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Well, stick a fork in me, I'm done. Pneumonia, lower right lobe. Doctor seemed surprised that I could stand up. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 16:19 9
- It sucks. Do NOT push yourself. Plenty of fluids and plenty of sleep are an imperative. Hang in there. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:35
- when you get it 10 more times, you can join my club. - groiny Feb 16, 16:30
- crap. be careful what you wish for - that totally sucks. hope you're feeling better soon. -- nm - b. Feb 16, 16:29
- They always say that ... I suspect it's because they only see it in 90 year olds. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:26 3
  - ahem. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 16, 16:31 2
    - ah, sorry. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:32 1
      - ahem from the rest of us, too! ;p -- nm - b. Feb 16, 16:36
- Get well soon, and don't cough up any part of your lung. -- nm - the liioulu with less Feb 16, 16:24
- Aw, man. Get better. -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 16:23
Apropos only of my job right now, but it still amuses me that there are people in the world whose name is Bender -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 16:09
TV PSA: Republic of Doyle, Survivor, Crinal Minds spinoff premiere -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 16:06
willie mays hayes was on second, not third. that makes jake taylor even stupider -- nm - dogbert Feb 16, 16:04 10
- Willie Mays Hayes was like Bullet Bob Hayes...he was on 3rd for all intents and purposes - Will Hunting Feb 16, 16:06 9
  - the only job he could get was with the cleveland indians who were only signing bums and no names -- nm - dogbert Feb 16, 16:11 3
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      - oh, I meant the only job jake taylor could get. -- nm - dogbert Feb 16, 16:29
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  - Earl Weaver would have resigned before he would have bunt with a power hitting catcher at the plate and a man in scoring position - moles Feb 16, 16:10 4
    - All he has to do is point to the stands first. There's no possible way a grand gesture like that could be anything but sincere. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 16:20 1
      - First base or third? -- nm - the liioulu with less Feb 16, 16:21
    - hey kirk, I know you can hardly walk let alone run down to first, but how about laying down a bunt? that will fool eckersly for sure -- nm - tom lasorda Feb 16, 16:13
    - What was his strikeout ratio? -- nm - the liioulu with less Feb 16, 16:11
ST PSA for dieters: StarKist has a new line of frozen meals, several of which are low calorie/low carb. - CovingtonCat Feb 16, 15:46 5
- porpoise is the best -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 16:02
- Danke -- nm - Dieter Feb 16, 15:50
- interesting. what's the vegetable component? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:47 2
  - The 2 I had were pasta dishes, so veg was minimal. - CovingtonCat Feb 16, 15:53 1
    - Broccoli? Carrots? Yellow Carrots? - the liioulu with less Feb 16, 16:08
any Auburn alums on ST? Ever heard of Toomer's Corner? yeah. someone poisoned all the trees there -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 15:46
30 minute actually one hour. Lungs sound clear (x-ray to be sure). If clear, then it's a virus I must wait out. -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:39 16
- what is this xray thing? I *never* got one to check for bronchitis. is this new? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:41 15
  - Actually, I believe an xray is required for proper diagnosis of bronchitis. (well.. maybe not required..) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 16, 16:07 3
    - Actually.. probably not more to rule out pneumonia then for the bronchitis. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 16, 16:09 2
      - blah.. remove the "not" and make that a "than" :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 16, 16:11 1
        
        Don't mind this. Just giving ST credit for Amazon purchase. -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 17, 13:24
  - I got my first one in 92, so it's not new. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:03
  - I've had one before - more to make sure it's not worse than bronchitis than to make sure it is. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 15:48
  - Glad they did it. Seems I'm a high functioning pnumoniac. Waiting for confirmation. -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:44
  - Must be. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:43 7
    - did you get one as well? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:44 6
      - Yeah. they wanted to see if it was pneumonia and since I'm asthmatic and having trouble; they were on top of it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:46 5
        
        oh... that makes sense. I guess it's about pneumonia. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:48 4
        
        I told em up front, the last time I coughed up blood was when I had pneumonia - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:48 3
        
        I had a situation where I found out two months later I had pneumonia. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 16:00
        
        Can I have it, then? I want the full experience. -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:51 1
        
        You don't. I had a lovely case of walking pneumonia when I was in high school. -- nm - the liioulu with less Feb 16, 16:13
And dammit, I just gave up a 4-day weekend this weekend... - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:37 7
- you still get a 3-day weekend, unlike us normals. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:42 6
  - I know, that is sexy...but it's not 4 days. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:42 5
    - i got a day off for mlk, I wont get another work holiday until the end of may. so shaddup - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:45 4
      - Yeah....that does suck. For you. not me. ha. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:46 3
        
        yeah, but I will still have a job then, natch - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:48 2
        
        ...that you despise. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:50 1
        
        i dont despise it, I marginally loathe it, big difference. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:51
Justin Beiber "doesn't really believe in abortion" -- (link) - moles Feb 16, 15:37 18
- I'm not sure about the parties," Bieber says. "But whatever they have in Korea, that's bad." Awww, Kim Jong Il is going to be so bummed. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 16:15 2
  - *North* Korea. don't start an international incident! -- nm - moles Feb 16, 16:17 1
    - Which is more crazy and dangerous: Bieber fans or Kim Jong Il? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 16:21
- *moonwalks backward very quickly* -- nm - Usher Feb 16, 15:52
- I'm gayer for having seen that mag cover -- nm - Beaker SI Feb 16, 15:46 1
  - you were already pretty gay, Beaker si -- nm - moles Feb 16, 15:46
- I'm pretty sure it's a real thing. -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:45
- what about rape? "everything happens for a reason." Wow! - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:43 1
  - Jesus, I glossed over that part of the quote. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:45
- thank God no one was quoting most of us when we were 16. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:42 2
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  - This is exactly it. Imagine what Guy would have espoused ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 16, 15:53
- but also believes in Single Payer! - Reagen Feb 16, 15:38
- Then has the sense to say he has no clue what he's talking about. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 15:38 1
  - That's not really what he said. - Stephen, Most Miserable Poster in America Feb 16, 15:43
- He knows what his fans want. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:37 2
  - they want to have his biebies -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:39
  - Bieblings? -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 15:38
Stupid, stupid, stupid. 34 year old woman arrested for allegedly pointing laser at police helicopters -- (link) - con_carne Feb 16, 15:34 3
- Huh. "discharging a laser at an aircraft" is a felony. Who knew? - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 16:00 2
  - It's become a serious concern in the L.A. area (and other cities, I'm sure). Anything to do with interstate transportation is a federal offense. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 16:38
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dear boss, - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:26 8
- Confession: I had no interest in reading the IM until I started seeing STers replies. - con_carne Feb 16, 15:49
- Start rubbing your junk when he tweaks the nips. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:41 3
  - no, that seems too gay. like something groiny would do with kilbo. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:45 2
    - 2 options) He'll either stop talking to you...or you'll be next in line to own the company. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:49 1
      - the first would never happen, the second would never happen -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 15:52
- he wants to take you on vacation -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 15:34 1
  - "take you" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:34
- you should buy him a CAKE NIPPLES t-shirt -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:28
National Enquirer publishes photos of a "skeletal" Steve Jobs, saying he may have just 6 weeks to live. -- (link) - mara Feb 16, 15:25 9
- Damn, I wish I could sell my Apple stock -- nm - OJ Simpson Feb 16, 15:41
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  - The real question is: Do I want to live in a world where the Enquirer is a respectable news organization? -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 15:33 6
    - You mean Pulitzer-Prize-winning Enquirer. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 15:37 4
      - they were nominated, but didn't win. - Reagen Feb 16, 15:40 3
        
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        that's a lie published by inferior outlets! -- nm - Max Feb 16, 15:54
        
        "Most Improved Publication" :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:42
    - You kind of already do. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 15:33
Robocop back in Detroit -- (link) - J Feb 16, 15:14 1
- /scanning for valuable property to protect and defend.... - Murphy Feb 16, 15:24
how the hell did I loose my keys so quickly and totally? jeez I'm late, talked to mom, had a sandwich, pillaged some ikariums, got into the car, gone -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 15:13 1
- lyfc...found them,but I'm not bothering to where -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 16:02
Things I did not know. There was a verbal trade agreement to swap Joe D for Teddy Ballgame in 1948. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:11 1
- wasn';t that the one they came up with when they were shitfaced? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 15:13
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- it looks like SS have some solo concerts scheduled - check 'em out? nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 16, 15:15 3
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    - Seriously, to make $300-400 a ticket....I'm vetoing. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:44 1
      - i did this for madonna's music tour. don't really regret not seeing it either -- nm - moles Feb 16, 15:46
- ~don't feel like dancin' dancin'~ -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 15:13
and this would be why Jeopardy is plugging the sh*t out of IBM -- (link) - Jovian Feb 16, 15:09
Um. So, that happened: Fishstick Kid helped solve a problem I was encountering in Chrome at work. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:09 4
- What's this, now? -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 15:20 2
  - I was having an issue involving the favicon.ico file, so I grabbed the one from SlackerTalk, and that fixed the issue. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:21 1
    - I should try that since my chrome icons recently got wiped. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 15:22
- Put some ketchup on it is a pretty good solution for many things. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 15:10
Does that make you love me, baby? -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:08 1
- It's so funny to watch Abby dance to this. She sticks her little butt way out and then does a kind of half cabbage-patch -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 15:10
oblique, you may want to nix that FB post (or at least the text portion) about Catching Fire because it has a HG spoil right from the get go. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 15:04 3
- Almost done with HG, really can't wait to finish it. -- nm - Stephen, Most Miserable Poster in America Feb 16, 15:19
- yep I noticed that too, i'm almost done it and figured as much - J Feb 16, 15:08
- yeah! reading the books myself. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 15:04
A or B poll, please: Is your opinion of Fabio (male model, romance novels - that Fabio) A) generally favorable or B) generally unfavorable -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 15:02 15
- A. He's inoffensive. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 15:43
- A. He amuses me, -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 15:35
- A -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 15:33
- A -- nm - CovingtonCat Feb 16, 15:21
- B. The dude ruffles my feathers. -- nm - Goose Feb 16, 15:21
- A. I don't think he takes himself too seriously. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 15:18 2
  - I agree - that's the key, I think. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 15:21
  - And now he's a highly respected Actor-Slash-Model, instead of Model-Slash-Actor -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 15:19
- C. He was the only thing that redeemed Survivor last year -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 15:07
- A. He's made a career out of taking his shirt off. We should all be so lucky. -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:06 2
  - Chris Farley did it. You can too. -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 15:07 1
    - Remember that time he did that? That was awesome. -- nm - David Feb 16, 15:08
- B (not that I think he's unpleasant, just mock-worthy) -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 15:06
- a. -- nm - b. Feb 16, 15:03
- B -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:02
Well, it's been half an hour. Can I see someone now or get dressed? -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:00 4
- walk out into an open area with the gown untied - that'll speed things along. -- nm - b. Feb 16, 15:04
- The clock restarts every time you use the phone. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:03 2
  - How's your sick doing? -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:04 1
    - I'm working, coughing fairly often....but otherwise much much better. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:12
*Every* day is Judgy Friday. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 14:59 6
- Too bad you also caught us on Tiresome Wednesday -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 15:02 5
  - It's *Whiny* Wednesday. Tiresome *Tuesday*. (and Nitpicky Thursday). nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 15:07 3
    - Nitpicky doesn't start with the same sound as Thursday. - loosilu Feb 16, 15:30 2
      - Neither does Judgy Friday -- nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 15:50 1
        
        damn. - loosilu Feb 16, 15:52
  - Humpday! *coughs all over ST* -- nm - Mop on Evo Feb 16, 15:03
when he walks down the street, people will say "there goes Jake Taylor, the pussiest hitting catcher there ever was" -- nm - moles Feb 16, 14:58 3
- Ham Porter of course became a World Series MVP -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 15:20
- *checkmates you with a pawn* -- nm - Max Feb 16, 15:16
- Crash Davis was likely a better player, but the he was unfortunately not in the right farm system. (nm) - musubi Feb 16, 15:02

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