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BC to hold snap election October 24th (aka Pulling a Higgs) -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 21, 12:35
Hmm, today I have no "upcoming trips" with Road Scholars. Yes, I was expecting it, but no email yet -just gone from my account. -- nm - Meg Sep 21, 12:33
My last 18 hours as concisely as I can put it. Drove to St. Louis to see my in-laws and particularly because my FIL is having surgery for an - pmb Sep 21, 12:30 15
- Damn dude. Sending you some good vibes. Sounds like you guys could use them. So sorry for the craziness. -- nm - sycor Sep 21, 13:24
- Wow. That's a lot! Good luck the rest of the way and happy anniversary! -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 21, 13:05
- Good thoughts for your father-in-law and I hope you and your wife get some time celebrate your anniversary -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 21, 13:04
- so, other than that.... -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:59
- um...happy anniversary? (hope things get easier.) -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 12:54
- Jaysus - what hospital, if you don't mind my asking? -- nm - Hero Murphy Sep 21, 12:48 5
  - Barnes. -- nm - pmb Sep 21, 12:48 4
    - Whoa! Not generally something I'd hear coming from the Barnes. So sorry y'all have to go through all this. That sucks! - Hero Murphy Sep 21, 12:50 3
      - Whew, not my department. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 21, 12:53 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:39
      - Thanks. And thanks for thoughts to everyone else as well. -- nm - pmb Sep 21, 12:51
- Happy anniversary! -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:33
- DUDE!! that is nuts. Good healing thoughts for your FIL - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:33
- I'm sorry. This is a tough stretch to go through, and our thoughts are with you too. Uh...btw, happy anniversary? -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:32
- Ugh. Hang in there. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:31
The other day my wife was one of the Lucky 10000 for the "Brad Pitt Looks Like His Girlfriends" bit. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 12:25
Mitch is live trying to defend his hypocrisy. -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:23 7
- just wait till he defends SCOTUS nullifying the election results. -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 12:33
- Ya know, I'd prefer it if he just came out and said, - Hero Murphy Sep 21, 12:28 2
  - That's basically what he said when he was asked 6 months or so ago the question of what he would do if this situation arose. - pmb Sep 21, 12:50
  - That's known as a Kinsley gaffe. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 21, 12:47
- Let's call it abuse. People react more strongly to being abused -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 12:25 2
  - My favorite part so far is when he said the Senate exists to put checks and balances to the Trump administration. -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:28 1
    - I'm straight going to lose friends and rellies over this. I sort of welcome the fights - this one is a great one to bust their noses with - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:31
GameStop looks to have approximately 6-12 XSX and 2-4 XSS for tomorrow's preorders. If for whatever reason you're planning to preorder in person... - Shaun Sep 21, 12:20
David Helman, staff writer for DallasCowboys.com -- (link) - crash davis Sep 21, 12:12
Today in translating moms: That starbucks show about the 2 doctor brothers, I think it's called "Dr. Are You There?" and there was a dog that acted up - rollo Sep 21, 12:12
That was... odd. 5/3 Bank just called and wished me a happy birthday. - Red Star Sep 21, 12:09 3
- "That's nice of you. Could you sing "Happy Birthday Mr. President" to me all sultry like?" -- nm - Max Sep 21, 12:55
- Mr. FancyPants Bigbucks -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:16
- Congratulations on the huge bank account you must have! -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:12
Current Teddy landfall projection is right between Necum Teuch and Ecum Secum. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 12:08 10
- we watched about 25 power trucks leave here this morning. we assume heading for Nova Scoitia -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:32 1
  - I expect some power lines fell down already out of nervous anticipation. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 12:37
- you made those name up -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:18
- The funniest thing about Teddy is that only a few days before it formed and turned north, my mom insisted that hurricanes always fizzled out - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:17 2
  - Dorian didn't land as a hurricane, but a "post-tropical storm with category 2 hurricane force winds" - Reagen Sep 21, 12:21
  - noreasters are bad enough -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:21
- And you're certain that those are real places? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:12 3
  - What country is Latin? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:17
  - Oh, just northeast of Beaver Harbour. I see. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:13
  - Real dirty-sounding places. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:12
Dinner Roll tip: Chipmunk Buns -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 11:46
they always say everything starts breaking down at once. yep. - Diva Sep 21, 11:43 19
- sheesh. good thoughts for cheap repairs -- nm - JaxSean Sep 21, 12:45
- Jebus! What deity did Mel piss off? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:43
- Ugh, sorry darling - that all sucks -- nm - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:25
- Oh, I thought you meant the body. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:19
- It's clearly a sign you need to shop for new clothes and Mel needs to take you out to dinner -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:17
- Ugh. - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 21, 12:17
- If you had stopped sniffing glue you could have used it to fix those problems -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:15 1
  - when you have a moment, - Diva Sep 21, 12:52
- my sympathies, I know how this sort of crap really puts a damper on your spirits for a few days -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:04
- Well, at least one piece of equipment still works. Am I right honey? -- nm - Mel S.I. Sep 21, 12:04
- Ugh. The baking element in our stove broke last week. Thankfully, it's a fairly inexpensive fix and I can do it myself. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 11:46 8
  - Careful there Boo. - Diva Sep 21, 11:56
  - "honey, why does the oven now reach 2500 degrees?" -- nm - decline Sep 21, 11:48 4
    - Finally, a proper sear. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 12:26 1
      - heh... -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 12:54
    - dial set at " Sun Broiler" -- nm* - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:24
    - Trivection oven! -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:51
  - Advice from experience; be sure to flip the breaker to “off” while replacing it. -- nm - landbeck Sep 21, 11:47 1
    - That was the first step listed when I looked up the instructions :) -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 11:48
LOOSI. an ancient Irish whiskey is making a comeback, news -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 21, 11:37 1
- Interesting! I actually don't like whiskey. I know that's a sin. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:20
Notre Dame cathedral news -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 21, 11:36
I was behind someone today in a checkout who was evidently an American (how?!), who was paying in cash (ugh) and asked if - Reagen Sep 21, 11:35 5
- She's...uhm...driving to Alaska and....uhm...got lost. -- nm - . Sep 21, 12:47
- I can hear Wayne from Letterkenny with his low growl - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:27
- If y'all weren't so Canadian, I imagine the clerk and line throwing loonies and toonies at her -- nm - JD Sep 21, 11:50 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Sep 21, 11:55
- 🤣 -- nm - Meg Sep 21, 11:45
Wouldn't tiktok get rid of their fed regulatory problems if they hired Jared or Ivanka? Isn't that how tin pit dictatorships work? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 11:34
My most hilarious modern problem this year is trying to find replacement lids for some well-loved Ikea leftover food containers. - landbeck Sep 21, 11:26 4
- If you find them they will cost more than buying new ones and why am I gettting dejavu? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:27 3
  - Even if the cost a little more, the eight containers we have been using for 7-8 years are nearly indestructible. It’s just the lids that failed. -- nm - landbeck Sep 21, 11:33 2
    - Last night I posted that replacement lids for our Pyrex set cost as much S A Pyrex se -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 11:40 1
      - Ah, there it is. - Spawn Sep 21, 11:52
IN Daily totals: 1096, 750, 603, 850, 506, 955, 1050, 1010, 618, 688, 841, 971, 1164, 832, 1140, 880, 897, 721, 871, 1110, 1044, 1085, 851, 596, 394, 720, 764, 1282, 1076, 1246, 755, 758, 624, 1499, 1103, 756, 535. -- (edited) - Spawn Sep 21, 11:24 4
- Wahooo to the IM - The Cove - haaa. - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:22 2
  - Amy called from the car to tell me the good news and I could hear him in the background, "The Cove. No, I got the Cove!" -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:24 1
    - giggling -- nm - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:27
- YAY for that IM! -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 11:30
Why are there garbage cans in the election announcement? -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:12 [Attachment] 4
- BC election: Oct 24 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:14 3
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Sep 21, 11:36 2
    - I'm mailing mine in. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:38 1
      - *likes* -- nm - Red Star Sep 21, 11:53
My father's obituary. - TWuG Sep 21, 10:57 12
- so sorry. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 13:02
- Its tough no matter what. Big hugs -- nm - Epiphany -Therapist of Shock Sep 21, 12:28
- (((HUGS)))) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:16
- It's hard to see it in print. Condolences. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:15
- Sorry for your loss. -- nm - sycor Sep 21, 11:24
- Yikes. I uh, well, I’m sorry for the parts of him you did say you appreciated. But, I feel you on the rest. -- nm - Qale Sep 21, 11:18
- Setting aside the second to last paragraph, that is nice -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 11:11
- Sorry to you and the family. - MDH Sep 21, 11:04 4
  - So far as I'm aware, me, my brother and sister had no hand in writing it. -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 11:13 3
    - If it were me, I would inquire who did so. - Spawn Sep 21, 11:26 2
      - It wasn't. It was my stepmom and maybe with input from her kids and some direction from my Dad before his death -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 11:30 1
        
        Ah, okay. - Spawn Sep 21, 11:50
It's Fincher week at the Ringer. Lots of content. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 21, 10:53
The Dark Order bit today is my favorite Being the Elite segment ever. -- nm - David Sep 21, 10:51
food in movies - I loved Babettes Feast ... I liked Bill Murray eating corn, in What About Bob. -- (link) - JenBro Sep 21, 10:51 4
- Temple of Doom -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:54 3
  - (in which everyone makes fun of mandy for loving temple of doom.) -- nm - amanda Sep 21, 10:58 2
    - Short Round ruined it for me -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 11:00 1
      - You call him Dr. Quan! -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 21, 11:41
BlizzCon Feb 2021 -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 10:44
Poll: how many days until znu cancels his gym membership? -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:42 3
- What sucks is that I’d actually started going back earlier this year, pre-Covid. -- nm - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 21, 10:57 1
  - I have an offer from work to subsidize a membership,but I'll wait until the vaccine. -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 11:03
- When the yard sign comes. So, 37 days. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 21, 10:50
Broncos(again): QB Drew Lock is out at least two weeks with a bad rotator cuff strain -- nm - budice Sep 21, 10:34 4
- seems to be lots of injuries (or is that just my perception?) -- (link) - decline Sep 21, 10:36 3
  - I think it's normal for early season, just the number of stars is remarkable -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:39 2
    - Hey Crash - eag Sep 21, 10:46 1
      - It has been strange -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:50
Happy Birthday Spawn!!! -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 10:33 3
- Thanks! Did you see, 15-0 in picks this week!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:13 2
  - :-P -- nm - mud Sep 21, 11:56
  - SWEET! -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 11:53
way LIR nmb Marlowe - JenBro Sep 21, 10:33 2
- nmbJen - Marlowe Sep 21, 11:13
- Thanks. I've recently learned gratitude and "savoring" such as this can be great habits, especially during times of distress -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 11:05
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi Is Looking to Sell Itself -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 10:31 7
- Jimmy Kimmel called it the stupidest way to lose a billion dollars at the Emmy's last night. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 21, 10:59 2
  - Second stupidest, after buying an airline. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 21, 11:06 1
    - What are you saying? -- nm - The Donald Sep 21, 11:16
- Can we say utter failure or massive failure? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 21, 10:56 2
  - Abject failure -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 11:01 1
    - It was never going to last a stand-alone service. The goal was (or should have been) to build it up and then sell it. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 21, 11:07
- offers $1 -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 10:31
so that house from 1550? totally LOVE that they had an indoor hammock - brilliant idea - now I want one! -- (pic) - JenBro Sep 21, 10:29 [Attachment] 9
- I think only the thatched end is original, the living area is only 25 yo, but at least it has indoor plumbing now -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:20
- Just looked at that place. They call that a *cottage*?? -- nm - Meg Sep 21, 11:52 1
  - I'm sure the original bits were. Most of it is modern. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 12:27
- *desperately resists going into the Scorpio bit* -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 21, 11:47
- i feel like it wouldn't be that hard. people put in swings indooors all the time, just need the same kind of ring put in a hefty beam -- nm - colin Sep 21, 10:49 4
  - "swings" -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 11:43 1
    - :-) -- nm - mud Sep 21, 11:57
  - Nah, just some Command Strips on the sheetrock. Take a running jump into the hammock while filming. Post the results -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:53
  - could even be "spare bed" if you get too many company -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 10:51
With seven minutes left on Sunday someone bet $35,000 to win $1,050 on the Falcons’ moneyline, according to BetMGM -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 10:27 6
- Commission is $3,500???? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 10:56 1
  - I don't think so. I think that's just the odds? - JD Sep 21, 11:27
- I didn't know you could make in-game bets -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:30 3
  - With the advent of app based and web based betting, in game odds and bets have become possible and quite popular - JD Sep 21, 11:15 1
    - "Double it." "No. ... No. No no no no..." -- (link) - Max Sep 21, 12:45 [youtube]
  - It's one of those things that people talk about enhancing in-game experiences at the stadium. -- nm* - Volnelk Sep 21, 10:45
Where PA goes largely depends on the Philly suburbs, which went Democratic in the midterms. -- nm - Tim Sep 21, 10:26 3
- Yeah, don't mistake enthusiasm for numbers. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 11:36
- I think the 10th District could flip Democratic this time. -- nm - Dano Sep 21, 10:46
- Whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 21, 10:40
mandy and Tim, yeah,I keep my head down and mouth shut. It can be overwhelming at times. -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:25
All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away but it’s a great escape -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 10:22 4
- Why yes, I *am* wearing my bee suit today. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 10:25 3
  - Is that your little stinger or are you wearing your birthday suit -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 10:38
  - What is the precipitation today? -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 10:28 1
    - 0% -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:19

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