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NASA discovers 10,000 Quadrillion dollar asteroid -- (link) - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:45 5
- I think a Brit wrote your headline because the number in American is quintillion. 10 quintillion. -- nm* - crash davis Oct 29, 11:51
- more likely it's an alien spacecraft -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:49
- I'll go as high as 500 quadrillion, but I expect free shipping. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:49
- I literally almost copy and pasted your link so I could post in ST. Like I forgot where I was for a second. -- nm - VolnHELLk Oct 29, 11:49 1
  - (i have done this too) -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:52
Question of the day -- (pic) -- (link*) - 🧛 pfm in a Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:44 [Attachment] 6
- E) nunchuks -- nm - Max Oct 29, 11:46
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:45 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:45 [Attachment] 3
    - E) Chamber of Secrets -- nm - Max Oct 29, 11:47
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in a Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:46 [Attachment] 1
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:50
Paul Rudd is handing out cookies to people in Brooklyn who are waiting in line to vote -- (link) - decline Oct 29, 11:43 3
- heh -- nm - mud Oct 29, 11:49
- i love that man -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:47
- Dude, bring more than four cookies! -- nm - Max Oct 29, 11:45
Sources: Jacksonville Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew has multiple fractures, sprained ligament in thumb -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 11:38 1
- But it's not Covid so he'll be playing. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 11:40
CBS hires security for Lesley Stahl and family after they get death threats. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 11:30 3
- If she hangs that thick 'Trump healthcare plan' book over her chest it should stop any bullet or small mortar round. -- nm - Max Oct 29, 11:40
- Donnie's cult doing its thing. -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:31 1
  - A bunch of manly men who love to physically threaten women (Whitmer, Stahl etc...). Assholes. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 11:53
Quinnipiac (Dem house effect IIRC): IA Trump +1, PA Biden +7, OH Biden +5, FL Biden +3 -- (link) - ty97 Oct 29, 11:29 2
- Let's keep PA rolling for Biden, breaks a lot of models his way if he wins -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:32 1
  - Yes, though I'd still love places like FL/AZ to go Biden so we don't have to wait days to know -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:33
Gray wolves no longer protected in the lower 48. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 29, 11:27 1
- *sigh* -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 11:31
WR Julian Edelman OUT -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:22 5
- for a while apparently. He had knee surgery this morning -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:25 1
  - I suspect he had sex twice before he did. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:48
- We _knew_ it! -- nm - the gays Oct 29, 11:23 2
  - We wish! - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:26 1
    - His beard is an actual beard. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:31
ST Poll: Toy you had growing up that is no longer available. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:22 69
- Mr. Machine (an erector set with far to complicated shit for my age) mom saved and scrimped for it, I was too scared of it, played with the box -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:02
- Battle Mountain -- (pic) - Remlik Oct 29, 11:49 [Attachment] 1
  - I had that -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:49
- My favorite toy was the Big Trak. But I had a lot of toys that are no longer available: Jarts, steel dump trucks and other construction vehicles ... - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:48 [youtube] 5
  - guns without bright orange tips. -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:49 1
    - Had a couple of those, too. And while they weren't exactly "toys," 13-year-old RC received a full set of shuriken and a ninja outfit for his birthday. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:51
  - I loved programming loooooong series into it. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:49 2
    - Me too. :-) - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:52 1
      - LOFL -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:52
- They still make them, but I had the shitty vibrating football game. I had the Dolphins vs Cowboys Superbowl edition. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:47 2
  - and you liked to sit on it. -- nm* - groiny Oct 29, 11:48 1
    - No, that is not how you used it. But you thinking that does explain your fantasy football teams. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:53
- I also had the Marx Fort Apache playset (plastic cavalry and Indians) and a Marx Pacific War playset. I think they are non PC nowadays -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:45
- Supremacy (it's a board game like Risk but with nukes) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:42 5
  - I had that game, too. One of the best designed maps (and a cool blue color) from what I remember. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:49 2
    - I'll bring the pizza bread if you find it :) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:50 1
      - Deal! -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:52
  - Geesh. Pretty dark for 12 year olds -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:45 1
    - At least I'm not Baron and impaling children with metal darts -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:48
- honorable mention: Chutes Away game -- (link) - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:42
- Also, spent a lot of time building with construx. Like, a *lot*. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:41
- Dark Tower game -- (link) - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:34 2
  - Good call. That was a fun game. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:45
  - I recall that but I never got to play it -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:39
- This -- (link) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:32 6
  - I had the Mattel handhelds in the four major sports, and the Coleco baseball as well. I bought the original Mattel football nostalgia reissue - crash davis Oct 29, 11:38 2
    - I have a Mattel Football 2 handheld here at my desk - decline Oct 29, 11:40 1
      - ooh, the one with the passing. That is a good client, take care of them. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:41
  - Nice! I had that and a bunch of other handheld games -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:34
  - My brother had the football one. i always had it. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:33 1
    - Me too. When I was a kid I broke my leg and was in the hospital for surgery on it. I shared a room with an older guy who was also going in for - pmb Oct 29, 11:39
- Fisher Price little people that were small enough to choke on. -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:32 12
  - Did anyone else have the Fisher Price airport with parking garage? -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:35 6
    - I had the garage but not the airport. This... -- (link) - Krusty Oct 29, 11:40 [Image]
    - I think we did, actually. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:37 4
      - It had a little gas station. Did the plane come with it? -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:38 3
        
        I had the gas station -- with the parking deck and car elevator -- but never had the airport. -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:53
        
        I don't think it did. As I recall that was separate. I may be wrong though -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 11:47
        
        I have no idea, I just remember playing with it as a kid. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:39
  - Remember Weebles? -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:33 4
    - The dog was my fave. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:46
    - They wobble, but they don’t fall down! -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:35
    - yes! -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:35
    - I loved those -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:33
- Mattel Creepy Crawlers -- (pic) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 11:31 [Attachment]
- Monkey Division. Helmet, guns, bazookas, walkie talkies. - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 29, 11:31 1
  - I don't recall those -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:39
- Creepy Crawlers. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 11:29 2
  - they smelled so good -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:42
  - I had that too. Nowadays, I imagine it would be a lawsuit waiting to happen. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:35
- Merlin the hand held electronic game -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:28 4
  - i loved my Merlin soooo much. played it to death. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:30 1
    - So enjoyable. It’s seems down right primitive now. -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:31
  - The last one I had my German Sheppard chewed up for some reason. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:29 1
    - Maybe it was talking when you weren’t around - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:32
- Slip n Slide -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 11:26 2
  - They still make them. No one I knew had enough grass to use one but they look like fun. -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:31
  - Slide slide slippity-slide - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:29
- Spock helmet. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:26 3
  - You actually had one of those? You ARE the man! -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:29 2
    - as featured on Star Trek Lower Decks! -- (link) - Remlik Oct 29, 11:42
    - My friend and I both got the plastic model kit where you assembled a phaser, a communicator, and a tricorder. We took planetary scans of the - crash davis Oct 29, 11:34
- i had a microscope with glass slides that i LOVED. My nephew has it now. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:24 2
  - I had one of those! But I have no idea what happened to it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:26 1
    - I still have mine! -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:32
- Jarts. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:23 1
  - this -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:25
- Me: A chemistry set that Walter White would approve of; My best friend: Lawn Darts with the sharp metal spikes. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:22 1
  - ah, lawn darts. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:24
So whatever I was doing wrong on that form, I did it wrong enough times to lock myself out. I'll deal with tomorrow. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:16
Whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii, promoted Oct 29, 11:07 25
- That's *Assistant* deputy shift manager to you dude. -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:04
- congrats -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:43
- cheers !!! -- nm - mud Oct 29, 11:40
- Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:35
- Don Homer! -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:33
- YONH!! -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 11:25
- Congrats! -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:15
- It's no more money but you'll be happy to know it comes with 50% more work. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:15 10
  - Heh. - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:18 4
    - Sweeetttt -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:30
    - Oooh. Next round is on you. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 11:25 2
      - Always. - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:28 1
        
        Yes!! -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:33
  - Hmm. But what about the responsibility? - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:16 1
    - Also 50% more, but 100% easier to shift onto a subordinate. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:18
  - I’m turning down any future promotions cause of THIS -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:16 2
    - Sounds like somebody's not a team player.... -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:22 1
      - Ding! -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:29
- Nice! -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 11:13
- WTG! -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:13
- haha, sucker. Congrats! -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 11:11
- well, at least *somebody*'s excited about LaRussa -- nm - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:08 2
  - It really does feel good to cancel they gym membership? -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:09 1
    - Lol, no. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:10
- congrats! -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:08
OMFG. LaRussa announced as White Sox manager per WSCR radio. - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 29, 11:06 1
- shocked -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:07
Classic toys are making a comeback during the pandemic - crash davis Oct 29, 11:05 10
- I just want a bicycle. But they are back ordered for months! -- nm - Psycor Killer Oct 29, 11:17 1
  - yep, my daughter wanted one for her birthday in June, and we were shit out of luck. -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:47
- BALL IN A CUP! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 11:10 2
  - BAG OF GLASS! -- nm - Irwin Oct 29, 11:14
  - Classic American toys. Not whatever you found to play with up in Moose Jaw -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:12
- I remember leaning down and supporting my weight on the sides of the dump truck on each hand, and RUNNING. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:08 4
  - I had the Tonka Dump Truck and also a Tonka Road Grader and a Tonka Excavator -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:11 3
    - Growing up I had a sandbox that was 8 ft x 12 ft. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:13 2
      - We took one friends sandbox and dug out trenches & bunkers , loaded them with Marx plastic soldiers and took turns throwing firecrackers - crash davis Oct 29, 11:18 1
        
        neechay -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:20
Apparently there's a film shoot near my house today -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 11:05
Tony La Russa has been named the new manager of the Chicago White Sox -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:04 10
- fuuuuuuck -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:29
- This sounds like a stupid, stupid choice. you can't tell me there aren't better candidates and if you did I'd have to think you were lying. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 11:28
- Wait, I know this game... -- (link) - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:11 [youtube]
- I remember him from history class! -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 11:07 2
  - Sports announcer here last night I the news. "I was 1 when LaRussa was first hired as manager of the White Sox. My son was 1 when he managed his - pmb Oct 29, 11:17
  - The guy from the beer commercials? -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:08
- White Sox and Tony La Russa — this is somebody’s idea of a joke, right? They can’t be interested in a glum 76-year-old man who hasn’t managed in - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:06 1
  - Frank Thomas's Nugenix keepin him young -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:07
- *smh* He's the wrong choice for that young team -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:05 1
  - 1000% wrong for that exciting young team. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 29, 11:07
Still doing 15% over script budget each week, so I’m not surprised the Covid numbers are worse and worse. - Tim, not a doctor Oct 29, 10:59

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