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Heh. Forgot also, when we were buying the car the guy informed me my license was expired. Weird thing is, I *just* got the Safe Driver Online - oblique Oct 11, 08:01 1
- Birthday = check your license, silly. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 08:02
just had job interview. please participate in job interview tradition of rocking out to amnesia to decompress. -- (link) - amanda jeans Oct 11, 07:56 [youtube] 4
- *good vibes* -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 08:08
- Good luck! -- nm - spamlet Oct 11, 07:57 1
  - get chair dancing! no luck-wishing! chair dancing!!! -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 11, 07:58
- They would be fools not to hire you. You're worth twice what they're offering! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 07:57
I think Delta is the last of the large US airlines not to mandate the vaccine (yet?) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:54
I don't get the hate for Solo. next to Rogue One and the original trilogy likely #5 for me -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 07:54 2
- It's exactly what it says on the tin. - spamlet Oct 11, 07:58
- I really like it -- nm - mud Oct 11, 07:57
Holy smokes, Will. If your team isn't going to miss a shot occasionally I'm not going to play you anymore. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 07:48 1
- You held my starters to 17 for 59 the first game. I think we are even. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 08:21
First time I noticed, but my electric bill through Arcadia now has a credit for the solar farm going online -- (link) - oblique Oct 11, 07:43 2
- 👍👍👍 I've been very happy with Arcadia since you turned me on to them a few years ago. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 07:57 1
  - Oh cool, glad to hear! I like being able to contribute to renewables since we aren't in a spot to put panels on our house. Definitely going to look - oblique Oct 11, 07:59
lol ouch -- (link) - Jovian Oct 11, 07:41 2
- did people need more of a reason to hate AT&T already? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 08:08
- fun! -- nm - mud Oct 11, 08:01
Juju Smith-Shuster may be done for the season. -- nm - Diva Oct 11, 07:41 3
- Chiefs from last night => CEH: knee Tyreek Hill: knee Travis Kelce: stinger. -- nm* - budice Oct 11, 07:48
- Speaking of football, for all the horror that is my Astronauts team, I did an excellent move in FJS benching TJ Hockenson and picking up Dawson Knox - oblique Oct 11, 07:45 1
  - Someone needs to put two in the head of my team. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 07:47
The case against South Dakota. (As in, its very existence.) -- (link) - mara Oct 11, 07:35 1
- I haven't read it, but I approve. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:37
So far only 360 Southwest cancellations today. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:32 12
- Has anyone reported the real reason for their issues? Their lies about weather and traffic controllers isn't it. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 11, 07:33 11
  - Is it possible, and hear me out now, they could be actually a terrible company that cut margins too low and flew too close to the sun? - Qale Oct 11, 07:51 2
    - Could be! I'm curious why they'd suddenly meltdown now in the lighter travel season though. - ty97 Oct 11, 07:57
    - yes. yes it is. -- nm - mud Oct 11, 07:54
  - The Trumpers are saying it’s because of the government’s vaccine mandate, which is of course a lie because that’s not in effect yet. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 07:44 6
    - A guy on local news here who was an annoyed passenger says he saw a SW pilot in the airport and asked him what was going on and the guy's response was - pmb Oct 11, 08:04
    - Rumors all weekend that there was an ATC walkout over the mandate (false) and that there was a Southwest pilot sickout due to mandate (unknown). -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:52 3
      - Pilot Union said there was no sickout. Now, they could be lying, but of course, everyone could be lying. Everyone! -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 07:57 2
        
        Yeah, they'd say that either way. (I'm not saying there's a sickout either though. I just don't know) -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 08:01 1
        
        I really need to look into cancelling my Southwest Credit Card. It's practically worthless now and has an annual fee. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 08:02
    - and also weird that it would only hit one airline. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 07:45
  - Not that I've heard. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:34
So, we bought a car on Friday. Don't have it yet, but we bought it. 2022 Kia Niro PHEV. - oblique Oct 11, 07:21 22
- Feels like you've bought a few cars as of late? Comp/Collision is a heck on an insurance bill -- nm* - budice Oct 11, 07:32 2
  - We bought 2 in 2019 that the kids drive. So, kinda :) I'm due to replace mine sometime next year. Going to swap cars with my son and trade in his - oblique Oct 11, 07:37 1
    - Toddlers can't drive, kilbo -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:39
- Watch out for falling trees. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 07:30
- I haven't even heard of this vehicle (no surprise since I'm not in the market) but it looks slick! -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:24 17
  - I'm not a huge fan of it myself in person. It's kinda a weird squat hatchback/wagon crossbread. It drives nice though, has good storage, and was one - oblique Oct 11, 07:27 16
    - It's what happens when you want to sell a hatchback but don't want to sell a hatchback. - spamlet Oct 11, 07:34 1
      - Yeah, the Hyundai one is nicer looking but they don't sell the PHEV in the midwest. -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:37
    - Yeah, this style of vehicle is odd to me as well. It's not an SUV, it's not a car, it's kind of in between. I do hope you love it and have no issues. - Krusty Oct 11, 07:32 13
      - I believe they call them CUVs... -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:33 12
        
        ish. The Bolt we're trying to buy is an "EUV", which means just a little more leg room and storage -- (edited) - Reagen Oct 11, 07:42 2
        
        "Do you have any that don't catch on fire?" -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:43 1
        
        99.99% don't! -- nm* - Reagen Oct 11, 07:44
        
        What's the C? Car Utility Vehicle? IMO, this one is too high up to be in the station wagon class but what do I know. - Krusty Oct 11, 07:37 6
        
        Crossover -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:39 3
        
        (at least as far as I've heard, I'm not an expert) -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:40 2
        
        . -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:40 1
        
        Looks like crossover and compact are used. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:50
        
        Compact I think -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:38 1
        
        Makes sense -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:38
        
        I mean I basically have one of those, a Crossover (suby Crosstrek). - tRuMaN Oct 11, 07:36 1
        
        I definitely looked at the Subaru also. It really was a choice between the Kia, Subaru, Toyota RAV4 Prime and the Ford Escape - oblique Oct 11, 07:39
lol, our work VPN has decided that people shouldnt have access to the interwebs. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 11, 07:14 2
- "Can't you just connect to your phone or something?" -- inept management -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 07:19
- The Ultron solution. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 07:15
NYT: Saudis gave Trump WH white tiger and cheetah furs that .. were fakes that had been dyed. -- (link) - mud Oct 11, 07:09 2
- Im shocked to read that his administration handled foreign gifts poorly. -- nm - Jovian Oct 11, 07:31
- They figured it was the kind of thing he'd appreciate. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:16
FF: I have strong words for the Cleveland D -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 06:52 2
- Buffalo and Chargers are two teams to definitely avoid this year -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 06:56 1
  - I shouldn't have fielded a team of kickers. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:03
How quickly in the off-season does MLB change that rule to allow umpire discretion to award bases? - Will Hunting Oct 11, 06:52 3
- That's just the normal GRD rules though - not sure why it should be changed. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:59 2
  - Nah, it’s a ball off a fielder over the wall. It hit the wall, then the fielder, then over. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 08:18
  - Agreed. In this one weird circumstance it hurt a team but that's not enough reason to change the rule. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:11
A gave a test last week with multiple choice, and a bubble sheet to fill the answers in. There were 14 Qs on the test, 20 spots on the bubble - Reagen Oct 11, 06:36 6
- I hope you learned your lesson. Always have 20 questions on the test. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 06:50
- Did they fill those in too, just in case? -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:45 4
  - a bunch of them crossed them out. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:47 3
    - Come back tomorrow with handouts and say "Oh, by the way, these were the six questions missing from yesterday's quiz." - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:49 2
      - heh -- nm - mud Oct 11, 06:57
      - "Demonstrate how 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + .... = -1/12." -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:53
If only there was a program that could help people learn what was in the BBB plan. Perhaps a news program. It could air in the evening. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 06:35 5
- Ok, boomer -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 06:40
- He’s repeating Obama’s mistakes and finding new ones. - Will Hunting Oct 11, 06:39 2
  - The danger is there’s so many things to include when talking about it. If the first thing people hear isn’t what benefits them*, they’ll write it off -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 11, 06:43 1
    - The Presidency is the biggest megaphone in the world. Use it. Every damn day. Use it. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 06:54
- LOL. Vegetables don’t sell. -- nm - spamlet Oct 11, 06:36
nm, bad headline -- nm* - spamlet Oct 11, 06:32
So hold on (Ted Lasso spoils) - Reagen Oct 11, 06:25 6
- I actually looked that up. It was a fraction of a penny or nearly free in 2009. - Will Hunting Oct 11, 06:37 1
  - But his wallet's been hacked so many times, he's busted now. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:17
- Also (final match spoils) - znufrii Oct 11, 06:31 3
  - OK, so even I noticed that. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:18
  - by a mile. But - Reagen Oct 11, 06:34 1
    - Fair. - znufrii Oct 11, 06:39
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 11, 06:09 [Attachment] 12
- Crocfail - when the little strap snaps -- nm - VMan Oct 11, 09:47
- CORAL FLAIR - What waiters at TGIFriday wear in Key West. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 07:28
- COFAILR - the dating site where misery loves company -- nm - Max Oct 11, 07:16
- ALFALFARICO - what finally brought down The Little Rascals -- nm* - Reagen Oct 11, 06:50
- CIAROFLACO, the use of light and dark in the portraits of Ravens quarterbacks. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:35
- FALCORRIFIC - znufrii Oct 11, 06:21
- CIAROFL - The CIA is laughing at you -- nm - budice Oct 11, 06:15
- CAIRO FALCO, what they call The Maltese Falcon in Malta to make it sound more exotic. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:12 2
  - Cairo! -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 06:19 [youtube] 1
    - ~Gotta get away to Cairo ay-ro~ -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:33
- AIRFALCO - the discount airline that promises to rock you with low fares -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:11 1
  - AIRFLACCO - Elite! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 06:16
Has anyone ever heard this before? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 05:52 16
- In the sense that it's designed for the horse and buggy (NYC the subway and CA the freeway) -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 06:40
- I've heard it said before it has a certain European vibe, yes. Mostly, by non-Americans. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 11, 06:13
- I mean, band-wise, sure. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 06:12 4
  - LOL! -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:19
  - this is really good -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 06:18
  - ha -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:12 1
    - America is the Asia of London -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:13
- a - no. b - what part of europe would this be? c - why would anyone think that -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 11, 06:07
- literally no one has thought this. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:05
- "considered by some" = the guy who told her that -- nm - decline Oct 11, 06:03 2
  - There are people in the comments that are like "yeah I've heard that" -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 06:18
  - Before the internet, you could spout a bunch of bullshit at the bar and no one would run tell the world what you said when you were drunk -- nm* - Reagen Oct 11, 06:12
- No. Why would it not be New York given that was the main port of entry from Europe? - Will Hunting Oct 11, 05:54 3
  - I mean, wouldn't it be Montreal? (Unless they are speaking US specifically?). -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 05:55 2
    - even then it's Quebec City that's the most European in North America. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:08 1
      - True, I should have said Quebec and not Montreal specifically -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 06:16
Barely Week 5, NFL is the walking wounded. -- nm - budice Oct 11, 05:38 3
- What's a stinger? -- (link) - decline Oct 11, 06:01 1
  - compressed nerve. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 06:05
- Yeah—it’s crazy—sounds like Juju is the next victim—out for maybe rest of season -- nm - flavorize Oct 11, 05:48
Happy Thanksgiving to all the wonderful Canadian STers! 🇨🇦🦃 -- nm* - Krusty Oct 11, 05:17 5
- Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 07:27 1
  - Happy Italian Heritage Day!🇮🇹🇺🇲 -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:43
- Quebec demands you say the same thing in French with a larger font. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 06:15 1
  - Never! -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 06:18
- Happy Thanksgiving y'all! -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 05:38
TV PSA: NFL, MLB, Raw, DWTS, Neighborhood, Voice, Roswell New Mexico, 911, Bob Hearts Abishola, Big Leap, NCIS, NCIS Hawaii, Good Doctor, Ordinary Joe -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 04:24 1
- The Babysitters Club (NF), Y the Last Man, The L Word: Generation Q, We're Here, Below Deck Med, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 04:26
Random Roles with Clint Howard -- (link) - Beaker Oct 11, 04:08
A year ago Lebanon's port blew the fvck up, today the oil depot caught fire, the shipment from Iran was thought to contain too much benzene -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 11, 00:55
People are developing diabetes after COVID-19. It might be because the virus messing with insulin-producing cells, new research suggests. -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 11, 00:14 4
- I wish they said whether it was type 1 or type 2. It’s been suspected for a long time that many children develop type 1 diabetes after catching a - kelly Oct 11, 05:18 2
  - Childhood vaccine = autism? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 10:46
  - Hmm, very interesting. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 05:28
- Or maybe Americans just have developed a poor diet in the last 18 months. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 05:00
Alright, this evening I've gone from TNG's "The Price" directly to Voy's "False Profits". That's a fun jump. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 23:05 1
- Next logical episode to watch would be "Nepenthe" (from Picard), I think -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 23:19
My carpets are the same colour as the ones in Enterprise's sickbay in TNG. But why does sickbay have CARPET? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 21:58 5
- You try walking around on bare floors all day and see how your back likes it. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 05:55
- So...what you're saying is that the transporter malfunctioned and sent you carpet? -- nm - . Oct 10, 23:42 1
  - Space carpet? I suppose! Don't want anyone trekking mud all over it, though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 23:48
- it's the future. sonic showers, force fields, sterilisation fields. you can carpet anything! -- nm - mafic Oct 10, 21:59 1
  - Fair, plus replicators make it easy to print replacement pieces. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 22:05
Has anyone else watched Master Chef Australia? I got hooked on it in Kansas and am almost through the first season. I just discovered there are - Meg Oct 10, 21:53 5
- Started watching in the first season, stopped in season 4 I think -- nm - Karl_S Oct 10, 23:48
- only part of the first season, right around when I moved here. I think it's on like 5 nights a week and has 12 or 13 seasons. -- nm - mafic Oct 10, 21:58 3
  - Hee, reading your post I hear it in an Aussie accent. I need to get out among real people again ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 22:05 2
    - heh, the most common guess I get is Irish. I think I've been here long enough that I don't quite sound Canadian, and people don't know what to guess. - mafic Oct 10, 22:26 1
      - People still peg mine as English and/or Australian, and I've been in North America 55 years. -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 23:10
My government owns the bible My government owns the title too -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 21:45

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