The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

Drop islet? All I get is a location in Canada.

It's seriously a couple keys off. 

[Grey Fox]

In the land of the blind the one eyed man truly is king.
One of the special needs cleaners was just excitedly telling the others of how awesome he is getting at tee-ball (baseball without pitchers. Mainly for under 10s....) and that he wishes it was taken more drop islet so he could play for the japan national team....
One of the other workers seemingly took offense to this and totally flipped out shouting about there being no point to baseball without pitchers and that anyone could play tee-ball.

Yes, mates. This is Tyr explaining to us what Tee-ball is.

[garbon]

Drop islet? All I get is a location in Canada.

It's seriously a couple keys off. 

Yeah, I thought that was the logical word to fit in but was like

[Liep]

Froome crashes out of the tour. Thousands of Brits cry out in a shrugged voice: Could've used Wiggins now, huh Sky?

[derspiess]

Ed, what are you doing in Florida?

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/road-construction-sign-hacked-in-hillsborough-county

[derspiess]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/08/upshot/how-the-year-you-were-born-influences-your-politics.html

[Valmy]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/08/upshot/how-the-year-you-were-born-influences-your-politics.html

One wonders after Ike how any Democrats were ever elected ever again.

[Josquius]

I fell asleep packing last night. I have accumulated way too much stuff

[garbon]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/08/upshot/how-the-year-you-were-born-influences-your-politics.html

Do I get to be white for the purposes of this? At any rate it says a white person my age, was nearly a fan of Bush at age 20 but has then steadily leaned towards Obama.

[Josquius]

So it's not so much over 30s but over 32s who suck ey

[Ed Anger]

Ed, what are you doing in Florida?

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/road-construction-sign-hacked-in-hillsborough-county

[garbon]

So her brother is going to have a nephew that is only 5 years younger?

[Syt]

Germany requires that Turkish wives/husbands who want to move from Turkey to Germany to live with their partners have to pass a basic German test. This was meant to increase integration of Turkish migrants and to avoid ghettoization where Turkish families with little to no knowledge of German stick together, and also to help reduce cases where Turkish residents "import" a Turkish wife.

The European Court of Justice has now ruled that this is not in line with European law and hinders integration and quality of life of Turkish immigrants to Germany.

[Sheilbh]

Court of Justice? Not ECHR?

[Syt]

Yes. It was referred to that court by an administrative court in Berlin, because they had doubts if the law was in line with a 1970 treaty between EU and Turkey that no additional restrictions for migrants from Turkey to the EU should be introduced.