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mentioned? "Get $40 off a future qualifying purchase over $40 when approved for a credit or debit RedCard." maybe I will get redcard. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 11, 09:24 4
- My mom has one and always uses it only at Target b/c 5% off all purchases there I think? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:30 2
  - Same here -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 09:35
  - Yup. They also have a MasterCard now that gives cash back on non-target purchases. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 09:32
- I did a few years back. The direct attack on checking account isn't worth it for me. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 09:29
Torchy's Tacos in Austin is celebrating 15 years in business with a giveaway contest. Top prize is a trip to Austin and 15 years of free tacos -- (link) - decline Aug 11, 09:21 8
- I literally have taco stands all around me. No! I'm not going to Torchy's! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 09:28 3
  - mmmmm, Torchy's - ty97 Aug 11, 09:29
  - free tacos, Qale -- nm - decline Aug 11, 09:29 1
    - I mean, a trip to Austin is always fun. But it's not like tacos are expensive... - Qale Aug 11, 09:32
- mmmmm, Torchy's -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:23 3
  - my favorite chain of this ilk - Epiphany Aug 11, 09:25 2
    - My most recent Torchy's eat was at the location pictured in the article. mmmm, torchy's -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:27 1
      - you should enter the contest - decline Aug 11, 09:29
my email signature is name/unit/phone. - amanda jeans Aug 11, 09:18 15
- Mine just says "Live. Laugh. Love." -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 09:34 2
  - *bludgeons you* -- nm - Dr. Rick Aug 11, 09:35 1
    - "No no, you're not assisting him. You hired him" -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 09:37
- Wait, her email is in her email signature? -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 09:26
- Mine says: Sent from an Apple device by a legion of Nanites. - Qale Aug 11, 09:23
- she needs to add zodiac sign and blood type to that sig -- nm - decline Aug 11, 09:22
- has not worked since 2019 is par for the course -- nm - budice Aug 11, 09:19
- We have required templates for this very reason. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 09:19 3
  - Us as well. But email is in the sig. - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 09:35
  - The ones at work have this huge ignorable paragraph about the company guidelines to not share internal messaging. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 09:25
  - (someone a few years ago put an animated GIF in hers) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 09:19
- seriously why -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:19 3
  - (I don't get sigs with all that info) -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:19 2
    - email address in email sign is infuriating. also we haven't been at work for over a year. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 11, 09:20 1
      - ah, indeed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 09:26
Pippy, fwiw, I just rescheduling my cleaning yesterday. It was next Monday. I pushed it until early September. - David Aug 11, 09:17 1
- thanks. I'm being pessimistic in that this may be my last opportunity for a while - Pippy Aug 11, 09:20
Valparaiso has announced they are now the Beacons, replacing Crusaders - Strongbad Aug 11, 09:17 1
- I thought they were the Chinese Communists, I'm so confused -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 09:18
Found my face mask! -- (link) - ty97 Aug 11, 09:15 1
- love it -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 09:22
‘Jeopardy’ Set to Announce Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik Splitting Host Duties -- nm - mara Aug 11, 09:02 4
- I'm really excited about half of that! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 09:15
- Andrew Cuomo to fill out the threesome, will host every friday -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 09:05 2
  - but only for the sexy contestants -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 09:10 1
    - but he's Italian Stallion - Cuomosexuals -- nm - budice Aug 11, 09:11
New cases in the county where I work in the last seven days: 86, 91, 103, 80, 68, 86, 203. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 09:01 2
- 1,487...3,952...4,018...608...559...1,093. The better number is the average: 1,993. UGLY. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 09:37
- Yep, yep, well, ooh, hey!, oops, dang -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 09:02
Free Guy 86% (85/14), Respect 70% (24/11), Don Breathe 2 nsy -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 08:59
Colts: Ballard and Reich signed through 2026 -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 08:56
Krusty alert, I usually only pay attention to their bourbon raffles, but they’re doing Jordans this time around -- (link) - znufrii Aug 11, 08:56 1
- Nice! Those are actually very nice and expensive Jordans. Those aren't just some average pairs you can buy for $200. The Union Jordan 1 -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 11, 09:02
chicken tendies alert! nearly 60,000 pounds of frozen chicken products have been recalled for Serenade Foods. Brands include Dutch Farms, - decline Aug 11, 08:35 4
- I think Kirkwood is a Costco brand -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:49 2
  - Isn't it Kirkland? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 09:40
  - Can confirm. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 08:50
- hrrmmm ...frozen chicken products -- nm - homer Aug 11, 08:36
/~ here comes the rain again ~/ -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 08:30
Green Knight to be available for streaming one night only ($20) from distributor -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 08:24 13
- Can I watch it on my TV through my Roku? -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 08:34 4
  - all done thru A24 website -- nm - budice Aug 11, 08:34 3
    - What? It says "WEB APPLE TV ROKU" in huge letters right on the page. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 08:46 2
      - I just add the A24 Screening Room channel to my Roku. Thanks. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 08:55
      - i did website, could be avail elsewhere -- nm - budice Aug 11, 08:54
- A24 did the same with Zola, was $20 -- nm - budice Aug 11, 08:25 7
  - is the Green Knight worth $ 20 and did anyone see Zola? that movie looked whack -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:26 6
    - No but it’s on Vudu. -- nm - David Aug 11, 09:22
    - Zola is whack but watchable -- nm - budice Aug 11, 08:29 3
      - Wiggity-whack? - znufrii Aug 11, 09:30
      - it was awesome. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:27 -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:32 1
        
        whack implied in a good way -- nm - budice Aug 11, 08:34
    - it was awesome. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:27
I've got a secret screening tonight - any guesses what it might be? - LMS Aug 11, 08:21 20
- Bond. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 09:00
- Paw Patrol -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 08:57
- No age restriction? Free Guy I’m guessing. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 08:52 2
  - It's been getting a lot of previews so it's my guess too, despite being out Friday. -- nm - LMS Aug 11, 09:16 1
    - They're pushing it hard here. I don't think anyone but Reynolds could pull it off but I'm probably going to go see it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 09:37
- Lamb -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:27 11
  - fi so, we definitely need a review! -- nm - decline Aug 11, 08:31 10
    - a spoilerific review as I'm unlikely to watch it. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:34 9
      - I don't think there was an age restriction on the screening so it probably won't be Lamb. - LMS Aug 11, 08:38
      - I'm waiting until I can do a Pig/Lamb double feature. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 08:37 7
        
        Tangent: Local drive-in first triple feature of the year is this weekend. Don't Breathe 2, Escape Room 2 and Quiet Place 2. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 08:47 4
        
        did you manage to catch QP2? I really liked it. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:49 3
        
        It was my second or third in theater. Yes, quite good. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 08:54 2
        
        spoiler - Spawn Aug 11, 09:13 1
        
        agreed -- nm - mud Aug 11, 09:21
        
        hrrmmm ...piglamb -- nm - homer Aug 11, 08:42 1
        
        Sure Lisa, some *magical* animal ... -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 08:44
- Green Knight -- nm - Shaun Aug 11, 08:25 1
  - oh good guess - mud Aug 11, 08:26
- Reminiscence -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:24
The young woman in the cube near me has the worst vocal fry voice ever. Every statement she says is a drawn out question. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:18 3
- Slip a box of Luden's onto her desk when she's powdering her nose. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 11, 08:26
- Vocal fry? Someone in my department has the worst I've heard too! -- nm - mara Aug 11, 08:20
- The Coves! -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:19
Adam Scott had covid back in February - and got the vaccine after -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 08:17
Dear Ron's Gone Wrong: warranties exist -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 08:09
The Malevolent Madness of ‘The Ren & Stimpy Show,’ 30 Years Later - JD Aug 11, 08:05 18
- I was out of the Nickelodeon age at that point but my brother wasn't. R&S was just gross and dumb, I don't get it -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 08:22 9
  - "Out of Nickeodeon age" hahaha. - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 08:48 5
    - I was 12 when it came out so yeah…. - spamlet Aug 11, 08:54 4
      - I was in college. Lets just say those little scamps joined my on a few trips and leave it at that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 09:04
      - Yeah, it is definitely super icky to know. - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 08:58 2
        
        (also... I was 23 when it came out.) - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 08:59 1
        
        I do too. See discussion on watching Fairly Oddparents with the kid. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 09:01
  - You whizzed on the electric fence, didn't you? -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 08:24 2
    - I think he suffers from the space madness. -- nm - VMan Aug 11, 08:48 1
      - Oh, my beloved ice cream bar. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 08:49
- I think it's time to turn the kid onto R&S. - spamlet Aug 11, 08:10 7
  - Happy Happy Joy Joy! -- (link) - JD Aug 11, 08:12 [youtube] 6
    - I’m pretty sure I showed her this at one point too. - spamlet Aug 11, 08:17 5
      - To build the anticipation, buy her a Log! -- nm - VMan Aug 11, 08:22 4
        
        It's better than good! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 08:43 3
        
        It’s better than bad, it’s good. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 08:46 2
        
        Ah, yes. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 08:48 1
        
        From Blammo! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 11, 08:53
Guess the percentage: As of August 10, _____% of Fairfax Health District residents ages 12-17 have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. " - prayformojo Aug 11, 08:04 13
- answer: 76.65% Nice job jax! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 08:29 1
  - If you need any other locales, just ask him. Jax is stacked with vax facts, and not just for Fairfax. -- nm* - rollo Aug 11, 09:31
- 75% -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 08:21
- Fairfax? 85. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 08:20
- 312.50% -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 08:17
- 63% -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:14
- 1% -- nm - decline Aug 11, 08:12
- 19. Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nineteen, nineteen. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 11, 08:11
- nmbpfm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:10
- negative 5 -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:06
- 11% -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 08:06
- 34 -- nm - mara Aug 11, 08:05
- 31.250% -- nm - mud Aug 11, 08:05
Cross-chain DeFi site Poly Network hacked; Hundreds of millions potentially lost -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 07:56 9
- Lost? Or converted to traditional currency and put in my bank account? :fingers crossed: -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 08:13
- but what does it actually mean? - decline Aug 11, 08:12 3
  - At the core, someone exploited a smart contract to transfer a variety of coins to their own wallets. Looks like the blacklist is working -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 08:17 2
    - Seems like a really stupid way to steal money -- nm - decline Aug 11, 08:43 1
      - In many ways, yes. For all the hate for blockchain and criticisms of privacy, etc., it is the most transparent ledger around - oblique Aug 11, 08:53
- see, masks don't hlp nothin' at all! -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 08:03
- Surely there's some regulator they can go to for relief... Oh. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 08:01
- *walks around with "Crypto is the new root of all evil" sign* -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 11, 07:58 1
  - GOD HATES BITCOIN! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 08:01
I think I need some turntable to improve my mood this morning. Also: Later today, The Twenty will feature new Duran Duran. So that's nice. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 07:56
DTL: Get your recruiting requests in to capitalize on the week 1 bonus. - Baron and Barratry Aug 11, 07:53 10
- rollo, I did the same joke in my head when I noticed Macareno in my region. - spamlet Aug 11, 08:38 3
  - My favorite non-dirty name is Chayse Hayes. His middle initial is obviously C as his parents love anagrams. - Baron and Barratry Aug 11, 08:44 2
    - Oh... There should be a Chayse Longue -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 08:59
    - Daniel Brander ... of the NXIVM Branders -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 08:58
- At best, I’m in a 3/3 tie on one of my guys. I know that upfront. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:38 2
  - Currently I'm considering maxing Daniels so ... 4/4 -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 08:39 1
    - I would abandon but my contingency list is at home. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 09:36
- I went with a different strategy this time. I think I'll have a good shot at clear leads on 2 out of my 3 maxes. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 08:36
- None of my 4 maxes have otherwise been posted but I expect competition on at least one. - spamlet Aug 11, 07:54 1
  - Now one has but he’s the one I expected competition on - spamlet Aug 11, 08:56
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, America's Got Talent, Big Brother, MasterChef, Press Your Luck, Riverdale, $100,000 Pyramid, In the Dark, Love Island, Superstar -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 07:51 1
- Family Game Fight, The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies, What If? (D+), Kissing Booth 3 (NF), Bake Squad (NF), Good Trouble, Dave, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 07:53
And our school district will require universal indoor masking for the 2021-22 school year, regardless of vaccination status. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 11, 07:47 4
- All five major cities in Texas are now instituting mask mandates in schools, in open defiance of Governor Abbott. Two of them are also suing. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 07:52 1
  - He is a tool. I'm glad the schools are taking matters into their own hands -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 08:00
- That's nice. I hope some school districts here do that, but I am not optimistic. - Subversive Aug 11, 07:51
- Bunch of traitors. -- nm - VMan Aug 11, 07:49

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