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I'm on a weirdly quiet subway ride. Not a person making a peep and it's creeping me out. -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 06:47 4
- A Quiet Place: Day One | June 28 -- (link) Posted by mud Feb 7 '24, 06:42 -- nm - mud Feb 7, 06:52
- start singing -- nm - decline Feb 7, 06:48 2
  - If movies are to be believed everyone will start singing and dancing shortly. -- nm - spamlet Feb 7, 06:51
  - "Yoooouuuuu, you got what I need." -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 06:51
Zendaya in Mexico! -- (pic) - mud Feb 7, 06:44 [Attachment] 1
- eat a sandwich! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 7, 06:51
In one class I have three Ryans, a Ryland and a Riyad. -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 06:44 2
- "Is your name not Bruce?" "No, it's Michael." "That's going to cause a little confusion. Mind if we call you Bruce?" -- nm - mud Feb 7, 06:50
- Ooooh, don't Ryland's parents think they're special, la-di-da? Ryan is a proper Canadian name. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:49
A Quiet Place: Day One | June 28 -- (link) - mud Feb 7, 06:42 [youtube]
D.Krumholtz - "All Alan Arkin told us he wanted on the set of Slums of Beverly Hills was a Porsche Carrera & an Academy Award. He was 65." -- (pic) - budice Feb 7, 06:32 [Attachment]
Who ya got? 80s movie ballad battle: Top Gun's Take My Breath Away by Berlin vs. Vision Quest's Crazy For You by Madonna? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:30 5
- Madonna wins this one. -- nm - Andie Feb 7, 06:49
- Take My Breath Away -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 06:48
- Huge Crazy for You fan. - Volnelk Feb 7, 06:32
- Berlin -- nm - JaxSean Feb 7, 06:31 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 7, 06:52
Wirecutter - The Best Wire Cutter - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:26
Bluesky added 550k accounts in the 1st 24 hours since stopping invites -- nm - decline Feb 7, 06:11
this is my new favorite everyday salsa. it's from freaking target. go get some! it's great for "non fancy" salsa occasions. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Feb 7, 06:11 3
- If that's your walking around salsa, what's your fancy occasion salsa? -- nm - Max Feb 7, 07:42
- I rarely attend "fancy salsa" parties. - (but maybe I'd get invited to more fancy salsa parties if I had a proper umbrella) -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:14
- Yum! -- nm - con_carne Feb 7, 06:13
Your recycling is a mess. AI could help. - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 06:02
WordDaily - Notabilia NOUN Things worthy of notice. - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 05:55 4
- Can you just add "bilia" to the end of anything? Like your post is postabilia? -- nm - Dano Feb 7, 06:01 3
  - It's like a Palooza. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 06:32
  - An interesting thought. I shall ruminate on that. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:05 1
    - ruminatabilia! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 06:07
one day I'll get a proper umbrella, like one a Kingsman would use -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 05:50 4
- I know just the place to get it -- (link) - LMS Feb 7, 05:52 3
  - I won't be purchasing anything there soon, but it is an interesting website to look at. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 05:57
  - those are some expensive umbrellas -- nm - decline Feb 7, 05:55
  - I was gonna flag these for crash's next stalker. but then I saw the prices :) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 05:53
Today's cars are so heavy the guardrails on the road aren't going to stop them. They're rated to stop cars up to 5k lbs. while modern cars are - Krusty Feb 7, 04:56 9
- like my state actually purchases guardrails -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:04 5
  - Idaho's Dept of Transportation be like "if they die, they die" -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 7, 06:12 4
    - If you didn't see that cliff edge, that is on you. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 06:15 3
      - Missouri thinks it takes away your freedom to plunge off a cliff so pulled them all out. -- nm - spamlet Feb 7, 06:34 2
        
        Seriously? -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 06:39 1
        
        No but says a lot that you couldn’t tell -- nm - spamlet Feb 7, 06:46
- my mini is stoppable! why does everyone think they jneed an SUV? -- nm - loosilu Feb 7, 05:24
- Bigger cars and EVs. Roads and parking garages are over engineered to same levels, but cars are going above that. - . Feb 7, 05:09
- for EVs that is especially true. -- (edited) - tRuMaN Feb 7, 05:00
TV PSA: The Marvels, Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Wild Cards, The Conners, Not Dead Yet, Abbott Elementary, Family Law, FBI True, Criminal Record, Feud, - Beaker 🍺 Feb 7, 04:45 1
- The Marvels this weekend, Chicagos for the wife and the Tournament of Champions -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 7, 04:53
Wordle 963 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 02:09 3
- 4 - rollo Feb 7, 05:37
- 5 - decline Feb 7, 05:28
- 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 04:29
Connections Puzzle #241 - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 02:05 5
- Mine, purple first -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 7, 06:35
- same. - mud Feb 7, 06:15
- No oopsies - VMan Feb 7, 05:50
- mine - decline Feb 7, 05:34
- 241 - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 7, 04:33
Nikki Haley loses primary to None of the Above (45 was not in the primary, he's in the caucus that nikki is not) -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 7, 01:14 3
- They call this a stinging rebuke of Haley, but isn't it really more of a one toward the idea of both a primary and caucus. Or of voters, themselves? -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 06:54 1
  - yes -- nm - mud Feb 7, 06:55
- hey, I'm none of the above! U-S-A! U-S-A! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 7, 05:25
wow, Colbert did a heart felt eulogy for Toby Keith -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 23:59 1
- Not terribly surprised. Keith was a repeat musical guest, and I heard somewhere that the two of them had become friends. - ReluctantCynic Feb 7, 06:42
Crewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel's ‘Wonder Man' -- (link) - Meg Feb 6, 23:10
TIL Descartes was conceptualizing a video conferencing program - JD Feb 6, 23:01
This thread holds all the wisdom of the ages. -- (link) - David Feb 6, 22:16 3
- How is Alt-Tab lost knowledge now? -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 04:05 1
  - Bigger/multiple monitors make it less necessary? -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 04:51
- I like how the second comment is an entire thread of deleted ones…was it something illegal/unethical? -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 00:41
(I’ll probably ask again in the morning) Still working on that trip to Europe and I wonder why I should get multiple credit cards. - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 21:55 7
- There's no problem unless you have major credit needs in short term (wanting to refinance mortgage, etc.) -- nm - psilotum Feb 6, 22:59
- That smoldering crater is my credit card having just dropped nearly 5-figures on plane tickets. - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 22:57 4
  - It might have been cheaper to travel in the cheapest coach and buy Apple Vision Pros for the three of you! -- nm - David Feb 6, 23:07 3
    - We could all just sit in the living room and pretend! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 23:18 2
      - I could swear I was playing virtual skee-ball! -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 04:45
      - but the cost of doordashing all that french food would make it more expensive than going there. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 00:01
- FWIW, it takes two years for a credit hit to come off your report and restore your previous level. - David Feb 6, 22:18
watching hockey highlights, and Boston's commentator has the most laconic style I've ever heard, and only seems to know about half the names. - mafic Feb 6, 21:47
pull the goalie -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 21:26
GQ: Sam Rockwell breaks down his most iconic roles. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:57 [youtube] 1
- Weird chronology, but then again, it is Sam Rockwell. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 21:21
love a cold caller trying to get me to invest in gold. -- nm - mafic Feb 6, 20:38 1
- "Do not speak to me of the Old Metals, I was there when they were extracted!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 21:26
Attorney general of Indiana, Todd Rokita, launched a "snitch line" on Monday to report LGBTQ+-inclusive schools. "Eyes on Education" portal -- (link*) - budice Feb 6, 20:14 1
- "In response, it has been flooded with memes, joke reports, and movie scripts." This is the correct response. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:26
Zoozve update -- (link) - Reagen Feb 6, 19:46 4
- Excellent -- nm - JaxSean Feb 7, 05:57
- I remember seeing Zoozve do a couple numbers with Veruca Salt at Lilith Fair in '98 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 6, 20:20 2
  - She's my favorite Oogielove. -- nm - David Feb 6, 21:05 1
    - WTF is a Oogielove?!? -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 7, 06:31
damn, underdog -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 19:27
That was a great The Floor tonight (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 6, 19:12
defunding the IRS was really working -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 18:55
You’re thinking of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. The Marvels is about having your super powers being all mixed up. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 18:49
update: it's still raining, hard -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 18:44
Mayorkas impeachment failx, 214-216. Would have been a tie and fail anyway, but one R switched for some procedural reason. -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 6, 18:21 4
- 4 Republicans voted Nay: Buck (CO), Gallagher (WI), McClintock (CA) and Moore (UT) -- (link) - decline Feb 7, 05:26
- Was it Johnson? I remember something about the Speaker having to vote no to bring it back up in the past. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 18:50 1
  - Apparently Scalise was not present for the vote so they'll try again tomorrow. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 18:51
- The Gang That Couldn't Step on Their Own Dicks Straight. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 18:45
you know it’s a bad day for your party when Chuck Schumer is dropping nuclear-level cringe tweets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 17:55 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 7, 02:22
Non-binary prospector: “There’s gold in them/their hills.” -- nm* - budice Feb 6, 17:47
Animal Control’ Renewed for Season 3 at Fox Ahead of Season 2 Premiere -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 6, 17:41
‘The Terror’ Season 3 Gets Greenlight at AMC, to Be Based on Novel ‘Devil in Silver’ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 6, 17:41 3
- Whoa. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:38 2
  - Well, to be fair, season 2 was garbage. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:39 1
    - Im shocked it got another, as season two is absolute trash (S1 is a masterclass though) -- nm - Jovian Feb 7, 06:30
Liz Warren posted about shrinkflation. The one that gets me are the to-go containers where to the bottom is raised up, but hidden so you dont notice -- (pic) - budice Feb 6, 17:30 [Attachment] 4
- I’m probably most bugged about containers that already got smaller not being filled close to their tops. — nm - i.b.! Feb 6, 18:57
- I don’t know who it was to teach me to look at unit prices, but I appreciate that more every day. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 18:42 1
  - I'm with you on this. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 6, 19:09
- O think these kind need a crimped bottom, but normal is about a quarter inch, when it's nearly a whole inch is when they screw ya -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 18:26
T Rowe Price Stadium at Camden Yards -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 17:20 6
- Can someone C&P the article? -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 17:34 3
  - Here. - David Feb 6, 17:40 2
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 17:49
    - it's at most a 10-min walk from Camden Yards to the Inner Harbor. if Angelos wanted an entertainment zone he could have bought that whole area when it - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 17:46
- That’s kinda ballsy, leaving the investment firm in the dark. - Will Hunting Feb 6, 17:30 1
  - Kid Angelos in 2016: "No, there has never been nor is there any plan today to sell naming rights to Oriole Park at Camden Yards." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 17:39
Royel Otis covers Murder on the Dancefloor -- (link) - Dano Feb 6, 17:15 [youtube] 1
- I saw a video with the cage stuff at the Grammys for Dua Lipa's Training Season. Yes that would be an intense dance fitness workout. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 17:31
Wes Welker was the only player to catch TDs from Brady and Manning in the NFL -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 17:13 5
- Any great stats about Jake Bobo? -- nm - David Feb 6, 17:30 2
  - I’ll have to ask Jay -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 18:09
  - they're all great -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 17:33
- Tom Brady gave Mahomes his first reg season loss. his first playoff loss, and his first superbowl loss -- nm - budice Feb 6, 17:16 1
  - Eli made Brady his beyootch. -- nm - VMan Feb 6, 17:26
today in getting other people's email: Ian's Melton cap toe Oxford has shipped, and I have all the real estate info for 1088 57th St, Oakland. - mafic Feb 6, 17:10 10
- Pardon my French but how the heck does this happen to you guys? -- nm - con_carne Feb 7, 06:21
- What size does Ian wear? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 17:23 8
  - Women’s 8. -- nm - VMan Feb 6, 17:28 2
    - Ignore -- nm* - Krusty Feb 6, 17:36
    - classic Ian -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 6, 17:29
  - 12 EEE -- nm - mafic Feb 6, 17:26 4
    - they're fine? nothing special. -- (link) - mafic Feb 6, 17:43 1
      - I like Johnston Murphy and I do eventually want to get a pair of Business Bland Brown shoes. Yeah, they're okay. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 17:46
    - Triple E, damn! -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 17:37
    - Do the Oxfords look good and can you redirect them? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 6, 17:30
because I'm waiting for a thing to process, here's the connection between Harold Godwinson and Charles III. great x 31 grandson. - mafic Feb 6, 17:05 3
- Gytha is apparently the other of Harold Godwinson so I'm a little confused at the top. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:42 1
  - Oh, look, he had a daughter named Gytha, which was also his mother's name. That's not weird. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 6, 20:44
- that's kinda amazing -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 6, 17:10
I'm not sure, what their greatest superpower is,their incompetence or their shamelessness. -- (pic) - Jovian Feb 6, 17:03 [Attachment] 1
- Israel is not in great need for military assistance. They might be in need of intelligence, or even better, diplomatic assistance, but not money. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 18:47
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel sayonara -- nm - budice Feb 6, 17:00 5
- What was her choice, be a figure head that can only get blamed. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 18:16 1
  - they coulda done that after the 2018 midterms if they cared (or 2020, or 2022) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 19:16
- Ettd -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 17:05
- guess she shoulda just declared the primaries over after one state voted -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 17:05
- It's her fault that all of 45's hand-picked candidates lost! -- nm - David Feb 6, 17:04
The youngest has deconstructed a bunch of her Lego sets and sorted them, so there's a bin of mini fig torsos, like a serial killer trophy room. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 16:52 7
- I have one of those -- (pic) - TWuG Feb 6, 18:12 [Attachment] 1
  - I'm in the middle of a huge sort and reorganize. Done with the sort. Next is repositioning shelving - TWuG Feb 6, 18:15
- Do they still have their hands? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 17:26 1
  - (The torsos, I mean.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 18:07
- What a budding young sociopath you have there. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 6, 17:12
- Jack the Clicker -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 6, 17:08
- This made me giggle. Thanks. - sycor Feb 6, 16:56
Ronna's had enough. -- (pic) - mud Feb 6, 16:46 [Attachment] 1
- She’s seen here looking as if she has both ‘smelt it’ and ‘dealt it’. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 18:48

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