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I don't know if this tool would be useful to any ST flyers. But maybe. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 15:45 2
- Love the URL -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 6, 15:48 1
  - It's a solid choice, yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 16:07
"hey, kiddo! Do you like mozzarella?" "not realy." "try this." -- nm - mud Dec 6, 15:27 1
- Story of my life. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 15:53
Another gift from my stalker. a gorgeous coffee mug with Yei's around the main body of it. THANKS!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 15:18
Some useful meal label ideas from ... Michael Okuda -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 15:07
It is a good idea to quit your job and work for a company under SEC investigation? Asking for a #TreasonousCowpoke -- nm - Devin Nunes’ cow Dec 6, 15:05 4
- I hear that Del Taco is hiring -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 15:10 1
  - Del Nunes Taco -- nm - Nunes cow Dec 6, 15:17
- the point is moo. -- nm - joey Dec 6, 15:08
- I'm CEO -- nm - Nunes cow Dec 6, 15:06
Is Del Taco the place that had the deal with Redmond? -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 15:01 2
- No I think it was a local place -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 15:01 1
  - Jimboys! -- nm - con_carne Dec 6, 15:53
The Universe Revealed episodes on NOVA are incredible. Some of the best documentary about space, the universe, cosmology, etc. that I've seen. - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 14:57 1
- "Cosmos" is exactly what I was thinking. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 15:01
note that I would love to try del taco. -- nm* - amanda jeans Dec 6, 14:38 2
- This is not a needed life experience. Skip it. -- nm - VMan Dec 6, 16:03
- we had a Del Taco here briefly, it was pretty awful. - groiny Dec 6, 14:43
Bet the under in tonight’s NFL game. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 6, 14:33 4
- As someone that has the Bills D in Astro, I approve of this message. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:59
- No kicking means 4th down and 2pt conv -- nm - budice Dec 6, 14:39 2
  - From earlier (makes my night interesting) - Spawn Dec 6, 15:17
  - And turnovers resulting in short fields. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 6, 15:14
Guysguysguys! I just heard Devin Nunes is retiring! -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 14:23 3
- To become the CEO of Trump's new online venture - Sgtmike Dec 6, 14:53 1
  - Gojo and he's headed to Macau -- nm - budice Dec 6, 14:55
- no way -- nm - mud Dec 6, 14:48
DTL: Ok, I give up. - spamlet Dec 6, 14:21 3
- 27 fouls, 18 TO. I've given up trying to make sense of this team. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 14:47 2
  - We could see an all ST match up for the fight for #63 -- nm - Dano Dec 6, 15:03
  - Word to your IM -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:56
If I said something about "those poisonings related to bottles of Tylenol being tampered with" would you know what I was referring to? - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 14:21 30
- Yup. Weren't childproof caps "invented" because of this. And foil/sticky tops inside the cap. -- nm - VMan Dec 6, 16:05 1
  - No, childproof caps are older. THey're for, you know, children. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 16:41
- Yeah, I saw it on a listicle of GOAT corporate faceplants or something like that. -- nm - con_carne Dec 6, 15:58 2
  - Actually it's held up as an example of how to handle a "bad publicity" crisis, from a marketing perspective at least. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 16:04 1
    - Interesting. Well it may not be exactly what I thought then. Costliest, maybe -- nm - con_carne Dec 6, 16:35
- I don’t really remember it when it happened, but have definitely heard references to it over the years, so I’m familiar with it. - znufrii, boosted Dec 6, 15:39
- Some lady wanted to kill her husband, set up the scenario where he would be one of the last victims... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 14:49
- 100% -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 14:40
- yep. it changed the entire industry. -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 14:36
- Yes, but not beyond very general details. -- nm - mafic Dec 6, 14:34
- Yes. I lived around the corner from one of the stores. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 14:33 2
  - oh REALLY. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:33 1
    - That's pretty suspicious, isn't it? Tell us more, zunk ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 14:40
- Oh, yeah. That and Wayne Williams were the biggest fears of my youth. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 14:30
- Not really—sorta rings a bell, but I think I’m probably getting it mixed up with Halloween candy -- nm - flavorize Dec 6, 14:29
- Oh God yes. I was in my teens, too, and it was huge news. At least in Illinois and the Midwest. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 14:26 3
  - huge national news -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 14:47
  - East coast too. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:28
  - For sure. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 14:28
- ty97 was 30. - Spawn Dec 6, 14:26
- Yes. But only from hearing about it much later. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 14:25 2
  - Your whole generation never experienced a bottle or jar you could just open. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:27 1
    - Not of drugs or vitamins, no, that's correct. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 14:37
- Yep -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:25
- Yes. It's why pills don't come in separable capsules any longer -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 14:24 2
  - It's why every bottle and box of everything is always sealed. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:25 1
    - This is actually what the conversation was related to, the annoying safety seal on a bottle. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 14:38
- Yes -- nm - decline Dec 6, 14:22
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 14:22
- I was 3 and would know but it also happened in Chicago. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:22
Temp right now: 63°F...temp at 7am tomorrow: 32°F -- nm - decline Dec 6, 14:18
Anyone know what Devin Nunez is up to? -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:11 9
- I heard he might run for Devin Nunes job -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 14:17
- hopefully he'll crawl under a rock never to be seen again -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 14:12 7
  - well scratch that, it's so much worse. -- (link) - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 14:13 6
    - He’s going to give up Ways and Means to run a social media company for a 79yr old guy barred from most hosting platforms? - Will Hunting Dec 6, 14:18 5
      - remember Meadows giving up House Oversight to be 45*'s CoS? haha good times. -- nm - mud Dec 6, 14:31 4
        
        in the last year of his admin no less. SMH - Jovian Dec 6, 14:45 3
        
        It is an honor to serve, Jovian. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 14:53 1
        
        lol yep and to write a book he hated. -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 14:55
        
        pathetic. -- nm - mud Dec 6, 14:46
David Nunes Cow to become dinner. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 14:10
Devin Nunes is apparently retiring. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 6, 14:09 5
- He'll find some think tank job that will let him live his best life as Twitter troll. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:10 3
  - CEO of Trump's media company -- nm - decline Dec 6, 14:12 1
    - Same diff -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 15:18
  - ie Trump's media startup (as rumored) -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 14:11
- To run Nunes' business? -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 14:10
Devin Nunes will not run for re-election in 2022. -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 6, 14:09
Shang-Chi 2 greenlit (David this give you plenty of time to get the pronunciation correct!) -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 14:04
Peacock: Macgruber trailer! -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 14:02 2
- Does it bother anyone else that Ryan Phillipe says "calvary" and not "cavalry"? No? Just me? OK then. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 14:08 1
  - Not just you. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 14:19
Now this house that Redfin sent is is pretty fantastic, but wwwaaayyyy to far from the city for that price IMO -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 13:56
Nearest Jack in the Box: 6.5 hours driving, nearest Del Taco: 8.5 Hours -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 13:55 17
- IT'S GETTING CLOSER! -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 15:02
- I thought JITB was everywhere -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:57 14
  - not in the DC area. I saw them in NYC as a kid and then later in Hawaii. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:33 1
    - I guess I should say it was really Long Island. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:34
  - nm -- nm* - decline Dec 6, 14:15
  - I've never even seen one. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 14:02 1
    - I think I did in CA. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 14:12
  - I think I'd have to drive to Indianapolis or southern IL to find a JITB. - oblique Dec 6, 14:00 5
    - Litchfield is the first/last JITB on I-55 as my parents stop there at least once per trip. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:04
    - I just figured Del Taco was west coast -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 14:00 3
      - We have both! - spamlet Dec 6, 14:01 2
        
        Living your best life! -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 14:03 1
        
        I haven't had JITB for years and not sure I've ever had Del Taco -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:05
  - oh never mind, I recall we had them around here when I was a kid but then a kid died from undercooked meat or something and a bunch closed -- nm* - ty97 Dec 6, 13:58 2
    - Yeah they had an e.coli outbreak -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 14:01
    - (or that's how I remember it anyway, the internet seems to know nothing of this) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 14:00
- We have lots of Jacks in Boxes since it was once owned by Purina. (True story!) -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 13:56
JD! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:51 2
- (that was a heck of a shot!) -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:52 1
  - Indeed. Love it. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 6, 13:54
Colin Farrell to reprise Penguin role in ‘The Batman’ spinoff series for HBO Max. -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 13:48
I'm tired. Didn't sleep well tonight. Deciding if I nap at 5, or just force myself to stay up til like 8 and just go to bed for the night -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:47 7
- Lupus -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 13:50 3
  - Or just old age -- nm - decline Dec 6, 14:18
  - I wonder if long covid will finally shut up the lupus-denying doctors. Yes, the immune system can eff people. Welcome to the party. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 14:06
  - Lupus is a fictional disease invented by doctors who wanted fake textbooks in which to hide their Vicodin. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 13:55
- This is your chance to either embrace the gramps or show you’re young. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 13:48 2
  - I'm a young gramps, which option is that? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:51 1
    - This is the moment. It defines you or you define it. I can’t. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 13:54
Disneyland: Genie, Genie+ and Lightning Lane will debut at the Disneyland Resort on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Genie+: $20 per person -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 13:43
OG Vegastravaganza people... - nubby Dec 6, 13:39 15
- I seem to recall someone recommending that to me/us? Maybe my friend who owned a 7-11 in Vegas. -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 15:48
- And a velvet painting of Charles Bronson. Nubby burying the lede. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 13:44 3
  - Hahahaha - nubby Dec 6, 13:44 2
    - REDBIRD! REDBIRDDDDDDD!!!!!! - Will Hunting Dec 6, 13:49
    - WWND -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 13:46
- the steakhouse where we scored the $50 myvegas comp at excalibur was so good -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 13:44 1
  - One of my favorites. You weren't around for the classic Golden Steer trip. -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 15:51
- Golden Steer -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 13:40 7
  - Much better than the Golden Corral -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 13:41
  - One jumbo nubbypoint! - nubby Dec 6, 13:41 5
    - here - groiny Dec 6, 13:42 4
      - I felt so out of place in a baseball jersey, eating a giant piece of prime rib. But it was fun! -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 13:44 3
        
        it was next door to a latino mercado (aka bodega on the east coast) how fancy could it be, we went to our fancy steak place and sat next bros -- nm - bros in board shorts/tshirts @$200 a plate Dec 6, 13:50
        
        Sciere’s moo’ed on the damn plate. There are horror movies with less blood. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 13:47 1
        
        I was holding down vomit every time he cut into it. -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 13:48
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:38 [Attachment] 4
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:39 [Attachment] 3
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:39 [Attachment] 2
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:40 [Attachment] 1
      - 2.2 -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 14:25
YIKES! Just saw JenBro's post on B2. *HUGS* -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 13:37 8
- Indeed. Glad to know you are feeling better.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 6, 14:42
- yeah! -- nm - mud Dec 6, 13:47
- hope you don't have any lingering effects and thanks for the reminder to get my butt in gear to get boosted. - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 13:45 3
  - ^^^^ SEE ***SEAN*** -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:46 2
    - I just backboarded. if I were out half as much as he is IN FLORIDA, I would have lied to get double boosted by now. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 14:51
    - Nah, he's good. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:47
- Yeah. So sorry, JenBro. So glad you're feeling better and it wasn't bad. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 13:44
- Yes!! Glad she is on the mend. I hope her taste comes back ASAP. -- nm - Pippy Dec 6, 13:41
Questions for Jenbro: were you boosted? Did you get the antibody cocktail Ty got? what was the situation you were exposed at? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:37 4
- I had not got the booster shot yet - and I took no infusions or anything else - more inside. - JenBro Dec 6, 13:43 3
  - Yikes: how is the friend and daughter doing? on the bright side, I hear the covid diet works really well -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:45 2
    - I'm weighing myself tonight - we'll see. My friend had to get the infusion and thinks she's going to be a long hauler ... so bummed for her. -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 13:49 1
      - oof, hope friend isn't -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:51
LIR: Jack in the Box is buying Del Taco for $575M -- (link*) - budice Dec 6, 13:33 3
- Oh so Qdoba isn't good enough for you, Jack, but Del Taco is? Harumph. -- nm* - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 13:53
- Wow! A LIR SITWAP! -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 13:35 1
  - There has been a lot of news reposting today (and that's fine!) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:35
yeah Jax just get it done. If you're down a few days then you're down. But get it done. Hell you're in Florida! -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 13:32 1
- For what it's worth, my wife and I had no reaction to the booster. She had a strong reaction to the previous two shots. I had Pfizer and she had - oblique Dec 6, 13:41
Just do it. - Spawn Dec 6, 13:29

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