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And I’m back home. Other than some pain where the incisions are I feel pretty good. Ate solid food for the first time in a week today. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 10:29 7
- Awesome!! I'm very happy to hear this news! -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 11:29
- good to hear -- nm - decline Jul 7, 10:57
- good good good! -- nm - colin Jul 7, 10:51
- yay! -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 10:44
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 10:35
- Woo hoo! Glad to hear it! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 10:35
- Yay!! -- nm - Pippy Jul 7, 10:34
GME 132.68 (+15.25) (and will do a stock split) - ty97 Jul 7, 10:28 2
- It's been throwing money in a pit for two straight years now. Missing badly each forecast. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 10:36 1
  - so you're saying we should all buy? -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:47
The first episode of The Old Man is an amazing setup. Very well done. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 10:28 1
- The Old Man does not abide. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 10:33
Is Ohtani going to win MVP? CY Young? Both?! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 10:27 4
- Judge is going to get screwed out of the MVP again. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 10:35 3
  - It’ll be hard to beat Judge, if he stays healthy. HRs and the Yankees record (plus the east coast voting biases) should give it to him… - Flavorize Jul 7, 10:43
  - absolutely. Ohtani could miss an entire month again and they're still going to give it to him. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:37
  - He should learn to throw a splitter. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 10:36
dammit. RIP Jimmy. James Caan has passed away -- (link) - decline Jul 7, 10:07 7
- rats -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 10:29
- Wow. Literally just finished the new Rewatchables podcast about Misery. It just dropped Monday. Weird. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 7, 10:26
- I think the first thing I remember seeing him in was Alien Nation. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 10:16 1
  - Michael Mann's Thief has enjoyed some rediscovery lately. Watched it on HBO Max I believe. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 10:21
- Caaaaaaaan. -- nm - budice Jul 7, 10:15 1
  - Damn you - sycor Jul 7, 10:15
- damnnnnnnnnnn :( -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 10:09
Thor: Love and Thunder 69% (142/63) -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:06 1
- am I missing something or is there not another big summer movie till Bullet Train? -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:08
I think it's great that BF is open and I'm excited to find out what are the keeper rules going to be! -- nm* - ML Jul 7, 10:03 5
- I'm so nice to all of you. Why do you treat me this way? -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:24 1
  - Ignore my previous IM (now deleted). Found it! - ML Jul 7, 10:29
- thought is was if you keep more than 5 you start losing draft picks. So keep 6 your first pick is 2nd round. keep 10 you pick in 6th round -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:04 2
  - I thought it was 1 for 1 starting with your 1st round pick? -- (edited) - Strongbad Jul 7, 11:24
  - I'll likely be keeping at least a dozen so I'll see you all in the "who?" rounds -- nm - ML Jul 7, 10:22
Kris Letang 6 year extension with the Penguins for $36.6M (he's 35, set his career high in points last season with 68) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 7, 10:02
I've been considering what it would take to make a floating city. This isn't quite what I had in mind. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:47
Shot (from Hugh Grant) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:34 3
- Chaser -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:34 2
  - And the clip that I thought was an edit, but turned out not to be.... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:35 1
    - hilarious -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 09:37
This may be the best thing I've ever done as a father. My 13-year-old is on a plane alone for the first time, headed to Hawaii. - Mop Jul 7, 09:27 [Attachment] 1
- You are awesome -- nm - Pippy Jul 7, 09:29
Crypto: Celsius on brink of Bankruptcy and are likely about to dump 22k BTC (500m USD) on the market -- nm - budice Jul 7, 09:08
Canadians, is the Russia stuff impacting tonight's NHL Draft much? -- nm - David Jul 7, 09:05 7
- There's a draft? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:19 2
  - (in Montreal tonight) -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 09:31 1
    - They should close the windows. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:32
- I haven't heard anything concrete but I wouldn't be shocked to see Russian players drop further into the draft. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:14
- I haven't seen anything and TSN.ca has no mention (granted I'm only paying attention to the Habs #1 pick) - Beaker Jul 7, 09:10 2
  - ESPN has the first Russian going at #13 in their preview -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 09:33 1
    - Send him to the Arctic Circle! -- nm - Putin Jul 7, 09:34
Enjoyed The Challenge USA last night - Jovian Jul 7, 08:52 14
- yeah I've never watched before but liked the format a bit. -- nm - amanda Jul 7, 08:55 13
  - the last MTV season (Spies Lies & Allies) of it was the first one I ever watched and it was the format that drew me in as well. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 09:01 1
    - and also the host. TJ is awesome. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 09:02
  - Sooo - do I need to watch this? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 7, 09:00 10
    - *nods* -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 09:20
    - List of all the Survivor (8), Big Brother (9), Amazing Race (3) and Love Island (8) people competing in The Challenge USA - Beaker Jul 7, 09:06 7
      - I tuned in to see Alyssa, Angela, Tyson & Danny -- nm - mud Jul 7, 09:31 1
        
        and man does Angela look good. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 09:40
      - Survivor's Jay Starrett was on a season of The Challenge and got absolutely eviscerated by a jackass bully. -- (link) - David Jul 7, 09:13 [youtube] 4
        
        was there a rule against just smashing that fire thing into the other guys face? cause it seems he missed an opportunity there -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 09:38 2
        
        Yes. Technically, you're not supposed to assault opponents, but this was somehow legal. -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:24 1
        
        yeah, seems like tackling in a flag football game -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:26
        
        yikes -- nm - mud Jul 7, 09:29
    - I mean maybe try the first episode? -- nm - amanda Jul 7, 09:03
power query is great until you have to start modifying someone else's files. then it's... less so. -- nm - amanda Jul 7, 08:45
Would you like to sing the role of MacGyver in the cast recording of 'MacGyver the Musical'? Now's your chance... -- (edited) - Diva Jul 7, 08:43 7
- If I had the right voice type for the role, I’d definitely do this. -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 10:22
- ~ a stopwatch and quarters and nail polish remover / cotton and paperclips and parts from a Hoover ~ - Roger More Jul 7, 09:40 1
  - Bravo! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:41
- ~I'm a MacGyver, I'm gonna make it ... I will MacGyve, keep on MacGyvin'~ -- nm* - budice Jul 7, 08:55 2
  - ~ you should have checked that stupid lock, I used a nailfile as a key - Roger More Jul 7, 09:49
  - ~MacGyver didn't start the fire~ -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 09:25
- But you have to patch it together with the innards of an old telephone, some apple cider vinegar, cinnamon chewing gum and a binder clip. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:54
Hmm. (Re: Depp v Heard) -- (link*) - Beryllium Jul 7, 08:43 3
- Absolutely bullshit. The jurors listened to the words coming out of her mouth and didn’t believe her. That does not reflect on other women. I’m offend - Epiphany! Jul 7, 09:17 2
  - alternatively: the media manipulation around this was the most obvious I've ever seen. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:19 1
    - Some of the fakes she showed as examples were obviously fakes. Sensationalism is not new. To laud this as new or hurtful is in its own: manipulative -- nm - Pippy Jul 7, 09:31
Alternate headline: Europe free from Facebook -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 08:40
“Another human drinking game. Does their number have no limit?” -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 08:34
Wasn't someone here recently wishing for an infographic about the comparative strengths of rare earth magnets? Well do I have good news for you? -- (link*) - prayformojo Jul 7, 08:30 1
- "from temperatures as low as -273C" - there's no lower temperatures!!! -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:33
And another: ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Takahashi Kazuki, 60, found dead at sea - he was snorkeling and there were signs of an attack from a 'marine animal' -- (link) - decline Jul 7, 08:22 1
- My coworker just told me over Teams with crying emoji. Asked me if I was a fan, I told her no but I am a pretty character with a weirdly deep voice. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 08:31
William Friend, the husband of 'One Tree Hill' star Bevin Prince, has died aged 33 after being struck by lightning in North Carolina - decline Jul 7, 08:07 3
- We have had some bad lightening storms recently. Sad that it killed someone. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 08:28
- omg. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 08:14
- yikes -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 08:12
This I believe. Boris is holding on because his wedding party is at Chequers in July and the invitations have gone out. -- (link) - mafic Jul 7, 07:52 18
- whoa -- (link) - mud Jul 7, 08:18 5
  - (although that's clearly Christmas time) - Reagen Jul 7, 08:40 1
    - Larry is the one in No.10 good at his job -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 09:08
  - cats are evil -- nm - decline Jul 7, 08:31
  - I want that fluffy kitteh. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 08:30 1
    - fluffeh kitteh. -- nm - amanda Jul 7, 09:03
- Me too. As someone who is currently planning 3 events the idea of having to move something huge at last minute makes me want to throw up all over the - Diva Jul 7, 08:13 6
  - what started out as a sarcastic little reaction to mafic's post (which I guess wasn't as funny as I thought) has been ripped apart and termed - Diva Jul 7, 08:55 2
    - Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown. - Andie Jul 7, 09:09
    - Yup. -- nm - kelly Jul 7, 09:07
  - surely he just pays someone to do this stuff... i can't imagine he has a lot of emotions at any given time. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 08:29 2
    - the point and issue at hand is where would you move something this big so late? And while disgraced? Planners would freak. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 08:31 1
      - "This news story triggers me, it must be true!" is one of the main ways fake news gets spread though. Not that this is of the very highest importance. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 08:44
- 100% believe this. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 08:01
- Pridezilla -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 07:55
- Which is among the most legitimate reasons to force yourself to keep a job, right? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 07:55 1
  - I'm surprised thr Donald didn't call Tiffany and tell her she's getting married, I don't care but they can't kick me out when you're having a wedding -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:10
- Nice. Chequed Out. -- nm* - budice Jul 7, 07:53
From my English sister-in-law's FB -- (pic) - Meg Jul 7, 07:50 [Attachment]
Basketball player Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court to drugs charges (which may be part of a strategy for a prisoner swap) -- (link) - decline Jul 7, 07:35 4
- that must be terrifying to do. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 07:41 2
  - yup -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 07:45
  - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 07:42
- Ugh. Reminds me of when Billy in Midnight Express tried something along these lines. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 07:36
I love this opinion piece in the NYT. "It’s Time to Stop Living the American Scam" - GregW Jul 7, 07:33 2
- i'm at the point where it feels kind of futile to be retirement saving.. there is no guarantee of that, but i know i can spend it now. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 08:30
- Hey, that’s my plan! -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 07:38
Video of Johnson leaving number 10 today -- (link) - Jovian Jul 7, 07:32 2
- That video starts great and ends fantastic! -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 07:38 1
  - and - Jovian Jul 7, 07:47
So after being on the phone with a "supervisor" with Hilton reservations last night, I'm still convinced they did some shady stuff or are idiots. - sycor Jul 7, 07:23 5
- I submitted our request for reimbursement for the unused leg of my wife's AA flight a couple weeks ago. Will be interesting to see if that works -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:56 2
  - Through AA or credit card? Good luck, hope you get it back. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 08:28 1
    - AA -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 08:47
- Sounds like it’s someone else’s reservation that got messed up with a database glitch or a data entry error. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 07:38 1
  - I'm hoping that's all it is. Just seems really weird. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 07:44
well, covid may get me this time. (still quick-test negative though) - Andie Jul 7, 07:17 3
- ugh...good luck. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 08:15
- Yikes. Hope everything is okay. It does seem to be random sometimes and some people just don't get it. - sycor Jul 7, 07:24
- healthy vibes sent, hope everything turns out ok -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:22
Connect the fastest bird to the fastest fish, and what do you get? - prayformojo Jul 7, 07:13 3
- Another day older and deeper in debt -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 07:28
- You get Blazing Saddles -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 7, 07:26
- A peregrine sail-falcon! -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:25
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter celebrate their 76th wedding anniversary today (crazy) -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:12 1
- pfft, I’ll be there in 2091. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 07:23
Uvalde: Officer saw gunman before he entered school and asked for permission to shoot him -- (link) - oblique Jul 7, 07:05 1
- that officer will never have a good nights sleep the rest of his life. - Jovian Jul 7, 07:11
Quordle 3 5 6 8 - oblique Jul 7, 07:00
And really let’s be honest, aren’t we all a little surprised that it was someone else’s sex scandal that brought Boris down? -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 07:00 4
- Oh no, it was his own sex scandal but no-one can face mentioning it. Satirical magazine published the details. -- (link) - LMS Jul 7, 07:19 1
  - British politican sex scandals are sooo 1960s. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 7, 07:28
- CBC Front Page Headline: Defined by lies, Boris Johnson's political career has finally crumbled -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:06
- No, because ew. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 07:04
Voltemort is coming for *checks notes*…South Dakota -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 7, 06:58 1
- This is normal. -- nm - Monsanto Jul 7, 07:19
Boris stays he stays on until autumn and a Tory election of a new leader. Bet he is done before the end of next week. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 06:56
Can we all agree that the secretary for levelling up is really just the stupidest thing? -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 06:55 5
- I mean it's not hard to just grind your smithing and potion making. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 07:22
- Gleeful Theresa May takes aim at Boris over Partygate and Brexit -- (link) - budice Jul 7, 06:57
- It's a sweet gig, but not as sweet as Secretary of Doing Nothing -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 06:57 1
  - Some of the AUSPOL politicians might disagree -- nm - budice Jul 7, 06:59
- IK,R?? -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 06:56
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 06:54 1
- Blood Feud is on the clock. -- nm - budice Jul 7, 06:54

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