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Five injured after ‘severe turbulence’ on United Airlines flight into Houston -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 07:15 6
- my ride from LAX to ODR to DCA on united was pleasantly bump-free -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 07:34 1
  - Welcome back to the best coast! -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 07:35
- ~what a rush~ -- nm - colin Dec 21, 07:25
- I heard it's a really good idea to always wear your seatbelt when on an airplane -- nm - decline Dec 21, 07:15 2
  - I recall a wise person recommending that recently. (Have you found the cat yet?) -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 07:17 1
    - I did! -- nm - decline Dec 21, 07:17
Buffalo just gets the nicest weather... -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 07:13 2
- and people wonder why I moved. -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 08:21 1
  - word -- nm - decline Dec 21, 09:43
DTL: Go Starkville! -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 07:09 2
- An improbably easy run into the E8 with wins by 13, 10, and 10. I'm touching nothing. Team is +59 -- nm - rollo Dec 21, 07:28 1
  - Stillwater beat me twice this year, so thanks for avenging me. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 07:34
Since I mentioned rewatching a documentary on the ratings, I listened to Havens’ podcast on the subject from earlier this year. -- (link) - Qale Dec 21, 07:03
Has anyone checked on Tim this morning? I want to make sure he didn't die of excitement overnight. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 06:50 5
- That’s one of the craziest baseball things I’ve ever seen. We shall eat Steve Cohen last. -- nm - Tim Dec 21, 07:13
- Tim? U ok Tim? Mets want to win! Tim? Tim -- (pic) - budice Dec 21, 06:52 [Attachment] 3
  - This puts it in a little perspective. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 21, 06:58 2
    - This is ridiculous -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 07:00 1
      - Yep. Here it is by team. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 21, 07:02
"Tesla salespeople say 'a lot' of customers canceling reservations and not signing new leases blame Musk's Twitter behavior." -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 06:50 3
- Oh, I believe it happens, but also "a lot" at any particular location is probably very low double digits - TWuG Dec 21, 07:37
- i was reading that the stock price is less about musk, a LOT more about flagging sales, esp in non-US/EU markets - colin Dec 21, 07:28 1
  - The answer to that will be seen when Q4-22 numbers are released in January - TWuG Dec 21, 07:54
If you ever wanted to fly non-stop from Newark to either Aalborg Denmark or Gothenburg Sweden, SAS will be able to help you out next summer. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 06:43 1
- For a fee. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 21, 06:48
JWST - NGC 7469, a luminous, face-on spiral galaxy approximately 90,000 light-years in diameter that lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 06:41 [Image] 1
- article -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 06:41
Looks like I need to get a big ladder. We have an attic above our garage but when the solar precheck guy was here my ladder couldn't reach it without -- (edited) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 06:35 6
- your solar is expiring -- nm - Spawn Dec 21, 07:37 1
  - he didn't realize it came with a trial subscription -- nm - decline Dec 21, 07:38
- i bet you could borrow one from a neighbour -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:39 3
  - yeah, but it wont be the last time I need to get up there so probably worth getting -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 06:41 2
    - Can you have a drop ladder installed? -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 07:55
    - and think about all the stuff you can hide from your wife up there -- nm - decline Dec 21, 07:05
Manchin will propose to raise the tax reporting threshold to $10,000 from $600 for Venmo, Paypal -- nm - budice Dec 21, 06:32 2
- And make it retroactive! -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 12:07
- That's what it was before the changes to $600. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 06:48
Apropos of nothing, i think i want to road trip to Cleveland for a weekend next spring. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:27 9
- How long of a drive is it? Also, what's drawing you to this road trip? - ty97 Dec 21, 06:39 6
  - Cleveland Rocks, ty -- nm - decline Dec 21, 06:47 1
    - say hi to Drew Carey for me! -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 06:57
  - probably 5 hours-ish. Heard a random mention of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and thought "Why have i never been there?" That was enough! -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:40 3
    - I *love* the RRHF. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 21, 06:45 2
      - see? i should go. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:46 1
        
        You definitely should. It's an experience unto itself.And Cleveland is a wonderful city with a fantastic theater community. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 21, 07:42
- nm -- nm* - prayformojo Dec 21, 06:35 1
  - (desperately wants to know what this said before you changed it!) - Andie Dec 21, 06:38
Friday…our RealFeel will be -27F … that’s inhumane. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 06:18 1
- We got some schools canceling, in advance, of the cold weather -- nm - Flavorize Dec 21, 06:31
Solstice. 4:47pm eastern. Tomorrow, we start getting longer days! -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:15 1
- :( -- nm - budice Dec 21, 06:36
Variety: The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. -- (link) - LMS Dec 21, 06:15 7
- 53. As usual, some odd choices and placements. -- nm - pmb Dec 21, 07:15
- My Best Friend's Wedding should be nowhere near that list - Andie Dec 21, 07:05 1
  - and, dudes, it is The Bicycle Thief (not Bicycle Thieves.) -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 07:06
- 37 -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 06:59
- 22? -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 06:38
- 68. The list gets more mainstream-ish up top. I almost stopped reading at #45. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 21, 06:32
- 45/100 - That's a pretty good list -- nm - decline Dec 21, 06:22
ty97! BOMB CYCLONE!!! -- (link) - decline Dec 21, 05:52 3
- 6th favourite RATM song. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 05:54 1
  - Also works as a Beastie Boys song - Strongbad Dec 21, 06:14
- WWWOOOO!!! - ty97 Dec 21, 05:53
Where's Waldo? -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 05:51 6
- Reminds me of one of my favorite Twitter follows -- (link) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 06:06
- that's incredible -- nm - prayformojo Dec 21, 06:01
- alright, where's the damn cat? -- nm - decline Dec 21, 05:56 3
  - RIGHT BEHIND YOU! -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 05:57
  - It's in the picture. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 21, 05:57 1
    - Found it -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 06:01
Framed: 6/6. Moviedle: X/6. Actorle: 6/8. - Marlowe Dec 21, 05:49
Feels like App / Websites Ts & Cs are being updated every 5 mins these days. I keep getting emails -- nm* - budice Dec 21, 05:22
Toronto: Eight teenage girls charged with killing homeless man -- (link) - LMS Dec 21, 05:08 2
- oh my god. the stabbing was on the news this week, but there had been no mention of who they thought did it. that's horrible. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:13
- That's horrific -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 05:23
Get Up. I will give you a thousand dollars if you go one day without two segments about the Cowboys. No? Ok. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 21, 05:07
LIV defectors are eligible for the Masters again this year -- (link) - spamlet Dec 21, 05:04
Happy birthday, Shay! Woo hoo!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 04:46 4
- Yay Shay! -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 05:36
- Hope you have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 05:09
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 05:04
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 04:55
Carlos Correa, in a stunning turn of events, has agreed on a 12-year, $315 million contract with the New York Mets -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 04:45
TV PSA: NHL, AEW Dynamite, Price is Right, Celebrity LEGO Masters, Jack Ryan, Leverage Redemption, Mayfair Witches, Emily in Paris, Willow, Challenge, - Beaker Dec 21, 04:45 2
- Christmas movies for us. Last night was Elf, some Bob's Burgers episodes and Trading Places. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 21, 05:02
- 2: Jack Ryan and eventually will binge National Treasure -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 04:55
Hades is currently $16.74 on Playstation. -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 04:40
RIP Franco Harris -- (link) - Reagen Dec 21, 04:40 1
- Just before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception and the Steelers honoring him this weekend. Sad. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 21, 05:09
Astros: hey David, team Poppy Lee Fireballs added 2 players when their roster should have been frozen. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 04:27 1
- Vamps and Caveman were good (although my opponent grabbed the #1 D I wanted (but I had a backup ready) :) ) -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 05:03
Correa will be beating up on the Braves for the next 12 years (Giants said he flunked their physical) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 21, 03:55 1
- Mets don't give a F about a failed physical. They want all the players. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 04:47
waffle334 3/5 - spamlet Dec 21, 03:36 3
- 0 - decline Dec 21, 05:48
- 4 stars - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 04:42
- x -- nm - prayformojo Dec 21, 04:08
Wordle 550 3/6 - spamlet Dec 21, 03:32 6
- 4 - rollo Dec 21, 07:07
- 4/6 - Marlowe Dec 21, 06:04
- 4/6 - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 06:03
- 5 - decline Dec 21, 05:46
- 4/6 - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 21, 04:39
- 3/6 - prayformojo Dec 21, 04:06
Reuters has some genuinely alarming stuff about COVID-19 in China. -- (link) - David Dec 20, 23:34 11
- I mean, this is literally exactly what was predicted. -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 03:44
- I honestly don’t think they could have effed this all up anymore than they have. -- nm - spamlet Dec 21, 03:28 1
  - It was all predicted, which is why we had epidemiologists in China until 2019. - loosilu Dec 21, 03:46
- They're still claiming to have lost less than 5,300 people to COVID? -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 00:46 7
  - Even if it’s 100 times that (and it probably isn’t) they still have fewer deaths than almost anywhere. - mafic Dec 21, 05:51 1
    - I think you're talking for their propaganda. -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 21:25
  - We always assume they lie. -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 03:44 1
    - Because they always lie about everything. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 05:03
  - consider, they've been isolating/masking far more than us, their vax is meh, their vax rate is less than ours, they're set for an apocalypse - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 21, 02:03 2
    - Their vax rate is better than most places, and 3 doses of sinovax seems as good as anything, but like 50% of >80s are unvaxxed. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 05:38
    - If so, that number might just get all the way up to 5,600. -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 04:02
Apparently there was a pretty big earthquake in Humboldt CA today? Just hearing about it now, but apparently it was 14-24 hours ago ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 22:47 3
- More - -- (link) - Meg Dec 20, 23:05
- Latest report - 2 dead, but likely regular medical emergencies that emergency services were unable to reach due to the quake. 11 injured. - Meg Dec 20, 23:00 [Backboard]
- lots of storefront windows broken, some streets buckled, 2 or 3 gas lines broken. don't think any serious injuries. -- nm - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 20, 22:59
Don't be the last customer to leave this holiday season... or, like, any other day of the year. My customer service drops precipitously after close. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 22:29 1
- Also, I didn't get a chance to post this earlier. A documentary that's full-on advocacy, tries to cast an additional villain, and tries to be art. - Qale Dec 20, 22:35
just heard a last boarding call at LAX for a flight to Santa Barbara. that is some lazy-ass shit - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 22:22 8
- What if you got to LAX from another city? -- nm - loosilu Dec 21, 03:48
- there is a flight from SFO to OAK ... you can literally see the other airport across the bay. - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 21, 02:05
- I've done stuff like that as a connection. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 22:57 2
  - Shortest flight I've ever taken was Saskatoon to Prince Albert as the last part of a return - Reagen Dec 21, 03:49 1
    - I’ve done Colorado Springs to Denver. 12 minutes in air…easier than worrying about weather just south of Denver. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 06:24
- LAX-SNA was inspired -- nm - budice Dec 20, 22:36
- I didn't know they even had a commercial airport! I've flown to Oxnard from Fullerton, but that was in a single engine, 4 seat Cessna :) -- nm - Meg Dec 20, 22:34 1
  - They have an international airport and it's really nice. Those rich people in Montecito don't want to drive to LA to fly to Europe. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 12:14
When Denny's decided to give their employees Christmas Day off in 1988 they had to install new locks in 700 of their 1,221 locations because... - Ender Dec 20, 21:42 1
- I remember that, the doors had locks but years later and a dozen managers ago nobody ever thought of keys. -- nm - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 20, 22:57
Oh hey, it turns out I've met the guy who created the local bike-plow. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 20, 21:31
The Rock confirms Black Adam won't be part of what's next for WB. That HBO Max number was probably the last straw. -- nm - David Dec 20, 21:03 10
- given that they axed popular characters I guess that's not surprising. or maybe it is? I can't tell anymore. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 21:11 2
  - What they need to do is keep Pattinson as The Batman, but reboot everything around him in the style of Batman 66 - Beryllium Dec 20, 21:20 1
    - I want Yvonne Craig circa 1967 :) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 21:30
- He's gonna try to get into the MCU so hard -- nm - Tim Dec 20, 21:06 6
  - Hear me out... Cock Blockers 2: The Revenge of The Cock. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 22:28
  - scary words: "I have some ideas for Mission: Impossible." -- nm - Max Dec 20, 21:57 1
    - Big words from Agent 23 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 22:16
  - Not so sure. He's pretty liquid $$$ now and seems to have narrow scope on the characters he plays -- nm* - budice Dec 20, 21:11 2
    - He specifically, perhaps even weirdly, mentioned marvel in his announcement -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 21:55 1
      - I'm starting to think James Gunn is a Marvel plant sent there by Feige or Iger -- (edited) - eag Dec 20, 22:35
The roads are not looking so good right now -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 20, 20:55 1
- pic -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 20, 20:55 [Attachment]
2 schools offered UNC QB Drake Maye $5 million to transfer. -- (link) - budice Dec 20, 20:47 3
- There's nothing sad about it. That's how the system should work. -- nm - David Dec 20, 20:57 2
  - Completely disagree. - Strongbad Dec 21, 05:17
  - Nah, it’s contract violations…he’s contracted to UNC until one of them rescinds their agreement. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 03:43
When does LDB end? I think I might have a pretty good shot this year. - sycor Dec 20, 20:32 6
- i was out about 2 weeks back :( not a good LDB season -- nm - colin Dec 21, 07:31
- Yup, it ends at midnight on the 23rd. You're safe come Christmas Eve. -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 20:57 4
  - How does that make sense? -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 00:49 3
    - Wikipedia says it's inclusive of Christmas Eve. -- nm - Ender Dec 21, 00:52 2
      - there are different versions - as early as the 23rd, late as the original that goes through dawn on the 26th, but I think st’s is christmas day? -- (link) - i.b! Dec 21, 03:58 1
        
        Yeah, to me it ends the end of Christmas Eve -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 21, 05:58
Jokic's no-look between-the-legs pass in the 3rd quarter was one of the best I've ever seen -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 20:30

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