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Daily Post Limits!
by WookieMan on 16 Oct 2017 98 comments, latest 7 years ago
@Patrick. Just stumbled onto the site tonight. Unlimited new posts doesn't work. I've had my issues with TPB and other posting obnoxious amounts of threads. freespeak takes the cake though. ...

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Illinois ponders pension-fund moonshot: a $107B bond sale
by WookieMan on 30 Jan 2018 63 comments, latest 6 years ago
http://www.chicagobusiness.com If this goes down, we might see our first bankrupt state in our country. I don't get how they expect to produce income on the spread of the borrowed ...

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Matt Lauer Terminated
by WookieMan on 29 Nov 2017 65 comments, latest 6 years ago
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/ Obviously don’t know the details yet. Wasn’t particularly fond of Lauer. But at the current pace, all men are going to be fired for doing anything remotely resembling harassment. ...

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Who Gets Indicted On Monday?
by WookieMan on 28 Oct 2017 74 comments, latest 7 years ago
Who is it gonna be Patnet? Edit to OP. Who gets arrested? Someone is already indicted, my mistake. Poll question here: http://www.polljunkie.com/poll #politics

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Ultimate Selfish Act
by WookieMan on 27 Aug 2017 55 comments, latest 3 years ago
Patnetters...what are your thoughts? Brother-in-law killed himself today. Wife and I are personally upset, but also angry. Straight shooter guy, no illicit activity, has two young kids. Anyone deal with ...

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Anyone buying these ladies stories, lost at sea edition?
by WookieMan on 27 Oct 2017 37 comments, latest 6 years ago
https://gizmodo.com/american-w I'm no sailor, but have seen many comments in other articles about this and it seems a bit fishy. They lost their phone right away yet continued on without ...

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What Are You Drinking Today? Alcohol Only.
by WookieMan on 5 Sep 2018 39 comments, latest 6 years ago
Got the music thread going. Let's get a drinking one going. Busch Light right now for me. Put out some good beers for us all to try (mine's not). Or ...

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Daily Post Limit?
by WookieMan on 1 Aug 2017 51 comments, latest 7 years ago
I'm sure this has been brought up before (today as a matter of fact, but not in a thoughtful way). Does anyone think there should at least be an ...

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Who Gets Amazon HQ2?
by WookieMan on 26 Oct 2017 27 comments, latest 5 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/2 Not a gambling man, I just don't see how Atlanta is the favorite, at least on this site. I know Atlanta isn't all the bad, but man, it's the ...

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Patrick - When Do The Username Changes Stop?
by WookieMan on 17 Oct 2018 35 comments, latest 6 years ago
It's getting annoying at this point. Go back to anonymous for users I guess, because certain people are changing their usernames on what seems like a weekly basis. My take ...

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Vote On Anonymous Users
by WookieMan on 13 Feb 2018 23 comments, latest 6 years ago
@Patrick - This isn't a bash on the site. I enjoy my time here when I have it. I'm starting to think the whole allowing anon commenters is failing though. ...

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Anyone Get The Flu? Or Are We Becoming Pussies?
by WookieMan on 30 Jan 2018 33 comments, latest 6 years ago
I'm at a loss on this one. Are we becoming big pussies? They're closing schools in IL here because of the fucking flu. Is this going on in other parts ...

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Soooo.... When do we stop paying teachers??
by WookieMan on 1 Apr 2020 71 comments, latest 4 years ago
Not sure if any of you are dealing with this yet. This remote learning shit with the kids is absolute bullshit. Our district is so ill prepared for this. Given ...

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Emanuel Not Running
by WookieMan on 4 Sep 2018 33 comments, latest 6 years ago
Wowzer. For those Chicago people on here or former Chicagoan's, this is big news. There's nothing in the article really, just breaking, but this is interesting to say the least. ...

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Close Old Threads, Limit Old Theads Or CAPTCHA?
by WookieMan on 3 Nov 2017 18 comments, latest 6 years ago
So we've been hit with the usual weekly bot bull shit. Thread limits helped, thanks Patrick. But now I'm seeing tons of old threads getting revived with dumb ass comments ...

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Cash Question
by WookieMan on 18 Apr 2019 104 comments, latest 5 years ago
Who here uses cash for everything? And why? I carry some cash in case of, well nothing except going to a casino or strip club. My credit card pays me ...

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Sandals Resorts - Anyone Been?
by WookieMan on 28 Feb 2018 11 comments, latest 6 years ago
Anyone here been to one? Seems like they get solid reviews and have been around a while. Was looking at Sandals Ochi or anywhere in Jamaica really. I dislike most ...

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Why Drive In Snow If you Don't Know How To?
by WookieMan on 17 Jan 2018 22 comments, latest 6 years ago
#baddrivers http://www.sportingnews.com/na How many people here have never driven on snow? I just don't get the difficulty some people have. Just slow the fuck down and don't be an idiot.

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PatNet Stock Challenge
by WookieMan on 30 Aug 2018 21 comments, latest 6 years ago
So if Pat is cool with it, we're going to do some gambling with access to PatNet. At a minimum, if you lose, hold up your end of the bargain ...

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Transgender Woman Breastfeeds Her Baby After Experimental Treatment
by WookieMan on 16 Feb 2018 13 comments, latest 6 years ago
Dear god, why the fuck did I bring children into the world? https://gizmodo.com/transgende This obviously isn't a joke, unless gizmodo is going full onion at this point and I missed ...

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Bitcoin Graph
by WookieMan on 11 Jan 2018 13 comments, latest 6 years ago
#bitcoin Not sure if the source cherry picked the sample of the bitcoin graph, but this is rather funny if you ask me. Here's the link to the article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec ...

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Flynn Working With FBI - Plea Deal
by WookieMan on 1 Dec 2017 19 comments, latest 6 years ago
#politics Didn't see another thread with this. So sorry if it's a dupe. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics This is interesting. I don't know how this all plays out, but just heard some intriguing ...

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Researchers Say $400 Million Raised Through Cryptocurrency ICOs Has Been Lost or Stolen
by WookieMan on 22 Jan 2018 12 comments, latest 6 years ago
Another reason not to "invest" in crypto... Nobody's paying taxes on that either... https://gizmodo.com/researcher

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Weekend Getaway Ideas
by WookieMan on 20 Sep 2017 18 comments, latest 7 years ago
Wife and I are looking to get away for a long weekend, no kids. Maybe a Friday to Monday or Thursday to Sunday type setup. Would probably do this in ...

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Any of you working today?
by WookieMan on 15 Sep 2017 21 comments, latest 7 years ago
Been a god damn flurry of post the last hour. I know I'm not working.

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Putin unveils new Russian nuclear missile, says it renders defenses ‘useless’
by WookieMan on 3 Mar 2018 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
My apologies if this is duplicate. Scanned the first 2-3 pages and didn't see anything. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/w He boasted that Russia's new ICBM is “powerful and modern and defense systems will ...

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Welp. ‘Dumpster fire’ is among the 850 entries Merriam-Webster is adding to its dictionary
by WookieMan on 6 Mar 2018 4 comments, latest 6 years ago
This made my morning. https://www.bostonglobe.com/me

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Bernie Out
by WookieMan on 8 Apr 2020 46 comments, latest 4 years ago
Not that this matters. Edit: Forgot the link - https://www.vox.com/2020/4/8/2 Source was chosen for comedy.....

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Who The Hell Gets Scammed By These
by WookieMan on 7 Nov 2017 8 comments, latest 7 years ago
#spam This is one of the better spam/phishing emails I've received. More so for the name. Wang Wong. My email puts the last name first, so you can imagine the ...

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You Guys Pay A Lot For A House Out There In CA
by WookieMan on 9 Nov 2017 11 comments, latest 6 years ago
#housing As an outside observer, I don't see why anyone would want to live in the Bay Area. The flipping house in the following link (first in slide show) sold ...

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77 Northern California businesses raided by ICE
by WookieMan on 2 Feb 2018 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
https://www.abc15.com/news/nat I don't think I've seen anyone post this yet, sorry if it has been. Trump is cracking down in other ways too. If you know any business owners that ...

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We've Finally Made It As A Country
by WookieMan on 24 Feb 2018 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
Congrats everyone! We did it! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0

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rules for #housing forum
by WookieMan on 9 Nov 2017 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
#housing 1) Try to stay on topic. Not necessarily the thread topic, just housing in general. I know there are politics in housing (zoning, mortgage interest deduction, etc) but try ...

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Done going out to eat
by WookieMan on 25 Jun 2023 58 comments, latest 10 months ago
Not sure how others feel. Up in WI now puking and shitting my brains out since 3am central. Noticed a change in quality from restaurants after covid. Mind numbing slow ...

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Dog Gets A Sex Change
by WookieMan on 16 Nov 2017 9 comments, latest 6 years ago
#animalpolitics http://www.miamiherald.com/new Whelp, I guess this is officially a thing now. Dogs are doing it ;)

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Where Do You Golf? Traveling and Locally
by WookieMan on 24 Sep 2018 9 comments, latest 6 years ago
Looking to start a hopefully fun golf course thread on Patnet. Kick ass golf courses off the beaten path. I'm in IL, so Cog Hill is a famous one, that's ...

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Wowzer - Lollapalooza May Have Been A Target
by WookieMan on 5 Oct 2017 11 comments, latest 7 years ago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ This would have been massively worse if he did it during this event. These type of events are going to be a challenge moving forward. There are so many ...

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Why Pritzker's graduated income tax now looks a lot more likely
by WookieMan on 7 Nov 2018 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
https://www.chicagobusiness.co Let's see what no neck Prickzer proposes. If taxes increase at all in my income range, not a chance in hell he'll get reelected come 2022. And the IL ...

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Bucket List Vacation Locations You've Been Or Want To Go To Thread
by WookieMan on 19 May 2022 45 comments, latest 2 years ago
Title says it all. I'll post my comments later. Have to run for now. I'll post later this afternoon or late tonight. Figured this could be a non-political fun thread ...

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YouTuber Who Trained a Pug to Do 'Nazi Salute' Has Been Fined
by WookieMan on 23 Apr 2018 5 comments, latest 6 years ago
This guy and the reporter(s) covering this have WAY too much time on their hands. This is one of the dumbest things I've read in a while. https://gizmodo.com/youtuber-w

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