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you are given two options: Previous Year or Immediately Proceeding Prior Yr. Which means last year? -- nm* - tRuMaN Dec 19, 07:12 5
- It's Dec 2022. Previous Year = 2021. Immediately Preceeding Prior Yr. = 2020. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 07:18
- Previous year is last year, and immediately preceding previous year is the year before that. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 07:17
- is that supposed to be "preceding"? -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 07:16
- 2021 is last year. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 07:15 1
  - not one of the two options. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 07:15
6 killed in Ontario mass shooting -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 19, 07:05 3
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 07:13
- Sometimes the world makes my brain and heart hurt -- nm - ty97 Dec 19, 07:13
- horrible -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 07:12
If NY Dems had even *tried* appears they could have retained NY-03................. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 19, 06:36 2
- This is a pretty wild story -- nm - decline Dec 19, 06:38 1
  - Fake jobs - Fake degrees - Fake charity - Fake residency - Fake financial disclosures - Wanted for check fraud in Brazil -- nm - decline Dec 19, 07:15
We found out last night a prior co-worker of mine, one of the happiest bubbliest nicest people passed away due to cancer. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 06:10 5
- Cancer sucks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 07:08
- Damn. It's always the people who deserve it least. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 06:55
- awful, I'm so sorry -- nm - ty97 Dec 19, 06:29
- fuck cancer -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 06:28
- Sorry man. That sucks. - sycor Dec 19, 06:14
happy annual credit card rewards redemption day! what are *you* doing to celebrate? -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 19, 06:00 7
- paying off Christmas purchases -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 06:31
- What's this? Is this a thing? Should I be doing this? - sycor Dec 19, 06:16 2
  - I save all of my rewards till the holidays and then go a little nuts. this is a pretty big rewards year, so... get ready to shop. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 19, 06:42
  - I have been thinking about a new camera lens. Or a KitchenAid mini stand mixer. -- nm - sycor Dec 19, 06:25
- Dyson handheld vac? New conical burr grinder? -- nm - mafic Dec 19, 06:04 2
  - Lol, the handheld vac was the first thing I got with my points rewards card earlier this year. (After looking through their prize list, I got a cash - mara xmas, ya filthy animals Dec 19, 06:12 1
    - a great idea (thanks) is new attachments for my dyson stick vac. mine are long since lost. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 19, 06:48
Wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin won Strictly this weekend. This is the dance that sealed his popularity. -- (link) - LMS Dec 19, 05:59 [youtube] 1
- This was my favourite dance of the series - Helen & Gorka doing Caberet -- (link*) - LMS Dec 19, 06:00 [youtube]
cute: simon’s cat + holiday catnip short. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 19, 05:57 1
- My friends had 3 cats. One got high off it, another become super-aggressive, and the third was just confused. - One Baron Posting Dec 19, 06:43
TV PSA: NFL, Celebrity LEGO Masters, Raw, Celebrity IOU, Midsomer Murders, Aftertaste, Trolley, College Football, Below Deck, Antiques Roadshow, - Beaker Dec 19, 05:46 1
- UK has final episode of Strike, and the repeats of Cracker continue. -- nm - LMS Dec 19, 06:19
FJS: Looks like there is going to be 4 teams (incl. myself) at 9-6 after tonight all tied for 2nd place. -- nm - oblique Dec 19, 05:44
Noticed Jeremy Clarkson was trending this weekend - in case you wanted to have an even lower opinion of him... -- (link) - LMS Dec 19, 05:39 1
- Jesus. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 06:56
Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: -/8. (website seems to be down for me again.) - Marlowe Dec 19, 05:19
Barkley you magnificent bastard! Won me Caveman and maybe Vamps (against Samara); need Watson to get less than 17 points tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:10 4
- Caveman looks to be a sweep by the 1-4 seeds; Vamps seeds 2 and 6 move on and 1/8 and 4/5 to be decided tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:25 3
  - I need 20 from CWatson to win in my big money league, but it would lose me Caveman. I’m willing to accept that. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 05:35 1
    - I missed that he was the player remaining for Truman; could swing a Caveman and a Vamps matchup -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:57
  - ASTRO 1, 2, and 6. I am the 4 and need 1.15 points from Green Bay D to win. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 05:29
Semantle (Sr.): 53, 5 hints. I got in the neighborhood quickly but could not nail this sucker down - prayformojo Dec 19, 03:50
Waffle 332 - 3/5 - prayformojo Dec 19, 02:54 2
- 2 - decline Dec 19, 05:36
- waffle332 2/5 - spamlet Dec 19, 03:59
Wordle 548 3/6 - prayformojo Dec 19, 02:53 7
- 4 - rollo Dec 19, 06:05
- 5/6 - znufrii Dec 19, 05:59
- 3/6 (interesting progression) - oblique Dec 19, 05:53
- 3 - decline Dec 19, 05:33
- 4/6 - Marlowe Dec 19, 05:24
- 1 - only the second time in 228 games. Time to pick a new start word. - GregW Dec 19, 04:56
- Wordle 548 2/6 - spamlet Dec 19, 03:59
even MySpace Tom is dunking on you -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 22:55
Twitter will always remain our second favorite angry bird. -- (link) - Qale Dec 18, 22:53 [youtube]
I'm kinda falling in love with Letterkenny two minutes at a time on YouTube. -- nm - David Dec 18, 22:37
In which I find a song that instantly goes in seven of my play lists because that's how everything it is -- (link) - con_carne Dec 18, 22:03 [spotify] 1
- This was high on the radio play lists throughout the 70s. As was tons of Seals and Crofts hits. -- nm - GregW Dec 19, 05:09
Another reminder: As of March 27, 2023, it will no longer be possible to make purchases in Nintendo eShop for the 3DS or Wii U. - Qale Dec 18, 22:00
Man, Paris and the Pacific Northwest were THE places to be for immortals in the 90s! You couldn't go a week without running into a new one. -- nm - Ender Dec 18, 21:26 1
- Still true. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 21:26
Well, at least they're having fun with it. -- (link) - David Dec 18, 20:52 5
- I really don't want him to step down as CEO. Of course, it would be even more delicious if he ignores the poll. - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:54 4
  - I was reminded earlier that he said during his testimony last month that his twitter ceo role is a temporary one. add that to my gut feeling earlier - i.b! Dec 18, 20:58 3
    - Yep. He's in there running the standard private equity playbook with a touch of chaos. - Beryllium Dec 18, 21:02 1
      - The playbook is to sell it for parts. Here, what parts? -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 06:01
    - oo! nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 18, 21:02
You get a white Christmas! You get a white Christmas! Everybody gets a white Christmas! -- (pic) - Ender Dec 18, 20:43 [Attachment] 9
- I don't know about white, but we are getting a [censored] cold Christmas. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 19, 06:47
- I'm not sure we are well-prepared for a White Christmas here. I hope we don't get it. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 19, 05:39 1
  - I would be fine. My neighbours might actually die. -- nm - mafic Dec 19, 05:56
- I haven’t used the air conditioning yet this summer. I think I’ll need to this week. Sunny and >30C for the next week. -- nm - mafic Dec 19, 05:26
- Rain on the east coast. -- nm - Max Dec 18, 22:32 2
  - No White Christmas here either. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 04:50 1
    - +10 and 50 mm of rain. -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 05:06
- It's snowing here now, but we've got a week to go ... things could change. - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:50
- Not quite everybody;) And I plan to avoid any higher elevations this year. - Meg Dec 18, 20:46
I question russian carpentry skills, not only are windows faulty but now stairs are killing billionaires.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 18, 20:38 2
- Isn't that how Ivana Trump died? -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 05:22 1
  - I have to admit, the conspiracy theorist part of my brain wondered when she was buried on Trump's property if that would make it harder to exhume - Andie Dec 19, 05:50
following-up on my bb post re: today’s twitter policy changing… nm but: -- (link*) - i.b! Dec 18, 20:09 8
- in other reverting, I just noticed spaces has returned. -- nm - i.b! Dec 18, 21:57
- in fairness it's a terrible idea, and probably illegal. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 21:00 1
  - oh totally. I posted on a bb re: elon already having indicated it would ease; and I’m sure anti-competitive talk might also have gotten to him. -- nm - i.b! Dec 18, 21:04
- and that followed this poll from twitter safety. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 18, 20:11 4
  - I'm getting quite sick of this abuse of polling. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:36 3
    - I think it’s insulting, but it does expose more people who don’t see what he’s doing/who think it’s a democracy. -- nm - i.b! Dec 18, 20:40 2
      - Uh oh, it's spreading -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:48 [mastodon] 1
        
        hee! -- nm - i.b! Dec 18, 20:58
I need cold weather gloves that have more dexterity than dogsled driver uses - anybody have a favorite brand or store for them? -- nm* - Max Dec 18, 20:01 3
- I've tried so many gloves and learned you can have dexterity or you can have warmth, you can't have both. In my experience, the mittens - Krusty Dec 19, 06:58
- landsend has some cashmere lined leather ones that I lose within hours -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 00:05
- the man in the desert and no snow thinks: if all you need is dexterity & simple covering. try baseball, golf or driving gloves. -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 18, 20:12
Dotson! we got Dotson here!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 19:11
It's hilarious how gradually today's December birthdays got progressively more wussified as you read them. -- nm - con_carne Dec 18, 19:01
Survivor thoughts/spoilers, watched 43 finale today - Strongbad Dec 18, 18:53 2
- agree 110% with all - one major spoiler comment -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 18, 18:55 1
  - we had 3 winners out of 4 of us in the pick 'em we do - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 18, 19:00
I may have settled on my Top Ten of 2022 (but I havent seen Babylon yet so who knows) - mud Dec 18, 18:37 6
- You clearly have a thing for men. - Marlowe Dec 18, 18:44 4
  - But not the film Men. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 18:51 3
    - I love Garland but that looks too scary. (I may done with horror) -- nm - mud Dec 18, 18:54 2
      - It was not too bad, I thought. Some disturbing visuals, however. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 18, 19:13 1
        
        Cronenberg-level disturbing. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 19, 06:48
- I've seen or want to see 6 of these. High for a list for me :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 18:40
Oppenheimer: 75 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 18, 18:35
Blood Feud reminder: teams eliminated from playoffs have frozen rosters and should not be submitting waiver adds. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 18:33 1
- this -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:58
Give. It. To. Fucking. Barkley. -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 18:31 4
- You’re gonna get me. All the questionable tags and matchups in my lineup made me overthink it. Good luck from here on out. -- nm - samara Dec 18, 19:26 1
  - Riiiiiiiight, you will use some voodoo shit and win this still. -- nm - Bacon Dec 18, 19:29
- Again. -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 18:39 1
  - yes! -- nm - mud Dec 18, 18:40
Nmb David, poker hand from yesterday - Strongbad Dec 18, 18:17 4
- Nice! Middling pocket pairs will be the death of us all. -- nm - David Dec 18, 18:35
- Nice!! - Epiphany Dec 18, 18:23 2
  - right? with two overcards on the flop, yikes -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 18:24 1
    - She probably figured I didn't know what I was doing, which was a fair assumption -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 18:31
Taylor Sheridan just taking over Sundays. 2 Yellowstone shows and Tulsa. spoils - Remlik Dec 18, 18:16 2
- Nice to see Bronn back on tv. -- nm - Max Dec 18, 18:23 1
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Dec 18, 18:28
Montana maple syrup -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 18, 18:06 1
- son of a bitch -- nm - John Dutton Dec 18, 18:07
"I don’t really understand this plan. How is this going to make her a better nun?" -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 18, 17:53 1
- "KNOCK HER OUT. Vetoed." oh wait that's not what it says -- nm - Max Dec 18, 18:03
Happy Hannukah to all!! 🕎✡️ -- nm - Krusty Dec 18, 17:49 1
- and to you! -- nm - mud Dec 18, 18:26
Let's say I didn't want to sit around watching A Christmas Story for the 50th time on Christmas Day... Any good new Xmas movies on streaming? -- nm - Ender Dec 18, 17:46 6
- the Netflix one with Lindsay Lohan -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:52
- there's that earlier one by the same director. It's been a favourite of mine, for forever -- (link) - mud Dec 18, 18:17
- Last Christmas is on FX -- nm - JD Dec 18, 18:15
- the Christmas Ghosts episode was great -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 18:08
- Not a movie, but this is the little cartoon I mentioned watching at the Friends of the Mouse party yesterday. -- (link) - Meg Dec 18, 18:06 [youtube]
- the new one on Apple with Ferrell and Deadpool (Spirited) -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 17:48
Chag Sameach -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 17:45 1
- a jewish park writer I've long followed has regularly mentioned the lack of - i.b! Dec 18, 18:23
I've seen at least 63 commercials for Oppenheimer in the last 3 hours -- nm - prayformojo Dec 18, 17:40 1
- important question: - amanda Dec 18, 19:17
*Ode to Joy playing during a Christmas light show* A: “That’s music from Bluey!” -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 17:38
if your FG kicker can't kick a 50 yarder you need a new FG kicker -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 17:32
70 yards plus TD for Darius Slayton, plz -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 17:25
"Okay, you two totally have the hots for each other." -- nm - Boorman Dec 18, 17:03
I need Barkley to go off to prevent an upset in Caveman and to perform an upset in Vamps... -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 16:53
There have been exactly two game-winning walk-off touchdowns on multi-lateral plays in NFL history - Patriots vs Miami and now Patriots vs Raiders -- (link) - Beaker Dec 18, 16:48 7
- Sure looks like the Pats lost both. Or is that the wrong highlight? -- nm - The Allfather Dec 18, 17:05 4
  - both ways! Miami against them in 2018 and then they did it to themselves today :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 17:06 3
    - I don’t understand Sherman’s wording. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 18, 17:07 2
      - all the times teams have tried laterals...it has resulted in a TD twice. Once with pats on defense and once with Pats on offense (but against them) -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 17:12 1
        
        That’s terribly worded by him. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 18, 17:14
- An emotional Jakobi Meyers said he was “trying to do too much -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 16:53 1
  - He was clearly affected by my benching him in BF -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 18, 17:14
FTX’s Bankman-Fried to agree to extradition to US - budice Dec 18, 16:47 1
- Safer than in a Bahamian jail. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 20:03
“Welcome to tonight’s performance of the Candlelight Processional at EPCOT. EPCOT …. an acronym … and I’m pretty sure the C doesn’t stand for “Chapek" -- (link) - NPH Dec 18, 16:44

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