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Peacock: Alexa Bliss and Charlote Flair to guest on Punky Brewster -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 18:04
I'm building the new LEGO ECTO-1 and the design of it is incredible. Very complex build with lots of wonderful techniques I haven't encountered before -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 18:03
San Diego Comic-Con cancels in-person WonderCon for 2021 -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 17:57
ERCOT officials say they have no idea when Texas’ power outages will end -- (link) - ty97 Feb 16, 17:53 10
- You wanna secede now Texas? -- nm - eag Feb 16, 17:58
- Benghazi? -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:57
- every time I see this acronym I slightly rage and feel bad for EPCOT Center - Jovian Feb 16, 17:55 1
  - Maybe stop checking me for a while, eh pal? -- nm - Internet si Feb 16, 18:30
- "You guys hired us to not do anything! Whaddya want?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 17:54 3
  - Owning the libs by...cutting off power? -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:58
  - we've tried nothin and were all out of ideas -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 17:56 1
    - No, no, no. Dig UP, stupid! -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 17:56
- (hi/sorry Qale) -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 17:54 1
  - Yeah. I kinda already figured that out. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 18:03
Meanwhile, at the Texas/Arkansas border -- (link) - TWuG Feb 16, 17:39 1
- Texit! -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:46
Young Quake -- (link) - Max Feb 16, 17:36 1
- Heh -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 18:36
kelly: How did N's event go, did he complete his jump ropes? - MDH Feb 16, 17:33 2
- It went okay. They spread it out over 3 days so each kid can participate during their normally scheduled gym class (1300 kids at the school so that’s - kelly Feb 16, 17:58 1
  - Sounds awesome, and good plan on the spreading it out between the classes. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 18:11
Boil water notices now for power outage plagued Houston and surrounding areas. Of course, hard to boil water without power. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:15 15
- metal pots & the BBQ grill -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 16, 17:41 2
  - Not something I’d do but there have been hundreds of carbon monoxide poisoning cases during this. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:47 1
    - yeah. indoor BBQ is a recipe for disaster. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 17:51
- Center point which is the middle man for millions of folks says nope, no more power is coming online any time soon. There are not rolling blackouts. -- (link) - Qale Feb 16, 17:33 1
  - It’s become pretty obvious officials don’t want to tell people it is going to be like this until Saturday. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:38
- well Qale maybe those losers should start rubbing some sticks together and make some dang heat. -- nm - the Mayor Feb 16, 17:18 7
  - Every time I rub two sticks together I get arrested. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:34 5
    - lol. man, Im so sorry you're dealing with this. This is like if Sandy hit us in the winter. -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 17:37 4
      - I mean. Generally speaking I’m ok. This isn’t even close to as bad as the Texas Workforce retroactive demand for my unemployment back. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:48 3
        
        Fuck Texas. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 16, 18:26
        
        If they're serious about that, you should talk to Dawson or one of the other lawyers here. -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:58 1
        
        I’ve already started making repayments. -- nm* - Qale Feb 16, 18:17
  - Homer was a better mayor than that. - David Feb 16, 17:33
- No handouts! -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 17:17
- You should already be burning your couch for heat. Two birds... one stone! -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 17:16
Did you hear about the gynecologist who got a second job? - Qale Feb 16, 17:11 1
- Did you hear about the Urologist who killed his wife?... - howie Feb 16, 17:17
In a tag team match isn't it illegal for both wrestlers to be wrestling at the same time? It sure seems to happen a lot... -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 17:07 5
- "A referee can be allowed to overlook any of these tag rules at his discretion." -- nm - Flavorize Feb 16, 17:18 1
  - Strikeout "tag". -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 17:18
- More matches should be contested as tornado tag matches which would get around this illegality. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:12
- They have like a 5 or 10 count to get the other partner, IIRC. Depends on the ref's mood. -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 17:08
- Wrestling referees are indescribably terrible at their jobs. -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:08
Texas power outage threatened 8,000 doses of vax -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 16, 16:59
Resident Alien S1 was disappointing. It had very little snap. It felt like a joke being retold by someone who for the life of them can't be funny. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 16:44 2
- :| It's my favorite show since Upload. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:45 1
  - yeah, we love it -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 16:49
That's a yikes from me. No relation. I hope. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:37 21
- I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS -- nm - Strongbad Feb 16, 18:01
- As a 180 degree turn: people in our little towns opened churches, their homes to strangers, one lady is willing to pet sit reptiles since she has - Pippy Feb 16, 17:21 3
  - Heart emoji. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 16, 18:30
  - Good. And I’m sure you’re being wonderful, too. - David Feb 16, 17:28 1
    - Hee! -- nm - Pippy Feb 16, 17:35
- How dare people want what they pay for! -- nm - . Feb 16, 17:19
- (not relevant, but I was curious due to its remote location). Colorado City (pop 3920) is the seat of Mitchell County (pop 8523) -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 16:58 1
  - "Don Maynard, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, graduated from Colorado High School." -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 17:00
- so people living in apartment complexes without fire places should just make a campfire in their living room? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 16:55 1
  - renters don't deserve heat -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 16:56
- Is he encouraging people to loot his house? -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 16:43 1
  - Dibs on his enormous hamster wheel turbine (turban? sp?). -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 16:45
- "Human" peace of garbage. -- nm* - VMan Feb 16, 16:42
- "the weak will parish"? That is cringey. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:41 3
  - no see, they'll find religion. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 16:44
  - They're never Rhodes Scholars. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:42 1
    - Roads Scholers -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 16:44
- (Oops, same one as twug mentioned below) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:37 3
  - Yes, but this is the type of stuff that should be amplified for a decade. - David Feb 16, 16:40 2
    - Bunch of assholes trying to pretend it's still 1853 or some shit. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 16:43 1
      - Governmentin' is hard. -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:54
Honest Trailers | Lilo & Stitch -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 16:33 [youtube] 2
- Oh, dear, but am I slow on the uptake. I never connected feeding Pudge to what happened with her parents -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 17:32 1
  - They don't beat you over the head with it since it's so depressing. -- nm - David Feb 16, 18:00
Aslan Karatsev (ranked #114) is the 1st player to reach the semifinals in his Grand Slam debut. He’s 27 so it’s not like he’s a young up and comer. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 16:29
Apparently the Shamrock Shake is back -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 16:17 1
- Can I dip my nacho fries in them? -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 17:00
Ummmm....why..was this needed? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 16, 16:13 11
- I just googled. This guy self-published on Amazon, but they took him down. He has 45 equally hilarious tweets, too. -- nm - David Feb 16, 17:32
- Look, if Biden can control the weather, may y'all need to just shut the fuck up and let him do whatever he wants...? Just sayin'. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 16:50 1
  - Only toads need to fear his lightning. We'll be fine. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:55
- Biden also wrote the screenplay for Glitter. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 16:28 3
  - I'm a little frightened that I know this reference. - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 17:23
  - If you had said Ghost Dad... I would have had to Google to check. -- nm - VMan Feb 16, 16:37
  - "New Coke?? That was you??" -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:29
- He should have taken credit for it. Scare them into voting for him! -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:27
- This is the perfect opportunity for Joe to perform his Heat Miser routine. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:23
- I dunno....... if the president has indeed weaponized the weather, then you *best not piss him off you filthy republicans!!!* -- nm* - prayformojo Feb 16, 16:18
- Because at least 10% of Americans are completely around the bend. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 16:15
For all his faults, I do have to give kudos to Alexis Ohanian for his public support of his wife -- (link) - JD Feb 16, 16:09 1
- I guess “at least a step above Ted Cruz” is something. -- nm - mafic Feb 16, 16:15
Today I saw the word "gunwales" spelled as "gun-whales" which is both a more amusing and more terrifying image. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 15:55 4
- Nevermind that it's pronounced "gunnels" -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 16:04 1
  - Sure, whatever, twuggels. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 16:27
- "You can have my gun when you pry it from my blubbery, barnacle-encrusted flipper." -- nm - rollo Feb 16, 16:00 1
  - is that a gun wail? -- nm - mud Feb 16, 16:02
Tru, have you considered upgrading to gills? I can get you a deal. Take lungs now, gills come next week. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 15:52 1
- "Word." *hi-five* -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:26
I can see why he's an ex mayor -- (link) - TWuG Feb 16, 15:52 4
- Uhm..people pay for power and water, they want what they pay for. -- nm - . Feb 16, 17:18
- We pay a utility to provide these things so we don't have to suffer - right?!? -- nm - Meg Feb 16, 16:11
- "Build your own power plant if you want power, gosh!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 16:05
- The things I wrote myself are being taken out of context. Isn't this why people pay taxes? -- nm - jnine Feb 16, 15:58
800 year old boomerang found in Australian creek -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 16, 15:50 2
- Archaeologists tried to throw it back to no avail. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 16, 15:59
- Oy, that's mine mate -- nm - 800 year old Aussie Feb 16, 15:58
Oh, for what might have been -- (link) - znufrii Feb 16, 15:49 16
- Dude has no idea what to do without Twitter. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:28
- "I made it with porn stars. The only bloodrush Mitch feels is when his hands turn purple." -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:20
- It was obviously reworded and edited by others, but still his sentiment behind it -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 16:10
- original draft made fun of Mitch's double chins -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 16:07 2
  - I thought this was a joke, but it's not. Too many chins but not enough smarts. Classy as ever. -- nm - jnine Feb 16, 16:14 1
    - Oh wow, I totally thought Jovian was joking. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:32
- Circular firing squad? Let them eat their own...you know like democrats -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 16:03
- Sigh. I can’t believe I’m being forced to side with McConnell on any level. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 15:53 8
  - Mitch is already 4 steps ahead of this lunatic. -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 16:07
  - He deserves what he gets for enabling trump in the first place. I have zero pity for him. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 16, 15:58 6
    - I don’t feel sorry for him but in Trump vs McConnell I have side with McConnell -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 16:26 5
      - *roots for injuries* -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:59
      - No, you don’t. Not picking a side is just as valid of a choice. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 16:45
      - "No matter who wins, we lose." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 16, 16:31 2
        
        When Two Turds Go To War -- nm - VMan says relax Feb 16, 16:36 1
        
        I do not want to play that particular Splatoon clone. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 16:41
Feb. 16 Birthdays: June Brown (94), Marlene Hagge (87), Troy Evans (73), William Katt (70), LeVar Burton (64) - Max Feb 16, 15:47 2
- Older than I'd have thought:Ice-T, Ali, Olsen; younger: Katt, Burton, McEnroe -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 15:54 1
  - I would have guessed mid 70s for McEnroe, and I'm doubly surprised that Connors isn't even 70 yet. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 16:18
from Smithsonian magazine. Pigs playing video games -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 16, 15:34 2
- It's not enough that I'm getting my ass kicked by 12-year-olds?! -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 15:43 1
  - me too -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 16, 15:51
All right, ST, looking for your opinions. We are looking to take a short stateside trip later on in the year. Maybe summer? (All dependent on Covid of - kelly Feb 16, 15:32 21
- Hilton Head for you two or Myrtle Beach for N. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:25
- Nathan wouldn’t enjoy Epcot? -- nm - IAmQale Feb 16, 16:01 8
  - He gets really anxious at Dollywood with the length of the lines. I think he’d melt down at Disney/Epcot. - kelly Feb 16, 16:11 4
    - FWIW, you'd have access to short lines. Chris does, but his parents don't take advantage of it. -- nm - David Feb 16, 16:30 3
      - We have access at Dollywood too but I don’t use it. - kelly Feb 16, 16:33 2
        
        I get that. But sometimes maybe you could use it. - Qale Feb 16, 17:51 1
        
        I get that, but I also don’t want him knowing that if he complains enough we can skip the line. - kelly Feb 16, 18:01
  - “Dad, did you know that France and Italy are really 457 miles apart at their closest point?” *grabs multiple adult beverages * -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 16:05 2
    - Dad is a moron. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 16:11
    - *raises finger* *lowers finger* -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 16:06
- How far is Wilmington NC? Beaches, a great kids museum (at least several years ago when we went) and a lot of cool town-y stuff. -- nm* - spamlet Feb 16, 15:59
- Indianapolis. They have an art museum that's looking for traditional art lovers such as yourselves. -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 15:55
- Chicago is 8-9 hours and has everything for all ages. - zunk xometimes Feb 16, 15:52
- Go to NOLA then to Dauphin Island! -- (link) - mara Feb 16, 15:38 1
  - (Dauphin Island is neat; I really enjoyed wandering that Fort.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 15:40
- Combine Savannah and Tybee Island - best of both? -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 15:34 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 16, 18:02
  - Yup, this, followed by Charleston. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 16:49
- New Orleans -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 15:34 2
  - Right? How long has Will been married? -- nm - spamlet Feb 16, 15:36 1
    - Alcohol has started to hurt recently. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 15:44
Shot -- (link) - Jovian Feb 16, 15:24 1
- chaser -- (link) - Jovian Feb 16, 15:24

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