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Whoo hoo! - znufrii Dec 8, 12:04 1
- Woohoo? That is how it works. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:05
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LYC: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down after a perfect launch and orbit -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 12:01 3
- Huh. I thought they had a craft that could be landed like the space shuttle. -- nm - pmb Dec 8, 12:05 1
  - You're probably thinking of Scaled Composite/Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 12:14
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Lane Kiffin to Florida! - David Dec 8, 12:00 2
- I want one of the Florida schools to get Mike Leach. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:01 1
  - Whether he takes the Florida job or not, Dan Mullen of Miss. State is about to get a pay raise. -- nm - David Dec 8, 12:03
FYI: You can share your Amazon Prime account with up to 4 "household" members. -- (link) - not2fast Dec 8, 11:59 2
- yeah, i shared mine with my parents so they could stop using my account. -- nm - tRuMaN aint need no rules Dec 8, 12:06
- yup. My brother in NYC uses mine all the time. -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:01
DH, from b2 re Walking Dead (spoils) - Stephen Dec 8, 11:59 12
- *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 12:02
- The one thing that makes the speed with which that happened make sense is... - Mel Profit Dec 8, 12:02 10
  - It IS the end of the world after all. Some societal rules are going to fall by the wayside. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 12:07 1
    - That quickly? - Stephen Dec 8, 12:08
  - spoils - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:03 6
    - I thought it was weeks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 12:05 1
      - It would have to be on that scale, yes. But don't they say the body can only last 3 days without water? - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:05
    - further spoils - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:03 3
      - spoils - Beaker Dec 8, 12:05
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        Oh, I guess I didn't miss it then. OK. but ... (spoils) - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:05
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 12:02
soafb, the royals signed jeff canthitover to a 1yr deal - tRuMaN aint need no rules Dec 8, 11:59 2
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- I'm not familiar with that player. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:00
woo-hoo! Used my Employee Recognition Points (formerly Spirit Points) to get a Coach bag - yay!! -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 11:54 5
- Nice! That's what I used years ago to get my iPod. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 12:02
- nice! pic? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 12:00
- Nice! I just took wife shopping last week for a nice purse (early Xmas gift). -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:59 2
  - She chose this one... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 12:00 1
    - nice bag! -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 12:19
Cute little video clip at Cnet. The Nissan Leaf boot up sequence. -- (link) - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 8, 11:54 2
- I want one of these so bad. I usually am ambivalent about cars. - ceregon Dec 8, 12:09
- What is this, like reason #17 to get a Leaf? -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 8, 11:59
6 foot marijuana Christmas tree seized by German police -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 11:53
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- Deadspin: "Brett Farve called Urban and told him to quit being an attention whore." -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:51
- Well, the way they're going, both have the same chance of dying on the field. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:49 3
  - ugh. He's regressed so much in just the past 12 months, mentally and physically. I love the guy, but really hope he comes to his senses and steps - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:56 2
    - Last year was the perfect time...go out nearly on top. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:57 1
      - *nods* Though he had several chances like that in past years. - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:57
And the most popular road-trip song is... ? -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:47 22
- Bob Seger and the silver bullet band can get me through to anywhere -- nm - CQ Dec 8, 12:06
- If you're asking: Talking Heads/ David Byrne. Loud. -- nm - OAE Dec 8, 12:00
- "... because nothing says "bad ass" like a mid-60s Chevy with lousy brakes and an obscenely large engine putting out 425 horsepower" -- nm - not2fast Dec 8, 11:56
- Geroge Thorogood. (several songs) -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:56
- Life is a Highway. -- nm - The Bub Dec 8, 11:55
- Steve Winwood roll with it baby -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:55
- No "Life is a Highway?" - Stephen Dec 8, 11:54 2
  - Shut. Up! -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 8, 11:55 1
    - heh! That song was played many, many times on my road trip home from Kentucky when I left active duty. -- nm - Stephen Dec 8, 12:02
- List fail. "Life is a Highway". -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 8, 11:52
- 99 bottles of beer on the wall. 99 bottles of beer....nm - x Dec 8, 11:50 4
  - My family, we couldn't do this. Dad took it far too literal. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:51 3
    - I can relate to this. - con_carne Dec 8, 11:52 2
      - *flashback to tracy's dad driving an RV with 99 bottles of beer on the interior walls* -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:53 1
        
        more to the point, a couple dozen empties rolling around the floor -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:56
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  - yep. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:50
- Running Down a Dream is a far better Petty song for driving than Free Fallin'. - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 11:50 3
  - Oh, and as shown in the comments, Radar Love should be the real #1. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 11:51
  - I agree. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:51
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- That's a pretty decent list, but where's Sammy Frickin Hagar? - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:49
Amazon help needed: I don't suppose there's a way to add an item to an order you already placed? - con_carne Dec 8, 11:44 10
- (get Prime! then you can just order things one at a time!) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 11:50 3
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    - The best thing about prime is the minimal cost to upgrade to next-day delivery. - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:55 1
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- if it hasn't shipped yet, you should be able to cancel or change it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:46
- some places say on the order confirmation that you have a few hours to make changes, but really the process is almost robotically automated, I would - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:46
- If you email/phone customer support immediately, maybe. -- nm - David Dec 8, 11:45 2
  - Kim's joke: "I see now that Urban Mayer has had his second annual resignation." - David Dec 8, 11:47 1
    - *mentally moves this post down one thread* -- nm - David Dec 8, 11:47
- Too late to cancel the order you placed and start over? Or try customer service. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:45
Urbay Mayer is three months too late to help with deevs. -- nm - David Dec 8, 11:44 2
- I saw the posts below, thought of you and smiled. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 11:46 1
  - er...the posts on B2. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 11:47
I was 9 and woke up to my mother completely undone by the news of Lennon's assassination. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:41 3
- I honestly can't remember whether it had any effect on me at all at the time. -- nm - Stephen Dec 8, 12:06
- It was especially sad for those of us who lived in NYC that day. -- nm - OAE Dec 8, 12:01
- I don't remember much from 5. This didn't register at all, but my parents weren't Beatles fan - ty97 Dec 8, 11:47
Robert Plant hates money unfortunately. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:39 26
- Page/Plant was a good show. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:52
- Saw them once, they were not great. Not sure if I would want to see them again -- nm - amoxy Dec 8, 11:48 9
  - dear lord... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:49 5
    - They were pretty high, though it was not as bad as the Aerosmith show I saw the same year - amoxy Dec 8, 11:53 4
      - Saw Aerosmith twice in 87...once in Ft. Wayne and Dokken blew them away & then later that year Guns and Roses opened for Aerosmith... - Remlik Dec 8, 11:56 2
        
        Yeah, the A/GnR show was exactly that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:57
        
        That must have been a great show. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:56
      - that explains it. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:54
  - Yeah I have various bootleg stuff and from the 73-77 years it just depended on what night you got them... - Remlik Dec 8, 11:49 2
    - It was a Day on the Green in 1977. Plant's voice was just off and so was Page's guitar - amoxy Dec 8, 11:52 1
      - HA! awesome -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:54
- they announce another show and sign me up. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:47
- do we think he still has the pipes to sing, say, The Immigrant Song? -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:41 10
  - I think he does. but even int he 70's he had trouble with some stuff. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:50
  - Probably not but all I know is that when I saw the No Quarter Tour it was a mind altering experience. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:43 4
    - Oh hell yes with Our Lady Peace opening up. Great, great show. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:50 3
      - It's like Rock Gods decided to get back into the game. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:54 2
        
        so jealous. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:57
        
        yep I was to. I was working for a commerical company that was producing the radio/tv/print ads for the tour... - Remlik Dec 8, 11:57
  - i think he still has the range. i'm not sure he still has the force behind it in that register. - TFox Dec 8, 11:42 2
    - I actually think that song can be faked, but not something like Black Dog. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:43 1
      - i'm confident he could do D'Yer Ma'Ker without breaking a sweat. But who knows on the more beastly cuts. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:43
  - I doubt it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:41
- i would also be miiiighty tempted. (but at least he's still making great records.) -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:40 2
  - Her really is making great stuff. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:42 1
    - Her = He -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:50
"Who the hell.......moved my vagina to my face?" - Maw Maw Dec 8, 11:37 1
- Cloris Leachman hasn't done this much topless work since the early '80s. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 8, 11:51
Poll, Part Deux: who would have opened for the Beatles for their grand stadium tour in, say, 1986? -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:37 28
- Menudo -- nm - Max Dec 8, 11:54
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- Men Without Hats -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 11:50
- Clapton or a nod to their musical roots which was popular when rocks frist started touring, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:50
- The Smiths! -- nm - pixmas Dec 8, 11:48
- micheal jackson -- nm - tRuMaN aint need no rules Dec 8, 11:39
- Talking Heads. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:39
- I'll offer Talking Heads as an off the wall idea. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:39 3
  - apparently not so off the wall. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:39 2
    - or we are equivalently off the wall. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:40 1
      - bah! Tears for Fears would be the opener no question -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:51
- puppet show....nm - x Dec 8, 11:38 1
  - They could have debuted their new jazz fusion sound. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:55
- Twisted Sister. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 11:37
- U2 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:37 12
  - they could have a new biggest regret! -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:42
  - Joshua Tree wasn't released until 87. I don't think so -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 11:41
  - Weren't they already huge by themselves then? -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 11:41 8
    - that was the year Joshua Tree came out. It was when they first went really big, IIRC. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:42 6
      - They were already a small force. Live at Red Rocks, etc. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:51
      - imagine if they did tour with the Beatles then. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:44 4
        
        Bono's ego would be its own sovereign nation by now. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:46 1
        
        it's not now? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:51
        
        and I don't think anyone other than The Stones says no to them. - Reagen Dec 8, 11:45 1
        
        I think Townshend would have triggered a Who reunion much earlier. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 11:48
    - Live Aid put them over the hump. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 11:41
  - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 11:38
- Rolling Stones. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 11:37
Jenner was the name of the guy who helped invent the smallpox vaccine. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 11:37 2
- What's the name of the guy on first base? -- nm - mara Dec 8, 11:41 1
  - Doctor Who invented first base. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:59
ohh, netflix is sending me Ice Pirates -- nm - teebow si Dec 8, 11:36 1
- sfan -- nm - tRuMaN aint need no rules Dec 8, 11:38
Fact: I need to get a whole lot more Daft Punk music. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:36 3
- Alive 2007. Start there. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 11:37 1
  - or Homework, 1997 -- nm - pixmas Dec 8, 11:47
- I didn't pull the trigger on the Tron soundtrack. If it's still $3.99 when I get home, I may just do it. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 11:37
roll over board two and tell slackers the news -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:36 2
- Tchaikovsky was no slacker. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:37 1
  - I don't know about Beathoven though, I mean 'only' nine symphonies? most of just repeat the same 3 bars over and over again, sheesh -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:52
LYC: Someone at (government agency) has started calling me "Melanie" in email. that's a mangling of my name I've never had before. - loosilu Dec 8, 11:35 1
- Whoops, sorry about that, Melanoma. -- nm - Cow orker Dec 8, 11:40
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- Fascist Baitfish -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:35
- Mrs. Peacock was a man?! -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 11:35 2
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    - GET ON WITH IT! -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 11:37
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 11:33

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