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Here's who won't get a stimulus check this round...self employed contractors, uber drivers other gig workers who filed self emp in 2019 -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 16, 13:47 3
- damnit....caught again, this article was from last april...sigh..nev'rmind -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 14:01
- Wasn't the cutoff an AGI of $75k for a single person last round? -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:51
- We were on the edge for the last one with our 2018 filing. Now with our 2019 taxes filed, I'm pretty sure we max out -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 13:50
Roku-HBO Max deal done. App available starting tomorrow -- (link*) - budice Dec 16, 13:46 4
- "We need a win. Make this happen." -- nm - David Dec 16, 14:05
- Woohoooo! Thanks, Joe Biden! -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 14:00
- I know it sounds dumb but I might get HBO max now. -- nm - Mitsubishi Eclipse Dec 16, 13:57
- Yay -- nm - JD Dec 16, 13:48
Pompeo was having a Christmas party tonight for over 900 invitees, including lots of foreign dignitaries and children. Dems asked him to cancel but - jnine Dec 16, 13:36 8
- I heard it was 90 rsvps and only 70 showed up, it was implied that Pompeo didn't show up because he was more embarrassed/iso is just an excuse -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 13:55 3
  - No, he's been exposed, again. He canceled the one he was having tonight because he's in quarantine. -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:57 2
    - In otherwords, multiple clusterf*cks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 16, 14:00 1
      - He apparently has had 10 parties so far. If I'm Biden, I might wait until April to move into the White House. -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 14:01
- I would bet our Ambassador was probably there. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 16, 13:47
- It was actually yesterday. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:41
- Looks like they went ahead with the party but fewer than 70 showed up. -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 13:40 [Backboard] 1
  - He was having another one tonight for 180 ambassadors, their spouses and chiefs of missions. It was canceled. -- (link) - jnine Dec 16, 13:54
One of the laboratories here that had a very good turnaround time for covid testing ran out of reagents - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 16, 13:25 3
- we have a run on testing here bc people want to get tested before traveling. this certainly has caused a spike but was predictable. - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:33 1
  - Right? everyone knew there would be a holiday run. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:42
- Where my dad lives just moved to #1 in CA for positivity rate in the State and supposedly the country. Over 25%. There's one hospital and it can't - jnine Dec 16, 13:33
At 38 years old Buttigieg will be the youngest cabinet member to serve since since Alexander Hamilton. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 16, 13:24 8
- No, Lin-Manuel! No! Stop! -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 13:25 7
  - If he can find something rhythmic to rhyme with Buttigieg he should go right ahead. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 13:32 1
    - ~Bringin the Dems in off the ledge, don’t you know, I’m Pete Buttigieg~ -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 13:40
  - ~My name is Mayor Pete Buttigieg . . . ~ -- nm - Lin Manuel Dec 16, 13:27 2
    - I got it! I'll play Chasten *and* Mike Pence! -- nm - DDiggs Dec 16, 13:32 1
      - His Pence will be flouncier than his Jefferson. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 13:43
  - He can't. The man is non-stop. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 16, 13:26 1
    - Hee! -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:32
so I live here and we have like five inches maybe of super powdery snow on the ground. someone is trying to get up the hill in a mitsubishi eclipse. -- (link) - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:17 1
- ~I'm goin take my car down Old Boalsburg Road, I'm going to slide til I can't no more~ -- nm - Mitsubishi Eclipse Dec 16, 13:45
Big 5 has a coupon for a $100 weighted blanket for $25. I'm tempted. -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 13:16 12
- Before you buy it, check the materials. You want glass beads and a natural fiber cover. Synthetics make you sweat. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:30 1
  - The ones I saw on their site all look good. I say do it. I love mine. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:38
- me too. (what is Big 5?) -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 16, 13:21 4
  - Sporting goods store. -- (link) - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 13:23 3
    - And a solid choice for a redoubt in case of zombie apocalypse. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:26
    - We don't have a lot of retail chains in my little town, but I've got a Big 5 a 10 minute walk away. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:26
    - danke. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 16, 13:25
- And which is available on sale in the store for $35 :) -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 13:21 2
  - Which brand/dimensions was it? Their website lists many, including a number that are on clearance. -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 13:42 1
    - I *think* it's this one -- (link) - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 14:09
- Online? In the mail? I might be interested in this. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:21 1
  - This was in the mail with the grocery fliers. -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 13:22
While we're all still stuck at home... Bruce Campbell is doing an Evil Dead viewing party with live commentary. -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 13:12 1
- Interesting -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 13:17
Question of the day -- (pic) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 13:07 [Attachment] 18
- Answer -- (link*) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 13:07 [Attachment] 17
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 13:08 [Attachment] 16
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 13:08 [Attachment] 15
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Dec 16, 14:11
      - 1/1, 0/1. I guess I should have glanced over the replies below before the Bonus. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 16, 14:02
      - 2/2 only because I've been to that place. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:45
      - 2/2 only because wait a minute.... -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 13:42
      - 2/2 -- nm - hohohollo 🦌🛷 Dec 16, 13:28
      - 2/2 - Krusty Dec 16, 13:21
      - 1/2 -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 13:20
      - 1/2. missed the first one -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 16, 13:11
      - 2/2. I had to guess on the first one but knew the second one cold. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:11
      - I mean 2/2 but I guessed on the second, assuming that alexa was beins tricksy. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:11 3
        
        This -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 13:38
        
        it's a classic geography trap question. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 13:12 1
        
        (spoilers) - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:15
      - 2/tricksy -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 16, 13:10 1
        
        ha ha ha -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:11
My Christmas lights tree for the cards... -- (pic) - Krusty Dec 16, 13:05 [Attachment] 3
- Nice! We have ours hanging from a string in front of our china cabinet -- (pic) - znufrii Dec 16, 13:43 [Attachment]
- The "stalkings" were hung by the light tree with care / In hopes that Crazy Nekkid Mel soon would be there. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:25 1
  - heh -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 13:27
LOL... someone on Twitter who follows me just blocked me because I started answering their question "Has AOC ever done anything in Congress?" - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 16, 13:02 1
- The far right obsession with her is creepy. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:23
"Pete Buttigieg may not deserve to be transportation secretary, but his ambition could make him a great one." -- (link) - ty97 Dec 16, 13:00 18
- “Deserve” is a very strange word to use there, I think. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 13:45
- Also not a volatile position, should have pretty good staying power. Work with States. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 13:05 2
  - He has got his work cut out for him FAA is under him and we know the Airline buisness has been hit hard by Covid -- nm - eag Dec 16, 13:12 1
    - It might help if they stopped letting people who are about to die of covid on planes. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 16, 13:23
- Ambition, a desire to serve, and the typical smart geek attitude of just wanting to figure out the best way to do things. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:03 4
  - Yep. He may not come with experience, but I'd trust him with almost any position. -- nm - pmb Dec 16, 13:28
  - He's going to want to run for POTUS again someday, so he has reason to do a good job here -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 13:05 2
    - Absolutely. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:06 1
      - I think it's actually a good argument for optimism from slate -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 13:07
- Since the time of the Greeks, people have known the path to power runs through the roads... -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 13:02
- Here's your chance to implement a nationwide hyperloop system, Pete. Don't let me down. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:02 7
  - Monorail! -- nm - eag Dec 16, 13:15 1
    - Monorail! -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:25
  - The roads around Notre Dame are paved with gold... I mean, LITERALLY! -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:12
  - ~booooondogggggle~ -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 13:03 3
    - Tell that to Ogdenville. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 13:08 2
      - And North Haverbrook! -- nm - con_carne Dec 16, 13:20 1
        
        *cough* Never heard of it. -- nm - Elon Musk Dec 16, 13:22
Krispy Kreme have brought back the gingerbread doughnuts for a limited time. -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 16, 12:49 1
- Yum! -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:38
I am rich! (i am not.) I just logged into my teeny-tiny crypto currency account for the first time since July apparently. it's doubled! -- (edited) - Andie Dec 16, 12:47 5
- Back in May when I was quarantining with nothing to do, it came to me there would be a vaccine for this and some company should make a lot of money. - jnine Dec 16, 13:45
- Again, Paypal says "You're welcome." -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 12:53 1
  - Bitcoin is up 70% since Paypal announced its platform support for it in October. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 12:57
- Let it ride! -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:49 1
  - Soon... it will include desert! -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:49
This... could be a problem. Gmail stopped importing my email from Hotmail 2 days ago. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:36 3
- Hotmail is still on? -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:37 2
  - It's used heavily by Microsoft's O365 offering now. You know it as Outlook.com. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:40
  - Up to 2 days ago. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 16, 12:40
For Krusty, re: your response to my B3 post. I'm not sure if that should be interpreted as a good or bad thing, but... - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 16, 12:27 3
- It just made me laugh that I listen so often that as I read your post it was in your voice and cadence. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 16, 12:33 2
  - Same here though I am much further behind. - spamlet Dec 16, 12:38
  - Ah -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 16, 12:37
Atlantic City will auction off the privilege of blowing up Trump Plaza -- (link) - znufrii Dec 16, 12:26 8
- I stayed there in 2006. I had never been to AC before. I could not believe how empty the casino was. It was the middle of the day when I got there, - jnine Dec 16, 13:49
- Rudy G will sacrifice himself and be in there when it blows up -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:30 1
  - *accidentally chains himself to the doors of Trumps Hobbies in Corvallis, Oregon* -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 12:32
- which of donny's kids, or ex's wins it?....oh, Tillerson -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:29
- Is Trump himself eligible to bid? -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 12:29
- they're gonna pay off the US National Debt. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 12:28 2
  - should have been a raffle, then millions, like maybe 81 million would drop a dollar in, 1 person maybe 100k in an auction -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:33
  - In his own way, Trump ends up saving Atlantic City. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:31
for Krusty, NWS is definitely referring to it as a nor’easter -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 16, 12:20 1
- *shrug* What I read this morning said it wasn't but I'm good with being wrong. I just want a foot of snow and not some bullshit couple of inches -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 12:34
ST Poll: What kind of audio do you have connected to your primary TV? Soundbar? Surround speakers? And how much have you "calibrated" it if possible? - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 12:18 32
- I use the tv panel's speakers but for my next round I'd like surround to deal with murky audio mixes. - Max Dec 16, 13:44
- I had a soundar but didn't think it was worth it. they're kind of ugly. I just use TV speakers now. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:08
- I wish to god I could figure out a simple sound system for the TV and the music we play from my dude's Mac. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:01 2
  - AirPlay is probably the easiest. You need an AppleTV or newer Roku or another device that supports it - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 13:37
  - an A/B switch? i was going to do that with the HMI cable from cable box and cube but comcast finally intergrated so it wasn't necessary -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 13:29
- Polk surround speakers and a Marantz receiver. I just use the calibration mic and system that cane with the receiver. -- nm - sycor Dec 16, 12:50
- I got you ALL outclassed. The TV sound goes to my hearing aids through bluetooth. World's most expensive earbuds. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:44 2
  - Challenge accepted! -- nm - Apple Dec 16, 12:45 1
    - How much are their high end ones? -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:46
- Soundbar with 2 rear satellite speakers and a subwoofer. The Vizio kit. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:41
- Have a cheap sound bar on the basement TV. Stereo is connected to family room TV but not always used. The rest (5) use the built in speakers. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 16, 12:38
- i have an ok soundbar, nothing special. if I ever get a new tv, I will probaly get a much nicer system - tRuMaN Dec 16, 12:35
- Whatever speaks are in the TV. - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 16, 12:32 1
  - yes in smaller rooms, dedicating real estate to speakers is not possible. upstairs I'm lucky I could fit a tv. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:09
- we have a surround cube set up we never use -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:30 1
  - why, because we need to remember which of 3 remotes and which of dozens of buttons to push, then reverse it to get back -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:31
- At one point I had a 5.1 Setup via Optical which was pretty sweet. Ive debated a soundbar, but pretty much use tv speakers or headphones. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 12:28
- Internal speakers only -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:27
- Whatever my tv has, that's what we have. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 12:26 2
  - This. -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:56
  - This -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 12:31
- We have a Samsung HW-T450 2.1 soundbar and subwoofer. Works just fine for us. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 16, 12:25
- surround (also only using 5.1 of 7). It's a few years old but has an interface to calibrate it that I've done a couple of times -- nm* - decline Dec 16, 12:22 1
  - oh and the speakers are even older. I plan to replace it at some point with a sound bar -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:27
- Soundbar not calibrated -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:22
- a mono speaker (minirig) that's pretty powerful. -- (edited) - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 16, 12:20
- I believe if the first thirty minutes of Saving Private Ryan terrifies your pets, you've done a good job with the sound. -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:20
- Soundbar. Not calibrated at all -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 12:20
- n/a -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:18 3
  - So either you don't have a TV or it has no sound and you just read lips -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:23 2
    - All four of our tvs have speakers built in. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:26 1
      - gross :) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 12:38
*accidentally uses Rocket Radar when he doesn't have an egg slot open* - Mop Dec 16, 12:16 1
- It happens to a lot of guys, there's nothing to be ashamed about -- nm - hohohollo 🦌🛷 Dec 16, 13:23
George Clooney doesn't buy into the gloom and doom about Hollywood. -- (link) - Mop Dec 16, 12:14
Finally tracked my Stalker delivery and it has been delivered as of 10:54 am. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 16, 12:13 7
- It was indeed!!! Just now opened it. Sponsorship of a kitty at Best Friends Sanctuary and a lovely pet blanket for my two. - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 16, 12:48 3
  - That's good stalking! -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:58
  - ahhhhh, that's so nice! -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 13:01
  - Haha. Good. It was a recommendation from a mutual friend. Hope they (and you) enjoy it. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 16, 12:50
- ... on December 21st. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:14 2
  - 2021 -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 12:15 1
    - Well it was sent last Tuesday. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 16, 12:17

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