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Financial's. -- (pic) - amanda jeans Mar 15, 11:21 [Attachment] 1
- Hey, if the financials want to have a General, why not? -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:21
If today could go away, that would be awesome. - ty97 Mar 15, 11:15
Early Oscar odds - Strongbad Mar 15, 11:12 1
- That "Mulligan" loses an award and then gets a chance at another one is objectively funny -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 11:13
Doesn’t look like impeachment is going to happen with Cuomo. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 15, 11:11
LLITR - Poker movie - Suicide Kings. -- nm - VMan Mar 15, 11:09
I really need to come up with some way to own a dog without having to own a dog :) - oblique Mar 15, 11:07 10
- Same thing with boats: convince your neighbor to get a dog - con_carne Mar 15, 11:15 2
  - We have been trying to get bery to get a boat for like, a decade. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:18
  - I really need to come up with a way to have a neighbor without having to talk to my neighbor :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 11:17
- Volunteer at a shelter. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 11:14
- get a robot dog! -- nm - decline Mar 15, 11:11 2
  - Metalhead! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 11:11 1
    - Soooo cuteARGH!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:14
- One of my students years ago came up with a dog rental service for big cities. - Volnelk Mar 15, 11:10 2
  - I was about to post your IM. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 11:11 1
    - His spin-off concept was baby rental. I thought that was too much. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 11:25
I'm sure you're all waiting for a review of the Snyder Cut. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 15, 10:53 10
- I’m only 50/50 your IM is a joke. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 11:09
- This -- (link) - Spawn Mar 15, 11:07 [Backboard]
- Reviews? Meh. My expectations are low, so I'm fully prepared for the 4 hour marathon :) -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 10:58 4
  - I am debating increasing the torture by watching the lead-ins this week. - Spawn Mar 15, 11:10 3
    - Life is short and none of us are getting any younger. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 11:20 1
      - *twitch*. I rewatched Firefly this weekend. - Spawn Mar 15, 11:21
    - Do it for the people man! -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 11:18
- No. No I’m not. I think you must have me confused with also no one. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 10:54
- It stinks! -- nm - Diva Sherman si Mar 15, 10:54 1
  - i used to love that show. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 10:55
NASA will ship the Webb space telescope to South America later this year prior to it's launch. They won't say when though because they're afraid of Pirates!! -- (link*) - decline Mar 15, 10:28 1
- Belters. Buncha space pirates. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:43
TE Jonnu Smith to Pats 4yrs/50MM. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 10:26 3
- That's a lot of bucks for 500 yards. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 15, 10:47 1
  - they'll find some way to not pay the whole thing. - Diva Mar 15, 10:54
- wow -- nm - stim-mie Mar 15, 10:39
My City Council rep is term-limited. Apparently 6 people are running for the seat. (A seventh dropped out). - ty97 Mar 15, 10:24 2
- Doing research on politics where we actually live? I don't think that's how it's done anymore, ty -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 10:27 1
  - I mean, I'm sure there's an election somewhere in Asia Minor for me to follow too -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 11:09
Ah, today's republican culture tirade is : Song of year = vulgar. Dr. Suess = Inappropriate, WTF -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:21 7
- nothing about policy or any single thing about what actually matters in people's lives. - Diva Mar 15, 11:02 1
  - I think you might know the song and if not, I think you'd appreciate it -- (link) - JD Mar 15, 11:07 [youtube]
- I can understand that they might not agree with I Can't Breathe but they're calling it vulgar? -- nm - JD Mar 15, 10:58 3
  - I assume they also screwed up and were referring to WAP -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 11:00 2
    - Like really screwed up as was WAP even nominated for anything? Much less won anything -- nm - JD Mar 15, 11:04 1
      - no noms, but was performed. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 11:07
- Duh. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 10:53
PA will be expanding occupancies to 75% at self-certified restaurants as well as businesses like gyms, casinos, and theatres effective April 4th -- (link) - decline Mar 15, 10:16 3
- can I sit at a damn bar yet?? (I CAN!!!) Bar seating will also be permitted for the first time in months, though social distancing guidelines will need to be implemented along with physical barriers. -- nm* - amanda jeans Mar 15, 10:19 2
  - this feels like a fantasy to me. we are so NOWHERE near that. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 10:31 1
    - We will probably be making our first reservations today for the kid’s birthday since we’ll all be immunized. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 10:35
Cheyenne gets 30" of snow; DIA records 27.1 -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 15, 10:15
Texas pushing a bill that would punish companies for fossil fuel disinvestments -- (link) - oblique Mar 15, 10:11 1
- GOP is laser focused on the free market. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 10:39
Awesome - oblique Mar 15, 10:06 3
- *facepalm* -- nm - stim-mie Mar 15, 10:16
- I'm waiting for you to get the email that higher up's email is some type of fishing attack since the link doesn't work -- nm - JD Mar 15, 10:08 1
  - this -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 11:05
ST song poll day 27 - a song you like with a funny ( to you) title -- nm - Pippy Mar 15, 09:56 23
- E-bow the Letter, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Escape is at Hand for the Travelling Man -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 15, 11:47
- Vampires, Mummies, and the Holy Ghost. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 15, 11:27
- "I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way for a Boy" by Scotland Yard Gospel Choir -- nm - rollo Mar 15, 11:21 1
  - "Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying" by Belle and Sebastian - rollo Mar 15, 11:23
- Die, Vampire, Die! (Title of Show) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 11:21
- Are You Ready for the Sex Girls? by Gleaming Spires -- nm - Max Mar 15, 11:11
- Birdhouse in your soul. -- nm - VMan Mar 15, 11:05
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Always Crashing In The Same Car, I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement, - mud Mar 15, 10:41
- The Moon is Disgusting. Fighting Trousers. Bang Your Mullet. My House Has Wheels. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:27 1
  - Honourable mention: "Lotion" by the Greenskeepers. -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:45
- Dropkick Me, Jesus (Through the Goalposts of Life) -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 15, 10:25
- Scotty Doesn't Know. -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 10:23
- lots of jazz tunes get names from how the hook vocalizes IE: Green Onions, watermelon man, hot peanuts -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 10:23
- Her Only Bad Habit is Me by Mel Tillis -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 10:21
- Brimful of Asha. Asha was the first GF I lived with. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 10:17 1
  - on the 45! -- nm - rollo Mar 15, 11:20
- So Long and Thanks for all the Fish -- nm - LMS Mar 15, 10:16
- Smells Like Teen Spirit -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 10:11
- Dynamo Hum -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 10:06
- Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition -- (link) - IAmQale Mar 15, 10:05 [youtube]
- Arctic Monkeys - Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But... -- (link) - Reagen Mar 15, 09:59 [youtube] 1
  - So many AM qualifiers for this one -- nm - rollo Mar 15, 11:20
- I Love My Daughter (But Not In a Creepy Way) -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 15, 09:58 [youtube]
DC: All eligible by May 1 in line with Biden's request. Essential workers in 3 groups: today, March 29, April 12 -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 09:54 1
- (that's for Washington DC residents to be clear. But MDH is already vaccinated due to being elderly) -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 09:54
LYC: I had to put in orders at 3 different Targets to get Diet Dr. Pepper yesterday. It is getting exceedingly hard to find - oblique Mar 15, 09:38 25
- Yeah? Well at least you don't have to go to the quickie mart 3 times a week to get the 9 Pibb Zeroes they put in their cooler. - Johnny Lawrence Mar 15, 09:56 2
  - You should talk to the guy and get him to hook you up. -- nm* - spamlet Mar 15, 10:04
  - My son enjoys Brisk. It has also been basically impossible to get since last March -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:58
- I noticed a lot at my "mostly Mexican" supermarket yesterday. Try one o' those? -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 09:55
- I'm beginning to see a *few* cases of Coke Zero but still no Cherry or Vanilla. And Ralphs has been out of their cups of Pineapple tidbits for weeks. -- (link) - Meg Mar 15, 09:53
- yeah its very rarely at the hyvee store near me. - tRuMAN Mar 15, 09:48 4
  - I was so disappointed that the one in Kirksville didn’t have any of their generic sodas. The cherry cola was the bomb. - spamlet Mar 15, 09:49 3
    - next time I drive through st. louis I will just buy out the store near me and bring them all to you. -- nm - tRuMAN Mar 15, 09:53
    - Back in my sugar drinking days, I really miss the IBC Cherry Cola. It disappeared also. -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:50 1
      - Oh yeah that was great too. The H-V brand was Canfield’s Cherry Ola Cola repackaged. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 09:52
- *blink* What third world country do you live in? -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:40
- Meanwhile I’m pretty sure Dr Pepper 10 is dead and they just never announced it. I haven’t found it in 18 months. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 09:40 9
  - . -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 09:43 6
    - Thanks. That's actually informative. The main subreddit has lots of people posting about Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar. I've never heard of that - oblique Mar 15, 09:46 1
      - Looks like a rebrand of DDP. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 09:48
    - 31 cases? -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:45 3
      - one for each flavour. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 09:57
      - I go through 6 of the bottles (16.9 FL OZ) a week at work for lunch and easily that many at home, maybe 2x that. So conservatively, I go through 18 - oblique Mar 15, 09:52
      - Is that unreasonable? -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 09:50
  - This is all the fault of that Keurig merger, I'm sure. -- nm* - Baron on the Cairn Mar 15, 09:42 1
    - They had basically pulled back to grocery stores even before that but it’s just nowhere. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 09:44
- my target doesn't sell no salt added chicken stock anymore. I'm going to order a case for delivery. why not? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:40 2
  - I can't find anyone selling Hershey's Chocolate Whipped Cream (like the spray cans like Redi Whip). It's just gone. -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:41 1
    - My favourite ice cream, chocolate banana brownie, has been absent from stores for over five years. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:45
- the struggle is real -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:38
Effin' renters. Guy is trying to find someone to takeover his lease. He is offering $600 cash to do so. We are getting calls from SO many people - Spawn Mar 15, 09:34 3
- So you get to approve his sub-leasers? Lessors? - oblique Mar 15, 09:43 2
  - Typically I do an entirely new lease with the people. That way they answer to me, and it gets him out of the lease entirely. - Spawn Mar 15, 09:46 1
    - in state college (college town), mgt companies charge btw $50 and $200 to do a re-lease. you find the tenant, you pay the mgt co to reassign lease. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:51
made west african vegan peanut stew. used chicken stock and sprinkled bacon on top. much better. -- (link) - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:14 10
- slightly related: I noticed recently that Delta has a flight from JFK to Accra, Ghana and was like 'hmm, I wonder what visiting Ghana is like'. - ty97 Mar 15, 09:24 3
  - my first "hey I'm fully vaxxed" trip will be to - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:31 1
    - note to self: ask norman to watch chubbers and oliver. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:33
  - When're you Ghana go? -- nm - Max Mar 15, 09:27
- I'm not sure that's still vegan, Amanda -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:16 5
  - Vegan-adjacent. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 15, 09:23
  - "it's milk and eggs, bitch!" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 09:18
  - whose side are you on?? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:17 2
    - Clearly the chicken's. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 09:23 1
      - the other week, dano was like "I add vinegar to soup." I add *bacon.* note that I don't love bacon like most people do. I just like the crunchy salty. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 15, 09:24
LIR: Can't they just throw them one at a time at earth when they do spacewalks "Joe, don't forget to throw some batteries at Earth when you go out k?" -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:06 13
- The pack probably can't be disassembled into individual cells so it has to be disposed of as a unit. And an HTV wouldn't be considered garbage -- (edited) - TWuG Mar 15, 09:31 9
  - Earth is right there, just throw it at it :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:33 8
    - Orbital mechanics are non-intuitive and I'm pretty sure that there's more to it than the door is down for trying to simply throw an object - JD Mar 15, 10:03 2
      - The fun one is that it takes less energy to fly away from the Sun than toward it. - TWuG Mar 15, 10:11
      - I'm horrible at Kerbal Space Program. It is *very* complicated (orbital mechanics). I get a little better each time I play but overall I suck at it -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:07
    - Angle of entry is important. Throwing it directly at Earth would result in a large chunk surviving reentry - TWuG Mar 15, 09:35 3
      - But see, these people are experts and stuff. I am sure they could skip it along the atmosphere like rocks on water, right? -- nm* - Spawn Mar 15, 09:36 2
        
        Too shallow an angle of entry and it could, indeed, skip right off the atmosphere and back into a dangerous orbit. - TWuG Mar 15, 09:41 1
        
        My way is more fun :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:42
    - Bonus: shooting stars -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:34
- if they were smart they would take potshots at Russian and Chinese satellites and just say 'whoopsie' if they get a hit -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:18 1
  - International Space Station! They need to aim for non-member satellites. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 15, 09:32
- That seems like an extreme way to deal with category fraud -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 09:10
Saskatchewan still has the last government-owned telecom in North America - Reagen Mar 15, 09:02 2
- Is it too much to ask for government owned gigabit fibre as a choice across the country? - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:03 1
  - yeah! -- nm - mud Mar 15, 09:04
Litter bug, litter bug. Pick. It. Up. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 15, 09:01
IU fired Archie Miller -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 08:59 8
- ESPN mentions Michigan, Texas Tech and Baylor's coaches as possible replacements - Strongbad Mar 15, 10:06 1
  - Why would you leave Michigan or Baylor (1 seeds) for a team that didn’t make the tournament? Baylor will pay to be relevant and Michigan is arguably - Will Hunting Mar 15, 10:10
- And yet U of A keeps the cheating brother as coach -- nm - eag Mar 15, 09:38
- About effing time. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:02 4
  - Our entire region had a dowwwwwn year for college hoops. No UC, Xavier, Dayton, Indiana, Butler, NKU, UK, Louisville. Basically unprecedented. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 09:08 3
    - Meanwhile, March Madness in Indy. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:18 2
      - We drove briefly through downtown Indy on Friday. Place was hopping. -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 09:38
      - It's like RaaaaIIIAaaaaaaaaaaaaan on your wedding day. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 09:38
Mar. 15 Birthdays: Jimmy Swaggart (86), Judd Hirsch & David Cronenberg & Sly Stone & The Iron Sheik (78), Ry Cooder (74) -- (edited) - Max Mar 15, 08:58 2
- PHIL LESH, 80 today -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 09:34
- Wishing Judd Hirsch, David Cronenberg, Sly Stone, the Iron Sheikh and Ry Cooder a happy birthday. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 09:17

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