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1.413M reported cases - Spawn Apr 7, 11:16
This is my first chance today to visit ST... how's everybody else's day going? -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 11:04 18
- Not good. I'm fighting vertigo again. I'm fine so long as I don't move my head :-( -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 11:25
- Worst day in a while, sadly. My cat isn't doing well. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 11:17 11
  - Poor kitty. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:38
  - ** good kitty vibes your way ** -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:38
  - oh, kitty...:( -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 11:34
  - :( -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 11:34
  - Get well kitty! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 11:32
  - :( - spamlet Apr 7, 11:31 1
    - I'm sorry to hear your cat is having health issues as well. :-( - Krusty Apr 7, 12:23
  - :( Best thoughts to kitty. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 11:27
  - :( -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 11:27
  - I'm so sorry to hear this. Best wishes to the kitty -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 11:21 1
    - Same here. Best wishes, Krusty. -- nm - David Apr 7, 11:26
- Great! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:11
- it's been a goddamn shitshow -- nm - decline Apr 7, 11:07 2
  - 👍 -- nm - David Apr 7, 11:09 1
    - 💪 -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 11:10
- 👍 -- nm - David Apr 7, 11:07
Paul Wells on how COVID-19 affects globalism. (Canadian POV, but general global thoughts on the issue) -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 7, 10:58
My High School is offering free meal pickups for all local kids. Students or otherwise. -- nm - budice Apr 7, 10:42 2
- Our schools here are offering meal pickups to everyone, including adults -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 10:44 1
  - Our schools here are offering meal pickups to everyone, alive or dead -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 11:11
I wonder if that's a good amount of social distancing, or if I should add more. (The reason for the white gap between new posts is because - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:35 2
- It's subtle. If you had not mentioned it I doubt I would have noticed enough of a change to say anything. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 11:40
- *pushes decline* He's touching me! -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 10:36
Wait... Boris Johnson was knowingly shaking hands with COVID pts... wtf. Why was he even allowed? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 7, 10:32 2
- iirc, he was just donalding, he didn't actually do it. however politicians shake hands like it was competitive sport. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 11:28
- Face planting hard on the herd immunity attempt -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 10:35
Adjusted coronavirus model predicts fewer deaths...if people stay home until August -- (link) - oblique Apr 7, 10:30 4
- You know, when we go back to "normal", it's not going to feel normal. - Mop Apr 7, 11:25
- People will only read the headline and not the actual story. - Dark Callisto Apr 7, 11:11
- Today will easily have the most deaths in the U.S. so far (1359 already), and the most so far worldwide. -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 7, 10:34 1
  - It's going to be a 9/11 *a day* for a bit. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:12
Our local microbrewery is now selling kegs. - znufrii Apr 7, 10:30 1
- more shady deals out of the back of a van? -- nm - decline Apr 7, 10:32
How long did trump's speech go last night? Fucker talked over AFHV -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:28 4
- Bob Saget did it better. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 11:26
- He had to cover these complex issues: 1) Not my fault; 2) Reporters suck; 3) I'm doing a great job; 4) Obama's fault. -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 10:36 2
  - 5) Governors are playing politics when they criticize me and actually should be grateful I even talk to them. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 10:45 1
    - 6) *sniff* Buy more chloroquine *sniff* -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:53
Work related rant: The number of people who dont know their correct address is scary... - Walt_Disney Apr 7, 10:20 3
- How is that possible? -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 10:27 2
  - I send post cards to people applying for marriage license, I get some back, no such address, no such number, few are my fault -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:49
  - I transpose digits in my home addy zip. But I have had a PO box for 25 years. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 10:29
Music Poll: Pollstar just released its Q1 2020 data (11/21/2019-2/19/2020). Can you name the Top 10 Grossing Tours? -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 10:19 13
- Rolling stones -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:50
- I'll just spoil the top 15 or so. - MDH Apr 7, 10:43 3
  - 5 Finger Death Punch are awesome. Also, George Strait is still touring?!? - JaxSean Apr 7, 10:46 2
    - I thought he retired from touring about 5 years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 11:04
    - "This one's dead!" -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 10:51
- Garth’s Stadium Tour -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:36 1
  - He just missed the cutoff on both ends 11/16 and 2/22 shows. His would have been a big number though -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 10:38
- Nickelback -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 10:33 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 10:34
- U2 -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 10:28 1
  - #3 $52M -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 10:29
- Metallica -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 10:25 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 10:29
I have two monitors. I'm going a little crazy in the dining room. what do we think about me moving one monitor upstairs and having two offices? - amanda Apr 7, 10:18 4
- Yeah I move all around the house with my laptop when I’m not needing excel. - spamlet Apr 7, 11:16
- I moved my 32" tv from my bedroom to my dining room and connect my laptop to it when I work at home -- nm - decline Apr 7, 10:31
- I have my personal PC down in the den, my museum laptop in the dining room, and my laptop on my bed :) -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 10:24
- I only have my work laptop, but I move around bewtween 3 different locations to help with a change in scenery. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:22
So I technically started a new position on February 14th. I've been on loan to my old position in the meantime to train a replacement. - Dano Apr 7, 10:16
did everyone go get there free taco today from taco bell? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 10:15
Andie, I was talking to my Mom last week and she was like "oh, [person's] birthday is coming up!" - ty97 Apr 7, 10:15 1
- your mom is my kindred spirit -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 11:02
Oooh. Just finished S1E12 of ST:Discovery. *TWIST* - oblique Apr 7, 10:09 1
- Yeah, did not see that one coming. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 10:13
Landlord in McKinney TX locking out business owners that didn't pay this month's rent -- (link) - GregW Apr 7, 10:09
Buccaneers basically just took it back to 2000. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 7, 10:08 4
- I like these numbers more than the old ones. They look mostly the same otherwise -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 10:31 1
  - These are the old ones. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 10:36
- Get your Brady jerseys now!! -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 10:19
- So essentially just got rid of the weird number font? meh -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 10:11
VF: Fox News Is Lawyering Up ! -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 10:03 2
- interesting clash of first admendment vs advocating suicide -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 11:30
- TAKE. THEM. DOWN! -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 11:05
loving Altered Carbon so far. 4 episodes in -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:01 9
- When you get thru S02, make sure to watch Resleeved as well. It's animated awesomeness. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:18
- S1 or S2? - JaxSean Apr 7, 10:11 4
  - It took a few for S2 to work for us, but we were very pleased with the final results. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 7, 10:14
  - yeah, S2 isn't nearly as good -- nm - decline Apr 7, 10:12 1
    - Boy was that disappointing. Kept waiting for them to get to the real case. I'm surprised by how little I care about Takashi and his backstory. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 11:08
  - s1 -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:12
- We really liked it. Also - - Turd Ferguson Apr 7, 10:03 2
  - spoils - Shaun Apr 7, 10:17 1
    - Right? Very Cates-ian of her. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 7, 10:19
not really a spoiler.....S3 and 4 of Money Heist did something I've never seen before on a TV show - had as its primary protagonist a.... - prayformojo Apr 7, 09:54 2
- Speaking of spoil nm -- (edited) - Turd Ferguson Apr 7, 10:04
- We are halfway through season two but have paused for Ozark. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 7, 09:56
Great. National Post reports Canadian doctors ramping up hydroxychloroquine prescriptions. -- (link*) - VMan Apr 7, 09:53 2
- Tim said day after donny touted it, his pharm got a lot of scripts for "inappropriate " amounts of it. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:53
- I hate that right-wing rag. I'm not suggesting there's doubt but I'll stay skeptical of anything from there -- nm - mud Apr 7, 09:57
Fun. Here's a twitter thead with some opening night reactions from Avengers: Endgame. Most of us experienced this too. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 09:51 5
- I can't stop cheering. -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 10:36
- That scene got robbed at the Calvins. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 7, 10:28 1
  - It was my #1. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:06
- that is amazing, I've got the biggest smile. -- nm - Pippy- Bee Street Apr 7, 10:25
- That and crowd reactions to the end of Infinity War are fun to watch -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 7, 10:23
Followed Sycor and GregW's suggestions and hit the Walmart site just after midnight. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 09:32 3
- Got a pickup time of 5:00 - 6:00 pm tomorrow. First available. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 09:33 2
  - Must be busier than mine. I was able to get a 3pm pickup for today reserved at 4am yesterday. -- nm - GregW Apr 7, 10:07 1
    - Likely getting busier. Last week at 9:00 am I was able to get one for early next afternoon. Now by that time there's nothing. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 10:21
”.. & isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?” -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 09:30
No Man's Sky people: Latest free update has mechs. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 09:25 [youtube] 4
- The gift that keeps on giving -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 10:24
- I may just need to buy this game one day -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 09:42 1
  - *takes the sky from you* -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 09:43
- cool -- nm - decline Apr 7, 09:30
"Speaking moistly" is going to go viral soon I think. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 09:22 3
- Is that a covid symptom? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 09:25 2
  - No! -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 09:46 1
    - LOL -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:14
FanDuel Sim PGA tournament includes some all time greats (Nicklaus, Ben Watson, etc)...including, a couple of TRULY greats... -- (pic) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 7, 09:20 [Attachment]
Laser printers: what would ST recommend? Color, with scanner, preferably under $250. -- nm - kelly Apr 7, 09:17 11
- We just bought 2. One B&W laser for everyday use. Then a color all-in-one for scanning and printing occasionally in color. I'm a big fan of the - oblique Apr 7, 10:14
- We've been buying Brother HL-L2320D (or successors) for less than that, but the drum life doesn't last for excessive use. - Max Apr 7, 10:00
- Under $250 is tough for all that. More like $300 minimum. Could you use your current one as scanner only? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 09:40 1
  - Yeah, you can pretty much do a scanner combo, but it will not have a feeder and only scan one page at a time. Otherwise you can get it under $300 - pmb Apr 7, 09:50
- Might have a winner here -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 09:37 1
  - Here's a Page of Them closer to $250 w/Prime ship -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 09:44
- Do you really need color? My wife thought we did but we’ve had a b+w and there’s been two times in three years she’s needed color. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 09:31 4
  - Preferably yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:33 3
    - I ask because they're a lot more expensive. This is a great workhorse monochrome All in One -- (link) - spamlet Apr 7, 09:36 2
      - And this is basically it's color cousin. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 7, 09:38 1
        
        This is the one I was looking at: -- (link) - kelly Apr 7, 10:28
Get out of that mud puddle! -- (link) - Jovian Apr 7, 09:17 3
- "Roll around in that mud puddle? Don't mind if I do!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 09:28
- Haha! Love it! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 09:26
- stupid mutt -- nm - mud Apr 7, 09:24
Step outside to admire the full moon tonight. Closest of the year. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Andie Apr 7, 09:03 [Attachment] 2
- Pink Moon. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 7, 09:08 [youtube] 1
  - sweet -- nm - mud Apr 7, 09:18
Pop In A Box Marvel exclusive tease. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 09:01 8
- Vascular System Girl? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 09:13
- definitely a "venom" of some sort -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:02 6
  - Female + symbiote is known. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 09:04 5
    - Squirrel Girl! -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:09 3
      - Looks more like mandibles, though. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 09:10 2
        
        hope it isn't something dumb like a glow-in-the-dark X-23 or something -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:12 1
        
        Boom Boom -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 10:23
    - Looks like Betty Boop. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 09:06
Ravens' HC John Harbaugh says he's concerned with hacking during virtual draft -- nm - budice Apr 7, 08:59 14
- Well, if teams were going to hack other teams, they would be a top target. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 10:46
- I'm more concerned with draftees having house parties to celebrate. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 09:44
- His GM’s response killed me. “I’m more worried about Ozzie, John and the owner leaving our playbooks on the front seat of their cars.” -- nm* - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:19
- The Vikings... Pass? Again? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 09:04
- With the third pick of the draft the New York Jets select Betty White. - pmb Apr 7, 09:02 9
  - Give her a Snickers. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 7, 11:00
  - Betty White would be our next Nick Mangold and anchor the line for years! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 09:07 6
    - I mean, who would try to run through Betty White? It's a conceptual masterstroke. -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:16 3
      - Belichek thought of 84 plays to feed Sony Michel in the time you composed this post. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:20 2
        
        At 5' 4" she has a low center of gravity and will be tough to get by. And St. Olaf U are known for teaching excellent tackling technique. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 09:39 1
        
        downside: she can't go to her left -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 09:47
    - I was thinking more Joe Klecko. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 09:09 1
      - It would be nice if she could be the next Al Toon. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 09:13
  - I wouldn't put it past her to lead them back to glory -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 09:05
Good job. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 08:55 1
- why, thank you -- nm - mud Apr 7, 08:56

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