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Judge! -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 16:58
There's a Last Man Standing Ultra Race - Every hour they run 4.17 miles. There are two left after 37 hours. (154 miles) -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 16:55 1
- that is in.sane. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 16:58
Reuters: Microsoft to continue talks to buy TikTok from ByteDance -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 16:53 1
- more: -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 16:58
Fla. Burger King employee killed because the line was too long. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 2, 16:52 1
- He should've read the employee handbook. The King doesn't like slackers. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 16:55
*MLB Spoilers* - Strongbad Aug 2, 16:09
Free 5lb Paper Shredding @ Staples thru 8/29 (coupon near bottom of page) -- (link*) - the ice Aug 2, 16:01
By the way, it’s August 2nd and we’re talking about the “I” storm on the news. That’s...not good. -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 15:55 9
- What comes after Z? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 16:16 3
  - Armageddon -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 17:16
  - Alpha, Beta, etc. - Reagen Aug 2, 16:19
  - 2021 -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 16:17
- There's 19 days to break to record for a J storm. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 16:15 4
  - In 2004 I sat through Hurricane Jeanne in a hotel in the Tampa area. It was late September. -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 16:21 3
    - In 1992, Hurricane Andrew hit Florida about August 24th. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 16:38
    - Oh what a night. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 2, 16:33 1
      - I almost put that in the IM -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 16:34
for those who saw the segment on Vanilla today on CBS Sunday Morning. info on where a lot of artificial vanilla comes from. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 2, 15:45 1
- I'll stick with red food coloring from cactus bugs :) -- nm - Meg Aug 2, 15:52
The b2b Frosted Flakes/Unstoppables ads during hockey are going to drive me insane. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 15:40
Nm -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 2, 15:35
Sports needs to keep the Exceedingly Long Interview Mike Boom after this is all over -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 15:30
Phillies ahead of the Mets in the standings. -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 15:28
SITWAP: MTV's first four hours from 1981 remastered and annotated -- (link) - con_carne Aug 2, 15:02 5 1
- Cool -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 17:13
- Annotated a la Pop Up Video? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 2, 15:36 1
  - one of the top 300 worst things to ever happen was the cancellation of that show -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 15:38
- *loves* that their second commercial was for Superman II -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 15:29
- Gracias -- nm - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:09
Jets are cutting last season’s starting right guard Brian Winters -- (link) - the ice Aug 2, 14:48 1
- We brought in a bunch of guys on the OL and he wasn't good last year. This isn't really surprising to anyone but Schefter -- nm* - Krusty Aug 2, 14:52
"How did the landing of the Dragon Endeavour today compare to the landings of Apollo missions?" -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 14:37 1
- In summation, more chutes and more automation. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 14:40
Final round of the WGC is looking to be a fun one. 5 way tie at -11 -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 14:36 3
- I just Googled, golf. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 14:38 2
  - snickers -- nm - CQ Aug 2, 14:43 1
    - I just Googled. Candy bar. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 14:44
Mookie! - eag Aug 2, 14:22 1
- Blaylock -- nm* - the ice Aug 2, 14:23
Surprise! One of the first ships to resume cruising is having a COVID outbreak -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 2, 14:09 1
- This is my shocked face -- nm - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:11
HBO Max has added seasons 1 and 2 of Harley Quinn. -- nm - David Aug 2, 14:02 9
- Cause I’m a doofus, my regular HBO through Prime is not going to have this? - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:12 2
  - If your HBO didn't transfer into HBO Max, no. You can't watch this. Log in at HBOMax.com and see whether you have an account. -- nm - David Aug 2, 15:14 1
    - Thanks -- nm - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:15
- Looks like Jojo Rabbit just got added as well for those that didn’t see it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 14:24 2
  - Hurrah! Hulu plus HBO Max and Peacock is a winning combination. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 14:30
  - ♡ ♥ ★ ♥ ♡ ! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 14:26
- HBO Max with the cable pkg so bonus -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 14:14
- I guess I’ll have to check it out. -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 14:12
- Nice. Still enjoying Doom Patrol a bit more, but will be able to watch S2 after. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 14:09
NASA News conference on now -- (link) - TWuG Aug 2, 13:52 [youtube]
"I don't think he plans to leave the White House,” Rep. James Clyburn said. -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 13:51 14
- It’s an open question whether he plans for anything, really. -- nm - znufrii, drinking heavily Aug 2, 15:20 1
  - the veteran congressman was choosing his words carefully. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 15:30
- Its unnerving to see people in Congress interpret DJT moves the same way I do. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 14:33
- Be vigilant and plan for ridiculousness, but the White House isn't the presidency. - TWuG Aug 2, 13:59 10
  - I've dreamt 2 separate versions of the Actor's Nightmare the past couple of nights. One was an audition, one was a performance. - Diva Aug 2, 17:23
  - I had a dream last tonight that he lost the election by one vote and it was because he wrote ME as a write in candidate. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 14:03 8
    - My dream was I had invited Chris Evans to a river float party - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:15 4
      - Since you said dream and not nightmare, I'll assume he hadn't shaved. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 2, 15:29 1
        
        Ha!!! -- nm - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:33
      - Did he forget to bring his suit? - Qale Aug 2, 15:25 1
        
        He never showed up! - Epiphany-Peter Pan’s Wendy Fantasy Aug 2, 15:33
    - Your dream is for Trump to vote for you? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 14:04 2
      - Does it hurt being so devastatingly obtuse? -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 15:01 1
        
        Spawn is rounded at the free end. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 2, 15:30
Maybe we overestimated the Rays. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 13:47
Geesh Diamondbacks dont make Kershaw work so hard so far -- (edited) - eag Aug 2, 13:39
Jags put Minshew on the Covid List -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 13:23 4
- Good thing JaxSean canceled his season tickets - eag Aug 2, 13:47 3
  - exactly. they refunded our friends' that sat in front of us already, since they're planning the "25%" attendance thing. - JaxSean Aug 2, 14:10 2
    - I try to imagine the crowds going into and out of the games keeping socially distanced. - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 14:37 1
      - nope -- nm - mud Aug 2, 14:39
Cespedes is indeed opting out -- (link) - the ice Aug 2, 13:22 12
- fwiw his pro-rated salary was $2M for this season -- nm* - the ice Aug 2, 14:10 4
  - He got 50mil for the last 2 years so he’s doing fine. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 14:28 1
    - exactly. $80M last 3yr in the bank versus $2M and risking his health -- nm* - the ice Aug 2, 14:29
  - Cespedes was able to pack up all his belongings and haul out of the team hotel undetected -- nm - the ice Aug 2, 14:11 1
    - Nm -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 2, 16:56
- There's about to be a fine line between opting out and not getting to play. -- nm - David Aug 2, 13:29 6
  - Is he opting out due to playing time? -- nm* - eag Aug 2, 13:33
  - "Apparently, the entire team has already opted out. " -- (link) - the ice Aug 2, 13:32 4
    - So, whatever team has no players? - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:34 3
      - Mets 0, Braves 4 -- nm - . Aug 2, 13:36
      - Its a joke cause the Mets are not playing well -- nm - eag Aug 2, 13:35 1
        
        Oh, I see. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:39
Why are Stormtroopers so lonely? - JD Aug 2, 13:20 1
- Surprisingly okay. -- nm - . Aug 2, 13:33
Bellinger! -- nm - eag Aug 2, 13:19
Damn. The raw emotion from the SpaceX team member there. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 13:14
It’s a good thing this season doesn’t count. -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 13:14
Hi Bob -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 13:09 2
- Hi Doug -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 13:11
- 'Lo Bob -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 13:09
Proceeding with hatch opening -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:59 1
- that capsule looks like a helmet of some evil pissed off monster from the deep -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 13:23
I'd be saying, get me the HELL out of this capsule now -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 2, 12:58
Fun depiction of a film crew -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 12:55 3
- Love this -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 12:59
- I didn't drink Red Bull nor used a laptop.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:58 1
  - (Not on set, anyway.) (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:00
I finally got Key Plays to load for the Bruins game -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 12:53
List of pitcher trades the Mets have made -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 2, 12:50
I hate hockey. -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:39 2
- It's a good thing this is a fake season. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 12:45 1
  - Pumped that tomorrow's game "starts" at 11:30pm. -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 14:16
This is the first splashdown for astronauts since 16 October 1976. -- (link*) - TWuG Aug 2, 12:38 2
- The splashdown from the first moon landing was the day I was born. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 2, 12:56
- Cool! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 12:39
This would be hilarious ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 2, 12:37
Report: STL Cardinals - More Positive Covid tests -- (link*) - the ice Aug 2, 12:35
The Russian have always landed on ground so there's already that progress ;-) - JD Aug 2, 12:28 [Backboard] 12
- Starship will be that future. Fully reusable, short turnaround. 100 passengers, lands under power. Can support - TWuG Aug 2, 12:31 11
  - But in the meantime, we (US) needed a way to get back to orbit. Elon needed Falcon to build Falcon 9 to build Super Falcon - JD Aug 2, 12:37 7
    - Were supposed to get a 300m hop of SN5 here in the next few days. - TWuG Aug 2, 12:43 6
      - 8-) I remember the initial announcement of that one and the whole 30 days thing. So 2022 seems at the earliest but getting to the point where they - JD Aug 2, 12:52 5
        
        Like or dislike Elon, he's organized a group of people at both Tesla and SpaceX to completely upend two very established industries. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:58 4
        
        I'll take the dislike side. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:18
        
        He already did it once and I helped him / he helped me. I was among the first users of PayPal and sent out so many PayPal invoices back in the day - JD Aug 2, 13:16 2
        
        Yeah, I finally saved a letter that I sent to the people that replied back to me asking me what PayPal was. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 14:03
        
        Of the two PayPal guys, Elon is the lesser of the evils. Thiel is just straight up villain. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 13:28
  - Is that what Hugo Drax is aiming for? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:33 1
    - If Elon starts purchasing greenhouses and bio firms, I'll have considered myself to have been warned -- nm - JD Aug 2, 12:33
  - Zefram Cochrane? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 2, 12:32
How different is the procedure to what the Russians do about 2-3 times every year? Do they splash as well? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:28 2
- Other than potential reusability, it's not that different. The big deal is that it gives the US an alternative to using the Russian hardware - JD Aug 2, 12:31 1
  - It's significantly cheaper, too. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:31
Tigers reliever comes in after Reds score three, proceeds to strike out nine straight batters (so far). - Volnelk Aug 2, 12:27 1
- Apparently it’s a record for a reliever. Tom Seaver had 10 straight as a starter. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 2, 12:31
So...in a hopefully unrelated move, Mets have traded for Billy Hamilton -- nm - Flavorize Aug 2, 12:25
I'm old enough that I remember all the coverage of the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. This is just brilliant. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 12:25
JD, I believe SpaceX means to turn Boca Chica into a full launch facility. - TWuG Aug 2, 12:21 1
- Oh, yeah! I forgot about that 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 2, 12:28
well, that's a rather undignified looking procedure. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 12:18
I really like the Predators' yellow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 12:15
The kid got to see the splashdown from Space Camp. - spamlet Aug 2, 12:14 2
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii, drinking heavily Aug 2, 12:36
- that's very cool. good for her. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 12:19
Jnine, wait for Starship. It can carry up to 100 people and will land upright just like the Falcon 9 boosters. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:13 5
- It will also build a city on rock and roll. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 12:39 1
- When is it happening? -- nm - jnine Aug 2, 12:37 2
  - Prototype tests are underway now. The Raptor engines that will power it are being used in testing - TWuG Aug 2, 12:47 1
    - As a gauge the Merlin engine was designed around 2002, and had its first - TWuG Aug 2, 12:52
- Reasons for non-propulsive landings for Crew Dragon explained in this article. Essentially, certification for crew - TWuG Aug 2, 12:29
One way the number of Coronavirus numbers are fudged is by not always including data from those fast-results testing sites. - Qale Aug 2, 12:10 1
- the donald really is stuck in the 70s, hospitals which can send xrays instantly, do surgery remotely (davinci robotics) send reports by FAX to HHS -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 13:36
Dragon is toasty! -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:05 4
- ~real men of genius~ -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:11
- About 20 minutes until it's pulled aboard GO Navigator and a bit longer for crew exit -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:06 2
  - And at some point, those poor guys will have to take a call from Trump. "Welcome back! Now talk to this asshole for 5 minutes." -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:08 1
    - Camera aboard GO Navigator will show recovery -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 12:13

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