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casino window closing at 2pm only six slackers in the pool. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:46 5
- Sent -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 13:04
- I can send it shortly. I need 30 minutes. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 12:56
- if you're poor but FOMO, you can do just $2 for one share though most folks do the max $10/5 tickets. - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:48
- Is this for the bourbon? -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:48 1
  - power ball tonight 510m -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:51
Uber's New Revenue Stream: Transportation without the Car -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 12:38 9
- worth it, because they hold your hand. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:45
- So, a valet? -- nm - David Oct 19, 12:43 1
  - Do we get to choose our own? I want Stardust! -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 12:44
- an hour and half extra time? are they planning more than just a walk? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:42 5
  - NOTE: the illustration is just wrong for the service, this is for an escort to your car for folks, women mostly, who don't feel safe walking at night -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:43 2
    - yes, from the same company whose male drivers are notoriously not at all rapey -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 12:47 1
      - 30% less rapey according to their public relations -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:50
  - Walking does tend to be a lot slower than driving. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 12:43 1
    - downtown? often walking is faster than inching through traffic GAWDAMNIT YOU CAN TURN RIGHT ON RED BEFORE THE PEDESTRIANS BLOCK THE INTERSECTION -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:45
It's all fun and games until you have to wear the T-shirt - JD Oct 19, 12:32 5
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 12:57
- this sounds like J. Peterman mailorder copy now for gen X -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 12:41 1
  - I yam what I yam? -- nm - JD Oct 19, 12:43
- Lest we care? LEST we care?! My good man, this is all we care about -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:37 1
  - I was always thought it was like but I like your version way more -- nm - JD Oct 19, 12:39
The People We Hate At The Wedding - Official Trailer | Prime Video November 18th -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 19, 12:31 [youtube] 1
- That looks fun. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 12:41
*Canadians nodding* - I have made this comparison in the past myself -- (link) - Reagen Oct 19, 12:28 1
- Made many a trip to Service Merchandise in the good old days -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:35
"Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?" -- (link) - Reagen Oct 19, 12:26 8
- You know, there are people who are suffering from pedophilia who do not do this sort of thing. And they don't run for office and project on others. - Qale Oct 19, 12:41
- Projection. It’s all projection. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 12:40
- Sir, when we said you needed to do more gladhanding, that is not what we meant. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 12:34
- Happened *yesterday*, suspended campaign. - Spawn Oct 19, 12:30 4
  - but ballots have already been printed and he's on it so he could still win -- nm - decline Oct 19, 12:30 3
    - Agreed. just hate the headline, "... was recently arrested... and is still on the ballot." Makes it sound like there was time to change it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:32 2
      - He couldn't help it... - JD Oct 19, 12:33 1
        
        We should have been Frank with him. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 12:42
The ‘Stupid’ Money Is Paying Off for the Phillies - crash davis Oct 19, 12:17 2
- breaking: splashing out money for good players wins lots of games -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 12:19 1
  - Though not necessarily in the same time frame as other teams -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:32
The Existential Horror of Thursday Night Football - crash davis Oct 19, 12:13 4
- Here's a thing though. If I'm an advertiser, I'm loving TNF on Prime. I watch from my T.V. Often on Sunday games (or any other sporting events) I'll - zunk takes things literally Oct 19, 12:34 2
  - huh. I hadn't thought of this. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 12:47
  - You're dead right, way more commercials watched on Prime than network I'm guessing -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:41
- Confession - I have loved the last 2 TNF games and I have a good feeling about this week's as well -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:30
PayPal: "Bitcoin exchange sent you an invoice for $399" - uh, what? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:05 5
- I got this before. I forwarded it to their fraud department, but overall, it's a "request for payment" that anyone can do to anyone. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 12:47
- inside the email, which appears to be official: - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:06 1
  - ah! It's not addressed to my actual paypal account. Just my gmail. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:09
- I have really been enjoying the ST App you launched. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:06 1
  - Okay but that doesn't mean I'm going to pay you $400 for it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:07
Roevember poll: which state that currently bans abortion will be the first to kill a woman who needs otherwise live-saving care? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:57 10
- Please, ya'll are smoking crack if you don't think it won't be Texas -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 19, 12:28 1
  - Will not ever make the news, there. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:30
- Ohio -- nm - jnine Oct 19, 12:10 1
  - this, or Missouri -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 12:10
- three-way tie -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 12:04
- Do we know one hasn’t already? -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 12:04 2
  - several cases of sepsis. -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 19, 12:29
  - increasingly close calls are reported but haven't seen a story on actual death -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 12:10
- Idaho? -- nm - mud Oct 19, 12:01
- Always bet on Mississippi or Alabama. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 11:58
Belichick with a whopping seven minutes and over 1,000 words on how good the Bears are -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 11:56 1
- He's right - zunk takes things literally Oct 19, 12:06
Almost friendos -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 19, 11:51 [Attachment] 4
- "It's no use Annakin, I have the high ground!" -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 12:28
- "Please state your intentions from that perch." -- nm - Max Oct 19, 12:22
- Respect the Pillow of Demarcation. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 11:52 1
  - hee! they are so adorable -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 19, 12:29
Torys' chief whip in Parliament sacked: "I am fucking furious and I don’t give a fuck anymore." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:46
last show on broadcast network, please turn out the lights -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:40
Unleash the Swarm!! -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 11:31 1
- Beware of Dog Shooting Bees Out of Its Mouth -- nm - sign Oct 19, 12:23
Mike Pence: yeah, ladies, we're absolutely coming for your uteri if we win -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:20 20
- I'm going to need Pence to point to a uterus on an anatomy chart first. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 12:47
- Always the uteri, never the deferens. That's how you know they're being disingenuous and have ulterior motives. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 11:30 6
  - How would that work? -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 11:52 5
    - Mandatory reversible vasectomies, government approval required to reverse. - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:22 2
      - That’s…the exact opposite thing though. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 12:23 1
        
        In one very important way, it is identical to the problem at hand. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 12:27
    - March Madness vasectomies promotions -- nm - JD Oct 19, 12:12
    - Deferenestration? -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 11:55
- Taking it to State houses means constitutional amendment, they control some 33 states, they can do this with enough voter suppression -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:26 8
  - Not necessarily amendment. Could be talking about state laws, several of which are already in place. Amendment requires 38 states. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 11:46 1
    - That was how I read it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:47
  - they want a federal ban so they don't even have to try in the other 27 -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:29 5
    - No one’s noticing he’s created 10 additional states? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 11:59 2
      - He's using base 8. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 12:13
      - Math is hard. -- nm - GOP Oct 19, 12:00
    - Look how long it took to reverse prohibition, ...and let's not forget, they never passed equal rights for women -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:33 1
      - technically, the ERA has been ratified now - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:35
- Thanks for the warning, Mike. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:26
- good lord what an asshole -- nm - mud Oct 19, 11:23
- Handmaids Tale is a documentary -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 11:22
I finished Kevin Can F##k Himself last night - Jovian Oct 19, 11:14 4
- Season 2? We haven't started yet. Watched season 1 and it was above average. Different in a way I liked. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 19, 11:45
- i wanted to like it more than i actually did. -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 11:19 2
  - I gave up after a couple episodes. Might watch the final, just to see. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:20 1
    - The final episode is definitely worth a watch -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 12:30
America's tax brackets are changing thanks to inflation. -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 11:13
Philly sports have gone through the roof, over the past week —the result…zero homicides in Philly the last 4 days… -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 19, 11:02
jesus Vulture is really scraping the bottom of the oral history barrel now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:58
Look, I like Post Malone. I truly do. And I even like that he's become Magic: The Gathering's mascot. But, does he really need Secret Lairs? -- (link*) - Qale Oct 19, 10:56 3
- The Malonening -- (link) - Tim Oct 19, 10:59 1
  - I can't believe they didn't Post Malone their Malone in the pre-Post phase. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 11:09
- Yes, I said Lairs. As in, more than one. And look, I bought the Bob Ross lands, so I'm guilty, I guess. But still! -- (link) - Qale Oct 19, 10:58
Lettuce watch update, now with added tofu. - LMS Oct 19, 10:47 3
- Armando I. pitch: "Head of State" (Peter Capaldi voices the foul-mouthed lettuce PM) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:55 2
  - Rot is unforeseeable. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 11:02 1
    - "To-fu? We're to-FUCKED you poncy little soy boy" -- nm - Cole Slawvershire, PM Oct 19, 11:03
*pulls his sweaters out of the closet, puts away his shorts* -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 10:38 3
- Gonna just Winnie the Pooh the whole thing now, huh? -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 10:40 2
  - *likes* -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:17
  - Oh, hunny... -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 10:44
I need to be more active on social media... - Mop Oct 19, 10:35 1
- slacker - Spawn Oct 19, 11:07
Just got my power bill for September. My lowest power bill *EVER* at this address. Also... - Mop Oct 19, 10:25 8
- my electric bill has averaged less than $100 per month all year. I have elec HW, elec heat, AC, stove, etc. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 10:34 2
  - I signed up for this thing called PA Power Shopper that costs $5 per month that gets you the lowest cost provider avialable to you every month. - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 10:36 1
    - now you're shopping with PA-POWER -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:39
- My vacations don't seem to make much difference, but likely because my biggest users are the fridge and freezer :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 10:28 4
  - plus the cats probably watch a lot of TV while you're away -- nm - decline Oct 19, 10:29 3
    - More likely web-surfing :-) -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 10:32 2
      - Felinecraft. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 10:36 1
        
        They can rub against the furniture and create static , while we can't see it, it's enough to crackle. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:24
Looks like agreed to accept no winner after lap 101. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 10:01 6
- they will definitely kiss their sister tonight too -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 10:32
- So (unless they make an exception) does neither go to TN? - spamlet Oct 19, 10:03 2
  - As I read it, the top 50 performances from this year’s race qualify, plus 25 from the “at large” list, which covers qualifying races over the past two years -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 10:06
  - The national winners get entry to TN, but I'm not sure if next year is limited to *only* the national winners. There may be wildcard spots too. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 10:05
- Wondering what was happening. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 10:02 1
  - Neither one went out for lap 102. That means Belgium has no finishers. They technically do not tie for the championship. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 10:03
I’m a sucker for these bourbon raffles -- (link*) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 09:59 3
- Is ST gonna do a thing? -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 11:18
- 100 bucks for 1 chance out of 2000 - decline Oct 19, 10:01 1
  - 1 in 3000, if they sell out. They’ve sold almost 1000 so far. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 10:24
Zillow: Lakeside Park, NY (I bet this kitchen can tell a story) -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 09:54
At least one ST kid is going to be excited: Rick Riordan has announced a new Percy Jackson novel, 14 years after the last installment. -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 09:52 4
- Pretty sure I heard the scream from KU -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 10:21 1
  - 😂 -- nm - decline Oct 19, 10:24
- I expect at least one of my children will freak the fuck out. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 10:08 1
  - 👍 -- nm - decline Oct 19, 10:24
Re the backyard racing, while I still haven't given a Tour du Mont Blanc recap, I had my first insight into people like these backyard racers from our - pmb Oct 19, 09:51 3
- I've mentioned before that Bill's nephew ran the Sahara marathon in 2005. I was there with his folk to watch him finish. -- (link) - Meg Oct 19, 10:09
- that is very cool, i am sure they were amazing to talk to. -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 10:01
- In my experience they just respect and admire someone testing their personal limits whether that means running 400 miles or a 5K. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 09:57
Can someone explain why the Republican proposal to make Medicare renewable annually isn't the same as putting a gun to their own head - Roger More Oct 19, 09:40 7
- I don't get how they can just sunset it without a plan ready to go. We saw they had NO PLAN if ACA is disbanded. - St. Epiphany Oct 19, 10:09 1
  - if they create a crisis, then they can say "the gov't doesn't work (obviously!), we need corporations to do this" - colin Oct 19, 10:20
- Paul Ryan wanted to gut it since Obama's first term. the cruelty is the point -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:42 4
  - it's more making government not work so they can say government does not work. cruelty isn't really part of it.. it's just greed. - colin Oct 19, 10:21 2
    - disagreed. same as banning abortion. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 19, 11:08
    - for the money men, this has always been true. but it's MTG and Stephen Miller's party now. if the Koch Bros also get to pay zero taxes, as a treat - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:35
  - (dismantling anything New Deal or adjacent has been the GOP's goal since FDR and LBJ, their constituents notwithstanding) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:50
My ballot is here! My ballot is here! - ty97 Oct 19, 09:32 5
- I've already voted and mailed mine in :) -- nm - decline Oct 19, 09:36 1
  - I failed, again, to request my mail-in ballot this year, guess I’ll have to go in person and get my sticker. -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 19, 09:43
- "This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of Orange County Registrar of Voters. - Meg Oct 19, 09:36 2
  - I think I voted 'no' on almost all of the propositions. I was tired of the fight over online gambling. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 09:37 1
    - Yeah it costs big money to get a petition going so nearly all props are money grabs for greedy bastards -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:30
The Zatanna news comes from a single throw away line in a THR article about Dwayne Johnson and Black Adam. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 09:30 1
- The article also casually mentions that Walter Hamada is leaving. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 11:27
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 09:27

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