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The thing with Duotrigordle is - when you get to (0) and lose your net. Today was (+1) and I never worried. The other day I hit (0) with 20 words left -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 09:39 1
- Yeah, yesterday I hit zero with 16 left. That sucked. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 09:41
I dunno man, Royal and The Serpent just hits different. -- (link) - Qale Mar 30, 09:33
Oh crap. Rumer Willis posted on Insta that Bruce is suffering from aphasia 'which is impacting his cognitive abilities' -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 09:27 3
- that's really sad. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 09:33
- Bad take: explains those movies we have discussed on ST recently. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 09:29 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 09:30
US believes Putin is not being given accurate info by his advisors about how the Ukraine war is going. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 30, 09:04 4
- I'm pretty sure if being the bearer of bad news could result in a toss out of a window, poison or a 'heart attack' I'd be lying to the dude too -- nm - decline Mar 30, 09:08
- I wouldn't be surprised. None of them want to fall out windows -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 09:07
- SAD! -- nm - Trump Mar 30, 09:06 1
  - You're telling me! -- nm - G.W. Bush Mar 30, 09:08
The Bing question about how many stomachs does a cow have gets me every time, I swear. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 09:01 2
- One? Twelve? The world may never know. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 09:04 1
  - Fortunately the rewards site is borked today so my repeated wrong answer doesn't count today! -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 09:06
Oblique, if you want to drive a Model 3 before committing to buying one, I'm willing to let you test drive mine. - TWuG Mar 30, 08:56
2nd booster scheduled for Friday -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:55 6
- Did the CDC give their blessing or are we just skipping that? -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 09:31 2
  - I believe the CDC meets next week to review (but expect they ok it giving the data that's out there) -- nm - decline Mar 30, 09:32 1
    - FDA approved and CDC has recommended. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 09:33
- Me too! -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 09:14
- nice - you may be first here. (?) -- nm - mud Mar 30, 08:56 1
  - That's because they got the most problems. - Qale Mar 30, 09:10
reading about the Yale fraud for buying PC equipment, I have questions - tRuMaN Mar 30, 08:48 1
- That's probably around 200 tablets per month across the 8 years -- nm - decline Mar 30, 08:51
This a rough way to lose a game -- (link) - JD Mar 30, 08:36 [youtube] 1
- well the goalie took it well -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:38
Betty White's house is for sale for $8M - it's gorgeous -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 08:20 10
- Sadly, it will get bulldozed and a new home built. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 08:36 1
  - Yup -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 08:45
- The bathroom definitely needs updating and I wish there were kitchen pictures. But the carpet doesn't bother me and the rest is great. -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 08:30 4
  - You don't need a bathroom. The ocean is right there. -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 08:35 3
    - Good point. But then again, the ocean looks just far enough away that a bathroom might be needed for those time when you really gotta tinkle RIGHT NOW -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 08:37 2
      - it's pretty private - you can probably just pee off the balcony -- nm - decline Mar 30, 08:53 1
        
        Just like Betty did. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 09:17
- Needs a reno but it's gorgeous. That back yard. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 08:28
- i love every single thing except the carpet. it's a gorgeous house. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 08:25
- A bargain at twice that. -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 08:22
Poll: Suggest a name for this product -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:17 9
- The Dyson SUX6000 -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 08:53
- The Tommy. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 08:48
- What is the mouth part *for*? -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 08:29 3
  - It detects problematic jokes and using powerful suction keeps offending words out of the presenter's mouth. It's the Dyson Wordsmith. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 13:26
  - Chewing, talking, breathing, and...other stuff. But that's not important right now. -- nm - Leslie Nielsen Mar 30, 09:20
  - It blows filtered air into your face -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 08:39
- 'The Bane' -- nm* - decline Mar 30, 08:21
- The Dyson <unintelligible garble> -- nm - Bane Mar 30, 08:19 1
  - I only hear him from Harley Quinn series, now. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 08:20
‘House Of The Dragon’ premieres August 21: -- (link) - mud Mar 30, 08:11 1
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 08:36
I had a dream last night that I won an Emmy and an Oscar for The Pamphlet, a The Great-style series about Marx and Engel - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:10 3
- But here's where the Oscar comes in..... - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:13 2
  - Stage play and cast recording? -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 08:18 1
    - We'll see! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:19
This morning's tour is for middle and high school students. I may have to re-think my 3rd grade jokes :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 30, 08:01 2
- Time to break out your dog-eared copy of Truly Tasteless Jokes -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 08:09 1
  - We'll see if the use and care of chamber pots goes over as well as it does with 3rd graders. "Eww, yuck!!" -- nm - Meg Mar 30, 08:11
“Oh, you meant *those* burner phones.” -- (link) - znufrii Mar 30, 07:56 4
- dude really does act like a Mob Boss. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:10
- Bolton can f- right off. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 08:37
- Where did they get the phones. Did they stop at a 7-11? Bodega? -- nm - budice Mar 30, 07:57 1
  - CC Mobile. They have the best ones, and the salesman's a real peach. -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 07:59
ty97 news network: Cost increases force Jet Blue to cut 27 routes this summer -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 07:53
Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022) Official Trailer (the acting actually hurt my brain) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 30, 07:52 [youtube]
Hackers Steal $625 Million From Ronin Network in Largest Ever Crypto Theft -- (link) - Beaker Mar 30, 07:45 2
- Mess with the best - die like the rest! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 30, 08:04
- Now they only have 27 left. -- nm - Dano Mar 30, 07:49
Worldle spoilers (answer for today given in the IM) - Dano Mar 30, 07:31 1
- ha! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 07:32
Quordle 6 8 7 3 - oblique Mar 30, 07:26
you don't care but I *really* want a sugar cookie. -- nm* - amanda jeans Mar 30, 07:24
ST Poll - Should my SIL take her 15 year old son to see a show at the Moulin Rouge? - znufrii Mar 30, 07:24 2
- Only if he *really* wants to. - Spawn Mar 30, 08:21
- It was round and soft. Now go back to work. -- nm - Dano Mar 30, 07:25
Framed: 1 - Shaun Mar 30, 07:20 1
- 5/6. I had no idea. - JaxSean Mar 30, 08:26
Lightning strike in Wichita -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 07:19 6 1
- Thor got lucky. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 08:23
- Is that Queen's music I hear ... 🤔 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 07:24
- Who pissed off Palpatine? -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 07:23
- *Oof!* -- nm - Lineman for the county si Mar 30, 07:22
- that's insane. I've never seen it like that before -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 07:20
- At that point you start scouring the area for Norse gods -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 07:20
Oscars: Academy says it'll be a few weeks on Will Smith investigation. - budice Mar 30, 07:18 2
- “We’d like to see how this plays out before committing.” -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 08:19
- There are a lot of memes to get through. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 07:19
Those last two episodes of TWD were the best in several seasons - Jovian Mar 30, 07:12 5
- Spoilers - I'm wading through it as one of the worst written endings to a show ever. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 09:17
- Yes an no. Like Jeffrey Dean Morgan said spoil - Spawn Mar 30, 07:51
- I agree. -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 07:30
- I stopped in season 7. (spoils?) - sycor Mar 30, 07:26 1
  - Funny these two episodes harkened back to that moment you mention. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 07:45
DTL: Will, you're up in my grill! - Baruno Mar 30, 07:02 7
- You don’t have to back off if you feel you match up. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:27 4
  - Did you win the title last season? I missed the outcome. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 08:33 2
    - Yes, and finished ranked #1 - Will Hunting Mar 30, 08:36 1
      - Congrats! 🎉👏🏼 -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 14:35
  - Thanks, but I'm going another direction. I considered going along with you just for funsies. - Baruno Mar 30, 07:33
- Lake Tahoe coming into my conference to go for our E/E+ locals -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 07:12 1
  - That's my second filter. - Baruno Mar 30, 07:27
R.I.P. PONGO DOG - You were the best thing about 101 Dalmatians -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 07:00
If you're in the northern U.S., you may luck out with an aurora tonight! The northern lights may be seen as far south as Oregon, Pennsylvania, Iowa -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 06:56 1
- Meanwhile in Chicago: Rain + Snow -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 07:21
ST Poll: When you are driving in the car, what do you listen to? (i.e. AM/FM radio, Satellite Radio, Spotify, etc.) - MDH Mar 30, 06:56 28
- Slacker Radio streaming. -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 08:57
- XM 2/3, FM 1/3. -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 08:07
- XM - 50% of the time, Remlik - 5% of the time (wrong time of day for more), MP-3s - 45%. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 07:52
- In approximate order: Books, podcasts, Sat radio, Spotify -- nm* - JD Mar 30, 07:43
- Spotify 99.9% of the time -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 07:42
- FM radio. WXPN mostly. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 07:41
- Shorter rides, FM radio. Longer rides I'll stream my music through Amazon music. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 07:36
- FM -- nm - kelly Mar 30, 07:31
- FM radio, HD FM radio, AM radio, Sirius XM radio. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 30, 07:24
- Podcasts -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 07:21
- By myself, usually local AM sports talk. With wife, her iPod -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 30, 07:18
- On the subway I listen to podcasts 80% of the time. Fridays I tend to listen to music as I'm usually in a good mood with the weekend coming. - Krusty Mar 30, 07:16 1
  - And I use Tidal now for music. We dropped Spotify. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 07:21
- Podcasts most of the time, sometimes iTunes -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 07:13
- Generally, one of my iPhone playlists. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 30, 07:11
- Espn and wfan. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 07:10 1
  - So AM -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 07:10
- NPR, WTOP (local DC repeat news), 3 80's/rock stations, classical -- nm - Max Mar 30, 07:07
- I really need to get XM back now that I'm driving more. But I really don't feel I can justify the cost. - sycor Mar 30, 07:07 3
  - They are always running promos, like $5 per month -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 30, 07:17 2
    - I just added a $5.00 (plus tax) 1 year plan since I'll be doing more driving this summer. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 30, 07:26
    - I never seem to catch the promos. I should check the site more often. -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 07:21
- FM for short local trips Spotify or my Playlist for longer trips -- nm - eag Mar 30, 07:06
- radio, unless the kids demand Harry Styles or 5 Seconds of Summer CD -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 07:01
- Podcasts. -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 06:59 1
  - word. or NPR. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 30, 07:00
- When local, NPR or local sports radio. For trips, satellite news stations (cnn, hln or msnbc) -- nm - decline Mar 30, 06:58
- FM or plug my phone in and listen to whatever loud music I loaded. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 06:57
poll! I'm participating in a study on PC purchasing through work and the "are you human" question is "what's the favorite piece of technology you own - amanda jeans Mar 30, 06:55 15
- Fleshlight. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 09:24
- Fire. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 08:05
- My insulin pump. -- nm - kelly Mar 30, 07:33 3
  - good answer good answer! -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 30, 07:41 2
    - I mean, I don’t enjoy it, but I guess the “keeping me alive” part wins out over something more fun. -- nm - kelly Mar 30, 07:55 1
      - makes total sense -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 08:01
- My cellphone and because of all the info, music and communication in my pocket. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 07:22 1
  - Yep, this. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 08:08
- Right now it's an inexpensive digital kitchen timer I reset every 30 minutes and 3hrs to prompt me to get out of my chair/stretch/stairclimb. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 07:11
- I love Friend Computer. Friend Computer is my friend. -- nm - Baruno Mar 30, 07:10
- Peloton. I can work out everyday, and not skip due to time constraints. I feel like I'm in the best shape I've been in, in years. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 07:08
- I was going to say roku but I think it's my matebook pro x. - amanda jeans Mar 30, 07:06
- copy and paste an 18 page thesis on it. What a potentially long question to ask rather than "pick out the dogs from this picture" -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 07:02
- espresso machine! it gives me caffeine and I really like caffeine. or maybe air conditioning because this country is stupid hot. -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 06:59
- iPod Classic 160 gig edition allowed me to carry my entire music collection with me always, until I filled it up. - rollo Mar 30, 06:58
I -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 30, 06:53 4
- I...believe -- nm - decline Mar 30, 06:55
- oops. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 30, 06:53 2
  - psst. sent you an email -- nm - decline Mar 30, 06:56
  - did it again? -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 06:55

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