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good for Syndergaard, they just need to keep him out of the weightroom. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 12:43
LeVar Burton to Host ‘Trivial Pursuit’ Game Show in Development -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 12:42
Fenway Sports Group Nearing Deal to Buy NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 12:41
This is an interesting (but longish) read. I hadn't put the pieces of this together and it makes more sense. - pmb Nov 16, 12:26 1
- I havent read that yet but Anne Applebaum is terrific. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 12:28
Not sure what I should have for dinner tonight. I have to pick up something on my way to church for a rehearsal - oblique Nov 16, 12:23 3
- Taco bar. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 12:42
- How about some Deviled Ham with some Deviled Eggs? -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 12:34 1
  - Chicken Diablo -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 13:28
For our next quiz, top 5 counties in America going by the nuclear reactor to insane asylum ratio -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:21 4
- We don't call them that any more, Bery. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 12:43
- You're mocking me, aren't you? -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 12:24 2
  - Yes, but only because I ran a poll/quiz/whatever a few months back that had exactly the same problem :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:29
  - *whistles* -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:25
And now I’m hungry. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:16 2
- gottahavawawa -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:17 1
  - (legit thought this was a philly suburb first time I saw the word) -- nm* - ty97 Nov 16, 12:18
Here's part of the Great Buc-ee's Debate in AEW. -- (link) - The Allfather Nov 16, 12:06 [youtube] 4
- the what? -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 12:18 3
  - the Great Buc-ee's Debate -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:20 2
    - ah that makes sense. Hangman is right though WaWa is better -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 12:23 1
      - I can love both! -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:24
Where is ty97? I meant to post that this weekend I tried Jollibee for the first time...Excellent. -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 12:06 13
- One's opening around the corner from my office. I'll have to try it when we go back. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 12:20
- If you didn't get something that come with gravy, then go back and order again and make sure to *get gravy* - ty97 Nov 16, 12:07 3
  - Got chicken, fries, rice, and gravy. All excellent. - MDH Nov 16, 12:10 1
    - Well done! -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:12
  - But yes I'm a Jollibee fan. Unfortunately the midtown one is *way to small* and *next to PABT* but they are building a mega Times Square location - ty97 Nov 16, 12:09
- I think he's in Florida -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:07 7
  - Nearest Jollibee: 99.4 miles. Nearest Buc'ees: 230 miles. Nearest Wawa: 20.2 miles. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:23 6
    - Gobbler time!! -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:27 1
      - I had numerous Gobbler bowls last year - ty97 Nov 16, 12:28
    - Nearest Jollibee: 9.3 miles. Nearest Buc'ees: 693 miles. Nearest Wawa: 1.0 miles -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 12:25 3
      - Wawa *in* DC. I should move. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:27 2
        
        They really expanded here, and quickly. Move to DC, all the cool STers are doing it. -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 12:30 1
        
        I just remembered - ty97 Nov 16, 12:31
David *IS* going to Athens, Alabama, right? -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:03 1
- It's tomorrow, and I could...but no. - The Allfather Nov 16, 12:03
Wait, is this not a thing elsewhere? -- (pic) - spamlet Nov 16, 11:57 [Attachment] 5
- the pocket under the door handle -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 13:29
- This northeastern just throws em in the back. - loosilu Nov 16, 12:44
- we have some from restaurants that went out of business decades ago I think -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 12:03
- I gather those given to me in the pocket behind the passenger seat. These places give WAY too many out at drive-thrus. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:01
- We keep them in the console, not the glovebox. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:58
I hate it when my anxiety ramps up. Currently on the beginning of the second week of high anxiety. - TWuG Nov 16, 11:32 10
- How can we help? What's something that would make you happy today? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:46 9
  - Happiness isn't the issue. Plenty happy. Just frustrated that the - TWuG Nov 16, 11:51 8
    - Hope it subsides soon. I do understand how it is when that trigger happens and it's hard to stop the flood. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 12:28
    - I hope you start to feel better very soon. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 12:02 1
      - Thanks -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 12:03
    - Well, I love you, and I'm sorry you're struggling today. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:56 1
      - Thank you. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 12:00
    - To your IM, not that it helps, but yeah it sucks and I feel for you. - ty97 Nov 16, 11:54 2
      - Thanks. Knowing the trigger and knowing the correct response to the situation hasn't helped. - TWuG Nov 16, 12:03 1
        
        Fighting demons is not easy. - Spawn Nov 16, 12:41
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told an employee he would have her killed. He kept an exec from being fired after a sexual harassment claim. -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 11:28 3
- Sounds like he has gotten himself into quite a pitfall -- nm - rollo Nov 16, 12:06
- Bobby Kotick responds to WSJ -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 12:04
- Whoa. I wonder if something similar happened with Splunk's CEO -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:59
Speaking of EV/PHEV. I think we've filled up our Niro PHEV twice in the month we've had it (20 gallons + 10 gallons to start). We are at 1600 - oblique Nov 16, 11:27
From B2 regarding Cody Rhodes, I think the biggest issue is that he made himself uninteresting by taking himself out of the title picture. I get the - pmb Nov 16, 11:23
I've seen it a few times now, and I love love love this Chevy ad. -- (link) - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 16, 11:15 [youtube] 2
- Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 11:24
- No pratfall... oh. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:17
If everyone starts buying EV, what happens to all the gas cars? Loose all there trade in value I'm sure. Could they be converted? - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:13 26
- Housing -- nm - budice Nov 16, 12:02
- Cash for Clunkers Parte Deux! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:36
- There are currently conversion kits, but they are expensive. Most likely that'll remain the case - TWuG Nov 16, 11:24
- not many conversion kits out there right now. last number I heard was 25k to 30k. - gort Nov 16, 11:20
- Ford has started selling conversion kits -- (link) - oblique Nov 16, 11:18
- Yep, worthy vehicles can be converted to EV. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:17 1
  - "we're not worthy" -- nm - Ford Nov 16, 11:21
- Secondary market for people who can’t afford EVs, and eventually scrap, is my guess. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:14
- Gas prices quickly hit $10/gal, for starters. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:13 17
  - wouldn't it go way down? -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 12:36 2
    - price usually drops when demand does yeah - economics 101, first class -- nm - mud Nov 16, 12:41 1
      - Big Oil is a different beast. They will get their blood. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:43
  - and accelerates the move to EV -- nm - JD Nov 16, 11:20 13
    - And then gas prices hit $20/gal. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:20 12
      - And it gets even more expensive to be poor. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:21 10
        
        And this is where a government comes in, to help during the process of technological upheaval -- nm* - ty97 Nov 16, 11:35 7
        
        Hopefully in the form of subsidies for people needing to buy an EV and not subsidies to prop up the petroleum industry. - TWuG Nov 16, 11:38
        
        Be honest, you had trouble keeping a straight face while typing that, didn’t you? -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:36 2
        
        Not at all. This is an important purpose of a functioning government. - ty97 Nov 16, 11:40 1
        
        Your IM is what I was pointing at, yes. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 16, 11:40
        
        Like they have with affordable broadband? -- nm - JD Nov 16, 11:36 2
        
        Isn’t that in the infrastructure bill? Or is it in BBB? -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:38 1
        
        Infrastructure has some provisions to help increase broadband coverage. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 11:39
        
        Sadly, yes. But the glut of ICE cars on the used market should reduce the cost of having a car, but operating costs will increase. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 11:25
        
        They clearly need to work overtime and buy a new car. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:23
      - Hello per-mile taxes -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 11:21
SITWAP: Fox News everyone. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 16, 11:10 6
- It’s a work. - Qale Nov 16, 13:09
- And it occurred to neither one of them where the miscommunication was because they weren't actively listening to the other speak. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 11:27 1
  - I keep waiting for the Joe Pesci bit from Goodfellas to start from one of them "How the fuck am I funny?!" -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 11:28
- Indeed. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 16, 11:13 [Backboard]
- who's on first? -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 11:11 1
  - what's on first? IT WAS ON YOU! -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 11:12
ST Poll: Do you know Buc-ee's, have you been to a Buc-ee's, and (if so) what do you think of Buc-ee's? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:04 53
- Yes, yes, don't remember being blown away either way. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:41 2
  - "Man, this is some mindblowing s**t, a convenience store" -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 11:42 1
    - A convenience store with *good hot food* (aka *NOT* US 7-Eleven) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:44
- San Marcos, TX Buc-ees several times and I would have great difficulty making a decision if I had a street corner with WaWa and Buc-ees both on it - ty97 Nov 16, 11:38 6
  - Are you saying that in a good way or a bad way? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:44 5
    - I would consider buying a house on that corner. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:44 4
      - Ha! That's great! Is Wawa the one with the Mac and Cheese bites? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:46 3
        
        Yep -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:48 2
        
        The people who love those seem to really, REALLY love them. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:49 1
        
        I'm not in that camp, but I can see why people are. - ty97 Nov 16, 11:52
- No, I don't like French food -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 11:20
- I have heard of them, don't remember ever going to one. - the wrong element Nov 16, 11:19 22
  - Sheetz, Wawas and Buc-ee's all sound like figments of someone else's imagination. No way any of them is real. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:36 21
    - Is Royal Farms the one with the good fried chicken, or am I thinking of something else? -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:50 2
      - I've never heard of it, but that means nothing. Pilot has had a complete lock on the south my entire adult life. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 12:11 1
        
        I think they’re out of Maryland, and they’ve just started popping up around here in Wawa country. Haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve heard good things. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:15
    - And none of them have a thing on Wally's. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:42 11
      - Whatever that is -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:43 10
        
        You totally would. We stopped at the one in Pontiac, IL. I wasn't sure my wife was going to leave. - spamlet Nov 16, 11:44 9
        
        A quick Google of pictures: This is similar size and concept of Buc'ees (WaWa and Sheetz tend to smaller) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:46 8
        
        We have Pilot, home of cheap gas and corporate racism. -- (link) - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:48 7
        
        I've been to a number of these on road trips/travels. *NOBODY* gets excited about the grand opening of one of these. -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 16, 11:49 5
        
        Yeah, but does the owner of Buc-ee's or Wawa have an NFL team? I thought not. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:50 4
        
        Ah so the Pilot owner has diversified racist holdings. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:54 3
        
        diversity and racist. -- nm - budice Nov 16, 12:12
        
        I'm gonna steal this. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 12:11 1
        
        haha go for it -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:14
        
        That's just playing to their market. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:49
    - Go WaWa on Buc-ee's Sheetz -- nm - budice Nov 16, 11:41 1
      - Wawa on the streets, buc-ees in the sheetz -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:44
    - (this is going to reinforce your belief rather than dissuade you) I've been to all three. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:41 3
      - I got a press invite to the opening of Buc-ee's in Athens, Alabama. - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:45 2
        
        I CAN ANSWER TO THE NAME DAVID IF NEEDED -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:47 1
        
        I didn't know you loved Athens, Alabama that much. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:49
- Our Mobil stations here have Bucky's but that's not the same -- nm* - oblique Nov 16, 11:17
- you've said Buc-ee's so many times the words have lost all meaning! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 11:16
- Sounds like A. A place built on top of a gas station B. Where they cut neck ties off to mount on the ceiling c. Requires 2 45 flags for entry -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:15
- love it - beaver nuggets / bbq sandwiches / jerky / kolaches / clean washrooms. - gort Nov 16, 11:10
- Turns out I've heard of it as there's a bowling team that uses that as part of their team name and has it on their shirts - JD Nov 16, 11:10 1
  - Glad I could help! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 16, 11:29
- no because you just made that name up. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 11:09
- No. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:08
- Heard of it, never been, but heard it's wonderful. -- nm - MDH Nov 16, 11:07
- never heard of it, hate it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:06 6
  - What are your thoughts about Sheetz? -- nm - the wrong element Nov 16, 11:16 5
    - The name is a bit clearer, plus funny, so they are okay in my book. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:20 4
      - Kum-n-go? -- nm* - oblique Nov 16, 11:20 3
        
        That somehow survived a focus group. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 11:33
        
        !!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:21 1
        
        "Eat Here and Get Gas" -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 16, 11:24
- Mascot and Clean Restrooms? -- nm - budice Nov 16, 11:05
- No and no so no opinion. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 11:05 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 11:06
A *girl*? Must be an astrologist, right? -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:03 1
- :-] -- nm - mud Nov 16, 11:09

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