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Me yesterday (link). Me today: pukey. Me tomorrow: Vegas bitches buh bye! - JackDawson Feb 20, 07:15
Hope you don't have an Alberta pension..."Alberta public pensions being used to prop up struggling carbon industry, union says" -- (link) - Beaker Feb 20, 07:05 3
- I pulled mine out two months ago. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 07:05 2
  - you must be able to transfer when you leave the Province? -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 07:12 1
    - Yes, because there's a sister union agreement. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 07:23
~What if I'm down, what if I'm out - what if I'm someone you won't talk about~ - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:43
The Quest for the Best Amusement Park Is Ever-Changing and Never-Ending -- (link) - Beaker Feb 20, 06:42 1
- Such a hard life. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 07:21
Heh -- (link) - znufrii Feb 20, 06:14 2
- And -- (link) - znufrii Feb 20, 06:16 1
  - L3! -- nm - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:21
Morgan Stanley is buying E-Trade for $13B -- nm - decline Feb 20, 06:13 13
- I'm going to make 4 cents a share from my purchase price. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 07:02 2
  - next stop: the yacht store! -- nm - decline Feb 20, 07:07
  - Drinks on Reagen! -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 07:03
- serious question - are they doing that to implement fees again? - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:21 9
  - Semi-related. I know I shouldn't watch this daily but my E*Trade account is killing it. Up 3% in like 9 days. Most of it is due to that energy fund -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 06:38 1
    - Probably due to recent market strength in the semiconductor industry, which includes solar panel manufacturing. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 20, 06:44
  - probably not. this is more consolidation most likely in response to Schwab buying TD -- nm - decline Feb 20, 06:28 1
    - I’d forgotten about the latter. -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 06:31
  - Since everyone matched I doubt they could do that - spamlet Feb 20, 06:24 4
    - good to know - I love that ST is so knowledgeable about this stuff. -- nm - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:27 3
      - Matt Levine at Bloomberg did a series of articles about it when the fee cut happened. I had no idea until then. -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 06:34 2
        
        I can’t find his article specifically but here’s an article about his. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 20, 06:37 1
        
        gracias -- nm - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:38
Does anyone have or knows of a messenger bag with a water bottle holder on the outside? I can't find one at an affordable price. - Krusty Feb 20, 06:10 3
- I found a decent one from Timbuk2. Thanks for playing -- nm - Krusty Feb 20, 06:18 2
  - oh can you link? -- nm - amanda Feb 20, 06:42 1
    - Sure -- (link) - Krusty Feb 20, 06:46
If you like the line, the latest Under Armour Project Rock collection is live. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 20, 06:06
Keep it Spotless is a game show on Nick (and now Nick Games on Pluto) that asks kids to do obstacle courses without getting painted. Are they kids? - Qale Feb 20, 05:57
Train To Busan follow-up is called Peninsula. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 20, 05:47
If you would've told me that the Bruins had 7 power plays, I would've given up all hope for the hockey game last night. - Shaun Feb 20, 05:37
Here's a link to watch the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, if you are interested. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 20, 05:36 [youtube] 2
- I can’t decide if I want 25 more minutes of info, or want to keep being almost completely in the dark. It’s so rare for the latter in gaming lately. -- nm* - Qale Feb 20, 05:58 1
  - It was so effing terrific. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 20, 06:45
Refund: deposited -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 05:33 6
- how do you guys get taxes done so fast? I literally just had my T4 handed to me. Plus I'll have RRSP slips for February arrive in March... - Beaker Feb 20, 06:58 2
  - W-2s (salary) are due 1/31 and 1099s from companies are due 2/15. - spamlet Feb 20, 07:07 1
    - (W2 = T4 looks like, we get till end of February for ours). Some investment stuff is due till end of March, Trust stuff IIRC) -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 07:10
- Ayup - deposited and spent over here. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 20, 06:50
- *grumble*grumble*still waiting for Form 8889 to be available on FreeFile*grumble* -- nm* - znufrii Feb 20, 06:09 1
  - Don't worry. They'll get your taxes in an OK place. -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 20, 06:21
Ok. That's funny -- (link) - oblique Feb 20, 05:31 2
- LOL -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 07:23
- Her second victim of the campaign. She killed Delaney in a earlier debate. -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 05:47
Whoops. MGM data breach exposes personal details of 10.6M hotel guests -- (link) - oblique Feb 20, 05:24 3
- Ah, looks like Oblique had a visitor at 2:03am and did exactly 4 lines of cocaine off 3 women and 1 man’s asses. Interesting. -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 05:59 2
  - Dude is killing it in all areas -- nm - Pippy -Pie in the Sky expectations Feb 20, 06:22 1
    - HSX chicks dig the smooth hobbit action -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 06:37
Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson arrested with 157 pounds of marijuana -- (link*) - oblique Feb 20, 05:22 8
- personal use exemption! -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 07:11
- "There's a lot of need for Jesus, so there is a lot of Jesus." -- nm - Beron Cherry Feb 20, 06:23
- Is that a lot? -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 05:28 5
  - my friend's brother got caught with 50lbs - he got 2 years -- nm - decline Feb 20, 05:57
  - double post -- nm* - spamlet Feb 20, 05:39
  - That article makes zero sense? He paid for an Uber from LA to Louisiana after renting a car? - spamlet Feb 20, 05:39 2
    - sounds like he hired the guy to drive the rental car? weird -- nm - decline Feb 20, 05:56 1
      - I'm not sure if that much pot fits into one car easily -- nm - mud Feb 20, 06:09
ONE (MMA org in china/japan) will be running their next major event February 28 in an empty arena due to coronavirus fears. All tickets are refunded. - Strongbad Feb 20, 05:02 1
- They've also shifted an April 10 major event from China to Indonesia. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 05:03
Last night: the first time an unranked opponent beat a top-10 Duke team by at least 20 since 1979 - Strongbad Feb 20, 04:59
TV PSA: Katy Keene, Floribama, NBA, Last Man Standing, Superstore, Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, Young Sheldon, This Old House, Brooklyn 99, grown-ish, -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 04:41 4
- Everything's Gonna Be OK, Outmatched, Unicorn, Deputy, Project Runway, Swamp People, Bold Type, Very Cavallari, Will & Grace, Ex on the Beach, Mom, -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 04:42 3
  - Carol's Second Act, Indebted, Sinner, L&O SVU, Million Little Things, Tommy, Andy Cohen, ST Picard, Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones (FB Watch), other -- nm - stuff Feb 20, 04:44 2
    - 3: Picard for me and wife and Grey's and 19 for the wife -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 07:12
    - 2 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 05:32
did your samsung phone ping you with a notification from an Ap called Find my Phone? yeah, they screwed up something, N'ver mind -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 20, 02:52 2
- I saw it as I went to bed -- nm* - Krusty Feb 20, 05:35
- *raises hand* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 05:33
Nate Silver says Bloomberg faded almost 9% before/after the debate, worst turn around ever -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 20, 02:45 1
- Reminder: Prediction markets have no special insight - Reagen Feb 20, 02:46
a limited number of redesigned DeLorean cars will be made, looks more like one of those lambo supercars with a nod towards the original style -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 20, 00:39
right winger shoots up 2 hookah bars in germany, 10 dead including the shooter and someone found in his home -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 20, 00:37
We Calculated How Much We Pay Trump to Play Golf. It Turns Out, He's America's 10th Highest Paid Athlete -- (link) - JD Feb 19, 23:03 1
- donny cheats more than a 3 card monte dealer...I wonder if any CEO that golfed as much would get fired ? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 00:19
Just watched the first 45 minutes of the debate. Bloomberg really got the crap beaten out of him. I’ll be curious to see what this does to him. - pmb Feb 19, 21:26 2
- People that watch debates probably already know who they are voting for, the rest get nudged by social media memes -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 00:21
- ::doubles down on ads:: -- nm - Bloomberg Feb 19, 22:47
I am listening to a stupid argument at the grocery store. - . Feb 19, 20:55 17
- Cereal is a soup, prove me wrong -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 00:23 2
  - *cereal* is the flakes/o's part. You sometimes add milk to your cereal. Soup is the combination of broth and ingredients. - oblique Feb 20, 05:38
  - Any kind of cereal with milk is gross. Dry is the way to go. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 05:35
- Your arguments would have been more entertaining. -- nm - . Feb 19, 21:20
- Strawberry is technically not a berry, but cucumber is. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 20:57 2
  - mm, pickled berries -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 21:06 1
    - bananas are technically berries, do you want some pickled bananas? -- nm - crash davis Feb 19, 21:16
- "Portuguese!" "Russian!" "Portuguese!" "RUSSIAN!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 20:56 9
  - “Who makes the best vodka” has a vastly different answer than “Who makes the best port”. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 21:04
  - Some kept mentioning Dutch which prompted my friend to finally shout: "Name the countries! Name the countries! It's not fucking Dutch!" nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:57 7
    - I'm sorry but I just pictured your friend as David Schwimmer. - Beryllium Feb 19, 21:07
    - Says the person who accepted ‘Holland’ as a correct answer! :p -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 21:01 5
      - I always say “Texas” when I mean “United States”. Same thing. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 21:05 1
        
        you mean the United States of America? I mean, if we're being pedants. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 22:31
      - You get no points for getting tetchy with the quizmaster, champ. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:02 2
        
        I always miss trivia due to bad timing so what do I have to lose? -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 21:06 1
        
        You and mafic always crush all the other children anyway. :D nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:09
uhh. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 19, 20:52 3
- Stupid sexy Flanders. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 02:38
- Everybody’s dad who’s secretly gay. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 21:04
- Some people have too much time on their hands. -- nm* - . Feb 19, 20:52
This wasn't on trivia last night, but kinda fun. What were the top 10 bestselling books of the last decade? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:40 32
- the Bible -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 19, 22:21 2
  - That likely won’t be the case anymore with apps. - spamlet Feb 20, 05:07
  - Jonathan Livingstone Seagull! -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 22:39
- The movie made from the #5 book had 1 Best Actress and 2 Supporting Actress nominations. (Winner for Supporting). nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:13 3
  - yeah, the Help. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 22:32 1
    - makes more sense -- nm - . Feb 20, 01:58
  - Marriage Story? -- nm - . Feb 19, 21:21
- 50 shades, 50 shades, 50 shades, gone girl, girl on the train, girl with the dragon tattoo, hunger games. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 20:45 24
  - I feel all of these should be older than the last decade but I guess not. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 20:59
  - All of these are correct. You a missing #5, #8 and #10. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:48 22
    - What Happened sold more copies than #10 but is still ranked #11. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 20:49
    - those are all the book phenomena I can remember. any clues? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 20:49 20
      - All 3 were made into movies. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:52 18
        
        The Fault In Our Stars -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 20:57 6
        
        There you go. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:58 5
        
        So Paper Towns would be the other? -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 20:58 4
        
        Same star, unrelated book property. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:00 3
        
        Divergent? -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 21:02 2
        
        There you go. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:02 1
        
        No accounting for some young adults these days. -- nm* - Mop Feb 19, 21:02
        
        Bonus hint: 2 of the 3 movies had the same star. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:56 6
        
        One of the movies had Oscar winning performance. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:59 4
        
        the Help? -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 22:23
        
        I'm typing like English is my second language right now. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:00 2
        
        (extremely confused trivia participants) "IS IT A HINT? WE DON'T KNOW!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 21:04 1
        
        Heh. Not a hint. Just noting my broken English typing. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 21:08
        
        sounds like a job for Eddie Redmayne. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 20:57
        
        were there beasts involved? of the fantastic sort? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 20:53 1
        
        None of these 3 guesses are correct. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:54
        
        The Martian? -- nm - Tim Feb 19, 20:53
        
        Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 20:52
      - Any more with girl in the name? -- nm - . Feb 19, 20:50
The moldy BK burgers ad makes sense, compared to the infinitely-decayless McDs stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 20:35
This isn't the first time Warren has kicked Bloomberg's ass. She beat Scott Brown to win her Senate seat. Brown was funded by Bloomberg. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 20:30 1
- Bloomberg is clearly into getting beaten by older women. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 20:40
Olympic Ninjutsu might be a bit boring to watch, what with all the stealth and such. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 20:24
Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and Chelsea are top 5 in some order, but I wouldn't swear that's since 1945. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 20:22 2
- Arsenal #1, Man U #2, Chelsea #3, Tottenham #4 and Liverpool #5. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 20:35
- You made up some of those. But I agree about Manchester University -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 20:29
Which candidate would be most likely to relax at the craps table at The Paris tonight. Amy? -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 20:17 8
- Bloomberg will be in a private suite at a $10k a hand poker game. - TWuG Feb 19, 20:18 7
  - Snorting coke off of a hooker's ass. -- nm - jnine Feb 19, 21:53
  - Warren would count cards, in a 6 deck shoe, and end up owning the casino by the end of the night -- nm - Flavorize Feb 19, 20:23 5
    - Bernie plays penny roulette -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 20:24 4
      - Joe is the cooler. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 19, 20:25 3
        
        pete plays nickle slots until 3 am -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 20:27 2
        
        Pete is either at the poker tables kicking ass or - pmb Feb 19, 21:45
        
        Klobuchar hits the Pai Gow Poker table. *rawr* - znufrii Feb 19, 20:28

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