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the Yankees need to lose IKF for next season - Jovian Oct 14, 13:24
Rams RB Cam Akers OUT Sunday -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 13:19
USPS Package Act 3: Wasn't put on a truck for Delivery today. -- (edited) - budice Oct 14, 13:19 [Backboard]
remember when the traitorous Secret Service agent was just a wild third-act plot twist in Air Force One? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 13:18
Murderous millennials strike again! -- (link) - Mop Oct 14, 13:08
Disney+ kindly reminded me my subscription will renew at $6.66/mo (well, they said $79.99/yr). Yes, thank you for the reminder to activate it - oblique Oct 14, 13:07 6
- Yeah I got that yesterday and don’t really get it. If I log into Hulu, it says I have them in a bundle. I still have Hulu and I still have espn. - Volnelk Oct 14, 13:14
- evil -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 13:12 1
  - .EDU has its benefits -- nm - budice Oct 14, 13:13
- I know the whole sharing accounts is discouraged, but might as well. -- nm - budice Oct 14, 13:09
- I got that today as well. -- nm - David Oct 14, 13:09 1
  - Same -- nm - budice Oct 14, 13:09
Woke up feeling like I had an infected chest, occasional deep cough, tastes like my throat is infected, headache, now drained of energy. COVID? - Max Oct 14, 13:04 9
- hope you get well fast! -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:25
- i mean, i would test for sure. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 13:08 4
  - oh, I have tests from the postal service. This would be my first test. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 13:09 3
    - have fun! Go way up and swivel! -- nm* - Andie Oct 14, 13:15
    - That's what I've been using. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:12 1
      - Some of ours from the first batch were close to/now expired -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:13
- My wife was sick for almost a week last week. Never tested positive for COVID. Easy to discount that there are lots of other ways to get sick -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:05 2
  - Yes. You can't rule out lupus. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 13:06 1
    - "'fraid Grandma's not gonna make it" -- nm - Captain House Oct 14, 13:08
The actual Marvel Studios waiting area -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 13:01
nmbDavid, 30 years ago today. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 14, 12:56 9
- This was before a hitter could call up every pitch on a tablet to see what to expect, like that walk off HR against Mariners -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 15:00
- Doug Drabek had one of the great all time baseball moustaches. What a janky-ass delivery Stan Belinda had though. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 13:15
- Bonds as he finally walks in from the outfield: "That's it, I'm 'roding up" -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 13:12
- Sid Bream was a natural born baserunner. heh heh -- nm - budice Oct 14, 13:08
- My friends and I screamed our lungs out that night. There's a videocassette of it somewhere. -- nm - David Oct 14, 13:05 1
  - Imagine how long that play would be reviewed if it happened in 2022. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 13:14
- Sid Bream is a member of my all fish team. Not as big a star as Mike Trout or Catfish Hunter, but he is still on the team -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:05 2
  - TIL Bream is a fish -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 13:06 1
    - more than you wanted to know - crash davis Oct 14, 13:24
Friday news dumps usually happen before or after lunch? Hoping for a favorable Cedillo and de Leon announcement like everyone else. -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:54 1
- Cedillo's a dead seat walking, de Leon . . . que es mas macho? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 13:12
This may just be the best lede in financial journalistic history -- (link) - spamlet Oct 14, 12:48 1
- not your keys, not your coins -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:49
here is a poll. on a scale of one (hell naw) to ten (fer sher), how likely are you to see glass onion in theatres? -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 14, 12:46 39
- 1 I will watch it streaming. Not doing movies yet. -- nm - jnine Oct 14, 16:07
- 0 -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 13:21
- 7. So I guess Kim and I need to talk. -- nm - David Oct 14, 13:16
- I remember when this was a board filled with movie fans. This poll says otherwise. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:15 1
  - heh. I just didnt know it was called Glass Onion! -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 13:17
- If given the option, 10. But nothing has been announced yet, even if we usually do get the big Netflix releases a week or so in advance. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 14, 13:12 2
  - But to be fair, that would be my answer to about 95%, or more, of the movies. - Marlowe Oct 14, 13:14 1
    - 👍🏼 -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:16
- 0, but will watch at least twice on NF -- nm* - Beaker Oct 14, 13:03
- 10 ticket already booked and might also go and see it Sunday morning if I can get up early enough. -- nm - LMS Oct 14, 13:02
- 7 -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 13:00
- 7 -- nm - budice Oct 14, 12:59
- 1, but I'll watch it on Netflix. - Dark Callisto Oct 14, 12:58
- 3 or 4. Somewhere in there. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 12:56
- 1 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 12:56
- 1 - i'll get it two weeks after it's in theaters and heads to streaming. -- nm - colin Oct 14, 12:56
- 4 (edited to include - i have a cineclub membership, and a bunch of tickets i need to use so looking for movies to see in theatre kind of.) -- nm* - Andie Oct 14, 12:55
- This is the sequel-ish to the other movie I didn't see, right? The Daniel Craig as detective one? -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 12:54 3
  - Oh no, I had forgotten about the accent until now. It may have hit -3 with that. -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 12:55
  - whoa you haven't seen knives out? it's so charming. maybe I will rewatch tonight while we clean attic. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 14, 12:55 1
    - I will require another plastic throne -- nm - Oliver Oct 14, 13:01
- 3 -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:53
- 2 -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 14, 12:53
- I'm not doing theatres yet. So my answer, 1, has nothing to do with the film itself. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:53 3
  - Tangent: My sold-out 8pm Halloween in Dolby showing last night broke down before they even admitted people. - Spawn Oct 14, 12:57 2
    - Theaters are struggling to come back up to full capacity and with their corporate overlords going bankrupt, maintenance is taking a back seat. - Mop Oct 14, 13:02 1
      - Their own undoing may prove to be their own undoing. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 13:06
- If I have time that weekend, sure. -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 12:51
- n/a - Ive never heard of this in my life. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 12:51 3
  - I had to google as the title was NTM. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:53 2
    - ohh its a sequel to the excellent Knifes Out - Jovian Oct 14, 13:02 1
      - Maybe the sequel will actually have some clever writing? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 13:14
- 1 - will likely watch on Netflix though -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 12:51
- 11 -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:50
- zero. I won't ever watch it. - Spawn Oct 14, 12:49
- 1 -- nm - decline Oct 14, 12:49
- 1 (I'll wait for streaming) -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:48
- Interested, but likelihood is Magic 8-Ball. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 12:48 1
  - Netflix claims (disingenuously I’d wager but they claim it) it’s a test case for expanding their theatrical distribution so anytime they put anything - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:53
Yikes - still unseasonably warm and dry here. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:30 3
- Drove home with top down yesterday, we had frost this morning and I will do the drive again in an hour. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:35
- I think I see us on that map! We're in the 80s tomorrow (nearly 30 degrees for your metrics) -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:33
- Wait, you guys got < 1mm of precipitation? -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:31
Andie... I'm bummed that you clarified. For a moment I thought that was actually how she spelled her name. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 12:25 1
- But she pronounces it like Le Mans. -- nm - Barynn Oct 14, 12:52
awww… even Miliband is dunking on me -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:24 2
- "Chaos with Ed Miliband" sounds like fun -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:25 1
  - Sounds like a Nathan Fielder show. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 12:28
Also, got an email confirming Mac passed her 3rd degree black belt test. Will get the belt on the 25th -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 12:20 12
- Nice. Has she gotten into any weapons training? That always looked impressive watching them. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 12:57
- what witchcraftery were you all practicing recently? -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 12:56
- Was this a combination driving/black belt test like in Street Fighter? -- nm - Barynn Oct 14, 12:54
- I still think I can take her. -- nm - David Oct 14, 12:31 2
  - tell her to buy her own PowerAde and we'll see what happens -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 12:36 1
    - You're a monster. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 12:51
- 👍🥋 -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 12:27
- 26th: Commence ass kicking -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:27
- sMac -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:23
- badass -- nm - decline Oct 14, 12:22
- How many different ways can Mac kill you now? -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 12:21
- 🐱‍👤👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 12:21
What things today will we look at in retrospect and wonder how it is that we allowed it to continue for so long? - Mop Oct 14, 12:20 32
- Trickle-down economics -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 14, 13:17 1
  - kinda wild that UK can crater a PM one month in over Reagan-level top marginal cuts but still willing to drive itself off the Brexit cliff -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 13:19
- Fireworks. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 14, 13:10
- also guns -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:54
- the massive amount of data collected on us and used without our permission. - colin Oct 14, 12:52 1
  - hopefully criminalization of drugs.. so few countries have made this key step. it's insane we're still treating addicts like criminals. -- nm - colin Oct 14, 12:53
- leaf blowers, car alarms, burkhas and beauty pageants -- nm - mud Oct 14, 12:38 2
  - *clap clap* Good answer! Good answer! -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:51
  - DC banned gas powered leaf blowers, etc. Everything has to be electric. -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 12:40
- WORDLE -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 12:32 1
  - This abomination must be purged from the Earth! -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:33
- Star Wars -- nm - David Oct 14, 12:30 1
  - See also: Virgin River -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:31
- Football -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:26 5
  - I mean we still have boxing and the only goal is to severely concuss the other guy. - spamlet Oct 14, 12:30 3
    - boxing and horse racing were the football of their day. nothing lasts forever -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:49
    - The concept of human dominance is too primal. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 12:41
    - Yeah. It's weird that "two men fighting" seems legit while "22 men moving a ball and getting brain injuries" doesn't... -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 12:31
  - This one seems highly probable. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:27
- Cars. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:25 8
  - Not a chance. Maybe use in urban centers will be reduced/restricted, but there is no mass transit plan that - TWuG Oct 14, 12:48
  - Including EVs? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:31 6
    - Yes. Walkable city centers, dedicated bus only lanes, all that. See /r/fuckcars -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:33 1
      - and for the other 98% of the earth's surface? -- nm - colin Oct 14, 12:59
    - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:33 3
      - heathen -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:33 2
        
        Hey, I own two. But that doesn't make me a hypocrite; it makes me a victim of a flawed national infrastructure philosophy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:35 1
        
        I have zero doubt that years (many) from now, within a year of the day they take away my keys, I will be dead. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:52
- People named Topher. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:25
- Newt Gingrich. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 14, 12:23
- the GOP -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:22 1
  - At the center of various scams of American dream. Decades after Public Enemy and RATM kept telling us about em -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 12:27
"There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid." -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:14 1
- Thanks, jerk - zork Oct 14, 12:15
RE: PayPal. I set up accounts for our HOAs as a back-up payment option. The first people to pay on each did not get hit with a fee. - Spawn Oct 14, 12:13
Crash, I am so happy that something good happened for you! -- nm - zork Oct 14, 12:13 4
- Thank you. I just got done with a crying fit - crash davis Oct 14, 12:18 3
  - Per your IM, posts are free and life is worth hearing about. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 12:54
  - You are a great person, crash davis. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:34 1
    - Better than me. That for sure. - zork Oct 14, 14:18
HEH -- (link) - Jovian Oct 14, 12:13 2
- omg -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 12:14
- *snork* -- nm - zork Oct 14, 12:14
The Dvorak experiment was Peak Engineering Thinking - Reagen Oct 14, 12:11 1
- That's basically my reply to that on b2 -- nm - zork Oct 14, 12:12
Minnie Driver doesn't get enough credit for her work in Goldeneye. -- (link) - David Oct 14, 12:11 [youtube] 3
- It's a wonder this franchise survived to the Daniel Craig era. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 12:17 1
  - Flip that and reverse it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 12:31
- I concur. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 12:16
One of my flowers is less dead than the rest. -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 14, 12:10 [Attachment] 1
- isnt it normal to have a vampire in every bouquet? -- nm - mud Oct 14, 12:19
TGIF -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 14, 12:10 1
- Thank Goodness I Fail? -- nm - mud Oct 14, 12:21

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