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I'm trying to cut carbs. As much as I miss rice, bread, potatoes and pasta I REALLY miss sugar. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 18:24 2
- sugar has carbs? UH OH -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:25 1
  - Since everything is cake these days. -- nm - the ice Jul 12, 18:27
So Yeah, about Disneyland... -- (pic) - the ice Jul 12, 18:19 [Attachment] 1
- It’s a small world, after all. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 18:55
Current status: uploading a video to youtube -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:03 3
- Also starting to think I should do everything through Vimeo, both to avoid Google and to avoid the hordes. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 18:04 2
  - Daily Motion. They allow butts. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 18:56
  - Progress Bar [XX-------------------] 7% -- nm - the ice Jul 12, 18:08
I never get tired of watching the Columbo where Spock tries to kill Grandpa Walton. -- nm - TWuG Jul 12, 17:58
Several sportsbooks had today's NASCAR winner at Kentucky at 300/1. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:51 1
- What a move on the last lap -- nm - the ice Jul 12, 17:57
Now playing. Old Guard. - tRuMaN Jul 12, 17:50 4
- I liked it well enough to watch the next one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 18:26
- I keep expecting the main innocent character to turn into Ralph Maccio and a training montage -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 18:23
- I really like it -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 17:51 1
  - We dug it. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 18:10
Sad commentary on the state of things: If schools open, how are they going to social distance during active shooter drills? -- nm - Dano Jul 12, 17:46 2
- "It's a ~new~ normal." -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 18:34
- that's the discouragingest -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 17:49
Shelter in place at Naval Base San Diego -- (link) - ty97 Jul 12, 17:39 3
- Is that the same base as the ship fire? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 17:52 2
  - yes -- nm - the ice Jul 12, 17:54 1
    - Oh, I've come to expect SiP orders to be for shootings and bears/cougars, but it totally makes sense for smoke. Facepalm on my part. - Beryllium Jul 12, 17:57
Parks and Rec binge continues ... - Beryllium Jul 12, 17:20
Now Playing: Palm Springs (which got a chuckle out of me before the opening credits ran - spoilers) - prayformojo Jul 12, 17:17 2
- Old Guard here -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 17:19 1
  - In some ways those are very different movies. But in others... -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 17:35
How Trump's Postmaster General is destroying mail service -- (link) - TWuG Jul 12, 17:01
Here's how strange the internet is. I was quoted in an interview by a major British publication. I found out it went live because... - David Jul 12, 17:00
Hukkle and Bob are best buddies. - Dano Jul 12, 16:49 [Attachment] 5
- Adorable -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 17:23
- That's so great! -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 17:14
- That's an awesome toy! -- nm - David Jul 12, 17:07 1
  - I got that when I first got Bob and Jinx. Bob took ownership of it right away and it’s been one of his favorite perches ever since. -- nm - Dano Jul 12, 17:44
- They're so cute together. -- nm - jnine Jul 12, 16:58
AEW: Cody slaps down a bigot who is complaining Sonny Kiss is getting a title shot -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 16:40 2
- Cody started the day talking smack to Sonny, but then he had to do this. -- nm - David Jul 12, 16:45 1
  - Schrödinger’s Kayfabe -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 16:59
Not the best covid / vaccine news ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:33 5
- this has been reported for a few months. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 17:36
- "like the common cold." What if long term heart disease is actually caused by the common cold years earlier? -- nm - Max Jul 12, 16:38 2
  - that's why we stopped the world for this fucking virus. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 17:37
  - It would be like Bill Murray stealing a french fry: no one would believe the scientist who suggested it - Beryllium Jul 12, 17:22
- we'll never see the inside of a movie theatre again -- nm - mud Jul 12, 16:35
I always wondered why it was called the Red Sea. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:25 7
- Cake or death! -- nm - Max Jul 12, 16:47
- If anyone cares: This YT lady (trained baker) did a Bob Ross painting tutorial, on cake. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 12, 16:31 [youtube]
- It's probably easier to list the things that aren't cake. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 16:31 3
  - René Descartes? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:34 2
    - was a drunken fart, I drink therefore I am -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 16:51
    - Cici n'est pas un gâteau -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 16:36
- duh -- nm - mud Jul 12, 16:26
A number of MGM movies are $5.99 at FandangoNow right now. But MGM isn't a MoviesAnywhere platform, so screw that. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 16:06
R.I.P. Benjamin Keough (Elvis' grandson), 27 (suicide) -- (link) - mud Jul 12, 15:56 3
- Oh how sad. Poor Lisa Marie. -- nm - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 12, 16:24 1
  - She's someone whose life I would never, ever want. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 16:25
- Holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 16:12
There is a picture floating around with Trump in his mask from the other day but his nose isn't covered. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:48
Rusev tests positive for Covid, both of Lana's parents have it and Mom is hospitalized -- nm* - Remlik Jul 12, 15:35 7
- (Rusev: ex-WWE wrestler, Lana: his wife, still employed by WWE as manager) -- nm - Tim Jul 12, 15:40 3
  - You have to think she had it, whether she ever tested positive or not. -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:47 2
    - And of course WWE has said talent cannot mention on social media anymore if they test positive. -- nm - Tim Jul 12, 15:48 1
      - "I can't say anything, but my mother, father, and husband all have it..." -- nm - David Jul 12, 16:06
- huh? -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:39
- Who?... Are these people from your stories? -- nm* - Spawn Jul 12, 15:38 1
  - *high elbow* -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:40
I am somehow in the Costco FB group. Every so often someone posts "throwing a party, what should I buy" - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:20 11
- I’ve found in the last couple of weeks if you like some thing suddenly you’ll get posts and replies from randos about them. - spamlet Jul 12, 15:29 1
  - I don't like/comment on anything in that group. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:36
- One month ago, my brother's nephew got married in PA. They had a wedding. With a bridal party and guests. Zero masks. - loosilu Jul 12, 15:22 8
  - It's okay, totally safe. You only get COVID from strangers. :/ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:36 7
    - You know what's worse? My SIL's sister (mom of groom) is a radiology tech. And she posted on FB that she doesn't wear a mask much when she goes out. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:43 3
      - Oh my God. I looked on FB and she actually blocked me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:49 1
        
        She posted that she didn't wear a mask much. I responded. "Please wear one, look at Florida." She blocked me. I've always been friendly with her. - loosilu Jul 12, 15:50
      - Our front desk / assistants don't really social distance. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:46
    - You know who DIDN'T go? My brother and his family. - loosilu Jul 12, 15:39 2
      - It would be... embarrassing (to say the least) for a chief to show up to something like that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 15:43 1
        
        I can't get my head around how they went ahead with it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:43
I didn't realize this was a thing -- (link) - ty97 Jul 12, 15:13 1
- Well, he isn't, so it is not. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 15:35
Why was the WDW reopening so different from the Hong Kong Disneyland reopen? Or were they different? Is it just media coverage different? - JD Jul 12, 14:59 7
- When HKD reopened, Hong Kong reported four new cases. For Shanghai Disneyland, it was two. Fair or not, that's the difference. -- nm - David Jul 12, 17:03
- Mask use in HK is conservatively like 98% for starters. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 16:39
- WDW reopened in one of the world's worst hotspots. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:03 3
  - Well sure but the pictures of how the guests were acting as well as how the park was being run. I guess that could go along to your statement -- nm - JD Jul 12, 15:05 2
    - Shithole country vs a well ran one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 15:07 1
      - Well, basically. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:10
- Yes -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 15:02
Canadian mobsters. huh. -- (link) - Max Jul 12, 14:57 3
- double post -- nm* - Mop Jul 12, 16:04
- Sounds like an extension of the Montreal mafia. Although they virtually disappeared in the late 90s. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 15:57
- My wife worked with someone who was maybe 2 steps removed from the Calgary Mafia. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 15:19
for dinner: baked perch crusted with salt & vinegar potato chips: A- - prayformojo Jul 12, 14:39
Some chilling number-perspective -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:25
Taxes are filed. It's nice to be early. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 14:22
The BLM protests are now over a month ago for the most part. And yet they are still being blamed for spikes. - Qale Jul 12, 14:04 12
- Except the spikes from BLM didn't really happen (surprsingly). -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 16:12
- I expect spikes of various sizes virtually everywhere (even in places like New York) thanks to July 4th weekend coming this week -- nm - Tim Jul 12, 14:46 5
  - That is already started. Look at Indiana numbers. -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 12, 14:51 4
    - Median onset of symptoms is 5 days, 97% show symptoms by day 11, 99% by day 14 (something like that) -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 14:56 3
      - ! how tf can you contact-trace that shit, when the #s are in the Ks? -- nm - mud Jul 12, 15:13 1
        
        THat's part of the reason for lockdown. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 15:21
      - Ah, well, we have entered prime time then. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 15:03
- Because Trumpers have only one tool: Blame Dems. -- nm - loosilu Jul 12, 14:46
- We had a lot of people protesting and we're not seeing a spike from it. It's a bad excuse for their failure to enact real measures -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 14:13
- They're ongoing, actually. Just not in a way that gets much media. - TWuG Jul 12, 14:06 2
  - Goes both ways. Only time we hear about them now is when an idiot runs their car into them. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 14:18
  - Hence the “for the most part.” There aren’t tens of thousands in the streets. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 14:14
why is the death rate per million population markedly higer for NY/NJ (also CT/MA) than for the other states? Hospitals getting overwhelmed? -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 12, 13:29 [Attachment] 6
- Shouldn't the ratio be deaths per cases, not deaths per population? Still a disparity. -- nm - Max Jul 12, 14:56
- Trumpers desperately use that number to defend Trump. Push back when they do. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 12, 13:54
- From what I understand it’s more about what was learned in the early days that allow for better outcomes now. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 13:35 1
  - Yeah. One instance: our new confirmed infections continue to skycoket, but our deaths here are flat, even taking the lag in consideration. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 12, 13:40
- I think this is something that needs to be studied, but part *may* be that we've learned more about the virus, and treatment, since the early wave -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 12, 13:32 1
  - Learned proning, learned what drugs don't work or make things worse. Also, could be some states not including certain deaths - TWuG Jul 12, 13:34
First Coke said their shortages were due to a shortage of imported sweetener - Now it's the increased demand for aluminum cans. -- (edited) - Meg Jul 12, 13:19 2
- Makes sense. I get one or two liter bottles, no shortage there. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 14:56 1
  - There seems to be plenty of regular Coke, but I haven't seen regular or flavored Zero in weeks - that would indicate the sweetener shortage. -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 15:15
David, is now the time to buy into Disney vacation club? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 13:13 10
- Via resale, yes. If you want to do direct, I think they'll discount more heavily in a few months. -- (edited) - David Jul 12, 13:19 9
  - Thanks. I will read a bit more and get back if it is something we want to do. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 12, 13:45 1
    - Something you can do if you buy DVC is rent your points. - David Jul 12, 13:58
  - I just checked. One of my clients sells 150 points at Old Key West for less than $15,000. 100 points is $10,300. - David Jul 12, 13:23 6
    - Hijack: What does 150 points get you? -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 13:36 5
      - I hate to say this, up it depends. The questions I would ask you are: - David Jul 12, 13:40 4
        
        I was just trying to see what $15k buys you is really all. - spamlet Jul 12, 13:47 3
        
        It would get you 150 points at Old Key West, which is more than enough for a week each year. - David Jul 12, 13:57 2
        
        Gotcha. Renting vs buying. This is buying the timeshare rather than renting a week. - spamlet Jul 12, 14:05 1
        
        To rent for a week, you'd need to spent $18 a point, which would be about $1800. So, you get to stay at a luxury resort for about half off. -- nm - David Jul 12, 17:10
Last month, I had to get on the Thruway for work, and they weren't collecting cash for tolls. - Tim Jul 12, 13:00 4
- They’ve been doing toll-by-plate on the PA turnpike since March - znufrii, silly old man Jul 12, 14:46
- Was it about social distancing or a lack of cash change available? -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 13:10 2
  - I'm going to guess the former as I think the change shortage is a more recent development. - Tim Jul 12, 13:13 1
    - Illinois did the same thing. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 13:37
Neighbor's g'daughter stopped me as I was pulling out of the garage. "Glad I caught you, I tried yesterday but you weren't home." First thought - Meg Jul 12, 12:58 3
- Oooo cool. Bunny! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 13:08 2
  - quit thinking Playboy Bunny and the cat carrier is too small :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 12, 13:13 1
    - She did take the larger one ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 13:17
Congrats to New York! Zero coronavirus deaths reported today. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 12:56 5
- That’s great! -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 13:09
- Did they stop testing for deaths? -- nm - Florida Jul 12, 13:03
- Maybe the pathologist died. -- nm - Max Jul 12, 13:01
- That’s fantastic ! - Epiphany Jul 12, 12:57 1
  - We did the work necessary to knock it back and down. Other states need to wake up and follow the lead of the NE states. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 14:16
Some finesse went into this one. (Disney reopening remix) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 12:55
TV PSA: Celebrity Family Feud, Black Monday, Hightown, P-Valley, Grantchester, Perry Mason, Press Your Luck, Snowpiercer, The Chi, Worst Cooks, NOS4A2 -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 12:30 8
- How is Perry Mason? -- nm - zork Jul 12, 13:08 2
  - You know how I tend to like everything? I ... don't think I like it. - Beryllium Jul 12, 13:34 1
    - Game over. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 15:07
- It's the Snowpiercer season finale, too. -- nm - David Jul 12, 12:35 3
  - I haven't watched any of this. Is it worthwhile? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 12:56 2
    - I think yes. I would temper expectations as it takes its own approach to the story (different than the movie) - Dark Callisto Jul 12, 12:59 1
      - They do something midway through the season that is surprising and comes with unexpected benefits. -- nm - David Jul 12, 13:19
- Outcry, Tournament of Laughs, I'll be Gone in the Dark, Naked and Afraid, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 12:32

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