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Where can I get a document printed on a Sunday? -- nm - Pocket Jones Jun 26, 06:15 5
- Staples, Office Depot -- nm - budice Jun 26, 06:17
- FedEx or UPS store? -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 06:15 3
  - Your Fedex Store is closed today but the UPS Store in the Colonnades is open 11-4 -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 06:19 2
    - ohhh cool. I have to go north anyway. (note that fedex is my go to so I felt paralyzed.)(also note that taco bell is right nearby so....) -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 26, 06:25 1
      - The Weg is right there too! -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 06:29
Biking: Last week's miles: 200 (YTD record); YTD: 4110; Miles til 5K goal: 890; 4110 miles from home puts me at Bantiger, Switzerland -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 26, 05:05 [Image] 4
- Nice! Do you switch up your route regularly or do you tend to ride the same one? - Krusty Jun 26, 06:15 2
  - It's an indoor stationary bike. So, the route will stay the same unless a hurricane comes through :) nmbK -- (edited) - prayformojo Jun 26, 06:24 1
    - Haha!! :-) - Krusty Jun 26, 06:34
- Woot! -- nm - Pippy Jun 26, 06:04
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 26, 04:32 [Attachment] 5
- LIU GANG BANG - I'll just leave it to one's imagination -- nm - VMan Jun 26, 06:27
- The Arrested Development Con attendees could easily be ID'd by their BANANA BLING -- nm - prayformojo Jun 26, 04:56
- What kind of specialist can diagnose my BULGING NUBBIN? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 26, 04:54
- (working blue - in IM) - Reagen Jun 26, 04:47
- BUNGIBALL, the new extreme version of basketball, was cancelled after its 7th casualty. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 04:36
yikes, the block with Dawsons and what used to be the Stonegate had a shooting 4 shot, and a few blocks away a collision, 2 more down - zeitgeist Jun 26, 02:44 1
- I read this and thought you meant our Dawson and saw Stonegate and thought Stonewall and got confused because Dawson didn't live - Krusty Jun 26, 06:13
Something weird but really horrible in a tavern in So Africa, 22 dead, 17 teens, *unknown* cause, like they just dropped while dancing -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 26, 01:29 1
- Whoa. That’s terrible. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 26, 06:35
probably even worse in the original french..... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 26, 01:02 [Image]
Framed in 1 again... and Wordle in 2 -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 26, 00:31 1
- Framed 1 -nm - JaxSean Jun 26, 06:15
Wait, Jim Beaver is also playing a character named Robert Singer on The Boys? -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 00:23 1
- Eric Kripke thinks that’s funny -- nm - Pippy Jun 26, 01:49
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit on again. The scene where the agency refurbs his hotel room in an evening is completely anachronistic post-supply chain era. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 23:29
Actorle 102 3/8 - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:50 3
- 1/8 - Marlowe Jun 26, 06:42
- 1 - Shaun Jun 26, 05:27
- Actorle - 1 - Diva Jun 26, 04:18
I've seen boats named "Aquaholic" a few times (including one here in town), but this is the first one I've seen named "Aquadisiac". -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 25, 21:25
Worldle in 1. - loosilu Jun 25, 21:22
Globle in 4. - loosilu Jun 25, 21:21 2
- Globle - 4 - Diva Jun 26, 04:10 1
  - 7 - prayformojo Jun 26, 04:23
Bryce Harper has a broken left thumb and will be out for a while. -- (link*) - budice Jun 25, 21:17 3
- *sigh* he just got back -- nm - decline Jun 26, 03:56
- Yeah, that looked like it hurt. -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 21:23
- Put me in, Coach! -- nm - Bryce Dallas Howard si Jun 25, 21:20
"numnumnumnumnumnumnum" -- nm - Starlight Jun 25, 21:09 2
- "throwing ropes" -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 21:11 1
  - He thinks he’s Clever. This show is going to his head - Pippy Jun 26, 01:52
Moviedle #2022-06-26 - 4/6 - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:05 2
- 3/6 - Marlowe Jun 26, 06:37
- Moviedle - 3 - Diva Jun 26, 04:05
Dead & Co setlist from Chicago night 2. pink paper. as with yesterday, all songs are about women or a fuck you to the court's decision. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 25, 21:04 [Attachment]
Heardle #121 - 6/6. *No* clue until the 6th frame - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:04
Framed #107 - 3/6 - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:02 4
- 2/6 - Marlowe Jun 26, 06:36
- 1 - Shaun Jun 26, 05:24
- 3/6 - Diva Jun 26, 03:49
- 1/6 -- nm - The Allfather Jun 25, 21:20
Worldle #156 1/6 (100%) - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:02 1
- Worldle - 1 - Diva Jun 26, 03:45
Wordle 372 3/6 - prayformojo Jun 25, 21:01 7
- 372 3/6 - no green - GregW Jun 26, 09:02
- 5/6 - Marlowe Jun 26, 07:03
- 3/6 - Diva Jun 26, 03:59
- 3 - decline Jun 26, 03:59
- 2/6! - TWuG Jun 26, 01:32
- 3/6 - znufrii Jun 25, 21:24
- 3/6 - The Allfather Jun 25, 21:23
Iggy: "Oh hi Kate Moss, who's the fella?" -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 20:44
Strange New Worlds spoilers - Beryllium Jun 25, 20:30
The Maine school voucher program SCOTUS said couldn't exclude religious schools just changed the program to exclude - TWuG Jun 25, 20:15 3
- Didn’t James Madison have an explicit problem with taxes funding religious education? So much for originalism. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 02:55
- Let's just change "religious" to "beliefs" so now you have to allow every type of discriminatory belief, ha ha. -- nm - SCOTUS Jun 25, 20:21
- smart (but this scotus would likely rule it attacks the school's religious freedoms)..waiting to see how they rule on the praying football coach -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 20:20
.... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 25, 19:58 1
- Nice. -- nm - budice Jun 25, 20:00
GOP Rep Mary Miller said the quiet part out loud -- (link) - Remlik Jun 25, 19:52
Annnnd, here comes the judge, stays the order requiring Juul to stop selling...... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 25, 19:44
Coming home from the last wedding....flat tire on the freeway. Don't know how they expect you to lift the car with a * thumb screw* jack.... - zeitgeist Jun 25, 19:33 2
- use the lug wrench -- nm - rollo Jun 26, 20:39 1
  - *no* that's the thing I'm complaining about, it did not fit, used to be it was clever like that but noooooo -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 11:34
ObiWan finale was soooo good (spoils) - eag Jun 25, 19:15 3
- Man, I guess I’m just in the other group on this one. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 25, 19:42 2
  - Spoil - Diva Jun 26, 04:53
  - I was very much so-so. (spoilers) - Marlowe Jun 25, 19:44
nm -- nm* - Strongbad Jun 25, 19:05
"About 66 percent of the households around the United States own their homes. In New York City, that number falls dramatically to half that." - ty97 Jun 25, 18:58 8
- Of course that's the case here. Is this supposed to be surprising or new info? - Krusty Jun 25, 19:16 4
  - Certainly not surprising, but I found the numbers interesting -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 19:19 3
    - Do people own houses out of the city and rent during the week? Or do they own condos in the city? -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 19:36 2
      - The ownership percentages here refer to all homes (house, condo, apartment, studio). Most people here rent. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 19:54 1
        
        Understood. I was just wondering if some of the renters owned homes elsewhere. -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 19:58
- How does that compare to other cities like San Francisco. -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 19:14
- Obviously for the Sbarros -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 19:05
- freaking renters -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 18:59
I haven't been to a movie since I visited my brother almost 3 years ago - but I just may go to Elvis. -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 18:53
I appreciate that ballot measures are not a thing in every state, but if support is so strong for abortion rights across the country… - Mop Jun 25, 18:10 5
- *spoils* It's not actually that strong... -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 23:16 1
  - More people than not support abortion rights - Pippy Jun 26, 01:58
- In Pennsylvania the outcome of the election for Governor in November will determine whether abortion remains legal in the state. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 18:41 1
  - VA in a way, also....GOP has the governor and one of the two state houses. - prayformojo Jun 25, 18:45
- I feel like it’s easier to stand outside a supermarket and get signatures for marijuana legalization ballot stuff, than abortion rights -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 18:40
HEY! I liked Doctor Strange and the. Multiverse of Madness! -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 18:03 3
- It was quite good. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 19:50
- I was honestly hoping for a “Mop pulls on the tiny threads review”—I was underwhelmed a bit. Too hyped up I guess—was expecting more (spoilers) -- (edited) - Flavorize Jun 25, 18:34 1
  - Spoiler - Qale As Folk Jun 25, 21:09
ebike ride to get dinner and groceries. That went well... except that the grocery store shopping cart broke my sunglasses. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 17:58
Zunk better be happy Dead & Co. are playing Dancing in the Streets right now -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 25, 17:40
If I wanted to listen to audiobooks is there a preferred app? -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 17:28 9
- I like using Smart AudioBook Player. Praises sung in IM - zork Jun 25, 23:28 1
  - Where do you buy books? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 23:35
- Audible -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 23:16
- If you wanted to buy, I honestly think it’s Audible/Amazon -- (edited) - spamlet Jun 25, 17:36 2
  - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 17:54
  - Yes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 17:44
- your library may have one. Mine is connected to Libby. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 17:32 2
  - I'll give them a look. Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 17:54
  - This is what our library uses but it is limited in content if you’re looking for specific books. - spamlet Jun 25, 17:35
Oof—this is a horrendous take -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 25, 17:21 2
- You need to control your output of semen, young man! -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 25, 17:37 1
  - It kills me that she thinks it’s such a well thought out opinion—totally ridiculous -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 17:52
Globle - 8 - Diva Jun 25, 17:11 3
- ugh, 15 - prayformojo Jun 25, 17:21 2
  - 22! -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 18:26
  - Spoil - Diva Jun 25, 17:56
Actorle - 1 - Diva Jun 25, 16:31
Beadle: Two daily games. One is to ID a Beatle song with a 2 second clip. The other is to be given one lyric word at a time and guess the song. - loosilu Jun 25, 16:28
Wordle - 4 - Diva Jun 25, 16:25
Worldle - 1 - Diva Jun 25, 16:22 1
- nice! 5 for me. spoiler - loosilu Jun 25, 16:24
Framed - 2 - Diva Jun 25, 16:19 2
- I flat out cannot do this one. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:29
- Missed it Spoils - .🎡 Jun 25, 16:23
The last time the Yankees got no hit was also by the Astros and also combined, starter Roy Oswalt left after 1 inning due to injury. -- (link) - Tim Jun 25, 16:12 1
- Why do you people hate me? -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 17:27
Does anyone do Redactle? -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:09 5
- OK guess not. I love it. It's a wiki article that has everything redacted EXCEPT basic pronouns and prepositions. Your job is to guess the topic. - loosilu Jun 25, 16:20 4
  - I tried it last week when you mentioned it. I was not expecting it to take so many guesses. I was about 150 and it said avg. was around 75 I think - zork Jun 25, 23:35
  - Hmm… here’s a link. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 18:33 2
    - God bless. It took me 252 guesses AND I cheated. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 25, 19:40 1
      - Yeah, I never want to do that again. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 19:52
Moviedle - 1 - Diva Jun 25, 16:03
My guess about the Pentagon statement is what TWuG said. Women service members undoubtedly raised hell. There are many bases located in - loosilu Jun 25, 15:57 10
- They're also a federal agency, and as the military not subject to state rules. - .🎡 Jun 25, 16:22 6
  - They do not provide abortion services themselves. So, military members and wives need to use local services. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:23 5
    - I am aware. I mean they are not subject to any laws a state may create about leaving the state or lawsuits connected to that. - .🎡 Jun 25, 16:26 4
      - oh! yeah, I think that was the point of the release. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:29 3
        
        But what doctor is willing to risk felony charges despite assurance from the base -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 16:51 2
        
        Temporary posting to a friendlier state. -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 16:57 1
        
        That's how they delt with same sex marriage in unfriendly states -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 17:08
- I suspect/hope the statement will also blanket in all active military wives. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 25, 15:59 2
  - I'm sure that is also true, and I feel duimb for not thinking of it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:08 1
    - don't feel dumb. every veteran wants to be included too. there are a lot of layers to the blanket statement we'll never think of. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 25, 17:11
If my daughter and I both want Game Pass on our PCs we have to have two subscriptions, right? We can't share the subscription like Office 365? -- (edited) - spamlet Jun 25, 15:33 3
- For XBOX? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 20:21
- No, you need to set up your Microsoft family. I've done it with my kids. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 17:57 1
  - Check this. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 17:58
"But hey, at least when Donald Trump is being inaugurated for his third term in 2028 the Dems can say they preserved the Senate filibuster!" -- (link) - mud Jun 25, 15:16
I could see this place doing very well as a tourist trap franchise. -- (link) - David Jun 25, 15:01 [youtube] 5
- I give props to the guy (spoils) - zork Jun 25, 23:14
- I like the bar that has gigantic pool tables, and you wk on that table and kick the balls, better than this -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 17:30
- We now have 2 competing indoor mini golf places in DC -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 15:03
- I subscribe to these guys on Facebook...it's a fun 5 minute video ever so often. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:02 1
  - If they get one in Pigeon Forge, we're going. -- nm - David Jun 25, 16:25
We are at a beer festival and another patron (who's very drunk) is like "I gotta go. Time to go to work!" Oof dude. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jun 25, 14:57 1
- "Plane's not gonna fly itself!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:03

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