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So im sure we have done this Holiday poll before but Ham or Turkey ? - eag Dec 12, 14:22 11
- Neither. We have manicotti and lots of meat. Usually lamb as well as braciole, sausage and meatballs. Christmas Eve is the Feast of Seven Fishes. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 12, 14:32 4
  - TIL: There's a Feast of Seven Fishes. That sounds amazing. Italian food and fish.. - JD Dec 12, 14:34 1
    - It is but there's no meat at all. No meatballs or sausage with the spaghetti. I always struggle with that. - Krusty Dec 12, 14:37
  - That must be a pleasent smell around the home -- nm - eag Dec 12, 14:33 1
    - It's a wonderful smell and instantly floods my head with wonderful memories of years past. I love this time of year and Christmas Eve with my family -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 12, 14:35
- Both -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 14:31
- a standing rib roast or rack of lamb -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 14:29 1
  - this...although after our ducky thanksgiving mom now wants to cook a goose -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 14:52
- Preference is ham but depending on preparation Turkey is more in line with my diet -- nm - JD Dec 12, 14:27
- Ham. I wind up throwing away most of the turkey, but we will happily eat leftover ham for days. -- nm - kelly Dec 12, 14:24
- Thanksgiving is turkey obviously (ignore the heathens). We normally wind up with ham at Christmas, but that is flexible. -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 14:24
WWSTD? I bought a big pack of chicken at Sam's last Sunday. I used part of it, then put it back in the fridge. It was covered with - kelly Dec 12, 14:20 5
- I take no chances with chicken. -- nm - David Dec 12, 14:22
- i would chuck it. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 14:22
- I don't mess with anything like that ever. Any doubt? Throw it out. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 12, 14:21 2
  - yep. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:24
  - Yep, this. I've had food poisoning. Never again, and especially never with kids. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 14:22
Looks like the Buckaroo Banzai series at Amazon is in trouble due to a lawsuit. - Mop Dec 12, 14:14
Last ten days: -25. Today: -10, and walking around with my coat unzipped. - Reagen Dec 12, 14:10 4
- I do this in the 20-30 degree range. - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:19
- Yep. The one advantage of a wicked cold snap early in the season. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 14:15 1
  - It's dry af - at February levels of dehydration already. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 14:21
- swagger -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:10
Claudia Cardinale and Sharon Tate now on TCM -- nm - zork Dec 12, 14:06
a previously unknown DaVinci drawing -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 12, 14:00
Honest NFL Headlines week 14 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 12, 13:59 3
- Stop asking me about your fake football team you patethic nerd -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 15:10
- ML should like the Pizzagate one -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:01 1
  - heh -- nm - ML Dec 12, 14:33
I'm using an i7 touch laptop right now, and it's legitimately the worst thing I've ever worked on. - David Dec 12, 13:56 3
- Which touch laptop (manufacturer?) - JD Dec 12, 14:13 1
  - Dell. -- nm - David Dec 12, 14:22
- time to break out your slide rule -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 14:11
pop quiz: [x] still holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history: it paid out annual dividends to shareholders for more than 100 years -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:50 21
- Wikipedia says it's - Max Dec 12, 14:08 10
  - 15 Companies That Have Paid Dividends For More Than 100 Years -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 14:18 2
    - I need to go back to investing 101 because I don't understand what incentive there is to paying a dividend to shareholders - Max Dec 12, 14:22 1
      - they're an incentive to invest in companies that are stable but don't necessarily have a very high growth rate. - b. Dec 12, 14:26
  - oh, that could just be outdated then - if it started in 1848, ended in 1968. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:14
  - I'm going to fail you on this because I offered up a railroad and you did not say "It is a railroad" - crash davis Dec 12, 14:14 5
    - b. popped the reality bubble so I just capitulated -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:15 4
      - SWK isn't even a word, it has no vowels -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:16 3
        
        "swk" is the sound the Mouseguard make when unsheathing a sword. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:27 2
        
        no sealing anything with a kiss for y'all. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:28 1
        
        Ruining trivia with facts will get you nowhere, young lady. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:33
- GE -- nm - Crashquick Dec 12, 14:00 1
  - scratch that, I'm going Dupont -- nm - Crashquick Dec 12, 14:01
- Facebook or Union Pacific -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:00
- SWK? -- nm - b. Dec 12, 13:54 3
  - It's not a tools or oil company. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:57 2
    - fwiw, ~139 years for SWK, per this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 12, 14:03 1
      - ahh, boo Wikipedia. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:07
- AT&T? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 13:52 2
  - Actually scratch that. What about Coca Cola? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 13:55 1
    - It's not a phone company or a food company. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:57
Agents of Shield character Yo-Yo to get a 6 episode series on ABC Go starting tomorrow... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 13:45 2
- I like this thing they've been doing with the ... what? Runs? - Beryllium Dec 12, 14:14 1
  - Its kind of the way comic books do them - eag Dec 12, 14:21
WV official who lost job over racist Michelle Obama remark quietly reinstated -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 13:40 3
- I thought she was just suspended? -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:41 2
  - she was placed on leave, per this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 12, 13:59 1
    - More fake news from The Hill. Can't trust 'em. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:04
groiny from Bwhatever, more info than you ever wanted on what I meant by secure inventory - crash davis Dec 12, 13:39
I think I am 80% done Christmas shopping now. -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:35 5
- I'm not even close. Just one gift bought so far. - Krusty Dec 12, 13:40
- All finished. Completed it last Wednesday. #Irock -- nm - Crashquick Dec 12, 13:38
- 100%! Four more to wrap and then mail it all to my mom and dad's. - Dark Callisto Dec 12, 13:36 2
  - (I'm really proud of Kim for being proactive this year.) - David Dec 12, 13:54
  - I feel a bit ahead of schedule for a change! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:38
LDB Update. Here's who I have listed as "In" still - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 13:32 9
- Still in, but I have also listened to zero Christmas music. Anything before Xmas-eve is too early for me. -- nm - GregW Dec 12, 15:08
- I'm still in -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 14:55
- InIt2WinIt,BayBee. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:04
- Me -- nm - zork Dec 12, 14:00
- Still in it. -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 12, 13:58
- still in. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 13:55
- Definitely still in -- and still going strong. - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 13:53
- Oh, I'm still in. Christmas takes care of its own. -- nm - David Dec 12, 13:52
- i'm still in -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 13:47
This apparently was the Rams stadium for the game yesterday. -- (link) - iSpam Dec 12, 13:31 3
- Let's move to Los Angeles to get a bigger piece of the attendance pie! -- nm - San Diego Dec 12, 14:15
- any idea how early in the day it was? The teams are neither on the sidelines or warming up on the field. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:33 1
  - yah, it made me look around - attendance wasn't stellar ~82k reported out of a possible 93k; but it wasn't as sparse in-game, per the photos here, as - b. Dec 12, 13:38
my bus is three minutes late today. that's almost on time. what, red link? I thought I knew you! -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 12, 13:20
Pippy and JaxSean's concert bands should tour together. - David Dec 12, 13:19 2
- The Fixx is too high brow for this billing - I did love the irony of the gaggle of lesbians singing/dancing their hearts out to Blow My Fuse - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:23 1
  - Don't mess up my sparkling wordplay, pips. -- nm - David Dec 12, 14:05
Statewide recount of WI is complete. The result will shock and amaze you. -- (link) - ML Dec 12, 13:17 4
- Sometimes you go into Iraq to prove there isn't any WMD. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:53
- Of course. When Putin fixes an election result, it stays fixed. - znufrii Dec 12, 13:30
- This is my shocked font -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:18 1
  - heh... -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:19
YDC - Mark Slaughter is the Mariah Carey of Hair Bands - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:17 48
- C'mon - 3 more posts to get Pippy a classic rock Cappie -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 14:15
- I had enough of him after the first Slaughter album. - groiny Dec 12, 13:24 8
  - I am in agreement. We left half way through that set. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:26 7
    - Slaughter was cool for that one album, and then it went to crickets fast. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:27 6
      - they went the WHite Lion route. And got overwhelmed by all the other hair bands -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:34 5
        
        I was ok with White Lion for a lot longer than Slaughter. - groiny Dec 12, 13:39 4
        
        that 1st Slaughter release was excellent. Then they got derailed by drugs and dumbassery -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:42 3
        
        I agree to groiny's IM and your assessment of how it all went wrong for them. Their drummer is pretty much a bad ass - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:49 2
        
        who is thier drummer now? A lot of the great 80's/90's session guys are out on the road now -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:51 1
        
        Zoltan Chaney. Never heard of him before - but I'm not going to forget him - complete crazy person up there -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:53
- speaking of the eighties - on the way back to work, the radio was advertising Journey and Asia playing here in March. I'm sorely tempted - crash davis Dec 12, 13:22 37
  - are you like me...won't see Journey without Perry? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:23 36
    - at first I felt like that, but now the idea of singing along to "Heat of the Moment" and "Don't Stop Believing" sounds fun -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 13:34
    - Yes. See also: Styx without Dennis DeYoung. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 12, 13:29 13
      - Gowan, who is awesome, had been the lead singer of Styx for SEVENTEEN years! -- nm - zork Dec 12, 14:04
      - how was the Fixx show? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:31 2
        
        Pretty good. It was also nice to be the mid-to-low-range in ages there. - JaxSean Dec 12, 13:39 1
        
        :) -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:48
      - um....ew....... - groiny Dec 12, 13:29 8
        
        I like Dennis...but it just means they don't do the dumbass opera stuff he wanted them to do.... - Remlik Dec 12, 13:31 7
        
        I will say the dude who replaced him sounds exactly like him. -- nm - pmb Dec 12, 14:29
        
        LOL -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:32 5
        
        there's a solid documentary about them. And they talk to everyone...Dennis had big aspirations and when Mr. Roboto failed... - Remlik Dec 12, 13:36 4
        
        yeah, Dennis' tastes run to cheese. like, serious stinky fromage. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:38
        
        it was just a fucking dumb song. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:37 2
        
        Concept Album! -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:39 1
        
        they needed to stop at Paradise Theater -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 13:42
    - it's a hard sell -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:25 20
      - not at all. the guy they have is terrific. Perry doesn't want to do it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:27 19
        
        it just is not Journey, just like Queen is not Queen with Paul Rogers or Adam Lambert. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:28 18
        
        it's been Journey ever since he left. He's replaceable. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:29 8
        
        except, it is not. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:29 7
        
        except it is and has been ever for about 20 years. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:30 6
        
        how many #1 songs have they had without Steve Perry? - groiny Dec 12, 13:31 5
        
        Doesn't matter. they wouldn't have had any with him. Radio dropped them in the late 80's early 90's to the classic rock dustbin -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:33 4
        
        Aerosmith did ok. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:36 3
        
        yeah they jumped onto the Diane Warren/Desmond Child train, they wrote a majority of the Ballads for them... - Remlik Dec 12, 13:39 2
        
        there is something about seeing these bands once hey have passed their shelf life...... - groiny Dec 12, 13:43 1
        
        Some can't figure it out like Tull, but Ian Anderson goes out by himself and does well. Aerosmith has a legacy that they can rest on... - Remlik Dec 12, 13:48
        
        I can see a Journey cover band just as easily, and much much cheaper. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:29 8
        
        but not nearly as good. No Neal Schon on guitar no Steve Smith on drums of Jonathan Cain. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:30 7
        
        meh, keep it. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:30 6
        
        I'm in this camp. Not going until Perry's back - and I'd pay a fortune to see it -- nm - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:32 1
        
        ain't happening. They put on a great show. I'd LOVE it if Perry would do it...but he's either got stage fright... - Remlik Dec 12, 13:34
        
        aw groiny...keep an open mind. never know until you see them. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:32 3
        
        I saw Blink without Tom DeLonge, never do it again. -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:36 2
        
        *shurg* I thought they were better without his stupid shit he'd say all the time. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 13:37 1
        
        that was part of the charm........ - groiny Dec 12, 13:38
In other news, Goldman Sachs has run out of senior executives. -- nm - pmb Dec 12, 13:13 1
- The fleecing of America will reach plaid levels - Epiphany Dec 12, 13:15
Diggie, there's a guild spot available for you if you want to make a move. - ML Galaxy Dec 12, 13:09
"The Jeff Fisheriest thing that could ever happen." will make me smile the rest of the afternoon. Thanks Beaker -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 13:04 1
- Sportspickle must be tripping all over themselves laughing on the way to their keyboards. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:15
"...analysis of the Trudeau Foundation’s public disclosures has found that gifts to the foundation have increased significantly since..." - Name Withheld by Request Dec 12, 12:59 4
- ~crooked Hillary and crooked Justin, sitting in a tree~ -- nm - Trump Dec 12, 13:03 2
  - Tree? nm - Scott Pruitt Dec 12, 13:05 1
    - dayam :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 12, 13:05
- Pay to play! -- nm - Spawn Dec 12, 13:00
Bill Murray and President Obama putting in the Oval Office.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 12, 12:55
~you're as cold as ice~ -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 12:53 9
- What is "American Beer" for 200 Alex -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 12, 13:03
- *runs in...does massive air keyboards and drums...runs out* -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 13:01 4
  - YONH! -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:18 3
    - admit it. that's when you knew I was The One. - Mel Profit Dec 12, 13:27 2
      - I'll take "Courtship Rituals for 400, Alex". -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:30 1
        
        eventually you're gonna get to the one where the female *eats* the male after successful courtship -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 14:58
- I'm mister green Christmas, I'm mister sun. - Spawn Dec 12, 12:55 1
  - this. for the win. -- nm - call me Kris Kringle Dec 12, 13:06
- Paradise... - TWuG Dec 12, 12:54

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