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I just shook hands with our Republican candidate for governor. - TFox Oct 28, 10:38 4
- You didn't say that. - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:42
- I'm not sure "Least likely to make me maim myself" is a great endorsement :) -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:41 1
  - With TFox though, that's saying something. - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:43
- I can't say that about a single candidate here. -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 10:40
Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars! -- nm - Qale Oct 28, 10:37
how would you revamp Survivor to make it interesting again? - peglegpete Oct 28, 10:29 29
- Survivor: Nude Beach -- nm - ceregon Oct 28, 10:45
- One season of no votes until the finale. Last place in each challenge is eliminated. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:43
- Give them guns. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:39
- Start as one tribe, then separate. -- nm - volnelk Oct 28, 10:38
- Movie themed challenges: 127 Hours, Alive, Jerry... -- nm - Max Oct 28, 10:34
- Was there ever a "city folk" vs. "country folk" split? -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:34
- I never watch it, but if they eliminated all the silly games, I might. -- nm - not2fast Oct 28, 10:33 2
  - we can keep the mud wrestling, and any game that has women losing their tops, right? -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:34 1
    - As long as it is in the first week or so. After they start losing weight, most have no tops. -- nm - not2fast Oct 28, 10:49
- i would do a cast of people who *actually* know how to Survive. Serious outdoors-people. With skills. - Jack O'landie Oct 28, 10:32 9
  - On this note, I'm constantly amazed that they spend basically one day building a shelter and *never* seem to revisit it - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:33 8
    - this is my biggest gripe with these people. like, you know you are going on Survivor, maybe read a book on survival skills, it's all about game play - Jack O'landie Oct 28, 10:35 7
      - same reason I'd learn how to drive stick before going on the Amazing Race -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:37 2
        
        right, and, like, if you didn't know how to swim, take a lesson. that sort of thing. -- nm - Jack O'landie Oct 28, 10:46
        
        That, and start a jogging program before the race. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:39
      - I'm just not as gripey as other STers are at contestant ineptitude. If everyone knew how to do everything to survive, that would not be as interestin - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:37 3
        
        are you sure? people sitting around whining "i'm *hungry*..." isn't exactly what makes the show riveting. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:39 2
        
        one of the early early seasons (australia?) they basically had to change the challenge rewards to give them food because they were all so weak from - Jack O'landie Oct 28, 10:46
        
        Being hungry makes people fighty. Fightiness brings the drama, to which I say "Gimme, gimme, gimme!" -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:40
- Nothing. If I could go back and trace our Survivor discussions, we *always* complain about Survivor in the weeks before the merge and then it ends up - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:32
- it's still interesting. half of the people cast this season were 40+ and they have been, to a one, DUMBASSES - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:32
- Death matches -- nm - decline Oct 28, 10:32
- Wild animals. -- nm - mara Oct 28, 10:31 1
  - Kill the pig! Bash her in! Slit her throat! -- nm - Jack Merridew Oct 28, 10:43
- Cannibalism. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Oct 28, 10:30
- cancel it for 5 years, then bring it back. - Spawn Oct 28, 10:30 3
  - Yeah, because that worked so well for The Mole. - Mop (220 lbs) Oct 28, 10:31 2
    - Reminder: I hate Survivor. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:36
    - Best reality show ever. - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:31
ST Quiz: 5 best Major US airlines according to US News - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:22 35
- I only count 7 major US airlines remaining. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 10:32 2
  - This poll counted AirTran/SW and Continental/United as 4 airlines, since they're still operating that way. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:32 1
    - I wouldn't have counted Hawaiin, so I can see how they got to 11 now. - ty97 Oct 28, 10:34
- The bottom 5 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:28 2
  - sfek - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:29
  - Delta. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:29
- Oceanic -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:28
- and #1 is - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:26 4
  - *flexes* (nm) - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:29
  - wha? -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:27 2
    - I don't have a good explanation on that one. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:28 1
      - My guess is that because they fly internationally (Japan, Australia, Samoa--sorta internationl) as well as all along the west coast, they're not - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:30
- Alaska, Air Tranny -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:25 2
  - AirTran #2 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:26 1
    - This poll is invalid. -- nm - Diva Oct 28, 10:26
- Midwest! -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:24 1
  - no -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:25
- (only 11 major airlines were ranked) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23 5
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    - (all at the bottom) Delta was the worst. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:24 3
      - More on Delta - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:25 2
        
        They also have the most pathetic award redemption rates, to the point that SkyMiles is called SkyPesos by many. - ty97 Oct 28, 10:33
        
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- virgin -- nm - peglegpete Oct 28, 10:22 2
  - no -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23 1
    - *mocks your virginity* -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:28
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  - #5, not top 5 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23
- Southwest. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:22 2
  - #4 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23 1
    - this poll is invalid. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:24
- JetBlue -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:22 3
  - Alaska -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:23 1
    - not top 5 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23
  - #3 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:23
Man apparently shoots himself in the leg while sleepwalking. -- (link) - mara Oct 28, 10:21 1
- "I do have a friend named Cheddar Bob and yeah, he did shoot himself in the leg with his own gun..." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:22
oh no! RIP Danno -- (link) - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:18 1
- Book em, one more time. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:19
okay St. give me some tapas ideas for dinner on Saturday. I'm gonna make Jessie a special dinner. - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 28, 10:15 13
- How about good ol' prosciutto-wrapped melon? -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:38
- Chorizo-Filled Dates Wrapped in Bacon -- (link) - decline Oct 28, 10:38
- a green olive tapenade for an hors d'ouerve -- nm - crash davis Oct 28, 10:24 4
  - ugh - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:26 2
    - you don't like olives? -- nm - crash davis Oct 28, 10:36 1
      - pure evil -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:37
  - I tried tapenade for the first time not too long ago. Served with crusty bread, of course. I'm a big fan. -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:25
- A plate of olives with salt, pepper & oil. Or, that tomato, basil and fresh mozzarella salad, - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:22
- bruschetta. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:20
- you need some green. maybe brussels sprouts or green beans with basil and ginger? -- nm - chromanda Oct 28, 10:19 1
  - yeah, good idea. maybe artichoke hearts or green beans. hmmm -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 28, 10:22
- shrimp sauteed in a nice garlic sauce -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:17 1
  - some fresh mozz & tomatoes in olive oil -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:20
B2: Top Chef University: I've thought about it, but neither of us are into the super fancy fine dining dishes. - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:13 3
- stay that way - you treat your wife to some decent dishes semi-regularly, then all of the sudden the crap you used to eat isn't acceptable to her -- nm - crash davis Oct 28, 10:20 2
  - you're in it now! - wererabbit Oct 28, 10:21 1
    - laugh it up chuckles -- nm - crash davis Oct 28, 10:23
I love the one-way Mars idea. We forget how many people in our specie's history set out to explore with no notion of returning. We should continue - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:10 49
- I like the idea, though I'm a little concerned about the idea of putting them on Mars' moon(s) instead of Mars itself. - Ender Oct 28, 10:16 3
  - Why would it be more difficult to get people off Mars' moons than Mars itself? (nm) - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:19 2
    - If you had to go pick somebody up tomorrow would it be easier if they were in South Korea or in the Sea of Tranquility? - Ender Oct 28, 10:23 1
      - If I started on Mars, it'd make very little difference. - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:33
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  - except for the privateers who sailed to rob Spanish treasure ships and ended up circumventing the globe while escaping :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 28, 10:15
  - I nominate those guys from Iowa from your link on b2 -- nm - decline Oct 28, 10:14
  - also, we're forgetting that the people who discovered America were attempting to get to a specific place that they knew existed. - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:14 25
    - all the european explorers were expected to come back because otherwise they wouldn't have gotten bankrolled....nm - x Oct 28, 10:16 18
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        the settlers were expected to send things back. That's how they got bankrolled. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:21 15
        
        And these settlers will be sending back scientific data. -- nm - Ender Oct 28, 10:24
        
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        not necessarily. many were expecting to go make their fortune and to return....nm - x Oct 28, 10:26 12
        
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        yeah. me too. the east india trading company (and similar corporations in the netherlands, et al) had many, many employees who signed up expecting... - x Oct 28, 10:32
        
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        i'm talking about majorities as well. many "settlers" were employees of corporations like east india trading company.... - x Oct 28, 10:31 8
        
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        Is it? Because that's kinda how I remember it in my history classes. - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:35 3
        
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        So you'd rather we substitute what you say is fact instead? - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:40 1
        
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        that is FUCKING hilarious....nm - x Oct 28, 10:34 2
        
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        eh, have another drink....nm - x Oct 28, 10:39
      - But the first settlers like the pilgrims sailed across the ocean with much less hope of support from back home than the Mars colonists would. -- nm - Ender Oct 28, 10:19
    - "These are the weirdest looking asians we've ever seen." -- nm - Early American Settlers Oct 28, 10:15
    - Yeah, who knows if Mars exists! -- nm - mara Oct 28, 10:15 4
      - but we would have to bring the food and shelter with us, was my point. - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:20 2
        
        Kind of what Columbus did, actually. Europeans didn't want to eat native foods; they had it all shipped. -- nm - mara Oct 28, 10:24 1
        
        "Starving in Paradise," it's been called. -- (link) - mara Oct 28, 10:27
      - But the Mars Marriot is only three stars. (nm) - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:18
- ....by sending all death row inmates to New Georgiaustralia (formerly Mars). -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:12
- We've got to get to MARS! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:11
- In this day-and-age, that is frowned upon. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:11 13
  - I don't see why it should be. Some things take daring and the willingness to step out into the unknown -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 28, 10:12 12
    - If the movies have taught me anything, it's that people will be willing to do this if huge corporations believe there is any money to be made. - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:14 1
      - while corporations can live forever, their quarterly performance is basically overseen by a death pannel of accountants -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 10:18
    - *takes a step back* you first, pal. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 10:13
    - because the western world is now full of coddled pansies -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:13 8
      - we've developed a societal attachment to a comfortable standard of living. - znufrii Oct 28, 10:18
      - *ding* Every life is precious, etc. Instead of the death penalty, we should send them to Mars. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:17 6
        
        Finally, somewhere to send all those frozen embryos rather than killing them for stem cells! *NM* - Ender Oct 28, 10:26
        
        And if I believe everything in the movies...in every convoy of prisoners, there is one genius. - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:17 4
        
        I wonder what network will get the rights to the reality show. Mars: Earth Two. - Spawn Oct 28, 10:19 3
        
        That has to be Fox, right? - Will Hunting Oct 28, 10:20 2
        
        It'll be CBS. "CSI: Mars" (nm) - !qnsnw Oct 28, 10:21 1
        
        Mars Five-O -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:21
I made a mushroom risotto last night, with no cheese. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 10:10 2
- hmm... -- nm - Diva Oct 28, 10:33
- Cause that's how you roll -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 28, 10:15
has anyone bought & used a Suis Vide machine yet? - peglegpete Oct 28, 10:09 2
- with a few simple but quality pans and pots the world of culinary delights is huge so why get involved in bizarre gadgets like that -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 28, 10:23
- this guy figured out how to do it with a cooler and ziploc bags -- (link) - decline Oct 28, 10:13
I'm going to start messing with STs food and see how they like it! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 10:08 4
- Except mine. I was trying to help. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:10 3
  - you're tops on the list. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 28, 10:12 2
    - But see, if she does a test run, you can say it okay, but don't mess with tradition. -- nm - Spawn Oct 28, 10:15 1
      - this is a trick. I know it. - Mel Profit Oct 28, 10:20
remember the Gipper -- nm - Knute Rockne Oct 28, 10:08

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