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That huge asteroid is flying by the Earth today. We were saved from total destruction by mere inches - decline Jan 18, 13:15 4
- Warning Shot -- nm - SMoD Jan 18, 13:39
- I am glad half the planet does not have to all jump at once. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:15 2
  - Requires too much coordination. But we might be able to manage The Wave. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 13:20 1
    - Wrong half... WRONG HA *boom* -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:21
ST: Picard March 3, ST: Strange New Worlds May 5. -- (link) - mud Jan 18, 13:11 2
- SNW pre-renewed?! Excellent news. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:15
- I think I have decided to drop UTube TV pretty soon in anticipation of this one. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:13
Remember how it seemed like only a minor annoyance whenever emails or addresses got hacked, but not the worst thing ever? Well. Not so fast. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:11 7
- Shouldn't matter. Tests are limited by physical address, not email or name. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 15:03
- When I looked at my phone this morning, 35 new languages were downloaded for my keyboard. It isn't automatic. This seems wrong. -- nm - jnine Jan 18, 13:17
- Order yours fast, people. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:13
- people use the wrong emails all the time (right Andie?) so this might not be a hacking thing -- nm - decline Jan 18, 13:13 3
  - I just got someone's license and bank statement sent to me by accident applying for a mortgage - Reagen Jan 18, 13:15 2
    - I believe we have accomplished Step One of the process of you assuming his identity. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:17
    - 1.1 million? In this economy? What am I gonna buy, a house for ANTS? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:16
Puerto Rico - Debt restructure approved. From $33B down to $7B -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 13:04 1
- How much of the island will Banco Popular own as a result? -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 13:15
ST Poll: Next show/event/movie/concert, etc. that you have tickets for? I'm excluding vacations/flights. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 13:01 29
- Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings, late February. Probably not going. -- nm - jnine Jan 18, 13:20
- We have tickets for regional comedy sensation Charlie Berens in the fall but I'll be going to stuff before that. I'm thinking of a play and a basketba - zunk xometimes Jan 18, 13:13
- Seeing Smartless in Boston on February 4th. -- nm - Inigo Jan 18, 13:11 2
  - I looked up this tour. The DC tickets are something like $150. Did not expect that! -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 13:20 1
    - You got the Toronto date. They had to cancel here because of capacity limits and booked DC instead. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 13:24
- Nothing yet, but that reminds me I need to get our tickets for our local “adult prom” charity fundraiser next month. -- (link*) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 18, 13:09
- As soon as they're available - "Into the Woods" at the Gem Theater in March. -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 13:09
- "I'm excluding vacations/flights." Well forget you then! -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:07
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, in July. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 13:06 3
  - Fun! I saw it on Broadway, it's quite an entertaining (magic) show. It's now one day right? -- nm* - MDH Jan 18, 13:07 2
    - yes, one night, not two. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 13:12 1
      - Honestly it was too long before, so I think this will help the show quite a bit. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 13:14
- NASCAR Xfinity race at Portland International Raceway on June 4. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 13:05
- Was going to a Talking Heads trib Sat but that got pushed, so either a bluegrass thing or Polyrythmics afro beat -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:04 7
  - I read this originally as Talking Heads and then Eurythmics and was like "omg what tour is this" -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 13:06 6
    - iirc the Eurythmics were into the poly...so... -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:08
    - Right? Remlik knows, Talking Heads may be my only Bucket List band still alive. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:07 4
      - they are never ever ever getting back together, so either see Burne at his broadway show or catch a trib act -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:10 3
        
        Oh, I know. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:11 2
        
        Life During Wartime LDW is rather decent, out of Portland. don't know if they tour -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:12 1
        
        Not sure my brain would allow a tribute band. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:14
- ha! -- nm - mud Jan 18, 13:04
- "Company" on Broadway. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 13:04 3
  - Excuse you -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:08 2
    - I will be in NYC for less than 24 hours! It was a COVID reschedule. I'm seeing "Music Man" in Feb. and haven't booked yet! - MDH Jan 18, 13:12 1
      - Excuse you -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:21
- Letterkenny Live Feb 5th. If it happens and if we go. Thanks covid. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:03 2
  - ticket agencies say there's a 20% no show rate -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:05 1
    - I bought the insurance so I can easily return them, but I really wanna go. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:08
USPS page to order home covid test kits up and running. Q: says only valid home residential adds accepted, so PO Box#s won't work? -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:01 6
- Wife beat me to it -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 13:17
- It took my personal POB but not my business. And it told me at checkout. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 18, 13:04 3
  - Does anybody get their personal mail or online deliveries at their business rather than home address? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:07 2
    - Depends on the carrier, for me. My office location, my office PO Box, my personal PO Box, or the house. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:19
    - For years I had everything delivered to me here at the office. - decline Jan 18, 13:09
- It took my PO Box and confirmed my order -- nm - jnine Jan 18, 13:02
Putting a third set of tires on the Tesla today. Tires seem to last right about 20k miles - TWuG Jan 18, 12:45 14
- I wonder if regenerative braking is harder on tires -- nm - rollo Jan 18, 13:08 2
  - I spin em on start up more than I'd like to - Reagen Jan 18, 13:11
  - That might make sense. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:09
- 20? Are you using Formula 1 slicks or are you trying to be the new Drift King? -- nm* - Max Jan 18, 12:52 1
  - TwuG every morning after breakfast -- (link) - decline Jan 18, 12:59 [youtube]
- Uhm... that sounds like a problem? *3.5* sets on the MINI and am at 127k miles. Other two will probably be another couple months. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 18, 12:48 6
  - Last edit changed the above quite a bit. But the first change was getting rid of the run flats. They still had a ton of life to them. - Spawn Jan 18, 13:01 4
    - why did you get rid of them? The ride? I'm on my second set at 62,000. -- nm - jnine Jan 18, 14:26 1
      - Yeah, that and they don't grip the road very well. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 15:54
    - hmmm, just bought a set last Feb, 40k (they had another 500 miles left I'm sure but was going over mountain passes in the snow, glad I did change them -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 13:03 1
      - Yeah, I was getting closer to that but with covid I did not rotate which is why I ended up with two new ones a couple months ago, and the others still - Spawn Jan 18, 13:06
  - "In one ear...Out the rubber" -- nm - budice Jan 18, 12:49
- Eek. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 12:45 1
  - Probably due to the insta-torque? But I bet it's bad for the environment to be wearing so quickly. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:08
Moon knight casting story ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 12:44 5
- And then he said "Oh, BTW, I know this gal who'd be great for the soundtrack. Her name is Lisa Loeb." -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 12:55 4
  - Tangent: She did a guest DJ spot on PopRocks. I have enjoyed what I heard of it this week. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 12:57 3
    - You can't put a tangent on a tangent. They're collinear! -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 12:59 2
      - I'm gonna go off on a secant here - Reagen Jan 18, 13:07 1
        
        Reagen wins points. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 13:18
I let my pup out the backyard in the morning, afternoon, evening. today neighbor posted a photo of a couple coyote in their backyard 3 houses away -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:42 3
- We always have coyotes around. I don't let Jack in the backyard unless I'm there with him. -- nm - jnine Jan 18, 13:23
- Maybe you have a werepup? It was a full moon yesterday. -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 18, 12:45
- ruh oh -- nm - mud Jan 18, 12:43
B2 animal rescue - The podcast Criminal had a good story about a dog that rescued a toddler after a fall into a stream. The dog was rewarded with a bi - rollo Jan 18, 12:12 6
- the big question is, why did the parents keep letting their toddlers hang out next to a potentially deadly stream? -- nm - decline Jan 18, 12:30 2
  - Safer than them playing in a backyard where 30 to 50 feral hogs could show up in three to five minutes. -- nm* - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 18, 12:56
  - Toddlers. Boy, I don't know. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 12:32
- uh huh -- nm - mud Jan 18, 12:17
- But was it a three dong night? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:15
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 12:12
This number of movie tickets sold since 2001 chart is interesting. I didn't realize movie ticket sales were on the decline overall - even before COVID. -- (link*) - Inigo Jan 18, 12:08 15
- Theatres are adjusting. Fewer tickets sold, but emphasis on premium seating and perks to draw people in. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 12:41 3
  - Alcohol Sales, Strippers. -- nm* - budice Jan 18, 12:42 2
    - Please, this is a family joint. The pasties stay on. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 12:44 1
      - Nice Table Dance while watching NWH. Aunt May would even be jealous -- (edited) - budice Jan 18, 12:45
- Hyde would happily tell you this has been happening since the 1930s. - The Allfather Jan 18, 12:36 6
  - Because he's watched it happen? - spamlet Jan 18, 12:45
  - I totally get the overall decline since there was nothing else to see back then. - Inigo Jan 18, 12:38 4
    - I spoke to him the other day. He's doing well. - The Allfather Jan 18, 12:41 2
      - I can't remember what for, but I almost made a texx reference the other day -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 12:45
      - What about TDGreen? Did you talk to him? - Inigo Jan 18, 12:43
    - we need per capita info too -- nm - Max Jan 18, 12:40
- Show us the "guess the stat" chart, Twitter! -- nm - Max Jan 18, 12:36
- Even going back to Endgame, I think # of tickets sold was below some others -- nm - budice Jan 18, 12:24
- 1.4 million average 2001-10, 1.3 2011-19. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 18, 12:23 1
  - Now, lets factor in the average ticket price... - Spawn Jan 18, 12:44
Ozark S3 Finale - budice Jan 18, 12:00
Hey Pete - it's probably too long for radio but I'd like to request a song. -- (link) - Dano Jan 18, 11:39 [youtube] 5
- We can submit requests? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:24 3
  - He tends to ignore mine. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 12:28 2
    - What did you do this time? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 13:06 1
      - Anymore, they all run together. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:17
- I bet there is an edit. I'll pass it on. -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 11:43
JD alert - this seems like an extra lot of acts for a one-day event! ever seen anything like it that didn’t end up madness? “When We Were Young Fest” -- (link*) - i.b.! Jan 18, 11:35 6
- it's like van's warped tour is back. -- nm - colin Jan 18, 11:52
- I started doing the counting thing, but the layout of the poster kept getting me confused so I stopped. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 11:44 1
  - at least 60. :) - -- nm - i.b.! Jan 18, 11:50
- Thanks! The FB concert group I belong to had a post on it - JD Jan 18, 11:44 2
  - heh, I thought the same thing. and not all of them are as old as others! -- nm - i.b.! Jan 18, 11:45 1
    - like Wolf Alice was formed in 2010. -- nm - i.b.! Jan 18, 11:47
Andrea, the (spectrum? bandwidth? not sure the word?) was sold to Verizon and AT&T during the prior administration. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 18, 11:35 14
- The FCC has cleared the frequency for use. It’s basically an interagency pissing match that everyone is caught in the middle of. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 11:39 1
  - And it's a great case study of bureaucratic turf wars in American government. - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:19
- yeah, it just seems like this is a VERY last minute panic for something everyone knew was coming. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 11:37 11
  - Oh God no. I used to have regular briefings with the FAA, and they were discussing this at least as early as 2016. - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:13 4
    - oh, i get all that, but with all that, how did it become an emergency today with all that lead time? -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 12:18 3
      - Because Verizon and AT&T are activating/using that bandwidth starting today. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 12:54
      - That's a great question. - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:23 1
        
        "let the market sort it out" (Jane you ignorant slut, they bought their ticket, they took the risk, "I say Let them crash") -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:28
  - Y2K!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 11:49
  - An explainer! -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 11:41 2
    - can we get the cliffnotes version ? -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:44 1
      - n xplnr -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 11:47
  - From what I read, the airlines have been panicking for awhile and the FAA has basically ignored them -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:38
  - I guess they expected that cell companies to be willing to delay? I dunno -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 11:37
Green & black Wordle solution, no reused letters until the end (spoiler) - Max Jan 18, 11:33 4
- I'm trying to think of a word you could have put in the 4th row to make the diagonal complete -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:34 3
  - none that I could find without a double green. - Max Jan 18, 11:39 2
    - with some slight cheating by using a letter twice in the same word (spoils) - Roger More Jan 18, 12:14 1
      - ooh, I was expecting that fourth one to be rejected -- nm - Max Jan 18, 12:39
Question: when writing out $25,200 (like on a check), are there any hyphens? Twenty Five Thousand Two Hundred - Spawn Jan 18, 11:29 14
- alternate method would be hyphens and hearts: Twenty-Five-Thousand🤍Two-Hundred -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:54
- Big T, little w, little e, big N, little t, big E, and there's a star at the end. -- nm - SanDeE* Jan 18, 11:34 1
  - this always cracks me up -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:35
- I wouldn't use any hyphens. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 11:32
- Just make sure to spell my name correctly -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 11:32 1
  - Your name is Cash? -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 18, 11:40
- hyphenate it all Twenty-Five-Thousand-Two-Hundred -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:31 1
  - don't forget your leading/trailing hyphens -Twenty-Five-Thousand-Two-Hundred- for emphasis. -- nm - colin Jan 18, 11:32
- Between twenty and five -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 11:31
- no hyphens -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 18, 11:30
- I wouldn't hyphenate -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:29 3
  - Thought so. I grew up with hyphens but figured they had been dropped. Kinda like double spacing between sentences. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 11:30 2
    - Where did you grow up? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 18, 11:59 1
      - 'merica. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 12:24
Colin, I'm outside of Washington, DC -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:27 5
- oh you're good then. there is an electric connection (15A) to keep it warm, use pex for your pipes, it's good to go. -- nm - colin Jan 18, 11:30 4
  - i got a rennai 6.5GPM for just under $700. if you're good with self-install, it's pretty easy. -- nm - colin Jan 18, 11:30 3
    - Really interesting. Thanks for the specifics! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:32 2
      - the rinnai guy (spelled it right this time).. is a great resource for install. -- (link) - colin Jan 18, 11:34 [youtube] 1 1
        
        fantastic! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:39
Rex Chapman joins CNN+ -- nm* - Remlik Jan 18, 11:26 2
- harder to steal content for tv vs. twitter. — nm - i.b.! Jan 18, 11:44 1
  - and yet.... -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 18, 11:46

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