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Tale of the Tape -- (pic) - rollo Aug 15, 14:09 [Attachment] 4
- Game summary - spoilers - rollo Aug 15, 14:34 1
  - Yeah when we get rolling it can snowball fast on the opposition. Sorry it was you facing it. - spamlet Aug 15, 14:39
- Let’s get ready to rumbllllllllle!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 14:14 1
  - Glendale just did to me what UCLA did to Maryland in the ncaa about 20 years ago. I had 8 turnovers…and shot 40%….and lost by 38 -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 15, 14:21
Civil claim accusing Oilers owner Daryl Katz withdrawn -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 14:08 1
- Basically the real defendants in the case were trying to spread the bullshit - Reagen Aug 15, 14:10
AEW/Video Games: Jade Cargill to be the first Black Woman on the cover of a wrestling video game -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 14:03
Fernando Tatis Sr. says his son got a fungus due to a haircut and used a spray that contains steroids and that's why he tested positive. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 15, 14:02 7
- how on earth does a haircut give you a fungus? -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 14:14 4
  - What if he was using his electric toenail clippers and oops the fungus just pops out onto his scalp? -- nm - Dr. All The Way Mae Aug 15, 14:22 2
    - you think there's a man in America what ain't used your toenail clippers? -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 14:23 1
      - Boy, that was some good pee testin'! -- nm - Dr. All The Way Mae Aug 15, 14:30
  - Or ringworm. Kid maybe needs better hygiene habits. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 14:16
- When you are asked about a motorcycle accident and you respond with, “which one?”, personal responsibility is not on your list. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 14:03 1
  - I want to believe this will wake him up and he'll grow up but there's no reason to actually believe that. - Krusty Aug 15, 14:06
Thanks to everyone who helped prove the Apple Podcasts theory to be correct. You're welcome to unsubscribe now if you want - Mr. Havens Aug 15, 13:59 1
- I listened to the Beverly episode. It was quite a fascinating story. I'll have to get used to your cadence. It's more audiobook than podcast? - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 14:42
In new filing, gov't argues the Trump warrant affidavit should remain sealed -- (link) - budice Aug 15, 13:45 2
- Duh. It outlines the case the prosecutors are trying to build and there's no reason to reveal that until the case is ready to be made. - TWuG Aug 15, 14:01 1
  - We're the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing. -- nm - Bernard Abbott Aug 15, 14:03
A new study warns an "extreme heat belt" will emerge from Texas to Illinois — where the heat index could reach 125°F at least one day a year by 2053. -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 13:27 6
- But it’s a dry heat, right? -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 14:33
- so, the Mississippi is the next major river fucked??? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 13:45
- so you are saying I should move to Phoenix instead? -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 15, 13:37 1
  - Dallas is the new Phoenix -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 14:13
- Ah, so mentally swap that out with 2033 and you'll be accurate. Got it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:32 1
  - Yeah, I don't think it's going to take nearly as long as 2053. Maybe not even as long as 2033. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 14:42
Jimmy Kimmel is Martha Stewart's cousin? Hmm -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:15 1
- Isabella Rossellini had relationships with: Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, and Gary Oldman. Ingrid Bergman is her mom. Elettra Wiedemann her daughter -- (link*) - budice Aug 15, 13:26
OTD in 1975 Peter Gabriel left Genesis -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 12:53 3
- it blew our fragile little minds, but turned out pretty well. -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:55 2
  - for all of them, then Hackett left, there's a fun live track in the box set on the song Man on the Corner... - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 12:57 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Aug 15, 13:00
Paramount+ to be Bundled With Walmart+ Membership Program -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 12:47 6
- This works for everyone already watching P+ in their underwear. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 13:48
- Ugh. I better finish my Disco S2 rewatch and cancel, asap. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:52 2
  - Good Fight, sept 8 -- nm - Max Aug 15, 14:06
  - Lower Decks, aug 25 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:03
- Synergy+ -- nm - psilotum Aug 15, 12:50
- "The best Value Proposition for our WalMart+ customers" - budice Aug 15, 12:50
Walk off grand slam for the Circle City Wiffle Ball Championship.... -- (link) - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 12:34 1
- ... anyone know this guy? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:50
I have to appear in a court hearing this afternoon. Light purple shirt with grey tie? or dark green/blue plaid shirt no tie? -- nm - Max Aug 15, 12:27 9
- Not guilty! Purple shirt is 2-0! - Max Aug 15, 13:09
- A. But leave the squirting boutonniere and the hand buzzer at home. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 12:40
- option A -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 12:39
- Depending on whether you are guilty or not -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 12:35 1
  - You know what I always say: they can't confiscate a passport that doesn't exist! -- nm - Max Aug 15, 12:46
- No tie but leave the shirt open enough to see some sweet gold chains hanging around your neck. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 12:32
- Anything orange? Might be nice, in case you have to get used to that color… -- nm - Flavorize Aug 15, 12:32
- topless -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:30
- grey tie -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:29
I thought Cheney might run as an (I) in Nov, but turns out registered (D)s + (I)s doesnt add up to half of registered (R)s who have > 200K -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:17 7
- Speaking of Cheney (relevant to Canadians)... -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 13:07 3
  - can't unsee! brilliant, but still can't unsee! -- nm - Max Aug 15, 14:01
  - Damn. Accurate. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:13
  - !! -- nm - mud Aug 15, 13:09
- Sore loser laws typically prevent that if you've already lost the primary. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 12:20 2
  - but Murkowski! -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:27 1
    - Wasn't she a write-in? So not technically on the ballot. Lieberman's a good example too. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 12:32
Rudy G a target in the Georgia investigation -- (link) - TWuG Aug 15, 12:02
Artemis I rocket rollout tomorrow -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:52 5
- I almost can't believe it's actually happening. - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:59 4
  - In case anyone isn't aware of what it is doing -- (link) - oblique Aug 15, 12:55
  - I wouldn’t even have known that the launch is as early as two weeks away, if a friend of mine who works at the KSC visitor center hadn’t posted about it on her fb page. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 15, 12:10 1
    - Though at the same time, it's been essentially impossible to get a hotel room in that area -- nm - JD Aug 15, 13:08
  - No. Apollo was front page news. It was the US National space program. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:00
Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:51
Trump says his passports were seized during FBI raid at his Mar-A-Lago home in Florida -- nm* - budice Aug 15, 11:50 9
- Which ones? John Barron? John Miller? David Dennison? Captain Chaos? Donald Knauss? -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 15, 14:02
- Poll: Do you keep your expired passports? -- nm -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:53 5
  - I sell them. -- nm -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:01 4
    - SlackerTalk is nothing if not redundant. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 12:17 3
      - sometimes it can be redundant too. -- nm - mud Aug 15, 12:19 2
        
        And very repetitive. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 12:21 1
        
        And duplicative. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:31
- Grab 'em by the passport. You can do anything when you're the FBI. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:52
- How many passports? -- nm - psilotum Aug 15, 11:51
Are "long distance" phone calls still a thing? - TWuG Aug 15, 11:47 4
- I think it got complicated by cellphones. I had a friend who moved down from Northern CA but still had that number. I was paying LD to call her. - Meg Aug 15, 13:39
- Our landline AT&T contract got jacked up by AT&T. We pay $5k/mo for landlines including LD contract. Without the contract they've hit us for $80k - oblique Aug 15, 12:27
- Something I was wondering this weekend: are human operators still a thing? Like "Hi, can you connect me to Max in Virginia"? - Max Aug 15, 11:51
- I'm not aware of a cell phone plan that charges for them, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were still landline plans that do. -- nm - psilotum Aug 15, 11:50
Some legend has been taking their GP2 race car out for a spin on Czech highways -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 11:45
Why are there pyramids in Egypt? - TWuG Aug 15, 11:41 3
- Because they're a people with diminishing goals? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 15, 12:29
- Up until just last night I thought the Elgin Marbles were, you know, round. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:59 1
  - Hmm. -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 15, 12:03 [Attachment]
I've recently begun attending a weekly meeting with a gentleman who can't complete a sentence without some abbrev or industry jargon I don't know. - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 11:39 6
- Just keep on refining your numbers so that you can earn a MDE and if you work really hard a Pancake party -- nm - Peter Kilmer Aug 15, 12:03
- "Excuse me, stewardess? I speak jargon" -- nm - rollo Aug 15, 11:46 2
  - Chump don't want the activated synergy machine, chump don't get the activated synergy machine! -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 11:51 1
    - I'm not the only one frustrated. There is a queue of people with increasingly deadly weapons waiting to confront him. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 11:58
- "tell it to me like I am 5" -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:39 1
  - "like you have 5 years of experience with this, got it" -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 11:44
Watch Trying on AppleTV+. It's almost as funny and heartwarming as Ted Lasso. The leads are brilliant together. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:38 1
- We watched Season 1. It was good. My wife wasn't as into it so we stopped -- nm - oblique Aug 15, 12:24
Science is cool: researchers change the blood type of a donor kidney to increase transplant options -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:33
My Tesla is due for a 2 year service, HVAC filter replacement, and to diagnose a rattle in the rear seat - TWuG Aug 15, 11:32 15
- Reminds me that I need to make an appt for my annual state inspection that is three months overdue. Oops. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:43 5
  - My state completely dropped emissions testing recently. -- nm - psilotum Aug 15, 11:52 3
    - We have to do emissions and mechanical every year. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:58
    - Oh come on! -- nm - VW Aug 15, 11:55
    - No, you just quit doing it! -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:54
  - Wait a while longer and it can be for the next year? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:44
- The Manitou in the Back Seat, almighty Manitou *shakes rattle* -- nm* - Manitou Aug 15, 11:39 1
  - 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:41
- where do they do the service? come to you? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:36 5
  - Mobile service comes to me. Could be at home, work, anywhere. You let them know where the car will be, they show up, do the work. - TWuG Aug 15, 11:40 2
    - interesting. save a lot on overhead with no building for sure -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:06 1
      - There is a building. And they do have service that requires taking the car to the service center. But the goal is to have the vast - TWuG Aug 15, 12:08
  - Yeah, they close down your street and do it there. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:36 1
    - man, maybe Musk should get to but Twitter! -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:39
- Oh yeah, I detest the Ford dealership experience. Mazda's been a bit better, but I'd still prefer to avoid all that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:33
I’m not nearly as good as our resident NYT Crossword solver. -- (pic) - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 11:28 [Attachment] 1
- Heh, Thu/Fri/Sat are the only ones I do regularly. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 11:52
Also B2 - the Bond news is just a betting site, the producers won't go with Cavill or Elba, and will consider Page. Also - Roger More Aug 15, 11:27 4
- Hush! - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:30 3
  - He probably did four days work on that movie. Also Gray Man related... -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 11:33 2
    - Did not realize Ken wore a watch. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:36
    - Haaah. (It's the lips.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:33
My father is the only person I know who watches more than 1 CW show (he watches nearly all of them) and he's 70. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:23 8
- The real story is that Nextar doesn't seem to be good at tv. - the wrong element Aug 15, 11:50
- so CBS's median age must be like 88 right? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:27 3
  - 63 at last report. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:28
  - 113 -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:28 1
    - TV has still been tuned in long after the corpse is devoured by the rats. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 11:29
- “It’s the network with all the lookers.” -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 11:26
- network TV in general skews old. Median age of viewers in 2018 was 58. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:25
- I used to watch two, but gave one up. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:25
B2 - former government officials act as envoys from time to time, for the US but also the UN. Clinton, Carter and Bush Sr were all UN envoys. - Roger More Aug 15, 11:23 1
- "Mr Trump, we have a critical diplomatic mission for you ... we're sending you to Romania to investigate a decline in model exports." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:26
I've got on It Happened at the World's Fair in the background. - David Aug 15, 11:22 [Attachment]
Poll: Do you keep your expired passports? -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:11 24
- I'm still on my first passport, but I suspect I will be keeping it once it does expire in 2024. -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 15, 14:00
- yes -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:23
- Yes, I just got mine cancelled and returned. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:23
- yes -- nm -- nm - howie Aug 15, 11:22
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 11:20
- yes -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:20
- Yes. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 15, 11:19
- I don't know. It's been almost ten years since I got my last one, and it's not expiring until next year. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:19
- I sell them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:18 1
  - mo money! mo money! mo money! -- nm - mud Aug 15, 11:24
- I've never had one -- nm - mud Aug 15, 11:14 1
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:28
- I think I have my most recent expired passport - JD Aug 15, 11:14
- I feel like I turned in the old one to get the new since it lapsed. But I keep the old DMV IDs to mock the photos. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:13 3
  - We send ours in to renew, and they send the old one back with a hole punched through it. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:15 2
    - That also vaguely sounds familiar but I'm not sure why I wouldn't know where it is, since I keep all that old stuff together. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:16
    - Same here, ime. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 15, 11:16
- Apparently! - David Aug 15, 11:13
- Definitely. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:13
- It is, at the mathematicians say, vacuously true. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 15, 11:13
- I’ve got mine in the safe…and dammit, I forgot to renew. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:12
- I have one exp -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:12
- Yes -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 11:12
- yes, of course. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:11

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