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A Man Called Otto trailer -- (link) - Beaker Oct 20, 06:58 [youtube] 2
- My parents will definitely see this. They will watch anything with Tom Hanks. My Dad is also fond of the grumpy old man genre. -- nm - Barynn Oct 20, 07:02 1
  - looks cute -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 07:04
Liz Truss - Cleveland Browns Fan -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 06:58
All Quiet on the Western Front | Official Trailer | Netflix (October 28th) - looks amazing -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 20, 06:55 [youtube] 3
- No helmet spikes? -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:59
- One of my reqd high school books to read that I remember not sucking. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 20, 06:56 1
  - one of the best books of required reading during HS for sure. -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 07:04
Boris Johnson wants his old job back -- (link) - decline Oct 20, 06:48 9
- I mean, I reported it below. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 20, 06:56 [Backboard]
- Even if that’s true I doubt he gets it. Seems like a bad look to reappoint the guy you ousted for sex scandals, breaking the law, and lying. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:53 3
  - Bullshit -- nm - Don the Con Oct 20, 10:44
  - "Still, he's the best we have" is a good slogan -- nm - Guigue Oct 20, 06:54 1
    - I'm someone! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:57
- I say give it to Trump. Let him be their problem for a while. -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 06:49
- WUT -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 06:48 2
  - BORIS JOHNSON WANTS HIS OLD JOB BACK -- nm - decline Oct 20, 06:49 1
    - You have to speak up. ty is an old now. -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 06:51
ST Brain trust: I seem to have a head cold or sinus thing or something. - ty97 Oct 20, 06:47 2
- Fever no, cold probably ok. They might not give it to you if you’re visibly unwell though. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:50
- sure -- nm - decline Oct 20, 06:48
eeesh. this text message from Tricia Raffensperger to Senator Kelly Loeffler is something else. -- (link) - Jovian Oct 20, 06:45 2
- I hope people like Brad R stay in politics here in GA. We need him. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 20, 07:28 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 07:28
Shortest time as PM ever (45 days) breaking the record of 119 days by a dude in the 1800’s who died after 4 months. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 06:44 2
- Amateurs. -- nm - William Henry Harrison Oct 20, 06:54 1
  - (FWIW, I almost went with the William RD King autonick, but thought it was too obscure.) -- nm - William Henry Harrison Oct 20, 06:56
The Billboard Hot 100 chart, for this week in the year 1987. - MDH Oct 20, 06:43 1
- It was a magical time -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 07:44
ty97!! American Airlines is killing off First Class!! -- (link) - decline Oct 20, 06:42 5
- I blame Jack Harlow -- nm - Dano Oct 20, 07:00 1
  - LOL! I love this post -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 20, 07:01
- I thought they already announced this. (First class on international planes is going away. I think only the 20 777-300 even had first class) -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 06:46 2
  - They will also get rid of first class on their transcon subfleet used on JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO and just have business on those planes. - ty97 Oct 20, 06:46 1
    - will other Airlines follow suit? -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 20, 07:02
Andy Dalton has quite the primetime resume. 11 straight road losses in primetime. Lost 5 straight primetime games by 17+ pts. -- nm - budice Oct 20, 06:41 5
- *plays Taysom Hill's entrance music* -- nm - Strongbad Oct 20, 06:57 1
  - giggity -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 07:10
- Tonight will be the start of his road to redemption!! -- nm - decline Oct 20, 06:42 2
  - All aboard the Ginger Rocket. -- nm - Barynn Oct 20, 06:57 1
    - Title of his sex tape? -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 07:10
The Billboard Hot 100 chart, for this week in the year 1999. - MDH Oct 20, 06:40
Meanwhile - Channel 4 Takes News Anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy Off Air For One Week After He Called MP A “C****” -- (link) - LMS Oct 20, 06:34 2
- I like him from the times I've seen him on panel shows. The comment was off air so suspending him seems a bit harsh. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 07:01 1
  - I bet he's gutted he doesn't get to report today. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 07:08
OTD 30 yrs ago, Madonna released her 5th album Erotica -- (link) - mud Oct 20, 06:33 [youtube]
ha! I lasted 3 times longer! -- nm - Kim Campbell Oct 20, 06:31
LOL at Liz Truss. Holy crap. -- nm - colin Oct 20, 06:31
*Crash Davis signal* You know that trivia question about Delaware being the only state without commercial air service? That's about to change. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 06:07 6
- the only downside is flying to Delaware. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:15 4
  - eh, Delaware ain't that bad - it's basically just a rest stop between DC and Philly -- nm - decline Oct 20, 06:28 3
    - it seems like it should have nice beaches. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:30 2
      - Rehobath Beach is rather lovely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:44 1
        
        Agreed, though I’ve never been there in-season. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 20, 06:47
- Do all the people in Delaware just really want to go to Florida? -- nm - decline Oct 20, 06:11
Wordle 3/6 - oblique Oct 20, 05:59 5
- 5. (spoils) - Barynn Oct 20, 06:53
- 5 - mafic Oct 20, 06:14
- 3 (a surprising 3) - decline Oct 20, 06:06
- 5 - rollo Oct 20, 06:03
- 3 - zork Oct 20, 06:01
Imagine having to handle the billing of Cable and Electricity for 10 Downing… - Will Hunting Oct 20, 05:57 4
- Why can't all countries have the same electrical outlets? Have you seen some of those adapters? -- nm* - budice Oct 20, 06:05 3
  - I just have one with a bunch of switches that does them all. Also 220 or gtfo. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:29
  - That's why we voted for Brexit, so we can have non-adaptable chargers. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 06:22 1
    - EU did some good with standardizing USB-c -- nm - budice Oct 20, 06:24
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 20, 05:54 [Attachment] 1
- Jackalpack: the kit that an assassin uses when on a contract -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:59
The new PM…Meghan Markle. - Will Hunting Oct 20, 05:54 2
- She opened the right briefcase. -- nm - Barynn Oct 20, 06:35
- ~Jeremy Corbin has it made~ -- nm - Earl Jam Oct 20, 06:16
ouch...book sales for this will not be stellar I expect -- (link*) - decline Oct 20, 05:52
OMG - the lettuce live feed -- (link) - LMS Oct 20, 05:50 [youtube] 5
- lmao -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 06:40
- She fought the slaw and the slaw won. -- nm* - budice Oct 20, 06:06
- heh -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 06:05
- nice! -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 06:01
- That's great! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 06:00
UK politics questions - ty97 Oct 20, 05:43 7
- If the government lose a no confidence vote in parliament an election can be called. Also the PM can call a general election at any time. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 05:47 6
  - I just don't see how the Tories would allow that right now, it seems like it would hurt htem -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 05:53 4
    - There's no chance they allow an election right now. They'd get crushed. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 06:01 2
      - The party’s disintegrating. I could see self-interest starting to rule. They’re almost at the point where they’re assuming they lose the next general - mafic Oct 20, 06:11 1
        
        Also *in theory* if the Tories can’t agree on a new PM, maybe the king has to call one. - mafic Oct 20, 06:27
    - I mean you also can’t see how they could allow a PM to last a month and a half, and yet… -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:00
  - The party looked like crap to the public so neither of these are likely -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:50
So who's the UK got next? -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 05:40 7
- OMG, that’s… that’s Boris’ music! - spamlet Oct 20, 06:29 3
  - Is he still in the US on a lucrative speech tour? - LMS Oct 20, 06:33 2
    - I think he’s in Barbados or something. Somewhere in the Caribbean at least. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 06:41 1
      - The Times is reported he's expected to stand in the Leadership contest. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 06:49
- I'm hearing good things about this head of lettuce... -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 05:42 1
  - Has a fresh feeling -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:49
- Larry -- nm - decline Oct 20, 05:41
Truss is resigning. Statement made. Will stay until replacement. -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:38 7
- vid -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 06:09
- this poor 4 month old child -- (link) - Beaker Oct 20, 06:06 [Backboard]
- I have whiplash. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 05:58
- Tofu tipped the scale. -- nm - Spawn Oct 20, 05:48
- How many Scaramucci's did she get? -- nm - decline Oct 20, 05:39 2
  - LOL -- (link) - decline Oct 20, 05:50 1
    - and, like, 0.6 Kardashians. -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 06:40
Looks like the lettuce won. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 05:38 4
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 05:42
- She's resigned -- (link) - LMS Oct 20, 05:39
- I literally just sent that to ML. - spamlet Oct 20, 05:38
- Ha -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:38
I just used a Mystery Machine Gif perfectly in Teams as there seem to be some strange things going on in our SAP system..... - Walt_Disney Oct 20, 05:35 1
- SAP is a lot like an onion. It has many layers and makes you want to cry. -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:04
have we talked about black friday yet? I think we should. what will you be looking for? what will you def be buying? - judge amanda jones Oct 20, 05:29 3
- new big screen TV. -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 06:05
- I really need to sit down and work on a list so I can start to keep an eye out for gifts. I don't have any ideas yet though I did buy my first - Krusty Oct 20, 05:43
- probably nothing - decline Oct 20, 05:42
Truss to make a statement this morning. Ohh the drama... -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 20, 05:26 1
- I hope they make Larry the cat PM. 🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 05:28
Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 4/8. - Marlowe Oct 20, 05:22 1
- Wordle: 5/6 - Marlowe Oct 20, 05:35
TV PSA: NBA, MLB, Station 19, Young Sheldon, Hell's Kitchen, Walker x 2, Grey's Anatomy, Call Me Kat, So Help Me Todd, CSI Vegas, Alaska Daily, -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:38 5
- Good Fight, Friend of the Family, Fastest Woman on Earth, Legacy, Inside Any Schumer, Beavis & Butthead, One of Us is Lying, Pennyworth, v/h/s/99, -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:46 4
  - NFL, ST Lower Decks, Vampire Academy, College Football, Ghosts, Welcome to Flatch, Atlanta, Little Demon, NJPW, other stuff, Halloween stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:50 3
    - I watched the 1st ep of Vampire Academy - it's pretty bad - decline Oct 20, 05:49
    - 4: NFL, Pennyworth and Grey's and Station 19 for the wife -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:58
    - 2) MLB & Ghosts -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 04:51
Happy birthday, Beryllium! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂🎉 -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 20, 04:28 8
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 10:50
- Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 07:32
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 06:52
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Oct 20, 06:34
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 20, 06:13
- Birfday! -- nm - zork Oct 20, 05:55
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 04:34
- Happy Birthday Bery! -- nm - .🎡 Oct 20, 04:29
Couldn’t sleep—so made a longish thread about when LeBron might break the scoring record (for betting purposes) -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 20, 04:03
Got my booster and flu shot this morning, I am now invincible. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 03:30 9
- nmbl -- (link) - Beaker Oct 20, 04:59 [youtube] 1
  - Reminds me, an episode of The High Life is getting a repeat this weekend - loved that show. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 05:21
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 04:29
- Congrats! I still need to do this—those 2, at once, is a huge/bold move. I’ll probably chicken out and do them individually -- nm - Flavorize Oct 20, 04:01 3
  - I'm scheduled to do both this afternoon *gulp* -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 05:36
  - The doctor just said take some paracetamol, I just expect I won't be sleeping on my side for a couple of nights. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 04:32 1
    - (That’s Tylenol for us Americans) - spamlet Oct 20, 04:49
- Quick! Storm parliament! -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 03:36 1
  - My antibodies were so strong I didn't even need to leave the flat. -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 05:42
starting to look like Truss might not last the week. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 02:55 1
- If only there was a way for her to shore up her support somehow. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 02:58
Russian recruiters are raiding homeless shelters, dorms, and hostels for men to 'mobilize' -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 20, 02:30
So there's this thing called "digital nomadism", about people who have remote jobs so they move around and have adventures. - Beryllium Oct 19, 23:54 5
- I've been thinking about something similar. - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 06:22
- I think that would be engaging enough—I think you’d have to sell the “why” and really focus on the “how,” including supporting the channel with … -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 20, 01:52
- Bedouins was the term in the 90s for people that worked out of espresso cafe's to work, meet clients -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 01:46 2
  - in the early days of PC there was a story about a guy who rode a custom recumbent bike/trike... - zeitgeist Oct 20, 01:53
  - maybe if you got a boat and worked from random coves -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 01:48
From another board I follow - - Meg Oct 19, 23:06 4
- ha! -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 06:06
- Another board? You steppin' out on us? -- nm - Barynn Oct 20, 05:40
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 04:30
- That's hysterical. -- nm - David Oct 19, 23:10
if you thought the Spielberg WSS update was unnecessary -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 22:38
Infrastructure board! -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 22:09
LIR - Jnine, I believe you attended at least one of those gatherings. Was #2 in Long Beach the one when Kare came through town? -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 22:06 3
- Kare stayed in SM around 2007 -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 22:22 2
  - That's what I remember but I didn't find photos from that year. I know there was one of us outside the restaurant. I'll check the PC again tomorrow. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 22:33 1
    - we all met at World Cafe -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 22:51
Bone marrow with a side of Oscar and creamy spinach. That dessert menu is like "fuck off, go to Cold Stone" -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 21:51
frick, Kraken OTL...but better than just an L -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 21:51
Fiona Shaw is excellent in Andor. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 21:34
welcome back. your dreams were tour ticket out. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 19, 21:33

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