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Effin Rent Dodgers -- (link) - Reagen Feb 18, 10:55 2
- Wipe the out, *all* of them. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 10:58
- Couch Me If You Can -- nm - Max Feb 18, 10:57
More LYC: I analyzed my 2019 spending over my major CC (overshare) - oblique Feb 18, 10:35 22
- I have over a million Southwest miles. I need to go somewhere. -- nm - jnine Feb 18, 13:33
- I have 274,000 points on my Sapphire Reserve. Wonder what I could do with those....... -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:47 9
  - I'm looking now at flights to DFW in June to get my daughter to her summer camp. I originally was going to drive it but it's 12k points to fly there -- (edited) - oblique Feb 18, 10:55 4
    - This is a good reminder that I have 144,000 United miles sitting around -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:57 3
      - that's a lot of pudding -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 10:58 2
        
        Teryaki chicken. Tery... aki chicken. Soup? Soup... soup... Chicken noodle...? Cookies. Pudding. PUDDING! - Spawn Feb 18, 11:00
        
        Of the Big 3 US airlines, that's the one with the least number of miles in my account right now. - ty97 Feb 18, 11:00
  - Book a flight and hotel for STL? -- nm - spamlet Feb 18, 10:51 3
    - Flights to STL are cheap enough but I guess I should book. - ty97 Feb 18, 10:54 2
      - Airbnb is your best close but the immediate neighborhood is sketchy in areas. - spamlet Feb 18, 11:04 1
        
        Yeah I'll probably just stay downtown and get carshare to the site -- nm* - ty97 Feb 18, 11:04
- Are you seeing numbers, like in The Matrix? -- nm - David Feb 18, 10:47 3
  - not enough threads on ST mention both The Matrix and porridge -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 10:49 2
    - *bullet time porridge splatter* -- nm - Max Feb 18, 10:50 1
      - except instead of dodging the porridge, the person in bullet time is eating all of the porridge projectiles -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 10:52
- But how much have you left on the table doing this for just yourself instead of working on an app that helps others calculate card rewards? - Max Feb 18, 10:46
- I think you may be overthinking this. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 10:40 5
  - Or not overthinking it enough? -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 10:42 3
    - Or thinking about it *juuuuuuuuuuuuuust right* - prayformojo Feb 18, 10:44 2
      - I left about 80 Air Miles (like 800 equivalent points) on the table for groceries on the weekend and it pissed me off. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 10:50
      - mmmmm, porridge -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:46
  - Not really. I left almost $600 on the table just from using the wrong credit cards - oblique Feb 18, 10:42
Coronavirus just forced Stardom to cancel all its shows. -- (link) - David Feb 18, 10:33
Now Playing: Almost Famous (Before it goes away on Hulu.) - Qale Feb 18, 10:30
My Athens hotel recommends using a specific transfer service (taxi service) to get me from the airport to hotel. - ty97 Feb 18, 10:28 1
- He will drive right up to your gate! -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 11:05
It's Bake News! -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 18, 10:08
Looks like Blagojevich is gonna get out -- nm - spamlet Feb 18, 10:06 1
- pardoning all the criminals all the time -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 10:09
Drew Brees posts on Instagram that he is going to 'make another run at it' with the Saints. No deal yet, but he is not going anywhere else. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 10:01 2
- Wonder where Teddy ends up. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 10:12 1
  - Today I heard a rumor about Miami as a bridge to Tua -- nm - Strongbad Feb 18, 10:32
Goddamn it. Oscar Klefbom out 2-3 weeks with a shoulder injury. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 18, 09:57
The Call of the Wild 70% (40), Brahms: The Boy II nsy, Emma. 89% (53), Seberg 39% (77), Premature 95% (19) -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:55
Canadian Screen Awards: Schitt's Creek makes history with record 26 nominations -- (link) - Beaker Feb 18, 09:52 1
- Apparently, if you could spell Schitt's Creek, you got a nomination. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 10:42
This is pretty grim but worthwhile. LA Times Op-ed: Op-Ed: Think you want to die at home? You might want to think twice about that -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 09:48
The amount of ads I am hearing on TV and radio for Bloomberg 2020 is nauseating. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 18, 09:47 10
- While it seems to be working to get him into the race, I'm wondering if people get sick of it after a while and it has the opposite effect? -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:57
- The radio ads for him here are crazy. So. Many. Ads. -- nm - kelly Feb 18, 10:56
- Things I said about Tom Steyer 2 or 3 weeks ago. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 10:39
- How do I know that your post isn't an ad for Bloomberg? -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 10:35
- I see a bunch but they don't say much other than "Bloomberg: he's a living person." -- nm - Max Feb 18, 10:26 2
  - Heh, the way people talk about them they sound more like "Trump is BAD. Here are pictures of OBAMA. BLOOMBERG 2020!!!!!!!" -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:58 1
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 18, 12:15
- I feel your pain -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 10:23
- Ads? -- (edited) - znufrii, WXPN listener Feb 18, 10:01
- Today I muted his name on twitter. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 09:52
Bestbuy.ca has the Frozen 2 (Steelbook) 4K pre-order page up. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 18, 09:46 4
- Disney+ for the win! -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 10:56
- Those deleted scenes, though. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 10:07 2
  - Any nudity? -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 18, 10:55 1
    - Olaf with... two carrots. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 11:02
Feb 18, 1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:35 5
- 1971. Portchester NY. the Grateful Dead introduced 5 new songs. Bertha, Wharf Rat, Greatest Story ever told, Loser and Playing in the band. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 10:42 1
  - it was also Mickey Harts last show with them until 10/20/74. he stepped away because his father was the manager and embezzled lottsa $$$$$ -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 18, 10:44
- REGULATORS......Mount up. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 09:39
- 1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:35 1
  - SCIENTOLOGISTS...mount up -- nm - Xenu Feb 18, 09:41
In Bruges reunion anyone? -- (link) - LMS Feb 18, 09:31 3
- Bruges 2: Electric Bruge-aloo! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 09:56 2
  - YEAHHHHHH -- nm - Epiphany, Bruge Groupie Feb 18, 11:06
  - *golf clap* -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 18, 10:02
Good playlist dedicated to backing singers -- (link) - LMS Feb 18, 09:15 4
- I've heard of a handful of these songs -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 09:36 2
  - The Hot Chip mix the week before has a good Springsteen cover of Dancing in the Dark -- nm* - LMS Feb 18, 09:43
  - There were 2 I had *not* heard of. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:38
- I knew "Gimme Shelter" would be on that list. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 09:29 [youtube]
Got $100 that you'd like to turn into $1000 after 100 days? -- (link) - Shaun Feb 18, 09:12 46
- "You may cash in your box for its appreciated value by sending it back to MSCHF. Max value is $1000." - JaxSean Feb 18, 10:57
- The way to make this actually interesting is to have a limited "return prize pool" - Reagen Feb 18, 09:29
- it's possibly they'll only sell a few hundred to get the hype up, then it won't matter as much if everybody turns theirs in. good marketing, low risk -- nm - colin Feb 18, 09:27 9
  - I honestly expect nearly half to open them. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:28 8
    - even so, they lose money. they HAVE to be limiting the pool. -- nm - colin Feb 18, 09:31 4
      - Depends on what is inside, I would think. Was there any guarantee of value? -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:32 3
        
        oh, scroll down on the site.. they have all the prizes, like a vespa and a drone, the rest is garbage. -- nm - colin Feb 18, 09:39 2
        
        lol. I wonder if *all* the boxes are Vespa size. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:41 1
        
        Hot Wheels Vespa -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:41
    - ST Poll: what is in the box? Is this just some ploy thought up by pfm to finally get rid of Athena? -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:29 2
      - The head of GPALT. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:30 1
        
        the key to finally solving the Oak Island mystery...spoils...the box is also empty -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:32
- At 1000+% interest, I'll take ten. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 09:24 1
  - Right? Send them a grand and get 10 grand back in 3+ months. Sold. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 18, 09:51
- boy, do I! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 09:22
- This doesn't sound like a scam at all. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:18 3
  - If it was a scam, I doubt they'd send 2 boxes to a YouTube channel with 16.2M subs. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 18, 09:43 [youtube] 2
    - I am shocked that they sent him something worth a lot of money. shocked. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:48 1
      - They could be modeling off of Woot's mystery box. 1 or 2 people get TVs, everyone else get's a pencil or a binder clip. -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 09:54
- what is that? -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 09:16 26
  - Apparently the premise to a Twilight Zone episode. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:26
  - The box costs $100 and appreciates in value (if unopened) $10/day up to $1000 and can be mailed back for money. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:18 24
    - but: someone you do not know.....will die -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 09:26 3
      - SEE?! -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:31
      - In this case, you would need to become as famous as possible so everyone knows you.... fuck, this is already happening isn't it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 09:30
      - heh -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 09:27
    - I assume I mail it back to Happy Dude at 742 Evergreen Terrace?? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 09:25
    - First of all, their math is wrong. - znufrii, human scum Feb 18, 09:23
    - I'm with Mop. Scam. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:19 17
      - but now I want one -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:19 16
        
        i'll throw in $10 with a group if we want to just see if it works. (but i'm sure it's a scam.) -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 09:23 15
        
        I'll throW $10 at it. -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 10:07
        
        To open, or to send back? -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:25 13
        
        we need two -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:26
        
        honestly, either/or. -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 09:25 11
        
        I would want to try the mail-back. I would like to know where they are located. So one of us can... visit if they do not redeem. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:26 10
        
        58 SOUTH 6TH ST BROOKLYN NY 11249 -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 09:41 6
        
        take a look at the street view -- (link) - decline Feb 18, 10:01 3
        
        "That looks rough but at least it's a real address." "No no - it's the *van.*" -- nm - Max Feb 18, 10:43
        
        I did, obviously -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 10:15 1
        
        looks legit, right ? -- nm - decline Feb 18, 10:16
        
        Yet, the domain is registered in Panama - according to a Reddit thread about this. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 18, 09:57
        
        Okay, Krusty will go kick ass if we do not get our money. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:41
        
        Either way, I would be game for $10. If we get 10 peeps, we get one, if we get 20 peeps we get two. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:28 2
        
        in. we'd also have to live stream the box opening for sure -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:28 1
        
        I like the mailback aspect as if legit, easy to get people their $. If we open it and then have to sell it there is more hassle. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:29
Vivarium new trailer -- (link) - Beaker Feb 18, 09:09
LYC: I'm making progress on my rewards card saga - oblique Feb 18, 09:09 4
- For you -- (link) - spamlet Feb 18, 10:25
- *Reading* these is exhausting so I can not imagine living it! - Spawn Feb 18, 09:15 2
  - Also I'm admittedly obsessed with hotel status perks that realistically I will never use or use so infrequently to make them useless. Chase makes so -- (edited) - oblique Feb 18, 09:24
  - The doordash stuff is admittedly marginal benefit as I'm not a heavy doordash user but I'm sure I can use up the perk. Mostly the value comes from - oblique Feb 18, 09:18
The First Trailer for Apple's Amazing Stories' -- (link) - Beaker Feb 18, 09:07 3
- How many amazing stories can there be about Apples? -- nm - eag Feb 18, 09:53 1
  - William Tell, Adam and Eve, Sir Isaac Newton -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:56
- Man, they really punch it with that classic theme. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:24
that Sonic the Hedgehog box office number is mind boggling. After the initial trailer reaction they must be over the moon happy -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:03 1
- Clearly someone made a deal with dark powers. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:07
'Rocketman' Filmmaker Dexter Fletcher to Direct 'The Saint' Reboot - so who should they cast? -- (link) - LMS Feb 18, 09:03 4
- Val Kilmer, obv. -- nm - colin Feb 18, 09:29 3
  - zombie Roger Moore -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 09:33
  - Dan Stevens -- nm - LMS Feb 18, 09:32 1
    - I would watch the shit out of that. - Spawn Feb 18, 09:33
I see pmb posted this already on the 12th, so I'll just share his post. Worth reading. Trump admin fudging numbers to increase pollution. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 09:03 [Backboard] 3
- Eh, they are just presenting different facts yet again. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:11
- that's just...it's so backward in thinking and careless. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 09:07 1
  - You're implying that what they're doing isn't entirely intentional. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:17
Tech question. Dad's computer has been installing a Windows update since yesterday. Seems like it's hung up at 90% complete. - sycor Feb 18, 08:59 5
- Once I hit a couple hours I just reboot it hard. Windows 10 is very resilient these days. Majority of the time it restarts just fine even though it - oblique Feb 18, 09:12 3
  - I endorse this. Windows will recognize a failed update and go back to previous settings. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 09:31
  - When you say hard, you mean hold the power button for a couple seconds to force the reboot, but not long enough to force the power down, right? -- nm - sycor Feb 18, 09:17 1
    - full power off -- nm - oblique Feb 18, 09:18
- Jiggle the cables. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 09:08
President Trump pardons former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 18, 08:54 4
- Roger Stone pardon before Thursday sentencing -- nm - budice Feb 18, 09:05 1
  - We would *so* impeach him. - Spawn Feb 18, 09:34
- See? Making the tough decisions and doing the hard work. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 18, 08:56
- What a f**king joke -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 08:56
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 18, 08:53
Right about now. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 08:53

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