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Well, I may have to take the tuition hit but I can take pride in my parking pass success. Parents are already posting on the Butler Facebook group - oblique Jul 20, 06:57 4
- University parking systems/passes/rules are generally a racquet to extort yet more money. Thanks for attending my Ted Talk. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 07:02
- 10 minutes is a lifetime in securing items online these days. They have only their slow fingers to blame. ;-) - Krusty Jul 20, 07:01 2
  - *envisions parking pass sniper bots* -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 07:02 1
    - I should get a bot to do that and corner the market on parking passes. I'll only charge triple retail. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 07:06
Yo David. I'm around this morning. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 20, 06:49
Reminder: The Summer Olympics Challenge is open and awaiting your insight. Instructions at the link. -- (link) - Baron of the Rings Jul 20, 06:40 [Backboard] 1
- I'm in -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 06:55
Deaf-blind Paralympian won’t compete in Tokyo because her PCA has been told she’s not allowed in due to COVID protocol. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 20, 06:40 11
- This whole Olympics thing is a mess and shouldn't be happening. Side note: she's sorta not-blind? -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 07:00 4
  - I get confused by the usage of the word blind sometime to mean people with diminished vision so perhaps it's just a me thing -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 07:00 3
    - Correct. She has limited vision but isn't completely blind yet. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 07:01
    - there's "blind" and "legally blind" -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 07:01 1
      - ~Spent my whole life blind, covered in lies/now I’m really blind, ‘cause I tore out my eyes~ -- nm - Oedipus Rocks Jul 20, 07:03
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 20, 06:57
- "All I said was "We'll drop her in the practice pool, let her swim the laps, and just tell her she got fourth place. Win-win."" -- nm - employment review committee hearing Jul 20, 06:52 2
  - I went there too. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 07:04
  - Oh you're going to hell for that, and I'm going with you for laughing at it. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 20, 06:58
- (To be clear, her PCA doesn’t have COVID, she was not allocated a spot in the limited number that Japan is letting in) -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 06:41 1
  - It’s almost like holding a global sporting event in the middle of a pandemic isn’t the smartest idea. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:42
I feel like starting a blog or Twitter account called "Books That Make You Go 'Ugh'" -- (link) - mara Jul 20, 06:39 1
- It would have been better as a narrative from the perspective of a whistleblower tiger. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 06:40
Weird. I said yesterday I sent off the total from our 529 plan to the school. I realized today that they did not deduct his scholarship from the bill - oblique Jul 20, 06:34 15
- Hold the phone. It looks like because he is registered for 11 hours that his scholarship requires "full time" registration of at least 12 - oblique Jul 20, 06:43 5
  - FWIW: in the long long ago when I was in college, seniors who didn't need the hours could go under and still be full-time - Baron of the Rings Jul 20, 06:53 1
    - Interesting. Seems like he might be in that boat. I'll definitely check on that when the times comes. -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 06:55
  - Underwater basket weaving here we come! -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 06:44
  - Dammit. -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:44 1
    - Heh. Apparently via the school he already added a credit hour so they refreshed his bill - oblique Jul 20, 06:49
- Time to pop some tags! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 20, 06:42
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 06:39
- DonHomer -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 06:37
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:35 4
  - Also, *nervously checks A’s 529 balance* -- nm* - znufrii Jul 20, 06:39 3
    - Our in-laws contributed about a semester's worth of money to both my kids via CDs. In retrospect, I should have had them contributing to our 529 - oblique Jul 20, 06:46 2
      - At least they were able to help :) - znufrii Jul 20, 06:58 1
        
        true true. Very thankful for their generosity. I just hate leaving earnings on the table :) -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 07:00
- Great news! -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:35
As party tricks go, it was an interesting launch/landing. But it's not terribly impressive compared to what has come before. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 06:23 9
- I'm pretty impressed - decline Jul 20, 06:48
- I think the impressive thing overall is the automation of the entire thing. Presumably they did nothing and the craft did all the "work" - oblique Jul 20, 06:30 1
  - I believe Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 are completely automated, too. But the crew can run the ship if needed. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 06:52
- Why is the ground crew so frantic? Weird energy here. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:30
- 🚀🚀🚀 Congrats to them. Like you said, not a lot of live pics and such ala Branson. Lot more style with the Virgin Galactic and SpaceX Flights -- nm* - stim-mie Jul 20, 06:28
- Do they go far enough up to convince a flat-earther that the earth is a spheroid? If so, I'm in favor of putting stupid people on future flights. -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:25 3
  - They do, but so do jet airplanes, so... -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 06:28 1
    - Well, they're not convinced by that. I found it in their FAQ-- they say you have to be at least 60,000 feet up, and I believe Bezos went over 300,000. -- nm* - mara Jul 20, 06:32
  - "it's a special lens they put on the window" -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:28
I couldn't watch the landing. Are they okay? -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:22 1
- Theyre fine, nothing fancy. Branson's launch & land was a lot more flashy -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 06:27
The Biden admin transfers their first Gitmo detainee home. He's "the other Latif" from the Radiolab series. Was approved to go home in 2016. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 20, 06:19
Besos blow up yet? -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 05:58 13
- This is surreal. The cabin audio is ... something. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:17 1
  - Armstrong: "One small step for man..." Bezos: "I knew I should've put bathrooms on this thing." -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 20, 06:39
- Kelly Ripa was funny. Kept comparing the ship to a giant penis. Her and Ryan were having a hoot over it -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 06:16
- 2in! Blow up blow up blow up. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:11
- Love that they're comparing these clowns to actual astronauts. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:08 6
  - I mean the only requirement is (x) distance in altitude. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:17 5
    - "...which will enable the astronaut occupant" "Pilot. The astronaut pilot." -- nm - The Right Stuff Jul 20, 06:38 1
      - Nice -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 06:43
    - It's the equivalent of a sherpa dragging you to the top of Everest. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:18 2
      - And I'm about as interested in both. But those people do get to the top - Reagen Jul 20, 06:21
      - Aren't you a passenger, not crew, if you don't do anything on a flight? -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:21
- Soon. That lil penis head will pop off and throw him into space. -- nm - colin Jul 20, 06:04
- t minus 10 minutes -- nm - decline Jul 20, 06:03
Sue Perkins confirmed as new host of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute. Haven't listened to it in years but it's a highly entertaining show. - zork Jul 20, 05:33
About 40 minutes until Bezos rides his big penis to space -- (link) - TWuG Jul 20, 05:22 [youtube] 13
- Look where you came from, look at you now -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 06:13
- FYI, this link is the Blue Origin direct feed -- (link) - oblique Jul 20, 05:58 [youtube] 2
  - Huh, no video from inside the craft? -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:15 1
    - That's a bit more interesting. -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:18
- I swear I'm watching dictator propaganda -- nm - colin Jul 20, 05:49 3
  - That little rich shit calling himself an astronaut...ffs -- nm - colin Jul 20, 05:55 2
    - What's with the "Super Chat" dollar amounts? -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 05:57 1
      - NASA Spaceflight is a space fan site, not official NASA. So they raise funds to keep operating. - TWuG Jul 20, 06:05
- I only saw the end/release of the Virgin one after we landed in NY. Did that one seem so amateur hour also? -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 05:34
- "Its a long, smoooth shaft with..." -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 05:26 3
  - "I know all rockets kinda look like dicks, but I want you to really lean into it for this one, please." -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 05:53 2
    - It's so falic , more so than most -- nm* - colin Jul 20, 05:54 1
      - EDIT: Guess they do have SpaceX type rocket reuse. -- nm* - oblique Jul 20, 06:11
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 20, 05:06 [Attachment] 9
- Piracy cap -- nm - VMan Jul 20, 06:28
- CrappyVIP, the bargain Cameo service -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:24
- Cray Apiary, Cray Aviary -- nm* - Justin Bieber Describing His Ranch Jul 20, 06:11
- PrivyCar -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 05:42
- I get AIRY CRAP (camping term obvs) but what of the V? -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 20, 05:38 3
  - AVIARY CRAP -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 05:41 2
    - The hottest hipster fertilizer brand? - spamlet Jul 20, 06:16
    - ahhhhhhhh of course -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 20, 06:13
- I'll give you some privacy while you figure it out. -- nm - Inigo Jul 20, 05:09
So this should be interesting. Butler parking passes go on sale in 7 minutes. I'm watching 3 pages in their "web portal" as there is no clear - oblique Jul 20, 04:53 10
- *flex* - oblique Jul 20, 05:04 9
  - nice! -- nm - Remlik Jul 20, 06:48
  - here it's unheard of for freshmen to have cars on campus. actually all of the schools I know of had this rule. the midwest is weird. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 20, 06:14 4
    - It was the same for me at Oneonta. No freshman could have cars on campus. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 06:33 1
      - What did you take there? -- nm - zork Jul 20, 06:51
    - It definitely is a mixed bag. For her specifically she is going to be looking to participate on their equestrian team which will meet at at stable - oblique Jul 20, 06:17
    - All of the schools we looked at allow freshman to have cars now, which is way different than when I went. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 06:16
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 05:45 2
    - Their IT/web backend for students is a shitshow. Probably one of the most complex things I've used ever. Looks to be based on Oracle so that makes - oblique Jul 20, 05:47 1
      - You'd think a college that graduates students with degrees in IT would have a better system. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 05:48
Queensland man is Australia’s Florida man. -- (link) - mafic Jul 20, 04:03
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is available on both Hulu and Amazon Prime. Which would you watch it on? *nm* - Ender Jul 20, 02:50 5
- Isn't there a problem with the remastering of it? -- nm - . Jul 20, 05:02
- Either of them in 4:3? -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 03:32 3
  - Definitely Hulu, but presumably both. -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 03:35 2
    - Prime is wide screen. -- nm - Ender Jul 21, 00:19
    - I default to Hulu because the old Prime interface gave me PTSD. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 03:45
99.7% of people dying of covid are unvaxxed. Fox Host: That's their choice -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 00:43 8
- If long Covid and breakthrough infections, and kids being unable to get the vaccine weren't all things to worry about... - TWuG Jul 20, 06:55
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 05:08
- Well this feels weird, but I agree with Fox. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 05:03 3
  - Not necessarily an informed choice, though. Some don't get enough good information and may be confused by varying statements from the CDC and WHO. -- nm - mara Jul 20, 06:56 1
    - And from Fox News itself, more likely. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 07:01
  - I’d be happy forcing their dumb asses. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 06:35
- Fox Host isn't wrong. -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 00:45 1
  - but he's still dumb. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 00:52
a friend just flew back to Australia, in quarantine now, says there were 6 people on his Doha-Melbourne flight, on a 777-ER. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 00:41 1
- I'm going to guess that flight did not make much money -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 05:44
State Dept advises against travel to the UK. Covid and 'substantial' terrorism threat (not mentioned in the link) -- (link*) - Meg Jul 19, 23:18 1
- Some people here are more worried now than they've ever been about Covid now that pretty much all mandatory safety protections have been removed. -- nm - LMS Jul 20, 04:58
See, that's what Karrion Cross gets for not bringing Scarlett along. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 23:12
special forces vets have a gofundme to rescue an interpreter who served longer, been in more fire fights than any US soldier -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 23:10 2
- "bang bang! boom! Wilhelm scream!" -- nm - firefight interpreter Jul 19, 23:13 1
  - I am giggling so much to this...but to engage this much loyalty from hardened combat troops I'd think the interpreter would use modern dance -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 00:39
just under 3,000 breakthrough cases in WA out of nearly 4m vaxxed...less than .01% -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 23:06
One of the Texas Democratic refugees cancelled her own wedding to flee the state -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 22:56 1
- Convenient excuse. -- nm - Spawn Jul 19, 23:06
Creating a series called American Horror Stories and putting it on a different network/service than American Horror Story seems like.... - Ender Jul 19, 22:30 4
- They didn't. It's on FX, like the original. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 22:41 3
  - I don't think that's true. I think it's a hulu exclusive. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 22:47 2
    - Ah, I see. Hulu is just the “FX Streaming Service” so when something’s on Hulu, I assume it’s on the cable channel too. - Mop Jul 19, 23:03 1
      - See, I refuse to acknowledge "FX on Hulu". That's just Hulu. -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 23:07
What do you call an erection at a wake? - JD Jul 19, 22:17 1
- Feeling randy today, I see. -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 07:20
Mop, the Cleaner -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 19, 22:09 1
- "You are one...ugly...mopperf'r" -- nm - Max Jul 19, 22:11
I stopped into Whole Foods this evening, the little quick to-go section at front to grab a few things and I wanted a drink - ty97 Jul 19, 21:50 3
- Fruit juice is full of sugar. If you're worried about sugar you should avoid most fruit juices. Eat the fruit instead and drink water. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 05:48
- There's as much sugar in a glass of orange juice as there is in a glass of Coke. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 22:04
- Hmm, WW says 25gm for 8oz. Still 6 points :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 19, 21:56
My TCL Roku TV has died. I'm not shocked. These things are disposable. But I'm still disappointed. I'm down to 1 TV with the Olympics imminent. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 21:41 1
- I just set the DVR for Olympics through Sunday. Uhh 50 hours. -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 21:44
good news! I've managed to reduce the Kraken payroll to $164 million by only picking players under contract. -- nm - mafic Jul 19, 21:12 3
- now slash that in half and show me what you've got - crash davis Jul 19, 21:20 2
  - here's a semi-serious $72 million version. probably $10 million too high. probably competitive? -- (edited) - mafic Jul 19, 23:40 1
    - I was going to say "I recognize exactly zero of those names", but TBF, I couldn't name a single current NHL player. -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 00:44
What an incredible, stupid game. -- nm - Tim Jul 19, 20:58 1
- Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose, Sometimes It Rains -- nm - stim-mie Jul 19, 21:05
I'm not drunk enough right now... -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 20:54 1
- I feel like I'm now the proper amount of drunk. Let's finish Fringe. -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 00:46
Oh, I asked her for water, oh, she brought me gasoline That’s the troublingest woman That I ever seen -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 20:41 1
- But she don't use butter. And she don't use cheese. She don't use jelly, or any of these. She uses Vaseline -- nm - rollo Jul 19, 20:57

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