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youngest has the Coves (she is OK). Birthday party for Friday cancelled. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 10:29 4
- :( feel better littlest Beaker offspring -- nm - decline Sep 19, 10:31
- Boo (yay). Boo. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 10:31 2
  - Ditto this. Hope she has a quick recovery. -- nm - sycor Sep 19, 10:31 1
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 10:34
Big Kev can't pass his own spending bill, will need Dem votes to pass any other spending bill -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 10:12 1
- definitely the best Speaker we've ever had -- nm - decline Sep 19, 10:32
Daily puzzle games: My mother told me she's been playing this one -- (link) - ty97 Sep 19, 09:50 2
- I'm torn. I thought it looked stupid, but then I did well so now it's my favorite game - rollo Sep 19, 09:59
- 3/6 - decline Sep 19, 09:54
Man punched in the stands at the Pats game has died as a result. -- (link) - budice Sep 19, 09:46 2
- Can't read the article, but jeez, that's awful. - JaxSean Sep 19, 10:21
- Awful -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 09:48
Just finished watching Wilderness on Amazon. Pretty good tv series. Only 6 episodes. A- -- nm - Loyola Sep 19, 09:44 1
- Nice. Thanks. Added this to our watchlist last night but wasn't sure about it. Probably will download it for vacation tomorrow -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 10:08
Me: "perhaps I can go to Armenia and Azerbaijan" -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 19, 09:43 5
- I was once handed an opportunity to visit Armenia on a silver platter. This was about two weeks after Russia invaded Crimea. I resolutely declined. - Beryllium Sep 19, 09:46 3
  - I very much want to go to Tblisi, Georgia. - ty97 Sep 19, 09:47 2
    - I wonder what Dueling Banjos would sound like on balalaikas -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:50 1
      - I feel it would be along the lines of this, although technically they do not use the balalaika. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 19, 10:08 [youtube]
- yeah, now is not an optimal time -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:45
attention crash davis -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 09:33 [Attachment] 4
- 😺😺😺😺😺 !! -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:38
- ha! -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 09:37
- I see some kitties in your future. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 09:34 1
  - you are a wise man -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:45
YDC, but this is why I wished Krusty luck this week -- (link*) - ty97 Sep 19, 09:31
MLB Quiz: Only one team has lost every extra inning game they've played this season (0-11) - what team is it? -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:28 16
- The answer is... (spoilers) - Dano Sep 19, 09:48
- Real guess: Phillies -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 09:44 1
  - (7-7) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:47
- Expos -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 09:43
- Athletics? -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:37 1
  - (6-8) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:44
- Yankees? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 09:37 1
  - (6-9) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:43
- Natinals? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 09:34 2
  - (6-2) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:43 1
    - They should take all of their games to extra innings. At that rate they would finish 121 - 41 -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:47
- White Sox? -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 09:32 2
  - (5-10) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:43 1
    - I’m shocked they’ve won 5 -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 10:01
- I’m going to guess the Rockies -- nm - Flavorize Sep 19, 09:29 1
  - nope (5-4) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:31
one of the reasons GOP pretending to be so mad about Fetterman wearing shorts is he's so much better at debunking their bullshit than any other Dem -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:23
US district court has deleted all of the documents in the FTC v. Microsoft case. After error leaking confidential info -- (pic) - budice Sep 19, 09:22 [Attachment] 2
- error by whom? the clerk or one of the filing parties? (the cases i work on have tons of this kind of confidential info and the firms involved - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:24 1
  - FTC blaming Microsoft. -- (link*) - budice Sep 19, 09:28
gun to my head, I could not tell you the difference between watts, amps and volts - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 09:16 7
- Watts = Amps x Volts -- nm - JD Sep 19, 09:20 1
  - Derek Watt + JJ Watt = TJ Watt -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 09:23
- ... but I'd get real meditative and quiet-like, as a form of resistance. "Ohmmmmmm" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 09:19 1
  - 😏 -- nm - JD Sep 19, 09:20
- sorry, shoot the hostage -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 09:19
- I find meditating helps me keep everything straight - znufrii, vice president Sep 19, 09:17 1
  - hehe :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 09:19
Intel Announces 288-Core Processor, 5th-Gen Xeon Arrives December 14 - budice Sep 19, 09:14 3
- Still slower than the M2. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 10:12
- See. This is why I waited to upgrade my gaming PC -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 10:04
- Where on the scale of Aaron Rodgers Jets career to Aaron Rodgers Packers career does this chip fall? -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:19
I'm going to dive a bit more deeply into the Western Canon this next year. BTW, I've decided Batman is part of the Western Canon. -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:13 4
- He and the League are -- (link) - Remlik Sep 19, 09:25 [youtube] 2
  - One of my favorite episodes as Diana looks really good as a cowboy -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:28 1
    - My most favorite JLU episode is Double Date -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:32
- #facts -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 09:15
I get fed airline/travel clickbait sometimes. The latest was "United Pilot Forced To Divert Entire Flight Due to......." - ty97 Sep 19, 09:13 1
- better than the guy who had a problem with diarrhea -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 11:13
Pennsylvania will start automatically registering eligible voters today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:10 3
- locally the biggest voter problem that we have is that people don't know where to vote. our population moves from student hive to student hive yearly - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 19, 09:49
- And this is one reason the Supreme Court election in November is so important. -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:19
- now that's cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 09:11
Debris found from F-35 jet in South Carolina after US pilot ejected -- (link) - JD Sep 19, 09:02 2
- I'm glad it went down where it couldn't harm anyone. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 09:23
- But but but I was told that President Biden *lost* this jet!? -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 09:03
Has Disney caught that bear yet? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 08:47 6
- Yes! BearGate ended peacefully! -- nm - David Sep 19, 08:50 5
  - Was any cocaine involved? -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 09:23 1
    - He has pled the fifth -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 09:27
  - Blood and Honey 3? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 09:00
  - They gave mama bear a nice plate of fresh Pot Roast from Liberty Tree Tavern. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 08:56
  - so Gail Simone enjoyed her time at the park? -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 08:51
Streamers: So Charter drops Dinsey kids channels right? No Bluey. parents are going to scream about that one -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 08:43 2
- They get Disney+, which has Bluey. So, it's a wash for Charter, while it trains customers to watch Bluey on Disney+. - David Sep 19, 08:51
- related: Bluey videogame announcement -- (link) - Remlik Sep 19, 08:46 [youtube]
ugh, UNGA week. Good luck out there Krusty. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 08:27 4
- Thanks! I should be able to avoid the east side so hopefully it won't affect me much. Good luck to you as well! -- nm - Krusty Sep 19, 08:41 3
  - Coming back from Newark last night, I was trying to get an M104 bus up 8th and all the buses kept disappearing from the bustime site as they got close - ty97 Sep 19, 08:52 2
    - Ugh! That sucks. That would piss me off so much. - Krusty Sep 19, 09:29 1
      - Yeah, who decided to put that there?! - ty97 Sep 19, 09:38
Mel Tucker's response to Mich St termination -- (pic) - budice Sep 19, 08:20 [Attachment] 1
- There’s about 75mil reasons for MSU to fire him even if they covered it up. - Will Hunting Sep 19, 08:54
OMITB spoiler conjecture & killer naming (re: Whodunnit on B2) -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 19, 08:18 3
- i like the first part. -- nm - Andie Sep 19, 08:19 2
  - Spoils -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 19, 20:43
  - Expanded it in a potentially amusing way ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 08:22
Expend4bles nsy, It Lives Inside 84% (27/5), Nightsiren 100% (11/0), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 95% (19/1), Flora and Son 94% (31/2) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 08:17
Will - I think the Orioles get swept by the Natinals. (It's a 2-game series and things may not matter much at that time) -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 08:13 1
- If Flaherty is in line to pitch, I agree. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 08:49
Pardon me. I would like to defer some my Blood Feud TD to take effect next week or later, as I am not in need of them at this time. Thanks. - Baron Hardcoden Sep 19, 08:08 1
- I'm sorry but your deferral elections must be made before the start of the plan year -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 09:47
Topped off with gas yesterday before August fuel points expired. $5.09/gal *after* point discount. -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 07:56 13
- 3.89 here this weekend -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 19, 10:04
- 199.9 cents per litre. $5.61/gal, according to one site -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 09:16
- $ 3.29 yesterday -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 08:47
- Looks like $3.69 according to Gasbuddy. They were expecting it to jump because of refinery issues but it never really did. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 08:41
- 5.19 turned 5.49 that afternoon -- nm - budice Sep 19, 08:38
- Pump price was $5.89 with credit card, a little less for cash. This is one of the cheaper stations (Shell) other than Costco. -- nm* - Meg Sep 19, 08:35
- It's around $3.49 here -- nm - JaxSean Sep 19, 08:33
- I think I paid 3.79 to fill up the rental in Florida yesterday and I was surprised it was that high. -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 19, 08:27 2
  - I've seen it from $3.39-$3.79 depending on where you are. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 19, 08:33 1
    - I purposely gassed up in town (in Estero), not at the airport, so was a bit surprised. - ty97 Sep 19, 08:53
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 08:10
- $1.90 per liter I think here (around there anyway). Haven't filled up this week yet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 07:59
- I’m pretty sure it’s $10 a gallon here. -- nm - Loyola Sep 19, 07:58
Beaker from B2: The Nun did win the weekend. By $250k. -- nm - MDH Sep 19, 07:50 6
- merci! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 07:59
- Second to Nun. -- nm - budice Sep 19, 07:51 4
  - Nun too shabby. -- nm - Loyola Sep 19, 07:53 3
    - Nunpareil. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 19, 07:54 2
      - Nunthing compares to you. -- nm - Loyola Sep 19, 07:55 1
        
        All or Nun -- nm - budice Sep 19, 08:00
Literally from an article about how these games take over our lives, but hey, has ST heard of Wordiply? It's cool -- (link*) - Volnelk Sep 19, 07:40 5
- Got the longest word! - spamlet Sep 19, 09:25
- I'd forgotten about wordiply! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 19, 09:21
- not bad for my first time - rollo Sep 19, 08:07
- For balance, here's the article as well. -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 19, 07:44 1
  - The Belle and Sebastian reference - I lolled -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 08:17
f**cking CNN. The title of their lead: New Hampshire’s 2024 primary will be a crucial early test of Trump’s comeback bid -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 19, 07:37
XFL and USFL are nearing an agreement to merge -- nm - budice Sep 19, 07:23 5
- Good, now tweak the rules so I tune in out of curiousity -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 07:41 2
  - CFL - we're right here man! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 07:59
  - The XFL kickoff rules are better and safer. By a mile. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 07:58
- how soon after does the Saudi government purchase the new merged entity? over/under a year? -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 07:24
- Good. They should. Hopefully we get one viable league out of it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 07:24
Another Fetterman mic drop -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 19, 07:22 [Attachment] 17
- L5! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 07:27
- officer, I'd like to report a murder -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 07:26
- It's such a boomer thing to want that dress code. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 19, 07:25 14
  - The necktie can diaf -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 07:42 1
    - Blame the Croats, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 08:16
  - I sort of want them to dress seriously -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 19, 07:38 10
    - to what end? imposing some faux trapping of decorum doesn't make it any less dysfunctional a body -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:03 6
      - like, Joe Manchin is a real sharp dresser -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:06 5
        
        It amazes me the amount of kvetching people do about Joe Manchin. How do folks think the Republican from W. Va. will be better? -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:10 4
        
        he can be both the best alternative except all the rest and also a total shitbag that Dems are unfortunately stuck with -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:12 3
        
        I believe 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing. -- nm - crash davis Sep 19, 09:14 2
        
        i believe poor kids can't eat a dress code. fuck decorum, just pass good things for the people -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 09:17 1
        
        tax cuts are good for some people -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 19, 09:19
    - I sort of want them to focus on preventing a government shut down -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 09:02
    - Same. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 08:55
    - Honestly, prior to that sellout Sinema wearing a jean jacket, I honestly never saw someone not dress professionally. So I blame her. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 07:40
  - I'm honestly surprised they don't have some type of written rule - everything I read yesterday was that it's always been just adhered to. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 19, 07:31
10/3 for OMITB finale -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 07:21 1
- thx -- nm - Andie Sep 19, 07:27
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 07:20

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