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DTL: My superpower appears to be picking net guys that are interim team maxes. - spamlet Sep 19, 07:20
q: without looking, do you know who jocelyn wildenstein is? -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 07:13 1
- Nope. Thanks for that. -- nm* - Volnelk Sep 19, 07:24
Interesting Email: Disney Bundle $9.99 for 4 months -- (pic) - budice Sep 19, 06:56 [Attachment]
Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: X. - Marlowe Sep 19, 06:54
if I'm going to play old DOS games, is that Classic PC Gaming or Retro PC Gaming? - colin Sep 19, 06:39 7
- I've been on an Angband kick for a few weeks now. -- nm - Barynn Sep 19, 07:07 1
  - oo, fun. i'll add that to the list. i've got about 20 or so games now in the queue, but always looking for more ( and there are so many...) -- nm - colin Sep 19, 07:20
- Starflight! -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 07:04
- also, Fivrr is magical. never went on there until now. there are some great artists on there. -- nm* - colin Sep 19, 06:53
- Classic DOS Gaming (DOS requires a PC and then you also have "DOS" in the channel name) -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 06:41 2
  - This. -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 06:50 1
    - oo, nice. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 06:51
YDC: The same author currently has the 3 highest selling books on Amazon. And 2 more in the Top 10. -- (edited) - MDH Sep 19, 06:24 11
- currently very popular at our library -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 07:17
- Where do you see that? I see 3 of hers in the Top 20 Bestsellers for the last week. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 06:49 6
  - Here ya go: -- (link) - MDH Sep 19, 06:52 4
    - Very Hungry Caterpillar still cashing checks. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 06:55 2
      - NYT had an article on Random House books. It’s a top 5 seller of all their books every year. -- nm - MDH Sep 19, 06:57 1
        
        Hot take, it's not that great of a book. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 06:57
    - That’s odd … so many lists - Will Hunting Sep 19, 06:54
  - This, I think -- (link) - mara Sep 19, 06:52
- she's got a nicholas sparks going -- nm - colin Sep 19, 06:39
- Werewolf porn, or dinosaur porn? — nm - mafic Sep 19, 06:34 1
  - Por que no los dos? -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 06:36
Tough day for Sky Cable subscribers looking for spicy content -- (link*) - budice Sep 19, 06:16
I notice a switch from the Mercedes hearse in Scotland to a Jaguar in London. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 19, 05:40 1
- By all rights she should be in a Vauxhall hearse. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 05:50
Marching for over an hour is tiring enough and so is playing brass or drums (loudly) but doing both? Those people are going to be exhausted. -- nm - zork Sep 19, 05:15 1
- Meh. -- nm - DCI teams Sep 19, 06:13
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 19, 04:51 6
- they always feel like somebody's watching them. -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 06:08 3
  - seven baths and three beds is crazy. -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 06:09 2
    - what do you do with six pastures if you don't have a barn?? -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 06:11 1
      - the pastures are so they can spot the feds in open ground, lay waste to them. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 06:53
- Deer God. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 05:53
- "It's not a cult, it's a *retreat*!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 04:54
Hasn't the queen had about 20 funerals so far? -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 04:22 1
- I don’t know if you’ve heard of her but she’s kind of a big deal. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 04:59
Ouch. We had a team in our home league start Lance over Tua yesterday. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 03:58
ST Survivor contestant listing - Beaker Sep 19, 03:32 3
- Is mine Moria like the mines or Mariah like the Carey? -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 03:42 2
  - like carey. -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 05:34 1
    - They've saving her turning into a balrog for sweeps. -- nm - Barynn Sep 19, 06:34
TV PSA: NFL, Neighborhood, 911, Raw, Voice, Bob Hearts Abishola, Cleaning Lady, NCIS, NCIS Hawaii, Snake in the Grass, Quantum Leap, Below Deck Med, -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 03:24 5
- UK has the Queen's Funeral and Paddington 2. -- nm - LMS Sep 19, 04:10 2
  - oh my god, how much longer is that crap going to go on?? -- nm - amanda Sep 19, 06:12 1
    - Last day of it today, besides Paddington 2 is a great film. -- nm - LMS Sep 19, 06:18
- Kevin Can F**k Himself, Dancing With the Stars, Industry, Legacy: the true story of the LA Lakers, Best in Dough, Go Dog Go, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 03:26 1
  - 2) The Neighborhood and Quantum Leap -- nm - Krusty Sep 19, 04:11
Beyond the Edge canceled after one season -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 03:19
Heathrow will cancel or rearrange many flights regarding noise concerns during the funeral -- (link) - zork Sep 19, 00:15
Wordle 457 5/6 - TWuG Sep 18, 23:42 13
- 4 - 457 - GregW Sep 19, 13:29
- X/6. Got trapped again. Second time in a week. (spoils) - Barynn Sep 19, 07:22
- 4/6 - Marlowe Sep 19, 06:59
- 3/6 (spoiler) - oblique Sep 19, 06:17
- Banged a 2 - rollo Sep 19, 05:31 2
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo Sep 19, 05:31 1
    - Every once in a while my starting strategy pays off -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 05:35
- 5 - decline Sep 19, 05:26
- 6/6 - znufrii Sep 19, 04:52
- 3/6 - prayformojo Sep 19, 04:07
- Wordle 457 3/6 - zork Sep 19, 00:17
- I have a bunch of four letter words for that five letter word. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 00:02 1
  - Settle down there, K. Flay. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 00:08
Russia’s defining 20th-century pop star comes out against the war. - crash davis Sep 18, 22:37 3
- She's 73 and her 5th husband is 48....rock star status achieved. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 00:40
- The U.S. is warning Ukraine about Russian air threats in real time, a top American general says. - crash davis Sep 18, 22:38 1
  - Exhumations in Izium will continue for two more weeks, its mayor says. - crash davis Sep 18, 23:03
And here are a few photos from last week. -- (link) - Meg Sep 18, 21:56 [flickr] 6
- Very nice! The caverns looks very interesting. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 19, 04:13
- giggles, the images loaded slowly, "aztec bathroom" was last, I anticipated some anthro/cultural shot of an anazazi outhouse.... - zeitgeist Sep 18, 22:35 2
  - Just be sure you're not flushing any Legos :) -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 22:39 1
    - And I just realized my shot of the room at the Aztec was misidentified as part of the Hilton suite :) -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 22:47
- Nice! Looks fun -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 22:00 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 22:33
These Left-Handed Golfers Are Content to Go Their Own Way - crash davis Sep 18, 21:28 3
- Canada has the highest percentage of left handed golfers - Reagen Sep 18, 23:24 2
  - thanks for giving the reason on the IM. I never would have guessed and then I read it and "Oh, yeah, that totally makes sense" -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 23:29 1
    - I'm what, I believe, is the rarest combination. I throw left but golf/hockey right. -- nm - zork Sep 18, 23:42
the skynews feed is showing people walking through the viewing area, no one is taking photos, is that forbidden? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 21:10 5
- Yes, it is (was) forbidden -- nm - zork Sep 18, 23:40
- I don't know but it would be incredibly tacky -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 21:29 3
  - Right, right, obviously the respectful thing to do is wait for the commemorative plate to come out. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 21:39
  - tacky? in this era? I see weddings where the remarkable thing is that there is ONE person who doesn't have a cell phone shooting video/photos ONE -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 21:38 1
    - According to BofA they're all on their phones conducting financial business. -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 22:07
It was linked in the article about tart cherry juice, but there’s a long running cheesesteak eating contest in the Phillies’ visitor’s clubhouse. -- (link) - Tim Sep 18, 20:45 2
- I think chicken is cheating and should be its own category. Easier to do than beef. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 03:49
- Adrian Sanchez 10 1/2 12" cheesesteaks in one day? That is nuts -- nm - crash davis Sep 18, 20:59
Happy Birthday David and kilbo! -- nm - Max Sep 18, 19:45 5
- Thanks! :) -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 06:17
- Hmm. I dunno if we have time for BOTH of you to have birthdays. One of you is gonna have to just stay the same age this year. -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 21:58
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Sep 18, 21:06
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 20:06
- Spicy Pie for the BDay -- nm - budice Sep 18, 19:58
Trying to decide my Christmas getaway. I can spend two nights in a casino for ~$600 plus meals. Or a 4-night cruise for just under $1,000. - Meg Sep 18, 19:33 3
- At the casino you could gamble the extra 400 and maybe get it all back, the cruise well that's literally a sunk cost -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 21:12 2
  - Well the ship has a casino, so I could play my $20 a day there ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 21:32
  - If it's literally a sunk cost, something has gone very wrong on that cruise... -- nm - Ender Sep 18, 21:13
As we were getting the new phones (yes I’m still on the family plan), Mom gets a text about saving $5/line by signing up for auto pay. -- (edited) - Tim Sep 18, 19:31 3
- Verizon keeps offering me $10 a month off if I do online pay, tempting, I still pay most everything by check..still -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 21:13
- I like the auto-pays. That way, if I ever die in my apartment, all my bills will continue to get paid and no one will ever know I'm deceased. -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 20:19
- I've resisted auto-pay so far but may have to do it if I switch to a new provider. I don't write a check, I use my bank's bill-pay. -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 19:38
Streamers: WWE content to leave Hulu if new deal isn't reached.... - Remlik Sep 18, 19:27 5
- We quit Hulu yesterday since Bravo moved to Peacock -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 04:04
- Is that the content where you can watch RAW a month or more after it happens? Because, like, who cares? -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 20:20 2
  - This -- nm - Ender Sep 18, 21:10 1
    - I dunno how I feel about you agreeing with me for once. - Qale Sep 18, 21:59
- There’s WWE content on Hulu still? -- nm - Tim Sep 18, 19:31
Apparently tomorrow will be the Day of the Nerdgasm. - Beryllium Sep 18, 19:23
Genesis: Nick Davis (record producer) says 5 cd BBC Live Recording collection coming spanning the BBC Archive including the 1980 Lyceum show -- (link*) - Remlik Sep 18, 19:11
Shit. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 18, 18:43
Israeli archaeologists has made a “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery of a burial cave dating back to ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 18, 18:23 7
- There are a lot of archeologists. Every one has a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. -- nm - Ender Sep 18, 19:39 2
  - I haven't discovered anything yet! -- nm - Idaho Jones Sep 18, 21:00
  - I found mine in the basement of the archaeology dept. at Cal State Fullerton :) -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 19:54
- It would be cool if there could be a global subsurface scanning project like the Webb that spit out data for amateurs to crunch and suggest dig sites. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 19:24 2
  - And would they just "suggest" them or go out and dig them? The tech is great but needs to be controlled. -- nm - Meg Sep 18, 19:29
  - "... and that's how we discovered the mole-men." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 19:27
- Did they gaze upon it? -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 18, 18:24
I remember when Spicy Pie was the height of music festival food -- nm - JD Sep 18, 17:47 5
- I'm pretty sure Spicy Pie was one of Steve Winwood's early groups. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 17:55 3
  - A Spice Girl when they were still performing in Hamburg -- nm - zork Sep 18, 23:38
  - Traded a case a beer to get the Bandaids, if I remember. -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 20:21
  - that has to be a stripper's name in the 90s -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 18:08
- and now I'm a eating a lobster roll -- (pic) - JD Sep 18, 17:49 [Attachment]
TD Thief Justin Fields. DMont wide open in front -- nm - budice Sep 18, 17:46 3
- I missed the mention of that on the broadcast. Of course the last few "drives" have me staring into space. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 18, 18:35 2
  - here -- (pic) - budice Sep 18, 18:42 [Attachment] 1
    - Oh. The TD play. Ok I guess. Monty turned around and blocked the guy 5 yards off him so - zunk takes things literally Sep 18, 18:53
I should have known it wasn't possible not to know this, but until today I didn't know that Amon-Ra and Equanimeous were brothers -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 17:45 2
- Wait until you hear about their father and mother! -- (link) - David Sep 18, 18:03
- Let me tell you about the Rougneds Odor. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 17:54
The internet is going to be more insufferable than normal with fighting after Biden’s statement on 60 Minutes tonight. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 17:42 11
- Which one? COVID or Taiwan? - spamlet Sep 18, 17:56 2
  - The say it/walk it and then say it/walk it again seems intentional (just a gut feel) -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 18, 18:04 1
    - I feel its a message to China that we are keeping an eye on Taiwan and to not to do anything -- nm - Remlik Sep 18, 18:41
- Yep, the minute I saw it I was like 'avoid the twitters!' -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 17:45
- “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID." -- (edited) - budice Sep 18, 17:42 6
  - Did he hang a big sign saying MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 04:05
  - dumb. -- nm - mafic Sep 18, 23:38
  - Pandemic is over, but COVID can still cause problems as it is endemic? I mean it's obvious 2022 isn't the same as 2020 or even 2021. -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 18:37 2
    - There’s a whole lot of people that simply do not believe this. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 18:44 1
      - I know. And that's okay. No one teaches you how to react to a pandemic. -- nm - Qale Sep 18, 20:22
  - *shrug* we went to Boston AND NY and back and all 4 of us are fine...so maybe? Unvaccinated likely not so much... -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 18, 17:44
ST Survivor - 2 numbers left, 14, and 15...1 spot remaining (I get the last) -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 18, 17:41 [Backboard] 7
- I'll take one if they aren't all gone. It looks like they are, but just in case. -- nm - jnine Sep 18, 21:11 2
  - I'll share 14 with you! -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 03:30 1
    - Great! -- nm - jnine Sep 20, 04:17
- Me if it's not too late - Jovian Sep 18, 19:29 1
  - 15 as that number was first -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 03:29
- I'll take 5 please -- nm - .🎡 Sep 18, 18:17
- just TWO more...spend my $100.... -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 18:00

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