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JWST: 2 versions of the Southern Ring Nebula -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 08:21 [Image] 3
- and -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 08:21 [Image] 2
  - wow. I definitely see a head/face in both of those. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 08:22
  - article -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 08:22
Baker Mayfield QB1 vs the Raiders tonight -- nm - budice Dec 8, 08:15 2
- well I have bet on the Raiders so par for the course Mayfield will definitely win tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:16 1
  - United States originally attempted to trade Baker Mayfield for Brittney Griner, but Russia declined the offer not wanting him either -- nm - budice Dec 8, 08:18
This Sunday will be the 32nd game between head coaches John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin. That's second all-time to George Papas and Curly Lambeau. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 8, 08:11
David news network: Ghost of Tsushima writer Liz Albl has taken a position as narrative lead of an upcoming Bioshock game -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 08:09
Netflix: Shadow and Bone Season 2 March 16 -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:03
Jim news network: Mike Flanagan to Adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower for Amazon -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 07:55 1
- alright alright alright -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:56
Desmond Ridder to Start the Falcons playoff run -- nm - budice Dec 8, 07:54
I can't believe my completely avg BF team is in the playoffs. We're so avg that our points scored is only 1.5 off the league mean. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 8, 07:39
ST Poll: Have you ever flown on a 747? On the Airbus A380? -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 07:39 16
- Not to my recollection. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 08:12
- I have no idea what planes I've flown on. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 08:11 4
  - That's probably a far healthier approach than me staring at the plane at the gate trying to figure out exactly which 737 variant I'm about to trust my - JD Dec 8, 08:16 1
    - Look up the flight number on Flightradar24.com and you can get the exact tail number of the plane flying you that day. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 8, 08:17
  - these are double-deckers -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:13 1
    - Then, no. I've only been on planes with one level of seating. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 08:25
- yes, no -- nm - JD Dec 8, 08:10
- I think I did back when I flew to France. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 8, 08:09
- I don't believe so. All my flights have been domestic and rather short. Nothing longer than MCI-ATL -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 8, 07:52
- yes, no. — nm - i.b! Dec 8, 07:46
- NY to LA 35 years ago on a 747. I flew on Air France to London 5 years ago I assume on a 380. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 07:45
- Yes, no. -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 07:44
- Pretty sure it was 747 we flew to Germany way back when. It was when you could still smoke on planes. I remember the back of the plane seeming like - Andie Dec 8, 07:40
- did the 747 with the upper tier maybe 40-45 years ago or so I think when we went to Florida one time when I was a kid -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 07:40
- yes -- nm - budice Dec 8, 07:39
- yes, no -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:39
Pun Alert - Love Me Loo: Beatles legend John Lennon's toilet unveiled to fans -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 07:20 11
- Let it pee. -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 8, 07:22 10
  - Yellow submurine? -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 8, 07:27 9
    - All You Peed is Love -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 07:28 8
      - Peeny Lane -- nm - mud Dec 8, 07:30 7
        
        The Stool on the Hill -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 07:43 6
        
        Imagine there's no toilet paper -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 07:44 5
        
        While My Guitar Gently Craps -- nm - mud Dec 8, 07:55 4
        
        I was going to go for While My Penis Gently Seeps -- nm - LMS Dec 8, 08:17 3
        
        eww -- nm - mud Dec 8, 08:19 2
        
        Twist and Shout (no punification needed) -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 08:22 1
        
        x -- nm* - rollo Dec 8, 08:25
High School athletes in PA can now get NIL deals... -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 07:08 1
- Finally, high school jocks will catch a break -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 07:20
my secret santee is a young, very craft-oriented person. is a macrame book and some macrame yarn a crazy idea? like old-skool kraft? any other ideas? -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:56 6
- Punch needle. You can get a set with all the supplies and a hoop for a very affordable price. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 08:11
- Just don't get them something with which they're already intimately familiar or experts. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 07:54
- It’s a bit late, but there’s an advent calendar where you make a different Christmas ornament, daily—comes with an instruction book for each day - Flavorize Dec 8, 07:08 [Attachment]
- Craft macrame and cheese. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 8, 07:03 1
  - macram it, pal -- nm - rollo Dec 8, 07:18
- we got the girls a crochet kit (Star Wars) for Christmas. My wife, being a lunatic "let's order this one and that one and this other one etc" - Beaker Dec 8, 07:03
50 cent double cheeseburgers at McD's today and tomorrow. Granted that would mean you are eating McD's. -- (link) - sycor Dec 8, 06:53 1
- *walks in, drops a $10 on the counter*. “Double me. Nathan, now what do you want?” -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 07:03
I don’t think it was noted yesterday that the last 747 rolled off the line yesterday. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 8, 06:49 4
- Fun Fact: The reason Boeing put the cockpit on the upper level is because in 1968 they didn't think the plane had a future in passenger transport. - howie Dec 8, 07:28 2
  - And the plane certainly has remained popular among cargo operators, definitely more than passenger operators. - ty97 Dec 8, 07:32 1
    - Modern day lesson from the 747 and A380: Four engines bad, two engines good. - ty97 Dec 8, 07:33
- In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter of course, but this makes me kinda sad - ty97 Dec 8, 06:59
So, just FYI. The visitation for groiny's mom is tomorrow evening. I'm going to stop by after work to give him our condolences. Not sure if it - oblique Dec 8, 06:46 10
- Groiny knows how we feel about him. If they need a reminder, we can certainly arrange one. *snaps glove* -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 08:59
- thank you! -- nm - i.b! Dec 8, 07:49
- So sorry to hear about his mom. He's been through enough. I appreciate you doing that. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 07:47
- Thank you, sir. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:42
- Thank you for doing this -- nm - spamlet Dec 8, 07:11
- Just let the family know there's a huge community out here that cares. -- nm - Meg Dec 8, 07:09
- very much appreciated -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 07:00
- Appreciate it. I hate that so much has been happening to him. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 06:55
- That is very nice of you, thanks. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 06:53
- Takeup collection for something from ST -- nm - budice Dec 8, 06:50
The Britney Griner news is good. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:22 14
- BIDEN! -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:23
- Good news—wish she had made a better personal choice, to not bring them drugs with her…but glad she’s coming back because the Russians were - Flavorize Dec 8, 07:03
- Boomer Esiason is very annoyed about it. -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 8, 06:59 2
  - WH apparently tried for a 2-for-2 deal and Russia wouldn't play (again reportedly) -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 07:00 1
    - Oh I know. And He knows. But he likes to get his shots in. - Jovian Dec 8, 07:02
- agreed. if we want this arms dealer we can always deal with him later -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 06:37 8
  - And he already served 14 years and had 7 or less left. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:40 1
    - Of course I'm not thrilled that he's out and about, but those circumstances make the trade-off viable to me -- nm* - ty97 Dec 8, 06:41
  - But we did deal with him after years of trying to get him. I have mixed feelings about this deal. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 06:40 5
    - The only misgivings I have are that it feels like the sentence was designed to elicit this deal. - TWuG Dec 8, 06:45 3
      - honestly, anyone going to Russia at this point should expect 0 government intervention. -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 07:04
      - That all sounds very plausible and I wouldn't be surprised if this happens again in the near future. - Krusty Dec 8, 07:01
      - Almost certainly Griner's sentence was designed to get a prisoner swap. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:59
    - I meant "deal" with him... - Beaker Dec 8, 06:40
Hey, did you know there was a Titanic 2 movie? (not a sequel. would watch.) -- (edited) - Andie Dec 8, 06:20 5
- What, what? "A supernatural horror-themed sequel, Titanic 666, was released twelve years later, on April 15, 2022." -- (link*) - decline Dec 8, 06:41 [youtube]
- I am not a scientist, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you want to do when there is a tsunami. - JaxSean Dec 8, 06:36 1
  - oh, i don't expect it to be a *good* movie. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 06:40
- I vaguely recall hearing about it at the time -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:30
- I had heard of it, but never watch it. But it's made by The Asylum, so it could go either way. - sycor Dec 8, 06:28
with all due respect, screw indiana. -- (link) - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:17 33
- Uhm, aren't you here some? -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:23
- World's biggest Buc-ees opening half hour away in 2023. We win. - Dark Callisto Dec 8, 06:56 7
  - yesss -- nm - budice Dec 8, 08:04
  - Is that the one with the worlds longest car wash? *That* I would do. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 07:38
  - I get why it's popular, but I don't love the excessiveness of them. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 07:15
  - They were going to open one in my parent's county but the county wouldn't give some allowance for an exit or parking or something - ty97 Dec 8, 07:01
  - I don't even know buc-ees. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:57 2
    - YOU WILL. - Dark Callisto Dec 8, 07:05
    - Buc-ees feels like an occasion or special trip to me. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 8, 07:04
- People love some Wawa. I've only been to one once, I wasn't that impressed. It's like a Sheetz. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 06:36 7
  - fwiw, in my experience, they were not all alike, some offer more than others. -- nm - i.b! Dec 8, 07:54
  - Wawa is the best at getting food at the gas station. Sandwiches are fantastic and inexpensive. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 06:55 1
    - they have a new buffalo chicken salad club that is terrific - decline Dec 8, 07:54
  - Sheetz is a very poor imitation of Wawa -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:37 3
    - If you say so. I just go get gas and leave. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 06:46
    - it's so true. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:44 1
      - yinz judas! -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 07:00
- Don't you have Sheetz? Don't be greedy! -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:32 1
  - wawa -----> sheetz ---------------------------------------> snappy's -----------------------------> unimart -- nm* - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:44
- The village council where my parents live approved the Wawa but I don't know when it's opening - ty97 Dec 8, 06:29 12
  - They're building one 5 minutes from my office (and knocking down an old hotel). Even though there is another about 10 minutes away from here. - decline Dec 8, 06:35 11
    - At some point in NJ and eastern PA there's going to be Wawas that are across the street from other Wawas -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 07:03 1
      - Reminds me of “New Starbucks opens in bathroom of existing Starbucks” -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 08:15
    - They’ve been trying to build one here, on the site of an old car dealership, even though we’ve already got three within a five minute drive. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 8, 06:38 8
      - yep, all new ones have pumps (they make buckets of cash from gas). The to-be-built one here is on RT 1 Southbound - the existing is RT 1 NB -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:41 7
        
        I think sheetz makes a ton from prepared food. we have a downtown sheetz here (no gas pumps) and it is hopping *all the time.* -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 8, 06:47 4
        
        There's a downtown Wawa (no pumps) in Philly -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 07:03 2
        
        I used to work next door to it, was there for lunch every day pretty much. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 08:11
        
        most of the ones in the Philly area don't have pumps (the main 1 I go to doesn't). In Doylestown they demolished the no-pump one and built a - decline Dec 8, 07:05
        
        ~college town~ -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:52
        
        I think the one here is at least mostly dead, after the borough lost in court against its own zoning board. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 8, 06:45 1
        
        I can agree on your IM, but I really want a closer store! -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:47
- heh -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:22
Even if you have an annual subscription to the NYT and their games, I think it's best to stand with the workers and not use their products today. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 06:12 4
- ugh, I forgot about this. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 06:41
- Yep, painful to lose the streak but it's important. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 8, 06:25
- Looked this up to avoid putting on pants. Thanks. Nmb El Guapo screen grab. 24 hr strike? -- (pic) -- (link*) - con_carne Dec 8, 06:18 [Attachment]
- Good reminder - i have not yet Wordled so I will not. -- nm* - Andie Dec 8, 06:13
Olive Garden manager fired for insisting “if your dog died, bring him in.” -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 8, 06:05 2
- I mean horrible, but also, being sick is a pretty good reason to NOT come to work in a restaurant. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 06:17 1
  - Places like that don't care though. They schedule so tight that one person not coming in screws everything. Even at my theater we ask for doctor's - sycor Dec 8, 06:25
This is horrible: Celine Dion has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that ultimately leaves sufferers as human statues -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 05:55 6
- how awful. :/ here’s the full video. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 8, 08:09
- good lord -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 06:41
- what a tragic disease. how awful. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 06:11
- oh dang. she's only 54 too. that's horrible. -- nm - colin Dec 8, 06:01 2
  - Really? I did not realize she was that young for Titanic. - sycor Dec 8, 06:04 1
    - She wasn't even 30 at that point. She started very very very young. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 06:12
Former Vikings HC Mike Zimmer is expected to be Coach Prime's staff at Colorado -- nm* - Strongbad Dec 8, 05:54 1
- Per ESPN: Alabama's Charles Kelly joins Colorado as defensive coordinator -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 05:57
Wordle 4/6 - oblique Dec 8, 05:53 2
- 5 - rollo Dec 8, 06:14
- Waffle 2/5 - oblique Dec 8, 06:10
Inside No. 9 Christmas Special trailer -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 05:49 [youtube]
TV PSA: NFL, L&O x 3, Hell's Kitchen, Young Sheldon, So Help Me Todd, Call Me Kat, CSI Vegas, Superstar, Fleishman is in Trouble, Doom Patrol, Ghosts, -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 8, 05:47
The World Cup Quarterfinals Entrance Survey - Beaker Dec 8, 05:47 4
- There was never a single good reason to have the WC played there. Iran would be a better pick because they at least have a decent team. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 8, 05:53 3
  - there was one excellent reason - decline Dec 8, 05:56 2
    - Yep. As I said, no good reason. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 8, 05:58 1
      - couple hundred million bad ones. -- nm - colin Dec 8, 06:08

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