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Here, ST, listen to this -- (link) - ty97 Dec 14, 12:01 [youtube] 1
- Her new one isn't really a Christmas album, it's a Christmas-themed breakup album. -- nm - Ender Dec 14, 12:24
And...just got last thing for mel, so I'm officially done with Christmas shopping! - Diva Dec 14, 11:59
NFL: Rams have closed training facility and entered intensive COVID protocols -- nm - Strongbad Dec 14, 11:59 8
- Playoff picture a mess, now this -- nm - budice Dec 14, 12:08
- OBJ tests positive. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 14, 12:07
- This might screw Arizona, too. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 12:06
- That seems…bad. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 12:02
- Man, covid about to wreck some fantasy leagues. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 12:02 3
  - Just in time for the playoffs! -- nm - Flavorize Dec 14, 12:06
  - Just checked my 11-3 and no Rams but I see from the bench they are playing the Seahawks. That is bad for my bad teams. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 12:06 1
    - I have Kupp on the team I really care 100% about so that blows. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 12:10
We really enjoyed this band The Collection from N Carolina on TRB, I think some of you will too. They just released this Audiotree live video today. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 14, 11:49 [youtube]
Honest Trailers Red Notice -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 14, 11:44 [youtube]
Challenge: name an original (NOT A COVER) Christmas song from this century that you like. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 11:43 34
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 12:08 2
  - What century do you think it is right now? -- nm - Ender Dec 14, 12:26 1
    - Get off my lawn. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 12:27
- Through Your Eyes on Christmas Eve - Abney Park, Holiday (What Do You Want?) - Mike Doughty with Roseanne Cash. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 14, 12:00
- (I’m auto Shazam-ing songs while at work so I’ll see if any leave some sort of impression and post them later.) -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 11:59
- oh wait, I like Kelly Clarkson's Underneath The Tree! -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:58
- I suppose Barenaked For the Holidays is mostly covers. Green Christmas, maybe. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:56
- The thing is....Christmas has always been really the classics for me. Mariah's song broke the mold in the 90s but it's an exception. - ty97 Dec 14, 11:55 3
  - Another fun argument: what was the last song to be considered a standard before AIWFCIY? - Tim Dec 14, 11:57 2
    - I can name two that came after Wham! and are likely more popular, Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis and Bryan Adams - Run, Run Rudolph -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:04
    - I never liked that song, but probably -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 12:00
- I had to google this--There was one by ColdPlay, but just heard it again...it's not great. Going down a list of ones I've never heard before though -- nm - Flavorize Dec 14, 11:55
- George Michael's, of course. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:53 1
  - 1984 wrong century -- nm - eag Dec 14, 12:02
- There are undoubtedly some, just nothing immediately jumping to mind. Some Pentatonix song probably to start? -- nm* - ty97 Dec 14, 11:53 3
  - Have they done original Christmas songs? - Tim Dec 14, 11:56 2
    - maybe not, I'd have to check -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:58 1
      - I think Evergreen is an original (and probably technically a Christmas song) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 14, 12:12
- All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:52 5
  - 1994 so incorrect -- nm - eag Dec 14, 12:01 2
    - You didn't read the IM! -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 12:02 1
      - That's not how this Works! -- nm - eag Dec 14, 12:04
  - *glare* -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 11:52 1
    - Around their CHINS! -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:53
- is You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Gwen Stefani a cover? -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:51 3
  - How about "My Gift Is You"? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:55
  - Written by her and Blake Shelton among others so it’s an original. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 11:53
  - Raise a Glass by Luke McMaster? -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:52
- I...can't -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:50
- I may get laughed into the abyss, but Justin Bieber's Christmas album from 2011 is pretty good, so I will say Mistletoe. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:48 3
  - See what I mean, people? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:54 2
    - *flexes* -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:59 1
      - I mean, I could say "Ariana Grande" - Spawnta Dec 14, 12:03
- I don’t think I could even name one song, let alone one that I like. -- nm* - znufrii, boosted Dec 14, 11:47
Heheheh -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:35
Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium expected to host Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:33 2
- Ticketmaster to charge extra for you to select your seat. -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:51
- yay -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 11:38
"Autopsy of ex-NFL player Phillip Adams, accused of killing six people, shows 'unusually severe' CTE" -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:23
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $65 Million tonight with 8 $1 Million draws (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:20 2
- Hey, buy a ticket for me, take it off my tab -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 11:41 1
  - I will! -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:43
Lakers guard tests positive for COVID; Hornets, Bulls and Nets all decimated by COVID currently -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 11:14
8 Cleveland Browns to the COVID list -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 11:11 1
- Thought, for sure, the Browns could surge...but, looks like Steelers might win this division, just because everyone else is just reeling at this point -- nm - Flavorize Dec 14, 11:56
I'm head over heels in love with Halo Infinite's campaign. - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:06 19
- How open is it to newbies? -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:37 4
  - The campaign will feel like any other FPS shooter. So, if you have any experience, you'll be fine. - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:40 1
    - Oh yeah, not PvP. Again, that's why I never played. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:43
  - How sweet - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:38 1
    - This is why I never played before. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:39
- how is the ear shooting potential? -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 11:18 6
  - No team killing! I can safely walk in your general vicinity! -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:23 2
    - So spray and pray is an option. Good to know. -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 11:30
    - *puts a sticky Grenade on your back and points you toward the opponents * -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:29
  - I heard the campaign was not co-op? -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:19 2
    - will be co-op in May I guess. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 14, 12:26
    - It's not yet. I was referencing multiplayer. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:23
- It's so fun. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 11:07 6
  - Tell me when you're done. - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:09 5
    - the story is coherent this time. which is a major plus -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 11:35 1
      - Yeah, they accepted that Halo 4 took them down the wrong path, and Halo 5's story was a mistake. - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:39
    - fwiw, I am up to (spoils) - tRuMaN Dec 14, 11:20 2
      - Spoilers - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:24 1
        
        (There's really nothing spoilery in that post) -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 11:25
Guess the repair bill on the garage door (total incl parts, labour, and emergency fee) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:04 11
- $600...it's always $600. Sweet spot inbetween people bitching it's too expensive, and people deciding it's worth paying to not do it themselves -- nm - Flavorize Dec 14, 11:57
- 425 CDN -- nm - jnine Dec 14, 11:44
- $1,101 CDN -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 11:19
- After some math I will go with $1,100 CDN -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:17
- My spring cost 480 and 120 in labor so I'll go with 1050 CDN. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:15 1
  - I forgot the Spawna and Crash tax so 1102 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:22
- $3,125 ...or, since they don't make those anymore, you need to reframe and install all new door, 13,125 -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 11:08
- CDN$800 -- nm - budice Dec 14, 11:06
- This make me wonder how much garage doors even cost? -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:05 1
  - Mine - 2-car roll-up metal was about $800. That didn't include an opener or tracks which we already had. -- nm - Meg Dec 14, 12:10
- $225 -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:05
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:00 [Image]
Nielsen streaming ratings finally came out. Red Notice 1.8 billion minutes, Shang Chi 1.07 billion, Jungle Cruise 908 million. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 14, 10:55 1
- I woke up Sunday to find Amy finishing Shang Chi (or the Katie movie, as she called it). -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 10:56
The best part of the light trick on B2 is he can run and sit down and see if she tells him what happened. Pretending not to believe the story would be - Spawnta Dec 14, 10:54
Anybody else getting the 27th off cause Christmas is a Saturday - eag Dec 14, 10:45 24
- we are closed 12/17 at 5pm through jan 3rd. bc xmas is a saturday, we get holiday compensatory time, so... I get two weeks off plus two extra days? - amanda jeans Dec 14, 11:29
- We're closed the 24th and the 3rd. -- nm - pmb Dec 14, 11:28
- Entire US firm closed 12/24-1/2 -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 11:13 4
  - BougieMcRich & Sons can afford to do that -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:15 3
    - (They’ll still be working) -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:21 1
      - They can afford to do that too! -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:24
    - Our home office has done this for the last 20 years. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:16
- My office is closed 24th to 28th. Skeleton staff on 29th, then closed till the 3rd. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 14, 11:09
- HAHAHAHHAHAHA. - Remlik Dec 14, 11:00 1
  - the joys of retail -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 11:04
- Indeed. Jan 3 too. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 10:59
- 23rd and 24th -- nm - JD Dec 14, 10:55 1
  - Had not thought of going that way. Considering. Hmmmm.... -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:02
- 24th and 31st. I'm taking vacation between those though. - ty97 Dec 14, 10:54 1
  - Same -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:22
- I work Tues through Sat, so for two consecutive weeks I'll get both Friday and Saturday off. So back to back 4 day weekends :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 14, 10:53
- We get Christmas Eve and Day as holidays so we have off the 24th and 27th. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 10:53
- 24th only. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 14, 10:53
- 24th and 27th. We were not the first in the area, luckily. But we are doing the 31st and the 3rd for NY, and are the first that I know of. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 10:52
- Taking week off between xmas and newyears -- nm - budice Dec 14, 10:51
- Our holiday is the 24th. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 14, 10:50 2
  - actually we get 24th and 27th (Boxing Day) -- nm* - Beaker Dec 14, 10:50
  - this is ours as well. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 10:50
- *raises hand* - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 14, 10:49
Recurring spamlet: BBB update? -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 10:43 2
- I gave you an update on Sunday! -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 10:56 1
  - Days ago. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 10:59
I get a newsletter from the Law Library of the Library of Congress. This week's entry is really cute: national and international Santa Laws - crash davis Dec 14, 10:42
VLIR: spamlet. If small businesses are hurting from Kronos, just wait until they figure out that PowerSchool is likely affected. RIP K12 -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 14, 10:29 2
- Oh really? That's what our district runs on. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 10:37 1
  - Seems it is already patched. I'm not 100% familiar with it but guessing this is hosted by each district? (Our uses it also) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 14, 10:43
NCIS' Wilmer Valderrama to Star as Zorro in Update of 1950s ABC Series -- (link) - Remlik Dec 14, 10:27 7
- loved the original series as a kid -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 10:53
- That feels like a show that wouldn't work today but who knows? -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 10:32 5
  - In what ways? The Hopkins/Bandera versions hold up well, have been catching them on NF. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:43
  - Sorta how I feel about Cowboy Bebop too—like 15-20 years too late. -- nm - flavorize Dec 14, 10:35 2
    - Uhm, one was set in the 50s, the other in the far future. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:03
    - It could have worked. They had two avenues they could've taken to make it work, and they chose neither. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:37
  - Six seasons and a movie (because the Wayne family needs to be shattered again) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:32
NFL now mandating boosters for all Tier 1 and Tier 2 staff -- nm - Strongbad Dec 14, 10:27 2
- and players do not have to get it. -- nm* - Remlik Dec 14, 10:29 1
  - Because the NFLPA would have to agree. Other employees aren't collectively bargained. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 10:38
I didn't realize LA was getting rain and...WOW. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 14, 10:23 5
- LA was built before they realized you can't just let water run off, you need drainage ponds etc. so gutters turn into rapids - zeitgeist Dec 14, 11:15 1
  - The pond is called the Pacific Ocean, zeit. -- nm - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:20
- Doooooommmm! -- nm - eag Dec 14, 10:24
- It’s pouring here. And great job responding to the text chain! -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 10:24 1
  - (oh hi) I was busy at the time -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 10:26
And the hackers discovered they should have launched 840,001. -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 10:20 1
- CISA tells federal agencies to patch before Christmas -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 14, 10:25
What has 2 thumbs and is effectively done Christmas shopping? This guy! *points at self just in case it wasn't clear* - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 10:14 8
- I would be, if only I didn’t feel the need, every time I’m out to pick something up, to grab another stocking stuffer or three. - znufrii, boosted Dec 14, 12:02
- I probs should get one more thing for mel, but other than that, I AM DONE. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 11:35
- YEAH! That's like me back in October! -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 10:16 5
  - I started in October! - ty97 Dec 14, 10:18 3
    - We were in Target last night. I can say with confidence that you're not alone. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 14, 10:21 2
      - This is me every year. Is start with the best of intentions..... - ty97 Dec 14, 10:22 1
        
        Last night I photoed all the gifts I have bought over the last year. Tonight I put them in folders for each person. I then look to see which folders - Spawnta Dec 14, 11:22
  - October 2020 -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 10:18

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