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US money boughten. Bring on disney!! ... in like 10 months ... maybe...doubtful... -- nm* - Beaker Apr 8, 09:53 2
- "Hey, I want to buy US money. Gimme your best deal" -- nm - stim-mie Apr 8, 09:56 1
  - wife gets staff rate so wasn't too bad -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 09:58
Budget update - in the first week of April I spent more on groceries than I did in the whole month of March :/ Guess that did include restocking - Meg Apr 8, 09:49 4
- in mary's budget spreadsheet, liquor is liquor, groceries are groceries, meds are personal care. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 8, 09:50 3
  - I keep an itemized grocery log separately, but the budget is updated from the credit card statement and anything from the market is - Meg Apr 8, 09:58
  - but oddly, hiking boots are "personal care" not "clothing." could I sell that to you guys, or must I reclass? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 8, 09:53 1
    - I don't have a personal care category. We just use Medical (prescriptions, etc.), Health and Fitness (gym, massages, haircuts, etc.) and of course, - oblique Apr 8, 09:55
Streamers: AMC Networks Shuffles Executive Ranks Amid Streaming Focus -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 09:43 2
- Too many studios are "Troy walks into the room carrying pizzas" when it comes to streaming. -- (pic) - Mop Apr 8, 09:47 [Attachment] 1
  - Are they Troy, or the room? - Beryllium Apr 8, 09:50
Fans demanding that Marvel #ReleasetheZemocut -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 09:31 2
- Please don't take his dancing as representative of all barons. Mine is much, much worse. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 09:51
- I was prepared to be all "Shut up, nerds, editing is a thing" but this seems harmless. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 09:38
somewhere in the state of Maine, there's a hidden stash of $20,000 US that treasure seekers are invited to find -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 09:29 1
- State of Maine HR having helluva time getting off Mainframe onto modern apps. Workday/others failed -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 09:39
"Enough prayers – time for some action," -- Biden -- nm - stim-mie Apr 8, 09:17 5
- Same thing I say before bed. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 09:28
- Biden is anti-religion! -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 09:25
- *racks shotgun* oh. Wait. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 09:23 1
  - Whips are still legal. - Beryllium Apr 8, 09:35
- did he give it enough thoughts, though? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 09:20
it's weird to watch this happen to a friend: someone i know is getting.. "canceled".. for deciding to resume working with a company that abused its - colin Apr 8, 09:16 7
- So, in essence, she betrayed her friends for the sake of getting paid, and is wondering why people don’t like her anymore? - znufrii Apr 8, 09:17 6
  - Yep."i will value my paycheck over my friends' well-being. Wait, why are my friends mad at me?" -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 09:22 5
    - These things still make me uncomfortable. We don't know what her circumstance is and how badly she needs that paycheck. Also, friends getting mad at - pmb Apr 8, 09:51 1
      - it was an issue of her starting shit with people on instagram that got it going. that was a poor choice on her part to - colin Apr 8, 09:54
    - yep. and because it's getting aired publicly on social media, it's now a thing. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 09:51
    - If I'm reading correctly, it's also over her own well-being, according to herself. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 09:35 1
      - yes, both from the past and for the damage it's causing in the industry as a result. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 09:52
How was this knee not illegal? answered my own question :) -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 8, 09:11
Jacob DeGrom has 63 career no-decisions. His ERA in them is 2.24. That’s absurd. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 09:09 2
- He's got BobGibsonesque reasons to be pissed about that. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 09:11
- Mets =) -- nm - stim-mie Apr 8, 09:10
oh wow, this is good, at least for some cases it sounds like -- (link) - ty97 Apr 8, 08:56 5
- I claim Mysterious Relief as my band name. -- nm - Max Apr 8, 08:58 3
  - Mysterious Relief sounds more like an album title than band name. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 09:31 1
    - Or a benefit concert. We're all coming together to raise money for... somebody? -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 09:33
  - I saw them play Band Aid in '84. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:59
- yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 08:57
Question of the day (British astronomy edition) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 8, 08:52 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 8, 08:53 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 8, 08:53 [Attachment] 6
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 8, 08:53 [Attachment] 5
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 09:47
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Apr 8, 08:57
      - 1/2 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 08:57
      - 2/2 -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 08:55
      - 2/2 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:54
In a surprising turn of events, my mom received her second vaccination shot yesterday, and I'm set for my second next Thursday. - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 08:52 1
- Yay Mom and Yay almost you! -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 08:53
Truman, dis you? -- (link) - decline Apr 8, 08:48 1
- Busy week for Cincinnati. Er, I mean, Ohio. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:50
Sandy Munro with first impressions (almost completely positive) of the VW ID.4. No drive or teardown yet, just a walkthrough - TWuG Apr 8, 08:34 3
- The only downside of these cars usually seems to be the onboard software. Too much lag. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:38 2
  - Not sure how much VW is doing in-house with that. But if the screen is the UI, lag can't happen. - TWuG Apr 8, 08:44 1
    - I know what you mean about Tesla, I've been in a few. I meant the pre-tesla companies - they still haven't figured out software. - Beryllium Apr 8, 08:49
Although GME: still down overall today. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 08:31
I gather there is some big online war or something going on with Minecraft streamers...anyway my youngest is super into it and has one of her tweets - Beaker Apr 8, 08:16 5
- she's an influencer! -- nm - decline Apr 8, 08:20 1
  - $Millions!!!!!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 8, 08:48
- Whose side is she on? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:19 2
  - beats me. her side seems to pretend to be anti-maskers and know next to nothing about sports She tweeted a picture of JJ Watt in a mask with -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 8, 08:22 1
    - "You call these engagement numbers?! You're grounded for six months!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 08:27
THR: Fox News Hires Mike Pompeo -- (link) - mud Apr 8, 08:11 8
- So they are going full on Q Anon, interesting. -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 08:43
- ah their pick for 2024 -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 08:24 6
  - nah no way American Goring is the 2024 nom -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 08:37 5
    - There is zero way anyone can predict anything right now. - Spawn Apr 8, 08:38 4
      - Your IM is who it almost certainly wont be -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 08:41 3
        
        ha! -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:45
        
        I agree but my point is *right now* it is easier to predict him than anyone else. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:45 1
        
        jared! -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:46
Guess the high school is back. Have to remember not to try and drive in or out at 8:00am or 2:30pm. Almost called them yesterday to ask why their - Meg Apr 8, 07:52 2
- The bear is napping. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 07:54 1
  - Go home bear, you're drunk. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 08:09
Has anyone heard anything good or bad about the movie French Exit? Came out in Feb -- nm - rollo Apr 8, 07:49 4
- all i know is it's a euphemism for the butthole. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 08:40
- Pfeiffer got some early buzz for Actress. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 07:52
- I've heard Michelle Pfeiffer's performance praised, but suspiciously without also praising the movie itself. -- nm* - Dano Apr 8, 07:51 1
  - So it's not a straight masterpiece -- nm - con_carne Apr 8, 08:37
Our long national nightmare is over. Nespresso iced coffee pods are back. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 07:48
Heh, tried posting my shipwreck video to the local subreddit but I guess a moderator suppressed it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:46 3
- Because reasons. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:07
- bastards -- nm - decline Apr 8, 08:01
- Any nudity? -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 07:53
Google Voice gave me a $10 refund for some reason. Also... apparently Google Voice is still a thing... or used to be, anyway. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 07:39 6
- It's my burner number for food ordering apps. -- nm - Max Apr 8, 08:21
- Google Hangouts is going away. So everything is reverting to Google Voice. Basically were duplicate products -- nm* - stim-mie Apr 8, 07:52
- we use it now. It's a great way to have a "home" phone w/o having to pay anything -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 07:43 1
  - exactly. Plus it can transscribe VMs -- nm - stim-mie Apr 8, 07:51
- You pay for Google Voice? -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 07:41 1
  - I think they must have given me some kind of promotional credit back in year 0 or something. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 07:42
Reading the Scott Rudin stuff, I hope he's feeling the terror this morning that he's previously instilled in others. - Mop Apr 8, 07:36 8
- I guarantee he’s feeling nothing but rage at having to explain himself to the hoi polloi. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 08:30 1
  - Hearing Kevin Smith's story about Weinstein circling the wagons when the news was about to drop encourages optimism. - Mop Apr 8, 09:27
- When you google him and the first result is "Everyone just knows he's an abusive monster", that's not good. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 8, 08:00 5
  - How is that a surprise? He has always known for being "difficult", and if that was his image 10 years ago even, the truth had to be - Marlowe Apr 8, 08:29
  - He's supposedly the basis for Tom Cruise's character in Tropic Thunder. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 08:09 3
    - playa -- nm - Max Apr 8, 08:36
    - all is forgiven! -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 08:10 1
      - "Without Germans, you wouldn't have any of the Indiana Jones movies" -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 08:30
Shaun: DeathLoop has been delayed once more, this time into September. -- (link) - decline Apr 8, 07:35 1
- Yup. Wasn't really on my radar to be honest, but smart move to make it a better game. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 07:37
2021 Hurricane prediction is in. 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major - decline Apr 8, 07:29 3
- *bets the over* -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:35 2
  - yeah -- nm - mud Apr 8, 07:53 1
    - Then again, it *is* Biden now. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 08:08
This will go over well. New York to provide up to $15k in payments to undocumented migrant workers impacted by covid pandemic -- (link) - znufrii Apr 8, 07:28 4
- Just come to this address tomorrow to pick up your check... -- nm - GOP Apr 8, 08:55
- In NYC it will go over just fine. They deserve the help and I'm glad they're doing something for them. - Krusty Apr 8, 07:39 2
  - Pretty much. - znufrii Apr 8, 07:46 1
    - Yeah, they'll get a couple of days of stories out of it. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 07:53
Apr. 8 Birthdays: Shecky Greene (95), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (89), Douglas Trumbull (79), John Madden (72), John Schneider (61), Richard Hatch (60) - Max Apr 8, 07:25 1
- Shecky Greene is alive? Dude's been a punchline for almost as long as I've been alive. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 07:33
Since we're all about Kudrow now. This scene in The Comeback (Season 1) makes me cry from laughing. Valerie Cherish is a national treasure. -- (link) - MDH Apr 8, 07:22 [youtube] 3
- OG, did I miss news? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:36 2
  - No, just ... I guess you could call it a revelation? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 07:43 1
    - Yeah, I went to B2. You people had me worried. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:47
That Lisa Kudrow pic from b2 blows my mind. She was always attractive but the choice of hair just enhances her abilities. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 8, 07:20 7
- She looks like she was about to throw down with Joan van Ark. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 07:39 3
  - I thought she was about to steal Kevin Costner from Sean Young -- nm - rollo Apr 8, 07:47 2
    - She looks like she might have to go freestyle with Ozone to save the community center. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 08:05 1
      - 👏 -- nm - JD Apr 8, 08:15
- Phoebe doesn't work as a character if she looks like that. I assume the change in look was to get parts. Ursula appeared on Mad About You in 1993. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 07:38
- That pic is every woman that revved my motor in the 80s/90s. I guess I had a type and she's apparently the prototype -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 07:25 1
  - she is stunning as a brunette -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:43
Gracing ST with Connor McDavid's latest goal. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 8, 07:12
Goodness: AP source: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself -- (link) - MDH Apr 8, 07:10 5
- A 5 year-old? F that guy. That was hard to read. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 8, 08:08 2
  - I'm taping off this story with my special No Pippies police tape. Don't go in there, Pippy. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 08:46 1
    - thank you!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 08:52
- jesus -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:52
- I was just reading about this -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 07:11
I love Megan Rapinoe. - Diva Apr 8, 07:10
So, looks like that shooting in my old hometown was nothing more than a crazy military guy shooting two military recruiters at a different locale - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:06 1
- oh, that's all it was...? -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 07:07
Foreigner earworms are good earworms -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 07:05 6
- ... like, Apu from The Simpsons? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 07:37
- Congrats. You've earned rights to The Belt for a day. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 07:20
- are they though? -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:09 3
  - hell no -- nm - mud Apr 8, 07:50
  - If they're Jukebox Hero they are. :) -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 8, 07:10 1
    - I'm going off script with Luanne -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:14
Belfast - those Peace Walls are still there for a reason. -- (pic) -- (edited) - Andie Apr 8, 07:02 [Attachment] 1
- Joel McHale's episode of The Getaway in Belfast is pretty eye opening. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 07:24
LIR: My wife gets her 2nd shot today (Moderna). I can report back on her later :) -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 07:00 3
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 07:13
- Yay! -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:09
- be ready to take good care of her. and tell her I said 'hi'. -- nm - Diva Apr 8, 07:04
~She may get woolly. Young girls they do get woolly because of all the stress.~ -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 06:57

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