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A tale of two responses... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 08:38 1
- Accurate AF -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:40
I have been following this IG account of a couple restoring an old house. They have been working so hard. Last night it got hit by lightning. - Andie Jul 21, 08:27 3
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:36
- Damn. :-( That's awful. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 08:33
- Aww, that's sad :( looked like it was a nice place. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 08:30
They're dead set on burning in hell. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 08:21 7
- I wanted to ask if this was possible these last few days - Guigue Jul 21, 08:33
- it's one of the reasons my countdown clock uses inauguration date rather than election. (183 days, ruth) -- nm - mud Jul 21, 08:28 1
  - (for election, subtract 78) -- nm - mud Jul 21, 08:30
- and GOP members are going after Liz Cheney.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 21, 08:25
- Of course they would. I never doubted it. They're the worst. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 08:25
- There are no rules, all that matters is what you accomplish. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 08:24 1
  - The rules are "...everything we say goes... unless you're Republican." -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 08:26
Pop Music Emergency: new Kylie Minogue single Thursday, and new album November. Rumored album cover linked, and I'm here for it: -- (link) - MDH Jul 21, 08:12 [Image] 4
- Disco?! Squeeee yes please -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:39
- Pop Music Emergency should be an act name. At minimum, a track name - JD Jul 21, 08:21 1
  - I saw them open for M back in '82. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 08:22
- love it -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 08:13
while debating the mom protest on facebook, I found this article about the pullitzer photo taken at Kent State - I vividly remember this picture. - JenBro Jul 21, 08:06 1
- "After the shootings, Filo was startled to see guardsmen cutting telephone wires on a main road out of town." -- nm* - Mop Jul 21, 08:24
Who has two thumbs and is COVID-free up to Sunday afternoon? This guy. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 21, 07:47 10
- excellent. I had one done for the flu once. I hear this is worse. -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 09:11
- Yay!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:41
- Wait for it. -- nm - Monday Jul 21, 08:09
- :-] -- nm - mud Jul 21, 08:03
- Yay! Sneezes all around! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 08:01
- Yay! -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:58
- woo-hoo! -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 07:57
- Nice! -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 07:52
- excellent! -- nm - colin Jul 21, 07:51
- *kisses you* -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 07:50
also watched last night; Sea Fever, a not-bad low-budget horror starring the actress from the record store scene in MI:Rogue Nation -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 07:35 1
- Excellent. - Spawn Jul 21, 07:36
HBO is tired of not having anymore GOT. House of the Dragon starts casting. -- (link) - Diva Jul 21, 07:28 4
- I watched GoT. I read all the books (except GRRMarillion). I have zero interest. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 21, 08:21 2
  - I only watched the series and enjoyed it thoroughly until the end of Season 8. I'll check it out. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 08:23 1
    - I read all the books (except GRRMarillion), watched the series and enjoyed it thoroughly. Period. -- nm - mud Jul 21, 08:31
- sweet -- nm - mud Jul 21, 07:30
Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state. -- (link) - the ice Jul 21, 07:20 7
- Pretty sure that is why God invented roommates. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 07:37 2
  - and bootstraps, amiright? -- nm - colin Jul 21, 07:48 1
    - Snort - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:42
- *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:24 3
  - Yes! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:43
  - Not to mention the electricity and the added bills that didn't exist years ago that aren't really optional like a cell phone and internet. - Krusty Jul 21, 08:01
  - rent can stay where it's at as long as wages go waaaay up. -- nm - colin Jul 21, 07:27
after watching how it went down in Portland last night, and after seeing how the protests went Friday in Chicago, i'd say the feds are in trouble. - colin Jul 21, 07:17 8
- I'm impressed by the people showing up night after night and refusing to give up their rights or give over their city over to the feds. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 21, 07:57 2
  - The youth are our future. - Spawn Jul 21, 08:00 1
    - Heh. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 08:02
- I admit I’ve not kept up on Chicago. Were there ongoing protests before the addition of these new government enforcers? -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:22 3
  - yep. chicago police knocked the teeth out of an 18 year old organizer on friday. just about every city has something going on, media seems to be - colin Jul 21, 07:28 2
    - I can’t blame the media, I can only blame myself since I haven’t looked for coverage. I knew that overall there have been general vigil-type protests - Qale Jul 21, 07:34 1
      - i'm trying to keep up, but even keeping track of what happens in my own city is a lot. there's just so much, to varying degrees of effectiveness - colin Jul 21, 07:49
- The Chicago Way -- nm - the ice Jul 21, 07:20
There have been recent temptations for D+, Hulu, and HBO Max, but then I remember that I don't watch stuff I want on what I already have. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 07:02 3
- Yeah, I figure I don't need to pay for more streaming services I hardly ever watch. Considered a free-Hulu trial to see Palm Springs. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 21, 07:39
- Got HBO/Showtime with cable subscr, Prime, D+. Only do trials to catchup on NetFlix/Hulu shows -- nm* - the ice Jul 21, 07:15
- My mainstay now is HBOMax. They also don't care to check if you're "still watching." - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:08
T-11 days til the Stanley Cup Playoffs!!! - Shaun Jul 21, 06:57 2
- "Connor has gotten faster over the break" - stop, stop, I can only get so erect! -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 06:59 1
  - Oh yeah. -- (pic) - Shaun Jul 21, 07:03 [Attachment]
*slips David $20 for the HBO Max heads-up* -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 21, 06:57
SF Giants players and manager kneel during national anthem in exhibition game -- (link) - oblique Jul 21, 06:56 3
- excellent. -- nm - colin Jul 21, 07:02
- Also, the first woman coached on field during this game. -- (link) - oblique Jul 21, 06:59 1
  - Cool! -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:08
I’m fairly sure that this week my unemployment benefits will end as they are requesting information about the 32 hours I worked at Target. - Qale Jul 21, 06:56
British Columbia CDC sure has some interesting ideas for how to have safe sex in a pandemic. (spoilers inside) - colin Jul 21, 06:52 4
- It just makes perfect sense. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 07:51
- Yeah, the NY Health Dept. had the same recommendation. Gave me a good laugh. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 21, 06:54 2
  - my wife is a good carpenter, may have to build one in the living room. -- nm - colin Jul 21, 06:57 1
    - She really messes up that “If I were a carpenter and you were a lady” song doesn’t she? -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:01
New material that "cannot be cut" -- (link) - oblique Jul 21, 06:50 1
- Shnickty shnickty shnoine! -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 07:44
OH: FBI agents are at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s farm. $60 million in bribes paid to a state official and associates. -- (link) - the ice Jul 21, 06:37 1
- that's a pretty damn big bribe -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:40
Thanks Florida. EZPass (or iPass in IL, same thing) only works on roads around Orlando. For other roads you need their stupid toll pass. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:36 20
- I have SunPass on our cars and have never had an issue anywhere. Also, there's not many places you *need* to take a toll road. - JaxSean Jul 21, 06:54 11
  - It looks like from Atlanta we can get around it coming down the coast. Going to Huntsville Google won't route us around the Turnpike. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:56 10
    - Yeah, Florida's Turnpikes are really just bonuses - or to get around rush hour areas. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:00 6
      - "We made it suck on purpose, so we charge for it to not suck." -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 07:02 5
        
        We approve zoning for a bunch of people to move here, but don't have a high enough gas tax to build the roads they need. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:10
        
        It kind of pisses the socialist in me off. I pay taxes for roads, ergo, when we need more roads, they should build them. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:06 3
        
        The problem typically is lack of existing budget to pay for the widening/new road upfront. So they finance them with toll revenue. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:08 2
        
        Right, but I still think once they make that back, they should remove the tolls. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:12 1
        
        I agree. I don't know the specifics of the toll authority in FL but I would hope toll revenue is specifically set aside for roads under them. -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:15
    - Ah if I tell Google to avoid the tollway it will. For some reason it wouldn't give me that as one of the options. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:59 2
      - Waze has this as well in the settings. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:01 1
        
        Yeah usually it will give you a toll and non-toll option in Chicago so I was confused. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 07:06
- ? This doesn't make sense. The toll pass goes across state lines. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:43 3
  - FL/GA/NC all work together but don't follow EZPass/iPass. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:54 2
    - Weird. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 06:54 1
      - Yeah, I was going to say I've never seemed to have a problem, but maybe that's why. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:13
- The do toll-by-mail I think, but just wait until you see that they charge out-of-state plates more -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 06:42 1
  - IL charges double if you pay cash (that's why we have iPass) so I wouldn't be shocked by that. I just assumed it would *work* - spamlet Jul 21, 06:55
- OMG, it's worse than that. There are *interchanges* where it will work with ramps on one side of the highway but not the other. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:41
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:41
Like holy shit is this effective. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 21, 06:32 3
- ::fall asleep:: -- nm - Feds Jul 21, 07:53
- And if that doesn't work, you can knock people out with the wave of BO. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 21, 06:58
- That’s amazingly powerful to people with a heart. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 06:56
Zach Snyder's Justice League is reportedly 215 minutes long (and might end up longer) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 06:29 12
- The best part about releasing the Snyder Cut is... - Mr. Havens Jul 21, 08:35
- I look forward to not watching it. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 21, 07:25
- There is some good stuff in his attempts...but he drowns it out in such crap. (Spoils) - Someone Jul 21, 06:48
- They are including the Wonder Woman nip slip I hear. -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:41
- Including a 90 minute Thomas and Martha Wayne death scene with a voice over explaining how it turned Bruce into Batman. -- nm - Inigo Jul 21, 06:40 5
  - 15 minutes of slow motion pearls dropping to asphalt. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 06:42 4
    - *fans myself* Have mercy. -- nm - deeva Jul 21, 06:49 2
      - DEM. PEARLS. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 08:04 1
        
        HA! -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 08:06
    - 20 minutes of stats, charts, and venn diagrams. -- nm - Inigo Jul 21, 06:44
- He really doesn't understand the meaning of the word "cut," huh? -- nm - secretslacker Jul 21, 06:40
- I will watch it. -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 06:32
if you have T-Mobile/Sprint today is the day to get free MLB baseball season of MLB TV. T-Mobile Tuesdays Sprint Tuesdays -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:29 39
- This offer is literally the only offer I ever do on T-Mobile Tuesdays -- nm - Mr. Havens Jul 21, 08:37
- Okay, so here we go. I have a T-Mobile phone for work and a Sprint phone for personal use. Who wants my second Free MLB.TV account? Please - Bacon Jul 21, 06:43 8
  - i try to give mine away every year, but everybody already has a free source. they're saturating the market. -- nm - colin Jul 21, 06:52 2
    - Makes sense, if nobody claims it here I have another pool of people to offer it to. Nice that there is enough to go around though -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:54 1
      - Alright going to pull this offer and see if someone at work wants it. -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 07:07
  - I guess I should also say this. Local Games are blacked out, so only Marineer games will be blacked out on this account. If you live in NY you get - Bacon Jul 21, 06:52 4
    - That would be huge for someone in the Midwest where some cities lose multiple teams. I forget where but there are cities where something like - Krusty Jul 21, 06:56 2
      - It’s Iowa that has the Cubs, Twins, Cardinals, Brewers, and White Sox blacked out. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 07:27 1
        
        So nothing of value was lost. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 07:38
    - Good news Toronto! You can see all the Jays games you want! -- nm - Someone Jul 21, 06:53
- Phew! I have Verizon! -- nm - secretslacker Jul 21, 06:38 22
  - They gave out free movie tickets often in the before times. Verizon gives you nothing! - Krusty Jul 21, 06:43 11
    - Also a free Burger King Wopper today -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:44 10
      - (- with at least a $1 purchase) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:07 4
        
        The man trying to rip me off!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 07:08 3
        
        they told you a whopper of a story! -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 07:11 2
        
        This never happened before Tim Hortons bought them out. -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 07:13 1
        
        stupid Brazilians. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 07:16
      - But then I'd have to go to a Burger King. - Krusty Jul 21, 06:47 4
        
        their nuggets are OK. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 06:47 3
        
        Not sure I've ever had them. I prefer their burgers to McDonald's by a mile so I've really only had their burgers. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 21, 06:51 1
        
        agreed on the chicken sandwich, it's garbage. - Reagen Jul 21, 07:03
        
        Their spicy nuggets are 100x better. Too bad they aren't a normal menu item. -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 06:51
  - I am getting a once in a lifetime chance at getting exactly what I wanted. I have been here for years saying the MLB is TOOOO long and regular season - Bacon Jul 21, 06:40 9
    - Maybe they’ll realize how exciting this is and in the future split the season into two seasons. -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:00 4
      - You are going to give Krusty a heart attack -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 07:01 3
        
        Seriously! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:21 2
        
        My plan would be the same amount of baseball. Just double the playoffs and world serieseses. -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:24 1
        
        Still a hard no. One season, 162 games long with one world series. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 08:03
    - Ha! - Krusty Jul 21, 06:44 3
      - There’s something fun to know that really, 25 teams have a shot. - Someone Jul 21, 06:55
      - Yes, Yes I will. I just hope the Giants can give me some excitement. -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:45 1
        
        Anything can happen if they get off to a hot start. This could be a wild season. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:48
- Thanks for the heads up! I don't check every week anymore as I haven't had a deal I've used since this last year. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:32 5
  - I was thinking of you when I posted this. -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:33 1
    - :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 06:37
  - And it looks like they're giving away a year of The Athletic. I have a year thanks to a wonderful STer but it's a good site and - Krusty Jul 21, 06:33 2
    - Oh right, they are. I need to get that also -- nm - Bacon Jul 21, 06:34 1
      - With sports coming back the content should start to pick up but the writing is very good and they did well trying to put out interesting - Krusty Jul 21, 06:39

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