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... uh-huh. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 8, 14:24
Various answers to bb questions - This is Hell by Elvis Costello, 29, Suicide Squad bad because it's so boring. -- nm* - . Mar 8, 14:08
Dano's Periodic Top 10 Songs - Dano Mar 8, 14:04 [youtube]
my mind is turning to mush, today I drove to the dealer to get some recall work done, forgot my wallet for the other stuff - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:00 2
- Your wallet was trying to tell you something. -- nm - . Mar 8, 14:04 1
  - they say money talks, but my oh my...all it ever tells me is...Good Bye -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:05
NCAA Tournament 2021: How will the NCAA, Indianapolis pull this off? Here’s how - JD Mar 8, 13:59 2
- I knew this! -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 15:37
- Nice! Thanks for the C&P -- nm - Flavorize Mar 8, 14:13
I haven't been on a plane in a year, but I felt this post. Very DC if you know DCA. -- (link*) - MDH Mar 8, 13:57 4
- heh. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 14:24
- I don't know that I've even *used* 35X and this still hurts me. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 14:12 1
  - (have they broken ground on the terminal extension to replace it yet?) -- nm* - ty97 Mar 8, 14:13
- I have an appointment with the senator, I'm not an issurectionish, its because I'm black innit?...why are you cuffing me, ouch that hurts -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:01
Meanwhile in Kentucky... -- (link) - oblique Mar 8, 13:44 4
- On all honesty I thought they already had that in Kentucky. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 15:32
- Just because a local legislator decides the First Amendment doesn't matter doesn't mean the First Amendment doesn't matter. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 14:41
- awww just like in the Third Reich. -- nm* - Jovian Mar 8, 13:46 1
  - the King's men -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:55
I gotta say that the sitcom character I never expected to get a WandaVision shoutout was Boner from Growing Pains. -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:41 2
- heh. I couldnt remember if that was his first name on the show. But my first thought was Growing Pains too -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 13:45
- Reference jokes about boners are tight! -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:44
CDC says full vaccinated people can gather without masks. We've now entered the "but I've been vaccinated" portion of the adventure -- (link) - oblique Mar 8, 13:35 3
- That's for small private gatherings so wouldn't apply in public settings. - ty97 Mar 8, 13:44 2
  - like that's going to matter to people :) -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 14:02 1
    - this is true, went to McMinnamens saturday, most folks took their mask off as soon as they sat down -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:04
Starship SN11 heading to the launch pad. -- (link*) - TWuG Mar 8, 13:34 3
- when will the test flight be? -- nm - tRuMAN Mar 8, 13:36 1
  - They'll need to do static fire tests first. Maybe next week at the earliest? -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:45
- Roll out the next victim! -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 13:35
My employer is offering a COVID-19 vaccination, vacation hours credit? Uh, what? - JD Mar 8, 13:29 11
- Seattle passed pandemic risk pay for grocery workers, what happens if they get vaxxed? do they loose it? I know the chains are offering 1,000 to do so -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:03
- Anything employers can do to encourage their employees to get vaccinated is simply because it is in their best interests. I’m 100% okay with it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 14:00
- It's a reflection I think. My large company is doing this as well. - Diva Mar 8, 13:56
- meanwhile mine says that taking time to get the vaccination has to be charged to your PTO - tRuMAN Mar 8, 13:37
- Some may feel the need to be granted time off if they're working nonstop. Others might need it for vaccine side effects. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:37
- A staggering percentage of people will need incentivizing to take the vaccine. -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:34
- My employer made it clear that anywhere that the vaccine isn't covered for free, they'll cover cost. (free in the US, but glad they are doing that!) -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 13:34
- We do as that would be classified as sick time and we're still old school enough that we have separate vacation and sick time -- nm - JD Mar 8, 13:33
- We know that some folks are wary of the vaccine, your employer can't know who among your ranks may be that person, so this makes sense -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 13:33 1
  - The announcement is super corporate written including a section about not vaccine shaming co-workers one way or the other -- nm - JD Mar 8, 13:34
- Do you get separate doctor appointment time? -- nm - Dano Mar 8, 13:31
want some pfm-related *good* news? As of my test on Friday, my blood sugar (A1C) *plummeted*. Best it's been in 7 years, by several touchdowns -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:27 [Attachment] 8
- yonh! -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 13:58
- Thumbs up! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 8, 13:47
- Congrats! My A1C is creeping back up. -- nm - Dano Mar 8, 13:32
- Congrats! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 8, 13:31
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:30
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 13:29
- Cokes are on me! -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:27
- yay! -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 13:27
If you have downspouts that discharge above the ground, what are the things you put on the ground to move water away from the building? - TWuG Mar 8, 13:17 11
- Diverter or extender. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 14:21
- Separately, after over eight years in our house, I finally figured out where the drain pipe for our rainwater is. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 8, 13:48
- French/Trench Drain, Dry Creek, Swale -- (link*) - budice Mar 8, 13:22
- Elbow? Diverter? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:21 3
  - Splash block? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:22
  - I think diverter might be it. -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:22 1
    - Splash block is apparently also a name because a search on downspout diverter pulled that up. -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:23
- I know what you’re talking about and have absolutely no idea what it’s called. - znufrii Mar 8, 13:20 1
  - Apparently it’s called a splash block -- (link) - znufrii Mar 8, 13:23
- downspout? -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 13:20
- drainspout? down spout splash guard? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 13:19
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:13 [Attachment] 12
- How many points was that? -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:15 1
  - 3 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:15
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:14 [Attachment] 9
  - Never mind! -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:15
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:14 [Attachment] 7
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:15 [Attachment] 6
      - 2/2 -- nm - spamlet Mar 8, 13:28
      - 2/2 -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 13:17
      - 2/2. Those were much easier than usual. -- nm - David Mar 8, 13:16
      - 2/2 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 13:16
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 8, 13:15
      - 2/2 -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 13:15
NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, long expected to run for Mayor, announced last year he would not. Now looks like he's running for Comptroller -- (link) - ty97 Mar 8, 12:59 4
- I just cannot deal with the fact that it’s pronounced “controller.” -- nm - Tim Mar 8, 13:18 2
  - I mispronounce it and I don't care. I even say "comtroller" sometimes. 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 13:28
  - We need another Webster to come through and get rid of dumb spellings. -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:19
- Where the real power is! -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 13:08
OK, I love this take. -- (link) - Mop Mar 8, 12:53 3
- Someone is off of Oprah's "Favorite Things" list. And onto the incredibly secret and exclusive "Burn You to the Ground" list. -- (link) - Mop Mar 8, 13:07 1
  - oprah rules. -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:29
- ..... -- (link) - . Mar 8, 12:59 [Backboard]
I'm no genius, but I think I could learn most things in 20 months -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:51 24
- This is about me abandoning Borderlands 2, isn't it? -- nm - JD Mar 8, 13:31
- I saw a TED talk from someone who said pretty much anything can be learned in 20 hours. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:06 11
  - "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself." We already know everything. Trick is to bring it up to your awareness - con_carne Mar 8, 13:28 2
    - That seems demonstrably false -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:29 1
      - The thing you leave out is how to be programmed into society, man! -- nm - con_carne Mar 8, 15:05
  - Learn how to throw a 95 mph fastball in 20 hours. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 13:16 4
    - "You can learn to do it, but you'll only do it once. Then you get to learn how to recover from a torn rotator cuff." -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:18 3
      - Oh, so that's what I did to my shoulder. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:19 2
        
        you had some plan for the minor leagues? -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:27 1
        
        No, I threw a fastball with my non-dominant arm without warming up. It did not go well. - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:30
  - That seems unlikely. -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 13:13 1
    - Hugh Jackman learned to hack in Swordfish in like 60 seconds with the right incentives. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:15
  - As long as they're the right 20 hours, I assume. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:07
- [quantum physics has entered the chat] -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:56 5
  - sure, why not? 20 months and the right teacher? -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:57 4
    - speaking of, where is nubby? - oblique Mar 8, 12:58 3
      - According to his IG, he's at the baseball game. Nubby loves hot baseball action -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 13:04 2
        
        college baseball is a great springtime activity here in the Southeast -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 13:15
        
        sweet -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 13:10
- As in most of the world's knowledge? -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:56 2
  - 20 months dedicated to one topic -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:57 1
    - Like, Pokemon Go? - Spawn Mar 8, 13:16
- *hands ty a list of the joyo kanji* -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 8, 12:54
- In a CAVE? With a box of SCRAPS?? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:54
Any wrestling fans here? WWE on Peacock launches March 18th. Here's the details. -- (link) - Mop Mar 8, 12:50 3
- WWE Network to shut down APril 4th I believe -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 14:06
- if anyone wants to borrow my peacock login to check this out, let me know. now that trashy nurses is over, peacock is pretty useless for me. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 8, 13:19 1
  - AP Bio -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 14:06
Dow +1.55%. NASDAQ -1.81%. S&P *Shrug* +0.07% -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:44 2
- shoulda bought GME -- nm - decline Mar 8, 12:46 1
  - *rocket emoji* -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:47
I wonder what 2003 50 Cent would think if you told him in 2021 he would be advertising his cognac line at Bubba Gump Shrimp company. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 12:44
Armed Forces drug tests were mailed to private citizen -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 12:43 1
- wonder if the town they were sent to was Pismo Beach -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:08
Tesla Is Plugging a Secret Mega-Battery Into the Texas Grid -- (link) - spamlet Mar 8, 12:41 5
- Good idea, but the one they are talking about is going be practically on the coast. Can this work under water? -- nm - GregW Mar 8, 17:57
- Is he going to charge $ 9 a kilowatt hour? -- nm - Pippy Mar 8, 12:57 3
  - Gotta make that 244b back - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:12 1
    - a billion invested in a few battery farms, one deep freeze, or a heat wave or two and you make that all back in a weekend -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:57
  - If he can, sure -- nm - spamlet Mar 8, 13:02
Do you remember what animal has the shortest memory? -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:40 5
- Be like the goldfish, Sam! -- nm - David Mar 8, 12:53 1
  - swimothee chalamet? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 8, 13:18
- A human child after being told to clean its room. -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 12:48
- No. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:44
- Trumps -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:41
"Mmmm... gonna make you pay for that." -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:34
🚀 🚀 🚀 GME $200(?) -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 12:34
Aww man. Season 5 will be the last season for Kim's Convenience. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 8, 12:30 3
- Clearing the schedule for the serialization of David's BYA. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 8, 12:46
- Simu Liu had some words -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 12:40
- Annnndddd I just looked at B2. -- nm - Shaun Mar 8, 12:30
John Schnatter keeping that hurdle low -- (link) - Max Mar 8, 12:28
nmb AEW -- (pic) - Strongbad Mar 8, 12:24 [Attachment]
Cool. Got my max $3k matching contribution deposited to my 401k for 2020 -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:20 3
- *moves everything to cash* -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 12:22
- Thats a lot of Chipotle -- nm - budice Mar 8, 12:21 1
  - 250 to be precise -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:22
Do you remember what animal has the shortest memory? -- nm - David Mar 8, 12:20 10
- Trump -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 8, 14:15
- horses?...flat worms -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 14:10
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 12:50
- ST. -- nm - tRuMAN Mar 8, 12:25 1
  - St is nothing if not... something. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:31
- dogs -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:23
- Forget-me-gnats -- nm - Max Mar 8, 12:21
- squirrel? -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 12:20
- Fruitfly? -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:20 1
  - Goldfish -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 12:50

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