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It seems that today is ANZAC Day. (Why isn't there a poppy emoji?) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:33 3
- (tomorrow) -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:40
- Only in Australia today - won't be the 25th here until tomorrow ;) ANZAC remembers Gallipoli, not Flanders Field, so no poppies. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 08:38
- I read this as poopy emoji and thought that was quite rude if you -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 08:38
Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 08:32 12
- *dances on his metaphorical Fox-shaped grave* -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:41
- Because he crossed Trump? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 08:40
- Where will he go? Dominion is suing OAN and NewsMax too, right? -- nm - mara 🍂 Apr 24, 08:40 2
  - RT -- nm - decline Apr 24, 08:43
  - Steven Bannon is always looking for guests on War Room. lol -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 08:42
- To run for 2024? -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 08:39
- I would dance, but have a horrible neck pain today. This is new, and this SUCKS. - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 08:38
- W H O A -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 08:36 1
  - My reaction too -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 08:37
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 08:35
- sweet. -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 24, 08:34
- Whoa. Last show aired on Friday -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 08:34
David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) directing thriller 'Relay', with Sam Worthington, Riz Ahmed and Lily James -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 24, 08:32
Arkansas giving Florida a run for its money -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 08:20 4
- This has me giggling -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 11:14
- what the hell?! -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 24, 08:39
- GREENLIGHT METH DEER NOW! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 08:21 1
  - Make the franchise, bring in the Rock to jump start it around the time of Red Bull Chicken -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 08:37
Def Leppard? Were they Brits or Americans? - Jovian Apr 24, 08:17 2
- Yes, British. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:23
- These guys? -- (link) - JD Apr 24, 08:23 [youtube]
Disney Layoffs started at ESPN -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 07:54 3
- bastards -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:59 2
  - ESPNLand is the weakest part of Disneyland. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 08:00 1
    - The interactive dodgeball/ESPN8/TheOcho pavilion isn't too bad. It's nice that Jason Bateman always has a place to fall back on. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:04
Ray Romano underwent heart surgery after major blockage -- (link) - Remlik Apr 24, 07:53 5
- he was hired for Newsradio and was fired on his 2nd day when they went a different direction with....Joe Rogan -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 07:53 4
  - Rogan was perfect in that role though. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 24, 08:17 2
    - He was actually allowed to rewrite the role, so, yeah. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 08:37
    - Yes. Some might say he's still playing it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:29
  - Obviously fear was not a factor for them. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 08:13
Also, A had her first race this weekend. - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 07:52 3
- Is she doing Girls on the Run? -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 07:58 1
  - Healthy Kids Running Series -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 08:34
- cute -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:54
The swift and messy demise of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto empire -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 07:51
Can Cannes Keep the Lights On? French Energy Union Threatens to Disrupt Festival Amid Country’s Civil Unrest -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 07:38 1
- Shouldn't the lights be off in the theater any way? 😋 -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 07:58
What really happened with Vikings' missed NFL draft pick in 2003 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 07:32
Let's talk SmartWatches, for a Samsung Galaxy user. I was going to replace my fitbit, but i might as well go Smartwatch. But i don't need to spend a - Andie Apr 24, 07:32 13
- For the first time, I actually think I want one myself. I don’t usually buy used electronics, but perhaps an higher quality open-box Best Buy? -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 08:16
- I think it depends on what you want it to do. My Wyze watch does everything fitbit does, and it's $30. -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 24, 08:12 3
  - huh, this might do. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:42
  - This would probably be my go-to if I switch from my Mii Band primarily because of the price/battery. Mii Band is $45 and I charge it once a week -- (link) - oblique Apr 24, 08:34
  - Wow. -- nm - mara 🍂 Apr 24, 08:29
- I had ticwatches before my pixel watch and I think they are great value for the money. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 24, 08:03
- Email Amy. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 08:01
- Thanks all! -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 07:49
- My brothers and I got my mother the Samsung watch a couple of years ago - she loves it -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:47 2
  - I also had a samsung watch for a hot minute. I didn't like that photo texts were in a square. use the whole watch face!! -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 24, 08:06 1
    - I don't think my 77 yo mother gets a lot of photo texts so I'll take your word for this one :) -- nm - decline Apr 24, 08:09
- I'm happy with my Fitbit Sense which I bought on recommendation from pmb, who I assume is still happy with his. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 07:45
- Is this readable? It doesn't mention battery life for some reason, so research that separately. -- (pic) - mara 🍂 Apr 24, 07:45 [Attachment]
Smoke Signals: Big Fire at a Warehouse in Philly -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 07:23 2
- They're destroying all the stolen ballots! -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 07:30 1
  - "Disneylands Murphy Dragon lands in Philly" -- nm - budice Apr 24, 07:31
ST Poll: Ted Cruz, or Ted Cruz doppleganger? - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:11 [Attachment] 17
- I expected this... -- (pic) - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 08:41 [Attachment]
- There's a man who looks tired of having his picture taken. (Unrelated - I hope that Ted Cruz lookalike lady is doing OK) -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 07:49
- Faux .. the hair isn’t quite dark enough. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 07:31
- The real Fled Cruz only goes to Cancun. -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 24, 07:27
- Doppel. Not jowly enough -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 07:24
- real -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:18 2
  - reasoning: not a lot of casual shots of him, but he does wear a wedding band and a fitbit when he's not on the job. jeans with sneakers and a tucked - colin Apr 24, 07:24
  - agreed. -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 07:19
- Doppleganger! And I think Ron DeSantis wishes he could say that this was also one. - Jovian Apr 24, 07:15 3
  - he's made himself into an unlikable asshole. trump was at least like that fun uncle who you thought was funny until he picked on you. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 07:25 1
    - He’s always been an unlikable asshole. His former colleagues in the House hate him. He might actually have less people skills than Ted Cruz. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 07:37
  - What a derp. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 07:20
- faux Ted, I think. Nose is wrong. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 07:14
- faux Ted -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 07:13 3
  - but he could make bank doing birthday parties as him -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 07:15 2
    - "Hey you look just like Ted Cruz!" "Well fuck you too." -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 07:17 1
      - I basically said that to a rando (street Red Cross donation salesman) who told me I looked like Dan Bilzerian. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 07:32
Damn are good vacuums expensive. I want a good canister vacuum but quality brands start at like $400-500. - Krusty Apr 24, 06:56 9
- Jump to the Shark. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 24, 07:42
- I have a Bissel I bought about 7 years ago for around 1/2 that price and it still works great -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:21
- We have a Shark. It is excellent. Was $200 (maybe there is a better/newer model now) -- (link) - oblique Apr 24, 07:05 3
  - I want a canister vacuum, not an upright. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 24, 07:49
  - we like out Shark as well. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 07:13 1
    - Left Shark -- nm - budice Apr 24, 07:14
- Shark is very good -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 07:04
- the more expensive ones really suck -- nm - rollo Apr 24, 07:01 1
  - Heh. :-) Exactly. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:06
Maybe I don’t want to sail with Celebrity again… -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 06:46 1
- It's all good as long as you don't die on the ship -- nm - decline Apr 24, 07:02
Free concerts for the Western Idaho State Fair announced so far. Monday 8/21 T.I., Tues 8/22 Smash Mouth & Spin Doctors, Wed Jimmie Allen, Thu Bush, - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 06:42 5
- Bush in the Bush -- nm - budice Apr 24, 07:02
- SpinMouth-apalooza! Let's all go! - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 06:52 3
  - No. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 06:56 2
    - No. -- (pic) - budice Apr 24, 07:04 [Attachment] 1
      - No. -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 07:05 [Attachment]
Jeacson is actually the foreman, not the contractor. Super nice and easygoing guy. As far as the pronunciation, congratulations to those of you... - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 06:40 1
- I'll take the win! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 06:42
FYI: Steam is currently discounting the Supergiant games. 50% off Hades, 80% off earlier titles. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 06:34
I have to go to sandusky OH for three days for work. are any of us familiar with the area? looks like a lovely location on the lake -- (edited) - judge indianapolis jones Apr 24, 06:13 13
- I would have thought that Penn State people would have had enough with Sandusky -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 08:31
- One of my favorite odd-ball manipulative movies starts there Gypsy 83. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 08:21
- I lived with a girl from there in college. Visited once. It was... not much. But then again, that was over 30 years ago, so it might have improved. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 07:57
- It's been 30 years since I spent any significant time there, but if Cheese Haven still exists, go. - TWuG Apr 24, 06:35 4
  - ... did you date Asha, too? -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 07:57 2
    - I don't get this reference -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 08:11 1
      - Spawn was cruising up to see his girlfriend, Asha. And you obviously went to this area too. so were you seeing her or not?? - Pippy can't read Apr 24, 08:16
  - Cheese Haven does still exist. It's in Port Clinton. Port Clinton is - TWuG Apr 24, 06:39
- You can get a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking your head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 06:23
- Cedar Point! -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 06:15 3
  - This! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 07:12
  - Yes! Opens 5/4. Such a great park! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 06:57
  - this -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 06:38
Just to answer: No, did not go out or see the northern lights last night. Was very cloudy by us though my understanding is that it broke around - oblique Apr 24, 06:01 9
- If you don't prove yourself in the Northern Lights minor leagues, how will anyone know you are ready for the The Show? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 06:57
- I have Central Illinois friends posting pictures. Very cool. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 06:13 2
  - I'll keep telling myself I would've been disappointed but seeing pics from down the street from us...yeah -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 06:52 1
    - Out by my parents it was only visible via camera from what I can tell so I don’t think you really missed much. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 06:54
- I'm starting to question your commitment to the shining lights in the sky -- nm* - decline Apr 24, 06:07 4
  - Don't worry. My self-doubt and internal monologue is doing plenty to berate my sleeping self -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 06:17 3
    - What if you see the northern lights and thety're not that great? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 06:20 2
      - Well, that is what I alluded to. I'm expecting to look up in the sky and see brilliance. If I can only "see" them when photographing them I suspect - oblique Apr 24, 06:24 1
        
        that does happen if they are very faint to the eye. but certainly isn't always the case. The FB group i see them in people are very clear whether they looked vibrant IRL or just on their camera. -- nm* - Andie Apr 24, 06:45
Len Goodman, judge on Dancing With the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing, dead at 78 (bone cancer) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 05:57 3
- crud, I always liked Len -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 06:49
- Was it known he was ill? -- nm* - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 06:47 1
  - I don't know if it was announced. But it was obvious the past couple years that he wasn't in good health -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 06:55
Huh. No new work email over the weekend. I wonder if the system is down. They probably sent out an email about that. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 05:02
Waffle 5/5 - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 04:57 3
- 5 - 458 - GregW Apr 24, 09:53
- Curses! 4/5. Should've been 5, but I got sloppy in the last few moves and made a mistake. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 07:11
- 1/5 - decline 🔹 Apr 24, 05:24
ST: What did you watch this weekend? Grade? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 04:43 15
- EDR: A-. Better Call Saul S5E1-7: A. Silence: B-. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 07:59
- Puss in Boots Last Wish (agree with Mop this was much better than expected), Babylon - major disappointment, Mrs. Davis (likely giving up after 1 ep) -- nm - MDH Apr 24, 07:21
- The Diplomat s1 7/10 was headed for a higher grade then the last episode happened -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 24, 07:00
- The Diplomat(nflx) S1 A/A-, The Diplomat(BBC) S1 B, Cargo (2017) B-, Win It All (2017) C+ -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 06:39
- The Diplomat ep 1-5 A, Ghosted D -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 24, 06:34
- Jury Duty eps 1-4: A -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 05:55
- The Diplomat Ep 1-6: A- -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 05:45
- Avatar 2 back in IMAX 3D with high frame rate thingy. Just amazing. Family hadn't seen Hotel Transylvania, so I showed it to them. Love that movie. -- nm* - con_carne Apr 24, 05:41 1
  - We also watched Jungle Cruise, that was good -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 06:01
- Air: B. An amusing distraction. - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 05:04
- Picard finale A+ -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 04:58
- D&D - solid B - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 04:56 1
  - Oh and the White Sox season thus far - F- - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 05:07
- Murder Mystery 2, B- -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 04:53
- Murder Mystery 2 - C+ (not near as fun as the first one). Barry s2 - A+ (episode 5 is an A++) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 04:44
TV PSA: Voice, American Idol, All American, 911, Fantasy Island, Good Doctor, That's My Jam, Perry Mason, Rain Dogs, NHL, NBA, Raw, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 04:40 2
- 1) Rain Dogs -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 05:02
- 911 for the girls and NHL for me. Also continue The Night Agent -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 04:41
AI is helping with the most miserable parts of online dating. (from WashPost's The 7) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 04:07 1
- that all the women are ugly AF? -- nm - Dingan Apr 24, 05:07
NHL Hard Mode Day 8 - Reagen Apr 24, 03:25
Wordle 674 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 03:09 5
- 3 - 674 - GregW Apr 24, 09:45
- 3 - inchworm - rollo Apr 24, 06:29
- 4 - decline 🔹 Apr 24, 05:19
- 4/6 - znufrii 🦄 Apr 24, 04:54
- 5/6 - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 03:17
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 24, 03:04
55 years ago the Beatles newly formed Apple Records turns down David Bowie with a standard form letter. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Apr 24, 01:28 [Attachment] 1
- That's interesting because Apple wasn't formed until a month later. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 06:17
Ah, you never turned around to see the frowns On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did Tricks for you -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 22:59

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