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Charlie Munger has died at 99. -- nm - David Nov 28, 13:39
WONKA OMGBBQ first reactions are out on the socials -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 13:35
Sports question: What would be your thoughts if the captain of your country’s soccer team said this after they got knocked out in the quarter finals - Loyola Nov 28, 13:33 3
- Well for my country, it'd be: We made the quarter finals?!? Good on ya, boys -- nm - JD Nov 28, 13:38
- Or your local NFL team or whatever. -- nm - Loyola Nov 28, 13:36 1
  - I wouldn't be happy about that response. You play to win the game. -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 14:43
Got my Covid shot this morning. Question about a vaccine I'd never heard of, so figured the answer was 'No' - Meg Nov 28, 13:16 5
- you wouldn't need it unless you are monkeying around...if you know what I mean... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 13:38 1
  - Yeah, she looked at me and said "I don't think you need to worry about that" ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 28, 13:42
- Yeah I don't think you can get Covid and Monkey Pox vaccines within a certain amount of time from each other. - sycor Nov 28, 13:17
- tRU! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 13:16 1
  - look, I can neither accept or deny anything about anything. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 13:23
Bodies thoughts and spoilers - Beryllium Nov 28, 13:12 2
- I was thinking of watching that. -- nm - Loyola Nov 28, 13:34 1
  - I liked it. Perhaps it wasn't perfect/fantastic, and there were a few bits I was impatient to get past so I skipped forward a few seconds a few times, - Beryllium Nov 28, 13:39
Thanks oblique found the phone contact. -- nm - Loyola Nov 28, 13:04 1
- excellent :) -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 13:15
OUUUUCH! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 28, 13:03 8
- so I should introduce myself as being born in the late 1900s? - tRuMaN Nov 28, 13:06 2
  - Mid-1900's, Tru. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 28, 13:07 1
    - I mean I am old, but not Ty old. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 13:08
- is the ouch because the student obviously thinks 1994 was a long time ago? -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 13:06 4
  - Objectively, it was. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 13:07 2
    - You're so not a geologist. -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 13:12 1
      - 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 13:16
  - 1994 was a long time ago. -- nm - Qale Nov 28, 13:07
What $79 a night on AirBnB gets you in Idaho. -- (link) - crash davis Nov 28, 13:02 1
- Well, technically $134/night (before taxes) but that's a pretty nice view -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 13:15
LaKeith Stanfield's next one, The Book of Clarence, is... certainly something. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 28, 12:49 [youtube]
Pablo Sandoval’s 6-Run Home Run Highlights Wild Action in Dubai’s Baseball United -- (link) - JD Nov 28, 12:44 4
- That's a clown league -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 13:20 1
  - If that's a clown league, what the heck is this? - JD Nov 28, 13:34
- These AI-generated SI articles can’t even get the basics of the sport right. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:51 1
  - "The only word that made sense in that sentence was 'blern'." -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:53
huh...Shida is Ravenclaw. -- nm - Remlik Nov 28, 12:41 7
- Gross. -- nm - David Nov 28, 13:09 2
  - I'm taking back your lion head hat. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 28, 13:12 1
    - Fair. -- nm - David Nov 28, 13:28
- Of course she is! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 28, 12:48
- Is Shida your SO's daughter? And when did you speak to the Sorting Hat? -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 12:47 2
  - HA! no Sara is CJ's daughter. Shida is a professional wrestler -- (link) - Remlik Nov 28, 13:04 1
    - Professional as in will actually kill you. -- nm - Qale Nov 28, 13:08
Every year you live through the future anniversary of your death. - JD Nov 28, 12:34 5
- not if i die on Feb 29th - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 12:44 2
  - That can be arranged. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:45 1
    - fairly quickly -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 12:47
- I don't get it, what do ancient greek lighting designers have to do with soothsayery? -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:43
- assuming its noted/celebrated/marked -- nm - Lafarrow Nov 28, 12:41
sorry fake LA landlords: airbnb "hosts" will now require a police permit to operate lawfully -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 12:23 4
- Woot? -- nm - JD Nov 28, 12:25 3
  - if it makes it easier for the city to crack down on the scofflaw ban skirters, i'm all for it (but they would still have to actually enforce the regs) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 12:27 2
    - Stop, in the name of the law! -- nm - Airbnb Police Nov 28, 12:28 1
      - *arrests the wrong house* -- nm - The Airbnb Rookie Nov 28, 12:52
Everyone on this board has a ten minute misconduct among other penalties. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 28, 12:19 6
- *grabs crotch that may or may not belong to me* -- nm - Qale Nov 28, 13:09
- I am totally in love with the non-specificity of "among other penalties" -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 12:36
- *slaps the ref when no one is looking* -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Nov 28, 12:28
- their teams best hitter has too much pine tar on his bats!!!!! -- nm - Billy Martin Nov 28, 12:25
- *repeatedly sneak punches you in the face while holding your jersey* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 12:24
- I was thrown out for intentionally face-masking the quarterback. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 28, 12:23
I have some green extension cords my parents used for Christmas decor in the yard. Checked the label and it says not to use when wet. - sycor Nov 28, 12:03 19
- I used to do it all the time. All that happened was that I'd pop a fuse. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 28, 12:55
- they make little sealable covers that can go over the connection points if you are worried. -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 28, 12:21 2
  - condoms they are called condoms -- nm - Lafarrow Nov 28, 12:28
  - I saw those, but I think the cord for the lights and inflatable are too thin to make a seal. I'll look further into them. -- nm - sycor Nov 28, 12:26
- It is all about the ends. Will they get wet? -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:06 14
  - i am slowly walking past this straight line of all straight lines - Lafarrow Nov 28, 12:20 5
    - If you use the right actuation force. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:21 4
      - nice curb stomp of my poor team -- nm - Lafarrow Nov 28, 12:29 3
        
        Had no choice, as a third loss in a row probably would have dropped me out of play-off contention. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:33 2
        
        biggest margin of victory (probably of the season) - Lafarrow Nov 28, 12:40 1
        
        You beat me 101.9 to 88.3 in week 1. Projections then had me winning 109.76 to 97.56. So being favored by 10 this week had me concerned. - Spawn Nov 28, 12:54
  - If it rains, yeah. The inflatable is not going to be under a cover. -- nm - sycor Nov 28, 12:06 7
    - That *might* be an issue. - Spawn Nov 28, 12:11 4
      - Yeah same idea here. But, people put inflatables and Christmas decor in their yards all the time. I've never done it so wasn't sure I was - sycor Nov 28, 12:16 3
        
        There are outdoor extension cords. Have them for our lights. I am hopeful there is some actual difference. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:18 2
        
        Buying Shit on "Hope": the Spawn Story - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 12:19 1
        
        Maybe you have time to research the minutiae of your life, but most of us have far better things to do. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:27
    - get a couple of umbrellas and stick 'em in the ground over the ends and you'll be fine - decline Nov 28, 12:10 1
      - I feel like you are just trying to get me killed today. First the roof thing and now this. Did I anger decline? - sycor Nov 28, 12:14
Canadians: Pizza Hut having special promo on 04 Dec. First 100 customers get a free pizza if you bring them a pizza box from any pizza store...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Nov 28, 12:02 2
- yeah, but then you have to eat pizzahut pizza -- nm* - decline Nov 28, 12:03
- Trading cardboard for cardboard. Makes sense. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:03
Michelle O. having to sit next to Natasha at the funeral . . . -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 11:59 1
- She got along well with Laura -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:30
John Lennon's Imagine seems an odd choice for Rosalyn Carter's funeral -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 11:38 2
- Easy, if you try. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 11:48 1
  - ♫ -- nm - mud Nov 28, 11:51
Avenged Sevenfold - 2024 Arenas - MDH Nov 28, 11:32 3
- Thanks. Texted Logan. Trying to find a band he wants to see. Still mad that Queens of the Stone Age was the same date as the Furs/Squeeze show. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:17
- Are we positive that's a band and not a JRPG? -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 28, 11:43 1
  - Or an AFL expansion team -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:44
Sebastian Maniscalco (comedian) - 2024 Arena Tour - MDH Nov 28, 11:32
NFL meeting week 12 with Annie Agar -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 11:31 [youtube] 2
- "...how you found a cheerleader from the last time you won a Super Bowl." Damn -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:39
- "he put in so little effort the Bears are now looking to trade a high second round draft pick for him" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 11:37
"most EVs cost around twice as much, with top-of-the-line luxury versions reaching around $100,000. These are lifestyle vehicles for a small segment -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 11:27 6
- Yeah, I’m going to need to see some backup on that. - znufrii Nov 28, 12:33 1
  - The "twice as much" is referring to a $27k starting price. "Most EV's cost $54k" with top-of-the-line... - oblique Nov 28, 12:40
- The crazy expensive ones aren't the large volume sales though - Reagen Nov 28, 12:26
- If the market for gasoline drops by say half, would the pump price go down due to oversupply or go up due to FU we have you need it, we want our profi -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 11:46 1
  - i presume OPEC will constrict supply as long and as much as possible in reaction to overall customer erosion -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 11:52
- Car version of houses! -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:28
Blackhawks have placed Corey Perry on unconditional waivers and plan to terminate his contract. Bedard rumor true? -- nm* - budice Nov 28, 11:20 2
- A beat writer says that rumor is 100% untrue. They're hinting that it's domestic abuse. -- nm - David Nov 28, 11:28 1
  - The Bedard thing was a dumb Reddit user that people took seriously for I don't know why. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:33
when Michael Scott's GPS drove him into a lake i quit the Office b/c nobody alive could be that stupid. perhaps i was hasty -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 11:18 2
- there was a farmer making money towing people out of his field that GPS was leading people to think was a faster route to an airport -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 13:36
- There might be a secret tunnel in the lake that transports him to World 8-1. You never know. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 28, 11:41
So I purchased a Keychron V6 mechanical keyboard as my Black Friday gift to myself. I'd only ever read about current customizable keyboards but I - JD Nov 28, 11:18 15
- welcome to the clicky clacky team :) -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 11:41 3
  - Yeah, more clicky than my company issued keyboard and definitely more travel than the laptop but mebbe a bit more actuation force would be nice - JD Nov 28, 11:43 2
    - That's what *she* said! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:06 1
      - 😏 -- nm - JD Nov 28, 12:07
- I bought a Firefly LP and a p-13 & bass VI 1961 pickups to go in it. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 28, 11:36 4
  - Ok, now I'm really gonna have to have you ELI5. Can you convert an electrical guitar into a bass by installing bass pickups? -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:41 3
    - I don't know, but I asked Curtis Novak if the bass pickup worked in an electric guitar because he had it listed in both sections. -- (edited) - Peglegpete Nov 28, 12:08 2
      - here is Curtis' site and all the stuff he makes. the P-13 is between a Charlie Christian and PAF. common 70 years ago not used much today -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 28, 12:21
      - Thanks! That actually makes some vague sense to me especially with regards to the different strings -- nm - JD Nov 28, 12:12
- I like some backlight on the keyboard. But nothing much. Same with the motherboard and RAM. RGB LEDs no my thang -- nm - budice Nov 28, 11:21
- I bought a spatula -- nm - decline Nov 28, 11:20 4
  - Contextually, equally useful 8-) -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:21 3
    - Flapjacks and Keycaps, a new podcast series from SlackerTalk ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:23 2
      - A ST podcast would be the ultimate in variety / randomness of topics. -- nm - JD Nov 28, 11:25 1
        
        I've come around to the idea. But I don't feel that I have a suitable physical place to make a recording area. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:30
Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is dealing with an unspecified thumb injury that could force him to miss time -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 11:10 1
- Sounds about right. -- nm - David Nov 28, 11:11
Clearly this Republican Senator did not get his GOP talking points this morning. -- (pic) - Jovian Nov 28, 11:00 [Attachment]
Honest Trailers | Oppenheimer -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 10:56 [youtube]
Disney had their employee town hall today, was a nothingburger. Didnt allow employee questions -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 10:55 5
- "Mister Eger, Disney is like a runaway freight train, why are you so popular?" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 28, 11:02 1
  - "No, it's pronounced eye-gor." -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:07
- Evil Empire -- nm - decline Nov 28, 10:58
- I probably did 150 refreshes from 12-1. -- nm - David Nov 28, 10:58
- happy 100th anniversary, mouse housers -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 10:57
Flurries ❄️❄️! First snowfall of the year! -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 10:52 7
- Yeah, and we had just enough that you could see it blowing around on the ground, a little bit. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 11:31
- I don't think we are supposed to get snow this year. I want know. Not Buffalo levels, but a little snow would be nice. -- nm - sycor Nov 28, 11:08 3
  - Snow in the trees and on the grass is great. Snow in the streets sucks. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 28, 11:12 1
    - Part of the problem here is that we rarely get a good snow. It's usually ice. And ice really sucks. -- nm - sycor Nov 28, 11:44
  - Hey Buffalo, hold my beer -- (link) - Pulaski NY Nov 28, 11:11 [youtube]
- *smack* MAKE IT STOP -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 10:58 1
  - If it wasn't so cold out today I'd enjoy it more. I love snow but hate the cold. 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Nov 28, 10:59
Taylor Swift economic impact on the world is $10 Billion and that's a low number.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 28, 10:50 1
- "a low number" compared to ... Vanilla Ice? - crash davis 😺 Nov 28, 12:15
“What is she, a professor of tautology?” “If she is, she is.” -- nm - Tim Nov 28, 10:50 2
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 28, 12:15
- 👍 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 28, 10:51
I hadn't thought about Daikatana in a while. John Romero is someone who would have done extraordinarily well in Silicon Valley 15 years later. - David Nov 28, 10:49 1
- I'm just happy someone got the reference. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 28, 11:16
Regal Cinemas Employee put their Employee Handbook online -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 10:47
Now listen, every place that I go, well, it seems so strange Without your love, baby, baby, things have changed -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 10:41

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