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I guess the big payroll teams are tired of losing their advantage over smaller clubs -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 14, 05:44 5
- But aren't the big payroll teams also the ones that are already spending more on those other areas? -- nm - Ender Jun 14, 17:55
- Just like with NCAA and other Pro Sports. Money structures are all a black box. Big numbers thrown around, but the transparent accounting lacks -- nm* - budice Jun 14, 05:59
- what a backwards sport -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 05:54
- It seems like smaller market teams will do everything they can to limit how teams spend their money. This is a terrible idea that I'm sure they'll - Krusty Jun 14, 05:51
- "MLB’s executive vice president of baseball operations, Morgan Sword" - budice Jun 14, 05:46
One step closer to a Dyson sphere. -- (link) - Coach Bearond Jun 14, 05:35 1
- *checks his spreadsheet* -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 14, 05:37
Starbucks denies that there has been any policy change relating to Pride decorations in its stores amid reports that stores were instructed to remove them. -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 14, 05:21 1
- Blaming a regional manager…the “no decorations for anything” policy they (the employees) should swing back in that RMs face, once Christmas comes -- nm - Flavorize Jun 14, 06:11
5 - Waffle 509 - GregW Jun 14, 04:54 1
- 2 - decline Jun 14, 07:01
Bengals also first class -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 04:51 [youtube] 1
- Pre Joe Burrow, exactly 0.0% of any of that happens. He’s changed the city. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 14, 07:05
I miss the site but I'm going to see how long I can stay off reddit. - Krusty Jun 14, 04:42
Hmmm...Bears still talking to other cities about moving. - . Jun 14, 04:42 1
- I thought you meant to another state which would be so very wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 04:43
Wordle 725 3/6 - Fuzzy Jun 14, 03:59 4
- 4 - decline Jun 14, 07:00
- 5 - rollo Jun 14, 05:53
- 5 - 725 - GregW Jun 14, 04:52
- 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 14, 04:06
I told myself no same day flight turns post Covid yet here we are. -- nm - MDH Jun 14, 02:42 3
- Where you headed? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 14, 04:17 2
  - ATL -- nm - MDH Jun 14, 05:49 1
    - At least you’re on a competent airline. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 14, 06:09
Gojo never shoulda bought Waystar-Royco at that premium -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 14, 00:59
Hate watch The Idol episode 2 spoils. Scuttle episode 1 and make this the pilot. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 13, 22:48
so looks like Jonathan Quick gets another ring, but does he get his name on the cup? dressed for every game after Brossoit was injured, never played. - mafic Jun 13, 22:15 2
- Backup for one Final game is enough. - Reagen Jun 14, 03:02 1
  - I know it’s theoretically enough, but they also only get 52 (53?)spots, so like somebody that qualifies has to be priority 53. -- nm - mafic Jun 14, 03:09
I'm beginning to feel the Vegas emphasis on sports venues is making me less interest in going up there :( -- nm - Meg Jun 13, 22:00 5
- we still have great restaurants and a 10 mile traffic jam on sunday/holidays at the state line when people go back to Ca. because of fruit inspections -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 22:15 4
  - Fruit inspections? You can't bring fruit from Nevada to California? -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 04:57 2
    - I mean CA thinks it’s its own country so… -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 14, 05:17 1
      - Heh. :-) I know there are inspections from overseas but not between states. -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 05:36
  - Oh, I'm sure - I just get a different vibe from their promotions these days. And I generally travel on Thursdays and Mondays :) -- nm - Meg Jun 13, 22:19
Does this mean Jack Eichel is better than Connor McDavid? - David Jun 13, 21:40 2
- is he better? no. would I rather have him on my team? also no. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 22:09 1
  - Why do you hate trophies, mafic? -- nm - David Jun 13, 22:38
Looks like Marvel cooked up some good OMGBBQ with Secret Invasion -- nm - budice Jun 13, 21:40
in three days, we will have had Trump as a presidential candidate/president longer than Obama was actually in office - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 21:32
I know, owners bad, but it seems to me the worst case scenario of the A's leaving Oakland is fans having to drive 24 minutes to the next closest team. -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 21:25 4
- But that's not their team and it's insane to me to think the fans should just change their allegiance. It would be as if the Mets moved and they were -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 14, 04:19
- no sane person would walk across the street to watch the Giants -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 21:31
- Are you accounting for Bay Bridge traffic? -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 21:29 1
  - Well, per Google maps right now. It says 35 minutes to get there at 6:30 tomorrow. -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 21:38
As were 12-50. Have now won 7 straight. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 13, 21:11
The 18-50 Oakland A’s have defeated the 48-21 Tampa Bay Rays because baseball is the best. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 21:01 8
- hysterical -- (link) - Reagen Jun 14, 03:23 2
  - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 04:24
  - LOL -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 14, 04:19
- And because they lost tonight, the Royals now have the worst record in baseball. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 21:05
- They drew 28,000 tonight, after less than 5,000 last night, as part of a reverse boycott. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 21:02 3
  - So, their reverse boycott to pack the stadium got them about 60% of the stadium? I can’t fathom why the owner wants out. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 14, 04:16 1
    - The blame goes on everyone in this situation as neither side seemed to be too enthusiastic about making a deal. But to take the side of the owner when - Krusty Jun 14, 04:24
  - That's bigger than any non-Yankees home game for the Rays this year. -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 21:39
Trump hasn’t looked this thin in 30 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:50 3
- he looks so angelic -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 22:46
- He looks like Pat Sajak in that sketch -- nm - Flavorize Jun 13, 21:05
- I was led to believe he was considerably more muscular. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 20:58
RIP John Romita -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:46 2
- That's a lovely tribute from son to father. -- nm - David Jun 13, 20:58
- :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( (((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:53
You know what a dictator would do? He'd shut these assholes down. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:45
RC & CRASH. new Grand Designs -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:37 [youtube]
CBS to air Paramount + shows this fall... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 20:35 4
- air the full run of Picard cowards -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:41 2
  - Only if they don't cut the full frontal nudity, or no deal! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:44
  - (the amount of residuals they should be obligated for any over-the-air broadcasts versus streaming is not insubstantial) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:44
- SEAL Team? Evil? Well, well, well... look who's come crawling back... -- nm - CBS Jun 13, 20:38
I just signed up for summer stalker. someone is getting a shirt with the Stanley Cup on it. I hope one of the local joints has good art with it! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:25 1
- That would be awesome - Krusty Jun 13, 20:28
Is "The Lake" any good? The S2 preview Prime has been showing makes it look like Ozark by way of Schitt's Creek, and it's got Terry Chen ... - Beryllium Jun 13, 20:23 2
- I don't believe there's any Ozark elements unless you mean the setting. This is more family dramady. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:56 1
  - 100% the setting -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 21:09
the Stanley Cup weights 35 pounds. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:21
Wrexham coming to Philly! -- (link) - znufrii Jun 13, 20:20 2
- Jeez. Wrexham vs. Chelsea and Man United? They're gonna get crushed. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:39 1
  - Pre-season friendlies, so it'll be their B teams at best. But, yeah. - znufrii Jun 13, 20:47
lol House GOP -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:18 1
- Headline sometime next year: Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) lost his primary tonight. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:36
Secret Invasion: I like those suits Sam Jackson and Don Cheadle were wearing... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 20:17 1
- Whatever this is, I can't see it without signing into Twitter. So I guess I don't get to see it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:40
Whoopi putting it out there for the Wheel -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 20:09
Stanley Cup in Sin City -- nm - budice Jun 13, 20:08 2
- it's about time! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:20
- *chills* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:11
Miriam Margolyes on the cover of British Vogue -- (link) - znufrii Jun 13, 20:08 2
- I expected to see Julianna Margulies and boy was that a shock. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:12 1
  - Miriam’s Graham Norton clips on YouTube are quite amusing. -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 20:14
A guy I played basketball with just became the lead assistant coach for the Celtics -- nm - MDH Jun 13, 20:04 1
- Very cool! -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 20:27
Raiders, the eyes of the world are on you. Vegas has the WNBA & NHL champions. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 13, 20:04
so i guess Nevada's really gonna just give Fisher $380m - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 19:57
and there's the over 10.5 -- nm - JD Jun 13, 19:43
Why don’t you see elephants hiding in trees? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 19:38 2
- What do you call an elephant on a train? - howie Jun 13, 20:19
- 👍 -- nm - JD Jun 13, 19:42
Neil Young has announced a west coast tour starting next month - MDH Jun 13, 19:30 1
- Ever so slightly tempted ... but no, probably not. I already cancelled one US trip that week (to Idaho) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 20:20
and the extra point -- nm - JD Jun 13, 19:30
PGA Tour Commish Jay Monahan is taking Medical Leave -- (link*) - budice Jun 13, 19:30 2
- He had money coming out his ears. Tragic really. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 19:37
- check your tea for polonium, pal. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 19:31
WE WANT THE CUP! WE WANT THE CUP! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 19:18 1
- I may be getting a little emotional at the prospect of seeing the Stanley Cup tonight. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 19:28
Watching Cunk on Earth on Netflix with the parents. I'm not sure my dad understands it's a comedy. He keeps correcting her mistakes... -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 19:15 5
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 20:01 4
  - He's also confused about her constant references to Belgian pop hit Pump Up The Jam. After the fifth time: "Do you know what that is?" -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 20:22 3
    - "it was in this ship that Drake became the 1st person to circumcise the globe. Which is probably why this sort of ship is called a Clipper" -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 20:32
    - I loved that running bit. I thought it was such a well done mockumentary. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 20:26
    - Her friend Paul can explain it -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 20:23 [youtube]
hello. I have this grasshopper that needs to be matted and framed, but it's very close to the edges. is the play "mat carefully" or is there some -- (edited) - amanda Jun 13, 19:02 [Attachment] 6
- All my comic art is mounted on mat board with corners. Like this -- (pic) - TWuG Jun 13, 20:32 [Attachment] 1
  - thanks for this! -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 14, 05:34
- floating glass frame, depending on where you hang it. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 19:05 3
  - I don't love the glass frame for him. I think he wants some color behind him. I think he's going in the bathroom where the walls are light green. -- nm - amanda Jun 13, 19:15 2
    - yeah, probably not then. matte behind rather than in front? I have something that's on like a coarse linen backing. don't think that'd work, but I'm - mafic Jun 13, 19:25 1
      - do people do that? I actually kind of love the idea of like a grasscloth (is this a thing?) mat. texture suits him, I think. - amanda Jun 13, 19:28
Save your $8, Amanda. High Fidelity is on Hulu. -- nm - the wrong element Jun 13, 18:47 1
- commercials! I can't! (I should pay for adult hulu.) -- nm - amanda Jun 13, 18:59
2nd roofing est. 1st one was 36k including all new plywood sheeting... 2nd was recommended by the water goddess. 8k plywood is fine -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 18:45 1
- well that's a bit of a difference. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 18:48
I'm no hockey expert, but the Panthers should considering employing a goalie. -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:39 2
- they're doing fine with the current one -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 18:49 1
  - It's working out great for the (soon-to-be) champs. -- nm - David Jun 13, 19:18
my company got a new CFO reasonably recently, and someone's gone to the trouble of setting up a fake linkedin profile of a CFO with a different name - mafic Jun 13, 18:08 1
- Imagine if scammers actually put some effort in their phishing attempts? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 19:22
Cormac McCarthy Poll: favorite novel of his? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 17:57 10
- I’ve only read one novel of his (Child of God). Finished it 2 weeks ago. Took me a month to slog through and I hated it. Soooo -- nm - kelly Jun 13, 19:18
- Never read any, and, tbh, at least the blurbs of the 4 or 5 I checked didn't really appeal to me. - Marlowe Jun 13, 18:42 1
  - Same -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 18:42
- I don't think I've read any. -- nm - psilotum Jun 13, 18:39
- I hate his writing style. Respect convention, you arrogant nutter. -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:21
- I'd have trouble choosing between All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, and Suttree. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 18:12
- I've only read a few, but The Road and Outer Dark were both strong. - Coach Bearond Jun 13, 18:08
- I've only read four, Blood Meridian is extraordinary (tough read though, yikes) -- nm - mud Jun 13, 18:04
- Tough choice, but I would also go with The Road. Close second being No Country For Old Men. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 18:03
- The Road. read it a couple years ago cause the oldest had to for school. loved it. Plan to read Blood Meridian soon -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 17:57
Fan of Anchor Brewing's beers? Love their Christmas Ale? Don't live in California? Sucks to be you. - TWuG Jun 13, 17:49 1
- This being the last Christmas Alr sucks for everybody -- nm - JD Jun 13, 19:34
Alright, I think I'm just going to go with this option, rather than the local store purchase. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 13, 17:46 3
- wrong place. silly me. -- nm* - mafic Jun 13, 18:08
- A Tesla chair? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 17:48 1
  - heh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 17:58
I'm always a musical trendsetter. -- (link) - David Jun 13, 17:38 [Backboard]
Corpse Flower named Meg set to bloom in Houston's Museum of Natural Science and History. Looks like she'll kill again. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 17:30 2
- 😠 -- nm - Meg Jun 13, 19:03 1
  - you can take my word for it, Meg does NOT smell like a corpse -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 19:56
4500 miles. Half way to goal for the year. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 17:25
In the past three years Universal has taken in $1 billion from PVOD, 44% of their total film rentals from the same period. -- (link) - Ender Jun 13, 17:22 5
- sounds like they're in a great position to make a fair deal with the writers (Netflix stock was also up big today) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 17:23 4
  - Maybe everyone should take a year off to recharge. We could use the time to catch up -- nm - rollo Jun 13, 18:05 3
    - Who says we need movies every single year? We got by just fine for like 1900 years before they came along... -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 18:29
    - most lower/mid-level writers are going at least a year between TV gigs already as it is (more often multiple years for really new writers) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 18:10 1
      - "they trained us for this" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 22:32

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