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Monday -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 04:07 2
- Monday -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 04:07 1
  - Funday -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 04:07
I have a current AmEx deal where if I spend $100 on M&Ms, I get $20 back. - David Feb 20, 22:48 3
- i just want the green ones...for research -- nm - Tucker Carlson Feb 21, 03:42
- If you’re doing custom colors for a graduation or wedding it’s not overly difficult to do. - spamlet Feb 21, 03:25
- M&Ms do have a shelf life. btw normal noshing and a halloween bigger than the last couple years, take the deal -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 01:23
What did I promise that client as a deliverable? - David Feb 20, 21:40 6
- A vast amount of M&Ms. - the wrong element Feb 20, 23:36 1
  - (giggles) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 01:23
- Extra dozen adverbs with a side of dangling modifiers. -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 22:46 2
  - *narrows eyes* - David Feb 20, 22:55 1
    - Now is no time to split infinitives. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 00:03
- Clams! -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 22:25
Heh, watching S4 of Top Chef. That competitor looks familiar? Richard Blais :) -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 21:22
blues station is giving a nod to Sam Lay, 1935-2022 drummer for dylan, muddy waters and howling wolf.... 22 is another grim reaper year - zeitgeist Feb 20, 21:06 1
- Muddy paid $7. I saw a Butterfield documentary yesterday and linked it -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 20, 21:48 [Backboard]
3/6 - Will Hunting Feb 20, 21:06 7
- 6 - decline Feb 21, 04:13
- 5 and an embarrassingly long time after I had all 5 yellow (never done that before) - spamlet Feb 21, 03:24
- 3. (plus some others.) - i.b.! Feb 21, 02:07 1
  - lewdle spoilery. - i.b.! Feb 21, 02:14
- 4/6 - David Feb 20, 21:44
- 4/6 - Spawn Feb 20, 21:32
- 4 - loosilu Feb 20, 21:25
~so you had a bad day~ -- (link) - Reagen Feb 20, 19:50 10
- mostly unrelated: I'm always mildly irritated by the Aus/NZ nicknames for national teams. except the socceroos. I love the socceroos. -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 22:55
- That poor woman. That's gotta be devastating. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 20:34
- She is the anti Scott Sterling -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 20:15
- "The first hybrid Soccer/Among Us game today resulted in victory for the Americans as New Zealand failed to detect the Impostor" -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 20:08 1
  - White is sus. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 20:51
- Let's get a long interview with her stat. -- nm - NBC Feb 20, 20:05 1
  - Wait until she gets to the sideline and then stick a camera in her face and record her reaction. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 21:12
- Wow. Just…can we check her bank account? The first two were a minute apart. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 19:53 2
  - 1st was reckless but understandable. 2nd was plain unlucky. 3rd her mental was shot. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 19:57 1
    - she barely reacted, like she was stoned...or had a broken rib and didn't want to throw herself on the ground while reaching -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 21:00
“ United States beat New Zealand off back of three Meikayla Moore own goals” - The Allfather Feb 20, 19:47 2
- Is there witness protection for footballers? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:54 1
  - There should've been for the poor Columbian player -- nm* - JD Feb 20, 20:13
Steph 16/22...from 3. -- (link*) - budice Feb 20, 19:30
watching The Woman In the House across the Street from the Girl in the Window, or whatever it is called; now I have a craving for chicken casserole - crash davis Feb 20, 19:28 5
- The Woman in the House Across the Street From The Man Who Killed Hitler and Also The Bigfoot -- nm - Craycray Cinematic Universe Feb 20, 20:07 3
  - While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 20:09 1
    - based on the novel Push by Sapphire -- nm - prayformojo Feb 20, 20:15
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Feb 20, 20:08
- while wearing a turtleneck sweater -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:31
I’m literally watching The UK National Chase Tag Championship on ESPN2. - pmb Feb 20, 19:19
Michael Jordan to Magic Johnson -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 19:18 1
- Wonder what he said to Isiah. - zunk xometimes Feb 20, 19:24
Civ 6 players: what are your go-to starting Leaders/Civs to play with? - Beaker Feb 20, 19:03 7
- An underrated one - Norway, build longships, non-stop pillage -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 22:50
- I like China for the builder charge and Germany for the extra policy slot. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 19:22 1
  - I always buy my builders in the city withy the Governor that gives an extra charge, and buy tons when I use the Policy that gives 2 extra - Beaker Feb 20, 19:27
- I only replay a civ if I didn't win with it on a previous attempt. And after being bogged down in endless wars, I go for cultural victories - crash davis Feb 20, 19:21
- Pericles was a fun starter for me for a long while, but also led to a lot of restarting with a sub-optimal starting location, due to the Acropolis needing to be built on hills. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 20, 19:10 2
  - the first 50 turns of any game are always my favorite. I love finding a great starting spot and searching around and then around turn 50 saying - Beaker Feb 20, 19:13 1
    - yeah, I'm a chronic restarter. -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 19:16
Should I buy tomato seeds from a store that lists tomatoes under vegetables, not under fruit? Or should I wait for the Pedant's catalog? -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 18:54 6
- Sun Sugar is the best cherry tomato -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 19:52
- have you researched the varieties, and narrowed it down to 1 or 2? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 19:00 4
  - red. red tomatoes -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 19:04
  - I'm definitely doing San Marzano, a sandwich slicer, and I'm thinking a variety of cherry tomatoes in different colors for vivid salads. -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:04 2
    - so basically 3 types of tomato: sauce, sandwich, salad -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:05 1
      - fantastic -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 19:10
Biden and Putin will hold a summit. -- nm - MDH Feb 20, 18:42 8
- "What makes him do the things he does?" "Men like Putin have a great big hole right through the middle of them." - Max Feb 20, 20:10
- What is this Twitter nonsense that Russian didn't invade Ukraine in 2014? That totally happened. -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 19:26 3
  - yeah it's bullshit -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 19:34 2
    - Putin took Crimea to gain financial backing of oligarchs who have lots of interests in the area. This has been a long game for him. Crazytown. -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 19:35 1
      - plus boost the oil prices so he and his buddies make $$ plus make Biden look weak so that it's another thing that hits the midterms - Remlik Feb 20, 19:54
- 'in principle' Jen Psaki is downplaying it already -- (link) - Remlik Feb 20, 18:57
- no windows I hope -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 18:43 1
  - *giggles* -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:44
Boy, I hope my penis never freezes… like FINNISH SKIER REMI LINDHOLM. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:22 5
- For the second time. -- nm - . Feb 20, 18:36 2
  - The first time is a mistake. The second time is a coincidence. The third time is enemy action. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:36 1
    - The second time is a fetish. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 18:45
- what if it just freezes the regular way? -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 18:31
- David Niven has a story, skiing after a movie scene, forgetting the pants were fashionable but not practical -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:26
Huh. Jenna Fischer was married to Marvel/DC Director James Gunn for 8 years. -- nm* - budice Feb 20, 18:20 5
- Uh, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 19:06
- The director who just got engaged today? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:22 3
  - yup -- nm - budice Feb 20, 18:50 2
    - Oh! Not engaged to just anyone; engaged to Harcourt. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 19:42 1
      - I guess Peacemaker was good to Harcourt -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 19:44
Not news but a strange way to report it. Local ABC evening news "Justin Bieber's Vegas appearance postponed due to a Covid outbreak in his team" *and* - Meg Feb 20, 18:20 1
- They know who we care more about -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:21
"At one point the Trump campaign accounted for a whopping 3% of all credit card fraud in the US" -- nm - Flavorize Feb 20, 18:19 6
- was that because of their hiding the pre-checked box that makes their donation *monthly* ... or was there more? - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:50 4
  - I can't understand people who don't check their credit card statements at least monthly. It's one of the things I check almost every day. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 18:57 3
    - The thing is, people did see the charges next month, complained, and it still took months to stop, they had the upper hand of the checked agreement -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 01:57 1
      - also lots of folks used debit cards -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 01:57
    - I need to get better at this. -- nm - David Feb 20, 21:40
- Well, I’m glad they prosecuted those culprits! -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:20
I wonder if it would be amusing to refer to peacock as "that freebird streaming service" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 18:16 1
- We're not going to tell you. You either say the joke or don't. And then we'll judge you - crash davis Feb 20, 18:20
I'm sorry but why? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 20, 18:12 3
- Next they'll be putting pools, water slides, roller-coasters, and restaurants on boats! -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 20:37
- "please come back to our disease boats." -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 18:17
- Because the ocean is the ocean and things to do are cool? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 18:17
Who knew Marshawn Lynch was so funny? -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 17:54 15
- I eat a lot of Skittles -- nm - Flavorize Feb 20, 18:07
- Me and deevs? -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 20, 18:06 1
  - This -- nm - Diva Feb 21, 15:21
- Me. -- nm - Diva Feb 20, 18:02
- he's like the only one who realized they could curse -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 17:58
- Yeah, that Murderville ep is *delightful* nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 17:58 4
  - Trish is convinced that he has been taking improv classes -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 18:00 3
    - Quite possibly. He did a great job not only rolling with it, but bringing new things to the table. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 18:02 1
      - "Bagabiche" -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 18:03
    - watch the deleted scene on B3, he cracks a line that kinda of flies under the radar but slays me -- nm* - Beaker Feb 20, 18:01
- *raises hand* -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:57
- His Brooklyn 99 was great. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 17:57 3
  - We still pronounce it "Ka-sah-DILLA" nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 18:10 2
    - I went to some shitty chain restaurant in middle America in the early 2000s (Friendly's? TGIFriday's?) and they had "cheesy-dillas" - mafic Feb 20, 18:19 1
      - Maybe a little of that. But those places also like to throw their own branding on food -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 18:24
now playing: Grandmas boy. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 20, 17:50 2
- Love love this movie. -- nm - MDH Feb 20, 18:38
- *judges you* -- nm - Monkey Feb 20, 17:53
“accepted in principle” -- (link) - mud Feb 20, 17:43
Snowflakes -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 17:41
#macygrayallstargame -- nm* - Diva Feb 20, 17:24 2
- she still singing? -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 19:07 1
  - Define 'singing'. -- nm - Diva Feb 21, 15:21
What I got from B2: crash is going to grow clams in his garden -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 17:10 3
- I'd be willing but I'm not seeing clams in the Guernsey seed catalog -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:17 2
  - Did you look in the back? -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 17:21 1
    - no, those are sea-monkeys -- nm - mud Feb 20, 17:42
Clams are a lot more like snails than fish, but I’m not sure that will sway David. -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 17:05 2
- "Stop helping." -- nm - David Feb 20, 17:10 1
  - I’m validating your choice! (But some people have never lived near an ocean and it shows) -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 17:23
zeit, thanks for the food for thought on b2 re: gardening -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 16:57 14
- To grow pole beans, get 3 panels of sidewalk rear. A metal grid and 8 pieces of 3 ft rear staves, bend on panel in half... - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:14 1
  - Damn auto spell Re bar -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:15
- You guys should all plant Cranberry beans and nasturtiums and put up hummingbird feeders. -- nm* - . Feb 20, 18:07 2
  - My favorite beans are called Dragon Tongue. Bush beans but huge wide very long purple lavender, just like a dragons tongue - zeitgeist Feb 20, 18:21 1
    - It's the flowers that's what's going here. Hummingbirds love the bean flowers. -- nm - . Feb 20, 18:32
- beans is another good easy grower - I've Kentucky Wonders for the last couple years and I get several harvests in a season. - Reagen Feb 20, 17:03 3
  - I'd think that one or two tomatillo plants would cover all the tomatillos I could possibly want. -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:15 2
    - Mirey grew 3 about 3 years ago, and we still have salsa verde. -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 17:22 1
      - so definitely only one plant -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:29
- TWuG, your question on B2 was silly other than outing David as a major league crazy and I already knew that - crash davis Feb 20, 16:59 4
  - You're gross. -- nm - David Feb 20, 17:11 3
    - But not as gross as clams. *hurk* -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 17:47 1
      - clams are the one seafood I can actually take, although only Portuguese style. - Reagen Feb 20, 17:50
    - I prefer "close to a full time pescetarian" as gross is a broad brush. -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:14
MDH—here’s Howard exploding, last year, vs Maryland— -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 20, 16:54 [youtube] 3
- Thanks! I went to UMD so I remember this well. -- nm - MDH Feb 20, 18:38
- That’s the most passionate response to Maryland basketball in a decade -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 16:56 1
  - 🤣—Truth -- nm - Flavorize Feb 20, 17:25
So on the new Judge Judy on IMDB TV in addition to a bailiff there’s also a clerk and a court reporter. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 16:48
moo -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 16:41 1
- Absolute sheer lunacy, I tell you ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 16:42

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