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We're #1 !! Breaking world records!! -- (link) - decline Dec 30, 11:17 2
- I mean, we've been number one. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 30, 11:34 1
  - But we broke that record!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:48
At some point in 2021, by my records, I took my 1000th flight. - ty97 Dec 30, 10:58 2
- You should switch gears and not take another flight until you've taken 1000 train trips -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:21
- Sounds like it’s time for you to get your own plane 😉 -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 11:02
Netflix's 'Cheer' is getting a season 2 in January -- (link) - oblique Dec 30, 10:55 [youtube]
‘His name is Sang. He is a pitcher.’ A family’s American dream, their unbearable loss - JD Dec 30, 10:45
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:30 [Attachment] 6
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:30 [Attachment] 5
  - 0/1 -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:16
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:31 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:32 [Attachment] 2
      - 2/2, both guesses. -- nm - loosilu who Dec 30, 11:35
      - 1/2 -- nm - decline Dec 30, 10:53
Broncos not practicing today. Have some positive COVID tests. -- nm - budice Dec 30, 10:28 1
- Line hasn’t moved yet—wonder who the players are -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 10:34
Nm -- nm* - Volnelk Dec 30, 10:26
Tesla to recall almost half a million cars in the US -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 30, 10:15 6
- That’s going to deflate that inflated stock price -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 11:00 2
  - just like sales at the mall! -- nm - Max Dec 30, 11:36
  - Good thing Musk was able to complete his huge selloff of stock right before the recall was announced -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:08
- The rearview camera issue for the Model 3 may affect about 1% of the vehicles being recalled. So a very minor problem - TWuG Dec 30, 10:58 1
  - I'm surprised they bothered with a recall, GM would have done a 'silent' recall where they just fix them as they come in for regular stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 11:29
- I guess they weren't Eveready. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:16
CDC says people should 'avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status' -- (link) - budice Dec 30, 09:35 47
- I still don't understand how a cruise is more dangerous for contracting Covid than an airline flight. Help me. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:21 44
  - Meal services. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 30, 10:36 7
    - Covid is airborne. There have been cases of surface infections on ships like rotavirus but as far as I know C19 isn't surface bering. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:39 6
      - Also, never having been on a cruise, do they exchange air between rooms? - spamlet Dec 30, 10:49 2
        
        Yeah, I don't know the answer to this. I'd think not, but the inside (non-balcony) I dunno. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:05 1
        
        Royal Caribbean says "air change up to 12 times an hour in staterooms, and about 15 changes an hour in large public spaces." - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:09
      - Meal services have demonstrably spread COVID on the Diamond Princess and other cruises. It’s the close quarters and high contact. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 30, 10:45 1
        
        Good to know. Not planning a cruise soon but I've been on two and, to me, it's exactly like staying at a resort. Just smaller rooms. 8) -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 11:17
      - Right. But the dining rooms aren’t exchanging the air with the outside. That leads to longer exposure times. - spamlet Dec 30, 10:44
  - For starters, there are way more people so the chances of one case is much higher even with precautions. -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 10:30 5
    - Maybe I'm looking at things wrong but with current positives at over 10% you're flying with possibly 20 positives. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:44 4
      - 10% of people who bothered to get tested, which self-selects for people who think they might have been exposed. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 10:54
      - over 10% of people taking a test are positive. NYC is estimated to be 2% total population positive -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:51 2
        
        I was being conservative. Chicago is testing in the teens. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 11:19 1
        
        Seattle was 13% -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 11:27
  - Longer time exposure. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:30 29
    - Mass gathering events on the ship - shows, dancing, singing, shopping. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 11:06 5
      - That also describes the big Las Vegas resorts. *We* know they can be covid factories but I don't see the CDC saying that. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 11:27 4
        
        Las Vegas casinos are infectious death traps, zunk -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:29 2
        
        Yes but "first class germ factories ". -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 11:35
        
        heh -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:32
        
        Yeah - but you can leave a Las Vegas resort. You're stuck on these ships. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Dec 30, 11:28
    - Yeah, but all cruises are currently 100% vaccinated and tested within 48 hours of departure. Flights you have no requirements. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 10:36 22
      - They're high 90s, not 100%. Right? -- nm - Pocket Jones Dec 30, 11:07 6
        
        You can't board the ship right now unless you have proof of vaccination. Whether people have gotten away with forgeries is a different thing. -- nm - David Dec 30, 11:10 5
        
        Forgeries must be pretty wide spread if something like 30% of cruise ships have outbreaks right now -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:21 3
        
        Vaccination doesn't stop you from getting COVID. It just reduces the chances of severe symptoms/illness. -- nm - David Dec 30, 11:37 1
        
        Especially with Omicron. It seems to be evading the vaccination and then the second level of our immune system kicks in once infected. - spamlet Dec 30, 11:39
        
        This CDC page shows all the ships and their "Color Status." None are above the threshold, though a lot are at the 1% level (so 3 in 3000). -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:30
        
        this, plus a negative test prior to boarding. (I said "all," but I really meant the big names; NCL, RC, Carnival, etc.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 11:13
      - Cruises are infectious death traps, JaxSean -- nm - decline Dec 30, 10:54 1
        
        "Which part of "Third class is a germ factory" did you not understand??" -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:56
      - Except the point of a cruise is generally go to places where you get off and mingle with lots of people and then get back on the ship with all the - oblique Dec 30, 10:52 1
        
        If your cruise is going downhill very quickly, you've hitched a ride on a crap chute. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:54
      - WA state is investigating some 30 doctors for handing out exemptions without even asking for medical histories/exams, one sold thousands - zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:45
      - "The cabin will now be depressurized to encourage all passengers to wear oxygen masks. Remember: If a man can't breathe, he can't flight." -- nm - Cobra Kai Airlines Dec 30, 10:45
      - Depends where you are. We had to be fully vaxxed to depart. Negative test within 72 hrs of return flight. Also, got popped for a random arrival test - VMan Dec 30, 10:44
      - Right. And at least 50% of a cruise day is outdoors. I'm not saying cruise ships are "safer", I'm trying to understand why they are considered more da - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:41 1
        
        My guess is because of more tracking, so more data for the CDC. There's no contact tracing for airlines (to my knowledge). -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 10:47
      - But the air is exchanged so quickly you don’t have the exposure time unless the person is literally next to you coughing on you. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:40 5
        
        ...like on a flight? On a cruise, I'm rarely or not near anyone. - JaxSean Dec 30, 10:45 4
        
        The recommendation for air circulation that significantly reduces risk is air exchange 5-6 times per hour. Airplanes are apparently exchanging air 20 - pmb Dec 30, 10:53 2
        
        I think this answers my original question. Air exchange in indoor settings is important. It just opens up a can of worms on other indoor settings with - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 11:41
        
        yeah, every 3 minutes is what they said on the flight today. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 10:54
        
        Yes on a flight. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:50
- They could have cut that sentence after 7 words. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Dec 30, 09:53
- Good thing we got ours in already. Hopefully it calms down by next December. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 09:38
Kirsten Dunst—this is a tough clip— - flavorize Dec 30, 09:23 8
- at that moment I am sure Oscar hopes were the furthest thing on her mind. -- nm - mud Dec 30, 09:36 7
  - Also I guess we can count her out on that porn film. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:13
  - She looks like she’s wanting to curse him out in many languages and slap him till he cries. - Will Hunting Dec 30, 09:56 5
    - Lars went off the deep end. Well, further. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 30, 10:11 3
      - Maybe it sounded better in the original German? -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:27
      - So—he’s felt like the world was against him, but using Hitler in that analogy is f’in stupid and over dramatic. Saying 💩 just to provoke/evoke— - flavorize Dec 30, 10:25 1
        
        That's our Lars! *sitcom music* -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 10:38
    - Both her and the other guy look like, “Oh 💩, here he goes again on this”—the guy has given up, but you can tell she’s furious -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 10:04
My company just asked us to work remotely the week of Jan. 3. And if we have to come into the office next week we have to produce a negative test. - Diva Dec 30, 09:23 5
- i am in the office today setting up our testing room. Everyone who comes in gets a rapid test their first day in the office in 2022. You can't go - Andie Dec 30, 09:26 4
  - They're saying now that the rapid home tests are not great at picking up Omicron. -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 10:06 3
    - I think there is something like 15% false negatives? So, definitely not perfect, but better to do something than nothing. -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 11:26
    - Abbott specifically says there is no change in detection rate -- (link) - oblique Dec 30, 10:58
    - or if they are positive on their home test, they just think its a false positive and go on trips anyway.Or others cough all over the place and refuse - Pippy Dec 30, 10:38
Real Lawyer on Why Alex Jones Lost the Sandy Hook Lawsuits -- (link) - Beaker Dec 30, 09:20 [youtube]
It's cold enough in Minnesota that they'll have to heat the ice for the Winter Classic. -- (link*) - Reagen Dec 30, 09:10 2
- Well that's one way to get a cold weather adverse person to read the story - JD Dec 30, 09:17 1
  - I read it because I was confused on how you can hear the ice besides when it cracks. - Krusty Dec 30, 09:24
TV PSA: And Just Like That (HBO Max), Project Runway, College Football, Station Eleven (HBO Max), The Challenge All Stars, year end stuff, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 08:46 3
- ST Discovery (P+), Queen of the Universe (P+), -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 09:02
- Project Runway is new tonight? -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 08:58 1
  - EW says yes, Futon Critic says no...so maybe? -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 09:03
ST Poll: How old were you when you first flew on a plane? Solo? -- nm - oblique Dec 30, 08:43 45
- 1 and 18. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 30, 11:36
- 15 or 16. And probably 22 or 23? -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 10:56
- 1st, 1yo when mom flew from germany to NY and I was on her lap the whole trip. solo, 15? to a summer camp -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:33
- Every summer I would fly alone to NY to visit family beginning age 7. First ever flight was probably age 3 or 4. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:19 3
  - My parents would walk me/us to my gate, see us off, and whomever would be waiting at the other gate. Don’t know how kids do it, today -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 10:28 2
    - You can get special passes to go to the gate up until they’re about teenagers. After that, you can only go to security with them. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:34
    - Exactly. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 30, 10:30
- 8 was first ride. 16 was first without parents but it was a high school trip. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:04
- First flew alone at the age of 14. On a flight from Peoria to Omaha. - ReluctantCynic Dec 30, 09:57 3
  - At 14? -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:08 2
    - Well he had just joined the Mile High Club. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:17 1
      - “Coffee? Tea? Me?” -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 10:28
- I don't remember. I'm guessing maybe 7th grade for the school DC trip? Solo, early 20's -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 09:40
- 4 and 4. There's a cute pic of me being taken care of by the flight attendants on my way down to Mississippi. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 09:20
- 9, 23. -- nm - kelly Dec 30, 09:19
- 12 with the fam to Orlando. 18 solo for college fall break -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 30, 09:11
- Solo at 17 (almost 18) for a college visit. Not sure first with parents. -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 09:09
- First flight was at 3, story inside. at 7 I flew home alone from visiting my grandma in Arizona. -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Dec 30, 09:04
- 13 on a small private plane, 18 on an airline -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 09:02 1
  - Mr Fancy Pants. -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 09:04
- Infant. Solo, maybe 25? i flew with friends only before that, but i think that was the first alone? -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 09:02
- 22(?) Dublin to Heathrow. -- nm - Meg Dec 30, 09:01
- No idea. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 09:00
- I've never been on a plane and there's no plan to change that anytime soon. - J Dec 30, 09:00 7
  - Fear? Prefer driving? Just curious. -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 09:08 3
    - I love driving and road trips so for Canada and the US I'm set and I've had no real reason to fly up to this point. - J Dec 30, 09:42 2
      - If you do a short test flight, be mindful of the size of the plane. The experience is much different on a puddle jumper, for example. -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 09:51 1
        
        Definitely! -- nm - J Dec 30, 10:36
  - Transatlantic Cruise! -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 09:03 1
    - legit - when cruises reposition from europe to the caribbean and vice versa, those are pretty reasonably priced. but that only gets you one way, -- (edited) - Andie Dec 30, 09:04
  - Wow. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 09:00
- 12 with parents. 18 went solo. -- nm - VMan Dec 30, 08:59
- 19 solo. I don't remember my first ever. -- nm* - Qale Dec 30, 08:58
- I flew from Colorado to NJ nearly every summer from the age of 7. I don't know if that was my first flight or not, I don't remember. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:52
- 13 with a junior high field trip. 23, I think? -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 08:50
- 3 or 4, and 17. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 08:50
- Have a hilarious recording of me, on a plane, around 6—always had my younger brother with me, when traveling—probably 23 when I first flew solo -- nm - flavorize Dec 30, 08:49
- 6 months, 5 or 6 -- nm* - budice Dec 30, 08:49
- 15? My dad took us away from our normal beach vacation to the Grand Canyon etc, against our objections. - Max Dec 30, 08:47
- would guess 7 and 10ish solo. just Gander to Halifax -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 08:47
- Younger than I can remember as I got from Minnesota to Hawaii somehow and I think 12 -- nm - JD Dec 30, 08:47
- 10 -- nm - Pippy Dec 30, 08:47
- first? around 12 or so. Solo, in my 20's -- nm - decline Dec 30, 08:47
- 25. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 30, 08:46
- 14 and I've never flown alone. -- nm - Krusty Dec 30, 08:45
Kilbo I just sent you some Vegas updates since you are going in Jan - we just got back. -- nm - Pippy Dec 30, 08:38 2
- :) Just saw and replied. You're the best!! - oblique Dec 30, 08:40 1
  - :) -- nm - Pippy Dec 30, 08:42
Anyone heard from the Tall One? -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 08:35 4
- Home again, home again, jiggity jig. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 08:47 2
  - I make friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. -- nm - jf sebastian Dec 30, 09:03
  - Mop will be relieved. - Spawn Dec 30, 08:51
- "I do believe they think I am some sort of god." -- nm - Reagen's Endor Adventure Dec 30, 08:44

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