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We have new point-of-sale terminals at work. That’s good since the other ones were wore the eff out after 10 years. Still no tap or Apple/Google pay. -- nm - Qale Sep 1, 13:09
STIS: Excel - I have a data on one tab. Dropdown list based on items on that tab on another tab. When I select something in the list, I want to - colin Sep 1, 13:05 3
- xlookup is sexier, but yes, it should work. if you need help and it's nonconf email what mary at the g and I am happy to. -- nm - amanda Sep 1, 13:07 2
  - thank you! i'll drop you an email tomorrow, going to wrap up for today, i can't do any more data :) -- nm - colin Sep 1, 13:24
  - xlookup is so sexy they should call it xxxlookup. -- nm - Max Sep 1, 13:08
will credit card reward be a thing of the past if Durbin has his way? -- (link) - St. Epiphany Sep 1, 12:58 5
- bastards! -- nm - oblique Sep 1, 13:10
- The article mentions Discover and Amex but doesn't explain why there's a duopoly with four systems. -- nm - Max Sep 1, 13:07 1
  - They are each a single company? -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 13:08
- It’s always fascinating to hear about a monopoly (or duopoly) when it’s absolutely not one. There are 4 major credit cards. - Qale Sep 1, 13:05 1
  - typically when you sign up with visa or MC you get service for both through the one bank, but disc n amx you have to deal separately pay more - zeitgeist Sep 1, 16:48
Interesting. Cavs acquire Mitchell from Utah for two players and several picks. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 1, 12:53 1
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 12:55
"Sources: Cleveland Cavaliers trade 3 first round picks, two swaps for Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell" - David Sep 1, 12:52 7
- is this crazy, good or bad? I don't follow basketball much anymore -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 1, 13:03 4
  - It means Cleveland is trying to win, while Utah has given up for a while. -- nm - David Sep 1, 13:04 1
    - They have like 15 1st rounders in the next 6 drafts - Will Hunting Sep 1, 13:21
  - crazy good for the Cavs -- nm - decline Sep 1, 13:04 1
    - Utah in Rebuilding Mode! -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 13:07
- I blame Rudy Gobert for this and for giving us all COVID -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 1, 12:56
- LOL at the Knicks -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:53
Serena Facts! -- (edited) - Remlik Sep 1, 12:43 1
- Born September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:44
LOLz. Dan Patrick has linked Urban Meyer to potential upcoming vacancies at Arizona State and Nebraska. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 1, 12:37 2
- Arizona State makes sense. They’re all fucking drunk. But Nebraska? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 13:22
- Someone needs to give these idjits some rubber pants. -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Sep 1, 13:12 [Attachment]
'Dead For A Dollar': -- (link) - mud Sep 1, 12:35 [youtube] 1
- I'd dead that for a dollar! (also, the R rating description does not fit the preview for the movie we saw) -- nm* - Spawn Sep 1, 12:36
~6 hours to go .. will Amazon's servers crash? -- nm - mud Sep 1, 12:18 3
- For Frodo -- nm - budice Sep 1, 12:26
- I'm pretty sure that's just about impossible at this point -- nm - decline Sep 1, 12:18 1
  - If they did, it could take down about one third of the entire global internet infrastructure. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 12:29
By the way, Universal Studios has revamped its rewards program. You can get Scott Pilgrim for 1,000 points. -- (link) - David Sep 1, 12:04
My 2,500th Vudu movie is...American Underdog. - David Sep 1, 11:57 1
- 2500 is a lot -- nm - budice Sep 1, 11:59
‘SNL’ Cast Shakeup Continues: Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat, Aristotle Athari to Depart -- (link) - Remlik Sep 1, 11:56 4
- Go seek out Mister Moffat, Agent Starling, while you can still see him on the show! -- nm - Max Sep 1, 12:22
- That sucks but I am all for a smaller cast. It should not take 5 minutes to list the cast each week. - Spawn Sep 1, 12:11
- dang that sucks about Moffat and Melissa -- nm - Jovian Sep 1, 11:57 1
  - Moffat is gonna have to sell that boat now -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 16:50
Court agrees with Trump legal team’s request *not* to unseal detailed inventory of documents seized at mar-a-lago -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 1, 11:49 19
- "What're you gonna do, call my bluff?" -- nm - Guy Who's Bluff Was Called Sep 1, 12:10
- Update, judge is unsealing the detailed inventory over Trump’s objections, maybe? -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 1, 12:09 9
  - (Court turned off the wi-fi so there was no real-time reporting from the courtroom apparently) -- nm - znufrii Sep 1, 12:13 8
    - Reminds me of this... -- (link) - Dano Sep 1, 12:22
    - SEE!?! -- nm - Trumpers Sep 1, 12:15 6
      - Please, this judge is a wet dream for the Trumpers. Shes totally going to appoint a Special Master -- nm - Jovian Sep 1, 12:19 5
        
        but DoJ has had all the docs for 3 weeks, they're probly finished with them! So it's moo. -- nm - mud Sep 1, 12:21 4
        
        she's 40 years old appointed by the fascist 1 week after he lost the election. Its in the bag. She'll do what she's told. -- nm - Jovian Sep 1, 12:39
        
        We'll see. Its about delay delay delay. -- nm - Jovian Sep 1, 12:23 2
        
        I personally am looking forward to Special Master Rudy Giuliani ruling on executive privilege in this case -- nm - decline Sep 1, 12:54 1
        
        From his suite atop Four Seasons Total Landscaping. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:56
- “an overdue library book” -- (link) - mud Sep 1, 12:06
- we all know Donlad will release the stuff within 2 days :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 1, 12:02 1
  - contrary: he'll claim they stole poor Melania's favorite dresses and then claim he's not allowed to show the inventory list because the court. - Max Sep 1, 12:05
- and the hearing has wrapped up -- (link) - Jovian Sep 1, 11:57
- Yellow Showers bring DoJ Flowers -- nm - budice Sep 1, 11:55
- We want transparency! ... not like THAT! -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 11:52 1
  - they really just wanted it to look like the DoJ is hiding something. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 1, 11:54
- (as always, what they actually do is far more important that what trump and his apologists say) -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 1, 11:50
Never quite woke up today. Still fuzzy and the work day is almost over. -- nm - Diva Sep 1, 11:47 9
- I am so scared this covid fog will not lift. - Spawn Sep 1, 11:52 7
  - Who needs brains when you have those muscles? -- nm - Max Sep 1, 12:32 1
    - Speaking of muscle (memory), driving is the only thing that feels *right* at the moment. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:52
  - it will take awhile for it to lift. Just take it easy. -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 12:16 2
    - I don't like... operating at slowed speeds. - Spawn Sep 1, 12:20 1
      - For me it was a combo of drinking coffee and coke zero that made me feel normal. -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 13:16
  - I've been using those for over 12 years, daily. Looks like one new study: - mud Sep 1, 11:58 1
    - Thanks! - Spawn Sep 1, 12:05
- Well, that's a Wednesday for ya. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 11:50
my accounting dept had been looking for $345k all week and handed it off to us this morning (we've been suuuper busy all week so haven't had time to - amanda Sep 1, 11:45 5
- Wells Fargo offered 10% finders fees on bank & stagecoach robberies 150 years ago. The bosses owe you $34,500 -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 1, 12:05
- Mistake in tipping the pizza delivery guy, should have been 3.45 -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 11:55
- ..across two dozen transactions - JD Sep 1, 11:48 1
  - we knew where it was (which line, which business) but couldn't figure out where it was being double-allocated. (we are reorganizing so - amanda Sep 1, 11:50
- did you look under the cat? - oblique Sep 1, 11:46
"Mariupol had the population of Miami & Tallinn, over 450K." -- (link) - mud Sep 1, 11:41
ST Overshare: Not sure how I feel about this, but learned something about my partner's aunt yesterday. - colin Sep 1, 11:10 5
- why not meet with the dna match? if they are the child, they may have the answers. (but DNA matches can be very distant too.) -- nm* - Andie Sep 1, 11:16 4
  - we just got contact, not even sure if it's the person yet. but it's now possible. -- nm - colin Sep 1, 11:21
  - oh, and there are lot of online data bases that birth parents and adopted children can register in to find the other. look there for matches. -- nm - Andie Sep 1, 11:18 2
    - interesting. the birth mother has passed, so not sure if we can do that. not sure if it's even something we should do.. how does that go? - colin Sep 1, 11:22 1
      - DNA can tell if you have a recent common ancestry, same grand parent. That's how they Crack cold cases, a cousin does 23nme... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 11:41
I'm not saying it was commissioned purely based on the title but Huge Homes With Hugh Dennis begins on More4 tonight. -- nm - LMS Sep 1, 11:09
All joking aside, I would like to get into the BOP forum. My password from last year does not work and it acts like it does not recognize either of - Spawn Sep 1, 11:09 6
- Use the password mattryan to login but then please change it asap. -- nm - David Sep 1, 11:11 5
  - But that was my old password! - Spawn Sep 1, 11:13 4
    - Do you also use it for your luggage? -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Sep 1, 11:16 3
      - Yes. And it is also painted on the luggage in case I forget! -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 11:18 2
        
        But wouldn't Matt Ryan mistake it for his luggage? Better not use the same airports. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Sep 1, 11:53 1
        
        Well, it had not been a problem. Then the bastard moved. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:09
Approved! I am now a trusted traveler with global entry, which means I can go anywhere and do anything I want. Now to make plans. -- nm - Max Sep 1, 11:05 10
- Best $100 you'll ever spend. Believe me. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 1, 12:15 2
  - Disagreed. -- nm - Scraps, the fun-lovin' Vegas hooker Sep 1, 12:42 1
    - Hooray! Scraps is back -- nm - con_carne Sep 1, 12:53
- I still have to do the interview. I'll do it "on arrival" at JFK. -- nm - Mop Sep 1, 11:36
- Does that work if you die between check-in and TSA and still want to fly? -- (link) - Ender Sep 1, 11:23
- That sounds nifty. I should look in to that. -- nm - sycor Sep 1, 11:16
- How was the appointment process? I went through the initial thing to get authorized but have never gone and made an appointment because it has been - oblique Sep 1, 11:08 2
  - yeah, inconvenient and I think it was a six month wait. But the interview was maybe 10 minutes - Max Sep 1, 11:13 1
    - It's definitely the hardest part, but if you travel, it makes it 100% worth the effort. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 1, 12:16
- send pix from the South Pole!! -- nm - mud Sep 1, 11:07
Thom Brennaman trying to put the past behind him and start anew. -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 1, 11:03 1
- Contrition and rehab can lend itself to forgiveness and a fresh start. Solid play-by-play voice. Less douchey than others -- nm* - budice Sep 1, 11:07
Mop! Comcast is looking to cut as much as $1B from budgets of NBCUniversal's TV networks, including through layoffs and programming changes -- (link) - decline Sep 1, 10:59 5
- Good thing folks banked those overall deals -- nm - budice Sep 1, 11:10
- "Oh god the CGI looks horrible now" -- nm - budice Sep 1, 11:09
- "Media giant wants to boost its Peacock streaming service" - David Sep 1, 11:08
- Here we go. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 1, 11:02 [youtube] 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Sep 1, 11:04
Who is Ben? (Astronauts) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 1, 10:56 9
- Be careful not to say his name three times. You might summon him. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 1, 11:00 1
  - Wait, he is Brady fan? My notebooks are way off. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 11:02
- Apparently some sort of a big deal that likes Tom Brady. - Spawn Sep 1, 10:57 6
  - more like Santa, amiright? -- nm - oblique Sep 1, 10:59
  - Kudos to David for finding another new owner that will fall to the Belt Collectors -- nm - Strongbad Sep 1, 10:59
  - Roger More maybe? -- nm - Andie Sep 1, 10:59 3
    - I'm honestly not sure if SB is being serious but it's someone that predates him.(spoilers) - spamlet Sep 1, 12:15 1
      - Thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 1, 12:36
    - Doing a football draft? Unlikely. -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 11:34
Poland requests Germany pay $1.3 Trillion in reparations for WW2 invasion and occupation -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 1, 10:54 3
- If I were on a jury I'd side with Germany here because of that 1953 decision. Pressured or not, it officially represented Poland. - Max Sep 1, 12:07
- Greece will you know that will never work (and they're ahead of Poland in line) -- nm - colin Sep 1, 11:27
- :-P -- nm - mud Sep 1, 11:01
David just got all tingly inside -- (link) - decline Sep 1, 10:43 3
- Lifetime's holiday movies are just okay. -- nm - David Sep 1, 10:54 1
  - Usually because they start with the woman in mortal danger and the whimsy is missing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 11:04
- nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Sep 1, 10:45
Variety: Arcade Fire Opener Feist Exits Tour After Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct: ‘Wish Healing to Those Involved’ -- (link) - mud Sep 1, 10:43 3
- Good for her. -- nm - JD Sep 1, 10:46 2
  - She is judge and jury? -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 11:32 1
    - For what she feels comfortable doing, yes. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 11:34
Researchers develop zinc ion battery using chemical found in crustacean shells -- (link) - znufrii Sep 1, 10:41 3
- As long as they don't make a shortage of my delicious crabs and lobsters. -- nm - sycor Sep 1, 10:43 2
  - This valuable material is abundant in nature and can also be found in fungi and insects, but is usually thrown away as food waste from restaurants - JD Sep 1, 10:47 1
    - Eat mor crabs -- nm - Cows Sep 1, 11:09
I'm one chapter into Fire & Blood and so far it's a lot less begatty than I feared. -- nm - Ender Sep 1, 10:40
re: B2 😺 to all cat photos I missed & 👍 to all dog photos -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 10:29 2
- Mitsu hanging out at Dawson's -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 1, 11:48 [Attachment]
- that was fun! -- nm - Andie Sep 1, 10:39
WWE -spoils on incoming talent - Will Hunting Sep 1, 10:22 8
- His girlfriend is on SmackDown I think. - Tim Sep 1, 10:38 1
  - I dig Aaliyah. She jobbed for five years, and all she did was get better as a performer. It's noble. -- nm - David Sep 1, 10:53
- spoil story - Remlik Sep 1, 10:29
- But NWA just had an invasion angle with him! - The Allfather Sep 1, 10:23 4
  - If it happened in NWA and tens of people saw it, did it really happen? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 11:02
  - Bobby Fish AEW contract is up and he's a free agent. -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 10:30 2
    - He just got injured again as you were posting that -- nm - Tim Sep 1, 10:33
    - NXT: Bull Buchanan father of Brooks Jensen headed to the PC and may be on NXT tv -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 10:31
We have a list of the first 10 episode titles for Futurama 11. - The Allfather Sep 1, 10:18 3
- Oh no. - Beryllium Sep 1, 10:20 2
  - You and I are VERY different people. - The Allfather Sep 1, 10:22 1
    - I mean, the last three are great. It's those first two that concern me. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 10:23
By far I think the most unrealistic part of the Game of Thrones universe is that in a world where people regularly ride flying dragons... - Ender Sep 1, 10:17
Not to brag or anything, but my CFA bag said *I'm* the best part of today. But really, I think *YOU* are the best part. - sycor Sep 1, 10:10

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