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ST2 - Now with Zoom! -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 15:03
Now Playing: The Banana Splits Movie -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 14:47 3
- It's Wednesday and we're posting about bananas and eggplants. Not quite as horny, but I'll take it. -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 14:56 1
  - Definitely need some peaches to even things out. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 15:02
- We are about to join you! -- nm - David Apr 29, 14:53
So, apparently standing next to our neighbor’s dogwood tree for 15 min is enough to kick my allergies into high gear. - znufrii, drinking an 18 year-old scotch Apr 29, 14:38 4
- Dogwoods are what really set me off. I have other tree allergies but those damn trees turn it up to 11. - spamlet Apr 29, 14:42
- "I thought you said your dogwood doesn't bite" "That is not my dogwood" -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 14:40 2
  - i love this joke -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 14:42
  - *comes out in full suit of armour, slaps crash with rubber chicken, leaves* -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:41
"In fact, this research suggests that loneliness is as dangerous to your health as smoking, and even worse than obesity." -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 14:22 10
- In all seriousness, this has been the "go to" topic for safety moments prior to our meetings for about 2 weeks now. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:37 7
  - I reached out to all of my employees in 1-on-1s to check on them and let them know I was here if they needed to talk - ty97 Apr 29, 14:46 3
    - Nice. Our top management sends a video every week or so. Of course, we also have support lines. Like I said, I'm fine. Just worry for others. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:52
    - *thumb up emoji* -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 14:48
    - That's really good of you -- nm - JD Apr 29, 14:47
  - I'm fine, but it is somewhat painful not to be able to go out and visit friends, relatives, co-workers. I have had enough of my direct family. - VMan Apr 29, 14:40 2
    - So what are we? Pixels on a screen chopped liver? ;-) -- nm - JD Apr 29, 14:47 1
      - Bery should set up video links. Or at least avatars. ;) -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:51
- *sparks up* At least I have my best friend. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:34
- I like Lauv's new song -- (link) - Dano Apr 29, 14:34 [youtube]
MSTGA: Isn't there a common game we can all play again (like Halo)? On Xbox/ps4/etc.? - JaxSean Apr 29, 14:21 15
- Yep...Halo - J Apr 29, 15:02
- currently a cheap knock off of mario kart is available for free on xbox (Toybox turbos). -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:57
- Yes as long as it’s not Halo. - spamlet Apr 29, 14:41 3
  - is the dirt rally game still free? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:49 1
    - also people need to get human fall flat. cause chaos is fun. and currently free on xbox games pass. -- nm* - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:55
  - I miss SSX Tricky and Burnout -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 14:48
- Bomberman - JD Apr 29, 14:37 1
  - I loved Bomberman - back on the N64 maybe? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 14:41
- Yes, so long as it's Halo. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 14:36
- Red Dead Online! - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 14:35 2
  - I've been considering getting this. Maybe. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 14:45 1
    - If you do, let me know. There's plenty to do now from a "new player" perspective, but not much currently for high level players such as myself. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 14:57
- Mario Kart? No idear. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:33
- probably. some of them, like rocket league and maybe a halo, have been free via Xbox games monthly thing i thought. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:28 1
  - Master Chief (I assume that’s Halo) is on GamePass. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 14:43
Here we go! The video you never knew you needed! Therapists review Disney relationships! -- (link) - Mop Apr 29, 14:19 [youtube]
B Way Back thanks Strongbad - JD Apr 29, 14:01 [Backboard] 15
- Do you like the Borderlands games? - JaxSean Apr 29, 14:23 14
  - I don't know. Really, I've heard the name and I think it is a FPS but that's it. Make your pitch. - JD Apr 29, 14:28 13
    - Borderlands 2 is one of the funniest games ever made. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 14:43 4
      - This is still makes me laugh - J Apr 29, 15:05 1
        
        “Ow! Oh c’mon! Alright, I’m sorry! I’ll never say nothin’ douchey again, I promise… B*TCH!” -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 15:14
      - agreed. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 15:03
      - It really is. -- nm - David Apr 29, 14:52
    - Well, I liked the Bioshock series a lot, and this is probably my 2nd favorite series. I mean, it has Buttstallion! - JaxSean Apr 29, 14:41
    - It’s like a sarcastic Diablo. Loot heavy. Not FPS. The graphics did make me woozy like Outer Wilds. - Qale Apr 29, 14:38 2
      - Not FPS?! *laugh* While 've heard the name Diablo and remembering reading outrage about one of the sequels. What does "like Diablo" mean for game play - JD Apr 29, 14:44 1
        
        Action based kill>loot>craft cycle. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 14:56
    - the first one is decent, the second has one of the best villians in a video game recently. - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:33
    - It's funny with a good story. I'm sure you can set it to easy (but I'd defer to the experts). -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 29, 14:29 2
      - Oh. Wait. This is the game related to Hey, Ash. What ya playing? Or vice versa? -- nm - JD Apr 29, 14:33 1
        
        the second game was written by that brother, and the sister voiced a character. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 14:33
Yeah, that’s my point, Hunting. His “big chance” was fake. - ST Draft Analyst Apr 29, 13:45 11
- I'm still mad about what he did with Kofi. There was no excuse for that. It served no purpose other than to humiliate him. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 13:55 10
  - Yep. Make it a legit match and it’s fine. That and the aftermath were insulting. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 14:17 1
    - Especially after the run Kofi had that had been really fun and popular. It literally killed their momentum. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 14:25
  - There's a wrestler named Kofi? -- (link) - JD Apr 29, 14:06
  - And I just don’t understand Vince’s fetish for Brock, who’s basically been phoning it in for the last 5 years. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 13:57 6
    - Vince has always been a confirmation bias guy. - David Apr 29, 14:13 4
      - Thing is, if Vince didn’t make it obvious with Roman, that guy would be a star. The Rumble that Batista won; that crowd was all-in on Roman. - Will Hunting Apr 29, 14:15 3
        
        Right because he's bad at characters. - David Apr 29, 14:24 2
        
        Have you noticed though the way they're now shifting to competing with AEW instead? I was shocked when I started hearing swearing in the WWE. But - pmb Apr 29, 14:26 1
        
        Yup, they're using the competition as a shield for when they do it. Same thing happened in the 1990s. -- nm - David Apr 29, 14:32
    - He's, literally, big. Other than that, no idea. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 14:02
Wikipedia entry on Victory Gardens -- (link) - crash davis Apr 29, 13:40 13
- If I have to garden to survive, I'm a dead man. Can I pay someone to grow my vegetables? - Mop Apr 29, 14:21 4
  - leafy greens and root vegetables are almost impossible to fuck up. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 14:33 2
    - and like, peas. no one can't grow peas. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 14:47
    - Yeah! -- nm - The Irish Apr 29, 14:44
  - See if every American was united instead of divided, what could we achieve? Growing Chips Ahoy? I never thought of that. Brilliant -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 14:27
- Need to get one of those online petitions that the WH has to consider. Propose to repurpose new tennis courts for a Victory Garden. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:50
- Can that not resort to socialism though? IIRC those commies even used public spaces for their vegan agenda. -- nm* - VMan Apr 29, 13:44 4
  - Well, you know, the US, UK, Canada and Australia were hard core communist nations. -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:45 3
    - Tru dat. Also, did not realize they had separate categories for "coloured" folk. These gardens could truly divide the nation. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:47 2
      - My favorite part was the fit pitching about Eleanor Roosevelt growing a garden at the White House. Reminded me of something more recent -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:50 1
        
        Just posted one on a similar vein. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:51
- That's a great photo from 1918 in that article. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 13:41 1
  - I also like the garden in the bomb crater. Seems a very polite British way of saying Phuc You Luftwaffe! -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:42
If God didn't want me to eat meat it wouldn't be so delicious. -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 13:34 4
- So say we all - sycor Apr 29, 13:45 2
  - ha, I haven't thought about Battlestar in a while -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:46 1
    - I think it's streaming for free through the NBC app. I've been tempted to give it another watch through. -- nm - sycor Apr 29, 13:48
- And if God didn't want me to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:37
Dos Toros (local Chipotle-like chain that is superior to Chipotle) has Impossible ground beef, it's pretty good, could just use more seasoning. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 13:28 6
- Impossible Meat is fine. I prefer just an actual black bean burger. - Dark Callisto Apr 29, 14:28
- I rarely ever do Burger King. But I was totally fine with the Impossible Whopper when I had it. -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:32
- I've been to Taco Bell recently and can't remember if they use plant meat. Seems like a no-brainer considering their questionable meat content anyway -- nm - Max Apr 29, 13:31 3
  - I enjoy the extra texture shredded Chinese newspapers bring to their dishes. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:35
  - AFAIK they do not (I think the plant based meat is more expensive) -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 13:34 1
    - Pretty sure it's just beans. (I get the bean burrito when we go there.) - Dark Callisto Apr 29, 14:27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is the next title in the franchise -- (link) - decline Apr 29, 13:27 1
- I'll probably buy it to try it out but I wish they'd go back to the old style -- nm - J Apr 29, 15:03
I make a very popular eggplant parm but I'm hideously allergic to eggplant so I can't eat it and I have to use gloves during the prep. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:27 19
- That sounds like you are doing a very nice gift of love. Give yourself a hug for me. And smack him upside the head. -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:30 3
  - no, no - see below. (mel never asks for this.) -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:32 2
    - I see, and yet somehow,,,,,,,,,,I stand by every word :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:33 1
      - ha-ha!! -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:34
- I don't think I'd heard of eggplant allergy before. Are there other problematic veggies in the same category, like the tree nuts category? -- nm - Max Apr 29, 13:29 12
  - I am also allergic to eggplant. So is my uncle (not blood uncle). Also a former co-worker. - loosilu Apr 29, 13:34 5
    - this - I have no problem with tomatoes, potatoes and peppers. (except that I hate green peppers) -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:43 3
      - Did you ever have an incident at a restaurant that used the same knife/cutting board for eggplant that they used on your food? - loosilu Apr 29, 13:47 1
        
        yep. And whenever 'mixed vegetables' is on a menu for sides I avoid that dish/entree completely. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:59
      - Same, I can't stand them. Interesting. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 13:46
    - Oh, and my mom was too. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 13:38
  - Eggplant is a nightshade. Tomato allergy is the closest thing I can think of off hand. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:31 5
    - I somehow knew you’d be good at nightshade. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 13:46 2
      - Nightshady boots... -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:59 1
        
        *giggling* -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 14:05
    - Tomato, potato (the green parts), and peppers. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 13:35
    - whoa. weird/cool/sucks -- nm - Max Apr 29, 13:32
- I may have to have words with someone. - Spawn Apr 29, 13:27 1
  - It's more something I make for pot lucks and big gatherings. Not something I make for just me and mel. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:29
Very well - tests for some, miniature american flags for all! -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 29, 13:26
line that made me smile the most on B2 "Eggs are good, but they have to have bacon with them." -- nm - crash davis Apr 29, 13:24 1
- I mean, it is kind of like inhaling without exhaling. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 13:25
ST poll - how many excel spreadsheets are you currently working on? you can estimate. - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 13:23 23
- That’s basically my life. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 14:23
- None. I'm on furlough this week. No work for me! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 29, 14:14
- I have a spreadsheet for that. - pmb Apr 29, 13:57
- None but I have a running Word doc to log my work, because I'm 5 and can't be trusted to actually work. - sycor Apr 29, 13:48 5
  - yuck. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 14:08
  - holy crap to the IM that is insane -- nm - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 14:05 3
    - Yes. Yes it is. But such is the life of a government employee. - sycor Apr 29, 14:08 2
      - This is why I do not see WFH surging after this. Too many companies/supervisors/whatever are not willing to forego the control of employees work habit - VMan Apr 29, 14:17 1
        
        It's not my boss. It's my boss', boss', boss. Or maybe even 1 higher. But yeah, I agree. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 29, 14:20
- I've probably opened/edited/reviewed at least 10 during the course of my work day so far today. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:40
- Currently maybe 5-10. -- nm - loosilu Apr 29, 13:36
- About 3 right now. Hundreds covering the whole project. -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 13:33
- I've never used Excel -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:32
- My life runs on Excel, and except for the accounting package at the Museum, pretty much everything else I do. Membership data, bookstore accounting. - Meg Apr 29, 13:30
- just 2. Did have 6 open earlier though that I loaded to MS SQL Server so I could query easier. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 13:29
- At the moment zero. I did have three open earlier. One with all the clarifications for the potential customer and then a couple of costing sheets -- nm - JD Apr 29, 13:28
- 4. It would be 5 but the luddites are passing around a Word chart. - Max Apr 29, 13:28
- zero today (I spent the day programming) I normally average 1-2 a day though -- nm - decline Apr 29, 13:25
- Timely question. Actively working on? Eleven. All related to fantasy football. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 29, 13:25 1
  - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Apr 29, 13:31
- I don't use excel, but I currently have four open. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 13:24 1
  - my brother - what the? - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 13:43
- what's an excel spreadsheet??? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 29, 13:24
So far today... Jojo Rabbit and Joker. Maybe next I'll watch something depressing. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 13:22 9
- Melancholia - Pippy- Bingo Caller to the Stars Apr 29, 13:40 1
  - I really want to see this but I haven't been in a good enough head space for it. -- nm - sycor Apr 29, 14:21
- Legend of 1900 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 29, 13:25 1
  - I think I liked that movie. Can you believe it's not available on digital? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 14:19
- Antrum - ReluctantCynic Apr 29, 13:24
- Rhythm Section -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 13:24 3
  - How was it? I didn't hear good things but tempted to watch it anyway. -- nm - sycor Apr 29, 13:49 2
    - Eh. It was not great, but tolerable. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 13:58 1
      - So good to watch one night while drinking in other words? Got it. -- nm - sycor Apr 29, 14:04
*burp* -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 13:22

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