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yikes, phone rang, some lady in colorado is pissed at me, we figure out a telemarketer spoofed my number and she *69'd hope this doesn't go on all dy -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:35 1
- so you were 69'd by an old lady? -- nm* - decline Mar 14, 11:40
Stacy Abrams met with Joe Biden today. - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:32 2
- Another gut call (my first big one is that the Democrats will nominate a woman in the end): The VP has to be one of the Presidential candidates. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 14, 11:38
- Seems good. -- nm - Qale Mar 14, 11:35
One Day at Time at Netflix canceled. -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 11:20 5
- this surprises me. -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:26
- That's too bad. My daughter binged that recently and we watched quite a few. It was decent. -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 11:25
- How am I ever gonna handle this news? -- nm - rollo Mar 14, 11:22 2
  - One Week at a time. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:29 1
    - that's efficient -- nm - rollo Mar 14, 11:35
NFL PFF Ratings: As of the current rosters, Miami has the NFL's worst offense and the 27th ranked defense. - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:14 16
- bets that KC is now #1, #30. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 14, 11:22 4
  - 2-30. They actually have IND #1 which surprised me. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:23 3
    - Just as an aside, the KC Chiefs scored 565 points last year; the Colts 433. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:25 2
      - They're factoring in recent moves. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:27 1
        
        trying to figure out what moves made KC worse. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 14, 11:38
- I hope the 2021 version is a better rhyme. #TankForTrevor just doesn't really roll. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:16 6
  - #WinNeverforTrevor -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:17 5
    - Oooh, I like that. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:21 4
      - Aside, NY's decision to keep Eli means that he will become the highest paid NFL player ever in terms of total compensation. - David Mar 14, 11:28 3
        
        Assuming they take a QB at 6, I full expect him to hand over the ball before the season is out. And in a proper way, not the fucked up McAdoo shit way -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:29 2
        
        McAdoo really was Ray Handley 2. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:35 1
        
        I know it was mostly a meaningless streak, but to have Eli's consecutive starts streak broken that way is just terrible. - Shaun Mar 14, 11:39
- Where's Cleveland!!!?!? -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:15 3
  - 10-O, 20-D -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:18 1
    - Biggest perceived weaknesses are S, OL, LB -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:22
  - I'll guess 11th -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:16
Connecticut Supreme Court rules gun maker Remington can be sued over Sandy Hook mass shooting, AP reports. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 11:09 1
- Break them. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:12
College BBall: Slimey McSlimerson thinks he should be able to coach -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:07 5
- Is the prosecution just random here? Between him and Sean Miller at Arizona, how are they not on trial, but some people already in jail? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:14 2
  - It involves what they have on tape, what can be proved, and the ability of the accused to defend themselves. - David Mar 14, 11:17
  - No clue. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 11:14
- I mean, he's getting singled out for something a lot of coaches do. But the NCAA's shame becomes his. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:11
- Unrelated: I watched what may have been my first televised college basketball game ever this past weekend. Watched Bradley win the MVC and get into - oblique Mar 14, 11:11
what a weird poll: what's your phone's name? mine is "pixel" (very creative I know.) -- nm - amanda Mar 14, 11:01 14
- My phone’s name is Pixel too! -- nm* - Qale Mar 14, 11:35 3
  - I'm going to name mine Sean's Phone, connect it to the internet, and see if I get his calls. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 11:38 2
    - When I change to iPhoneXR I’ll name mine Tyler Oakley and see if I can’t bang some of his friends. -- nm - Qale Mar 14, 11:39
    - Please do. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:39
- Sean's Phone -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 11:30
- The Bat Phone -- (pic) - Spawn Mar 14, 11:21 [Attachment] 2
  - That's a beefy looking case. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:26 1
    - he actually has an iPhone SE in it. It's really just like a 2" bevel on all sides when you flip it over :) -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 11:27
- PortaBrain -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 14, 11:21
- F'n phone...as in "WHERE'S MY F%$#&₩☆♧~¿ PHONE" -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:08
- The ever creative: Kevin's iPhone -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 11:06
- Samsung-gm-g930v - decline Mar 14, 11:04 1
  - I did not change the default device name: "Pixel 2" -- nm - psilotum Mar 14, 11:07
- n/a, but I have a custom case with my photo of Golden Gardens rocks. -- nm - psilotum Mar 14, 11:03
Portland elementary school in hot water for letting parents bid on who they want to have as their child's next teacher. -- (link) - Mop Mar 14, 11:01 2
- "I have been touched by your kids... and I'm pretty sure that I've touched them." -- nm - Dewey Finn Mar 14, 11:11 1
  - Heh classic. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 11:12
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at the pyramids of Giza, free concert tomorrow night on Nugstv/you tube -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 14, 10:43 [youtube] 1
- because of time zone differences the show starts at 2 pm eastern tomorrow -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 10:45
And then there were 8 - Super Daddy Princess Mar 14, 10:37 3
- Toomey has surprised me a couple of times in the past few months with his votes - decline Mar 14, 10:37 2
  - Good to know. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 14, 10:39 1
    - I still disagree with a lot of what he backs, but baby steps, ya' know -- nm - decline Mar 14, 10:41
For those interested in Capt Marvel timing spoils.... - budice Mar 14, 10:36 1
- spoil - decline Mar 14, 10:36
Meritocracy is a myth invented by the rich -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Mar 14, 10:32
ACLU report provides damning review of Orange County homeless shelters: 'Jail is better than this -- (link) - budice Mar 14, 10:31
repost: jackpot in the PBall almost 500m, the slacker casino window is open, $2 tix 5 max for $10 - zeitgeist Mar 14, 10:22 12
- Dunzo. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 12:10
- Done. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 11:25
- Sent. -- nm - David Mar 14, 11:14
- Sent -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 14, 10:54
- Just sent. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 10:36
- sent -- nm - decline Mar 14, 10:30
- quick question: does anyone know my muskpay password? -- nm - amanda Mar 14, 10:30 2
  - Didn't you tape it to your debit card a while ago? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 10:49
  - Its (favorite shoe) + (shoe size) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 10:48
- Sent. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 10:28
- received so far - zeitgeist Mar 14, 10:27
- you got $$$$$$$ -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 10:27
The new allegiance quests in Destiny 2 are great. Here's a nice example thread of how it's dividing the community, in a good way. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 14, 10:14
Your Pi Day deals -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 14, 10:10
"As if it’s a big plus that he reads books" -- (link) - mud Mar 14, 10:05
IT Fail of the Morning: Intranet site went down. Someone plugged in an iPhone with the same name as our Intranet site. Took over the name on lookup -- nm - budice Mar 14, 10:01 12
- A long time ago, one of our server admins thought he had completely re-imaged a domain controller. -- (edited) - Inigo Mar 14, 11:04
- I wonder if this is what happened to Facebook yesterday? -- nm - decline Mar 14, 11:02 1
  - Mark's phone just blew up, no literally, we're lucky nobody got killed -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:31
- Moral of the story? iPhones are bad! -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 10:47
- That is pretty effin' awesome. - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 10:27 5
  - I also love how simple it is to bork up a network with that but also farily challenging to block. Realistically you normally want DHCP assigned - oblique Mar 14, 10:38 4
    - *swoon* - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 10:48
    - for my network I reserved a block of static IP's for servers that bypass DHCP - decline Mar 14, 10:41 2
      - but it wasn't an IP conflict. It was the names colliding. DNS wouldn't care which IP block it came from -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 10:50 1
        
        oh, right -- nm - decline Mar 14, 10:51
- hilarious. that's a new one -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 10:04
- yikes! -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 10:01
Us 100% (50/0), Wonder Park 27% (3/9), Five Feet Apart 42% (8/11), Nancy Drew 71% (5/7), Captive State nsy, Ash is Purest White 100% (51/0) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 14, 09:46
Looking forward to the next 3 weeks of movies: Us, Dumbo, Pet Semetary - oblique Mar 14, 09:38 15
- Dumbo, Shazam, Little, and Missing Link are the next up for me. But I may go backwards if some of the ones on my list are still in theatres. -- nm - Qale Mar 14, 11:38
- Hell, I am looking forward to Captive State. It does not have to be great, just hope it entertains me for a couple hours. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 11:19
- i hate to say this, but i can't work up any excitement for Dumbo. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 09:58 1
  - Same. I'll watch it eventually, but I'm very meh on it. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 10:10
- Yes to the first two, no to PS. I can't deal with the subject matter, either the pet or the kid. - Dark Callisto Mar 14, 09:56 1
  - totally agreed on Pet Semetary -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 10:03
- dumbo's OW warrant is $70. seems high. -- nm - amanda Mar 14, 09:52 6
  - agree. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 10:15
  - Here's some tracking info from Deadline. They have it at $58 million to $75 million. -- (link*) - Inigo Mar 14, 09:54
  - Maybe I'm wrong but I just don't think Dumbo is as beloved a classic as some other Disney properties. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 14, 09:53 3
    - I remember crying a lot on the first one. And then the racist birds showed up towards the end and left a bad feeling. - Diva Mar 14, 10:17 1
      - "look, we just didn't think you had feelings, ok?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 11:27
    - Cj wants to see it...but she's already said she'll be a mess because of it.... -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 09:56
- Shazam! - Flavorize Mar 14, 09:52 1
  - Encouraging. I saw CM this week and liked it -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 10:03
Your Thursday morning injection of happiness-- -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 14, 09:38 3
- Yeah, Amy had a good tweet for that one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 11:30
- Would you believe that is at minimum Kratu's second run at the Crufts Dog Show? -- (link) - JD Mar 14, 09:44 [youtube] 1
  - I guess they're right...you can't teach an old dogs new tricks -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 09:57
*exhales* -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 14, 09:22 1
- Have you been waiting to? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 14, 09:45
Order new tires on Tuesday, to arrive on Monday, flat tire on Thursday... email that tires came in on Thursday. - Spawn Mar 14, 09:21 1
- nichay...tirerack? -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 14, 09:30
New Brunswick news for the New Brunswickers -- (link) - Roger More Mar 14, 09:13 1
- can't be any worse than the last guy...plus he carries a gun and isn't afraid to use it so Question Period should be fun. -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 09:17
Breaking: Zion Williamson to rejoin Duke for ACC tournament Thursday (Duke faces Syracuse) -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 14, 09:05 6
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 09:15
- And Tyus Battle out for the game - SyrDragon Mar 14, 09:07 4
  - Though Chukwu did a good job on healthy Zion when we beat them in OT - SyrDragon Mar 14, 09:20
  - Possibly off-base question: are you MHW from the early days of TT? -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 14, 09:08 2
    - No, I've always been SyrDragon since early TT around 2005 -- (link) - SyrDragon Mar 14, 09:15 1
      - Okay, he was a huge Syracuse fan as well. Thought the name change might have happened a long time ago. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 14, 09:18
Pi Day News: Google employee breaks record calculate pi to 31 trillionth digit -- (link) - SyrDragon Mar 14, 08:49 1
- when they can recite it that far from memory call me. -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 08:53
Bored poll: What is your current weather. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 08:48 22
- Mostly Cloudy, windy, 77. -- nm - Qale Mar 14, 11:41
- 40 and cloudy, should get to 50 today -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 11:10
- Cloudy. 6C. Weekend is looking good, sunny and 14C. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 10:48
- Partly cloudy, high of 65, winds up to 12mph -- nm - Amoxy Mar 14, 10:10
- Currently awesome weather and making me hate being inside. 71 and sunny after weeks of rain. -- nm - sycor Mar 14, 09:44
- almost 60 and sunny. thanks for reminding me. I should go outside for a few minutes. -- nm - amanda Mar 14, 09:38
- 61 and sunny. Winds from the NE at 9 going to 23. First Santa Ana conditions of the season. -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 09:37 1
  - Humidity 30% dropping to 15% later -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 09:39
- Cloudy, drizzly, windy. Temp 40 and continuing to drop. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 14, 09:18
- 60, cloudy, thunderstorms later, high 70, tornado watch until 5pm -- nm - Harry Tuttle Mar 14, 09:09
- sunny 54°F - SyrDragon Mar 14, 09:06
- Heavy rain, about 60F. Expecting heaving winds this afternoon (maybe gusts up to 60 mph). -- nm - pmb Mar 14, 09:01 1
  - No rain in Lake Co. IL. Yet -- nm - zunk on edge Mar 14, 09:05
- Rainy, 57. Finally melting all the snow -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 09:00
- Half sunny and 6C. -- nm - Shaun Mar 14, 08:58
- sunny 51°F -- nm - decline Mar 14, 08:55
- sunny and +3C or so -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 08:52
- 58° and drizzly. -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 08:51
- Cloudy, windy, 71 degrees. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 14, 08:51
- quantum-Spring. Moderately sunny. 59F. Ground still very soggy -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 08:50
- Partly cloudy, 75°F -- nm* - JaxSean Mar 14, 08:49
- Currently 6*C (43*F) and cloudy. Warmer but risk of storms tonight. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 08:49
WWE: Freddie Prinze Jr. pitched the Kofi gauntlet match 10 years ago.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 14, 08:46
I'll tell you what's really interesting about that shot Endgame spoils - Reagen Mar 14, 08:45 4
- Spoils spec based on the posts below - TWuG Mar 14, 10:18
- major spoilers based on some reading about the trailer - you've been warned - Beaker Mar 14, 08:51
- Spoils... - Remlik Mar 14, 08:51
- I'd hesitate a bit to say 'regular', but I get what you are saying. - Shaun Mar 14, 08:48

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