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On the plus, side, the average interest rate of my 2-year CD ladder is going up -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 18, 08:23 1
- Yep, rates went up right after my last one renewed. Next one doesn't renew until December :/ I may just add one. -- nm - Meg Apr 18, 08:31
This is some delightful news to start the week! -- (link) - TWuG Apr 18, 08:18
I'm really missing having the clock from the cable box. I keep looking for it. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 07:25 10
- I put a simple Kmart alarm clock next to all my TVs. -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 07:45
- get a big analog one for the wall, with funny hands. -- nm - mud Apr 18, 07:26 8
  - or this: -- (link) - mud Apr 18, 07:28 7
    - You know me so well. :-) I think I need that. - Krusty Apr 18, 07:34 6
      - ooh I found one for me -- (pic) - mud Apr 18, 07:40 [Attachment] 3
        
        Now I want to take this image and make a clock where their arms are the clock hands. -- (link) - Dano Apr 18, 08:01 [Image] 1
        
        :-D -- nm - mud Apr 18, 08:06
        
        Good one -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 07:43
      - I thought we weren't supporting Chinese products ;-P -- nm - Baruno Apr 18, 07:39 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 07:43
Taxes filed! :-) I did Theresa's as well. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 07:15 3
- outstanding! -- nm - mud Apr 18, 07:17 2
  - Every year I plan to do them in February and every year I do it the very last minute. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 07:21 1
    - Same here -- nm - JaxSean Apr 18, 07:34
Ugh. I don’t want to have to work today. -- nm - znufrii Apr 18, 07:08 2
- Shitty Monday. Amirite. -- nm - con_carne Apr 18, 07:11 1
  - BCS premiere, though, so you have that to look forward to -- nm - Baruno Apr 18, 07:59
Thor L&T Trailer -- (link*) - budice Apr 18, 07:03 [youtube] 3
- S'good -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 07:44
- Happy times. -- nm - LMS Apr 18, 07:41
- Best Marvel Movie Yet. -- nm - mud Apr 18, 07:05
Kasparov: "I’ll be happy to visit Putin in prison and give him an autograph." -- (link) - mud Apr 18, 06:42
HBO Max now has The Batman -- nm - budice Apr 18, 06:36 1
- Probably tonight's viewing. And perfect moody weather here too. All cloudy and rainy. -- nm - sycor Apr 18, 06:37
My brother and his family were supposed to fly to DR today for a week (this was a replacement for a Mexico trip cancelled in 2020 for covid) - decline Apr 18, 06:19 1
- sheesh -- nm - mud Apr 18, 06:44
So, both sets of parents offered to split stools for our new kitchen island as a housewarming. Our pick in link -- (link) - oblique Apr 18, 06:07 3
- Nice! Great clean look -- nm - Flavorize Apr 18, 06:18 2
  - and they swivel!! -- nm - decline Apr 18, 06:21 1
    - swivel was a requirement :) -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 07:32
Caught up with Doctor Who from last night, thought it was very average. Here's spoiler news for the next episode (her finale). -- (link*) - LMS Apr 18, 06:07 9
- She and Yaz and the guest stars were quite good. Dan is a drag. -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 07:51
- I need the newest season to get onto HBOMax so I can catch up -- nm - JaxSean Apr 18, 06:36
- We finished Outlaws last week. That was a great show. Thanks for pointing it out. -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 06:08 6
  - is it caper-ish? note that the tourist starts very strong and ends very very weird. -- nm - amanda Apr 18, 06:53 2
    - Kinda. It is more character driven with the story unfolding as you learn about how each person ended up on the wrong side of the law. It was - oblique Apr 18, 07:32
    - Last couple episodes of the Tourist take it in an unpredictable direction but I liked them, Series 2 has been announced. - LMS Apr 18, 07:00
  - This is on my list. Glad to hear it was good. -- nm - sycor Apr 18, 06:34
  - You're welcome. Seen The Tourist or Vigil yet? Also great fun. Also, Time with Sean Bean on HBOMax is excellent. -- nm - LMS Apr 18, 06:12 1
    - Not yet. We will be getting HBO Max again once we move in free with our Internet. Will put them on our list -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 06:16
Umm, my local cinema is showing all 25 Bond films each week starting with Dr No tomorrow. Which ones should I go see? -- nm - LMS Apr 18, 04:43 16
- Brosnan-Connery-Dalton-Moore-Craig-Lazenby -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 06:40 1
  - This is a good idea—maybe pick one from each Bond. -- nm - Flavorize Apr 18, 06:48
- the Connerys, the Craigs, nuke the rest. -- nm - mud Apr 18, 06:26 2
  - but... Goldeneye. -- nm - sycor Apr 18, 06:35
  - This never happened to the other fellow. -- nm - George Lazenby Apr 18, 06:30
- As a start I want to include each actor, my list is: - LMS Apr 18, 05:55
- Moonraker! -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 05:43
- OHMSS. -- nm - budice Apr 18, 05:37
- For Your Eyes Only—great action that will really be enhanced by the big screen. -- nm - Flavorize Apr 18, 05:36 4
  - easily the Bond I've seen the most. Used to be on TV all the time when growing up -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 07:26
  - I think this was the first Bond I ever saw at the cinema. -- nm - LMS Apr 18, 05:44 2
    - Always makes my top 5, for Bond films. Would’ve loved to have seen it in the theaters…crowd reaction to the opening scene alone 😲 - Flavorize Apr 18, 06:17 1
      - Same. When I hear "Bond", I picture Roger Moore. He was first to me. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 18, 06:58
- Go see em all, good and bad. - Will Hunting Apr 18, 05:05 2
  - This. You probably watched most of the bad ones in theaters already. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 18, 07:16
  - this is the right answer. -- nm - amanda Apr 18, 05:33
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 18, 04:19 [Attachment] 4
- You know what feels good? Needing 1 more point to hit Genius level in the app and finding a second pangram instead. (spoils) - Baruno Apr 18, 06:16
- I don't usually do this because I'm not good at it but the only one that I saw was NSFW (spoilers) - oblique Apr 18, 06:05
- ILLICIT MOP -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 05:46 1
  - OOLITIC POMPOM, a prop for one of the early game scenes in Hoosiers -- nm - Baruno Apr 18, 06:18
Actorle - 1 - Diva Apr 18, 03:50 6
- Samesies. - Baruno Apr 18, 06:08
- 1 - Inigo Apr 18, 04:56 2
  - Spoils for today - Will Hunting Apr 18, 05:06 1
    - (spoils) - Baruno Apr 18, 06:11
- 7 - Shaun Apr 18, 04:44
- 3 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 18, 04:07
Heardle 1 -- nm - ty97 Apr 18, 03:34 3
- 4/6. I couldn't place it. - JaxSean Apr 18, 06:37
- Me too -- nm - Epiphany! Apr 18, 05:15
- 1/6 as well - prayformojo Apr 18, 04:11
TV PSA: NBA, 911, Neighborhood, American Idol, All American x 2, Bob Hearts Abishola, Raw, NCIS, Celebrity IOU, 911 Lone Star, NCIS Hawaii, Endgame, -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 03:28 3
- Good Doctor, American Song Contest, Below Deck SY, Black Ink Crew, The Invisible Pilot, Better Things, My Brilliant Friend, Better Call Saul, other - Beaker Apr 18, 03:32 2
  - 1) Neighborhood -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 05:00
  - 4: 911 x 2 for the wife and kids, Spring Baking Challenge for the wife and better Call Saul -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 04:08
Worldle 1 - Diva Apr 18, 03:23 2
- 2/6 neighbouring country again! - mafic Apr 18, 04:15
- x/6 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 18, 04:10
Wordle 303 3/6 - TWuG Apr 18, 02:52 11
- 303 3/6 - GregW Apr 18, 09:47
- 3/6 - Marlowe Apr 18, 07:38
- 5 - rollo Apr 18, 06:25
- 3/6 - znufrii Apr 18, 06:08
- 4/6 - oblique Apr 18, 05:30
- 3 - Shaun Apr 18, 04:36
- 3 as well - spamlet Apr 18, 04:29
- 4 - decline Apr 18, 04:19
- 4/6 - prayformojo Apr 18, 04:07
- 5 - Diva Apr 18, 03:43
- 4 -- nm - ty97 Apr 18, 03:34
2 in the morning post Coachella and the most amazing thing right now -- (pic) - JD Apr 18, 02:14 [Attachment]
It's shocking that in S1 #StarTrek TNG thought they could get by without a series regular in Engineering. Who thought that was a good idea? -- nm - Ender Apr 18, 00:30
*checks weather* Welp, looks like my grass is going to be pretty shaggy before I can get that first mowing done... -- nm - Ender Apr 17, 23:03 4
- My grass is covered in snow -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 05:24
- Yep. I got mine done on Friday but parts of it were swaying in the breeze. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 18, 05:21
- let it go full prairie, I mean, look at the price of gas, who can afford a smooth cut lawn these days. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 00:43 1
  - Well, A) I just got a battery powered mower and B) eventually the city starts cutting it for you and charging you $150. -- nm - Ender Apr 18, 00:46
The Mariupol holdouts are in a huge industrial area with many underground tunnels that could survive bombardment even nuclear blasts -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 17, 22:51 3
- US denies stories that the Moska carried two nuclear weapons, they have been monitoring movements and nothing suggests there were any moved on board -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 22:54 2
  - Some 200,000 white collar russians have left the country fearing two wars, conscription to fight in Ukraine and the war of citizens protesting it -- (link) - which could be a lifetime of discrimination Apr 18, 00:47 1
    - There's an analysis I saw saying borth rates in Russia are shit and this was the last chance Putin had to launch and Invasion with conscripts. - Mop Apr 18, 07:13
LIR: entrance music poll, I'd have the Toreador's song from Carmen....its a family thing.... - zeitgeist Apr 17, 22:07
Framed: 0/6. First one I failed to get. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 22:00 10
- X for me as well. (spoilers) - Marlowe Apr 18, 07:36
- 2. (spoils) -- (edited) - Baruno Apr 18, 06:12
- 3 - Diva Apr 18, 03:29
- Kim got it in 1. I got it on a random guess at 6. I've blocked out all memories of that film. - David Apr 17, 22:06 6
  - I haven't seen it -- nm - JaxSean Apr 18, 06:40
  - I sort of can't with that movie, in a good way. -- nm - Diva Apr 18, 03:30 4
    - I can't in a bad way. (spoils) - Dark Callisto Apr 18, 04:37 3
      - Yeah. Ick. I hated this movie so much but it’s jarring I’ll give it that -- nm - Epiphany! Apr 18, 04:51 2
        
        Quick breeze through the synopsis on IMDB combined with opinions I've heard here tell me I'm never watching this. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 18, 05:42 1
        
        Definitely not for everybody (similarly for Midsommar) but scratched me where I itch -- nm - Baruno Apr 18, 06:51
Evidently, Russia’s been rattling their saber at Finland in the last few years, going so far as to open a military base 60 km from Finland. -- (link) - Mop Apr 17, 21:53 [youtube]
Here’s a 60 Minutes segment from 2016 when they went aboard the Moskva. -- (link) - Mop Apr 17, 21:10 [youtube]
As actors go out on their PR tours to promote a movie (or book or album), is showing up on SNL desirable or an obligation? -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:53 5
- Cumberbatch is coming up! -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 22:48
- Seems like they always enjoy it. Is there a famous case of an actor clearly uncomfortable being the host? -- nm - Max Apr 17, 21:06 1
  - steven segal. -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 21:07
- depends on what's going on in the country at that point, depends on the star. -- nm - Remlik Apr 17, 20:59
- I think it depends. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 20:54
Below. -- nm* - zunk xometimes Apr 17, 20:25 1
- Dano? -- nm - Tim Apr 17, 20:43
ST Poll: Where someone knows Tim Curry from, can say a lot about them…what do you got ST? -- (edited) - Flavorize Apr 17, 20:15 22
- Earth 2. Then Legend, then Clue. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 18, 06:36
- RHPS first, then retroactively in so many other things -- like the Tea Leoni sitcom The Naked Truth. -- nm - Baruno Apr 18, 06:24
- Wiseguy first, then everywhere. -- nm - jnine Apr 17, 23:32
- Most? Clue. First? Probably Home Alone. -- nm - Ender Apr 17, 22:39
- Clue and RHPS -- nm - kelly Apr 17, 21:34
- Muppet Treasure Island isn’t where I first heard of him, but it’s the one most people forget. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 21:12
- Rocky Horror -- nm - . Apr 17, 21:11
- Clue was the first movie I saw him in. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 20:48
- If you see him trending on Tuesday, it's his birthday. He has no plans to be dead Tuesday. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 17, 20:42 3
  - Huh. Still alive. I would have lost that bet. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:50 2
    - He had a stroke a few years ago. Still recovering, as far as I know. Hopefully he's living well. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 20:53 1
      - Yup. He's still recovering though he did do a live reading of the movie during the pandemic. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 20:56
- Rocky Horror - Clue - Hunt For Red October - Congo. "Mr. Homolka. Stop eating my sesame cake." -- (edited) - Max Apr 17, 20:31 [youtube] 2
  - Holy crap, that was Laura Linney?? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 20:52 1
    - Hot red head? Check. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:55
- Oscar! ("She has such nicely rounded diphthongs!") -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 20:27
- I only remember seeing him in Rocky Horror. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 17, 20:26
- "Wilderness Girls!" - Beryllium Apr 17, 20:25 [youtube] 1
  - I don’t know that I ever saw Loaded Weapon but is there anything more terrifying than Tim Currey dressed as a girl scout? -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:54
- Dr Frank-n-furter -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 20:24
- I probably first recognized him as an actor of note in Clue. -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 20:20
- Clue would be the first thing I saw him in. But IT is probably what I most identify him with, of what I've seen him in. - TWuG Apr 17, 20:19

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