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UK test and trace failure was due to a maxed out Excel spreadsheet -- (link) - Reagen Oct 5, 14:29 9
- The other thing to note is just how badly underrerported it was -- (link) - ty97 Oct 5, 14:41
- spreadsheet education is the first thing I want a Dem administration and congress to address. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:37 4
  - DUDE, I would totally want to be the Secretary of Excel -- nm* - ty97 Oct 5, 14:42 3
    - In some ways, do and be are very different edits. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:45
    - Mandy will gut you like a carp for that job. -- nm* - spamlet Oct 5, 14:44 1
      - Secretary of Leggings and I get along quite well, tyvm -- nm - ty97 Oct 5, 14:46
- They spend 12 billion pounds and can't even pay someone who knows how to use Excel. - Marlowe Oct 5, 14:36
- Who does records as columns? -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:34
- You mean our "world class system"? -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:30
CDC forbidden from doing contact tracing on the WH outbreak -- (link) - Reagen Oct 5, 14:27 8
- I hadn't thought of using this in ways for Dem's to collect dirt on the admin, but I'm thinking about it now. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:41
- That's effed up and really scary -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:32
- WTF -- nm - mud Oct 5, 14:30
- Just tell them all to quarantine then -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:29 1
  - It doesn't work that way in Trumpistan. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 5, 14:39
- We already knew that, didn't we? No one ever called Chris Christie. -- nm* - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:27 2
  - that they weren't was known. That they were forbidden wasn't. -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 14:29 1
    - I assume it immediately. THis is confirmation. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 5, 14:38
And we may yet has another super spreader Pastor who attended prayer march right before the Rose Garden Massacre or Redvetting has Covid -- (link) - eag Oct 5, 14:27
I would like to invite all of you to my private showing of Salo, or the 100 Days of Sodom. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 5, 14:26
This isnt good former FSU coach Bobby Bowden who is 90 has covid -- (link) - eag Oct 5, 14:21
Someone's been busy... -- (link) - New, Better David Oct 5, 14:19 7
- He looks like he snorts bath salts and shoots Fireball - so, I'm guessing he's from Florida? - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:23 6
  - He's supposedly done stuff way crazier than that. -- nm - JD Oct 5, 14:39
  - That's not who I was referencing. Click through! -- nm - New, Better David Oct 5, 14:39 3
    - Oh I knew who was in charge of taking down that crazy looking loon. - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:54
    - although... -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 14:44
    - Here’s the press release about it -- (link) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 5, 14:42
  - He's from England but he lives here. He's cray cray. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:35
Meanwhile FLOTUS has refused to leave isolation and infect others to go visit her clown husband -- (link) - eag Oct 5, 14:18 5
- Yes, that's why she won't go see him -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:26
- Good. It would be bs if she came to visit. Typically visitors aren't allowed for covid pts. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 14:21
- . -- (link) - ty97 Oct 5, 14:21 [youtube] 2
  - Three months later: "Yesss I steel have the coveeed" -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 14:24 1
    - Its like the Dude Dad on Facebook who wears a wig and says " I've got a headache!" -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:54
TIL: The NYC Council can vote (2/3 required) to expel one of its own members. It has never happened, until now -- (link*) - ty97 Oct 5, 14:15 1
- I read on Gothamist it happened once before, in 1949, when someone was charged with trying to overthrow the government. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Oct 5, 14:20
hehe -- (link) - Jovian Oct 5, 14:14 1
- yep -- nm - mud Oct 5, 14:16
Listening to podcasts recorded on Friday sound like another world. - spamlet Oct 5, 14:01
Texans have fired Bill O’Brien! -- nm - Flav/Shower Inspector 👩 🚿 🔪 🩸 Oct 5, 13:56 3
- LOL - Strongbad Oct 5, 14:09 1
  - Oh wait. Dolphins have their picks! L4. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 5, 14:12
- They are ... so amazingly stupid. Why do you let him win the GM battle, screw your team for years, and then can him a month in? - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 5, 14:03
We're going to do another backyard movie night this weekend. I need movie suggestions. Wife is not a sci fi/fantasy/superhero fan. I'm thinking of - pmb Oct 5, 13:55 49
- Looking at a list I found online: Zodiac... I assume they've seen Usual Suspects already?... Royal Tenenbaums... Margin Call...The Color of Money.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 5, 14:52
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is on NF, Prime -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:40
- The Out-of-Towners (1970) is on Prime -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:33
- Top Secret (the 80s val kilmer version) -- nm* - tRu🦇aN Oct 5, 14:25
- French Connection, Falcon and the Snowman, Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (original), and for a series UFO (all on Prime_ - zork Oct 5, 14:25 1
  - Pelham is worth it for the theme tune alone. -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:41
- Paddington 2 -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:22 4
  - Or The Prestige -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:25 2
    - or the Illusionist -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:32 1
      - Also great -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:39
  - ooooh, good call! -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Sean Conley mask 💀 Oct 5, 14:25
- Disturbia with Shia Labeauf -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:20 1
  - I just watched this again. Still good. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:54
- what cartoon do you have scheduled as the lead in? Donald Duck, Bugs & Daffy? other? -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 5, 14:15
- Lucy -- nm - Jovian Oct 5, 14:15 1
  - oops nvm. read this wrong. -- nm - Jovian Oct 5, 14:15
- The Love Bug is on Prime and highest rated of the Herbie series. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:14 10
  - Just a reminder, my kids are 24 and 28. -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 14:16 9
    - If your kids are going to turn up their noses at a classic then your kids are jerks and should be grounded! -- nm - Max Oct 5, 14:25
    - Do kids and wife do romcoms? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:17 6
      - Somewhat. The difficulty is they all have different taste. So I thought a "classic" might work. -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 14:20 5
        
        His Girl Friday! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 5, 14:31
        
        What about Bond films? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:21 3
        
        Possibly. They mostly only know the Daniel Craig ones, but they might not like the older ones because they are feminists who will not like the - pmb Oct 5, 14:23 2
        
        At the time, the Dalton ones were much better at portraying women - zork Oct 5, 14:30
        
        Some Like It Hot! -- nm - LMS Oct 5, 14:27
    - lol I was thinking late teens. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:17
- Netflix has Raiders of the Lost Ark (and Last Crusade). -- nm - New, Better David Oct 5, 14:10 5
  - I watched Raiders with one of my daughters a few weeks ago. Just to show you how the world changes, she didn't love it, primarily because she was - pmb Oct 5, 14:19 4
    - When I finally saw Saturday Night Fever, I was pretty disturbed by a scene that was that type -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:28 2
      - Yep. -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 15:00
      - yeah agree that scene is icky -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 14:30
    - Yeah, that's fair. Last Crusade's easily the best one anyway. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 5, 14:26
- The Social Network is on Netflix but was likely widely seen. Hugo is more kid friendly option that could have slipped through. -- nm - Qale Oct 5, 14:10
- Support Your Local Sheriff (Prime, Hulu) -- (link) - Max Oct 5, 14:07
- Sound of Music, Coco, Big Hero 6 -- nm - JD Oct 5, 14:06
- Shawshank Redemption, The Greatest Showman, The Outlaw Josey Wales -- nm - Booooooker Oct 5, 14:06
- Dave -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 14:05 1
  - His wife doesn't like sci-fi. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 5, 14:07
- How well versed are they in classic 80s movies? Goonies? Back to the Future? Anything John Hughes? -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 5, 14:03 2
  - I've shown them quite a few. I gave them a pretty good background. :) -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 14:21
  - Stand By Me. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:04
- Pink Panther movies? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:03 2
  - I love these. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:05 1
    - They still stand up, at least for me. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:06
- The Name of the Rose -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:01 2
  - Sex scene. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:02 1
    - Oh yes. -- nm - zork Oct 5, 14:17
- I mean, if The Sting is an option, The Sting it should be. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 5, 13:59
For a Fistful of Bourbon. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 5, 13:52 [youtube] 1
- "High noon was a bad idea" -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 13:59
I'm not often shocked in this business, but the GLOW thing borders on disrespectful. - New, Better David Oct 5, 13:52 2
- It is the final season. Just delay it, jeebus. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 5, 13:58
- Agreed. I get the scheduling gets tough, but come on. -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 13:53
How long after inauguration day will it be before Biden moves from Blair House to the White House? - TWuG Oct 5, 13:51 2
- It's going to be in the courts for awhile. Graham just announced he's starting the Barrett hearings on the 12th. That seems optimistic. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:04
- the day after? and Trump will go directly to the airfield, fly to Mara Lago, and NY DA will immediately begin extradition stuff with Florida -- nm - mud Oct 5, 13:59
whoa, they cancelled GLOW too? -- nm - Boooooker Oct 5, 13:47 6
- #CancelFuckingNetflix. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 5, 13:54
- That’s idiotic. You already gave them the green light. It’s a popular show and there’s no goddamned way the prime streaming network is suffering now - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 5, 13:49 4
  - Sucks for fans but it makes sense. Since they can't film it right now they can't just tie up people (cast and crew and such) waiting until they can. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 5, 13:51 2
    - Yep. Cast options expire, and can be very expensive to hold. -- nm - MDH Oct 5, 14:13
    - They’re not going elsewhere to a new project. - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 5, 13:55
  - Netflix has some serious set protocols. Maybe Glow was impossible to film still. -- nm - Candieman, Candieman, Candieman Oct 5, 13:50
So, I got this awesome new chef knife. You'll never guess the first thing that happened after I took it out of the box. - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:46 19
- I need to get one of those sharpening blocks / wetstone things. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 5, 14:13
- link to new knife please -- nm - Booooooker Oct 5, 13:58 2
  - THis one. America's Test Kitchen rated it #1 and they say it's the main one they use. -- (link) - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:01 1
    - thank you! -- nm - Booooooker Oct 5, 14:12
- You have to establish dominance from the beginning, otherwise it will never respect you. Once it has the taste for human blood...look out. - znoooooooo!!! Oct 5, 13:56 6
  - What if I get out my scalpels and show them to it? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:58 5
    - Sure, introduce it to its future allies. What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 5, 14:13 2
      - More like my spies. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:14 1
        
        Riiiiight. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 5, 14:17
    - Don't let them breed! -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:00 1
      - The dumb thing is I'm not at all afraid of my scalpels or x-actos. I guess the size is what gets me. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:04
- i got a mandolin for a wedding gift, it terrifies me. I use it (excellent for scalloped potatoes), but it terrifies me. that thing is SHARP. - Candieman, Candieman, Candieman Oct 5, 13:54 7
  - I'm too afraid to get one. I always lose some skin to my zester. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 14:07 2
    - Is it a microplane? I finally got over my fear of that. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:12 1
      - Yes. I'm not afraid of it which is probably why I keep losing skin. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 20:49
  - Yeah, I took a tiny bit off my thumb the first time I used mine -- nm - zork Oct 5, 13:57 1
    - I took a bit off my index finger first time I put a mushroom slicer (have you seen those?) in the dishwasher. Had to get stitches. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:59
  - Related: Maybe I'll try watching YouTube knife skill videos. Does anyone have a favorite channel for cooking skills? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:56
  - Oh yeah, I've heard stories. I often want one but then I remember. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:55
What did you all think of Wonder Woman 1984? - New, Better David Oct 5, 13:44
The VP debate will have plexi shields despite Pence objections -- (link) - TWuG Oct 5, 13:44 9
- What's the basis of his objections? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:45 6
  - If anything, he should want a blackout plexiglass barrier does as not to be tempted by the glory of Kamala. -- nm - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 5, 14:00
  - It gives weight to the seriousness of the disease, which makes the WH response to the disease look bad. -- nm - TWuG Oct 5, 13:46 4
    - It's astonishing how far Trump's refusal to be wrong will go. And also how willing the Republicans are to bend to him. -- (edited) - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:51 3
      - Pence not having it shows he must not be involved in many discussions, meetings with the President. Was he at the Rose Garden? -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 13:58 2
        
        yes -- nm - mud Oct 5, 14:12
        
        I don't remember seeing him in the photos. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:59
- I'm sure Mother would approve. -- nm - pmb Oct 5, 13:45 1
  - Right? He's technically not in the same room now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 13:57
Heh. The NCAA FB leader in tackles per game is a LB on the Arkansas Razorbacks named - Strongbad Oct 5, 13:42
Oh look, my “I paid more taxes than Donald Trump” stickers just shipped. Impressive how quickly that angle became irrelevant. -- nm* - znoooooooo!!! Oct 5, 13:40 2
- *rakes it in with my "Trump's Latest Outrage, Amirite?" stickers* -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 13:56
- Right? The bumper stickers can't keep up with the Trumpfuckery. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:42
NFL Stat *crash ALERT!!!* - Strongbad Oct 5, 13:39
So it won't get LIR, thanks JamesBond for lending us your expertise. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 13:39 5
- Absolutely. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 5, 14:04
- :) no problem -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 13:58
- Yes, it's like having our own talking head. -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 13:44
- Yes, very much. -- nm - Candieman, Candieman, Candieman Oct 5, 13:39
- Yes, thank you! -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 5, 13:39
So, um, the VP debate is...happening? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 5, 13:37 11
- Trump announced he's going ahead with the Presidential debate on 10/15. Will it look weak if he collapses onstage? -- nm - jnine Oct 5, 13:45 7
  - :/ i really hope they won't but I am sure to Trump there is nothing lose now that he has it -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 14:00
  - This will make him look weak -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 5, 13:58
  - No, he's showing he understands COVID! He gets it! Unlike Joe Biden! -- nm - marum scarum Oct 5, 13:53 4
    - It drive me bonkers that he's like "I've learned so much about COVID! I understand it!" Ummm...how about the past 8 months of briefings from experts? -- nm - ty97 Oct 5, 14:01 3
      - and the, you know, 200,000 dead Americans. -- nm - Candieman, Candieman, Candieman Oct 5, 14:06 2
        
        He has never, ever, ever uttered a peep about that. And no one seems to nave noticed. That's just unbelievable. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 5, 14:16
        
        zero empathy. -- nm - mud Oct 5, 14:13
- I figured that's where they would go with it, but it doesn't really account for the airborne transmission. - pmb Oct 5, 13:41 2
  - indeed. The plexiglass is mostly for show -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 14:00
  - Put it on zoom, let the moderator mute them -- nm - ty97 Oct 5, 13:48

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