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Tales from the Hood 3! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 09:32
The *FREE* San Diego Comic-Con 2020 program begins today, streaming on YouTube. Here's the schedule. -- (link) - Mop Jul 22, 09:26
quick poll - sandwich cut - diagonal or not? (assume square sandwich - not a sub) -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 09:18 21
- Whatever floats your boat. -- nm - VMan Jul 22, 09:40
- Depends, is it a hot dog? -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 09:39 1
  - she already said it was a sandwich. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:40
- either really. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:39 1
  - same. crusts also fine -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 09:39
- this is a great poll -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:37
- I pick it up and eat it. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:36 2
  - But that is your answer for everything. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:38
  - right? who fucking cares how it is cut -- nm* - Beaker Jul 22, 09:38
- Vertical. Diagonal is weird. All of you are weird. - sycor Jul 22, 09:30 2
  - On a square sandwich vertical is essentially horizontal. Monster. -- nm - VMan Jul 22, 09:42 1
    - No it should be a left and right half, not a top and bottom half! -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 09:53
- Diagonal. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 09:29
- vertically, ~15-20% -- nm - mud Jul 22, 08:58 -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:21 1
  - No cuts. -- nm - David Jul 22, 09:26
- Diagonal or it goes in the trash. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 09:21 2
  - yup -- nm - decline Jul 22, 09:27
  - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 22, 09:27
- "cut"? - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 09:20
- *pours one out for the Subway V cut* -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 09:19 1
  - Preach. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:20
"He didn't even say my name." -- (link) - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 09:16 1
- This one time, at band camp... -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:24
Canadian Political Story Of The Day #2: "Trending in Canada -- #gloryholes" -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:15 1
- And knives out! -- (link) - Mop Jul 22, 09:16 [Backboard]
Canadian Political Story Of The Day #1: Globe&Mail and Global both broke big news on the Trudeau Gov't/WE Charity fronts. Canucks should follow today. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:15 6
- another mountain out of another molehill. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:21 5
  - That's a grand pail of water you have in each hand. Does it hurt your back at all? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:24 4
    - This one will *DEFINITELY* bring down the Trudeau government! FOR REALS, THIS TIME! -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 09:28 3
      - Two for two on ethics violations so far with number three likely coming on this. I'm sure the fourth time is when he'll do better. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:35 1
        
        PS: I actually don't think it brings down the gov't. But it will be in the early paragraphs of the political obits when the Liberal caucus finally... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:36
      - But that trick *never* works! -- nm - Rocky J. Squirrel Jul 22, 09:32
Yikes, Ethiopian 777 (freighter plane, everyone is fine) catches fire at Shanghai airport -- (link) - ty97 Jul 22, 09:14
Yahoo Sports' GOAT bracket is done. Twitter is smart. -- (link*) - Shaun Jul 22, 09:12 6
- If they were smart, they would have ignored this travesty, actually. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 09:38
- no Joey Chestnutt? list invalidated. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 09:18
- i feel like Ruth shouldn't have made it out of the first round. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 09:15
- In space terms, Jordan hasn't cleared his orbit - Reagen Jul 22, 09:14
- Wait what? Phelps over Ali? -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 09:13 1
  - I love Ali, but he was beatable at various points in his career. He's got some massive wins and myth-making in his favour. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 09:16
STIS: is this a good USB splitter? -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 09:08 11
- What are you connecting to it? Some devices such as printers, External Hard drives pull enough power that a powered hub is required if they are - JD Jul 22, 09:30 4
  - work laptop and my main home computer -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 09:31 3
    - EIL5. How does that work? I always had in mind that one needed some type of special USB cable to connect one PC to another -- nm - JD Jul 22, 09:34 2
      - home computer and work laptop just have 2 USB ports. Both have a mouse and a keyboard; so just want some extras for headphones, mic etc -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 09:35 1
        
        Ahh got it. Poorly worded question on my part 8-) You should be fine with headphones and so on with that basic hub - JD Jul 22, 09:43
- it glows and everything!! - decline Jul 22, 09:11 3
  - there is.. when you get to USB 3.0, power draw can fry the cheap ones really fast. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 09:14 1
    - huh. good to know -- nm - decline Jul 22, 09:15
  - word. The only difference is how many you need. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:13
- another option (I like the Anker chargers for Apple we use too) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 09:09 1
  - Anker is really solid design and reliable, I have that exact one. only thing better is something from StarTech - colin Jul 22, 09:13
JD Power & Assoc: Tesla ranks first in appeal. Tesla ranks last in quality... - decline Jul 22, 09:06 5
- Meh. I don't put a lot of faith in JD Power results. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:40
- sounds about right. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 09:11
- That seems consistent with Consumer Reports reviews. -- nm - pmb Jul 22, 09:08
- what about safety? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 09:08
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:07
Right on cue... "we ran the deficit up too much to do the things you want to do! I mean, what about the deficit!" -- (link) - Reagen Jul 22, 09:00 1
- The cognitive dissonance is insane. "We ran the debt up to historic levels! How dare he threaten to run up the debt!" -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 09:15
I wonder if this is Too Hard Trivia - Name the song I heard on the radio - Reagen Jul 22, 08:56 8
- Thought TPOH but... Debut album did not have a song of that title -- nm - VMan Jul 22, 09:34
- Wild guess... -- (edited) - Shaun Jul 22, 09:02
- I Will Be There - Glass Tiger -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 08:59 5
  - Hmm. I was thinking Glass Tiger, but I couldn't have guessed the song. Even if you're wrong, that's +50 Canadian points for you, Spawn. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 09:01 3
    - Best song of theirs! Freshman year of college got my first CD player. Hysteria, Thin Red Line and... I can not remember the third of the 3 CDs I - Spawn Jul 22, 09:06 2
      - So that's close enough - Reagen Jul 22, 09:08 1
        
        I could use a win. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:34
  - it's, uh, not the name of one of their albums, but... -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 09:01
Mookie Betts and the Dodgers are nearing agreement on a 10yr, 360mil agreement. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 08:51 5
- that's the 2nd $300M+ deal in about a week, right? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 08:59
- Happy for him. -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 08:57
- Dang. - spamlet Jul 22, 08:57 2
  - It’s market’ish value. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:07 1
    - Oh I agree but there was a non zero chance we’d go for him. - spamlet Jul 22, 09:29
JenBro - i've seen you post a few times about violence in protests. what are your thoughts on protesting in general? - colin Jul 22, 08:44 2
- Hey there. I get pretty upset by non-violent protestors being hurt. I have no problem with protests and I think for the most part - may have been - JenBro Jul 22, 09:13 1
  - understood. a few thoughts just based on personal experience.. - colin Jul 22, 09:40
Canadian, American tour boats at Niagara Falls become symbol of COVID-19 contrast -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 08:42 3
- Murica -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 08:49
- A tale of two responses... -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 08:47
- That's a really fun tour to take - decline Jul 22, 08:44
Dave Grohl now has his own podcast. -- (link) - Mop Jul 22, 08:36
Adventures in data research: this hospital claim has both ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnosis codes on it. Dear hospital, please don't do that. - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 08:36
This week, I have been on approximately 397 hours of Zoom calls - prayformojo Jul 22, 08:33 2
- That was me last week. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 22, 08:40
- panoptimojo. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:34
Poll: Have you ever written a letter to the editor for anything? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 08:31 14
- Yep. Several. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 22, 09:07
- Yes. I wrote one requesting the newspaper use middle initials when reporting the police blotter after another individual with my first and last name - Spawn Jul 22, 08:46 6
  - right? you want credit for your crimes. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 08:50 1
    - I admitthat two months prior when a different individual, also sharing my name won a lottery I did not mind as much. - Spawn Jul 22, 08:54
  - Did you tell her it was obviously not you - decline Jul 22, 08:49 3
    - At the time, I was a boot wearer as she well knew. - Spawn Jul 22, 08:52 2
      - "So you think you're 'run crazy in the streets naked' worthy, huh?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 09:02 1
        
        LOL. That was actually the rebound girl from this relationship. - Spawn Jul 22, 09:05
- I... don't think so. I prefer to scream into the void. Or a pillow, at least. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 08:43
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:42
- Surprisingly no -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:35
- Yes, but they edited out my sarcasm and I was very annoyed. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:33 1
  - did you write another one complaining about that? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:40
- yes -- nm - JD Jul 22, 08:32
DAMMIT! Why isn't it July 23rd yet?! -- nm - Mop, Halo Fanboy Jul 22, 08:29 1
- Take this for now. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 22, 08:40
Diagonally, on the y-z plane. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:28 5
- vertically, ~15-20% -- nm - mud Jul 22, 08:58
- Try an inverted Mobius strip. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 08:38 2
  - As if I want to solve time travel today. -- nm - Shaun Jul 22, 08:40 1
    - Maybe you already solved it.... -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 08:56
- I feel like there's some sushi chef out there who waits for their grilled cheese to completely cool and then does that -- nm - JD Jul 22, 08:35
Last board, regarding hospital bills. - landbeck Jul 22, 08:27 5
- I've always kind of wondered that. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:31 3
  - It was almost all covered by Blue Cross, but then they got 1/3rd of the car accident settlement. -- nm - landbeck Jul 22, 08:36 2
    - Was that by law or by negotiation? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:58 1
      - My memory is that it’s part of the agreement with the insurance policy. If you sustain an injury that’s covered that’s from an accident, - landbeck Jul 22, 09:13
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 08:29
Kelly, this just arrived: -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 22, 08:27 [Attachment]
Geraldo would definitely have trusted Mr. Burns with the trillion dollar bill. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:26
So our little announcement is NOT a Covid baby, but rather that this Friday, our oldest is moving into his own place. Like forever and stuff. - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 08:23 16
- Congratulations to all of you! - ReluctantCynic Jul 22, 09:07
- Congratulations! My youngest has her own apartment about 2 miles from me, but has been living here for the last month. Coronavirus isolation in a - pmb Jul 22, 09:04
- very cool! congrats! -- nm - colin Jul 22, 08:45
- Good work, daddio! -- nm - Max Jul 22, 08:41
- Nice! Is he staying in town? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:40 1
  - Yep. He's moving down by the Tower Grove/Shaw area. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 08:47
- Congratulations to him! My children will move out over my dead body! - Mop Jul 22, 08:38
- Congrats to him on his first place and to you having a room to yourself to write your manifesto. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:35 1
  - "Your room? You mean my Fortress of Awesomeness?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:36
- Hold it together, man. Don't let him see you cry. - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 08:32
- Wow you (we) are old. - ty97 Jul 22, 08:25 2
  - I joined HSX the day before his 1st birthday. And 5 months later, I found TT. So yeah, all you mo-fos are old too! -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 08:30 1
    - *Finally* you'll have more time for HS- dammit! -- nm - Max Jul 22, 08:41
- Wow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 08:24
- Woohoo! halfway to being an empty-nester -- nm - decline Jul 22, 08:24 1
  - Yep. And #2 moves back to school on 8/13. THAT'S super scary right now. Although, he's been more responsible throughout AND - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 08:26
May have seen this on Facebook, but my wife and I were interviewed regarding the car accident, and a podcast has been posted of the conversation. -- (link) - landbeck Jul 22, 08:23 5
- Saved to listen later when I can focus on it. Thanks for sharing it. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 08:36
- I can't express how happy I am that you are here to share this with us. - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 08:33
- thanks for posting this -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 08:29
- Just glad you're here and can only imagine the emotional toll. -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 08:27 1
  - Survival is a victory. Sometimes survival is unpleasant, but every day is a victory. -- nm - landbeck Jul 22, 08:29
ACNH-ers: 622 turnips -- (link) - the ice Jul 22, 08:20 1
- Dang - and we didn't get in on turnips this week. nm - Daniel Prime Jul 22, 08:24
A really needs to step up her 4-year-old game... -- (link) - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 08:19 2
- I always do that to the kid when we see someone her age in the news. "Why are you wasting your life?" - spamlet Jul 22, 08:21 1
  - America's Got Talent is always great for this. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 08:45
Started the final two seasons of Supernatural. Why didn't anyone warn me it crashed on the same trajectory as Angel did? - Spawn Jul 22, 08:19 9
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 09:28
- it gets better i thought -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 09:06 1
  - it does. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 09:13
- whatever will you do with yourself once you are done? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 08:20 5
  - ST shall decide my fate! -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 08:23 4
    - I need a series to binge. Help me ST you're my only hope -- nm - mud Jul 22, 08:55 3
      - Hanna on Prime -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 09:14 2
        
        thx -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:19
        
        Yeah, that is on my list. Might be the one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 09:15

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