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he fast -- nm - mud Aug 3, 05:08
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 04:49
Women's gymnastic spoilers - jnine Aug 3, 02:46
The Donald will object to his tax forms being turned over to congress (like of course) and will file a suit to block (how many times now?) -- (link*) - zeitgeist Aug 3, 01:45
Walking the dog, I hear gun shots, 6 or 7, 3 or 4 from another, then 3 more like from the 1st,NOT fireworks I've been hearing that for 6 weeks now. - zeitgeist Aug 3, 01:25
So, in slackertalk's source code, there are five files that I've been working to get rid of. - Beryllium Aug 2, 23:34 1
- I also used krazyglue (the Kragle!) to fix the broken stand on my iphone case. - Beryllium Aug 2, 23:43
Reading Tolkein's translation of the Green Knight poem and I went back to the original text to see how different it was. It's still English, right? - Ender Aug 2, 23:30 7
- old or middle english -- nm - . Aug 3, 04:45 1
  - Middle English...gives new meaning to English as a second language. -- nm - . Aug 3, 05:14
- (This is why you really need to learn Latin if you ever plan to time travel.) -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 23:33 4
  - ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 2, 23:39 [Attachment] 3
    - learn hebrew, that goes back 5,000 years, and I don't think its changed as much as english (had to read Chaucer which seemed like a foreign mash up) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 00:24 2
      - I'd argue that from about 500 BC till the 19th century you're much more likely to find someone who knows Latin in most locations. -- nm - Ender Aug 3, 02:32 1
        
        Latin wouldn't do you much good until about 200BCE. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 02:37
Our men's beach volleyball teams were too old this year. -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 23:26 1
- Yeah, Gibb was actually MVP of the AVP tour in 2005! -- nm - David Aug 2, 23:36
Harris County, Houston is now backtracked to where it was mid-December in daily cases for COVID. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 23:10
Hmm, temps in Morongo next week are supposed to 'cool off' from ~108 to ~99. Could be a fun couple of days. - Meg Aug 2, 23:08
Local elections voter turn out, a mere 11% just local council/port directors... 'they' were expecting 25% -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 23:08
I have the local NBC app on my phone for breaking news but it's driving me crazy with Olympic updates :/ - Meg Aug 2, 22:29 2
- Normally I'd suggest looking for a feature to turn off that notification topic, buuuuut ... NBC being NBC, it probably doesn't exist. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 22:56 1
  - Yep, I thought to look for it but figure the games'll be over soon, and I have more important things to stress over :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 2, 23:00
Hassan chop! -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 22:03
5-second social interaction with a former coworker from a previous job today. - Beryllium Aug 2, 21:36
The number of silvers the US has won that should have been golds is staggering. We won’t be catching China. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 21:29 2
- China considers silver losing. The Chinese woman who lost gold to the Filipino lifter sobbed for a decent while. -- nm - . Aug 3, 04:47
- *shrug* - Krusty Aug 3, 04:28
I like jump scares. I don't like how A Quiet Place 2 makes you go from 5db to 105db for the effect. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 20:49 3
- But see, the movie is *called* a... never mind. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 21:14 2
  - It's the louder-than-a-jet-engine volume that's unnecessary. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 21:33 1
    - It just *seems* loud, after all that quiet! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 23:29
SpaceX's next Starship Super Heavy launch will not recover either the booster or the Starship. Booster will ditch in the Gulf of Mexico, Starship off - TWuG Aug 2, 20:42 1
- wonder if salvagers will try to pull them up -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 00:21
That 400M hurdles race was amazing -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 20:27 4
- The winner would have beaten multiple people in the flat 400m semi finals. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 04:40
- Yep. -- nm - Diva Aug 3, 03:32
- Also, W Long Jump was amazing. And Tara Davis may well be one of the prettiest women in the Olympics. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 20:40
- Eff yeah it was. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 20:38
I'm confused by what they're doing with Karrion Kross on Raw. (Also, where the hell is Scarlett?) -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 20:25 3
- So are they. Vince doesn't respect anyone from NXT, and so he ruins them. -- nm - David Aug 2, 21:29
- they're testing him. See if he can handle what they throw at him and if he raises a stink. Plus they want to see if can be popular w/o her. - Remlik Aug 2, 20:46 1
  - I read he is suppose to loose till she shows up also its suppose to be Jeff Hardy but he is in covid protocal - eag Aug 2, 20:56
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are officially divorced -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 20:18 1
- Bill Gates just vowed to go to Mars. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 21:14
Well, I'm sure that this MS Teams Olympics product placement has shown that video conferencing is *exactly the same* as being there in person. -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 19:09
Zillow Listing (The Force is strong with this one) -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 19:05 1
- The lone star trek logo is amusing .. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 20:02
Fourth officer who responded to Capitol riot confirmed to have committed suicide (following the third confirmed just earlier today) :( -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 2, 19:03 4
- I'm sure they're false flag actors who are all living it up somewhere, in the Qverse version of the story. -- nm - jnine Aug 2, 19:23
- geez -- nm - mud Aug 2, 19:08 2
  - Meanwhile, McCarthy jokes about hitting Pelosi with her gavel. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 19:12 1
    - she called him a moron! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 19:18
Just for the record here is Piers Morgan on Djokovic -- (link) - Dano Aug 2, 18:51 4
- If anyone should know about shameful antics and letting your country down… -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 19:56 1
  - And quitting like a spoiled brat.. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 20:34
- for the record, though, one does not have to give props to piers morgan -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 18:53 1
  - Yeah... I felt a little like Lorraine Kelly posting that and deserve the James Acaster treatment. -- (link) - Dano Aug 2, 19:57 [youtube]
Nassau County Legislature has approved a bill to make police officers a protected class and allow them to sue protesters for discrimination -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 2, 18:45 2
- Imagine if that was in the United States -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 18:48 1
  - See what you made me do, don't make me shoot you again -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 20:52
McDonald's: did we stutter? Masks. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 2, 18:42 3
- It's still McDonalds, but sure... I'm lovin' it. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 19:18
- Florida, Alberta... -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 18:49
- Niiiiice -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 18:47
WAP? Spirit Airlines in the news again. "Operational difficulties"? -- (link) - Meg Aug 2, 18:39
I keep seeing Suicide Squad billboards and thinking "didn't they already make this movie?" -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 18:38 12
- Every movie has been made before. -- nm - Skags Aug 2, 18:41 2
  - Even The Oogiloves? - prayformojo Aug 2, 18:50 1
    - What the fuck is an Oogilove? -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 23:12
- THE Suicide Squad -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 18:39 8
  - It's set in Ohio? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 18:42 2
    - No wonder they are contemplating. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 18:52
    - Heh -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 18:43
  - Suicide Squads -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 18:42 3
    - Suicide Squader -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 2, 19:00 2
      - Suicide Squatter? Is that a sequel to Hobo with a Shotgun? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 20:15 1
        
        Deader than before -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 21:01
  - 96% (95/4) -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 18:42
If you gave me a half-lap head start, I might be able to beat one of these ladies in the 400m. Might. Can I have a Segway? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 18:12 1
- They're running fast enough to get speeding tickets in school zones. They can outrun a segway. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 18:34
Olympic Small World: a guy I went to high school, played hockey with and stole street signs with is a massage therapist at the Tokyo Olympics for the -- (edited) - Beaker Aug 2, 18:04 15
- Rewind here: stole street signs with? -- (edited) - budice Aug 2, 18:10 13
  - we had a collection of street, construction, road work under their place in teh capital of my home Province - Beaker Aug 2, 18:20
  - You never stole street signs?? - Meg Aug 2, 18:14 10
    - I never did, but I suppose it would've been fun. "Animal Farm Road" was nearby. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 18:18 9
      - This just in, bery was never a kid. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 18:39 5
        
        I lived on the wild side: getting in trouble for using the school library's shiny new modem to dial into a BBS during school hours. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 18:50 4
        
        rebel. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 18:51 3
        
        On the back of his leather vest, - Spawn Aug 2, 19:14 2
        
        +++ATH0 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 19:26 1
        
        GED/J d-- s:++>: a-- C++(++++) ULU++ P+ L++ E---- W+(-) N+++ o+ K+++ w--- O- M+ V-- PS++>$ PE++>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++ X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++ D+++ -- nm - Bery si Aug 2, 19:44
      - The one we wanted was in the Royal Borough of Kensington and said "It is an offense to knowingly allow a dog to foul the footpath." It was up high and - Meg Aug 2, 18:27 2
        
        I saw a freeway sign down on I5 in CA, said San Francisco and Sacramento XXX miles, I thought i could toss into my van...jeez they're huge and heavy - zeitgeist Aug 2, 20:58 1
        
        :) I like the one at the I-40 onramp in Barstow that gives the mileage to the east coast. - Meg Aug 2, 21:16
  - Drunk Beaker Origin Tale -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 18:13
- A coworker of mine has 2 golds and a bronze and when people find out they are absolutely shocked. I love the reactions. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 18:06
I don't think I've ever seen a false start in the 1500m before. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 2, 17:20
TIME Magazine Cover, August 2, 1982: Herpes -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 17:07 2
- Why wasn't this bigger in 1972? I was totally in on the ground floor! -- nm - David si Aug 2, 17:20
- oh my -- nm - mud Aug 2, 17:11
The ISS incident with the Russian module a bit worse than initially reported. Station got flip turned upside down -- (link) - TWuG Aug 2, 16:50
Dutch Olympic windsurfer went full Air Bender. -- (link) - Mop Aug 2, 16:38
SpaceX Super Heavy booster is now compete with 29 Raptor engines. Twice the thrust of an Atlas V - TWuG Aug 2, 16:16 3
- so if it goes boom it will be spectacular to watch? - tRuMaN Aug 2, 16:43
- I think that's twice the thrust of a Saturn V. The Atlas V is a workhorse but it's not a super heavy left type vehicle -- nm - JD Aug 2, 16:41 1
  - Sorry, yes. The Saturn V. Starship Super Heavy is a beast. A launch will be something to see. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 16:49
WWE: Zelina Vega posted an interesting tweet... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 16:11 3
- Is she still winless since she returned? -- nm - David Aug 2, 16:33 2
  - Yep. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:44
  - not sure -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 16:52
From the writer of Staten Island Summer... -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 16:05
Robert has gone completely bonkers in his waning years. -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 16:04 [youtube]
Manifest is down to #9. I'm almost in the clear. -- nm - David Aug 2, 16:01 15
- There’s one more season to drop on Netflix. You’re not in the clear by a long shot. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 16:25 1
  - At least I'll get a 10-month break! -- nm - David Aug 2, 16:28
- The Losers is #3 right now. Where were these people in 2010? -- nm - David Aug 2, 16:05 12
  - I love this movie -- nm - decline Aug 3, 06:10
  - All this advertising against seeing movies in the theater recently and then suddenly we're surprised when audiences fail to see a movie in the theater -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 18:05
  - Though maybe we don't get Evans as Cap. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 16:09 5
    - Who would it be instead, if he was tied up (the way he likes it)? Padalecki? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 16:35 4
      - Ryan Phillipe and John Krasinski were the other two candidates. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 2, 16:38 3
        
        Krasinski would've been a super bold choice at the time, but I bet it would almost work -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 16:38 2
        
        Ryan P. would do it justice -- nm - Pippy Aug 2, 17:58 1
        
        He's nothing if not committed to his craft. -- nm - Celery si Aug 2, 18:00
  - Don't stop believin'! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 16:07 3
    - Love it -- nm - Pippy Aug 2, 17:59
    - The song was playing as you typed that! -- nm - David Aug 2, 16:07 1
      - /makes your heart stop beating with my mind..... -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 16:10
I'm the game of "name a movie from a vague description", I got this one right from my wife "it's the movie with the three kids and one's in trouble" -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 15:56 13
- The answer is: - Reagen Aug 2, 16:30 1
  - I should have read the secondary clue -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 16:40
- Goonies. - Dark Callisto Aug 2, 16:30 1
  - Chunk's overweight but I think he has time to change his eating habits through puberty before it becomes a serious problem. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 16:38
- The Lion in Winter -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 2, 16:22
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 16:19
- Ferris Bueller? -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 16:19
- License to Drive. Mercedes is in a lot more trouble than she knows. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 16:13
- My Bodyguard -- nm - mud Aug 2, 16:06
- You're giving me flashbacks to working at Hollywood video back in college. "DO you have that movie with the guy that was in that other movie?" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 2, 16:04
- Oh oh, I got this. Menace II Society -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 15:57
- Literally any of the Harry Potter movies? -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 15:57 1
  - No, but it would be a secondary clue -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 15:59
LIR interesting factoid about Colin Jost and brother -- (link) - zork Aug 2, 15:51 [Backboard] 2
- Huh. Was just catching up on this. Unreal. Never would have linked them. -- nm - VMan Aug 2, 18:23 1
  - Didn't he also do Dancing Shadows or something named like that? -- nm - VMan Aug 2, 18:26
Ruh Roh -- (link) - Jovian Aug 2, 15:47
According to multiple reports, Kyle Lowry will join the Miami Heat on a three-year deal via a sign-and-trade. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:39 3
- ! -- (link*) - mud Aug 2, 15:40
- Lonzo Ball is joining the Chicago Bulls on a four-year, $85 million deal. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:40 1
  - Jimmy Butler will reportedly be signing a four-year max extension with the Miami Heat. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 15:41

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