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Just booked 8 days in Costa Rica in September. Hoping to get lucky and see the turtles hatching in Tortuguero National Park. Also hoping the world - Andie Jan 11, 08:30 9
- No better time than a below zero day to book a trip to warmth! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 11, 08:44
- My brother-in-law and his family stayed there for 3 months, and didn't want to leave. I hope it's wonderful! -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 08:37
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 08:35
- Sounds fun! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:32
- We booked our June trip through them too! -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 08:32 4
  - Jealous of both of you -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:34
  - i actually have only booked airfare so far. but was looking for a tour for Tortuguero and found them. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 08:33 2
    - They’ve been extremely helpful so far. -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 08:33 1
      - good to know! -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 08:34
This weather needs to go -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:23 2
- DOOOOOOOOOOM! - Spawn Jan 11, 08:31
- Hey hey, ho ho, we don't want your thundersnow -- nm - Max Jan 11, 08:30
I would like the ability to blanket mute/block Twitter accounts dependant on the year they joined. I think that'd help immensely. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:20 4
- Whoa, this just made me flash back to when I felt old for joining Facebook but thinking at least my posts would be better than the 20somethings - Max Jan 11, 08:29 3
  - It's more like if I could block everyone who joined in the last two years, that'd clear nearly all of the bots or non-substantive trolls. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:31 2
    - Yeah yeah I figured. Different scenario but I'd forgotten that memory until your post. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 08:33 1
      - I mean, my tweets ARE way better than everyone else's of course. Also: This is a both-sides thing in that I'd like all bots blocked. -- nm* - Qale Jan 11, 08:38
Sharon Stone to play Cassie's mom in ‘The Flight Attendant’ Season 2 -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 08:20
2nd day at new job report - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:18 10
- More time for Civ 6. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 08:26
- New guy, getting hazed. - Spawn Jan 11, 08:22
- recommendation.. - colin Jan 11, 08:21 3
  - 👍 One of my bosses has a recurring 'meeting' on Friday's - JD Jan 11, 08:27 1
    - that's really nice! -- nm - colin Jan 11, 08:32
  - Heh. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:26
- Does this mean you'll actually get work done? Because from what I know of meetings, they're not really work. They're either prep for work or analysis - Qale Jan 11, 08:21 3
  - Or - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:28
  - if you're in management, meetings are work because you do a lot of delegation. -- nm - colin Jan 11, 08:22 1
    - No wonder they call all those meetings! -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:25
What cryptocurrency needs is, in my opinion, The Cooler. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:14 4
- What cryptocurrency needs now - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:21 3
  - that's one thing there is just too little of -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 11, 21:59
  - Like I need an NFT in my head -- nm - rollo Jan 11, 08:46
  - hard currency backed by a central crypto bank. -- nm - colin Jan 11, 08:33
Pop Quiz -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 08:13 31
- Cameras (Film then Digital) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 08:40 1
  - My vote. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:42
- Portable music device without phone capability? - Max Jan 11, 08:38 2
  - They have many of those in the 50s? -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:43 1
    - I was thinking Texas Instruments transistor radios plus cassette players for Type 1. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 08:45
- Type 1 = VHS Tapes and Type 2 = DVDs? -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 08:36 1
  - I think VHS wasn't invented until the 70s? But it's a great guess -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:37
- Reagen got it in one -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:35 1
  - Shenanigans! -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 08:35
- Gasoline -- nm - colin Jan 11, 08:34
- Magnetic tape vs optical media -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:31
- VCRs? Maybe? Beta and VHS? -- nm - VMan Jan 11, 08:30
- Insulin -- nm - kelly Jan 11, 08:30 1
  - The Type 1 and Type 2 made me go there too, but no way is diabetes going down lately. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:31
- Skittles. - Qale Jan 11, 08:27
- Condoms. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 08:24
- Answering machines -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 08:23 1
  - A bit late for that. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:32
- Telephones -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:22 4
  - That what I was leaning towards as well, but figured they’d been around longer than 70 years. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 08:26 2
    - The steep dropoff in 2010 has me doubting my answer. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:28 1
      - is that when subsidies stopped though? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 08:28
  - ohhhh good answer. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 11, 08:24
- Televisions -- nm - TWuG Jan 11, 08:16
- Snuggies -- nm - decline Jan 11, 08:16
- Guess - Reagen Jan 11, 08:15 5
  - 1951 seems late for the start of type 1 - TWuG Jan 11, 08:19 4
    - film sales is a niche' thing now, also movies are all digital, one hollywood movie used more footage a day than a full time wedding photog in a career -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 11, 22:03 1
      - xray machines are now digital, a set of xrays for a leg/arm probably equaled a wedding photog's full day. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 11, 22:04
    - Not criticizing your guess, just the presentation of the data -- nm - TWuG Jan 11, 08:22 1
      - The shape of the curve is interesting too. Maybe the late 70s was the rise of sealed disposables. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 08:43
If you like remixes - good selection here (it's a weekly 30 min show) -- (link*) - LMS Jan 11, 08:10 6
- I'm sorry but since the songs aren't mixed together, gonna have to give this a thumbs down. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:19 5
  - The guy has the early breakfast show, cut him some slack. -- nm - LMS Jan 11, 08:28 1
    - His voice is delicious and song choice is excellent. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:29
  - Mashed? -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:23 2
    - No, beat-to-beat. It's a song, bumper, song. When I'd prefer songsong. Bumpers are radio mandatory but shouldn't mask the mix. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:28 1
      - Ah, yes. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:32
About 3,000 United Airlines workers currently have COVID-19, though none are in the hospital. Pre-vaccine, about one UA employee died per week -- (link*) - ty97 Jan 11, 08:07 1
- There are two ways to think of this, so I'll choose the generous, optimistic one that this is at all possible only thanks to the vaccine. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 08:11
Interesting new science on airborne Covid transmission -- (link) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 07:59 7
- I'm gonna not read anything and just assume DDDDDOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:03 6
  - Actually the opposite, shows infectiousness could drop as much as 90% after five minutes airborne. -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 08:08 3
    - Must be a mistake. - Spawn Jan 11, 08:09 2
      - The mistake is that people still need to practice common sense, etc., but that’s not science’s fault. - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 08:10 1
        
        ty97 is getting good at cutting to the chase. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:12
  - The link itself actually sounds almost like *good* news. - Spawn Jan 11, 08:07 1
    - (DDDOOOOOMM) -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 08:08
Per Elias, CIN-LV is the first playoff game in NFL history with both teams at least 18 years removed from their last playoff win -- nm - budice Jan 11, 07:58 9
- That’s absurdly specific and meaningless. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 08:00 8
  - Absurdly specific and meaningless stats is literally why sports are played! -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 08:19
  - I call those MNF-level statistics, after the tradition of MNF trotting out similarly absurdly specific and meaningless stats. - Baron Enero Jan 11, 08:16 3
    - But this is a step up. Saying, "Neither team has won a play-off game in 18 years" has some meaning. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 08:18 2
      - I have no problem with pointing out the droughts. I take issue with setting the cutoff at an awkward place just so you can say "this is the first time -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 08:30
      - oh, so this is where the tie comes in - Reagen Jan 11, 08:25
  - thanks Watson. -- nm - colin Jan 11, 08:05
  - *you're* absurdly specific and meaningless! -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 08:02
  - spoiler, but it is still a cool stat. -- (edited) - Spawn Jan 11, 08:01
Going to be a good day when my Deezer mix starts with Lullaby by Shawn Mullins -- nm - colin Jan 11, 07:55 1
- Everything is gonna be alright. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 07:56
THR: “Nobody Really Knows Where This is Going” - mud Jan 11, 07:39 2
- Everyone knows this is nowhere -- nm - rollo Jan 11, 07:52
- (SAG Noms tomorrow wooHoo) -- nm - mud Jan 11, 07:41
Reason why to stagger NFL games -- (link) - budice Jan 11, 07:33 3
- doesn't fanbase count for a lot? dallas fans would watch their team take a dump on the field and roll in it. - colin Jan 11, 07:51 1
  - this. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 07:58
- It's because of Collinsworth! -- nm - Mop Jan 11, 07:51
What ever happened to the Canadian Party Kids? are they home? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 11, 07:27 3
- a bunch aren't yet. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 07:30 2
  - The party don't stop. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 07:44 1
    - ~Don't Stop The Music~ -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 07:46 [youtube]
Djokovic refuses to be anything but shady. He shouldn't get to inflict his lying, unvaxxed self on that beautiful country which already -- (edited) - Diva Jan 11, 07:25 7
- Don't you know who he IS?!! **eye roll** -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 11, 07:26 6
  - Yes an unvaccinated jerk that is trying to use his 'status' to circumvent the rules - eag Jan 11, 07:31 5
    - I kept hearing last week how he is the GOAT, I woulda thought that was Federer or ..? -- nm - mud Jan 11, 07:43 4
      - Numbers-wise, he has moved into that specification. He's younger than Federer and will surpass him in terms of Grand Slam titles. - Diva Jan 11, 07:49 3
        
        Especially if he does not have to follow the rules to play/win them. -- nm - Spawn Jan 11, 07:55 1
        
        Eff that, Spawn. Rules aren't made for men like him. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 08:02
        
        :-[ -- nm - mud Jan 11, 07:50
Important note!: Gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere region of Europe to be sold under the gruyere name -- (link) - decline Jan 11, 07:16 5
- but what about champagne and Danish blue cheese and so many other important foods -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 11, 07:57 1
  - "it's not much of a cheese shop, is it?" -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 07:59 [youtube]
- blasphemy! -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 07:20
- No sparkling cheese for you -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 07:19
- *whoa* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 07:18
Atlanta Falcons are the only NFL team to not give up a 40+yard pass play, all year -- nm - Flavorize Jan 11, 07:10 2
- Combination of Terrell Island + teams running the ball in the 2nd half -- nm - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:13
- that's great! i haven't been following, are they favored to win the super bowl? - colin Jan 11, 07:52
Wordle 3/6 - oblique Jan 11, 07:09 3
- Got it in three, ending my two day losing streak. I change my start word every day. - Qale Jan 11, 08:24
- 5 today - pre-coffee -- nm - rollo Jan 11, 07:18 1
  - My crazy kids are forcing me to put a timer ⏱ on, when I play. 3 minutes—6/6 today - Flavorize Jan 11, 07:37
Has anyone watched "Vigil"? Seems really interesting. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 11, 07:00 2
- A little research shows that LMS asked this same question yesterday. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 11, 07:02 1
  - It was the most watched show of 2021 in the UK, it's great fun, and very tense (plus lesbians for those who find that a selling point) -- nm - LMS Jan 11, 08:14
TICTAC TACTIC DRIFT - My strategy for getting mints out of the bottle has shifted -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 06:59 5
- *ACRID FART* -- nm - rollo Jan 11, 07:50 2
  - too much black market gruyere -- nm - rollo Jan 11, 07:52 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Jan 11, 07:52
- TITICACA ADDICT - man, I just cannot get enough of that Andean lake -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 07:35
- CICADA CRITIC - DC was full of these this past summer -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 07:27
My stepson added three things to our Alexa shopping list last night. - Inigo Jan 11, 06:53 11
- Amy could not see our lizard in the cage last night. I asked Alexa, "Where is the lizard?" - Spawn Jan 11, 07:58
- I hope he gets the dinosaur. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 06:58 7
  - I'm betting this one is Dinosaur-shaped Chicken Nuggets. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 07:02
  - Sure, you say that now, but who's going to walk it? -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 07:00 5
    - Everyone! -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 07:00 4
      - See? The 80s had great music! -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 07:13 2
        
        i totally would have guessed early 90s for that. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 07:14 1
        
        1987, but based on yesterday's early 90s charts it would have certainly fit there! -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 07:16
      - Damn you both for that earworm! -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 07:01
- My nephew is in his 30s and adds "poop" and "pee pee" to my BIL's alexa whenever he's at their house. - JaxSean Jan 11, 06:56 1
  - Fertilizer and deer urine added to shopping list. -- nm - Alexa Jan 11, 06:58
is everyone now getting word of the day calendar. st never seemed this wordy before. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 11, 06:49 6
- One of my favorite things about ST is the wordplay. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 08:46
- Wordle, wordle, wordle. - Wordle Man Jan 11, 07:32
- We are edumacated -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 07:05
- ST has always had a certain level of prolixness -- nm - Flavorize Jan 11, 06:52 1
  - I like to think it's our perspicaciousness. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 06:56
- I cannot deny my sesquipedalian tendencies. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 06:52
Good morning, ST. You're looking very callipygous today. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 11, 06:44
Linguistic theory hack for wordle -- (link) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 11, 06:25 1
- kid, your face is very sonorous -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 06:27

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