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Has anyone heard from Pippy today? - decline Feb 16, 10:25 2
- Hopefully they are... busy in their hotel room. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 10:26 1
  - keepin warm, keep warm. *rustles, tugs, moans* -- nm - Pippah si Feb 16, 10:32
DIS stock down! Send Kim back to Orlando! -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 10:23 1
- Hey, if you'll pay for the trip... - David Feb 16, 10:24
TX Gov. Greg Abbott calls on state legislature to investigate ERCOT. "The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been anything but reliable" -- (link*) - budice Feb 16, 10:08 3
- "I think we can all agree that it's not my fault..." -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:23
- Horse. Barn. Doors. -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:09
- They should just change their name to ECOT and then there's no investigation necessary -- nm - decline Feb 16, 10:09
Eurovision Song Contest was way more sincere than I was expecting. It's kind of Ferrell's A Mighty Wind - Reagen Feb 16, 10:03
Disneyland: Photos of New Star Wars Trading Post inside former Rainforest Cafe (soft open) -- (link) - budice Feb 16, 10:00
my friend's mom has dementia. she just told him that I'm very pretty "for a jew." oh, my. joan!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 09:56 8
- My uncle sustained a head injury in his teens and has been trapped in that mindset ever since. He repeats the same polak jokes every couple hours. - Max Feb 16, 10:14
- 😬 -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 10:02
- overshare: I distinctly remember my grandma (in her 90s back in the late 80s) saying -- (edited) - oblique Feb 16, 10:01 5
  - NM -- nm* - rollo Feb 16, 10:14 2
    - Done - oblique Feb 16, 10:15 1
      - ☮ -- nm - rollo Feb 16, 10:19
  - joan is 72 so has seen a lot change in her life. I think in clearer moments she wouldn't say such a thing. also in clearer moments - amanda jeans Feb 16, 10:02 1
    - minor details -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:06
Bio tech down. Clean Energy down. Cybersecurity down. Stupid fake Monday. -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 09:49 1
- Pot way up again. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:52
Hmmm. ST Poll: Which did you enjoy more, Infinity War or Endgame. - Spawn Feb 16, 09:46 36
- I won't choose and you can't make me. nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 16, 10:20
- I favor Infinity for the emotional impact. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 10:18
- Endgame spoils - Beaker Feb 16, 10:02 1
  - Agreed. That entire scene is the thing I have enjoyed most on screen, ever. Up until that, Star Wars and Batman were neck-and-neck with Marvel. - Spawn Feb 16, 10:07
- The first part of Endgame sure takes on a different sheen in light of the last year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 10:00 1
  - Ooh, I bet. Thinking back, they certainly captured the current mood. -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:35
- I'd give both a B+. -- nm - Inigo Feb 16, 09:58
- Endgame. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 09:58
- Neither. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 09:56
- I honestly would have to look up which came first before I could answer that -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:53
- Both are spectacular. But Infinity War just by smidge. (spoils) - Jovian Feb 16, 09:51 9
  - I've said this before but (spoilers) - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 09:57 2
    - See, knowing there was another (and there had to be) I thought the ending was a problem. Spoils - pmb Feb 16, 10:02 1
      - (spoils) - Inigo Feb 16, 10:08
  - Hence my comparison. - Spawn Feb 16, 09:55
  - Spoilers - David Feb 16, 09:51 4
    - spoils - Jovian Feb 16, 09:55 3
      - Spoilers - David Feb 16, 09:56 2
        
        But *spoils* - JD Feb 16, 10:29 1
        
        What's it like in there, JD? -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:32
- Infinity War. Took some balls. -- nm - Definitely Not Dasher Feb 16, 09:49
- Endgame by several touchdowns (spoils) - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:48 2
  - But what about that first viewing? -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:50 1
    - I knew about it going in - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:54
- Endgame. I had a problem with the ending of Infinity War. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 09:48
- Endgame, and I don't think they are even in the same order of magnitude of orders of magnitude. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 16, 09:48
- Endgame -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:47
- Infinity War -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:47
- I have seen neither. yes. I'm that person. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 09:47 1
  - But the beard! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 10:03
- Endgame, and it's not close. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:47
- Endgame for sure -- nm - eag Feb 16, 09:47 4
  - In repeat viewings, spoil - Spawn Feb 16, 09:53 3
    - I do like the mashup of heroes from different MCU movies forming as groups in IW -- nm - eag Feb 16, 10:02 2
      - Oh, agreed. Likem the power stone scene spoil - Spawn Feb 16, 10:25 1
        
        I was talking more about in IW - eag Feb 16, 10:32
Vaccination: Mom only got a sore arm from her first one. Got the second Friday. Saturday had fatigue, nausea. Sunday as well. Monday was much better. - Spawn Feb 16, 09:41 1
- Glad she's fully inoculated and feeling better. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:47
Another day closer to a new episode of WandaVision... -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 09:40 1
- I still haven't watched Friday's episode -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:55
According to Nick Frost, Truth Seekers has been canceled at Amazon after one season. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:40 1
- what does Nick Fudge know about amaz... ohhhhh FROST. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 09:47
I will pay Disney $100 cash dollars for a "Hide Frozen content" button. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:35 2
- this would be so smart -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 10:01 1
  - I'm pretty sure my kids know the songs better than the Lopezes at this point. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 10:04
*puts on Bitcoin $50K hat* -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 09:24 1
- $DOGE -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:25
On the definitely not for everyone list, I watched Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster in an effort to go through my HBO Max playlist -- (edited) - JD Feb 16, 09:23 1
- That is a great one. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:36
The blackouts in Texas are primarily because of frozen instruments at gas, coal and nuclear plants -- as well limited supplies of gas -- (link) - budice Feb 16, 09:23 7
- Also, Democrats. They're sabotaging the grid. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 09:41 1
  - they already raised our gas prices 18%! -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:52
- Like, what do y'all think we do up here for power? -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:40 4
  - I presume it involves strip clubs. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:46 1
    - Kinetic energy from tossing loonies and toonies? -- nm - JD Feb 16, 10:31
  - Enslave reindeer. -- nm - Definitely Not Dasher Feb 16, 09:46
  - burning snow -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:42
i am wearing a fleece over a fleece. yeah I lost power for 45 mins, wondering when the heat will warm me up. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:21
Power is back out. I did forage for more food. Until the grid gets better than 40ish percent, this will be a long duration even. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 09:19 9
- If you need any money for food/emergency supplies, let us know, and we'll Paypal you some. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:35 1
  - Thank you David. I am doing okay there. -- nm* - IAmQale Feb 16, 09:48
- Yuuuuuuck. Just talked to a teammate in Dallas who also has no power. - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 09:34 2
  - I checked in on our friend Daron last night. His power had just come back on. He said the current indoor temp was 42F! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:37 1
    - Glad you checked on him, too! - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 09:57
- Ugh!! Sorry. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:26
- sorry man, my brief life of no power today sucked, cant imagine what its like for you. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:21 1
  - I really think last night was the hardest part. Say from sundown until it popped on at 3am. -- nm* - IAmQale Feb 16, 09:49
- tough. stay warm -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:19
Marvel Universe movies in Chronological order that I've watched thus far: - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:18 2
- GotG being your highest rated makes me happy. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 10:12
- Cool! Thanks. It's always interesting to hear fresh perspectives. - Inigo Feb 16, 09:54
Follow-up Poll: Growing up did you get coins in your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:18 18
- I didn't know what this was until just now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:59
- I have never even had a pancake. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:47 2
  - wait, really? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:49 1
    - A conveyance for the blood of a maple tree is something I have never even considered. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 10:27
- We never did Shrove Tuesday. Due to a scheduling snafu, though, we're accidentally having pancakes for dinner tonight -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:38
- Only if mom was drunk in the kitchen again. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 16, 09:37
- No, we didn't do Shrove Tuesday. - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 09:35
- I can't eat today. Doc appt this afternoon -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:28
- No -- nm - JD Feb 16, 09:26
- Shrove Tuesday wasn't/isn't a thing we did. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:24
- Nope. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 09:22
- I have never heard of this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:22
- I don't even know what Shrove Tuesday is -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:19 4
  - Fat Tuesday -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:28
  - Pancake day! -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:23 2
    - I first heard about it this week from Instagram. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:25
    - I only just heard about this recently from watching UK shows. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:25
- Yup. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:18
ST Supper poll: Having pancakes tonight for Shrove Tuesday supper? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:17 5
- Have you genuinely always done this? Is it a Canadian thing? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:26 2
  - UK in origin iirc, Huge in Newfoundland -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:28 1
    - Big in the Anglican tradition. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:46
- Will French Toast do? I could see having French Toast for dinner tonight. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 09:22
- Hells yeah. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:18
requiring everyone in your state to log on at exactly 9am to sign up for a vax is the definition of a DOS attack -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 09:14 5
- the PA liquor website opened up slots intermittently throughout the day to prevent this (when they were closed bc covid). -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 09:18
- Yes, quite an invitation for burst traffic. Even the best autoscaling implementation would take several minutes to catch up, unless it was pre-warmed. - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:17
- Like trying to buy an XBox or PS5 -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:15 1
  - Easy. -- nm - Shaun Feb 16, 09:18
- is it cntl R to clear your cache, or hard refresh the page? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 09:15
Indy 500 legend Bob Jenkins battling brain cancer -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 09:13 1
- :( -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:14
'This is the future': NBA Top Shot and the dizzying world of digital collectibles -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 09:12
Human communication was a mistake. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:12 1
- He isn't looking very hard, then. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 10:29
I'd like to see our Krusty go up against Kong and Godzilla. He'd totally sneakerfy those fools if they ever steeped foot in Brooklyn -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:00 1
- If I'm going into battle I'm wearing my Timbs -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:05
I like all of them !! probable fave 1st Avengers, least Iron Man 3 - mud Feb 16, 08:52 9
- I disagree with many of your rankings. And you should see those two you haven't. - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:02 3
  - Norton’s Hulk is good—Original Cap movie is booooring. Watch first 20 min and last 20 minutes and be good on all the required tie-in plot -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 16, 09:06 2
    - Oh, I liked the first avenger ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:07 1
      - I did as well -- nm - eag Feb 16, 09:09
- I'll go out and say if WandaVision were a movie it might be a top 5 so far -- nm - eag Feb 16, 08:59
- Why do you hate AntMan 🐜?—Too goofy? 🙃 -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 16, 08:55 3
  - He's seen it. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:24
  - "I like all of them !!" -- nm - mud Feb 16, 08:56 1
    - Ranking AntMan 🐜 lower than Thor: Dark World...there’s some secret hate there, for sure - Flavorize— Feb 16, 09:02
Would a replacement wristband for my fitness tracker be considered a qualified medical expense that can be reimbursed from my HSA? - znufrii Feb 16, 08:49 2
- is a fitness tracker HSA able? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 09:00 1
  - Mine was free, but probably not. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 09:13
The annual Carried Interest bill has been filed! - spamlet Feb 16, 08:47
Maki Itoh is too good for this world. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Feb 16, 08:47
I had a nightmare last night that I was scammed by one of Oregon's senators! - Mop Feb 16, 08:39 3
- Then you died of dysentery -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 16, 08:56 1
  - I'm going to callaforni with an arrow in my knee -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 13:49
- I think you're secretly dreaming about Hank Scorpio. As an Oregon senator. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 08:47

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