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The only problem with boygenius is that Lucy's voice is so much better than Phoebe's and Julien's. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 12:24
Meg, today's experiment is that I tried the curry powder in the tuna salad - crash davis Apr 3, 12:23
Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 ticket - booked. - Spawn Apr 3, 12:21 1
- did you lose a bet? -- nm - decline Apr 3, 12:45
skiing is for the absolute birds -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 12:16
Napoleon, in theaters everywhere November 22 -- (link) - mud Apr 3, 12:14 9
- they should have got Peter Jackson since the Napoleon story is as big as LotR and has been the Waterloo of a couple previous directors, IE abel Gance -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 13:56
- In a similar historical vein, Pacino's Revolution was set to be an Oscar contender and failed miserably. -- nm - budice Apr 3, 12:36 1
  - Hugh Hudson (who passed last month) was no Ridley Scott. -- nm - mud Apr 3, 12:40
- Spielberg is going to be mad—he has his Kubrick, Napoleon series he’s producing -- nm - Flavorize Apr 3, 12:28
- hmmm wonder who will get cast as the time bandits who robbed him -- nm - a 12 year old Jovian Apr 3, 12:22
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 12:20 3
  - five of my fave directors with releases this year: Anderson, Nolan, Villeneuve, Scott, Scorsese -- nm - mud Apr 3, 12:24 2
    - sounds like a good movie year for you! 😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 12:26 1
      - indeed! -- nm - mud Apr 3, 12:30
last line of the Blue Beetle trailer so turns me off -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 12:12 1
- Opposite, for me. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:24
Comics People: at MegaCon this weekend, we got variant covers as part of our ticket package, and we got one of the foil variants. - JaxSean Apr 3, 12:08 6
- I'd look them up on eBay. See if any others have sold recently. -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 12:14 1
  - Looks like there is one of the black covers on ebay for $90 currently. -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 12:45
- These are the two we got -- (pic) - JaxSean Apr 3, 12:09 [Attachment] 1
  - depending on the variant artist, rarity (1:25 etc), number made prices can vary. as suggested EBay sold items would be your best bet - Beaker Apr 3, 12:42
- it's Superman so yes -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 12:09 1
  - For me to poop on! -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 12:15
Sovereign Citizens are whackadoodle magical thinkers. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 3, 12:04 4
- it used to be (aside from the neo-Nazism) the whole grift was to get out of paying income taxes - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 12:08 3
  - I don't see how their whole "am I being detained" bit isn't just pure white privilege at work -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:11 2
    - This one here is a special Black variant. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 12:26 1
      - Yes, I did read the link before posting ... :) I'm guessing this variant doesn't do the detained thing -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:38
Russian authorities detained female suspect in Cafe bombing -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 3, 11:35 1
- if she was an FSB cut-out, just for show -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 11:37
Question -- what is the preferred anti-virus program nowadays? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:25 12
- I've been using Avast for a number of years. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 3, 12:05 1
  - Such a pirate. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 12:15
- I use Malwarebytes -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 11:57
- We use Windows Defender -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 11:45
- ESET Scanner is sneaky good. -- nm - David Apr 3, 11:29 1
  - This is what I have looked at using on our server infrastructure and would be my go-to choice to buy something -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 11:45
- Been using win defender, works fine -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 11:28
- Windows Defender -- nm - decline Apr 3, 11:27 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 11:33
- Windows Defender. McAfee is more like a virus. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 11:26 2
  - This -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 12:08
  - yes. remove it immediately. windows defender is solid, never had an issue since i let it auto update and stay running. -- nm - colin Apr 3, 11:27
I've been passing on the Windows 11 upgrade, good to see I had a legitimate reason. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 11:25 9
- My home gaming machine can't even run it (technically) so I haven't even bothered. Haven't even tested it on a work machine yet. - oblique Apr 3, 11:55
- Me too. I almost let it happen over the weekend but figured I had more important things to do. Like packing. Have I mentioned I hate packing?! - sycor Apr 3, 11:29
- ...why is that? -- nm - colin Apr 3, 11:26 6
  - The "having to login with a MS account" business. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 11:29 5
    - Mac users are laughing at you :) -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 11:55 1
      - I mean you have to login with your iCloud so that’s not much better. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 14:01
    - that is a benefit to me - i work 100% from the cloud, so it means i can log into a fresh machine and get to work. win 11 pro has been solid. - colin Apr 3, 11:32
    - And the right click thing, which sounds like the Appleification business is continuing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 11:30 1
      - Wait, right click is changing?! How? Why?! -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 11:52
LYC: There's going to be YouTube livestreams for each of the six Coachella stages this year -- (link) - JD Apr 3, 11:20 1
- if they did single-day passes i might make the trek to see Underworld but alas, streaming it is -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 11:22
So, WWE stock --- what does it get valued at? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:06 4
- "The transaction represents a contribution price of WWE of approximately $106 per share (before any post-closing dividend)" -- (link) - decline Apr 3, 11:31
- does it just get converted to TKO shares? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 11:10 2
  - Likely, but if it's being valued at 9.5bil ...that's a 45% premium to current market cap so wouldn't that be the gain - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:18 1
    - $106 per news reports - rollo Apr 3, 11:34
let's see if WDW gets to stay gun-free now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 10:57
I hope the BTS Army never decides to use their powers for evil. -- (link) - Tim Apr 3, 10:56 2
- Boomers survived satanic rolling stones, KISS, ozzy, whatever Alice Cooper was -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 11:26
- Suge's solo album is next... -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 10:57
We’re on a boat! -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 10:51 1
- Have fun! -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 10:59
Huh, apparently a bus stabbing in Vancouver (Surrey) has been upgraded to Terrorist Activity -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:51
(Why is Blue Beetle using Cloud's Buster Sword?) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 10:45 2
- Cause Jamie is a fan of Kingdom Hearts! -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 11:27
- (Green Lantern logic) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:48
Bold legal move for Jan 6 defendant -- (link) - TWuG Apr 3, 10:42 4
- The "no raindrop thinks they caused the flood" defence -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 11:16
- "Barnett faced enhanced charges for carrying a stun gun into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, although he testified it wasn't working, possibly because he - Roger More Apr 3, 10:46 2
  - First time I've LOL'd in a long while. -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 12:05
  - the old 'I dropped my stun gun in the shower last night' defense. - Diva Apr 3, 10:53
NewsNation still moving forward with plans for 24/7 (M-F) programming by end of April. In March they averaged 96k viewers in primetime. - MDH Apr 3, 10:37 1
- *jealous* -- nm* - LIV Golf Apr 3, 11:19
Excel Help... - Mel Profit Apr 3, 10:35 13
- Would a CHAR(10) replace work? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:17 3
  - That's what I'm looking for. I'll try it. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 3, 11:27 2
    - Acutally, here is a working formula - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:46 1
      - So close. I gave bad info. I just need to break on the semi-colon. - Mel Profit Apr 3, 12:04
- Hi, Baby. 😉 -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 10:39 2
  - I wanna drink! - Mel Profit Apr 3, 10:42 1
    - 😄 -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 10:43
- sounds like you need to un-pivot data -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 10:38
- *waves* Not sure I fully understand but I think what you want is the TEXTSPLIT function (available in the 365 version of Office) - oblique Apr 3, 10:37 4
  - This might work... - Mel Profit Apr 3, 10:41 3
    - Textsplit is working but not entirely... - Mel Profit Apr 3, 11:08 2
      - ah. So you probably want to replace your delimiter with a new line. You can either do this with the Find/Replace (to replace it in the cell) -- (edited) - oblique Apr 3, 11:39 1
        
        working on this now. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 3, 12:12
wait who all’s in this motorcade to the arraignment? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 10:28 3
- The Plane The Plane! -- (link) - budice Apr 3, 10:57
- A guy who's clearly guilty but will get off scott-free. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 3, 10:37
- you know who that is, dammit -- nm - rollo Apr 3, 10:34
When did I last fly Air Canada? And what exactly *is* the difference between AC and AC Rouge? -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 10:25 17
- When Air Canada misses a field goal. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 11:17
- i think, legally, Air Canada Rouge is a separate airline. - Andie Apr 3, 10:35 3
  - Yeah it appears to be its own company but wholly owned by Air Canada - ty97 Apr 3, 10:52 2
    - Yeah, we have a few, WestJet owns Swoop for instance. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 10:53 1
      - At least a couple of the US airlines tried this back in the '00s decade. - ty97 Apr 3, 10:58
- Well, that one's rouge. -- nm - Ted Danson in Air Canada commercial Apr 3, 10:28
- Poutine recommendation -- (link) - Roger More Apr 3, 10:27 2
  - And I want to go to this place -- (link) - Roger More Apr 3, 10:33 1
    - I expect you can get a decent smoked meat in QC, which I very much recommend. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 12:22
- AC Rouge is essentially their commuter/regional airline, equivalent to American Eagle -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 10:27 7
  - I thought that was Jazz? Rouge seems to use 'real' planes, not the smaller planes that the regionals use in the US? -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 10:29 5
    - Oh that's right, I'm confused. Rouge is their leisure airline for tourist routes. - Roger More Apr 3, 10:35 4
      - ahh, okay. They seem to send Rouge to Quebec City. - ty97 Apr 3, 10:47
      - The sweatpants airline? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:39 2
        
        “Look at sweatpants guy. This is a $90 million aircraft, not a Tallahassee strip club” -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 10:42 1
        
        Why not both? -- nm - Bert Kreischer si Apr 3, 12:08
  - One point for you. -- nm* - Easter Baron Apr 3, 10:28
Is anyone else watching the Disney shareholder meeting? -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 3, 10:24 2
- liveblog -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 11:04
- *raises hand* -- nm - David Apr 3, 10:24
"Here's your parachute Mr Trump" "Why does it smell like dirty socks and underwear?" "Uh, no reason." -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 10:19
Moana live-action remake with The Rock returning as Maui. -- nm - David Apr 3, 10:18 12
- we're so close to them just simultaneously releasing animated and live action version of the same film. -- nm - colin Apr 3, 11:28
- In his latest video he's slimmed down from his Black Adam weight. Still huge of course but not like that. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 10:23
- Link -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 10:22
- You're welcome. -- nm - The Rock Apr 3, 10:21
- Please clap -- nm - Jeb! Iger Apr 3, 10:20
- Can someone please fact-check whether this is a first for a Disney actor in a live-action remake? - David Apr 3, 10:20 5
  - Mufasa. James Earl Jones. -- nm - Inigo Apr 3, 10:28
  - Ming Na was in Mulan. but not as that character. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 10:22 3
    - Right. It's as the same character that I believe is a first, but I don't have time to look right now. -- nm* - David Apr 3, 10:23 2
      - I'm pretty sure one of the gazelles in the Lion King also does voice work, but would have been too young at the time of the original -- nm - rollo Apr 3, 10:28
      - I don't think so. -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 10:27
- He's bound to have a smashing success in a live action role at some point. Maybe this will be it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:20
Ugh. I just accidentally ate a black jelly bean. I want to vomit. - sycor Apr 3, 10:15 14
- Black licorice is great. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 10:45
- I mean they're not great. But I'd eat a thousand black jelly beans before I ate one circus peanut or one candy corn. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 10:20 7
  - I love both and will eat them all! Give me all the sugar! -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 12:10
  - 100% agree -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 10:46
  - That's just crazy talk. Candy Corn is great. Circus peanuts I can do without but I'm not against them. - sycor Apr 3, 10:36
  - You cannot eat one candy corn. You eat them by the handful. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 3, 10:23 2
    - one April Fools Day more than a decade ago, my co-workers covered my entire desk area with candy corn. - Jovian Apr 3, 10:32 1
      - ...and then the murders began. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 3, 10:39
  - ... I don't hate candy corn THAT much. No idea on circus peanuts though. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:23
- I like them, and my youngest son does. - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:17
- Not my favorite but y'all are LOL funny about them -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 10:16 1
  - You might be the only person I know who neither loves nor loathes them. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 3, 10:27
- the best. -- nm - mud Apr 3, 10:16
- Preach it, brother! -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 10:15
Jinx Monsoon (RuPaul's Drag Race, Chicago on Broadway) joining Doctor Who "in a major role" -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 10:13
cutting out alcohol is much much MUCH easier than cutting out sugar. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 10:13 9
- For sure, imo. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 12:12
- *grumble, grumble* - Mel Profit Apr 3, 10:35 1
  - 🤣😂 -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 10:43
- girl, preach -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 10:21
- Sugar is in freaking everything -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 10:18
- This has been true for me, yep. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 10:17
- Yes. Soooo much easier. - TWuG Apr 3, 10:17 1
  - Does switching to diet count? I did that years ago, and it did help. -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 10:36
- Especially around the holidays. Easter is kind of one of the best for candy. -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 10:15

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