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Non-story: Comcast Weighs Pulling Universal’s Movies From HBO Max, Netflix -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 06:31
okay here's my plan: I'm going to try to sell this weekend -- (edited) - amanda jeans Apr 1, 06:22 1
- (note that I totally expect ty97 to throw a ping pong ball at my head late next week to ask me how I did.) -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 1, 06:24
Ok NYC crew. Any problem with this plan? 4/18->4/20 (NYC). Looking at Elements Time Square West (Mariott). Close to Penn station (?) We will be - oblique Apr 1, 06:08 5
- Basically next door to Port Authority Bus Terminal which is..fine...but expect levels of vagrancy in the area. Also very close to Jollibee. - ty97 Apr 1, 06:31 1
  - Do not get Jollibee. Support local restaurants and businesses. -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 06:36
- real q: do you really feel okay about traveling this much? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 1, 06:18 1
  - Yeah. We've done multiple trips in the past year (Denver, TX, IN) and haven't had issues or felt unsafe (mostly). I'll actually be getting my - oblique Apr 1, 06:21
- I would definitely not rent the car until you leave Manhattan. - decline Apr 1, 06:15
I hate this day so much. First text was someone trying to fool me into believing a rare sneaker was re-releasing. Ugh! I'm going back to bed. - Krusty Apr 1, 05:39 4
- Judge and Stanton got hurt slipping on a wet sidewalk. Out a few weeks. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 05:42 3
  - Stupid day for stupid people. Don't be like them. :-) -- nm* - Krusty Apr 1, 05:42 2
    - Let’s be real. That’s a valid headline 364 days a year. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 05:43 1
      - Sadly, it's true for them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 05:45
So, how did the oral arguments go for the NCAA yesterday at the Supreme Court? Well, Clarence Thomas asked a question and it’s pretty damn good - Will Hunting Apr 1, 05:37 3
- Paid Internships are common in College, I don't see why this can't apply here. -- nm - budice Apr 1, 05:54 1
  - I've long believed they should paid whatever the work-study students get for their on-job hours. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Apr 1, 06:20
- Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh had some notably pointed questions. Not the lineup you’d expect to be poking holes this strong - Will Hunting Apr 1, 05:41
Paul Simon has sold his entire song catalog to Sony Music Publishing -- (link) - budice Apr 1, 05:17 2
- I get half right! -- nm - Garfunkel Apr 1, 05:30 1
  - You can have the parsley and sage, but Simon keeps the rosemary and thyme. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Apr 1, 06:24
If we could turn forehead slaps into a source of energy, we'd solve global warming overnight. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 1, 04:44 7
- Why does this governor of such a meaningless state get so much air time and press? -- nm* - Krusty Apr 1, 05:33 5
  - She’s an attractive (non-blonde) woman Republican in a position of power. She fills multiple boxes that they are weak in. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 05:43 4
    - I kind of assumed it was based on her looks because it can't be because of what her state brings to the table. - Krusty Apr 1, 05:45 3
      - Don't you put that evil on us. If we're taking a state I want Vermont, at a minimum. -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 06:15 2
        
        Don’t you have enough maple syrup? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 06:30 1
        
        IT'S NEVER ENOUGH -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 06:32
- The last guy did not deliver on that promise. - . Apr 1, 05:12
This but unironically -- (link) - Reagen Apr 1, 04:20 1
- Hmm...that might cut down on republicans, it is a private and Ivy League school. -- nm - . Apr 1, 05:09
TV PSA: MLB, NBA, NHL, Hell's Kitchen, Young Sheldon, Station 19, Manifest, BattleBots, United States of Al, L&O SVU, Grey's Anatomy, Flip or Flop, -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 03:24 2
- Moodys, Swamp People, Wipeout, Mom, L&O Organized Crime, B Positive, A Million Little Things, Clarice, She's the Boss, Worn Stories (NF), -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 03:26 1
  - Made For Love (HBO Max), The Challenge: All Stars (Paramount+), The Great Pottery Throw Down (HBO Max), Creepshow (Shudder), Top Chef, other stuff - Beaker Apr 1, 03:28
Conquer Club still exists. -- nm - . Apr 1, 01:56 3
- sure, I played a few games over Christmas -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 04:17 2
  - They sent me email. -- nm - . Apr 1, 05:05 1
    - heh. I got one too and chuckled -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 06:11
20 years ago the Dutch allowed the first same sex marriages -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 1, 00:34 2
- Here too. January 2001. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 04:05
- 35 years ago, I was at a Grateful Dead concert -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 1, 01:10 [youtube]
It’s really disturbing to see a relatively modern cruise ship get torn down like this, but I suppose it’s inevitable. -- (link) - Mop Apr 1, 00:07 [youtube]
this is fascinating. Americans drove 13% fewer miles in 2020, but road fatalities were up 8%. -- (link) - mafic Mar 31, 23:32 3
- "no one's on the road! I can go 100 mph!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 04:48 1
  - yup. I saw so much of this, especially during the lockdown. - decline Apr 1, 06:00
- Fewer people driving, but more speeding. -- nm - . Apr 1, 01:57
Knives Out. Knives In. Knives All About. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 22:51 1
- (That's the real hokey pokey.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 22:52
Angel Hernandez has lost his race discrimination suit against MLB. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 31, 21:50 2
- Best news ever. He’s so bad, nothing they do short of slur him via his ethnicity would qualify. - Will Hunting Apr 1, 04:06 1
  - I think he's the worst but it's hard to decide between him, Joe West and C.B. Bucknor. Just atrocious umpires the lot of them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 05:32
That there are like six different vaccine sites is so frustrating. And they don't remember any of your info. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 21:32 5
- yeah, costco has vax at a half dozen sites in my area, click, fill in 3 pages of info, schedu...oh sorry, next store same same same arrrrrghhh -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 21:43 4
  - Yeah, it's rinse and repeat all day. Plus, many times it says there are appointments when there really aren't any. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 21:52 2
    - and they don't *fvcking* tell you until after you keyed in 3 pages of info -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 00:27 1
      - Yup -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 05:34
  - honestly, that was why I ended up driving 600m 12 hrs round trip, it was just click, this or that time? click *done* -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 21:45
It's Opening Day! -- nm - Ender Mar 31, 21:17 1
- YEAH!!! -- nm - David Mar 31, 21:47
... the air chase scene in Rise of the Silver Surfer is sponsored by Dodge. I hate this. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 21:14 3
- on the plus side you can see my old office in Vancouver a few times. I don't remember when. I think it involved burning buses. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 21:45 2
  - I think that was the first one, with the busses -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 21:47 1
    - it's in the second one too. it's near the building Reid Richards lived in. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 23:24
Happy worst day of the year -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 21:02 3
- Sure the O's have been terrible lately, but that hardly makes opening day the worst day of the year. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 22:43
- We got a reprieve last year since March never ended. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 31, 21:27
- Nah, May the 4th is next month. -- nm - David Mar 31, 21:13
Vaccine #s: 29% have received at least 1 dose, 16% received full. Expected 50% vaccination date 5/10, 70% date 6/17, 90% 7/26. 7 Day Average: 1.73M -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 20:34 1
- Top 5 States (% of population vaccinated): NM, CT, SD, ME, MA. Worst 5 States: AL, GA, MS, TN, IN (sorry Spawn). -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 20:35
I ordered the Secret Labs Titan in black. If it ends up sucking I'll blame tru & RC. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 20:17
Detroit Lions 🦁 - Flavorize—Stolen From Twitter Mar 31, 20:17 [Attachment] 2
- That was over a decade ago. Browns did it more recently. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 20:44
- LOL -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 20:29
Lindor and Mets have a deal Ten years, $341 million. -- nm* - budice Mar 31, 20:16 6
- Deferred money out to 2041! -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 04:55
- Congrats Mets fans! I hope it works out very well! -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 22:05
- Over/under on when they totally regret this: 2026. -- nm - David Mar 31, 20:38
- Noice. -- nm - Tim Mar 31, 20:26
- That’s lots and lots. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 31, 20:22 1
  - A lot of truffles -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 20:24
Oh. Adam Wingard directed Godzilla vs. Kong? Now I’m interested. -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 20:13
Yikes, reports of a mass shooting across town in Orange, with "multiple" casualties. Sound like maybe a workplace shooting? -- (link) - Meg Mar 31, 20:04 2
- Office complex - property management, financial, counseling, insurance. -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 20:24 1
  - Four dead, including a child :-( Two injured, including the shooter. -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 21:07
That was a blast. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 20:02 1
- 312.50% better than the last effort. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 21:10
NJPW: big spoilers... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 31, 19:50 3
- Not sure what's the spoiler there. -- nm - David Mar 31, 20:02 2
  - I hadn't heard what had happened - Remlik Mar 31, 20:10 1
    - That happened at Wrestle Kingdom the first week in January. -- nm - David Mar 31, 20:12
9.8 Daredevil 1 sells for $250K -- (link) - Remlik Mar 31, 19:44 1
- Take a picture of it and then sell that as an NFT for $500K -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 19:45
Nature Break: 10000 Dolphins Spotted Off Norway -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 19:40 6
- Not for long. -- nm - Japanese Fishing Fleet Mar 31, 20:15 1
  - BACK OFF. WE SAW THEM FIRST. -- nm - Starkist Mar 31, 20:16
- more tuna to can!!!!! -- nm - Starkist Mar 31, 20:13
- So long and thanks for the fish... -- nm - gort Mar 31, 19:50
- and all I need is a porpoise. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 19:43 1
  - Heheh. Ironic. - Beryllium Mar 31, 20:00
Kong/Godzilla spoiler question. - Volnelk Mar 31, 19:40 1
- Spoil - Spawn Mar 31, 20:01
After only 18 months of television, AEW has already mastered fan service. - David Mar 31, 19:34 7
- Question regarding Jericho... - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 31, 20:29 4
  - Well, the big thing was that he threw Michaels threw a window, which immediately happened to MJF. -- nm - David Mar 31, 20:37 3
    - That Shawn / Batista / Jericho storyline was *superb*. - Will Hunting Apr 1, 04:12
    - I though he threw him into the very expensive JeriTron 3000. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 31, 21:28 1
      - Something like that, yeah. -- nm - David Mar 31, 21:46
- And for all the ways that NXT has been flailing for a couple of years, they've done right by Cameron Grimes. -- nm - David Mar 31, 19:35 1
  - to the moon! -- nm - Tim Mar 31, 19:36
wow, the Shah of Iran's widow is still alive? - prayformojo Mar 31, 19:04 7
- he was married a few times, and she was a bit younger. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 19:42
- more importantly, here is an article with pictures of the Shah's 1939 Bugatti. current value is well north of $10M, but it's in a museum. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:20 3
  - cool. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 19:28 2
    - the late 1930's was a wonderful time to look at hi end French bodied sports cars. Delage & Delahaye were my favorites -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 31, 20:20 [Attachment] 1
      - and here -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 31, 20:20 [Attachment]
- YES the Grateful Dead briefly changed a lyric in US BLUES from Charlie Chan, to the SHAW oF IRAN, when he was ousted. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:15
- The world would be such a different place if certain things had not taken place. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:06
Looking at the Barn Owl nest, there's such a difference in maturity between the oldest and youngest of 6. We just have to hope #6 makes it. - Meg Mar 31, 19:02 4
- This should be the direct link to the cavity cam. -- (link) - Meg Mar 31, 19:40 [youtube] 3
  - They're reaching the baby dinosaur stage. Soon they'll be developing mohawks :) -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 19:49 2
    - that's kinda creepy. I open the cam and the momma (?) is *staring directly at me* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 19:54 1
      - She's waiting for Poppa to bring dinner. -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 19:55
The 2nd half of Dallas/Boston has been kinda insane -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 19:00 1
- Glowing Science Axe? -- nm - David Mar 31, 19:00
... a mere three mile island. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:51
The Bad Dog Scale -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:47
My GP sent me to my cardiologist. I have Peripheral Arterial Disease. This means plaque builds up in my leg arteries and makes walking tough & sore - Peglegpete Mar 31, 18:42 15
- Talk to your doctor but anecdotally my mom had some luck with alpha-lipoic acid and there are some studies with positive results. -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 19:05 1
  - catscan of my legs is still to be scheduled. hopefully within a week or 2. after we know the results, I'll know a lot more -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:13
- Boy, do I hear you! Hang in there. -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 19:03 1
  - **HUG** -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:14
- best wishes ! -- nm - mud Mar 31, 19:02
- you got this! -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 18:55
- Oof :( I'm also against exercise (although I did go for a strenuous walk today). - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:55 1
  - shot #2 is 2 weeks from today -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:10
- You have my sympathy. That sounds really unpleasant -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 18:53 1
  - right now it's a minor occasional inconvenience, and hopefully easily treatable. I'll know more after the catscan. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:22
- Ugh. I'm glad there's something that can help. We can suggest some good podcasts for your walks to keep you entertained. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 18:53 3
  - my walking rate is 20 minutes a mile. I walk around the island in my kitchen. if my leg feels like shit, I'm close to a chair. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 19:12 2
    - Hopefully as you get to walking your legs will feel better and you can move outside and catch some nice rays as well. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 19:23 1
      - insecure, lifelong paranoia hasn't helped :)))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 20:11
- Yikes. That sounds tough. Hang in there. -- nm - David Mar 31, 18:50
Evidently, so long as the Curse of Oak Island is one of the top rated shows on TV, they're not finding that treasure. -- (link) - Mop Mar 31, 18:36 4
- I love the metal detector finds most. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 31, 20:13
- yes. that's the reason. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 18:55
- Swear to God if they don't find anything this season I am only watching 5 more seasons of Curse of Oak Island -- posted 3 years ago by Beak -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 18:39 1
  - still watching...I'll be honest don't pay nearly the attention i used to, but it is an easy watch and waiting for something to happen is fun -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 18:41
how tf did they get him on that boat?!?! -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:36 1
- Matt Gaetz? -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 18:39
March 31, 1999, TiVo was released -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 18:25
Canucks game cancelled/postponed due to covid protocols for some players and coaching staff -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:16
HUMP! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 18:14

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