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December 2021 Series I savings bonds: redeemed. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 5, 07:02
Clemson bandwagon a lot lighter this morning -- nm - budice Sep 5, 06:46 1
- Very weird game. They ran and threw for 200. But you miss two FG and turn it over three times, you lose. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 06:47
repeal Section 230 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 06:42
Worldwide Box Office Update: Barbie surpasses Super Mario, Oppenheimer crosses $850M, Elemental $475M, Meg 2 $375M, TMNT $150M, Blue Beetle $100M - MDH Sep 5, 06:40 1
- What's the running total on the Taylor Swift film? -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 06:47
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget teaser trailer -- (link) - LMS Sep 5, 06:30 [youtube] 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 06:33
My weekend viewing: Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2: C+/B-. Dial of Destiny B+ good for nostalgia but felt long. Meg 2 B (Indy spoilers) - sycor Sep 5, 06:19 3
- AEW All Out: A -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 5, 06:56
- Did not see a TV screen between Thursday morning and yesterday afternoon. It was weird but nice. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 5, 06:49
- Heart of Stone: C- (the script was horrible), The Rainmaker B -- nm - MDH Sep 5, 06:41
And she’s off. Another summer in the books, on to second grade. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 06:05 10
- Woohoo! Another year to kick butt! -- nm - sycor Sep 5, 06:20
- Crazy that some are just now getting started. Our first day was 8/17. It's almost midterm. - Volnelk Sep 5, 06:14 5
  - Starting before Labor Day is weird ;) - znufrii Sep 5, 06:20 2
    - Word. Kids here start school on Thursday. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 06:53
    - Yeah for years and years we would start the Wednesday prior to Labor Day. I loved it. - Volnelk Sep 5, 06:24
  - We start Thursday. (But go to 6/30) -- nm* - Reagen Sep 5, 06:15 1
    - *****faints***** - Volnelk Sep 5, 06:18
- Woot! Happy BTS! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:13
- Best of luck to A and all the ST kids for the upcoming school year! -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 06:11
- Woohoo! Next stop, dating!! -- nm - decline Sep 5, 06:07
In an incredible lapse in judgement, two friends had just come in on a flight Sunday after a cruise and and we said ok to stoping by the house. -- (edited) - colin Sep 5, 05:02 22
- was one of the friends Jill Biden ? -- nm - decline Sep 5, 05:56
- Hope you all avoid getting it. I've definitely noticed the spike around here. -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 05:54
- Ugh! Sorry. I've been hearing about it rising again so I've been more diligent in wearing a mask. Hopefully you guys are okay or just get a mild case. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 05:09 12
  - I leave (for a cruise!) in less than 4 weeks, so i've been masking again on transit. I don't have time to get sick between -- (edited) - Andie Sep 5, 06:00 11
    - I'm slightly annoyed that my illness was *not* COVID. - ty97 Sep 5, 06:12 9
      - a local doctor posted recently that the old Rapid tests we still have are only about 20% effective at testing for the new variant - is that what you - Andie Sep 5, 06:31 6
        
        Yeah, I used the Binax tests -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 06:32 5
        
        This is from 5 days ago. -- (pic) - Andie Sep 5, 06:42 [Attachment] 4
        
        RAT? Really? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:44 3
        
        Rapid Antigen Test -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 06:48 2
        
        Yeah, I saw, but that just seems like a horrible acronym for them to actually *use*. - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:55 1
        
        heh -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 06:55
      - what was it? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 06:19 1
        
        dunno. Cold? Flu? Upper Respiratory thing? -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 06:31
    - I never stopped on the subway but now I'm back to wearing it in stores and apartment buildings. Too many cases these days. Not sure on the booster. My - Krusty Sep 5, 06:10
- ugh, hope you guys are ok. we are waiting for the new booster which is supposed to cover the new variants. once available getting it first thing -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:03 6
  - When is the new booster supposed to be out? -- nm - sycor Sep 5, 06:11 3
    - Mid-september is what I read -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 06:16 2
      - Good because we were talking about doing a road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway in October since my GF has never been to the mountains here. -- nm - sycor Sep 5, 06:21 1
        
        My daughter just did that trip this summer and had a blast -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 06:38
  - I at least got the booster in Dec, so hopefully still covered ok. -- nm - colin Sep 5, 05:09 1
    - 🤞🏼 Usually they only last for about six months but hopefully you both don't catch it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 05:11
Happy birthday, ralph wiggum! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Sep 5, 04:52 17
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 10:31
- happy birthday, wiggie!! :) - — nm - i.b! Sep 5, 09:50
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Sep 5, 07:47
- may it be a 100% STD-free one - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 06:46 1
  - you really should write cards for hallmark :) -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 06:47
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 5, 06:43
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Jovian Sep 5, 06:35
- cheers! -- nm - mud Sep 5, 06:19
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 06:12
- happy birthday! -- nm - decline Sep 5, 06:05
- Happy BDay! -- nm - budice Sep 5, 06:04
- Happiest of birthdays! -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 05:53
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:03
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - colin Sep 5, 05:02
- happy birthday! best ralph ever! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 05:00
- Happy Birthday!! 🎁 -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 04:56
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pip Sep 5, 04:56
I’m keeping a (long) diary/travelogue of my Croatia trip. Trying to keep it updated as I go. -- (link) - Dano Sep 5, 03:26 7 1
- the first diary entry is the hardest -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 5, 06:55
- I love this! -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 06:03
- Great vacation log! -- nm - Pip Sep 5, 04:56 1
  - agreed -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 05:29
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 04:55
- Cool. How long is the trip? -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 04:53 1
  - I fly back on the 11th so just over a week. -- nm - Dano Sep 5, 05:28
Wordle 808 4/6 - spamlet Sep 5, 03:04 4
- 3 - decline Sep 5, 06:03
- 5 all green - rollo Sep 5, 05:27
- 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 03:54
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Sep 5, 03:40
Connections 86 - spamlet Sep 5, 03:00 7
- mine - crash davis 😺 Sep 5, 06:51
- mine - decline Sep 5, 06:05
- same - rollo Sep 5, 05:30
- Purple first - znufrii Sep 5, 05:04
- Mine - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 5, 03:59
- Mine - Will Hunting Sep 5, 03:49
- Reverse yours - Fuzzy Sep 5, 03:46
Local crime: a guy passed out in a drive through was revived by EMS with narcan, then gets belligerent and drives off, shoots at cops, dies... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 01:44
Today is Tuesday. There is NFL football on Thursday. - David Sep 5, 00:20 3
- is TNF still on Amazon? -- nm - decline Sep 5, 06:06 1
  - is Manningcast returning?! -- nm - mud Sep 5, 06:22
- I still have no CBS for sunday. Direct TV and the station owner are fighting over money. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 5, 00:26
Cuba uncovers network trafficking Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 4, 23:22
futurama spoilers (ooh, it feels fun to type that) -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 4, 23:20 2
- spoilers - Beryllium Sep 4, 23:36 1
  - You're just okay overall!!! -- nm - David Sep 5, 00:21
From a month ago, but the JohN Stamos Hot Ones is an all time great. I think Sean Evans may have made a lifelong friend. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 23:15 [youtube]
Justified City Primeval final scene spoilers - Beryllium Sep 4, 22:58
I got robbed by six dwarves - JD Sep 4, 22:47 1
- Did you hear about Snow White and the seventh dwarf? - Meg Sep 4, 22:59
A bamboo species in Japan blooms every ~120 years then dies out. But it is not producing any viable seeds this bloom. - TWuG Sep 4, 22:15
New set release and a trading frenzy because of the shutdown announcement, I spent several hours packing up *45* envelopes of Magic cards today. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 22:01 2
- My daughter asks, which site is shutting down? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 23:03 1
  - Cardsphere, the asymmetrical trading site I mentioned the other day. - Tim Sep 5, 01:37
Rob Sneider (SNL alum) is a far right, anti-trans, anti vaxxer…just found this out today. So weird and disappointing -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 21:34 4
- See also: Victoria Jackson - TWuG Sep 4, 21:45
- half of that cast has gone off the deep end (Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 21:42 1
  - The year(or two) that shall not be mentioned. -- nm - . Sep 5, 04:38
- but ... is it surprising? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 21:37
"No. There is nothing you can say. You have broken my heart. - Beryllium Sep 4, 21:27 1
- :-] -- nm - mud Sep 4, 22:14
“Baylor, TCU, now Clemson?! The attack on Christianity is REAL” -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 21:15 1
- There’s a new religion. It’s called football. And it’s led by talented players seeking to shake up the establishment. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 23:18
T-Swizz is telling her fans to basically let er rip in theaters during the concert movie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 21:14
Elon to The Jews: pay up -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 20:57 3
- Nazi says what? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 21:10 2
  - also, twitter named names to MBS and now those names have been disappeared -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 21:26 1
    - But… but… Twitter will pay the legal bills of those who are persecuted for using their platform..! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 22:59
Been feeling sick all day, so its hot drinks and 70s neo-noir. Just finished Klute (1971) and now Night Moves (1975) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 20:27
LIR thanks so much Bacon, Meg, et al! Will definitely check out the museum in Victoria. My plan is - loosilu Sep 4, 19:39 4
- It's not a big museum, but everyone I know who has visited it has loved it. I went when I was a kid and it was the one place I had to visit when I - . Sep 5, 04:46
- It will be a nice distraction to clear your mind, reset things for you. -- nm - Bacon Sep 4, 20:54
- I've been to Victoria three times now. First time downtown - the Empress and the museum. Next Butchart Gardens, and most recently a 'tasting' tour. - Meg Sep 4, 19:47 1
  - I'm so excited! I have not seen the Pacific for years. Never been to Western Canada. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 19:49
So thought maybe there wasn’t going to be one but maybe Clemson is the ranked imposter. They’re sleepwalking through this one. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 19:27 3
- ESPN was saying earlier today that Clemson had the next great QB in CFB. -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:21
- Duke cant stop the Shipley kid…Clemson just needs to feed him another 20 touches -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 19:31 1
  - And not turn it over and over and over. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 19:42
ST: What watch this weekend? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 18:13 8
- How To Blow Up A Pipeline: A-. Heart of Stone: B+. Painkillers: B- -- nm - oblique Sep 5, 05:47
- Nothing, I think, although I did watch a ton of Justified City Primeval and similar stuff on thursday/friday - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:57
- Lion King (National Tour), B+ - znufrii Sep 4, 19:38 1
  - Oh, and A loved every minute of it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 19:43
- The Challenge seasons 19, 20 & 21. I discovered that ctv.ca has S19 thru S38 to watch in browser (which is okay because I have a big-ass new monitor) -- nm - mud Sep 4, 18:36
- Bottoms (B+ the tone is way heightened but the humor largely rises to the level) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 18:21
- One Piece: A (loved it) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 18:13 1
  - same -- nm - decline Sep 5, 06:07
somebody once told me the board was gonna roll me -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 18:08 1
- Nice tribute. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 20:26
that's Dr. Jill Biden to you, bub. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:02 15
- I cannot believe the news covers this any more. Goodness. -- nm - MDH Sep 4, 18:54 14
  - It's still killing people, and also cancelling concerts. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 19:57 11
    - Yeah but it’s not going to stop killing people. We are at the best case scenario -- nm - MDH Sep 4, 20:06 7
      - Jill Biden is in a close marriage to the near-80yr old leader of the free world and has a potentially deadly illness. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 03:43
      - with the right variant it can always get worse -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 20:17
      - can't see why this means stop reporting. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:09 4
        
        A recent poll said 78% would not test for COVID even if feeling ill. It’s just not news. -- nm - MDH Sep 4, 20:11 3
        
        That is a fact, not a reason. People contracting a very contagious disease is notable. If Dr. Biden had a particular flu strain (ie bird flu, swine -- (edited) - Andie Sep 5, 04:44
        
        the first lady has a communicable disease that's a leading cause of death in America. it's just not news! -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 21:29
        
        There is a lot of pertinent news regarding covid. Highly pertinent news. Including this. - Beryllium Sep 4, 21:08
    - do you have any word on when the new vax is dropping this month (“September” was all I heard when I last checked over the summer) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 20:00 2
      - No specific date yet but sometime later in the month -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 20:06 1
        
        I was wondering...we're putting off flu shots till the new covid one is also available -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 20:26
  - still a top 10 cause of death almost everywhere. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 19:47
  - In this case the President will probably catch it and he ain't no spring chicken. I get why THIS is news. -- nm - Bacon Sep 4, 19:13

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