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Jaguars have released TE Tim Tebow. -- nm - budice Aug 17, 06:38 6
- They won't give him a fair shot cuz Jesus!! -- nm - Snowflakes si Aug 17, 07:03
- I'm sure the snowflakes are lighting up the Jaguars boards/emails today -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 06:43
- Shocking that someone 10 inches and 80 pounds under the usual position's size didn't work out. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 06:42
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 17, 06:39 2
  - i could have had so much fun watching him fail! -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 17, 06:40 1
    - The videos still exist. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 06:41
I don't watch golf on TV or play it but I learned yesterday that Alex Horne has a golf show on YouTube and that's all I've watched since yesterday -- (link*) - Krusty Aug 17, 06:37 [youtube]
New Zealand moves into snap 3day national lockdown over first locally transmitted case of Covid-19 in six months -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 06:35 2
- I bet New Zealand is thinking " Dang it! we can't let ANYONE in!" -- nm - Pippy Aug 17, 06:41 1
  - Just picture Air Sirens all over as soon as the test came back positive -- nm - budice Aug 17, 06:43
Oh look, pocketcasts stopped updating again. - spamlet Aug 17, 06:23 3
- Looks good to me. 2 new episodes in my feed -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 06:39 1
  - Huh. The last NPR hourly update was 5am ET and none of my daily podcasts have updated. - spamlet Aug 17, 06:52
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 17, 06:26
My vacation seems real now - i just bought yogurt that expires after my return date. -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 06:14
3 Named storms in the Atlantic area now. Fred moving northeast across Georgia. Grace headed for Cancun (may strengthen to a hurricane) and Henry - decline Aug 17, 06:14 2
- I know we needed rain but ….today sucks. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 06:29 1
  - Yeah, just a dark and gloomy mess. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 17, 06:42
anyone know guitars? how is this one? what need to look out for when buying used? -- (link) - Beaker Aug 17, 06:13 11
- that's garbage. you may also want to look for a classical guitar if it's for a class. it's easier on the fingers and the fretboard is wide, action - chicken daddy Aug 17, 06:45
- Denver guitars are not good guitars. I'd keep looking -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 06:27 4
  - "Despite popular opinion that Denver guitars are crap, they are not. They make great kindling because of the dry, thin wood they are made from." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 06:40 1
    - Heh. :-) - Krusty Aug 17, 06:45
  - keeping in mind the message below. she might never play it again :) -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 06:29 1
    - In that case it's fine and will allow her to learn and find out if it's something she wants to keep doing. - Krusty Aug 17, 06:30
- Make sure you get one that has strings -- nm - decline Aug 17, 06:17 1
  - I plan to use it like the Honky Tonk Man so not a must -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 06:21
- They got any of those guitars that are, like, double guitars? -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 06:16
- our youngest for some reason took guitar as a course in high school (never having played or owning one)... -- nm* - Beaker Aug 17, 06:16 1
  - I'd go for Yamaha guitars for learning if you're looking for cheap. - JaxSean Aug 17, 06:42
Someone caught video of lightning striking the Washington Monument in the early hours of Sunday. - loosilu Aug 17, 05:19
Joel Embiid 4yr/$196M -- nm - budice Aug 17, 05:15 2
- The GM is signing that contract with the greatest of fears. Embiid has had 555 career regular season games possible. He’s played in 260. - Will Hunting Aug 17, 06:07
- *high five* Teammates forever!! -- nm - Ben Simmons Aug 17, 06:05
If he's lurking, I'd like to wish Sceire a very happy birthday! - Krusty Aug 17, 04:53 8
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 11:28
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Aug 17, 06:36
- Happy birthday! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 17, 06:09
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 05:43
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Aug 17, 05:27
- Happy BDay dude. Certainly welcome here anytime. -- nm - budice Aug 17, 05:16
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 05:12
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 05:01
Good morning. Spelling Bee -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 17, 04:47 18
- Here's today's Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 17, 05:01 [Attachment] 13
  - Labialnipple: A SyFy Porn. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 06:40
  - lepiban - fancy word for "no rabbits" -- nm* - . Aug 17, 06:32
  - Ban Lip Pee - An important first step to rebuilding the GOP platform in a post-Trump world -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 06:19
  - Pin Label - You got a better way to organize your pins? -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 06:15
  - Labialpeen - [giggle] what, what? It's a medical condition, don't laugh [snork] It's very serious! [guffaw] dozens are afflicted! -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 06:09
  - BanalPie - it’s all crust -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 05:40 1
    - Ha ha ha. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 17, 06:09
  - AlpineLean - the new line of Nordic-inspired diet foods -- nm - prayformojo Aug 17, 05:40
  - BileNap - sleeping off your angry -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 05:27
  - PlainBanana - 1920s slang for an uncool person. - Reagen Aug 17, 05:15
  - PibbLane - Special Lane on the Highway for Mr. Pibb drinkers -- nm - budice Aug 17, 05:08
  - NIPPLEBAN - Rule 1 of Instagram -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 05:02 1
    - Why would anyone else even try? (BANANAPILE; self explanatory) -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 17, 05:23
- HelioPig - the pig that orbits the sun -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 04:52
- PINEAPPLEABLE - what Hawaiian pizza is -- nm - prayformojo Aug 17, 04:52 2
  - Did you post the wrong one? -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 04:54 1
    - yes -- nm - prayformojo Aug 17, 04:58
The cure for that Twitter login popup is incognito mode, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 04:30
TV PSA: LEGO Masters, WWE NXT, Stargirl, Deadliest Catch, America's Got Talent, Superman & Lois, Carcass, Capital One College Bowl, Miracle Workers, -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 04:26 1
- The Beast Must Die, Fantasy Island, Hard Knocks (Dallas Cowboys), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 04:29
The donald's hotels now have a mask requirement.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 17, 01:38 2
- they always have and mandated vaccines -- nm - Redoing history Aug 17, 04:20 1
  - Well, he single handedly invented them, so..... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 11:30
Selma Blair says she's in remission from multiple sclerosis. -- (link) - zork Aug 17, 01:04
So much rain and lightning/thunder past couple days I keep expecting to look out the kitchen window and see "something on the wing!" - Max Aug 16, 23:17 2
- I actually wondered about that, wtf is up with that? we are prone to freak storms like that insane downpour in the morning commute - loosilu Aug 16, 23:22
- HA!!! -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 23:20
Ashley Greene is a really bad actress. - David Aug 16, 22:34 6
- You take that back about generic hot girl! -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 05:01 1
  - David's not wrong but you are - JD Aug 17, 06:47
- I'm quite sure I have not seen her in anything other than Twilight - zork Aug 17, 00:59
- For a second I thought you were saying Ashley Williams and thought I'd have to put you on a list. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 23:13 1
  - No, I'm making JD's list instead. - David Aug 16, 23:38
- This film has the lowest production values of anything I've ever seen on Netflix. -- nm - David Aug 16, 22:47
There's a fly in here and Minnie's getting very frustrated. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 21:59
There are currently three separate Cuba Gooding Jr movies on Starz atm: - Jovian Aug 16, 21:19 1
- It's just one movie, but he plays 3 different characters... one in a dress! -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 21:49
One of the Desert Rats just told us The Bagdad Cafe (the movie) is available on tubi.tv. Guess I know what I'll be watching. - Meg Aug 16, 21:12 3
- Meg immediately knows more about Tubi than 99.999999% of Americans. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 21:53 2
  - Yup, before that email I *think* I'd seen the name. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 21:56 1
    - And I pay very little attention to streaming services. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 21:58
"Don't you know the three rules of fascism? Make shit up, scream it loudly, and then kill people." -- Eddie Izzard -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 21:11 1
- the killing of people isn't a rule, more of a feature -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 22:16
Can I put Mop in a time out? Cause he’s got me watching some acid trippy series called Brand New Cherry Flavor. Spoiler Alert - Epiphany Aug 16, 20:38 9
- This is actually on my list to watch. Good to know I'll need to skip some scenes. -- nm - sycor Aug 17, 06:16
- It's Mulholland Drive without any of that David Lynch shit! -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 21:46
- Wait ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 16, 20:42 6
  - Hey, she coughed them up, she didn't eat them! -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 21:47
  - That’s the one!! And… - Pippy Aug 16, 21:14 4
    - go watch some marble races to reset your head :)) -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 21:22 [youtube] 3
      - Lily's documentary is coming up on Discovery+ next week. -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 21:48 1
        
        yup -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 21:55
      - or FIREWORKS MANIA. if I were playing games, I'd play this. it's fun, mindless and very fun. and you get unlimited fireworks to set off -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 21:27 [youtube]
itty bitty tree -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 16, 20:31 [flickr]
Swiss researchers set new record calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 20:02 3
- "It's pretty much 3" -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 20:09 2
  - 3.125 seems close enough -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 00:21 1
    - I had to look this up. For JPL's highest accuracy calculations, which are for interplanetary navigation, they use 3.141592653589793. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 06:46
Checks Cubs-Reds score. As expected. Tunes in Sox-A's final two innings. Also Field of Dreams spoiler. - zunk xometimes Aug 16, 19:58
Covid vaccine booster shots to be recommended 8 months after initial doses. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 16, 19:45 7
- Any day now then for mel. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 07:00
- That puts me at... next month? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 17, 06:49
- In the meantime, roughly 5 African countries will get no shots at all. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 17, 06:16
- Hmm, wouldn't quite be due for the booster before my trip next month. Looks like it would be the end of October. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 19:50
- oh no -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 19:50 2
  - it;s going to get worse isn't it? -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 20:48 1
    - For him at work, yes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 20:52
Ok this made me laugh -- (link) - spamlet Aug 16, 19:45 [Image]
The Wawa saga in our town continues... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 19:35 5
- Or "Waga" if you prefer. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 17, 06:37
- I've got a friend who's fighting a Wawa up here. He owns a preserved farm and the last I heard he threatened to turn part of it into a pig farm if - decline Aug 17, 06:05
- Zoning was amended, hearing board says no because two out of three neighbors said no. Higher court supports hearing board. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 22:03
- So zoning needs to be amended but zoning board says "don't do it" because..? - Mop Aug 16, 21:59 1
  - Sorry, higher court rules in favor of the Borough, neighbors appeal and even higher court rules in favor of neighbors. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 22:06
Would you like a recount? Because I would: One for Martin. Two for Martin. -- nm - rollo Aug 16, 19:16 1
- It's not like he gets to do anything cool, like throw out the first pitch at the World Series. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 19:18
Korn reschedules tour dates after Jonathan Davis tests positive for Covid-19 -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 19:14 2
- I'm willing to bet most current Korn fans don't have any prior commitments on whatever date. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 19:19 1
  - It's funny because it's true. -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 19:34
WWE: rkbro must be selling merch in serious numbers.... -- (edited) - Remlik Aug 16, 19:12
ST Pop Quiz -- Against how many countries has war officially been declared by Congress? -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 19:11 5
- Romania knows what it did! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 19:23
- officially official ones? I think it's like 10 or 11. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 19:17 2
  - (I know 5 separate wars, just can't remember how many countries were in the WWII version) -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 19:19
  - *ding* 11 times, against 10 countries (Germany with the double), across five conflicts. - znufrii Aug 16, 19:19
- 8? -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 19:12
Help wanted, on the PNW, Zamboni drivers, for real, there's over 100 hockey teams, ice skaters, competition and social.... - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:01
Joey Votto just got his 2000th and 2001st hit in the same inning against the Cubs. - Volnelk Aug 16, 18:54 1
"Will fans be watching Eternals at home or at the theaters?" -- (link) - mud Aug 16, 18:52 3
- Holy shit. Kevin Feige hedging his bets? - Mop Aug 16, 21:45
- no China box office for that one. SO they have to do something to get it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 19:05
- No -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 18:52
The U.S. States with the Top Tech Salaries in 2021 -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 16, 18:50 2
- That's a weird-ish way to measure -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 18:57 1
  - Makes sense to me -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 19:00
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 16, 18:46 5
- I'd move there and buy that. In a frickin' heartbeat. - ReluctantCynic Aug 16, 20:40 1
  - And you must insist they include the armour! - Meg Aug 16, 20:57
- The house is meh, but the photo gallery is amazeballs. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 19:53
- It may be the closet pic but I'm not seeing a woman's touch anywhere. It's a somewhat sterile house. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 19:19
- That is fantastic. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 18:55
Chris Stapleton covering Metallica isn’t something I expected to be a thing. - tRuMaN Aug 16, 18:46
Is the US still "at war"? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 18:40 5
- SJ23/AUMF appears to still be in effect, so that's a hard no, for (evidently) forever. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 19:36
- time to roll out the mission accomplished banner again. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 19:20
- Against The Man? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 19:13
- Against drugs? Against poverty? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:06
- Against Covid? - Spawn Aug 16, 18:55
That moving blade mandolin is my next Amazon purchase. Thanks Kitchen Gadget Guy! -- nm - Mop Aug 16, 18:37
Employee problems have hit trash services. Local city as well as contractors. LYC - Spawn Aug 16, 18:27 4
- Locally drivers are saying they're hiring anybody who took a CDL class, newbies are causing havoc, wrecks blocking freeways, like daily -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:10
- This is pretty common across the country. CDL drivers are in high demand. Companies can't find labor. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 18:34 1
  - Weird that it just hit here. 🤔 - Spawn Aug 16, 18:52
- We've been having similar problems this entire summer -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 18:32
Dead ^ Co. just opened set 2 wit Playin' -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 18:27 1
- Emek's poster for the show is fire. -- nm - jnine Aug 16, 21:34
Remember kids..... -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 16, 18:23 [Attachment]
delivery: scheduled. it's *happening*.... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 18:22 [Backboard] 1
- I waited 11 months for our balcony furniture from them (in stock my ass!), but then ended up not paying for it. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 18:27

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