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Here is my first attempt at growing an avocado tree (in progress) -- (pic) - decline May 2, 05:37 [Attachment] 6
- i've found they are happiest in a compost pile... they grow like crazy there. -- nm - colin May 2, 06:10 1
  - 2nd story condo = no compost pile. Hydroponic gardening! -- nm - decline May 2, 06:57
- I'll get the chips. You get the mallet. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 2, 06:04
- Woot! -- nm - Pippy can't read May 2, 05:52
- nice! when did you start it? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 05:51 1
  - a couple of months back -- nm - decline May 2, 06:44
Waffle 5/5 - znufrii 🦄 May 2, 05:04 2
- 4 - 466 - GregW May 2, 06:46
- 3/5 - decline May 2, 05:33
TV PSA: Rookie, 911 Lone Star, Superman & Lois, Lopez vs Lopez, The Wall, Rookie Feds, Gotham Knights, Will Trent, Weakest Link, Night Court, Accused, - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 04:49 2
- Things seem to be slowing down as the summer nears. Just Night Court for me and I'm pretty sure I'm done with it after this season ends. - Krusty May 2, 05:09 1
  - "Why am I watching?" "Because it's on TV!" "Not yet." - Pachypodium baronii May 2, 06:14
A Jeopardy story not everyone may know. -- (link) - Volnelk May 2, 04:48 1
- Good story. Would read again. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 2, 05:28
Our travel service through Concur, there are no return flights at that time. Southwest website, there are three flights during that time. - tRuMaN May 2, 04:33 10
- We use Concur too. I book Southwest most of the time, even though they dont show up. Why don’t they have them? - Pippy May 2, 04:48 7
  - I dont know, I always feel like someone is getting a kickback out of things like this. - tRuMaN May 2, 05:03 6
    - makes sense for them I guess. -- nm - Pippy can't read May 2, 05:47
    - *ding* -- nm - Volnelk May 2, 05:28
    - It’s also a control mechanism. You’ll only see the flights that meet company policy. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 2, 05:14 3
      - My guess is that they don’t make their fare information available for whatever reason, same reason you can’t book it through google -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 2, 05:25 2
        
        I know it will show up on ours but I know occasionally I’ll be able to find flights it can’t for whatever reason. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 2, 05:49
        
        yeah probably -- nm - tRuMaN May 2, 05:37
- We have someone that I can call when Concur messes up. Is there an agent behind the software? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 2, 04:48 1
  - there is, in the past their response was "if its not in the system then it doesnt exist" so I just book it and deal with the consequences - tRuMaN May 2, 05:05
Remember this is the last week for Heardle. Final day is Friday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 04:12
Wordle 682 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 04:10 6
- 3 - 682 - GregW May 2, 06:43
- 4 - rollo May 2, 06:14
- 5 - decline May 2, 05:32
- 3/6. Elf toes. - Pachypodium baronii May 2, 05:28
- 4/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 2, 05:01
- Same - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 2, 04:38
heh. this channel is amusing. -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 00:42 [youtube]
George Takai says the husband who lost wife and 8yo were NOT illegals and posted copy of her green card -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 00:00
Local news, It is cheaper to fly to Dallas to see Kraken playoff than to get the cheapest ticket here - zeitgeist May 1, 23:33 2
- You could stay at my place if you come out -- nm - Pippy May 2, 04:50
- edit: cheapest seattle ticket is now 380 -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 01:51
Bery, post on reddit about russian troops getting rad sick digging and fishing around chernoble Independent.uk -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 22:49 8
- independent was one of the three sources I indicated that I don't trust. It's a tabloid that is 41% russian owned. - Beryllium May 1, 23:04 7
  - What did Trent Crimm do to you? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 2, 03:34
  - I don't read it, but I don't think it's considered a tabloid here. -- nm - LMS May 2, 03:11 1
    - The other two papers that had the story were Daily Mail and the Sun. Guilt by association? :) -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 07:05
  - They're picking up this story -- (link*) - con_carne May 2, 00:15
  - forgot about that. it is a story against russian/putin's interest and would get someone in russia 10 years in prison for propaganda. -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 23:20 2
    - Yeah, that's fair. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 00:41 1
      - I mean, not the prison part. The part where it's not a russian op. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 00:41
I wonder if the availability of so much content to stream means that audiences won't much care if there is no new stuff coming out? - TWuG May 1, 21:51 13
- There's a lot of trash to stream but quality content isn't sitting around waiting to be watched. People will get upset when their favorite shows - Krusty May 2, 04:50
- If they don't care now, they will in a few months when they can't find something new to watch. -- nm - Andie May 2, 03:31 2
  - hmm, I might actually catch up! -- nm - Reagen May 2, 03:35 1
    - Right?! -- nm - sycor May 2, 06:08
- coming soon: Big Brother chan 24/7, also Real Housewives chan, -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 23:24 3
  - Bring back BB: OTT! -- nm - Ender May 2, 00:01
  - basic cable already is this. and it's dying on the vine - hollywood big shot May 1, 23:41 1
    - but if you want s3 of Yellowjackets? pay up, Viacom -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 23:50
- the general reaction from writers to the studios’ garbage is only increasing the guild’s resolve -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 23:13
- I don't know how long this will take to feel in streaming content. Many of us drop streaming services once we're caught up on certain shows. - psilotum May 1, 22:23
- I care. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 22:10
- WGA kept their agents fired for almost two years to kill packaging and they're already working half-time (if at all) under the current system -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 21:54 1
  - I heard this packaging story in "Chokepoint Capitalism", which I just finished listening to this weekend. -- (link) - psilotum May 1, 22:25
why Jerome Powell is still big mad in one chart -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 21:48 4
- Yup, even though this round of inflation has proven that wages aren't a big part of it, he continues to act like wages are the only thing. - Inigo May 2, 05:55 1
  - Like I said the other day, it’s fascinating to watch him continue to be right for the wrong reasons. - znufrii 🦄 May 2, 06:12
- A. if minimum wage kept up with congressional salaries it would be $25 an hour...we're still fighting for 15, rents have gone up far faster than wages -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 23:27
- Funny how supply and demand is fine until it comes to wages. -- nm - TWuG May 1, 21:52
Welp. No writers means no SNL with Pete Davidson this weekend. -- nm - Mop May 1, 21:35 4
- okay. -- nm - Max May 2, 00:56
- they can improv for an hour, give the band a few more tunes..done -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 23:28 1
  - Only if they use the non-writers and take suggestions from the audience. - . May 2, 05:34
- No Late Night -- (link) - budice May 1, 21:44
WGA has emailed membership the terms of the studios' fundamentally unserious proposals. cc: DGA -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 21:35 1
- It’s gonna be a long strike. -- nm - Mop May 1, 21:36
KD never shoulda left the bay -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 21:33
CNBC video has a fascinating look at self-driving cars and why Ford and VW shut down their joint venture in 2022. -- (link) - Mop May 1, 21:31 [youtube] 2
- spoiler: because it's a long-ass way away. -- nm - mafic May 1, 22:49
- Narrator says $TSLA market cap passed $F, despite $F selling nearly 10x as many cars. The numbers displayed are actually nearly 100x as many. -- (pic) - psilotum May 1, 22:40 [Attachment]
My guilty pleasure viewing for this weekend has been Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn. Seems to be a long running program by British standards. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:21 2
- She's Law & Order: Paddington Bear - TWuG May 1, 21:46 1
  - That is great -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 22:04
"Scene Points" are so stupid. And the offers they have are pathetic; out of ten offers, only one has any locations on Vancouver Island. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 21:16
Yvonne Jacquette, Painter of Views From on High, Dies at 88 - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:02
I believe I cleared my to-do list today except for cats to the vet, and that's pretty much an either/or. I drove by there on the way to the bank and - Meg May 1, 20:55
As Signs Point to Counteroffensive, Russia and Ukraine Step Up Attacks - crash davis 😺 May 1, 20:45
NYT: Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Singer, Dies at 84 - crash davis 😺 May 1, 20:28 5
- So less than a week after I got Belafonte At Carnegie Hall on vinyl, I find myself ordering Gord's Gold on vinyl. - crash davis 😺 May 1, 20:31 4
  - compared to the big four, I always seem to forget Rainy Day People but I do like it. Live in Reno DVD cut -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 20:36 [youtube] 3
    - song for a winter's night is the winner for me. -- (link) - mafic May 1, 21:02 [youtube] 2
      - There is something to be said about his earlier phase with less studio production. It is not superior or worse. It is just different, still of value -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:08 1
        
        It's more voice than production on that one for me. I find the change from then to '75 interesting. -- nm - mafic May 1, 21:10
WGA: No Deal -- (link) - budice May 1, 20:05 15
- DHD: No Dealio -- (link) - budice May 1, 20:16 7
  - though no official confirmation from WGA apparently -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:22 6
    - now it’s official -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:40 5
      - The last writers strike in 2008-2009 lasted 100 days. Before that? In 1988 one lasted 153 days. -- nm - Qale May 1, 20:49 3
        
        And the ramifications from those are still felt today. -- nm - ST: TNG: Shades of Gray si May 1, 21:01 2
        
        Funny story! I just loaded up Netflix and it told me my "Continue Watching" was this exact episode, halfway through, or the show Treason. - Beryllium May 1, 22:29 1
        
        ah! right, that's why it sucks. It's a clip show! -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 22:33
      - “the studios’ responses have been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing” -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:41
- dunno how true but one rumor i see on writer twitter is that Netflix was holding out versus the studios -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:14 5
  - You mean the rumor I keep posting here on ST? - Mop May 1, 20:20
  - must not have been that close if they didn't wait until midnight to announce -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:16 3
    - Netflix will hold out indefinitely. It's in their interest. - Mop May 1, 20:22 2
      - the only people happier to isolate Netflix than the writers would be the studios themselves -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:33 1
        
        I don’t know if the studios can make their own deals, but if Hollywood can make a deal without Netflix, they *must*. -- nm - Mop May 1, 21:16
- Teamsters say they won't cross picket lines. Writers strike, Hollywood shuts down. -- (link) - Mop May 1, 20:11
Lindy Ruff gets his first Game 7 win in his coaching career (1-4). -- nm - budice May 1, 19:54 1
- Would you say for New York=New England hockey that the first round results have been Ruff? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 20:33
60 years ago the Rollin' Stones sign a management contract with Andrew Loog Oldham who names them the Rolling Stones. -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 19:48
B2 poll: Clueless, Mean Girls, Heathers. Just rip off the band aid. -- nm - Mop May 1, 19:28 1
- Heathers, what was the question? -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:29
White House Plummers ep. 1. it was very good. -- nm - Peglegpete May 1, 19:25 1
- not bad -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 19:27
My daughter yesterday: Dad, with all my grants and discounts, my tuition will be negative $7000!! My daughter today: - Mop May 1, 19:25 7
- nice -- nm - decline May 2, 05:46
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty May 1, 19:41
- Very cool! -- nm - Flavorize May 1, 19:39
- That's incredible! -- nm - David May 1, 19:38
- Congrats~! -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:30
- Fantastic!!! -- nm - Pippy May 1, 19:27
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 19:26
Finally, Rihanna @ MetGala -- (link) - budice May 1, 19:19 4
- Huh. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:29
- Just Riri -- (link) - budice May 1, 19:22 1
  - vid -- (link*) - budice May 1, 19:22
- he'd look amazing without the jeans. -- nm - mafic May 1, 19:20
ouch, Yankees -- nm - Tim May 1, 19:17 1
- Fucking Boone *smh* -- nm - Krusty May 1, 19:36
tick tock, Rangers -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 19:10
The travel discussion with Krusty got me wondering if 'London A-Z' was still available. Seems it is and what I hadn't realized at - Meg May 1, 19:03 5
- And reading that again it doesn't make sense. That must be a later version. I arrived in England in *1964* and I know we used something like that. -- nm - Meg May 1, 19:42 4
  - i doubt many of London's streets have changed since 1864 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 19:43 3
    - They haven't but we colonials all carried a copy of that. -- nm - Meg May 1, 19:51 2
      - I bought one the first time I went over in 99 but don’t recall using it super much (Tube map was more essential for me) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:48 1
        
        I bought and AtoZ and used it alot. Used the tube map and picked up another transit map that also had the trains on it too. - . May 2, 05:31
metgala winners: Gisele, Kerry, Maya -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 19:02 2
- OK without the wrap Maya is tragic. That's toilet paper. -- (link) - loosilu May 1, 19:06
- Gisele is a slam dunk, she can walk like nobody's business. Kerry, I need a video. Maya I feel like she's missing sometjhign. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:04
Man dressed like FUBU Cookie Monster and gave Boston 45 -- (link) - budice May 1, 18:58
Sundown -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 18:58 [youtube] 17
- The woman this song is about later sold John Belushi his fatal speedball and served 15 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter -- nm - Roger More May 1, 19:07 4
  - Oh HER. She was a glorified groupie. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:10 3
    - He also hit her and broke her cheekbone. -- nm - Roger More May 1, 19:14 2
      - Gordon Heavyhand. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:29
      - oh Gordon. temper temper -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 19:15
- Video unavailable, is this the fan video with the hot 70s babe? -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:00 3
  - unknown. may have to click the link (it is Youtube). sometimes that happens I find -- nm - Beaker May 1, 19:01 2
    - I clicked, no go. I meant this one. - loosilu May 1, 19:02 [youtube] 1
      - Thank you. -- nm - psilotum May 1, 21:38
- "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 18:59 [youtube] 7
  - interesting to nobody but me: iron ore ships are like 15 times the size now. -- nm - mafic May 1, 19:38
  - Edmund F should be banned from radio because it hits me too hard and I have to be reaxdy. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:00 3
    - One of the few concerts I've ever attended was seeing Gordon in Vegas (or maybe Reno) with Canadian friends. -- nm - Meg May 1, 19:06 2
      - Do you dislike concerts? -- nm - loosilu May 1, 19:31 1
        
        No, just really never had the opportunity. Bill wasn't really a social animal. And these days I really can't handle loud music. -- nm - Meg May 1, 19:37
  - If You Could Read My Mind -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 18:59 [youtube] 1
    - Carefree Highway -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 19:01 [youtube]

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