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Hump -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:10 2
- Day -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:10 1
  - Roll -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 05:10
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 20, 04:31 [Attachment] 3
- Idiot Cam - #1 Choice of Influencers! -- nm - VMan Oct 20, 05:27
- DIAMONDCAT - Batman's next nemesis -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:51
- diacomtic - twice unacomtic -- nm - . Oct 20, 04:51
It's 4AM and we're escaping Saugerties! We're free! - colin Oct 20, 00:32 2
- SaugertiesTalk thanks you for your stay. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 00:45 1
  - it's no Germantown. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 01:28
UK reports that unvaxxed are getting reinfected, some for the 3rd time -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:49
Box wines to be the new thing because there is a shortage of glass bottles -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:42 6
- Bag of Death we call them -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:47
- Craft Beers are switching to cans around here -- nm - budice Oct 20, 04:44
- goon bags for everyone! -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 01:28 1
  - it's high time you all learned how to play goon of fortune. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 01:30
- I swear organized crime is behind all of this, and somewhere, some kingpin is currently sitting on a throne of glass bottles. -- nm - Max Oct 20, 01:01 1
  - "It's got good lumbar." -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 01:38
Talaban agrees to allow distribution of polio vax, the last source of endemic infection, in Afganistan and parts of pakistan -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:41
Halloween Ring Pops: Ordered! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 23:41
Mandates work, rate among WAstate workers was 48% when it was announced, 98% now with a few % walking -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:13
Largest volcano in Japan erupts - and sends people scrambling. -- (link) - Meg Oct 19, 23:05 4
- have the number of volcanos erupting multiplied like 3 or 4 times the usual, seems like they're flowing around the world right now -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:10 3
  - been pretty consistent since they started tracking it in the '60s, and records suggest consistent for the couple hundred years prior. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 23:34 1
    - good to know, since I live near Mt Rainier (though the lahar would flow north or way south of us -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 23:38
  - Maybe a few solid toots will help reduce global temps -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 23:14
Heh. The Hustle has Ted Lasso's Rebecca in a couple scenes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 22:56
"Had I not been vaccinated, and with all my medical issues, this would be a far more dire situation. - Neil Cavuto, Fox News Oct 19, 22:01
I can say rather confidently that knowing who Elle King’s father is won me pub trivia tonight. $20 gift card for a shitty college pub, FTW! -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 21:56 1
- You can do it! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 22:06
That weird moment where I realize the only thing I've got for lunch tomorrow is steak... -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 21:40 2
- Mmm, money is a little tight for steak, Homer. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 22:31
- Uber for potatoes. Tuber. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 21:45
We recently received a donation of a Red Hat lady's collection at Stanley Ranch. This is a sample of what we'll be selling at the Barn Sale :/ -- (edited) - Meg Oct 19, 21:34 [Attachment] 6
- some of the hat boxes could be worth more than the hats if they are really old -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 19, 22:41 1
  - Nah, these are modern - and made in China. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 23:03
- but what if this year the plate collector comes -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 21:52 2
  - I'll take their number and show them what's in my garage :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 21:56 1
    - This is just your way to keep those sweet Doogie Howser collectors plates. -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 23:37
- Damn, I can't type any more. That's three edits on one post :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 21:37
Tonights Strike Zone -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 21:27
My tweet calling eBay a willing accomplice in scalping is having a moment. -- (link) - Qale Oct 19, 20:01 2
- same thing happens to Funkos. -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:49
- If we all like the tweet... that's like 20 more likes! -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 21:02
Ah, In n Out goes on my list. Darn. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:32 1
- I'd try to go shirtless and in a speedo, to see if they'd "segregate" me then -- nm - Guigue Oct 19, 19:41
The first two snacks from the new Universal Yums box are pretty tasty -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 19:28
Facebook is going to rebrand the company. I'm guessing something like the Alphabet maneuver, where it's just a minor parent company thing. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:21 27
- here is their new logo art -- (pic) - Peglegpete Oct 19, 20:32 [Attachment]
- This makes sense as the social network is only one of their products. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 20:22 1
  - yeah. the billion "users" are another product. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:24
- (I'm legitimately worried about what word they're going to shit all over. The most recent one is "metaverse".) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:49 3
  - Watch them name it Beryllium -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 19:57 2
    - That wouldn't be the worst - I've been thinking of changing my online identity. It's long in the tooth. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:01 1
      - IAmQale is two decades in the making. He is very long in the fangs. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:09
- But anyway, what's the new name going to be, do you think? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:22 19
  - “The”. Just “The”. No “Facebook”. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 22:01 1
    - Yes, I concur. Then the Subsidiary, Facebook, would be The's Facebook, or Facebook by The, colloquially "The Facebook". -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 22:01
  - Cyberdyne Systems -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 21:55
  - "Umbrella" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 21:40
  - Weyland-Yutani -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 21:24
  - Soylent -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 20:32
  - Evil, Inc. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:30
  - "Oasis". "Soonami". -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:16
  - TheFacebook -- nm - Tim Oct 19, 20:16 1
    - That would be the high water mark for possible choices. The reaction would be hilarious. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 20:16
  - weliveinasociety.com -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 20:08 1
    - ThanosWasRight.com -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:10
  - Lyrdnyk, naturally -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 19:43
  - Theranos, Worldcom, Enron - ty97 Oct 19, 19:40 1
    - Exxon -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:40
  - I hope it's going to be something simple and innocuous, like "E Corp" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:36
  - Armmagazine -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:27 2
    - Legpamphlet -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:33 1
      - Fingerfolio -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:34
I’m only on episode 4 of Only Murders but I’ve got a question. Spoilers up to that point. - Volnelk Oct 19, 19:16 2
- I believe they address this -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 20:17
- hmm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:19
‘I Screwed Up’: Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Addresses Dave Chappelle Fallout -- (link) - Remlik Oct 19, 19:06 1
- So, no, they aren’t taking it off. I’m not sure what exactly Netflix hoped to accomplish with this article -- nm - Pippy Oct 19, 20:03
MTGA: free stuff -- (link) - spamlet Oct 19, 19:05
18 Premier League teams vote to ban "related party transactions" after Saudi wealth fund buys Newcastle. Man City abstains because, LOL. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 19:02
Would you like to read more about the building that plays the Arconia in Only Murders? Of course you would -- (link) - ty97 Oct 19, 18:28 11
- Only if it's haunted. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 18:34
- also wiki -- (link) - ty97 Oct 19, 18:29 9
  - And if you'd like to know more about the building that I figure inspired the name for the Arconia - ty97 Oct 19, 18:30 8
    - I know the Ansonia very well. It's huge inside with apartments that more closely match the ones in the show. - Krusty Oct 19, 18:35 7
      - I can't help but wonder if someone involved with the show lived in the Ansonia or knows someone who did - ty97 Oct 19, 18:37 6
        
        Not long before the pandemic hit and I stopped going there I ran into Christopher Lloyd in the elevator -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 18:47 2
        
        Doc Brown, not Modern Family, right? -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:29 1
        
        Yes, Doc Brown. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 20:43
        
        Very much the inspiration from the name to the apartments. It just doesn't have the beautiful courtyard that the Belnord has. - Krusty Oct 19, 18:44 2
        
        yeah that courtyard at the Belnord is amazing - ty97 Oct 19, 18:46 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 18:47
That's an impressive save -- nm - JD Oct 19, 18:24 1
- The one time JD makes sense, and he's being annoying... -- nm - The Allfather Oct 19, 18:33
5 minutes into Old, I think all these actors are lousy. The twist better be that they get good at the end. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 18:21
Dude ran the equivalent of Cincinnati to St. Louis. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 18:15 6
- In Vancouver island terms ... well, the island isn't long enough. So they'd have to go from Gold River to Port Hardy and then PH to Victoria. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 19:28
- or Cleveland to DC! -- nm - Max Oct 19, 18:20 4
  - Or Columbus to Chattanooga! -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:02 3
    - Or Dayton to Charlotte! -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:03 2
      - Or Steubenville to Manhattan! -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 19:09 1
        
        Indy to Pittsburgh -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:32
looks like Djoko won't get his 4th consecutive Australian Open -- (link) - mafic Oct 19, 17:58 1
- I hope they do the same with the other ones to eff this emeffer up. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 19, 18:09
Thanks, Dano, for turning us on to this. This was a really fun event to follow! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:57 6
- It's good to know that there are crazy people in the world other than Qanon -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 18:17
- 2022 ST Backyard Ultra! -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 18:10 3
  - I'll play the role of Lazarus -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 18:12 2
    - You gotta grow the beard though -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 18:18
    - I'll partcipate as that person who was credited with 2 -- nm - JD Oct 19, 18:16
- Definitely. It was a lot of fun to follow. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 18:00
do another lap! -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 17:55
"I definitely need a hot bath with espom salts" -- nm - Harvey Oct 19, 17:52 2
- Is that a runner? Aren't they already dehydrated? Wouldn't entering a salt bath basically mummify them? -- nm - Max Oct 19, 21:46
- I can't fathom how he's able to speak coherently at this point -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:55
354 miles is the equivalent of more than 13 marathons -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:47 2
- or the equivalent of running from Las Vegas to Tijuana -- nm - Max Oct 19, 18:19
- I guess that's pretty good for 3.5 days. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 17:55
All the end of this event is missing is disco lights -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:41 1
- "well, shine a spotlight on beard's bottom, that's an easy add for next year's list" -- nm - Ted Lasso suggestion box response Oct 19, 17:51
So good news on CJ front. It's not diverticulitis - Remlik Oct 19, 17:24 3
- Glad they can fix her up -- nm - Pippy Oct 19, 18:49
- That's good news -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 18:29
- That’s much better if…unpleasant. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 18:19
now drinking: Knob Creek Smoked Maple bourbon. Really good. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:18
Backyard Ultra spoilers - Dano Oct 19, 17:14 2
- Is there a vomitorium station? -- nm - Max Oct 19, 17:19
- oh wow -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:17
" We heard cars in Norway are built...... - prayformojo Oct 19, 17:00 1
- ... now I want to build a sailboat company with that slogan. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 17:09
yea I guess Id have a new dog if this happened to me -- (link) - Jovian Oct 19, 16:54
84 in the books for both -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 16:52
Joe Kelly looks like he's working for the guy that wants to take down Tony Stark. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 16:47
Thumbs up for the Only Murders finale -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 16:27 10
- Yes! It was delightful. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 19, 19:11
- Spoilers - Mop Oct 19, 17:52
- spoilers - Beryllium Oct 19, 16:35 4
  - Y’all talked yourselves out of it. That’s as much as a show can stick a landing. (Spoilers, I guess) -- (edited) - Not Picard Oct 19, 16:43 3
    - Fun fun show. Nice bit of physical comedy from Steve... -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 18:20
    - This is fair, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 17:07
    - Agreed. It was a terrific project. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 16:46
- I have a timeline question (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 19, 16:30 2
  - spoilers -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 19, 17:59
  - I think there was a caption in that scene - prayformojo Oct 19, 16:32
Claudia Black remembers meeting James McAvoy -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 16:27 1
- That last pic of him looks like a vampire who's just taken a big swig. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 17:17
Neil Patrick Harris wins People Choice Awards 1990 -- (link) - Max Oct 19, 16:24 [youtube] 1
- I hope he thanked - Beryllium Oct 19, 17:16
*twitch* -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 16:11 1
- *twitch* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 16:23

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