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Sure, let’s just post uniformed cops at school for the next few days, that’ll solve the issue for sure. -- nm - znufrii May 25, 06:29 1
- Guarding empty buildings! -- nm - Spawn May 25, 07:43
Missed my XM renewal date...again...have a reminder set now for next year. I rarely use the service though I do like it when I do - oblique May 25, 06:24 8
- I was able to get the promo rate for another year via their online chat support. -- nm - Tim May 25, 06:34 1
  - I'm subsidizing your freeloading! :) -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 25, 06:37
- It's been a great resource for me when WFH. Previously, I just used it when traveling. -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 25, 06:31
- I always get a few free months when I get an oil chan…oh right -- nm - spamlet May 25, 06:30 1
  - *Darth Vader noooooooo.gif* -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:31
- They have so many recurring new signup promos for free months, dont see much need to keep it regularly. Just get the free months promos. Others too -- nm - budice May 25, 06:26 2
  - I assume those would be three months and quit before it renews type things? - oblique May 25, 06:30 1
    - just use another email address -- nm - budice May 25, 06:32
Oil Change: Well after 15 years, my goto is gonna stop accepting Groupons. - budice May 25, 06:00 3
- While one of the advantages of having an EV now is no oil changes, I never paid for one on my Chevy Cruze because it came with free lifetime oil - oblique May 25, 06:13 2
  - My friend the rose bought a car with that, unfortunately she moved 2 hours away to be near the grandkids, -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 10:43
  - Watch your tires. I basically burned off my winters in one season, but that was also 30000 km of driving. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:14
Is there anything worth watching on Discovery+ ? Sirius/XM is giving me 3 months free - decline May 25, 05:54 1
- Um... - oblique May 25, 05:56
Ari Aster's (Hereditary, Midsommar) next movie is 3.5 hours long. Apparently even A24 is saying, settle down, Ari. -- (link) - Dano May 25, 05:50 5
- He's the "newest" director whose movies I just do not get/care for. - MDH May 25, 06:25 2
  - I hear that. Those are not two movies I'd recommend to just anybody. None of my friends, e.g., b/c they won't watch anything spooky or unsettling. - Swilcan Baron May 25, 06:37
  - Ari Aster is like if Eli Roth wasn't a total asshole - Reagen May 25, 06:30
- I devoured his first two features and can't wait for his next, but that is far too long. - Swilcan Baron May 25, 06:04
- No wait, don't tell me - will there be a cult in it? -- nm - Diva May 25, 05:52
Meijer appears to have been double-charging people over the last few days -- (link) - budice May 25, 05:15 2
- they'll get those charges reversed quickly BUT damn, people could rack up overdraughts fees, have important payments declined/bounce -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 10:45
- !!! -- nm - Diva May 25, 05:21
Beaker, hear any ramblings about gas prices tomorrow? I haven't seen anything, but at this point I'm just assuming they are going up. -- nm - Shaun May 25, 05:12 3
- 4-5 cents up I heard on the radio this morning -- nm - Beaker May 25, 05:43 2
  - Looks like 3-4 based on the CBC guy. -- nm - Shaun May 25, 06:22
  - Thanks. Better top up today then -- nm - Shaun May 25, 05:48
Actorle - 1 - Diva May 25, 05:11 1
- 1 as well with a bit of luck (spoils) - Swilcan Baron May 25, 06:09
I don’t remember the movie Extract at all. The poster popped up on my recs from the Google TV stick. -- (edited) - spamlet May 25, 05:09 1
- It's very hit-or-miss and contains a truly bizarre director self-insertion. -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 25, 05:20
Male tv presenters in Afghanistan mask up in solidarity with their female colleagues -- (link) - znufrii May 25, 05:05
Actorle 70 5/8 - prayformojo May 25, 04:58
It was nice of Mike Smith to even up the inexplicable goals last night. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 04:41 2
- I expected a full collapse after that goal. -- nm - Shaun May 25, 05:48 1
  - 2007-2016 left scars. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 05:52
HR is trying to say I'm not qualified to teach a junior high computer course. I want to break things. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 04:37 4
- Our HR is completely incapable of matching anybody to any technical position and this has been the case for decades. - Swilcan Baron May 25, 05:27 1
  - I'm sending it up the ladder. There's another round of job postings but it's not the point. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 05:30
- "I know DOS" -- nm - budice May 25, 04:38 1
  - "What do you do when you have computer problems?" "First jiggle the cables, then turn it off and on again" "You got the job" -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:53
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MasterChef, AEW Dynamite, Flash, Great American Tag Sale, Chicago x3, Survivor, American Rescue Dog Show, Kung Fu, Temptation Island -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:31 5
- So You Think You Can Dance, Prehistoric Planet, Lovestruck High, The Challenge All-Stars, The Circle, Real World Homecoming, Deep End, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:34 4
  - I don't know what the American Rescue Dog Show is but I'll definitely check it out. -- nm - Krusty May 25, 04:51 2
    - ABC -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:52 1
      - 👍🏼 -- nm - Krusty May 25, 05:00
  - 5: Survivor, MasterChef and the Chicagos for the wife -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:48
Can someone with a NYT subscription c&p this article for me? -- (link) - Krusty May 25, 04:29 2
- I don't have a sub, but here - It's really long -- (edited) - decline May 25, 05:44 1
  - Thank you very much!!! -- nm - Krusty May 25, 20:26
Artle - 1 - Diva May 25, 04:24
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo May 25, 04:13 [Attachment] 4
- TOMAX XAMOT NYA NYA, GI Joe twin taunting attack -- nm - Swilcan Baron May 25, 05:56 1
  - ! -- nm - Reagen May 25, 06:02
- taunting my 3rd favorite cellist: YO MAMA, YO YO MA! -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 05:32
- TAXMANOMY - the classification system for IRS agents. -- nm - Reagen May 25, 04:39
MTG's house district: 104K votes cast in R primary, 27K in D primary -- nm - Strongbad May 25, 04:12 2
- The Dem has raised something like $8M. Sigh. -- nm - MDH May 25, 06:19 1
  - Making political consultants great again! -- nm - Strongbad May 25, 06:26
I'm on the Lizzy Line! -- nm - LMS May 25, 02:57 4
- Only cut 10 minutes off my commute as Bond Street is closed so exited at TCR instead, but it was a nice easy, air-conditioned quiet trip. -- nm - LMS May 25, 03:55 3
  - Nice! Enjoy your fancy new train line. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 25, 04:22
  - Was it packed? -- nm - Diva May 25, 04:04 1
    - Not particularly but I avoided rush hour, a few people taking films and photos. Trains are twice the length of normal tube trains so plenty of room. - LMS May 25, 04:43
It's finally live. (The new sailing coop website I've been working on.) Phew. That's one thing I can check off of my months-long todo list. -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 23:21 1
- Looks good -- nm - Krusty May 25, 04:24
It's funny now that everyone has cellphones none of them will answer them (including me). I've been trying to contact scholarship winners - - Meg May 24, 22:44 8
- I assume most people don't answer if it's a number not in their phone. I sure don't. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 25, 04:45
- If you leave a message, that should work. -- nm - JaxSean May 24, 23:22
- I answered my phone twice today - once because it was my wife calling (to tell me that the brakes went out in the SUV), and once for the tow truck. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 23:13 3
  - But you'd check and return messages? -- nm - Meg May 24, 23:17 2
    - Check, yes. Return ... depends on the state of my anxiety and spoon drawer. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 24, 23:19 1
      - Spoon.... drawer? -- nm - sycor May 25, 05:29
- Text ‘em! -- nm - Tim May 24, 22:59 1
  - I'm emailing. I assume they're cellphones but can't be sure - and I'm using my landline :) -- nm - Meg May 24, 23:03
"Brad Raffensperger, the Republican who defied Donald Trump in 2020, defeated Jody Hice to win Georgia’s secretary of state primary." - David May 24, 22:13 1
- Walker was winning that primary regardless. A big portion of 45's endorsements here lost. -- nm - Strongbad May 25, 04:13
This freaking team. -- nm - Tim May 24, 21:47 4
- Can't hold a lead? -- nm - David May 24, 22:09 3
  - This game is incredible. -- nm - David May 24, 22:35 2
    - Don’t even care about the loss, that was amazing. -- nm - Tim May 24, 22:37 1
      - Joc Pederson is buying pearls for *everybody*! - David May 24, 22:38
Top Gun Maverick: B+ - budice May 24, 21:43
There was a closure at Victoria's airport today for an "incendiary device" or "inert military surplus" -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 21:20 3
- Somebody had a hand grenade in their bag? :) -- nm - Meg May 24, 21:31 2
  - yep, sounds that way -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 21:37 1
    - that's Victoria's Secret, shhhhh -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 23:29
Globle - 🌎 May 25, 2022 🌍 - 9 - prayformojo May 24, 21:14 1
- Globle- 5 -- (edited) - Diva May 25, 04:03
Posterdle #2022-05-25 1/6, 15 seconds - prayformojo May 24, 21:12
Moviedle #2022-05-25 1/6 - prayformojo May 24, 21:11 3
- 1/6 - Marlowe May 25, 05:34
- 5 - Diva May 25, 04:21
- 1/6 - nm - JaxSean May 24, 23:21
Heardle #89 3/6 (Mac will laugh really hard at this) - prayformojo May 24, 21:10
Framed #75 - 6/6 - prayformojo May 24, 21:09 3
- 3/6 - Marlowe May 25, 05:33
- Framed - 2 - Diva May 25, 04:17
- 5/6 - nm - JaxSean May 24, 23:20
Worldle #124 4/6 (ha!) - prayformojo May 24, 21:08 1
- 1 - I know, right! - Diva May 25, 03:38
Wordle 340 5/6 - prayformojo May 24, 21:06 14
- 5 - rollo May 25, 07:37
- 5/6 - Marlowe May 25, 07:09
- 6 - Shaun May 25, 05:57
- 4/6 - oblique May 25, 05:55
- 5 - decline May 25, 05:38
- 4/6 - znufrii May 25, 04:57
- 6 - Diva May 25, 04:32
- 4/6 - TWuG May 25, 01:59
- 340 5/6. Worst score this month. - GregW May 24, 23:08
- 4/6 but with a flourish after a rough start. - David May 24, 22:16
- RIP my streak at 35; apparently I forgot to play yesterday -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 21:14 3
  - I got to 93 and somehow missed a day a few weeks ago. -- nm - Max May 24, 22:37
  - I didn’t do it for a couple days and my stats reset so now I only do the Wordle occasionally. -- nm - Tim May 24, 21:50
  - I play on several devices. So I don't think I've gotten to 10 yet. -- nm - David May 24, 21:25
I'm watching young rock ...because I can't find the remote -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 20:52
watching FBI Most Wanted; they're tracking a Russian terrorist in NYC. A character says "What is a NYer's worst nightmare" T says "A subway bombing" - crash davis May 24, 20:40 1
- Your IM might be worse. ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 25, 04:25
Families are still waiting for news....count is up to 19 now -- (link) - Remlik May 24, 20:21
Huh, The Challenge coming to CBS with the cast being Suvivor/Big Brother/Love Island -- nm - MDH May 24, 19:55 3
- I'm listening... I'm listening... no. -- nm - Mop May 24, 21:29 2
  - this -- nm - Beaker May 25, 04:40 1
    - That's what it is now. Works perfectly. -- nm - Volnelk May 25, 05:13
"We don't get many rain delays in basketball" -- nm - prayformojo May 24, 19:22 2
- I should have made my out-of-this-world moon waffle for this. -- nm - David May 24, 19:49
- We turned it on just in time to watch the TNT crew make it hysterical. -- nm - David May 24, 19:38
One could argue that the drive to an individualist identity in America is making collective action harder to accomplish. - Beryllium May 24, 19:13
Hah. A small UX failure mode for Disney+. -- (link*) - Beryllium May 24, 19:04
Actually they prefer to be called pool *sharps*. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 18:59
I added Crave to my cable internet & TV subscription (yes, I still have cable) at the beginning of may. Guess how much it jacked up my upcoming bill? - Beryllium May 24, 18:56
TCB? -- nm - mud May 24, 18:55 8
- sockittome sockittome -- nm - rollo May 25, 07:43
- Elvis -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 19:09 2
  - I knew the guys of Bodie Mountain Express, they opened Vegas shows for Elvis, they had lightning bolt pendants that said FAC - zeitgeist May 24, 20:41 1
    - they said they lost the Knotts Berry gig because they played Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 20:44
- ⚡️ -- nm - MDH May 24, 18:58 1
  - Means taking care of business -- nm - MDH May 24, 19:32
- TCOB? -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 18:57
- The Crying Baby. (NM) - Marlowe May 24, 18:57
The new Jurassic World might just look too stupid for me to see it. Sober. - Cuzzin Todd May 24, 18:53 13
- the solution is obviously to clone whatever kills dinosaurs and set that loose. -- nm - mafic May 24, 19:28 3
  - either SMOD or the tea party GOP has more guns than in all of WW2, they'll take care of it -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 20:47
  - Paul Blart. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 19:47
  - I believe that's a demonic Pokemon -- nm - prayformojo May 24, 19:29
- The closest I ever walked out of a movie was the first Jurassic World. -- nm - Mop May 24, 19:21 1
  - Really? Huh. I enjoyed that one. - Cuzzin Todd May 24, 19:34
- I don't remember who, but someone here came up with a perfect Jurassic Park sequel idea when the last film came out. Paul Blart Jurassic Park Mall Cop -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 19:11 4
  - (It was you. This was my reply.) -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 19:16 [Backboard] 3
    - LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 19:58
    - My two other ideas, ten years apart, were Paul Blart: Democracy Cop, and Paul Blart: Zionist Infidel. -- (link) - Beryllium May 24, 19:18 [Backboard] 1
      - nice -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 19:58
- and guns no longer exist -- nm - Beaker May 24, 18:54 1
  - Ted Cruz warned you! -- nm - Reagen May 24, 18:55

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