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We just landed and….there’s lightning outside so we can’t get off. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 21:43 14
- Please explain where the eff you are because I searched you handle and have no clue -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 21:49 5
  - He flew to Florida -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 21:49 4
    - Holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 22:47
    - On purpose. After the universe was telling him not to. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 21:50 2
      - The universe *really* told the other people not to because spammy stole their Florida-bound plane -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 21:52 1
        
        Spamlet grabbed the ticket agent and told people that if they didn’t fly them, he’d kill himself and then her. -- nm* - Qale Jul 26, 21:53
- At least you landed safely, right? Yay for that! - ty97 Jul 26, 21:44 7
  - What was your delay? -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 21:51 2
    - Mine was a bit more run of the mill than yours (no birds involved) - ty97 Jul 26, 22:00 1
      - That still sucks. Are you going to have to fight United for the credit since they rebooked you? -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:11
  - Does Allegiant use jet bridges at SRQ? - ty97 Jul 26, 21:48 3
    - Not sure yet. We’re sitting outside the gate area and we’re in row 27 so can’t quite see the front of the plane. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 21:50 1
      - Every lightning strike puts us back 15 minutes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 22:06
    - yep that will do it - ty97 Jul 26, 21:50 [Attachment]
Am I right in thinking the women's gymnastics team finals will not be shown live on any of their networks? -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 21:33 9
- I thought Peacock was showing it live. 6:45 a.m.. Is that not live? -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 22:01 3
  - Looks like that will be a mirror of the single view live feed -- nm - JD Jul 26, 22:07
  - 6:45 am would be live, but I see no indication on the app that it's airing then, I just see that the replay will be available on Wednesday. -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:07 1
    - It shows up on this list of live streams on Peacock -- (link) - JD Jul 26, 22:08
- they are running the ladies triathlon at least 3 times on various channels today -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 21:52
- Correct if you don't count online: NBColympics.com will stream it live - JD Jul 26, 21:40 3
  - Can you watch nbcolympics.com streams after the fact or is it live or wait for primetime? -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 21:49 2
    - I think the live streams are just that, live. Then there's full event replays but I think there's a delay after the completion of the event before the - JD Jul 26, 22:01 1
      - Thanks -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 22:04
Orange County, there is a whole lot going on in this tweet -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 21:27 5
- I remember when it was known for being Surf City. Now it's white supremacists all the time. -- nm* - jnine Jul 26, 22:04
- Home of the Basilico’s Pasta e Vino Restaurant which requires proof that you've not been vaccinated. How does one prove a negative? -- (link) - Meg Jul 26, 21:46 2
  - What a charmer. -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 00:13
  - Although I guess saying I'm not vaccinated is as valid and believable as saying I am vaccinated :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 22:07
- I'm not sure even the stereotypical OC (like housewives) wants to claim HB. North OC definitely doesn't -- nm - JD Jul 26, 21:33
partygoers respond to a shooting by *stoning* the guy to death with landscaping pavers -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 26, 21:07
While Paris 2024 will not have baseball, softball, or soccer, it will have surfing, skateboarding, and sport climbing again. As well as… - Mop Jul 26, 21:04 11
- Breaking is ridiculous. So now they're having a dance competition? - Krusty Jul 26, 21:43
- Softball may return in 2028 as federation has applied to LAOC for inclusion. Football is definitely on the list for LA -- nm - JD Jul 26, 21:31 3
  - football or football? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 21:32 2
    - Mebbe both. There might be flag football to represent the American style -- nm - JD Jul 26, 21:34
    - Football -- nm - Ender Jul 26, 21:34
- LIGHTSABER DUELING -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 21:21
- no footyball? sacre bleu -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 21:05 4
  - spoiler: no one says that ever -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 21:28
  - Given all the nonsense regulations FIFA’s put on the Olympics, I’m not surprised. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 21:07 2
    - I thought the Olympic committee made their own rules -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 21:08 1
      - If you’re an athlete who wants to compete more than once every four years, you generally do whatever your regulatory body tells you. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 21:23
So been catching up on Women's Foil. Mop, I might have been wrong *spoils* - JD Jul 26, 21:03 [Backboard] 1
- I'm loving the fencing but I missed the mixed matches. I'm surprised the reach isn't a bigger advantage. For Mop's post, skateboarding can't be non-ge - Krusty Jul 26, 21:50
Former CA Senator Barbara Boxer was mugged today 1pm of her cell phone in jack london square of Oakland -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 26, 21:01
The kids are at their mom’s house and it’s not like I can watch beach volleyball at work… -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 20:56
Metal Church vocalist Mike Howe has died at the age of 55, according to a statement on the band’s Facebook page -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 26, 20:52
Florida, where the cops can harass you if they think you'll grow up to be a criminal or they just don't like you. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 26, 20:26 1
- He then posts them on the door to the jail saying “These people are gonna end up welcome here.” -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 21:52
Vague hint for my distraction of the week in the next SITV: a music-based YouTuber. - Tim Jul 26, 20:19 2
- Does he happen to have a well received special on Netflix? -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 20:57 1
  - Nope! He's just some guy. -- nm - Tim Jul 26, 21:27
~ ROC and the USA, ROC and the USA ~ -- nm - Max Jul 26, 20:02 1
- um. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 21:28
Three total runs from both teams combined in a doubleheader is an atrocity. -- nm - Tim Jul 26, 19:54
So... basketball robot is a thing. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 19:40 1
- Oh Japan, never stop. -- (link) - Mop Jul 26, 19:48
Men's 10M Platform Diving outcome spoilers - David Jul 26, 19:37 1
- this is one of the ones I can't watch because I know I will see somebody die. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:56
DTL: Pfft! What do you mean Hartford vs. Buffalo isn't one of the Featured Games tomorrow? -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 19:22
WHEN IS EPISODE 2 of TED LASSO?! -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 19:20 1
- Oh right it's weekly. I'll wait to binge it. -- nm - Tim Jul 26, 19:57
Reboarding! -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 19:08 7
- I finally got home this evening, 24 hours late. -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 26, 19:23 3
  - Yeah this is a 3x route so we had decided if we had to wait we’d just cancel. - spamlet Jul 26, 19:25 2
    - I believe it's the Punta Gorda flight people you stole the plane from? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 19:31 1
      - Heh, yeah. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 21:42
- someone tell me where spammy is? -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:14 1
  - on a plane that wasn't hit by birds. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 19:26
- Good luck! If there's food service, order the chicken. Or the duck. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 19:11
Watched the women's 3X3 USA vs Mongolia game. The US have 6' 5" Stefanie Dolson... the Mongolians did not. Watching Dolson record multiple blocks -- (edited) - JD Jul 26, 18:55
wait, Oleksiak's brother is a Kraken? -- nm - mud Jul 26, 18:33 1
- taken in the expansion draft. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 18:50
LOL Ken Paxton gets the coveted endorsement over George P -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:21 2
- Crooks flock together -- nm - Pippy Jul 26, 18:29 1
  - but all the supplication that George P performed just makes it so funny. -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:37
Why does one person have a different color jersey in Volleyball? -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:13 4
- The Libero. They have different rules. Only play back row so they are often shorter and set it up. Like a point guard. -- nm* - Volnelk Jul 26, 18:14 3
  - Defensive specialist. Change in the rules to try make longer rallies -- nm - JD Jul 26, 18:46
  - Also, they a free sub. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 18:21
  - thanks! -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:19
Late Neil Peart's classic car collection headed to auction. -- (link) - Meg Jul 26, 18:00 33
- No, Remlik. - Spawn Jul 26, 21:14
- Shelby -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 18:59
- . -- nm* - kelly Jul 26, 18:54
- That is a nice collection, a shame to break up the set. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:11 29
  - the man definitely had a look he liked. Great taste. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:15
  - so like Mr Miyagi says, "Choose": Which one do you? -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:18 27
    - The Jag -- nm - JD Jul 26, 19:00
    - I'm on the other side of the fence than zeitgeist. I'll take the Jaguar E-Type over the Maserati. - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 19:00 1
      - that's gorgeous. I'd have that or the Aston depending on the color. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 26, 19:11
    - I'll have the Aston. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 18:58
    - Aston Martin -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 18:56
    - Aston Martin -- nm - kelly Jul 26, 18:54
    - None. It would be a shame to convert them to electric. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 18:50
    - Shelby Cobra -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 18:50
    - Shelby Cobra. Beautiful and somewhat more practical. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 18:40 7
      - other than being a death trap a la James Dean. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:00 6
        
        He was in a Porsche Spyder, not a Shelby Cobra. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 19:52 1
        
        oh I know! but it's the same idea. A low convertible completely unprotected on top. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:57
        
        it's the black sheep of the grey car family :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 19:33 3
        
        the second you hit a rock you will flip and die. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:47 2
        
        it has a roll bar, so if you're seatbelted you'll be ok, James Dean wasn't belted, wasn't even sitting properly, was turned sideways -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 20:41 1
        
        However, the accident was the other driver's fault. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 20:58
    - Shelby for me -- nm - Pippy Jul 26, 18:32
    - The Jag is one of the most beautiful cars ever,but I'm partial to the mid sixties Maserati -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:28 2
      - the 73 Maserati would be my choice -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 18:38
      - I owned a 1972 E type. the upkeep was preposterous. but a hell of a fun car. this time, I'll take the DB5. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jul 26, 18:36
    - I'll take the Corvette. We almost bought one of those in 1970, but considered the Dodge Charger was more family friendly :-) -- nm* - Meg Jul 26, 18:25 6
      - You were cool. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 18:59 5
        
        :) We actually considered putting the baby-carrier in the trunk, but thought a baby-seat in the back seat of the Charger was better. -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 19:08 4
        
        ah yes, the old days where baby seats were not strapped in -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 19:13 3
        
        That baby survived and turns 51 in September. I'm having trouble with that :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 19:16 2
        
        My parents took my brother and I through the western US and part of Canada in the bed of my dad's pickup. He built a little bench for us to sit on. If - jnine Jul 26, 21:00
        
        LOLOL we survived too, we were all going with the flow. -- nm - loosilu Jul 26, 20:02
Harsh, Allegiant. - spamlet Jul 26, 17:58
Russian gymnast who tore his Achilles in April and now competing in the Olympics is cray cray. -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 17:52 2
- "staple it back together, I'll work with it" -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 17:57 1
  - Superglue -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 17:59
Pick your Olympic event from the discontinued list. plunge for distance -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 26, 17:42 20
- DUELING PISTOLS, BITCHES! -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 19:14 2
  - "There is no silver medal for this event." -- nm - Max Jul 26, 20:19 1
    - LOL! - Mop Jul 26, 21:00
- 12 hour cycling -- nm - JD Jul 26, 18:59
- club swinging? Americans just making up events to get medals. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 18:33
- Greco-Roman Wrestling in the Nude -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 18:05
- How would Solo Synchronized Swimming work? Isn't that just swimming? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 18:04 2
  - synchronised to music. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 18:38
  - I guess it's like floor exercises in gymnastics, or ice skating/ dance -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:21
- There used to be barrel racing, kinda like steeple chase, only instead of jumping over barriers, you dived through a barrel -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 17:59
- I note that they just skip past the pigeon shooting event. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 17:58
- tug-of-war, dueling pistol, croquet -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 17:55 1
  - When I see that archery is done as a two person competition, I'm disappointed it's not at each other. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 26, 18:03
- Hmm. Olympic motor boating. -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 17:50
- I'm surprised lacrosse was only in for 2 Olympics -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 17:48 4
  - There's really only three competitive countries worldwide. - Reagen Jul 26, 17:55 3
    - Iroquois Nation comin for you -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 18:54 1
      - they can take it up with the IOC. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 19:14
    - Guaranteed medal. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 18:43
- Rope Climb, obvs. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 17:48
George P., as in Prescott, the young one? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 17:38 1
- P for Patsy, or maybe Pinhead. -- nm - mud Jul 26, 17:46
Uh oh. I may be in love. -- (link) - Dano Jul 26, 17:37 12
- Beautiful kitty! -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 18:57
- Awwww -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:12
- did I tell you guys (I think no bc work has been crazy) that norman (#upthestreetnorman) found a cat in the woods on saturday? - amanda jeans Jul 26, 17:54 7
  - I just watched every single video of that cat. I love him! -- nm - kelly Jul 26, 18:22 4
    - he is very friendly and in very good shape. the microchip he has is not a USA company so we suspect some international student brought him here - amanda jeans Jul 26, 18:28 3
      - Why go through the extra hassle of being an animal here from overseas, just to dump him? People make no sense to me. -- nm - kelly Jul 26, 18:51
      - What are the logistics for bringing a pet onto the US and, or bringing them back to Europe? - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:32 1
        
        I think clean bill of health on entry to most states. -- (link) - amanda jeans Jul 26, 18:38
  - I love him. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 18:20 1
    - norman or the cat? both are awesome. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 26, 18:22
- Uh oh. I know you only wanted to have 1 cat but if God wanted you to have a few then 27 it is! - Pippy Jul 26, 17:43 1
  - All the kitties! -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 17:57
It cracks me up that at various points during the day; Bradley Pitt, Chicago People, and Elizabeth Banks have all trended. - Jovian Jul 26, 17:33 1
- Those bots and Russian trolls are such cut-ups! -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 17:47
SITWAP: Ummm... a 80% replica?? -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 17:26 11
- the staff have a LONG daily commute -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 17:48 4
  - Maybe there is a Virtual Presence Device in DC and staff are just told he is in quarantine? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 17:50 3
    - Holograms. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 18:28 1
      - Tyler Perry in a mission: impossible mask -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 19:01
    - I was thinking top secret Star Trek transporters -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 17:51
- Have you seen the price of lumber and plywood? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 17:39
- So its smaller than what Trump had. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 17:29 1
  - Would donny want a smaller one so he looks bigger. Or a larger one so his ass doesn't look so big? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:26
- He just wants to make an omelet. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 17:29 1
  - Oy! -8 Qale points for stealing my joke from before! -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 17:37
- It's somehow related to the Tiny Hands. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 17:28

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