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49ers' Christian McCaffrey will play against Vikings -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 10:10 3
- 4TDs and 200yds -- nm - budice Oct 23, 10:14
- Healthy for rest of season please -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 23, 10:13
- 32 points from him and the DEF please -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 10:11
Disney is nearing a deal to sell its India (Star) operations -- (link) - budice Oct 23, 10:10 5
- *cue the piano ending to Layla* -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 10:12
- this is the signal that they're on the ropes and desperate, right? Or was it the other way around? I forget how SITV set things up. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:11 2
  - without cricket nobody in India gives a shit about Disney -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 10:12 1
    - At $1 a sub, Disney aint makin money -- nm - budice Oct 23, 10:14
- David knows stuff (I learned about this listening to the SITV podcast for this week) -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 10:11
my gift options were much less shiny than will’s, how about you, pfm/anyone else who’s hit 25? — nm - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:52 8
- I’ll hit 10 next September if I’m still there. not sure what the gift is -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 10:08
- I think I might get a team dinner with up to 8 people? I'm maxed on vacation -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:07 2
  - oh, I had suppressed that there was a lunch. - b.oo! Oct 23, 10:15
  - Ask me in *gulp* 15 months -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:08
- Not at 25 just yet (21), but we don't do gifts at all. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 23, 09:55
- Can't remember all of the options, but I got a nice (fake) leather jacket that I was happy with -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 23, 09:55
- I don't know that we even have a 25th gift. We don't even increase vacation after the 15th year so I've maxed out there. -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 09:54 1
  - been there for maxing. - b.oo! Oct 23, 10:03
"Bijan's sick? What do you mean he's sick." -- nm - budice Oct 23, 09:50
I get at least one text a day from a foreign number about a USPS package that couldn't be delivered (often several). What if it's real?! - Mop🧹 Oct 23, 09:44 1
- haha, I received one the other day. there have been news stories about them. usps doesn’t even have most people’s cell numbers, so it’s an extra - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:46
80s Stamost: John Stamos got cheated on by of all people ... Tony Danza -- (link*) - budice Oct 23, 09:43 1
- i mean, he was the boss -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 09:44
ST Poll (alternative): What band would be the BEST to see in concert if their name was literal? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 09:39 19
- Everything but the girl -- nm - VMan Oct 23, 12:45
- It's A Beautiful Day, Joy Division -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:29
- cake. — nm - b.oo! Oct 23, 10:06 1
  - winner -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:12
- Rainbow -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 10:04
- Soundgarden -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:00
- Barenaked Ladies -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 09:50
- The Supremes. Nirvana is the best though. -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 09:49
- Beaker stole mine, but my second choice would be: The B-52s. - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 09:47 1
  - uuuummmmm -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:00
- The Band -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 09:47
- Klymaxx, of course -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 23, 09:46
- XTC -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 09:43
- Mount Joy -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 09:43 1
  - Joy Division -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 09:45
- LSD? Sugarland. Run the Jewels. Joywave. Cake. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 09:42
- The Cure -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 09:42
- Thirty Seconds to Mars -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:41
- Nirvana -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 09:40
I was in a car this weekend, listening to the radio. Thus, I have a few music observations. - ty97 Oct 23, 09:34 1
- Retro Music formats tend to feature 20 yo, and 30,40 yo, I suspect that they will soon have 50 60 yo because more of us still use fm in the car -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:35
Here's what I don't get - all three days I've biked 100 miles, I've ended up putting on weight - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 23, 09:29 3
- Don't have an explanation, but when I've done the 24 hour ultras (best result 70 miles), I've gained weight each time. -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 09:35
- Water? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:30 1
  - yep. temporary water retention because of glycogen use is common. nm but: -- (link) - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:38
Text I just received from my brother: "2 months to Christmas Eve" -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:26 2
- is a day disappearing?! what does he know?! — nm - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:47
- Is that a threat or a promise? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 23, 09:46
DTL: Spam, will you be pursuing Ivan Harris? I'm up for a 4-point chase against Midland, but not if you're involved -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 09:13 3
- I’m at a conference and won’t be able to look until later tonight. I suspect I will but I will let you know. -- nm - spamlet Oct 23, 09:45
- I'm the least of your concerns, but I'm most likely dropping off of Mickey McCleese. -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 09:27 1
  - It's a huge tie, I don't blame you. I'm treating it like a lottery ticket and shoring up my net -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 09:38
Why did the rooster go to KFC? - crash davis Oct 23, 09:12 1
- Why did the chicken cross the basketball court? - howie Oct 23, 09:29
F*ck Frontier - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 09:07 9
- UGH -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 09:16 8
  - Now down to six hours. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 09:23 7
    - That...doesn't feel like an improvement - ty97 Oct 23, 09:28 6
      - Nashville. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 09:29 5
        
        Can't you walk home faster than that? -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:44 4
        
        We looked at renting a car, it would be a 12-hour drive, getting us home about the same time as our rescheduled flight. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 09:45 3
        
        I can't even figure out what plane they are sending. The currently assigned plane appears to be delayed several hours in Cleveland. - ty97 Oct 23, 10:02 2
        
        this concerns me - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 10:03 1
        
        Ugh. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 10:10
ST Poll (stolen from reddit): What band would be the worst to see in concert if their name was literal? (for example, Death from Above) -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 08:57 37
- Best ones taken already.... Tears for Fears -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:38
- The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 23, 10:11
- Insane Clown Posse -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:00 1
  - *shudder* -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 23, 10:01
- 10,000 maniacs. — nm - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:55
- Napalm Death -- nm - Krusty Oct 23, 09:48
- led zeppelin, panic at the disco. (there are gross ones I’ve seen listed over the years, just no.) — nm - b.oo! Oct 23, 09:44
- I guess it depends on your definition of worst. - tRuMaN Oct 23, 09:41
- Wet Leg -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 09:40
- Def Leppard, Dead Kennedys, Queen -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 09:38
- 5 Seconds of Summer -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 09:31
- The Killers -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 09:31
- Rolling Stones - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 09:29
- White Zombie -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 09:27
- Red Hot Chili Peppers -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 23, 09:27
- Killswitch Engage. -- nm - MDH Oct 23, 09:19
- Widespread Panic -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 09:11
- Pussy Riot -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 09:07
- The Shins. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 09:07
- Meat Puppets -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 09:06
- Cracker -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 09:05
- Band of Horses. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 09:04
- The Hives -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:02
- Anthrax -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 09:02
- Saliva -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:02
- The Doors -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 09:00
- Heart would... not be fun. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 23, 09:00
- Iron Maiden. -- nm - spamlet Oct 23, 08:59
- And you will know us by the trail of dead -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 08:58 1
  - Megadeath -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 08:59
- Poison -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 08:58 1
  - Slayer -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 09:01
- Five Finger Death Punch -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 08:58 1
  - *golf clap* Good answer, good answer -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 08:58
- Deathcab for Cutie - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 08:58
- Rolling Stones? -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 08:58
- Airborne Toxic Event -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 08:58
"No Speaker, No Recess." -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 23, 08:57 1
- HFC wants to wear them all down until one of their own gets named Speaker. -- nm - Jovian Oct 23, 09:10
Aha! So that's why the Do Not Disturb on my phone wasn't working during the movie. It wasn't turned on. - Baron the Contrarian Oct 23, 08:53 1
- My iPhone keeps asking me if I want to mute “for focus”—just randomly when I’m at work or home—drives me nuts -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 23, 08:54
ST poll: What did you watch over the weekend? What was the grade? -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 08:30 31
- The Machine: B, Trillion Game: A+ to infinity. -- nm - David Oct 23, 09:52
- started One Piece, not sure on a grade yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 09:43
- Cirque du Soleil, B, Grand Ole Opry, B+, Bluegrass jam at the Station Inn, A+ -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 23, 09:36
- Usher - A. This was so great. The latest episode of The Morning Show was a filler/snooze fest. Z grade for Haunted Mansion. I fell asleep - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 09:17
- Watched Big Vape (B+) on Netflix and Coherence (B+) on Prime Video last week. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 09:07
- Expendables 4 (C-), Jeepers Creepers Reborn (D+), This is the End rewatch (B), Mission Impossible P1 (A) -- nm - sycor Oct 23, 09:04
- Bosch Legacy. Doom Patrol. Our Flag Means Death. Several other things (my memory is a bit fuzzy). -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 08:57
- The Machine: B-. Watched it with my kids. We haven't laughed that hard in a long time. The Little Mermaid: C- -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 23, 08:54 1
  - Impossible grade for Little Mermaid—new Scuttlebutt song (alone) should elevate it up -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 23, 08:56
- Friday was Usher and we loved it. Then a few episodes of Bodies, still pondering a grade for it. I want to rewatch Reservation Dogs. -- nm - Landbeck Oct 23, 08:50
- TFOTHOU (House of Usher 8-P) through ep4-C+. Sports ball teams results-B+. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 23, 08:48
- Four Daughters (Tunisia's office submission for Best Foreign Film Oscar): A-, The Delinquents (Argentina's submission): B -- nm - Dano Oct 23, 08:45
- ERAS: B+ (A+ for the production and environment (see comment to Diva below). CHIvLAS: A+. Watching episodes of various shows (Loki, Foundation, - oblique Oct 23, 08:44
- Poltergeist. It was funny to see the script/directing weaknesses again, but overall I think it holds up. B+ -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 08:44
- KOTFM (solid A, Marty intro'd it with a brief Q&A at the Chinese) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 08:40 2
  - that would be cool -- nm - Andie Oct 23, 09:44 1
    - it was nice tho the interviewer was from Variety so it didn’t really get too deep (also starting at 8p didn’t leave much time for Qs anyway) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 23, 10:11
- post-vax on Sunday we were complete couch potatoes. We ended up watching both seasons of Girls5eva for the second time. -- nm - Andie Oct 23, 08:38 2
  - We got ours on Friday. No major side effects. I was surprise but when I asked how long I should wait post-COVID to get the booster they said 2 weeks - oblique Oct 23, 08:45 1
    - Dave felt pretty crappy Saturday night getting flu and covid together. i was fine (didn't end up getting shingles shot, just covid.) Sunday we just - Andie Oct 23, 08:52
- KOTFM: I can't go higher than B. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 23, 08:37
- KOTFM A-, GenV B+ -- nm - budice Oct 23, 08:37
- Bodies (nflx) A/A+, got all caught up on The Challenge -- nm - mud Oct 23, 08:35
- One Piece: A+ (just a delightful show). Fall of the House of Usher: B (though Poe would still be proud). The Flash: B- -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 08:35 2
  - my wife is going as Monkey D Luffy for Halloween this year -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:36 1
    - That's awesome. I briefly flirted with going as one of the pirates, or older characters, but I couldn't pull it off. - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 09:33
- Man from UNCLE: A- -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:35 1
  - youngest watched Velocipastor with a group of her friends; everyone loved it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:36
- The Conference: B+; No Hard Feelings: B/B+ -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 23, 08:34
- Nothing but NFL - A-. -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:33
- The Thing (A+), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (B), Scream (B+), Scream 2 (B), Fall of the House of Usher (A) and more movies I can't remember -- nm - Krusty Oct 23, 08:33
in praise of the Atlanta Falcons coach -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:26 2
- also watch the Myles Garrett FG block where he leaps over the center...dude is 6'4" and weighs 280 and hurdling guys... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:28 1
  - Sam Howell's sacks have cost Washington 267 yards (in 7 games) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 23, 08:32
Thank you for all of the lovely birthday wishes. They made me feel great! You know who you are and you know you are awesome. 💖 -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:04 9
- Happy belated Birthday day! Hope it was amaze-balls -- nm - sycor Oct 23, 09:06
- Happy Belated Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 23, 08:17 1
  - thanks! -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:20
- I missed wishing you a happy birthday and I'm sorry! I hope your day was wonderful and your next trip around the sun is marvelous! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 23, 08:13 1
  - *mwah!* -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:19
- :( Sorry I missed it. Happy Happy Birthday! You deserve every second of joy! -- nm - oblique Oct 23, 08:07 3
  - how was the Taylor Swift movie? -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:14 2
    - :) It was heartwarming mostly because of all the little kids just absolutely living their best lives in front of us. I knew about 1/4 of the songs, - oblique Oct 23, 08:16 1
      - :) -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 08:20

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