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Now? -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 11:39
RIP Pat John (aka Jesse from The Beachcombers) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 11:30
I am very obviously the first id4 delivery from my dealership. they have literally no idea what they're doing. - amanda Jul 14, 11:23 9
- But in western PA? Are there any POC? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:27
- hopefully they have a mechanic who is certified for the Id4 -- nm - decline Jul 14, 11:26 2
  - ID4? I have heard about these!!! -- nm - mechanic Jul 14, 11:27 1
    - It's one o' them Ee lect trick cal jobs. Boy I don't know -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:33
- There's prolly nine becauz nobody wants to be the POC -- nm - budice Jul 14, 11:24
- I bet they offer you a free oil change. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:24 3
  - Just look out of curiosity and an older Bolt with about the same KMs as mine is going for 15k over what I paid last October. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:27 2
    - Saw one on display at Costco, it was snickered 42K... are they going for much more? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:29 1
      - a similar to mine one is priced at 49CDN. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 11:32
Rant—So fellow employee was sick Monday—came in for Tuesday for an all company meeting—coughing during meeting—came in sicker on Weds—had to tell them -- (edited) - Flavorize Jul 14, 11:18 8
- How old(ish) is this person? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 11:31 2
  - Late 50s, easily -- nm - Flavorize Jul 14, 11:54 1
    - wow -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:05
- Not cool. -- nm - znufrii Jul 14, 11:26
- Dang -- nm - Diva Jul 14, 11:26
- Ain't that America, it's something to see, ain't that America, little pink coughing sputum for you n me -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:25
- effer -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:23
- Unbelievable. You have every right to be angry. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 11:22
Please help me with my homework. Could you give me some feedback on the questions inside. Topic one is meetings TIA - crash davis Jul 14, 11:07 10
- me - Max Jul 14, 11:37 1
  - also, something I swear I've read in a screenwriting book but have never been able to find again. Could have been Adventures in the Screen Trade. - Max Jul 14, 11:46
- my thoughts - JaxSean Jul 14, 11:36
- Thank you all very much. And I think we can agree that Betsy is an annoying co-worker -- nm - crash davis Jul 14, 11:31
- Answers - Dark Callisto Jul 14, 11:27
- y - amanda Jul 14, 11:22
- A. What is the goal of the meeting b. Bullet points to get info out and keep on point, c. Don't let chit chat derail, iow no slackertalkers can talk -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:18
- sure. - tRuMaN Jul 14, 11:13
- inside - Spawn Jul 14, 11:13
- My answers - Dano Jul 14, 11:11
One of our volunteers tested positive a couple of weeks back, felt well enough to come into the office on Tuesday, and is now positive again :/ -- nm* - Meg Jul 14, 11:02 1
- Did they test neg before or just assumed after 2 weeks they were good to go? Meanwhile in vaxx we trust -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:31
In which anti-abortion people start to realize how monstrous they look -- (link) - Reagen Jul 14, 10:58 3
- *smgdh* -- nm - znufrii Jul 14, 11:32
- And hey, maybe it would have been good for her. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 14, 11:10 1
  - I still say The Crow has the best superpower for these times: The ability to force a perspective shift. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 12:27
Couldn't help thinking while watching the "She Said" trailer, that it looks like a movie Weinstein would have made. Perfect. -- nm - pmb Jul 14, 10:58
This Headline : Toronto homeowner says he had to fire cleaner after mortgage payments rose -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 14, 10:40 4
- But that's now income that the cleaner is out. -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 10:54
- He's like a modern day Jean Valjean. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 10:42 2
  - he had the cut back to only 3 kinds of Grey Poupon. The horror...the horror -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 10:47 1
    - (the great myth that this is a luxury brand. It's .50 more a jar! owned by Kraft!) -- nm* - Reagen Jul 14, 10:53
With 43 reviews in, Netflix’s The Gray Man is 49%. It cost over $200M. -- nm - MDH Jul 14, 10:39 18
- I'm sure it's not great, but a lot of this is "Netflix is ruining box office" pushback. It's like an inverted Pixar effect. -- nm - Inigo Jul 14, 11:19 1
  - I'm torn on Netflix movies. I like some, I dislike some, I'm on the fence for some. On the fence for red notice. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 11:37
- Not mentioned however is the automatic +20% Ana de Armas boost. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 14, 10:52 7
  - She's in the "so hot it hurts to look at her" category. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 10:57 6
    - Hmm. I list her as "cute". But that is as high as it goes. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:23
    - just amazing. and her little spot in the newest Bond flick didnt diminish that at all. -- nm - Jovian Jul 14, 11:08
    - look away, you. She's mine. -- nm - KD6-3.7 Jul 14, 11:07
    - That's why Affleck always looks so glum. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 11:05
    - There is a reason I watched Deep Water -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 11:02 1
      - Exactly. Same. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 14, 11:29
- Do reviews matter much when it comes to streaming? I know y’all all watched Tiger King and that was probably atrocious. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 14, 10:50
- saw the book at Costco for this yesterday. can't wait to watch it -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 10:42
- its CEVANS pornstache holding the movie back -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 14, 10:42 1
  - Billy Bob "do I need to get out of this chair to be in this movie?" "uh...nope." "OK then." -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 10:57
- I ... was not expecting that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 10:40 3
  - "Netflix sheen" -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 14, 10:49 2
    - Is this a photo of Netflix sheen? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 14, 11:19 [flickr] 1
      - Very accurate! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 14, 11:28
Click-bait headline. He didn't fall "while taking" the selfie but while going after his dropped phone. Still lucky to survive. -- (link) - Meg Jul 14, 10:35 2
- footage -- (link) - Max Jul 14, 10:40 [youtube] 1
  - I was hoping this was a link to yesterday’s movie trailer for Fall. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 14, 10:51
What's the phrase "___ of youth" that describes dumb kids or "I was young and immature"? I can't think of the first word. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 10:27 10
- arrogance? -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 14, 10:33 1
  - Or hubris. I like hubris better. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 14, 10:36
- Fountain -- nm - budice Jul 14, 10:30 1
  - No, sorry. I don’t know if I can… well, okay…So, I went with Virility of Youth. -- nm - Charles Nelson Riley Jul 14, 10:53
- Innocence? -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 10:29
- Folly? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 10:28 4
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 11:11
  - I think I was thinking of "vagaries" but I'm going with folly for my work email. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 10:38
  - This would be my guess as well -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 10:37 1
    - It seems that even Shakespeare may concur -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 10:38
D23's Disney Wish presentation. -- (link) - Mop Jul 14, 10:22 [youtube] 1
- I want to go on a Disney Cruise again and it's emotionally painful to me that I may never get to go again. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 10:43
Watching a Gabby Giffords interview this morning a question came to mind - - Meg Jul 14, 10:11 8
- 100 years ago McKinley was shot by an anarchist, might have lived except his doctor was old school, didn't believe in germs, literally... - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:09 2
  - That was James Garfield. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 11:30 1
    - I thought he was the one who was assassinated on a Monday in the Lasagna Plot? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 12:28
- Aaron Burr vs Hamilton; Lincoln; I think you can go almost right back to Washington -- (edited) - Beaker Jul 14, 10:15 4
  - Right, I was thinking modern rather than historical. Kennedys, Reagan, the baseball game, Giffords, culminating with Jan 6. -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 10:28 3
    - maybe the Vietnam War and the protests around that (Kent State Massacre)? -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 10:35
    - I think it would make some amount of sense to fill that timeline in with other political violence (E.g., abortion clinic bombings) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 10:31 1
      - I was thinking more of direct violence (assassination attempts) on politicians, although that hasn't been proven for Jan 6. -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 10:38
I like the reveal in this IG post. You're at first thinking, that can't be what it looks like, but you find out.... -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 14, 10:10
Prey for the Devil trailer -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 10:09 [youtube] 1
- Finally a good Halloween movie. - Spawn Jul 14, 11:31
HasthepresidentofSriLankaresigned.com? - znufrii Jul 14, 10:03 1
- Per my previous email ... -- nm - Sri Lankan Ex-Pres Jul 14, 10:04
“Shut up or get out!”: UK speaker tells unruly lawmakers...with video even(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 14, 10:02 [youtube]
American Gigolo trailer (Jon Bernthal) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 09:45 [youtube] 3
- *slap* Show me what you can do. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:17
- I don't know what they feel they could add to-- OH. Well, OK. This is interesting. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:51
- What If? the Punisher was a male escort -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:48
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:41 10
- LA Confidential -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 11:23
- Newest Harry Dresden -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 11:06
- Boundaries by Dr. Noah Cloud -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 14, 10:23
- Monster Hunter International. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 14, 10:10
- Evolution of the Word by Marcus Borg; Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 09:49
- Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor -- nm - LMS Jul 14, 09:47
- finished my reread of all the Prey novels by John Sandford (up to Ocean Prey), Crusaders by Dan Jones was a good read. Unsure what is next up - Beaker Jul 14, 09:43
- The Sixth Rune by A.F. Kay -- nm - decline Jul 14, 09:43
- Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:42 1
  - Raven Black is indeed pretty dark so far -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 10:01
ST Follow-up Poll: How many highlighters to you have near you right now? And what colours? -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:35 19
- haven't had one in years -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 22:41
- 0. I'm sitting in Union Sq Park. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 11:12
- 0.0. I'm driving. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 10:28
- 3. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 09:52
- Uhm ... like "near, within my household"? Or "near" as in "within arm's reach of my desk"? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 09:46 2
  - let's go with within arms reach :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:47 1
    - Oh thank God. Six. - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 09:50
- There's a yellow one in my drawer that's been there at least 10 years - decline Jul 14, 09:42 2
  - YSMM :) Only highlight on MSWord or Excel. -- nm - Meg Jul 14, 09:44 1
    - Yeah, I have paper in a notebook for random notes, but I don't use paper hardly ever. - JaxSean Jul 14, 09:53
- None that I am aware of. Are they ninja highlighters? Are they plotting to leave their mark on me? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:41
- 1 -yellow. But due to the job, I have them in different places = where there is a pen jar, highlighters in them - St. Epiphany Jul 14, 09:40 1
  - and book club. - St. Epiphany Jul 14, 09:41
- five, three yellows, an orange and a pink -- nm - Jovian Jul 14, 09:40
- Zero -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 09:40
- 2 yellow pink -- nm - JD Jul 14, 09:40
- 5 - blue, lime, pink, yellow, orange -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 09:39
- Two. Yellow and pink. -- nm - sycor Jul 14, 09:38
- 7. 1 each of: Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Red -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:36
ST Poll: Favorite highlighter color? For the record, this is more of a test. As of JaxSean (barely), everyone has passed so far. -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 14, 09:19 26
- Green -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 11:12 2
  - Be glad you finished with an incomplete! -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:26 1
    - It's the best color for everything! 💚💚 -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 11:32
- *closes the test* You all passed. The failing answer: green. -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 11:11
- Yellow or black. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 10:29
- teal. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 09:52
- I like the classic chartreuse (fluorescent yellow, I mean). Also, TIL... - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:41
- Yellow -- nm - JD Jul 14, 09:39
- Yellow or Pink -- nm - sycor Jul 14, 09:38
- Black. But it doesn't work really well. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 14, 09:38 1
  - We have no idea what you're talking about. -- nm - CIA Jul 14, 10:34
- All of them? Orange especially. - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 09:34
- It's been a while but I think my eyes like the contrast of light pink. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 09:34
- the light blue one -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 09:32
- Yellow -- nm - Jovian Jul 14, 09:31
- Orange -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 09:29
- Purple -- nm - zork Jul 14, 09:28 1
  - for the first half of my life I hated purple. - mud Jul 14, 09:31
- Yellow -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:27
- black - mud Jul 14, 09:26 3
  - +1. Black ops, black budgets, black highlighters. -- nm - CIA Jul 14, 09:28 1
    - Black shoes, black hat, Cadillac, the boy’s a time bomb. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 14, 09:48
  - [redacted] -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 14, 09:28
- Yellow -- nm - Dano Jul 14, 09:26
- Yellow -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 14, 09:25
- Orange! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 09:25

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