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My parents subdivision in Florida has a common amenities area at the entrance for residents. Clubhouse, pool, sports courts, playground, etc. - ty97 Apr 22, 06:56 2
- I mean, I kind of get it. If a gym closes because of this you wouldn't expect the pay your membership fee. - sycor Apr 22, 07:12 1
  - but, the HOA has no decrease in costs. It is YOUR property just administered by the HOA. I still pay all my personal property costs, right? -- nm* - Andie Apr 22, 07:14
Republican governors across the Southeast are teaming up to reopen the region’s economy, even as they lack the testing -- (link) - ty97 Apr 22, 06:53 16
- Given their densities, per capita infections so far, use of public transport and other factors (with large gatherings still banned, my own personal - JackDawson Apr 22, 07:07 4
  - Both states have some dense areas (not NYC dense, but dense). Perhaps if they stagger the reopening? -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 22, 07:11 3
    - Miami is dense? I dont know the Numbers but other than maybe south beach it is my guess for one of the least dense metro areas in the US -- nm - JackDawson Apr 22, 07:12 2
      - oh it may be one of the least dense metro areas, but metro areas by definition are pretty dense. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 07:13 1
        
        The wide disparity between infection rates in cities like nyc, la, Chicago, Houston, all suggest that there is an important difference and that saying - JackDawson Apr 22, 07:14
- Apropos of yesterday's discussion of how we should feel about hydrochlorquine failing, I admit there's part of me that wants to see this fail terribly - pmb Apr 22, 07:01 9
  - Meh. They’re an abject failure whether they guess correctly as to a treatment or not. I’m actively rooting for that or any drug to work. He’s still an - JackDawson Apr 22, 07:11
  - I'd be happy for them to luck into nothing terrible happening. Yes, I think they are making poor decisions, but I don't want people to pay for that. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 07:09
  - It's because you want reality to assert itself. It's like watching someone jump off a cliff saying "oh, it's fine" and then start flying. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 07:08 2
    - That is a huge part of it. It's that combined with getting tired of watching someone jump off a cliff, land on some unsuspecting schmuck and then the - pmb Apr 22, 07:17
    - exactly. it they magically come out unscathed it just gives persistence to his 'genius' and their anti-science thoughts. but, of course, not all who - Andie Apr 22, 07:17
  - this. -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 07:07
  - Yup, this is a good description. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 07:06
  - yeh, I have mixed feeling on it as well -- nm - decline Apr 22, 07:04
  - i know. it's very 'good angel' 'bad angel' in my head on these things -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 07:02
- "Sacrifice the Weak" -- nm - decline Apr 22, 06:57
I think I might be the only person who picked my $15 team based on who I'd like to be quarantined with. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:48 11
- Oh, if that's the case: Ant-Man, Spider-man, Groot, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver -- nm - MDH Apr 22, 06:56
- I’m filled with glee that ST actually realized how b.s. those prices are - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 06:52
- Nope - that was me, too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 22, 06:52 4
  - Whoo! Thor would be in charge of beer runs. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 22, 07:07 3
    - This makes me want to name a beer Mjölnir. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 07:11 2
      - Ever have Thor's Hammer? -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 07:14 1
        
        Don't know it, no. - Reagen Apr 22, 07:15
- mine going that way Widow, Wasp, Gamora, Witch, Nebula - Beaker Apr 22, 06:52 2
  - You wouldn’t be able to handle -any- of them is why. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:59 1
    - I mean, Nebula would snap it right off. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 22, 07:03
- I went with easiest to explain. Cap/Bucky always together. Cap/Iron Man always fight. Black Panther/Bucky one ‘healed’ the other. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:50
Mary Queen of Scots: B -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 06:47
Meanwhile, in Nashville -- (link) - decline Apr 22, 06:41 4
- Does she volunteer as tribute? -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 22, 06:52 1
  - weak = not white and poor, maybe old if not related -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:53
- she should take the mask off then -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 06:44
- I approve this message -- nm - Apocalypse Apr 22, 06:43
"Virtual Book Events You Can Attend From Home" ... are the events virtual or the books? -- nm - Open Baron Apr 22, 06:28 5
- The authors. They virtually think they’re successes. - Qale Apr 22, 06:30 4
  - You're one of the best selling authors on ST! -- nm - Open Baron Apr 22, 06:38 3
    - Maybe if I had written about the orgies between the Dwarves while Snow White was asleep, I’d have beaten David. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:39 2
      - .. [blink] -- nm - mud Apr 22, 06:41 1
        
        Spoiler: My novels aren’t that ribald. I just like exaggerating. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:44
FT analysis sees UK coronavirus death toll at 41,000 -- (link*) - mud Apr 22, 06:25
ah, nevermind -- nm* - Reagen Apr 22, 06:21 1
- -- -- nm* - mud Apr 22, 06:24
I am on Day "I should reorganize my keys and put them in the most logical order in terms of usage on my keychain" of the pandemic isolation. You? -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 06:17 13
- Today is Day 42. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:29
- middle of The Wire season 2...I've identified my most hated character on the show - spoilers - Beaker Apr 22, 06:29 7
  - Yeah, he was such a fuck up. - Krusty Apr 22, 06:45 3
    - I watched some of the first episode of that but stopped as they were spoiling future stuff, will revisit once done all seasons -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:46 2
      - Oh, yeah. Good point. They do talk about future events. Enjoy the show! -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 07:00 1
        
        I really want to see their take on the season 1 episode right after = spoils - Beaker Apr 22, 07:09
  - my favorite thing though is watching Corner Gas repeats at 9 and 2 while I work though. That show is so great -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:29 2
    - This is on my short list to watch this week. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 06:45 1
      - after the pilot you'll understand "PICK-UP TRUCK!" -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:49
- "Maybe I'll watch Cats." -- nm - budice Apr 22, 06:28 1
  - oh, i was weeks ahead of you on that exponential graph. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 06:40
- I'm gonna build some planter boxes soon. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 06:24
- I'm on day, "Let's rearrange the entire apt. and while we're at let's throw nearly everything out." - Krusty Apr 22, 06:23
The mayor of Taoyuan says the city will fund the English broadcasts of the Rakuten Monkeys (CPBL) for the rest of the season. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 22, 06:11 6
- Sweet! Only home goes though and only one team but it's better than no baseball. - Krusty Apr 22, 06:13 5
  - Fubon Guardians will also provide English commentary -- (link) - spamlet Apr 22, 06:15 4
    - Nice! That's all we really need since there are only 5 teams in the league. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 22, 06:17 3
      - And the Korean league should start up in the first week of May. - Krusty Apr 22, 06:19 2
        
        I'd probably drop a level each, but yeah it's baseball. - spamlet Apr 22, 06:21 1
        
        I'd do the same if we don't get any games this year. -- nm - Krusty Apr 22, 06:24
nice vid: -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 06:07 1
- more -- (link) - mud Apr 22, 06:16
Man, I'm gonna miss chicken -- (link) - decline Apr 22, 06:07 4
- Well, this is a pork plant. But still, I went vegetarian at EXACTLY the right time. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 22, 06:26 1
  - pork is the other chicken! -- nm - decline Apr 22, 06:31
- My Aunt's bison farm in WI is looking better and better every day -- nm - oblique Apr 22, 06:08 1
  - bring it on SHA -- nm - bison si Apr 22, 06:10
You have $15 to make your own Avengers team -- (edited) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 06:05 25
- Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Quicksilver, Bucky, War Machine -- nm - MDH Apr 22, 06:44
- There are so many wrongly priced people that I am going to throw a wet blanket on it. Not playing -- nm - Bacon Apr 22, 06:43 3
  - Black Widow at $5 is the worst. Happy at $2 rather than $1 is almost as bad -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:44 2
    - Hawkeye at $4 is bat shit crazy too -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 07:00
    - That was the first WTF I saw and then saw more lower down. -- nm - Bacon Apr 22, 06:45
- Iron Man, Spiderman, Gamora, Scarlet Witch, Vision -- nm - VMan Apr 22, 06:41
- Cap, Iron Man, Black Panther, Bucky. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:35
- Cap, Thor, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:35
- Cap, Black Widow, Rocket, Drax, Bucky. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 22, 06:28
- Seeing as I haven't seen much past the first Avengers movie, spoiler question - JaxSean Apr 22, 06:28 4
  - you need to watch Thor 3 -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:30 3
    - T. H. I. S. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:43 2
      - Isn't that Ragnarok? I saw that -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 06:47 1
        
        Watch it again! -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:48
- Scarlett Witch at $2 is just travesty, same as Happy? -- nm - budice Apr 22, 06:12 3
  - I saw the following tweet (screenshot) but now deleted about Happy which cracked me up. - MDH Apr 22, 06:47 1
    - I don't know, now I'm reconsidering. Marisa Tomei is still smokin'. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 06:51
  - "I have the power to change reality!" "I can drive people around!" "... Man this is a tough one, we have all sorts of options here." -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 06:31
- Quicksilver, Witch, Loki, Strange, Cap -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:11 1
  - 2nd team: Hulk, Spider Man, Star Lord, Rocket, Vision -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 06:27
- Black Widow, Thor, Drax, Scarlet Witch, Falcon -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:11
- Iron Man, Dr Strange, Rocket, Nebula, Scarlet W -- nm - mud Apr 22, 06:11
- Anyone leftover after the $15 can form another team called The Scavengers. - Diva Apr 22, 06:08 2
  - Ha! Love it...You can have Loki, Scarlet Witch, and Vision and still have $9 to spend...I mean cmon! Scarlet Witch, with her powers for $2?!!! - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 06:13
  - We need to Moneyball this shit -- nm - oblique Apr 22, 06:12
WarnerMedia is “rethinking our theatrical model,” AT&T COO John Stankey says -- (link) - decline Apr 22, 06:02
Good Morning, Tampa! -- (link) - Shaun Apr 22, 05:55
California says a person who died February 6 had COVID-19 -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 05:49
Percy Harvin—also making a comeback to go play in “Tompa Bay” -- (link*) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 05:42 7
- Tampa Bay this season has the 19/20 Cleveland Browns season written all over it -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 05:45 6
  - I hope Evans and Godwin like running slants all season. I think their days of 60yd bombs are long gone. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 05:47 5
    - I dunno...he might have lost his fastball but Evans is as close to Moss as he’s played with in a decade. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 05:58 2
      - I'm mainly referring to the O-line. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:01 1
        
        Oh...yeah, that might be bad. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:07
    - and getting yelled at by an old white guy -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 05:50 1
      - But he's passionate you guys! -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 05:56
Toronto gets the first Canadian NWHL team. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 22, 05:40
Does Dano know about Ratboys? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 22, 05:38 [youtube]
I think I'm going to attempt to acquire a Switch. Not really for me, but for my oldest mainly. She likes her tablet way too much. - Shaun Apr 22, 05:38 11
- I’ve not yet tried Apple Arcade, but generally mobile gaming is garbage, yesh. -- nm - Qale Apr 22, 06:38
- This isn't a great bundle "deal" but you can definitely get it. The two games are worth the price plus you get the SD card -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:22 7
  - Another GameStop option -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:25
  - GameStop grey, console only -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:25
  - Possibly available at Best Buy -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:24 4
    - .com? Boooo. - Shaun Apr 22, 06:25 3
      - BestBuy.ca Lite Turquoise -- (link) - oblique Apr 22, 06:27 1
        
        I want the full one that I can dock. The Lites are half easy to find. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:44
      - Oh, damn. Forgot about Canada -- nm - oblique Apr 22, 06:25
- Good luck! I tried for a few weeks but gave up. I'm not paying over retail. - Krusty Apr 22, 06:16 1
  - A twitter guy I follow tends to tweet, with links, when hard to get game items become in stock. I could've easily had one a handful of times. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:18
So...do you want to see a guy eat a 1lb jar of mayo, because he’s an idiot at Fantasy Football...April 25 -- (edited) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 05:37
If Gronk is this smart, I might have to start following him around, like those runners do in Forrest Gump -- (link) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 05:29 9
- Tom Brady: "Wherever I go, Gronk goes." -- (link) - budice Apr 22, 05:36
- He’s apparently pretty smart with his money. The frat bro dunce thing is a great act but he’s pretty sharp overall. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 05:32 6
  - yeah, from what I've read he hasn't spent any of his salary, just banks it. lives off his endorsement money -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 05:36 5
    - His girlfriend probably has more money than he does. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 05:38 4
      - Giselle is the Pats true hero making as much as she did. Tom didn’t need to fight to be the highest paid, not with her making 250mil a year. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:01 3
        
        Gronk's lady is Camille Kostek. They do the occasional tiktok dance on her IG. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:02 2
        
        She’s a cutie too. Haven’t seen her around much. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 06:08 1
        
        Her IG, like most of the SI swimsuit people, is good :) -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 06:13
- I'm pretty tired. Think I'll go party now. -- nm - Forrest Gronk Apr 22, 05:31
From B2, Sporty Spice has the best solo single of any of the Spice Girls. -- (link) - MDH Apr 22, 05:16 6
- I used to think all of them were hot. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 22, 05:31
- That’s like asking which of the non-Corgan pumpkins had the best solo career (it was James Iha). -- nm - mafic Apr 22, 05:27 3
  - 7 Top 10 Singles in the UK, including 2 #1s. 6.5M albums sold ain't bad... -- nm - MDH Apr 22, 06:48
  - I've paid more attention to Chamberlin's work with Frank Catalano. Jazzy!!!!!! -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 22, 05:51 1
    - Nuts to all that! D'Arcy Wretzky did great work at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 06:00
- I like Scary's song with Bryan Adams (When You're Gone) -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 05:27
So that skillet/griddle that no one makes anymore? I found a replacement on kijiji near my parents' place - Reagen Apr 22, 05:15
Happy NFL Draft Day Eve ST!! Do you open a present tonight? or wait and open them all tomorrow morning? -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 04:29
Milwaukee is going to mail each voter a ballot for the fall election, while the GOP is digging in on not for state wide - Reagen Apr 22, 04:29
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, Black Ink Crew, Property Brothers, Survivor, Challenge, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, Real HW, WWE NXT, Schooled, American Housewife -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 04:18 3
- H2O: The Molecule That Made Us, Motherland Fort Salem, Summer House, SEAL Team, Single Parents, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Andy Cohen, SWAT, Samantha Be -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 04:19 2
  - True Terror With Robert Englund, What We Do in the Shadows, Eating History, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Little Fires Everywhere (HULU), -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 04:20 1
    - Mrs America, Jane Goodall: The Hope, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 04:21
*sigh* Republicans in Wisconsin sue over stay at home order... -- (link*) - . Apr 22, 03:19
Why the Restoration Hardware Catalog Won’t Die The surprising persistence of the mail-order business -- (link) - crash davis Apr 22, 00:13
Earthquake! -- nm - jnine Apr 22, 00:04 4
- Looks like a 3.8 -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 00:07
- everything okay? anything broken? -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 00:06 2
  - Just some new cracks in the plaster. It's the 3rd in 24 hours at the same place. This one was a little bigger. It's about 9 miles away. -- nm - jnine Apr 22, 00:12 1
    - Good. Plaster can be repaired :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 22, 00:15
come in she said I'll give ya shelter from the storm -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 00:01

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