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Last night a food delivery from the local Chinese place showed up but I hadn't ordered it. Turns out there's far worse unexpected deliveries -- (link) - JD Feb 6, 09:40 1
- No returns. - policy Feb 6, 09:41
lol these people -- (link) - Jovian Feb 6, 09:39 3
- the Party of Personal Responsibility -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:40 2
  - yep. but when it comes to DJT its always someone else to blame. (and btw the Germans whined like this too after Hitler was dead) -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 09:42 1
    - yeah but if you didn't follow orders you disappeared like the rest of the undesirables, mom was sick for a parade and the family was 'questioned' -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 10:37
LOU not really a spoiler -- i'm more surprised any highways would still be intact after 20 years of neglect and presumed sabotage/vandalism - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:33 7
- Spoils - Beryllium Feb 6, 09:44
- heh (spoils) - Jovian Feb 6, 09:35 5
  - I thought they did a decent job explaining it. Spoilers. - Volnelk Feb 6, 09:41 1
    - spoils - Jovian Feb 6, 09:45
  - also (this is a spoiler) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:38 2
    - No spoil - Spawn Feb 6, 09:40 1
      - yep - mud Feb 6, 09:42
Trailer for The Consultant with Christoph Waltz -- (link) - LMS Feb 6, 09:07 [youtube]
Salman Rushdie speaks to the New Yorker for first time since his attack -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:07
DTL -- finally, I get a freshman who is doing what he seemingly should have been doing based on stats - Will Hunting Feb 6, 08:59 6
- You recruited the not quite next generation (age wise) Curry -- nm* - JD Feb 6, 09:02
- I think consistency is a hidden attribute -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 09:02 4
  - Oof, not much you could do in that opening game. Hopefully my interior strength didn't lead you astray. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 09:25 2
    - Shot 51% and made 9 3's ... and lost by 11. Their guards had it on a string, 22/32 for 67 points, eesh -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 09:30 1
      - They had two of the top 10 stars. The highest with a 48.2 GS? Alex f'ing Reid with another ridiculous line. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 09:40
  - I hope so... the last trio in that 3/4 class were maddening. - Will Hunting Feb 6, 09:11
PSA: The Last of Us episode 5 drops Friday this week rather than Sunday to avoid the Super Bowl -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 08:42
Oh and can someone explain to me why the new thing with developers is to have a mail station in the neighborhood and not put in mailboxes at houses? - sycor Feb 6, 08:33 23
- I’d be thinking “So what, it’s just snail mail” but I just sorted through way more mailed tax stuff than I thought I was going to get -- nm - mara Feb 6, 08:55 5
  - it's kind of ableist to use "snail mail" as a slur for the USPS' inefficiencies - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:10 4
    - also it costs under a buck to mail something across an entire country. Let's see Fedex do that -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 09:15 1
      - I remember when it only costs 15 cents!!! - Spawn Feb 6, 09:17
    - can we start calling it sloth mail? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 09:14 1
      - no but you can call it Sloth Mail - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:34
- I'm not sure it's really a new thing. Daughter's neighborhood in Kansas has had them for years. -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 08:53
- USPS has pretty much dictated that for all new builds. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 08:44 2
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 10:24
  - yup -- (link) - Spawn Feb 6, 08:44 [Backboard]
- Our new neighborhood has it. It is moderately annoying -- nm - oblique Feb 6, 08:38 1
  - Yet another reason (for me) to avoid new (or recent) construction. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 08:45
- is it developers? here it was Canada Post; lowers the turnaround for mailmen so can do the same mail with less employees - Beaker Feb 6, 08:37 8
  - I remember this being a point of discussion a few years back to increase USPS efficiency, maybe they’ve implemented it as a rule for new developments? -- nm* - znufrii Feb 6, 08:43
  - Yes. Plus, it is an aesthetics thing for neighborhoods. Street parking, as well. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:39
  - of course it is also a buffet for thieves as ours has been busted into 3 times now in the past year, including in broad daylight one weekend - Beaker Feb 6, 08:39 5
    - Yup, ours in the condo was moved back by the pool gate where it's not visible from the street. And the new one has a package locker and - Meg Feb 6, 08:52 4
      - One of the main reasons I have had the same post office box for 25 years is packages. If I moved into a community with these I might drop it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:53 3
        
        they're not secure, fwiw. - Reagen Feb 6, 08:57 2
        
        true -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:01
        
        we are getting a new one in the Spring, supposed to take longer and be much more difficult for thieves to get into -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:01
- are there no non new houses that tickle your fancy? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 08:35
- Big Mail is ruining everything. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:34
"Steady... steady... to the left... the other left..." -- (link) - Guiding the 60000 foot long hook Feb 6, 08:10
Software fix recall for 2021 VW ID.4. Requires dealer visit. Should fix potential battery management system issues. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 6, 07:58 4
- Amy got a weird one for her Bolt. - Spawn Feb 6, 08:02 3
  - yeah, it was briefly a thing for "ha ha Bolt fires" but... it's a seatbelt? That has nothing to do with EVs? - Reagen Feb 6, 08:05 2
    - I guess it is the explosive that goes off if there is an accident. -- (edited) - Spawn Feb 6, 08:06 1
      - yeah, I got my letter last week. Still waiting on my battery swap over - Reagen Feb 6, 08:12
The current Netflix DVD Top 10 for your comments... - MDH Feb 6, 07:49 12
- Don’t worry darling was just awful. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 08:14 1
  - Yup—super disappointing -- nm - Flavorize Feb 6, 08:57
- I really enjoyed Vengeance when I watched it last week. Almost saw it in theater but didn't. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:01 2
  - [added] -- nm - mud Feb 6, 08:10 1
    - I won't say anything else about it until you do, but then I have thoughts. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:20
- I've heard of 6 of those! -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:57 4
  - 4 -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 08:25
  - same -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 08:03
  - 8! -- nm - mud Feb 6, 07:59 1
    - 9! -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:03
- so even though Beatles is a Disney streaming thing Netflix can rent out the DVD? -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 07:57 1
  - Well sure, if you put out a DVD of something, anyone can make it for rental. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 08:06
AMC Theaters to Change Movie Ticket Prices Based on Seat Location - LMS Feb 6, 07:44 3
- I wonder how that will work if I ever get my Moviepass card -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 07:52
- Our AMC is reserved seating. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 07:47
- I considered going to the theater close to me for my upcoming birthday. Then I looked at prices. That's a nope. - sycor Feb 6, 07:47
Video Games: MLB The Show in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will bring the Negro Leagues to the video game - Remlik Feb 6, 07:42 1
- cool, I'll buy the game if I win a free new Xbox somehow -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:45
Just a detail to update: despite what the news report said, police have said it was not a hit and run -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 07:41 2
- how was it not? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 6, 07:42 1
  - They didn't run, did they? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 08:11
NHL playoff picture: Sizing up the Western Conference at the All-Star break - crash davis Feb 6, 07:35 1
- I don't know anything, but I'm sort of hoping for both Alberta teams and no California teams. No real good reason for that..other than the Alberta teams seem more exciting than the Kings -- nm* - crash davis Feb 6, 07:41
2001: A Space Odyssey, as directed by George Lucas -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 6, 07:34 [youtube]
Super Bowl 2023 national anthem betting: How long will Chris Stapleton sing? - crash davis Feb 6, 07:21 14
- 2023 Super Bowl Gatorade odds, predictions: Orange and yellow favored, but maybe blue should be? - crash davis Feb 6, 07:58 1
  - the graphic didn't c/p, here are the current odds - crash davis Feb 6, 08:01
- This is one prop that has really shot up, since it posted this year—it’s currently at a time where I wouldn’t bet it…was ridiculously low - Flavorize Feb 6, 07:50
- It’ll be 1:27 but feel like 3 hours. - Will Hunting Feb 6, 07:49
- 3:12.50 -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 07:35
- I'm looking forward to Rihanna's set almost as much as seeing Mahomes in another SB -- nm - mud Feb 6, 07:31 5
  - I won't be able to get the SB and I'm good with that, but I hope it is a good show for the rest of y'all -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:46 4
    - why th not? -- nm - mud Feb 6, 07:48 3
      - to save money, I cancelled my live TV except for basically ESPN+ which is where I get my hockey and soon to be Mariners spring training games -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:53 2
        
        there are places called 'bars' or 'taverns' where it is required by law to show football on every screen anywhere you look. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 10:42
        
        Two-week free trial with YouTube TV will take care of that -- nm - mara Feb 6, 08:54
- I hope HBS appreciates that I brought National Anthem analytics to the board. He so loves analytics -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:23
- gut says under. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:22 1
  - My gut says over. He seems like he would linger on "glare" -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:24
Google, be less creepy please. - spamlet Feb 6, 07:21 12
- isn't tiller so great? I actually manually classify daily because I am weird. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 08:21 1
  - It is great. Almost a perfect replacement for Quicken (long RIP) - spamlet Feb 6, 08:23
- Does it call an ambulance if you don't open the spreadsheet within 15 minutes? -- nm - LMS Feb 6, 07:51
- Google Maps likes to tell me I should drive to Chipotle on thursdays - oblique Feb 6, 07:28 1
  - google maps used to suggest I go to yallah every time I got in my car. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 08:21
- Hey, you. You awake? You usually wake up now. -- nm - Google, gently playing with your hair in bed Feb 6, 07:27 5
  - (this is really gross and funny.) -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 08:33 2
    - Thanks! That's what I was going for. -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 6, 08:50
    - I am imagining the role being played by an evil zach galifianakis, for maximum creepiness -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 08:39
  - Too far, Google. Too far. Now things are awkward. -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 07:45
  - ew! -- nm - loosilu Feb 6, 07:33
- *close* *bloop* "You *usually* open this spreadsheet now." -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:22
I did the "clean your oven with a dish of ammonia overnight" thing and it ... kinda works? - Reagen Feb 6, 07:21 10
- i thought you just turn the oven to clean an reduce everything to ash. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 07:28 7
  - that's hard on the oven. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:30 5
    - on the finish or the element? -- nm - colin Feb 6, 07:31 4
      - the element. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:31 3
        
        what if it's gas? -- nm - loosilu Feb 6, 07:34 2
        
        uses a lot of gas. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:34 1
        
        yeah, gas ovens are horrible. better to get a new electric oven if you've got gas. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 07:41
  - Oh no! My muffins! -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 6, 07:28
- I assume the oven is not on, right? And does that not smell up the house? -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 07:27 1
  - You put it in a warm (200) but off oven and let it sit overnight. - Reagen Feb 6, 07:29
Waffle: 5 stars! Broke my string of 4's. You have to be brutally efficient for that last star. - Mony Baroney Feb 6, 07:20
Worldwide Box Office Totals: Avatar nears $2.2B, Puss in Boots crosses $350M - MDH Feb 6, 07:18
"Now to America's crime crisis" Fox News in the ICU waiting room, awesome -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 07:17 9
- How’s he doing? -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 07:18 8
  - He called Mom this morning and asked if she needed him to come home to put out the garbage the recycling. - ty97 Feb 6, 07:20 7
    - This is wonderful news. RE: case manager, be prepared to push back, politely but firmly, if you need to. - Mony Baroney Feb 6, 08:12
    - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:51
    - That's really cute. -- nm - MDH Feb 6, 07:42
    - Glad to hear it -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 6, 07:30
    - That's great news! Hopefully he gets sprung soon. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 07:21 1
      - I'd like them to get him to rehab so he can start on that road (we don't know how long that will be) - ty97 Feb 6, 07:36
    - hee -- nm - mud Feb 6, 07:21
good doggo! -- (link) - mud Feb 6, 07:17
Finally did the right thing - 4 yubikeys are inbound, everything gets MFA with them (we each get 2, one is put in the file folder, other on keychain) -- nm - colin Feb 6, 07:16
#3 Bobby Orr -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:15 1
- *mild shock* -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 07:18
LIR spamlet - the DMVs around me have no appointments for the next 90 days. I have no idea why they are so booked out. - sycor Feb 6, 07:04 4
- People coming out of isolation and wanting to get RealIDs for travel. And I think my passport expires next year :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 07:18 2
  - My passport should be expiring in 2024 too. Ugh. Guess I need to go ahead and look in to the renewal process for that too. - sycor Feb 6, 07:21 1
    - We do passports at post office. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:03
- Wow yikes. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 07:09
This past Friday my Grandfather passed away. He loved his family & my grandmother- his wife of 71 years. I've linked his obituary if you'd like. -- (link) - MDH Feb 6, 07:02 16
- {{{hugs}}} -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 10:44
- So sorry -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 07:36
- 71 years, damn! Condolences to your family. -- nm - loosilu Feb 6, 07:29
- sorry for your loss. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 07:25
- sounds like he had a great life. i'm sorry for your loss. -- nm - colin Feb 6, 07:20
- so sorry, man -- nm - mud Feb 6, 07:18
- Thank you all for the kind thoughts. It was a full/great life. -- nm - MDH Feb 6, 07:16
- MDH, I'm very sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family in these sad times -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 07:16
- I'm so sorry MDH -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 07:14
- Sorry for your loss. Seems he lived a very full life. Cherish the memories. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Feb 6, 07:13
- So sorry for your loss. -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 07:11
- I'm so sorry, MDH. Sounds like he lived a very full life. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 07:10
- very sorry for your loss. Big hugs. -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 6, 07:09
- Our condolences -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 07:05
- So sorry for your loss. :( -- nm - sycor Feb 6, 07:04
- Very sorry for your loss. - Jovian Feb 6, 07:04
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 6, 07:00

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