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how it started -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:58
King of Space-X/Mr Tesla has a fake alt acc't that he uses to astroturf (more) shitpost responses to his main account's shitposts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:49 1
- the way he outted himself on it is very funny - he was bragging about his followers and how much that makes his account, his alt icon was visible in -- (edited) - colin Apr 25, 07:56
from the horse's mouth: -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 25, 07:49 2
- Waited right to the very end during Closing Arguments to claim that. Too late Enrique. -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 08:01
- Hyper masculinity carrying around his White Claw like it’s part of a utility belt. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 25, 07:55
Harry Potter officially a dad. -- (link*) - budice Apr 25, 07:46 1
- Congrats! - Pippy Apr 25, 08:04
Fence quote ~$5,500 - sycor Apr 25, 07:35 27
- the guy behind us tore out the old wood fence and put in chain link for 4,500. the side yard fence should have been done a decade ago - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:05
- That would be one side of my yard. A very small yard. Someone ran into my back fence that's on an alley. Replacing one section of 6 was $600. I had -- (edited) - jnine Apr 25, 09:21
- *nods* I'm sure you're well aware but 100% get a survey. that fence will someday be a source of contention between you and some new neighbor arguing - oblique Apr 25, 07:52 4
  - Good advice. I have the property plans/ survery from the builder. And the lot is still staked (obvie maybe not 100% accurate) - sycor Apr 25, 07:57
  - don't listen to him. build it wherever looks best for the yard -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:55 2
    - adverse possession, look it up! - Roger More Apr 25, 08:00 1
      - the city tore our front yard out for a water main, when they replaced the driveway asphault I complained that they gave my neighbor nearly a foot ... - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:10
- How much do you need? What style of fence? -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 25, 07:40 9
  - Wood fence, 193-ish linear feet at $23/foot. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 25, 07:52 6
    - The IM made me laugh. I am currently handling six fence requests. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 25, 07:59 2
      - The guy that gave me the quote is the guy the builder recommended and who has done a lot of work in the neighborhood. - sycor Apr 25, 08:02 1
        
        Get at least one more. If it is about the same, you know that is our post-covid landscape. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 25, 08:23
    - The staining is no joke. Cost me like $2500 to stain our deck. Has to be repeated like every 2-3 years. That's potentially about $70/mo. - oblique Apr 25, 07:55 1
      - Staining for the fence is roughly $800 and supposedly should last 6-8 years. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 25, 07:59
    - And I will of course be looking to get additional quotes. -- nm - sycor Apr 25, 07:54
  - Think he needs $5,500. So, diamond caps? -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 25, 07:43 1
    - Fencing after all -- nm - budice Apr 25, 07:46
- We got a quote for one side of our backyard (about 30-40 feet?) and it was like $2k. I was floored. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 07:40 2
  - Not helpful to be floored when you need to be fenced - ty97 Apr 25, 07:44
  - I’d need to see what ours would cost now. 1400 for shadowbox about 100feet back in 2017 -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 25, 07:41
- you also don't have to do everything right away. pick the stuff that has to happen and let the other stuff sit. once you live with the house for a - Andie Apr 25, 07:37 5
  - True and I'm trying to do that. But with the HOA there is stuff I want to do in the backyard that I can't until I get a fence. - sycor Apr 25, 07:49 4
    - HOAs are so terrible. I'm so sorry. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 25, 08:25
    - ah! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:57 2
      - happppppppy birthdayyyyyyyyy! -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 25, 08:25 1
        
        thanks!! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 08:27
- I thought fencing things *was* a side hustle. -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 07:36
oh John Roberts . . . you lost another one? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:35 1
- These Justices suck so bad - Pippy Apr 25, 08:05
In case you thought Biden wouldn’t, the last eligible incumbent president to not run again was LBJ in 1968 - Tim Apr 25, 07:33 5
- That's way back when Biden was only 58. -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 08:06
- I thought he would, but shouldn't -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 08:02
- Biden was likely not many Democrats first choice to begin with. Might as well keep on keeping on. -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 07:36 1
  - he should probably start not listening to Jeff Zientz's bullshit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:39
- and it took treason for Nixon to even win that one -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:34
On the phone now with Karen at Bank Travel. It is all the things. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 07:22 6
- ugh -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 07:27
- Always thought Karens were the problematic customers. This flips the script. -- nm - budice Apr 25, 07:25 3
  - she has serious concerns regarding how much the changes are going to cost. It's not her call or her job or her lane or her business... - Diva Apr 25, 07:27 2
    - Is it approved, Karen? Well then back off b*tch. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 07:28 1
      - 😂 -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 07:31
- Lawds -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 07:24
n/m -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 07:00
Harry Belafonte (Honorary EGOT winner) has died at 96. -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 06:58 7
- RIP Harry. I grew up with my dad playing his Live At Carnegie Hall album all the time. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 25, 08:13 1
  - I think this was mom's first record -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:19
- aW. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 08:08
- Damn. :⁠-⁠( -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 08:06
- dropping science on Merv -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:52 [youtube]
- oh, he was an amazing person. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:02 1
  - one of the greats -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 07:24
‘Jaws’ Comedy ‘The Shark Is Broken’ Swimming To Broadway This Summer With Ian Shaw As Father Robert Shaw (he's uncanny) -- (link) - LMS Apr 25, 06:47 6
- i saw it, i was whelmed. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:03 5
  - Enough material for an hour but not more? -- nm - LMS Apr 25, 07:27 3
    - it just felt a little ... flat. It needed a bit of a comedy punch up. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:33 1
      - this is my mom in front of the theatre (they had a big shark.) -- (link) - Andie Apr 25, 07:34
    - this is what I'm thinking. it needs to run in rep with the Jaws musical. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 07:31
  - Ahh, the European Tour. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 25, 07:15
LYC NMS: Fought sentinels. Won. Sort of. - oblique Apr 25, 06:37 3
- Restarted DSP (again) last night after making some (more) refinements to my (ridiculous) spreadsheet. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Apr 25, 07:12
- (Pugneum). The Sentinel Capital Ship shows up after you beat 5 waves of interceptors. It's actually fairly easy to beat itself -- (edited) - decline Apr 25, 07:01 1
  - also, I moved on to the Hyades Galaxy last night. Gonna travel around for a bit and find a nice water world to build a base on -- nm - decline Apr 25, 07:02
My introduction to Tucker Carlson's dad was in the HBO docuseries, The Lady and the Dale (which I found fascinating in general) -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 25, 06:30 1
- Same on both points. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:39
Bonnie Raitt singing, Need You Tonight (INXS), in her own unique way -- (link) - Flavorize Apr 25, 06:20
ST Countdown Poll - What are you counting down to? - znufrii 🦄 Apr 25, 06:10 30
- Vacation a week from Saturday!! -- nm - Meg Apr 25, 07:56
- level 2 class show in 5 weeks -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:39
- 192 days until DUNE2 -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 07:38
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of a Kingdom. May 12th, 2023. -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 07:27
- Getting this horrible transaction that's taken up most of my life for the last 4-6 weeks closed. -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 07:24 3
  - put it all on the post-closing list! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:27
  - That stinks, Hopefully it means billable hours! -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 07:26 1
    - There have been plenty of billable hours (and almost as many complaints about the size of the bills). This is a distressed sale and the company's - pmb Apr 25, 08:05
- Kid coming home May 12th. Wife retiring from the school district May 26th. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 06:37 2
  - retiring??? - Andie Apr 25, 07:04 1
    - She was able to purchase 4 years of eligibility to hit 25 so she could retire. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 07:11
- weekend -- nm - budice Apr 25, 06:25
- Peter Gabriel on 9/30! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 06:23
- Hamilton tonight (so, hours), Newfoundland in May (if WestJet is not striking.) -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:19
- A week from today Theresa leaves to visit her mom in NM. I will get a week to myself for the first time in years. I can't wait! -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:13
- Vegas next week (work trip) -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 06:12 10
  - something to check out for next week if you got time -- (link) - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 07:24
  - everyone is raving about this show. I'm going to it in August -- (link) - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 06:51 8
    - If you haven't seen Absinthe at Caesar's, I highly recommend. -- (link) - sycor Apr 25, 07:25
    - ooooh, i would LOVE that. - Andie Apr 25, 07:04 6
      - I have not got tickets yet. There is a Vegas influencer who can get a password to anyone who asks. She helps promote. - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 07:07 5
        
        i found it by guessing :) - Andie Apr 25, 07:08 4
        
        LOL!! -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 07:14
        
        and! can you link her instagram? would love to check it out. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:09 2
        
        Yes. -- (link) - Pippy Apr 25, 07:16 1
        
        thx! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 07:23
- oldest writing last exam for this term right now and less than a month till we open up The Lake -- nm* - Beaker Apr 25, 06:12
- Daughter graduates next month and gets married in October - TWuG Apr 25, 06:11 1
  - Nice! I’m waiting on my daughter’s birthday, next month— -- nm - Flavorize Apr 25, 07:00
- lunch. Whataburger perhaps. -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 06:10
I know someone who works embassy security. Embassies often have a sacrificial facade - TWuG Apr 25, 06:08
RIP Chevy Bolt. GM to end production of electric Chevy Bolt, its first mass-market EV, later this year -- (link) - oblique Apr 25, 06:07 4
- TRUCKS! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:27
- I still haven't gotten my battery replacement. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 07:18
- To be replaced with..... I hope they have a new option lined up - TWuG Apr 25, 06:10 1
  - It's all about the Ultium platform. Blazer, Equinox are on the way. -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 06:12
So how far has everyone made it in the XKCD game that JD linked yesterday? -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 25, 05:55 5
- I'm just kind of floating through space and bumping in to random things. - sycor Apr 25, 07:13 1
  - I've found the following (and the last two gave me rocket boosts) - JaxSean Apr 25, 07:35
- It doesn't seem to work, or I haven't found the controls, on a phone. -- nm - TWuG Apr 25, 06:06 2
  - Press and hold the screen above the ship to go "up," below it for "down," etc -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 06:28 1
    - I did that and it just sort of moved up a bit then fell back. I'll try on my desktop later. -- nm - TWuG Apr 25, 06:32
"What... was just happening?" "I ate paint." "..." "He told me it was healthy!" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Apr 25, 05:47 1
- That's crazy. Most paint isn't even vegan. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 25, 06:32
I just saw something the other day about how tv treats the golden couples and how Michael Schur broke the mold for the better. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 05:40
Brexit: MPs call for public inquiry into impact of leaving EU -- (link) - LMS Apr 25, 05:29 3
- it's a mystery -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:28
- The Tory MP said the biggest benefit of Brexit was that "our sovereignty has been repatriated". *smh* We've made the country worse economically and - Krusty Apr 25, 06:04 1
  - apparently passport control for Brits traveling to Spain has become a shitshow (that was totally foreseeable and warned against) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:54
IYC: I decided to try this Biore sunscreen for my face. It gets great reviews in multiple places. It's similar to the one Spamlet mentioned. -- (link*) - Krusty Apr 25, 05:20 1
- No white casting and it absorbed in rather quickly. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 05:23
Happy birthday, Andie!!! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 - Krusty Apr 25, 05:08 26
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 08:09
- a bit late in the month for an April baby but one of us nevertheless -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 07:42
- HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!! -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 25, 07:42
- Happy BDay :) -- nm - budice Apr 25, 07:39
- cheers!! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 07:37
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 25, 07:29
- Happy Happy Andie! -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 07:25
- and of course you were born on the perfect date :) -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 07:12
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - secretslacker Apr 25, 07:11
- Congratulations on Andieing a birthday! -- nm - Roger More Apr 25, 07:10
- Happy Birthday!!!! -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 25, 06:49
- Happy b!! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 25, 06:49
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 25, 06:29
- Happy birthday! -- nm - TWuG Apr 25, 06:20
- thanks guys! :) -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:19
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 25, 06:18
- Happy Birthday! I hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 25, 06:04
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 05:43
- Happy birthday, Andie! We’re the winners today! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 05:40
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 05:40
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 05:35
- You win today! Happy Birthday Andie! -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 05:30
- have a terrific birthday Andie! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 05:29
- happy birthday -- nm - decline Apr 25, 05:28
- Happy Birthday, Andie! -- nm - . Apr 25, 05:17
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 05:08
TV PSA: Rookie, FBI x 3, Superman & Lois, Deadliest Catch, 911 Lone Star, Lopez vs Lopez, The Wall, Rookie Feds, Gotham Knights, Weakest Link, -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 25, 05:07 5
- UK has Colin from Accounts, Rain Dogs, Gossip Girl -- nm - LMS Apr 25, 05:36
- 3) Will Trent, Night Court and John Mulaney -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 05:16 2
  - yes, I will likely watch Mulaney's special too -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 06:13 1
    - He's so damn good. One of the best today. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:40
- 911 Lone Star for the girls, Oak Island (we will get it Sunday) and NHL for me. -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 05:08
Biden makes it official -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Apr 25, 05:06 1
- His media team running with Dark Brandon stuff, too -- (link) - TWuG Apr 25, 05:55

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