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Ontario going to piss all over their Education employees today -- (link) - Beaker Nov 3, 07:38 2
- people are *mad*. if schools close over this it will be horrible. 2 years of covid shutdowns and then a strike? but they are mad at the govt, not the - Andie Nov 3, 07:40 1
  - Maintenance workers for our county bus company walked out last night. They threatened a couple of weeks back but talks continued. - Meg Nov 3, 08:06
Oh lovely, they're drilling out the concrete on the patio today. -- nm - spamlet Nov 3, 07:23 2
- They've been putting in new water lines on my street. Yesterday was so nice I had my windows open so of course they were patching the road with tar. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 07:41
- Till we rebuild the grid, we need your patio's natural gas. -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 07:36
"[Student] stabbed his mom in the hand!" "No, he didn't, I talked to his mom, he didn't do anything. All he did was rape a girl." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Nov 3, 07:20 4
- Emergency curriculum audible. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 07:53
- ugh -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 07:38
- uuummmmm -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:37
- ! -- nm - mud Nov 3, 07:26
Bradley Chubb and Dolphins reach extension. He is there 6 years $119M -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:12 3
- That's the sound of chips being shoved into the middle of the table. - Volnelk Nov 3, 07:13 2
  - Here's the crazy part. The pick they traded for Chubb was the SF pick they got to move back. Look at this. -- (edited) - Volnelk Nov 3, 07:20 1
    - broken down like that, that doesn't seem too shabby -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 07:43
Troll - trailer - Netflix - December 1st (holy shit, this looks like it could be really good) -- (link*) - Beaker Nov 3, 06:55 [youtube] 3
- If you've never seen Troll Hunter from about 10 years ago, I very much recommend. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 3, 07:19
- That does look good. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 3, 07:15
- 👍👍 -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 07:08
Just overheard in my office - our event coordinator on the phone re holiday party in January - "Don't forget, you will have the Pitbull impersonator - Andie Nov 3, 06:49 10
- Or for $50 more... -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 07:38
- Couldn't afford the Bad Bunny impersonator, huh? -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 07:09
- c'mon Andie, crash has said this is to be a serious film. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 07:05 5
  - I expect that Crash would be an excellent Pitbull impersonator. -- nm* - ty97 Nov 3, 07:16 4
    - Swing your partner round and round, end of the night its going down. Another shot, one more round -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 07:26 3
      - You're hired! -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:36 2
        
        I only know Timber, so I hope Andie's party doesn't mind hearing it 30 times in a row. -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 07:37 1
        
        You're a 🔥⚾ -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 3, 07:48
- sweet. now *that's* a party! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 06:57
- Its like the office holiday episodes ha -- nm - budice Nov 3, 06:51
There is a dedicated STL airport thread at airliners.net. It has 1325 posts this year. - ty97 Nov 3, 06:36 8
- 1300 of them complaining about the lack of restaurants in A concurse? -- nm - spamlet Nov 3, 06:45 7
  - You need more than the Ted Drewes vending machines? -- nm - pmb Nov 3, 07:14
  - Vino Volo, Pizza Studio, Starbucks, Budweiser Brewhouse, Mike Sherman's Grill, Grounded, Dunkin/Baskin. What's the problem?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:02 5
    - I don't even know where the Dunkin' is. The rest are open maybe half the time (other than Starbucks)? - spamlet Nov 3, 07:13 3
      - Ahh yeah limited hours can be annoying. The Dunkin/Baskin is a combo apparently (by A17, open 4:30am to Noon) -- nm* - ty97 Nov 3, 07:16 2
        
        Huh. I guess I didn't go all the way down the concourse this time. - spamlet Nov 3, 07:20 1
        
        I figure AA uses the A gates? Do you get to explore a new concourse if you switch to United/Lufthansa? -- nm* - ty97 Nov 3, 07:37
    - The bigger question is 'what happened to the B and D gates?' -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:04
aren't there like self serve machines for the powerball? we have them for our lottery. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 3, 06:31 7
- Yes, I see them at larger supermarkets -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 11:52
- Ours are integrated into the Scratcher machines. Powerball, MegaMillions and SuperLotto, along with *all* the Scratcher. -- nm - Meg Nov 3, 07:54
- You can even buy them online in some states (like here). -- nm - pmb Nov 3, 07:48
- and if you are feeling froggy, Family Dollar & Dollar General sell " cards" that are pre picked. Walmart has self serve machines in TX. -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 3, 07:46
- Normally it's part of the same lotto machine, isn't it? -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:17
- I was at the store just yesterday and stared longingly at them contemplating my options. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 3, 06:51
- there are. Most supermarkets and convenience stores around here have them -- nm - decline Nov 3, 06:39
My parent's cleaners will be here momentarily. - ty97 Nov 3, 06:31 4
- Doesn't everyone do that? - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 07:47 1
  - Are you related to Beaker's wife? -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:48
- is she related to my wife? -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:43
- I had a college prof who hated this usage of "momentarily" insisting "presently" was the proper term. - Sub-baroner Nov 3, 06:43
See, when you don’t tip pitches, it’s harder to hit said pitches. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 3, 06:30 2
- I don't believe he was tipping. It is just baseball. - crash davis Nov 3, 07:20 1
  - Rosenthal: Was Astros’ Lance McCullers Jr. tipping pitches? Here are the facts of Phillies’ dominant win - crash davis Nov 3, 07:24
Framed: 4/6. Moviedle: 4/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Nov 3, 06:26
Why is this so adorable? "Handing Linus things he's definitely never held before" (Linus is a chinchilla). -- (link*) - Andie Nov 3, 06:20 3
- Aw. I had a chinchilla once. He was great. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 06:25 2
  - I had chinchillas too! skidgy and otto. (you have to say "ot-to," not just "otto.") -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 3, 06:30 1
    - Did Chubbers eat Ot-to? -- nm - ty97 Nov 3, 07:18
Lol, FIFA -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 3, 06:12 2
- WTF Canada? Hockey Canada and Canada Soccer BOTH?! -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 07:39
- ah, Catholic Church protocol. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 06:15
Only in Philly - decline Nov 3, 06:01
From January, Germany will offer a 49 EUR ticket for unlimited public transport nationwide (excluding the IC/ICE trains) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 3, 05:53 3
- That's fantastic. I heart European trains -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 06:06
- Nice deal. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 05:56 1
  - It's pretty super. Over the summer, they offered this ticket for 9 EUR a month, but that of course was not sustainable. - ty97 Nov 3, 05:58
Twitter management exodus continues -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 3, 05:41 8
- That site’s gonna be such a poop show. I don’t know how you eliminate all your senior management and half your staff and expect to keep a functional - mafic Nov 3, 06:22 1
  - we're hiring pretty aggressively and our board asked us yest if we could capitalize on the tech and media layoffs, twitter specifically. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 3, 06:51
- Twitter Psalms and Revelations gonna be somethin -- nm - budice Nov 3, 06:00
- Let me ask a question -- if you want to cut costs, is bringing workers into the office saving you a dime? Is office space rental cheap? - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:48 4
  - Musk was one of those that championed against remote workers I thought (at Tesla) so its on brand for him -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 06:34
  - No but teeeeeemwork and synergies! -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 06:23
  - Workers have stated they will quit if you make them come into the office. Call their bluff and maybe some you don’t have to layoff. - spamlet Nov 3, 06:15
  - Maybe they have a long term lease so they're paying for the space whether they use it or not. That's the situation here where some companies have - Krusty Nov 3, 05:56
Parenting win of the day. Princess Disney's middle school soccer team won the district finals yesterday... :) - Walt_Disney Nov 3, 05:22 6
- awesome -- nm - decline Nov 3, 05:37
- Don Homer! the weather has been so nice this Fall for outdoor sports -- nm* - Beaker Nov 3, 05:27 4
  - other than one game where it rained, all their games have had decent weather. They were all able to still wear shorts yesterday. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 3, 06:02 3
    - must of been last Monday - Wednesday?...that would of been a brutal game. Do they go on to Provincials next? or was that it? -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 06:06 2
      - I believe thats all. No mention of the next level, but its nice bragging rights for the players and the school. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 3, 06:27
      - next stop, Qatar -- nm - decline Nov 3, 06:08
365 days 'til D U N E 2 ! -- nm - mud Nov 3, 05:11
OTD 30 yrs ago, Rage Against the Machine release debut album -- (link) - mud Nov 3, 05:09 [youtube]
BBC News - Former Pakistan PM, Imran Khan, shot and wounded at protest march. No details yet but posting the stub for when they come. - zork Nov 3, 05:00 2
- Al Jazeera: Party official confirms Imran Khan shot in the leg but is not in danger. -- (link) - zork Nov 3, 05:04 1
  - “Other than the bullet hole, he’s perfectly safe.” -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:09
Ryan Reynolds might be buying (interested in buying) the Ottawa Senators (I've seen this rumour in 2 different places this morning) -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 04:49 1
- VanCity no more?! -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 07:37
They are shooting What We Do In The Shadows on my brother's street this week. Fog is real! -- (pic) - Andie Nov 3, 04:38 [Attachment] 1
- that's cool -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 04:41
TV PSA: NFL, MLB, L&O x 3, Young Sheldon, Station 19, Walker x 2, Grey's Anatomy, So Help Me Todd, CSI Vegas, Alaska Daily, Blockbuster, The Capture, -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 04:34 4
- Dragon Prince, Chris Redd, Friend of the Family, Good Fight, Inside Amy Schumer, Indefensible, Low Country, Pennyworth, Titans, Star Trek Prodigy, -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 04:36 3
  - College Football, Ghosts, Atlanta, NJPW, The Suspect, Panayotis Pascot, Bose, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 04:37 2
    - 1+) Ghosts and catching up on past shows -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 05:05
    - 6: NFL, Prodigy and Pennyworth for me; Grey's, Station 19 and Friend of the Family for the wife -- nm* - Beaker Nov 3, 04:45
November 3rd: 2 poppies lost so far and stabbed self 4 times. -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 04:32 1
- I've taken to using the back of an earring or just bending the end of the pin. I had a plastic tube that slid over it that worked well - zork Nov 3, 05:07
I am writing a screed, of sorts, and I am tempted to use the term "carpetbagger", but not in a way that references Reconstruction. - Beryllium Nov 3, 00:33 6
- I wouldn't blink if someone described Dr. Oz as a carpetbagger. The same was accused of Hilary Clinton when she ran for Senate. - Max Nov 3, 00:59 5
  - In what I'm writing, I'm referring to companies like Uber and Walmart and Overdrive. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:04 4
    - Without context that would feel misapplied, to me. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 01:12 3
      - Eh, I'm not so sure. All three of them spread their tendrils region by region, showing up, displacing competition, and then exploiting customers. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:19 2
        
        Robber baron feels like it would fit here. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 01:49
        
        I suppose I could use another word for scavenger ... it started as a paragraph or two about my coding philosophy. Ballooned into a 1000+ word blog post. -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:29
forget Poirot or Knives Out franchises. we need more Constable Stalker and Inspector Stoppard mysteries - hollywood big shot Nov 3, 00:18
'Dobby's Grave' won't be removed from a protected Welsh beach, but fans have been asked to stop leaving socks there. -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 00:09
see my new business plan is to take all the best free bits of existing platforms and force people to pay for them. - mafic Nov 2, 22:48 1
- If ST wins powerball, please set aside a few million to buy the wreckage of Twitter for me. Thx. Also a sailboat. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:57
20 minutes into Shantaram episode 1, and I can't quite tell if it's great yet - but it does seem exceptionally well made -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:29
I'm going to try pushing the code to the wtboard domains again, btw. Hopefully this time it will be more stable. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:29 2
- ok, wtboard is live with the new code. Next up (tomorrow) will be hsxtt and slickertalk. -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 2, 23:09
- ah, small issue with updating the certificates, will take about 20 minutes to sort out -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:54
NOBODY WON POWERBALL. $1.5 BILLION estimated jackpot for saturday night -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 22:12 9
- Good thing I didn't buy a ticket then. The money would've been wasted. - Sub-baroner Nov 3, 06:31
- wellll sheeeeit...gotta do this again. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 02:31
- I had to check. 50% of the ticket sales go to the jackpot -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 22:46
- Looks like I'll have $5 to roll over. -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 22:27
- Seems like usually no one does. -- nm - psilotum Nov 2, 22:14 4
  - must be a sisyphean task to pull all those power balls out every time, just for nothing to happen -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:28 3
    - I feel sorry for the staff in Primm. they are going to have nonstop people from open to close thru saturday. the line will be up to 4 hours of waiting -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 22:44 1
      - Quicker to drive down to Baker or Needles. -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 22:59
    - It's any wonder they don't just throw them out to roll down the street or something. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 22:43
Six months 'til my cruise and I already have items in my onboard shopping cart :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 21:54
Transformers origins -- (link) - Max Nov 2, 21:46
brilliant new revenue stream idea: YouTube on Twitter, but you pay to watch the videos -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 21:41 8
- Another weird realization this week was that wow, Elon and company actually care about their little blue piece of flair. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 03:18
- though really I bet all this is just as much making people miserable so they quit, or setting impossible targets so you can fire them. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 22:43 1
  - Yes, quite. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 22:48
- really more onlyfans. apparently they had plans for it a while ago, but mothballed it because their content control sucked. - mafic Nov 2, 22:41
- Also, it would take longer than this just to write a usable product brief at any rational company. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:51
- It's beyond Fyre Fest. It's dashcon ball pit. - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:49 2
  - That'd be backbreaking. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 22:00 1
    - 😏 -- nm - JD Nov 2, 22:44
c'mon man -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 21:31 1
- I got In School Suspension for posting Vote For Dick for Class President posters in high school. - Qale Nov 2, 22:05
Through the intro, the new Below Deck is laying the accents on thick... -- nm* - Ender Nov 2, 21:14
#waffle286 1/5 - prayformojo Nov 2, 21:10 2
- 4/5. - b. Nov 3, 07:17
- 2 - decline Nov 3, 05:37
Wordle 502 6/6 - *whew* - prayformojo Nov 2, 21:08 8
- 5/6 - Marlowe Nov 3, 07:11
- 3 - rollo Nov 3, 06:08
- 5 - decline Nov 3, 05:35
- 3/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 3, 05:21 1
  - Waffle 1/5 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 3, 05:26
- 4/6 - TWuG Nov 3, 04:01
- 4 - spamlet Nov 3, 03:08
- 3 - 502 - GregW Nov 2, 23:45
TIL I have a stripe account I'd forgotten about -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:06 4
- and now the onerous forms are filled out and the account (which has been dormant for 6+ years) is active -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:30 3
  - (I'm considering "Ko-Fi with Stripe" rather than Patreon) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:35 2
    - Project Codename: Salty Skipper -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 01:41
    - Ko-Fi with Red Stripe Beer, back when he was billed from Kingston, Jamacia, mon. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 22:07

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