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The algorithm recommended this. The algorithm was ... correct. -- (link) - Beryllium May 5, 22:42 [youtube]
Following up on Bery's post below - what do you add with your peanut butter? - Meg May 5, 21:48 7
- an epi-pen. -- nm - mafic May 5, 22:58 1
  - A bit of crunch with your PB is *tight*. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 23:26
- Grape jam -- nm - Krusty May 5, 22:24
- garbage disposal. hate the stuff. -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 22:14
- Sometimes, PB&Banana. It's been years, though. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 22:11
- Butter and raspberry jam. -- nm - . May 5, 21:56
- honey -- nm - Max May 5, 21:48
I went out for a run and found more doors on the chicken coops and orchard. this is truly a question without end. -- nm - mafic May 5, 21:45 4
- and I have fences with gates. WHERE DOES IT STOP TWuG? -- nm - mafic May 5, 21:45 3
  - DQ! The original question was "Doors *in* my house" -- nm - Meg May 5, 21:50 2
    - Attic hatch -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 22:01 1
      - Huh. Not sure how to categorize that. I didn't count mine. It is technically a door, but mine - TWuG May 5, 22:05
Is that Natasha in this scene from the Loki trailer? -- (pic) - Mop May 5, 21:16 [Attachment] 5
- Lady Loki possibly or probably -- nm* - eag May 5, 21:51
- I'm pretty sure it's Sophia Di Martino. -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 21:19 3
  - Here's what her hair looks like on the set. -- (pic) - Ear Victim May 5, 21:20 [Attachment] 2
    - All I see is Lucille Ball. -- nm - Max May 5, 21:43 1
      - Blonde. Brunette. Lucille Ball. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 22:08
So, what does ST think of the Snow White controversy anyway? -- (link) - Ear Victim May 5, 20:49 5
- In this case isn’t it more like he’s giving mouth to mouth? She’s not just unconscious. She will never wake up if he doesn’t kiss her. - Dano May 5, 21:17
- I think professional conservatives know that these bullshit imaginary "culture wars" fights = $$. "Woke culture is killing X!!" - ralph wiggum May 5, 21:09
- my sunday page from 1983 just went up in value. -- (pic) - Peglegpete May 5, 21:07 [Attachment]
- I still dream of my own True Love’s Kiss. -- nm* - IAmQale May 5, 20:59
- I think the kiss is problematic, though I'm a little surprised the dwarf orgy section isn't getting more complaints. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 20:53
Joc Pederson just prematurely bat-flipped on what turned out to be a sacrifice fly. -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 20:25 2
- I liked the look of disgust he gave at first, deserved it. -- nm - jnine May 5, 20:31 1
  - He was rightfully embarrassed as he took the outfield. -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 20:49
So apparently Mississippi police shot and killed a baby. - ty97 May 5, 20:22 1
- maybe it was reaching for daddy's gun -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 22:03
Fine, let's do heels/end pieces of sliced bread tonight. Do you...? Selections inside - TWuG May 5, 20:18 12
- usually eat..its a point of pride with mom -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 22:05
- mostly feed them to the kid because she doesn't know the difference yet, occasionally eat them myself. generally leftovers go to the chickens. -- nm - mafic May 5, 21:43
- eat first. they're the best part of some breads. -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 21:08 2
  - Right, if it's good bread it's all about the crust. -- nm - Meg May 5, 21:58
  - yep -- nm - mud May 5, 21:09
- I use the ends to ward off staleness, and then if desperate I'll eat them by lightly roasting them and spreading peanut butter and jam & folding them -- (edited) - Beryllium May 5, 20:49
- I skip and then toss if no one else eats them. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 20:45
- I eat as encountered -- nm - Pippy May 5, 20:44
- Sliced bread ends keeps the inner slices from going stale, then toss. Eat the ends of real loaves. -- nm - Max May 5, 20:38
- I used to use them last. Now, I just eat the first one when I’m making the first sammich. Because carbs. -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 20:30
- largely skip, munch on rare occasion -- nm - budice May 5, 20:20
- I make my own sourdough and scarf every last crumb within seconds of cutting. -- nm - psilotum May 5, 20:19
Also apparently some people call the end pieces of a loaf of the bread the 'heels'? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 19:53 16
- Yes. -- nm - . May 5, 21:20
- the ... butt? -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 20:46 1
  - That’s only if it’s bread from H-E-B. -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 21:00
- yup -- nm - budice May 5, 20:15
- Yes. This is a true statement. -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 20:05
- I call them the end piece(s) but I've heard heel a lot. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 19:58 2
  - I've heard heel regarding a foot/show, regarding getting a dog to stop, and about the WWE. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 20:12 1
    - I've also heard the end of Italian bread called the elbow. *shrug* -- nm* - Krusty May 5, 20:43
- What else would they be called? -- nm - spamlet May 5, 19:57 2
  - did you not see me type end. pieces. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 20:11 1
    - Next thing you're going to tell me is that you weren't aware that eating the crusts from your sandwich makes you grow curly hair. nm - ralph wiggum May 5, 20:13
- What do you call them, weirdo? nm - ralph wiggum May 5, 19:56 4
  - You put veggiemite on it so your opinion is already invalid. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 20:13 3
    - Vegemite!! -- nm - Meg May 5, 20:29
    - I most certainly do not! Get thee behind me, Yeasty Satan! nm - ralph wiggum May 5, 20:14 1
      - more of an iSnack 2.0 girl, eh? -- nm - mafic May 5, 21:46
5 doors BTW. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 19:47 15
- 17 including closet doors. -- nm - MDH May 5, 20:15
- Do closets count? I have split closets with a large top closet separate from the bottom ones. 6 not counting closets at all. 9 counting just the bottom -- (edited) - Krusty May 5, 19:55 3
  - Those would be cabinet doors. And cabinet doors aren't included. -- nm - TWuG May 5, 20:14
  - I only counted closet doors that are full height. -- nm* - znufrii May 5, 20:02 1
    - Okay, then 9 doors. Though there's one I've never opened. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 20:53
- 34, I think? - znufrii May 5, 19:50 3
  - Here's my list. I only count 33 now, not 34, so one of them must have gone missing. -- (edited) - znufrii May 5, 20:00
  - Why did you detach the garage door? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 19:51 1
    - because somehow the power got cut to the garage and it doesn't work with the automatic opener -- (edited) - znufrii May 5, 19:52
- "Unfortunately due to poor timing, weak marketing, and no hits, this band quickly faded into obscurity." -- nm - Behind the Music May 5, 19:49
- It's oddly affirming to see all these responses. -- nm - TWuG May 5, 19:48 4
  - I can climb out one of the windows onto the fire escape if needed. Does that make the window a door? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 19:50 3
    - No. -- nm - TWuG May 5, 20:13
    - no. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 19:52 1
      - 1/2 a door? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 19:53
uh oh. do screen doors count as separate doors? I have those too. this question has no solid answer! THANKS TWuG! -- nm - mafic May 5, 19:35 4
- [mysterious door slam when nobody else is home] "aw come'on! Now I have to start over!" -- nm - Max May 5, 19:46
- Tomorrow I'm bringing out the big guns and we'll discuss the heels from sliced bread. - TWuG May 5, 19:41 2
  - What about storm doors in front of regular doors? Or does that only count as one because it's a single doorway? -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:51 1
    - We're counting doors,not doorways. -- nm - TWuG May 5, 20:12
Vaccine immunity to Covid-19 is better than immunity from catching it. -- (link) - TWuG May 5, 19:03 3
- I mean... yeah? -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 20:06
- they're almost never worse, plus you don't have to get sick for it. -- nm - mafic May 5, 19:19 1
  - Yeah, the not-dying part is a big perk. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:21
"Thank you!" -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 18:58 2
- Are you watching lumpyhead bond films? -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:11 1
  - Ooh, or maybe Cibola Burn (Gorman)? -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:13
I just tried a Strawberry Frosty. I ... do not recommend it. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 18:52 1
- Had warm churros at Costco for cinco. Do rec -- nm - con_carne May 5, 18:58
Did you enjoy Connections? Want more? -- (link) - TWuG May 5, 18:48 1
- cool -- nm - Max May 5, 18:53
Well that was nice. Got to go out for a nice dinner because my in laws offered to take A for a sleepover. Have been wanting to try here for a while. -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 18:36
Why did I have to learn about this from someone else, ST? -- (link) - . May 5, 18:33 1
- "Oh no! I've ruined the pasta! We'll be put out with the recycling for sure!" -- nm - C-3POt May 5, 18:45
South Carolina adds firing squad to their death penalty options. -- (link) - TWuG May 5, 18:26
nice match for a sci-fi picture: John David Washington and Gareth Edwards -- (link) - mud May 5, 17:59
During the one season Kim and I played fantasy hockey in a TT league, we tried to trade Chris Drury and someone else for two other players. - Ear Victim May 5, 17:57 12
- was there a goalie involved? I could see top 6 forward for a backup goalie being a sticking point. - mafic May 5, 18:31 3
  - I think one guy had a blue jersey and the other one had yellow. - Ear Victim May 5, 18:36 2
    - in football terms my bet is starter plus backup for two backups. they might all add to the same but they're not equivalent in fantasy production terms - mafic May 5, 18:41 1
      - I mean, it was halfway through the season, and the math worked out. -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 18:50
- McBain was someone here -- nm - spamlet May 5, 18:20 4
  - Yep, he lived here in Victoria. Might still. Dunno. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 18:48 3
    - a-ha! you're McBain! I knew it!! -- nm - mud May 5, 18:59 2
      - Nah, he went into banking. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:04 1
        
        Although he might be working for the govt now -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 19:08
- I vaguely recall this but don't remember who else was in the deal. Could it have been a positional imbalance thing? -- nm - Reagen May 5, 18:10 2
  - I have no idea. Kim needed a Left Wing, and he made it work out mathematically. -- nm - Ear Victim May 5, 18:14 1
    - unrelated trivia: when I was an undergrad in DC, there was a wwll known chicken resto called The Right Wing -- nm - loosilu May 5, 18:26
Loosi, now that your employed again, we have to talk paint. I have been looking at chameleon paints and pigments for some of my lightsabers -- (edited) - Peglegpete May 5, 17:22 9
- wHat shift are you looking for? the pigment dude is where I would look first. - loosilu May 5, 17:57 8
  - prismatic. $12-40'ish a pound. over 6500 colors -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 18:14 7
    - powders by the pound. chameleon paint is $30 a pound -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 18:14 6
      - then you should buy that. -- nm* - loosilu May 5, 18:22 1
        
        I have been. the box tomorrow has 3 chameleons and some clear coat. -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 18:24
      - hi end. Didspade. $600 & up a pound for color changing paint powder -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 18:15 3
        
        I was talking to Shane, my PC person last month on colors and everybody in the field uses solid colors, some with sparkles. nobody had thought of the - Peglegpete May 5, 18:21 2
        
        Somebody should use Vantablack or Black 3.0 -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 04:24
        
        I've used Powder Buy the Pound and Eastwood. Eastwoid is tye cheapest with the least amount of colors and outside a few colors not the hest results. - . May 5, 21:19
This kitty was not a fan of passing gas. -- (link) - Jovian May 5, 17:13 [tiktok]
Stanton!!! -- nm - Krusty May 5, 17:08 2
- man he is on fire -- nm - Jovian May 5, 17:12 1
  - Yup. Loving watching him hit right now. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 17:24
A little update: Got the iPhone X. It appears to be a beauty with the only downside being an 89% battery, which is honestly still fantastic... - IAmQale May 5, 16:57 2
- How’s arena on it? -- nm - spamlet May 5, 17:06 1
  - I'm not a monster. -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 17:13
Frank McRae, Actor in ‘Licence to Kill’ and ‘Last Action Hero,’ (Arnie's Cop Boss) Dies at 80 -- (link) - Remlik May 5, 16:51
current best 2 cameras on the Iceland volcano. it's still erupting every 4 or so minutes. yes nature is very kickass at night. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 16:46 [youtube]
Princess Meghan is very late to the game, but I still appreciate this fire -- (link) - Jovian May 5, 16:44 3
- she's so frustratingly right on some things and so wrong on other things. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 16:57
- I'm surprised he's not calling her a Pod-person -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 16:48 1
  - Pod People? It stinks!! -- nm - IAmQale May 5, 16:57
CONGRATS LOOSI. -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 16:40 3
- Yeah, that's great. Congratulations. -- nm - pmb May 5, 17:56
- thank you!!!! -- nm - loosilu May 5, 16:54
- word -- nm - Beaker May 5, 16:50
Spamlet was 100% correct. Rangers/Capitals game just started with a line brawl at the puck drop -- nm - Beaker May 5, 16:35 6
- Rangers beat writer for Athletic says 100% the firings weren’t about the statement. It was already coming. - spamlet May 5, 17:12
- Are we certain George Parros isn't infected by a parasite that needs CTE to survive? -- nm - Reagen May 5, 17:02
- 4 minutes into the game and the Caps have 6 guys in the penalty box -- nm - Beaker May 5, 16:52 3
  - video of puck drop -- (link) - Beaker May 5, 16:53 [youtube] 2
    - "Who will fight Chara?!" "No one, we don't wanna die" -- nm - Reagen May 5, 17:23
    - "Oglethorpe, McCracken, Hanrahan... you start." -- nm - Reagen May 5, 17:01
The dropped third strike rule is a stupid/unnecessary rule. Does someone know of a legit reason it's a needed rule? -- nm - Krusty May 5, 16:34 7
- Keeps teams from putting their catcher in the field. -- nm - Ender May 5, 17:25 2
  - Thanks. That's a good reason though I don't see it happening for many reasons. - Krusty May 5, 19:09
  - Although you could definitely create some sort of positional rule there. "The catcher must stay in a circle located behind home plate of radius X -- (edited) - Reagen May 5, 17:42
- each out has to be caught. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 16:38 2
  - That's not a good enough reason for me. It should have been eliminated years ago. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 16:44
  - (the other exceptions involve specifically breaking rules, or the bunt third strike which is the real oddball) -- nm - Reagen May 5, 16:41
- Keeps everyone on their toes? -- nm - mafic May 5, 16:35

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