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woman from Cape Breton but living in Toronto goes again on Jeopardy tonight - Beaker Apr 7, 12:25
Hurricane names 2022 edition -- (link) - decline Apr 7, 12:24
If even half the numbers of destroyed Russian equipment is true... -- (link) - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:15 1
- 19,000 Russian soldiers dead. In under 2 months. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 12:28
How and why did Switzerland become Neutral? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 12:13 [youtube]
I *just* realized that next week is a short week with Good Friday. This makes me very happy. - Andie Apr 7, 12:10 3
- yup :) -- nm - decline Apr 7, 12:23
- We don’t get Good Friday off any more, even though the markets, and likely all of our clients, are closed. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 7, 12:15 1
  - That's dumb. You should get both days off. - sycor Apr 7, 12:24
actor Nehemiah Persoff has died at 102. I had no idea he was still alive until the obit. -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 7, 12:00
Workplace harassment training video: "It's 5 o'clock already? I'm so exhausted lately, I don't know why. Actually, I do. Her name is Denise..." - JaxSean Apr 7, 11:57 1
- She's related to Simon Cowell? -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:59
I have an interview in seven minutes that I am going to *tank.* whatever, it'll be humbling. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 11:54 4
- If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 12:25
- Nothing to lose, everything to gain -- nm - budice Apr 7, 12:01
- How DO you get a chimpanzee to mate? -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 11:55 1
  - Use a Kaperski-Ustinov opening -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 12:35
Name a word you mistype so frequently that you think the keyboard is conspiring against you. Me: comorbidities. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:52 19
- conscience -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 12:36
- I have more than I want to admit, but they are mostly medical terms. But still terms I've been using and typing for 16 years. - sycor Apr 7, 12:27 1
  - Acinetobacter causes me no end of problems and trying to remember if it's -ine- or -eni- is just the start of them. - Baruno Apr 7, 12:30
- nolock (in SQL). 90% of the time, I type it nolcok or something -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 12:25
- surveillance -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:17 2
  - you're starting to scare me. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:21 1
    - I'm part of Big Brother -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:24
- physican...phyiscian...physician, dammit! -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:13
- you can add it to autocorrect in most programs. I do this with words i mistype. Like Toronto. My fingers want to type Toronot so my computer just auto - Andie Apr 7, 12:12 1
  - Move to Orono. Problem solved. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 12:13
- how many times does that word come up in the course of a day? -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 11:53 8
  - good poll: what odd word do you type a lot throughout the day? -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:14 6
    - phyisican...physician Fukc!...Physician! -- nm* - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:16 5
      - I can never and I mean never - get "subpoena" right. -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:17 4
        
        I figure that comes up more in Meg's life than yours but...Ok. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:20
        
        Just sing it to Tone Loc: Funky sub-po-eena -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 12:19 2
        
        I h8 U. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:20 1
        
        but you will never forget this! -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 12:21
  - Well it's medical research, so approximately all the time. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:57
The "this is totally not porn" movie "365 Days" on Netflix has a sequel coming. -- (link) - Mop Apr 7, 11:48 [youtube]
Truth -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 11:47
Woo Hoo! The siding/gutters/etc. that I signed a contract for in August is finally in! Scheduled for install next week. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 11:40 4
- I want new gutters! -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 11:47 3
  - I prefer eavestroughs. The word gutters feels so ... gutteral. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:54 2
    - I mean yes. but I really want new ones. Dano, who are you using? -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 11:59 1
      - I am using Elite Remodeling. -- (link) - Dano Apr 7, 12:12
The chat log between myself and FH is a definite record of our age difference - JD Apr 7, 11:37 1
- not related but we talked last night in book club how use of emojis and text speak is like " news speak" from the book 1984 spoils - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:16
can we "no lol" for a while? below is hurting my heart. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 11:19 3
- But I actually did laugh out loud at this post. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 11:39
- *rolls willpower saving throw* - zork Apr 7, 11:21 1
  - *zorks* -- nm - budice Apr 7, 11:46
Survey from USPS asking my opinion on how they resolved my problem. Umm, you haven't. Response promised within one working day - it's been 4. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 11:05 1
- "Thank You for your Feedback." -- nm - deputy USPS Apr 7, 11:07
Another story from our trivia night... - Baruno Apr 7, 11:02
SCOTUS: Senate voing to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 11:01 5
- Mittens, Murkowski, Collins + all 50 Democrats, as expected. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 11:19 1
  - " mittens" - I love it. -- nm* - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:20
- Rand Paul: still a dick -- nm - decline Apr 7, 11:10 1
  - the other 46 were being dicks, I mean it was apparent she was going to be confirmed (and obviously qualified) yet they couldn't let it go -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 11:40
- 53-46 currently. -- nm - budice Apr 7, 11:03
AccuWeather says it's 94F out there. Guess I won't need a jacket. -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 11:00
Reagen: Almost all jeans seem to have stretch fabric in them today. You can get both but there seems to be more limited options without the stretch. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 7, 10:58 4
- poly or lycra in jeans is very gross. a touch of ramie in jeans (uniqlo) can be very luxe and doesn't stop weathering. - amanda Apr 7, 11:53
- It's infected khakis now too. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:59 2
  - It's in everything and people seem to like it. I have jeans with and without stretch. The stretch jeans don't last as long and don't get as nice a - Krusty Apr 7, 11:16 1
    - I only have one stretch pair and have found the exact opposite except they felt really good from the start. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:18
UN assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:42 3
- Iirc, Russia is still head of the security council and vetoes everything -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:58 1
  - They were chair for Feb. Get up to date, zeist -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:00
- And if you can throw under that collection of ne'er-do-wells... - Baruno Apr 7, 10:50
David Gilmore reunites most of Pink Floyd for a Ukraine benefit release -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:42 2
- the David Gilmour Band, you mean. -- (link) Posted by mud Apr 7 '22, 11:29 -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 12:11
- nice -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:57
Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. acknowledges rift with former teammate Freddie Freeman; won't miss him -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 10:41 2
- This has been all over my Twitter feed this morning. Curious what David's opinion is. -- (edited) - Strongbad Apr 7, 10:52 1
  - I'm disappointed, but I'm not shocked. -- nm - David Apr 7, 11:13
NY AG moves for Trump to be held in contempt. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 7, 10:27 2
- Which one? Yes. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 10:31 1
  - Wipe them out. All of them. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 12:11
Masters - Tiger Update spoils - budice Apr 7, 10:26
Znufrii - you do have this on your calendar? -- (link) - Meg Apr 7, 10:24 4
- Heh. I do now. A will be thrilled. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 10:26 3
  - I just realized you have an A and your nick is Z. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 10:32 2
    - But the Z is silent - zork Apr 7, 11:47 1
      - so...you're an ork? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 12:39
My "old man" thing that drives me up the wall with students - Reagen Apr 7, 10:23 53
- Uh, you realize typing the whole damn message in the subject line is our (slackertalk) *thing* right. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 10:44 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 11:18
- I was moderating a student chat board when I was in grad school and a student was like - amanda Apr 7, 10:35 6
  - It's the "Smurf" of punctuation! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 11:47 1
    - ROTFLMAO - zork Apr 7, 11:57
  - you'd better study lol otherwise you'll fail lol -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 10:47
  - I expect we sound like "Dearest Martha, I hope this letter finds you in good tidings..." to them. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:41 1
    - By text, most def -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:35
  - lol now generally means “take pity on my terrible situation.” -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 10:38
- "I seen", "how come", and lack of Oxford commas drive me up the wall -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:34 24
  - Secret Door#3, rewrite your awkward sentence! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:39 7
    - I loathe that there are apps out there to correct this. - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:19
    - There are lots of instances of their use in a non-awkward sentence. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:44 4
      - 99% of the "see!" examples are contrived and require a complete ignorance of context. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:47 3
        
        Just like your example against it below. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:02 2
        
        Which is why rewriting for clarity is the correct answer. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:03 1
        
        But my jar of white out is almost empty and it's getting really hard to read the computer screen -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:07
    - I'm feeling targeted, harassed, and defiant. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:44
  - Lack of Oxford commas is actually a style thing here, took some getting used to. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 10:35 15
    - Man buns were a style, too. That doesn't make it OK. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:36 14
      - Exactly. Adding it can never hurt your communication but leaving it out can. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:41 13
        
        Incorrect! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 7, 10:45 12
        
        *points to the millions of positive examples next to the baby in the bath water* -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:59 8
        
        You're the one who said never. - Reagen Apr 7, 11:01 7
        
        ~well…hardly ever!~ -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 11:06
        
        They prefer the term ecdysiasts. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:03
        
        Statistically never - zork Apr 7, 11:03 4
        
        Can you find a singular example of not being able to find a singular example of something? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:09 3
        
        Are you trying to short circuit the Borg? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:12 1
        
        Picard spoilers - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:17
        
        Give me a moment! -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:09
        
        Is the comma a sandwich? -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:54 2
        
        Or….is it CAKE?! -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 10:54 1
        
        Please hold while I fetch my knife. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:07
- My "old man" grumble: "And then there is the people..."? "People" is plural and requires "there are". -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 10:30 13
  - A group of people is singular. -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:18
  - We've got enough homonyms for "there" without throwing "there're" into the mix. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:38 8
    - You're not wrong, but it still grates on my ear. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 12:25
    - Also I'd say it's basically established as an informal contraction form for the plural now - Reagen Apr 7, 11:12 6
      - You willn't convince me. This is English, not something logical like German. -- nm* - zork Apr 7, 11:13 5
        
        The beauty of English (and really any language) is that if you convince enough people to follow your rule, it's the right one! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:16 4
        
        Except French. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:23 2
        
        Even that only does so much. - Reagen Apr 7, 11:26 1
        
        Plus Joual and l'Acadien -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:44
        
        Beauty? *Marge grumble* - zork Apr 7, 11:19
  - (We is small, we contain solitude.) -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:34
  - "The GenX-ers are fighting" "let them fight lol" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:31 1
    - Lol! -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 10:32
- "I can assure you that you did *not* actually laugh out loud" -- nm - Raygun Apr 7, 10:27 1
  - You should make a rule ... nmbrule - zork Apr 7, 10:37
- so true, lol -- nm - decline Apr 7, 10:23 2
  - *throat punches you* - Reagen Apr 7, 10:25 1
    - wol - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:30
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 10:20 [Attachment] 11
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 10:20 [Attachment] 10
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 10:21 [Attachment] 9
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 10:21 [Attachment] 8
      - 2. Goes along with today's Globle. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:10 3
        
        Has anyone invented bordle yet? Where all you get is a line drawing of the border between two countries and you have to name them both? -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 11:37 2
        
        you just made that up, right? -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 12:06 1
        
        If it already exists, I’m not aware of it, so I will take full credit for making it up. I will accept royalty payments via PayPal. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:18
      - 1/2 spoils - znufrii Apr 7, 10:36
      - 1 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 10:35
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Apr 7, 10:26
      - 2/2 spoil - decline Apr 7, 10:23
Reportedly, Seahawks have turned down Jets' offer of the 2022 10th overall pick for DK Metcalf. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 10:17 3
- Damn. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 10:52
- given the contract DK will want, likely a good move -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:39 1
  - Honestly this sounded like a good move for both teams IMO. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 10:45

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