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I'm gonna have to add a surcharge for walking miles as well the driving distance, meet at a park but walked 1.5 miles to a beach - zeitgeist Dec 11, 14:01 1
- make a list of all the updates you have to make in the 2022 wedding contract -- (pic) - Marry'in Sam Dec 11, 14:10 [Attachment] 1
Resident Alien Jan 26th. -- nm* - Spawn Dec 11, 13:49 1
- yay! -- nm - mud Dec 11, 14:03
The future is dumb. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 11, 12:51
Lol, Trump. -- (link) - znufrii, boosted Dec 11, 11:45 2
- I missed that chapter in How to Win Friends and Influence People. -- nm - VMan Dec 11, 13:41
- It's all transactional for him. It's never about anyone or anything except himself. -- nm - Jovian Dec 11, 13:30
"Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team Ubers to Illinois after weather diverts plane to Indianapolis" - The Allfather Dec 11, 11:35 1
- why? money to be made. sadly -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 11:37
Georgetown 79 Syracuse 75 and all is well with the world - prayformojo Dec 11, 11:25 2
- Staring into the future, this is gonna be one of those years where Syracuse gets in at 18-13 and then makes the Sweet 16. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 11, 11:32 1
  - I read a story about that -- because they're so unique, the average random team (6's - 11's) never prepare for it and can't on short notice. So they - Will Hunting Dec 11, 12:38
Yikes. Tornado damage. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:58
So apparently Trevor Lawrence confronted Urban about the running back being benched. First Urban blamed it on the running backs coach…then it got - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:54 11
- Urban Meyer has won three national championships. If that doesn't say everything about white privilege in college athletics, I don't know what will. - The Allfather Dec 11, 11:34 1
  - Meanwhile Urban chases suburban tail -- nm - budice Dec 11, 12:51
- To the I.M. Meyer is out? I'm not seeing he was fired. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 11, 11:00 8
  - If he’s not fired on the Monday the season ends, Trevor Lawrence should call his agent to seek a trade. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 11:27 6
    - I guess I should feel better knowing Nagy is simply incompetent. - zunk xometimes Dec 11, 11:49 5
      - The list of college coaches who succeeded in the NFL is a very short list. Hell, the best NCAA coach ever lasted 13 games in the NFL. - Will Hunting Dec 11, 11:51 4
        
        Pete Carroll and... -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 11:55 2
        
        Jim Harbaugh nearly won a Super Bowl. So, he should be on there too. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 11, 12:11 1
        
        I'd add Kliff Kingsbury but he's kind of new and was an asst. in NFL before Texas Tech. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 11, 13:15
        
        And it's not just football. Jerry Tarkanian bombed out in the pros. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 11, 11:55
  - It's inevitable. - Dark Callisto Dec 11, 11:03
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 11, 10:47 [Attachment] 6
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 11, 10:47 [Attachment] 5
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 11, 10:48 [Attachment] 4
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 11, 10:48 [Attachment] 3
      - 2/2. thank you Danny Kaye -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 11, 11:27
      - 2/2 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 11:24
      - 2/2 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:49
This guy should be happy that emergency exits are very hard to open during flight. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 11, 10:42
Saw a commercial for MacGruber. Looks like tongue-in-cheek fun but I've heard that name lots but never actually known what it is. - zork Dec 11, 10:39 5
- Simpsons is Rainier Wolfcastle star of the McBain movies -- nm - gort Dec 11, 10:53
- Macgyver with sex jokes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 10:41 3
  - Right, I forgot to include a Macguyver mention - zork Dec 11, 10:42 2
    - It's based on an SNL skit -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:44 1
      - example -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:44 [youtube]
Huh, I completely missed this - there's a very serious proposal to unite a bunch of countries in East Africa into one state -- (link) - Reagen Dec 11, 10:28 15
- Several of those countries have had civil wars or have been very close. It’s likely a disaster in the making. -- nm - spamlet Dec 11, 14:12 2
  - and apparently they want to add Ethiopia and DRC Congo into the mix - Reagen Dec 11, 14:13 1
    - If they can figure out how to unify foreign policy while giving each cultural group their own self-determination without killing them, then it just might work. -- nm* - Mop Dec 11, 14:25
- When I think of a melting pot of humanity and human decency, I think of Rwanda. - Will Hunting Dec 11, 12:46
- I’m personally sceptical this will get anywhere - how are people like Kagame, Museveni, Kenyatta going to share power? They all want to be in charge -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 12:14
- game changer for the continent if that happens. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 10:38 2
  - But why not call the currency African Schilling rather than East African in hopes that it gets broadly used in the continent? -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:41 1
    - Old and busted vs new and shiny -- nm - con_carne Dec 11, 10:51
- Driving side: both -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:36
- Wow. Had not heard of this -- nm - prayformojo Dec 11, 10:35
- nice flag! -- nm - mud Dec 11, 10:31 4
  - I'd say get rid of the writing and the map and it's a solid flag. -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 12:12
  - I don't like map flags, in general. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 10:32 2
    - what if they expand and allow other countries to join? then they have to replace all the flags. annoying. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:43 1
      - European union didn't require everyone use the union flag -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 10:57
Raptors super fan will miss attending home game for first time since the team started. The team gave him a champ. ring when they won the trophy - zork Dec 11, 10:11 5
- They should give him a private box to watch from -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 11:33 1
  - Yeah, that doesn't fly here. If you are exposed, you stay home. -- nm - Andie Dec 11, 12:07
- I love this dude. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 11, 10:39
- aw that stinks. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 10:37
- Aww. Responsible thing to do, but unfortunate. Hope he wasn't infected. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 10:14
RC, our scrimmage got cancelled somehow - if you want to reshooot it over, I’ll accept. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 10:06 1
- Done! And I think I'm caught up on all DTL requests. - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 11:25
I just want you guys to know that I continue to be a terrible Magic: The Gathering player. And I always will be. - Qale Dec 11, 09:43
DTL: Recruits are up, if you want in, the details are within. -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 11, 09:14 9
- Scrims -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 09:45 2
  - Accepted with a weird lineup so I’ll counter later. -- nm - spamlet Dec 11, 09:57
  - Accepted. I will counter a bit later…got some stuff going on here. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 09:51
- I did quite well. Won my 3/3 and 2/2 ties for my top players! +13 for 50/35 ratings. -- (edited) - spamlet Dec 11, 09:23 5
  - Won the 2/2 (yay!), lost the 4/4 (boo!) who, as I predicted, went out of conference despite Good Local rating. - Baron Please Come Home Dec 11, 10:00 3
    - My team Int rating is now +16. I'd like to move some of those points to Rebounding, please. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 11, 10:07 2
      - OMG I just saw the 768 rankings. He has me at #3 - Baron Please Come Home Dec 11, 10:19 1
        
        Woohoo! Can you check mine? - spamlet Dec 11, 11:19
  - I went 0-4 on my big ties, did get a tie from Dover (maybe he was full?) -- 2 of the ties looked to have legit players but 2 were fools gold so yay - Will Hunting Dec 11, 09:29
Apparently my child (age 11) wants a Fortnite account. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 11, 08:56 11
- In other news, I apparently have an 11-year-old child I didn’t know about. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 11, 09:00 9
  - (Hi) -- nm* - Andie Dec 11, 09:38
  - 11? For real? - Krusty Dec 11, 09:05 7
    - Spoils -- (edited) - znufrii, boosted Dec 11, 09:39
    - That can’t be right -- nm - Pippy Dec 11, 09:07 5
      - 6 sounds right. Let's go with that. She's 6. -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 09:16 4
        
        Related, in under 2 months, Nathan will be 10. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 09:21 3
        
        Jeez -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 09:23 2
        
        In 9 days, Logan hits 15. - Spawn Dec 11, 11:49 1
        
        Wow. It's crazy to me how old some of the kids are. Some are in college or graduated! -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 15:04
- get the Batman Fortnite graphic novel and get all 7 fortnite codes for the game. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 08:57
This is hilarious. -- (link) - Tim Dec 11, 08:52 2
- Spectacular. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 11, 10:14
- Fantastic -- nm - Pippy Dec 11, 09:08
Urban Meyer - knives are out based on tweets and the NFL Network this morning. Plus this quote is a kind of coaching... -- (link) - Beaker Dec 11, 08:51
I can't think of a good gift for my brother-in-law who pretty much has everything he wants. He's the last person I have to get a gift for. - Krusty Dec 11, 08:36 11
- Got one of these for my dad's birthday (and one for myself whole I was at it. - zork Dec 11, 10:01 2
  - That's cool as shit! -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 10:16
  - And it takes an SD card or connects to a computer (or phone I guess) via USB for recording pictures and videos -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:05
- does he have any favorite pop culture stuff? A Funko of that maybe -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 08:46 1
  - Nope, not his style. He's in his late 50s and doesn't collect anything. -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 09:03
- I think beer is a great gift for someone who enjoys it and is living with his MIL. ☺ You can get something interesting, local, a growler, etc. -- nm - Andie Dec 11, 08:43 5
  - I feel like bringing him beer is fine but not a good Christmas gift. I can bring him beer as I have a few very good local breweries but I need - Krusty Dec 11, 09:12
  - Reagen just broke out in hives and isn't sure why. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 09:08 1
    - beer isn't enough in that case. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 09:22
  - this -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 09:06
  - Yeah—I like the 🍺 idea too -- nm - flavorize Dec 11, 09:04
CY is planning to retire to Missouri. He and Mrs. CY are flying out there today on a househunting trip. Great timing - not :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 11, 08:16 3
- Guess it depends which side of the state. - spamlet Dec 11, 09:29 2
  - I believe the Springfield area. Somewhere on a lake. He said the other day that houses were selling almost immediately so he's hoping for the best. -- nm - Meg Dec 11, 09:39 1
    - Meanwhile, today is the Springfield Christmas parade, -- (link) - Meg Dec 11, 10:05
Just spent the last 30 minutes reporting and blocking Twitter users saying Demaryious Thomas died from the CO-VID vaccine— - flavorize Dec 11, 08:09 2
- No no, a guy who played a game designed to impart neurological damage onto its players suffering from seizures...gotta be a vaccine. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 11, 08:10 1
  - It’s so ridiculous the stuff they are posting -- nm - flavorize Dec 11, 08:20
From b2: I learned of the pickle ornament 2-3 years ago. never heard of it before though. A coworker mentioned that she found it for the first time -- nm - MDH Dec 11, 07:48
Mayfield, KY is essentially gone -- (link) - TWuG Dec 11, 07:46 7
- Wow! Looks like someone bombed the whole downtown area. -- nm* - jnine Dec 11, 09:47
- One saving grace, that looks like a downtown commercial area -- I get the sense that a lot of the population is spread out around the area - Will Hunting Dec 11, 08:10 1
  - Gov says potentially 50-100 dead from the various tornados that swept through the state. But Mayfield is probably going to - TWuG Dec 11, 08:44
- It's just too much. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 07:58
- Holy crap -- nm* - decline Dec 11, 07:58
- damn -- nm - prayformojo Dec 11, 07:49
- :( - znufrii, boosted Dec 11, 07:48
TV PSA: UFC 269, NHL, NBA, SNL (Billie Eilish), Rudolf, Frosty, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 07:27
British man cruelly ambushed, trampled, and bitten by 20 others. Check that, 20 _otters_. -- (link) - Baron Please Come Home Dec 11, 07:23
Give yer balls a tug -- (link) - spamlet Dec 11, 07:22 1
- STRRT! -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 07:23
Damn, that was intense. - Will Hunting Dec 11, 07:21 6
- Yep, first wave passed. - Dark Callisto Dec 11, 07:34 5
  - After chatting with Spammy last night about what happened in St. Louis, we called my MIL to make sure she was ok. She didn't answer either her cell - pmb Dec 11, 07:51 4
    - Glad she’s okay and I am always available if you need something. - spamlet Dec 11, 09:31 1
      - Thanks. I do appreciate it. -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 15:17
    - Glad she's okay, though! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 11, 07:58 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - pmb Dec 11, 08:37
B2 thank you! - Jovian Dec 11, 06:54 14
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 11:15
- Happy happy! ... Have we ever seen Hailee S and Jovian in the same room? Hmmmm.... -- nm* - Spawn Dec 11, 10:49
- Birfday! -- nm - zork Dec 11, 09:37
- HA! better start the yoga and workouts now. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 09:00
- Alright now you can be an old man yelling at clouds. -- nm - Qale Dec 11, 08:56
- Happy Birthday old man - decline Dec 11, 07:57
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 11, 07:49
- Happy Birthday! Hope it was a great one! -- nm - MDH Dec 11, 07:46
- Happy Birthday! Welcome to the Club! -- nm - Andie Dec 11, 07:34
- You made it! -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 07:24
- Have a great day! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 11, 07:23
- You post much younger. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 11, 07:09 1
  - Agreeance—I’d be off 15 years if I was going to guess. Good to have fire/passion in daily life. Happy B-day Jovian! 5️⃣0️⃣ -- nm - flavorize Dec 11, 07:20
- Happy Birthday! - Dark Callisto Dec 11, 07:05
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 11, 06:48 [Attachment] 6
- Lathe fuel. Used to power carpentry tools -- nm - zork Dec 11, 10:13
- Hula Fett - Obscure character edited out of the Star Wars Xmas Special -- nm - VMan Dec 11, 09:14
- HAT FUEL: aka your head -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 08:46
- FULL HUTT - Jabba's cheesy 80's family sitcom -- nm - prayformojo Dec 11, 07:48 2
  - Never go full Hutt -- nm - rollo Dec 11, 08:46 1
    - No one out Jabbas the Hutt. -- nm - VMan Dec 11, 10:30

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