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Since we're talking about Indy I still think The Fugitive is Harrison Ford best -- nm - eag Nov 18, 12:22
I wonder if he has margin calls on any pledged Telsa stock -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 12:19
Nov. 18th birthdays: Susan Sullivan (80), Delroy Lindo (70), Elizabeth Perkins (62), Owen Wilson (54), Damon Wayons, Jr. (40) - Max Nov 18, 12:04 [youtube]
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 18, 12:03 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 18, 12:03 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 18, 12:03 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 18, 12:04 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2. -- nm - i.b! Nov 18, 12:15
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Nov 18, 12:12
      - 1/2 but only because the second one was a gimme. - The Gossip King Nov 18, 12:10
      - 0 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 18, 12:09
The most satisfying part of Marvel Snap is when you see a couple of your opponent's cards, predict what he is going to do, and then counter it. - Sub-baroner Nov 18, 11:59
Actually funny Twitter content! -- (link) - spamlet Nov 18, 11:57 [Image]
Dammit, now I want to watch the three Indy movies again -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:44 11
- (four) -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:45 10
  - *shaking head* -- nm - Pelosi Nov 18, 11:59
  - I didn't say which one I excluded. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:51 6
    - Temple of Doom, I hope -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 18, 12:11
    - "the three"! -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:52 4
      - yeah, Raiders, Crusade, and Skull. -- (edited) - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:53 3
        
        I *love* doom! -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 11:55 1
        
        a Short Round spinoff series would make baaank -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:57
        
        But what is the *proper* order to watch them in? -- (edited) - Spawn Nov 18, 11:55
  - I didn't hate Crystal Skull as much as everyone else. - sycor Nov 18, 11:46
  - THERE. ARE. THREE. MOVIES -- nm - Indy-Luc Picard Nov 18, 11:45
One small good thing: Musk explicitly refuses to allow Alex Jones back on Twitter. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 18, 11:38
lyric rewrite. Trucking up to Buffalo. Been thinking they got a lot of snow. take your time and pick a place to go and just keep trucking aw aw, aw aw on -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 18, 11:37
heh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:34 3
- I'm waiting for the inevitable breach as either someone exploits the chaos or an actor who is already inside their systems lights it up -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 11:36 2
  - The smart thing to do would be to not light things up; rather, to dig deeper into Elon's systems. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:37 1
    - he seems like the easiest mark in the world to phish with a spoof DM from DeSantis or some other bright thinker -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:39
today's guitar demo. The Jamed Bond main theme on a 1959 Gretsch -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 18, 11:33 [youtube] 1
- 🐱‍👤 -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:20
F'in HOA: HOA board members stole millions from residents -- (link) - oblique Nov 18, 11:33 1
- more like a THOAT -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:35
Jack Smith is Special Counsel to oversee two 45* investigations -- (link*) - mud Nov 18, 11:26 5
- No one yet knows what this guy looks like but Kevin Costner has already called "dibs". -- nm - rollo Nov 18, 12:18 1
  - I could see it. -- (link) - mud Nov 18, 12:20
- I hope he moves with alacrity. Get this wrapped up and indict the MFer before the middle of next year. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:31
- more -- (link) - mud Nov 18, 11:30 1
  - "investigating war crimes" -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:33
This happened today at the Food Lion near me. Wildlife shopping. -- (link) - sycor Nov 18, 11:22
I don’t know how far USMNT will go in the cup but their hype video is a banger -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:13 7
- I always think USMNT is a weird offshoot of TMNT. am I the only one? -- nm* - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 11:46 5
  - We are legion. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 13:40
  - I read it as US Mint -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:56 1
    - I read it this way but in the sense that makes me want Andes Candy. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 11:58
  - You're not. Every. Time. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 11:56 1
    - no, i absolutely meant U.S. Mutant Ninja Turtles. what else would it be? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:58
- You could scarcely assemble a more fascinating group for them except... - Sub-baroner Nov 18, 11:24
NFL MVP voting now Top 5 ranking instead of just one pick -- (link) - budice Nov 18, 11:10 1
- Better for gambling or worse? -- nm - rollo Nov 18, 12:15
Will Smith definitely remorseful and contrite -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 11:08 2
- He's not THAT Will Smith... -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 12:05
- Keep his wife's booty out of your filthy mouth -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:11
I just bought this to take to my brother's house for Turkey day. I plan to ask him to add it to his fancy charcuterie board -- (link) - decline Nov 18, 10:58 3
- I don't even know what to say about that. -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 11:00 2
  - you can say it looks delicious -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:00 1
    - and mischievous -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:03
ST poll for homeowners: do you have regularly scheduled pest control? -- nm - David Nov 18, 10:58 20
- Yep, pretty much quarterly for all of ours -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 12:55
- thought about it, but no -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:21
- Yes. -- nm - kelly Nov 18, 11:50
- Yes. we have a lot of trees and a large piece of land behind us that the neighbors have 4 large dogs on. - Epiphany Nov 18, 11:44
- Nope -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:42
- No, never. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:40
- Yes. They were in on Wednesday. Orkin, but they franchise so I can't speak to quality outside our experience. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:27
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 18, 11:20
- No. - znufrii Nov 18, 11:13
- no. -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:12
- Yep! Mom and I are big fans of Critter Control here in Portland. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 11:11
- Provided by the apt complex. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 18, 11:10
- No but my in-laws that lived in the woods did. - spamlet Nov 18, 11:08
- We need to, we have mice. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:06
- For our specific home, no. Only call when necessary (which has only been 2 or 3 times in the past 11+ years) - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:00
- Yes. I'm not convinced we need it or will keep it but because we essentially have fields in our back yard and saw moles/mice running in the yard very - oblique Nov 18, 11:00 2
  - If you have mice outside, you'll end up with mice inside. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:32 1
    - my neighbor ripped out a tree and oliver cat brought me three mice within a day. thanks ollie. none since or before. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 12:10
- when I owned a home I did - decline Nov 18, 11:00 1
  - Same. They cleared a lot of trees/ land for my old neighborhood. Ended up with lots of spiders (black widows, wolf, etc). Pest control definitely -- (edited) - sycor Nov 18, 11:01
Today, I have found myself binge-watching Pink Floyd documentaries. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 10:48 3
- I did that last Christmas! -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:29
- set your controls for the heart of the sun -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 18, 11:21
- it can be a rabbit hole -- nm - Lafarrow Nov 18, 11:17
now he’s just bidding against himself -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:45
You don't care, but I finally got the trip report and pictures posted. If you're bored and need to kill some time. - sycor Nov 18, 10:42 11
- Very cool. I loved Bardstown when we were there in September -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 13:01
- I expected to see the photos get blurry and tilted as the trip went on -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:36 1
  - I already removed those. - sycor Nov 18, 11:39
- Side note, I wish I had been able to meet up with any STers in the areas we were in but once I got sick, I didn't want to contaminate. - sycor Nov 18, 10:59
- “Gooey butter cake is one of the best things I’ve ever put into my mouth” - spamlet Nov 18, 10:53 4
  - It's so good! I have to find a place that will overnight some to me. -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 10:56 3
    - This place ships and is really good. Never had them frozen though. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 18, 11:10 2
      - HAH! That's where I had it! I'll give them a shot after the holidays. -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 11:13 1
        
        You chose...well. -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 11:50
- great stuff :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 10:53 1
  - Thanks! That means a lot. I think I got a few really good pictures of the elk and bison. I really need more practice with the camera though. - sycor Nov 18, 10:57
White Lotus renewed for season 3 by HBO -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 10:40 1
- The Man will give White Lotus three seasons before a Black Lotus gets even one -- nm - Nat X Nov 18, 10:53
DOJ gonna indict Ticketmaster before Trump & Co -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:21 2
- and now Garland apparently just punting to another Mueller. absolute disgrace -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:46 1
  - Yup -- nm - Jovian Nov 18, 11:02
If you haven't done so already, you might want to get in queue to join the Post.News sooner rather than later. - Mr. Havens Nov 18, 10:18 4
- Interesting. Former Waze CEO -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 10:32
- Clicking on join the waitlist does nothing, so perhaps they're being pummeled or no longer accepting folks. -- nm - Qale Nov 18, 10:31 2
  - I was #8500ish on the list as of last night -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:41
  - worked for me. I want to give my link for after Havens hits 5 referrals, but I don’t know what info about me is shared. -- nm - i.b! Nov 18, 10:40
from b2, I did some checking on CounterSocial last night after a bunch of people I follow said they made accounts there. part of this has some good to - i.b! Nov 18, 10:16 1
- Sounds interesting. The panel looks like you need a desktop with panoramic monitor -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:04
Anyone ever experience a cursor erratically jumping around on screen even when not touching the mouse? - Max Nov 18, 10:12 9
- Wireless or wired mouse? -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 10:52
- Jiggle the cables? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 10:31
- Is it a touch screen? -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 10:16
- g g g g ghost! -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:15
- The Russian hacker who remotely accessed your laptop is nervously tapping his mouse while watching you through your camera -- nm - decline Nov 18, 10:15 1
  - "tapping his mouse" -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 10:22
- can you delete all mouse/usb drivers and then reinstall? - JaxSean Nov 18, 10:14 1
  - Not a touchscreen but I'll try that next. I've tried checking display and mouse drivers, and unchecking Enhance mouse pointer so far. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 10:23
- In bed. -- nm - Qale Nov 18, 10:13
(unverified) In an email from EM remote engineers are being encouraged to fly to SF today to present their recent code commits in person to the dufus -- (link) - decline Nov 18, 10:10 3
- So there is about 1,000 employees left, how long are they going to sit around the crowded hallway in otherwise empty building. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 10:53
- get anti-woke, go broke -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:15
- Zoe always has the goods so I’d consider it trustworthy -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 10:11
just has one of the fastest responses to reporting a twitter post for hateful conduct that I’ve ever had - around 13 hours, and they locked the acct. - i.b! Nov 18, 10:01 3
- or maybe not - account is still up, but it shows the post removed. nm but: -- (pic) - i.b! Nov 18, 10:05 [Attachment] 2
  - The account was probably locked until the tweet was removed by the user. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 10:07 1
    - ah, it’s been some time since I reported and checked - thanks! -- nm - i.b! Nov 18, 10:12
Thank you all for putting up with me. Today, in #chairgate -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 18, 09:54 [Attachment] 1
- Ah! Now I understand completely. Sun-kissed chair. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 18, 10:11
Err, got on a call and didnt even reply to my own thread. I was looking at an LG ultragear (posted on b2) which is I think a new refresh of kilbo's -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 18, 09:53 [Backboard] 2
- Yep, that's the one I linked. It's good, though my daughter doesn't love them as a gaming monitor. -- (edited) - JaxSean Nov 18, 10:11 1
  - it would be dual purpose for me, Work (when WFH) and gaming (weekends occasionally) - tRuMaN Nov 18, 10:36
A good question amidst all this is "how long could ST run without me". - Beryllium Nov 18, 09:49 9
- Somebody wrap Bery in bubble-wrap! -- nm - sycor Nov 18, 10:53
- ::cries:: -- nm - Epiphany Nov 18, 09:54
- Set it up to auto pay from a paypal account that we can just send money to forever :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 09:51 5
  - I want to send him some of the pp cash I've recently acquired.... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:09
  - A real long-term continuity plan would probably involve forming a core team with suitable access. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 10:49 2
    - You and your crazy anti-crypto ways :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 10:57 1
      - In a world of chaos, wrinkle-free pants keep me sane. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 12:25
  - Like that xkcd with the secret Windows chatroom -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 18, 10:03
- Hot / Cold Backup might be a good idea -- nm - budice Nov 18, 09:50
"Don't invite crazy people to play in your fantasy league." - Beaker Nov 18, 09:47
Current Looks at Bills Stadium -- (link) - budice Nov 18, 09:47 10
- I like the Bills Mafia guy sitting in the seat. - Spawn Nov 18, 11:42
- not everyone minds snow like that. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 18, 10:32 1
  - what kind of lover is that? -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 18, 12:14
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 10:03
- just a dusting -- nm - decline Nov 18, 10:03
- C'mon! They can play there! -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 09:51
- bunch of pussies. I walked up hill both ways to school in more snow than that -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 09:47 2
  - I've seen more snow on the back of a men's room stall toilet at an RNC fundraiser than that. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 10:33
  - and you didn't even have shoulder pads to help keep you warm -- nm - JD Nov 18, 09:49
- pretty! -- nm - mud Nov 18, 09:47

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