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Worf -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:56
I’m rich, bitch! $14 in settlement case of Hernandes vs Experian. Basically, Experian continued to report bankruptcy long after it was allowed. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 14:51 2
- drinks on Qale! -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:55 1
  - Well, drink -- nm - rollo Oct 13, 20:20
Mae Jemison: the first Star Trek actor in space. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:26 4
- James Doohan is the 2nd! -- (link) - Remlik Oct 13, 14:49 1
  - beam me up! -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:54
- The exact episode is the one that created Tom Riker. TIL. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:27 1
  - Heh, directed by LeVar. And the next one he directed was The Pegasus. I guess he's just really good at making Frakes look good. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:29
DTL: More ranking weirdness. I won and moved up 10 spots to 111. My opponent dropped 48 spots to 87. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:24 7
- After a hideous shooting game which I only won because my opponent was even worse, I jumped 24 places. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 14:36
- Mine was down 36, them up 33. As the talent weighting drops off, things get weird until Game 5 tomorrow. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 13, 14:26
- And my maxes are 5. 30, 45, NR - spamlet Oct 13, 14:26 4
  - 51, NR, NR, NR. Just how I like it. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 14:37
  - And I dropped 9 for my NR or I'd really be in trouble. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:28
  - 3, 26, NR, NR --- The #1 / #2 are the top 2 in my rankings as well. I'm really curious as to Cannady's tie. DeWitt is an 8/8 min -- nm* - Will Hunting Oct 13, 14:26 1
    - I threw a scholarship to Cannady just so I could see it. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:29
FedEx Ground package going thru some interesting Cities: MINOOKA, IL, BRADY, NE, GREEN RIVER, UT -- (edited) - budice Oct 13, 14:20 1
- Aren't those all related to serial killers? Only Murders On The Delivery Route, a podcast, spring 2022 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:21
Gruden getting "cancelled" from Madden football, too! -- (link) - TWuG Oct 13, 14:07 1
- good -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:55
Some of my family hasn't given up on The Flash series, but I have. It looks like the cast gave up too. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 14:06
While searching the archives for something else, I found that I've been promoting Ted Lasso since 2014 -- (link) - JD Oct 13, 13:45 [Backboard]
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 13, 13:44 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 13, 13:44 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 13, 13:45 [Attachment] 6
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 13, 13:45 [Attachment] 5
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 13, 14:23
      - 2/2 -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:02
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 13, 14:00
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Oct 13, 13:56
      - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 13:54
Olivia Wilde Au Naturel while promoting Natural Beauty Products -- (link) - budice Oct 13, 13:35
Re: SITV Hey! I dispute the idea that engineers can't be creative. 8-P - JD Oct 13, 13:27 12
- This thread speaks for me. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 13, 13:57 5
  - Actually, it only speaks for readers who read using an internal voice (or, in some cases, an internal voice that sounds like the poster themself.) - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:07
  - *grumble* kicks dirt - JD Oct 13, 14:01 3
    - Last Christmas 2: This Christmas -- nm - The Allfather Oct 13, 14:11 2
      - I gave you my heart....and you gave it away. Spoils - JD Oct 13, 14:19
      - Is it a horror movie? "Last Christmas, I gave you a heart. This Christmas, I'm here to take yours away... Sidney!" - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:16
- Describe the parameters for being creative and I will make it happen! -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 13:32 5
  - I just need a procedure to follow and I'll create all kinds of stuff! -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 13:34 4
    - Y'all aren't helping 8-P -- nm - JD Oct 13, 13:37 3
      - Everything an engineer does helps! -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 13:43
      - I create spreadsheets all the time! -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 13:42 1
        
        And they look *good* -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 13:45
On the flu shot schedule for Friday. Woo hoo! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 13:08 5
- This year the flu shot only gave me a sore arm. I was pleased. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 14:33
- Get mine at work Monday. First day of official back to the office. - spamlet Oct 13, 13:21
- Monday after next for us -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 13:18
- Got mine last week - woo!! And a pneumonia vaccine too. -- nm - Diva Oct 13, 13:13 1
  - STers are vikings at getting vaccinated. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 13:56
AB premier Jason Kenney's approval rating down to 22% -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 13:01 4
- Higgs is at an all-time low here; his reopening to kill people and overload the hospitals plan was really not a good idea -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 13:20
- still too high -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 13:19
- I remember when he played for the Chiefs.... -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 13:10
- that's almost a million people Reagen! -- nm - decline Oct 13, 13:02
Only Murders spoil - Diva Oct 13, 12:22 3
- oooooo. I like that -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 12:48 2
  - spoil - Diva Oct 13, 12:57 1
    - that's smart. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 13:07
Bery: new Secret Stalker link on B2. Please post up top. Thanks! -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 12:21 2
- done -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 12:35 1
  - merci -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:55
Norway: Several people killed and others injured in bow and arrow attacks, say police -- (link) - Remlik Oct 13, 12:17 2
- What did the Norweigians do to Ronin? -- nm - eag Oct 13, 12:26 1
  - Vikings started it -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 14:44
I need remedial help in Excel for stacking columns (because it's so needlessly more complex than Google sheets) - Max Oct 13, 12:06 6
- found a workable solution, though I think it's stupidly wordy compared to Google Sheets - Max Oct 13, 14:16
- is one of the columns not initially set to text or something? - JaxSean Oct 13, 12:11 4
  - I think I also need to avoid copy/paste because each sheet is hundreds of rows of data which continue to be updated. - Max Oct 13, 12:16 3
    - can you use sumif to compile the data? -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 13, 12:21 2
      - I don't think so? I'm not looking to sum numbers, this is to combine a list of text data - Max Oct 13, 13:40 1
        
        I have an idea that might work using OFFSET, maybe? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 13, 14:05
Troye Sivan offers us the music video for Angel Baby, imagining a world where there is no pandemic, only passion, and a cake we probably don’t eat. -- (link) - Qale Oct 13, 12:05 [youtube] 8
- He's clearly not eaten any cake. I don't think carbs pass his lips. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 12:40 1
  - good point. And they all fell into a vat of baby oil. So shiny. -- nm - Pippy Oct 13, 12:44
- Is it by the ocean? -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 12:20 5
  - Ah ya ya ya ya ya - Spawn Oct 13, 12:40 2
    - I don't care what anyone says, I love that song. -- nm - Pippy Oct 13, 12:44 1
      - word. It remains in several of my mix MP-3s. -- nm - Spawn Oct 13, 12:47
  - There is a beach scene, but the cake is not in that segment. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 12:22 1
    - beach scene with firework symbolism. - Pippy Oct 13, 12:43
this is a metaphor for something (IG) -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 13, 11:55
Gronk ruled out 'with his variety of internal injuries' -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:49 7
- F. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 13, 12:47
- He no longer has internal organs. It's just a bag of undifferentiated mush. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 12:29 2
  - His mesentery has taken over the joint and assumed all functions. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 12:30
  - Diagnosis: Sausage -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 12:29
- A splendiferous bouquet of internal injuries? - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:51 1
  - A Valu Pak -- nm - rollo Oct 13, 12:01
- I hope that Camille is ready to perform a lot of caregiving when he retires -- nm - prayformojo Oct 13, 11:51
The way I'll always think of William Shatner comes from Harlan Ellison. - The Allfather Oct 13, 11:43 7
- as in each text row on a page was numbered? or he was counting how much dialogue he had vs other characters? -- nm - Max Oct 13, 12:10 5
  - how much he had compared to Nimoy -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 12:16 3
    - Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 13, 12:21 2
      - Well, that's better than verbatim "Line thirty-three. Interior. Bridge-" "Bill, just read your lines." "That's what I'm doing." "No, just your words." -- nm - Max Oct 13, 12:32 1
        
        Everyone thought the Shatner pause was for dramatic effect but it was really just to make Nimoy wait longer to talk. -- nm - Spawn Oct 13, 12:49
  - most likely this, LaVern and Shirley were notorious for that -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 12:16
- oh yeah. They all were back then. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 11:54
Wallets Poll: How old is your day-to-day cash/card wallet? Do you prefer a particular style? -- (edited) - budice Oct 13, 11:41 43
- old, hardest thing to do for me is break in a new wallet -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:55
- I switched to a leather money clip kind of thing with a card sleeve a few years ago. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 13:42 2
  - A quick glance at my Amazon order history indicates "a few years ago" was 2014. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 13:43 1
    - My travel one is very similar to that. - spamlet Oct 13, 13:55
- 2 years and I have the anti scamming/scanning liner in it -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 13, 13:01
- A wonderful red Coach wallet. Has to be at least 8 years old and it still looks brand new. -- nm - Diva Oct 13, 12:33 2
  - Ooooo...fancy 8-) -- nm - JD Oct 13, 12:35 1
    - mel buys nice gifts. -- nm - Diva Oct 13, 13:02
- Bi-fold I received a few years ago. Before that a leather tri-fold I had at least 20 years. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 13, 12:22
- No idea. Current is a bi-fold, need to go back to a tri-fold. - TWuG Oct 13, 12:15
- 22 years. Coach wallet gift on xmas. I win. -- nm - Jovian Oct 13, 12:08
- I have this in grey right now. -- (link) - amanda jeans Oct 13, 12:05
- Couple years. I have one of those "slim" metal wallets where the cards slide out the side. I got it to un-Costanza my wallet. I keep it in my front pocket -- (link*) - oblique Oct 13, 12:04
- I use a military ID card holder, a bi fold with just two slots and an outside window for the ID which used to hold a bus pass, now a photo - zeitgeist Oct 13, 12:02 3
  - my folded emergency cash is a 2 dollar bill -- nm - decline Oct 13, 12:04 2
    - Never know when you'll come across on unrequited g-string -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 14:56
    - Uh. How far does $2 go these days? - Beryllium Oct 13, 12:05
- Last Black Friday online sale - black glittery bi fold with a zipper coin compartment -- nm - Pippy Oct 13, 11:59
- 2 years and I like it but I also want a wallet sleeve for when I only need to carry a few cards and little cash. -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 11:58
- A few years. It's one of those bifold with the extra sleve in the middle? -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 13, 11:55
- Two years and it's a cardholder / money clip style -- (link) - JD Oct 13, 11:50 14
  - Who only has 5 cards? -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 11:59 9
    - This is something I don't get. I have at least 6 cards that I need ALL the time. - JaxSean Oct 13, 12:06 4
      - It has been years since I have used an ATM card and insurance card is on my phone. -- nm - Spawn Oct 13, 12:42 2
        
        I was perturbed that my grocery store started charging me .50 to get cash back from my debt card. The NERVE -- nm* - Pippy Oct 13, 13:32
        
        Same, but I have it in case I need cash. Auto ins is digital, but my health I have the card (since the family is on my plan) - JaxSean Oct 13, 13:11
      - Same. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 12:22
    - Full disclosure, I use that in addition to a phone case that holds three cards - JD Oct 13, 12:03
    - Carrying around all your cards with you all the time is a mistake excited college students make. -- nm - con_carne Oct 13, 12:02
    - raises hand -- nm - decline Oct 13, 12:00 1
      - Points, man! -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 12:01
  - Let's see Paul Allen's card. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 11:54 3
    - As good time as any to thank TWuG for this one -- (link) - JD Oct 13, 11:58 [Backboard] 2
      - "the tasteful thickness of it" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 12:04
      - I've watched that at least a dozen times and sent it to multiple people. Destroys me every time. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 13, 11:59
- yeah, it has to be at least 10 years old and bifold -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:46
- Front pocket and a few years old. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 11:46
- Got a Ridge Slim Wallet for Christmas in 2019. I dig it. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 13, 11:43 1
  - Same -- nm - rollo Oct 13, 11:58
- Old enough that I don’t actually remember when I got it. - znufrii Oct 13, 11:43
- Um, a few years now. Bought it off Amazon after my previous one disintegrated in Vegas. So ... three years. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:43 1
  - This one. I mostly (but not entirely) like it. Five stars! -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:46
- It's been falling apart for a few years. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 11:41
MTGA: Historic bans incoming. Nothing in standard -- (link) - spamlet Oct 13, 11:37 3
- I suggest they ought to take another turn and reconsider. Maybe a pair of little birdies can help them out. And it not, copy it again! -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 12:11 2
  - Also important here are the so strong they’re practically screaming at us signals Arena will no longer match paper Magic: The Gathering in 2022. - Qale Oct 13, 12:15 1
    - I don't care because I don't play paper but I can hear the screams from Reddit already. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 12:20
Don't have a good day. Have a great day! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 13, 11:37 3
- woo hoo! -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 14:56
- Don't tell me what not to do, or what to do! -- nm - Spawn Oct 13, 12:37
- Have a Magical Day as they say at Disney -- nm - budice Oct 13, 11:38

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