nm - Max Apr 23, 14:54
- Oh but when I do it everyone is like ewwww. -- nm - Gaspar Noe Apr 23, 13:46
- And facing off vs GoTs The Mountain -- (link*) - budice Apr 23, 12:07 1
  - I didn't realize Skarsgard was that tall: 6'4". Here's a side-by-side comparison to a normal height guy with Thor. -- (link) - Max Apr 23, 15:00 [youtube]
DTL recruiting: Oh look, I radared one of Dano's maxes _and_ one of Spamlet's maxes. LOL. - Baruno Apr 23, 11:44 2
- I didn’t post mine this time. I’ll try to make it a habit here. - spamlet Apr 23, 13:31
- I sorta kinda didn't have a net. Like, I flat maxed 4 guys and didn't put anything on anyone else. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 12:41
TN looking to criminalize homelessness by making it a felony punished with 6 years in prison. -- (edited) - TWuG Apr 23, 11:31 12
- The punishment for suicide used to be death. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 16:41 1
  - Obviously. It's not a sin if *someone else* kills you. Well, not *your* sin, anyway. -- nm - TWuG Apr 23, 16:55
- Under HB978, if a person camps on the shoulder, right-of-way, bridge, overpass or underpass of a state or interstate highway, they could face a .." - tRuMaN Apr 23, 12:05 2
  - since it was SCOTUS that ruled you can't charge people for homelessness *if there is no place for them to go* I don't see this standing -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:42 1
    - I mean relying on anything from SCOTUS probably isnt a smart move considering how the court seems to want to reverse all previous decisions - tRuMaN Apr 23, 13:58
- That makes no sense as the person says, use the money you will spend on incarceration to actually house them. This is idiotic. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 12:04 4
  - Change it to House Arrest. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 14:39
  - But then how with the private business profit from them? -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 12:05 2
    - Privately owned prisons. Calculate costs to house prisoners; pay guards min wage + $1; charge the state 3 to 5 times costs; remember to pay kickbacks. -- nm - zork Apr 23, 12:33
    - step 1 - get a state to pass legislation. step 2 - ????. step 3 - profit. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 23, 12:07
- I thought we eliminated debtors' prisons in this country -- nm - Baruno Apr 23, 11:45
- The beatings will continue until morale improves. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 11:41
Wachowskis auctioning off a lot of props and production ephemera from their films. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 23, 11:24 5
- Look, I'm fine with using the right pronouns, but it's 'Lana and I' gurl. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 16:42
- Cool... oh, Cloud Atlas. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 14:41
- a box of silk glide tampons...doesn't say if they were used on screen though. (some of those sci-fi prop guns look interesting) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 13:39 2
  - it literally says they were screen-used in Sense8 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:43 1
    - (Okay, I'll admit, that doesn't mean they were 'used', but eww) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 13:43

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