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Poll: Hey, know what season it is, m'therf'ers? -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 14:01 [Attachment] 2
- baked acorn squash! Yum! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 14:14
- +spice -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 14:05
I'm going to break this down for Drew & Bill: If you use to have writers and just decide to go onwards without said writers...this is not supporting - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 13:55 2
- even Jimmy Fallon chose to do the podcast to pay his staff/crew instead of scabbing and he has literally no shame - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 14:05 1
  - Curious -- how many people do these shows employ that aren't on strike, just unemployed because of the strike? - Will Hunting Sep 15, 14:08
love people who are still big mad that BW just Barry Sandersed Calvin & Hobbes and could care less what the haters think about it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 13:37 1
- The biography about him was fascinating -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 13:46
sitwap this "house" makes my head hurt. -- (link) - tRuMaN Sep 15, 13:15 6
- I believe The Master and Torgo live close to here. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 14:12
- love the design but, how do you insulate a steel house, is it just the frame? How is a house in texas 2 meeelllion? we're not talking english castle -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 13:58
- Can you really measure that in square feet? -- nm - Dano Sep 15, 13:49
- This is what happens when you ask Frank Gehry to sketch you a design on a cocktail napkin -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 13:30
- It's like a 50 Sci Fi movie threw up and formed a house. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:23
- so close to great, but the inside has way too much going on to appreciate. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 13:16
Variety: Ashton Kutcher Resigns From Anti-Child Sex Abuse Org After Backlash .. -- (edited) - mud Sep 15, 13:06 6
- I get that they are celebrities that are under intense scrutiny, but writing such letters is extremely common. - Qale Sep 15, 13:15 3
  - If I ever get incarcerated for a horrible crime, I know I'm turning to ST. -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 14:08
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 13:55
  - Full agree. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 13:44
- … that kind of feels like he was looking for a reason to step down anyway. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 13:12 1
  - (This is utter baseless speculation on my part, btw) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 13:17
Over 70 community newspapers in Ontario are going digital only as part of bankruptcy restructuring.....(link) - Walt_Disney Sep 15, 12:58 3
- Add that onto the Facebook Canadian news ban and that's devastating for those areas. Traffic will be so reduced. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 13:06
- Theres 70 newspapers in ontario? -- nm - budice Sep 15, 13:03 1
  - Small community ones, absolutely. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 13:04
oh - hey Kilbo - let your son know that Cheboygan just had a fire at the local tissue depot ... air quality required they shelter in place. - JenBro Sep 15, 12:48 2
- Yeah, they posted about it. Interesting thought (they live in Cheboygan now) but I'll make a note to ask him. Thanks! -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 12:50 1
  - ah - I misunderstood ... thought they hadn't relocated yet. -- nm - JenBro Sep 15, 12:54
Something I still feel guilty about almost 35-40 years later.. - Jovian Sep 15, 12:46 10
- You had to use a text compression to upload/download messages, Elm Pine SLMR, compressed TEXT! - zeitgeist Sep 15, 13:54
- Semi-related: I ran a BBS for many years in college and after. I'm sure I've told the story here before. Was the regional Fidonet hub for a while -- (edited) - oblique Sep 15, 13:39
- American version of Doctor Who? -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 13:32 1
  - ya know, maybe it was the UK version but he didn't get it and I did (because cable was weird back then). I cant really recall. Either way I reneged. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 13:46
- Subpoll: Can anyone guess the handle I used on these dial up message boards from back in the day that is a current ST'er? - Jovian Sep 15, 12:59 5
  - my handle was Ender! Ender the Xenocide to be exact. - Jovian Sep 15, 13:47 1
    - I was coming here to post that exact guess :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 13:54
  - Crash. Or maybe Spawn. -- (edited) - sycor Sep 15, 13:32
  - I know its not " will record video Jones" - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 13:08
  - Mr Davis, I presume? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 13:02
the people are making Fetterman keep the stache -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:44
Vegas: the only improvement over yesterday - ATMs work -- nm - budice Sep 15, 12:34 2
- all the degenerate gamblers need -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:42 1
  - Priorities 😏 -- nm - JD Sep 15, 13:03
hey neighbor - Max Sep 15, 12:24 5
- They did a beautiful job remodeling. I'm disappointed the murder basement isn't murdery enough. PASS! -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 12:33
- I've been thinking about painting the kitchen cabinets blue, but I have white appliances and no dark wood. I don't like their kitchen -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:31 3
  - I painted my kitchen cabinets blue this summer and I really like them. - Krusty Sep 15, 12:42 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 13:19
  - I like the kitchen, other than the weird space under the window. I think the blue island really works. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 12:34
Okay, Chicago folks, it's time to make a call. I'm not getting out of this Peter Gabriel concert at the United Center. So, where should we stay? - David Sep 15, 12:22 25
- Congress Plaza Hotel -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 15, 12:48
- Solsbury Hill -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:33
- The Palmer House -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 12:30 14
  - Don't dress like Silk Spectre and fall to your death down the stairwell. - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 13:11 1
    - This sounds like a challenge. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 13:21
  - When I was in high school my girlfriend's father ran that hotel. We had fun there. -- nm - pmb Sep 15, 12:44 7
    - I stayed there last year on my late grandfather's recommendation. - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 12:55 6
      - My office is right across the street! - pmb Sep 15, 12:56 5
        
        You might have seen me changing in my room! - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 13:00 4
        
        I'll mark it down, but please do remind me. -- nm - pmb Sep 15, 13:06 1
        
        Absolutely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 13:11
        
        Well I mean we all have now. -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 13:06 1
        
        Stupid webcam. - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 13:21
  - I'm more of a "built yesterday" rather than a "built 100 years ago" kinda guy. -- nm - David Sep 15, 12:32 3
    - Oh, you and I are total opposites then. Give me a grand old hotel any day of the week. - spamlet Sep 15, 12:58
    - Trump Tower? That was built pretty recently. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 12:51
    - There is a Hyatt Centric hotel on the mag mile that is very nice (we've stayed there also) and I think another one in the loop (haven't stayed) -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 12:35
- "DO SLEDGEHAMMER!!!" -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 12:27
- Sorry, I lost track of this. If Kilbo signs off (because he's stayed there), I would suggest the Chicago Athletic Association. - pmb Sep 15, 12:25 3
  - I was very confused by the subject. I had no idea it had been converted. - spamlet Sep 15, 12:57
  - Oh, 100% That is a great hotel -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 12:34 1
    - Looks like it's the 30th. We won't be home anyways (but he can still stay at the house) -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 12:39
- other than being an hour from downtown, you're welcome to stay with us :) -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 12:25 1
  - David fears the automations you have made! -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 12:26
- pmb's palatial estate -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:24
Do you still want DVDs by mail? Scarecrow Video might be what you're looking for. -- (link) - Qale Sep 15, 12:12 2
- If I'm reading it right, you pay for the rental $4.50 for the movie I found, plus $12 shipping. - sycor Sep 15, 12:19 1
  - It's quite pricey for sure. I imagine it'd be limited to more particular titles one might have a harder time finding. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 12:28
Getting ready to get a new Short Term Cert. through my bank. Do we think interest rates will be going up again soon? - sycor Sep 15, 12:08 3
- I expect two more rate increases: half and a quarter. Now, and next. And then that'll probably be it. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 12:31
- That's a short enough commitment you won't miss out on much if they do. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 12:24
- I wouldn’t expect more than one more raise in the federal funds rate. Not a bad time to lock it in. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 12:12
My work has sent out a specific "Safety and Security Update" for the hurricane this weekend. Even sent by text to my personal phone...... - Walt_Disney Sep 15, 12:07 2
- It's a trap! The phisherman is trying to get you! -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 12:10 1
  - “Just text back you SSN # and we’ll make sure the hurricane will skip your house” -- nm - Flavorize Sep 15, 12:18
Jann Wenner Says Black and Female Musicians Don’t “Articulate at the Level” of White Men -- (link) - Remlik Sep 15, 12:01 4
- if Prince and Bowie were still with us, he'd get his hide handed back to him by them in response -- nm - mud Sep 15, 12:09 2
  - yuuuppp -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 12:18 1
    - Bowie probably summered with him in the Hamptons on more than one occasion -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:19
- also allowed subjects of his mag's interviews to edit their responses before publication (the whole interview is a giant bag of shitshow) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:03
don't live by pixie, live by me -- (link) - crash davis Sep 15, 11:58 17
- Winner! But I'm not becoming a Log Cabin Republican. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 12:32
- Both parts of this sentence are equally no-brainers. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 12:22
- the forest fire insurance must be astronomical. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 15, 12:08 1
  - generator, strong pump, hoses -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:14
- oops, I meant don't live by ty97 -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:07
- Not ready to live there right now, but I could certainly retire there I think. - sycor Sep 15, 12:07 6
  - I'd like you to be able to afford it. Because then we could have a conversation about that private beach/river access. -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:08 5
    - i love that $2.35m to me is like a modest bungalow in WeHo -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:17 3
      - that is why housing prices have gone insane in Boise, Californians selling their modest homes and coming to Idaho to live like kings -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:29 2
        
        That's been going on for years. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 12:35 1
        
        The prices have greatly accelerated the past year and a half. It used to be manageable. -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:41
    - If I could afford it, I'm sure could work something out. Those views are really nice. I might even learn to fly fish. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 12:12
- go get eaten by a bear growing your dumb potatoes -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:03 4
  - If you look at the photos, it is clearly homeowner 1 bears 0 -- nm* - crash davis Sep 15, 12:05 3
    - the bears only have to win once -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 12:08 1
      - well played, I'll concede the point -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 12:09
    - You'd think more hunters would mount their trophies on the outside to mark their territory. -- nm - Max Sep 15, 12:08
I missed this news. FTC to Intuit: TurboTax is mostly not free and you need to stop saying that it is. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 11:54 1
- semi-related: IRS is mustering its army -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:57
If you want to live in my neighborhood but like not on my block (personal space is good) you could consider this -- (link) - ty97 Sep 15, 11:51 1
- Theresa has pointed this house out to me a few times. It seems like a great location and house but there's a very popular and busy -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 15, 12:09
Drew, dig up -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:51 1
- Good grief she is really dumb for doing this. She thinks she's not wrong and we all should just agree with her and get over it. - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 13:34
VisCap: Ranked: Which Countries Drink the Most Beer? (2021) -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 11:49 3
- Surprised Russia is so far down the list per cap -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 12:29 1
  - Because they drink vodka -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 12:38
- fuzsha ... but 2021 ain't no country i never heard of -- nm - drunk poster si Sep 15, 11:50
My next door neighbor's house has a pending offer, but the last one fell through so there's still a chance to be my neighbor. -- (link) - Dano Sep 15, 11:42 2
- I feel like I’ve seen this house before…like in a meme…does it usually have a Ferrari in the driveway? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 15, 11:50
- This is much closer to the prices in my neighborhood. -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 11:43
Or be my neighbor -- (link) - ty97 Sep 15, 11:40 18
- its exterior looks like every "showing up at a nice murder scene" exterior from Law and Order. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 11:52 2
  - With how many episodes of L&O there have been, I wouldn't be surprised if it's in some episode. - ty97 Sep 15, 11:54
  - or maybe every "getting out of the car to interview the office peon witness" scene -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 11:53
- Nothing on my block is for sale but this multi-family house on the next corner is for sale. -- (link*) - Krusty Sep 15, 11:49
- Whoa whoa. I'm not THAT good a top. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 11:43
- $3,800/mo HOA dues? -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 11:42 12
  - I've shocked myself that it's *THAT* (the monthly HOA fees) that makes me say, "Meh, never mind." -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 12:26
  - Gotta mean per year. Right? -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 11:44 8
    - In Manhattan? In a pre-war co-op building? I bet it's per month. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 11:45 7
      - Doormen aint cheap -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:49 4
        
        I see doormen in Gramercy Park driving Mercedes G Class which start at $130k. - Krusty Sep 15, 11:55 3
        
        What do you think an average doorman gets in “Christmas gifts” from building residents…I was thinking about this, the other day while watching OMItB -- nm - Flavorize Sep 15, 11:57 2
        
        It greatly depends on the building. Some have many more apartments than others, some have much wealthier tenants, etc. I talk with a lot of doormen -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 15, 12:02 1
        
        *gives a potato* -- nm - Mallory Archer Sep 15, 12:08
      - You should move. -- nm - David Sep 15, 11:47 1
        
        I can't afford those HOA dues! -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 11:52
  - Didn't even see that (like I can afford to own in my area? HA!) -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 11:44 1
    - The co-op fees alone are triple our mortgage for what looks like similar sqft -- nm* - spamlet Sep 15, 11:52
With a little love and a little luck we'll get by -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:36
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have split. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 15, 11:32 [Backboard] 12
- har - mud Sep 15, 11:42
- 🖕🏽 -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 11:40
- you gave me a heart attack - Andie Sep 15, 11:33 9
  - At this point, what is the point of getting married? Most of my clients have been together 10 years and have 2 kids already before legalized -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:39 5
    - criming, hello -- nm - Max Sep 15, 12:02
    - To give your child a stable home. As a child of divorce it became my number one goal in life. Those on B2 saying that the rich wait until 18 due to $ - Spawn Sep 15, 11:43 1
      - Sorry, I didn’t mean to suggest that waiting until the kids turn 18 is just about $$$, but things like child support and custody - Roger More Sep 15, 11:53
    - Tax benefits -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 11:39 1
      - Health care -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:46
  - I get it. They appear to have a perfect marriage. - Spawn Sep 15, 11:35 2
    - They seem like genuinely good people too. I don't know about Hugh. -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 11:41 1
      - Hell, I even use his mobile phone service. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 12:28

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