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Still demanding to see the intricate system of underwater hydraulics that allow the artistic swimmers to do that. -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 10:54 1
- This event is the one that I am in awe of … like it’s gotta be magic. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 10:58
$800 million in recall costs for GM because of Bolt issues. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 4, 10:54
My parents have been urging my brother and I to get wills for years. They went as far as buying as *will kits* for Christmas this year. - ty97 Aug 4, 10:44 9
- Look into a revocable trust. It won't do much for you but will certainly help your beneficiaries. I had the trust, will, and - Meg Aug 4, 11:03
- Hmmm, should probably finish making mine, huh? -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 10:46
- ..... - ty97 Aug 4, 10:45 6
  - LOL!! -- nm - Pippy Aug 4, 10:46 5
    - also shit does happen - Pippy Aug 4, 10:48 4
      - yep, she aint wrong -- nm - Max Aug 4, 10:54
      - I don't own any real property and my accounts all have beneficiaries on them. My brother needs one FAR more than I do. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 10:53 2
        
        But you need to designate ST as your beneficiary for your HSX account and passwords. -- nm - Max Aug 4, 10:54 1
        
        legit that's what I need in a will....go this website and let them know. -- nm* - ty97 Aug 4, 10:59
Over to the Ranch at 9am to open up for a 10am tour. Went to the office for the cash box and noticed there was voicemail. Never check those but... - Meg Aug 4, 10:36 1
- Great first paragraph of a spy thriller script, you turn around, there's your agency contact looking panicked, hadn't seen him in months -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 12:51
Kurt Busiek's back catalog of work is now available digitally from Image. Includes Astro City, Arrowsmith, Shockrockets - TWuG Aug 4, 10:33
Caption this! -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 4, 10:24 [Image] 8
- Now imagine the M. Bison level! -- nm - David Aug 4, 10:39
- The search for ratings has led to some questionable demonstration sports. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 10:39
- N-eh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 10:37
- The Canadian Sumo program was uncompetitive for centuries, until a loophole in the rules was discovered... -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 10:37 1
  - You'd think that the poutine and Nanaimo bar with maple syrup diet would help us build bulk, but no. The harsh winters keep the weight off. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 10:38
- Horse Kanchou! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 10:36
- Ichiban Crane 2021 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 4, 10:36
- "The horse doctors of Japan are different in msny ways..." -- nm* - . Aug 4, 10:32
Book recommendation: Finally got to Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" over the weekend. Really enjoyed it. It's not long, but packs in a bunch of ideas. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 4, 10:07 9
- It was a favorite of mine a long time ago. I should revisit it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 4, 10:22
- OK, fine, after I finish Great Expectations, I'll see if I can find some Vonnegut to read. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 10:22 1
  - Tangent, I recently watched the Catch-22 Hulu miniseries and I think it's in your wheelhouse (Gen. Sp) - con_carne Aug 4, 10:30
- Enjoy it with a nice ice-9-cooled beverage. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 10:09 5
  - the ice-9 concept is terrifying to me -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 10:53
  - Definitely my favorite Vonnegut. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 10:15 3
    - I still gravitate towards Slaughterhouse-Five, but the short story Harrison Bergeron is foundational to my politic psyche. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 4, 10:18 2
      - As a yoot, Harrison Bergeron blew me away. Didn't even make the connection to him until after I read 3 or 4 of his novels. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 10:24
      - I know you'll have a good time then -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 10:20
Dang, our flight home was supposed to be on a MAX rather than a boring old 737-8. Would have been my first. - spamlet Aug 4, 09:44 2
- Nearly Broke your Max cherry -- nm - budice Aug 4, 09:52 1
  - HIT IT! -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 10:43
Children represented 19% of all COVID-19 cases for the week ending July 29. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:40 14
- That's very sad and I wish we could get a vaccine for them. Do children handle it better, in general, then older folks I hope? -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 10:37 1
  - Yes, mostly. - Dark Callisto Aug 4, 10:48
- Here's a looooovely graph projecting what's to come in the very near future here in Texas. -- (pic) - Qale Aug 4, 09:46 [Attachment] 6
  - are there even enough ICU beds for all of them - Pippy Aug 4, 10:38 1
    - Overall, it should be just a bit lower than when we maxed out over the winter. But localized areas? No. Definitely not. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 10:56
  - i'm def calling off any visit to texas right now -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:56
  - Wow. They do a school risk dashboard, too, for the whole country. -- (link) - mara Aug 4, 09:51 2
    - Just for funnsies, let's superimpose counties that voted for Biden vs. counties that voted for Trump... -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:56
    - *defunds UT* -- nm - Greg Abbott Aug 4, 09:55
- That percentage will only climb. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 4, 09:41 4
  - School's about to start here. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:42 3
    - I think many places in the South started this week. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:51 1
      - Yeah, a few here this week. Some next week. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 4, 10:28
    - Sure, but it's also academic that the vaccination campaigns would reduce the percentages of older cohorts. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 4, 09:49
Qale - do you like Atreyu? - JaxSean Aug 4, 09:31 2
- My only saved song by them is The Time Is Now. So, probably not a lot. Trapt was the MAGA band I recall. And unfortunately Adelitas Way did shows... - Qale Aug 4, 09:42 1
  - Ah, Adelitas Way is who I was trying to remember. - JaxSean Aug 4, 09:44
This'll be a fun email... "With (Todd) passing away last month, who in your group will be taking over his work on (my project)." - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 09:29 1
- So... a different Todd? Or is there something you're not telling us? -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 10:02
MLB: Division affiliation aside, do you prefer the NL East "mediocrity rock fight" between NY-PHI-ATL or do you prefer the "all these teams are gonna - rollo Aug 4, 09:28 2
- No one in the NL East has real bile. I will take the one with 3 strong teams over 3 injury-riddled slap fighters. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 10:57
- NL East for now but if things got more fighty out west I'd say them. I would prefer to watch good teams beating the shit out of each other but the -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 4, 10:48
Generally I'm fine with the return to masking, whatever. I'll probably do it every flu season and every plane ride for the rest of time. HOWEVER - rollo Aug 4, 09:11 12
- I don't find masking to be too inconvenient and I was continuing with it because it protects against other illness as well. - Dano Aug 4, 09:20 5
  - It's harder to work in a mask than I'd expected. And this is with a plastic guard to help secure the fit, deal with fogging, and extended use. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 09:57
  - I'm mostly annoyed at having to wear one inside the office, where most all employees are vaxxed. -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 09:21 3
    - I'm still working from home. I would be annoyed with having to wear a mask all day at work. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:23 2
      - Covid has made me thankful for my small company. Just two of us so we are mask free unless someone is coming in. And I am in the back - Spawn Aug 4, 09:43 1
        
        I think the earliest I will return to office is January 2022. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:51
- I get it, but your argument is flawed in at least two ways that I can see. - znufrii Aug 4, 09:19 3
  - Both good reasons why I'm not listening to that small asshole and happily continuing to mask -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 09:20 2
    - I guess I'm an asshole. And I'm fine with it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 10:28 1
      - Too many kids in this country anyway, eh? -- nm - mara Aug 4, 10:30
- It is interesting to think about how I would have handled this 10 years ago. Or 20 years ago. Or 30 years ago. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:15
- Texas is currently projected to lose another 8,000 people by Nov 1st. That's a little under twice as many that die on her roads in an entire year. - Qale Aug 4, 09:14
Boeing Starliner not going to space today, or soon, it seems -- (link) - TWuG Aug 4, 09:11 2
- I feel bad for the NASA Starliner crew. They've been training since 2018 and realistically they're not going until 2022 at this rate -- nm - JD Aug 4, 09:16 1
  - I'm just absolutely amazed at how two companies less than 20 years old have completely upended two industries. - TWuG Aug 4, 09:23
ST Poll: How much will Suicide Squad make this weekend? - Inigo Aug 4, 09:08 6
- Nothing. It was released in 2016 -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 10:37 1
  - Technically correct is the best kind of correct -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 10:41
- $97m -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:09 2
  - More than GvK, less than WW84 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 09:10 1
    - More than both. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:11
- one million dollars! -- nm - decline Aug 4, 09:09
Really worried about Hong Kong in the olympics - they've got a bike track star that's kind of aging. I think it's a long shot, but 2 more gold are on - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:02 1
- I'm proud they are able to compete as an autonomous territory -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 4, 09:38
SuicideSquad: James Gunn explains the choice on Harley Quinn's jacket -- (link) - budice Aug 4, 08:56 20
- i'm still having trouble with this movie.. are they really just pretending the other movie didn't happen? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:00 19
  - I don't think they are, no. They may not mention it, but there's clear overlap with some characters. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 09:47
  - Don't stress it. It's just the next mission for Task Force X. What happened before doesn't pertain to this mission -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 09:34 4
    - Disagreed due to the ending of the first one. - Spawn Aug 4, 09:35 3
      - nah. -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 09:55 2
        
        It is clearly alt universe situation. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 10:43 1
        
        nah. -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 11:00
  - Why not? That's what the entire audience is doing. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:24 1
    - I assume since it's Gunn there will be some cheeky references to the last movie though. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:25
  - Embrace the alt universe philosophy! -- nm - WBDC Aug 4, 09:17
  - Sure, but isn't that what every reboot of a franchise does? - Inigo Aug 4, 09:10 5
    - Not a reboot. -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 09:34
    - some of the same actors as the same characters are in it. that's the difference. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:12 3
      - You're not getting anyone but Margot playing HQ until she's done with it. The rest is trying to shape this into a star vehicle for her, and this is V2 - rollo Aug 4, 09:15 2
        
        i think you have to say "oh, we won't make this again for ab it"...screwing up that bad and then immediately remaking makes them look incompetent. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:28 1
        
        The first movie was incompetent, but they have a platinum bankable star in Margot and a role she's perfect for, so they don't have the luxury of a - rollo Aug 4, 09:30
  - What other movie? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 09:08
  - Open mind about it. Good story wins out. Good WOM so far -- nm - budice Aug 4, 09:07 1
    - good story? DC movie? oh noooo... -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:12
  - Why not, it's not Shakespeare -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 09:05
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 4, 08:52 [Attachment] 12
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 4, 08:52 [Attachment] 11
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 4, 08:53 [Attachment] 10
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 4, 08:53 [Attachment] 9
      - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 12:15
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 4, 10:18
      - 1/2 -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 10:05
      - 1/2 -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 09:56
      - 2/2, bit of a guess on the first. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 09:13
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Aug 4, 08:59
      - 2/2 (spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 08:59
      - 1/2 -- nm - JD Aug 4, 08:59
      - 2/2 -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 08:57
Oh, boy, the county where I live is the first Indiana county to go to the highest Covid advisory level this season. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 08:52 6
- ugh. IU and Monroe County went to Mask Mandate indoor.s -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 09:03 1
  - About time. - Spawn Aug 4, 09:05
- Posey? -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:56 3
  - Yup. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 08:56 2
    - A possible bright spot: one data point is the positivity rate, but it's including yesterday's 50% positivity on only 4 tests. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 09:00 1
      - Fun with numbers! -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:15
TIL - Polevaulters have problems transporting their poles by air. Not all airlines accept them. -- nm - Meg Aug 4, 08:51 2
- yeah, I get that alot -- nm - grny si Aug 4, 09:42 1
  - 51 Minutes - ST is slipping ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 4, 10:32
Paris Hilton has the culinary tastes of a 5-year-old and "Cooking with Paris" is decidedly not for people looking to actually learn how to prepare gourmet recipes -- (link*) - decline Aug 4, 08:47 5
- Flipside: I'm generally not trying to learn how to prepare gourmet recipes. - ty97 Aug 4, 10:39
- As she is toasting bread in a frying pan, Hilton wonders, “Why does this keep turning brown?” - Diva Aug 4, 08:59
- She knows her audience. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:59
- Well, A) it sounds like a comedy, and B) maybe this makes it more likely people would actually try the recipes. - Beryllium Aug 4, 08:53
- yeah, as I said before when I told Netflix I wanted a cooking show centered around Paris, I meant something completely different -- nm - crash davis Aug 4, 08:53
Several Disney employees arrested in undercover child predator sting -- (link) - Remlik Aug 4, 08:39 4
- That isn't one of the perks? -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:04
- "These Disney employees went to go have sex with an underage girl, but instead found our detectives in a sting, proving it is a small world after all" -- nm - Chris Hansen, probably Aug 4, 08:59 2
  - an I feel dirty L5 -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 09:23 1
    - Because of how terrible his puns were? Yeah. Agreed. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 10:02
A survey -- (link) - ty97 Aug 4, 08:31 6
- Republicans are the worst. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:55
- Isn't this a, "Duh!"? Or is it more that we have proof of what we suspected? -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:33 2
  - i think proof. i have still be getting the argument that "no, everyone is vaccinated, that's why you don't see masks" - chicken daddy Aug 4, 09:03 1
    - Yeah, I am still eating lunch in restaurants some days. But masked until I eat. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:07
- This, and other obvious findings, in this month's installment of the New England Journal of Duh. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 08:31 1
  - heh -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:33
::takes off wig:: Lex, Luthor! -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:30 5
- French Connection taught me to never let Gene Hackman borrow your car. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 08:44 2
  - Ah, if I had a nickel for every time I learned that the hard way ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 08:46 1
    - You could call your insurance provider, um yeah, sorry but if you let them drive ,you are not covered, no gun? You just let them take it, sorry -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 12:56
- read the 1st 3 issues of Superman '78 and it's fantastic. -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 08:43 1
  - Hmmm. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 09:15
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 08:30

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