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I need some background info -- (link) - ty97 Sep 24, 21:48 2
- and there it is -- (link) - ty97 Sep 24, 21:51 1
  - That's some fancy drivin'. -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 21:53
I asked my Google Home if the flat sheet goes pattern side up or down, and it had an answer for me. What say you, ST? -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 21:34 2
- Depends on how you plan to make the bed - JD Sep 24, 21:42 1
  - Yep, you (or I) generally fold a few inches back down so pattern side down so it shows. -- nm - Meg Sep 24, 22:10
The Hoffmans are returning to Gold Rush (or maybe their own show?) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 21:27
ST Poll: Frances McDormand says she loves Marvel movies (and GOT)—what Marvel character should she play? -- (pic) - flavorize Sep 24, 21:17 [Attachment] 1
- Mary Storm? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 21:26
What if Jeff Bezos kills Kirk? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:51 4
- Kirk Who? Kirk Bezos? -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 21:51 1
  - Bill Shatner. He's scheduled for the next BO launch. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 22:02
- Marvel's really taking some chances this season. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 24, 20:53 1
  - Blue Origin is, too. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 21:05
"Let's play 20 questions ... is he tall?" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:33
Gospel singer Kelly Price is missing... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 24, 20:28 1
- Her lawyer sez she's not missing, but is still recovering from COVID at an undisclosed locatuon. - Diva Sep 25, 06:20
Nice. I mean, horrifying that it's come to this & I hope the law is worded to prevent political use, but nice that the antivaxers can piss off. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:24 2
- I’m all for freedom to protest, but I am also for buffer zones. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 20:43 1
  - Yeah, I just don't want it to flip around into protest zones. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:52
Just finished up The Squid Game - Jovian Sep 24, 19:44
I really want to be pedantic when people go “do you have the booster shot????” and say no but it’ll get me in trouble. -- nm - Tim Sep 24, 19:23 2
- “No. I don’t qualify yet as I am not (fill in the blank.)” -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 20:44
- "Hell yeah, first in line, ain't none a ya filthy motherfvckers gonna get me" -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 19:29
If only it would fit in my garage. Friday night car show on Main Street. The script L on the window beyond the hood is where I was picking up dinner. -- (pic) - Meg Sep 24, 19:15 [Attachment] 6
- That is one gorgeous Caddillac. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 24, 20:12 3
  - Now picture it as a convertible :) Before I came to California I believed everyone drove around in Cadillac convertibles down palm tree lined streets. - Meg Sep 24, 20:19 2
    - I can picture that. :-) - ReluctantCynic Sep 24, 20:23 1
      - When I learned more about the industry I realized it was just easier to film actors talking in a convertible than in a sedan :) -- nm - Meg Sep 24, 20:33
- More. Judging by the condition of the upholstery it was original but the exterior was great. -- (pic) - Meg Sep 24, 19:16 [Attachment] 1
  - You could live in the that, back seat is your bedroom, cook with the heat from the engine -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 19:31
The two Canadians held by China for the last 3 years are on their way home -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 24, 19:09 2
- HMM. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:07
- Justin! -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 19:23
NFL Ratings: Last night's crappy CAR-HOU matchup brought in 7.9M viewers. Highest numbers for NFLN TNF since 2018. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 24, 19:05
Nicolas Cage kicked out of swanky Las Vegas bar 'completely drunk,' -- (link) - budice Sep 24, 17:52 3
- He looks super skinny for him at least. Lawry’s is “ upscale “ ?! I’m thinking it’s just normal in that town -- nm - Pippy Sep 24, 19:55
- masks are mandatory indoors -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 24, 18:30
- No shoes no bottle service -- nm - Max Sep 24, 18:23
Ryder Cup: 6-2 USA will gladly take it -- nm - budice Sep 24, 16:34 2
- Dan Hicks @ Home outfit would scare some on Halloween -- (pic) - budice Sep 24, 16:54 [Attachment]
- *runs another story on team dysfunction* -- nm - ESPN Sep 24, 16:40
So I spent the morning getting my desk in order at the museum, and this afternoon working on the bookstore finances. Now I just got a call - Meg Sep 24, 16:33 3
- Did you ever hear from Bob? -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 24, 17:19 1
  - No, and that reminds me of something I meant to do and didn't. Dispute the charge with Paypal for non-delivery. -- nm - Meg Sep 24, 18:21
- Comfort food. -- nm - . Sep 24, 17:09
The Boebert misspelling thing was on purpose, to get people to spread it. The people she's trying to reach don't care that it's misspelled - Reagen Sep 24, 16:01 9
- Is it okay if I confuse her with the other one? -- nm - . Sep 24, 17:11
- theyve all learned well from their King -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 17:01 1
  - oh here he is -- (link) - Jovian Sep 24, 17:51
- Someone needs to spread the word: Don't help disinformation/propaganda spread. Don't QT for dunks. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 16:56
- Totally plausible -- nm - Mara Sep 24, 16:30
- I’m super happy I have zero idea what you’re talking about. - spamlet Sep 24, 16:04 3
  - Mrder Dmcrats -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 16:05 2
    - AND I WANT TO STAY THAT WAY -- nm - spamlet Sep 24, 17:09 1
      - *shudder* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 24, 18:48
this seems like a really not good idea -- (link) - Beaker Sep 24, 15:51 3
- Didn't Maverick get chewed out for violating a flight ceiling in a *non-populated* area? -- nm - Max Sep 24, 18:56 1
  - That was different, the pattern was full. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 19:05
- I mean, given advance notice & full assurance that it was planned and safe, that would be super cool. Anything less? Worst idea ever. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 15:56
Emma Watts is out at Paramount Pictures. She took the job in July of 2020. So, that was pretty terrible timing. - No Longer Calm David Sep 24, 15:39 8
- So, she has 2 marquee movies in hand and punted both for Covid reasons ..... and they fire her. - Will Hunting Sep 24, 15:44 7
  - I imagine she’s not getting fired for any specific performance metrics. Her boss just got booted so it’s time to clean house. - Mop Sep 24, 16:54
  - whoever takes over though will get credit for those 2...so everyone wants the job now -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 15:49 5
    - TG2 is gonna flop -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 15:54 4
      - (125 at HSX currently) -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 16:31
      - I’ll take that bet too. I don’t care for Top Gun, but im at 2 opening night. -- nm - MDH Sep 24, 16:05
      - I’ll take that bet. I think a lot of people are jazzed for it. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 15:58
      - bigly. but then the new guy blames the old one :) (I would of sold it to Amazon or Netflix) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 24, 15:57
HBO Max renews The Other Two for season 3 -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 15:35 2
- Teen Wolf to return with a movie on Paramount+ -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 15:36 1
  - Naked And Afraid Of Love’ Renewed For Season 2 By Discovery+ -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 15:38
very cool! -- (link) - Jovian Sep 24, 15:30
"Travel + Leisure Co. is an American timeshare company headquartered in Orlando, Florida." - No Longer Calm David Sep 24, 14:58 4
- Hilton Grand Vacations bought Diamond or vice versa -- nm - Pippy Sep 24, 15:29 2
  - HGV bought Diamond -- nm - JaxSean Sep 24, 15:34 1
    - Going to be an interesting December -- nm - Pippy Sep 24, 15:47
- I don't know enough about the industry to understand why Wyndham isn't trusted. -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 15:04
TIL that monster energy drinks and soft drinks in general are banned at my son's middle school. Good. - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:54
Who has two thumbs and just got her Pfizer booster? -- nm - kelly Sep 24, 14:33 18
- Yay! -- nm - Pippy Sep 24, 19:58
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 17:48
- Yay! -- nm - mara Sep 24, 16:30
- Good for you!! You've got me wishing I'd got Pfizer instead of Moderna :/ Guess I'll get a flu shot instead next week. -- nm - Meg Sep 24, 16:12 1
  - Eh. Moderna seems to be the better (ish) of the two right now. -- nm - kelly Sep 24, 16:50
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Sep 24, 15:25
- Phenomenal! That was really smart. -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 24, 14:58 1
  - I’ve been trying to get it for the last month. My pharmacist friend called me yesterday with the new development. I was there the minute work let out - kelly Sep 24, 15:11
- Fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Sep 24, 14:53
- Woot! -- nm - JD Sep 24, 14:50
- Yeah!!! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 24, 14:45
- very nice! -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 14:41
- I’m so curious how the side effects will play out on a 3rd booster. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 14:40 3
  - based on her post, a third thumb. -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 24, 14:51 2 1
    - Of course. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 15:01
    - gold star. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:52
- woo! -- nm - ty97 Sep 24, 14:36
- Excellent! -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 14:34
Feel the Jebmentum! -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:17 2
- rofl - I was literally just coming to post this -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 14:29 1
  - I shouldn't really make fun, I once locked myself out of my car on the way to a job interview. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:52
DTL: oh, I almost forgot today is recruit reveal day. - spamlet Sep 24, 14:16 6
- Reached out to several next tier recruits. A couple of more potential possibilities -- nm - spamlet Sep 24, 16:04
- 2 clear leads on the 6'8" maxes, 2/2 on the ranked guy. I fiddled around with my PG selection and now I'll have to scramble a bit. - Tenetennbaron Sep 24, 15:27
- 5/5,4/4,1/1,1/1 with no clear radars and 2 1/1 radar ties. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 14:42
- 4/4, 2/2, 0/0 and I have two 0/0 radars. -- nm - Dano Sep 24, 14:28 1
  - I may bail on the 2/2 and use the points to play the field because my 0/0 max is very similar. -- nm - Dano Sep 24, 14:37
- DTL: I kind of wish I had forgotten today is recruit reveal day. - spamlet Sep 24, 14:28
Talent agency CAA just signed an NFT of an ape in a valet uniform. -- (link) - Mop Sep 24, 14:12 1
- "and in September, a set of 107 sold for a staggering $24.4 million at Sotheby’s ...Apes have a $500 M after market sales value" -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 14:21
Bryson just drove it 394 yards. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 24, 14:03 1
- ... to a hospital for an MRI? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:07
heh. this popped into my head as a sort of an earworm -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 14:01 [youtube]
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 24, 13:58 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 24, 13:59 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 24, 13:59 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 24, 14:00 [Attachment] 2
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Sep 24, 14:12
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete, fan of the Borgia Pope Sep 24, 14:05
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 24, 13:58 [Attachment] 1
- . -- nm* - . Sep 24, 14:43
This is an insane golf shot. Jordan Spieth takes a jog toward Lake Michigan. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 24, 13:40 [youtube] 12
- "That is not fescue that is fuckue" -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 15:50
- Shot tracker shows how high it went. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Sep 24, 14:57
- ffs "Video unavailable The uploader has not made this video available in your country." -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 13:58
- If I did this, I’d never stop talking about it. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 24, 13:56
- That’s blind luck, not skill. -- nm - David Sep 24, 13:55 5
  - I'd swing 20 times and never even make contact. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 15:50
  - Meh, if he's seeing the ball, he has an idea of what's going to happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 14:43
  - Yes and no. It's a low percentage shot, but I bet he makes it many times more often than you or I would. -- nm - pmb Sep 24, 14:19 2
    - Yeah, I'd either (a) miss, (b) launch it over the crowd on the other side of the green, and/or (c) fall into the lake. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 24, 15:36 1
      - I’d jam the ball into the bank, it would bounce back to hit me, and then I’d fall into the bunker and break something. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 24, 16:48
- That's amazing. I love the Ryder Cup. -- nm - pmb Sep 24, 13:53
- jeebus -- nm - budice Sep 24, 13:53
I was fooling around with a 7000 synth in a music shop just now and it basically played the Blade Runner score for you. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 13:38 4
- is nothing sacred? -- nm - mud Sep 24, 14:58 2
  - bwaaaaaaaammmmmmm buuummmmm vraaaammmmmmm -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 16:02 1
    - wow -- in tune and everything -- nm - mud Sep 24, 16:11
- I imagine it went something like this -- (link) - oblique Sep 24, 13:40 [youtube]
the republican party everyone (just a reminder) -- (link) - Jovian Sep 24, 13:13 11
- #1. all house republicans want to kill both the mother & baby up to birth because abortion and other life saving procedures can't happen. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 24, 13:26 3
  - they just want more meat for the machine -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 13:28 2
    - if they can't keep their base from dying, they will make sure they reproduce more base -- nm - Pippy Sep 24, 13:32
    - bring on the Soylent Green! -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 24, 13:29
- These people that throw around generalities like MTG does are CRAZY. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 24, 13:25 2
  - heh -- nm - spamlet Sep 24, 13:36 1
    - She probably plays the invincible book/faceless haven combo too. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 15:21
- *you’re -- nm - Volnelk Sep 24, 13:24
- Surprised she used the word "House" there. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 13:15 2
  - also because shes probably afraid of Mitch. She knows that McCarthy has no balls what so ever -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 13:28
  - well she's a "member" and apparently likes "to shit where she eats", as Tony Soprano says. -- nm - mud Sep 24, 13:18
Biden will not assert executive privileges CNN. For a minute I thought that he, staff was being investigated - zeitgeist Sep 24, 13:13
Baby me. Last night I was able to drive halfway home with the top down. Today it looks to be all the way. Fall outlook has improved since I complained yesterday. And hopefully, drive-in tonight or tomorrow. -- nm* - Spawn Sep 24, 13:12 2
- You can drive with the top down everyday - decline Sep 24, 14:15 1
  - Actually, the car will not alow it to be lowered once the temperature drops. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 18:29

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