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I am a Baked Potato -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 21, 14:16 [Attachment] 1
- Nice -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 14:20
Autopsy Confirms Body Found In Wyoming Is Gabby Petito -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 14:15 1
- So the boyfriend is missing, but they are looking for him, using dogs, where he supposedly went to camp 🏕, but he’s not a suspect 🙄 - flavorize Sep 21, 14:27
"I don't think anything predated Christians" - prayformojo Sep 21, 14:10 10
- It makes me wonder about her understanding of Christmas. Carols that say things like "Long lay the world in sin and error pining, til He appeared...." -- nm - mara Sep 21, 14:25
- What a pre-Madonna. -- nm - Max Sep 21, 14:21 1
  - ! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 14:23
- So, Joseph, Mary, the people who ordered everyone back to their *ancestral* homes (implying, you know, ancestors.) -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 14:20 1
  - "Greenhorn Jesus has been on the Sea of Galilee, but this is the first time he's been on a ship of this size." -- nm - Deadliest Catch: Noah's Ark Sep 21, 14:26
- ... as in came before, or as in ate? Or both? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 14:19
- ("What did she think B.C. stands for?") (Goes to look it up in Wikipedia, reads the comic strip article) - Max Sep 21, 14:17
- not even the dinosaurs, everyone knows that. -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 14:16
- The first while for Jesus was lonely, waiting for enough people to be born to preach to. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 14:12 1
  - "Oh, hey! Would you like to hear-" "Moooo." "oh, right, nevermind." -- nm - Je Christ Desole Sep 21, 14:20
Overwatch 2 chief leaves Activision Blizzard -- (link) - Remlik Sep 21, 14:02
The Elvira post reminded me: yesterday I learned that there is an Elvis Presley fronted Nirvana Tribute band, named... Elvana. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 21, 13:51 [youtube]
Interesting. So I got my vaccinations at Walmart. I was able to now view them online and scan a QR code with my iPhone (iOS 15) and now I have my - oblique Sep 21, 13:50 5
- I could do it from my health insurance (UHC) -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:57
- Nice! -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 13:56
- hmm, I dont think I have access to a QR code, so I wonder how that would work for me. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 21, 13:54 2
  - I didn't realize I had one either until I looked up the record via Walmart Pharmacy. My guess is, depending on the pharmacy, they may or may not -- (edited) - oblique Sep 21, 13:56 1
    - I did it through a clinic setup by the City and a couple of hospitals, so I dont know if they even have a site. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 21, 14:26
Transformers: Age of Extinction Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Sep 21, 13:49 [youtube] 2
- "So you've got a movie for me?" "Yes sir I do. It's a sequel to Top Gun, called Top Gun: Maverick." "Didn't you write the Transformers sequels?" - Ehren Kruger Pitch Meeting Sep 21, 14:04 1
  - oh no. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 14:18
So when does the Canadian VP count their electoral votes? -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 13:46 3
- First we have to send everything to the Queen. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 14:03
- The Vendredi-Poutine takes office on Friday. - Beryllium Sep 21, 13:52
- As soon as the Eh-C'mon Shaman decides on his headdress -- nm - rollo Sep 21, 13:50
DOJ plans to challenge the American Airlines-JetBlue alliance -- (link) - ty97 Sep 21, 13:46 2
- Read the DOJ complaint -- (link) - ty97 Sep 21, 13:50
- (I'm sorta surprised by this TBH) -- nm - ty97 Sep 21, 13:48
NWBR, what the hell was happening in Saint Boniface that there's so many independent candidates there? -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 13:41 1
- Not entirely sure. Apparently the modern day Rhinos targeted it. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Sep 21, 14:09
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark reveals she's been in a 19-year relationship with a woman -- (link) - budice Sep 21, 13:40 11
- Hmm, you buried the lede here. She left Pierson for Wierson. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 14:12 2
  - rhymes>lesbians? I don't even know who you are anymore. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 14:13 1
    - Oh, everybody under 30's a lesbian now. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 14:20
- Huh, I wonder why she waited until now. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 14:04 3
  - I can't tell if you're joking, but she has a book coming out. -- nm* - mara Sep 21, 14:06 2
    - Ah. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 14:11
    - Is it called My Heart's on Fire? -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 21, 14:09
- Rowr. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 21, 13:44
- Has their always been one Elvira, or is the title passed from person-to-person—like James Bond? -- nm* - flavorize Sep 21, 13:43 2
  - You might be thinking of Vampira, who ended up suing Elvira. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 14:06
  - Cassandra Peterson, always. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 13:44
UCP vice-pres calls for Jason Kenney to step down as Alberta premier -- (link) - Reagen Sep 21, 13:38 1
- So, he's mad that Kenney was definitive when he said no vax passports, but also mad that now there are vax passports? Sure. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 13:41
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 21, 13:30 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 21, 13:31 [Attachment] 6
  - 0 -- nm - decline Sep 21, 14:13
  - 1/1 -- nm - JaxSean Sep 21, 13:44
  - 1/1. - kelly Sep 21, 13:36
  - 0 - TIL -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 13:32
  - 0 -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 13:32
  - 1/1 -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 13:31
can I claim as a deduction an item that was given to me that I then donate? - prayformojo Sep 21, 13:08 24
- Technically no because you have no basis in the item. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:15 18
  - You can have a basis in property even if it was given to you as a gift, I thought. The basis would be what the original owner paid. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 13:26 5
    - 🤔 I know you can for collectibles/securities but for general property as well? - spamlet Sep 21, 13:33 4
      - My only direct experience with this is what I wrote below, and I don’t feel like pulling up Pub 551 to find out the answer right now :) - znufrii Sep 21, 13:34 3
        
        Heh. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:50 2
        
        Who am I kidding - znufrii Sep 21, 13:54 1
        
        For corporates it does make the difference but I guess not people. PFM, sorry. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 14:00
  - the only way the IRS would find out he didn't buy it is if someone on ST snitched him out... -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 13:20 1
    - Correct. That’s why I said technically. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:24
  - thanks - what does this mean? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 13:20 7
    - Tax basis is essentially what you paid for something. - spamlet Sep 21, 13:23 6
      - I thought it was the appraised or 'reasonable' value. a huge tax loop hole for sure but was it closed? - zeitgeist Sep 21, 13:29
      - thanks for your answer and explanation. my wife we be glad to hear she was right -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 21, 13:28
      - So the basis of the gift isn't the value of the item when it was originally purchased? -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 13:27 3
        
        This is my experience from when my brother gifted us all shares of stock for Christmas one year. - znufrii Sep 21, 13:28 2
        
        Stock/collectibles are exceptions as far as I know. -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 13:32 1
        
        Gotcha. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 13:32
  - but it is his property when being donated -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 13:17
  - technicalities! It's only not allowed if you get caught -- nm - decline Sep 21, 13:16
- yes. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 13:12
- do they give you a receipt for an in-kind donation? Here when I drop physical stuff off to donate to the library they send me a -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 21, 13:10 2
  - In my experience here places will give you a receipt for the items, but it’s up to you to determine their value for tax purposes. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 13:13 1
    - At the museum we sign and date a donation form and leave it up to the donor to fill in the details. When they just drop off a box or bag we don't take - Meg Sep 21, 13:46
- I don’t see why not. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 13:09
for the record, the first gaming console I ever played was a TI-99/4a - tRuMaN Sep 21, 13:07 4
- I had an Intellivision as my first -- nm - flavorize Sep 21, 13:55
- You need to clean out your basement and/or attic. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 21, 13:48
- Atari 2600 then Atari 800XL (with my 1200 baud modem:)) -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 13:33
- Mine was the Magnavox Odyssey, then the Atari 2600. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 21, 13:27
for the record: I hate SEC Edgar with the fiery passion of a thousand suns - decline Sep 21, 12:58 2
- Hah! - znufrii Sep 21, 13:00 1
  - What's not to like? -- nm - rollo Sep 21, 13:47
for the record, I have never actually owned a record. - tRuMaN Sep 21, 12:39 11
- My first was a Little Richard 45 of Good Golly Miss Molly. Can't remember the B side but I believe it's still in the garage somewhere. -- nm - Meg Sep 21, 13:39
- had quite a few of the K-Tel records, which were the Now That's What I Call Music of the 80s -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 13:20
- I still have many from my youth. 1st I owned was Santana (1969). But I'd guess there's a 25 year gap between purchases. -- nm - zunk xometimes Sep 21, 13:16
- I have some vinyl now, but they're all hanging on a wall, and I don't own a record player. - JaxSean Sep 21, 12:58
- Still have many. I think my first album was the Carpenters. -- nm - pmb Sep 21, 12:56
- Parent's pride was an expensive stare re yo consul, dad had folk, mom had 101 strings. my first 45 was Snoopy/red baron, first LP was Meet the Beatles - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:53
- My first record I got as a birthday present: -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 21, 12:50 [Attachment]
- Wow - I have a whole Peaches crate full of albums and a crap ton of singles. Lots of Beatles 45s. -- nm - Dean Winchester Sep 21, 12:49
- I think I owned the fisher price equivalent -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:47
- I remember listening to Another One Bites the Dust on an old 45. I'm sure there were others. -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:41 1
  - attention Dano's eventual X-mas stalker: Wet Leg released a 7" for Chaise Longue. It sold out, but they said they'd be issuing more -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:44
FYI - for the record, that memo I posted yesterday, was *not* from some rando crazy, it was composed by one of DJT's lawyers John Eastman. -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 12:25 1
- I agree, that is a really big story. At least for history, but also potentially for criminal charges around incitement and insurrection (though I - pmb Sep 21, 12:30
. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 21, 12:13 26
- That and chloroform. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 17:28
- Somebody must've recently watch John Mulaney's New In Town. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 21, 13:21 1
  - 👍 -- nm - rollo Sep 21, 13:45
- Its a cheap situation to stage, kinda like how in Star trek future our biggest worry will be some alien taking over our coworker's minds -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:39
- My wife got caught in it this summer. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 12:33 3
  - I'm so sorry. I imagine marking the spot with a tombstone is problematic. -- nm - Max Sep 21, 13:50
  - I remember my boots getting stuck in it at the beach when I was little. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 12:39 1
    - as a 4 yo in Japan I stepped in a rice paddy and my shoe got sucked right off... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 12:43
- Slate did a good article on this. -- (link) - mara Sep 21, 12:27
- I blame the reruns of the Lone Ranger that a local TV station aired in the late afternoon. He would have been toast without Silver saving his a$$ -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:18 3
  - and Tarzan reruns, Cheetah saved his stupid hide -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:20 2
    - Since I generally travelled without either horse or chimp, quicksand was a mortal danger. -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:22 1
      - sometimes all you will need is a rope to lasso around a neighboring rock or tree -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 21, 12:37
- Krull! Atreyu! The Fire Swamp! -- nm - Max Sep 21, 12:17
- *exactly*!!! My #1 fear from ages 5-10 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:16 5
  - Quicksand, needles in candy, strangers trying to giving you temporary tattoos that are actually drugs - ty97 Sep 21, 12:20 4
    - and razor blades in apples! I cant tell you how many perfectly good apples my Mother threw out every Halloween from the nice old man two houses down. -- nm* - Jovian Sep 21, 12:23 3
      - The one who bought the old razor blade factory? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:24 2
        
        No no, the other one. The one who bought the rat poison factory. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 21, 12:29
        
        heh :) I dont think so. But he was Jewish and old, which meant for my Mom he was not to be trusted or spoken too. :( -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 12:27
- this is no lie -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 12:16
- Pitfall? or Jungle Hunt? -- nm - Max Sep 21, 12:15
- Cities don't have quicksand. They have liquefaction, which is even more terrifying. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:14 3
  - Sinkholes are what truly freak me out. Your house is there, and then it's not. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 21, 12:17 1
    - Yep. Some scary stuff there. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:23
  - I legit remember this fear and learning about this growing up. -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 21, 12:15
BC says no to accepting Alberta ICU patients (although I don't know if that's any different from any prior stances) -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:12 1
- From what I heard it's the stance they've had. -- nm - . Sep 21, 13:23
Blizzard has released the Diablo II: Resurrected live action launch trailer, which features Simu Liu -- (link) - Remlik Sep 21, 12:12 1
- Also the Adult Film trailer for ShangChi - budice Sep 21, 12:13
Lol -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:08 1
- :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 21, 12:14
“You could hire someone to do this, but it’d be pretty expensive.” -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 12:07 7
- just throw a rug over it and forget about it -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:22 3
  - It involves reinforcing a brick wall so a rug probably isn’t going to cut it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:24 2
    - just plant some forsythia in front of it and forget about it -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:57 1
      - Now you’re talking. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 13:01
- “Define pretty expensive.” -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:21
- If it’s pretty expensive do you really want to do it yourself? -- nm - spamlet Sep 21, 12:13 1
  - The way he described it, it didn’t sound hard to do, but feels like it would be a very ambitious project for me to take on. Spoils. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 21, 12:21
Let's be real - there is NO story about 45 that will matter. None, period. - Dean Winchester Sep 21, 12:07 4
- There’s one potential story I can think of. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:20
- even it was revealed he was sexually abusing Ivanka, he'd still keep his support. -- nm - Jovian Sep 21, 12:17
- You do not change with logic a belief that was arrived at without logic. -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 12:16
- This is the correct interpretation of the past five years, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:09
2 more months for Shang Chi on D+... bastards. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:01 7
- but when is it available to rent? -- nm - Remlik Sep 21, 12:12 3
  - Theoretically, that date would be October 19th. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 12:13 1
    - danke -- nm - Remlik Sep 21, 12:19
  - What, on VHS? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:13
- Go to the movies! Please? -- nm - Cinema Owners Sep 21, 12:07 1
  - No. I mean, yes, I'd like to sit in an empty theatre and gorge myself on snacks while watching a good movie, but there's this virus .... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:10
- That's past 45 days - eag Sep 21, 12:06
Jungle Cruise on Disney+ on November 12th. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 12:01 1
- They're making a big deal out of Disney+'s second birthday. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 21, 12:02
one thing that has become increasingly obvious over the last six years: - mud Sep 21, 12:00 2 1
- bery, did everyone just block me? -- nm - mud Sep 21, 12:24 1
  - I don't have access to that information, but I doubt it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:46

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