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this is good -- (link) - Jovian Apr 29, 09:48 1
- (f**k Meghan though btw, but this meme is great) -- nm - Jovian Apr 29, 09:48
Rumour: Pixel 4a releasing on May 22nd. -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 09:36
Interesting. Banks can only push through 350 applications per hour on the bail outs. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:36
98% of Americans said they would not try to inject themselves with bleach or other disinfectants if they got the coronavirus. - decline Apr 29, 09:28 2
- "Within the margin of error", I'm guessing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:31
- How awful am I that I am sort of okay with this? -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:29
There are apparently breaking Spinosaurus developments -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:24 3
- anything new with Dadsaurus? -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:25 2
  - I showed a couple to Logan and the look on Amy's face when she said, "No" was enough to get me to forget that idea. - Spawn Apr 29, 09:27 1
    - LOL!! I bet you'd be good at it. But yes, Amy is not to be trifled with. -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:28
It's the 120th day of the year today. The year is 32.8% over. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:18 8
- I thought it was the 120th day of April. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:24 3
  - Wait, March ended? - Spawn Apr 29, 09:24 2
    - Unconfirmed rumor. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:26 1
      - Lousy Smarch weather. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 09:41
- 188 days until elections, down here. - Spawn Apr 29, 09:19 2
  - Ah, 188 days until we have the global opportunity to watch bone-melting stupidity potentially happen again. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:20 1
    - I have that countdown front-and-center on my phone. I used to have countdowns to MCU movies on either side of it. - Spawn Apr 29, 09:23
- Oh, it'll never be over. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 09:19
ST Poll: Do you have a weather radio in your house? -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:15 30
- No. We had a little boom box for when the power was out, but it died. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 09:57
- Never heard of it so I'll say no -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 09:49
- "Alexa, what's the weather outside?" -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 09:41
- I don't have any kind of radio, weather or otherwise. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 09:27
- Uh, there's a foghorn in Redondo Beach -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 09:27 1
  - Yeah, we have the military base's warning system, which would probably be able to warn of a tsunami. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:37
- i have some cheaper cell phones that have an FM tuner. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 09:26
- No. We got town sirens and apps on the phone -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:26 1
  - Emergency management folks all use phone alerts, I can attest. It's fun when we're at work and they all go off at once. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:31
- It's called my cellphone. I subscribe to emergency alerts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:25
- not sure what this is...works when power goes out? If yes we have 2 -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 09:20 15
  - The kind that blares you to wake up when a tornado is coming right at you. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:21 14
    - Ah, then definitely no. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 09:35
    - My phone would do that. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 09:31
    - Not the "Everything's OK" alarm? -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 09:26 2
      - "JENNIFER ANISTON JUST JOINED INSTAGRAM" -- nm - Max Apr 29, 09:44 1
        
        That almost broke my phone. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:47
    - That was the reason we did not want one. It would go off way too often. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:25 5
      - #truth - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:27
      - It only goes off for warnings. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:26 3
        
        My post remains the same. - Spawn Apr 29, 09:28 2
        
        I’m in a direct line from you. We have the same weather. - spamlet Apr 29, 09:29 1
        
        Yeah, but there is variation. My office is 40 miles south of Greenwood and I would say we have maybe 20% of the number. It is cray. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:34
    - i keep thinking of buying one, but I havent. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 09:25
    - In that case: no -- nm - JD Apr 29, 09:25
    - Nope. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:22
- It’s right next to my icebox -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 09:20
- Assuming I would know if I did, I do not. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 09:18
- Ray-dee-o? - Mop Apr 29, 09:16 1
  - Wall of Voodoo? -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 09:25
Thanks to Rick & Morty, I now know about Moonlight Towers. -- (link) - Mop Apr 29, 09:15
ST Poll: Choose two heroes to defend you...the rest are trying to kill you - Flavorize Apr 29, 09:08 [Attachment] 17
- Leon the Professional, and Mr. Miagi -- nm - Max Apr 29, 09:45
- Thor and Wonder Woman. - Will Hunting Apr 29, 09:29
- Supes sucks against magic, so Strange takes him out. This is not the smart Hulk so Iron Man takes him out. You dead. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:14
- Wonder Woman and Deadpool. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 09:11
- Captain America and Bearded Captain America - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:11 5
  - Both have America’s butts -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 09:11 4
    - double bubbles -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 09:24
    - I considered this aspect in choosing Wonder Woman and Dr. Strange. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 09:12 2
      - I went Deadpool and WW. He can keep them busy while I keep WW busy. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:16 1
        
        *instantly punches Deadpool into orbit* Hope you're fast... -- nm - Superman Apr 29, 09:17
- Superman (duh) and Strange (he can teleport me away while Supes mops up everyone else) -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 09:09 5
  - yep. this duo would wreck all opposition. -- nm - Jovian Apr 29, 09:26
  - Martha! -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 09:16 1
    - Yeah, this version is why I mentioned hating it. This version also knocked Bats out of the running. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:18
  - Yup, Superman and Strange. Brute power and magic combined. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 09:16
  - My message above is the reason this is the correct answer. I hate it, but it is. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 09:15
- Amanda and Andrea -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 09:08
Funko Rumors for SDCC 2020 - Beaker Apr 29, 09:03 2
- What's "My Little Mermaid - princess arielle"? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 09:18
- I’m getting all the Thundarr ones, by hook or by crook -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 09:06
Help name a government program. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 08:53 30
- CLIT - COVID Life Insurance Tempering -- nm - budice Apr 29, 09:37 1
  - NWBR is the CLIT Commander!! -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 09:38
- Helping the Elderly Account for Lifesaving Treatments at Home -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 09:20 1
  - , Yaas -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 09:22
- National Assistance Social Insurance... it'll need a snappy acronym, though... -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 09:14 4
  - Not a national program. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 09:16 3
    - Hmm, it might take me a while to fit "BOMBERS SUCK" into an acronym. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 09:23 1
      - The CFL allowed the Blue and Gold to win the Grey Cup and it broke the league. We'll be champions forever. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 09:28
    - SAFER - Sask Assistance for Elderly R(something) -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:18
- COCOON. Coverage Of Concern Over Our Nation. -- nm* - Volnelk Apr 29, 09:12
- PACE - Prescription Assistance Cash for the Elderly. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 09:11
- Playing off of pmb Senior Health Assistance Rebates Early (SHARE) -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 09:08 1
  - Not bad. I like this one. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 09:09
- Free Loonie Advance Covering Covid Interrelated Dispensation. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 09:07
- Early Nurturing for Seniors Using Return Excesses -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 09:05
- BOOMER: But Obviously Our Money Everyone, Really. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 09:04
- CASH - Covid Assistance for Senior Health -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 08:58 3
  - I love it, but it's painting a bullseye around it a bit too much. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 09:02
  - Love this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:01
  - good one -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 08:59
- SARS - Seniors Advance Refill Supplement. -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 08:58
- QUINT -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:58
- TRUMP - The Remote Unified Medical Program -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 08:58
- BUMP: Buying Urgent Medication Program -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 08:57 2
  - First Round of Urgent Medication Program—or FRUMP -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 09:03 1
    - Provincial Urgent Medication Program (PUMP) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 09:21
- BEVA - Bribing Elderly Voters Again - ty97 Apr 29, 08:56 1
  - Oh, I'm not exactly a champion of this particular one. There's an element that is particularly shameless. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 09:00
- GEESER: General Endowment Ensuring Seniors Equity Returns -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 08:56
- CANS - COVID Assistance for Needy Seniors. - spamlet Apr 29, 08:56
Streets of Rage 4 review. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 29, 08:48
Should I be worried that my daughter is obsessed with playing the "bad guy"? -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 08:41 6
- the unspoken trope of most shows is, the evil characters are the ones having the most fun, power, often money. good wins with superhuman pluck, luck.. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 10:42
- Nathan’s favorite Frozen character for the longest time was Hans. -- nm - kelly Apr 29, 09:18
- She is just practicing to join that pantheon of evil geniuses that is the children of ST -- nm - decline Apr 29, 09:13
- Duh. -- nm - Billie Eilish Apr 29, 09:12
- Of course not, silly. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:02
- My niece always want to be evil. Her favorite Disney princess is Maleficient. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 08:48
"Adult FriendFinder Launches “Virgy,” a Virtual Orgy Platform for Hosting Sex Parties During COVID-19" - David Apr 29, 08:39 5
- as thought people aren't already doing this on zoom and webex. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 08:41 4
  - It's funny because Disney heads presumably have no genitals -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 08:42 1
    - i mean, Eisner was 100% penis, so i guess they're swinging the other way. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 08:44
  - *puts on robe and wizard hat* -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 08:42 1
    - King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my accomplishments - colin Apr 29, 08:43
stop EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING and watch Assassin 33 A.D.. it is wild. i've never seen anything like it. - colin Apr 29, 08:39 7
- It will make Assassin 27 AD look like Assassin 16 AD! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 09:04
- starring Heidi Montag? -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 08:46 2
  - Remember the good ole days when Heidi Montag was the worst thing about the USA? -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 08:50
  - she's in it for maybe 3 minutes. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 08:48
- omg, a telegram group I'm in just mentioned this yesterday and I can't wait to watch it. -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 08:43 1
  - pair it with The VelociPastor and you have an incredible night of cinema. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 08:44
- teaser, no spoilers, really... - colin Apr 29, 08:40
Kid is doing a project on WWII. Need a word starting with Q that is connected to it. - spamlet Apr 29, 08:35 13
- Thanks all! I think Quebec Agreement is probably it because that was something they covered. - spamlet Apr 29, 08:51 1
  - You need to show her Quint! -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:51
- Quint! -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:40
- Quebec conference! -- (link) - Guigue Apr 29, 08:39 1
  - CODENAME: QUADRANT -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 08:41
- Quebec Agreement -- nm* - Spawn Apr 29, 08:37 2
  - You win -- nm - Guigue Apr 29, 08:39
  - Queen Elizabeth-class battleships -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:39
- Quartermaster? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Apr 29, 08:37
- Quisling -- nm - TWuG Apr 29, 08:36 3
  - heh, rereading WWZ now -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 08:57
  - this, yes. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 08:42 1
    - That is the correct answer. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 29, 08:51
Wearing a mask, during 80+ degree weather, with limited air conditioning is a new challenge (Hell) - Flavorize Apr 29, 08:33 10
- How do you drink water with the mask, though? -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:34 9
  - Honestly, this is the thing I've thought about most if we have to wear a mask when going back to the office in a couple of weeks. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 08:54
  - Pull mask down, *feel incredibly guilty for taking mask off*, guzzle water, and pull mask back up -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 08:45 1
    - The worst is post coffee drinking—you are blowing your coffee breath, back at yourself...for hours -- nm - Flavorize Apr 29, 08:47
  - a 'straw' is a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking drink from a glass or bottle -- nm - decline Apr 29, 08:35 5
    - So we have to decide whether to die of COVID or destroy the environment. Well done, 2020. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 08:56 2
      - quick thought: Restaurants use 500M straws a day in the US - that number is probably close to zero over the past month - decline Apr 29, 09:15 1
        
        But what about the takeout? Mickey D's still gives me straws. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 09:35
    - Doesn't that let all the COVID in? -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:36 1
      - C-19 has an understanding with the straw lobby. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 08:47
Booya! -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:33

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