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it's very foggy outside -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 18:10 1
- Took me almost 2 hours to get home from Olympia, normally a 25-30 minute drive -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 18:25
do you think Darlene Love is ever like "guys there are a lot of other xmas songs out there i can also totally kill" -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 18:05 1
- she has a whole album of xmas songs, yikes there's one on ebay for over $100 -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 20, 20:08
I figured this was clickbait. The title certainly is. But it's not 100% clickbait. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 20, 17:40
Beaker, McGill is going to give grants to offset the increase in tuition in Quebec. I don't know about Bishops -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 17:28 2
- pfft. already set on St FX now. Thanks though :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 17:31 1
  - Bishops did send some stuff today, but too little too late -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 18:02
‘Shining Vale' Canceled at Starz, Two Seasons to Be Removed From Streaming Service -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 17:15 1
- It's produced by WBTV. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 17:30
Zaslav better not lay a finger on star trek. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 17:11 10
- no problem. he hired Kathleen Kennedy as a key consultant. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 18:04
- This does clear the way for Yellowstone: 2437. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 17:44
- all deleted for tax reasons -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 17:12 7
  - He's worse than Q -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 17:32 6
    - Star Trek: Janeway, coming 2024! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 17:38 5
      - I thought Prodigy was that. -- nm - mud Dec 20, 17:43 4
        
        Now on Netflix! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 20, 17:57 3
        
        good? -- nm - mud Dec 20, 17:58 2
        
        I enjoyed it. It's kinda aimed at kids, they said, but that doesn't mean it doesn't appeal to adults as well. - Beryllium Dec 20, 18:40
        
        Never have seen it. I do heartily recommend Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds, though. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 20, 18:24
LDB. I’m out. We went to the local drive through light extravaganza and it was on the radio while we were waiting. Wham too. - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 20, 16:56 6
- We can’t hear the store music in my main store but I spent the morning at different one and got Whammed -- nm - Tim Dec 20, 17:35 3
  - If I hadn’t been Whammed the other night, it would’ve happened at Buc-ee’s today. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 20, 17:40 2
    - You deserved it. -- nm - David Dec 20, 17:58 1
      - True. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 20, 18:14
- that programming director isn't fucking around -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:58
- just like Sonny at the toll booth -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 16:57
Connections Puzzle #193. Blue by default. - LMS Dec 20, 16:41
It was time for him to go home -- (link) - JD Dec 20, 16:26
Arch Manning made $3.2M in NIL money as TEX backup QB. Brock Purdy, the Niners QB & MVP favorite made $870,000 for the 2023 season -- nm* - budice Dec 20, 16:11 2
- a good agent would get Purdy some of that action -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:12 1
  - there's a pizza place in New jersey that would pay him $10k maybe as an example -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:21
66 Good News Stories for the World in 2023 -- (link) - Reagen Dec 20, 16:07 3
- wait, the first Malaria vaccine is called "Mosquirix"??? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 20, 16:58 2
  - Part of a balanced breakfast! -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 17:16 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 17:27
NCAA Women's Basketball Halftime Score tonight -- (pic) - budice Dec 20, 15:58 [Attachment] 1
- Apparently a Canadian team -- nm - B’nai B’ron Dec 20, 17:55
Update on my friend - she made it! Handwritten boarding pass in Maine, handwritten bag tag. Got to Dulles, all good, got to Houston, they didn't know - colin Dec 20, 15:52 1
- and even more miraculously, her checked bag made it! -- nm - colin Dec 20, 15:52
Finally figured out how to do the trip to Europe with the kids. I do believe I'm going to do JetBlue Mint from Amsterdam to JFK. - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 15:41 15
- Totally worth it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 20, 18:33
- when you book your itinerary post it if you don't mind. we plan to go in the next couple of years -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:07 8
  - I have some preliminary details... - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 16:14 7
    - Sounds ace. -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 16:46
    - Glasgow and Edinburgh are about 40 miles apart. You're taking the long way to get from one to the other. ;) -- nm - . Dec 20, 16:33 2
      - Yes, but if I'm in Scotland, I'm seeing the Highlands. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 16:38 1
        
        Of course. If you get a chance go see the Firth of Forth Rail Bridge outside Edinburgh. Definitely worth it. - . Dec 20, 16:45
    - is it a set tour? or did you plan it yourself? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:18 2
      - Each city is of my choosing. The tours are just something I found on Viator. - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 16:20 1
        
        awesome. sounds great -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 16:20
- JetBlue Mint. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 15:59 [youtube] 2
  - Casey Neistat cautions me that JetBlue Mint charges the same for every seat, but... - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 16:15 1
    - Although Casey's video is a few years old and JetBlue has a more recent video advertising "all suites" in Mint. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 16:22
- Can't you fly Frontier? - zunk takes things literally Dec 20, 15:59 1
  - Sure, but I'd like to get home some day. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 15:59
Reuters: Pulitzer-winning authors join OpenAI, Microsoft copyright lawsuit - mud Dec 20, 15:36
Remlik, other comic book fans - what can you tell me about this? Is it worth featuring at a special price? -- (pic) - Meg Dec 20, 15:23 [Attachment] 5
- Charge $10 or less. there are TON of them out there. -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 16:35 1
  - I kinda figured, I'd just not seen it before. Thanks. -- nm - Meg Dec 20, 16:40
- EBay at $8-$18, seems to be volume 2 (volume 1 is a diffferent cover) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 15:45 2
  - We have a rather pristine copy, came in with the bookstore donations and we're trying to decide what to do with it. - Meg Dec 20, 15:56 1
    - I'd put it up for at least $10 just for the history of the cover. But defer to Remlik if he's around with info -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 15:57
Steam Winter Sale starts tomorrow -- nm - budice Dec 20, 15:14 1
- Seems there's always a Steam sale. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 15:24
hey Colin Allred . . . is this your opponent? (but also Sick Twitter Burn, Senator Smith) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:58
NY wants to make rest-stop CFAs open on Sundays -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:56 19
- yes. when their contract expires in like 2050 or something like that. this is not really news. -- nm - colin Dec 20, 15:53 1
  - yeah, in the article.. they have a 33 year contract. so i'm sure in 33 years, if the company is still around and not open on Sunday, they'll get - colin Dec 20, 15:54
- Are there other options at each stop? -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 15:13 9
  - Even if there aren’t there’s no world in which rest stop fast food is an essential service. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 15:17 6
    - i think it's more these are lucrative franchises in locations that NY State pays for so they can dictate how they want them run -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 15:27 1
      - Isn’t it the other way around where the restaurants bid on slots? -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 15:32
    - I could see an argument if it was the only option and it was closed when you wouldn’t expect it to be. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 15:22 3
      - Drive a couple miles to the next rest stop? “Hey Siri, find me the closest open restaurant.” -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 15:25 2
        
        I’m pretty sure the thruway is a tollway and these rest stops don’t charge tolls on/off. - spamlet Dec 20, 15:30 1
        
        I mean people can still plan their trip ahead of time. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 16:12
  - typically several -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 15:16 1
    - Then I really don't see the problem. They should say they just don't want CFA at the rest stops. - spamlet Dec 20, 15:17
- "New bill could force Chick-fil-A to be open on Sundays"- no it won't. They'll close them, and that is that. -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 15:09 1
  - Correct. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 20, 17:15
- They want all rest stop restaurants to be open 7 days a week. CfA is just the one that would be most affected. - TWuG Dec 20, 15:00 4
  - Yeah, seriously. Sunday is a major travel day. No, you can't shut down. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 15:02 3
    - Sure you can. People can bring their own damn food. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 15:08 2
      - Heh. - JD Dec 20, 15:14 1
        
        When chick-fil-a diversifies into petroleum products we can talk. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 15:20
Washed my hands with dish soap, and now they smell of lemony regret. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 14:53 1
- but do you have those little cuts on your hands now? - loosilu Dec 20, 14:56
DTL: Aim high: 2/4/6/9 -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 14:49 3
- 9/13/41/53 and once again we had our Tripwire destiny in our hands and give it away. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 15:09
- Oh my. That is high. 11, 62, NR, NR here. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 20, 14:56 1
  - And if we weren't overrated before, we surely are now. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 20, 15:13
RIP Bird Scooters -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:48 6
- friend of mine at Toyota said they're pivoting to renewable energy and mobility solutions... i swear we're going to see toyota scooters before long. -- nm - colin Dec 20, 15:55
- bah, chapter 11. can't be liquidated fast enough -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:51
- It was a foolish idea, birds already have built in transportation. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 14:51 3
  - *stares in penguin* -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 14:55 1
    - Meep Meep -- nm - Road runner Dec 20, 18:05
  - and the few who used scooters were put out of a job when Ringling stopped using animals. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 14:53
Judge Howell wasting no time letting them go after what might be left of Rudy's assets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:48 1
- I'm surprised Rudy hasn't moved to Florida already (notorious for allowing bankrupt to evade loosing everything -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 18:29
Celtics fans, can you translate this for me? Do You Have What It Takes To Put Two On The Ball? - JD Dec 20, 14:47 5
- they're streets ahead of the rest of the league -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 16:29
- That was the most annoying article I've read this year and I don't think "two on the ball" is a thing. I've never heard of it used in basketball. - Krusty Dec 20, 14:58 3
  - But it is apparently a Mazzulla thing - JD Dec 20, 15:09 2
    - We have great shooters, we have great players. We have guys that can put two on the ball and create. -- (link) - JD Dec 20, 15:11 1
      - I have no idea what he's talking about and the context doesn't help at all. - Krusty Dec 20, 16:25
will this get as much media play as a bunch of dumb college kids shutting down the 110? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:44
Aquaman 2 nsy, Anyone But You nsy, Migration 22/9 (71%), The Iron Claw 88% (78/11), All of Us Strangers 96% (91/4), Society of the Snow 92% (34/3) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 14:35 2
- I'm sure it is a great sign that Aquaman 2 has no reviews yet. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 20, 15:54
- Farewell Mr Haffmann 100% (12/0), Memory 93% (38/3) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 14:36
This woman is a hero -- (link) - TWuG Dec 20, 14:30 1
- She's like the Chris Hansen of the insurrection -- nm - Dano Dec 20, 15:23
Is it just me or has the world really been worse since someone dropped that thun thun? -- nm* - Qale Dec 20, 14:16 3
- dammit, I was about to ask which word. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:16 2
  - It was such a stupid post, I couldn't type it correctly fast enough. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 14:25 1
    - I had somehow missed that until now. -- nm - JD Dec 20, 15:24
I just spent two-and-a-half days updating software on nearly a hundred Macs. NOW MS-ISAC TELLS ME THERE'S A FIREFOX VULNTERABILITY?!! - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 14:15 1
- CJ does about 125 Ipads and and about 175 Iphones a day at eli lilly. They have these massive rows and rows of ports - Remlik Dec 20, 14:19
Rep Scott Perry gonna have a bad new year. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 20, 14:08
"Child's pose? You guys know child's pose? You've never done yoga?!?" - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 20, 14:08 2
- "Not with that ass you haven't!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 14:25 1
  - she's so much fun in this -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 20, 14:27
To help with your holiday movie plans…. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 20, 14:07
Can you name the 3 largest federal office buildings in the DC area? -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 13:57 22
- Hoover, F.B.I.? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 14:13
- do we want the answer yet? -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:10 5
  - Yes, plz -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 14:13 4
    - #3 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at Ft Belvoir. It was designed to look like an eye from space. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:16 2
      - Oh, the place we don't talk about. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 14:24 1
        
        The purple area in the atrium. -- (edited) - loosilu Dec 20, 14:25 [flickr]
    - #2 Ronald Reagan building. Houses offices of multiple federal agencies (including USAID which is part of State). -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:15
- for the last time, *NO*! jeez! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 20, 14:08 1
  - ha ha -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:10
- the State department -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 14:05 4
  - Actually, wait. You have to name the specific building. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:06 2
    - Foggy Bottom? -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 14:11 1
      - Why ih he ih Fohhy Mohhom? -- nm - CJ with root canal Dec 20, 14:32
  - No. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:05
- i feel like Dept of Treasury bldg is sneaky huge -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 14:02 1
  - nope. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:04
- no. BUT I hope 1 or more is a museum. -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 20, 13:59 1
  - No museums. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:04
- Is the Pentagon *in* DC and is it considered office space? -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 13:58 1
  - #1. It's not in DC, that's hwy I said DC area. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:04
- Joe, Isabella and Steve. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 13:57
- (I guessed totally wrong myself) -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 13:57
There’s always a dick on a boat | Season 12 | Letterkenny -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 20, 13:53 [youtube]
New Russian EV has dropped. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 20, 13:46 6
- Why do Russians make such ugly planes and cars? -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:21 2
  - All their designers are expressing the existential pain of living in an endless winter of misery? - TWuG Dec 20, 14:23 1
    - well sure, but so do Scandinavians. -- nm - loosilu Dec 20, 14:26
- why does looking at it make me think that its "face" is trying to take my soul? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 13:47 2
  - it looks like a rejected design from Pixar's cars -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 13:58 1
    - The audience is not yet ready for a car with downs syndrome, or 100 year old black face cartoon -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 20, 18:24
Shari Redstone wants bidders for her company to raise the price. Who wins? It's undecided. - Mop🧹 Dec 20, 13:39

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