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I got bumped from a flight on AA last year. It was a massive pain in the ass. I got picked to be bumped because they changed planes and in the - pmb Apr 11, 15:17 1
- Docs show United promised regulators all passengers are guaranteed seats on flights they're ticketed for (linky) - budice Apr 11, 15:24
They're throwing spicer to the wolves. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:15 1
- but even hitler didn't do that! -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 15:20
lost in all of this is the giraffe that supposedly was going to recently birth her baby ... - call me Ishmael Apr 11, 15:13 1
- No birth yet but mom to be still eating all the food presented to her which her doctors are taking as a sign of still pregnant -- nm - JD Apr 11, 15:17
United did something similar last week, with less of a ruckus, but to a first-class passenger. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:08 4
- Where he ended up sitting, if you made a comedy involving bad travel that would be seen as an unrealistic plot device -- nm - JD Apr 11, 15:16 1
  - I kind of want to see a season of 24 where 1/4 of it is just jack bauer sitting through a flight like that. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:20
- *nudge* "I just pressed this shirt! You bastards." -- nm - Max Apr 11, 15:14
- Their ability to say words that aren't "fuck you" but sound exactly like that is impressive. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 15:13
So... Montana... a lot of mountains around here. -- nm - Mop Apr 11, 15:02 2
- Look at it this way, Captain Vasil Borodin never got to see Montana -- nm - eag Apr 11, 15:15
- you must be in the western half of the state -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 15:09
you can still see the Pink Moon tonight, except it isn't really pink -- (link) - crash davis Apr 11, 14:58
"My Struggle: The Sean Spicer Autobiography" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 14:40
CNN's no duh headline "Sean Spicer just forgot the 1st rule of politics: Never compare anything to Hitler" -- (link) - crash davis Apr 11, 14:27 7
- "especially if everyone else is already using that on your boss." -- nm - . Apr 11, 15:30
- "You guys, not everything in this administration is related to Hitler. No, I didn't mean... Next question. Alright don't raise your hand like that." -- nm - Spicey Apr 11, 14:36 1
  - "under your seats, you will find a copy of Mein Kam......er..... the press handouts" -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:37
- "Even Hitler didn't have a private email server." -Sean Spicer, -- nm - budice Apr 11, 14:29
- he should have went with Satan and a baseball bat. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:28 2
  - what the hell do the Yankees have to do with any of this? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:34 1
    - Evil Empire, duh -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:34
ST poll do any of you belong to a big box membership store like a sams club or costco and do you feel its worth it? -- nm - eag Apr 11, 14:04 39
- I have a Sam's membership through my mom. I wouldn't pay for one though. I get just a few things there - Amanda Apr 11, 14:50
- Costco and yes (eswpecially as ours has a gas station) -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 14:33
- Yes, Costco and bj's -- nm - JaxSean Apr 11, 14:22 1
  - what department are those in?????? -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:23
- costco, hell yeah don't forget their products are not low quality, they consistantly come in high in consumer reports. - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:14 2
  - we have executive membership, 110 a year but get 3-400 hundred back in rebate and 4-500 hundred back from their Visa card -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:16 1
    - and how can i forget gas, not only the cheapest in town, but 4% back from visa and some on our membership rebate too -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:17
- I share Costco with someone. I never shop there for regular items because it's too much for one person, but their deals on tires, auto repairs and - jnine Apr 11, 14:10 7
  - auto repairs? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:20 6
    - It's just like their car buying service. You tell them where you live and they have pre-negotiated prices worked out with different dealers. It's - jnine Apr 11, 14:33 1
      - Awesome, I hope we have that here -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:46
    - pretty sure some do oil changes and tune ups and such. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:21 3
      - the ones around here only sell, install tires. I was wondering if maybe there were pre-arranged deals with approved mechanics like auto club -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:26 2
        
        That's what they do. I believe it's all dealers, but that could just be for the type of car I have. -- nm - jnine Apr 11, 14:34
        
        I have never used them for that, but I recall getting coupons for one for oil changes. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:27
- Costco. Got it for Christmas. Was there a few times in December and January. - Spawn Apr 11, 14:07
- Costco, and yes, even if just for toilet paper and paper towels and laundry soap. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:05 22
  - for a family, yes. with just two of us, we had one once and never renewed. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 14:05 21
    - plus, I have a suspicion that my daughter actually eats toilet paper. - groiny Apr 11, 14:08 19
      - I used to be going to the store all the time for tp. Now it takes a long time to go through a pack. -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 14:29 1
        
        I swear, she is in there making a catchers mitt out of it to wipe her ass. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:30
      - did you guys have a fight this week? -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:09 16
        
        plus, I have zero idea how to handle raising a teenage girl. - groiny Apr 11, 14:11 10
        
        I survived that shit. I don't know how but she survived it too. -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 14:14 9
        
        Moody teenage girl still better than Sean Spicer -- nm - budice Apr 11, 14:16 5
        
        my daughter also posted a hitler meme on faccebook that I had to tell her to remove. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:16 3
        
        "I learned it from you!" -- (link) - Da5id Apr 11, 14:21 [youtube] 2
        
        I know the ramifications of my actions, she does not. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:22 1
        
        Darn Illinois Nazis -- nm - Blues Bros Apr 11, 14:25
        
        yep -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:16
        
        part of it is that she has my personality, and I know I am difficult to deal with..... - groiny Apr 11, 14:15 2
        
        well, it gets better...teenage years just suck -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 14:19 1
        
        yeah, we were very close up until freshmen year, then it changed - groiny Apr 11, 14:20
        
        she is a moody teenager, we clash quite a bit. - groiny Apr 11, 14:10 4
        
        cause she's exactly like you. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 14:21 3
        
        you guys sure know how to make a girl feel special! -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:24 2
        
        Well you are pretty whiny. -- nm - Remlik Apr 11, 15:47
        
        ::grabs you:: -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:26
    - true, you have to buy selectively. - groiny Apr 11, 14:07
ST Poll#Pippin: Stupid Things Around Your House That Are Still Better Than Sean Spicer - Go! -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 13:59 38
- A dog that eats kitty cookies. -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 11, 14:36 2
  - Remind me - you used to work in a law office, right? - Mel Profit Apr 11, 15:08
  - *surpressing smiles and giggles* -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:39
- A tube tv that hasn't worked in years and is too heavy to get down the stairs. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 14:33 2
  - don't you have a window? - groiny Apr 11, 14:34 1
    - I swear that I've suggested it but my gf keeps saying no. -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 15:07
- My 2 vcrs in a closet. -- nm - jnine Apr 11, 14:11 1
  - just sitting there being Better Than Sean Spicer. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:13
- A small drone that I haven't played with in a few months. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 14:05
- I've got a dumb, busted laptop in the middle room that *still* needs purging. -- (edited) - Diva Apr 11, 14:04 6
  - Is that on the Mel Honey-Do list? -- nm - budice Apr 11, 14:10 5
    - mostly me at this point. a lot of it is my junk. -- (edited) - Diva Apr 11, 14:12 4
      - I didn't know it was busted. I can look at it. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 14:13 3
        
        nmbmel - Diva Apr 11, 14:14 2
        
        Oh...that one. Is she sitting on the kitchen table? - Mel Profit Apr 11, 14:18 1
        
        I think you're thinking of something else. It's old garbage at this point. - Diva Apr 11, 14:22
- I think I left my credit card somewhere in London. -- nm - pmb Apr 11, 14:03 3
  - reason to go back and get it! -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 14:05
  - I don't think you get the idea behind this game. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:04 1
    - ::waits for him to edit it to include a Hitler reference:: -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:05
- the leftovers that are in the way back corner of the refridgerator. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:02
- My broken desktop computer that's been sitting out in the floor since it got back from the repair shop. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 14:02
- sonic toothbrush -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 14:02 3
  - we all know what you use that for! -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:03 2
    - heh. - Epiphany Apr 11, 14:04 1
      - oh, believe me, I know. -- nm - groiny Apr 11, 14:04
- Broken PS3. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 11, 14:02 4
  - Yours is right beside mine! -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 14:03 3
    - They're just hanging out together, being better than Sean Spicer. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 11, 14:04 2
      - awesome. -- nm - budice Apr 11, 14:11
      - word. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:09
- my toilet plunger -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 14:01
- the wet cat food that Harvey eats so messily and dries in clumps on my kitchen floor. Better than Sean Spicer. -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 14:01 1
  - hee, my cats did that all the time -- nm - budice Apr 11, 14:12
- the dust scooper thing you use to sweep the dirt up on the kitchen floor, always leaves just a line of sand -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:01
- Our 2nd and maybe...just maybe, 3rd floor mates. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 14:01 1
  - ha-hahahaha!!! -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:03
- the vacuum cleaner I'm considering replacing...anymore it only slightly sucks -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 14:01
heh -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 13:58
OK, I stand corrected. This kernel of an idea could make it very funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 11, 13:57
TV PSA: Brooklyn 99, Middle, Voice, Smackdown, Mick, American Housewife, Deadliest Catch, Face Off, Fresh off the Boat, Prison Break, Challenge, -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 13:55 6
- Nine-nine! -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 14:05
- It's Emily or Tyler's to lose on "Face-Off" with Emily being the Odds On Favorite. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 13:58 3
  - yeah? I think Tyler has really poured it on lately and is currently outdoing and out-creating Emily. - Diva Apr 11, 14:02 2
    - I agree with all of this. Tyler has surged while she's got a case of the "I Dunnos"... - Mel Profit Apr 11, 14:05 1
      - yep. Cute, seemingly sweet but deadly AF.. -- nm - Diva Apr 11, 14:07
- iZombie, Trial & Error, Imaginary Mary, SHIELD, Chopped, Imposters, Rebel, Americans, Detour, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 11, 13:55
um, guys? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 13:51 6
- All the people the administration promised they'd take care of are now realizing the administration's not taking care of them. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 14:02
- you know you've gone too far when.... -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:57
- ouch -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 13:56
- *fires him* -- nm - SCPOTUS Apr 11, 13:52
- *blink blink* -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 11, 13:52 1
  - I mean, he's not wrong, but self-awareness much? -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 13:57
Name some silly thing that made you happy today. For me, I just found out that Amazon greenlit Bosch season 4 even though season 3 hasn't dropped yet. -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:45 21
- We got this for our cats on Saturday. -- (link) - Da5id Apr 11, 14:05 2
  - Heh we have a couple of cats that had to get the Lion Cut because they were getting very matted...we gave them each one of these beds so they could - IrishStephen Apr 11, 14:26
  - I'm totally getting one for Natasha. - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 14:06
- I Kickstarted a t-shirt that will return me to one of the best happy places of my youth. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 14:05 1
  - Dude, that's awesome. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 14:07
- By 9am, I had cut a pretty damn gordian Gordian knot at work -- nm - prayformojo Apr 11, 13:58
- Watching a recovering parvo pup, who the shelter had label as a "possible fear-biter" crawl up into my lap with a tail wagging like crazy and proceed - IrishStephen Apr 11, 13:56 1
  - awesome, and tell it way to beat parvo! -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:58
- Bodega Cats on twitter had a cat that a very cute tortise shell pattern on her face. I loved it. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 13:52 5
  - no fair not including a link :p -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:55 4
    - rectified -- (link) - Epiphany Apr 11, 14:04 [Image] 3
      - Pretty kitty! -- nm - Krusty Apr 11, 14:06
      - I think of that cat as a daring rebel. He drinks Windex to get a better high. -- nm - Da5id Apr 11, 14:06
      - Gorgeous. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 11, 14:05
- I have binged watched the first 12 episodes of The Magicians and just learned that the 13th is the last of the season. - Spawn Apr 11, 13:51 2
  - Here, this should help. -- (link) - Da5id Apr 11, 14:01 [Image] 1
    - OMG -- nm - Spawn Apr 11, 14:03
- From earlier today: VDB being defined Very Dumb Blonde which made me think if that was a bar pickup strategy or who United should've asked -- nm - JD Apr 11, 13:50
- I really want to check out Bosch as I dig that actor. My thing was that made me happy today was... - Mel Profit Apr 11, 13:49 2
  - A+ -- nm - Epiphany Apr 11, 13:51
  - too dang cute -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:50
I was wondering why we hadn't seen the United passenger on the TV news (we haven't, right?). He says he is still in the hospital - ty97 Apr 11, 13:45 5
- he only went back on the plane for a limited amount of time. -- nm - b. Apr 11, 14:34
- Anxiety, depression, and ptsd - with difficulty navigating complex situations? They really picked a winner. - Beryllium Apr 11, 14:04 2
  - uh, doc? you ok? anything YOU want to tell ME? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:24
  - The cheque should have a lot of zeroes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 14:05
- oh boy. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 11, 13:53
Nation's most unpopular Governor calls on DOT to suspend regulations allowing airline overbooking -- (link) - ty97 Apr 11, 13:43 5
- Dumbass thinks he has a future in national politics. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 11, 14:40
- Does that apply in this case, given that it was a staff transfer situation and not a retail overbooking? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 13:44 3
  - I assume he intends for it to apply to any IDB situation but dunno. -- nm - ty97 Apr 11, 13:47
  - I don't think it matters as I doubt this administration will overturn a regulation that increases corporate profits. -- nm - crash davis Apr 11, 13:47 1
    - we should be glad they haven't *yet* approved those rows for standees (think sardines in a can) - zeitgeist Apr 11, 14:06

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