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Hopefully it works. Israel invents one-minute coronavirus breath test - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 21:12 18
- Totally off topic, but I always wonder with your love of cars and dreams of what you would get, what do you own? -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 22:59 15
  - I have a thing now for large sedans, my lease on a Volvo S90 just ended. Such a nice car. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 23:17 [Attachment] 14
    - That is a beautiful car. -- nm - David Jul 5, 23:39
    - Did you have something small and sporty before this love of sedans? You can go really big and get the Porsche or Maserati SUVs. I see those Maseratis - jnine Jul 5, 23:36 5
      - Prior to the Volvo it was Infiniti G37 sedan and then Q50. Haven't actually had a coupe. Haha - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 23:49 4
        
        You always wanted a Ferrari. I don't get the Porsche SUV. If you want a sports car get one, it seems wasted to put one in an Suv. My neighbors have - jnine Jul 5, 23:58 3
        
        Ferrari's making an SUV this year, I think. it would be slightly higher on my fancy SUV list than the Porsche. - mafic Jul 6, 01:54
        
        Another reason I want an EV; driving the kids around shouldn't use gas. - Beryllium Jul 6, 00:12
        
        Haha yeah. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 6, 00:04
    - I'd love a Volvo XC90 -- nm - Mop Jul 5, 23:20 1
      - Volvo has really upped their style. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 23:23 [Attachment]
    - I like the idea of the XC90, but I want to go 100% electric for my next vehicle. - Beryllium Jul 5, 23:20 4
      - I'd seriously consider a Tesla if the founder of Tesla would stop talking, tweeting and (preferably) existing. -- nm - David Jul 5, 23:39 2
        
        I want a Tesla, but they're supposedly always in the shop. They're the modern version of Jags in the 80s and 90s. -- nm - jnine Jul 6, 00:00
        
        Tesla is too pricey for what I want. And Elon is Elon, indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 23:56
      - Volvo has electric options but it didn't make financial sense. They are also coming out with Polestar their - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 23:24
- spectragraph of a particular rna protein? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 22:18
- 30 seconds if they give you the right magazines. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 22:06
In 1968, Bob Gibson had 34 starts and threw 28 complete games. Pinch hit for 6 times. NEVER removed while on the mound. Not once. - Volnelk Jul 5, 20:30
Thta's a lot of fireflies. -- (link) - Max Jul 5, 20:30 3
- I do not believe my eyes! -- nm - Mop Jul 5, 20:46
- lightning bugs! -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 20:39 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 22:14
I just want to say, thank you to everyone for promoting Hamilton, I have bad shit happening at this time, when it's over, this might be weeks - loosilu Jul 5, 19:57 7
- I'll swear on a stack of bibles, I am NOT the person putting toast on your balcony :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 20:24 2
  - LOLOL! who the fuck was dropping toast and sandwiches on my balcony? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 20:37 1
    - you were also getting sandwiches? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 21:00
- and then you can watch ALL the Star Wars! :) -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 20:03 3
  - oh baby jeezus, I saw the prequels, all released on my bday because I share a bday with Lucas -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 20:39
  - She's already been through enough. -- nm - David Jul 5, 20:09 1
    - You are my hero. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 20:39
I want a Snowpiercer theme song in the style of Goldfinger. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 19:53
"After receiving the results of a Friday round of testing for the coronavirus, the Milwaukee Bucks shut down the team's practice facility Sunday" - David Jul 5, 19:51
New York man in famous 9/11 photo dies from coronavirus -- (link) - ty97 Jul 5, 18:58
Broadway star Nick Cordero dies from coronavirus -- (link) - ty97 Jul 5, 18:35 11
- Jesus. His case was HORRIBLE. This poor dude. His family went through hell. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:51
- 41 years old! 7% of people that die from COVID have no medical problems to begin with. Crazy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 19:49 3
  - He had a leg amputation. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:51 2
    - Yeah, due to covid. We don't know his medical history but I would imagine he was pretty health prior -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 20:35 1
      - AFAIK he was healthy. This is horrible. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 20:40
- was the leg issue part of the corona infection? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:21 2
  - Yes, it was due to thickening of his blood causing huge clots. It's apparently a common issue with the virus. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:35 1
    - It appears this virus is primarily about blood clotting. It's horrific. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:52
- Oh no. He’s been fighting for so long. -- nm - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 5, 19:12
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 18:46
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Jul 5, 18:36
Well this sucks, my Grandad passed away last night. But due to Covid I can't fly to NZ. -- nm - Karl_S Jul 5, 18:24 28
- My Condolences -- nm - . Jul 6, 01:15
- Sorry for your loss -- nm - Flavorize Jul 5, 21:29
- That's frustrating. Sorry to hear. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 19:57
- sending you all of my love. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:53
- I'm so sorry for you and your family -- nm - JD Jul 5, 19:41
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:36
- sorry for you and family... -- nm - Zeit Geist de Rochambeau Jul 5, 19:17
- Sorry to hear sir. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 19:13
- I’m so sorry. -- nm - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 5, 19:11
- my condolences to you & the family -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 19:08
- So sorry to hear, it sucks! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 5, 19:03
- I’m so sorry. -- nm - David Jul 5, 19:00
- It feels so unreal. I’m infinitely sorry for situations exactly like this. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 18:52
- Oh, that's so tough. So very sorry. -- nm - Meg Jul 5, 18:35
- one of the kiwis I worked with got an exemption when his mother passed away a few weeks ago. they may have closed that though. - mafic Jul 5, 18:33 2
  - I looked last night and they said no compassionate entry at the moment because the risk is to high since NZ isn't locked down. - Karl_S Jul 5, 18:36 1
    - yeah. poms ruined it for all of us. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:40
- Oh man, so sorry. My condolences -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 18:30
- sorry for your loss -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:29
- My condolences to you and your family. :-( -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 18:29
- Very sorry. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 18:29
- Sorry for your loss and that does indeed suck. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 18:29
- Condolences :( -- nm - budice Jul 5, 18:26
- Sorry for your loss -- nm - Epiphany Jul 5, 18:25
- very sorry to hear this, Karl -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 18:25
- Awful, sorry to hear on both counts -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 18:25
- So sorry, Karl. -- nm - Mara Jul 5, 18:25
- Aww. That double sucks. My condolences. :( -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 18:25
Assholes like this are gonna make it so I can't see my family. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 5, 18:23
This parallel has occurred to me, re: masks -- (link) - Reagen Jul 5, 18:14 1
- that's fantastic. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:15
I have not watched Hamilton becuase, honestly, I'm being an asshole. I BELIEVE you all that it's amazing. - loosilu Jul 5, 18:10 41
- It's the "I don't like Disney" crowd that I think Disney is appealing to with Disney+. Since all the "I like Disney" people already have it. -- nm - Mop Jul 5, 20:17
- I really want to see it, but Disney+ doesn't stream on tivo. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 19:42
- to paraphrase Mr Burns from simpsons, I hate rap...but I don't hate this -- nm - Zeit Geist de Rochambeau Jul 5, 19:20
- You're the type of person who says cut all the singing & dancing out of South Pacific, and you'll have a great WWII picture. - Peglegpete Jul 5, 19:09
- I'm curious because of the hype, have been since I first heard of Hamilton. But generally not a big stage musical person. - Marlowe Jul 5, 19:06
- Eh, than don't see it. -- nm - Bacon Jul 5, 19:02
- I've never seen it, and I don't want D+, but yesterday my sis and BiL insisted I watch some of it on their new 4K TV... - howie Jul 5, 19:02
- I am not a very good homo. I am wishy-washy on my like of musicals. Muppet Treasure Island, awesome! Rocketman, meh. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 18:57 2
  - this made me laugh out loud, you adorable homo -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:54
  - Meanwhile, I just cried my eyes out again rewatching Meet Me In St. Louis -- nm - con_carne Jul 5, 19:16
- MrsJax was watching it this morning while I slept in. I heard some of it, thought it was stupid, and went back to sleep. - JaxSean Jul 5, 18:40
- I like very few musicals. I will watch it at some point. I’m not interested in another service - Epiphany Jul 5, 18:31
- I generally don't like musical movies but don't mind stage musicals. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 18:29
- It's a musical. A unique and exquisitely done musical, but a musical. -- nm - ty97 Jul 5, 18:22
- you can get D+ for a month, watch it and binge some other stuff and then drop it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 18:22
- If you’ve listened to the cast recording and are still “eh,” maybe it’s not for you. And if you haven’t, I’d say do that first. -- nm - Mara Jul 5, 18:16 1
  - I have NOT listened. Issues and being an asshole! -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:55
- I'm not watching 95% because I want to see the live show first, and 5% because I don't need another streaming service. haven't listened to the cast - mafic Jul 5, 18:15 8
  - I enjoyed the cast recording to some extent, but found it hard to really enjoy it because I couldn’t see what was going on. Now that I’ve seen it, I’m - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 5, 19:11
  - you have a kid! get Disney!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:16 6
    - I have 8 nieces and nephews, I will testify, not a single one gives a flying fuck about Disney. For real. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 20:00
    - she's not even 2 and doesn't care about TV at all! -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:16 4
      - keep it that way for as long as possible -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 18:19 1
        
        yeah. that's kind of the plan, inasmuch as we have a plan. she only really likes watching videos of people she knows. - mafic Jul 5, 18:30
      - she's just busy watching out for poisonous things! -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:18 1
        
        CONSTANT VIGILANCE -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:31
- I want to watch it but so far not enough to sign up for Disney+. If I could have bought or rented, I would have watched it this weekend. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 18:13 4
  - Same. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 18:41
  - I think I am in the same place as you. I am very intrigued because so many people love it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:14 2
    - The Disney/Hulu bundle got me closer to signing up, but not quite. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 18:19 1
      - It comes down to in the end I don’t even watch things I want to watch on the streaming services I have. I more should drop one than add one. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 18:22
- my wife *hates* musicals, but I've wrangled a commitment to see the live show out of her. now I just need the Australian tour to go ahead. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:12
- I love musicals and Disney; wondered what the hype was about; was worried, but it was still amazing. Wife and 13 and 16 year old loved it too -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:11
- Disney has nothing to do with it other than buying the rights. -- nm - David Jul 5, 18:11 7
  - it's on d+, that bothers me -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:11 2
    - one month is half the price of a movie theater ticket. get it for a month, watch hamilton, and cancel -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 18:20 1
      - and binge the Mandalorian. is there anything else new (and good) on there? -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:01
  - And having to pay them to watch it -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 18:11 3
    - I feel I need to clarify. I flew in and out of Orlando more than ten years ago. My friends physically dragged me into the Disney store. - loosilu Jul 5, 18:14 2
      - Sounds like you've got some... issues there. -- nm - Mop Jul 5, 20:18 1
        
        Maybe it's like Cayce in Pattern Recognition. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 21:10
When the History Channel is giving you a history on pandemics *flips channel* -- nm - budice Jul 5, 18:06
Hamilton gets an A+ from all of us. Even the kids loved it -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:04
Soledad Canyon residents warned to prepare to evacuate as fire jumps the 14 freeway. Guess the season has started :( -- (link) - Meg Jul 5, 17:55
So apparently we’re going with mid-century modern for our dining room refresh. - znufrii Jul 5, 17:55 26
- Uhm, with that kitchen? No. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 18:29 1
  - right? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 5, 18:32
- wait, why not? I LOVE midcentury. I'm interested in details. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:11 1
  - It’s just not my taste at all -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 18:13
- oh, *c'mon*! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 5, 18:10
- are you getting any of the scifi part of MCM? sputnik chandeliers, etc? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 5, 18:10 1
  - Have only gotten as far as the table and chairs below. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 5, 18:11
- Are you going to wear sweaters, smoke pipes and ask your wife what’s for dinner sweetie every day? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 5, 18:06 1
  - I mean, that’s the dream, right? - znufrii Jul 5, 18:07
- that's so 2017. - mafic Jul 5, 18:05
- “Dining room refresh”? In this economy?? -- nm - Mara Jul 5, 17:59 1
  - The dining room set we have currently is a family hand-me-down that is very much not our style, and we’ve had it for eight years now. -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 18:08
- From a quick search I'm with you. Sorry. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 17:58 13
  - I think the tables look good but I'm not a fan of the chairs. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 18:00 12
    - It’s actually a favorite style of mine, but there is a lot of dreck. A lot of mass production. -- nm - Mara Jul 5, 18:03 11
      - This is more or less the table J wants to go with -- (link) - znufrii Jul 5, 18:10 8
        
        More or less an updated farm table. -- nm - . Jul 6, 01:04
        
        I was expecting formica top with ribbed chrome bumper sides, that's like Danish modern...I like it anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:25
        
        Something along these lines for the two end chairs. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 5, 18:15 5
        
        this, uh, NO -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:26
        
        To go with the four of these we kept from our old kitchen table -- (link*) - znufrii Jul 5, 18:16 3
        
        They're Moderne, which is something between Deco and Mid-Century, and more towards Industrial. -- nm - . Jul 6, 01:00
        
        I could live with the table. - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 18:31 1
        
        agreed -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 19:27
      - There are pieces I like but not the chairs. :-) - Marquis de Krusty Jul 5, 18:07
      - In the right house with the right pieces it looks great. - znufrii Jul 5, 18:05
Gah! Yes, it’s based on Chernow’s biography, which is respected and well worth reading. I highly recommend it, both to catch LMM’s references to it - Mara Jul 5, 17:49
from b2: Cuzzin’ I did get the gun. Wooo! Ra-Ra annoys the shit out of everyone from what I understand, but I love her. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 17:45 1
- Cool. I may never use it, but it looks good displayed in my workshop. I hope you screwed them over and kept all the gold for yourself. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 19:49
The police in Norman, OK -- (link) - TWuG Jul 5, 17:42

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