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Baseball trivia: Which team is the oldest team in MLB to have never moved cities and have never changed their name? -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:04 16
- Pirates if not the Phillies as Z guessed below -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 13:12 1
  - The Pirates were known as the Alleghenys from 1882 (when they were still a part of the old American Association league) to 1890) -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:16
- Cubs? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 14, 13:08
- Tigers -- nm - eag Dec 14, 13:08 1
  - They are the second oldest team to have never moved cities and never changed their name. A very exceptional choice. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:11
- White Sox? -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 13:08 2
  - Unless the change from White Stockings to White Sox counts. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 13:09 1
    - Even if the name change didn't count, there's still one team before that. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:11
- Cubs? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 14, 13:07 1
  - While the Cubs have always been in Chicago, they were previously known as the Orphans (1898-1901), the Colts (1890-1897) and, ironically... - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:10
- Phillies? -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 13:07 5
  - Correct. The Philadelphia Phillies, who started in the National League in 1883, are the oldest team to have never moved or changed their name. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:12
  - You might be right as the A's were not the Phillies -- nm* - Krusty Dec 14, 13:10 3
    - The A's were not the Phillies, and the A's have moved twice during their existence (from Philly to KC in 1955, and from KC to Oakland in 1968) -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:13
    - They certainly were not. -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 13:11 1
      - I edited my post as I was wrong and the A's were a different team. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 13:12
8-12 inches Wednesday night. We don't get snow like that here almost ever -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 14, 13:02
Cleveland Cockatoo is the only acceptable new name. -- nm - Todd Manning Dec 14, 12:51 18
- Oh, we're talking about the Cleveland Steamers? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 13:09
- Cleveland Jobus -- nm - eag Dec 14, 12:55 6
  - The most glaring error in that movie is that someone would want to move a team to Miami for the guaranteed money. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:56 5
    - It wasn't an error in 1988. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:02
    - I thought she was getting a sweet deal from Florida plus just hated Cleveland - Reagen Dec 14, 13:01 3
      - Also by winning wouldn't she had gotten a better offer -- nm - eag Dec 14, 13:07 2
        
        The contract with the City of Cleveland would not let the team leave until attendance fell below 800k -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:14
        
        Ah, but the winning drove attendance up too high so that she couldn't unilaterally move the team. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 14, 13:08
- Cleveland Rock and Roll -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 12:53 6
  - More specifically Cleveland Rocks. -- (link) - pmb Dec 14, 12:57 [youtube] 5
    - Great name. -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 13:19
    - I said Rocks yesterday -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 13:06
    - Ironically, in their first three years of their history, they were officially known as The Cleveland Blues. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:03
    - Yup. That's my vote. The Cleveland Rocks. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 13:01 1
      - Colorado says "WHAT?!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 13:05
- Forest City Spiders, is my choice. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 12:52
- Cleveland Baseball Team -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 12:52 1
  - How about going a little more unexpected: The Cleveland Hockey Team. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 14, 13:07
*now* the Heifer Project sends me wrapping paper - when I needed it two weeks ago. At least it wasn't more return address labels 🙄 -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 14, 12:49 1
- *muffled moo* -- nm - Meg's Present Dec 14, 12:52
Dec. 14 Birthdays: Michael Ovitz & Jane Birkin (74), Dee Wallace (72), Vijay Amritraj (67), Don Franklin (60), Celia Weston (59), Ted Raimi (55), - Max Dec 14, 12:47 2
- Why is everybody so old, Max? -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:51 1
  - I don't make the babies, I just report on them. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 14:28
SyFy getting into the Holiday Movie business. -- (link) - Mop Dec 14, 12:44 [youtube] 6
- Better than A Snow Globe Christmas starring Christina Milian but not as good as Snowglobe starring Christina Milian. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 14, 12:53
- I'm disappointed it's not A Banana Splits Christmas. -- nm - David Dec 14, 12:52
- Not a Sharknado Christmas thats disappointing -- nm - eag Dec 14, 12:46 1
  - Tangent: In HS I wrote a story about Christmas Trees killing families in their sleep. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 12:48
- Is this the misspelling one? - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 12:46 1
  - Dat's it. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:47
Variety: Chris Pine to Star in ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ Movie for Paramount -- (link) - MDH Dec 14, 12:35 3
- My take away from that is tracking back that Wizards of the Coast purchased TSR in 96 and Hasbro bought WotC in 97 and that's why the movie is Hasbro - JD Dec 14, 12:44
- He's too tall to play Dungeon Master and too good looking for Venger. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 14, 12:38 1
  - And not quite complex enough to play the dungeon. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:41
Here, Crash. Have Trish watch the latest episode of The Simpsons! -- (link) - David Dec 14, 12:35 [hulu]
Well, if we're all just plugging our podcasts today, Ima plug mine too! - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 12:34 [Attachment] 2
- Book should be to you today, btw. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 12:36 1
  - Thank you -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 13:03
Hahahah -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 12:31 12
- "So, it's just as I suspected all along. The crime is unsolvable!" -- nm - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 14, 12:59
- It's the part Tudyk was hatched to play. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 14, 12:56 2
  - It's like The Good Doctor meets Galaxy Quest. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 13:03
  - this -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 13:00
- The comic book series is great. This looks a bit more comedic than the book, but I'm interested -- nm - TWuG Dec 14, 12:53 1
  - Never heard of it. But it sounds like one of those books that makes me miss reading comics. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:58
- "Doctor". -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:42
- I want to go to there -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 12:42
- heh -- nm - mud Dec 14, 12:42
- Yes. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 12:36
- I'm definitely in. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:35
- Oh man, sold. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 12:35
Though I did turn on the "Les Tubes 80-90" and really liked the first song I heard. Pas Assez de Toi by Mano Negra. -- (link*) - Dano Dec 14, 12:28 [youtube] 2
- WPOD!!!!!!!!!!! -- (edited) - Peglegpete Dec 14, 12:31 [youtube] 1
  - That doesn't sound French -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 12:38
Why are Chinese food places closed on Mondays? It super annoying. - sycor Dec 14, 12:26 31
- same reason hair salons are? -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 12:35 7
  - Are they really? Never noticed. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:36 6
    - They are open, here. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 12:45
    - Barbers are closed on Monday as it's their slowest day. Most people get their haircut over the weekend to look their best for the start of the next week. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 14, 12:37 4
      - Makes sense. I've been cutting my own hair for probably 20 years so never really paid attention. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:42 3
        
        I've been mostly doing my own hair for years as well. I'm good at a fade. I learned about the barbers when I was a teenager and went to get a cut - Krusty Dec 14, 12:45 2
        
        Small hair salons for women often do the same thing -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 13:01 1
        
        It makes sense. They need a day off and weekends are their busiest days. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 13:03
- Better than Sunday. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 14, 12:33
- make it yourself -- nm - decline Dec 14, 12:27 21
  - I used to make the best chow mein, I should do that ..I still have an old wok. -- nm - mud Dec 14, 12:45
  - Fried rice and egg drop soup are definitely two things I cannot make. - sycor Dec 14, 12:29 19
    - Cracking an egg into boiling water/broth is not difficult. -- nm - VMan Dec 14, 12:42
    - You definitely can. Fried rice = take day old rice, fry it in peanut oil, add egg, chopped onion, whatever else you want. - Roger More Dec 14, 12:35 15
      - right, add a couple diced carrots and a handful of frozen peas and you've got basic vegetable fried rice -- nm - decline Dec 14, 12:40
      - Who has day old rice? See, I can't make it. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:37 7
        
        Freshly made rice works okay. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 12:44
        
        when I make Asian food, I always double the amount of rice I need and then save 1/2 in the fridge to make fried rice a day or two later -- nm - decline Dec 14, 12:41 5
        
        Also, Crispy Cheese Tomato Rice is so very very good and so simple. -- (link) - Andie Dec 14, 12:43
        
        I use Minute rice, so I don't think it works for Fried rice since it's "instant" rice. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:43 3
        
        Minute rice is just rice that has been cooked already, then dried. I'm sure it would be fine for fried rice. -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 12:45
        
        i don't know why it wouldn't. -- nm* - Andie Dec 14, 12:44 1
        
        I thought I had read instant rice doesn't work for fried rice. I could be very wrong though. I will try to research it. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:46
      - I think the little bits of pork is the part that I wouldn't be able to recreate easily at home -- nm* - Krusty Dec 14, 12:36 5
        
        Actually, you can. Take a pork tenderloin, make a sauce from soy sauce, hoi sin sauce, honey, cooking sherry and five spice powder, marinade the pork, - Roger More Dec 14, 12:41 4
        
        I'll order take out. :-) But I am noting all this info for future use. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:46 3
        
        Yeah, I wouldn't make it just to then make fried rice. (Also, you can buy pre-made barbecue pork sauce in a jar) -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 12:49
        
        This is the recipe I use: -- (link) - kelly Dec 14, 12:48 1 1
        
        Thanks! :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 13:05
    - Fried rice isn't terribly hard to make, actually. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 12:33 1
      - yeah, it's pretty easy - decline Dec 14, 12:34
my hospital update today: Trish has tired of murder TV and has watched 12 Hallmark movies in a row. This is a worrisome symptom. -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 12:26 14
- It's a side effect of Panera ingestion. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 14, 12:35 1
  - Oh this makes sense! So maybe it's not contagious. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:36
- Does the hospital only have two channels? -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 14, 12:34 1
  - i get the feeling that if she had to watch soaps she'd cut a bitch -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 14:18
- I, too, have that particular illness. -- nm - David Dec 14, 12:34 1
  - I was going to say, this sounds like Mumpower's syndrome -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 12:36
- Normally, I'd agree. But not this time. Not this year. The world is full to the brim with bullshit and horrors - a bunch of movies that you know will - Johnny Lawrence Dec 14, 12:33 2
  - i normally love horror and thrillers etc. Can't watch them at the moment. I have been watching an absurd amount of holiday baking competition shows. - Andie Dec 14, 12:35 1
    - Seriously - shit is horrible enough in real life right now, I can't watch it on my TV. nm - Johnny Lawrence Dec 14, 12:37
- Her veins are clogged with shmaltz and her heart is enlarged. Those symptoms sound worrisome. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:29
- That is very worrisome. I would be highly concerned. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:28 3
  - Whatever it is, I hope she kicks it in the hospital and doesn't bring it home. I don't want to get infected. -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 12:29 2
    - Bah Home Bug -- nm - Max Dec 14, 12:32
    - Right?! I'm sure whatever is causing that is highly contagious! You definitely don't want to catch it. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 12:30
TIL: Boars smell. So much that their meat also stinks. That said, it smells good to lady hogs. This is why they used to use pigs to find truffles: - decline Dec 14, 12:20 1
- The Uncertain Hour did an entire episode on boar taint (and orchid smuggling) -- (link) - spamlet Dec 14, 12:35
We mentioned on the podcast that Will Smith is hosting a show called Welcome to Earth. - Tim Dec 14, 12:19 11
- *deletes Tim's post* -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:49
- I needed more info and discussion about Y: The Last Man! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:25 5
  - I think it's based on a book or something. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:52
  - I agree! I tried to start something but we just brushed on - Reagen Dec 14, 12:29 3
    - I assume you'll discuss it more in depth when it's near release but I've been dying for some news, we get some news and then just a passing mention. *grr* -- nm* - Krusty Dec 14, 12:35 2
      - Let me expound extensively on the Star Wars High Republic era... -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:52 1
        
        *skips 15 sec. ahead* *hears more Star Wars and skips again* *repeats* -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 13:06
- Some big Scientology Reveal. Xenu is here. -- nm - budice Dec 14, 12:23 1
  - Confirmed: Xenu created Covid as a way to weaken the non-believers. -- nm* - sycor Dec 14, 12:24
- I’d pay money to see him punch a koala or something. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:21
- Oh right. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 12:20
ST Christmas Cards are in the mail ... WOO! fair warning ... cards may contain glitter. :) - JenBro Dec 14, 12:11 1
- Little Drummer Glitter Bombs? -- nm - Max Dec 14, 12:17
So the top of the NFL draft is basically set 1,2,3 but after that, it's bedlam. - Volnelk Dec 14, 12:08 5
- Philly winning yesterday sent them from #4 to #9 -- nm - Strongbad Dec 14, 12:38
- 🤞🤞 We need to lose out or we likely drop to second based on strength of schedule -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:24
- Yeah, Miami currently picks at #8, #21, #39, and #54 in what's considered a good draft. -- nm - David Dec 14, 12:13 2
  - Is it possible we finally found several Belichek hires who don’t suck? - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:20 1
    - Yeah, I think Vrabel is in the conversation for best football coach in the world right now. It's still a little too soon to say on Flores... - David Dec 14, 12:24
Some Disney Movie Insider codes for you... - Mop Dec 14, 12:05 3
- Can everyone use them or are they one use? - spamlet Dec 14, 12:09 2
  - Everyone. They're holiday promotional codes. I think they're only 3 points each. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 12:10 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 12:14
That Inline XBRL stuff seems uh, complex. - JD Dec 14, 12:04 3
- It’s an improvement over having to file the XBRL instance separately, but it’s f*cking up our production schedule with the printer. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 14, 12:16
- machines are dumb, JD -- nm - decline Dec 14, 12:07 1
  - And, this. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 14, 12:20
So looking at the EC schedule, it won't be final til CA votes at 5, right? -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 14, 12:03 2
- Hawaii votes at 7pm ET. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 14, 12:03 1
  - right, I meant Biden will cross 270 when CA votes -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 14, 12:05
202 - 174 -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 14, 12:00
Calling It: I do not care for French Canadian music at least as represented on the Sirius XM Influence Franco station. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:56 12
- Time to switch back to the best channel: ONEderland. Maybe they'll play Ma Belle Amie for you. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 14, 12:36
- Not knowing the language is a big barrier, but it's never been my thing - Reagen Dec 14, 12:05
- Like any region of the world we have all style of music, but it's quite possible this specific channel plays - Guigue Dec 14, 12:02 6
  - I used the Sirius station because I had it easily available. Gave it a definite fair shot after it was pointed out that my Top 10 list was all English - Dano Dec 14, 12:17 5
    - I would say that 95% of English Canadians could probably not name more than 2 Quebecois artists. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 12:20 4
      - This is me, and I've lived in Quebec for three years -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 12:46
      - I could do 3, but one of them’s Roch Voisine. -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 12:30
      - Cano ..Harmonium .. I'm out. -- nm - mud Dec 14, 12:23 1
        
        Do I get to count Mitsou? -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 12:31
- What genre? -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 12:01 2
  - Influence Franco: New Indie Pop Alternative - Discover brand new & emerging French music discoveries from Canada, through new studio releases & live - Dano Dec 14, 12:06 1
    - I'm totally unfamiliar with it, so *shrug* -- nm - loosilu Dec 14, 12:07

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