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How to apply for your share of Facebook’s $725 million settlement in privacy suit -- (link) - budice Apr 19, 09:21 1
- So...one dollar per user? And how will some kid, now 25t be able to cash a check to Dick Biggs -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 09:48
that time Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were photographed together -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 09:14 2
- oh wow. that's cool. -- nm - Remlik Apr 19, 09:25
- far out, man -- nm - mud Apr 19, 09:16
LYC - Taking the Orient Express is legitimately on my bucket list. -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 09:12 3
- Oh, I'm sure -- nm - Hercule Poirot Apr 19, 09:13 2
  - ha! But the original train cars are supposedly coming back next year. -- (link) - Andie Apr 19, 09:24 1
    - Last stop Bahkmud Ukra...I mean Putinville New Russia -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 09:50
Broken Lizard is back tomorrow on Hulu. Quasi Move trailer. -- (link) - Qale Apr 19, 09:03 [youtube] 5
- Just make Super Troopers 3, nothing else matters -- nm - budice Apr 19, 09:13 1
  - They're writing it now -- nm - J Apr 19, 09:15
- 100% guarantee it'll be stupid. 100% guarantee I will watch it - decline Apr 19, 09:05 2
  - There has been a serious case of diminishing returns. But I won’t be a hater. They’re obviously doing what they love together. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 09:08 1
    - Didn't realize how many things these guys have directed/acted in beyond Club Dread, Beerfest and Troopers. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 09:12
Hey y'all. Huge Skyline news. They have replaced Gold Star as the official chili of the Cincinnati Bengals, righting years of wrongs. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:58 1
- Any noodlety? -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 09:10
Real train = Orient Express; Bullshit Train = the subway in The Warriors -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:58 2
- Do you want to fight me? -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 09:51
- and where does Bullet Train fall on this Real vs Bullshit scale. - JD Apr 19, 09:10
I booked a condo through Expedia 2 days ago and the actual condo company has pulled a bait and switch. They took my booking through expedia and then - jnine Apr 19, 08:58 2
- stop payment through through the cc -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:59 1
  - this. upload the emails as proof this was a bait and switch, CC will get your back. -- nm - colin Apr 19, 09:00
Jax. Got my Shady Rays last night. They're *nice*. Thanks for the recommendation! -- nm - oblique Apr 19, 08:55 1
- Great! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 19, 09:51
This is fascinating: "Known as the Xiongnu, the empire saw conflict with great rival imperial China that resulted in the construction of the Great Wall -- (edited) - decline Apr 19, 08:53 1
- It's not confirmed, but it's theorised that the Xiongnu and the Huns were at least connected, and may even be the same people - Roger More Apr 19, 09:15
Flash tv trailer -- (link) - Remlik Apr 19, 08:52 [youtube] 2
- I mean, it's just some fan trailer from Screen Culture. I think I need to start banning this channel. They're just clickbait. -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 09:23 1
  - damnit. thanks. -- nm - Remlik Apr 19, 09:25
Re: DHS guy bringing in a device. I'm with jnine, there's more to the story. - loosilu Apr 19, 08:51 3
- Yeah, the reaction certainly suggests something is going on. And it says 'personal device' - ty97 Apr 19, 08:52 2
  - I mean, who knows. But my gut says this wasn't a simple "oops I brought my phone to work" -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:52 1
    - You really can't bring in a phone by mistake. All of the procedures to get in make it impossible. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:53
ST Poll #Beaker: When is the last time you took a train? - ty97 Apr 19, 08:45 37
- Gold Line Hollywood/ Highland to Union Station Sept 15, 2023 - JD Apr 19, 09:15
- 2020 Jamestown CA. It's a rail museum with a train ride. It's where they filmed the train for Petticoat Junction. -- nm* - jnine Apr 19, 09:13
- December 3rd. New York Subway. Cincinnati's airport has a tram but I'm not counting it as it is inside the building. -- nm* - Volnelk Apr 19, 09:09 1
  - the last time Ive flown (2017) was coming out of Cinci -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 09:12
- Last May. -- nm - mara Apr 19, 09:05
- Never -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 09:03 5
  - Oh if we are counting subways or NJ to NY rail transit, then probably 2005. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 09:04 4
    - They're trains, no? -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 09:21
    - Subways, NJ Transit, Metro North, etc all count. WAIT, you haven't been on NJ Transit or the subway in almost 20 years?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 09:05 2
      - Yea I believe so. Ive only been to Manhattan a few times in the past decade. And all times Ive found it much easier to just drive in. - Jovian Apr 19, 09:11 1
        
        I hate you. - Krusty Apr 19, 09:23
- Summer 2019, Go Train into Toronto to see a Jays game - J Apr 19, 09:03
- last may, took a train ride out of Skagway alaska up into the mountains. it was a scenic trip -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 19, 08:59
- 3 weeks ago, to DC -- nm - colin Apr 19, 08:59
- I believe it was Amtrak to Ventura in June 2019 -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 08:57
- xmas -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 08:56 1
  - (subway - last night) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 08:56
- 9:30am -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 08:56
- subway after One Direction in Toronto number of years ago. actual train, likely 40 years -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:55 5
  - Subways are actual trains. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:56 3
    - real trains aren't subject to random CHUD attacks though -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:57 2
      - I don't believe CHUDs exist. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:59 1
        
        that's exactly what they want you to believe -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 09:04
  - OR the airport tram at Orlando in early March (super short, so maybe doesn't count) -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:56
- Not sure if the trams at PHX count, they might be on tires instead of rails. -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 08:53 3
  - Prior to that, Monorail at WDW in October -- nm* - znufrii Apr 19, 09:03
  - This is a flexible poll! We'll take it! -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 09:00
  - I say it counts. several cars linked together? -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:54
- if my subway train counts, this morning. If not, I went to Ottawa by train about a year ago. -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 08:52 1
  - absoltuely counts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:55
- Xmas 2021 -- nm - Max Apr 19, 08:48
- Whenever the last time I flew through DFW was. - spamlet Apr 19, 08:47
- February. O'Hare (now that the train is running again at the airport!) -- nm - oblique Apr 19, 08:47
- In Amsterdam. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:46 3
  - Prolly the same for me - so Dec 2019 -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 08:49 2
    - Didn't know yhou went! I love that place. I could live there. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:52 1
      - I went in Dec 2019 to help my youngest pack after a semester abroad. He was in Leiden. We did Amsterdam for a couple days and a few days in Paris. - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 09:05
AMC Announces a Third Anne Rice Series in the Immortal Universe -- (link) - Beaker Apr 19, 08:44 1
- Ya know - we like the witches but we stopped the Interview series a few eps in. Just didn't dig it really at all. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 08:45
Insidious: The Red Door trailer -- (link) - Beaker Apr 19, 08:43 [youtube]
Niners fielding offers for Trey Lance. Brock Purdy might be the guy -- nm - budice Apr 19, 08:33
in praise of Anthony Richardson -- (link) - Beaker Apr 19, 08:29 11
- This article is about 53% accurate. - Will Hunting Apr 19, 08:43 4
  - I think that Josh Allen might be screwing things up as he was 16-11 against the Mountain West which while a winning record...C'mon the Mountain West? -- nm - JD Apr 19, 09:27
  - Correct. When EVERY SEC guy is warning you about Levis and Richardson, it aint just smoke. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:55 2
    - but he jumps so high! -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:56 1
      - and far. Don't forget far. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 09:01
- "Richardson’s standing vertical was just an inch shy of the best jump in the history of the NBA’s draft combine" -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:38 2
  - "Fast as Justin Jefferson and the same size as TJ Watt" got me for a second and then I remembered than neither of them throw. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:54 1
    - UPSIDE! -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 09:05
- It's mostly in praise of his jumping, not for his throwing, which I would argue comes up more often. - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:37 2
  - comparison to Allen and Hurts seem valid. He is a bulldozer (with race car speed) till they get his passing improved -- nm* - Beaker Apr 19, 08:39 1
    - Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts were a combined 55 & 13 as starters. They kinda won. - Will Hunting Apr 19, 08:52
ST Poll #Baron: When is the last time you took a flight? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:21 63
- 2019, I think. Aspen. Mid-February. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 19, 09:08
- Never -- nm - J Apr 19, 09:01 2
  - I am utterly fascinated and baffled and shocked by this. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 09:03 1
    - It's probably my only real regret. I should have done it a long time ago but never did and now it's a "thing" -- nm - J Apr 19, 09:20
- a few weeks back, to chicago. -- nm - colin Apr 19, 08:59
- January 2001 -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 08:57
- October to Peru -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:52
- March 26 -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 08:49
- 2017 -- nm* - Jovian Apr 19, 08:47
- January -- nm - Max Apr 19, 08:45
- 2 weeks ago coming back from Amsterdam via Dublin. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:45
- xmas -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 08:41
- June 2022 -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 08:36
- Feb, lookin after dad post-surg -- nm - budice Apr 19, 08:36
- Iceland. February -- nm - oblique Apr 19, 08:36 2
  - ohhhh, the northern lights must have been gorgeous! -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:37 1
    - *sad trombone* -- nm - oblique Apr 19, 08:42
- End of March 2023. I've been to CA 3 times for work already this year. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 08:35 4
  - Do you take one of the very limited non-stops out of DCA? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:35 3
    - For 2 it was out of Dulles into DCA. And one was RT Dulles. I have Gold on United and my miles are creeping up so I’m being loyal. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 08:40 2
      - oooohhh, Star Alliance Gold if you fly international too. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:41 1
        
        Yup! The partner has 1K which is nice for us this year. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 08:42
- December 2022. Next one is in a couple of weeks. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 19, 08:33 15
  - ** Next Poll - when is your Next Flight? ** -- nm* - Andie Apr 19, 08:36 14
    - May 12 - if WestJet doesn't strike by then :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 09:11
    - I'm supposed to go to Milwaukee in July, but I'm thinking not. Anyone need VIP tickets the the Harley Davidson Homecoming festival? Face value. I have - jnine Apr 19, 09:09
    - none on the books right now -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 09:05
    - No flights booked currently. Vaguely sometime in the 2023-2024 Premier League season with the final destination being Liverpool - JD Apr 19, 09:04
    - Saturday. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 09:00
    - Right now, June to Key West *shakes fist at AA* but will likely have a work trip prior to that. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:53 1
      - KL or a shorter/simpler work trip? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 09:04
    - Probably May for my nieces/nephews graduations. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:48
    - Probably in March for spring break to see my parents, if we don’t end up doing another cruise before then. - znufrii Apr 19, 08:47 1
      - Oh wait, we have to use up our frontier credit *shakes fist* before then. So probably going somewhere in October. - znufrii Apr 19, 09:09
    - likely next early March (taking train in August to Boston!) -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:40
    - Flying to Florida this weekend to see the parents -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:39
    - May 24, 2023 -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 08:38
    - N E V E R ! -- nm - mud Apr 19, 08:37
- April 8, 2023 -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 08:32
- Feb 6, 2023 -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 08:32
- early March -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 08:29
- January 1988 -- nm - mud Apr 19, 08:27 4
  - I'm utterly fascinated by this. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:28 3
    - I'm utterly fascinated by your constant travelling to every corner of the planet. -- nm - mud Apr 19, 08:29 2
      - That makes sense. We're very different in that respect! - ty97 Apr 19, 08:32 1
        
        I would like to travel more but haven't figured out how. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:56
- 6 years ago -- nm - decline Apr 19, 08:27 2
  - I'm slightly intrigued by this. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:32 1
    - a combination of a couple of things -- (edited) - decline Apr 19, 08:43
- October 1996. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 19, 08:26 1
  - I'm utterly fascinated by this. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:26
- February twenty-something, and it was a morning flight so I left my tux in the bag -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 08:25 6
  - ugh, morning flights. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:26 5
    - My flight Saturday with my students leaves at 6 am. LEAVES at 6. I leave my house at 2:50. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:26 4
      - I count at least eight things disturbing about this post. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:27 3
        
        It'll be fine. I didn't pay for the flights and we get to Orlando early. It's cool. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:35 2
        
        I always think "hey I have the whole day when I get there" - ty97 Apr 19, 08:36 1
        
        Yeah we will have that option. There are three pools for the students. Opening session at 8pm. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:38
- March 7, 2023 -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 19, 08:24
- This February. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:24
- March 19th, 2023 -- nm - JD Apr 19, 08:24
- July 21 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 19, 08:23
- A week and a half ago (the 8th). Next one is Saturday. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 19, 08:23
Watching Euphoria S1 & S2 - budice Apr 19, 08:20 3
- hold on tight -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 08:20 2
  - hold on loosely but don't let go -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 08:26
  - Im like I'll put it on like background music, but nooope. Heavy -- nm - budice Apr 19, 08:24
You're gonna wear THAT? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:18 3
- Some of us still remember wearing hat and gloves to fly. Not that we could ever afford to fly ;-) -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 08:33
- This is 2023, not 1923. -- nm - Spawn Apr 19, 08:20
- lingerie is inappropriate in-flight attire, ty -- nm - decline Apr 19, 08:20

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