ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 156

"At least the Yankees have something to enjoy tonight" -- (link) - JD Aug 3, 08:01 [youtube]
NYC requiring vaccination for food service employees and anyone who wants to enter a restaurant -- (link) - TWuG Aug 3, 07:56 1
- And proof. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 07:58
Sen. Chuck Grassley on canceling student debt: "I don't think that we should ask those who did not attend to pick up the tabs for those who did" -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 07:55 5
- "highly regressive and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy at the expense of others" -- nm - Max Aug 3, 07:59 3
  - Is that part true? No doubt some wealthy would benefit, but I would like to see the numbers here -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:00 2
    - Dunno, I'm just struck at how much GOP members are adopting Dem language this summer. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:09
    - is he saying out loud that rich people don't pay taxes, so this will "benefit" them because they won't have to pay? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 08:04
- For a minute I thought this was Schumer -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:57
Can someone tell me if Disney Springs has those " misters" in them? like they are hoses attached to awnings and they shower down wet mist - Pippy Aug 3, 07:52 6
- On it. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 07:59
- I don't recall them on the building awnings when I there last month -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:55 1
  - (I was mostly in the Marketplace section, but did go through Town Center and The Landing a little) -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:56
- Disney Springs is full of misters, if you know what i mean. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 07:54 1
  - I don't, but tell me more. -- nm - Marge Simpson, stirring her coffee Aug 3, 07:58
- ohh, mist-er. This reads differently than mr. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 07:53
Steve Schmidt letting it rip on Tucker and Orban -- (link) - Jovian Aug 3, 07:49 1
- Tucker has been a fan of Orban for a while though, this isn't new, just kind of bold that he's broadcasting from a fascist state. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 08:00
Juiced: PepsiCo to sell Tropicana, other juice brands for $3.3 billion -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 07:28 2
- Is the juice worth the squeeze? -- nm - Max Aug 3, 07:28 1
  - Depends on the melons -- nm - budice Aug 3, 07:33
@PANYNJ & @JetBlue have agreement to build $3.9B privately financed new international Terminal 6 at JFK -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:24 3
- Jetblue also keeping it's HQ in NYC after threatening to leave (I wonder how what bribe they got) -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:45 1
  - Cool. I ride by their HQ on a regular basis. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 08:10
- Terminal 7 will be demolished, British Airways will move to T8 (its partner American Airlines terminal) -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:25
the 200 year old building of the Princeton Theological Seminary went up in flames this morning -- (link) - decline Aug 3, 07:22 1
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 07:23
Tyson Food to require vaccine for all US workers -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:15 2
- oh wow, should we clap for them now after they killed all those meat packers? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 07:16 1
  - Please clap. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 08:15
Taika and Rita seem to be a good couple -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 07:13 1
- So I guess there was something to those photos we saw on the set of the new Thor movie. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 07:36
Every day Gilbert chats away on What's App to his fiancée Sahar even though she was killed a year ago in the #Beirutblast. -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:03
I requested to be able to use nine folders at work and they said ok. -- (link) - amanda jeans Aug 3, 06:59 16
- annnnnd it works. I will pay $15. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 07:14 4
  - *prepares for brilliance* -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 07:34
  - Does that $15 get you only a personal license? Are you allowed to use it for work under that license? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:20
  - *You* will pay????? It's for work! -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 3, 07:17 1
    - the outlook app is free. I want different functionality, so I pay. it's faor. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 07:57
- I don’t know what this is. What is this? -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 07:12 1
  - It's Nine Ways to Manage Your Business and Life -- nm* - decline Aug 3, 07:16
- eight isn't enough? -- nm* - ty97 Aug 3, 07:08 4
  - I won’t work with fewer than ten. -- nm - mafic Aug 3, 07:16 3
    - i have one inbox and one work folder, i just have to remember where everything is. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 07:16 2
      - Honestly I have so much email I just search for everything. -- nm - mafic Aug 3, 07:19 1
        
        Not paying attention to retention policies has really screwed me a few times. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 07:37
- are you going to use it in Korean? -- nm - decline Aug 3, 07:03 1
  - I think english to start. we'll see. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 07:06
- fwiw, New User setups here take two weeks to process. Someone new sits idle for two weeks. -- nm - budice Aug 3, 07:03 1
  - do you use nine? I'm an individual only. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 07:05
Hmmm. New York City will require people to show proof of vaccination to visit restaurants, gyms and other indoor activities -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 06:58 10
- they should make it so the restaurants can give you stamps when you go there like on your passport -- nm - decline Aug 3, 07:57
- Here we go. Hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel... now other cities need to do the same -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 07:44 1
  - Good luck with that. - Spawn Aug 3, 07:53
- Here comes the official announcement -- (link) - ty97 Aug 3, 07:19
- Fake Vax Cards business is boomin' -- nm - budice Aug 3, 06:58 5
  - I think this goes through an app that checks the records but we'll see -- nm* - ty97 Aug 3, 07:04 4
    - “To enter indoor venues, they must use the city’s new digital app, the state’s Excelsior app or a paper card to show proof of vaccination.” -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 07:08 2
      - you think I actually used one of my free articles to click the link? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:09 1
        
        My new NYT offer was $1 a week for digital. That was lower than $4 a week last year. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 08:18
    - I hope so -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 07:07
I don't know what's going on at Spirit Airlines, but 42% of their flights canceled yesterday and 39% (so far) today. -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 06:47 12
- that American Airlines employee comment had a PUNCH -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 07:07 5
  - I missed this? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:08 4
    - I suggest you try Spirit -- (link) - JD Aug 3, 07:53
    - when an employee kicked a Karen off a flight, he told her next time " fly Spirit". heh. -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 07:18 2
      - oof. Though American canceled more flights than Spirit yesterday! - ty97 Aug 3, 07:22 1
        
        I will never be a champion of American Airlines cause they suck but that comment was hiliarious -- nm* - Pippy Aug 3, 07:51
- rumor I see floating around twitter is the pilots/crew are on strike -- nm - decline Aug 3, 06:54 4
  - The Union issued a statement denying that though (I believe). I mean most strike aren't in secret, right? -- nm* - ty97 Aug 3, 06:58 3
    - "It's not us. It's one of the other unions." -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 07:11 1
      - I'm mostly just stunned that Spirit has unions -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 07:14
    - Wildcat strikes are (sick outs, etc.) -- nm - spamlet Aug 3, 07:07
- Evil Spirit aka Stripper Air -- nm* - budice Aug 3, 06:49
Inspired by Hunting below: What is your best timed mile run? -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 06:41 27
- Just under 6. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 07:59
- I vaguely recall having to run a mile in 12 minutes back in high school gym class in order to pass the semester. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 07:55
- I have an 8:16 on Strava but I bet I was faster when I ran track. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 07:44
- I don't really remember being timed when I was younger. I could probably get just under 9 minutes now if I tried for just 1 mile now. -- nm* - pmb Aug 3, 07:35
- I don't run for fun or exercise. I hate it and my understanding is it's not good on the knees and ankles. - Krusty Aug 3, 07:19 3
  - Nobody runs for fun. I always notice how miserable all the runners look when I'm out enjoying a bike ride. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 07:52
  - I find running really hard on my knees and hips. I stopped running regularly many years ago. I do it occasionally when we visit my in-laws because I - pmb Aug 3, 07:37 1
    - I've heard it's really hard on the lower body so I've avoided it. Plus, it's boring to me. I enjoy a good bike ride and more low impact - Krusty Aug 3, 07:43
- Strava says 6:44, but that was part of a 12k run. -- nm - mafic Aug 3, 07:18
- I probably had a faster time when I was younger, but recently: 7:35 -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 07:15
- i think around 9 minutes when i was probably 17. never been fast :( -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 07:13
- With a car? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 3, 07:10
- Wednesday -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 06:55
- 25:27 5K on 7/4/21 -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 06:54
- No idea. Probably around 10 min. Right now I would be hard pressed to even finish a mile without stopping. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 3, 06:54 1
  - nm -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 3, 06:54
- 5:29 high school -- nm - Max Aug 3, 06:52 3
  - Nice, jealous of breaking 5:30 -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 06:53 2
    - That was one desperation run for soccer team qualification. - Max Aug 3, 07:47
    - Maybe if you didn’t lollygag the first 3 laps -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 07:09
- The $400 round tip to Oslo a few years ago was a pretty awesome mileage run -- nm* - ty97 Aug 3, 06:48
- no clue -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 3, 06:46
- right around the 9 minute mark -- nm - decline Aug 3, 06:45
- 9:31. Asthma didn’t do distance. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 06:45
- 5:40 (high school). Details IM. - MDH Aug 3, 06:44
- No idea. I think in high school I remember doing 8 minutes (is that good?) That's also about what I'm doing right now at the gym -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 06:43 1
  - Running an 8 minute mile now is awesome, many congrats to that! -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 06:45
So, the Gold Medalist in the women’s 800 ran it in 1minute, 55seconds. Based on my best mile time ever, she would have lapped me during her race. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 06:37 7
- I think I typically do 800m in about 4 minutes right now. I peeked at the workout today at the gym -- (edited) - oblique Aug 3, 06:42 4
  - 20min run, 400 situps, 2x20reps bench, 10mins hydrobed -- nm - budice Aug 3, 06:47 3
    - The monsters will be in awe. -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 06:55
    - brutal. I can feel my abs cramping up already -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 06:49 1
      - In high school, I did 127 in 2 minutes and a 73 in a minute. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 07:11
- But that's mile pace! You have to think about how many sub 57.5 second 400s you've done in your life -- nm - JD Aug 3, 06:40 1
  - ….I did. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 06:44
Toxic Work Culture: Blizzard president J. Allen Brack is leaving the company, -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 06:32 1
- Ybarra's Mystic Shield! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 07:13
as I was catching up on zillow gone wild, I see the house with the wild west themed structure in the back and thought "seems like a house for crash" -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 3, 06:23
The Masked Singer continues production amid 12 positive COVID cases. (sitwap) -- nm - Diva Aug 3, 06:18 14
- They'll be fine. Ken Jeong is a doctor. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 06:36
- seems like the US has reached the point of " we can't contain it, lets just move on like nothing is happening" - Pippy Aug 3, 06:27 8
  - COVID is going to be here forever. The goal isn't to stop infections, it's to stop deaths. -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 06:40 1
    - Yep, but a high number of cases may beget another variant. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 3, 07:09
  - So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1908 -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 06:35
  - Right, except now Republicans in office are like, "OMG, way more Republicans are dying than libs. This affects my re-election! Go get the vaccine!" - Inigo Aug 3, 06:31
  - I'll admit that I'm leaning more towards "I've done my part, I'm not worrying about it now, I'll be fine" than I would've previously. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 06:31 2
    - We're struggling with this related to our anniversary gathering. With breakthrough cases around 0.8% (NBC) and hospitalizations and death - oblique Aug 3, 06:39 1
      - I hate that I have to even think about personal infection anymore. I'm whining when people are dying and I'm trying to keep some perspective. - Pippy Aug 3, 07:12
  - just let it run its course? seems fine. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 06:30
- Shut. It. DOWN. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 06:22
- It's RIGHT IN THE NAME PEOPLE!!!! -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 06:20 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Diva Aug 3, 06:28
- The Starfish totally gave it to The Cotton Candy -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 06:20
Suicide Red Carpet -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 06:00 1
- That's my seventh favourite Garbage song. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 06:02
Good morning. Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 3, 05:35 [Attachment] 16
- Fairy Infirmary ... the cutest, saddest place in the multiverse -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 06:51
- I want "FAMINARY" but I don't know what it is. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 06:21 4
  - The state of the town was faminary at best due to the recent blight suffered by the farms. -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 06:25
  - Widespread canary starvation. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 06:25 1
    - Dark, CT, Dark. -- nm* - ty97 Aug 3, 06:32
  - the villagers rejoiced at the opening of the faminary, located conveniently between the livery and the haberdashery -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 06:23
- Infarmy, the state of being reviled by barn animals. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 06:16
- NAIFARMY: militant group of ingenues. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 06:15 1
  - thread win. -- nm - mud Aug 3, 06:17
- Rainfarm -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 06:15
- Any Firm - THE choice for apathetic litigants. -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 06:13
- FannyRain -- nm* - budice Aug 3, 06:01
- Minifairy, even smaller than a normal fairy. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 05:48
- Mannyfair, the job event for male nannies -- nm* - Reagen Aug 3, 05:44 1
  - I giggled. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 06:14
- MAINFRAMY -- nm - mud Aug 3, 05:37
Vitaly Shishov, a Belarusian antigovernment activist, was found dead in a park near his home in Ukraine on Tuesday. -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 05:29 2
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 05:34 1
  - There have been many such suicides of protesters last seen being taken into security custody -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 10:31
It's nice to see some of the field events this morning but they still only show a few throws before cutting away to races or something else. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 05:27 5
- I've been kinda liking their coverage. Don't feel an overwhelming need to sit down and digest an entire match with so much else going on. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 07:19 2
  - It's been atrocious. They leave events in the middle to go to something else and don't go back or tell you where to go to watch the rest of -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 3, 07:20 1
    - Time to write a tersely worded letter to the editor! -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 07:38
- the NBC Olympic coverage in your country NBC has sucked NBC for decades! NBC every couple years we hear about NBC it must suck NBC I'm very sorry -- nm - mud Aug 3, 05:40 1
  - It is only bad here every two years. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 05:45

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)