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In other news, my 80 year old mother decided to get her first tattoo for her birthday. - Reagen Jul 17, 14:30 12
- the Nautilus shell on the back of her neck was a weird coincidence though. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 15:38
- What does she want to get and where? -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:37 10
  - Already got it - Reagen Jul 17, 14:38 1
    - I hope she loves it! -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:45
  - Thug Life across the chest was the real surprise. -- nm - spamlet Jul 17, 14:37 7
    - Russian prison tattoos that tell the entire story of her life in crime. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 14:49
    - 😆 -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:45
    - Only God Can Judge Me on the forehead. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 14:40 3
      - Teardrop on the cheek -- nm - budice Jul 17, 14:48
      - “Poor Impulse Control” -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 17, 14:47
      - Plus the biker sleeves. Quite intimidating at the weekly cribbage games. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 14:42
    - "No Ragrets" -- nm - budice Jul 17, 14:38
Some of the people I work with -- (link) - Max Jul 17, 14:24 5
- I have no beef with the collab but it's a rather odd one. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:29 4
  - We want women. GM wants women. Mattel gave us both an opportunity and another way to expand the reach of their brand awareness. - Max Jul 17, 14:38 3
    - In that case it makes sense. What's seems odd to me is car people don't seem like fans of Barbie but if the goal is to reach out to women and girls - Krusty Jul 17, 14:47
    - unlockable Barbie Corvette -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 14:39 1
      - It's a sweet looking pink Thunderbird. I'd drive it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:48
San Diego mountain biker dies from the heat shortly after helping rescue 4 lost dehydrated hikers -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 17, 14:23 4
- Horrible situation. I have to ask though, why are people outside doing strenuous activities when it's 110F? That's not hiking or cycling weather. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 17, 14:31 2
  - Because humanity is stupid. -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 14:47 1
    - And impatient. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 15:02
- Awful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 14:28
JD Vance is an embarrassment for Ohio but still no worse reelection in 2022 than RoJo by Wisconsin -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 14:10 4
- Was Barnes that bad a candidate? Tammy Baldwin should cruise to re-election. -- nm - Tim Jul 17, 14:14 2
  - not bad but race-baited in ads funded by outside groups (Koch Bros etc). suburban white voters took the bait -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 14:16 1
    - its a race war that Democrats refuse to acknowledge is even happening. -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 14:21
- His (RJ) polling was in the literal dumpster up until the Comey letter - Jovian Jul 17, 14:13
Did you have a favourite tennis player growing up? Mine was Boris Becker. Won Wimbledon aged 17. - Loyola Jul 17, 14:07 15
- Jimmy Connors quickly followed by John McEnroe. Women's side, Chris Evert. I was grown up but I loved the way Steffi Graf moved around the court. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 17, 14:26
- Agassi and Michael Chang. I liked watching Becker and copied his serve when I was learning to play. Loved McEnroe! -- nm* - Krusty Jul 17, 14:25 4
  - I did that too. It must be the hardest serve to copy. Pretty tough on the back too. -- nm - Loyola Jul 17, 14:30 1
    - I tried a few others but found the motion worked well for me. I can't imagine it's easy to do as you get older. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:35
  - Chang was also one of my favorites for the effort he put in, particularly moving around the court. -- nm - Max Jul 17, 14:26 1
    - He was just so much fun to watch with his speed, especially when he played the French open where he was sliding all over the court. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:27
- Becker, Lindl, Sampras…Chang. The dude with the flowy, Fabio hair…who is now bald. That one gal that looked like the Wonder Years actress - Flavorize Jul 17, 14:15
- I don't believe I've ever had any love for tennis. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 14:13 1
  - Love means nothing in tennis. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 15:39
- wasn't on my radar as a teen, so I'll say Billie Jean King for humiliating that blow hard jerk -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 14:11
- I started watching tennis during the very last few matches of Bjorn Borg, and nobody ever really measured up to him for me. - mara 🍂 Jul 17, 14:10 3
  - I was a big Connors fan, as well. And Chris Evert, of course. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 14:12 2
    - McEnroe vs Connors was always especially fun. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jul 17, 14:13 1
      - Yeah, I was happy however they came out. I actually had a lot of Connors style shirts back in the day. - Spawn Jul 17, 14:14
- John McEnroe. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 14:08
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello SPLIT after seven years of marriage -- (link) - budice Jul 17, 13:26 6
- too much D&D for her (I liked them together :( ) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 17, 13:44
- This is shocking!! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 17, 13:28 4
  - Honestly yes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 14:29
  - Oh man. I hate that people called this right after interpreting his weak "happy birthday msg" on insta. -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jul 17, 13:46 2
    - Social Media detectives are *exhausting*. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 14:36
    - Well, it *was* pretty weak. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 14:00
my coworker, who never talks about movies, just asked me if planned to see Barbie. I said 'already have tickets' and she said 'oh me too! can't wait." - Andie Jul 17, 13:11 10
- Barbie is the new Titanic. -- nm - Loyola Jul 17, 13:26 4
  - I don't know why this is annoying me so much, but it is. -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 14:29 2
    - Did you send me an FB message telling me that green peppers made you throw up? *That* annoyed me...🤣🫑🫑🫑 -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 14:44
    - If Barbie was in Titanic, Jack would have lived. -- nm - Loyola Jul 17, 14:36
  - Blair Witch. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 17, 13:50
- I know multiple people who never go to the movies who are going. -- nm - MDH Jul 17, 13:22
- two women in my office (of 11) who never talk about movies, were talking about see this last week. (yea I think its going to be big) -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 13:13
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:12 1
  - run for your lives -- nm - mud Jul 17, 13:15
- It's going to outperform Avatar ! -- nm - decline Jul 17, 13:12
happy birthday to Donald Sutherland: "Scary when in character but then he'd come by my office and recite epic poetry." -- (pic) - mud Jul 17, 13:06 [Attachment]
Weather over the Mid-West is crazy -- (link) - decline Jul 17, 13:02 [Image] 5
- huh, they moved the risk area from northeast of KC to st. louis. I blame spamlet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 13:03 3
  - We’ve had enough storms, thanks. -- nm - spamlet Jul 17, 13:54 2
    - a large portion of the KS side doesnt have power still from the storms friday, I assume something - tRuMaN Jul 17, 14:22 1
      - Yeah. We lost a chunk of tree a couple of weeks ago (well our neighbor did) and a lot of people have lost power off and on the last couple of weeks. - spamlet Jul 17, 14:39
- Oh you *behave*, Canada! -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:03
SCOTUS told Alabama to redraw congressional districts to add a 2nd black district, so the AL GOP drew a map increasing the percentage of Black voters in the 2nd congressional district from about 30% to nearly 42.5% -- (link*) - decline Jul 17, 12:47 2
- they wouldnt have done this if they werent already given the green light. SCOTUS will let this fly. -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 12:51
- "an opportunity district" - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 12:51
Phone call that is instantly missed. Probably results in a voicemail. It's either a scam, or the passport office .. or both. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:35 4
- Oh, that was unexpected. BC SPCA. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:36 3
  - are you getting a puppy?!? -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:48 2
    - not that I know of. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:53 1
      - That *is* the scam. You had to answer to decline the puppy. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:00
Lindsay Lohan welcomes baby boy -- nm - budice Jul 17, 12:32 1
- Well even teens have learned not to dip your wick into crazy -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:23
looking goood on the picket line: -- (link) - mud Jul 17, 12:29 3
- I walked past a picket line on Broadway and 19th but didn't notice if anyone famous was outside. I'm not even sure what studio has an office there. -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 14:06
- *retracted* -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 17, 12:30 1
  - -- -- -- nm* - mud Jul 17, 12:37
new Alzheimer’s antibody treatments show noticeable clinical decline in advancement of symptoms -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 12:28
CBS adding Yellowstone reruns to its “strike-proofed” fall network schedule -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 12:22 5
- With or without full frontal Kevin Costner? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 17, 13:09 2
  - don't even jest -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 17, 13:18
  - Inquiring mops want to know. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:10
- Plus the original version of Ghosts. -- nm - LMS Jul 17, 13:05
- Uh, that's kind of evilly brilliant? -- nm - JD Jul 17, 12:28
looking at map, I can't figure out where the sea drones that took out that bridge were launched from. - mud Jul 17, 12:19 [Attachment] 5
- North Korea -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:25 1
  - South Korea would be more likely. -- nm - mud Jul 17, 12:30
- US submarines -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:23 2
  - ooooh -- nm - mud Jul 17, 12:31 1
    - ssshhh -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:35
North Carolina really going all out to remind everyone who they've always been -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 12:10 1
- American Fascism is real and getting stronger day by day. -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 12:13
Vegas: Caesars raises price of Bacchanal Dinner Buffet. Now $70-80 -- (link*) - budice Jul 17, 11:58 12
- That interior decor is a visual antonym for bacchanalia -- nm - Roger More Jul 17, 13:17 1
  - Where's the gold leaf? -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 14:34
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:26
- So I have to assume this was already priced ridiculously high? - Jovian Jul 17, 12:10 1
  - buffet scalpers making bank out there somewhere -- nm - budice Jul 17, 12:14
- I thought the Vegas buffets were supposed to be cheap??!! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 12:00 6
  - Liquid buffet? - Spawn Jul 17, 12:02 2
    - hrrmmm .. Liquid buffet -- nm - homer Jul 17, 12:46
    - There's the Happy Half Hour on the High Roller at the Linq -- (edited) - JD Jul 17, 12:20
  - when the mob ran the town they were -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 12:01 1
    - and gambling was first and foremost the king - JD Jul 17, 12:27
  - That kind of went the way of Vegas being for the whole family -- nm - JD Jul 17, 12:01
SITWAP: Northwestern getting hit by lawsuits on both sides now. 8 former players have hired a noted civil rights attorney. - Strongbad Jul 17, 11:52 2
- Good. -- nm - spamlet Jul 17, 12:03
- Whoa. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 11:57
Barry uses his wife's handicapped "blue badge" just so he can get that delicious minty biscuit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:43 [youtube] 2
- Speaking as someone who orders a regular supply of special crunchy chocolatey minty biscuits from Australia, I don't see why he needs a blue badge. -- (link) - Roger More Jul 17, 11:53 1
  - Barry doesn’t sound like someone who was extremely online -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:56
Hideo Kojima at an Angels game -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Jul 17, 11:41 [Attachment] 1
- more -- (link) - budice Jul 17, 11:43
LYC: My latest home automation experiment is delayed. Trying to utilize the doorbell transformer to power a MMWAVE human presence detector in our hall - oblique Jul 17, 11:40 14
- I was going to get a zigbee doorbell delay so it could trigger HA so I could get a notification when someone rang the bell. Decided to just get a - sycor Jul 17, 11:47 5
  - I have our Eufy doorbell linked into HA. It was a little challenging and isn't truly local as I'd like all the HA stuff to be but it works - oblique Jul 17, 11:48 4
    - Reolink was on sale for Prime Day so I grabbed one of those. We'll see how easy it is to set up. One potential issue is the way the build placed - sycor Jul 17, 11:55 3
      - Yeah, I had to get a mount for mine also. Didn't have access to a 3D printer so I got mine from this place -- (link) - oblique Jul 17, 12:00 2 1
        
        Perfectbuzzer is the bees knees. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:13
        
        Man I love this place. Thanks for the link! -- nm - sycor Jul 17, 12:07
- I'm sorry Oblique I can't open the door for you -- nm - AI Doorbell Jul 17, 11:42
- Getting ready for T-1000s? -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:41 6
  - Heh. I have a second sensor on order that can track 3 independent people's presence. Sounded really cool. - oblique Jul 17, 11:43 4
    - OR if person doesn't match a,b or c, electrify floor -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:48 2
      - I think that is Phase 4 -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:49 1
        
        Nick Fury concurs -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 11:50
    - Niiice -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:46
  - I wasn't prepared for the IM word salad and my brain gave up -- nm - budice Jul 17, 11:42
todays "fun" with IV's, while attempting to get an iv in my arm, the nurse - tRuMaN Jul 17, 11:39
How about IMAX vs 70mm? -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:36 7
- did he shoot in 70mm native? - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:39 5
  - Nolan has been saying for months that the best way to watch Oppenheimer is in IMAX 70mm. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:39 4
    - unless you're shooting it all on a 70mm negative, they're still just blowing up 35mm other than the true IMAX scenes -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:42 3
      - Like Dunkirk, it was filmed entirely on large format film stock, meaning a combination of IMAX 65mm and Panavision 65mm. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:45 2
        
        So 70mm is just blowing it up +5? -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:49 1
        
        wiki - Spawn Jul 17, 11:56
- IMAX 70mm. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:38
Friend is traveling in Portugal right now. She found this in the National Tile Museum in Lisbon. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 17, 11:32 [Attachment] 1
- get em, Disney Legal -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:36
my home city in Md. is out in the middle of rural Trump country, so guess where the newest abortion clinic just opened as the state re-affirms Roe -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 17, 11:31
LIR: Cash for car. Guy said he'd take Zelle but price goes "up $500 because I must pay tax". We'd pay with certified check only so I think I'll let - zunk takes things literally Jul 17, 11:31 2
- As a rule, don't trust people who try to avoid paying tax - George III -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jul 17, 11:33
- Just FYI: Zelle would have a variety of issues the least of which would be the daily limit is probably far less than the $17k -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:33
Another photo I took yesterday at the ex-military-base; a view from the lighthouse. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 17, 11:29 [flickr] 1
- nicey -- nm - JaxSean Jul 17, 11:31
LIR oblique, I was kidding about the xbox. I know PC and console gaming are completely different. I do kind of miss PC gaming. - sycor Jul 17, 11:28 4
- You're not wrong though. The $500 Xbox Series X will play the game just fine vs. my $1200+ computer - oblique Jul 17, 11:30 3
  - The developers also can't account for every program PC gamers use to muck up their systems, so console is far more reliable. -- nm - Max Jul 17, 11:51 1
    - Yeah, but my thumbs are the worst -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:52
  - The main reason I bought a new Xbox was because I wanted to play Dead Space. So I get it. - sycor Jul 17, 11:43
College Football All-Name Team 2023. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 17, 11:28
I'll be wearing the ski mask -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 11:27 1
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 17, 11:30
Jeremy Pruitt references George Floyd and racial inequality as reasons for his cheating at Tennessee. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 17, 11:25 1
- He broke the law for you!! (hmmm where have we heard this recently) -- nm - Jovian Jul 17, 12:07
...and I might wear pink. -- nm - Diva Jul 17, 11:25 8
- that's obviously a requirement for both of you -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:26 7
  - yup, if I went I'd have at least one pink item on for sure -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 11:28 6
    - If this is not the 80s, I do not have any. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:40 5
      - Pink is the one color that does not exist in my wardrobe -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:29 1
        
        I only wore it with my white sports coats. - Spawn Jul 17, 14:11
      - have a nice pair of pink shorts but they barely fit anymore since I lost a bunch of weight at Christmas - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 11:57 2
        
        Congrats on tge weight loss. - Diva Jul 17, 14:49
        
        Last pink shirt I still owned was a Kenny Logins concert T. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:58

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