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Laptop journey update: it has moved from Shanghai (China) to Incheon (Korea). -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:22
Wtaf, is Christmas over already? Two weeks ago there were displays for holiday baking and gingerbread house kits out at my local grocery store. Now? - znufrii Nov 30, 15:12
Dawww -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:03 2
- At this time of year? -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 15:11 1
  - Localized entirely within your kitchen? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 15:21
Get Back Part 2 (hours 96-145) is much more entertaining than Part 1. Main takeaway: The Beatles should have recorded more with Billy Preston -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 14:57 5
- I jumped ahead to part 3 to see (spoilers) -- (edited) - flavorize Nov 30, 15:10 1
  - I was there for the U2 rooftop. I was driving somewhere downtown for work and I heard them. I knew it was them and I followed the music. -- nm - jnine Nov 30, 15:28
- Has Jojo made an appearance yet? -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 15:01
- It's 145 hours long?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 14:59 1
  - You'll wish it were! -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 15:05
Jack Hughes 8 years $8M per year with the devils -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 14:57
Maybe Kyle Mooney needs to lay off the blow? -- (link) - Mop Nov 30, 14:55 [youtube]
Numerous times now, antivaxxers have told me that Florida has the lowest rate of (something or other) so removing all restrictions works. - loosilu Nov 30, 14:39 6
- Florida health dept is not reporting anything. remember the lady who ran their covid dashboard and got fired when she spilled about the fake numbers - zeitgeist Nov 30, 14:47 1
  - WE know that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 30, 15:27
- The CDC -- (link) - Dano Nov 30, 14:43 3
  - Of course that's a snapshot (and we have questions about their testing and public info). Their total death rate is among the worst, if not the worst. - pmb Nov 30, 14:46 2
    - Just saying, that's the data point being used. I've seen that map a few times in my Facebook feed. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 14:50 1
      - Of course they are cherrypicking. THat's what they do. -- nm - loosilu Nov 30, 15:26
MLB secretly used two different types of balls this season -- (link) - Reagen Nov 30, 14:30 6
- That takes balls. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 18:46
- I could see if it really was COVID related but she pretty well debunked that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 15:12
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that's the way the ball bounces -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 14:44
- In a nutshell: -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 30, 14:35
- Just...why? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 30, 14:33
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 14:32
Covid in Mississippi -- (link) - TWuG Nov 30, 13:56 6
- 4000 cases in Indiana the other day -- nm* - Remlik Nov 30, 14:01 5
  - I’ll repeat again, cases are not a valid metric any longer. -- nm - MDH Nov 30, 14:10 4
    - oh really? I hadn't seen you post that. What's the metric now? -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 14:19 3
      - I would be more following hospitalizations. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 14:30 2
        
        I've been saying this from the beginning! (Also: deaths.) - JaxSean Nov 30, 14:48
        
        gotcha. thank you -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 14:41
MS Edge: Type edge://surf into the address bar - oblique Nov 30, 13:48 4
- never! -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 15:19
- Oh, it's the classic Microsoft downhill skier game! I got 1156m on my first try until the Yeti got me. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 13:52 2
  - 2213 before the squid monster got me. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 14:12
  - 1230 damnit -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 14:07
In World Cup qualifying, England was a huge favorite over Latvia at -15.5. spoils - JD Nov 30, 13:45
Virginia Tech names Penn State DC Brent Pry as new head football coach -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 13:43
Speaking of the ST compound, would y'all be willing to chip in 1.8 million Canadian for this one? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 30, 13:42 6
- needs higher maximum elevation, most of it will just be underwater in 100 years! -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 15:34 2
  - I kept doing this to my wife when she showed me oceanfront property. Eventually we found one up on a cliff. - Reagen Nov 30, 15:37 1
    - I once found a great property in East Sooke Park, for a great price. Waterfront, with a dock, on a cliff. Missed out :-/ -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:07
- 1 bathroom? forget it. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 30, 14:10 1
  - We would need to spin up some infrastructure, that is true. But 110 acres on the pacific ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:14
- the fuel tanks being onsite scare the crap out of me. leaks would be a disaster and cost a small fortune -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 13:44
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 13:32 [youtube] 2
- One thing that bothered me about the movie (spoilers) - Inigo Nov 30, 13:46 1
  - and also (spoils) - Jovian Nov 30, 14:27
Using Excel, graphed -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 30, 13:25 2
- Missing "turning things back from dates that aren't dates" -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 15:15
- IT'S TRUE! IT'S ALL TRUE! -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 13:27
Proof of life for the White Sox front office! -- (link) - spamlet Nov 30, 13:11
"This chyron is a journey" -- (link) - mud Nov 30, 13:10 2
- lol sometimes it is not hard to wonder why so many hate CNN -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 13:26
- Why can't they just have a rumble IN the legislature, like other civilized countries? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 13:21
How much are houses in Oklahoma again? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 30, 12:54 15
- my mom just sold her 2 bedroom apartment in Vancouver for like 3.5 times what she bought it for in 2005. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 15:25
- i remember when Oklahoma and Kansas offered FREE houses if you promised to live there. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 14:51 1
  - I think there are parts of KS still doing that. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 15:24
- I don't think I see number of units in building indicated on many of these, which is something I'd like to know before buying. - Max Nov 30, 13:50
- That internal layout is really poor, or the photos and floorplan aren't accurate -- nm - Karl_S Nov 30, 13:44
- We've bought 3 pieces of property (1 acre each) near Tampa for less than that - combined. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 13:00 3
  - Location, location, location. - Krusty Nov 30, 13:41
  - When will the bunker be ready to move-in? -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 13:38 1
    - With building costs right now...in a few years. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 13:41
- To your post yesterday. Are the buildings basically LLCs? How do they get the rent of the first floor retail? -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 12:57 3
  - Welcome to the world of co-ops -- (link) - ty97 Nov 30, 13:03 2
    - Thanks. Saved to read later. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 13:13 1
      - tl;dr: yes the building is a corp -- nm* - ty97 Nov 30, 13:25
- Probably less than those HOA dues -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 12:55 1
  - My current mortgage is less than those HOA dues. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 12:58
some of the deets I am reading coming out of the Maxwell trial are horrific. :( -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 12:52 1
- :-[ -- nm - mud Nov 30, 13:10
nmbSpamlet - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 30, 12:50 3
- Thanks. - spamlet Nov 30, 12:53 2
  - Heh, I did get a lead on Glanton tied with...Dano -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 30, 14:13 1
    - Aw man I got rope-a-doped. - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 30, 15:29
Sherlock Hollis points out that Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly share the same agent, Trace Armstrong. You know who else he represents? - The Allfather Nov 30, 12:50
El Chapo's wife gets three years -- (link) - mud Nov 30, 12:49
Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as ‘Renfield’: -- (link*) - mud Nov 30, 12:44 3
- I'd 100% watch that -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 13:20
- .. directed by Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) -- nm - mud Nov 30, 12:47 1
  - completely different story, but I am really surprised that The Forever War has not been adapted yet. -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 12:54
3 killed, 6 others injured in shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 12:37 1
- Oh, well, I think everything that can be said about the subject has been said. Many times. - Marlowe Nov 30, 12:45
Foo Fighters Cancel Minneapolis Gig After Venue Refuses to Comply to COVID Safety Measures -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 12:29 5
- I'm guessing it's an outdoor stadium? -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 12:55 1
  - Yeah. Think any big college football stadium -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 12:56
- Nice of them to publish the presale code 8-) -- nm - JD Nov 30, 12:52
- good. also sad none of the concerts are near me (near meaning less than an 8 hour drive). -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 12:35
- good. -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 12:31
Knoxville man demanded pizza with an AK47 -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 12:28 17
- As they do... -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 13:35
- Can you think of a better way to feel like a big big powerful man? -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 13:29
- What a missed opportunity for everyone there to have been armed and turn it into a shootout! -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 13:12 1
  - Really! What kind of Tennesseans are they? -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 13:46
- The gun is way more valuable. I'll take that trade! -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 30, 12:43 1
  - Contactless Payment Methods evolved -- nm - budice Nov 30, 12:45
- That’s, uh, our Little Caesar’s. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 30, 12:39 4
  - You should find another place to get pizza and that has nothing to do with this incident. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 13:36 3
    - But...Crazy Bread! - The Allfather Nov 30, 14:01 2
      - Grab it after you get pizza from somewhere else first. You can have good pizza and crazy bread. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 14:22 1
        
        I don't really remember the last time we went there. - Dark Callisto Nov 30, 14:38
- That store is 10 minutes from us. Hysterical dumbasses. Over Little Fucking Caesars? At least classy and hit up Pizza Hoss! -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 12:38
- I'll eat pizza with pineapple but I draw the line at pizza with AK47. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 12:31 1
  - "Some things don't react well to bullets" -- nm - Connery Nov 30, 12:32
- dammit Hunting! -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 12:30 2
  - The man was hungry! -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 12:35
  - heh -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 30, 12:33
Would you buy a condo now, to use in your retirement 20+ years down the road? - znufrii Nov 30, 12:25 2
- A few thoughts - ty97 Nov 30, 12:30 1
  - Answers -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 30, 12:36
Question of the day...toughies today -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 30, 12:24 [Attachment] 10
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 30, 12:24 [Attachment] 9
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 30, 12:24 [Attachment] 8
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 30, 12:25 [Attachment] 7
      - 0/2 -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 13:28
      - 0/2. I didn't even remember what the first one was to make an educated guess. Also (spoils) - JaxSean Nov 30, 13:22
      - 1/2, but I got the math question so there. V - E + F = 2. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 30, 12:53
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Nov 30, 12:49
      - 1/2 (thank you Carl Sagan for the first). -- nm - loosilu Nov 30, 12:46
      - 0/2 -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 12:41
      - 0000000000000000000 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 30, 12:27
"thanks, joe!!" -- (link) - mud Nov 30, 12:18 2
- “And we’ve got plenty more where that came from that we’re ready to spend against you, too!” -- nm* - znufrii Nov 30, 13:12 1
  - ".. but only every sixth year!" -- nm* - mud Nov 30, 13:15
Is Ringo really napping during all those band meetings, etc. or just actively practicing avoidance of the tough questions? - Diva Nov 30, 12:14 6
- You see the cracks starting to form—but, there’s also an amazing comradeship. Bet they Would’ve reunited in the late 80s and 90s and we would’ve had - flavorize Nov 30, 13:39 1
  - hell yeah -- nm - mud Nov 30, 13:40
- Avoidance mostly. But I bet he napped. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 12:30
- And Yoko is like right there -- nm - budice Nov 30, 12:24 1
  - in that same outfit. day after day. and sometimes they let her 'sing'. - Diva Nov 30, 12:26
- heh, catnapping -- nm - mud Nov 30, 12:19
Tennessee gets its first complaint under new law banning “critical race theory” -- (link) - znufrii Nov 30, 12:01
— the last thing you want is to get blasted by a woodpecker with its bill,” Miller said. “It’s just gonna suck.” - JD Nov 30, 11:53 2
- "You grackle." -- nm - Captain Holt Nov 30, 12:17
- Well said. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 11:56
If you're a recruit and LSU's new coach shows up, who do you see? - the wrong element Nov 30, 11:53 2
- The former. Any current player or recruit in the next few years should be unconcerned about what happens at the "end" of Kelly's LSU run, they gone -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 12:29 1
  - especially if you want to be a starter. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 15:29
Caves and Cliffs update for Minecraft is out today. Time to create a new world. -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 11:50 1
- and plant some sticks -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 11:53
[trying again] Been playing with this since I came across it Sunday: Historical/projected population for China vs India. The best thing is..... - prayformojo Nov 30, 11:40 2
- Hold the Mayotte, a 1,147,117% increase?? - Max Nov 30, 12:30
- Oof. Japan is f*cked. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 11:43
Beatles really made fashion statements even while chillin in rehearsals -- nm - budice Nov 30, 11:39 3
- nm -- nm* - Diva Nov 30, 12:27
- Frodo=John, Sam=Paul, Merry=George, Pippin=Ringo -- nm - budice Nov 30, 11:46 1
  - They tried to get a film made with them starring in the Lord of the Rings... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 11:57
Honest Trailers | No Time To Die -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 11:39 [youtube]
A record $1.1 billion was bet in October with Nevada sportsbooks -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 11:38
From today, PS5 owners can add the BBC iPlayer app by going to the Media tab on the PS5 -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 11:36 1
- "This game SUCKS!" -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 12:04

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