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I'm glad I paid that much to do that to myself. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 13:11 1
- *fist pump* - budice Aug 14, 13:15
Trevor Bauer just went public -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 13:10 1
- These SPACs are getting out of control -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 13:12
5000 now -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 13:07
Jimmy Johnson and his Superbowl rings lecturing the Jags -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 13:02
They just showed a shot of the crowd at Soldier Field. So many people. No masks. Yikes. -- nm - Diva Aug 14, 12:19 1
- I am glad I got to my annual Mets game when I did. I'd be considerably more worried now. -- nm - Tim Aug 14, 12:53
Pete Campbell from MadMen in trouble for bad behavior -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 12:08
So far, the scouting report on Fields looks dead on. -- nm - David Aug 14, 11:54 6
- In what way? I remember there was critical scouting of him from some (and I was a skeptic), but I just turned on for that last drive and was impresse -- nm - pmb Aug 14, 12:01 4
  - Poor decision making, questionable accuracy, incredible open field athlete. -- nm - David Aug 14, 12:04 3
    - Sounds familiar. -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 14, 12:48
    - I feel like we’re not watching the same game. Decision making has looked excellent to me. Accuracy plenty good. Always hard to tell when he’s facing - pmb Aug 14, 12:10 1
      - He's thrown off the wrong leg in the end zone, nearly getting picked (twice). He refused to throw a ball eight yards to an uncovered receiver. - David Aug 14, 12:16
- QB1! -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 14, 12:01
Question of the day..... Lots of connection problems with Alexa lately -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:31 [Attachment] 6
- "Alexa, what's you problem?" -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:34
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) -- (link*) - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:31 [Attachment] 4
  - 1/2 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 11:34
  - 2/2 -- nm - Diva Aug 14, 11:33
  - Answer (spoiler) - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:31 1
    - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 14, 11:47
Does it get more "slow news day"? -- (link) - TWuG Aug 14, 11:18 1
- Isn't it awesome that we can have a slow news day and not worry if the president will start a war with a tweet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:59
This is proof of life at hole 11 - Reagen Aug 14, 11:03 8
- Come on in! The water hazards are fine! -- nm - Hungry Gator Aug 14, 13:13
- "Sure, let's get in a round of 18." -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:33
- Whatever the seasonally opposite of this is, we have it standing by -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:15 [youtube]
- How do we know that Bery didn’t introduce scheduled posts? -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 11:12 1
  - Bery is too exhausted to commit to writing new features, unfortunately. - Beryllium Aug 14, 11:25
- Kim and I aren’t going to save you this time! -- nm - David Aug 14, 11:09
- any birdies? -- nm - mud Aug 14, 11:04 1
  - I saw a partridge earlier. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 11:10
I'm going to leave work to get taco bell and not come back till tomorrow. get upset about that! -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 14, 10:59 1
- *cries in yallah* -- nm - budice Aug 14, 11:00
Fields first drive: 2/2, 10 yards what I saw -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 10:59 2
- I just watched him throw two sloppy passes, one of which had no chance of making it past the line of scrimmage. -- nm - David Aug 14, 11:08 1
  - Eek. -- nm - David Aug 14, 11:14
the Gooding car auction at Pebble Beach starts in a few minutes -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 14, 10:57 [youtube] 3
- here's the catalogue. They are starting with lot 101 today -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 14, 10:59 2
  - Lot 110 starts the Neil Peart cars -- (link) - TWuG Aug 14, 13:09
  - Wow,there goes all the lotto money I haven't won yet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:14
The nice compromise between Mop and myself, Titans S3 drop was 3 episodes. Of course, I did not know this and was confused when episode 4 did not play -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:42
I Love this Mass Mutual commercial -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 14, 10:28 [youtube]
Armed with Narcan, POC Queer Positivity, and a lot of HYPERPOP Power, nightlife party sksksks aims to ignite new clubgoing experiences in NYC. -- (link*) - Qale Aug 14, 10:26 4
- They've thought of everything! -- nm - Stefon Aug 14, 12:09 1
  - There’s the reply I was waiting on! -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 13:14
- This week I have been armed with Narcan, POC Queer Positivity, and a lot of HYPERPOP Power. -- nm - Daavid Aug 14, 10:30 1
  - I could see that. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 10:38
TIL that there are different types of hydrogen (classified by the way they are created), and that it might be worse than coal. Sort of. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 14, 09:48
“Did one of the Paw Patrol dogs die?” -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 09:47 1
- I busted up at that. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:32
"Trevor Bauer given protective order by Ohio woman in 2020, as Dodgers pitcher denies report's allegations" - David Aug 14, 09:39 6
- "given" -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 09:54
- yikes - Diva Aug 14, 09:48 1
  - Blood in her eyes? Jebus. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:32
- The one where the woman drove up from SD to see him seemed to be not his fault -- nm - budice Aug 14, 09:46 1
  - Driving up to see him doesn't mean it's ok to give s8meone severe head trauma and bruising by punching them in the face. -- nm - jnine Aug 14, 15:59
- Him being a misogynistic asshole is the least surprising thing ever. He’s a Twitter bully beyond belief. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 09:44
OTD 50 yrs ago: 'Who's Next' released. -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 09:33
Oh good, my phone doesn’t think I’m a lesbian anymore. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 09:01 3
- Nathan Fillion gif -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 09:16
- *Insert Family Guy joke here* -- nm - budice Aug 14, 09:02 1
  - Holy Crap, Lois. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 09:21
Prime Minister Trudeau is expected to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament Sunday, which will trigger a fall election. -- (link) - budice Aug 14, 08:56
I had blissfully forgotten about the PPC and Bernier until I saw this poll. (Caution: the graph baseline is 50%, which is weird) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 14, 08:56 1
- If someone can find an American version, I'd like to see that -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 08:57
Roy Kent is a legend. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 08:20
FreeGuy: $10.5M at FRI -- nm - budice Aug 14, 08:19 2
- I expected much less actually. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 14, 10:17 1
  - Blake Lively ass bump. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:31
check my math, please? my friend is camping and I am watching his cats. all week I have been disposing of dead bats the cats leave me onesie twosie. - amanda jeans Aug 14, 08:03 7
- Are you watching the loud cat with the floofy ears? -- nm - Pippy Aug 14, 08:59 1
  - oh I wish. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 14, 09:50
- Hats for Bats -- nm - budice Aug 14, 08:53
- You signed up to watch cats, not clean up bats. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 08:10 3
  - Yeah. And A) bats populations are shrinking, B) what about rabies??, C) cats are remorseless killing machines that shouldn't be allowed outdoors ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 08:35 2
    - it's a really old house. the bats are inside. it's very common here actually. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 14, 09:51 1
      - Oh, so it's kind of like a perimeter defense? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 09:52
The father of the boy who doesn't win has to mow the lawn in his wife's Sunday dress. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Baron and Barratry Aug 14, 07:59 [Attachment]
Beckett (JD Washington [who is good as always here]/Netflix): B -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 07:14
Haiti struck by 7.2-magnitude earthquake -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 07:08 1
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 07:10
Crowds are going to make a massive difference in the Premier League. (Assuming they last) -- nm - Volnelk Aug 14, 06:28 1
- It seems to be working at Goodison Park 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 14, 08:39
Look buddy, maybe hide-and-seek just isn't your thing.... -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 14, 06:04 1
- *snork* -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:45
Oh look it's Orlando Bloom in S3 ep 3 of Midsomer Murders. -- nm - LMS Aug 14, 03:17 3
- Spoler - LMS Aug 14, 03:31 2
  - Just watched the first Foyle's War, it had James McAvoy and the samw suspect. -- nm - . Aug 14, 03:49 1
    - McAvoy turns up in an episode of Inspector Lynley with Idris Elba. - LMS Aug 14, 05:27
I'm hungry for a job, I'm hungry for a meal, I'm hungry for the good things I'm too proud to steal -- nm - Lemon Pie for the Poor Aug 14, 02:09
remember the NY subway pizza rat? I was walking my dog past the 7/11 and he found a slice of pizza on the ground, the little guy dragged and ate - zeitgeist Aug 14, 01:15
In other pandemic news, from 23 years ago ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 14, 00:22 1
- I was a portrait photographer in SF, the music group that did the famous Wizard of Oz disco hired me to do a group tableau, not quite Night Watch but. - zeitgeist Aug 14, 01:12
Carnival cruise had 27 vaccinated people on board get Covid. Good news - Epiphany Aug 13, 22:07 18
- nice. Here's hoping this only gets better -- nm - JaxSean Aug 14, 06:37
- Even Professor Farnsworth wouldn't call this good news. -- nm - David Aug 13, 22:30 11
  - ... it's way better news than a plague ship. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 22:44 10
    - It IS a plague ship. -- nm - David Aug 13, 23:11 9
      - But if only 1% were affected by the outbreak and it has petered out, then it's not a plague ship. It's a vaccinated ship. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 23:14 8
        
        Dude, a publicist is trying to spin the positives in 27 people having an infectious disease. - David Aug 13, 23:30 6
        
        *janet voice* not a publicist - Pippy Aug 14, 09:04 2
        
        Not you. The woman in the article. -- nm - David Aug 14, 10:28 1
        
        I was being goofy :) -- nm - Pippy Aug 14, 16:53
        
        Although, now that I spin this over in my head, I'm a bit impressed. You are being a goldfish. - David Aug 13, 23:31 2
        
        I wouldn't get on a cruise ship to begin with. Even before covid, they were plague ships. - Beryllium Aug 13, 23:39 1
        
        Exactly. The whole thing is maddening. -- nm - David Aug 14, 00:11
        
        I mean, when we had the real plague ship problem last year, they were practically having to throw together makeshift morgues. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 23:15
- I've been asked about a cruise from NY a year from now. Fingers crossed. -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 22:16
- just how congested are the work spaces? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 22:11 3
  - My thought as well. And one passenger who took the bartender’s offer for a private mixology class - Epiphany Aug 13, 22:17 2
    - maybe it was the one passenger working for uh tips -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 00:09
    - Licking the wrong doorknobs, my friend. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 22:33
I think the kits have forgiven me. They ignored me for the first hour or two after I got home, although there was much interest in my suitcase :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 21:47 1
- They eventually get back to loving you. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 04:35
happy birthday, Dano and Mop!! :) - -- nm - i.b.! Aug 13, 21:25 2
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 21:35
- happy birthday :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 21:35
You wouldn’t guess by the way every Elders Scrolls game preceding Skyrim starts, but escaping jail is a rare achievement on XBOX. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 20:52
This is a heck of a race. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 13, 20:45 3
- The US faded in the stretch...where's Israel, they were supposed to be the most vaxxed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 00:12 1
  - Population 9m. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 14, 06:56
- Shit, here comes Canada! -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 21:01
This little girl is amazing.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 13, 19:26 3
- the end was starting to freak me out -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 22:13
- a perfect example why the Olympic hi dive commentators said the 14 & 15 year old Chinese medalists may not be good enough for the 2024 Olympics -- (edited) - Peglegpete Aug 13, 20:56
- 'tis no girl, 'tis a wicked shape-shifting invertebrate of the deep! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 20:41
UPSET!!! -- nm - David Aug 13, 19:25 1
- It gets better. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 10:46
The Cubs have given up 41 runs in their last three games. - zunk xometimes Aug 13, 19:25 3
- Depends on how many you score. -- nm - spamlet Aug 14, 08:32
- Three games? At least it wasn't one. -- nm - . Aug 13, 20:21
- that never happened in our day -- nm - Tinker, Evers & Chance Aug 13, 19:27
hot crowd in Brittsburgh tonight -- nm - Remlik Aug 13, 19:07
What did ST think of B99 S8 E1 and E2? -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 13, 18:27 3
- The first episode was rough, but they couldn’t ignore the elephant in the room. I just feel they were heavy handed about it. -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 20:17
- My DVR didn't record it and I haven't had a chance to watch it on Hulu. I'll watch it tomorrow morning. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 19:17
- I don't usually backboard that far. -- nm - Qale Aug 13, 18:37
you can *really* taste the Olaf! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 18:12 1
- Prophetic post! - Dark Callisto Aug 14, 11:56 [Attachment]
Charlie Ross, who I consider the best auctioneer in the world, is live right now with Gooding's Pebble Beach car sale -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 13, 18:11 [youtube] 9
- $1.5ish million for an '86 Indy car? I love cars but I would have no desire for this. -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 13, 19:31 1
  - the $18 Million car was a great sale -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 21:15
- I'm house sitting for someone who is there. He already has 2 new Corvettes on order, so I don't think he's buying, but he did just rent a warehouse - jnine Aug 13, 18:25 6
  - If I had silly money, there are only 2 cars I'd want. a copy of the 1937 Delage the company owner had, and a prewar Woody restomod to drive daily -- (pic) - Peglegpete Aug 13, 18:47 [Attachment] 5
    - His wife isn't going to let him spend that kind of money. -- nm - jnine Aug 13, 19:54
    - I watch Mecum and Barrett Jackson auctions a lot and there are easily 10 cars every auction I'd love to own. -- nm - zunk xometimes Aug 13, 19:32 1
      - easily -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 21:16
    - second angle of the 1937 Delage D8-120 -- (pic) -- (link*) - Peglegpete Aug 13, 18:48 [Attachment] 1
      - YUP. -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 21:50

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