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Y’all, the kid starts kindergarten in the morning. My wife and I both have to be at school because it’s our first days too. It’s gonna be emotional. - Volnelk Aug 19, 18:41 5
- My sis is a kindergarten teacher. She says parents are her worst problem. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:48 2
  - addition: a couple of grandmothers have been horrific problems. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:49 1
    - if my mom lived in the same country she'd probably be this. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 22:21
- We’ve got a couple weeks yet, but yeah. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 18:44
- Goes by quick. Mine starts senior year on Monday. -- nm - spamlet Aug 19, 18:44
Screw Aniston and Affleck, Mr. & Mrs. Smith is on and I want Brad and Angelina back together again. -- nm - Max Aug 19, 18:28 2
- agreeed. ALso Affleck is with JLo now. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:48
- Ben is better off with Banky anyways. -- nm - VMan Aug 19, 18:44
the resolution of Who Got Dee Pregnant on Sunny is pretty funny - prayformojo Aug 19, 18:14
You know who's having a really stressful/tense day today? The captain and crew of the Ever Given. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 19, 17:52 8
- *The orange arrow in the 1st image is not a ship, but the northern coast of Egypt. It is also fleeing -- nm - mud Aug 19, 18:15
- um, March. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:12 4
  - What? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 18:22 3
    - It happened in March. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:25 2
      - and then... -- nm - Max Aug 19, 18:26 1
        
        ooooooooooohhhh. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:30
- shouldn't they have a pilot from the local port or whatever control... - zeitgeist Aug 19, 18:09 1
  - FREEDOM! -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 18:14
Watched "The Rental" on tv, the other day. Turned out I have partied with the producer/script writer. (Not Franco, but Joe.) - ore-o Aug 19, 17:25
Hahaha, theFalcons got to 100% vaccinated by cutting the last two unvaccinated players. So, you’re fighting for a job, and you’d risk harming the - Will Hunting Aug 19, 17:20 4
- HB FireFighters are pushing back on mandatory vaccinations. -- (pic) - budice Aug 19, 17:25 [Attachment] 2
  - WA firemen are considered medical personnel and must be vaxxed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 18:24
  - Of course they are :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 17:39
- FREEDOM! to sign somewhere else -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 17:22
Fabio talks dating at 62 and his hope to still marry: 'There is quantity, but I want quality' -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 17:20 3
- Heh, from this poll it looks like he has ST options! -- (link) - Max Aug 19, 18:16 [Backboard]
- "You slept with Fabio??" - the idiot who dumped that chick Aug 19, 18:10 1
  - Average Joe s2 -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 18:32
My Aunt (my godmother) has been admitted to the hospital in Florida with blood around her kidney. - ty97 Aug 19, 17:04 13
- hoping for b9 on her bingo card -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 18:29
- Oh, I'm so sorry. Everything about that sucks. -- nm - David Aug 19, 18:22
- best wishes -- nm - mud Aug 19, 18:18
- good thoughts -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 19, 17:27
- Positive thoughts towards recovery. -- nm - budice Aug 19, 17:17
- You got them -- nm - spamlet Aug 19, 17:16
- Healthy thoughts going her way. 🙏🏼 -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 17:14
- Sending positive vibes. How old? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:10
- That does not sound good. :-( - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 17:08 3
  - Don't really know what's going on yet, so not getting ahead of myself, but obviously worried - ty97 Aug 19, 17:10 2
    - As soon as I read your IM I realized the big C is now ambiguous. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:11 1
      - My Aunt is legit triple vaccinated now so I'm not very worried about that part -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 17:12
- wow. hoping for the best -- nm - prayformojo Aug 19, 17:05
RIP Chuck Close (painter). He may have been a scumbag but I liked his paintings. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 19, 16:46
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss finally got back together for another album, out in Nov. (sitwap) This song sounds nice: -- (link) - mud Aug 19, 16:32 [youtube] 4
- Great news -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 17:06
- video unavailable :( -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:58 2
  - Music videos embedded on ST generally don't work. You have to click through to YouTube. -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 17:03 1
    - tx! -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:02
Vaccination status as a triage qualifier. Hmm. I don't hate it, at first blush, but obviously it shouldn't apply to kids who can't get vaxed. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 19, 16:23 3
- I think that would be an obvious exemption. You don't deny a kid an ICU bed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:58
- Kids will probably be near the head of the line. It's the people who made choices that won't be. -- nm - . Aug 19, 16:46 1
  - I think it's a basic human rule that kids get protected. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:00
She's back! -- (link) - David Aug 19, 15:57 [youtube] 3
- wait, that was posted today. Nothing about this past weekend?? - Max Aug 19, 18:22 1
  - Well, she's Canadian. -- nm - David Aug 19, 18:46
- "oh just wait till you see the comments section of this video" love it -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 17:14
So this labor shortage. Could it be partly related to the fact that hundreds of thousands of people died? -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 15:57 11
- lack of child care is a big factor -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 18:33
- The labor force participation rate is still in the sh*tter -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 19, 16:35
- Indirectly, yes. Probably not directly, if you're thinking the workers have gone extinct. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 16:21 8
  - By indirectly, I mean, fewer people willing to work in a high risk situation for shit salaries. Pandemic side effect. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 16:57
  - Extinct, of course not. But there are less workers -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 16:34 6
    - Marginally, at best. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 19, 16:47 5
      - Yep. Statistically a non-factor. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 16:53 4
        
        Assuming the fatality count is not underreported, I guess. Thanks all! -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 17:14 3
        
        depends on the state. We know which states. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 18:02
        
        And many of those were retirees. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 17:34
        
        Even that wouldn’t significantly impact the analysis. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 17:18
RIP Chuck Close -- (link) - znufrii Aug 19, 15:54
Just what I wanted at 4:00pm on a Thursday afternoon: One of those "I didn't get the email" fights with opposing counsel. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 15:49
Trailer to Karate Bear Fighter, starring Sonny Chiba. -- (link) - Mop Aug 19, 15:33 [youtube]
LOL. Logan just heard his voice on video. He had not realized his voice had changed. "I thought I still sounded like a baby! " -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 15:31 1
- He actually sounds like Barry White now. -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 15:33
3 Netflix reality casts... 3 grueling events... It's the Netflix Reality Games! -- (link) - Mop Aug 19, 15:24 [youtube] 2
- It's no Battle of the Network Stars, but I suppose it'll just have to do. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 15:52 1
  - You can't have Battle of the Network Stars without Gabe Kaplan and he's getting a little long in the tooth for it -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 19, 16:10
I was about to reply to Diva's request for uplifting songs before realising that it was on an old tab that hadn't been refreshed since July -- (link) - zork Aug 19, 15:15 [youtube]
“ Congratulations! Your account has been successfully auto-renewed for the 2021 NFL SUNDAY TICKET .TV Season.” - David Aug 19, 15:03
California to require vaccines or negative test for indoor crowds over 1,000. Down from 5,000. -- (link) - Meg Aug 19, 14:50
IU Health now reducing the number of visitors a patient can have... -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 19, 14:30 1
- Two is generous. Most places are now just 1 and visitors must show proof of vaccination or negative test -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 19, 14:42
omg Sonny Chiba died from covid today. - Jovian Aug 19, 14:26 1
- It was. Awful. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 15:25
Can you withdraw a pension early (with penalty of course) like you can a 401K/IRA? -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 14:24 16
- I don’t believe so unless they offer you a buyout. -- nm - spamlet Aug 19, 14:25 15
  - I'm leaving my employer, but have a vested (small) pension with them. Does that change the answer? -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 14:26 14
    - Did I miss news? -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 15:00 4
      - Old news, not new news. Announced in 4Q20 that my company was spinning off my division, with a planned 4Q21 spin date. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 19, 15:11 3
        
        Why on Earth don't people write it 20Q4 and 21Q4, etc.? -- nm - zork Aug 19, 16:34 2
        
        Because we say 4th quarter, 2020. 4Q20. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 17:14
        
        This is America, we write dates backwards. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:00
    - Everything I'm getting and reading suggests I can take a lump sum (if I pay taxes +10%) - ty97 Aug 19, 14:29 8
      - Ask your HR rep or a Benefits dept. contact. The rules on this stuff is very specific to the way the plan was designed - there's no stock answer. -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 14:47 1
        
        Can't really get through right now, will try at some point -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 14:48
      - Defined benefit plan? Its probably going to depend on the terms of the plan and also the terms of the spinoff agreement for your company -- nm - decline Aug 19, 14:34 3
        
        I mean they froze this thing 15-18 years ago and it's only grown at interest rate since then so it's meager - ty97 Aug 19, 14:43 2
        
        I had that (profit sharing deposits into a mutual fund) and because the plan was closed there's no 10% penalty, just taxable if not rolled. -- nm* - Max Aug 19, 15:19
        
        Best bet is to just call HR and ask - decline Aug 19, 14:50
      - I think it’s in your pension rules. - spamlet Aug 19, 14:31 1
        
        We're definitely leaving. - ty97 Aug 19, 14:42
AEW Friday: Will the crowd start booing if Rampage doesn't start with the guitar riff from Cult of Personality? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 14:22 10
- My suggestion: start with Bryan Danielson, end with CM Punk. -- nm - David Aug 19, 18:22
- Nah….they have faith in Tony Khan. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 14:40 1
  - Also, opening with him ends the ratings since he isn’t getting in the ring. Build excitement by stalling till 10:28. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 17:23
- Oh it might start with that and out comes MJF. "Who were you losers expecting?" -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 14:23 1
  - I thought of that too. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 14:24
- I should hope not. Mama raised them better. Also, I wished he wasn’t coming. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 14:23 4
  - *Arches eyebrow* -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 19, 14:24 3
    - He is a meme at this point. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 14:35 2
      - You're a meme! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 19, 14:36 1
        
        Qale dropping a pipebomb! -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 14:38
a pair of rare albino alligators hatched at a Florida zoo last week. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 19, 14:20 1
- I have the perfect tool for naming them! -- nm - Max Aug 19, 15:25
DTL: #operationrevenge crashed and burned. Still 44, so on the bubble. - spamlet Aug 19, 14:15 2
- The more 1 seeds that win their conference tournaments, the better off you are. -- nm - Baron and Barratry Aug 19, 15:14 1
  - Oops, I submitted my recruiting points early. I like to wait until after 2nd interim update when I'm not placing the full 17. - Baron and Barratry Aug 19, 15:23
Huge Elder Scrolls news! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 19, 14:08 9
- Hugh Elder swipes Tinder. -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 17:03
- "Can we make it even more boring?" "How about fishing?" -- nm - David Aug 19, 14:14 3
  - Can I steal fish souls? - Reagen Aug 19, 18:34
  - -200 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 14:28
  - this is not Red Dead -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 14:16
- Didn't they just do an ultimate edition like a year ago???? -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 14:10 2
  - Shut your mouth and preorder this now! -- nm - Shaun Aug 19, 14:12 1
    - Sold! -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 14:24
- Scrolls the Younger -- nm - Max Aug 19, 14:10
It's official, torn Achilles for Carl Lawson. 😡🤬 -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 14:07 2
- man they just never ever catch a break. ever. -- nm - Jovian Aug 19, 14:10 1
  - Nope, not a single one. Days like this make we wish I chose the Giants as a kid. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 14:13
B2 : I barely made it through Meet Joe Black the first time. -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 13:51 4
- Wasn't it like 6.5 hours long? -- nm - spamlet Aug 19, 14:14 1
  - it only felt that way -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 14:29
- Did you walk out of the theater wishing you'd been hit by a van? -- nm - Max Aug 19, 13:54 1
  - I think that is the only part of the movie I remember. -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 13:56
Mayo Clinic: -- (edited) - Andie Aug 19, 13:39 10
- "Give me Ham on 5, hold the Mayo." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 19, 17:06
- Sorry if I came across as argumentative. These are very fine distinctions. I do think they are trying to simplify the language. - loosilu Aug 19, 13:47 2
  - sure. but when the CDC and the Mayo Clinic and others says "it can prevent infection", i think i'll go with them. -- nm* - Andie Aug 19, 13:48 1
    - We aren't disagreeing. Well, it depends how you split the hair of what "infection" is. -- nm* - loosilu Aug 19, 14:32
- I think I understand somewhat the semantic distinctions being made. - znufrii Aug 19, 13:44 5
  - Pretty much. The CDC says "Once vaccinated, our bodies recognize that the protein should not be there and build T-lymphocytes and antibodies that will - mara Aug 19, 13:55 3
    - There it is. Ambiguous definition of infection. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 14:34 2
      - It was explained recently that the t cells build various antibodies in response, then sees what works, the vax gives it a head start recognizing -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 14:41 1
        
        Yes, that's how it works. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 14:53
  - That's a good way to put it. But I think it would be confusing for something directed to the public. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:47
Taxes: I started working at 16, one W-2, nbd. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 19, 13:38
Well I'm gone to detox mansion, way down on last breath farm -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 13:29
Awwww.... A three-legged, one-eyed kitty up for adoption -- (link) - Dano Aug 19, 13:29 5
- "We call him Lucky" -- nm - spamlet Aug 19, 14:19
- and she's a kitten !! My friends have a 3 legged cat, named Roo. - Andie Aug 19, 13:47
- I need you to set a Cat Sanctuary and go non profit and help the kitties. - Pippy Aug 19, 13:45
- comes with Tom T Hall signature song -- nm - Max Aug 19, 13:32 1
  - I think you mean Sheb Wooley -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 14:02

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