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25 years ago Reggie Miller gets 8 points in 9 seconds... -- (link) - Remlik May 7, 16:54 [youtube] 1
- Bulls fans were supposed to hate him but he was fun to watch. -- nm - zunkskunk May 7, 16:55
NFL schedules that won't be happening are being announced. -- nm - bacon May 7, 16:51 1
- heh -- nm - Pippy - bunker shelf life is at 11 May 7, 16:52
Qale, you around to drop a lucky egg for best friends? - spamlet May 7, 16:48
Meanwhile in Indy -- (link) - ty97 May 7, 16:48
“Well, history is written by the winners. So it largely depends on who’s writing the history.” -- (link) - mud May 7, 16:46 2
- almost verbatim from 1984 -- nm - Jovian May 7, 16:49
- Natural fucking causes needs to hurry up with these people. -- nm - TWuG May 7, 16:46
Coronavirus found in semen of COVID-19 survivors, but sexual transmission unclear -- (link) - Remlik May 7, 16:38 1
- no wonder the Navy had so many out breaks -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 16:48
Uber loses US$2.9 billion, offloads bike and scooter business -- (link) - Beaker May 7, 16:31 4
- I almost hit a moron on one of those rental scooters today. Came from my left as I was turning and he was on the sidewalk so I wasn't expecting - bacon May 7, 16:35 3
  - On your left. -- nm - Qale May 7, 16:47
  - 'mkay? -- nm - Spawn May 7, 16:36 1
    - Don't worry I don't think it was you. -- nm - bacon May 7, 16:38
Conspiracy, Satan, ecurrency, *Bill gates* and...and...(get ready to hyperventilate) patent #060606...yeah 666, The President's Analyst plot was real -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 16:29 2
- This is the link to the inside info, an Oscar winner director I've got some weird friends -- (link) - zeitgeist May 7, 16:47
- good film -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 16:33
Lmao. The Orioles traded me in the offseason to the A's. -- (edited) - Shaun May 7, 16:24 2
- Angelos didn’t want to pay you. Checks out. -- nm - spamlet May 7, 16:43 1
  - That 0.57M/1y rookie deal was too pricey I guess. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 17:00
“We won the war against Coronavirus the same way we won against Vietnam. It got too expensive so we just pretended it was over.” -- nm - Volnelk May 7, 16:13 3
- I didn’t even get a hot Asian wife out of the deal, wtf. -- nm - Qale May 7, 16:25 2
  - I did! -- nm - Machine Gun Anderson May 7, 16:38
  - but you're getting a lot of new Wuhan style restaurants with Egg Flu young, General Tso's cough, Mongolian Lung, -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 16:32
Yea we had a good run. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Fox: "We haven't seen the end of Bill Barr's good work." -- nm* - Jovian May 7, 15:55 4
- *shiver* It's as though millions of voices were suddenly silenced. -- nm - VMan May 7, 15:56 3
  - its not even amusing. We are so finished as a Democracy - Jovian May 7, 15:57 2
    - Sorry, probably a little disrespectful but, genuine. Things were partisan and divisive before. Trumps team is just mind boggling with Senate assisting -- nm - VMan May 7, 16:05 1
      - Its beyond partisan politics, we are living through the end of the Republic. Watching it fall in real time. - Jovian May 7, 16:13
CA saves Elon Musk's new baby, it's illegal to name your kid with symbols and numbers,only letters of the alphabet may be used except for apostrophes. -- (link) - jnine May 7, 15:52
The NCAA enforcement staff said Kansas' basketball program committed "egregious" and "severe" rules violations -- (link) - Beaker May 7, 15:41 11
- Has anyone heard from Krusty? Is he OK? -- nm - Mop May 7, 16:13 1
  - I'm not okay but it's not because of this. The NCAA doesn't worry me. KU will get a punishment but not what most expect. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 16:30
- The infractions were so egregious that we're going to give Kansas A&M the death penalty. -- nm - NCAA May 7, 16:06 3
  - Not gonna happen. They lack the balls. They'll get a one year post-season ban and some loss of scholarships. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 16:31 2
    - I think you misread my subject line. :) -- nm - Strongbad May 7, 16:42 1
      - I did. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 7, 17:03
- lolz. -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 16:04
- A(nother) college athletic program cheating! Well, I never! *swoons* -- nm - VMan May 7, 15:59
- and Kansas says it was the shoe company since they're not denying that payments were made -- nm - JD May 7, 15:55 1
  - That sounds like the UNC defense. "We cheated, but it wasn't just the athletes! The entire major was a sham and everybody benefitted." -- nm - Strongbad May 7, 16:43
- They’re getting all the annual notices out this week. -- nm - spamlet May 7, 15:50
R.I.P. Brian Howe, singer from Bad Company -- (link) - Beaker May 7, 15:29 9
- His career was like a free agent quarterback that got signed when the starter got injured or a better contract -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 16:38
- Damn it. He was a nice guy. -- nm - Spawn May 7, 16:19 2
  - So he was Good Company? -- nm - ty97 May 7, 16:22 1
    - I can't deny. - Spawn May 7, 16:38
- Aw. I saw Bad Company twice when he was in the band - once with my dad. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto May 7, 16:12
- I guess he’s no longer bad company. -- nm - spamlet May 7, 15:50
- Man, I loved his voice. -- nm - David May 7, 15:33 1
  - yup -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 15:41
- aw man...he lived in the Ft. Myers area for years, I ran into him a few times in the 90's....nice guy -- nm - Remlik May 7, 15:33
dinner tonight was Instant Pot-ted tilapi. First time I've tried IP fish. Much better than I was expecting -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 15:26
Survivor thoughts. Spoilers. - Volnelk May 7, 15:20 6
- spoils - Strongbad May 7, 16:20
- Spoiler - . May 7, 15:51
- my regret this season - Peglegpete May 7, 15:45
- The flaw with this season's premise is that the good people got targeted, leaving the idiots to scramble for the title. -- nm - David May 7, 15:34
- Spoils - Jovian May 7, 15:25 1
  - Spoils - Dark Callisto May 7, 16:17
any time you little girls want to do a Zoom Century Club or something just let me know -- nm - Beaker May 7, 15:14 4
- Ha. I'd be in just for the lolz. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 16:40
- Young man's game. Older and... well, just older now. -- nm - VMan May 7, 15:21 2
  - play the Smurf drinking game :) -- nm - Beaker May 7, 15:25 1
    - Princess Bride is bad enough. Not in this smurfin' life. -- nm - VMan May 7, 15:30
Upload is very funny in spots (ep 4? spoiler) - prayformojo May 7, 15:13 1
- ep 1 - Max May 7, 15:19
The Rock and Emily Blunt are going to film Ball and Chain, a comic-book marriage super-hero movie. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 15:10 1
- So a funny version of Hancock? -- nm - Pippy - bunker shelf life is at 11 May 7, 16:35
Happy Birthday to The Shot Over Ehlo!!!!! -- (link) - zunkskunk May 7, 15:07 [youtube] 2
- I wore the Jordans he wore taking that shot to go to the grocery store. We both accomplished our goals. Must be the shoes. -- nm* - Krusty May 7, 16:32
- Pffffffffft! -- nm - VMan May 7, 15:10
AOC wants to visit your Animal Crossing island. Hurry!!! -- (link) - Shaun May 7, 15:05
ACNH: AOC just joined, looking for Dodo codes -- (link) - budice May 7, 15:00 1
- The hate for her is so white hot it’s kind of hilarious. We have our own in Houston in Judge Hildago. - Qale May 7, 15:36
Ana de Armas & Ben Affleck found themselves locked out of their house today. Guess what Batman does? -- (link) - budice May 7, 14:54 2
- Started following her on Instagram. She has about 35 completely different looks and they’re all good. -- nm - Volnelk May 7, 15:01 1
  - And then she’s got all the looks with Ben which is less good. - Will Hunting May 7, 15:11
Now Playing: Captain America Winter Soldier. - Qale May 7, 14:32 9
- The mini gun works way better in this than it does in Fallout. -- nm - Qale May 7, 15:48
- damn, I just saw Civil War again recently and found an issue but now I forget what it was. -- nm - Max May 7, 15:20
- Now watching Die Hard. Today's background movie lineup consisted of Scarface, Red Dawn, Donnie Brasco, and now Die Hard. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 14:55 1
  - You need to follow that up with a light hearted rom com. -- nm - Qale May 7, 15:53
- We're watching season 3 of Killing Eve -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:39 2
  - Same (though not right now). -- nm - pmb May 7, 14:47 1
    - We just finished episode 4 so we're all caught up now. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 7, 15:13
- So good. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 14:36 1
  - Is Cap the type to just punch people out rather than kill? Black Widow obviously don’t give a fuck. -- nm - Qale May 7, 14:37
Disney Springs Phased Reopening Scheduled for May 20th -- nm - budice May 7, 14:28 13
- I'm surprised Disney would be that stupid. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:40 6
  - Nothing that's reopening on that day is Disney-owned. It's all third-party businesses. - David May 7, 14:49 5
    - I kind of wonder if some of those will remain closed on the basis that they'll lose more money being open - JD May 7, 14:58 1
      - You underestimate Florida Man. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 7, 15:14
    - Ah, I never even heard of Disney Springs. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:54 2
      - Its the re-branded Disney Marketplace, Pleasure Island, and West Side. - Jovian May 7, 14:56 1
        
        it was originally going to be called Hyperion Wharf. But that got nixed. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 14:59
- *lights article on fire, throws it in trash* -- nm - David May 7, 14:37 1
  - Seriously, I just got the Joan Collins Special here. - ST Draft Analyst May 7, 14:56
- 8 Trac's and Mannequin's here I come! -- nm - Jovian May 7, 14:32
- Where are you seeing that? - Dark Callisto May 7, 14:30 2
  - here -- (link) - budice May 7, 14:32 1
    - also Disney Springs link here -- (link*) - budice May 7, 14:33
Bryce Harper said "it hurt" to receive a lowball offer from his former team, the Washington Nationals, during the free agency period. -- (link) - budice May 7, 14:27 2
- Given he signed for 26mil a year for life, and he turned down 10/300 from the Nats.... - Will Hunting May 7, 14:33
- fine sit out the rest of your career because you over estimated your net worth to them. -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 14:31
Nat Highway Safety Comm will not make Takata recall another 60m shrapnel exploding air bags because meh they aren't 'that' bad.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 7, 14:20
IL is in the top 5 of COVID deaths today. What they are doing to you guys is appalling. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:16 10
- It doesn't seem to be the government response, but a failure to follow restrictions. - TWuG May 7, 14:19 7
  - IL is in the top 5 today for deaths. They aren't following official guidelines. This is insanity. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:24 6
    - Which guidelines aren't we following? Almost everything is closed. -- nm - TWuG May 7, 14:31 4
      - I mixed up IL with another state. My mistake. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:47 3
        
        They are actually doing a very good job. -- nm - pmb May 7, 14:49 2
        
        They are. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:55 1
        
        Here is the Governor's guideline for re-opening. - pmb May 7, 14:57
    - we're going to have to have public access passes like the rationing coupons of WWII, just to get groceries if these idiots keep it up -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 14:29
- I just realized I got the wrong state. Still appalled (really). -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:19 1
  - IN? -- nm - . May 7, 15:49
David that’s be awesome and Reagen... *shakes fist while laughing* - Will Hunting May 7, 14:08 6
- Just tell me what you want! I'll do it Saturday! -- nm - David May 7, 14:17 3
  - We are good. Kelly May differ but I think we are fine. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 14:24 2
    - We are good, but thank you so much for the thought David. :) -- nm - kelly May 7, 14:49 1
      - It's a standing offer, my dear friends. -- nm - David May 7, 14:49
- "I was hungry... and now I'm not. Apparently I've eaten." -- nm - Reagen May 7, 14:09 1
  - There’s a dirty plate in front of me. *shrug* -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 14:10
Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes reportedly closed for good. -- (link*) - budice May 7, 14:06 3
- Stacked Pickle chain of restaurants owned by Colt player Gary Brackett closed all locations -- nm - Remlik May 7, 14:20
- The Sweet Tomatoes here closed a long time ago. But I can imagine a lot of Buffet places will be struggling for a long time, if not just closing. - sycor May 7, 14:18 1
  - truth for Sizzler, Golden Corral -- nm - budice May 7, 14:24
The Etsy yeast is here! The Etsy yeast is here! - David May 7, 14:03 15
- I just got my Etsy masks today -- nm - eag May 7, 14:48 1
  - We ordered Etsy masks that were only for local pick up. So great. -- nm - Andie May 7, 16:25
- I used to love the taste of yeast in pizza, and almost no pizza maker uses it anymore. I miss it. -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 14:25 4
  - What do they use to rise the dough? -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:44 1
    - meth -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 14:46
  - Wait, what? -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:41
  - When I lived in Southern Illinois, there was a pizza place where you could really taste it. - Dark Callisto May 7, 14:27
- What kind of bread are you making? -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:10 7
  - I've recently learned that wheat bread will be our first effort. - David May 7, 14:15 4
    - 🤣🤣 -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:38
    - You said you'd try it! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 7, 14:21 2
      - And you believed him? - Epiphany May 7, 15:02 1
        
        YEAH!!! -- nm - David May 7, 16:12
  - Wheat bread will be our first effort. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 7, 14:14 1
    - Cool. Please report back on the results -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:38
Beaker's lightweight bitching reminded me - I made a 3.5 session ale just to see if I could make something light taste good - Reagen May 7, 14:00 5
- I've learned the hard way that 5%+ is not good for me and those around me. 4% I can drink till the cows come home - Beaker May 7, 15:22 1
  - and yet there are some times I can drink anything and not even catch a buzz - Beaker May 7, 15:25
- 7.2%? I could knock back 2L in a single session easily. Probably be pretty bombed though. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 14:37 1
  - 4 pints of a 7.2? I’d be feeling real good after that, for sure. -- nm - znufrii May 7, 15:22
- He must get tipsy off fumes to be his weekend poster-self. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 14:09
LYC, but some stores near me are open w/ limitations and such. I checked out a toy shop I've been following on facebook, picked up some Funko pops... - call me ishmael May 7, 13:57

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