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"Port Canaveral projects record cruise revenue for 2022" -- (link) - David Aug 18, 12:07 [youtube] 2
- The Onion? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:13 1
  - I wish. I really, really wish. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:16
Ouch -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:04 3
- I may be the only Schmigadoon fan here, but they got in a nice Hitchcock jab. - mara Aug 18, 12:08 1
  - I enjoyed it. I cracked up at that line -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 12:09
- that's pretty good. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:05
ok really though with this -- (pic) - ty97 Aug 18, 12:00 [Attachment] 4
- I wish to apply! - Spawn Aug 18, 12:02
- You will die someday, 97 -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 12:02 2
  - I don't need to be reminded of it! -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 12:07 1
    - Wrong thread. -- nm* - mara Aug 18, 12:09
Captain America 4 coming at you. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 18, 12:00 3
- Still no Falcon movie! -- nm - Tom Holland Aug 18, 12:01 2
  - They need to give him powers. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 12:05 1
    - There is a video out there of Tom and Anthony talking, and Anthony mentions he has never seen a Spider-Man movie. - Spawn Aug 18, 12:12
"Come with Vax Proof or get shot on site...." -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 11:59 2
- "This is why we have the Second Amendment" -- nm - . Aug 18, 12:05
- The spelling was doing a lot of work in the original tweet -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:03
"THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE TO THE HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,” the US Embassy in Kabul told American citizens -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 11:57 1
- Considering the taliban blocked all the roads over the weekend they should already know that. -- (edited) - spamlet Aug 18, 11:58
*vomits a little* -- (pic) - ty97 Aug 18, 11:43 [Attachment] 5
- I don't even have that label. "Finances" sounds so much better :) -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 11:47 4
  - This is a new sub-folder under 'Financial' - ty97 Aug 18, 11:51 3
    - this has the makings of a good horror short story. each day, you check that folder, and find there's new future-dated material in it - prayformojo Aug 18, 11:58 1
      - So far today I found out about a retirement health benefit account I didn't know I had. - ty97 Aug 18, 12:12
    - Rename it to "The Undiscovered Country" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:56
DTL question, do the scout grades and preferences update throughout the season? - spamlet Aug 18, 11:36 4
- Nope, those are set -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 11:37 3
  - Thanks. That's what I thought but just in case. -- nm* - spamlet Aug 18, 11:38 2
    - Scout ratings are worthless! Only results matter. - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 12:16 1
      - I'm trying out a couple of different models. One weights scout ratings by the scouting level the other doesn't. - spamlet Aug 18, 12:18
B2 radio thread: I only listen to one station here -- (link) - znufrii Aug 18, 11:33 15
- We even have an app that you can stream our station on... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 11:58
- I haven't listened to radio in years. - TWuG Aug 18, 11:50 1
  - same, i just don't care for it any more -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 18, 12:06
- regarding Jax statement.. i was in our RV, we don't have a passable sound system yet for when driving is happening. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 18, 11:48 3
  - Portable Bluetooth speaker(s) and some solar battery packs to recharge them. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 18, 11:57 1
    - i just need a new radio that has bluetooth or an aux in.. the RV has speakers, but the radio is oooooooold. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 18, 12:06
  - "Lets just stay here, okay!?!" -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:49
- I 100% should have gotten satellite radio in the car for the Yellowstone trip -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 11:44
- The world is collapsing, around our ears. - Spawn Aug 18, 11:35 1
  - hey hey hey -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:46
- People still listen to the radio? - spamlet Aug 18, 11:35 3
  - Give me XM or give me death -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:43
  - yes, but then I still pay bills by snail mail so.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:36
  - see B2 or 3. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:36
- KNKX for jazz, blues and NPR news or their JAZZ24 stream (HD2 on air) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:35
Chicago institutes mask mandate starting Friday -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 11:31 2
- I picture the Art Institute when reading this. -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 11:45 1
  - The lions were masked last year. -- nm - . Aug 18, 12:02
Y'all need to watch What If...? -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:25 18
- Again I love this movie. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 18, 11:55 1
  - I just had sex and I'm about to meet nachos! -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 11:56
- Really? I watched the first one and was incredibly bored about 20 minutes in and gave up. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 11:47 9
  - duuuuuude -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 11:58
  - I read a review this morning that said the 1st one sucked but that they turned it around and it's great from the 2nd on - decline Aug 18, 11:53 1
    - Sweet. -- (link) - Spawn Aug 18, 11:57 [Backboard]
  - You are now Kim's sworn enemy. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:51 5
    - I'm actually asking seriously what I'm missing. - pmb Aug 18, 11:54 4
      - Here was my gushing love letter to it. -- (link) - David Aug 18, 11:57
      - For me, the book was always great if it was a storyline I cared about, but a meh if I did not. - Spawn Aug 18, 11:56 2
        
        (IM spoilers) - flavorize Aug 18, 11:59 1
        
        *5,000 Spawn Points* -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 18, 12:05
- you know my level if familiarity w. Marvel. Would I like it? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 11:26 4
  - I think *everyone* will like episodes one and two. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:29 2
    - Hold my beer -- nm* - pmb SI Aug 18, 11:58 1
      - I agree with what decline posted. The first was not great, but I enjoyed it well enough. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:59
  - On a general basis, I say no. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:28
- No question about it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:26
Jeff Bezos reportedly now owns $119 million worth of real estate in a single building in New York City -- (link) - decline Aug 18, 11:05 4
- so two broom closets? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 11:08 3
  - half a penthouse -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:35
  - Enjoy the Jacksonville Veal, he'll be here all week -- nm - budice Aug 18, 11:18 1
    - Jacksonveal was right there and you missed it. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 11:30
Ontario PC's sending "invoices" to voters for donations -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 18, 11:03 5
- Hopefully they’re charging HST -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 11:17
- This feels like one of those "attach a brick to the paid envelope" situation. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 11:10 2
  - my mom who was a postal clerk and ran the prepaid accounts said the receiver has the right to reject, they routinely peeled those cards off bricks and - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:41
  - YUP. Perhaps a brick fashioned from manure. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:20
- *likes* -- nm - Trump Aug 18, 11:05
***** -- nm* - jnine Aug 18, 10:56
LIR: ty97. No, I don't think it will hurt or be negative for them at all. I'm just surprised a pharmacy is doing it with zero additional verification - oblique Aug 18, 10:56 2
- I don't think NYC has ever required proof either, at any stage. - ty97 Aug 18, 11:40
- I am glad this number is high enough we can start doing that already... - Marlowe Aug 18, 11:01
Name a band like Flock of Seagulls that's not Flock of Seagulls. -- nm - David Aug 18, 10:52 65
- scanning the list it seems every band in the 80s sounded like Flock of Seagulls -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:43
- Information Society -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 11:30
- I think Dean Winchester got it right: Pychadelic Furs, Missing Persons, The Fixx -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 18, 11:25 1
  - Agreed, but by "Pychadelic Furs, Missing Persons, The Fixx" you mean Soft Cell. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:28
- haircut 100 / trio (da da da) -- nm - gort Aug 18, 11:22
- Canadian Contingent: Strange Advance, Chalk Circle -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:21 4
  - Images in Vogue / MOEV / Lava Hay / Family Plot / Skinny Puppy -- nm - gort Aug 18, 11:34 2
    - Skinny Puppy?! no -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:49
    - How many of those did you just make up on the spot? -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:34
  - Shit, duck, etc. -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:24
- Naked Eyes. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 11:18
- I might even consider Wang Chung, depending on how you mean. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:15 15
  - ABC, Talk Talk, Soft Cell, Pet Shop Boys, OMD, Frankie - I mean there's a ton of them really -- nm - Dean Winchester Aug 18, 11:17 14
    - Yeah, Vague David is one of his more annoying forms. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:20 13
      - What's my most annoying one? I'll use that in every reply to you. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:43 12
        
        the "Every artist I've ever loved adores The Beatles but I don't care, they stink." one -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:46 11
        
        Some people love Twilight, Star Wars, 50 Shades of Gray, and John Cena. Don't ever underestimate the power of ubiquity. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:50 10
        
        "some" people love 3 of those, a LOT of people love SW, 99.9% of *musicians* love The Beatles. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:54 9
        
        I sincerely doubt that 999 out of every 1,000 musicians love ANY band, even AC/DC or Bob Dylan. Mediocre but famous isn't bad. It's worked for BTS. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:59 8
        
        It's not about fame, it's about musical innovation. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:01 7
        
        Right? They're not just listed as favorites by other bands. They're mentioned as major influences. -- nm* - Dean Winchester Aug 18, 12:06 1
        
        [nods] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:14
        
        Famous band moves to India and discovers drugs isn't an innovation. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:05 4
        
        don't be silly. If you actually believe this, I can't argue with inanity. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:07 3
        
        It's exactly what happened. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:08 2
        
        this is like debating QAnon -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:10 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - David Aug 18, 12:11
- The Cure. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 11:11 3
  - hell no -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:12 2
    - He's got the hair. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 18, 11:13 1
      - [snork] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:13
- unrelated: someone recommended the movie sing street to me today. do we love this movie? -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 18, 11:09 9
  - I liked it but I *loved* Once. - spamlet Aug 18, 11:19
  - I tried to watch it and couldn't -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 11:16 1
    - I tried to watch you but I couldn’t. - spamlet Aug 18, 11:18
  - Jack Reynor is great in it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 11:14 1
    - and Lucy Boynton -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:17
  - Yes -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 11:12 1
    - (and if David and I agree, it must be good) -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 11:12
  - We do, yes. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 18, 11:10
  - We do. It's the Once guy. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:09
- Duran Duran -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:07 1
  - they are not dissimilar. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:13
- Herd of Storks. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 18, 11:06
- the Beatles -- nm - decline Aug 18, 11:04 1
  - Apologize to Flock of Seagulls! -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:08
- Pychadelic Furs, Missing Persons, The Fixx -- nm - Dean Winchester Aug 18, 11:01 1
  - I was going to say The Fixx, but I got distracted, and you know, one thing leads to another, and then I was too late -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:07
- New Order -- nm - eag Aug 18, 11:00 1
  - no -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:03
- Kajagoogoo -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:00 1
  - *ding* -- nm - mud Aug 18, 11:03
- Simply Red -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 10:59
- A-ha -- nm - jnine Aug 18, 10:57 1
  - I think you're closest. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:09
- Men Without Hats -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:57
- Like them in what way? -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 10:57 2
  - Yeah, name-wise, sound-wise, or look-wise? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:59 1
    - Aka, silly name, keyboards, or hair? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 11:11
- Thompson Twins, Human League -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 18, 10:56 1
  - Big Country -- nm* - rollo Aug 18, 10:57
- Men At Work -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 10:56
- Band of Horses. Hands like Houses. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:55
- Sock of Fleagulls -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 10:53 1
  - There's a dude at my pub trivia who plays solo under the name "A Flock of Smeagols". He's terrible, but that's a good name. -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:05

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