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NY Giants punter Jamie Gillan stuck in London with passport issues -- (link) - Beaker Oct 12, 07:32 1
- I guess the Giants will have to convert every 3rd down -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 07:35
You can now earn delta miles for purchases at starbucks -- (link) - ty97 Oct 12, 07:27 2
- Cool! Thanks for sharing. I've linked my accounts. -- nm - Mop Oct 12, 07:39
- but can you purchase starbucks with delta miles? -- nm - decline Oct 12, 07:29
NASA has set the next launch window for Artemis for Nov. 14th -- (link) - decline Oct 12, 07:23
Framed: 4/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:20
Shot -- (link) - ty97 Oct 12, 07:12 5
- Chaser -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 12, 07:12 [Attachment] 4
  - That's more explanation than point though. -- (edited) - Roger More Oct 12, 07:26 3
    - I wonder how many of those countries for the UK tourists are "Tenerife" and "Mallorca". -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 07:38
    - Though the corollary would be how many states have you been to. I would say Georgia has a different culture than Vermont. -- nm - Dano Oct 12, 07:32 1
      - 40 -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 07:37
MS Surface Event livestream -- (link*) - budice Oct 12, 07:10 [youtube]
Anyone else watching the new Mole on Netflix? -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 07:05
Protests in Iran Spread, Including to Oil Sector, Despite Violent Crackdown - crash davis Oct 12, 07:01
No, dealers aren't coming after your kids with rainbow fentanyl for Halloween -- (link*) - Reagen Oct 12, 06:59 8
- apparenty kids are being taught oral sex and how to be gay in the 2nd grade here in Hamiltion County -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 07:11 1
  - can barely get them to colour in the lines. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 07:16
- Every year there's something the news reports that people will give your kids that will kill them. It never actually happens but fear gets people watching. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 12, 07:06 3
  - It's a ploy to get addicts to buy halloween costumes. *temple tap* -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 07:11 1
    - Will Spirit Halloween stop at *nothing*? -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 07:11
  - " rage farming" -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 12, 07:10
- In this economy? -- nm - Tim Oct 12, 07:04
- I hear free drugs are something they like to anonymously give away. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 07:00
Dear tax recruiter, it is October 12th. Please learn your market, kthnx. -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 06:52
UNC player Leaky Black signs NIL deal with plumbing company. -- (link) - Krusty Oct 12, 06:50 2
- Poor Jake Fromm just missed the window on that big State Farm deal. -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 06:56 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 07:08
Road trip next week. On the way there, it's kind of rule to stop at Cracker Barrell for breakfast or lunch, right? - sycor Oct 12, 06:42 5
- Yes, and now they serve alcohol. Try the loaded hashbrown casserole tots -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 12, 06:44 1
  - whaaaaat? Alcohol? Hashbrown casserole is banging. I don't think I've ever seen to tot casserole. - sycor Oct 12, 06:52
- Are you coming up to the see the Arch? Great chicken and dumpling place on the IL side. -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 06:43 2
  - Heading to Louisville first. St Louis second, then back to Lexington, KY before heading back home. What's the name of the place? -- nm - sycor Oct 12, 06:48 1
    - Eckert's. It's a farm that has a restaurant on site. You can do fruit picking while you're there. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 12, 06:51
Toronto: Does Jane & Finch get a bad rap? -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 06:38 7
- I rely on Reagen to tout Canadian bands. So until he posts that he is digging Jane and Finch's new album, I have no opinion -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 06:49
- A flatmate from university was a lifeguard at a community pool there. He always said a bit rough, but fine. - mafic Oct 12, 06:48 3
  - There is gang activity, so, a higher than average number of shooting do occur there. But it has been better recently. -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 06:53 2
    - Yeah, he had stories about that, but he made friends with the gangs. He’s that kind of guy. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 06:57 1
      - Dave's niece was visiting us from New York a couple years ago, and we drove through it to get somewhere. I mentioned it was the worst part of Toronto - Andie Oct 12, 07:02
- It is *the* intersection that people would name if they said "name a dangerous part of Toronto." -- nm* - Andie Oct 12, 06:44 1
  - Fun fact ! Not too far south is the intersection of Jane and St. Clair, the inspiration for Stephen Duffy who wrote "Jane St. Clair" - Andie Oct 12, 06:47
Germany delivers an ultramodern air defense system to Ukraine that even Berlin doesn’t own. - crash davis Oct 12, 06:34 2
- Iranian-supplied drones being used by Russia against Ukraine are “slow” and “easy to target” by air defense systems, the British defense ministry said - crash davis Oct 12, 06:39 1
  - In a speech at Russian Energy Week in Moscow, Putin also blamed the “aggressive promotion” of green energy in the European Union for “underinvestment” - crash davis Oct 12, 06:42
‘Chainsaw Man’ Could Be the Biggest Anime Breakthrough Since ‘Attack on Titan’ -- (link) - Beaker Oct 12, 06:34
This band might be my Wet Leg -- (link) - Reagen Oct 12, 06:33 [youtube] 3
- I approve -- nm - Dano Oct 12, 06:55
- Yeah but I wouldn’t want the album cover to keep popping up -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 06:36 1
  - fair. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 06:38
Draymond Green will not be suspended by team. Will play Friday -- (link) - spamlet Oct 12, 06:20
“ It's so weird that people are saying that the late Angela Lansbury made an unforgettable debut in Gaslight when no movie of that title even exists.” - Flavorize Oct 12, 06:10 2
- I look forward to people denying that they stole this joke for the next month. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 06:59 1
  - It took me that long to get that joke. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 10:35
I also hate that this works and may need a full song. -- (link) - Tim Oct 12, 06:04 3
- I was confused about how the top video had any relation to the bottom video. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 12, 06:08 1
  - They’re not related, he just made a thread of ones he liked. Some were dumb but there were a few bangers. -- nm - Tim Oct 12, 06:10
- Also I get TikTok now because of this. Still not gonna put the app on my phone though. -- (link) - Tim Oct 12, 06:06
Manscaped is now the official grooming partner of the Ball State Cardinals -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 12, 05:51 2
- I get jokes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 05:55 1
  - They've lined up Kent State for their eventual expansion into women's grooming products -- nm - rollo Oct 12, 06:48
Andie alert: My office is trying to get us to come in at least once a week. So random prize draw yesterday for coming in and this is what I won.(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 12, 05:34 5
- andie! -- nm - Diva Oct 12, 06:54
- nice! -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 06:30
- Oh, a foot warmer. -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 06:21
- Cool! -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 05:50
- nice! -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 05:38
Hearing a customer going to the bathroom while I am talking to them is not the way to start a day :( - Walt_Disney Oct 12, 05:31 3
- Especially as I'm trying to make their cappuccino! -- nm - Mop Oct 12, 05:49 1
  - Hold on, I'll make my own froth *adjusts aim slightly* -- nm - customer si Oct 12, 06:03
- Are your hold time long? -- nm - Dano Oct 12, 05:48
Somehow a guy in a Georgia max security prison was able to use cell phones to scam millions from people. He bought a $4.4 million house -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 12, 05:21 3
- Good hustle! Good hustle! -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 06:43
- and next he'll sell the story of his life to another billionaire movie mogul and make more millions -- nm - decline Oct 12, 05:49
- Can’t read it but I assume Form 8300 was involved? - spamlet Oct 12, 05:34
TV PSA: NHL, Survivor, Conners, AEW Dynamite, Stargirl, Chicago x 3, Masked Singer, Goldbergs, Kung Fu, Real Love Boat, Chucky, LEGO Masters, Big Sky, -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 05:16 5
- Andor, Amazing Race, Home Economics, D'Amelio Show, Grid, Handmaid's Tale, Rookie Cops, May it Please the Court, The Zone, Tell Me Lies, Big Shot, -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 05:18 4
  - MLB, Mighty Ducks, Ink Master, Nutty Boy, Challenge, House of Payne, Rivers of Life, Abbott Elementary, NOVA, Sistas, Archer, Halloween stuff, other - Beaker Oct 12, 05:20 3
    - And most importantly, The Challenge. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 12, 06:29
    - 7: Archer, Andor, Survivor, TAR and the Chicagos for the wife -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 05:58
    - 5) Lego Masters, Abbott Elementary, Archer, Ink Master & Amazing Race. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 05:51
Whoa—did not know this—Angela Lansbury and Charles Manson story -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 12, 04:58
Happy birthday, SyrDragon! Woo hoo!! 🥳🎂 -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 04:54 4
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 06:28
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 05:50
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Flavorize Oct 12, 05:45
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 05:07
I need nap. -- nm* - Truman Oct 12, 04:53
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 12, 04:44 [Attachment]
Wordle 480 3/6 - TWuG Oct 12, 03:57 7
- 5/6 - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:46
- 6/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 12, 05:54
- 5 - decline Oct 12, 05:52
- geez. 6/6 - oblique Oct 12, 05:35
- 5 - rollo Oct 12, 05:06
- 4 - 480 - GregW Oct 12, 04:45
- 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 12, 04:08
I don't understand what WWE is doing with Omos... Why bother teaming him up with MVP if you just run him out for one squash match after another? -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 01:41
thing I didn't realise but of course: every lawyer who was a QC is now KC. -- nm - mafic Oct 11, 23:49 3
- ha ha, so much reprinting -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 00:37 1
  - Fortunately, they only have to do it every 70 years or so. I'm extrapolating from experience. -- nm - Barynn Oct 12, 06:19
- Do they each get a sunshine band? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 00:02
Sadly, I did not win the big lotto max draw here. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 23:05 2
- Shame, really. Think of all the good I could do with $70m. - Beryllium Oct 11, 23:09 1
  - YOU could look for a bigger boat -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 00:55
I...had never seen this particular Garfunkel & Oates video. -- (link) - David Oct 11, 22:47 [youtube] 1
- I know I posted it here at least once. Fantastic vid -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 03:50
at the least, certainly not acting like a dude chasing down the money to close his $44b deal in two weeks -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 22:25
This feels like jumping the gun on whether this is akin to lead exposure. Presence of microplastics isn't necessarily the same as - TWuG Oct 11, 22:24
I Love LA -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 22:04 3
- sing it Randy -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 22:06
- Everyone is Someone in LA -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 22:05 1
  - Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel, city of night -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 12, 01:45
I was going to post a paper based joke - JD Oct 11, 21:59 3
- 🤣—What do you call a man in paper trousers? - Flavorize Oct 11, 22:35
- that is awful which means you get a 👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 22:04
- 🙄 -- nm - Meg Oct 11, 22:03
What the hell was I doing last week? How did my dvr get so behind? -- nm - Ender Oct 11, 21:58 2
- Condemning your entire Eldership to Hell? -- nm - spamlet Oct 12, 03:34
- oh, I saw you post roll response on B2 and replied as to what I was referring to -- nm* - crash davis Oct 11, 22:09
The Starlink story is one of those things where there's probably significant intelligence community involvement. - TWuG Oct 11, 21:51 3
- Well, the article begins with "Elon Musk personally rejected"... (NM) - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:05
- yeah, I wasn't trying to defend him (good lord, no) but I don't feel like digging his hole deeper than he digs it -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 21:52
- Yeah. I didn't read the article, but that was the vibe I got from the discussion. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 21:51
Specialized is launching a new bike brand, "Globe", and the first bike will be the "Haul ST". -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 11, 21:43 1
- I kind of like the looks of it -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 21:54
Colin: I misspoke on B2, the Murphy Brown watch was my first time through ever. It wasn’t offensive at all though. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 21:42
Chuck. - David Oct 11, 21:40 10
- Six Feet Under was the other one that came to mind -- nm - rollo Oct 12, 05:08
- Buffy—my BIL confessed to me it’s his “happy place” tv show—been avoiding a rewatch because Whedon being a f’in terrible human being - Flavorize Oct 11, 22:50 2
  - we're currently in a rewatch of the whole thing. There's no sour feeling watching it - Reagen Oct 12, 05:57
  - Yep, one reason I've not rewatched Firefly. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 23:04
- ... a show that you would like to rewatch soon? (I forget the exact poll phrasing). Anyway, good answer. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 21:40 5
  - I tried rewatching it. The male gaze on that show is *intense*. Also *spoils* - TWuG Oct 11, 21:46 3
    - Remind me. -- nm - David Oct 11, 22:05 1
      - Spoils - TWuG Oct 11, 22:10
    - Yeah. Loved that show. But ... it's not without flaws. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 21:48
  - "solid to really good tv show you never hear about anymore or think about doing a rewatch for" -- nm - David Oct 11, 21:44
Krugman - A Nobel Prize for the Economics of Panic - crash davis Oct 11, 21:23
The Best Board Games By Wirecutter Staff Updated October 11, 2022 - crash davis Oct 11, 21:12 10
- Mysterium is a great game. The fact that you can only talk to each other through pictures makes the mystery a unique challenge. - Inigo Oct 12, 04:34
- The House on the Hill game sounds like ST's wheelhouse. -- nm - David Oct 11, 21:39 8
  - my brother had it. it's fine. kinda clunky, takes a bit to learn first time out, some of the scenarios are much better than others. - mafic Oct 11, 22:54 3
    - Way to kill my dream immediately with your unbiased review, mafic. -- nm - David Oct 11, 23:04 2
      - he's right unfortunately - I've played it half a dozen times. It's fun but not one of my favorites -- nm - rollo Oct 12, 05:05
      - ymmv, I'm not really into the cooperative board games. just don't expect a rolicking good time. unlike the game about birdwatching. -- nm - mafic Oct 11, 23:11
  - It really does -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 21:44 3
    - I really like that you make these posts. I genuinely read all of them, time allowing. -- nm - David Oct 11, 21:45 2
      - also, I'm intrigued by the idea that the Sherlock Holmes game can be played by one player -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 21:56
      - They're things that I'm interested in and I hope to share with people who are paywalled. I'm glad to hear that you and others enjoy them - crash davis Oct 11, 21:49
"I'm resisting with every fibre of my being... that's how I know it's the right thing to do." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 21:05
Norm's guitar of the day. a 1969 Telecaster -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 11, 20:56 [youtube]

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