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I need a couch update -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 08:04 2
- couch is here. we watched eternal sunshine last night on couch with fireplace. it was glorious. couch is very deep so could easily be slept on - amanda jeans Jan 15, 08:06 1
  - excellent news -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 08:14
I just redeemed all of my credit card cash (except amazon) back for 2020. - amanda jeans Jan 15, 08:03 5
- second couch, so the first one won't get lonely when you're at work! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 15, 08:06
- you should use it to buy another couch! -- nm - decline Jan 15, 08:05 1
  - see? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 15, 08:06
- noice -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 08:04
- amanda is buying us dinner! -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 08:03
Biden names Jason Miller as Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget -- (link) - ty97 Jan 15, 07:59 3
- but NOT THAT Jason Miller ! -- nm - mud Jan 15, 08:01 1
  - "why should I change my name, he's the one that sucks" -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 08:03
- Not the deadbeat Jason Miller. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 08:00
Man, there are some people who are really mad that the checks may be 1400 (+previous 600) to get to 2000, instead of a 2000 check -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 07:57 2
- There are some people that need to be gently smacked at the side of their heads. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 15, 08:00
- Lol. - znufrii Jan 15, 08:00
Going plaid: NEWSMAX CHYRON: Trump attorney says ANTIFA used “sonic weapon” to cause defecation incident -- (link) - decline Jan 15, 07:50 11
- You know. If ANTIFA is really this good, then I want them running the country. -- nm - Dano Jan 15, 08:05
- I seriously wonder whether there needs to be greater guardrails around free speech. I'm not sure we can handle it in the way it is doled out with - pmb Jan 15, 08:01 3
  - It's just a dumb joke, isn't it? It wasn't a real chyron. -- nm - mara Jan 15, 08:04 1
    - Is it? I don't know. And it doesn't really change my thoughts either way. The fact that I don't know is telling. -- nm* - pmb Jan 15, 08:08
  - Like I said the other day, gatekeepers exist for a reason. -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 08:03
- This one is true. The police (against the fascist protestors) used a gun and other items that caused protestors to shit their pants at consequences. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 08:00
- I don't know what this is and don't think I want to know. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 15, 07:59
- i imagine every time Trump has an urgent trip to the toilet, he's cursing ANTIFA for doing this to him. - colin Jan 15, 07:56
- I think he's making fun of what their spin would be. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 07:53 1
  - Does a sentient meteor understand humor? -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 07:54
- It's the clear progression of logic: It never happened. It wasn't us. ANTIFA used sonic weapons to force us to do it. -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 07:52
Chilling -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 15, 07:42 3
- "I was just trying to give him a chocolate handgun!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 07:59
- And -- (link) - znufrii Jan 15, 07:43 1
  - the hearings will be awesome. -- nm Posted by mud Jan 8 '21, 09:28 -- nm - mud Jan 15, 07:50
MegaMillions & PowerBall. Zeit has problems due to power blackout, so I've agreed to accept the cash and tell him how many tickets we need. - Meg Jan 15, 07:34 9
- Sent -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 15, 08:11
- Sent. Thanks. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 08:07
- sent -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 07:59
- done -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 15, 07:51
- sent -- nm - Diva Jan 15, 07:51
- sent -- nm - decline Jan 15, 07:42
- Sent -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 07:41
- sgt. hoff fired it off -- nm - oblique Jan 15, 07:38
- $20 sent paypal just now -- nm* - budice Jan 15, 07:37
I was going to go grocery shopping this afternoon, but then a snow flurry hit the ground so I had to rush and do it this morning. - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 07:34 2
- French toast FTW! -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 07:34 1
  - I can walk to Chris' Pancake House. I'm not making my own french toast while this is available. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 07:36
STIS&F: Anyone here artistic and bored? Details inside - oblique Jan 15, 07:32 1
- Sodom already has an album cover... -- (pic) - colin Jan 15, 07:53 [Attachment]
who else recognizes this shot? I'll bet someone does. -- (link) - mud Jan 15, 07:30 2
- "Sorry, that page doesn't exist." -- nm - mara Jan 15, 07:41 1
  - it was a short clip from Fishing with John and made ref. to QAnon Shaman so I guess he decided not to go there. -- nm* - mud Jan 15, 07:52
is anyone here actually going to say no to vaccine? no, right? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 15, 07:22 12
- alex jones said it will make me a jellyfish/human chimaera with only my original cells in my eyeballs remaining. - colin Jan 15, 07:28 5
  - yeah but, aside from that, any side effects? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 15, 12:02
  - But a straight chimera, not a gay one, right? -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 08:01
  - That seems more extreme than what Bozonaro said, which is people would become gators. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 15, 07:42 2
    - ugh, there are already too many Florida fans -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 07:42 1
      - Come to think of it, he is a good prototype of a Florida man. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 15, 07:45
- I don't want to grow vestigial arms, Amanda -- nm - decline Jan 15, 07:23 5
  - and I hate the taste of human flesh -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 07:24 4
    - Is it one or both because it might make a difference. -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 07:51
    - You just haven't had it prepared well. -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 07:39
    - Just season it like pork. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 07:27 1
      - OK Mr Hammer -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 07:28
i'm not sure if you're all into crosswords, but Seattle Times has the NYT crossword. and they have the last week for download. and if you change - colin Jan 15, 07:22 6
- I subscribe to the NYT with Crosswords. I blame Isabelle from Animal Crossing always talking about completing hers. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 07:31 1
  - I subscribe to the NYT Crossword App. I've gotten a little snooty in the past year, only doing Thu-Fri-Sat b/c the others are too easy. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 07:35
- and there's this fun extension called DownloadThemAll! that lets you increment a number in a URL.... -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:24 3
  - that worked disturbingly well. -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:39 2
    - see also: Parler -- nm - oblique Jan 15, 07:41 1
      - right? -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:42
Well, if you can't make bank dancing for Snapchat, this guy is offering a town $70M to find a hard drive with bitcoin on it -- (link) - oblique Jan 15, 07:16
"Thank you, but fuck you for being there" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 15, 07:16 2
- that second officer is on it. "The cognitive dissonance and the zealotry of these people is unreal." - JaxSean Jan 15, 07:26 1
  - i'm calling bull on cognitive dissonance. they never cared about cops except when they were hurting Black people/BLM supporters. -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:55
Have kids who snapchat? Snapchat is paying out $1M a day to ppl who post viral videos to it's new TikTok-like feature, Spotlight. -- (link) - decline Jan 15, 07:01 2
- can any of you sing sea-shanty? -- nm - oblique Jan 15, 07:03 1
  - some woman did a spotlight of her sister deep frying a turkey and made $500k... -- nm - decline Jan 15, 07:05
And apparently my employer is starting to lay people off again (not in our department). -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 06:44
Club for Growth, or Club for Billionaires to Subvert Democracy? -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 15, 06:35
In case you are on the sea shanty thing, here's a Spotify list. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 15, 06:31 1
- Well, it’s no The Twenty, but it’ll have to do until this weekend. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 06:39
"On Sunday 17 January, the Magic Circle will mark the centenary of sawing someone in half, an illusion as iconic as pulling a rabbit out of a hat." -- (link) - Max Jan 15, 06:29
Pro tip: making it known that you're stiffing your lawyers tends to make it hard to hire new lawyers -- (link) - Reagen Jan 15, 06:27 6
- Trump tries to stiff literally everyone he hires.. he has a long history of not paying contractors. I have no idea how he gets anything done. -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:17 2
  - Some guys come and say "you're gonna do this work for Trump or guys not as nice as me stop by next" -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 07:22 1
    - lawyers dealing with people like him have scary people lined up for that kind of thing -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 07:24
- “No, money down” -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 06:39
- If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you -- nm - oblique Jan 15, 06:35 1
  - Viola-Davis-PursePickup.gif -- nm* - Qale Jan 15, 06:40
I've looked at the map of the area and I can't figure out how that bus driver drove off the overpass last night. He was turning left to go onto a ramp - Krusty Jan 15, 06:26 6
- Fell asleep? -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 06:39 2
  - bad google maps directions -- nm - decline Jan 15, 06:53
  - Can't rule out mechanical failure causing the crash but driver error is certainly a real concern. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 06:46
- I always blame goblins. sneaky little things. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 15, 06:32
- It's a good thing Spider-Man was there. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 06:30
- Here's the map of the location. The sign on the right is where the bus went off the ramp. - Krusty Jan 15, 06:29
I guess I'm important enough. First vaccine shot scheduled for next Friday. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 06:16 9
- Hooray! -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 07:32
- good -- nm - mud Jan 15, 07:13
- yay! -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 06:47
- Excellent! -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 06:38
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 15, 06:30
- Nice! My parents have been injected, and are just starting to sprout their third and fourth arms. Good luck! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 06:25 1
  - Hmmm, are these limbs utile or merely vestigial? Because I might have plans. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 06:29
- so jealous -- nm - colin Jan 15, 06:21 1
  - Our director (the one who called Dr. Fauci "Tony" during the grand rounds) has made it very clear he would like everyone in the division to get it. - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 06:35
SpaceX Starship 10km test flight no earlier than Jan 19 -- (link) - TWuG Jan 15, 06:04
Between this and the rumors of GOP lawmakers providing tours prior to the riots, now I'm starting to wonder if I'm a conspiracy theorist? -- (link) - oblique Jan 15, 05:48 4
- The more I see, the more I think that there were many small conspiracies and probably not a single overriding one. I think it this was not just a mob - pmb Jan 15, 07:09
- Boy does that guy in the picture have a punchable face. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 07:06
- Stands to reason that someone is funding them, but who is impossible to say from that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 05:59 1
  - cryto experts can find a LOT about an account... that one appears to be foreign, at the very least. -- nm - colin Jan 15, 07:41
"Storming the Capitol? You bet I'm against it! Cause it was Antifa!" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 15, 05:44 2
- I look forward to the show trials! -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 07:54
- Holy No True Scotsman fallacy, Batman! -- nm - znufrii Jan 15, 05:47
I’m Too Scared to Watch Horror Films. So My Editor Made Me Review Their Wiki Pages. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 05:24 3
- Heh that’s what I do. I hate horror films but when they get popular around here I pull up the wiki so I can follow along. -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 05:50 2
  - It really depends on the realism (or magnitude) of the gore for me. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 06:42
  - I love a good creepy movie. I get it from my Mom. Dad can't stand them. I couldn't even get him to watch Shutter Island. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 06:23
Jan. 15 Birthdays: Phyllis Coates (94), Joe Dorsey (89), Margaret O'Brien (84), Princess Michael of Kent (76), Andrea Martin (74), - Max Jan 15, 05:11
I got what I just asked for on Twitter... DJ LeMahieu back to the Yankees! Woo hoo!!! Now go sign a bunch of pitchers! -- (link*) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 05:03 9
- Awesome. One blatantly obvious domino to fall might actually get shit moving. - Will Hunting Jan 15, 06:01 2
  - Seriously. It's mid January and the best SP is still available and the best hitter just got signed to likely a team friendly deal. - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 06:09 1
    - If this was a 1-yr thing, I’d be more understanding given COVID has destroyed a lot of revenue but this is the 4th or 5th in a row. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 07:08
- YONH!!!!!!! -- nm - Diva Jan 15, 05:54 1
  - :-) Now get us SPs! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 06:09
- Harden, new coach, now this...everything's coming up Krusty! -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 05:06 1
  - Seriously! The last 24 hrs. have been wonderful. Is it too early to pop some champagne? -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 05:08
- Congrats! -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 05:04 1
  - So happy right now. Love him and wanted him back very badly. - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 05:07
RB Adrian Peterson who has earned $102 MILLION over his career ordered to pay $8.3M for an outstanding loan (the interest rate is woof) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 04:55 4
- Just how many cars did you buy from them? -- nm - AP's CPA Jan 15, 06:18 2
  - If you look them up they're listed as a trucking company so I wonder just what the deal was. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 06:19 1
    - I prefer to believe it was a rental on behalf of Toys for Tots. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 15, 06:30
- Not crazy for an unsecured loan, fwiw. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 04:59
Good morning from NYC where there's renewed hope in the Jets and a big beard on its way to Brooklyn! Have a great day, ST! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 15, 04:51
Short answer yes with an if, long answer no with a but. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 04:40
B.C. billionaire given the green light to sue Twitter over 'Pizzagate' tweets -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 04:31
At least 34 killed, several trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.2 quake as expert warns of aftershocks. -- (link) - zork Jan 15, 04:24
RIP Peter Mark Richman; you might not recognize the name; but you will definitely recognize the face. 130+ TV credits -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 04:17 9
- "In his eight-decade career", can't be. - zork Jan 15, 04:30 8
  - Did he work last year? If so, 50/60/70/80/90/00/10/20 - 8 decade -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 15, 04:32 7
    - It looks like he didn't though so they are over counting by 1. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 05:19 1
      - maybe counting all the repeats he was in :) (he would of got paid, so a career!) -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 05:23
    - He was 93 and worked add a pharmacist before acting so did not start at 13. Depending on when in the 50s he started, he may have just started an eight - zork Jan 15, 04:42 4
      - nah symmnatics to me. if he worked in the decade he counts. Gordie gets the 80's cause he played in 1980 -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 04:52 3
        
        If I started a job in Dec. 2009, today I do not have a three decade career there as I my tenure is ten years and one month. -- (edited) - zork Jan 15, 05:18 2
        
        Wow, spanning three decades! -- (pic) - mafic Jan 15, 06:14 [Attachment]
        
        Your IM is typically how it's used in performance and sports. - Reagen Jan 15, 05:22
Jimmy Carter with a guitar he had made from a tree he planted. 🌳🎸 -- (link) - zork Jan 15, 04:10
TV PSA: WandaVision (D+), One Night In Miami... (Amazon), Bling Empire (Netflix), Servant (Apple), Tandav (Amazon), Disenchantment (Netflix), RuPaul, -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 04:08 5
- NHL, Vikings (Amazon), Search Party (HBO Max), Figure Skating: U.S. Championships, Smackdown, Gold Rush, MacGyver, Shark Tank, Magnum PI, UnXplained, -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 04:10 4
  - Is search party good? -- nm - colin Jan 15, 05:39 1
    - I didn't hate season one. I should watch the other seasons next. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 15, 06:10
  - Secrets Of Sulphur Springs, Penn & Teller, Bill Maher, In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Who's Line is it Anyway?, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 04:12 1
    - Outside the Wire (Netflix), 20/20, -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 04:19
Holy carp, I just noticed the newer/older board buttons at the bottom of beta. Can we get that at the top also? - zork Jan 15, 04:04
So, not only is DJT the only pres to be impeached more than once, he's been impeached more times than he was elected -- (edited) - zork Jan 15, 04:02
Sources saying Titans OC Arthur Smith has been offered the Falcons HC job. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 15, 03:30

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