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TGIF! -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 18:20
beauty TD right there -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 18:10 1
- really -- nm - mud Oct 29, 18:15
Damn. Travis Roy died after a surgery to maintain his quality of life. -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 29, 18:09
the first episode of The Queen's Gambit is really good -- nm - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 18:06
good job Atlanta, stay away from choking territory by doing the cheap hits -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 18:00 1
- the screen shows -6 :) -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 18:07
I'll be honest, it has been 4 years and i still can't believe that stupid fucker is your President... -- nm - Booooooooker Oct 29, 17:57
“Nothing worse than a nemesis that doesn’t know you exist: Like playing air guitar with your entire life.” -- nm - Booooooooker Oct 29, 17:27
Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19 -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 17:23 8
- He was the one that threatened to start his own league if they couldn't play this season. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 18:23
- Nice. I think they play the Irish next week too. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 29, 17:53
- I hope he sues Clemson and the NCAA for lost NFL salary -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 17:36 5
  - Why? He had a chance to opt out. He was going number 1 or 2 all along. This was his call. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 17:52 4
    - true i guess. But as he isn't an "employee" he could probably argue the case -- nm - Booooooooker Oct 29, 17:55 3
      - "I wanted to stay in school but they said i had to play football or I was out" -- nm - Booooooooker Oct 29, 17:55 2
        
        And they’d show where others opted out. Dabo isn’t going to pull his QBs scholarship ... he has to recruit new meat. - Will Hunting Oct 29, 18:07 1
        
        big college got to you!!!! -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 18:13
(if you're wondering what to get me for Christmas) The Entire Contents of New York’s KGB Espionage Museum Will Soon Go Up for Auction - crash davis Oct 29, 17:19 2
- Yeah, the auction will be in Feb, so for Christmas itself, a note saying "stand by for a Soviet Enigma machine" will suffice -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 17:22 1
  - and for the following Christmas, Crash would like a few items from next October's Elvira auction -- (link) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 17:42
How a ‘diabolical’ former DEA staffer conned the intelligence community - crash davis Oct 29, 17:13
Halloween night will see a Blue Moon for the first time since the year I was born (1944) -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 17:10 3
- *Starts singing Blue Moon with the doo wop group that lives in his head* -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 17:15
- this can only mean ONE thing! -- nm - Booooooooker Oct 29, 17:12 1
  - Do you hear the werewolves howling already ? -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 17:20
Perdue pulls out of his final debate with Ossoff -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 17:10 2
- Is that the GA guy who was killed in a video posted in a backboard? (NM) - Marlowe Oct 29, 17:11 1
  - yep -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 17:11
Matt Riddle has lost his first name in WWE, which is extra ridiculous considering it's his actual name. -- (link) - Tim, not a doctor Oct 29, 17:06 1
- In order to find it again, will he have to solve a series of increasingly difficult riddles? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 17:44
I adore AAA. That is all. -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 17:03 2
- I think its too small a battery size. I prefer AA. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 17:09
- Which step is that? - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 17:08
TIL from QAnon: Beyonce is not black. - crash davis Oct 29, 16:58 6
- I've never understood why the massive global conspiracy would feel the need to code clues into music videos. - mafic Oct 29, 17:33 3
  - additionally that they still use the pizza codes even though Q "cracked" it. -- nm - mafic Oct 29, 18:11
  - THIS. "We're molesting children... here are some clues!" WTF? -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 17:37
  - It is like the conspiracy wants to get caught! -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 17:34
- oh yea thats not a new one. their hole is very deep -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 17:09 1
  - I am stunned by the depths of gullibility though I shouldn't be. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 17:12
TIL: From short CNN clip... Jesse Ventura IS the Crypt Keeper! -- nm - VMan Oct 29, 16:51
the history of 19'th century Swedish Funeral candy -- (link) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 16:34
walmart is pulling ammo off the shelves (and guns too?) ... because of potential civil unrest. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 16:28 2
- Thought they had already did that? Did they change back and are pulling again? Or never did? Back in Bowling for Columbine days, I thought they had -- nm - VMan Oct 29, 16:42 1
  - think they stopped selling assault rifles -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 18:19
The Intercept has no love lost for Glenn Greenwald apparently -- (link) - ty97 Oct 29, 15:56 3
- Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 16:51
- Looks like Glenn was trying to run with a story on Biden's ties to the Ukraine. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 16:16 1
  - He was just trying to pay the vig -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 16:52
Hawaii reaches 100%+ of 2016. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 15:54 3
- *throws them all out due to 0.0000000000000000000001% risk of fraud* -- nm - GOP Oct 29, 16:16
- Damn you, whippersnapper! *shakes fist* -- nm - Texas Oct 29, 15:57
- Took a bit for me to unpack this. heh -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 15:56
Have we seen this instagram page? -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 29, 15:45 7
- Yes -- nm - .👀 Oct 29, 17:55
- huh, one of them is in Perth on my old running route. tour busses stop there for people to take this photo. -- (link) - mafic Oct 29, 17:38
- *follow* -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 16:07
- Nice. -- (pic) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 15:49 [Attachment] 3
  - Ooh. I've been here -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 29, 15:51 2
    - And here -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 29, 16:25 1
      - And I've stayed here -- (link) - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 29, 16:32
Hahahaha -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 29, 15:43
So serious question, is something like this able to been seen with the naked eye somewhere on Earth?? or is just because its a special camera? - Jovian Oct 29, 15:40 4
- The reflection in the lake makes it all the more haunting. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 16:07
- It's a long exposure so it's not that vivid but ..close. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 15:49
- Odds are good that it's mostly the camera doing the work there, but I can't be sure. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 15:42 1
  - Astronomical tracking tripod head, time exposures, really good auto exposure as it isn't jumping around, though it could be PS processing -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 16:37
Oh, the show that is filming next to my house today is called "Maid" and has Andie McDowell in it. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 15:38
What can we trust ‘20 election polls to tell us?Some reminders: -- (link) - ty97 Oct 29, 15:38
Final score: 44,400 for me. Kim had 999,999. -- nm - David Oct 29, 15:36 3
- brain cells? -- nm - mud Oct 29, 15:51 2
  - Qale points? -- nm - VMan Oct 29, 16:43 1
    - Big if true. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 18:22
I actually remember reading about the deep faked AI "intelligence" faces a few months ago - if this is actually where the Hunter story comes from - Reagen Oct 29, 15:34
I just saw a tweet for an article talking about 2024 GOP hopefuls. - ty97 Oct 29, 15:31 4
- Gonna be wild when Trump is running against Trump Jr, and he calls him a loser. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 15:52 3
  - In public. -- nm - Roger More Oct 29, 17:27
  - And that he doesn’t know him -- nm* - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 16:47
  - He’d finally be right about something. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 16:20
STer Todd Manning and I have the same Congresswoman. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 15:25
I watched Holiday-Date so you don’t have to. Think...Hallmark Movie with 100% more sailor type cussing and crude jokes but same formula - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:07 1
- I thank you. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 15:23
Birthdays: Richard Dreyfuss (73), Kate Jackson (72), Tiff Needell (69), Dan Castellaneta (63), Joely Fischer & Rufus Sewell (53), Winona Ryder (49), - Max Oct 29, 14:54 6
- Winona wins. So sorry, Miss Jackson. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 15:01 3
  - You must be nasty. -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 29, 15:07
  - I'm going with Mr. Dreyfuss. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 29, 15:03 1
    - Rufus for me then. - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:05
- 49?! .. awwwww -- nm - mud Oct 29, 14:56 1
  - I actually thought she was older. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 29, 15:00
Today was a good day. Tonight will be a good night? How do I know? Because it’s nacho night. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 14:35 6
- Nacho Wednesday -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:02 2
  - It's Thursday. -- nm - znufrii needs to update his handle Oct 29, 16:13 1
    - I can’t hear you over the crunch of my nachos -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 17:22
- Nacho Mama -- nm - 🕸 TWuG 🚀 Oct 29, 14:51
- Nacho Libre -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 14:50
- Nacho Man. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 29, 14:47
I have an earworm I can't identify because it's just a few notes & an unusual instrument and I can't even describe it. Just that I think it was - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 14:28 6
- This? -- (link) - 🕸 TWuG 🚀 Oct 29, 14:41 [youtube]
- hmm, actually, it might be whistling and not an instrument - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 14:38
- could it be the James Bond theme on a SITAR?? -- (link) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 14:34 [youtube] 3
  - That James Bond theme was originally written for a musical about an Indian man with an unlucky sneeze. MNBL - howie Oct 29, 15:13 [youtube] 1
    - which could explain why I always felt sitar was right for it -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 15:19
  - No, but that helps fix the problem. Thanks :) -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 14:37
Speaking of the flag stuff, I saw one hanging the other day with only red and white (the typically blue background to the stars was red). - pmb Oct 29, 14:00 3
- Commies, probably? - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 14:08 2
  - Or Trump republicans? -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 14:11 1
    - Yeah, that probably makes more sense. Matches their hats. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 14:19
That's pretty cool. Remember the thing that our department was the only one to do correctly and the initial thought was that we would have to redo it? - Dano Oct 29, 13:53 16
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 15:07
- Congrats! -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:00
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 14:57
- Awesome! -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 29, 14:48
- :))))) -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 14:37
- WTG!! -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 14:12
- nice! -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 14:02
- yeah! -- nm - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 14:01
- vn spotting -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 13:59
- Sweeeeet -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 13:58
- Nice! -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 13:58
- Keep the ball rolling - what're you gonna fix next? -- nm - Max Oct 29, 13:55 4
  - Maybe I should break stuff just to fix it! -- nm - Dano Oct 29, 13:57 3
    - My job security strategy is to build critical systems and not tell people how they work. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 29, 14:49 2
      - You are excellent at this -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:08 1
        
        Build them cheaper, make it up in maintenance contracts -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 16:40
Netflix raised their prices. -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 13:53 2
- What?! -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:01 1
  - Pretty sure the Streaming Hams caused it. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 15:15
This program is on my wish-list - Sold Out through 2021 :( -- (link) - Meg Oct 29, 13:50 2
- Get the list of attendees and knock one off to free up a space for yourself -- nm - decline Oct 29, 14:16 1
  - I wonder if that may be their code for "we really don't know if these programs will be possible"? Rather than take them off the schedule. -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 14:46
I don't want to say my favorite team is just trolling its fans now but... -- (link) - spamlet Oct 29, 13:50
trying to figure out how to contact amazon about a purchase which shows as delivered, but isnt actually at my house is annoying. - tRu🦇aN Oct 29, 13:47 3
- Does a neighbor have it? -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:02
- You usually have to wait 24 to 48 hours to file a claim -- nm - eag Oct 29, 13:52 1
  - yeah i know. guessing it got delivered to a home in my neighborhood which has the name house #, just annoying - tRu🦇aN Oct 29, 13:53
ST gays/pop fans: Sophie Ellis Bextor released a video for her single "Crying at the Discotheque" from her album "Songs from the Kitchen Disco" -- (link) - MDH Oct 29, 13:44 [youtube] 1
- Also, in case you need more, Kylie Minogue has swooped in with "I Love It" from her album "Disco" and we all needed this. -- (link) - MDH Oct 29, 13:59 [youtube]
One episode into Barbarians on Netflix. So far, so good -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 13:44 8
- My major complaint with episode one is Segestes looks like Bill Belichek. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 13:49
- Currently watching The Queen's Gambit. Loving it. -- nm* - Andie Oct 29, 13:45 6
  - I started No Tomorrow because of the streaming hams. The chemistry between the co-stars is palpable -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 15:04 1
    - so did I. like it so far. -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 15:36
  - My Octopus Teacher has some of the same "intense at times" as Free Solo does, I guess - I'm just trying to get people to watch MOT. -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 13:46 2
    - i am surprised i haven't. i love octopuses? octopii? they are insanely smart. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 13:47 1
      - Oh, if you love octopi then I insist you watch this asap. -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 14:20
  - excellent. -- nm - mud Oct 29, 13:45
Strike Hard -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Oct 29, 13:43 4
- Hard to Kill -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 13:44 3
  - Kill Bill -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Oct 29, 13:51 2
    - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure -- nm - VMan Oct 29, 16:54 1
      - Adventures in Babysitting -- nm - mud Oct 29, 17:05

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