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I believe this is Gold again ! - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 16:16
yikes ... timing errors at the biathlon -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:15 14
- And in other Olympic news, Zamboni is sending the Olympics a real Zamboni. - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:19 6
  - The Trojan Zamboni -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 16:21
  - there should be a spare one where the Canucks and Leafs play for now -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 16:20 3
    - about a third of the ice-based action in vancouver is at Canada Hockey Place, which is GM Place, which is where the canucks play. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:21 2
      - The problem ones seem to be the ones at the long track speed skating. - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:24
      - (But there's numerous other zambonis throughout the lower mainland, I'm sure) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:22
  - stupid green zambonis -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 16:20
- whew, I was half expecting "pulling the trigger too soon, or not even in sight of the shooting zone" -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:16 6
  - They are hotly contested races, but not that hotly contested. -- nm - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:20 5
    - besides, they don't have enough ammo to clear the field. - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:21 4
      - Miss? Depends on who's shooting. -- nm - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:22 2
        
        not hitting the designated electronic target = miss. - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:22 1
        
        Well...we're talking extreme winter biathalon, not the Olympic version. - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:25
      - but there are penalties for dangerous handling - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 16:22
There's a cutie patootie manguy on the German curling team. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 16:09 1
- Where's the link? ;) -- nm - the liioulu with tu dors Feb 16, 16:21
I'm pretty excited for skating tonight. it feels kind of weird. -- nm - sluttella Feb 16, 16:06
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- you can do it! -- nm - b. Feb 16, 15:54 5
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    - can we cite this? it concisely summarizes exactly what we want to say! -- nm - Justices 1 thru 3 Feb 16, 16:09
    - sorry, then. -- nm - b. Feb 16, 16:09 1
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  - put your back into it -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 15:57
The Swiss 3rd is a straight up hottie. -- nm - Subversive Feb 16, 15:50 14
- Team Canada should have been Jennifer Jones -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 16:16
- the Canadian skip is quite milfy -- nm - zork Feb 16, 16:04 3
  - Agreed. -- nm - Subversive Feb 16, 16:07 2
    - oof -- (link) - Max Feb 16, 16:10 1
      - that's not her -- (link) - zork Feb 16, 16:13
- black hair, ghostly blue eyes? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:50 8
  - Yep, that's her. -- nm - Subversive Feb 16, 15:51 7
    - Is it the third one? I'd pick #2 -- (link) - Max Feb 16, 15:57 [Image] 6
      - Yeah, 3rd from the left. #2 is nice too, but raven haired beauty wins. -- nm - Subversive Feb 16, 16:00 4
        
        she looks like a swarthy pirate. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:03 3
        
        The picture you linked below is more how she looks today on the ice. - Subversive Feb 16, 16:06
        
        In that photo, yes. On the stream ... no. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:06
        
        she definitely looks better without the tan -- nm - zork Feb 16, 16:06
      - though this is better -- (link) - Max Feb 16, 15:59 [Image]
women's hockey spoiler question: - Diva Feb 16, 15:48 15
- It's like watching the Road Warriors wrestle the Mulkeys. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:06
- spoils - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:00 1
  - eff! spoil - Diva Feb 16, 16:01
- Silly international rules using plus�minus as the 1st tiebreaker, iirc. -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 15:56
- this is the part of the movie where Rocky and Drago are just toying with their challengers before the final showdown -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 15:55
- This ain't beer league slo-pitch, this is the Olympics! - Subversive Feb 16, 15:54
- God, what a joke of a competitive sport. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:54 4
  - It's true, although some strides are being made by other nations. - Subversive Feb 16, 15:56 1
    - I hope so. That would make it a lot more entertaining :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:57
  - Women's Hockey sure is seeming like CTF this year -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:55 1
    - women's hockey spoils - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:56
- not really.. - peglegpete Feb 16, 15:52 2
  - The question in the original IM is a joke just in case folks didn't know. I've been watching Olympic hockey for a long time. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 16:03 1
    - If you fast forward in 15-minute increments on the TiVo, it's hilarious. 0-0 goes to 2-0 then to 5-0 and so on. It's like a little league score. - David Feb 16, 16:17
- *checks the score* ... yiiikes. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:52
New Toy Story 3 trailer. -- (link) - pmb Feb 16, 15:31
Darrell Green twittered that he ran a 4.43 40 on his 50th birthday -- (link) - poochinski Feb 16, 15:28 4
- I am so behind on twitter, among other things - what's shamu up to these days? -- nm - b. Feb 16, 15:32 3
  - Same ol same ol. Just being sassy in the pool -- nm - Shamu Feb 16, 15:36
  - Swam a 2.24 40 yesterday. -- nm - Shamu Feb 16, 15:33 1
    - woo! -- nm - b. Feb 16, 15:40
with apologies to ST's teachers... HA! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:20
Another Hendricks pic. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 16, 15:20 4
- why won't people stop judging her on her looks? why can't they appreciate her craft?? - poochinski Feb 16, 15:25 2
  - was she in v.f., too? for sure, she was forced to do "esquire" last year. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 16, 15:31 1
    - oops, i thought the N.Y. story was V.Fair -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 15:40
- on that page, mmm, Alice Eve. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 15:24
Whoo!!! GOLD!!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 15:18
All you need to know about winter. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:16
A provocative study suggests aspirin may prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Feb 16, 15:14 1
- Heh, and I can no longer take aspirin because I'm on blood thinners - after 2 episodes of pulmonary embolism, possibly aggravated by the - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 15:22
Groiny LIR -- I suggest she put that down as 2007 - 2010: Personal Development. It will get questions at the interview; she should be prepared. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 16, 15:13 1
- Family Hiatus -- nm - zork Feb 16, 15:55
casting call: husband/wife and any ex-spouses for a modern twist on the Newlywed Game - poochinski Feb 16, 15:07 3
- I'd watch this -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 15:11 2
  - the awkward potential is unlimited -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 15:13 1
    - And they could cross-market it with Cinemax late night programming. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 16, 15:14
nice. starting today, CNBC is running Olympics 2-10 my time every day this week -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 14:59
This documentation is wonderfully helpful to programmers ... the SVN book! :) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:50 2
- we still use sccs :) -- nm - decline Feb 16, 14:55 1
  - yikes! That's like driving a Model T. (Versus CVS's equivalent ... the Edsel.) - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:05
finally some quarterfinal snow X -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 14:41 4
- and now they're postponing stuff because there's too much snow? get your story straight, canada -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 14:43 3
  - canadians have 143 words for now - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 14:48 2
    - once more with feeling - canadians have 143 different words for snow -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 16, 14:48 1
      - I wonder what word they use for "snow that falls on a red t-shirt". -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:54
re : Halo CTF games..... - groiny Feb 16, 14:40 37
- I just run around and shoot people during these games...if I happen upon the flag I will run with it - J Feb 16, 14:46 12
  - forward -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 14:58 8
    - waterboy. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 14:59
    - i just sit back on ST and laugh when David posts about people killing him -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 14:59 6
      - sportswriter -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 15:00 5
        
        no, worse. - groiny Feb 16, 15:00 4
        
        C'mon..he's clearly a Mariotti. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:03 1
        
        that is an insult to Jay. - groiny Feb 16, 15:04
        
        thats dang funny -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 15:03 1
        
        today's blog entry? - poochinski Feb 16, 15:08
  - I ususlly grab the shotgun and drop anchor by the flag. - groiny Feb 16, 14:47 2
    - goalie -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 14:58
    - "Land Ho!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:47
- Or, and this is key....you just veto CTF becuase it's a shitty game in every manner. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 14:43 23
  - well, yeah, but then when crash davis is powernapping during the veto period.... - groiny Feb 16, 14:45 22
    - Just shoot mop and tell him to stop yelling. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 14:46 21
      - psst : - groiny Feb 16, 14:46 20
        
        Shoot David and tru too. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 14:48 15
        
        How would you know? We've never tried! -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:13 6
        
        Sure we have. It usually ends with us wasting 10 minutes trying to hold off the inevitable. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:27 5
        
        How dare we put up a fight! -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:32 4
        
        I've seen better fights from cadavers. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:35 3
        
        You make no sense! -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:46 2
        
        CTF sucks. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:47 1
        
        CTF is what men do. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:07
        
        I like to take the missle pod and give it to the other team as soon as possible..... - groiny Feb 16, 14:50
        
        ... not with all you teamkillers around, they won't ... ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:49 6
        
        (Is the term TKer or PKer? I think maybe it's PKer ... hrm.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:49 5
        
        it was nice when we had 14 people on and were able to play some 7 on 7 games. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 14:53 4
        
        that's a hell of a lot more fun :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:55 3
        
        (One thing I wish it had, though, were options to team balance or randomize teams ...) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:55 2
        
        do it just liked we used to in the schoolyard. - groiny Feb 16, 14:59
        
        I mentioned a draft, but NO, everyone wanted to poo poo it. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 14:56
        
        nope -- nm - J Feb 16, 14:46 3
        
        (Sorry.) -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:13 2
        
        not you at all -- nm - J Feb 16, 15:48 1
        
        It is a little bit. I need to do better in that regard and I know it. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:06
One thing that amuses me is that the canadian skating uniforms look like bandoliers in the front ... and suspenders in the back. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:26 2
- the closest I can get to an Exhibit B -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:34
- Exhibit A -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 14:27 [Image]
hmm, the annoucers are gone from the us/jpn curling match. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 14:25 1
- darnit now they are back -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 14:25
apropos of nothing being discussed: Why do so many hoarders hoard stuffed animals? -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 14:24 27
- that's a knicknack mentality. what I don't get is what's going through the mind of someone who buys 50 guns but doesn't display them. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 14:27 15
  - that's the one i'm watching, btw -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 14:37
  - *that* was messed up... - znufrii Feb 16, 14:29 13
    - i love how people, crawling with bugs, are so dismissive of exterminators. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 14:30 10
      - and how they're so surprised at the infestation when they've been walking around on a compost pile. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 14:32 9
        
        that's good compost. they might use that someday -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 14:33 4
        
        this is hilarious. -- nm - sluttella Feb 16, 15:30
        
        "that compost came from food that belonged to Grandma, i have to keep it." -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 14:34 2
        
        that compost *is* Grandma! - poochinski Feb 16, 14:35 1
        
        you know that one's out there, somewhere... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:36
        
        *shudder* -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:32
        
        or mold. "oh, there's mold?" -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 14:32 2
        
        at least this week's episode didn't have any dead animals... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:35 1
        
        but both resolutions were particularly unfulfilling... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:35
    - they were all basically new too. figure $500 per gun... -- nm - Max Feb 16, 14:29 1
      - my fave was the umbrella cane sword...second was the piece hidden in the book... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:30
- fond remembrances of their Short Program from 1994. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 14:27
- infantilism/mental regression... -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 14:26
- they loves them Beanie Babies - poochinski Feb 16, 14:26 6
  - (i wonder where all my beanie babies are. did i get rid of them?) -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 14:29 5
    - don't worry - I recently checked they still aren't worth anything - Epiphany Feb 16, 14:30 2
      - when the apocalypse comes, they will be the new world currency -- nm - poochinski Feb 16, 14:32 1
        
        now I'm picturing Clem playing poker for Beanie Babies instead of cats. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 14:32
    - in a safe deposit box, under lock and key, one hopes! - poochinski Feb 16, 14:30 1
      - i only collected the bear ones. no lobster for me. -- nm - TFox Feb 16, 14:31
- to put just inside the back window of their cars, duh -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 14:25
- reminders of innocence lost? -- nm - sycor Feb 16, 14:25

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