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Dave. Chuppy-Shills. Guardians of the Kingdoms. |
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Which Fall TV Shows Are Already In Trouble? Inmates from Napanoch prison beat Harvard debate team. Thanks Devicer. |
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Exploring The Molecular Basis Of “Runner’s High.” Thanks
Slashdot. Uncovering The Secret History Of Myers-Briggs. |
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End Road Work. Don't mess with the Moose during rutting season. Just don't mess with the moose. I like to impress people with my Lamborghini by revving it. |
Follow-up: | Daniel Craig Is Very Much Over Playing Bond. |
Kxmode wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 18:45:
If "00" is a license to kill, what would "7" represent?
jimnms wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 19:12:Retired wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:49:
Anyone else just get an email for Amazon "Prime Now"? 2 hour delivery on items with a 20$ off coupon. Going to try it out.....(Appears Minneapolis just joined the fun, but other cities have been available for a while)
Interesting. Items appear to be same price as online, they didn't charge me tax (weird), but there is a "tip" amount included in your order. In this case it was $6.00, which I left, as the amount of the goods and the coupon made it worth trying. It also states the tip can be changed up to 48 hours after the order is delivered. There is a delivery time option which in the future time is FREE (in this case 4 hours from now), but if you want it right now it will cost you.
Interesting.....this could be a game changer. (It also appears to show a map of where the items are - which it seems there is an Amazon warehouse not far from my house!?)
I didn't get anything like that, but I might be getting same day delivery here soon. I discovered a few weeks ago that Amazon now has a warehouse about an hour from where I live. I placed an order on a Thursday and Prime shipping guaranteed a Monday delivery. I was worried Saturday when my stuff hadn't shipped yet. I got an email Monday morning saying it shipped with an estimated delivery the same day, and it was here less than 12 hours later.
Retired wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:49:
Anyone else just get an email for Amazon "Prime Now"? 2 hour delivery on items with a 20$ off coupon. Going to try it out.....(Appears Minneapolis just joined the fun, but other cities have been available for a while)
Interesting. Items appear to be same price as online, they didn't charge me tax (weird), but there is a "tip" amount included in your order. In this case it was $6.00, which I left, as the amount of the goods and the coupon made it worth trying. It also states the tip can be changed up to 48 hours after the order is delivered. There is a delivery time option which in the future time is FREE (in this case 4 hours from now), but if you want it right now it will cost you.
Interesting.....this could be a game changer. (It also appears to show a map of where the items are - which it seems there is an Amazon warehouse not far from my house!?)
JayDeath wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 11:06:
Daniel Craig is the worst Bond yet. It's an interesting character that he plays but it's not James Bond.
PHJF wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 15:56:
Let's not pretend James Bond has any kind of a cohesive or definable overarching narrative bent. Sure, a couple of the earlier films had tenuous connections to each other in the form of Blofeld, but beyond that they're standalone affairs.
Kxmode wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 14:50:
Make sense?
PHJF wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:40:You do realize that Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall chronologically happen BEFORE he became Bond.
What is that supposed to mean? The opening scene of Casino depicts Craig attaining 007.
nin wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:05:
I admit I've not seen it since the theater, but IMDB lists Craig as "James Bond" in all 3 mentioned.
MajorD wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 13:06:
Interesting article on Murphy's Law (AKA: Bill 2646). Another example of how broken part of our government is.
Yet surprisingly little population-level evidence
supports the notion that individuals diagnosed
with mental illness are more likely than anyone
else to commit gun crimes. According to Appelbaum,25
less than 3% to 5% of US crimes
involve people with mental illness, and the
percentages of crimes that involve guns are
lower than the national average for persons not
diagnosed with mental illness.
Bob wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 10:20:It's not over yet. Wait until they win the World Series.
So I guess Back to the Future got the Cubs prediction correct. Cool.
Retired wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:49:
Anyone else just get an email for Amazon "Prime Now"? 2 hour delivery on items with a 20$ off coupon. Going to try it out.....(Appears Minneapolis just joined the fun, but other cities have been available for a while)
Interesting. Items appear to be same price as online, they didn't charge me tax (weird), but there is a "tip" amount included in your order. In this case it was $6.00, which I left, as the amount of the goods and the coupon made it worth trying. It also states the tip can be changed up to 48 hours after the order is delivered. There is a delivery time option which in the future time is FREE (in this case 4 hours from now), but if you want it right now it will cost you.
Interesting.....this could be a game changer. (It also appears to show a map of where the items are - which it seems there is an Amazon warehouse not far from my house!?)
SlimRam wrote on Oct 8, 2015, 12:29:
Daniel Craig Is Very Much Over Playing Bond.
*Scratching my head* I don't quite get why he's so pissed and apparently done with the role? What got the actor to the point that he hates doing the movies so much? Perhaps they kept making his martinis stirred???
No, not at the moment. Not at all. That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on. I haven't given it any thought. For at least a year or two, I just don't want to think about it.