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Band name where all the members are allergic to cats.
Thornton Melon replied to Gutterboys Flip Flops's topic in The Geek Club
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Very interesting day in history April 19
Thornton Melon replied to supermike80's topic in The Geek Club
Tsarnaev was killed by being run over by his younger brother during a shootout with police on Apr 18th. The younger brother was caught by police on the 19th. Also, tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Columbine -
For a few years in the '80s, the NHL had 16 out of 21 teams, and the NBA had 16 out of 23 teams making the playoffs. Talk about ridiculous. I guess you can give them credit for keeping it at 16 as they expanded . Although, the NBA play-in is stupid. I'm fine with 12 teams max, at least it's still less than half.
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My favorite song off that album is Atlantic City
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Ann
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Never been there, but I had one of their beers at a restaurant in Seabrook in December. Good stuff
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Oh, then I got nothin'.
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Go fuck yourself
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Andrei Svechnikov (HNL) scores impressive lacrosse style goal
Thornton Melon replied to edjr's topic in The Geek Club
That no-goal call last night was correct -
Andrei Svechnikov (HNL) scores impressive lacrosse style goal
Thornton Melon replied to edjr's topic in The Geek Club
Makes you wonder how many goals were missed in the days before replay. I remember one in particular, a late season game with playoff implications in '90 or '91. I think it was a Flyers game. A guy took a slap shot that went under the crossbar and hit the rear crossbar, which at the time had no padding, so it "dinged" like any other shot that hits metal. No one noticed, everyone kept playing and they finished the game. ESPN showed it the next day. I think that play was why the NHL implemented replay. -
Andrei Svechnikov (HNL) scores impressive lacrosse style goal
Thornton Melon replied to edjr's topic in The Geek Club
Funny how the officials missed it the first time. It looked good to me from the get-go on my TV -
So the moon is made of gases? I knew that Neil Armstrong was a little light in the loafers
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Who else doesn’t give 2 chits about the eclipse?
Thornton Melon replied to edjr's topic in The Geek Club
I didn't really give a rat's ass, but they handed out eclipse glasses at work, so I grabbed some. Everyone was just milling about outside at work, so I said fock this, I'd rather watch this with the wifey than my co-workers. So, I went home and caught the peak there. We were at 94.4%. I was more impressed with the slight overall darkness outside than the sun itself, which just looked like a waning crescent moon. So, it was basically meh. -
If true, I could have driven to Uranus and back during my lifetime.
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It was supposedly felt in northeastern MA, but I didn't feel a damn thing
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Boston Hospital Will Now Ignore Infants Born With Drugs in Their System
Thornton Melon replied to jerryskids's topic in The Geek Club
Phew...that makes me feel better.... -
What concerts do you most regret not attending?
Thornton Melon replied to Pimpadeaux's topic in The Geek Club
U2 in 1983...I was so broke, I sold my $15 ticket -
No, a supermarket, silly
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3 chickens, 2 goats, and a donkey
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No, "boyo" is just cringy and stupid. I'm not looking at the last 25 years in "wonderment". Sure, some everyday tasks have been made simpler and I can order a pizza from my phone, but big advances in areas like nuclear fusion, molecular electronics and nanotechnology just have not panned out like they were predicted 25 years ago. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.
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Thanks, skids
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I'll be 60 at the end of the month, so you can drop the "boyo" schtick with me, Slappy. I've also been a mechanical engineer for 37+ years and I've worked with my share of physicists over the years. I love their optimism, but like I said, not in our lifetimes...
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Ahhh ...the nuclear fusion breakthrough of the month. Nuclear fusion...the clean energy source that's been "25 years away" for the last 75 years. I'd love to see it, but it ain't happening in our lifetimes
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Conjoined twins..one head got married.
Thornton Melon replied to Cloaca du jour's topic in The Geek Club
At least you can fall asleep right after sex. I mean, they have each other to talk to. -
Conjoined twins..one head got married.
Thornton Melon replied to Cloaca du jour's topic in The Geek Club
What, Brittany wasn't good enough for him?