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420 and Taco Tuesday -- nm - budice Apr 20, 06:24
Media: Reaction is mixed to the Feds asking the Atlantic Provinces to send COVID assistance to Ontario. Reality (most lopsided poll I can recall): -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 20, 06:11 2
- In other words, "Take off, ya hosers" -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 06:43
- (I mean, self selected internet poll) - Reagen Apr 20, 06:32
Morning Gripe: Before/After Hours trading is dumb. - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:10 12
- Mutual funds price their daily NAVs and execute the day’s purchases and redemptions of fund shares as of the 4pm close. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 20, 06:34
- This doesn't make any sense to me. If trading on the market ends at 4pm then what are they doing? -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 06:19 10
  - There are other markets. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 06:27 4
    - Are companies listed on multiple markets? Is Google on the NYSE and another? -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 20, 06:34 3
      - Not so much other markets as in literal stock markets, more like other time zones. There are some dual-listings, but more like “people in Japan wanna - mafic Apr 20, 06:56 1
        
        Since it’s come up here recently, RIO is London/Australia listed. BHP too I think. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:58
      - Not Google but some are. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 06:54
  - From what I understand, it's an After Hours "market," where third party vendors agree to buy/sell/whatever, but it's not "official." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:22 4
    - Yes, market makers don't participate, generally. But if I want to execute a sale of shares to someone, there's no reason you have to do it in market - Reagen Apr 20, 06:29 3
      - I mean, I get it, but it just seems like they could catch up and it just be a 24hour market. - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:41 2
        
        Y’all still playing around with SPCE? - Pippy Apr 20, 06:51 1
        
        It's pretty volatile, and I only have like 20 shares. - JaxSean Apr 20, 07:01
On Sunday, I visited a friend and loaned her a book I thought she might like. Last night she posted a 5 star review. Guess she liked it. - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 06:04 7
- I will try to read it. I love him in general but have never gotten to it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 06:48
- If you watch The Last Blockbuster, one of the interviewees talks about this with movies. - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:32
- Yeah, there was a marked decline. The third one is... fine. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:05 1
  - Thinking back I may have liked the third one more than the second? I have that feeling but don’t really remember. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:06
- I thought it was just weird - never even tried to read the rest of the trilogy -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:05 2
  - Oh it's decidedly weird, but I was into it. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 06:13 1
    - It's like a novelization of Myst. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 06:17
Heading to the office this morning for the first time since March 2020. -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 06:02 2
- don't forget to turn on your GPS in case you get lost -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:04 1
  - WHERE ARE YOU GOING, JOVIAN? -- nm - G00gle Apr 20, 06:08
Random Roles: Amy Aquino on Cher, Felicity, and why Bucky Barnes needs therapy -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 05:49
VLIR: zunk. United Quest. $250 may appear high but they give you $125 in credit for united purchases annually (covers half the fee) and you get 10k -- (edited) - oblique Apr 20, 05:38
I'm reading they want to also start a women's super league. This is where it gets personal as I don't want the US to lose a single player from - Krusty Apr 20, 05:20
Patrick Marleau is now the all time leader in NHL games played, passing Gordie Howe. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 05:11 14
- Gordie goes back to being just another player -- nm - budice Apr 20, 05:59 4
  - Shame those WHA years are meaningless. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:04 2
    - Yeah I guess that they never included those years in the official records. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:20 1
      - Ziegler's Grudge lives on! -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 06:30
  - #2 is just the first loser -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:02
- Patrick Marleau has played in at least 1 game with 37% of every player who has EVER played in the NHL (104 years) -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:47
- Saw that last night. That record has stood since 1961. That's...crazy. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 05:46 4
  - His last season was 1980, but I guess it’s possible he’s held the record since 61 and just kept adding to it. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:02 3
    - Maybe they meant 1971? That was his last season with Detroit. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:07 1
      - He’d played like 15 or 16 seasons by ‘61. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:24
    - Looks like he took over from Ted Lindsay in 1961. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 06:06
- I saw this news going around yesterday. While I'm not a hockey fan I found it odd that I've never heard of him before yesterday despite playing for so - Krusty Apr 20, 05:13 2
  - He's played like 90% of his career in San Jose and that they almost never went far in the playoffs hurt his profile - Reagen Apr 20, 05:19 1
    - Makes sense. Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 05:20
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, WWE NXT, NCIS, Resident, Deadliest catch, Young Rock, Kenan, Oak Island, black-ish, Supergirl, FBI, mixed-ish, Prodigal Son, Big Sky -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:01 2
- FBI Most Wanted, Temptation Island, New Amsterdam, Cruel Summer, Queen Sugar, Sasquatch (Hulu), Chopped 420 (Discovery+), Cinema Toast, Philly D.A., -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:04 1
  - Pooch Perfect, Delilah, Mayans MC, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:05
Mondale was a Norwegian-American, which we know and remember quite well. It's from his father's side - the place in Norway is called Mundal. He was a - o-reo Apr 20, 04:42 1
- "We" also have one in the current administration, but it's a counter-intuitive one, I dare say. Anyone know who? -- nm - o-reo Apr 20, 04:42
Supposedly Man City and Chelsea are getting cold feet about the ESL idea. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 04:06 6
- It’ll become a pointless little piece of trivia if it collapses entirely by the end of the week. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 04:37
- huh, I wonder why -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 04:20 4
  - City and ManU are because players are pissed their international status is being risked without consultation. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 04:30 1
    - probably all the teams - all 12 of them - o-reo Apr 20, 04:37
  - the ginormous backlash -- nm - o-reo Apr 20, 04:25 1
    - oh I know :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 04:26
a Good Sam started a FB fund raiser to help 1 family with groceries, eventually collected some 40k for 100s of families gets 16k tax bill -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 20, 01:58
Hong Kong bans flights from India after 49 passengers on ONE flight tested positive -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 20, 01:31 1
- Meanwhile as Boris had a trade trip to India planned and didn't want to quarantine when he got back India wasn't put on the 'red' list for weeks. - LMS Apr 20, 02:52
makes u think -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 01:15
Tubi apparently has all the episodes of Lucha Underground. - the wrong element Apr 19, 21:57 2
- Ricochet, John Morrison, a few others. - Tim Apr 19, 22:06 1
  - I know he's good, but I dislike Ricochet. - the wrong element Apr 19, 22:15
Guess this is a headline that'll get your attention 🙄 -- (link) - Meg Apr 19, 21:54
I just got an email from a person I've been doing some work for which said only "Are you getting the help you need?" nm - ralph wiggum Apr 19, 21:20 3
- "What if I am but I don't know by who and for what? Should I be thanking people at random to make sure I'm covered?" -- nm - Max Apr 19, 21:44
- “ Mentally? Spiritually? Grammatically?” -- nm - Pippy Apr 19, 21:36 1
  - Pharmacologically? nm - ralph wiggum Apr 19, 21:40
Fitbits are on sale. I'm getting a new Fitbit. -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 21:18 1
- All those lawn mowing steps wasted... -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 23:19
sometimes I wish Zack Snyder got his way more, because wtf dude? -- (link) - mafic Apr 19, 21:10 3
- Yeah, how baked to you have to be to think that's the Greatest. Idea. Ever? nm - ralph wiggum Apr 19, 21:48 2
  - Well, it is 4/20 :) -- nm - secretslacker Apr 20, 05:32
  - "I'm 14 and this is deep" -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 05:30
Dr. Who: 9th Doctor talks -- (link) - Remlik Apr 19, 20:31 [youtube]
New word of the day: inveigle. -- nm - David Apr 19, 20:23 3
- deceive inveigle obfuscate! -- (pic) - mafic Apr 19, 20:37 [Attachment] 1
  - Indeed. Always the first thing that springs to mind for me. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:41
- Synonym: wheedle -- nm - TWuG Apr 19, 20:25
James Corden on the Super League. It’s a good speech. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 19, 20:10 13
- I think I get it now. I still don't care, but I think I get it. -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 23:17 1
  - Heh, yes, this sums it up for me. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 06:12
- "Don't forget the names of these owners." (doesn't name any owners, and neither can I) Sounds like it's the gentrification of sport. -- nm - Max Apr 19, 21:18
- His presentation is very much, "Come on, Americans! Care about this!" -- nm - David Apr 19, 20:56 2
  - It's soccer, so that's a bit of an uphill climb. -- nm - TWuG Apr 19, 21:00 1
    - He's also no John Oliver. -- nm - David Apr 19, 21:04
- I think I get it now...its like if Jerry Jones got with the owners of the Patriots, Seattle and the other big revenue teams and said, we are only goin - Pippy Apr 19, 20:36 4
  - sort of. imagine there were a half dozen other top tier NFLs and the best teams from two of them were also coming. and there's already a league where - mafic Apr 19, 20:55 3
    - And *if* this works, it would effectively lock out every other team from the top talent, creating a permanent underclass. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 02:25 1
      - And of the English teams going, one has only been good for about 10 years, was second division as recently as 25 years ago and another - Reagen Apr 20, 02:42
    - Hmmmm -- nm - Pippy Apr 19, 21:08
- Has *anyone* but these 12 owners come out in favor of this? -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 20:26 1
  - Some of you guys? -- nm - o-reo Apr 20, 04:25
Working with hardware is just as annoying as I remember. - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:05
You'll be shocked to hear that the initial reports of the Tesla fire in Houston were incorrect. Car was NOT in Autopilot - TWuG Apr 19, 20:04 12
- So female gymnasts need to wear a weighted belt? -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 21:22 1
  - The 100 lb number was new to me. I know it needs weight in the seat, but wasn't sure what the actual number was. - TWuG Apr 19, 21:27
- No. Not really. This city is filled with lying liars that lie. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 21:01
- that sounds like a bit of a quibble, in that it would've been burning were the firefighters not actively attending. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 20:58 3
  - The initial reports said uncontrolled and 4 hours. It was controlled in minutes and the firefighters kept, in there own words, a small amount - TWuG Apr 19, 21:09 2
    - but still required firefighters to attend for four hours. Tesla gets the intense media spotlight largely by Musk's design, that comes with a downside. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 21:15 1
      - They said it was a crime scene (bodies). They'd have done something different w/o fatalities. - TWuG Apr 19, 21:23
- A thread of more comments from the fire chief. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 19, 20:43 4
  - No one in the driver's seat could've just meant no one was wearing seatbelts, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:44 3
    - That, or the driver had time to get out and run? -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 20:51 1
      - Apparently the owner lived on the street and others at the house say it was just him and another in the car. - TWuG Apr 19, 21:00
    - Possibly. Though it would be hard to get thrown into the back seat. Usually you continue forward when the car stops. - TWuG Apr 19, 20:50
from bb, now *I* want paprika pringles! so good. — nm - i.b.! Apr 19, 20:04
I'm eating a fruit and nut bar that says it has just 4 real ingredients...dates, almonds, bananas and chocolate chips. I beg to differ. -- nm - . Apr 19, 19:36 1
- The fifth ingredient is *lies*. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 19:38
Judging from what I’ve seen, I’m not likely to ever visit the Vatican museums in person. Watch this video tour instead. -- (link) - Mop Apr 19, 19:33 [youtube] 1
- that's been suggested to me by you tube several times recently -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 19, 19:57
29 secrets from the production of The Amazing Race. -- (link) - Mop Apr 19, 19:21 [youtube] 1
- 17. it's actually quite conventional! -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 20:39
Ahh yes, the “my kids are Democrats” defense. Good one rep Roeber, sure that’s why the state found solid evidence - tRuMaN Apr 19, 19:14 1
- Unanimous and they rejected his resignation just so they can throw him out. That’s a pissed off group of legislators. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 04:37
MTGA code for free stuff -- (link) - spamlet Apr 19, 18:57 1
- Thanks. Also if people haven’t entered the sleeve codes. - IAmQale Apr 19, 19:10
Completely forgot Mondale ever existed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 18:38 7
- I worked for a bit on a TV show hosted by his daughter, Eleanor. He stopped by the office one day and I met him briefly. - howie Apr 19, 19:56 2
  - she always seemed so great, so sad how young she died. :/ — nm - i.b.! Apr 19, 20:05 1
    - I'm ashamed to admit that while I remember working with her, I had to look up her IMDb page to remember what show we did together. - howie Apr 19, 21:11
- I just checked. Dan Quayle, 74. is still alive -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 19, 18:44 1
  - Potatoe -- nm - budice Apr 19, 18:54
- I had no clue until 15 seconds ago that he was a former VP... -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 18:41 1
  - This made me see how far back I could name VPs in order. I got stuck at Ford’s though I know several prior to his. -- nm - Dano Apr 19, 19:05
Warrant issued for Seattle Seahawks DE Aldon Smith on battery charge in Louisiana -- (link) - Beaker Apr 19, 18:34 3
- "Battery charge" doesn't sound so bad... OK, so he plugged in someone's Tesla or something... -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 18:40 2
  - plugged in his cell phone to charge, draining the tesla's battery without owner's permission -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 19:28 1
    - Battery in the zeroth degree -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:20
Raw:All these matches being made night of... How were they planning to fill 3 hrs if multiple stars didn't choose to piss off other stars live on air? -- nm - Ender Apr 19, 18:30 2
- A comment from this weekend that made me wonder just how bad the post-WM Raw was. - the wrong element Apr 19, 20:22
- It's the running gag for reviewers...what exactly was planned for the show if we booked the main event an hour in? -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 18:33
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier submitted as Drama, not Miniseries, for the Emmys; I gather this means there will be a season 2... -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 18:27 1
- Speaking of F&WS, have we discussed the theory (spoilers) - ralph wiggum Apr 19, 18:41 [youtube]
While technically true (I guess...), I don’t think I’ve heard the movie: Victory described as a buddy movie 😄 -- nm - JD Apr 19, 18:21
Your top 10 songs: Rapstar, Montero (Call Me By Your Name), Leave the Door Open, Peaches, Save Your Tears, Levitating, Kiss Me More, Up, Drivers License, Astronaut in the Ocean -- (edited) - Tim Apr 19, 18:16 14
- I own 4 of those on iTunes. -- nm - Dano Apr 19, 18:35
- I'm guessing I might (?) have heard one of these songs in turntable, if Qale or tRu played it. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 19, 18:35 3
  - I played Montero on Friday really late. I thought about playing Up but decided it was probably not going to go over well. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 18:52
  - I’ve played Astronaut in the Ocean -- nm - Dano Apr 19, 18:36 1
    - Also: dano -- nm - JaxSean Apr 19, 19:15
- Biebs is having a year. -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 18:32
- After Drivers License was #1 for 8 weeks, this is the 7th different #1 in the last 7 weeks. - Tim Apr 19, 18:30
- I think I've heard a combined 30 seconds of these songs. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 18:20 1
  - and most of that is the portion of the song The Weeknd did at the Super Bowl. -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 18:29
- how far back do you need to go back to find a top 10 that didn't include a "featuring"? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 19, 18:18 1
  - Years, probably. -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 18:23
- Is this a second go around for Levitating, this time with DaBaby? -- nm - IAmQale Apr 19, 18:17 2
  - He's always been credited for its run, though the XM station I listen to omits him. - Tim Apr 19, 18:19 1
    - That’s what I was kind of wondering. Thanks! -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 18:22
"Give 'im the heater, Danny!" -- (link) - Reagen Apr 19, 18:14

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