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Putin orders 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas holiday -- (link) - Beaker Jan 5, 09:21 2
- 36 hours is more than enough time to retreat. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:37
- Sure, sure. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 09:24
Poll - what do you do for lunch? break? how long? etc. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 09:13 20
- Half hour … I eat at my desk and basically lollygag from 11am to noon … if someone calls, I work. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:32
- I step away from my desk when I'm not busy / get hungry and make something in the kitchen, then eat at my desk. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 09:32
- No lunch. I get a break from 11:48-12:11 but I'm usually working on something. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 5, 09:31
- WFH. If I have to run a quick errand during the day, I will on occasion. Otherwise what's the point of a lunch break. -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 09:24
- One hour. And I alternate between Chilis, Longhorn, Panera, the local Diner, pizza, or local tavern. -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 09:23
- When I had an office job (client services), we would get a half hour. I would use that for a power nap in my car. I would actually eat at my desk - zunk takes things literally Jan 5, 09:22
- typically eat at my desk. they closed the small place in the office where we could get food during COVID -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 09:21
- I don't take a lunch and eat at my desk while working -- nm - decline Jan 5, 09:21
- Unless I am behind in meeting preps for the evening, I go out. 75 minutes (as we are out by the lake). -- nm* - Spawn Jan 5, 09:20
- most of the time eat at my desk unless I go out to get it (like today) but then still eat at my desk. Sometimes I catch up on internet news or ST - oblique Jan 5, 09:19
- Usually just break for as long as it takes me to make my lunch, but lunch time is more or less unregulated (WFH) -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 09:19
- We officially have 30 minutes. Most of the time i don't take it and eat at my desk. Sometimes i go for a walk after. But if we take longer, no one - Andie Jan 5, 09:19
- reheated carnitas tamales, got back to work.... -- nm - colin Jan 5, 09:19
- I usually take an hour at noon. Today there's a meeting during that time. :shakes-fists: -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:18
- When home: stand in the kitchen and eat for maybe 15 mins? When at the office, at my desk or a nearby kitchen (we have shared desks now) -- nm - MDH Jan 5, 09:17
- Occasional gym, errands mostly. Keep it Short to get out earlier -- nm - budice Jan 5, 09:17
- grab something nearby and bring back to the office (90ish mins -- hours are fungible when you're billing) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 09:15
- Eat at my desk usually. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 09:15
- Whatever my boss lets me do. Typically half an hour where I can get away from the desk and house for a bit. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 5, 09:15
- 30 min. Watch TV. When I'm at the office I use my lunch break to drive home to finish work for the day. - sycor Jan 5, 09:14
yesssss -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 09:13 5
- I had to click too many times to figure out why this mattered. Some Democrat is running for Senate in Arizona. Is that the gist of it? -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 09:26 4
  - The toxic gop nominee for Governor is thinking of trying for senate…it’ll be a 3-way race where 2 of the 3 are horribly disliked -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:29 3
    - Lake would finish 3rd if it's a 3 way contest -- nm - Eag Jan 5, 09:32 2
      - Considering she almost won a heads up contest and the split would be on the Democratic side… -- nm - spamlet Jan 5, 09:34
      - I doubt that…she’d probably be the favorite to win given her side is least splintered. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:34
Until there's a Speaker, no House member can act with their Congressional authority, which means constituent services will be almost - TWuG Jan 5, 09:11
Okay, I have a food safety related question, about hot chocolate mix. - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:09 6
- Very unlikely to have gone bad in your kitchen. If you had found it in a cave, it might be sus. -- nm - zork Jan 5, 09:15 3
  - I'm basically wondering if it might be factory contamination ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:17 2
    - Were there other packages in the box that you consumed previously? - zork Jan 5, 09:19 1
      - 7 of them, all fine (and some of them delicious) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:21
- Which Christmas? This one? Probably fine. Last one? Maybe not. -- nm - sycor Jan 5, 09:13
- absolutely safe -- nm - decline Jan 5, 09:09
Heh. "Even though Kevin McCarthy has now lost five straight times, he can still make the playoffs with a Jaguars win and a Steelers loss or tie." -- (link) - pmb Jan 5, 09:07 2
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 09:08
- ha -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 09:08
THE HOUSE is in session... -- nm - decline Jan 5, 09:04 2
- this is the saddest speech i've heard. yikes. -- nm - colin Jan 5, 09:27
- maybe it IS Lupus? -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 09:05
Hunters season 2 trailer (Prime January 13th) -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 5, 08:58 [youtube]
The Ark (Syfy) Trailer -- (link) - Beaker Jan 5, 08:45 [youtube] 1
- Saw this last night, looks kind of interesting in a SyFy kind of way. -- nm - sycor Jan 5, 08:54
Semantle Jr.: Sheesh. 52 guesses, 19 green, 5 hints. Sheesh. Got into the right area quickly but couldn't get it nailed down - prayformojo Jan 5, 08:32
Keep having interesting conversations with my son around work. What is your lunch break situation? Do you get one? Do you take one? Do you actually - oblique Jan 5, 08:32 11
- Who on earth has an 8 hour workday? And what is a lunch break? -- nm - MDH Jan 5, 09:18 2
  - Someone made partner... - spamlet Jan 5, 09:24
  - last time i had a "break" was retail -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 09:23
- 30 min lunch. Required as a state employee. So I go downstairs and watch cartoons. It actually helps mentally some days. -- nm - sycor Jan 5, 08:53
- The first thing I would try to break him of is the notion that a professional work day is exactly 8 hours long -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:34 6
  - yep -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 09:04
  - I leave the house at 9am, I get home at 5:30pm. That is 8 and a half hours!!! - Spawn Jan 5, 08:43 1
    - Don't you work for yourself tho? Don't let your boss find out you're such a scallywag! -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:46
  - oh for sure. and that every hour worked over 40 should have a comp hour. I wonder what the average workweek is in the US these days. -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 5, 08:37
  - Yes, sometimes it should only be 4 hours long -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 08:35 1
    - I don't disagree -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:35
Apparently William and Harry had some *literal* knock-down drag out fights. -- (link) - Mop Jan 5, 08:31 8
- Wimps. In the good old days, both siblings would raise an army and put half of England to the torch. -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 08:50 2
  - Or use there Dragons to lay waste -- nm - Eag Jan 5, 08:59
  - Wait till Wills is king. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 08:52
- I mean, brothers. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 08:41 4
  - Can confirm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:02 3
    - my brother and I never laid a hand on the other - not once -- nm - mud Jan 5, 09:11 1
      - Same. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 09:28
    - I mean I have sister in laws that have come to blows -- nm - Eag Jan 5, 09:03
Is there a site with a head of lettuce regarding the speaker situation? -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 08:30
Dave Bautista takes off his shirt and points at his chest for 10 minutes. -- (link) - Mop Jan 5, 08:18 [youtube] 5
- I think all celebs should do this. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 08:28 4
  - Beginning with Margot Robbie. -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 5, 08:36 3
    - Second up…Salma Hayek. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 08:47
    - ... and finishing with Margot Robbie -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:37
    - But, of course. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 08:36
Hmm. Gmail has been marking some emails as spam that are from people in my address book. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 08:12 2
- Could be based on the domain. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 08:18 1
  - I always suspected ATT was evil. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 08:28
Good Fantasy Writing Is Pure Magic All too often clunky dialogue breaks the spell of CGI-heavy TV epics. - crash davis Jan 5, 08:09 3
- Here's a companion piece from the Mary sue about "pew-pew" magic -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 5, 08:32 2
  - LYC: At Christmas, Amy's nephews informed us they got around their parents "No Toy Guns policy", with pew-pews. - Spawn Jan 5, 08:36 1
    - "This is my Pepe le Pew-Pew" -- nm - Bruce Campbell Jan 5, 08:38
Ooof. Started PT for this pinched nerve thing I have going on. Never realized before how often I "hunch" forward in my desk chair resting my left - oblique Jan 5, 08:06 5
- That's how I got cubital tunnel syndrome. So annoying. Is that what you hav? -- nm* - loosilu Jan 5, 08:10 2
  - Kinda though they haven't called it that yet. Started as very painful shoulder then settled in my elbow. Pain is mostly gone but lingering - oblique Jan 5, 08:27 1
    - Sounds a little different. For those three fingers it's usually carpal tunnel. - loosilu Jan 5, 08:39
- I think that sort of hunch is how I injured my shoulder -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 08:08
- I do the hunch too. Actively working to correct my sitting position. -- nm - MDH Jan 5, 08:07
Martin Scorsese's appreciation for Tár -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 08:00 2
- nice -- nm - mud Jan 5, 08:02
- nobody's perfect -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 08:01
Jeremy Renner update -- (link) - mud Jan 5, 07:59
REB2: 11 episodes in one day. Not sure about a rewatch, but a first binge I did 14 episodes of Breaking Bad in 24 hours. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 07:44 1
- intense, I think the most I've ever done is a season of Ozark (10 eps) in 24 hrs -- nm - mud Jan 5, 07:46
Target having Tech Issues -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 07:40
Best news of the day. Damar appears to be neurologically intact. Remarkable improvement in the past 24 hours. Bills statement inside. -- (link*) - Inigo Jan 5, 07:39 8
- Maybe stupid question, but why did his lungs get so injured? Is it that they were deprived of blood for some period? Is that common? -- nm - pmb Jan 5, 08:36 4
  - I would guess from CPR. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 08:56
  - bruising from the chest strike? just guessing. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 08:39 2
    - and/or from chest compressions from CPR? I have no idea -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:41 1
      - I'm reading that he has blood in his lungs, but not the cause. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 08:42
- Even better. His agent says Damar Hamlin is awake and holding hands with family. -- (link*) - Inigo Jan 5, 08:16 1
  - In my day, the only time you held hands with family was when you all gathered around to see your enemies plead for mercy; and only then to keep them - Dick Butkus Jan 5, 08:18
- Thank goodness. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 08:11
Sam Smith has announced a Summer/Fall 2023 Arena Tour - MDH Jan 5, 07:36
Trailer for Netflix's "You People" starring Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, and Lauren London. -- (link) - MDH Jan 5, 07:22 [youtube] 1
- Kenya Barris rules -- nm - mud Jan 5, 07:32
--- -- nm* - mud Jan 5, 07:21
Here's the trailer for Renfield (Nick Cage as Dracula!!) -- (link) - decline Jan 5, 07:21 9
- I'm in -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 07:59
- Where's Nicholas Hoult on the potential James Bond list currently? -- nm - LMS Jan 5, 07:32 2
  - I dunno but the Bond franchise should be mothballed until the spring of 2031. -- nm - mud Jan 5, 07:34 1
    - Unless they go period and set them in the 60s -- nm - zork Jan 5, 09:17
- this looks tremendous -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 07:28 2
  - yup -- nm - decline Jan 5, 07:30
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Jan 5, 07:30
- I'd like to see him play all the parts -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 07:24 1
  - Kount Klumpula -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:29
Stonehouse was a fun watch. Matthew McFadyen was clearly having a blast. I'm assuming it's on Britbox. True story of an MP who faked his death. -- nm - LMS Jan 5, 07:11
Jax, let me know when you are around and we can drop eggs together -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 07:11 9
- I'm ready - go ahead if you want and I'll drop an egg -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 07:23 8
  - Egg dropped at 10:24, so anytime in the next 30 minutes. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 07:25 7
    - Dropped another at 10:53, so anytime by 11:23am Eastern -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 07:54 5
      - well shit -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 07:59 4
        
        wait think good dropping now -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 07:59 3
        
        you have an unopened gift from me, so open away! -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 08:00 1
        
        gracias! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 08:15
        
        coolio. go ahead and open the gift, I'm good. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 08:00
    - get a room -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 07:40
Oklahoma moving against trans people -- (link) - TWuG Jan 5, 07:07 6
- JFC -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 5, 08:05
- the new 'jew'. -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 07:19 3
  - The Nazis destroyed a treasure trove of literature on LGBT and trans people beyond killing them in camps. Nothing new here at all. -- nm - TWuG Jan 5, 07:26 2
    - I mean in the sense how Americans have turned openly on them as being literally less than human (with my maga family/friends) - Jovian Jan 5, 07:30 1
      - (it wasnt like this 6 years ago) - Jovian Jan 5, 07:31
- when are they not? - colin Jan 5, 07:11
Iron Maiden release limited edition postal stamps -- (link) - LMS Jan 5, 07:06
Hmm, my normal AMC has most showtimes for IMAX and Dolby listed as Sold Out this weekend. I wonder if there were theater rentals? - MDH Jan 5, 07:06 1
- Ours... does not. 8:15pm Sat IMAX has sold two seats. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 07:46
LIR: Kraken. Yeah, this one looks like a highly transmissible monster -- (link) - oblique Jan 5, 07:06
I'm glad my rental was a Chevy Blazer. - Mop Jan 5, 06:58 [Attachment] 1
- I rented a Kia Sportage for our iceland trip last night. Hoping I don't have to utilize any "advanced" driving features :) -- nm - oblique Jan 5, 06:59
Huh. Roku has a QAnon channel and it's really popular -- (link) - decline Jan 5, 06:54 2
- smh -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 07:05
- good grief -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 06:56
*posts on B2 like a stnoob* -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 5, 06:54 1
- Hail Vamps Champ -- nm - budice Jan 5, 06:57
There's going to have to be the EV equivalent of the Honda Accord. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 06:53 7
- Exactly this ... they are going to make the car of the people that Tesla hasn't been able to prioritize -- nm - rollo Jan 5, 08:26
- Clarity was that, but five years too early - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 07:09 2
  - you have a clarity, right? what's your range? -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 5, 08:34 1
    - if i get a full H2 fill (which can vary depending on given station conditions) 360m rated -- but if you run AC etc. it edges down closer to 300ish - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 09:02
- Yes. But even the Accord doesn't look like a used bar of soap. -- nm - TWuG Jan 5, 06:59 2
  - The real question: Which is uglier? That Sony beast or the Ioniq 6 -- nm - oblique Jan 5, 07:00 1
    - Oof. The 6 looks like a modified Citroen DS. -- nm - TWuG Jan 5, 07:03
Amazon Layoffs Leap to 18,000 -- (link) - mud Jan 5, 06:50 1
- Holidays over, snip snip -- nm - budice Jan 5, 06:52

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