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John Wooden's great-grandson gets last points ever scored in current Pauley Pavilion. His only points in 3 years on the team. -- (link) - jnine Feb 27, 13:25 2
- i'm sure it just happened that way too -- nm - moles Feb 27, 13:26 1
  - If you read the story, it did, total fluke. Someone else took the shoot, missed so badly it landed in his hands. I understand your cynicsm as it - jnine Feb 27, 13:38
Hall of Fame Dodger Duke Snider has died at 84. -- nm - David Feb 27, 12:57 8
- I like your post better. It tells me who he is without clicking. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 13:11
- Just because I'm not fawing over Cam, doesn't mean you need to killfile me. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:59
- Come on man! -- nm - mop si Feb 27, 12:59 3
  - I deserved this. -- nm - David Feb 27, 13:11 2
    - Fortunately for you, "sitdavid" lacks the eloquence of "sitmop" -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 13:14 1
      - sitvid? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 27, 13:17
- Do you even read this board? -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 12:58
- Not twice in one board!? That is so unfair. -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 12:58
Rotoworld has stolen Mike Stanton's face! -- (link) - amoxy Feb 27, 12:51
Kmart, of all places, is really stepping up their video game offers. - Tim Feb 27, 12:51
hmm, i need a small dining set, is it wrong to think about a bistro set - tRuMaN Feb 27, 12:49 5
- I'd go for a glass top one, not an expanded metal one -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:53 1
  - either glass or some type of tiled top -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 27, 12:54
- White wrought iron, or wood? Don't see why not. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 27, 12:52 2
  - no idea yet. need to visit stores when i get back in 2 weeks. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 27, 12:55 1
    - i like this set, if only the table was solid at the top -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 27, 13:24
I am getting overly excited about my future garden. I have lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, tomato, and pepper sprouts so far. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 12:43 5
- just wait till you have actual stuff showing. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 13:28
- I'm growing only herbs this year. - kelly Feb 27, 12:52
- where are you located? I used to wait till St Pats before even thinking about starting tomatoes...don't forget peas, great spring veg -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:49 2
  - Everything is inside right now. I won't plant outside until mid to late April. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 12:52 1
    - don't plant tomatoes till the night temps are 50' peppers especially, they hate having the feet chill -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:55
Duke Snider has died at age 84 -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:40 5
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  - When you hear he hit the most homers in the 50's...that's impressive as hell - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:00 3
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      - He plummeted when they moved to LA. 5yrs of 40+...then never topped 23 again. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:14
      - But he was always third man out in NY behind Mantle and Mays -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 13:05
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- Elite QB! - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 27, 12:33
- Sounds like my kind of QB. I won't have to break down anything for him -- nm - Jerry Richardson Feb 27, 12:31
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  - I don't have my chart on this computer but 11 out of 21 is actually around the 55th percentile over the past 10 years. - David Feb 27, 12:35 18
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      - That's my point. It's being overstated. - David Feb 27, 13:04
    - So he would be great in those situations where an NFL QB is required to jump forward from a standstill! -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 12:41 15
      - It's a measure of explosion and, to a lesser extent, balance. Julio Jones is a combine hero right now for almost breaking the record. - David Feb 27, 12:47 14
        
        Well, that makes sense....they'd want the broad jumper, but not the guy who can hit a target or outrun people. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:02 2
        
        Locker's completion percentage was 55.4%; Christian Ponder's was 61.5%; Blaine Gabbert's was 63.4%; Colin Kaepernick's was 64.9%. - David Feb 27, 13:10 1
        
        Nah, it makes me wonder if he can hit a target. It's a 10-yard out. If you're high on the pass, it's totally on you. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:15
        
        I just don't necessarily think pure athleticism is near the highest priority for a QB. - Dano Feb 27, 12:56 10
        
        I think that's valid in that most of the elite QBs in the NFL are pocket passers. - David Feb 27, 12:59 9
        
        Mike Vick ran like a 4.3.....not a 4.6. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:02 8
        
        Who said otherwise? Vick is faster; Newton has DE size/speed at QB. -- nm - David Feb 27, 13:06 7
        
        The reason pepole loved Vick was he could outrun the db's and the lb's....Newton's going to get hit by them. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:08 6
        
        Vince Young has averaged 5.2 yards per carry in his NFL career and Young is measuring tons of better. - David Feb 27, 13:12 5
        
        Vince Young also average 6.5 ypc in college...Newton was less than that..... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:17 2
        
        You're giving Big 12 defenses a surprising amount of credit for less than a yard difference. -- nm - David Feb 27, 13:29 1
        
        A yard is a yard... it's about 17% if that'll help. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:31
        
        College resumes mean little when it comes to pro success. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 13:16
        
        Err, Newton is. I blame Duke Snider for that mistake. -- nm - David Feb 27, 13:13
The funny thing about all of Aronofsky's films outgrossing all the previous one combined is that for a couple of them, he gets pretty close to the - Reagen Feb 27, 12:27 1
- Was "rabbits" just a typo? Because I love it. It's also interesting that his first film dealt with numerology. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 13:36
guys, what's this called? like, if I want to find other things like this, what do I search for? -- (link) - amanda "blue looper" jones Feb 27, 12:24 11
- credenza (sp?) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:57
- Might also find something under 'console tables' -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 27, 12:33 6
  - thanks for the suggestion. obviously, I totally want this -- (link) - amanda "blue looper" jones Feb 27, 12:47 5
    - sometimes it's better not to hear zebras -- nm - moles Feb 27, 13:36
    - standing alone its great, but somehow I don't think it would fit in with a room full of normal stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 13:34
    - Oooh, and it's on sale ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 27, 12:50
    - I fail at being your shopping partner. I dismissed that piece as "too wild" in my searches. -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 12:49 1
      - oh, I could *never* actually have it at full price. but if I found it a junk shop for like $100? yeah, I'd be all over it. (you've seen my ugly thing, -- (link) - amanda "blue looper" jones Feb 27, 13:08
- Accent chest is what I googled to get this link -- (link) - TWuG Feb 27, 12:27 1
  - this one is super cute!! (I need the legs of the one I linked. it's 38" high. I need over between 35" and 40" -- these are standard 30"ish.) -- (link) - amanda "blue looper" jones Feb 27, 12:31
- lowboy? -- nm - moles Feb 27, 12:27
Well, I guess I saw that coming...the store that's been my go-to for clothes is no more. No notice - as of last week - just gone. - MojaveMeg Feb 27, 12:20
I wanted to go see The King's Speech again today, as I thought it would be nice to see it while sitting somewhere other than the front row, like last - kelly Feb 27, 12:14 6
- Should have just spent 12 hours in the theater yesterday. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 12:28 1
  - heh...I had a nice day at the movies yesterday, just not 12 hrs worth. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 12:42
- chicks dig the Firth -- nm - moles Feb 27, 12:18
- Dodged a bullet. -- nm - David Feb 27, 12:15 2
  - I may check out the 4:30 showing, though... -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 12:18 1
    - You're brave, but even Agents cannot dodge every bullet. -- nm - David Feb 27, 12:18
Two trains side swiped on a curve a couple miles from here, leaking hazardous chems overnight...I should check my news feeds more often - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:12 4
- ugh ... that is the suck - I wish there were some way to contain in the event of crashes -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:13 3
  - They to call a helicopter from the next county to do an infred inferred, in Fur Red scan, while hazmat crews assembled, robo calls were made to .. - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:16 2
    - how close is your resevoir/ water source? is it close enought to seep in -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:33 1
      - skirts the Puget Sound within sight of the Narrows Bridge, anything would be washed away and diluted - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:52
From my FB feed: Giada De Laurentiis Just got a very frisky pat down @ the Miami airport....every body part was patted down...unbelievable! - amoxy Feb 27, 12:07 5
- Speaking of my girlfriend, we picked up some of her coffee from Target yesterday...not bad. - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 27, 12:24
- she could be smuggling ... truffles :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:09 1
  - I do believe she would 'profile' as someone likely to be carrying a slotted spoon, good call TSA -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:13
- the surprising part is that she was getting *off* the plane. - howie Feb 27, 12:09
- was Isaac Mizrahi doing the security? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:08
watching Million Dollar Baby - first time I've seen it since watching it at theatre when it first came out and I'm amazed at how real the cuts on the - JenBro Feb 27, 12:06 10
- paul haggis should write a 26 page apologia in the New Yorker about that script -- nm - moles Feb 27, 12:11 9
  - ok - what didn't you like about it? -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:12 8
    - maudlin claptrap - moles Feb 27, 12:18 7
      - I suppose I can understand you seeing it that way - as a writer yourself - I'm a bit more forgiving I guess. -- nm - JenBro Feb 27, 12:23 5
        
        i remember being angry in the theater at the time - moles Feb 27, 12:29 4
        
        I had a different feeling ... I remember thinking - wow - this is no boxing movie is it? I guess maybe it hit me differently because of the decision - JenBro Feb 27, 12:36 3
        
        At no time did I think it was a 'boxing movie'. - kelly Feb 27, 12:46 2
        
        not only was it sold as a boxing movie, the first 90 minutes are about nothing but boxing -- nm - moles Feb 27, 13:19 1
        
        yeah the marketing was wrong for it. But it's about as much a boxing movie as Black Sawn is a ballet movie. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 13:37
      - are you talking about (spoiler) - amoxy Feb 27, 12:23
ST user question: How do I view my Favourites? - con_carne Feb 27, 11:59 1
- NM, I guess. I see "Your Stats" now - con_carne Feb 27, 12:02
This day is in the process of getting away from me. -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:46
Video of the space shuttle launch taken from an airplane. -- (link) - Dano Feb 27, 11:39 [youtube]
Apparently you can add A Perfect Getaway to the list of movies I must watch if they're on TV. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 11:34 3
- I want Timmy O. to be in everything. -- nm - Pippy Feb 27, 11:55 1
  - Maybe if you buy him a couple of drinks... -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:59
- I was flipping channels last night and Isaac Hayes was about to do Shaft live, and I had to tape it :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 11:38
PS3 folks. I'm starting to think about getting in. My TV doesn't have standard AV hook ups though. It's an older one with only the cable hook up. - Qale Feb 27, 11:08 4
- The old plug is for coaxial/coax/rf cables. I'm sure the PS3 has HDMI outputs, but I don't know what other types of output it might have. --nm - psilotum Feb 27, 11:18 1
  - If she only knew what it was for. Also: Universal RF Adapter seems to still apply for PS3. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 11:41
- I would think there is. but I don't know for sure to be honest. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 11:13 1
  - I would imagine even if there is it would provide a notable negative effect on quality of picture as compared to what it's capable of for sure. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 11:15
LIR: Seriously, "drawing fire" is what VP candidates are for. - con_carne Feb 27, 11:06 6
- just like he thought Clinton would get the blame if the GOP shut down government, Newt has the hubris to think that the American voters will buy his - moles Feb 27, 11:23
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  - Not sure what you're saying here, then. I mean, every new candidate, for their party's nomination, be they Dem or Rep, "distracts" from the others. - con_carne Feb 27, 11:28 3
    - I think the only reason he's live is that he is a pretty smart guy with a lot of policy ideas...I think the American people are going to start to look - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:36
    - Some candidates play that role far better than others. For example, Hillary Clinton probably drew far more Republican attention last time than Biden. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 27, 11:35 1
      - Cuz Hillary was ordained; there's no ordained candidate here - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:38
Gnomeo and Juliet estimated to be #1 for the weekend. I can't believe other studios didn't get another kids movie in that time period. - Dano Feb 27, 11:05 3
- Rango looks sharp. Mars Needs Moms... not so much. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 11:07 2
  - The more I see of Rango, the less I want to see it. The "theme song" was playing in between movies yesterday. It's horrible. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 12:02
  - I agree that Mars Needs Moms looks atrocious but it does exist. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 11:33
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Denver for 2 weeks !! What to do there ? GO ! -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 27, 10:58 6
- Tour the Mint, Molly Brown House, drive to Golden for the Coors tour & Buffalo Bill Museum. - CovingtonCat Feb 27, 11:34 1
  - Nice, Thanks ! Yeah, I won't be skiing this time. -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 27, 11:43
- Wait until you're traded to NYC. -- nm - Carmelo Anthony Feb 27, 11:07 1
  - I just got traded by the Knicks. I'm there to negotiate a buyout. - Jammed Uzi Feb 27, 11:15
- If you can't don't ski, Denver's history as a frontier town... - OAE Feb 27, 11:05 1
  - Thanks. Appreciate it :o) -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 27, 11:43
Lots of shooting, gas, molotov cocktails, beatings, etc these last 2 days. But the news is hardly reporting, so I feel kinda iffy about it all. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 27, 10:58 2
- We're not throwing an intergallactic kegger down here! -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:01
- stay safe. I suspect these events will go on for most of next week. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 11:05
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- I expected Newton to be better than middle of the pack - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:32 4
  - Taylor is 215 (lying up), Kaepernick is 225, Locker is 225, Gabbert is 235, Newton is 250. - David Feb 27, 11:55 2
    - (I liked Kaepernick every time I saw him play) -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:56 1
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- Bub is *fast*. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:56
I'm ready for a nap. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 10:52
LIR: loosilu. Thanks for that catch. Good eye. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 27, 10:47
from b2: Meg: Yes, he's now living with his parents in S.C. - Qale Feb 27, 10:47
Speaking of oscars Happy 75th B-Day to Dame Elizabeth Taylor -- nm - eag Feb 27, 10:45 1
- M -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 10:58
wgho, besides SJP will be worst dressed tonight? :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 10:43 3
- me - Danedukenuuk Feb 27, 10:47
- jennifer hudson -- nm - friskies si Feb 27, 10:44
- Helena Bonham Carter is showing up? Her. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:44

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