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so I need to marry a rental car company. does anyone travel frequently enough for work to tell me whose reward program is best? - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 23, 14:28
I can either putz here for a half hour until my next bus, or go swallow a beer. - Dewayne Wise Jul 23, 14:27 3
- You've got to take the bus? Mark should at least drive you home. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:28 1
  - And, you know, road head. -- nm - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 14:30
- (heh. still sorta works.) -- nm - TFox Jul 23, 14:27
I know its thursday and all , but did st know that a week ago Palin had an op-ed piece in the washington post? -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:25 1
- and in case it was not known, here is Congressman Edward Markey's response. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:27
The "Hold" is a sucky stat. The "Save" is just as bad. (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:25 7
- Yeah, K-Rod last year pretty much killed the save for anyone. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:27 1
  - KRod had nothing to do with the Save being a stupid stat. Mark Davis held the old record. - musubi Jul 23, 14:29
- Any truth that the Mets are lobbying for the addition of the "Didn't Crap Yourself" stat for its bullpen? -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:26 4
  - Pay attention ReyRey, the bullpen is the one part of the Mets that isn't horrendous....yet. (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:28 2
    - like accuracy is neccesary for a Mets joke. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:30 1
      - Fair 'nuff. (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:30
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Oh boy. My friends in the dept are forming a dance team to perform "Thriller" at the company talent show. - TFox Jul 23, 14:24
Split Stick Double-Headed USB Drives Separate Your Work and Personal Lives -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:22 1
- "Then how am I going to make my two computers go all Requiem For a Dream?" - Reagen Jul 23, 14:29
Sony is announcing BDP-CX960, a 400-disc Blu-ray MegaChanger for the relatively sane price of $800 -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:21 2
- This is the update of our 400-DVD model. We paid about $300 for it. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:27
- there are over 2500 bluray titles available in the U.S. -- nm - Stewie Jul 23, 14:26
“I bought everyone watches after the last one. That was an expensive no-hitter. This one will probably be more expensive.” -- nm - Mark Buehrle Jul 23, 14:21 1
- I want a Buffybot. -- nm - Dewayne Wise Jul 23, 14:24
So, since the pagination for the board stats appears to be a success, I do plan on adding that to other areas - Beryllium Jul 23, 14:18
Traditional style baseball scorecard -- (link) - con_carne Jul 23, 14:15 [Image] 1
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Geez. This guy built special skates so he could skate down a roller coaster. -- (link) - mara Jul 23, 14:14 4
- Alternate headline: Stupid Guy Doesn't Die. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:29
- The lack of video for that makes me something something. -- nm - pmb Jul 23, 14:26 1
  - here's a version. look fast, as it looks like they're watching out for these. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 23, 14:29 [youtube]
- Let's see him do Top Thrill Dragster. -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 14:19
can someone explain cricket to me using only football terms? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:13 5
- American football or everyone else's football? -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:14 4
  - maybe using Australian football terms... -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:21 1
    - bonus points for sticking "wicked bonzer" in there somewhere. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:22
  - both -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:16
  - *loads shotgun* -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:14
I've said before that the code used to generate the indented tree form of ST is a recursive function, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 14:11
Baseball sucks and is boring. The end. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 23, 14:06 4
- just imagine how entertaining it would be if they weren't all on horse growth hormone -- nm - Stewie Jul 23, 14:22
- Doesn't like baseball, doesn't like college basketball.....you're a communist, ain't ya? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:11 1
  - Maybe he likes Roller Boogie. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:19
- Shut your piehole, Wheels. -- nm - Baseball si Jul 23, 14:07
From B2, that's why I never use midnight for anything. Always 11:59 PM. -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 14:06
can we talk about how much I hate my bank? *bang, bang, PNC.* -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 23, 14:05 5
- That's sortof my bank too. - ty97 Jul 23, 14:09 4
  - their online bill pay is *maddening.* I cannot wait to go back to BoA. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 23, 14:15 3
    - Jeez. That's awful. BoA is the worst. This is why I use software to manage money. Quicken now. *shakes fist at Microsoft* -- nm - oblique Jul 23, 14:19 2
      - I love BoA. maybe you'd like PNC. ha. ha. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 23, 14:20 1
        
        My bank *is* PNC now - oblique Jul 23, 14:23
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- Perfect game calls get just about any leeway you can get in baseball. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:12 3
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    - waaaaaaa!!! - groiny Jul 23, 14:27
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  - LOVE IT. NM -- nm - groiny Jul 23, 14:12 8
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      - I think local broadcast teams are allowed to be homers. I have no problem with it at all. Put them on a national broadcast and I view it differently - pmb Jul 23, 14:17
      - yeah. I like him better than most announcers. - groiny Jul 23, 14:15 1
        
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      - Him and Steve Stone in the booth have been very good so far. -- nm - groiny Jul 23, 14:14 1
        
        Stone has always been good until he got his feelings hurt with the cubs. -- nm - pmb Jul 23, 14:18
Jeff Smith announces that more Bone from Scholastic is on the way. -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 14:04 2
- New stories or more reprints in different formats? I'd heard the Scholastic color editions were going to see a One Volume treatment. -- nm - TWuG Jul 23, 14:07
- *splurt* -- nm - SheFox si Jul 23, 14:04
If the guy still gets out, there's no error. - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 14:01 12
- where baseball meets quantum physics. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:04
- Znu's link says it is an error. We've just had a tree fall in an empty forest here. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:03 10
  - I'm almost certain it's an error judgement by the official scorer. - musubi Jul 23, 14:06 4
    - Here you go, see section 10.12 (a) (2) - musubi Jul 23, 14:11 3
      - I sit corrected. -- nm - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 14:30
      - ahem. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 23, 14:12 [Backboard] 1
        
        *ahem* (link) -- (link) - musubi Jul 23, 14:13
  - The wikipedia link? - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 14:05
  - I have stumped ST. I'm doing a victory lap. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:04 3
    - from the rule book - znufrii Jul 23, 14:07 1
      - link -- (link) - znufrii Jul 23, 14:09
    - I've had to reconsider it several times. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:04
If I'm Mark Buehrle, I buy Wise a car. I'm not joking, either. - David Jul 23, 14:01 2
- so he can drive back to AAA. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 23, 14:13
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ST Poll -- do you know how to score a baseball game? - znufrii Jul 23, 14:01 62
- haven't for years, but I'm sure I could again. -- nm - b. Jul 23, 14:23
- Absolutely. (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:12
- Yes, and I have the most excellent system. I should scan a scoresheet. -- nm - mara Jul 23, 14:11
- Sure. But I don't understand Holds. : ) -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:06 12
  - that's the important part -- nm - Jerry Seinfeld Jul 23, 14:11
  - They're like saves for those people who aren't good enough to see the 9th inning. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:07 10
    - And should be wholly and fully rejected as a fantasy stat. -- nm - TFox Jul 23, 14:08 9
      - - "fantasy". (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:13
      - Without question. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:09 7
        
        Case in point yesterday. Hughes comes in to pitch the 8th with a 6-2 lead. He goes strong. - Diva Jul 23, 14:15 6
        
        Hughes came in when it was 5-2, so it was a save situation. Bruney came in with it 6-2, so it's not a save situation. - musubi Jul 23, 14:21 1
        
        Oh - I had that score wrong. Okay, that helps. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:25
        
        Cuz Hughes didn't put them in a position to lose when there was a save situation forming. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:17 3
        
        See my above post. (nm) - musubi Jul 23, 14:21
        
        Does that mean that if Bruney hadn't given up the HRs and the score remained 6-2, no one would have been credited a Hold? -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:18 1
        
        I think so, and rivera wouldn't have gotten a save. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:20
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- no - but one day there will be lots of questions about cricket, and that will be my time to shine -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:05 32
  - Are you Chauncey St. John? If the answer is no, you're useless to me. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:11
  - my question is - who invented a damn game that can take *days* to play?? -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 14:09 4
    - someone who really likes Pimms? -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:12 1
      - and tea. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:12
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    - Yeah! Seriously? It ends in days? You can play our game forever! -- nm - Blizzard Jul 23, 14:10
  - first among them: Why would people play cricket? - Reagen Jul 23, 14:06 23
    - I have a soft spot for any sport that you can play while outside and drunk -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 14:12 4
      - like I said ... Pimms. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:14 1
        
        Isn't that a drink? Huh? -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 14:17
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        I found out one of my favorite bars has beer pong tables. I will try it one day. -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 14:16
    - I have a theory that cricket is an elaborate hoax to confuse Americans. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:10 3
      - The first international cricket game was played between the US and Canada -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:14 2
        
        says *you*. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:15 1
        
        says me *and* history :P -- (link) - Roger More Jul 23, 14:16
    - because why go to all that effort walking out to the middle of the field if you're just going to head back after a couple of pitches? -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:09
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      - it's more like baseball with more running back and forth. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 14:09 4
        
        but they wear whites. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:11 3
        
        Unelss its Twenty20, which is an abomination. -- nm - znufrii Jul 23, 14:12 2
        
        as usual, you are wrong -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:14
        
        yeah, about my hoax theory... -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:12
      - that would be field hockey. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:07
      - Lacrosse? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:07 1
        
        or hurling -- nm - znufrii Jul 23, 14:10
    - how do you score? - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:06 3
      - Basically, however many times you run between the wickets (sticks) if your score - Roger More Jul 23, 14:08 2
        
        Okay....why does the field go all around the player? And how do you make outs? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:09 1
        
        because there are no foul balls - once the batsman hits the ball, it can go in any direction - Roger More Jul 23, 14:13
  - What exactly does the crumpet do? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:05 1
    - She brings out the tea -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 14:06
- I think B2 demostrates that I haven't a clue. - TWuG Jul 23, 14:03
- Yes, if I don't fall asleep -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 14:03
- i do most of it for our games. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 14:02 4
  - *combs hair* Diva's out; you're in. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:03 3
    - David...Dave...Dave...David. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:05 2
      - When Kim finds out I've been teleporting to Canada, there's gonna be trouble. - David Jul 23, 14:08 1
        
        Plus, I'm sure she'd be pissed that you've been holding on her for vacations. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:10
- I have scored an entire weekend. - David Jul 23, 14:02
- haven't the foggiest. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:02
- Pretty well. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 14:02
- I can show you a couple of notebooks full. -- nm - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 14:02 1
  - relax, all you need is a pencil and one sheet of paper -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 14:03
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- it usually happens when there are two guys viaing for one girls, wait, I have said too much. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:02
- and while we're at it, can someone explain "flummoxed"? - TFox Jul 23, 14:00 2
  - does it have anything to do with being 'gobsmacked'? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 23, 14:27
  - why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:02
- I wave them on out to see if they wanna try the old man. -- nm - Nolan Ryan Jul 23, 14:00
Just to hit the ball, and touch 'em all, a moment in the sun. - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 13:59

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