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Titans starting QB Josh Dobbs tonight over Malik Willis. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 29, 10:35 2
- Kaepernick remains unsigned -- nm - budice Dec 29, 10:39
- Dobbs was signed like a week ago -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 29, 10:36
Completely expected: Sikorsky Is Formally Protesting Army’s Black Hawk Replacement Choice -- (link) - JD Dec 29, 10:33
I swear I looked: someone here posted about an electric vehicle that had a really great price. There were rebates involved. Anyone have that link? - kelly Dec 29, 10:20 5
- I can't say enough good things (although I'm realistic about its limitations) if you need any backup. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 10:40
- Might have been me. Chevy Bolt -- (link) - oblique Dec 29, 10:24 3
  - Yup, that’s it. Thank you! -- nm - kelly Dec 29, 10:41
  - Yeah, FWIW, I checked Knoxville after you posted this. There are some cars in stock at Chevy dealerships here. However, they're got higher pricing. -- nm - David Dec 29, 10:31 1
    - It's definitely a thing with Bolts. They're in high demand and some dealers are taking advantage. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 10:35
"How screwed is Southwest, legally?" -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 29, 10:18 2
- They're calling out that TikTok lady! -- nm - David Dec 29, 10:33
- 12/27/22: there's a lot to love about Southwest Airlines stock -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 10:20
Since I was on vacation until today. Watch grades: White Lotus S1: A. S2: A- Glass Onion: A (need to rewatch). - oblique Dec 29, 10:16 1
- Glass Onion holds up really well on rewatch. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 10:18
Barnes & Noble on the rebound since it stopped trying to out-Amazon Amazon (probably a lesson for the studios in there if they care to learn it) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 10:09 1
- Sco pa tu manaa -- nm - budice Dec 29, 10:13
RB Tony Pollard (thigh) will be inactive tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 09:52
AHS:NYC is now streaming on Disney+ -- (link) - budice Dec 29, 09:36 2
- Everywhere that doesn't have Hulu, I assume. -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 09:45 1
  - or a Republican party to contend with. -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 10:21
My Hickory Farms order with a delivery date of January 6th just showed up. - The Allfather Dec 29, 09:24 6
- Oh! They have the cranberry mustard on their site so I don’t have to go to sketchy websites to get it now! - spamlet Dec 29, 09:51
- Does it include meltaway mints? If not, send it back. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 09:33
- that's good eatin'... -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 09:30
- Just got mine from the relatives. Got a nice spread -- nm - budice Dec 29, 09:27
- They knew if it had not arrived by then you would have stormed the Farm. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 09:26 1
  - with Pitchforks -- nm - budice Dec 29, 09:27
For some reason, I really want a 10x10 inch block of copper now. -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 09:13 2
- Gold is more expensive than platinum? The whole D&D currency system is turned on its head! -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 29, 10:40
- based on the scale of that drawing, that dude is about 4'8". - Reagen Dec 29, 09:19
As of January 1, 2023, we estimate the monthly price of your service will increase by $9.05. - Comcast Dec 29, 09:12 14
- Thanks! -- nm - Remlik Dec 29, 10:25
- Well, I had to call Comcast, but I've totally canceled my TV plan. I was already down to only 10 channels. - Mop Dec 29, 09:44 6
  - I hate you have to call these services to cancel. Just make it available on the manage account. And they can GFC and stay F -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 09:54 1
    - I can add services online but can't remove services. Fortunately this time it was painless. - Mop Dec 29, 10:08
  - you can't do an OTA antenna? -- nm - oblique Dec 29, 09:48 3
    - I'm gonna have to look into it. But now I need to research DVRs for OTA again. So tell me... -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 09:48 2
      - Just an addendum to my below. The Recast appears to be supported through 2026 right now so it isn't a bad buy if you go in knowing it will eventually - oblique Dec 29, 10:10
      - Ugh. I'd have 100% said the Amazon Recast but they've discontinued it. I'm fearing that 2023 will require me to find a new OTA DVR myself and I'm - oblique Dec 29, 09:58
- Are you under contract? -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 09:14 5
  - Nope. -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 09:14 4
    - Well there's your problem! -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 09:19 1
      - Looks like I had a 12 month discount that was expiring in March ($20/month discount on a plan that only had 10 channels?) So it was about to get worse -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 09:48
    - You're about to save money on the renegotiation! -- nm - David Dec 29, 09:17 1
      - They messed with the wrong mop. Stick it to them, wring them out good. -- nm* - budice Dec 29, 09:19
Beastie Boys, on American Bandstand -- (link) - Flavorize Dec 29, 09:05 2
- blechh -- nm - mud Dec 29, 09:20
- That's a lot of middle school white kid dancing. -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 09:08
Elon got a Margin Call for Twitter Loan due to Tesla stock price drop. -- (link*) - budice Dec 29, 08:58 3
- time to sell some more Telsa shares, guy -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 10:03
- "(Tesla) has shed a monumental $900 billion in market cap and is still richly priced for a car maker with its growth prospects." -- WSJ -- nm - David Dec 29, 09:20
- $121.60 up $8.89 today -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 09:04
Had an exciting end to Christmas yesterday at the in-laws. My wife's brother's older kid came out as trans to the family. Went very well (although - oblique Dec 29, 08:34 7
- that's awesome. ya'll are great for being so supportive. -- nm - colin Dec 29, 08:42 3
  - It was a non-issue for us. Along those lines, I hadn't spoken much about this either but our son told us just before Christmas that he's (overshare) - oblique Dec 29, 08:49 2
    - and that's a testament to you.. - colin Dec 29, 08:58 1
      - We had some good help along the way (both professionals as well as wonderful support like all of you here) -- nm - oblique Dec 29, 09:02
- I wouldn’t blame it on the Alzheimer’s necessarily. It takes time to adjust. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:40
- Awwww. -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 08:39
- glad that went well -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:35
If you've ever longed for an infographic showing how much of a given metal you could buy for $1000, boy is today your lucky day! -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:21 18
- where is the unobtainium on this graphic? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 29, 08:47 1
  - Not a metal, I believe. Admantium? -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 09:36
- I love these -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 08:27 1
  - This is as good as New Phone Book Day!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 08:32
- sort of? i mean, a cube of steel or aluminum will cost so much more just to cast it. you can get it in i beams and studs i guess -- nm - colin Dec 29, 08:26
- clearly then everyone should be buying steel as it is the best value -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 08:25 12
  - Nah, give me a suitcase full of osmium, please. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 08:37 5
    - so a ludicrously heavy, smelly, poisonous metal? -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 08:44 3
      - Yes, please. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 09:03 1
        
        In a carry-on size, that would weigh approximately 3700 lbs - Reagen Dec 29, 09:06
      - Heavy Smelly Poisonous Metal is my 9th favorite GWAR album -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:48
    - I'll pass. Too many people died for just a briefcase of that in Pulp Fiction -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 08:40
  - Clearly you've never had the thrill of holding .54 cubic inches of Iridium in your hand! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:29 2
    - I have actually looked into those element cubes but I can't justify it for the actual amount you get. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 08:45
    - isn't that what crypto bros were buying? -- nm - colin Dec 29, 08:29
  - i'll build an igloo out of steel cubes -- nm* - colin Dec 29, 08:26 2
    - You'll have more room than you would in the same price osmium igloo -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 08:29 1
      - an igloo for ants - colin Dec 29, 08:31
ok, this made me laugh way too much -- (link) - oblique Dec 29, 08:19
Semantle Jr.: 19 guesses, 6 green, 0 hints - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:17
5 - rollo Dec 29, 08:13
Reuters: Brazil arrests four people for alleged coup attempt in Bolsonaro riots - mud Dec 29, 08:12 11
- I love that he is going to spend NYE with his coup pal at Maralargo -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 08:22 7
  - He actually changed his plans. But he is still feeing to Orlando. Where one of his sons, the one with most risk of prison time, already is. -- (edited) - Marlowe Dec 29, 08:29 5
    - So he's a chicken coup. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 08:53 3
      - Boo! -- nm - The Allfather Dec 29, 08:56 2
        
        You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man, you're a Chicken Boo. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:58 1
        
        "Chickenfoot, come back, you're not a freak, you're just stupid!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 09:39
    - yeesh -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 08:46
  - :-] -- nm - mud Dec 29, 08:25
- "a pro-Bolsonaro indigenous leader" Seriously? -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 08:20 2
  - blacks at Trump rallies, jews in his administration .. wtf, man -- nm - mud Dec 29, 08:24
  - And he is also an Evangelical Pastor, not sure if that was mentioned in the article. Only in Brazil. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 29, 08:24
Florida has the occasional dropping iguana, Texas has flocks of bats raining down. -- (link) - GregW Dec 29, 07:58 3
- ...and then the murders began -- nm - prayformojo Dec 29, 08:10
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 08:05 1
  - You got Greg frozen bats for their birthday? How goth. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:25
My dead friend's POS dad put the wrong birth date on his gravestone. - colin Dec 29, 07:49
Ruggero Deodato, director of Cannibal Holocaust has passed away at the age of 83. - Jovian Dec 29, 07:10
Because I have no faith in Southwest, I have canceled my flight and booked with American - Fuzzy Dec 29, 06:59 13
- I haven't been paying too much attention, can someone explain what's going on? - sycor Dec 29, 07:10 11
  - Southwest has been canceling 60-70% of their flights every day this week. The cause varies depending on the source - Fuzzy Dec 29, 07:18 10
    - It's also been said that an additional problem is that they use a point to point rather than a hub system. If one point goes down, everything else is - Meg Dec 29, 08:03
    - i've seen the same on your IM.. bad systems that couldn't respond to extreme changes in scheduling. this is a long term problem too.. -- nm - colin Dec 29, 07:50
    - Yeesh. Sound like all that government bail money was used wisely the last time airlines were bailed out. -- nm - sycor Dec 29, 07:45 5
      - They have been taking care of stockholders with dividends. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:23
      - The COVID money was to keep planes flying empty and to not lay people off, no different than the PPP money for other businesses. -- nm* - spamlet Dec 29, 08:01 2
        
        I meant before that. I had forgotten about the COVID money. -- nm - sycor Dec 29, 08:03 1
        
        buybacks (lining CEO's pockets at the expense of their employees) were so rampant in the airlines, Congress had to explicitly ban them as a condition - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 10:23
      - you get a bonus! and you get a bonus!! and you gets a bonus!!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 07:58
    - It's going to take that long to find anyone that can program in COBOL still. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 07:41
    - agree to your IM. -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 07:28
- probably the best move -- nm - Andie Dec 29, 07:03
Thought about going to see Babylon today but the runtime and the graphicness described makes me want to skip it entirely now. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 06:58 9
- Go see Living instead if it's showing. -- nm - LMS Dec 29, 08:20 1
  - On the list but not here yet. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 08:56
- Decided to look it up since I've heard this a few times. (spoils? but not really?) - sycor Dec 29, 07:54 2
  - I used the parental guide on IMDb that went into a little more detail on things (probably spoilers) -- (edited) - spamlet Dec 29, 07:55 1
    - I have never look at that, or really even noticed it. But yeah that's a lot more detail. Movies sound a bit more over the top than I expected. -- nm - sycor Dec 29, 08:03
- Well, wife scheduled something now so moot point. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 07:49
- it's the run time that is keeping me away -- nm - Andie Dec 29, 07:03 2
  - i'll probably see it when i get back to LA but it's also the same time investment as Avatar 2 -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 07:22 1
    - Yeah I made it through Avatar with a bathroom break but I’m not sure I can make through the grossness. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 07:26
An Ontario judge has dismissed a $1-million libel action by three nurses who faced disciplinary action for their anti-vaccine views -- (link) - Beaker Dec 29, 06:51 1
- good! -- nm - mud Dec 29, 07:17
I've been stalked! :-) A Wu-Tang book, a Powell Books pin and candle, a bottle of hot sauce and a copy of Street Roots which is a Portland newspaper. - Krusty Dec 29, 06:45
New startup will buy your worthless NFTs for pennies so you can take the tax write-off -- (link*) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 29, 06:40 1
- oh good, I'm glad all these rich people can get out of a jam. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 06:48
fuck you Derrick Henry. Doubtful for tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 06:40 4
- Well the main factor is the game means literally nothing to Titans. They have to win next week no matter what happens tonight. So he probably sits. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 29, 06:44 3
  - I'm also facing the Dallas D in Vamps finals so a double crotch kick -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 06:49 2
    - Same, vs ML in Astronauts - Strongbad Dec 29, 08:46
    - As owner of said D, I can attest they have a maddening habit of rolling over against what should be outmatched opponents -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 29, 07:54
The first recreational dispensary in NYC is opening today at 4:20. :-) - Krusty Dec 29, 06:30 9
- I’ve said it before, but it still holds true. It’ll be the first time a stoner is on time for something. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:28
- This reminds me.. -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 07:03
- oh shit that’s Eric Adams’ music -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 06:51
- I assumed you had them. What happened here is about 12 million opened right away, which was far more than demand required. - Andie Dec 29, 06:44 3
  - I saw a stat - weed is 54% less expensive then when they started selling due to supply vs demand. - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 06:55 1
    - it's complicated in California. "legalize it and just tax it" has resulted in the same black market for untaxed weed as Mob cigarette heists -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 07:25
  - We have a lot of illegal shops selling out in the open right now. Nearly every bodega sells weed and weed products like edibles today. - Krusty Dec 29, 06:51
- If it's anything like NJ the first couple of days are going to have really long lines -- nm - decline Dec 29, 06:32 1
  - Normally I would expect there to be a line but we have so many illegal shops where you can just walk in and buy weed right now. Just about every bodega -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 29, 06:53
Happy birthday, GregW! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎉 -- nm - Krusty Dec 29, 06:14 6
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 29, 11:07
- happy birthday, Greg! :) - — nm - i.b! Dec 29, 09:20
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 08:26
- Thanks everyone! -- nm - GregW Dec 29, 07:49
- cheers! -- nm - mud Dec 29, 07:15
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 06:40

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