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Three-state (CT/NJ/PA) manhunt for suspected double killer -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 10:57 5
- "Manfredonia was believed to be last spotted Sunday afternoon in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania." -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 11:03
- Any reason they wouldn’t look in NY given it’s both in the area and the biggest collection of hiding spots? -- nm - Will Hunting May 26, 10:58 3
  - even criminals prefer jail to living in NY -- nm - groiny May 26, 11:08
  - COVID -- nm - Spawn May 26, 11:07
  - I'm sure they have NY on notice, but basically the guy is from CT, killed in CT, stole a car in CT, and that car was found on the NJ/PA border -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:59
PIPPY, apparently it's serial killer/big cat sex guru week on ID. One psycho is profiled every night. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:51 2
- well I will get my ' hello all you cool cats and kittens" shirt ready to go then! -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:51 1
  - purr purr -- nm - cat whisperer May 26, 10:57
THIS IS IMPORTANT: Penguins visit an art museum -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 10:49 [youtube] 3
- Pretty much like toddlers in a fine art museum. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 11:10
- Now I've been to that museum more than once and never saw any penguins. I feel cheated. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 10:52
- were there polar bears? inquiring minds want to know -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:50
oliver cat has figured out that people who walk by the window walk by the front door a minute later. she just runs back and forth from window to door - amanda May 26, 10:38
So I guess Space Force sucks. -- (link) - Shaun May 26, 10:37 6
- I wouldn't suggest this is groundbreaking like The Office but I remember how cringy bad S1 of The Office was at the time. It is disappointing if it - oblique May 26, 10:57 2
  - Secret truth: The Office was bad more often than it was good. - David May 26, 10:59
  - For a while, the Office could not decide how much of the spirit of the british version to use. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 10:59
- So, it really *is* more Hungry Hungry Hippos, than chess. - Spawn May 26, 10:55
- What a horrible mental image. -- nm - David May 26, 10:44
- That’s bad right? -- nm - spamlet May 26, 10:40
Weekend viewing poll? Knives Out - B+ - spamlet May 26, 10:34 18
- Bob's Burgers, BK 99, Sirens, Superstore -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:09
- Extraction: B. Maybe a B+. Clunky symbolism, stereotyped videography, but some fun action. - Beryllium May 26, 11:08
- Sopranos S3 (rewatch), Bourne Identity (rewatch) -- nm - mud May 26, 11:05
- Harley Quinn season 1: A- ; almost done The 100 season 2: B+ (kids and wife and I all really really like it) -- nm - Beaker May 26, 11:03 1
  - This post gets an A-. -- nm - David May 26, 11:06
- Supernatural S2 and 5 eps of S3: B- (when it is on, it is on, when it drags it REALLY drags). Watched a few of the ST:TNG Borg episodes again: A. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 10:58
- Like I can remember two days ago. -- nm - David May 26, 10:51 2
  - Two days ago is when Kelly told you what our neighbor gave us for dinner and left an unspoken “your turn.” - Will Hunting May 26, 10:54 1
    - Dammit! I *just* went to Pizza Hut! - David May 26, 10:59
- Jurrasic Word (A-), Locke and Key (EP1-4) B+, Politician (EP1-8) B, Hitch (A+). My daughter is watching Zoo on Netflix so that's annoying - oblique May 26, 10:48
- The Gentleman B-. Ladybird A. -- nm - zunkskunk May 26, 10:47
- Endgame : B - decline May 26, 10:41 1
  - Seeing this for the first time and not being in a packed theatre would be a huge change in the viewing experience. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:45
- Your IM is precisely backwards! - Open Baron May 26, 10:36 1
- My Spy: B- (cute and enjoyable) Long Shot: A, The Gentlemen: B+ -- nm* - Shaun May 26, 10:36
- Trolls 2 - znufrii May 26, 10:35
- Curse of La Llorona C-, Community season 3-4 A ( its a better show than Big Bang Theory) -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:35
- I liked it quite a bit, and his accent did not really bother me either -- nm - groiny May 26, 10:35
ST poll - B2 inspired. Name two places in the US you would live and two places you wouldn't. Current jobs but rent is not at issue. -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:32 54
- CT, Rhode Island and Oregon to name three I would live in. I won't live in the deep south so just pick a state. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:11
- Yes to San Diego and Savannah. No to Vegas and Houston. -- nm - Volnelk May 26, 11:09
- No to Minneapolis (why would I go somewhere colder than here in the winter?) and Phoenix (I've been there in the summer, I'd miss winter.) - Cuzzin Todd May 26, 11:05
- I could live in Orlando or Nashville. I'd pass on NYC or really anything in New England. And I passed on LA opportunities to avoid living there. -- nm - David May 26, 11:02
- Sorry, no. Unless a time machine was involved and my and Amy's families would also be from there. If so, the ocean might be involved in some way. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 11:01
- yes: Sedona and where I am now. NO WAY: LA, NYC. -- nm - Peglegpete May 26, 10:59
- Would Denver, San Francisco. Not Dallas. St. Louis. - zunkskunk May 26, 10:56 2
  - *hisses* -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 10:58
  - Are you afraid of success? And winning? -- nm - Marty Byrde May 26, 10:57
- There are a ton of places I'd never live: NYC, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia , LA, Chicago, DC. I think I'm just fine in the midwest. - Marty Byrde May 26, 10:50 4
  - Moving into the city now that schools aren't an issue? - spamlet May 26, 10:52 3
    - Oh hell no - like, my whole life I've been a city boy. Never wanted to be too far from anything. As I've gotten old - - Marty Byrde May 26, 10:56 2
      - I like Edwardsville. Collinsville, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 26, 11:02
      - Honestly Maryland Heights is great and fairly cheap still. - spamlet May 26, 10:59
- Would: NYC, New England. Would never: Alabama, Florida (sorry Jax!). -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:45
- To live: Colorado or Celebration FL. To never live: Texas or Arizona -- nm - Jovian May 26, 10:43
- No to Florida and Arizona. Yes to Chicago and Butte, Montana. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 26, 10:42
- I... Wouldn't? -- nm - Reagen May 26, 10:40 3
  - What if 44 were still president? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:43 1
    - Even before that (and especially in my profession). - Reagen May 26, 10:57
  - and we completely understand -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:41
- I don't want to live in a small town or a rural area. Nothing wrong with them, just not for me. - ty97 May 26, 10:37 1
  - I do wish we were an hour closer to a city, but I love the weird diversity of "international markets all over town" vs "nothing but amish markets" - amanda May 26, 10:41
- Yes to Boulder, CO & somewhere forresty in Oregon. No to NYC or Los Angeles proper -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:37 19
  - Yeah, I could do Boulder. -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:38 1
    - Good thing rent is not an issue :) - ty97 May 26, 10:38
  - *tears* -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:37 16
    - I just don't get it. But to be fair, there is a whole LOT of people who don't get Texas living either. - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:39 15
      - Austin is likely the only city in Texas I could possibly live in. Possibly. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:13
      - Like everyone outside of (and many inside of) Texas? - Cuzzin Todd May 26, 11:07 1
        
        :) -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 11:40
      - I could easily live in several places in Texas, I think. I've thought about moving to Houston on occasion. Or Austin. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 26, 10:58
      - haha, I understand. There are people who love the big cities and people who would never in a million years want to live in the big city. - ty97 May 26, 10:40 10
        
        I'm like ty. NYC is the only place I know where I can't think of somewhere else I'd rather be. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:46
        
        True story: Each time Dawson and I drive from Durango, CO (where the airport is) to Telluride (about two hours), the whole way I am thinking - ty97 May 26, 10:42 7
        
        I bet that is unnerving - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:46 3
        
        There's a not-short stretch of the trip with no cell phone reception. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:48 2
        
        yeah...I'm OUT. - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:50 1
        
        oh, it's not an interstate, it's a two lane windy road -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:52
        
        If you haven’t done it as a side trip, the Million Dollar Highway is a crazy beautiful drive. -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:44 2
        
        n/m Million Dollar Highway is the drive to Durango, the one time we were there we came through Cortez instead. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 26, 11:04
        
        Basically three places I've been in PA - ty97 May 26, 10:47
        
        agreed -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:41
- I wouldn't mind new england (except boston). the cape, NH, maine. I quite like it here. I would not move anywhere warmer than here. period. -- nm - amanda May 26, 10:36 6
  - I could live in Boston. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:39 5
    - I could live in Chris Evan's sex dungeon in Boston - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:40 4
      - That's America's lash. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 10:44 1
        
        hee! -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:51
      - *perks up* - ReluctantCynic May 26, 10:43 1
        
        yes, yes he does ( according to the gossip ENTY Lawyer from Crazy Days & Nights) Don't tell Leslie Jones, she will lose her - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:47
- Yes: Colorado and St. John (it's a US virgin island!). Wouldn't: LA/NYC -- nm - oblique May 26, 10:36
- I wouldn't have to have my arm twisted too hard to live in the Pacific NW. Also moving back to Chicago is an easy one. - spamlet May 26, 10:35
- Yes: East coast, west coast. No: pretty much anywhere else. -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:34
- no to Alaska and Florida, yes to Maine and Arizona. -- nm - groiny May 26, 10:34
TV PSA: ID has "The Truth About Joe Exotic" on Friday. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:23 4
- I think 15 minutes are just about up -- nm - groiny May 26, 10:35 2
  - I watched TK three times. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:47 1
    - I get it, it is a trainwreck of epic proportions. -- nm - groiny May 26, 11:08
- oh realllly? -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:29
Speaking of checks, I put a (non stimulus) check "somewhere safe" in case the mobile deposit failed. It failed. Crap, where is "somewhere safe?" -- nm - Dano May 26, 10:23 4
- Back of the underwear drawer? -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:31 1
  - Ha, I was going to say brassiere. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 10:32
- console of the car? -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:29
- in the freezer -- nm - decline May 26, 10:26
`National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman will make an announcement today at 4:30 p.m. ET regarding the Return to Play Plan for the 2019-20 NHL Season' -- (link*) - decline May 26, 10:18 2
- *twitch* -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 26, 10:43
- *twitch* -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:35
WaPo writes obituary article for Cuban exile writer who died of COVID. Then has to revise thoroughly when they learn he is from Detroit -- (link*) - ty97 May 26, 10:16
Joe Thomas in a photo finish on Titan Games. -- (link) - David May 26, 10:09 2
- The other dude was amazing. - Will Hunting May 26, 10:22 1
  - Right. Kim and I were saying that they should find a way to bring him back. -- nm - David May 26, 10:44
I've been stimulated - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:08 7
- *zips up* -- nm - groiny May 26, 10:36 2
  - Hello friend glad you could make it -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:38 1
    - can't wait to get back to actual work -- (edited) - groiny May 26, 10:40
- We've talked about saying these things out loud. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:10 3
  - we did, we did - I can only blame the over stimulation. -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:30 2
    - No, you misunderstand. We've talked about it and encourage it. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 10:32 1
      - :P -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:40
AC: Blown fuse. $115. Fixed. - oblique May 26, 10:04 9
- So 85 for the service call, 28 for installation and 2 for the fuse? -- nm - decline May 26, 10:10 1
  - $6 for the fuse, but yeah. -- nm - oblique May 26, 10:20
- Wow, I can't believe are tempting fate with that IM - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:08 6
  - I had a bunch of leftover paving stones on the side of the house I moved to the other side to make a little mulch retaining wall. Also got a garden - oblique May 26, 10:23 5
    - geesh. so productive! -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:30 4
      - If I don't do that, I just sit around and watch TV all weekend which feels worse. But, we have an album to finish up by the end of the month so I - oblique May 26, 10:35 3
        
        I am so happy VBS is happening still. -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:48 2
        
        It's certainly going to be weird. They're going to try a kind of neighborhood approach. Give "kits" to kids where we know we have a group of say 5-10 - oblique May 26, 10:49 1
        
        Good luck! -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:52
Did anyone else watch the Jeffrey Dahmer show on ID? Starting it now. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:03 5
- They'll give a talk show to anyone these days. -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 10:05 4
  - It's a cooking show. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:06 3
    - *golf clap* - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:08 2 1
      - I hesitated. Briefly. -- nm* - loosilu May 26, 10:10 1
        
        Groiny would be proud. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 10:13
Joe Thomas—killing the Titan course— -- (link*) - Flavorize May 26, 10:02 1
- Ha! Sorry. I was reading it in an article. -- nm - David May 26, 10:10
B2: Who riled up all the New York STers? We’d love to move there. My wife would be in Heaven -- nm* - Flavorize May 26, 09:59 3
- I'd easily move there. My wife would not. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 10:37 1
  - You two are on the good list. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:15
- Jets suck, Yankees suck, Knicks suck. -- nm - Peter Griffin May 26, 10:34
I always tended to be kind of cynical, but this line made me literally guffaw while watching the news: - Cuzzin Todd May 26, 09:55
This is a picture of my mother waiting in a line to enter a hospital for a test before she gets a needed blood transfusion -- nm* - Andie May 26, 09:53 12
- how are her spirits? -- nm - amanda May 26, 10:43 1
  - Ok. I guess. She is scared. -- nm - Andie May 26, 11:05
- And pic -- (pic) - Andie May 26, 09:56 [Attachment] 9
  - that is some bullshit! -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 10:10
  - Is the waiting room full or something? I'm sorry :( -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 10:05 7
    - No waiting inside. -- nm - Andie May 26, 10:15
    - Rooms are off limits due to distancing. Seems like this is an unaccounted for edge case, though. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:10 4
      - Is it? I see a lot of high risk people. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:11 3
        
        I mean, the provincial guidance causes an edge case that forces them not to have indoor space for these particular people. - Beryllium May 26, 10:18 2
        
        They could give them chairs, at least. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:23 1
        
        Yes. but then...you need people out there sanitizing them everytime people get out of it and move. -- nm - Remlik May 26, 10:24
    - It fills fast when they social distance indoors. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:10
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