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Hey, at Hamburg Airport. Iranian plane on tarmac, with bomb threat. Airport shut down. Not getting home today... - Andie Oct 9, 05:30 2
- yikes! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 9, 05:40
- Ugh!! So sorry. I hear Hamburg is a nice city. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 05:33
Happy Thanksgiving -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 9, 04:38 [youtube] 1
- Happy Thanksgiving to all of our wonderful Canadians! Enjoy the day! -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 05:14
50 Cent sponsors Welsh under-14s football team -- (link) - LMS Oct 9, 04:20 1
- Nice!! No one is going to mess with those girls now that 50's got their back. :-) But... - Krusty Oct 9, 05:21
Power Pool, big bigger biggest. you'all have 12 hours (2pm pacific) to get your tickets. nic and the draw date 10/9 please -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 01:59 1
- sent -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 9, 03:24
LFF: at the 8.30 screening of Maestro. -- nm - LMS Oct 9, 00:30 2
- Well, that was pretentious but the music was great. -- nm - LMS Oct 9, 04:01 1
  - 8:30 is really early to see a movie. I don't think I've ever gone before 11:00 -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 05:22
Batman fires The Batman -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 9, 00:14 [youtube]
He's right, you know. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 22:49 [youtube] 1
- He’s great. Between him and Annie Agar, they got good comedy. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 22:57
"but what the model can’t measure is the cult-like way the Kraken play. " - crash davis 😺 Oct 8, 22:26
I’m turning 45 years old. I’ve written up a playlist and explainer as to why these songs are so important to me. I hope you enjoy it. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 8, 21:58 1
- <3 -- nm - whisper Oct 9, 09:05
imagine asking Greta “do you really need Ken’s song?” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 8, 21:29
Connections 120 - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 8, 21:10 4
- 1 bobo - rollo Oct 9, 05:37
- Connections Puzzle #120 - crash davis 😺 Oct 9, 02:49
- One mistake - Beryllium Oct 9, 00:07
- I started poorly. - David Oct 8, 22:53
Wordle 842 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 8, 21:01 3
- 5 - dogsledding at night - rollo Oct 9, 05:32
- Wordle 842 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Oct 9, 03:18
- Wordle 842 3/6 - Landbeck Oct 8, 22:08
Nathaniel Hackett has more wins in Denver this season than Sean Payton -- nm - budice Oct 8, 20:44 2
- Brock Purdy 10-0 as starter -- nm - budice Oct 8, 20:49 1
  - Proving once again, the later the pick, the better the QB. -- nm - VMan Oct 8, 20:52
Krusty, you should frame this. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 20:39 1
- 😍 -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 20:42
What goes up.and never comes down? - JD Oct 8, 20:33 9
- Happy Birthday. And, oh, I’m sure you go down from time to time. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 22:11
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 8, 21:19
- Happy BDay! -- nm - budice Oct 8, 21:09
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 8, 20:59
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 8, 20:57
- Birthday present for you: Watch Haunted Mansion. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 20:45
- cheers! -- nm - mud Oct 8, 20:41
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Oct 8, 20:39
- I hope you had a great day! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 20:38
Walgreens pharmacy staff walking off the job. The demand is more staff and better training. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 8, 20:22 7
- also big Trump donors. i never shop there if i can possibly avoid it -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 8, 21:07 1
  - I boycott cause the don’t side with women - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 8, 21:20
- Good. Hopefully we're next. 20+ years of turning pharmacy into fast food has reached a boiling point. - Tim Oct 8, 20:45 1
  - I felt so awful for the pharmacy tech at my CVS last week. a dude's insurance was not cooperating and she fought for almost 30 minutes while - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 9, 04:48
- How could they not? The service at pharmacies is deplorable and it's not the fault of the staff there. Corporate has cut back so much, it's untenable. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 20:42
- Our Walgreens just shortened their pharmacy hours. Thought that was unusual. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 20:42
- Taking lesson from Kaiser workers. Having been a patient in various medical environments this year I'm with them all the way. -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 20:27
throw the damn towel -- nm - Remlik Oct 8, 19:55 1
- Poor Dallas. -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 20:03
I've seen less savage beatings in Mortal Kombat. -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:46 3
- October 8, 1992, Midway released the arcade game, 'Mortal Kombat' -- nm - budice Oct 8, 20:30
- This is sad. -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:54 1
  - Full Qtr to go -- nm - budice Oct 8, 19:58
Is this thing on? -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 19:36 21
- It’s on as long as Bery allows. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 22:13
- How's life? -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:45 19
  - hanging in there. been a rough stretch, but we are on the upswing I think -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 19:46 18
    - About fucking time. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 19:54 1
      - amen to that -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 19:56
    - Well, if you'd checked your GChat, I would have bought you a pizza last week! - David Oct 8, 19:47 15
      - He's still on AIM. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 20:48
      - I almost never log into gmail anymore. -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 19:53 12
        
        You're fine. I only had one free afternoon anyway. -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:54 11
        
        So what did you guys wind up doing other than the concert. Where did you eat? -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 19:57 10
        
        There was a LuxBar and a pancake shop 10 feet from the hotel. So, we just did those for the most part. - David Oct 8, 20:01 9
        
        My wife loves the pancake house and my dad was a regular at Luxe Bar. Both great options. -- nm* - pmb Oct 8, 20:07 4
        
        That restaurant's fries are legit among the best I've ever tasted. - David Oct 8, 20:12 3
        
        Is it? It’s part of the Gibson’s group (the steak house on the other corner across from the hotel and one of the most successful steak houses in the - pmb Oct 8, 20:26 2
        
        Yup. It's the same guy and Gibson Group. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 20:31 1
        
        Interesting. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 20:41
        
        what concert did you see? -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 20:03 3
        
        Peter Gabriel -- nm - David Oct 8, 20:06 2
        
        nice, good show? -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 20:07 1
        
        Kim had the time of her life. I'm not much of a fan, but it was visually fascinating. - David Oct 8, 20:09
      - oh, shit. Sorry I missed it! -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 19:48
Earthquake felt in Seattle. Z, Bery, did you feel it? -- (pic) - psilotum Oct 8, 19:30 [Attachment] 6
- Nope, not a clue, happened up where the Dungeness crab festival was this weekend, much closer to Bery -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 19:57
- Is that reporting eastern time about the west coast or was that 10:21pm PT last night? -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:45 2
  - It would have been 7:21 pacific -- (link*) - Beryllium Oct 8, 19:49 1
    - I just asked my work people who live around Lake Washington, they all say they didn't feel a thing. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:54
- Eh, probably felt like a big truck going by ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 19:33
- No -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 19:31
4.1-magnitude earthquake near Seattle -- nm - budice Oct 8, 19:29
Reagen, have you watched The Bear's Forks episode yet? -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:27
3 TDs Kittle -- nm - budice Oct 8, 19:27
LYC. Logan Chess Club update. They did speed chess. In one game, his first move was to remove his own queen from the board. - Spawn Oct 8, 19:22 13
- I've never heard of that. To speed up castling? -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:51 1
  - I've seen it when both players agree to remove theirs for a variation, or when a stronger player does it to even things (like a handicap), but for .. -- (edited) - mud Oct 8, 20:23
- You can do that? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 8, 19:36 2
  - *takes my king off the board* TRY TO CHECK ME NOW! -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 20:00
  - Pretty casual games in the high school chess club. Doubt you could if you're planning another school or anything like that. I am not sure the structur - Spawn Oct 8, 19:55
- That's interesting. Did he explain the thought process? -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:28 7
  - I think he was back playing someone he had beaten multiple times over the times he had been there and the kid wasn't even going to play him so he gave - Spawn Oct 8, 19:53 6
    - Getting his ass handed to him a few times is part of the process anyway. I'd try Chess.com teen leagues. -- nm - David Oct 8, 19:55 5
      - He started off online, and did not lose much. But I'm not sure where all he's playing. His next move was playing a few games at a local toy store, - Spawn Oct 8, 20:01 3
        
        I mean, his parents are both brilliant so it's no surprise. - David Oct 8, 20:02 2
        
        I'm just really sad that my dad passed away. He was the chess player in the family. I could beat him unless there was money on the line and he would -- (edited) - Spawn Oct 8, 20:05 1
        
        nee-chay -- nm - mud Oct 8, 20:25
      - Nothing is more humbling than getting beaten in a tournament by an 11 year old. At least at his age it should be palatable. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 19:57
My daughter just showed me her Xmas list. #6 is scented markers. #10 is a MacBook Air. These……..are quite different in some ways. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 18:46 1
- This goes back some 40 years - the writer just turned 53 :-) -- (pic) - Meg Oct 8, 21:48 [Attachment]
Meg 2 is … not a good movie -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 18:02 2
- I was really surprised -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 8, 18:32 1
  - I mean there wasn’t even a gratuitous shirtless scene with Jason Statham. -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 19:49
Goes to hockey expecting to play Defense...a no-show makes me play forward...not fun. - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 17:57
OMG!! Lululemon using Teddy Bear's Picnic in a TV commercial - - Meg Oct 8, 17:51 5
- With Lululemon the big surprise is your ass shows through the pants. -- nm - VMan Oct 8, 18:36
- it's still a big thing here. kid's school has a teddy bear's picnic every year, and the Ritz-Carlton puts on teddy bear's picnic high tea. - mafic Oct 8, 18:03 2
  - belted out like a tenor at the opera.... knew a cafe singer/guitarist who did it like that. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 20:48
  - Must be a British thing. I was still in England when I learned it. -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 18:16
- Ik, r? -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 18:00
Elemental was a good little Pixar film. I don't get why people were trashing it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 8, 17:50 2
- Good movie, excellent soundtrack -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Oct 8, 21:23
- Agreed. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 18:23
I would like to watch as the CEO of Pizza Hut tries to use their website to order a pizza. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 17:45 2
- I often wonder if web designers actually use their products. -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 19:35
- that's what PAs are for. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 18:04
orioles magic? -- nm - Tim Oct 8, 16:53 1
- They’re gonna adjust the postseason schedule because the week off kills some teams so much. -- nm - Tim Oct 8, 17:30
How far along are we on RC's Tom Clancy timeline? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 8, 16:41 [mastodon]
Dallas @ SF - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 16:36 2
- Lions - I mean Niners with Prescott(?) taking a knee midfield on last drive. -- nm - VMan Oct 8, 16:52
- Da Giants -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 16:44
Denver's defense makes my heart sad. -- nm - David Oct 8, 16:12 4
- Denver's offense makes my heart sad. -- nm - David Oct 8, 16:29 3
  - And the guy criticizing someone else for their coaching called a double reverse the play after Sauce went out with an injury and was replaced - Krusty Oct 8, 17:17
  - Breece Hall makes my heart sing. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 17:11 1
    - The Jets defense makes my heart happy. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 17:12
Fascinating historical tidbit I learned from Antiques Road Show :/ -- (link) - Meg Oct 8, 16:00 1
- :( - his poor mother, too. -- nm - i.b.! Oct 8, 16:11
What;s the lowest score ever in Vampirates? ... asking for a friend... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:37
JaMarr Chase fella with a 3rd TD -- nm - budice Oct 8, 15:36 1
- Bengals record for receptions in a game. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 16:00
PSA: Tomorrow is Canadian Thanksgiving -- nm - budice Oct 8, 15:29 2
- an explainer -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:30 [youtube] 1
  - "Man, I never understood the metric system." - Krusty Oct 8, 15:36
what a terrible challenge by the Vikings. he is clearly down. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:28 1
- Coach let the defender talk him into it. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 8, 16:49
Michael Chiarello, the acclaimed restaurateur, celebrity chef and former Food Network star, has died. He was 61 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:21 4
- I'd liked him as well. RIP -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 8, 18:14
- I always liked him, had completely missed allegations against him in 2016 until I saw a story about his death - i.b.! Oct 8, 16:17
- No hint of what the allergy was. So sad :( -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 15:50
- :-( Too young. - Krusty Oct 8, 15:30
they should of had Kelce limp out, run a few plays half heartedly, argue with the staff and then just blow by the coverage for a bomb -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:05 3
- Is Taylor there? -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 15:52 2
  - haven't seen her, so I'd say nope -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 8, 15:54 1
    - ... and people are still watching? -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 15:56
*Watches the Argylle trailer again, just because* -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 15:02 1
- Saw it on the big screen last night. -- (edited) - Spawn Oct 8, 15:46

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