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Alex Wood, pitching for the Giants against his old team the Dodgers managed to hit Turner and Muncy back to back and both subsequently left the game. -- (edited) - jnine Jul 20, 22:19
I know few of us visit Vancouver but I took one of these tours and highly recommend this group. Guess I'm still on their email list - 11 years later:) - Meg Jul 20, 21:05 8
- Art Deco and chocolate tour, party of one if Canada ever lets us in again. I haven't been to Vancouver since 2009. -- nm - jnine Jul 20, 21:10 7
  - I was there once. I misspoke about the date. It was at the end of my coastal cruise in 2015. I spent two days in the city and loved it! -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 21:25 6
    - It's lovely. It had grown so much since I was there as a child. It's nice, but strange with no freeways going through the middle. It's hard to get - jnine Jul 20, 21:28 5
      - What we do is get a hotel in burnaby and skytrain where we need to go - which is usually just one specific place that is right by a skytrain station. - Beryllium Jul 20, 21:43 2
        
        I was expecting your first stop was IKEA :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 21:45 1
        
        But then the car would be too full and stuff might get stolen. Heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 01:18
      - I'm beginning to think you never got the t-shirt I sent 7 weeks ago. :-( -- nm - mud Jul 20, 21:31 1
        
        Omg, you are right! Not right that I didn't get the t shirt, but I thought I had posted that I was stalked and I just tron'd and I haven't. I'm so - jnine Jul 20, 22:01
now I just gotta get up at 4:30 am for the USWNT game -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:55
Good for Milwaukee -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:40 3
- ("Deer District" is still stupid) -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:59
- Bucs and Bucks won championships this year -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 20:40 1
  - bucks won the Stanley Cup this year. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:43
There's a new most expensive home listing in USA on Zillow. -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 20, 20:17 31
- Imagine the island fortress I could create for that kind of scratch. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 21:42 2
  - remember the lowest 20' will be unusable in a few decades with global warming & sea rise. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 21:53 1
    - Yes, this is the primary reason why I haven't bought an island yet. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 01:19
- I don't even like it. For that kind of money, I want huge wrap around terraces, my own pool and maybe a tennis court, if I was going to live in a - jnine Jul 20, 21:24 2
  - with that kind of money you have that at your Hamptons house that you helicopter to on the weekend. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 00:38 1
    - I'm sure they'd have that too, but you could get that for $20 million in the Hamptons. If I spend that much in Manhattan, I want something special - jnine Jul 21, 01:03
- a bathroom all the neighbors can look into? No Thanks. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 20:54 1
  - What neighbors? :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 21:06
- There was a time I considered a high-rise condo in Vegas. But then I started thinking about escape plans in case of a fire or such :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 20:51 1
  - jet pack is on the short list of ones I would be happy with -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 20:56
- Well, alright, if no one else wants it… -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 20:46
- I don't get the piano. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 20:38 4
  - Correct, the piano is just staging and doesn't come with -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 20:46 3
    - All the furnishings come with it -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:52 2
      - I would pay extra if they got rid of that furniture. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 20, 21:19
      - I do kind of like the picture windows in the bathroom :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 20:53
- "millions of dollars of water damage from plumbing and mechanical issues; frequent elevator malfunctions; and walls that creak" -- (link) - ty97 Jul 20, 20:34
- *hits all the elevator buttons* -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:28 1
  - for $169 million there better be no buttons in that elevator. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 20:30
- You'd have to pay me $169M to live there. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 20:22 2
  - No one will live there probably, will become an investment property for some foreign multi-billionaire -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:28 1
    - no you're money laundering -- nm - oleg the oligarch Jul 20, 20:32
- how much is the HOA? -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 20, 20:21 6
  - "HOA:$24,012 monthly" -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:32 4
    - $123,933/month in (estimated)_property taxes! -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 20:36 3
      - And -0- parking spaces :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 20:52 1
        
        my driver worries about that. or maybe my pilot. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 00:39
      - and most of the residents don't live there full time.... -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:43
  - yes. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:30
- I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate that tower -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 20:18 1
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 20:24
I'd have sworn this time last year that Deandre Ayton would never be effective as a pro. I'd have been wrong. - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:12
time to wake up, Khris Middleton -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:03
The Mets broadcasters are the best. -- (link) - Tim Jul 20, 19:45 17
- My friend in Ohio eats this. I can't even look at it. -- nm - jnine Jul 20, 21:26
- You misspelled "wrong". -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 20:35
- I will eat chili on spaghetti but that looks like the start of that SNL commercial. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:26
- nice -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 20:00
- And wrong. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 20, 19:48
- I love me some good 5-way chili -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 19:47 11
  - I maintain the fatal flaw is calling it "chili." -- nm - Tim Jul 20, 20:04 3
    - Or edible. -- nm - David Jul 20, 20:05 2
      - Or 5-way -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 20:14 1
        
        I made 6-way tacos last night. in that there were 6 ingredients. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 20:23
  - oh, there's a good kind? -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 19:56 6
    - it's delicious -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 20:01 5
      - You disgust me more than the writer of Die in a Gunfight. -- nm - David Jul 20, 20:06 4
        
        Hi there! -- nm - John, Who Didn't Die at the End Jul 20, 20:13
        
        The coneys are actually the way to go. Too much is made of the 4 or 5-way. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jul 20, 20:11 2
        
        I could probably give it a go on top of a potato (like a baked potato). - Tim Jul 20, 20:15 1
        
        Yep. It’s good. I mix it in every so often. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 20, 20:23
the way the bears are all stacked up at Brooks Falls reminds me to Restaurant Wars on Top Chef, when there's bad communication between front of the -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 20, 19:43 [Image]
With me heading back to work, that means more regularly updates to The Twenty! We start right away with The Hunna, Kandle, Glaive, and FITZ. - Qale Jul 20, 19:31 [spotify]
Couple whose gender reveal party caused the wildfire are facing multiple charges including involuntary manslaughter. -- (link) - Meg Jul 20, 19:18 2
- Using an incendiary device in dry grass on public lands? Maybe not, but causing death and destruction? -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 22:31
- Was the device they used prohibited? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 21:07
On the one hand, I'm reasonably suspicious that this is photoshopped. On the other hand, I don't care. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 20, 19:11 1
- probably by someone from Playboy -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 19:15
I'm so glad I don't live anywhere humid. It's been 40-50% here the last few days and I'm melting. -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 18:52 10
- interesting. I want 100% humidity. bring on the rain!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 19:38 2
  - Ah, you know I'm a desert rat. I need single digits. -- nm* - Meg Jul 20, 19:42 1
    - either or. all or nothing with humidity :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 20, 19:57
- Awww, come on. Visit Houston and me again, Megs! -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 19:32
- as long as I've lived here, I've never come to terms with the freaking humidity -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 19:16
- Another good reason to visit Chicago in the fall. Usually drier. - . Jul 20, 19:03
- I powerwashed the house in it Sunday and could not tell if it was splash back or sweat dripping. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 19:00 3
  - Ugh! It's been so bad this summer. I don't feel like we get a break from the humidity. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 19:08 2
    - Since June 1st we usually average 9 inches of rain. This year we have had 17. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 19:15 1
      - That's the other thing, never ending rainy days. It's like we live in a tropical climate now. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 19:19
Fallout 76 will bring customizable worlds to the game this fall. -- (link) - Qale Jul 20, 18:44 2
- Well CT, we will miss you. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 19:00 1
  - Nah, I still remain unwilling to pay for FO 1st. I haven't spent anything other than the original cost of the game. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 20:03
The trainer told me I should start doing calf raises. - JD Jul 20, 18:43 3
- I knew what I getting into when I clicked. -- nm - . Jul 20, 19:00
- Well... - Qale Jul 20, 18:44 1
  - :) YSMM -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 18:46
Your moment of zen -- (link) - Jovian Jul 20, 18:27 6
- losers -- nm - mud Jul 20, 18:47
- More entertaining if one of them fell off the balcony. How’d he sneak that into the stadium? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 18:46 2
  - Crammed it in the space where his dick usually should be. -- nm - Qale Jul 20, 19:32 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Jul 20, 19:56
- What if you're the security guard who yanks a patron over the railing? Even all things considered, that's not good on the resume, is it? -- nm - Max Jul 20, 18:31 1
  - 50/50 -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 18:57
you are now watching Turnovers: The Basketball Game -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 18:20
Oakland A's and Oakland city council did not agree today. The A's have been threatening a move to Vegas if this didn't work out. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 20, 17:59 11
- My demand would be that they drop the Grocer's Apostrophe from the logo. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:21 1
  - (or go A'''''''s) -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 20:22
- I appreciate that the A’s want exactly what they want, but my understanding was that the Oakland stadium deal was pretty good for everyone involved. Unfortunate that neither party could close the gap. -- nm* - Mop Jul 20, 18:18 7
  - The City has been totally unreasonable ever since the Giants blocked the A's from going to San Jose. They act like they're the only game in town. - jnine Jul 20, 19:36 3
    - why did the Giants block the move? -- (edited) - prayformojo Jul 20, 19:40 2
      - The 49ers have been very successful with their move to that area, they didn't want the A's to do the same. I don't see how that's their territory, but - jnine Jul 20, 21:32
      - Selfishness. Claimed it was part of their franchise territory - JD Jul 20, 19:43
  - The As have been super patient with the city of Oakland. This has gone on for over a decade. - spamlet Jul 20, 18:50
  - one of the 2 proposed stadium locations is at my 15 freeway exit. I want it at the other site. the traffic will be impossible here. - Peglegpete Jul 20, 18:40 1
    - NIMBY :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 18:49
- Old and busted: threatening to move to LA -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 18:14
HIPAA for $1000, Alex -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 20, 17:59 3
- so yes then. -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 18:05
- That’s not how this works! That’s not how any of this works! -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 18:00 1
  - If everyone on an el car is listening to your doctor go on and on about your case in a phone call, that is a HIPAA violation. -- nm - . Jul 20, 18:11
Dolly Parton with a birthday celebration -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 20, 17:57 1
- Sweet baby Jesus. Still giving teenagers boners at 75. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:59
All you non-Tesla EV owners better brush up on Supercharger etiquette! -- (edited) - TWuG Jul 20, 17:43 7
- Is my third least favorite Rob Zombie song. -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 18:13 1
  - What's the first? Arugula? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 19:13
- Maybe they’ll make it so that in Oregon you can’t charge your own car. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:57 4
  - what if you electrocute yourself mop -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 17:58 3
    - Best if we just do it for you. -- nm - Nanny State Jul 20, 18:11 2
      - So, you're saying it's better if someone else electrocutes you when charging the car. -- nm - . Jul 20, 18:12 1
        
        that 15-year-old has highly specialised training - mafic Jul 20, 18:15
Now playing: Olympic softball! -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:34 1
- Big game between medal contenders -- nm - JD Jul 20, 17:59
If you need a relaxing video to watch, Tom Scott has you covered. Unedited footage of claughton's aerial ropeway, from a recent video. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 20, 17:29 [youtube] 2
- Yep. Loved it. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:36
- 300 tons a day for the last 100 years all by gravity. That's cool. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 17:35
Soooo.... news.... This is my first full day of unemployment. - Ender Jul 20, 17:05 10
- Glad you have that cushion. Bet you will land something way before. -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 18:58
- Good luck. Luckily you’ve got time. - spamlet Jul 20, 18:51
- Damnit. We can't keep the unemployment rate at SlackerTalk down either! - Qale Jul 20, 18:18
- *Marge grumble* I hope you find a new prospect soon. - Mop Jul 20, 17:35
- Im sorry to hear this. Good luck - Jovian Jul 20, 17:35
- Good luck. Been there myself on three separate occasions. And I can say if I hadn't been laid off I'd likely be making far less and in a worse job. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 17:28
- We have an opening… -- (link) - Dark Callisto Jul 20, 17:21 1
  - work from home? -- nm - Remlik Jul 20, 19:10
- oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 17:20
- Hope works out for you -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 17:09
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $7.34B vs. $7.32B est., up 19% YoY, global paid net additions of 1.54M vs. 1.19M expected; US lost 433k subs -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 16:59 3
- Beat expectations on revenue and subscribers, but all we’ll hear about tomorrow is how they lost half-a-million U.S. subscribers. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 18:15 2
  - well then tell David to talk about something else on the podcast -- nm - mafic Jul 20, 18:32 1
    - 🤣 -- nm - JD Jul 20, 18:33
Unwilling to pay market rate for labor, companies turn to prisons. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 16:55 2
- "We really wanna have black slave labor, but you know, this is just as good. Even if it's not as much fun." -- nm - Russell Stover Company Jul 20, 18:25
- Jeeeeeez -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 18:13
Loki spoil -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 20, 16:48
B1 is B2 spelled backward -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 16:32 1
- spelling bee -- nm - stim-mie Jul 20, 16:38
Banning Ca. pinball museum closed for good. the 1100 machines will go to auction -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 20, 16:31

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