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Well, the car is at the dealership for a few days. Let's see how this goes. -- nm - Mop Aug 22, 09:39 1
- Other than my run of Polestar sightings (and one Rivian), I think the Mach-E was the most common car I saw charging on our trips this weekend -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 09:44
sinking yacht vid: -- (link) - mud Aug 22, 09:35 1
- well, the fish will get a new place to take up residence soon. -- nm - Jovian Aug 22, 09:44
Why did the pig quit tanning? - crash davis Aug 22, 09:31 2
- 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 22, 09:36
- booo -- nm - mud Aug 22, 09:35
I forgot my normal workout shoes at home today. I kinda need new "running" shoes anyways so ordered a pair for pickup this morning. C'mon Shoe - oblique Aug 22, 09:17 1
- That reminds me, I need to hit DSW this week. -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 09:19
According to the trail markers I just ran 4.5 miles, according to my Fitbit gps, 5.16 miles. Huh? -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 09:08
So, ST, we never really talk about this. What do you *do* for a living. - David Aug 22, 08:37 42
- I address a hundred postcards a week on average to book a few wedding ceremonies -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 10:49
- I spend 2 months working 80 hrs/wk to produce 2 pages no one ever reads. - spamlet Aug 22, 09:47 1
  - Happy belated birthday! -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:54
- setup and sequester medical reagent standing orders for Hospitals, blood labs, clinics across the country. (well the NE and Central are my regions) -- nm - Jovian Aug 22, 09:46
- Do my best to keep my clients out of litigation. Help people form new business ventures (of various types incl. nonprofits). - ReluctantCynic Aug 22, 09:45
- investigate guest bodily injury claims for a large hotel chain. Tell them why they should have been watching where they were walking - St. Epiphany Aug 22, 09:45
- in a general sense I provide enhancements to the user experience for retirement plan participants - decline Aug 22, 09:42
- I'm tech support for a team of tech support technicians - oblique Aug 22, 09:35
- I marry data from six disparate systems to try to create meaningful and actionable operational and financial reports. "try" is the operative word. - amanda Aug 22, 09:26 1
  - How similar is it to your last job? -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:56
- Retired. Seasonal at the ballpark for less than living wage. I also just mowed the lawn. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 22, 09:25 4
  - Living the dream. Rose colored glasses, I've hoped for something like this. There was a time it was a job at a movie theater - JD Aug 22, 09:36
  - So mostly tell people where they're sitting, the closest bathroom, and the best hotdogs. - zunk takes things literally Aug 22, 09:28 2
    - In general, how are you treated by attendees at the games? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:33 1
      - Very well. They are happy to be there so that makes it easier. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 22, 09:37
- I guess I do it to 'live' rather than 'for a living' but mostly I - Meg Aug 22, 09:21
- Teams Teams Teams; categorization/classification of game assets and community forums structure; sentiment analytics; arguing with bad apples -- nm - Max Aug 22, 09:19
- I tell people that I push out updates to their computer and make it reboot at exactly the worst time for them. - Inigo Aug 22, 09:19 1
  - Heh -- nm - JaxSean Aug 22, 09:51
- I literally just do what my job is. I walk dogs around Manhattan while listening to podcasts. -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 09:11
- I manage a bunch of junior level developers who know SQL very well. When there's an emergency, I herd other people like cats. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 22, 09:11
- Help people make movies, 95% of which hardly anyone wants to see, but it's good for nurturing talent. -- nm - LMS Aug 22, 09:02 3
  - threadwin -- nm - mud Aug 22, 09:44 1
    - this -- nm - Remlik Aug 22, 09:53
  - !!!👍👍👍👍 - JD Aug 22, 09:07
- I wish I could tell you. But I can't. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 22, 08:57
- I do regulatory paperwork for mutual funds that they’re too cheap to pay their lawyers to do -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 22, 08:52
- Diagnostics/Stand up Mathematician. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 22, 08:51 1
  - OMG...🤣....stand up Mathematician -- nm - JD Aug 22, 08:52
- I run a report and act on the hottest things in that report. Also I'm the techie-est of my pod, which is needed, and the new guy. -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 08:50
- Writing Business Requirements, writing/executing test plans & cases, researching various issues, documenting processes/process improvements. -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 08:49 3
  - Oh.... and other duties as assigned -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 09:00
  - I'm starting to think that we were destined to write about something we actually liked / had a personal interest in during those early days of the web - JD Aug 22, 08:57 1
    - I definitely prefer the Business Analyst role to the Contact Center. -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 09:01
- Reading RFQ's / Spec, searching for gothca commercial term, seeing if I can find something I've already done, costing, and finally writing a quote - JD Aug 22, 08:45 3
  - Okay, so basically my job is to fix what my idiots do while trying to bend you to their will. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 08:47 2
    - Well and I think to the spirit of the question, well, heck, I'm answering the question so obviously part of what I actually do is ST ;-) - JD Aug 22, 08:51 1
      - I'd much rather eat three pounds of hot wings than 3 martinis, so big improvement, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 09:00
- I fix people's idiocy and make magic happen from the few things they get correct. - Will Hunting Aug 22, 08:43 3
  - Never saw the movie but I love this quote from the trailer for The Current War -- (link) - Dano Aug 22, 08:47 [youtube] 2
    - I always misread this movie title as The War After Yesterday's War. -- nm - Max Aug 22, 09:23
    - Ha! That's good. - Will Hunting Aug 22, 08:49
Most of the DFW area is underwater this morning after last night's storm predicted to produce 2-3" of rain turned into 7-10". It is still raining now. -- (link) - GregW Aug 22, 08:35 1
- the puppies are hella confused as to why we taught them to pee outside and now we want them to pee in the garage -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 22, 09:48
Tom Weiskopf, British Open Winner and Golf Course Designer, Dies at 79 - crash davis Aug 22, 08:33
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Charged Under Terrorism Act - crash davis Aug 22, 08:13
Dr Fauci to retire -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 08:09 4
- Running for the Republican Nomination in 2024! -- nm - David Aug 22, 08:34 1
  - yeah! Fauci/Paul In '24 - that's the ticket! -- nm - mud Aug 22, 09:30
- "and we look forward to our attempt to completely destroy this man in early 2023." -- nm - GOP Aug 22, 08:13
- "quitter!" -- nm - Max Aug 22, 08:10
Lily James Experiences Beaches a Little Differently Now - crash davis Aug 22, 07:28
Tevin Campbell coming out as gay is like me announcing to the world last week that I like wine. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 07:27 3
- J August Richards came out, which was a bit of a "huh." -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 07:47
- do you like wine? you have hidden it so well - crash davis Aug 22, 07:29 1
  - 🤣🍷 -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 07:33
Vadim V. Bakatin, the Last Chairman of the K.G.B., Dies at 84 - crash davis Aug 22, 07:00
'Glass Onion' cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson & Dave Bautista -- (link*) - mud Aug 22, 06:56
Expansion of Clean Energy Loans Is ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Climate Bill - crash davis Aug 22, 06:51
MoviePass Sets Labor Day Return With Tiered Pricing And Waitlist -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 06:36 2
- Hopefully they get it right this time. -- nm* - sycor Aug 22, 06:40 1
  - This time, for sure -- nm - Mop Aug 22, 06:50
Harry Styles cover for Rolling Stone -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 06:29 2
- 19 more sleeps till we see his concert! -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 07:33
- 'I've had my own journey figuring out my sexuality' -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 07:09
Weekend Viewing: Prey A+. Black Phone A. Luck B. -- nm - sycor Aug 22, 06:28 7
- Feast: (Disney short) A+, Prey: A, Deep Water uh, B? spoils? - JD Aug 22, 09:34 1
  - I love Feast, it’s one of my favorites. -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 09:36
- Day Shift B-, The Gray Man B, The Sandman A -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 22, 07:42
- The Rehearsal: A+, The White Lotus: B+ -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 06:35
- Sandman, A -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 06:34
- The Sandman Episode 11: B -- nm - JaxSean Aug 22, 06:32
- HoDr Ep.1 A+, Adam Project C+ -- nm - mud Aug 22, 06:31
So my wife is now a sol-trader, do our accounting folks have any tips.. - Karl_S Aug 22, 05:36 2
- With the caveats that it isn't my area of practice, I don't trade crypto, and you're on another continent... - spamlet Aug 22, 06:34 1
  - thanks - Karl_S Aug 22, 20:05
Every time I see the Cybertruck, I think "Man, the polygons on the GameCube are excellent" -- (link) - Reagen Aug 22, 05:17 6
- I've seen many ugly things in my time, but this, jeebus.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 22, 07:46
- It is not what I consider attractive, but I think it'll sell well and has a lot of practical aspects that'll lend - TWuG Aug 22, 07:41
- *hands this Twitter account more water to carry* - Will Hunting Aug 22, 05:38
- Minecraft IRL -- nm - budice Aug 22, 05:32
- it *is* very taste-specific for sure. is it in production yet? -- nm - amanda Aug 22, 05:26 1
  - Deliveries begin next year -- nm - TWuG Aug 22, 07:39
TV PSA: Bachelorette, Raw, American Ninja Warrior, Roswell New Mexico, Beat Shazam, In the Dark, Claim to Fame, Snake in the Grass, Below Deck Med, -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 04:27 1
- Legacy: True Story of the Lakers, Tuca & Bertie, Anne, Kevin Can F**k Himself, Ridley Jones, NFL, Industry, Bear Grylls, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 04:29
HBO Max showreel for upcoming shows -- (link) - LMS Aug 22, 04:15 [youtube] 3
- "aw sorry, that's one's been cancelled and deleted since we started this" -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 04:51 2
  - "This show is excellent! Best tax break I ever saw" -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 04:56 1
    - "Here's what you could have won." -- nm - LMS Aug 22, 05:40
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 22, 04:04 [Attachment]
Framed #164 - 1/6 - prayformojo Aug 22, 03:48 1
- Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 3/6. Actorle: 3/8. - Marlowe Aug 22, 06:14
Worldle #213 1/6 - prayformojo Aug 22, 03:46
I just busted out laughing at the title of a certain Harley Quinn episode (the most recent one) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 22:39 1
- "oh my god, there were bones in this" hah -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 22:53
The Beastie Boys announced an upcoming, 5-part anthology collection. You can get parts A, B, C, & D for free. - JD Aug 21, 22:17 2
- 😁 -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 04:27
- decent effort -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 22:40
Always wanted to go to Plitvice in Croatia to take waterfall pics, but this waterfall in Vietnam just tied it -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 22:04 1
- ... and also adding the Canaima waterfall in Venezuela, for whenever their society/government calms down ... -- (link*) - Beryllium Aug 21, 22:19 [flickr]
There's a lot of crazy on ST tonight for such a short board. -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 21:35
3/6 - znufrii Aug 21, 21:32 8
- 4/6 - Marlowe Aug 22, 06:52
- znufrii, my starting word partner: 3/6 - oblique Aug 22, 05:49 1
  - Nice! -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 05:59
- 3 - rollo Aug 22, 05:46
- 4/6 - TWuG Aug 22, 04:59
- 3 - decline Aug 22, 04:59
- Wordle 429 5/6 - prayformojo Aug 22, 03:46
- 4 - Wordle 429 - GregW Aug 21, 23:12
".. hear a black hole!" -- (link) - mud Aug 21, 21:32 3
- Oh yes, perfectly normal sound. Perfectly normal... Nothing creepy at all. - Jovian Aug 22, 08:22
- I don't care how much gas is in the galaxy cluster, there's still vacuum between it and us, right? -- nm - Ender Aug 21, 22:17 1
  - They're effectively "seeing" the waves in the gas cloud. - Reagen Aug 22, 02:35
My sailboat photo got included in the Flickr Explore for today. It's been aaages since one of my photos got explored. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 21:22 [flickr] 2
- ~I'd rather be sailing...~ -- (link) - znufrii Aug 21, 21:23 [youtube]
- nice one -- nm - mud Aug 21, 21:23
Video Game mashup: Police Squad: Detroit -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 21, 20:42
HotD premiere gets a rating of OH YEAH BABY, lets hope they can keep it up (single spoiler statement) - crash davis Aug 21, 20:39 13
- "Is the big woman in this?" -- nm - Tormund Aug 22, 08:27
- Any nudity? -- nm - Mop Aug 21, 21:57 2
  - You get to see Matt Smith's ass. -- nm - Ender Aug 21, 22:00 1
    - Thank you for getting straight to the point. -- nm - Mop Aug 22, 06:50
- When does this series take place (how many years before GOT) and is this canonical or made up from the HBO boopie twits? -- nm - Flavorize Aug 21, 20:51 5
  - Fire & Blood is a good read if you love the GOT world GRRM created -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 04:59
  - the GRRM book Fire & Blood has a lot of this story in it. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 21, 20:54
  - 172, and it's canonical -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 21, 20:53
  - 172 years before, the exec producer is GRRM so its canonical -- nm - crash davis Aug 21, 20:53 1
    - Well, 172 pre Daenerys' birth, so tack on a few more years to get to Got... -- nm - Ender Aug 21, 21:59
- no no no he's just a -- (edited) - mud Aug 21, 20:43 2
  - I live by a simple code (spoiler) - crash davis Aug 21, 20:47 1
    - Good code. - Beryllium Aug 21, 20:48
The internet is doing its thing again. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 20:30
Black cardinal helmets look weird particularly playing the Ravens. No color anywhere on the field. - Volnelk Aug 21, 20:03 1
- Every team wants to use black and I really dislike it. - Krusty Aug 22, 04:29
I tweeted my dumb joke -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:57 3
- Maybe I'll delete it I dunno -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:57 2
  - Leave it the visual sells it. -- nm - .🎡 Aug 21, 22:52
  - It’s old school memery for sure. -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 20:15
[an error occurred while processing this HBO Max directive means 90 Day Fiancé Is Coming.]] -- nm - Qale Aug 21, 19:55
the math checks out, one billion percent -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 21, 19:49 2
- I will never not unsee this -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 21, 22:07
- sure, why not? We can remake Three Ninjas with the kids as adults. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 19:55

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