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Six-legged dog doing well after surgery to remove extra legs -- (link) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 20, 11:25 1
- I had *five* legs! FIVE! You bastards! -- nm - Incensed Canine Jan 20, 12:09
Someone filled in Chicago's rat hole! -- (link) - TWuG Jan 20, 11:14 1
- restored: -- (link) - mud Jan 20, 11:20
The first book I finished this year - "The Recovery Agent". It really didn't click with me. - Beryllium Jan 20, 10:54
Italian Culture Official Investigated in Stolen Art Case - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 09:49
Doctor Who: new companion Millie Gibson leaving after her 2nd season -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 09:21 1
- New companion announced...Andor Actor Varada Sethu -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 10:42
Nintendo DS turns 20 - budice Jan 20, 09:11
As The Stock Market Hits One Record High After Another, Chicken Little Still Can't Shake the Feeling That The Sky Isn't Falling -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Jan 20, 08:57 1
- I saw that headline and thought about posting it for you -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 09:06
I know it's a cheesey action movie but XXX is an awesome rewatch -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 08:54 1
- I liked the 2nd and 3rd ones as well. total cheese. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 08:57
Future Deep-Space Robot Builders is my 3rd least favorite Robert Heinlein novel -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 08:49 1
- ~to the TMNT theme song~ -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 08:55
Something cool in Los Angeles -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 08:42 [Image] 1
- 😻 -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 10:11
one year from today: inargunzargun day. will it be ***** or *****? -- nm - mud Jan 20, 08:41
Meanwhile in Missouri -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 20, 08:37 1
- Iirc, Walter White cooked it down to Ricin -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 11:51
But The Hostages . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 20, 08:32 4
- I’m saw an article yesterday that said they were thinking about just negotiating for hostages instead of going further into Gaza - Pippy Jan 20, 09:09 2
  - the hostages' families don't seem to think that's Bibi's plan -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Jan 20, 09:11 1
    - No one trusts him - Pippy Jan 20, 09:33
- “Achievable”, right. Makes it sound so simple and certain. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 20, 08:50
Oh, the semifinal video from the Axis and Allies game world championships is live. I’ve been looking forward to this. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 20, 08:18 [youtube] 5
- Just remember playing Stratego a lot -- (link*) - budice Jan 20, 09:01 [Attachment]
- I loved this game but haven't played in many years. -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 08:28 2
  - This is a different version from the original blue box but they go over the rules at least in the first one. - spamlet Jan 20, 08:51 1
    - I subscribed and will give it a watch later. Thanks for sharing these! -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 10:09
- I have never played that particular game, but I used to be an Avalon Hill wargames nerd as a kid. I keep meaning to start up a correspondance game w/RC of Wooden Ships and Iron Men -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 08:20
Can Learning a New Language Stave Off Dementia? - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 08:07 3
- Spanish is on my resolution list for 2024 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 08:11 2
  - I’ve been learning Spanish using the Pimsleur app. You should learn and we can practice. My spelling is particularly atrocious. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 09:18 1
    - I ended up with Duolingo. But that doesn't mean that we can't practice. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 09:22
No one asked, but my current CC lineup - Reagen Jan 20, 07:33 24
- Citi Costco card. With premium membership I get 6% off the already cheapest gas. That's it -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 11:49
- I got the Chase Sapphire for the miles. Once I meet the threshold, should I get the Bonvoy for the free night? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 20, 11:08
- I know, I know. I consider a credit card a convenient payment method. I cash in points when I have them, but I’m not about the points. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 09:20 2
  - You're all about that bass? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 09:30 1
    - No treble. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 09:54
- Mine - znufrii Jan 20, 09:04
- I guess we’re doing this -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 20, 08:57 4
  - I suppose I should grab an Amazon card at some point but they're not as good here. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 09:11 3
    - I’ve been eyeing the CapitalOne Venture X but it’s a higher fee card and I haven’t felt like provoking a fight lately. - spamlet Jan 20, 09:18
    - I made the mistake of adding up all of our Amazon purchases for the year. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 20, 09:14
    - My experience with the Amazon card so far is "Cool, I've got all this in a reward!" followed immediately by guilt and shame -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 09:12
- I have an American Express card. I use it to buy the things I need. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 20, 08:06 4
  - But the points! The points!!! *raises hands skyward* -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 08:13 3
    - The added stress of having nine credit card accounts isn’t worth any amount of points they could offer me. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 20, 09:43 2
      - We have a shared Apple note to help remind my wife but I’m not gonna yell if the wrong one is used. -- nm - spamlet Jan 20, 10:02 1
        
        ...because she is smart enough to make my demise look like an accident. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 10:34
- I just have the 3 I've had for years. A Citi Aadvantage card that we got for the airmiles. At some point Citi offered an associated Amex card which - Meg Jan 20, 07:58
- Mastercard is our go-to as it doubles as a Costco membership card and can use their in lieu of cash and touch makes it fast for gas fill-ups -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 07:45 2
  - Don’t all cards have tap to pay now? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 20, 07:47 1
    - not for gas at Costco. Have to insert membership card, then pay. This MC is just tap and fillup; smallm time savings but when -20C it is great -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 07:50
- heh, I have 2 -- I only use one and the other I've had for 25 years and keep it alive for credit score purposes alone -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 20, 07:44 1
  - This is very much a choice and a lifestyle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 08:13
- In your particular case, wouldn't the Canadian Tire Triangle World Elite have more status than the AMEX Bonvoy? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 07:36 1
  - "Step aside peasants, CT Royalty coming through" -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 07:39
Perfect! You scored 28 points, with all 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 07:18 4
- yeesh. only 5/8 right -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 07:23 3
  - Same - Nice! You scored 16 of 28 points, with 5 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. (spoil) -- (edited) - VMan Jan 20, 08:49
  - spoiler - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 07:30 1
    - spoiler - VMan Jan 20, 08:50
32 years ago Ice Cube had a good day. Today is National Good Day Day. :-) -- (link) - Krusty Jan 20, 07:12 3
- I remember the article that figured out what day he was talking about. :) -- nm - Tim Jan 20, 07:24 2
  - that was a terrific piece of work -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 07:25 1
    - It was and so I saved the day in my calendar. :-) Apparently it was on Tumblr. -- (link) - Krusty Jan 20, 07:29
Jan. 20 - Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on. - Henry Burton -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 07:05 1
- "Dropping, falling, diving towards, two lovers lost, plummeting... birds?" -- nm - they don't rhyme Jan 20, 08:03
WordDaily - Acerbic ADJECTIVE 1. (Especially of a comment or style of speaking) Sharp and forthright. 2. Tasting sour or bitter. -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 06:56
S&P 500 hits record high, consumer sentiment survey notches highest reading in two and a half years. Biden is doomed. -- (link*) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 20, 06:43
Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color getting a one week theatrical run in the US -- (link) - Dano Jan 20, 06:33
Happy birthday, Walt Disney! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 05:03 11
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 11:53
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy Jan 20, 09:46
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 07:46
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Jan 20, 07:44
- happy birthday!! :) - — nm - i.b.! Jan 20, 07:30
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 07:01
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 06:58
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 06:34
- Birthday! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 20, 06:30
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jan 20, 05:52
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 05:26
TV PSA: NFL, UFC 297, Hockey Day in Canada, NHL, AEW Collision, Dead or No Deal Island preview, SNL (Jacob Elordi; Renee Rapp), - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 04:10 2
- Dead or No Deal Island would be a much better show -- nm - decline Jan 20, 04:53 1
  - that's what this is -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 04:58
I have waited in line for only one Stanley Cup. - . Jan 20, 03:45
Whoa! Sawk is currently available in PokemonGo if you previously had Throh and vice versa. These are regionals so kind of a big deal. -- nm - Qale Jan 20, 02:17 2
- Porygon Day from 2-5 today too -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 04:28 1
  - It’s a repeat and a triple evolve one but still not bad. -- nm - Qale Jan 20, 12:36
Cybertruck owners will have to keep them clean, free of bug splatter and bird poop to prevent corrosion -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 02:09 7
- just like The Bladerunner -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 20, 06:45
- "In the winter, your Cybertruck will be exposed to road salt during every drive. And Tesla specifies that you’ll have to wash that off immediately too -- nm - decline Jan 20, 05:34 5
  - This doesn't make sense. Stainless steel isn't corrosive. It's resistant to rust and corrosion. What's the issue here? Did they use some really cheap - Krusty Jan 20, 05:52 4
    - stainless steel is resistant but not impervious. Leave any salt or acidic material on it long enough and it'll eat through. - Reagen Jan 20, 06:13 3
      - Nothing about this car is right. -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 06:57 1
        
        I'll agree to that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 07:39
      - we invented paint for tagging the 'hood! -- nm - mud Jan 20, 06:26
Congratulations! You solved a Saturday Crossword in 1:02:58. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 00:38
Connections Puzzle #223 - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 23:50 6
- One oopsie. - VMan Jan 20, 06:44
- Yellow last! - decline Jan 20, 04:51 1
  - me too! - mud Jan 20, 06:13
- 223 - only got purple by default - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 04:15
- Perfect - TWuG Jan 20, 01:52
- smooth sailing for me. - i.b! Jan 20, 00:31
Wordle 945 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 23:47 2
- 3 - decline Jan 20, 04:49
- 3/6 -- (edited) - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 20, 04:04
Pierce [NOT Brosnan] is now the official, full time, [permanent for now] Raiders head coach. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Jan 19, 23:06
Pierce Brosnan Pleads Not Guilty to Hiking Illegally at Yellowstone - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 23:04
I've always liked papaya but the ones I see now are too big for just me. Found a smaller one last week - it's tasteless :( -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 22:34 1
- I hate how fruit has become a crap shoot these days. You can’t tell any more if good or not. -- nm - Pippy Jan 20, 04:33
Jack Reacher, murder hobo -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 22:30 4
- he's the Boogeyman for bad guys. Don't be too evil or a giant will show up and Jason Vorhees your ass -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 20, 04:05 1
  - I found it a bit too unbelievable. In season 1, spoils - Loyola Jan 20, 04:15
- finale spoilers - Beryllium Jan 19, 22:52 1
  - I found the finale so over the top as to make the concept of the top meaningless. I mainly watched for Serinda Swan - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 22:58
I've seen enough. Nothing wrong with Taylor Tomlinson but the @Midnight/After Midnight format is challenging and she can't make it work. - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 21:54 6
- There were a few comedians who were regulars on the old show. They've only had one on in the first week. - the wrong element Jan 20, 07:44
- I enjoyed the first episode and I'm willing to bet that it's not done on the fly. I'm pretty sure they get to see everything that's going - Krusty Jan 20, 05:06 1
  - Though there is an aspect of improv, which this related to, that's also about failure. And that failure can be funny. -- nm - . Jan 20, 05:15
- a game show at 12:30 makes zero sense (even if it's a good game show, and this one isn't) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 21:55 2
  - It’s not actually a game show. Also, we are, like, 6 years past the original. The internet isn’t that fun anymore. -- nm - Qale Jan 20, 01:22 1
    - This -- nm - Pippy Jan 20, 04:34
Working on my Arch.Soc. lecture summary. It'll likely run long and we also need room in the newsletter for my Scholarship column. - Meg Jan 19, 21:52 2
- Dear ChatGPT... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 21:54 1
  - The trick is summarizing the powerpoint without directly quoting the notes. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 22:11
*worst person you know has a good point GIF* -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 21:28
Hundreds of Beavers trailer -- (link) - Dano Jan 19, 21:17 [youtube] 1
- this looks so whack that I'd like to see it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 20, 07:02
Turns out the Chinese military is rotting with corruption. Also, water is wet. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 21:02 [youtube]
Tonight at open mic night at the library, our HS-girl-with-a-guitar performed two of the songs that she turned in as science reports - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 20:55 4
- coincidentally. alexa’s gift du jour for me, at least, was a rap song about grace hopper. — nm - i.b! Jan 19, 23:30
- Also I don't mind HS-girl-in-the-drama-club wanting to recite poems, I just want to know why they're always poems about death. - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 20:57 2
  - I'd love to do a presentation on Australian ballad poets but I've not found a venue. We had a cowboy poet on my Road Scholar trip to Sedona. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 21:48 1
    - You should work up your presentation, perhaps the venue will appear -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 19, 22:35
Kirk Cousins would follow hoodie to hotlanta if that’s what it takes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 20:47 5
- The figure skater? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 21:55
- We're fine. -- nm* - Da Bears Jan 19, 21:19
- We are interviewing Harbaugh again. -- nm* - David Jan 19, 20:48 2
  - surprised he could squeeze it into his busy schedule -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 21:10 1
    - Not surpring given how religious (Roman Catholic) that family is. - the wrong element Jan 20, 07:52
Wow. That was a trip down memory lane. A retrospective video on the Big Shiny Tunes series of compilation albums. If you're Canadian, you know. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 20:45 [youtube]
The Australian Open has the best umpire chairs. -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 20:37 1
- They look like seats from a bad sci-fi movie...in a good way. -- nm - David Jan 19, 20:40
Comedy Central not selecting a host for The Daily Show. Will rely on a group of correspondents. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 20:27 5
- Ron Wood was robbed -- nm - Pippy Jan 19, 20:51 4
  - He's a good runner up, but it was Hasan Minhaj's job, until it wasn't. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 19, 20:53 3
    - I would have gone with Larry Wilmore -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 21:30 1
      - they did, basically. and then fired him before the 2016 election -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 19, 21:44
    - Very interesting. I feel like if he couldn’t keep Patriot Act, was he going to be a host? Either one would have made me tune in. - Pippy Jan 19, 21:07

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