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Hmm, big building fire in Vancouver -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 22:27 4
- Value Village - my sister-in-law's favorite village in Halifax. - Meg Jun 29, 22:40 3
  - Not ebay? seems the VV in our area is so high priced you can find new stuff cheaper at Ross -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 23:02 2
    - She's low tech :) - Meg Jun 29, 23:12 1
      - that's actually charming -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 23:39
Mop, did you get the email from the president of Air Canada warning of further schedule cuts? -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 22:20 3
- Ah, there it is, in my inbox. Should I visit their website for more information? LOL. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 23:02 2
  - By cutting back the schedule they'll improved service - yep :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 23:11 1
    - Our single flight daily - from Toronto to Ottawa - will be on time… almost every day! -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 23:18
The best episodes of LegalEagle on YouTube are the ones I can’t bare to watch. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 21:49 1
- you should have clothes on for all of them. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 22:19
The Man From Toronto is better than it deserved to be. It’s a solid B. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 21:47 3
- Yep. (Spoils) - Beryllium Jun 29, 21:52 2
  - That was your takeaway from this movie? -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 23:10 1
    - Spoils - Beryllium Jun 29, 23:31
The “we will adopt your baby” couples all look like they’re auditioning to be the white people in a Jordan Peele movie -- nm - twitter Jun 29, 21:33
Krusty, Bronx Based Baseball is going so well that I probably won't feel bad about the Jets on your behalf this year -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:30 4
- The Mets are the best team in the National League. The Astros are the best team in baseball. Yes, I said it. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 20:33 2
  - Uck the Fastros -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 22:00
  - We have a better record, better pitching & hitting stats and just split with them so they're not. - Krusty Jun 29, 20:45
- Haha! I'm really hoping there won't be a reason for anyone to feel bad for me about the Jets anymore. -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 20:33
Boris: if Putin was a woman he wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine. -- (link) - mafic Jun 29, 20:19 2
- Is that supposed to be an insult? -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 23:03
- If Putin was a human he wouldn't have invaded Ukraine...but Boris is kinda right anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 20:32
Hmm, seems I claimed a Red Lobster gift card last month and never printed it? Guess that answers what's for dinner Friday night :) -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 20:19 2
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:27
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 20:26
Oof. Thursday's NYT crossword was.... - prayformojo Jun 29, 19:45 1
- I kinda liked it. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 19:54
I...just got "Old Man"d the neighbor kid was talking to my other neighbor and he turned to me "what about you old man" - zeitgeist Jun 29, 19:23 2
- Did you punch him in the face in response? -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 19:29
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 19:24
WaPo's supermarket hot dog taste test -- (edited) - crash davis Jun 29, 19:16 6
- Mmmm nitrate headaches. -- nm - Ritt Momney Jun 29, 20:04
- Vienna isn't on there. -- nm - .🎡 Jun 29, 19:46
- She didn't taste test my favorite, Boar's Head frankfurters. I've eaten so many hot dogs and they're by far the best. Better than Nathan's. -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 19:39 2
  - Good to know! -- nm - con_carne Jun 29, 20:06 1
    - I highly recommend them. Great taste and the snap is so good. They have two versions and the ones I go with are the pack of 7 that are in a shrink - Krusty Jun 29, 20:31
- I slightly disagree with their #1 choice, but I haven't tried any of the others so maybe I'm the one who is wrong. - Beryllium Jun 29, 19:30
BC bank robbers had a bomb (could be 's') -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 18:37 3
- A robot removed the device(s) from their vehicle, then the bomb squad drove them to the dump and destroyed them there. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 18:39 2
  - And confirmed that they were explosive in nature, not just "suspicious". -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 18:40 1
    - suspiciously explosive. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 18:44
Oops, been to four MLB parks, Sox park being the 4th, but not for a game. -- nm - .🎡 Jun 29, 18:25 7
- Disco demolition? - zunk takes things literally Jun 29, 20:58
- Olympic Stadium for the Expos, New Yankee Stadium with the boys for a Yankees game, and Safeco Field for Paul McCartney. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 19:28
- I think I've been to 3, and only one is still around. - the wrong element Jun 29, 19:08
- 9 -- nm - jnine Jun 29, 19:02
- Shea Stadium, Citi Field, Yankee Stadium (old and new), whatever the hell the place where the Dolphins play was called in 2003. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 18:58
- I realized it's 4 in the US for me, and 2 in Canada! Forgot about the Expos! -- nm - Guigue Jun 29, 18:36
- Same. I went to Fenway for a tour but haven't seen a game there. -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 18:32
man, Pippa forgets to unmute herself every time she speaks. get it together, Pippa. - mafic Jun 29, 18:19 2
- If you think that's bad, you should hop on a call with daddy pig -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 20:17
- *dammit*! c'mon, Pippa! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 18:22
93-year-old man, whose wife recently died, has been living with his daugher, and his home has been broken into multiple times. Last night he - Meg Jun 29, 18:08
Minions The Rise of Gru 64% (27/15) -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 18:06 1
- There is an ad for this at Whole Foods as you walk in. -- nm - .🎡 Jun 29, 18:19
EU to eliminate ICE vehicle sales by 2035 -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 17:50
Ms Marvel opening exposition & pretitle: A+ -- nm - Max Jun 29, 17:32
AEW: for reasons (rights I guess), Orange Cassidy’s entrance theme has changed from The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind” to Jefferson Starship’s “Jane.” -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 17:30 1
- Jane was always his song on the indies, but they couldn't get it until now. -- nm - David Jun 29, 17:38
Truly we live in the stupidest timeline -- (link) - TWuG Jun 29, 17:29
I'm in an airport, with plans to leave this country (for a few days) -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 17:27 4
- Have a great trip!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 17:56 1
  - Thanks, the plane finally arrived! Only took it 42 minutes from landing at JFK until it made it to the gate :/ -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 18:01
- My inbound plane was supposed to arrive at 8:05. It landed at JFK at 8:10. It's now 8:33pm and the plane is nowhere to be seen from the terminal. - ty97 Jun 29, 17:33 1
  - It's been diverted to a gate at the opposite end of the terminal - RUN!!! -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 17:48
Joey Ryan fired from his job at...Disneyland. - David Jun 29, 17:20 6
- There’s a fuck-ton to unpack in this single one sentence post. - Mop Jun 29, 23:09 1
  - Answers… - Mop Jun 29, 23:17
- I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised that his gimmick as a sleazebag…wasn’t a gimmick. - Tim Jun 29, 17:27 1
  - I wondered what Gillian Jacobs thought of the Joey Ryan news. - the wrong element Jun 29, 19:02
- Wow…that’s a troll job on his part. Good for them. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 17:23 1
  - He obviously applied under his real name. What screwed him was this tweet. -- (link) - David Jun 29, 17:24
ugh. I have misplaced my datamine dongle. this is troublesome. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 17:11
That $5,000 drink aboard the Disney Wish -- (link*) - budice Jun 29, 16:27 10
- I feel like this is the kind of elitist garbage Disney should stay away from - Guigue Jun 29, 18:23
- Also Ant-Man Q&A aboard the ship -- (link) - budice Jun 29, 16:53 4
  - I misread this as Adam Ant and my first question would have been "What are you doing here?" - Max Jun 29, 16:58 3
    - And isn’t Strip kind of inappropriate for the kiddies? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 17:09
    - Don't drink? Don't smoke? What do you do? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 17:07 1
      - +50 Baron points. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 29, 18:16
- would it be better or worse if you had to keep the bucket? -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 16:46
- it's such a perfect grift. Who's going to pay $5000 for a drink and admit they got had? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 16:39
- some people have too much money -- nm - Beaker Jun 29, 16:32
- Damn. Make-A-Wish kids got expensive tastes in alcohol. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 16:29
A soft-rock station in Vancouver has been playing "Killing In the Name” by Rage Against the Machine for hours on a loop. -- (link) - Tim Jun 29, 16:26 6
- *smiles* -- nm - Andy Dufresne Jun 29, 16:37
- That's gotta be a signal that triggers something -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 16:28 4
  - Fuck you! I won't do what you tell me! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 29, 21:51
  - Yeah, it's a signal that the media conglomerate Rogers is going to fire everyone and flip the format. - Beryllium Jun 29, 16:30 2
    - The good news is they’re changing the format to only play Canadian bands! - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 16:38 1
      - Up next...Bryan Adams for 24 hours -- nm - DJ Jun 29, 16:45
I don't get Fan Controlled Football. In what way is it fan controlled? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 16:11 5
- Fans vote on all offensive plays in real time and decide the outcomes of instant replay reviews. Fans also vote on team rosters, lineups and coaches -- nm - JD Jun 29, 16:29 3
  - “And the Rattlers score on the opening drive of the game, a 13 play drive. The Outlaws will have the ball with 6:27 left in the half…” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 17:35
  - "Everybody go long." "Again?" -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 16:50
  - So do they end up running, like, 12 fumblerooskis in a row? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 16:38
- It’s the giant wind machines. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 16:19
I don’t think I’ll get it, but I applied for a rare full time cashier position today at work. I feel that it’d be a good catalyst to fix a lot of life -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 16:09 2
- Best of luck!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 29, 17:14
- *fingers crossed while knocking on wood* — nm - i.b.! Jun 29, 17:07
Cipollone subpoenaed -- (link) - mud Jun 29, 15:59 4
- I just saw him referred to as Patsy Baloney and am ashamed to say I giggled. -- nm - mara Jun 29, 16:59 2
  - ^ I'll have what she's having. -- nm - Max Jun 29, 17:00 1
    - *hands you a Leinie’s Canoe Paddler* -- nm - mara Jun 29, 17:03
- more -- (link) - mud Jun 29, 16:07
Ah, good! Comcast was good enough to inform me that I'm at 75% bandwidth usage for the month. Thanks for the reminder! - Mop Jun 29, 15:54 1
- Watch you go .01MB over. Looks like I got to 395GB out of 1229GB in April. Will beat that this month by a little. I wonder how bad Cloud XBOX hits it? -- nm* - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 16:02
Amazon's Thursday Night football lineup is almost done. Charissa Thompson, Richard Sherman, Tony Gonzalez and Ryan Fitzpatrick are confirmed. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 29, 15:49 1
- That line-up should be good enough for 8-8, 7-9 at worst. -- nm* - Swilcan Baron Jun 29, 16:06
MLB: ESPN's new mock has Andruw Jones' son (Druw) taken by the Orioles at #1 - Strongbad Jun 29, 15:42 1
- In twenty years, it will be grandson Uw. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 29, 16:26
DTL: C17 4-way tie for regular season championship. - Swilcan Baron Jun 29, 15:28 1
- And Akron isn’t one of the 4. Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 15:40
Nmb Freddie -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 29, 15:20 1
- I can believe he didn't tell him, but I find it hard to believe he just found out. He reportedly had hours of conversations with Anthopoulos after - jnine Jun 29, 19:00
Unserved 1955 arrest warrant in the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till discovered in courthouse basement -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 29, 15:20 1
- It was "on display" - Swilcan Baron Jun 29, 15:34
Amazon is bringing "Thirteen Lives" - directed by Ron Howard, about the boys trapped in a flooded cave - to Prime Video the week after theatrical. -- (link) - Mop Jun 29, 15:15 [youtube]
So far, all six of the shot cops are still alive. The two robbers are still dead. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 15:13 2
- Wasn't there a 3rd that got away? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 16:03 1
  - That was "vague information", so they followed the lead at first but aren't sure if it was valid or not -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 16:09
Seems we have a Bruno Mars tribute band playing downtown tomorrow night - wonder how that happened? - Meg Jun 29, 15:09 1
- And tomorrow is also the opening night of the Spongebob Musical at the Gem *on Main Street* - -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 15:29
Kiss adds another 100 dates to farewell tour -- (link) - Remlik Jun 29, 15:03
James Harden declines $47.3 MILLION option with Philadelphia 76ers, becomes free agent -- (link*) - Beaker Jun 29, 14:41 3
- That's quite a lot of money for a soon-to-be-unemployed talk show host to leave on the table. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 14:54
- Someone will still pay him -- nm - budice Jun 29, 14:49
- Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal declines $36.4 million player option -- (link) - Beaker Jun 29, 14:42
PokemonGo turns SIX this weekend. The party they're throwing? Well, you know, there have been some cutbacks so... - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 14:33 3
- It's a pretty bad event. But it looks like the 'ultra unlock' will involve release of pansear, the European regional monkey at least? -- nm - ty97 Jun 29, 17:26
- The cuts they announced appear to involve scuttling other projects entirely. If anything, this is a good thing for Pokemon Go. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 14:35 1
  - It was kind of a joke. People will complain about anything a gaming company will do regardless. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 14:50
Someone on LinkedIn told me that I'm the "perfect future owner" of a Spanish-language day care and school franchise "in [my] area." - Reluctant Cynic Jun 29, 14:27 1
- LOL - but really daycares have wait lists. There are not enough for the working families. - St. Epiphany Jun 29, 14:51
Woj: Hawks trade Gallinari and picks to the Spurs for Dejounte Murray. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 29, 14:21 3
- ESPN -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 29, 14:29 2
  - This one would get rejected in a league vote. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 29, 14:38 1
    - Twitter is a little surprised the 1sts are unprotected - Strongbad Jun 29, 14:39
Finland, Finland, Finland -- (link) - Jovian Jun 29, 14:21 2
- Russia just needs to overrun the country before Finland accepts the invitation. -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 14:28 1
  - don't give them ideas -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 29, 14:50
LIR Amanda - yes daughter of friend should know - will you tell her mom? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 29, 14:17
R Kelly gets 30 years for...you know. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 14:12
"it has been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap Accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled.." Sept 19th -- (link) - Remlik Jun 29, 13:50 2
- There's a non-zero chance this doesn't suck, right? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 29, 16:30
- Heard a lot about it but have never watched a minute. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 29, 14:33
the camera angles in ipcress file episode 1 are superb -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 13:49 1
- Some one get a spirit level. -- nm - LMS Jun 29, 15:14
My Lyft driver's name is Lady. -- nm - Diva Jun 29, 13:44 5
- Your knight in shining armor? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 16:02
- Lady Goodman? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 29, 14:24
- That's odd. My Lyft driver's name is Tramp. -- nm - Dano Jun 29, 14:04
- Does she bring you up when you are down? -- nm - The Allfather Jun 29, 14:03
- ~Dude Looks Like a Lady~ -- nm - budice Jun 29, 13:45
BBC posts Paul and John "I've got a Feeling" -- (link) - Remlik Jun 29, 13:43 [youtube]
I want to thank you for let me be myself again -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 13:25 2
- Me too. - Reluctant Cynic Jun 29, 14:27
- How am I not myself? -- (link) - Dano Jun 29, 13:27 [youtube]

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