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My dad took his RC plane out for a flight today from his driveway in WI -- (link) - oblique Jul 13, 08:57 [youtube] 10
- "FLY, YES. LAND? NO!" -- (pic) - Mop Jul 13, 09:07 [Attachment]
- Cool. What's the maximum legal and achievable altitude it can sustain? -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:06
- very cool -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 09:06
- OMG OMG OMG (that's the little kid in me seriously freaking out) That's so cool! - JD Jul 13, 09:02 1
  - He records it and uploads it. He's just flying it manually. I *think* I bought him that camera for a birthday or father's day or maybe he upgraded - oblique Jul 13, 09:04
- That is using the Old Guard soundtrack. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 09:01
- That's great. What are the flashing vertical bars at the bottom half of the frame? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 08:58 3
  - Russians. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 09:00
  - I think it's the propeller -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:00 1
    - Yes, you can tell before take off. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 09:01
Oregon expects exponential growth in COVID cases. Open the schools! -- (link) - Mop Jul 13, 08:46
Sounds like we need a SlackerTalk Group on Strava :) -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:40 1
- My daughter made me install it for when we bike together - oblique Jul 13, 08:41
our long national nightmare is finally over! my county FINALLY sent the deed to my house to my underwriter so I can close my refi. - amanda Jul 13, 08:38 5
- So they did the deed. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 08:47 1
  - 👏 -- nm - JD Jul 13, 08:51
- Similarly, we paid off our car loan in August of 2019, but the credit union only sent us the title about 3 weeks ago -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 08:41
- Well it is a pamandamic -- nm* - ty97 Jul 13, 08:39 1
  - (jokes aside, it never should have taken that long) -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 08:39
I will say that it would be nice to get back to being able to jog a 5k. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 08:37
I'm so happy to see the love for 'Never Have I Ever'. :) -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 08:34 12
- My wife binged that one pretty hard a bit back. She loved it. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 08:49
- It's up there with Zoe as probably my favorite recent show -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:36 10
  - I need to check Zoe out. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 08:47 2
    - Yes - you definitely should. Alex Newell is always worth watching. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 13, 08:48
    - How YOU doin'? -- nm - Zoe Jul 13, 08:47
  - appropriate for teens? without spoiling what is it about? -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 08:37 6
    - It is 100% teen driven. It's basically about coming of age for an Indian girl in high school. Created by Mindy Kaling -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:38 5
      - But maybe not, like 13. I would say 15 and up. -- nm* - Andie Jul 13, 08:39 4
        
        yep. just based on the first ep. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 08:46 3
        
        this is helpful. I'll watch the first and decide if it's suitable for my kid. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 08:48 2
        
        caution - a lot of it's about the lead spoil - Diva Jul 13, 09:08 1
        
        Thanks for this. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 09:18
nice work on the podcast, gang. Mop's voice doesn't sound like what I expected. And Tim's still mispronounincg his own last name! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 13, 08:33
For the Monday morning crowd, I teamed up with David, Kim, and Tim to make a podcast! -- (link) - Mop Jul 13, 08:24 5
- Cool, more famous friends! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 08:30
- Hey bery, why is this one blocked for me?... O h wait, the title of the podcast does it. Huh. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 13, 08:28
- did you mean "Quibi flounders"? -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:25 2
  - They're synonyms. -- nm - Mop Jul 13, 08:39 1
    - TIL. Thanks. "to sink like a stone" -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:55
Here is the current training plan for the Harrisburg Half Marathon in September and Harrisburg Marathon in November. -- (link) - Dano Jul 13, 08:23 1
- Some of the Wednesday workouts would require more description than what fits. Those are the ones that improve your speed even for shorter races. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:29
our new dog hates the vet. she was given sedatives to make it easier. my partner said she could hear dog screams from the street. - colin Jul 13, 08:20 7
- My brother has a cat who is so notorious at the vet that even her offspring are flagged. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 08:32 3
  - generational sin? -- nm - colin Jul 13, 08:34 2
    - well if it works for the CATholics. -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 08:35 1
      - It's part of their DOGma. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:42
- Yeah, Lilly laughs off the sedatives they gave her for this. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:21 2
  - maybe we try CBD? ida know, but those things should have made her loopy and did NOTHING -- nm - colin Jul 13, 08:23 1
    - Right? When she got home she was sleepy but her adrenaline must be monstrous. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:25
TIL: Kelly Preston had recurring roles in both Patricia Arquette's Medium *and* CSI: Cyber - Mop Jul 13, 08:20
Palm Springs: B; MCU complete watch/rewatch: Thor/Dark World: B; Capt/WSoldier: A- (edit:) Old Guard: A- -- nm* - prayformojo Jul 13, 08:18
The Tokyo Olympics would have been starting in about 10 days in the original timeline. Part of me almost wishes they were still going - Reagen Jul 13, 08:16 12
- I’d rather see skimpy swimsuits than everyone in PPE from head to toe. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 08:34 2
  - Beach volleyball!! -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 08:36
  - Requiring swimmers to wear a mask would essentially be waterboarding. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:35
- I quit looking in at my timeline where Biden was elected in 2016. - Spawn Jul 13, 08:22
- Clearly we'd declare war on Iran. -- nm - Mop Jul 13, 08:19
- I'm still not sure if next year will happen either -- nm - eag Jul 13, 08:18 6
  - Word -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 09:06
  - I hope it does so my co-worker can go see her daughter perform. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 08:28 4
    - I read that as a bit... broader than the Olympics. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:30 3
      - She'd break you in half. Girl's a hammer thrower. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 08:52 2
        
        No no no, I meant that he is not sure next year will happen. - Spawn Jul 13, 08:53 1
        
        SMOD. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 08:56
Short squeeze and S&P 500 inclusion for Tesla stock helping drive the price? - TWuG Jul 13, 08:09
My favorite contractor is... not a very good speller. Handwritten bills on a form. Of all of his misspellings: "hoes" for "holes" is by far the best. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:08
Texas Supreme Court upholds Houston's decision to cancel the state Republican Party convention -- (link) - the ice Jul 13, 08:07
Live Aid 35 years ago -- (link*) - Remlik Jul 13, 08:03 3
- Aid not Air -- nm - eag Jul 13, 08:16 2
  - stupid finger -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 08:18 1
    - No comment -- nm - eag Jul 13, 08:22
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 13, 08:00
Hukkle update: He is trusting me more now. - Dano Jul 13, 07:57 [Attachment] 9
- I just want to scoop him up and cuddle him. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 08:14
- Awwww. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:10
- Sweet baby. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 13, 08:02
- so precious -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 08:00
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 07:59
- BTW, does the image hosting site for attachments just always flip the image to landscape? -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 07:59 3
  - Depends on the OS. It tries to read the rotation information. - Beryllium Jul 13, 08:03 1
    - Ahh. I have iOS and I always resize it to make the file size smaller. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:08
  - It is like they are trying to make him fall! -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:00
Oh joy. A lumber shortage impacting our contractors is not how I wanted to start my week. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:57
Speaking of training, I just fundamentally don't get how people build up to marathons - Reagen Jul 13, 07:56 31
- Fartleks, bro. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 08:19
- I went for a 23k bike ride this weekend (before breakfast), the very IDEA of running that same distance (which is basically a HALF marathon) is beyond my comprehension. -- nm* - Andie Jul 13, 08:10
- I could send you a plan. Basically it's short runs throughout the week with a long run each week that increases a mile or two each week. - Dano Jul 13, 08:06 5
  - And the long runs aren't just "run 10 miles" - Dano Jul 13, 08:16 4
    - There's also a bit of "do I want to run a marathon" - Reagen Jul 13, 08:21 3
      - It's a big time commitment. You basically give up one day each weekend for 2-3 months. - Dano Jul 13, 08:27 2
        
        This was the problem I had while getting ready for doing centuries on the bike. My pace was usually around 10mph on the bike so trying to do anything - oblique Jul 13, 08:29 1
        
        Oh! That's the other thing that runners can't even with cyclists. Well at least this runner - JD Jul 13, 08:57
- and from the other side, bike distances are almost incomprehensible to those on foot - JD Jul 13, 08:05 11
  - ultramarathoners would like a word with you - colin Jul 13, 08:07 10
    - And I used to think the people who run the Hood to Coast relay were nuts. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 08:20
    - Yeah, I don't get that. I briefly had the thought about two years ago that I would do a 50K race last year for my 50th birthday year. - JD Jul 13, 08:16 6
      - They're having another "Run a 10K every 3 hours as many times as you can" challenge in November. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:19 4
        
        *sigh* - JD Jul 13, 08:38 3
        
        It's the weekend before Thanksgiving -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:42 2
        
        Sat to Sunday? -- nm - JD Jul 13, 08:47 1
        
        to Monday if necessary :) Technically will start Friday night at 11:59 PM EST. -- nm* - Dano Jul 13, 09:05
      - he said it's fun in concept, but just ends up being really boring. i think that's what keeps him from doing it more often. -- nm - colin Jul 13, 08:17
    - We call those people "batshit crazy." -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:12 1
      - speaking of muscles, those people have treetrunks legs. - colin Jul 13, 08:16
- Running is great exercise but I think some people are not "built" for it. I am the same way - I will happily crank out 26 minute 5Ks but the idea of - rollo Jul 13, 08:01 7
  - There's muscle composition as well. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:12 4
    - like this? -- (link) - colin Jul 13, 08:13 [youtube] 3
      - I can't see YT on my work computer, can you summarize? -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:13 2
        
        it's a song about muscles, with some great dancing. -- nm - colin Jul 13, 08:14 1
        
        Bookmarked for later. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:15
  - Your 5K race pace shouldn't be your 10K race pace which shouldn't be your half marathon race pace which shouldn't be your marathon race pace... -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 08:10
  - Yep, I was wondering if 'talls' are at some kind of disadvantage - something to do with blood flow perhaps? - Meg Jul 13, 08:05
- My copier guy does Ironmans. It just baffles me. Here I've done 100 mile bike rides that take me all day and he's all like "I'll do that AND then run - oblique Jul 13, 07:58 2
  - *laugh* I always look at triathlons and think, I didn't drown on the swim aaaaannnnd I'm spent. - JD Jul 13, 08:10
  - I signed up for a triathlon once. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 07:58
NFL-WAS Statement: Retiring the old name. New one TBD -- (link*) - the ice Jul 13, 07:56
Florida: 12,624 cases, 35 deaths. Last Monday was 6,336 cases and 46 deaths. -- (link) - Inigo Jul 13, 07:55 2
- Florida counties: Orange: 936 Seminole: 237 Volusia: 167 Brevard: 141 Osceola: 275 -- nm - the ice Jul 13, 07:58 1
  - Perfect time to reopen WDW! -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:13
My cousin lives in Terra Haute. Just posted this about their school reopening plan -- (link) - oblique Jul 13, 07:53 4
- One of their HS football players just tested positive. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:53
- I can already guess what the history books will say about us... -- nm - David Jul 13, 07:55 2
  - isn't the victor supposed to write history? does COVID have a spokesperson who will write it? -- nm - colin Jul 13, 07:58 1
    - It is adorable that you two think there will be history books in the future. -- nm - COVID-19 Jul 13, 08:26
I'm with Pippy's IM -- (link) - JD Jul 13, 07:53 [Backboard] 2
- :) -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 08:19
- this -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:12
LIR - Weekend Viewing - Old Guard B, Palm Springs A, Small Crimes C, Warrior Nun - eh...C+ ( I want to like it but its losing me) -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:52 1
- I've also been working through Hanah S2. It's not as good as S1 for sure. -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 08:10
Thomas Jane gotta eat. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:51 4
- is he ho-ing again? -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:53
- I volunteer to make sure he never starves. - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:52 2
  - Hung -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:53 1
    - lawds yes -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 08:01
Microsoft Flight Simulator launches on August 18 on PC, also will be on Game Pass for PC. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 13, 07:49 1
- Interesting. Guess I can try it out then. -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:50
I want Solo II: Another SW Story -- nm - mud Jul 13, 07:49 6
- yeah, we all really liked the first one -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:51 2
  - i should watch this one day. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:52 1
    - ... a long time ago. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 08:02
- word -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:50
- agree! -- nm* - Remlik Jul 13, 07:50
- Wouldn’t that be a Duo? -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:50
I believe Remlik mentioned this auction a couple of days ago. Unopened Super Mario Bros game goes for a record $114,000 !! -- (link) - Meg Jul 13, 07:48
The Washington Old Guard -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:47 6
- The Washington Weasels. -- nm - Maracello Jul 13, 08:45
- The Washington Washing Machines. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 08:33
- Washington Woodchucks. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:51
- The Washington Inveiglers -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 07:51
- The Washington Poison Pills -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:50
- The Washington Unamerican Activities. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 07:48

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