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KISS Little People. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:48
Man wagers $8600 that Clemson will beat Syracuse this weekend. Would earn $8.60 in profit. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 23, 17:39 3
- seems smart -- nm - Boooooker Oct 23, 17:45
- Ummm....why? -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:43 1
  - He needs money to buy a Starbuck's latte. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 17:50
So, the youth vote seems particularly energized -- (link) - TWuG Oct 23, 17:31 1
- But they’re voting red! (FWIW, I don’t think this is a fair accounting of things.) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:33
we all really liked Project power on Netflix. - although - spoilers -- (edited) - Booooooker Oct 23, 17:24
Inflatable Borat barge arrives in Toronto -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 17:01 9
- Watching the movie now. God it’s tedious. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:22 8
  - Thanks for taking one for the team. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:49
  - I don't want to watch it because I can't stand gross out humor. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:43 4
    - I wouldn't call it gross. I also wouldn't call it humor. -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 23, 17:46
    - There’s a number of gross out sex gags. And a nice blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo at the end that doesn’t really make up for everything else. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:46
    - It's cringe humour that turns me off, and lord how Borat is cringe. I am amused that it exists, and I've seen the first, but I'll skip this one -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 17:46 1
      - I watched because I figured it would be part of the cultural zeitgeist. I think watching the trailer gets you the gist of it. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:47
  - So like the first one? -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 23, 17:27 1
    - I suppose so. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:31
Finally had time to look at my spreadsheet, if Trump loses FL, he almost has to run the table on the rest of RCP’s toss-up states. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:00 7
- Pennsylvania should be a good indicator -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 17:24 6
  - Except PA is also high on the list of states where I expect there to be reporting delays. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:33 5
    - I don't know where in PA you live. Please enlighten? -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:45 1
      - Conshohocken, just outside of Philly. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:48
    - Just move, man. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:34 2
      - It’s not my fault! -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 17:50 1
        
        The water pixies have been giving you hints all week!!! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:52
Pasadena City Council to meet on Monday to discuss an Eddie Van Halen memorial. -- (link) - jnine Oct 23, 16:51 1
- that's awesome. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:13
Millennium looks like it may be returning... -- (link) - Boooooker Oct 23, 16:30 26
- Are the old episodes streaming anywhere? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 23, 17:50
- EVERYONE SHUT UP! I’m allowing this to happen! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:17
- i dont remember this show. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 16:49 10
  - Lance Henriksen and pre-Lost Terrance Whatshisface. What's not to remember? - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:52 9
    - VR-5, Pure Luck -- nm - Booooooker Oct 23, 16:53 2
      - Michael Easton - I liked him in Total Recall 2070 and "Two". The ones I named were all part of the Carterverse. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:58
      - Never heard of them. 😂 -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:57
    - Terry O'Quinn -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:52 5
      - who, in the 3 years they were here shooting, I became acquainted with because he's a big reader. Tremendously nice guy. -- nm - mud Oct 23, 16:54 4
        
        Love, Love Love him as an actor. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:09 2
        
        Him with Michael Emerson was GOLD. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:13 1
        
        POI FTW -- nm - Booooooker Oct 23, 17:37
        
        I couldnt sell him on Patrick O'Brian, wouldn't buy it. One time I told him I thought the show was .. - mud Oct 23, 16:57
- Related only in name, Millennium (1989) was one of the most infuriatingly bad movies I've ever seen. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 16:42
- [splurt] ! -- nm - mud Oct 23, 16:41
- Why? -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 16:41 4
  - they realized cancelling it months before the actual Milennium was the fucking dumbest idea ever. -- nm - Boooooker Oct 23, 16:45 1
    - huh, they did have a new year's ep with mulder and scully. I do not know dates. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:10
  - best. show. ever. -- nm - mud Oct 23, 16:41 1
    - Since you liked Millennium, you might like Haven. Ever checked that one out? -- nm* - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 17:13
- Michael-Scott-No-God-No.gif - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:39 5
  - I told my wife. She said "I don't even know what that is" ... she ran an X-Files fan site for 3+ years. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:40 4
    - THEY.HAD.A.CROSSOVER.EPISODE. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 16:54 3
      - THATS.WHAT.I.SAID. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 16:56 2
        
        and it was a KISS! which actually really sucked. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:19
        
        The truth has literally been out there! -- nm - Max Oct 23, 17:05
Judge orders the DeJoy and USPS to restore high-speed mail sorting machines at facilities that cannot process First Class election mail efficiently -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 16:23 2
- Data shows nearly all the agency's delivery regions missing its target of having at least 95% of first-class mail arrive within five days. -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 16:40
- That's why they destroyed them, they can't replace them. -- nm - jnine Oct 23, 16:29
For our Disney Parks experts, what are the chances of Annual Passes being suspended at Disneyland (and refunded) as part of the eventual re-opening. - JD Oct 23, 15:57 2
- I'd guess it's not really about the admission price but about how much each person spends once they get in. -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 23, 17:07
- Credits / Refunds at a minimum. Currently running reservation system for daily access elsewhere while on restircted capacity -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 16:19
Meanwhile, in Idaho -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 23, 15:49 1
- Read the quotes in that story, absolutely ridiculous -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 23, 15:54
More photos of Starship. Possible 15km launch this year. -- (edited) - TWuG Oct 23, 15:44 3
- Nothing's gonna stop them now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 16:19 1
  - [gag] -- nm - mud Oct 23, 16:42
- so cool -- nm - mud Oct 23, 16:15
Ryan Reynolds: 1st Time U.S. voter -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 23, 15:36 1
- Funny that he cropped his wife out of the photo. (There was also a shoe "controversy" yesterday that was utterly hilarious) -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 15:38
Adam Schefter: Antonio Brown working on deal with Tampa. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 23, 15:29 3
- Good. I was slightly worried Baltimore would sign him. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 23, 16:57
- Have to keep Tom happy. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 23, 16:36
- Apparently a deal has been agreed. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 16:17
LYC: It's official. Our little city has a Town Troubadour. -- (edited) - Strongbad Oct 23, 15:18 2
- Did you move to Stars Hollow? -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 15:18 1
  - I'm starting my own olde fashioned soda shop. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 23, 15:28
I'm following up last night's viewing of Train to Busan with its spiritual kin - 🧛 pfm in a Lord Palmerston mask 💀 Oct 23, 15:18 2
- In some ways -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 15:38
- I'm interested to hear how this goes. I'm pretty sure that I've averaged at least annual viewings of the Sound of Music - JD Oct 23, 15:28
So I waited less than a minute to early vote. What was everyone else's experience? Just curious -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 15:14 20
- I drive by the county office often, drove into the parking lot, deposited it in the steel box...the hardest part was making sure it was closed up righ -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 24, 00:55
- An hour last Wednesday, 1-2 pm. -- nm - kelly Oct 23, 17:26
- (embarrased) have not done it yet -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 23, 17:11
- Dropped off at the drop box last weekend with no wait. Got confirmation on Wednesday that it had been received. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 23, 16:43
- 5 minutes -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 16:12
- Less than 10 minutes, two days ago. 5-6 People in line to check-in, plenty of open voting stations. - nm - howie Oct 23, 15:58
- About 35 minutes in line. But if I came a half hour later it would have been almost no line. -- nm - pmb Oct 23, 15:55
- 0 minutes. I mailed it in. -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 15:50
- I will vote on Election Day. I expect it to take no more than 5 minutes based on past experience. -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 15:42
- 20 minutes. 10 voting machines, but four judges to check people in, so there was a short line. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 23, 15:42
- 1hr today at 4:30 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 15:35
- 3pm on Thursday was the perfect time for no line. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 15:31
- 3hr 6min last week - 🧛 pfm in a Lord Palmerston mask 💀 Oct 23, 15:26
- In and out in 10 min -- nm - The real Pippy Oct 23, 15:19
- It took me longer to shift the little dial to each and every democrat candidate than it did for me to get into the booth. -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 15:15 5
  - Especially since the voting machine kept flipping them back to Republican. -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 15:40 1
    - No. That only happened in Georgia with the touch screens needing to be recalibrated. -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 15:54
  - Heh. I had to circle in every Democrat with a marker, but I got it done -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 15:19 2
    - Once Democrats started winning using Straight Party Ticketing here in Texas that process simply had to be stopped, of course. -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 15:38 1
      - Of course -- nm - The real Pippy Oct 23, 15:39
this board is sus. -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 23, 15:14 5
- This board with with the other board this whole time! -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 15:39
- C'mon, we've been swiping in admin the whole time -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 15:30 1
  - did you see me dump the garbage? i danced to get your attention. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 16:59
- vote it out -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 15:17 1
  - *watches crash vent* -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 23, 15:18
TIL: Kraft had a "Send Noods" advertising campaign for their Mac and Cheese and people got mad. -- (edited) - JD Oct 23, 15:03 3
- How dare you associate something that is normally eaten by children with something sexual! You pedophiles!! -- nm - QAnon Oct 23, 15:14
- .... -- (link) - .👀 Oct 23, 15:09 1
  - Ha! I made the above satirical comment without reading the article first. Nailed it. -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 15:14
Hedge Fund Magnate Is Moving His $41 Billion Firm From N.Y. to Florida - crash davis Oct 23, 14:56 8
- Sounds more like a cheaper office real estate thing. -- nm - jnine Oct 23, 16:35
- It’s not a Singer tax thing if Singer’s not moving no matter how hard the NYT tries to push that angle. - spamlet Oct 23, 15:16 1
  - MA does. NH is suing over it I believe. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 23, 16:44
- He wants to go from NY to FL because of the pandemic, reminds me of when the Seahawks owner wanted to move to LA because of Seattle earthquakes -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:59
- We sold him on Golden Oak. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:58 2
  - 👍🏠🏰 -- nm - JD Oct 23, 15:02 1
    - Emoji game on point -- nm - David Oct 23, 15:06
- Lots of corporate HQ news coming in the next year I think. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:58
'Black Mirror' Plots, Ranked By How Likely They Are To Happen -- (link) - JD Oct 23, 14:55
Currently watching: Explained -- Whose Vote Counts? - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 23, 14:34 2
- Watch something about how to use animal companions in combat - that might cheer you up :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:41 1
  - That is a very good idea. I'll go watch Ladyhawke. -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 23, 15:06
(for David) He Married a Sociopath: Me As a wife and a mother, I have learned how to tell the truth. Which is why I always know when my husband is lyi - crash davis Oct 23, 14:30
Trump’s Cash Crunch Limits His Options and Prompts Finger-Pointing - crash davis Oct 23, 14:27 11
- "Mr. Trump’s campaign is not broke. " and once again he's convinced someone else to cover his bills. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:57
- At this point would the ads change much? Still undecided people? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 23, 14:37 6
  - There's something to be said for high volume in advertising. That's a longstanding political adage, but 2020 may be different anyway. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:39 3
    - English Muffins 2020 -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 14:51
    - Also, he probably is supposed to pay some folks on the campaign. - Dark Callisto, Halloween Aficionado Oct 23, 14:40 1
      - Lara and Kimberly -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:41
  - I believe the thinking is that the last election hinged on tiny fractions (0.06% in PA, iirc) so they have to get every last undecided. -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:39 1
    - I guess that makes sense -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 23, 15:02
- I think we might hear a lot more about American Made Media Consultants in the future. -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:35 2
  - Probably during the indictments. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:44 1
    - I'm hoping that we'll hear something along the way during the investigations. Indictments is like waiting for Christmas morning. I want to shake the - crash davis Oct 23, 14:55
Joseph Gordon Levitt teams with the Gregory Brothers to speak to the last undecided voter. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 14:25
The ability to slip in a Mos Eisley and power converters comment into a work related chat can not be understated!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 23, 14:25 1
- Aww, but I wanted to go to a wretched hive of scum and villainy, not a boring toshi station -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 14:51
Derrick Henry and the Art of the Stiff Arm - crash davis Oct 23, 14:19 1
- From that cut and paste: Editors’ Picks -- He Married a Sociopath: Me -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:26
Four Seasons at WDW start at $ 628 a night on a weekend in November -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 23, 14:18 12
- Grendel's an IP lawyer who got his firm Apple business. - David Oct 23, 14:22 11
  - I saw with the $ 113k in taxes/fees per year, you got to go to the secret restaurant -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 23, 14:24 10
    - Yeah, many of the families who live there throw events at the restaurant. Plebeians like you and me can go about twice a year. - David Oct 23, 14:29 8
      - It sounds like a natural evolution of DVC. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 23, 17:44
      - Cool! -- nm - The real Pippy Oct 23, 15:38 2
        
        Right? I always knew you were at least a little plebeian. - Qale Oct 23, 15:39 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - The real Pippy Oct 23, 22:08
      - For your convenience, Four Seasons Resort Orlando offers complimentary valet parking for your personal golf cart. - JD Oct 23, 14:34 3
        
        You want Golden Oak, not those. You get 15 daily FastPasses with Golden Oak. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:38 2
        
        Daily? And if I read correctly the Golden Oak available houses start at like a third of that..... - JD Oct 23, 14:45 1
        
        Yes, daily. IIRC, Club 33 members get 12, although it might be 15, too. - David Oct 23, 14:49
    - yeow -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Lord Palmerston mask 💀 Oct 23, 14:25
Brilliant from the Biden Campaign. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 23, 14:15 1 1
- Only objection I have to this is that it returns HTTP 200 instead of HTTP 404. A cardinal sin - but I get it. Some browsers hijack 404 pages. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 23, 14:24

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