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WSJ: The Family Heirlooms That Our Children Don’t Want - Lifelong possessions look very different when we start trying to pass them on -- (link) - Mop Jul 19, 09:50
The recent debates on the Facebook groups finally got me to delete our school district related groups from my feed. I'm done. - oblique Jul 19, 09:44
Is Red Dead 2 worth $40, or should I continue to wait? -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:37 11
- I think you can get Red Dead cheaper than that in about 3-4 months. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 12:55
- without question. Its still worth the full price imo. Its one of the best games I have ever played. The player campaign is brilliant. -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:45 3
  - is it like skyrim, fallout, etc in that there's a main storyline, but i can wander around and do side quests all i want? -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:50 1
    - Correct. You could just spend hours hunting if you wanted. Or gamble in town. Or do any multitude of side quests. -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:53
  - and Arthur Morgan is my favorite game character Ive played, all-time. -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:49
- Easily. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 19, 09:40
- Worth it based on time/$ alone, since it takes 45 minutes of opening before you start the story. - Max Jul 19, 09:38 4
  - i got Just Cause 2 and 3 recently and they're just not doing it for me.. i think the pace is just too much -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:43 3
    - Too fast or too slow? - Cuzzin Todd Jul 19, 09:44 2
      - I can't imagine a JC game being too slow. -- nm - Shaun Jul 19, 09:45 1
        
        yeah, it's just nonstop bullets, explosions, and parachutes -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:49
Heh. We were also told we can't move until at least the youngest sophomore year in college. She wanted to come home to "her house" - oblique Jul 19, 09:30 6
- "We've remodeled your room. You can see pictures and current rates and availability on AirBNB." -- nm - Max Jul 19, 09:36 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Jul 19, 09:37
- "Suck it up, buttercup" tell her she'll be lucky to have a room to come home to -- nm - decline Jul 19, 09:33 1
  - We joke with my son because his room still has his "small" bed from when he was a kid and he has enjoyed a larger bed in his apartment - oblique Jul 19, 09:35
- Uhm, that destroys the whole "her old room" concept. My dad was building a house while I lived with him. Then I went to college. - Spawn Jul 19, 09:33
- whoops. this was supposed to be under Mop's post -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 09:30
DEAR ANNIE: Was moving unfair to our daughter who is in college? -- (link) - Mop Jul 19, 09:27 3
- They sold it to an Ultimart Convenience store developer. -- (link) - Max Jul 19, 09:31 [youtube]
- She's... 21. I don't understand. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 09:30 1
  - I guess because she wants free food and lodging when she spends, what, one more summer in her hometown? -- nm - mara Jul 19, 09:33
"I have to impose a sentence to promote respect for the law and prevent anything else like this from happening." -- nm - mara Jul 19, 09:14 8
- So I guess he's getting 8 months? Plus 24 months of supervised release? -- nm - mara Jul 19, 09:22 6
  - Half of the estimated range..sigh this is going to be a circus. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:24 2
    - He plead guilty though. This is why people plead guilty. -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:31
    - Indications seems to be that this is not necessarily how it will go for everyone. -- (link) - mara Jul 19, 09:28
  - Prosecutors wanted 18 months, defense wanted 0 months. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 09:23 2
    - zero? that's lame, any defense lawyer worth his salt would demand -6 months! -- nm - mud Jul 19, 09:29 1
      - "i want reparations" -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:35
- rut roh roggie -- nm - Pippy Jul 19, 09:15
CNN announces CNN+ -- (link) - oblique Jul 19, 08:59 2
- Pricing will be contingent on how people react to this news. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 09:12
- If can finally get the airport gate feeds directly to my home, count me in! -- nm - Max Jul 19, 09:01
(overshare) Who said having older kids was easier? :) - oblique Jul 19, 08:56 11
- Worst. Dad. Ever. -- nm - decline Jul 19, 09:22
- Tell her you will grill him the entire drive home. -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 09:05 3
  - I just spend 4 days with both of them on the NY trip - oblique Jul 19, 09:06 2
    - But 4 hours without her there, trapped in a car, with you. - Spawn Jul 19, 09:18 1
      - I have no doubt he does not want to go - oblique Jul 19, 09:19
- Yeah, good call with the youngest. That won't be an enjoyable experience for him or you guys. -- nm - Krusty Jul 19, 09:04 4
  - That conversation is still pending as she refused to discuss it with him in the room (well, don't bring it up then) and then again with only me after - oblique Jul 19, 09:05 3
    - she's trying to figure out how to get her way. heh - teenagers - Pippy Jul 19, 09:13 2
      - Roughly one month - oblique Jul 19, 09:18 1
        
        woot!! -- nm - Pippy Jul 19, 09:28
- just have them Facetime like all the other young couples - Pippy Jul 19, 09:03
NY Times doing advice columns now? "Should I do free branding work for my husband's new start-up?" - Mop Jul 19, 08:50 3
- "Your free work help us become successful and will mean riches for us both!" she claims is what she was told, in the divorce hearing. -- nm* - Mop Jul 19, 09:15
- NY Times, "You'd already planned to be out of town on vacation for the last week of July. The new job wants you to start August 9th..." -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 08:55
- That's how their side hustle will pay off $500k in student loans in less than a year. Happens all the time. It's easy. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 08:53
I want to support my favorite podcasts, but I'm not liking Hover right now. - Mop Jul 19, 08:44
The guy being sentenced today for the insurrection...deploys to the Army tomorrow. His lawyer also tried to equate January 6th to Portland OR. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 08:37 7
- 8 month sentence -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:24
- judge was having none of that either. -- nm - Jovian Jul 19, 09:12
- Isn't that his lawyer? "Leduc, an Army colonel deploying tomorrow" is what Klasfeld says. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 08:39 4
  - Ah that makes sense since he said he would lose his job. Thanks for catching! -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 08:56
  - The defendent is described as a crane operator at a steel processing plant. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 08:41 2
    - With two cats, apparently. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 08:49 1
      - The cats are probably constantly walking over his crane controls and showing their butts to the steelworkers. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 08:51
Poll: suppose the company you'd been working for for years had been taking advantage of you and stressing you out, and you got a dream job offer... - Max Jul 19, 08:25 23
- A. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 19, 09:44
- A. unless you REALLY need money, just go. -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 09:15
- A. a million times A -- nm - Pippy Jul 19, 09:14
- A. put it in your rear view mirror and don't look back. - JenBro Jul 19, 08:48
- a. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 08:44
- A, willing to consider B if they initiate -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 08:43 1
  - This. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 08:45
- A -- nm - Marlowe Jul 19, 08:40
- A -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:39
- B. Get a little more cash out of them. -- nm - spamlet Jul 19, 08:36
- c) feels wrong and unethical. I would not choose that. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 08:32 3
  - What if every working hour he was sure to send an email for both jobs? -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 08:34 2
    - Earned money. What if I sweetened c with "you've seen a fair share of unethical shit over the years, so turnabout is fair play"? -- nm - Max Jul 19, 08:38 1
      - C! -- nm Posted by Spawn Jul 19 '21, 11:30 -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 08:39
- A. I'd rather be out and have that stress gone than drag it out for more money. My happiness is likely worth more than what they'll pay me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 19, 08:31
- Hard A -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 19, 08:30
- C! -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 08:30
- I think I'd prefer a hard stop date, a. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 08:30
- c) would be potentially in violation of one or both of your employment "contracts" so I would go with a) - oblique Jul 19, 08:29
- If you do the old job in off hours, won't they notice? -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 08:28 2
  - for this poll, "risk, but low risk" -- nm - Max Jul 19, 08:31 1
    - I wouldn't. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 08:32
- a. Any additional money is simply not worth the aggravation. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 08:27
This "Explained" episode of sugar is going to make me want to quit it cold turkey today. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:12 11
- Also, apparently scientists licked their fingers way too much when they were working back in the day. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:14
- *nods* - oblique Jul 19, 08:14 9
  - I'm doing pretty good so far but I have moments when I just need something sweet and I grab a cookie which I'd rather not do at all. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:19 8
    - Your best bet may be to find fruit you like. A few of cherries or chunks of pineapple or something? -- nm* - mara Jul 19, 08:37 3
      - That's what I've been trying to do lately. Cantaloupe is my favorite and in season so I'm eating that a lot right now. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:45 2
        
        OMG. I eat SO much watermelon this time of year - oblique Jul 19, 08:48 1
        
        Ha! Nice! I cut the cantaloupe in half and eat a half at a time. Just scoop in with a spoon and enjoy. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 19, 09:01
    - Also, if you don't mind cooking, it is pretty easy to make sugar substituted cookies. I go so far as to make "4 ingredient" PB cookies - oblique Jul 19, 08:35 1
      - I cook and bake all the time so I'm happy to make snacks. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:41
    - I've found this Breyers Carb Smart ice cream to be an excellent compromise -- (link) - oblique Jul 19, 08:26 1
      - I'll give them a try. Thanks! :-) - Krusty Jul 19, 08:30
Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop becomes the first player under NHL contract to come out as gay. -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 19, 08:09
Streaming Into the Void Episode 52: Rhymes with Mace Pam. -- (link) - Mop Jul 19, 08:06 [spotify]
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:04 [Attachment] 9
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:04 [Attachment] 8
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:05 [Attachment] 7
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:05 [Attachment] 6
      - 2/2, welcome to earf -- nm - rollo Jul 19, 08:49
      - 1/2. I had to guess the second one and failed. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 08:32
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Jul 19, 08:17
      - 2/2 -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 08:12
      - 2/2 - I was ultimately fairly certain of the bonus question answer, but it felt like it was harder than it should have been. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 08:10 1
        
        the year made me double clutch a bit -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:12
weekend viewing: -- nm - mud Jul 19, 08:02 15
- Atypical S4: A, Loki finale: A- - Series: B - oblique Jul 19, 08:31
- I think we ran through all four seasons of Backyard Builds. It was enjoyable even if I hated some of their choices. - Krusty Jul 19, 08:27
- New Girl Seasons 1 & 2 on in the background. I love Nick and Schmidt. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 08:20
- S16 which is last Smithsonian/paramount+ Air Disasters season, Ep 3-6 for Loki, Godzilla: Final Wars -- (edited) - JD Jul 19, 08:15
- Cosmic Sin (first half/gave up): F. Couple episodes of Second Life: B+. Oh yeah, that Resident Evil animated series on Netflix: C+. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 19, 08:12
- Black Widow: B-. Significant missed opportunities hold it back. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:08 4
  - Escape Room on cable: C- I guess? I quit after an hour. Characters were too stupid to live. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:09
  - it was just really boring.. the action scenes were predictable, the rest just tedious. -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 08:09 2
    - I would've dipped into the C range, but Pugh and Harbour just saved it. (spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:18 1
      - Oh sh*t (spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:29
- A Too Quiet Place - D, Fear Street Part 2 - B+, Black Widow - C+ -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 08:07
- Fear Street 1666: B+; trilogy gets A/A-....a very nicely done project -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:06
- Monster at Work Ep 3 A Loki Finale A -- nm - eag Jul 19, 08:04
- The Lady and the Dale: B+ -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 08:03
- Lisey's Story final 2 eps. (Pablo Larraín Rules), Lilyhammer S1 (yeah, finally), The Insider (finally! only 1 of Mann's 11 pix I hadnt seen) —all good -- nm - mud Jul 19, 08:02
Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads. As sentiment about holding the Games in the middle of a pandemic sours. -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 19, 08:00 2
- Toyota pulls ads... in Japan. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 08:08
- whoa -- nm - mud Jul 19, 08:01
DOW -800 being blamed on Delta Variant (?) -- nm - mud Jul 19, 07:56 11
- like this -- (pic) - chicken daddy Jul 19, 07:59 [Attachment]
- Maybe, but also daily price movements are generally meaningless in and of themselves. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 07:57 9
  - I'm continually amused by the headline writers' need to write something to explain every twitch, though. - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:04 1
    - S&P drops 2% because a billionaire needed to repair his yacht -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 08:06
  - True, though I will say that the only stock in my portfolio that's up today at this point is a grocery store chain. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 08:03 2
    - 2/13, though I really shouldn’t count NUAN as it’s in the process of being bought by MSFT -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 08:10
    - 0 for 12, baby, but Cerner (electronic health records company) is close to breakeven. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 08:06
  - You don't get paid high six figures to say we live in a regime fueled by chaos and lemmings. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 07:59 2
    - *checks in on GME* -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 08:04
    - Nah, it's mostly by computers furiously trading every fraction of a second trying to guess the movement of the market to make a quick buck. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 08:01
  - of course -- nm - mud Jul 19, 07:58
edit -- nm* - prayformojo Jul 19, 07:54 9
- Name the song whose Wikipedia write the follow is taken (no Googling!) - prayformojo Jul 19, 07:57 8
  - Sam Fox - Naughty Girls? -- nm - VMan Jul 19, 08:00 6
    - wow, circle gets the square -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:03 5
      - (I've had a two week-long earworm of this freaking thing for some ungodly reason) -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:03 4
        
        I taped and watched that video quite often. -- nm - VMan Jul 19, 08:09 3
        
        .....hoping against hope that one day it would win you an internet forum trivia quiz? - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:11 2
        
        Yeah, the pink hair bit was a give away. I was expecting them to ask about the graffiti. Studied it over and over again. -- nm - VMan Jul 19, 08:15 1
        
        then you are ST's Foremost Samantha Fox Video Scholar -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 08:17
  - guess - mud Jul 19, 07:59

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