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Tuesday Powerball pool, 570m participants so far - zeitgeist Sep 29, 02:13 2
- Sent—Thanks! -- nm - flavorize Sep 29, 05:23
- I'll send some dough shortly -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 04:54
Penquins produce an oil that helps their feathers retain heat - JD Sep 28, 23:24 2
- This was what caused the extinction of the Northern Linseed Oil Penguin. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 23:44 1
  - Most people aren't aware that modern Thinsulate is 37% penguin oil. -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 23:49
some Spanish divers found a lot of 1500 year old Roman coins. 53 were gold -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 28, 22:05
Quick! Plug any number you want into Google and tell me your result! - The Allfather Sep 28, 21:30 22
- 20210928 Austin City Council -- nm - Max Sep 29, 01:46
- my post code gets me more Lego. the king's mountain fortress -- (link) - mafic Sep 28, 23:26
- image search for 86753 is lego criminal -- (link) - mafic Sep 28, 23:09 2
  - I love the one who is miked up. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 23:11 1
    - pencil-thin moustache guy is *classy* -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 23:20
- 4742 (Citalopram Hydrobromide 40 mg) - Pill Identifier - Drugs.com -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 23:00
- 8675309 doesn't work. 😢 -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 22:30 2
  - ah, I thought you meant specifically on realtor. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 22:32 1
    - No, I think yours would get about a million results. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 23:01
- a vietnamese page that translates as: Not a scam phone number! This is the official information from this subscriber number management unit -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 28, 21:56
- 644 lead me to pills with 644 imprinted on them. Hyoscyamine is used for IBS. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 21:54
- Hex color -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 28, 21:54
- Interesting - I plugged in my street number and it says there's an Anti-Aging Testosterone and HGH Therapy Clinic at my address :/ -- (link) - Meg Sep 28, 21:51 2
  - walks away whistling, trying not to look too guilty -- nm - Min & Moe Sep 28, 22:01 1
    - Shady as hell - wonder which unit it is? - Meg Sep 28, 22:08
- I got... a genome sequence? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 28, 21:42 1
  - That's some solid protein coding. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 21:45
- I got this - and a train in India :) -- (link) - Meg Sep 28, 21:35 1
  - Huh. I wonder who needs that much tape simultaneously. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 21:36
- I used an old address number. one result, a $1.6M house in Damascus Oregon -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 28, 21:34 2
  - Ooh, is it a good deal at $1.6 million? -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 21:35 1
    - no idea. I never looked for property there before. -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 28, 22:00
Really though, who isn’t on the SEC site at midnight reading a Form 10 - ty97 Sep 28, 21:25 1
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 04:38
"The 2021 Mets are the first team in MLB history to spend as many as 103 days in first place and finish with a losing record." - The Allfather Sep 28, 21:07 2
- Sighhhhhhh -- nm - Tim Sep 28, 22:01
- let's party like it's 1969!!! -- nm - Mets Fans Sep 28, 21:24
Squid Game has hit No. 1 in 90 countries in 10 days on Netflix. - The Allfather Sep 28, 20:47 1
- I have some minor issues with it, but overall it's pretty good thus far -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 20:52
ffs YTLM - Max Sep 28, 20:44 1
- Yeah, it's a problem. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 20:48
how many president/prime minister elections have you voted in? how many times did the person you voted for win? 12...6 -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 28, 20:43 12
- I believe I was only eligible for the last six, and can only remember the last 3. 2/3. -- nm - Meg Sep 28, 22:04
- 4 wins, 4 losses. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 21:58
- 10 or 12, slightly less than half -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 28, 21:54
- Federal - eligible in 9, voted in 7 (Stephen Harper decided I couldn't in the others), party won in 3. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 21:47
- 2/7 (NM) - Marlowe Sep 28, 21:23
- I think I'm 3/6. -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 20:58 4
  - (And there's no such thing as a Prime Minister election, right?) -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 21:00 3
    - technically some people have the PM (or hopeful) as their local candidate. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 21:49
    - fine. whatever the top office is in countries NOT the United States -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 28, 21:14
    - No, it would be whether your local candidate won, and whether that helped the party get enough seats to win -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 21:05
- I have no idea. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 20:55
- I’m 4 for 7 in general elections. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 28, 20:44
“Primetime Emmys” and “Daytime Emmys”… anachronistic? When the winners are all streaming shows you can watch any time… - Mop Sep 28, 20:30
OMG, I have waited too long to hear that Taskmaster theme again. It makes me so happy. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:22
WET - WOOD Sep 28, 20:15 1
- The episode had the IM, too. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 20:28
One of the new SNL cast members looks a lot like Emma Stone -- (pic) - flavorize Sep 28, 19:44 [Attachment] 11
- Are we canceling any of them before the first episode airs? -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:23 4
  - Can I cancel her for her choice in eyewear? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 20:41 1
    - that and the pseudo-mullet make it look like Jim Bob's 1982 senior class photo. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 20:48
  - I bet if we went through their Twitter accounts, we totally could -- nm - flavorize Sep 28, 20:34 1
    - One can only hope they weren’t nearly famous enough to ever have their tweets archived before they were deleted. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:36
- I don't see it. -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 20:05 5
  - same -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 03:06
  - Really? I totally do. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 20:06 3
    - Nope, the dress is white and gold. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 20:12
    - I feel like there's a hint of that, and a hint of someone else. Almost like Dave Foley but not quite. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 20:10 1
      - Melissa Villaseñor + Danica McKellar -- nm - Max Sep 28, 20:21
I finally did it! -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 28, 19:44
USPS raising prices starting Oct 3rd for Holiday Season. Other DeJoy changes going into effect -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 19:43 4
- Price increases aren't that unusual. The slowing of the mail is the alarming part. Especially since it's NOT due to the ongoing pandemic. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 20:25 2
  - They *just raised it though. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 23:03
  - Prices for first class letters just went up August 29, and this is a "Temporary" price increase. - JaxSean Sep 28, 20:41
- they gotta get rid of him jfc -- nm - Remlik Sep 28, 19:47
Museum says they gave an artist $84,000 in cash to use in artwork. He delivered blank canvases and titled them "Take the Money and Run." -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 19:40 4
- It’s a nice canvas. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:35
- Give me half the money; we'll go outside; I'll kick you in the nuts and we'll call it even. -- nm - VMan Sep 28, 19:59
- Hard to find a better summation of modern art than this. -- nm - znufrii Sep 28, 19:41 1
  - what if janitors threw it out? -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 19:49
Book club event with Ron Howard and Clint Howard. Gotta say... one of these guys has lived a harder life than the other. -- (link) - Mop Sep 28, 19:15 1
- The younger one. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 19:16
only murders ... that was great -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 19:11
According to Khan: "Thank you Wrestling fans who helped make #AEWDynamite the #1 show on cable last Wednesday (for a 5th straight week!)" -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 19:10
William Shatner’s ‘TekWar’ In Works As Adult Animated Series -- (link) - Remlik Sep 28, 18:56 4
- Everything Babylon 5 is new again. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:24
- ... finally, something underappreciated is getting rebooted. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 18:59 2
  - it was better when Phillip K Dick did it. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 19:20 1
    - Either way, what I'm hearing is TekWar porn. - Beryllium Sep 28, 19:25
omg Stanton -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 18:49
When you can't afford two actors: "Don't worry, I'm a former SEAL and a neuro-surgeon!" -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 18:41 4
- JAG was made from merging 2 Tom Cruise films -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 28, 19:07 1
  - ... and that led directly to the NCIS empire. Huh. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 19:08
- "I mean, I only lasted two weeks at each one, but still. I can help." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 18:59
- Swiss Army Character -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 18:46
Would you like to read a horror story? -- (link) - ty97 Sep 28, 18:40
where's Liam Neeson when you need him -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 18:27
Less than 3% of United employees file for vaccination exemption. Less that 1% to be fired for not getting vaccinated (or seeking exemption) - ty97 Sep 28, 18:19 3
- I hate that such a minority of people are getting so much press. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 20:38
- "Come on, who's with me! RAAAAAGHRAGHGRABLE FREEEEEEDOMMMMMM!" -- nm - How they thought this was gonna go Sep 28, 18:22 1
  - Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 28, 18:29
I have an idea: plug the La Brea hole with the dome from Under the Dome. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 18:07 10
- My God, we spent so much money on this. -- nm - NBC Sep 28, 20:27
- Simpsons did it -- nm - VMan Sep 28, 19:48
- Actually we may need the dome to smother the terrible acting. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 18:32 3
  - C’mon guys, we spent a lot of money on this. -- nm - NBC Sep 28, 20:26
  - and the stupid, it hurts -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 18:35 1
    - plus - spoilers I guess - Beaker Sep 28, 18:35
- Not the dome that we left Pauly Shore in? -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 18:29
- what did Arrow do with the huge sinkhole the season after Damian Dahrk? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 28, 18:22
- Plug the La Brea hole with Flex Seal! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 28, 18:20
- Instant greenlight! -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 18:16
oooh, the cheese it hurts -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 18:06
There's a Mandarin Oriental hotel at Columbus Circle. I know these high high high end hotels but was curious so I looked - ty97 Sep 28, 17:59 4
- But is it worth it? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 20:38
- Are you new to NY? -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 19:00
- Probably because their electric bill is so high. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 18:11
- But the oranges in their continental breakfast are soooo worth it. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 18:05
Hard to find a better summation of modern art than this... -- (link) - znufrii Sep 28, 17:30 1
- Or this? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 28, 17:36
T-minus 30(ish) minutes to La Brea. How craptacular will it be? - Cuzzin Todd Sep 28, 17:27 2
- I'm hoping it's good, or at least "seem" good in the moment to my addled brain. Remember that first season of Lost? -- nm - mud Sep 28, 17:29 1
  - I expect it to follow a similar pattern -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 18:12
DTL: I lost by 1 thanks to VERY generous home whistles by the officials. Worse is it probably cost me the conference championship. -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 28, 17:19 1
- Lost to Akron again, but he didn't blow me off the court this time, just slowly pulled away in the second half like a better team should. - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 18:12
now playing: Squid Game -- nm - prayformojo Sep 28, 17:05 1
- I'm up to episode 4. It's pretty good. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 18:27
McConnell: 5 times while Bush 43 was in the White House, Senator Biden voted against raising the debt ceiling. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 28, 16:59 5
- Good thing nothing's changed in politics or economics since then! -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 18:17
- Old Men Hold Grudges -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 17:11 2
  - I have a feeling that old age will not suit you well and that you should seek out a vampire to bite you asap -- nm - mud Sep 28, 17:15 1
    - I turn 43 a week from Saturday. I don't believe it myself. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 18:30
- “Why do we even have that lever?” -- nm - znufrii Sep 28, 17:08
Wow, we've come a long way. You can get booster shot appointments for tomorrow through CVS or Walgreens websites -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 16:58 8
- My good friend and her husband (who works at the CDC) got theirs over the weekend. I want to schedule mine in a few weeks. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 28, 17:01 7
  - I thought you couldn’t unless high risk or 65? -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 18:05 3
    - It is by the honor system. I took the Moderna vaccine, so if a third shot gets approved I'll get it due to working at the grocery store. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 19:07
    - I mean, there's no shortage of doses. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 18:38
    - I haven't investigated yet. - Strongbad Sep 28, 18:12
  - Yesterday was the six month anniversary of my second shot so I figured I'd look. -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 17:01 2
    - I think I hit 8 mo this weekend. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 28, 17:05 1
      - I had a robocall from Kaiser telling me I'd have to wait until Moderna was approved :( -- nm - Meg Sep 28, 18:18
"The Tesla was completely unable to detect the existence of at least four vehicles, six people and a German Shepherd fully stopped..." - Qale Sep 28, 16:46 2
- I'm sure they'll be fully self-driving any day now. -- nm - mafic Sep 28, 18:00 1
  - German Shepards? Yeah, prolly. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 20:25
@JasonKilar says @RobertIger at Disney ‘had my back’ when he decided to put all Warner movies on @HBOMax the same day #CodeCon -- (link) - Remlik Sep 28, 16:33 3
- Well, yeah...any time you can undermine a rival, you gotta do it. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 28, 16:42 2
  - Uh, yeah. I love you, Jason, but Bob Iger is not your friend. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 17:53
  - "Never … murder a man who is committing suicide" -- Woodrow Wilson -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 16:54
I’m beginning to think infrastructure week might never happen. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 16:29 1
- 😔🎉 -- nm - colin Sep 28, 17:07
Steve Rowfers, Cap-Wolf Were-merica -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 16:09

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