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Also, we all know that the first video game (Tennis for Two) is *50 years old* this year, right? -- (link) - Andie Nov 6, 13:33
NPR news is saying local hotels are already getting deluged by requests for rooms in January. - loosilu Nov 6, 13:32 8
- That South Park episode was inspired. -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:35
- If you can stand to disappear for a few days, rent out the apartment. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 13:33 6
  - I was going to suggest that too. There are management companies that will be responsible for damage and/or theft and Loosi could make a nice chunk of - Trish Nov 6, 13:36 1
    - I don't want strangers touching my skulls. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:39
  - and clean it? hell no. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:35 1
    - Could be worth a maid service if you can get a decent enough rental. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 13:36
  - I think she will be gone by then she is going to Africa -- nm - eag Nov 6, 13:35
  - Who would want to clean up that splurty mess? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:34
There is hope -- (link) - amoxy Nov 6, 13:31 5
- Did you see Orange County only went 52- 47 McCain -- nm - eag Nov 6, 13:32
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  - 38 to 37 percent - amoxy Nov 6, 13:33 1
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  - The *first* black president -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:32
I remember buying Pong when it first came out...don't think you can go any further back than that. -- nm - BAD Nov 6, 13:30 4
- we had *fancy* pong... it had the gun attachment to shoot the bouncing ball. - Andie Nov 6, 13:31
- Yep had a pong game and of course I loved electronic qb -- nm - eag Nov 6, 13:31 2
  - Was that the handheld game with the little lines? My mom still has mine and I play it when I'm over there! -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 13:35 1
    - did anyone else have a "Merlin" when they were a kid? I loved that thing. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 13:36
BTW One of my favorite childhood games and I know they still have them rockem sockem robots -- nm - eag Nov 6, 13:30
I love learning new medical terms like Hypereosinophilia. - David Nov 6, 13:29 12
- It's common for medical transcriptionists to become hypochondriacs - Mel Profit Nov 6, 13:34
- what is there in the fall that you are allergic to? -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:34 1
  - The leaves changing always gets to me. -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:36
- mine is also elevated! -- nm - Callisto Nov 6, 13:32 1
  - Don't make me spit on you. -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:33
- LYC: they're pretty cells. pink when stained. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:30 6
  - I don't even know how to reply to that. -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:31 5
    - She said even your cells are Nancy-Color-Pink. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 13:32 4
      - or pink like ... eosin. hence the name. ;P -- (link) - loosilu Nov 6, 13:34 [Image]
      - ...says the guy with a pink Halo dude. -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 13:33 2
        
        I needed to give Crash a target since he usually didn't see anything but death closing in. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 13:34 1
        
        ow, just saw this, I shall work on improving my sticky grenade skills on you! -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:35
I've got one fortune - who wants it? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 13:28 7
- "You will win a senate campaign by a narrow margin." -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:29
- Yo! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 13:28 4
  - "Every man is a volume if you know how to read him." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 13:30 3
    - Thanks, but pet peeve: Fortunes that aren't fortunes -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 13:31 2
      - "You will find love on Flag Day." (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 13:32 1
        
        Cool! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 13:33
- I'll eat the cookie. I love those. Someone else can have the fortune. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 13:28
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- can't be worse the current right wing pope -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 13:33
- I think a Latino pope is overdue. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:28 4
  - The Church has got way bigger problems that where their Pope is from. Obvie. -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 13:30 3
    - well, Latino and African bishops are actually quite orthodox from what I've heard. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:31 2
      - case in point: the African wing of the Anglican Communion is one of the chief agitators for schism with the US Episcopal Church over the issue of gay - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:32 1
        
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- I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest. -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:28 1
  - also, tangent: My bishop growing up was Pope Benedict's replacement as head of the Congregation for Doctrine and the Faith -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:30
- ~Does everybody know about the quake~ -- nm - Pope Benedict SI Nov 6, 13:28
For those that have read the Prey series of books. Can I skip one? Will reading book 3 before book 2 throw me off? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:23 2
- It really doesn't hurt. Somethings in his personal life would jump ahead, but kicking serial killer ass stays the same. -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:25
- No idea. I can't find book 2 at the library. I'm gonna end up having to buy it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:24
Have they called Missouri yet? -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 13:21 11
- a river? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 13:34
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  - You're so money, and you don't even know it. (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 13:26 1
    - You've got these huge fucking claws, and you don't even know how to kill the bunny. -- nm - TFox Nov 6, 13:29
- We tried, but they're not picking up the phone. -- nm - Kansas SI Nov 6, 13:22 6
  - L4 (this was so silly I couldn't help laughing) -- nm - Trish Nov 6, 13:24 5
    - Same here. -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 13:27 1
      - I was rolling my eyes, but then started giggling -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 13:32
    - :) I think I was channeling Max. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:25 2
      - Uusally it's guys around Dupont Circle that channel Max. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 13:28 1
        
        that's not channeling. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:30
Grrrr. Library doesn't have Shadows of Prey on audio CD - oblique Nov 6, 13:21 3
- nmb Kilbo - Trish Nov 6, 13:33 1
  - thanks - oblique Nov 6, 13:34
- ...Shadow Prey -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:21
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On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (26). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (27) -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 6, 13:18
Looking back... Let's see D&D, video games and computers. Ah yes, a well rounded nerd. -- nm - VMan Nov 6, 13:16 6
- I only played D&D and read comic books a wee bit in college. I'm lacking in exp. - Dr.Vermin Nov 6, 13:18
- Not enough MAGIC: The gathering. (nm) - Remlik si Nov 6, 13:17 4
  - My son has bought cards and even played a few times -- nm - amoxy Nov 6, 13:22
  - Bought a bunch of cards and never got around to learning to play. Give them to my sons. -- nm - VMan Nov 6, 13:18 2
    - I played a few times with my friend -- nm - eag Nov 6, 13:20 1
      - I played a few times with my friend . . . last week. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 13:28
Bery, thank you for recognizing Thanksgiving and not swinging right to freakin Christmas (glares at a certain digital cable music station). -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 13:14 6
- To think we were here at the beginning, before SlackerTalk became bigger than Google. - secretslacker Nov 6, 13:20
- You can glare at my local K-Mart which hadn't even clearanced its Halloween stuff and was already stocking Christmas supplies. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 13:16 2
  - "Already?" pfffft... most stores had Xmas stuff out along with the Halloween stuff. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 13:18
  - Macy's Raleigh, Sept 15th. The store started putting up its Christmas Corner or Alley or whatever. I know. Every year with this but damn I like it - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 13:17
- You might not be thanking me if you look it up on UrbanDictionary. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:14 1
  - Well, that's interesting. I hadn't heard that one before. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 13:17
omg, the girls in my area are now talking about The Hills. - kelly Nov 6, 13:14 7
- What's a Burt Reynolds reference doing in there? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 13:17 4
  - from yesterday. - kelly Nov 6, 13:19 3
    - "Mmmmm... George Lazenby." -- nm - Marge Simpson SI Nov 6, 13:25
    - Which one was hot for the Six Flags guy? -- nm - TFox Nov 6, 13:23 1
      - Oh, that was totally me. -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 13:32
- Just tell them Heidi totally deserved to be fired. -- nm - David Nov 6, 13:16
- shoot them -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:14
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- Man, I wonder if they have to (chauvanistic spoils) - emoticripple Nov 6, 13:17
- Any SILFs? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 13:15
- now, *that's* awesome. -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:14
moose, it varies how much I might read in a day. - Callisto Nov 6, 13:11 7
- are you a natural speed reader or did you have to learn it? I'm a really slow reader (compared what people seem to expect) -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:16 1
  - I guess it's just natural. - Callisto Nov 6, 13:18
- I know I'll probably go back into a dry spell and not read for 6 months, but I've been a machine lately. I've been reading for about 3-4 hours a night - emoticripple Nov 6, 13:14 3
  - yeah, don't cancel the paper. - Callisto Nov 6, 13:19 2
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      - I'm just glad I'm an Internet Product Specialist. - Callisto Nov 6, 13:33
- The speed at which you go through books is amazing to me. - musubi Nov 6, 13:14
Dow: Closed at 8695 down 443 points, Oil $60/barrel -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 13:11 3
- For the record, I would like to say that I am NOT subscribing to the "Stock Market is scared of Obama!" theory. - Dr.Vermin Nov 6, 13:17 2
  - you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:27
  - Word. Stock market is scared of the stock market. Like an elephant being scared by a mouse. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:21
Two games I really liked that I didn't see mentioned are Bosconian and Vanguard (Ooh, and Jungle Junt) {nm} - Banzai! Nov 6, 13:10 1
- (er, Jungle Hunt) {nm} - Banzai! Nov 6, 13:12
has anyone met pmb? he is from Chicago and when he wants to, he can bring the hammer - crash davis Nov 6, 13:10 30
- I have. He came to the Cubs/Cards game with Jim, nubby, ty97, myself, and others -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:14 2
  - I feel so sorry for you all ;p -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:16 1
    - though I must admit, I'd like to see Pujols in person -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:18
- Does it count that Rahm Emanuel's kids go to school with my daughter? -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 13:14 21
  - *giggle* - Trish Nov 6, 13:16 3
    - he knows great places to eat too -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:20
    - You just need to lose that crash guy. :) -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 13:18 1
      - Hrmmm...I just don't think I can do that. I'll have to settle for admiring you from afar. - Trish Nov 6, 13:31
  - The monocle has spoken! (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 13:15
  - sure, and if you want to ever run for anything, if its possible then you'll have my vote -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:14 15
    - Thanks, but I don't think I could put up with the crap. And besides, I probably couldn't hang out here anymore. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 13:21 6
      - totally understandable, I guess I just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your posts during this election cycle -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:24 5
        
        Thanks. I enjoyed yours as well. - pmb Nov 6, 13:28
        
        Not for nothing, but if a certain Man of the Compound ever decided to run in Idaho politics.... - musubi Nov 6, 13:27 3
        
        I'd get run over like a deer caught in the headlights. I'm not Blue Dog enough. -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:29 2
        
        Even with my endorsement? Are you sure? Check your math. - musubi Nov 6, 13:30
        
        but I appreciate the thought :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:30
    - if we could just get pmb into US politics and Reagen into Canadian, TT could rule the world! - Andie Nov 6, 13:18 7
      - *sobs* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 13:34
      - Dawson in Mexico. -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 13:33
      - Can Americans donate to Canadian polical campaigns? - musubi Nov 6, 13:24 1
        
        Negatory. (Course that didn't stop some people I know from backchanneling donations to Obama going the other way.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 13:36
      - Now that we've seen how adorable Reagen is, we should really start working on him--beauty and brains is a hard combo to beat. - Trish Nov 6, 13:23 2
        
        But the wide-angle needed to get him in debate-frame would mitigate all the beauty. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 13:35
        
        My ears are burning! (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 13:25
- I tried to get him riled up about airline pensions when he was in DC but I couldn't even coax the F word out of him. -- nm - Max Nov 6, 13:13
- I love that life is imitating Sorkin. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 6, 13:11 3
  - So true. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 13:25
  - when we get sportscasters dogging on soccer scores, we'll know we are there -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 13:12 1
    - Make the nets bigger! -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 13:23
Since we talking 80s stuff. What did you commonly draw on your school notebooks? - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 13:10 6
- Snoopy, fat cats, horses, geometrics. -- nm - Callisto Nov 6, 13:23
- towers of geometric shapes, with little stick figure people climbing thing. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 13:21
- "Max & Andie 2009" -- nm - Max Nov 6, 13:14 1
  - *Looks at Max's notebook sketches* Whoa dude. You are generous with yourself. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 13:15
- Band logos (but ones I made up, not existing ones)... - secretslacker Nov 6, 13:12
- Horses, cats, trees, and profiles. -- nm - mara Nov 6, 13:11
You know what I think Bery could install into the board? Random cross posts, like old-school TT. Those were fun. :) (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 13:10 1
- I agree. They are better with nothing on. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 13:14
Aren't Slicker and Slacker the same thing? - Banzai! Nov 6, 13:09 2
- that's pretty weird. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 13:13
- Slicker is on time delay to bleep any bad words that might be NSFW - secretslacker Nov 6, 13:13
favorite NES game: Dragon Warrior -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:09 2
- Ooh, I completely forgot about Double Dragon -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 13:16
- That was an awesome game. The day I got it free in the mail with my subscription to Nintendo Power was the best day of my life to that point. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 13:11
kelly never went to Dream Machine? What kind of RI teen were you?! -- nm - TFox Nov 6, 13:09 1
- The one whose mother wouldn't let her waste her money at arcade? - kelly Nov 6, 13:16
I said, "Popeye Jones". - musubi Nov 6, 13:09 1
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ugga ugga bang ugga boom ugga doom. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 13:08 1
- Baby PacMan! -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:09
Ok since were talking about video games here is a site that shows mini movies on the history of video games and such -- (link) -- (link) - eag Nov 6, 13:07 1
- i'm emailing the link to myself for later, thanks -- nm - zork Nov 6, 13:19
What's this "another user tried to roll the board at the same time as you" business? I've got seniority! - Mop Nov 6, 13:06 2
- [an error occured when processing this roll directive] -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 13:06
- oh, Snap! -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 13:06
Other gaming classics I liked: I've been rocking Soul Calibur since it was called Soul Edge. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 13:05 3
- I prefer Soul Glo. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 6, 13:08 [youtube]
- There was also thsi helicopter game in a booth that I can't remember. It had 3D polygon graphics. - Mop Nov 6, 13:07 1
  - I'm also pretty certain I once played an Xevious game in a booth similar to this, with a polygonal landscape. - Mop Nov 6, 13:11

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