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I need to call Germany from my iphone. How do I dial the + before the country code? -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:33 2
- Yes. Plus then country code then local number. - spamlet Sep 15, 08:37
- I'm not entirely sure, but I do notice that there is a Plus key under the zero on the keypad. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 08:34
Boebert caught on video vaping (which she claims she didn’t) on video at that Beetlejuice performance she was kicked out of… - Flavorize Sep 15, 08:06 6
- Matt Gaetz is the shining beacon hypocrisy with the protect children family values crowd -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:41
- oh they know how terrible she is, how terrible Santos is, etc. They cant and wont admit that. Peace is War, Freedom is Slavery and all that. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 08:20
- Lo Bo Bo lying?! say it ain't so! I agree to your IM -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 08:13 2
  - And!! you'd think they would kick her out of the tribe for sucking face with a democrat. The nerve. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 08:14 1
    - The desire to snack on some Crazytown crosses political lines lol -- nm - budice Sep 15, 08:22
- Because... FREEDOM! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 08:10
R.I.P. Fernando Botero, 91 - mud Sep 15, 08:03 1
- whoa -- (pic) - mud Sep 15, 08:08 [Attachment]
maybe they'll listen to her this time -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 08:02 2
- yes yes, some who were on the fence will start listening to the woman so disliked that we ended up with DJT as President. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 08:28
- I liked her response. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:26
USATODAY: Aaron Rodgers' season-ending injury reignites NFL players' furor over turf - mud Sep 15, 07:58 1
- Turf in an outdoor stadium is an abomination. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 08:06
"The Metl bicycle tire is the first consumer product we’re aware of to use nitinol, a NASA-developed shape-memory alloy made of nickel and titanium" -- (link) - decline Sep 15, 07:49 3
- Metlhead -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 08:25 1
  - Next to San Junipero, Metalhead is the Black Mirror episode that has stayed with me the most. In some ways, when you really think about it.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 08:26
- Put a AI-powered bike computer on it and see if it turns into Robert Patrick. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:54
TGIF baby. Weekend Plans ? -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 07:47 25
- 3 wedding sat. Football Sunday. Find some music Saturday night -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:54
- Bristol Baby! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 15, 08:52
- My sister got Covid (again) so she called to cancel tomorrow's trivia night, which she never invited me to in the first place. nm - howie Sep 15, 08:33
- HURRICANE! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 08:30
- neighbor's book club which sounds like a girl's drunk night tbh, casino gambling, Jo Koy concert, church -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 08:15
- As yet, unknown. But maybe checking out the defence on the dock military/navy show. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 08:15
- Not a wedding in Fredericton, that's for sure -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 08:10 2
  - :( What are they doing? Postponing? or just small? such a sucky situation. -- nm* - Andie Sep 15, 08:14 1
    - They're continuing, but told everyone that's traveling that they understand. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 08:31
- taking my two goofballs to spoil our dinner with huge ice cream sandwiches at Captain Cookie tomorrow afternoon -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 08:05 5
  - oh Corporal Cookie is a captain now? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 08:19 3
    - pending, I guess. f'ing Tommy Tuberville.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 08:20 2
      - He'll never be Colonel Cookie! -- nm - Tubbyville Sep 15, 08:23
      - this is funny. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 15, 08:23
  - Replacing one meal a day with an ice cream treat is a valid nutritional choice. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 08:09
- Open Mike night tonight, Tomorrow: presentation on where to find petrified wood locally, Chess club, move furniture for mom. Sunday - open -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:02
- Dinner with my parents tonight. Friends over tomorrow for lunch. Church stuff on Sunday. Birthday Monday. Cancun Wednesday. - oblique Sep 15, 08:00
- Camping and local Scottish heritage festival -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 15, 07:59
- If no one else tests positive, going to see my parents. -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 07:57
- Dave's niece and her fiance are visiting for the wknd from NY. Going to hang on Dave's brother's boat tomorrow. Jays game Sunday. - Andie Sep 15, 07:54 1
  - happy anniversary! :) - — nm - i.b! Sep 15, 08:00
- Sat: Sound of Music Sing-A-Long at Hollywood Bowl -- nm - JD Sep 15, 07:51
- Carnival rides tonight, FunFest tomorrow followed by backyard movie night. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:51
- Maybe go see Haunting in Venice. I like mysteries. I like spooky things. Seems like a custom fit. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 07:50
- nope. -- nm - mud Sep 15, 07:49
UK government declares Wagner Group a terrorist organization -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:46
Reuters: TikTok fined €345 mill over handling of children's data in Europe - mud Sep 15, 07:46 2
- good. they need to be way better about protecting kids and responding to reports with more than bot dismissals. — nm - i.b! Sep 15, 08:03 1
  - Yup -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 08:16
Ohh no wonder he leans towards the bobblehead in SD as his running mate. - Jovian Sep 15, 07:46 [Attachment] 10
- ewww -- nm - mud Sep 15, 07:47 9
  - Lewandowski is like the Maga poor man's version of Pete Davidson. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 07:48 8
    - but kidding aside, this almost certainly ends her chance for the VP slot. - Jovian Sep 15, 07:54 7
      - Oh please, that increases her value to them. See also, Hope Hicks -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 15, 07:57 6
        
        it absolutely does not. He isnt going to put a woman on his ticket that has been having an affair. Its not going to happen. -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 15, 08:00
        
        that's what I figured, too -- nm - mud Sep 15, 07:59 4
        
        nah, she's done. Its still politics at the end of the day. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 08:03 3
        
        Affairs are no longer disqualifying -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 15, 08:08 2
        
        For men. -- nm - mafic Sep 15, 08:10 1
        
        ding! - Jovian Sep 15, 08:17
Olivia Rodrigo has announced an additional 18 shows to her arena tour. Now up to 4 nights in NYC/LA (and London), and 2 in many major markets -- (edited) - MDH Sep 15, 07:36
Biden Taps Penny Pritzker to Drive Ukraine’s Economic Revival - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:23 6
- TIL the Pritzker's founded Hyatt -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 07:30
- I was just thinking about this a few minutes ago....that's gonna be a massive rebuild\ -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 07:25 2
  - The Ukrainians quite rightly want all the frozen Russian money to do it, but I don't know if there is a legal mechanism to do so. - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:28 1
    - legal mechanism schmegal schmechanism, it'll be done! .. (IANAL) -- nm* - mud Sep 15, 07:52
- Russia raises interest rates again amid persistent concerns about inflation. - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:25 1
  - Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Washington next week, U.S. officials say. - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:27
Dave Chappelle is taping his new special at the venue 100 feet from my house. 4 nights in a row. -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 07:14 2
- ohhhh maybe you will get to see his friend Elon! -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 07:19 1
  - I do tend to see a lot of the artists taking a walk or hanging out, but my guess is since he's here 4 nights they have a hotel as a base. -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 07:30
Dan + Shay Spring 2024 Arena Tour - MDH Sep 15, 07:10
The "Kirk Cousins to the Jets" hype train is leaving the station. - Volnelk Sep 15, 07:10 1
- Don't de-value my precious Jordan Addison! -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 07:30
Adam Sandler Fall 2023 Arena Tour - MDH Sep 15, 07:08
Goddamn I played some shitty poker last night. - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:07 9
- I just had no luck in my game. 7th / 21 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:57
- sometimes it is just the cards you are dealt - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 07:25 6
  - In my case it was losing half my stack to my brother early by not realizing he hit his flush draw on the river. :) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:39 5
    - Your brother!! I sense some sort of revenge in the works. LOL. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 07:46 1
      - Eh. It was my own damn fault for not paying enough attention to the cards. :) -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:55
    - older or younger brother ? -- nm - decline Sep 15, 07:45 2
      - Older. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:51 1
        
        And you escaped without a noogie? Lucky you -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 07:58
- 🦛 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:16
The Strikeforce Five Jennifer Garner story is fucking hilarious. At the start of episode 4. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 06:58
Shana Tova everyone! Rosh Hashanah starts at sunset. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 06:57 4
- :) - shanah tovah! — nm - i.b! Sep 15, 08:08
- L'chaim! -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 07:29
- Happy New Year to all the chosen STers! -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 07:02
- indeed -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 06:58
Ukraine’s military says it has retaken the eastern village of Andriivka. - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 06:52 5
- Some Ukrainian news sources reporting that Belarussian volunteers fighting for Ukraine have also taken Klishchiivka - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 06:55 4
  - I wonder how much longer they can fight before the weather changes and everything grinds to a halt until next spring. - Krusty Sep 15, 07:01 3
    - A US military official estimated 8 weeks until heavy rains start. There will be fighting through the winter if last winter was any indication. - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:15 2
      - Then the jets take over. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 08:13
      - Thanks for the info. Hopefully they can keep up the progress through the tough winter. -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 07:43
Ole Miss' DT DeSanto Rollins sues Lane Kiffin, school over 'crisis' reaction -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 06:45
A Haunting in Venice 77% (106/32), Dumb Money 84% (52/10), Cassandro 95% (58/3), Outlaw Johnny Black 61% (11/7), Satanic Hispanics 89% (24/3) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 06:42
union membership vs income share for top 10% -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 06:32 [Attachment] 1
- Pretty cut and dry. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 06:40
Half of Americans believe unemployment is near a 50-year high -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 05:01 11
- I wonder which half it is. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 15, 06:53 2
  - There’s definitely a partisan lean, but it’s nowhere near as strong as you think. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 07:04
  - the half that leaning over that fence watching the dumpster fire. right over there. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 15, 06:57
- The campaign needs to be an opportunity for Biden to just hammer home reality. Simple messages, over and over. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 06:07 4
  - I would argue that the problem isn't the economic news but rather that people don't feel economically improved. No amount of messaging is going to - oblique Sep 15, 06:11 3
    - It's really the opposite. Paul Krugman has written a lot about this. The majority of Americans believe they, personally are doing fine, but the - pmb Sep 15, 08:33
    - That’s part of it, for sure, but only part. Another part is the evisceration of the credibility of the news media as an authoritative source. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 06:25 1
      - agree a 100% -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 07:27
- This is a disappointing reminder of how uninformed the general public is. And a reminder that their votes count as much as yours and mine. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 15, 05:24 2
  - or how relentlessly misinformed the public is. (almost half the nation at that) -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 06:46 1
    - I mean... it has been barely 24 hours and the new (maga) line is that Hunter Biden was only indicted again because its a cover up for his father. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 06:53
Blow-by-blow of what to expect when Hurricane Lee hits N.S., N.B. this weekend (hope everyone around here getting ready!) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 04:55 5
- Will it put out that big fire at the recycling center? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 06:12 4
  - this is the guy who I buy comics from. He used to be a reporter but retired and started his own local news site -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 07:00
  - the worry is it will combine with it and form some sort of Fire Hurricane -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 06:30 2
    - Show me on this chart where the sharks factor in. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 06:39 1
      - you joke but.... -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 06:43
TV PSA: The Changeling, Foundation, Wheel of Time, The Club, Lang Lang Plays Disney, Elevator Game, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, Heels, Fast X - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 04:43
Zeit - Chicago has a few craft brewers that specialize in lagers. -- nm - . Sep 15, 04:36 1
- I know, hell the original craft brew was a lager Boston -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:57
Wordle 818 4/6 - spamlet Sep 15, 01:40 5
- 6 - you never can tell with bees - rollo Sep 15, 07:16
- Wordle 818 6/6 - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 07:10
- 4 - decline Sep 15, 05:29
- 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 04:32
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Sep 15, 03:59
Connections, one mistake. Had right theme just fit somewhere else too -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 15, 01:38 13
- I liked this one. - i.b! Sep 15, 07:59
- 1 booboo - rollo Sep 15, 07:19
- one mistake as well - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 06:59
- One misstep as well. A long of staring before getting my second group. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 05:43 1
  - I really shouldn't post with my glasses off. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 05:56
- I had a lot of trouble with this one - decline Sep 15, 05:37
- Slight hiccup. - VMan Sep 15, 05:30
- I struggled because........ - Volnelk Sep 15, 04:49
- Purple first - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 04:47
- mine - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 04:36
- Mine - Fuzzy Sep 15, 04:08
- Perfect - TWuG Sep 15, 01:54
- perfection - Beryllium Sep 15, 01:51
Here is a graphic listing all the Nintendo Switch release dates and announced titles for the future. -- (pic) - Qale Sep 15, 00:02 [Attachment]
guess the UAW is on strike too now then -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 14, 23:11
I heard they're considering a Moana sequel with more chickens. So in addition to Heihei there will be - JD Sep 14, 23:05 1
- :) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 04:26
Our monthly speaker meeting tonight was an absolute cluster. Began with our tech guru being unable to connect to the meeting room's AV to show the - Meg Sep 14, 22:55 2
- ugh. presenter needs to embrace the cloud. — nm - i.b! Sep 15, 08:13
- “Late Quaternary Technological Collapse and Its Effect on Patterns of Group Communication: a Case Study” -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 14, 23:06
Princess Peach is getting her own game again, this time on Switch. Strong women indeed! -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 22:46 2
- Fine, alright, I was withholding. Here is the best game mentioned in the Nintendo Direct. And the best part is you can play it right now. -- (link) - Qale Sep 14, 22:53 [youtube] 1
  - *checks calendar* Is it April again already? -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 05:45
He kept a 45 in a Crown Royal bag Wiped the fingerprints off Handed me the rag I'm never going back to Memphis -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 22:41
I took off for a weekend last month, just to try and recall the whole year. All of the faces and all of the places... - David Sep 14, 22:33

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