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Dear HR, if you’re so keen on us being able to spot phishing attempts, maybe don’t send out legitimate emails that look like obvious phishing attempts -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:16 1
- They even misspelled HR! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 10:17
LYC: Went out to the lot at lunch and replaced the other solenoid VVT in my car's engine. While I felt some improvement replacing the exhaust one - oblique Aug 5, 10:15 1
- Coolio -- nm - budice Aug 5, 10:18
Giants: Jason Garrett told reporters to call him Coach.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 5, 10:13 17
- While rollo has a point, Dorothy isn't in Dallas anymore. Don't start fighting with the NY media until you win something. -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 10:24
- Is Coach That Dallas Fired acceptable? - David Aug 5, 10:24 1
  - 🤣🤣 -- nm - Diva Aug 5, 10:37
- He has a legitimate job title. The media is there to talk to him as that title. Use it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 10:21 3
  - It would sound pretty weird to be that formal in the White House Press room. "Jen-" "Please preamble all questions with White House Press Secretary" -- nm - Max Aug 5, 10:29 1
    - Yup. He was being pissy. No more, no less. -- nm - David Aug 5, 10:29
  - “Ok, Coordinator Garrett.” -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:26
- Any man who has to say they are the king, is no king. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:19
- Meh. I'm ok with demanding respect in the right context, and this seems to qualify -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 10:17 2
  - Eh. He’s *a* coach, not *the* Coach. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:25
  - If he can cut me, I'll call him coach. Otherwise... -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 10:21
- You earn respect, you don't demand it. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 10:16 3
  - He earned it by virtue of earning the job. No, he's not in the govmnt or military, but he's in football, and football is weird about shit like this -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 10:19 1
    - Yes, it is weird. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 10:21
  - Hes earned it -- nm - budice Aug 5, 10:18
- Ok Francis. -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 5, 10:14 1
  - Hee -- nm - Pippy Aug 5, 10:25
Richard Trumka, pres of AFL-CIO via Central Casting, dead at the age of 72 from apparent heart attack. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 10:08
My current "look" such as it is can best be described as "... DIERKS!" -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 10:03
ST Poll: this outdoor sittin setup - yay or nay? - chicken daddy Aug 5, 10:03 14
- Have you seen the price of wood? That seems like thick solid planks, not crappo box store junk... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 10:27
- $300 seems more like it -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 10:14
- not at that price -- nm - decline Aug 5, 10:13
- Nay. The discolored (not stained?) board on the table bothers me. And the umbrella is all wrong. It looks like something that hold a cherry in a drin -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 5, 10:10 1
  - I agree with zunk. - ReluctantCynic Aug 5, 10:17
- Nay at that price. And a big pass on the umbrella -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 10:08 2
  - “Umbrella not included.” -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:11 1
    - I saw that after I posted. Mercy still exists in this world. But I wouldn't pay $450 for a four plank table with one plank bleached a whole different - crash davis Aug 5, 10:14
- No -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 10:04 3
  - too rustic? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 5, 10:06 2
    - Yes. Looks like a primitive campsite picnic table after 20 hard summers. I mean it’s a “ look” but…? -- nm - Pippy Aug 5, 10:26 1
      - Exactly -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 10:29
- Thumbs up. -- nm - mara Aug 5, 10:04
- I like. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 10:04
sitwap - Philip Rivers says he's 'staying ready,' won't close door on possible NFL return - crash davis Aug 5, 10:00 1
- I could be throwing interceptions for your team any day now! -- nm - David Aug 5, 10:25
sitwap - Teamwide brawl that pins Daniel Jones in pile abruptly ends New York Giants' training camp practice - crash davis Aug 5, 09:55 1
- The players were just working on their fumble recovery drill that Daniel Jones is so good at initiating. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:57
New series of Ghosts starts here on Monday so I guess HBO Max will get it 6 weeks after, you might finally get the Xmas special too. -- nm - LMS Aug 5, 09:53
So this literally made me laugh out loud. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 5, 09:50 1
- heh. I was hoping it was this when I clicked. I had the same reaction the other day -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 09:51
So if I feel like I'm catching a cold, I pretty much have to get tested for Covid, right? (I'm not, I'm just thinking ahead.) -- nm - mara Aug 5, 09:47 6
- I would if I was running a fever -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 09:50 3
  - I haven't had a fever with a cold since I was a kid, and I've been pretty sick, including terrible coughs. -- nm - mara Aug 5, 09:52 2
    - fever has been the leading COVID indicator for me. I could be wrong about it. maybe delta is different but if I wasn't running a fever I would be - oblique Aug 5, 09:53 1
      - I'm pretty sure that fever is still associated with delta, it's loss of smell that seems less prevalent. Based on what I read. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 10:09
- I would. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 09:49
- If it happens to me I will grab one of the at home tests just to be safe -- nm - decline Aug 5, 09:48
‘No one who was there that day was ever the same again’ – the untold story of Hillsborough survivor Neil Hodgson - JD Aug 5, 09:46
The idiot on that Frontier flight will forever be on the internet as the guy who got himself duct taped to a chair on his flight. - Diva Aug 5, 09:46 2
- "To be honest ... it's the only way to fly. After that, I began requesting duct tape for all my flights. It's kind of like a weighted blanket." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:48 1
  - L4! -- nm - Pippy Aug 5, 10:29
Better Olympic Sports -- (link*) - budice Aug 5, 09:41 2
- I wish to change my "good at Olympics" answer yesterday from Table Tennis to Trampoline Fencing -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 09:47 1
  - But the actual correct answer is Doggy Dancing. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 10:13
Georgia Republicans didn’t waste any time in using their new voter suppression law -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 09:29 1
- scared shitless, indeed -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:31
always fun to be subject to another persons call in the office where they are complaining about other people -- (edited) - tRuMaN Aug 5, 09:25
IMDb TV now has standalone apps for Android and iOS in the US -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 09:23
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:12 13
- The latest CDC county view map from August 3rd got a lot redder -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 09:20
- I honestly thought they meant Cubans. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:15 11
  - Yup, maybe others too. A majority of U.S. unauthorized immigrants live in just six states, and Florida comes in second. -- (link) - mara Aug 5, 09:22 1
    - That's a map of the most populous states though. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 09:26
  - They don't cross a border. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:19 7
    - The edge of our country is a border! Or do you mean a... rubber for the penis of the US? -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:20 1
      - That would've been much more useful than a wall -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:21
    - Oh, come on. Every state has borders. -- nm - mara Aug 5, 09:20 4
      - Yes, Florida certainly borders Florida and Alabama -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 09:27
      - A coastline and a border are slightly different. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:20 2
        
        No, I'm incorrect - I'm trying to say that a political/geometric border is different from an ocean border, but failing to realize that the - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:27
        
        Ever heard of a moat? -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 09:22
  - You thought about it more than they did -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 09:16
PIRR - In minutes and seconds (mm:ss) what is the difference between the World Record time for the 50K running vs. 50K race walking? -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 09:07 12
- 31.25 min. -- nm - Max Aug 5, 09:22
- 22:23 -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 09:20
- 45mins, cause 50k is a long ways -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 09:16 5
  - Winner! The actual answer is 50:26 -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 09:27 4
    - so are they really fast walkers or really slow runners? -- nm - decline Aug 5, 09:37 2
      - Racewalking is so fast it looks like jogging. -- nm - mara Aug 5, 09:41 1
        
        Yeah... I was actually expecting the difference to be less based on how fast it seems the racewalkers are. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 09:48
    - I am winning? feels so strange. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 5, 09:35
- 1:01 -- nm - decline Aug 5, 09:13
- 22:22 -- nm - mara Aug 5, 09:13
- 18:44 -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 09:11
- 12:55 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:08
LYC, Mrs Dragon and I have really enjoyed bindging Prime Originals...but not enough seasons...now we wait - SyrDragon Aug 5, 09:07 3
- I'm currently re-watching The Expanse. Again. Midway through season 2. (Seasons 4, 5, and the upcoming season 6 are made by Amazon) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 09:09
- Amazon has some decent content that I think gets overlooked. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 09:08
- Have you watched Mrs. Maisel? -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 09:08
Arn Anderson on his best friend. -- (link) - David Aug 5, 09:07
Pretty amazing thread about guest appearances on Miami Vice. It’s……quite a laundry list. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 5, 09:02 2
- Phil the Shill is perhaps my favorite of the Miami Vice celebrity guests. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 09:39
- I miss that show. - Spawn Aug 5, 09:04
Copshop - Trailer -- (link) - Shaun Aug 5, 09:01 [youtube]
DTL: do you guys use PPs or just let the computer decide? - spamlet Aug 5, 08:50 4
- Generally I order my maxes and let the computer decide on CLs so I in theory get the "best" available, assuming my maxes are better than my CLs. -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 09:42 1
  - If I had a specific need (height, PG) I would use the PPs to make sure I got what I needed -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 09:43
- I assign them all in terms of if I could sign all my recruits, which order would I take them. Don’t get too cute but I use it each cycle. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 09:25
- I use a mix. There isn't a way to make conditional preferences though. (Like if I don't get Player A, then I want Player B) -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 08:58
I actually had something intelligent to say, but I posted so many stupid comments that I forgot what it was. -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:47 9
- 4x100 relay? -- nm - budice Aug 5, 08:54 1
  - I choose to think of this as an invitation. - David Aug 5, 09:49
- You were going to regale me over my awesomeness -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 08:48 6
  - You are awesome but that goes without me having to say it. -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:48 5
    - oh, go on, it's fine, I don't mind -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 08:50 4
      - That nice of you, but I and everyone else here knows how embarrassed you get by compliments. So we'll all skip them. -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:51 2
        
        The Oatmeal just had a fun comic about this -- (link) - znufrii Aug 5, 09:07 1
        
        there is a lot in there to process but its helpful. I have brain wrinkles with compliments - meaning I give the person facts about the issue - Epiphany Aug 5, 09:29
      - You're almost as amazing as Buffalo. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 08:51
I picked up Trader Joe's tots yesterday and I highly recommend them. Some of the best I've had. - Krusty Aug 5, 08:38 8
- our trader joe's I think is smaller than most so we don't get some things. I am betting we won't see tots, but if we do... -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 5, 09:01 3
  - Ours is kind of small, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 5, 09:07 1
    - we don't have mozz sticks at ours. like, how? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 5, 09:12
  - My TJ's is a small one as well. But they have multiple open freezer aisles with lots of frozen veggies and stuff. I was happy to see they had tots and - Krusty Aug 5, 09:03
- I've got a weakness for tots. I'll keep this in mind when I make a TJ's run in Boise -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:48 3
  - I'm a big fan myself and I've tried a bunch. These are really good and cheap. Might have been $1.99 for a big bag. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 09:01 2
    - Their fries are equally good -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 09:02 1
      - Good to know. I'll grab a bag next time I'm there. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 09:25
Achievement get! West elm mid-century buffet acquired. (lyc) -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 08:36 13
- Man, I wish we would have kept some of my grandparent's furniture. They passed just before MCM went nuts. -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 08:50 2
  - I’m not a huge fan of it in general as a matter of personal taste, but I think the pieces we picked out work well in the space we have. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 5, 09:05
  - It is amazing, in twenty years I went from "wow, that is dated" to "ya know, that look was kind of cool" -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:58
- $1100?!?!?!?! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 08:47 2
  - Got it for $615 from the outlet store. - znufrii Aug 5, 08:53 1
    - look at you bargain shopper! Well done! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 08:55
- Does a mid-century buffet include both stuffed celery and Salisbury steak? -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:41 6
  - It might…. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 08:45
  - And gelatin salad, have to have one of those -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:43 4
    - Of course. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 08:45 3
      - I was having fun with the dual word meaning. Actually, congrats on your furniture. 😺 -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 08:46 2
        
        Thanks! One piece left to complete our set. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 5, 08:59 1
        
        I really kind of like this bar -- nm - crash davis Aug 5, 09:09
*chops in Spanish* -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 08:33
Caption/riff on this (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Aug 5, 08:30 11
- Get this kid an air sick bag, he's about to hurl -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 10:41
- "I think you will find it quite difficult to rent any venues for your Sweet Sixteen, Emily, unless you acede to my request." -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 09:53
- "My parents are worth 2 million dollars, meaning I would sell them for 2 million dollars." -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 09:40
- Nice jacket. -- nm - Biden Aug 5, 09:13
- Nah. -- nm - Ephebophile Aug 5, 09:06
- "looking forward to voting for the first time in '24 and hoping that his idol runs again" -- nm - mud Aug 5, 08:41
- "Get me that one stylist who specializes in private planes and designer glasses. We want the d-bag in the photo turned up to 11" -- nm - Forbes editor Aug 5, 08:37
- The Alternate Life of Timothy Chalamet -- nm - Max Aug 5, 08:35 1
  - It's basically the same as dune - Beryllium Aug 5, 08:37
- Stranger Things S5: Tales from the Crypto -- nm* - budice Aug 5, 08:34
- ...who is on his way to an Austin Powers cosplay event. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 08:33
LIR: Corny White Sox uniform ala Nike - zunk xometimes Aug 5, 08:30 [Attachment]
Have we talked about Trump cards? Trump is asking his cult to choose their favorite out of 4 designs. - loosilu Aug 5, 08:27 14
- Oh, hold me. I'm so scared. -- nm - American Express Aug 5, 08:38
- why does he need cards? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 5, 08:30 12
  - So his followers can own the libs with their Trump cards. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 5, 08:36 1
    - boo! *throws a lawsuit at you* -- (link*) - Max Aug 5, 08:37 [Backboard]
  - It's basically fundraising. They click a design and are taken to a donation page. -- (link) - mara Aug 5, 08:33
  - same reason he needs rage rallies? -- nm - loosilu Aug 5, 08:33 2
    - Crippling malignant narcissism? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 08:36 1
      - yes! -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 08:37
  - Card$ -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:31 5
    - so, fake credit cards because everything and I mean EVVV-ER-Y THING about him is Fake. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 08:39 4
      - Yeah, or these are the new Voter ID Cards. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:41 3
        
        uh huh -- nm - mud Aug 5, 08:42 2
        
        Scared shitless, indeed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:49 1
        
        :-[ -- nm - mud Aug 5, 09:47
The death of us all, the cash, the kill. They're selling us off to make the deal. - David Aug 5, 08:25
Maybe. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 08:25

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