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A shuttle launch memory that has stuck with me and I can't hear without intense emotion is "Roger, go with throttle up." - TWuG May 27, 09:38 2
- One of the coolest things I've ever seen was one time when we were flying into Florida at night they were doing a night space shuttle launch. We - pmb May 27, 09:46
- I might have thought of that before when having sex as a young man. - Spawn May 27, 09:38
Is this racist to you? - David May 27, 09:30 14
- Nope -- nm - JD May 27, 09:40
- Nah -- nm - Krusty May 27, 09:36
- Maaaaaybe. But I doubt that was the intent of the comment. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:35
- I don’t but I think it’s solely the “those” word. If it’s “these” leagues, I don’t think twice. -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 09:33
- I don't think so? - pmb May 27, 09:31 8
  - It felt like an implication that those NBA athletes would infect the paying white people at the parks to me. - David May 27, 09:32 7
    - Given that the guests are also an infection risk, I would have phrased the question differently. - Roger More May 27, 09:47
    - I didn't read it that way at all. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:38 2
      - And as the NBA is testing like crazy, the risk is more-so the other way. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:39 1
        
        That's the thing. Since we know that, it felt like a "reassure our white viewers" question. -- nm - David May 27, 09:41
    - I read it as both ways (the infection risk, not racism). -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:38
    - I don’t know the NBA, I get that it’s predominately black. But it can’t be exclusively so, is it? -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:35 1
      - I think it's around 75% black -- nm - decline May 27, 09:37
- I don't read it as such. -- nm* - prayformojo May 27, 09:31
Votes are in the mail. A was disappointed when we told her we couldn’t get stickers for voting this time. -- nm - znufrii May 27, 09:29 2
- Losers. Ours came with the stickers! -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:30 1
  - Ours too. -- nm - jnine May 27, 10:12
What stats sites are you folks using? I want to look at a graph of florida numbers to match their curve against NY and CA ... and Canada -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 09:29
The 80s me is laughing every time they say "Bob and Doug" -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:27 2
- This launch footage was shot in 3B - three beers - and it looks good, eh? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:34
- "So what you do is, you shake up a bunch of stubbies, and then open them all at once and that's your rocket power." -- nm - Reagen May 27, 09:29
NASA live broadcast has started -- (link) - prayformojo May 27, 09:22 2
- still reporting 50/50 probability for launch at 4:33pm -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 09:25 1
  - And the window is go or no at 4:33. No waiting available. -- nm - spamlet May 27, 09:36
Coverage of the SpaceX launch has started on their website. -- (link) - TWuG May 27, 09:20 7
- ...if you want to watch nothing happening for 4 hours -- nm - decline May 27, 09:22 4
  - I do! -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:22 3
    - This is like, your Viagra. If the broadcast lasts more than four hours... -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:23 2
      - Fortunately it's an instantaneous launch window. It either goes or not at 4:33 EDT. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:26 1
        
        (sorry, I didn't see your post). That has to really weigh on the nerves prior to launch -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 09:38
- :-) -- nm - mud May 27, 09:21
- Any tuna? -- nm - Daavid May 27, 09:21
Poll: Has your place of work adopted/announced any financial measures that affect employees? Layoffs? Furloughs? Pay decreases? - prayformojo May 27, 09:19 17
- I lost a pay cheque voluntoldly. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 27, 10:05
- Cubs gave me $500 since there's no tickets to scan or people to seat. That was early April. - zunkskunk May 27, 09:45
- Relatively minor compared to what has been posted. One week furlough in April, same in May, two more days upcoming in June - JD May 27, 09:45
- Thanks to the PPP we have not had to do anything -- nm - decline May 27, 09:31
- Furloughs yes. Our CEO taking no pay. 25 percent pay cut for execs. - Dark Callisto May 27, 09:30 1
  - (Kim's furloughed and comfortably relaxing right now!) - David May 27, 09:32
- My team has been on 4-day work week's from April 20 - July 6 (tbd). -- nm - JaxSean May 27, 09:30
- *sigh* -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:30
- No. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 09:29
- We have not laid off or furloughed or cut salaries at all, except that partner distributions are being held back. - pmb May 27, 09:28 2
  - That's a commendable approach. -- nm - David May 27, 09:31 1
    - Thanks. We're trying. I can't say we won't ever do anything depending on how all of this goes, but we're trying to make it a last option rather than - pmb May 27, 09:43
- Well we have furloughs as i am one of them no matching 401k and 25% pay cut for management plus actually full layoffs -- nm - eag May 27, 09:24
- nothing here really yet. I know Manitoba Hydro is/was laying off 720 staff but haven't heard more on that -- nm - Beaker May 27, 09:22
- furloughs & no 401k match -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 09:22
- They’ve announced we won’t be having any layoffs before the end of the year. So, yes, but in a positive way. -- (edited) - znufrii May 27, 09:22
- Our annual raises were pushed -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 09:20
"Also, Trump is responsible for the death of 100,000 Americans." -- (link) - mud May 27, 09:19 2
- her suggestion worked for Epstein not killing himself -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 09:23
- If I actually emailed people I would make that my signature line. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:20
So has anybody started watching HBO MAX yet any thoughts? -- nm - eag May 27, 09:11 7
- It was mentioned on, like, maybe B2? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:12 2
  - B2-9 -- nm - mud May 27, 09:16
  - Yeah i see it now -- nm - eag May 27, 09:15
- I got HBO Now 2 weeks ago, so it's pretty much the same thing. - JaxSean May 27, 09:12 3
  - If I keep it ill just add it through Hulu - eag May 27, 09:27 2
    - Hulu won't be able to see everything, only the pure HBO stuff. -- nm - spamlet May 27, 09:29 1
      - I read where HBO is being upgraded to HBO Max on Hulu you just log in with your Hulu account on HBO Max -- nm - eag May 27, 09:34
New gameplay and co-op footage coming from Marvel's Avengers on June 24th. -- (link) - Shaun May 27, 09:10
Hmmm. Does Disney reopening torpedo the NBA plans? I would think it would. -- nm - Volnelk May 27, 09:05 4
- Absolutely not. ESPN Wide World of Sports is isolated from most of WDW. -- nm - David May 27, 09:13 3
  - And it has the hotel space? -- nm - Volnelk May 27, 09:15 2
    - Oh, yes. Disney owns and operates more than 20 resorts. - David May 27, 09:16 1
      - (I'm pretty sure this deal will happen based on what I've heard.) -- nm - David May 27, 09:20
My Magic the Gathering Arena opponent’s screen name is Getting Laid With Girls. What are the chances they are male and do not get laid with girls? -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:03 8
- I should pick that up again. -- nm - spamlet May 27, 09:19
- and probably a Men's Right Activist. -- nm - Remlik May 27, 09:06 5
  - They are playing Blue/White control. So... Yeah, likely. -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:06 4
    - Teferi can fuck right off. -- nm - Tim May 27, 09:13 1
      - This -- nm - Marlowe May 27, 09:29
    - I am playing an out of date Black/White Doom Foretold deck. (They also are using Liliana as their Avatar so...) -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:09 1
      - I still have that, but I’ve been playing W/B/R Winota lately and it’s fun. -- nm - Tim May 27, 09:14
- 312.5% -- nm - VMan May 27, 09:04
The Weather Channel has 2 new weather reporters... -- (link) - Remlik May 27, 08:59 1
- #synergy -- nm - spamlet May 27, 09:37
What I just learned; coronavirus can live on plastic and steel surfaces for up to 72 hours. -- nm - Loyola May 27, 08:51 15
- "Can live on" isn't the same as "you can catch it from." It can mean they find a miniscule number of particles. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 09:02 2
  - How many particles makes it catchable? -- nm - Loyola May 27, 09:07 1
    - The key paragraph is really the last one - JaxSean May 27, 09:11
- I have also read that surface transmission is weak, so ... it lives on surfaces but you're more likely to catch it from another person directly? -- nm - rollo May 27, 08:58 2
  - Yeah, the greatest thing we have to worry about is other's droplets (which grosses me out every time I think about) -- (edited) - ty97 May 27, 09:00
  - Yes, that's correct. -- nm - pmb May 27, 08:59
- Wait, plastic was much less than steel was the lastest. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 08:57
- I use my knuckle for elevator buttons and the like. - ty97 May 27, 08:54 5
  - I carry a double capped pen. The red ended cap is the non-bank end and I uncap and push buttons with. I have a bunch of these I rotate through after - Spawn May 27, 09:02 3
    - Like so. -- (pic) - Spawn May 27, 09:03 [Attachment] 2
      - I stopped opening food/chip packages with my teeth. I use scissors. I also don't lick envelopes anymore -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 09:08 1
        
        For the best. The opening thing had always been a peeve, especially if others were going to eat from them! We have used peel-and-seal envelopes for several years. -- nm* - Spawn May 27, 09:12
  - Good thinking. -- nm - Loyola May 27, 08:56
- Time to give up your licking door handles habit? -- nm - LMS May 27, 08:53
- - -- (link) - Loyola May 27, 08:51
Does CovingtonCat do FB? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 08:43 2
- Don't believe so. -- nm - Meg May 27, 08:51 1
  - Do you or Jenbro still hear from him? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 08:56
This is somewhat obvious but has really come into focus in the last couple days. My tension on election night is going to be off the charts. - Volnelk May 27, 08:28 20
- If he loses, I'm afraid of what he's going to do after the election while he's still in office. The wheels are going to completely come off. -- nm - jnine May 27, 11:23
- I had originally planned to go do a movie marathon election night so I could/would not watch the returns until late in the evening. Had forgotten and - Spawn May 27, 09:05
- We'll see, but I think my tension will be lower than 2016. It already happened once when I feared it could. - ty97 May 27, 08:41 2
  - Oh I won’t be surprised, just utterly devastated. -- nm - Volnelk May 27, 08:57 1
    - I'll be very bothered certainly. -- nm - ty97 May 27, 09:01
- it is the end of the road for me if he is re-elected. -- nm - Jovian May 27, 08:30 14
  - I think it's an interesting juxtaposition, the disruptor versus the insider, except the disruptor is the incumbent. -- nm - Loyola May 27, 08:46
  - Im starting to think he could be more dangerous if he looses - eag May 27, 08:41 12
    - I think it depends on what the media does to a large degree. He can yell and scream all he wants to his base, but it's impact is very limited if it - pmb May 27, 09:00 7
      - He's 100% joining OANN -- nm - ty97 May 27, 09:01 6
        
        Right. And as much as I'd like him to just go away, at least that's within his bubble. Hopefully it also makes mainstream media less likely to cover - pmb May 27, 09:11
        
        -joining, +buying -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:05 4
        
        Jr already has, right? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:06 3
        
        No idea. Wouldn't surprise me in the least. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:07 2
        
        Hmm. I remembered seeing this... -- (link) - Spawn May 27, 09:09 1
        
        But maybe not. Or it is being kept private, more likely. -- (link) - Spawn May 27, 09:10
    - He is finished if he and his regime is ousted in November. -- nm* - Jovian May 27, 08:51 1
      - Hi, I'm Ivanka Trump and I approve this message -- nm - 2024 May 27, 08:52
    - Not likely. The guys in DC want him gone; they’re just pussies. - Will Hunting May 27, 08:44
    - He doesn't have restraint *as President*. - ty97 May 27, 08:43
SC Senate: Graham (R) 42, Harrison (D) 42 -- nm - Reagen May 27, 08:25 13
- Rasmussen May 24-26: Approve 42, Disapprove 57. Adjusted: Approve 37, Disapprove 58. -- nm - David May 27, 08:42 4
  - Interesting. Do 4% just not care other than “Sure, I guess him.” -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 08:48 3
    - I presume that about five percent of the population hates polling and being called at home. -- nm - David May 27, 09:02 2
      - The adjusted drops 5 in approval but disapproval only goes up 1. -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 09:17 1
        
        Oh, that's Nate's Secret Sauce to adjust for pollster bias. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 09:25
- I’m not holding out hope this is legit but watching the GOP have to spend a lot of money in places they don’t want to is good - Will Hunting May 27, 08:31 6
  - Though I hope Biden's campaign sticks to the plan of holding Hilary's states and picking up some battleground states. - Dano May 27, 08:42 4
    - Oh, I doubt they are looking much past PA, WI, MI ... and putting some cash into viable run-up the score areas like Arizona and Georgia and NC... - Will Hunting May 27, 08:47 3
      - AZ is a viable backstop state in case WI is intractable - Reagen May 27, 09:28 2
        
        If Kentucky sent Mitch packing, I think my boner would be able to reach Lexington. -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 09:35
        
        To your IM, it would be the greatest day of the last 4 years -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:29
  - I find it handy to look back at the previous iteration's polls - Reagen May 27, 08:36
- nee-chay -- nm - mud May 27, 08:31
This is a pretty impressive trick shot -- (link) - Beryllium May 27, 08:25 4
- I knew what this was going to be. -- nm - David May 27, 08:39
- That was awesome! -- nm - Krusty May 27, 08:37
- good lord -- nm - mud May 27, 08:30
- 2 months to get. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 08:27
Name something you've done for the first time during quarantine. Me: I made ratatouille and pasta from scratch -- nm - rollo May 27, 08:23 24
- Wait in line for groceries. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 27, 10:06
- I really don't know that I've been doing anything different than what we'd usually be doing. - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:09 1
  - Cheeze-Its? - Spawn May 27, 09:15
- The only think I can think of is I'm working through Fender Play Online learning guitar. - JaxSean May 27, 09:08
- Bread in the bread maker! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 27, 09:08
- Had a second kid. -- nm - Volnelk May 27, 08:59 2
  - HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN IN QUARANTINE -- nm - JaxSean May 27, 09:04 1
    - *this* long -- (pic) - zeitgeist May 27, 10:43 [Attachment]
- Not went to a movie forever. - Spawn May 27, 08:46
- Work from home -- nm - LMS May 27, 08:42
- Slept on the sofa. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 08:41
- Grown a beard. -- nm - pmb May 27, 08:38 3
  - Ditto. -- nm - Inigo May 27, 08:48 2
    - Do you like it? I kind of hate it. I don't think it looks terrible, but it's just sort of unpleasant to have on a host of levels. - pmb May 27, 09:02 1
      - *still waiting for the beard photos* - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 09:26
- Puzzling as an adult -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 08:37
- Shaved my head -- nm - JD May 27, 08:34 1
  - this -- nm - ty97 May 27, 08:44
- I made beef stew for the first time. And next I'm thinking of making blueberry pie from scratch. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 08:26
- memorized the monarchs of France and Russia -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 08:25 3
  - Can you do the Kings and Queens of England? - LMS May 27, 08:31 [youtube] 1
    - I already could, but that's a nifty song -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 08:44
  - *drafts you first for trivia* -- nm - rollo May 27, 08:26
- I made brownies from scratch and learned how to give a cat subcutaneous fluids. -- nm - Krusty May 27, 08:24
Looks cool. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 08:22

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