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Gas stations running out of gas. I'd hate to get to one and they only have supreme at these prices. -- nm - zork Mar 3, 13:14
Zillow: the penis pool!! -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 13:04 5
- I mean at least it has a pool. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 13:16
- "Its a long smooth shaft with...2 Balls" -- nm - Ump from Austin Powers Mar 3, 13:10
- I put $10 on 5 1/2. Oh, not that kind of penis pool. -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 3, 13:06
- Rocket ship! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 13:05 1
  - Sure, Kate Chastain -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 13:08
St Francis (NY) lost 78-48 in the QF of the Northeast Conference tournament yesterday making them the first of the Futile Four eliminated this year. -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 13:01 1
- This is by far my favorite annual bit from you -- nm - rollo Mar 3, 13:10
Moldova applies to be part of the EU -- (link) - Reagen Mar 3, 13:00 8
- The only country that Russia is going to have left to invade is England. -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 13:14
- Exactly as planned! -- nm - Putin Mar 3, 13:12 1
  - How dare you suggest we a threat to you? You leave us no choice but to invade. -- nm - Also Putin Mar 3, 13:15
- “Choose! Either me, your family member…or her, the harlot who’s my mortal enemy. Choose!” *watches everyone including mom hurry over to hug her* - Vlad Mar 3, 13:06
- Pretty sure they are higher on Putin's list than the Baltics -- nm - zork Mar 3, 13:05 3
  - That one would truly be a walkover - Reagen Mar 3, 13:10 1
    - At least then znu wouldn't have to file a second tax return. -- nm - spamlet Mar 3, 13:12
  - Also not NATO - eag Mar 3, 13:09
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 12:40 [Image] 2
- That column still has AA protection, which is why it isn't a smoking ruin already, and would make short work of an A-10 right now. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 13:04
- Gotta read that tiny text, but LOL -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 12:41
Rivian reconsidered those price hikes on the pre-orders. -- (link) - Mop Mar 3, 12:38 2
- (after taking a call from the state AG) - CinnaBaron Mar 3, 12:57 1
  - There is some speculation that Rivian may never actually produce any real number of vehicles. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 3, 13:00
meanwhile, budget shortfalls apparently cripple production at Top Chef -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 3, 12:28 3
- That looks fun :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 12:34
- "Your dish has an interesting flavor, what is it?" "Lack of refrigeration." -- nm - Max Mar 3, 12:30 1
  - "We cant afford meat substitutes. So all Vegan dishes will now have 90% Fat Beef" -- nm* - budice Mar 3, 12:38
RT America has shut down -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 12:24 10
- Looks like they got dumped from DirecTV last week, leaving them with virtually no outlets. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 12:38
- I feel like they're at least 10 debacles past their worst case scenario. -- nm - David Mar 3, 12:28 6
  - There was a statement today that Putin thinks we'll all get over this and we're being hysterical - Reagen Mar 3, 12:38 5
    - (It happened w Iraq) -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 12:48 1
      - It's absolutely a double standard, but the West clearly has a different perspective on what happened there. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 12:50
    - As a side note, don’t confuse what he’s saying with what he’s thinking. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 3, 12:42
    - It's like a spoiler child facing actual repercussions for the first time. -- nm - David Mar 3, 12:41 1
      - This has definitely not gone as he expected (in almost any way). The problem is he just doesn't seem like he would ever back down. He needs to get - pmb Mar 3, 12:47
- Why would I retweet this? -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:27 1
  - "Moose out front should have told you." -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 12:30
While waiting for the inevitable corrected 1099 (spoiler: not here yet) I got a 1099 from another place I didn't even know I was getting -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:15 2
- Fidelity just emailed me our 1099 is now available. -- nm - spamlet Mar 3, 12:57
- must be nice, Daddy Warbucks -- nm - decline Mar 3, 12:18
'Free Guy 2' script is just days away 'It’s a fantastic story,' - 20th Cent Pres -- (link) - budice Mar 3, 12:15
NFL COmbine...talk around town that this is one of the worst QB classes ever. -- nm - Remlik Mar 3, 12:07 8
- At a minimum, it's the worst since 2013. - David Mar 3, 12:09 7
  - And the draft class passing yard leader battle rages on to this day! -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 12:32
  - There’s no one people should be clamoring for. Which means Pittsburgh will define someone competent for the next decade while - Will Hunting Mar 3, 12:15 5
    - That dude from Carolina looks like someone the Steelers would draft -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 3, 12:21 3
      - I don’t see why they don’t take Pickett unless he’s gone. He’s local, he’s accurate, the biggest concern is hand size - Will Hunting Mar 3, 12:25 2
        
        But he did that fake slide baloney and that's unforgivable. -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 3, 12:27 1
        
        I like to think it’s creative and outside the box thinking. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 12:59
    - Jimmy G and Carson Wentz stay relevant -- nm - budice Mar 3, 12:17
So, had a meeting with our financial guy about moving. He had an interesting view on the process which was basically: "put minimum down on house, - oblique Mar 3, 12:05 32
- I’ve been kicking myself repeatedly for not taking more (read: any) cash out when we refied just over a year ago. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 3, 12:24 1
  - see? even this yahoo can get a lower rate than I can! -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:31
- House interest rates will rise though - you will be paying higher interest on a large chunk of money. -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 12:08 15
  - Well, I think the argument there is we are locking into 30 years at whatever the rate is now -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 12:08 14
    - (remember in canada you can't lock for 30 like we can here.) -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:11 13
      - Even then, you'd have to expect sustained double digit interest rates to make a huge deposit more attractive than investments. - Max Mar 3, 12:16 3
        
        I think most money dudes assume 7% return in market these days. (note that I am not a money dude.) -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:19 2
        
        Investing in diversified stocks over the long term, that sounds about right. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 3, 12:35 1
        
        pork bellies -- nm - decline Mar 3, 12:36
      - and we also can't deduct mortgage interest on our taxes -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 12:13 8
        
        so true - our interest rates are much lower though for mortgages. We pay 2.19% but are only locked for 5 years. -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 12:15 3
        
        I'm just under 2.7% (13 years left on a 15). people were getting 2% on 15s when I refied but I couldn't get funded at 2% beacuse - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:18 1
        
        nice! -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 12:25
        
        you get healthcare and unlimited poutine! -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:16
        
        I'm not sure if you can still deduct mortgage interest AND state/local taxes here or if you have to choose one vs the other. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:14 2
        
        I think it's a combined maximum of $10k/year. It doesn't go very far. -- nm - pmb Mar 3, 12:23 1
        
        I wasn't sure if you could combine or had to choose either/or but yeah I know it doesn't go far -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:26
        
        for smaller mortgages, we can't either anymore. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:14
- All other things being equal (i.e. same interest rate regardless of down payment), I see the argument. - ty97 Mar 3, 12:07 1
  - Yep, used to be you could pay 3% on a car loan and make 5% on a CD. Gone are the days :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 3, 12:15
- And just think of the flashy car you can buy with 140K !! -- nm - decline Mar 3, 12:06 2
  - it has to be a sedan! -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:07 1
    - :) I still need to see the polestar in person -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 12:08
- my money guys want me to HELOC my new bathroom rather than paying cash for the same reasons. as a finance professional, I know that aversion - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:06
- Sounds like good advice. -- nm - budice Mar 3, 12:06 7
  - This is why we have this guy. It never really occurre to me to do things that way. My brain is always focused on day to day cash flow and all of our - oblique Mar 3, 12:08 6
    - aren't you at retirement age now? - decline Mar 3, 12:09 5
      - Just turned 50 - oblique Mar 3, 12:09 4
        
        Get your singles vaccine!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 12:13 3
        
        He did - he got MARRIED -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 3, 12:20 1
        
        Ha, marriage has been shown to be only 50% effective in preventing singles -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 15:19
        
        been there, done that! :) -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 12:14
UC Berkeley must slash admissions by thousands after state Supreme Court sides with neighbors who sued. -- (link*) - budice Mar 3, 12:00 11
- A dissent saying "Yeah, they broke the law, but someone's gotta get screwed over" is a pretty weak argument. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 12:47
- Good thing not a lot of people were applying to that school. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 12:43
- can anyone find me a non-paywalled article re: this? I am VERY interested. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:07 8
  - Here's NPR earlier on some background regarding what the suit is (spoiler: NIMBYism) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 12:09 7
    - So what the hell have they been spending those millions of dollars on if not housing? - Will Hunting Mar 3, 12:19 5
      - Do you have any idea the cost of land/housing in Berkeley? It's one of the most expensive places in CA, which means in the US. Although it's a UC, the - jnine Mar 3, 12:43 1
        
        Then enjoy not growing. That’s pretty simple to me. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 12:57
      - ohhhhhhh I wish we could some drinks so I could tell you what's happening here. - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:21 2
        
        The amount of housing that Princeton has built over the past few years is crazy -- nm* - decline Mar 3, 12:22 1
        
        so like schools that have a good handle on the operations of housing can actually *make* money on housing. - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:30
    - oh I know what it is. remember where I live? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 12:11
Let. It. Begin. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 11:58
Stock up on bread now!! -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 11:55 4
- Speaking of bread, i make this about once a week now. it's great! NY Times, no knead bread. - Andie Mar 3, 12:01 1
- That's not how bread works! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 11:59
- Jose Andres is going to corner the market! -- nm - Max Mar 3, 11:57 1
  - Breadwinner -- nm - budice Mar 3, 12:01
Smitty's and Cora are about neck and neck in Canada. 85 to 130 locations. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 11:53 1
- Ah, it's just the ones in Victoria that closed. - Beryllium Mar 3, 11:59
I'm building a trivia game for a party. I need 2 or 3 themes/categories and 8 questions each. Please help. GO! - Mop Mar 3, 11:47 22
- Green Eggs and Ham - rollo Mar 3, 12:53
- My advice - go nuts on the categories. Pick ones that sound fun and those guide the questions - Roger More Mar 3, 12:46
- who invented/created Pokemon. answer Satoshi Tajiri in 1996 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 12:21
- name all of Queen Victoria's children. answer, I'm too lazy to look them up and list them. if you use the question, you look them up :) :) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 12:01 6
  - i *just* learned a mnemonic to remember what happened to Henry IIIV's six wives, a little rhyme - Divorced Beheaded Died, Divorced Beheaded Survived. -- nm* - Andie Mar 3, 12:04
  - Name all of Clint Eastwood's children. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 12:04 4
    - Name all of Nick Cannon's children -- nm - decline Mar 3, 12:15 1
      - On which seaboard? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 12:31
    - Shouldn't he have done that? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 12:13
    - does the chair count ? -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 12:04
- which famous film composer did the music to the Lost in Space tv show? answer John Williams -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 11:57
- Geography - name the Canadian Provinces and Territories and their capitals - 1 point each -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 11:56 1
  - Wait. You have Provinces AND Territories?!? -- nm - decline Mar 3, 11:58
- which Star Wars star did Colt 45 beer commercials? answer. Billy Dee Williams -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 11:56
- Name the five most recent U.S. states prior to Alaska and Hawaii. - Max Mar 3, 11:56 2
  - Name the states with no sales tax! -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 12:23 1
    - Name the states where you can't pump your own gas! -- nm - CinnaBaron Mar 3, 12:25
- TV Shows By Final Episode - posted earlier this week by baron - Beaker Mar 3, 11:55
- which Cartwright sister was in Alien? Nancy or Veronica. answer nancy -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 3, 11:54
- he was both Spiderman and 1 of the Von Trapp kids in the sound of Music. answer. Nick Hammond -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 3, 11:53
- "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" -- nm* - decline Mar 3, 11:50
- I've got a "before they were famous" (name the famous person, place, or thing) category. Can you answer them without Googling? - Mop Mar 3, 11:49
I have so many problems with this headline -- (pic) - ty97 Mar 3, 11:43 [Attachment] 7
- Looks like I picked the wrong time to shift to ESG funds that categorically exclude weapons manufacturers. -- nm - znufrii Mar 3, 12:37
- Isn't that as valid as headlines talking about the impact of gas prices on consumers? Offset it with investments. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 11:48 2
  - The usefulness of the headline is one of the problems, though a more minor one to the extent that I expect useless headlines from this source. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 11:49 1
    - spend more time reading sports headlines! -- nm - Max Mar 3, 11:50
- Is this what a Neoliberalism is? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 11:46
- is one of the problems that they only suggest 10? -- nm - decline Mar 3, 11:43 1
  - Or that the upside is so limited? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 3, 11:48
Alright so new ST Poll: What about a buffet? Have you been to one of those anytime recently? Because I’m still in the oh no range on that one. -- nm - Qale Mar 3, 11:43 16
- Are those still a thing? -- nm - pmb Mar 3, 12:50
- Not since the start of the pandemic. We go to these often at Disney, though. -- nm - David Mar 3, 12:26
- we went to a buffet before shang chi. it was awful. whose idea was that? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 3, 11:59
- i'm not a buffet fan in general. No idea the last one i went to (probably an included hotel breakfast somewhere.) -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 11:55
- Last buffet visit was pre-C19. We had a few close down. Golden Corral is still open, but zero interest in going there yet. - sycor Mar 3, 11:51
- Sort of? Last Nov, the post funeral reception I went to was buffet style -- nm - JD Mar 3, 11:47 2
  - I never heard of such being called a reception, but yeah, I'd say that counts. -- nm - Qale Mar 3, 11:53 1
    - just curious what else you would call it? -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 11:54
- I don't think I've been seated in an indoor restaurant since summer or Thanksgiving 2019. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 11:46
- Hmm. 2018? Maybe 2020 if hotel breakfast buffet counts. - Beryllium Mar 3, 11:45
- Probably not in 15 or more years -- nm - decline Mar 3, 11:44
- I vaguely recall being at a Golden Corral like a year or two before the pandemic. That was the last time. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 11:44 2
  - This is about where I'm at. Though the last time might have been Sushi Choo Choo. -- nm - Qale Mar 3, 11:46 1
    - I can't for the life of me recall where I was or I was at a Golden Corral. I was with family someplace traveling (wedding? I dunno?) -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 11:48
- Yes. A small one with a limited group of people. It made me nervous. -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 3, 11:44 1
  - She took me in and made me breakfast -- nm - rollo Mar 3, 12:15

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