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ST Poll: What airline (that you have actually flown) do you refuse to ever fly again (or at least generally try to avoid) -- nm* - ty97 Jan 23, 09:01 14
- Ryanair -- nm - LMS Jan 23, 09:15
- Spirit—Bunch of 🤡—terrible airlines -- nm - Flavorize Jan 23, 09:14 1
  - Yeah. There will be no flying Spirit for me. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 09:14
- I tend to avoid Southwest primarily because I just like having an assigned seat. I don't refuse to fly them, but it's exceedingly rare. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 09:12
- I can only see flying Frontier as a last resort. They used to be my go-to for getting out to Denver, but they've gone off a cliff -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 09:10 3
  - We had to book Frontier for our cruise, as any AA flight with reasonable timing would have been more than half again as much, even taking into account all the ads-ons and fees -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 09:16
  - My answer as well. The most uncaring airline out there. - St. Epiphany Jan 23, 09:13
  - Yeah, they were a decent airline but I guess that wasn't working for them so they went full-Spirit. - ty97 Jan 23, 09:11
- very limited choices here so you take what you can get. -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 09:09 3
  - Westjet: second worst on-time percentage in 2022 for major North American airlines. - ty97 Jan 23, 09:10 2
    - oh, we know. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 09:16 1
      - I knew the AC YYZ-LGA flights were chronically late but I didn't realize it was such a systemwide problem, ouch. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 09:18
- I wouldn't refuse, but I'm not a fan of United. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 09:04
- Don't have one. They are all about the same. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:02
It's been about 3 straight weeks of heavy cloud cover. We could really use some sunshine here. -- (edited) - Diva Jan 23, 08:59 7
- So you’ve found the place where the sun don’t shine. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 09:08
- it is snowmagheddon here today -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 09:07 1
  - ruh-roh... -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 09:10
- But, I was told Boston never gets old -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 09:02 1
  - Now cold, on the other hand... -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:02
- You are sunshine enough for the whole city - ty97 Jan 23, 09:00 1
  - aw. 😚 -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 09:10
pixie, Alaska tends to be one of the best loved* US airlines - ty97 Jan 23, 08:47 5
- i showed up for my 5p flight home on time yesterday (with tickets to a 7:30p show in LA). the pilot . . . did not - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:56 4
  - ah, that's frustrating (but also cutting it really close for the show...things do happen when flying) -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 08:58 3
    - 46 min flight. would have had plenty of time to spare. "things happen" doesn't ever seem to apply to paying through the nose for their tickets tho - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 09:01 1
      - #2 airline for on-time arrivals in 2022* and ** - ty97 Jan 23, 09:04
    - I've barely flown Alaska myself though so don't really have an opinion on them. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 08:59
Today I was reminded that Pluto's orbital period is about 248 years. Since it was discovered 93 years ago, it has only gone about a third of the way - oblique Jan 23, 08:46 15
- reinstate its planetary status!! -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:49 13
  - I thought they had? -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 08:55 5
    - It's a dwarf planet, of which there are at least 9 others. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:56 4
      - Ceres, makemake, haumea, eris ... and that's all I can remember right now. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 09:04 3
        
        Pluto, Senda, Quaoar, Gongong, and Orcus -- nm* - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 09:12 2
        
        Sedna. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 09:31
        
        and i think its Haumea that is weird, like flattened and elongated. -- nm - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 09:13
  - Needs to kick Charon to the curb first. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:51 6
    - ? -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:51 5
      - I think there's some weird quirk of their sizes and orbit that place the centre of their system outside of Pluto's surface ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 08:53 4
        
        you are right good sir. Charon is about half Pluto's width and somewhere around one-eighth to one-tenth its mass, and with a center-to-center orbit -- (edited) - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 09:09
        
        (wow, I did not know that) -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:54 1
        
        I don't know if I'm right, I'm only vaguely remembering based on reagen's prompt -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 09:03
        
        aw, so what. :-P -- nm - pluto Jan 23, 08:54
- slacker! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:48
The other major complaint about this airline was about how their customer service and employees all seemed like Spanish speakers. - ty97 Jan 23, 08:45
I went to Sundance with my wife and daughter as a college graduation present to my daughter. It was amazing. Here's the films we saw... -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 23, 08:45 8
- what a great trip! -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 09:18
- Awesome! Did you run into any STers (or former STers) -- nm - Flavorize Jan 23, 09:16
- very nice! Hope you guys had a great time. Erryone is talking about 'Past Lives' these days. I'd like to see it. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 08:53 2
  - We did! It's beautiful, cold, but very easy to get around in Park City. - Inigo Jan 23, 09:02 1
    - I bet they end up doing a great job getting it out there (as per usual). -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 09:15
- Woot! -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 23, 08:50
- niiiiice -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:47
- VNG - very nice gift! -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 08:46
Everybody watching was confused about exactly what the Cowboys had even tried to do—everybody except for me, the guy sitting at home, - JD Jan 23, 08:21 4
- his tweet afterward cracked me up - Beaker Jan 23, 08:32 3
  - “Alright Zeke, so first you’re going to line up at center, then snap it to Dak and then get absolutely leveled.” -- (link) - JD Jan 23, 08:33 2
    - And it was still infinitely better than that infamous Colts fake punt. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 08:39 1
      - In fairness, that was apparently never supposed to be snapped -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:46
weekend viewing: -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:19 27
- Unpregnant: C+ It has some charm, but has become a harder subject to feel like a road trip comedy can placate. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 09:19
- The Pez Outlaw: B, Free Guy: B+, See How They Run: B+. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:52
- SAS Rogue Heroes, Last of Us episode 2, Justified S2, Addams Family (1991), and finished Banshees of Inisherin. And started playing Call of Duty DMZ -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 08:52
- House (1977) A for me, F for my partner. Threads - C. The Square - B+, Heat - A-, Skinamarink - DNF, not sure if we will. - colin Jan 23, 08:49
- EEAAO by proxy: A. - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 08:43 2
  - now I need a rewatch (I really hope Stephanie Hsu gets a supporting nom tomorrow) -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:47 1
    - What's the over/under on total # of nominations? 7.5? -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 08:59
- five Sketchfest shows in two nights (Dead Eyes, George Lucas Talk Show, Off Book, Asscat, and White Women) A! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:40
- Avatar 2 - B . Glass Onion - B+. -- nm - pmb Jan 23, 08:40
- Kaleidoscope: C/C- -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:38
- Kraken game C. Read 10% Happier by Dan Harris, started The Art Of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein. Read Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker. -- (edited) - crash davis Jan 23, 08:33
- Mayor of Kingstown E2: stretching credulity -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:31
- The Way of the Househusband S1E6-10, S2E1-3: A - JD Jan 23, 08:28
- Finally finished The Dropout, when we realized we never saw the final episode. And, started watching Inside Man, which stresses me out. -- nm* - Andie Jan 23, 08:27
- Vox Machina 3 epis of s2 A; NFL B; That's 90's Show B+ -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:27 1
  - girls watched Frozen and Frozen 2 as part of their Disney homework for upcoming trip -- nm* - Beaker Jan 23, 08:28
- We had a theme. Emily in Paris S1: B. Emily the Criminal: B+. SNL Weekend Update: A. SNL the rest of the show: D -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:26
- The Fly (Cronenberg) rewatch: B+. Both versions of Death of Superman (one was a rewatch): A (because he DIES).Reign of the Supermen: D (because spoil) - Spawn Jan 23, 08:25
- The Awakening of Emily B+, the first 1/2 of RRR A-, Eagles A+, Aubrey Plaza's intensely weird energy A+, continuing The Crown S3 it's awesome -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 08:22 3
  - Watched Emily the Criminal a few weeks ago. I enjoy her work. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:27
  - now, just synthesize these into one single project, and I think you're really got something! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:26 1
    - (come to think of, this wouldn't be that difficult....) -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:27
- Glass Onion B+, Shiva Baby rewatch A, finished Rings of Power re-rewatch A+, .. some football -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:19 4
  - and The Last of Us, which was great! -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:31 3
    - I forgot! Watched the first one in the middle of last week so I was thinking it was then! Of course, it was on the intro screen on HBOMax, but still! -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:36 2
      - last night's wuz grody. -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:39 1
        
        Average it out with the first episode snoozefest and it is on track. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:41
ABC: Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska -- (link) - mud Jan 23, 08:15 4
- more -- (link) - mud Jan 23, 08:33 2
  - (the same office that was feeding Rudy all the Hillary investigation intel in 2016 and blackmailing Comey into speaking publicly about it) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:42 1
    - ugh -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:48
- watch out for windows... -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:33
i knew Mike Meyers had to replace Chris Farley as Shrek but didn't realize Farley had recorded 85% (!) of the VO before he died -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:10 1
- Been listening to Spades and Carvey's podcast & they did a tribute episode to Farley that was excellent & they talk abou that. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 08:13
AR seems to be going as well as VR. Microsoft lays off entire teams behind virtual, mixed reality, and HoloLens -- (link) - oblique Jan 23, 08:08 1
- I just want one usable open platform before these projects go belly up. I want to see the wind, dammit! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 08:12
Wait - Yzerman didn't crack top 10, Spammy? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jan 23, 08:07 4
- Right? What kind of bullshit is that? -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 08:15 3
  - My guess is that since Lidstrom is in the header, he will be in the top 10 and they don't want to have more than one lifetime Wing in there. -- nm* - spamlet Jan 23, 08:18 2
    - I mean, I guess. And don't get me wrong - as a lifelong Blues fan - I haaaaaaaate the Red Wings. - Turd Ferguson Jan 23, 08:31 1
      - As a newbie, I feel Buffalo and Detroit should swap so its the Buffalo Red Wings and the Detroit (le) Sabers. -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 08:43
btw, we got eggs for <$4 yesterday. It was like winning the lottery -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:04 4
- "...at the houses of our enemies!" - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:17
- news says the prices are going down slowly -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 23, 08:15
- "Oh a Nickel!" -- nm - budice Jan 23, 08:08
- Xanadu! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:05
As much as 80% of the Chinese population may have been infected with Covid since December -- (link) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 08:01 3
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:05
- You know, China, there is something between zero-COVID and all-COVID -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:05 1
  - I'm not sure there is -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 08:19
Eagles -2 vs SF o/u 45.5 and KC -2.5 vs Cin o/u 49.5 -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 08:01 5
- If anyone sees -2.5 for KC/CIn let me know the site—seeing -1 to -1.5 -- nm - Flavorize Jan 23, 08:16 1
  - yeah, pretty sure this is from last night when the lines first dropped even though the article is dated this morning -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:29
- In one game, we have Pat Mahomes vs. Joe Burrow. In the other, we have...Jalen Hurts vs. Brock Purdy. - David Jan 23, 08:04 2
  - I was gonna say -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 08:19
  - Mahomes might be hobbling around though...so maybe Henne? -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:13
a top NY FBI official (where do i recall that office from...) arrested for collaboration with Russian oligarch Deripaska -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:01
Pollard broke his leg on that play last night -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:00 6
- Hamlin showed up at the stadium off his deathbed and the Bills were like "cool dawg . . ." -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:14
- The worst part is that he's a free agent who had earned a huge contract from somebody. -- nm - David Jan 23, 08:01 4
  - Sounds like the Cowboys might tag him -- nm - Flavorize Jan 23, 08:17 1
    - that is A LOT of money tied up in RBs... -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:30
  - On the plus side they didn't have him to hike the ball on that last play so Zeke had to do it -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:02 1
    - That rusher’s eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 08:17
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 07:56 [mastodon] 2
- Lol. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 07:59
- pretty -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 07:57
Brazil and Argentina Are Discussing Whether to Combine Currencies -- (link) - spamlet Jan 23, 07:53
In an exclusive excerpt obtained by Variety, Pam Anderson wrote, "On the first day of filming, - Jovian Jan 23, 07:52 18
- I don't question the retelling, but why is an actor on a sitcom walking around the hallways in a robe, completely naked underneath? - Max Jan 23, 08:20 2
  - having worked on a tv series in the 90s this surprises me zero-percent. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:22 1
    - in fact, I bet he legitimately doesn't even remember it, it wouldn't have even been a big deal to him. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:23
- I could see him doing something like this. Seems to fit his personality. He denies it. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 23, 08:19
- You can say you didn't think this comedian's joke was funny, but don't lump this in with legitimate harassment claims -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 08:17 1
  - Yeah, this doesn’t come close to touching the “monster” end of the spectrum for me. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 23, 08:39
- Michigan pure -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:04
- Who's Tim in this anecdote? -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:02 4
  - Tool Time -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:20 1
    - *rimshot* -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 08:44
  - Tim Allen (from Home Improvement days) -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 08:04
  - Allen -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 08:03
- wasn't Milton Berle known for doing this? -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 07:59 3
  - Only because people always pestered him about his, er, size. - Dark Callisto Jan 23, 08:07 2
    - his show was literally called Tool Time! -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:30 1
      - This asshole blocked me? -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:03
- The female body is a work of art. The male body is utilitarian; it's like a Jeep. -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 23, 07:54
- ew -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 07:53
Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail again closed due to protests -- (link) - spamlet Jan 23, 07:52
huh, there is a freelance writer for Insider that visited Disney resorts 35times during 2022. David may not be - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 07:52
A Proud Boys member is on trial. The Proud Boys manual is part of the evidence and it's as cringe as you'd think - TWuG Jan 23, 07:50 1
- I have questions -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:00
shrug -- nm -- (edited) - tRuMaNaNaNaNa Jan 23, 07:49

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