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I need to get on in the next two years. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 16:26
LMAO. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 30, 16:16
Let's just post three current headlines from the MoviePass death spiral... - David Jul 30, 16:16 7
- They have only 2 outs and either of them needs to happen immediately. - Mop Jul 30, 16:33
- I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. -- nm - Qale Jul 30, 16:31
- Moviepass CEO "C'mon, just $20 until Thursday" -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 16:21 3
  - There's a belief that they will receive another major investment this week. That's a person who gambles on Super Bowl coin flips. -- nm - David Jul 30, 16:22 2
    - Meh...that’s far too likely a bet. - Will Hunting, God of Blood Feud Jul 30, 16:27
    - "I was going to literally light this money on fire, but this seems good too." -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 16:26
- yeesh, that last one -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 16:17
Need advice...my middle stepdaughter (21) had a little um issue with law enforcement friday - missed work sat but was back today and had to talk to - Capstern Jul 30, 16:09 5
- I’d imagine an arrest can lead to dismissal from the workplace. -- nm - Qale Jul 30, 16:32 1
  - In Texas generally only if it is tied to the company or violates some policies - i have at least 5 of the 400+ people who work under I know have been - Capstern Jul 30, 18:02
- I don’t know about immediately. Maybe. But start documenting things. - Beryllium Jul 30, 16:18 2
  - Yes, I'd lean towards this too. - Strongbad Jul 30, 16:21 1
    - Thanks both ya -- nm - Capstern Jul 30, 18:01
How much does it cost to fence a yard? -- nm* - ty97 Jul 30, 15:32 21
- it may be cheaper to plant many many cactus' along the property lines -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 16:22 1
  - here its rose bushes, and we have some thorny shrub with 2-3 inch long spikes....and of course blackberries -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 19:41
- I'm gonna estimate $20-30 per foot. - Strongbad Jul 30, 16:08 1
  - Depends on the type of fence too. I did a bit over a quarter acre with split rail and wire mesh and it was around 3500 -- (edited) - decline Jul 30, 16:20
- 4 or 5 signs saying: This yard protected by Vickers machine guns and a motion sensor. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 15:56 2
  - They have dogs -- nm* - ty97 Jul 30, 16:02 1
    - This property is protected by Vickers machine guns connected to a motion detector, and many land mines. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 16:20
- Just the material or contracting it out? -- nm - Meg Jul 30, 15:53 1
  - Buying/having installed. -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 15:56
- *fuck it, I'm double dipping* Épée, saber or foil? -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 15:52 1
  - Thank you, that’s the one I was going for. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 16:00
- How long is a piece of string? -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 15:40
- Ten per cent, but good luck stealing it in the first place. -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 15:35 1
  - this took me a minute -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 15:47
- HomeAdvisor is great for this stuff. -- (link) - David Jul 30, 15:35
- One dollar -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 15:35
- Cost? Depends on if it's a wooden fence or a block wall in the back or chain link. Also the total feet it will be. -- nm - jnine Jul 30, 15:34 4
  - probably like that white vinyl stuff? But it comes down to cost? -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 15:43 3
    - There are fences. ...in New York? Ten times what it costs anywhere else which is a lot for cheap ass boards and a few holes in ground -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 15:56 2
      - This is for my brother's new house in CT -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 16:01 1
        
        Those vinyl ones are cheaper than the alternatives, but they don't last like they claim they will. If he's in an area that gets snow, I wouldn't -- (edited) - jnine Jul 30, 17:14
For dinner tonight (I need to come up with a name for this): Quesadillas with corn, enchilada sauce and hummus -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 15:00 2
- timetoorderPizza -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 15:28
- Fridgecleanerdillas -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 15:03
donnie says at his presser today he'd meet w/ Rouhani with "no preconditions", then Pompeo on CNBC lists three. -- (link) - mud Jul 30, 14:52 1
- Rouhani aide suggests another -- (link*) - mud Jul 30, 15:30
most of the taxi drivers in Spain are on strike because of Uber & other ride sharing services -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 30, 14:45 2
- So their regular customers are forced to use the other services that's brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 15:54 1
  - isn't irony lovely :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 15:57
one piece of evidence from the Paul Manafort trial that I'd like to get my hands on is the list of clothing - How do you spend $1.5 Million? -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:29 20
- James Bond is only spending around 5K a suit, so Manafort is just wasting money -- (link) - crash davis Jul 30, 15:12 1
  - and that's including the small upcharge for the subtle adjustments needed for a shoulder holster. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 15:30
- Or the $1.3M for the antique rugs. -- nm - mara Jul 30, 14:43 4
  - I can deal with antiques a lot easier than I can clothes. Though I'd probably get fewer rugs and maybe some swords and armor instead :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:44
  - Oh, wrong line, that was less than $1M. -- nm - mara Jul 30, 14:43 2
    - he was buying Persian rugs and the hi end market on those has been dropping for a few years. He should have bought Navajo rugs. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 14:46 1
      - He should've spent the first $1K on books -- nm - JD Jul 30, 16:16
- In this list of evidence here, $520,000 to a store in Beverly Hills, $850,000 to a store in NYC -- (link) - crash davis Jul 30, 14:40 6
  - That's a lot of fancy chapeaus! -- nm - Max Jul 30, 14:44
  - He also spent this Ukranian money on Yankees season tickets. My mind is made up, throw away the key -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:43 4
    - Pffft. Like he is a real Yankee fan. - Jovian Jul 30, 14:46 3
      - Manafort is a Yankees fans, ergo Yankees fans ruin America. I mean the logic is irrefutable. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:47 2
        
        I do appreciate the fact that Rudy G hasn't shown his face at Yankee Stadium in several weeks now.. - Jovian Jul 30, 14:52
        
        that sounds a lot like the Dallas Cowboys & their fans. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 14:49
- $10,000 for a suit or pair of shoes is common. He had at least 3 houses. keeping a full wardrobe in each can easily top $1.5M -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 14:36
- Hand made suits and shoes in Italy are spendy. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 14:35 4
  - I like your thinking -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 14:37 3
    - 👍🏻 I remember reading about Jordan flying there to get his suits made and in the 90s he was dropping $10k+ a suit. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 14:40 2
      - And the poor 1% are so overtaxed -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:42 1
        
        Clearly. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 14:49
Speaking of dark, let's talk about the jaded nature of Resident Evil. -- (pic) - David Jul 30, 14:27 [Attachment] 3
- I really don't care. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 15:56
- It's the new normal. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 15:52 1
  - It's like some sort of Clockwork Orange gaslighting of a person to accept every basement cliche from horror movies. -- nm - David Jul 30, 16:23
Twitter: Blue Jays trade Roberto Osuna (suspended until August 5th) to the Houston Astros. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 30, 14:12 4
- I liked the Blue Jays so much better when they were in Toronto -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:19
- Ken Giles going back to Toronto plus something. Rosenthal doesn't have that piece yet. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 30, 14:18
- I really didn't expect to see him in a Jays uniform again -- nm - J Jul 30, 14:14 1
  - Me neither. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 30, 14:19
Obama and Biden are hanging out today. They went to a bakery in Georgetown, etc. -- nm - MDH Jul 30, 14:02 2
- Leaping around DC, setting right what once went wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 14:54 1
  - "Oh boy" -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 14:57
love this headline "Accused Russian agent met with suspected Kremlin spy" -- (link) - crash davis Jul 30, 13:57
Re. 3D printers. When I went looking for the kid's librarian she was in the activity room printing a trophy for the summer reading program. -- nm - Meg Jul 30, 13:53 3
- That’s a fun use for it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 14:01
- better than an AR-15 I guess -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 13:54 1
  - You wouldn’t download an AR-15. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 14:00
and the award for bad timing of a promotional campaign goes to: Mark Morford and his spiritual yoga retreat in Bali the day after serious quake -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 30, 13:50
PA is trying to save us all from the 3D printed gun menace -- (link) - oblique Jul 30, 13:48 2
- There was a raid here in June where they confiscated a bunch of brightly coloured guns. -- (link) - Andie Jul 30, 13:50
- 3D earthquake generators? -- nm - Max Jul 30, 13:50
Bannon to Kochs: ‘Shut up and get with the program’ -- (link) - crash davis Jul 30, 13:47 1
- *big belly laugh* -- nm - the man with the gigantic check book Jul 30, 13:51
Firefox is rebranding. Cue Browsy McBrowseface in 3...2... -- (link) - oblique Jul 30, 13:38 1
- They're keeping the name and basically keeping the main browser logo, this seems to be about alternative logos for related services. - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:41
PGO: I gave up trying these raids now to finish the Mew quest. I just enter the raid, get credit, hit cancel and just keep moving - oblique Jul 30, 13:35 12
- What kinds of raids are you trying? I would think you would be solid for 1 and 2 star raids. nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jul 30, 13:40 11
  - Yeah, I can do those, no problem. I just don't want to bother trying to find them when I can just raid, cancel, and go to get credit -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 13:41 10
    - Sounds like a plan. What else do you still have to do for Mew? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jul 30, 13:45 9
      - 1 raid and then whatever the 6/6 set of tasks are -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 13:45 8
        
        Practice your curve balls - cause you'll need to land an Excellent one. nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jul 30, 13:52 7
        
        See you in December - oblique Jul 30, 13:53 6
        
        Uh oh. Weird question, but I have a theory - are you, by chance, left handed? nm -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jul 30, 13:56 5
        
        Nope -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 13:59 4
        
        dangit. most of the people i know that have issues with curveballs are lefties. - Johnny Lawrence Jul 30, 14:00 3
        
        This is me -- nm - decline Jul 30, 15:29
        
        I do nothing but curveballs now, but i won't lie, it took me quite some time to get the hang of it (and i didn't do it at all till the quests started - Andie Jul 30, 14:05 1
        
        Curve ball for s the only way to go. Extra xp adds up -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 14:05
Well, the Harry Potter Birthdae cake was.....okay. - Meg Jul 30, 13:35 2
- Did you try "Scripto Reverso" on the incorrect spelling? -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:41 1
  - I meant to get a photo but I was more concerned about getting it delivered before it and 2 party tubs of ice cream melted all over my back seat :/ - Meg Jul 30, 13:51
CNN is reporting a study has found alcohol in breast milk may lead to lower cognition in kids. Didn't read, assume study is from U of Nophukkenshit -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:31 2
- *files under “Parenting: No matter what you do, you’re doing something wrong.”* -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 13:46
- Oh, sort of a Post-Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:34
Blue crystals in meteorites show that our Sun went through the 'terrible twos' - crash davis Jul 30, 13:27
"Also my Joker was the Cesar Romero version" -- nm - Zach Snyder Jul 30, 13:22 5
- "And there are more Green Lanterns than humans. Each of them will get their own film." - David Jul 30, 13:27 2
  - "It's a statement about the futility of light in our dark universe, personified by the literal dimming of the lanterns." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:31 1
    - "We will make the first film that is fully acted pitch-black for 2.5 hours. And the story will be even darker than that!" (NM) - DCEU Jul 30, 13:32
- You can’t win me back with ex post facto awesomeness, orangeskyboy. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:23 1
  - Although ... - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:25
mop, girlfriend? what? -- (link) - amanda Jul 30, 13:18 [Backboard] 14
- I think she is called Casey -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:21 12
  - She gets an ST name, Broom -- nm - Bacon Jul 30, 14:00 2
    - wouldn't she be Bucket? -- nm - groiny Jul 30, 14:04 1
      - No. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 16:01
  - he is dating Cappie's ex? -- nm - groiny Jul 30, 13:56
  - or another C name. I'm not being funny. She is super lovely in photos. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 30, 13:27 6
    - Cunty? - groiny Jul 30, 13:46
    - Carlotta. We can all be Friends of Carlotta -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:39
    - Consuela? - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:33 1
      - yup - Epiphany Jul 30, 13:41
    - Chloe -- nm - Meg Jul 30, 13:30 1
      - Chloe uses a lot of bandwidth. -- nm - David Jul 30, 13:32
  - Casey uses a lot of bandwidth. -- nm - David Jul 30, 13:26
- *shhh* That's how he calls his porn iPhone.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 30, 13:20
Thanks to my VPN, I accidentally discovered that there is Domino's Pizza in Italy - Reagen Jul 30, 13:14 2
- Probably a hit. The land of Szechuan chicken and million other ways to prepare it goes gaga over KFC. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:18
- #MPGA -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 13:16
Sugar-free Wint o green life savers are different than regular but nearly as addicting -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 13:12
HMNY (MoviePass parent co.) back below $1, down 60% on the day to close at $0.80. Down 95% since it’s 1-for-250 reverse split last week. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 30, 13:09 4
- Time to invest! - Guigue Jul 30, 13:22
- It's really weird that the "just give a bunch of money to people for nothing" strategy didn't wind up being profitable. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 13:18 1
  - "All the time our customers ask, 'How do you make money doing this?' The answer is simple: volume." -- (link) - First Citiwide Change Bank Jul 30, 14:16
- Netflix is down over $70 this month, nearly 6% just today. -- nm - Max Jul 30, 13:17
So, I'm rewatching West Wing and a season three episode, so probably spring 2002, they're going to meet the new leader of Russia. - crash davis Jul 30, 13:09 3
- For a moment I thought "S3 in 2002? No way, they must have been on 6 by then." - Max Jul 30, 13:12 2
  - Yeah, I know what you mean. I thought it started in 96 or 97. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:16 1
    - but SportsNight hadn't even bombed out by then -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:16
Read the 207 arguments that Trump has made against the Mueller investigation. -- (link) - pmb Jul 30, 13:06 10
- No thanks. -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 13:44
- I made it to #10, but then my brain started to hurt -- nm - Amoxy Jul 30, 13:22 1
  - I started just scrolling. I like how he eventually turned on Flynn, Cohen, Manafort. Also kudos to Time, lengthy and entertaining. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:25
- Witch hunt, sorceress hunt, enchantress hunt, crone hunt, wise woman hunt.....FAKE NEWS -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:11 5
  - We need to get a picture of that Black Phillip doll sitting on the Oval office desk. -- nm - Max Jul 30, 13:14 1
    - I'm glad I got to know Sceire before he was gone. That thing is just an Annabelle movie waiting to happen. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:20
  - wumpus hunt -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:14 1
    - moments later: trumpus hunt -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:14
  - Hillary sold nukes to Russia and Obama had spies hiding under my bed. -- nm - crash davis Jul 30, 13:13
- No, read THIS list of cogent arguments Trump has raised about the investigation - Beryllium Jul 30, 13:07
“The person you are pretending to be doesn’t exist!” -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 12:54

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