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I am only now realizing there is a romantic comedy on Netflix starring Sam Claflin and Freida Pinto. I'm firing myself. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 06:24 4
- what is the name of the film please? I'm probably going to watch Bloodshot cause he's the villain. HAAAA -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 06:27 3
  - Love, Wedding, Repeat. We liked it well enough -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 06:32 2
    - I thought it dragged a bit. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 06:34 1
      - definitely. it needed to be about 20% zippier. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 06:41
Grocery report: placed large online order at 8am, accepted "first available delivery" option, no date specified. Expected arrival: - Andie Apr 29, 06:20 23
- Win! Win! -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 06:22
- what store or service are you using? -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 06:22 13
  - Instacart service. Loblaws store. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 06:23 12
    - those results are cool. I'm using Peapod/Stop N Shop and I have to pick a delivery date 2 and 1/2 weeks out. In order to get a slot I have to go to - Diva Apr 29, 06:27 1
      - But don't get me wrong, I realize this is not a huge problem in the grand scheme of things. -- nm* - Diva Apr 29, 06:28
    - We've used that once so far. It was really fast and efficient, but since you pay instacart and not Loblaws, you don't get any PC points. - Shaun Apr 29, 06:25 4
      - You can add PC points on Instacart now! -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 06:26 3
        
        GTFO!!! (i kid) -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 06:28
        
        Ok that makes it better. -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 06:27 1
        
        Our store's online pickup times have gone back to normal it appears. I just checked and the earliest timeslot is today ay 6pm, which is awesome/ -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 06:29
    - Instacart is the biggest abuser of the ‘gig economy.’ -- nm* - Qale Apr 29, 06:24 4
      - I was doing Shipt until all this and talked to people that do both. - zunkskunk Apr 29, 12:49
      - I did just tip $30 on top of whatever IC pays. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 06:33 2
        
        You are a godsend in their eyes. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 07:18 1
        
        Yes! -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 29, 12:46
- What a twist! -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 06:21
- :O. Paper products are still emptied around here in stores. Meat / Dairy around 33% of normal -- nm* - budice Apr 29, 06:21 6
  - My Peapod order arrived this morning. Items out of stock: - ty97 Apr 29, 06:26
  - Things I didn't get. Flour & Ivory dish soap. A few other items got substituted. We are using old tea towels instead of paper towels. Use once, toss - Andie Apr 29, 06:25 1
    - super fast! -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 06:29
  - Are you just looking online or actually in stores? I checked websites and instacart, both said no TP. Went to the store and there was plenty of TP - sycor Apr 29, 06:25 2
    - It was an online order. They look for what you request. He texted during shop to inform they were out. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 06:27 1
      - That's cool. I haven't ordered through instacart but it seemed like if the item was out of stock it wouldn't even let me add it. I'm sure I'm missing - sycor Apr 29, 06:33
pfm on Day 75 of Quarantine: -- (link) - Reagen Apr 29, 06:02 [youtube] 3
- bitchin' -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 06:31
- Wait, what? Day 75? I’m counting 7 weeks so 49 days. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 06:06 1
  - I'm saying this is what his Day 75 looks like. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 06:15
I get that Tyson is probably the biggest meat supplier in the US, but they surely aren’t the only ones. Is there something else going on here? -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 05:41 9
- Here's more details on why. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 29, 06:06 4
  - Kneecapped by its own design. I guessed as much. So the short term solution is propping labor with higher wages. - Qale Apr 29, 06:23 1
    - LOL to your IM -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 06:31
  - Great, now I'm regretting not stocking up earlier this week. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 06:09 1
    - Heh. As predicted. Here come the shortages -- nm - JackDawson Apr 29, 06:25
- The three I read about (incl. Tyson) supposedly represent 25% of overall capacity. That's a huge hit. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 05:56 2
  - More restaurants are trying to offload supplies as groceries. So that may help. But I’m conflicted considering the widespread strikes in the plants. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 06:05
  - The article focused on pork, but it is likely similar for others. Processing backs up, slaughterhouse backs up, ranchers back up, -- (edited) - VMan Apr 29, 06:02
- Them being the largest is probably why they are hit so hard. They had more avenues to get sick and then more to catch it. - Will Hunting Apr 29, 05:49
US GDP -4.8% Q1 - spamlet Apr 29, 05:36 3
- Wait for it.... -- nm - Q2 Apr 29, 05:38 2
  - Oh yeah that will be a nightmare as well. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 05:39 1
    - If I had to hazard a guess, a quick and dirty extrapolation suggests -30% if everything stays "shut down" - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 06:15
British PM Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of baby boy -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 05:29 2
- That's his sixth child - LMS Apr 29, 05:54
- Glad he seems to be recovered and hopefully this will give him a better overall outlook. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 05:49
“No one with an executive privacy button has good intentions.” -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 05:25
KH All-in-one for $29 PS4, purchased. Reminder, sale ends in 3 hours. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 29, 04:47 2
- That just speaks to how poorly received KH3 really was. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 05:37 1
  - I turned it off last night, it's a mess of a game. I LOVED the first two and I'll likely not go back to this one. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 05:47
Brothers vs. UniLions stream... -- (link) - Krusty Apr 29, 04:29 1
- Monkeys are great and all, but I don’t think I can pass up a UniLion. -- nm - mafic Apr 29, 04:46
Monkeys vs Guardians stream... -- (link) - Krusty Apr 29, 04:28 3
- Thanks! -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 06:00 2
  - The Monkeys' cheerleaders were cuter than the Guardians' though. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 06:08 1
    - Heh. :-) I've been mostly watching the Brothers game since I haven't had a chance to see them much. - Krusty Apr 29, 06:11
TV PSA: Survivor, AEW Dynamite, Black Ink Crew, Property Brothers, Riverdale, Spy in the Wild A Nature Miniseries, Challenge, Masked Singer, WWE NXT, -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 04:12 2
- Real HW, H2O: The Molecule That Made Us, Motherland Fort Salem, Summer House, SEAL Team, SWAT, What We Do in the Shadows, Eating History, Samantha Bee -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 04:14 1
  - Mrs America, #MoveWithMe (YouTube), Nadiya’s Time To Eat (Netflix), Normal People (Hulu), Conan (TBS), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 04:16
and there it is, a friend's grandmother in a senior care home killed by c19 after a week's battle, farewells by zoom even though she was narc'd out -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 02:54
Irrfan Khan Bollywood actor in Slumdog millionaire, life of pi died in New Delhi (cancer) at 53 -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 29, 01:46 2
- He'd been very sick since at least 2018, but this still makes me sad as I always enjoyed his work. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 05:52
- Aww, I liked him. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 02:49
Britton is short 2/3rds of the needed migrant field workers, are trying to entice furloughed and unemployed...yeah good luck with that.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 29, 01:41
Narcos S1 B+ - con_carne Apr 29, 00:39
That SNL was pretty good -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 00:38
Eagleheart's great but it is heavy. Fricking bonkers show. - con_carne Apr 29, 00:35
Everyone has a 10% chance of guessing the last digit in Pi. -- nm - David Apr 28, 23:27 4
- Kleven -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 29, 00:07
- this pi day (lost in the c19 news) was that Pi was calculated out to 50 TRILLION places beating the previous record by google 32.4 trillion -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 00:04 1
  - Pi to the 40th decimal is enough to calculate the circumference of the universe within the size of a hydrogen atom. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 06:20
- that's irrational. -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 23:57
Watching today's Jeopardy, Mina is hilarious! She's so certain in all her wrong answers. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 23:11
so Lawrence Wright wrote a novel about a pandemic that starts in Asia, sweeps across the globe, and destroys the world economy...from his interview: - crash davis Apr 28, 23:05 2
- Not to take anything away from Mr. Wright, but this exact scenario has been the prediction for decades. Novel virus out of China that sweeps the globe - loosilu Apr 29, 05:08
- everybody wants to go to heaven..but ain't nobody wants to die -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 00:06
The worst part of watching recordings of early 2020 shows is the Mike Bloomberg ads. -- nm - David Apr 28, 22:51 2
- I want to have your problems -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 23:04 1
  - I don't know how a trade would work, but make me an offer. -- nm - David Apr 28, 23:10
How to get Pence to wear a mask when visiting a health care facility? Tell him two words: President Pelosi -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 22:50
I look in my pantry, freezer & garage fridge, and I can't really see the $250+ of extra food & stuff I bought. they just look a little fuller than - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:41 1
- so we all should show up for that rib eye dinner in what? ... 60 days? -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 04:46
"Let's go. In and out. 20 minute adventure." That may be the single best sequence in all of Rick & Morty. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 22:33
The Oak Island cast is growing exponentially. That treasure better be huge. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 21:52 13
- seriously, there's nothing there and there never was. -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 22:19 2
  - Agreed. The only value here was in the historical/archaeological context of the previous excavations. - Mop Apr 28, 22:26 1
    - they are definitely playing fast & loose with contemporary archeology procedure. It's like none of them ever saw Time Team or any PBS show. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:34
- Fucking non-episode. The season finale is a g-d recap. - Mop Apr 28, 22:09 6
  - spoilers - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:25 4
    - he's worth like $100 Million so has lots of cash -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 04:06
    - I assume the entire operation is funded by the network and "donations" from local contractors. - Mop Apr 28, 22:29 2
      - they have to hire the same drilling company every year, or there would be no women on the show. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:33 1
        
        I'm surprised there are women at a drilling company at all. that's... uncommon. -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 23:58
  - I'd love to have been able to see more than just the visitor's center. -- nm - Meg Apr 28, 22:11
- It would be interesting to get a look at the contracts, wouldn't it? -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:59 2
  - I'm sure a lot of the annual dig budget is straight from Discovery and not the brothers pockets -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:26
  - I suspect most of the cast is paid through the show's revenues. - Mop Apr 28, 22:15
*UGH* Long post deleted. I don't like moving. This is an unpleasant experience. - Mop Apr 28, 21:51 5
- thankfully you have fantastic kids and they were a huge help. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:50 1
  - Uh... yeah... sure. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 23:03
- Ah, that explains the cranky posting. I'm not a fan of moving, but I loooove decorating the new place. - David Apr 28, 21:59 1
  - I disagree. I believe I am naturally cranky. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 22:42
- sorry man, moving sucks -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:55
If there were to be a meat shortage, there is a whole long list of legumes I'd go through before resorting to quinoa -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:48 14
- Agreeance. Quinoa is boring and tasteless. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 29, 06:11
- Quinoa is so easy and so full of protein and can be added to *anything*. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 04:44
- Do we have an idea on when there could be a meat shortage? - Epiphany Apr 28, 22:05 5
  - last week, Smiths/Kroger fresh meet & fish counter was barren the day I was there, but had lottsa normal packaged stuff. no other grocer here I have - Peglegpete Apr 28, 22:32 1
    - Every meat counter in every supermarket I've been to has been closed for a few weeks. They butcher the meat and package it up. Can't get - Krusty Apr 29, 05:13
  - I'm not actually worried that much due to where I live. I just wanted to dog on quinoa -- nm* - crash davis Apr 28, 22:18
  - Your grocery stores are? We've had hamburger shortages since the beginning. -- nm - David Apr 28, 22:11 1
    - yes - initially it was a bit scarce but I'd say for the last 3 weeks - any meat you want, its available - Pippy- murphy bed dweller Apr 29, 06:04
- The potential meat shortage is why I'm looking for bread makers. - David Apr 28, 21:49 5
  - But you can’t find yeast so... -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 04:23 1
    - That's why I can't make bagels right now. No yeast at any stores I've been to. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 05:15
  - We have a breadmaker ... it hasn't been used yet in the lockdown. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 21:51 2
    - I really need to start firing mine up. The smell of freshly made bread is exquisite -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:57 1
      - Right after I posted that, Jake Gyllenhall came on Colbert and started talking with Stephen about sourdough starter and bread making. - crash davis Apr 28, 22:15
David, I feel your DL/WDW analogy went one analog too far. - Mop Apr 28, 21:37 1
- Criticism rejected. -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:45
Learnings from the pandemic: restaurants get a better class of bun than I do at the grocery store. I'm jealous and can't go back. - David Apr 28, 21:36 1
- related, can we let a bun flu escape from a lab to destroy Brioche buns? Those things were a terrible development in fast food. -- nm - Max Apr 28, 21:44
I watched a video of a drill - JD Apr 28, 21:29 2
- maybe it was dusty in here but there was a part that got me choked up -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 23:59
- go back to the Pavlov and Schrodinger material :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:31
I mean, do you *really* want to be in a crowd anytime soon? - Tim Apr 28, 21:21 22
- nopenopenopenope -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 04:07
- By one hand, have I ever? By the other, sure, I would love it to be safe to be in one. By the other hand, currently I don't feel like ever - Marlowe Apr 28, 21:33
- Gimme your tired, your poor, your sweaty masses. Breathe deep the victorious aroma of heavily oiled popped corn and microwaved pizza. -- nm - Max Apr 28, 21:30
- I think it would be interesting to attend something that was strictly socially distanced - JD Apr 28, 21:24 12
  - We have reservations for WDW at Halloween. - David Apr 28, 21:27 11
    - I have it on good authority that WDW at Halloween would be a magical experience. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 22:11 1
      - Unless Kim and Mrs. PFM want to meet Winnie the Pooh. -- nm - David Apr 28, 22:11
    - I've been reading that they've been trying to figure out and one that stuck out is the work to create distanced queues - JD Apr 28, 21:35 8
      - The line for space mountain begins in Tampa. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 06:34
      - the hardware store (hi crash!) has socially distant switchbacks. they're just extra wide and have marks down the middle. -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 22:21
      - Yeah, I've done a couple of articles about virtual queuing. People HATE the idea, which is strange to me. - David Apr 28, 21:39 5
        
        Oh. I was so hung up on the physical logistics that I completely missed the obvious - JD Apr 28, 21:51 2
        
        Right, the system implodes due to human behavior. So, it's gonna be a grand experiment. -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:53 1
        
        I think they have a fighting chance between limited crowds and making it clear that they're going to be draconian in enforcement - JD Apr 28, 21:59
        
        smartphones have *annihilated* attention spans. Even if it's just a minute, if I'm in line somewhere I end up looking at my phone. -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 21:40 1
        
        Man, you ain't kidding. I joke with Kim that she has the attention span of an eight-year-old. - David Apr 28, 21:46
- it's pretty under control here (4 cases in the last week), and I still got pissy at people at the hardware store. - mafic Apr 28, 21:24 3
  - if a milk bar is a small grocery, a hardware store is what? a vegetable stand? -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:27 2
    - Bunnings. -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 21:41
    - Home Depot ;) or Ace Hardware - remember them? -- nm - Meg Apr 28, 21:40
- I read Disney social media and message boards. A staggering number of people will throw away all medical precautions for Space Mountain. -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:23 1
  - well....the EuroDisney version is pretty damn cool... -- nm - JD Apr 28, 21:27
NYPD breaks up massive crowd gathered for rabbi's funeral in Brooklyn -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 21:19
friend's baby started walking at about 6.5 months. I couldn't tell you when my kid did because I'm apparently bad at milestones. like a year? - mafic Apr 28, 21:18 1
- (13 months and about a week) -- nm - mafic Apr 28, 21:20
Pippy, the dude stole the governor's election. Of course he'll lie about infection numbers. -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:17 2
- Plus the Gov has been actively blocking the numbers from Assisted Living facilities (though I haven't Snoped those claims). - JaxSean Apr 29, 00:00 1
  - and military, apparently running as rampant, not just navy ships, army units, air force. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 01:37
Half-Vulcan still means Vulcan logic. - David Apr 28, 21:15 9
- Spock is half Vulcan. So wouldn't G be 1/4 Vulcan? -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:16 8
  - The D&D stuff already made you nerdier than you need to be. This was a bridge too far. -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:18 7
    - a lot of people consider the idea of being able to do basic fractions not that nerdy, David -- nm* - crash davis Apr 28, 21:21 6
      - What about typing legible sentences? -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:22 5
        
        Big time nerdy -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:23 4
        
        I see your asterisk. Busted! -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:28 3
        
        I freely own up to having typed a subject line that missed a verb, making it sound like gibberish...thats on me -- nm* - crash davis Apr 28, 21:30 2
        
        I see your asterisk. Busted! -- nm - David Apr 28, 21:47 1
        
        I fear I gots the Mad Cow -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:49
foxy.com is a real disappointing website given its url - crash davis Apr 28, 21:11 5
- bad first. so sorry -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:12 2
  - but it's a good first if you want to say the cat posted it -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 28, 21:14 1
    - no one would ever believe my cats were looking at vegetables -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:17
- My cat walked around at 2 months. -- nm - budice Apr 28, 21:12 1
  - I saw a giraffe birth, it was around a half hour, so I guess that draft pick wasn't that impressive. -- nm - crash davis Apr 28, 21:14

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