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DTL situation summed up -- (link) - spamlet Aug 4, 16:19 [Image]
Olympic Marathon Swimming is insane. They have these 10 foot long feeding sticks hanging from motorboats which are all over the course. -- (edited) - Diva Aug 4, 16:16
US Volleyball Annie Drews looks like she could star in the next CBS cop/FBI show. -- (link) - Max Aug 4, 16:15
Your next Olympic sport -- (link) - TWuG Aug 4, 15:49
Notre Dame's home owner vs Toledo will be exclusively streamed on Peacock. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 4, 15:31 4
- So, they picked a game that literally no one cares about. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 15:33 3
  - Duh. The affiliates would riot otherwise. -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 16:10
  - *chuckle* I was wondering....Toledo? - JD Aug 4, 15:36
  - Father Mulcahy and Maxwell Klinger, maybe. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 15:35
Our big dog Hazel transitioned to the Rainbow Bridge today. She was 16 and loved being the mama bear to her brothers Roscoe and Griffin along with all - zunk xometimes Aug 4, 15:27 [Attachment] 15
- She looks so sweet. I'm so sorry. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 18:27
- Aww, had a good life -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 17:19
- Oh, I am so, so sorry. -- nm - David Aug 4, 16:25
- Good girl. I know she will be there waiting. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 16:21
- I’m really sorry zunk. -- nm - spamlet Aug 4, 16:21
- oh, so sorry -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 16:13
- Aww, it's always hard :( -- nm - Meg Aug 4, 15:47
- So sorry. Good girl. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 4, 15:47
- so sorry -- nm - mud Aug 4, 15:38
- Im so sorry :( -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 15:35
- Sorry to hear this. :( -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 15:33
- Best picture of all time. - zunk xometimes Aug 4, 15:29 [Attachment] 3
  - Sorry for your loss -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 16:06
  - She looks lovely, sorry you have to say goodbye. -- nm - Max Aug 4, 15:50
  - Awww....Hazel -- nm - JD Aug 4, 15:32
climate change is fucking over Emperor penguins -- (link*) - Peglegpete Aug 4, 15:17 2
- Good. -- nm - God-King Penguins Aug 4, 16:10 1
  - fuck 'em -- nm - Pharoah Penguins Aug 4, 16:14
This definitely gives off a bit of Fyre Fest vibe, but my god, Lovers & Friends Festival in Vegas has a good lineup. -- (link) - MDH Aug 4, 15:17 3
- 28. Also do I need to be invited to that like the BBQ? -- (edited) - Qale Aug 4, 18:12
- Zero -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 16:20
- 26 -- nm - Epiphany Aug 4, 16:07
V: New permanent Jeopardy Host set to be announced. -- (link) - budice Aug 4, 15:13 6
- The Adventures of Sean Hayes's Duller Brother -- nm - Max Aug 4, 15:44
- who dat -- nm - mud Aug 4, 15:40
- Meanwhile, David Faber on Jeopardy goes down smooth. - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 15:24
- That would be a truly uninspired choice. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 15:20 1
  - Probably best for the long term health of the show, though. - spamlet Aug 4, 16:22
- What, no. Just no. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 15:19
LIR: Awkward Anxious Misanthrope -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 4, 14:58
Oh.... and for the Olympics overnight... Go Denmark Handball! -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 14:54 1
- My nephew (9) told me this should be called Reverse Soccer. -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 15:01
Washington Football Team bans Native American-inspired face paint and headdresses at FedEx Field -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 4, 14:49
"The single biggest thing that has undermined our efforts to make the American people understand we are in a fourth wave is President Obama’s decision - Jovian Aug 4, 14:35 7
- But he cancelled the big party! -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 18:19
- Right…all those GOP voters finally listened to Obama. Sure. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 14:54 1
  - I mean.. it does even make sense. Obama's birthday party literally only broke into the news less than 2 weeks ago. -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 15:07
- Cancun Cruz? -- nm - Pippy Aug 4, 14:36 3
  - nope. Hint: his caricature appears in Looney Tunes cartoons -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 14:40 2
    - Foghorn Graham -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 14:43 1
      - heh Foghorn Kennedy -- nm - Jovian Aug 4, 14:47
WWE is worried that Summerslam (in Vegas) is going to be canceled and that the Thunderdome will be returning... - Remlik Aug 4, 14:34 1
- All businesses like this would be foolish not to have contingency plans right now. - David Aug 4, 14:41
Apple Lands John Cena film Argyle by director - Remlik Aug 4, 14:27
I assume the modern pentathlon was invented by Alexander Dumas. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 14:22
My totally for me pentathlon: 5 x 50 meter hill repeats, drive from OC to LA, Bowling - Exceed 300 pins, Public Transportation from East side LA - JD Aug 4, 14:06
nmb colinski - Strongbad Aug 4, 13:58
"DeSantis rails at Biden, blames immigrants for record COVID surge" -- (link) - David Aug 4, 13:45 [youtube] 9
- The COVID he says we shouldn’t worry about? -- nm* - Mop Aug 4, 14:14 1
  - Look, if you're gonna pick apart every single lie he tells... -- nm - David Aug 4, 14:33
- I made fun of my friend *last* night for blaming the border for increased cases, in Florida. - Jovian Aug 4, 13:57 2
  - Look, it can't be white people. -- nm - David Aug 4, 14:03
  - *interviewing a border jumper in new mexico* "You just evaded a coyote scam and still have 50 miles to walk with no water before reaching a road. - Beryllium Aug 4, 14:01
- Now all he needs to do is take a ride on an escalator with his whore wife*. - Diva Aug 4, 13:48 2
  - She's almost certainly horrible -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 14:16 1
    - are we talking the Trophy Wife former First Lady? - Jovian Aug 4, 14:49
- Florida really needs to build that wall -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 13:47
The Suicide Squad, featuring John Cena, was slated to be released on HBO Max this Friday. It has been pushed up to Thursday 7pm -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 13:32 5
- This means something… BUT WHAT?! - Mop Aug 4, 13:38 4
  - It only means availabilty moved up 4 hrs. -- nm - mud Aug 4, 13:41 2
    - That’s 240 minutes of box office revenue that you owe me! -- nm - John Cena Aug 4, 13:43 1
      - correct. -- nm - mud Aug 4, 13:43
  - you're welcome for the topic! -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 13:40
REO Speedwagon canceling dates because...you guessed it... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 4, 13:29 19
- I'm apparently going to be the idiot ST canary in the coal mine as I'm still planning on going to HMT. - JD Aug 4, 15:31 1
  - Well, you're tall so you'll be half out of the covid cloud -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 17:23
- I got offered passes to a Free Guy preview next week, i declined. And our cases aren't bad at all, still not wanting to be in a crowd though. -- nm - Andie Aug 4, 14:34
- I'm skipping the Foos and the Hella Mega Tour. The HMT supposedly has strict covid protocols and claims everyone on tour is vaccinated, but Fall Out - jnine Aug 4, 14:01 4
  - I've got a radio station concert I have to go to and other show in Sept. and I'm debating all of them -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 14:21 3
    - I never buy ticket insurance but I did for Letterkenny. February is a long way off, so things could be better. - Spawn Aug 4, 17:06
    - I did Lolla this past weekend, but I have held off on buying tickets to any other shows (especially if indoors). Even before the variant, I just - pmb Aug 4, 14:35
    - I'm going to the Dodger game tonight and then selling my tickets for the rest of the season. I was supposed to go to Hawaii next week, but I canceled it today. -- nm* - jnine Aug 4, 14:26
- Got it from a friend who got it from a friend who got from someone who was messing around -- nm* - ty97 Aug 4, 13:33 4
  - this -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 13:54
  - golf clap -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 13:35 2
    - It’s like the clap, but more polite. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 13:41 1
      - eww -- nm - mud Aug 4, 13:42
- So concerts are going to be verboten again? -- nm - Pippy Aug 4, 13:31 5
  - my pre-show cabaret (featuring Aussie Apricot chicken) will be socially distanced. - Diva Aug 4, 13:55 2
    - **crossing fingers for you ** -- nm - Pippy Aug 4, 13:56 1
      - thx! -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 13:57
  - They should be for at least six weeks until we get this under control again. -- nm - David Aug 4, 13:33
  - right now, my take, is that each show is going to be a 50/50 shot about it. It may or may not happen... -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 13:33
UK study indicates vaccines about 50-60% effective at preventing infection from delta variant (asymptomatic or symptomatic) -- (link) - oblique Aug 4, 13:25
Swapped the SIM card in my phone. Hardest thing was figuring out how to get the protective case off. - Baron of the Rings Aug 4, 13:16 2
- They never show that part in the Bourne movies. -- nm - Mop Aug 4, 13:38
- Just leave some raw meat next to the phone and the cover will crawl to it. - Max Aug 4, 13:22
Mel Brooks announces his memoirs -- (link) - znufrii Aug 4, 13:12
I don’t know if she wants the job, but I’d love to see state senator Alessandra Biaggi run for Governor. - Tim Aug 4, 13:04 5
- Poor Kim would go insane if we had a Governor Biaggi. -- nm - David Aug 4, 13:34
- It seems like it could turn into a free-for-all. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 13:16 2
  - You mean I may now have a chance?? -- nm - Andrew Guiliani Aug 4, 13:18 1
    - It seems like it could turn into a free-for-all....in the Dem primary -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 13:21
- Letita James would likely run for gov. but I'm not sold on Biaggi for higher office yet. -- nm - Krusty Aug 4, 13:15
LIR NMB Ty - my co-worker picked up this e-bike (and he did a pretty thorough check on them before buying 2 - one for his girlfriend too) see link - JenBro Aug 4, 13:03 3
- was it heavy? -- nm - decline Aug 4, 13:05 2
  - He said not too bad ... what he really liked about it was he rode it like a regular bike most of the time ... but after riding a long time - if there - JenBro Aug 4, 13:12 1
    - A friend had one to commute to the ferry, had to exchange the 900 one for the stronger model because of all the hills -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 13:20
Decathlon. Or Judo. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 13:03 6
- Or Kumite -- nm - Strongbad Aug 4, 13:59
- Being good at high jump would be cool. Dwight Stones (assuming he didn't harass the milkshake duck or anything) always seemed pretty chill. -- nm - rollo Aug 4, 13:13
- To the Death! -- nm - eag Aug 4, 13:07 2
  - "Cake, or Decathalon." -- nm - Max Aug 4, 13:08 1
    - I, um, well ... cake, please. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 13:56
- ... you be the judge. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 13:03
Speaking of miles, points, since Delta extended status again and rolling over all of our elite qualifying miles again.... - ty97 Aug 4, 12:53 13
- We have heard you say that before - Pippy Aug 4, 13:16 1
  - I mean, a round the world ticket might only be 300-400k miles for first class. He could take like 3 or 4 of those :) -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 13:33
- I somehow look like I'm going to qualify for Titanium Marriott again (75 nights) due to the bonuses, rollover, etc. they provided -- nm - MDH Aug 4, 13:02 2
  - I recently discovered that they had this level and I just laughed. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 13:03 1
    - (I earned Marriott Gold last year!!!) - ty97 Aug 4, 13:04
- jeebuz man. I think I've earned about 75k points so far this year (so maybe 150k annually). I presume that's years of earning? - oblique Aug 4, 12:56 4
  - Yeah, I haven't redeemed anything in.....who knows. It's numerous years -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 12:57 3
    - Those are the kind of points I read about on Reddit of people doing crazy luxury vacations -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 13:03 2
      - I use some of mine on occasion, but yeah, I kinda would rather use them for something I could never otherwise do - ty97 Aug 4, 13:08 1
        
        I mean, just minimally, the 400k UR points could get you 10 nights on an all inclusive private island via Hyatt (40k points per night) - oblique Aug 4, 13:16
- See what I mean? -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 12:54 2
  - Basically never? -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 12:54 1
    - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 12:55
Dead of Covid - Jovian Aug 4, 12:44 1
- It's interesting (meaning: stupidAF) how the Mayor of Dickinson said Apley's illness 'came out of nowhere'. - Diva Aug 4, 13:07
LIR: Spawn. Amex is a good non-Chase option. Their cards have some great earnings (4x on food/groceries) plus dining credits, Uber credits. But - oblique Aug 4, 12:38 23
- We just got a new Amex so my wife could move over the points from her corporate Amex without having to pay the annual fee. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 4, 13:02
- Amex also isn't accepted everywhere. There are some places that are MC/Visa only. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 12:47 19
  - I haven't encountered any places that didn't take Amex, but there's at least one pizza place that won't take my Discover. -- nm - Max Aug 4, 13:04 2
    - yeah, I almost exclusively use AMEX and can't remember the last time it was an issue -- nm - decline Aug 4, 13:06
    - Tell them you will tip them an extra buck! -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 13:05
  - This is true, but it is at like 99% of places. We use our Hilton Amex for *everything* - JaxSean Aug 4, 12:56 12
    - oh, and Hilton made it easy to hit Diamond this year, so I'm earning Hilton points in good numbers again - ty97 Aug 4, 13:00
    - Yeah for Spawn I'd find one of the 1.5% or 2% cash back cards if any of those are taken apps right now. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 12:58 4
      - Eh, my Discover does 2%. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 12:59 3
        
        There's definitely less places that take Discover than AmEx. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 13:38
        
        oh that's great -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 13:01 1
        
        Yeah, that is their normal mode. Kinkos is about the only place I go that does not take it (and that is new). -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 13:02
    - How do you find the Hilton redemptions? I'm a big fan of Hyatt's program mostly because I can get rooms for 5k or 8k points which seems WAY less than - oblique Aug 4, 12:57 5
      - So I get 3 Hilton Honors Bonus Points for each dollar of eligible purchases. I get 6X that for gas, grocery, and restaurants. 12x on hotel purchases. - JaxSean Aug 4, 13:14 2
        
        ok. that's not bad. Figure 4.5 points per dollar average with a 30k average redemption. Comparable to 1 point per dollar and a 6.6k redemption. -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 13:18
        
        you should go to a gas station and pump gas for, like, 50 people and get a free room!! -- nm - decline Aug 4, 13:16
      - It kinda depends on earning vs redeeming rate when comparing chains - ty97 Aug 4, 13:03 1
        
        True. I never seem to earn quickly with the other programs but I also may be spoiled with the Chase -> Hyatt transfer -- nm - oblique Aug 4, 13:11
  - True. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 12:54 2
    - Chase and AMEX really do have the two best suites of rewards cards though, so....is 30 years enough to try again? :) -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 12:56 1
      - Maybe, but "What's in your wallet?" is so effing nosy. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 12:58
- Costco, citi...we get 500 on average every year -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 12:40
- Card game is such a racket -- nm - budice Aug 4, 12:39
The people who "fall" during Sport Climbing break my heart. - David Aug 4, 12:35 2
- I saw that. It was heartbreaking. But also part of the challenge. - Mop Aug 4, 13:40 1
  - Yup, that's the one. She got an eyelash greedy, and she'll spend years lamenting it. -- nm - David Aug 4, 14:51

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