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"Once Steinbrenner is gone Al Davis will be the last of the Flying Hellfish and the Hellfish bonanza will be his." - Beaker Jul 13, 07:59
is there still an st music exchange group? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:57 6
- it was just a mailing list. you could reply to all if you stil have an old email. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:58 5
  - the last music email I have saved is from 2008, would there be a more recent list? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 08:07 3
    - don't think so. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 08:08 2
      - ok. well, gmail is acting funny, so maybe this will send, or maybe it will send 3 times, no idea -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 08:10 1
        
        I got one. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 08:11
  - goes to look -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:59
Heh. A staff member here waitresses at the top local cougar bar. (It's quite popular.) Says Jonathan Toews was in there last night. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 13, 07:53 1
- "at the local topless cougar bar" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 07:57
Shipping Today: Brooklyn's Finest, Chuck Season 2: Disc 5 -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 07:51 7
- Brooklyn's Finest, Wolfman, Facing Ali -- nm - Max Jul 13, 08:12
- i got the john adams miniseries disc 1 and that movie that dano wants us to watch. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 08:11
- A Single Man, and Chris Ryan's Strike Back disc 2 -- nm - LMS Jul 13, 07:58 1
  - A Single Man is so good. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 08:00
- I got Sukuyaki Django & War Inc -- nm - Epiphany Jul 13, 07:56 2
  - let me know how War Inc is -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 07:57 1
    - Is this the Cusack movie? If so...I thought it was one of the worst things I've ever sat through. - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:58
"In 2010, all deliveries will happen by underground tubes. Delivery will be packaged and floated via water to their destination" - ty97 Jul 13, 07:45 20
- One thing I'm surprised/disappointed "the internet" hasn't changed is cars. - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:52 19
  - Heard this morning Chevy is doing a deal where you can go help build the engine when you buy a new Corvette - decline Jul 13, 08:02 5
    - That's a strange way to promote Community. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 13, 08:15
    - i believe you mean "chevrolet"....nm - x Jul 13, 08:11 1
      - Yeah! -- nm - BoA Jul 13, 08:13
    - maybe they can trick people into supplying their own parts too. -- nm - dogbert Jul 13, 08:08
    - "Push this button and watch the robot build the engine" - oblique Jul 13, 08:04
  - What you describe in your IM is what Detroit did up through the 80s - TWuG Jul 13, 08:00
  - It changed a bit how I shopped for my last car. Did most of the legwork via internet/email. Had little to do when I got to the dealership in the way - oblique Jul 13, 07:56
  - We like instant gratification. Waiting a week for a new car when you can buy off the lot? Nah. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 07:54 10
    - I'd just like to see more uniqueness in cars. Instead of black, white, silver, red, green or blue. - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:58 9
      - Smart USA recently announced you can order their cars in any color -- (link) - oblique Jul 13, 08:01 3
        
        yeah, but then you'd have to drive a SmartCar. - znufrii Jul 13, 08:10
        
        Ha! That's *sweet*. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 08:09 1
        
        I noticed in the particle they have a plaid car for ty97 -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:11
      - Yeah, there should totally be a way to upload your own art to the skin of your car ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 07:58 4
        
        We could all drive NASCAR-type cars, that would be fun! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:59 3
        
        Indeed. And you just know that someone would hack it to be animated ..... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 08:00 2
        
        I'm surprised someone hasn't invented a flexible LED skin you could attached to the exterior of a car to do exactly that... -- nm - znufrii Jul 13, 08:11
        
        Invisible cars! -- nm - Roger More Jul 13, 08:10
Tech question: Will saving hundreds of pages to my bookmarks (in my browsers), affect computer performance? -- nm - facto Jul 13, 07:38 3
- Hundreds? Probably not. -- nm - decline Jul 13, 07:39
- Genreally speaking, no way -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:39 1
  - k, thanks -- nm - facto Jul 13, 07:40
Crash had trade mail. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:37
*waves goodbye to Tom Brady* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:31 15
- *waves goodbye to Roethlisrapist* -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:34 8
  - What's the deets so I can update my super duper draft spreadsheet o' goodness? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 13, 07:35 7
    - Need you to check the board...I can't update rosters for your Forte deal, because I'm not sure of team names. - Jim Jul 13, 07:38 5
      - It was with Samara, I just posted to the BOP board. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:41 4
        
        Cool...thanks. Everything should be updated now. I'd suggest all people involved in trades check it out - Jim Jul 13, 07:46 3
        
        Looks like you put my picks one team too high on Walt's team. Otherwise, tis good. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 13, 07:50 2
        
        Shit...ok....I'll go fix it. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 07:54 1
        
        See? this is why I needed people to go behind me. You're fixed now. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 07:55
    - Brady for Fitz, straight up. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:35
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  - I need to make one more trade, too. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 13, 07:41
  - Chad Henne, baybee!!! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:37 3
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      - I like JUST did it. I'm thinking of refusing to update anything else until someone makes a trade with me. - Jim Jul 13, 07:38 1
        
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hmmm, after second though, I downgrade The Perfect Getaway to a D- -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 07:26 7
- The Final Destination: D+. Worst of the series. Horrid acting. Barely passable with some TnA. Way over the top and not even in a good way -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:29 6
  - As long as they invent new, shocking ways to dispatch people I almost don't care. - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:34 5
    - On principle, you're right, but I was kinda put off that they did absolutely nothing in any way to pretend to even have a plot or advance the - oblique Jul 13, 07:41 1
      - that sounds bad. crud. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:41
    - my thoughts exactly. They're so bad they're kind of good -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 13, 07:39 2
      - I usually hate the dehumanizing of characters in some Horror flicks but in this case I don't care. - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:41 1
        
        word, loved the first 2 and thought the third was ok -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:59
The second tape sounds as though he's really, really mad that she missed an appt. to 'blow him'. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:24 3
- well, he deserves it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:25 2
  - true - and he's not afraid to say so. After all, he'd had a bad day. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:26 1
    - Any guy who has blue balls for more than 12 hours has a bad day. In fact, I propose a not so subtle variation on the Twinkie Defense. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 08:13
"i will never have a heart attack. i give them." -- george steinbrenner....nm - x Jul 13, 07:24
heh "typically steinbrenner, the all-star game is tonight and he still has to make the day about him" - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:18 18
- i'm sad he's gone. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:26 15
  - I'm sad for the family and friends, but happy for sport. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:37 3
    - I get the impression, from the outside, that he really took care of his guys.... - groiny Jul 13, 07:44 2
      - Unless you were Dave Winfield ..... - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:48 1
        
        he has had hundreds of players pass through..... - groiny Jul 13, 07:55
  - ditto...he was a great, great "villain" - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:31 2
    - huge, huge supporter of the Jimmy Fund every year during the Sox telethon too. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:34
    - nods -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:33
  - yeah, not a fan, but he sure loved his team. - groiny Jul 13, 07:28 7
    - Agreed. They were pitiful when he took over and made them the Yankees again -- nm - amoxy Jul 13, 07:46
    - Well, and his team won 7 (IIRC) World Series titles while he was the owner. -- nm - Inigo Jul 13, 07:32 1
      - he held people accountable for their performance. - groiny Jul 13, 07:42
    - he was also one smart business man too. -- nm - decline Jul 13, 07:30 1
      - selling the yankee cable rights was flat out brilliant......nm - x Jul 13, 07:35
    - I was going to say, the only meaningful difference between him and John Henry & Co is that George was more entertaining and loved his team more. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:29 1
      - John Henry still needs a few banning from the sport to catch up. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:38
- "Billy Martin has just been fired from heaven" -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:23
- oh frig me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:23
Argh! Again?! Vertical stripes in pants, horizontal stripes in shirt. - ty97 Jul 13, 07:13 22
- That explains the moire effect on all your posts. -- nm - TWuG Jul 13, 07:39
- the good news is that the Japanese Air Force won't be able to spot you on the open water. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:16
- How about thinking about it at the store and don't buy anything with stripes? - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:15 19
  - I just uploaded a photo of the pants to FB. - ty97 Jul 13, 07:18 18
    - throw them out. problem solved (for future issues). -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:21 17
      - I'm more concerned about the horizontal stripes on the shirt. I am imagining ty in a French sailor shirt -- nm - Roger More Jul 13, 07:25 7
        
        It's this -- (link) - ty97 Jul 13, 07:30 3
        
        I think this calls for a shopping spree at lunch. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:32 2
        
        *clap* *clap* *clap* -- nm - mara Jul 13, 07:36 1
        
        hee - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:38
        
        Blues Clues! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:29 1
        
        ~ We've gotta find another anus, that's the third clue! We add him to our notebook... ty's clues, ty's clues! ~ -- nm - ty's clues Jul 13, 07:30
        
        I was thinking Bobby Brady. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:26
      - they're nice pants. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:23 8
        
        Pants shouldn't have stripes. Unless you're in prison. - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:30 7
        
        Material-wise, they aren't suit-ish at all. Much more casual material - ty97 Jul 13, 07:32 3
        
        I'm pretty sure your parole won't let you cross state lines, stripey. - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:34 2
        
        I'll be in your states in (*checks cell phone*) 48 hours. - ty97 Jul 13, 07:39 1
        
        *alerts air marshalls and fashion police* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:42
        
        whatchoo talkin bout? pinstripes are classic. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:31 2
        
        So are cowboy hats. And trilby's. And berets. - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:37
        
        sure, but they're also regularly abused -- nm - Roger More Jul 13, 07:34
From B3: The Wire's Aidan Gillen is currently in the TV show Identity with Keeley Hawes. I'm really enjoying it so far. - LMS Jul 13, 07:13
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*clock is runnin* - anticipating a sudden outburst of Seinfeld reminiscing during the day -- nm - facto Jul 13, 07:11
Missing Iranian nuclear scientist turns up in Washington, asking to be returned to his Homeland (from which he may or may not have been kidnapped) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 13, 07:10
So, one of the mothers here today just had her 21st birthday......that cake was gooooooood -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:08
"Do not be alarmed if you see parachutists by Sears Tower. It's just Transformers." -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 07:06 8
- The Transformers collection on Pawn Stars last night was pretty incredible. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:07 7
  - How much did they go for? - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:11 6
    - The guy had over 1000 pieces and wanted 20k. They offered 10k. He didn't take it. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 13, 07:24 5
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        I think they get a lot of desperate people... - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:29 1
        
        If the expert gives them a retail/auction price, they'll regularly offer below 50% of that -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:54
      - 1,000 Transformers? Yikes. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:25 1
        
        He had at least 5-6 copies of a lot of them. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:28
Anyone else watch Rizzoli and Isles last night? I thought it was enjoyable, though they were tryin way too hard with the quirky. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:06 6
- I did - I liked it a lot - I think the trying hard with the quirky worked but I don't think Bracco is even old enough to be Harmon's mom - Epiphany Jul 13, 07:12 5
  - Angie carried it, for sure. Also, I thought it was a little early (in the pilot) to break out the (spoiler) - loosilu Jul 13, 07:14 4
    - Oh, and if you assume IMDB birthdates are truthful, Bracco is 18 years older than Harmon. - loosilu Jul 13, 07:19 3
      - heh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 13, 07:21 2
        
        the main problem is they don't look a bit alike. Also, much as I like Angie, she is not playing - loosilu Jul 13, 07:24 1
        
        and I just checked IMDB ... he's Texan! good work. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:25
Some heartbreaking photos from the Gulf -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 07:05 1
- This is the SI article I mention on B2...a fantastic read. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 13, 07:06
Remember to vote for the August book today! -- (link) - ty97 Jul 13, 07:03
His family is confirming his death. -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:03
"What?! WHAT?!" -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:03 12
- What? -- nm - Stone Cold Jul 13, 07:04
- it's the South Park episode only real life. -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:04 1
  - oops, wrong thought process from B2 -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:04
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- I was about to just type that. He sounds like a Lil Jon music video. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 07:03 7
  - If I had the no how I'd definitely include Lil Jon in the mash-up. - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:04 6
    - Include Salma Hayek too, because his wife sounds like her. - MDH Jul 13, 07:06 5
      - She kind of looks like a mildly hotter Octomom in the pics I've seen. -- nm - TFox Jul 13, 07:35
      - I think I could get dispensation from Diva if I... - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:12 3
        
        she's clearly part mountain goat. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:23 1
        
        a buxom mountain goat. - Mel Profit Jul 13, 07:36
        
        There's a market for video of hot chicks in high heels stepping on small furry animals - Roger More Jul 13, 07:16
hot roll -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:02

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