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I only know Thrawn from the Heir to the Empire book way back when but - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 23:23
Connections #101. No mistakes. Didn't care for the blue connection. - TWuG Sep 19, 22:33 1
- I'm with you. - David Sep 19, 22:36
MVP lays out at home to score the walk-off run -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 22:17
"Shannon Beador, cast member of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving and hit-and-run" - David Sep 19, 21:15 1
- do those count as spin-offs of desperate housewives, and does that make desperate housewives the most successful series ever? - mafic Sep 19, 21:55
Florida still leading the nation in COVID -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 20:47 1
- Death cult. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 20:57
I just looked at a few grading sites. they do the same work grading a $3 card, as a $35,000 card. they shouldn't have a varied scale based on retail $ -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 20:27 5
- a varied pricing scale they will charge you at the end of the process. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 20:27 4
  - You mean the higher they value an item, the more you pay them? That’s not opportunity for fraud at all! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 21:08 1
    - that description also works describing a first date :))) -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 19, 21:14
  - there was basically no grading when i was buying cards 30+ years ago. the same cards (52 Mantle etc.) were all the ones that everyone still wants - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 20:32 1
    - I also remember no grading in any collectible field -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 20:58
ain't the beer cold -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 20:22
Google is so good now, it's even identifying lesser-known medical conditions. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 19, 20:17 [mastodon]
At least one STer might appreciate this: a search engine for Oglaf. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 19, 19:59 [mastodon] 1
- I’m not much of a Frozen fan -- nm* - Flavorize Sep 19, 20:57
Pennsylvania Dems retake their one-vote advantage in the house by yinzing the Pittsburgh area special election -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 19:55 1
- also NH Dems flipped a Trump-district state seat by 12% -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 20:04
Ahsoka spoilers - Beryllium Sep 19, 19:53 1
- *REALLY* good episode! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 20:36
"How And When The Cleveland Browns Can Get Out of Deshaun Watson's Contract" - David Sep 19, 19:39 1
- not many people have 2 facemask calls in 5 minutes -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 19:50
If they’re playing near you on this tour I can’t recommend seeing The Happy Fits strongly enough. They put on a great show. -- (link) - Dano Sep 19, 19:36
In order to build my store, the company had to submit plans that placed the building backwards to preserve as many trees as possible. Now... - Qale Sep 19, 18:30 2
- that's a nicer layout than most stores up here, and a lot more tree... I swear as soon as a new store moves in they cut everything down and replace... - zeitgeist Sep 19, 19:26 1
  - ... parking minimums are a scourge. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 19:28
Treat twitter like a utility and charge based on how much you post -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 18:25 5
- Providing people with a disincentive to use your social network is not the best way to grow your social network. -- nm* - mafic Sep 19, 19:37
- I considered opening a new Twitter account just to follow folks for pr0n. But I was like, nah, even that isn't worth it. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 18:54
- Treat Twitter like a cesspool and avoid it. -- nm - TWuG Sep 19, 18:28 1
  - Oh, yes. I hereby change my response to this one. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 18:40
- Treat twitter like a public service and charge based on income bracket -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 18:27
Acuna is one homer and 4 stolen bases away from 40/70. -- nm - David Sep 19, 18:19
Lauren Bobo Boebert has learned her lesson she has split up with her Beetlejuice boy toy -- (link) - eag Sep 19, 17:49 8
- I bet his doctor found STD's and he cut her off. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 18:23 1
  - Could we not? I get that she's a monster, but there's no reason to body shame over it. - Beryllium Sep 19, 18:26
- If those crazy kids can't make it work... -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 18:21 1
  - Emphasis on crazy? -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 18:24
- Apparently it was a first date! - Reagen Sep 19, 17:52 3
  - I mean ive had first dates but never one like that -- nm - eag Sep 19, 17:54
  - Meet the Friedman’s has completely screwed with your inappropriate dating activity thresholds. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 17:54 1
    - (Capturing) - Reagen Sep 19, 18:00
what we really need is a Bad Lip Reading take on this -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 17:31
baseball card help. I found a handful I forgot about. I went thru ebay completed sales to get an idea. the McGuire, Sandberg & Gretsky rookies are the - Peglegpete Sep 19, 16:16 15
- Assume at best they’re PSA 8’s. That’s the value you might hope for. Grading is very tough. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 17:34 4
  - I intentionally made my values estimates to myself lower after I saw completed ebay sales knowing how important flaws are in cards & comics. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 18:25 3
    - If you’re saying they’re 9’s or 10’s, you’re estimating too high. That’s all I’m saying. That Gretzky is at best a 9 just on centering and that’s - Will Hunting Sep 19, 18:39 2
      - Yeah, I've watched videos of people thinking they had 9s that turned out to be 4s. -- nm - David Sep 19, 18:59 1
        
        (grading is just a big ass scam) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 19:57
- I gotta be honest, I never realized Gretzky played baseball. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 17:22 2
  - (he was actually pretty good and might have been able to go pro if that's what he wanted) -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 17:29
  - Gretzky healed my hernia -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 17:23
- the Gretzky rookie would be the tippy top I would assume (OPC would be better, but Topps still great) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:17 6
  - there's a flaw in the top right corner that kills a lot of the value -- (pic) - Peglegpete Sep 19, 16:40 [Attachment] 5
    - the centering is only average. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 16:50 1
      - Just like Gretzky’s! -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 20:01
    - nice crisp corners though. wow really nice -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:45 2
      - til: not only did the Oilers buy Gretzky from Indianapolis (lol), Edmonton wasn't even in the NHL at the time -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:48 1
        
        NHL didn't let you play until 18. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 16:52
8-) -- (link) - JD Sep 19, 16:07
no googling music quiz: what was the first album (any country) to be released on compact disc? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 15:58 14
- I know what podcast you are listening to -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 18:22
- Thriller -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:06 12
  - *bzzt* hint: the album itself was not contemporary with the release of the first compact disc players in 1982 -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:17 11
    - I always thought Bryan Adams was one of the first but that sounds much earlier than expected. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 16:26 6
      - *bzzt* (but it is from a male singer-songwriter) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:27 5
        
        I just googled it, and now I'll just go over there [gestures] and vomit -- nm - mud Sep 19, 16:36 4
        
        yes, the first CD was the execrable Billy Joel's 52nd Street -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:40 3
        
        *bzzzt* ABBA beat him. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 17:24 1
        
        pressed but not released, apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 17:29
        
        personally, i probably woulda gone with Rumors if I were Sony -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 17:19
    - I'll go with Saturday Night Fever -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 16:20 1
      - *bzzt* (but you got the year right) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:22
    - I'm thinking (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 19, 16:19 1
      - *bzzt* -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 16:22
so now Chuck is letting Tommy T force votes on… the Dems own nominee? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 15:56 1
- The whole legislature is just so broken -- nm - decline Sep 19, 18:01
Shameful admission: I do enjoy writing a good cease and desist letter. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 19, 15:39 2
- "Sir, this is a Wendy's" -- nm - TWuG Sep 19, 15:41 1
  - "Sir, my client, a noted and respected restaurant franchise in the Pacific Northwest, asked me to remind you that you are in fact in a Wendy's." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 19, 17:09
KLM (Dutch airline) canceled their flights to Asia today and tomorrow and Thursday to avoid flying overArmenia/Azerbaijan - ty97 Sep 19, 15:31 2
- oh, are they doing the Nagorno-Karabakh thing again? -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 17:26 1
  - It hopefully doesn't break into all-out war again, but there was some military action there on Tuesday, yeah -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 18:34
Wow. -- (link) - The Allfather Sep 19, 15:10 2
- this SMU, you say? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 15:16 1
  - SMU wasn't worried -- nm - budice Sep 19, 15:23
Casper the (not so?) Friendly Ghost gets a dark take movie. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 19, 15:06 [youtube] 2
- It's just some fan film. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 16:34
- wtf -- nm - mud Sep 19, 15:10
good grief/wap? Temple University’s acting president dies after collapsing onstage -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 15:04
Ohtani had TJS without calling it TJS -- (pic) - budice Sep 19, 14:53 [Attachment] 4
- Does he still win MVP? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 19, 15:06 1
  - Without question. Unanimously. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 15:14
- It's now called Shohei Otani Surgery, mother******! -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 15:04 1
  - *votes aye* -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 15:08
Phone call from California City, California? Yeah, sure, like that's a real place. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 19, 14:48 2
- That's like Earth City, Earth's capital. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:59 1
  - We always knew St Louis was the center of the universe. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 15:09
It amazes me that you can just bump into the King of England while he's out on a walk alone. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 19, 14:31 [youtube] 3
- That's amazing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 19:38
- "That was a king." -- nm - David Sep 19, 14:51 1
  - He ain't got shit all over him. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 15:03
my coworker's bachelorette party is five days (weds - sun). is this normal? I love many of you, but not for five days straight. - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 19, 14:23 6
- My wife worked at 5 star hotel for a bit—I can tell you, it’s insane what people spend on weddings and BP parties -- nm - Flavorize Sep 19, 15:08
- Is she Mexican or Philippino? Very common for a dozen maids and juniors...and sponsors -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 15:00 1
  - no she's waspy. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 19, 15:08
- I choose death. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:39
- no babes. could never be me. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 14:31
- at least in LA, it's a Palm Springs weekend (at most) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 14:24
Danny Masterson's wife files for divorce after conviction -- (link) - budice Sep 19, 14:23 4
- That's what happens when you cut the cord and only watch ad-free scripted content; the news slips right by you right up until the verdict. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 14:29
- Ashton Kutcher write the letter -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 14:24 2
  - this is funny -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 14:30
  - I wonder if there could be a that 70s show "say the line" style meme for kelso -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 14:25
Leaked Microsoft memo explaining the Microsoft leak 🤔🤔🤔 -- (link*) - budice Sep 19, 14:19 1
- "Our console design plans have gone from cylinder to pear- shaped." -- nm - Spencer for hire Sep 19, 14:23
Detroit really going small on EVs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 14:19
has anyone ever encountered or (god help you) actually fallen for this gas pumping scam? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 14:11 3
- I fell for the fake parking lot attendant, wearing a uniform and handing out ticket stubs.... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 14:57
- Only in oregon, but they've fixed that -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 14:17 1
  - Only in New Jersey. Which kind of explains why people just over the border in PA would fall for it -- nm - decline Sep 19, 17:07
DTL: my +7 D starting 5 wasn't good enough to keep Salem from hitting 56% from the field including over 50% from 3. - spamlet Sep 19, 14:06 3
- Bad luck - your team is legit -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 18:18
- And a team that was shorter at every position outrebounded us 44-25. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 14:07 1
  - You can't get rebounds when he doesn't miss. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 19, 14:36
Alright. OOO is set (no, not the vulgar one Pippy). See you guys on Monday! -- nm - oblique Sep 19, 14:03 4
- ooOOOoo! On my team we use "OOF" -- nm* - Max Sep 19, 14:06 2
  - ??? Just out of there? So fed up with things that one is just out of - JD Sep 19, 15:00 1
    - allegedly it means "out of focus" but I bet some people think of it the other way. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 15:34
- heh! have fun storming the castle! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 19, 14:04
DoJ apparently investigating Elon’s tenure as head of Tesla -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 19, 13:57 1
- Biden's weaponized DOJ. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:58
I have to admit I get easily confused by electricity. I taught myself how to use a multimeter and when I picked it up a couple years later, - crash davis Sep 19, 13:52
well played, Morning Brew, whatever you are -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 13:51 [Attachment] 1
- Nice. I also liked the Aaron Rodgers highlight reel I saw - Spawn Sep 19, 13:55
I'm coming around to the idea that Elon bought it to kill it, but man, that's a whole lot of money to spend to blow something up -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 19, 13:41 4
- He bought it by accident. And now he's trying to make it profitable. But there's no blueprint and he's way over his skis. So he's trying everything. -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 18:15
- also, spammy, don't forget that for a vast majority of those assholes "free speech" means "you have to listen to me", so an echo chamber doesn't - Reagen Sep 19, 14:03
- These billionaires have so much $$$ that they are so used to shooting and missing, on business stuff…bet it hardly phases him -- nm - Flavorize Sep 19, 13:43 1
  - He apparently caught up to where he was before (remember its not only his money) but he might have been first half trillionaire -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:47
ST *needs* a dress code. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:36 7
- are culottes or gaucho pants acceptable? must the dresses be a specific color? and above or below the knee? -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 19, 15:48
- I prefer pants, though -- nm - mud Sep 19, 13:38 5
  - Nope, OFF WITH THE PANTS! -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:39 4
    - Whip cream nipples? -- nm - Mel Profit SI Sep 19, 13:40 3
      - *amendment accepted* -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:56 2
        
        Head boxers? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 14:25 1
        
        Spock ears? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 19, 15:38

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