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happy 44th to the Miracle on Ice -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:35 3
- I wonder who the Republican party would root for now? -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 10:36 2
  - A non-woke-USA -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 10:44 1
    - so the Soviets. -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 12:04
Kings of Leon summer arena/small arena/amphitheater tour - MDH Feb 22, 10:24 2
- with Phantogram! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:29 1
  - That could be a pretty good show with both of 'em. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 10:34
Will, I already knew about that series! -- nm - kelly Feb 22, 10:24
ST New York - can someone who lives or travels there give me a car service recommendation? BFF going from LaGuardia to her hotel -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 10:23 7
- ty97 will pick you up at any NYC airport you fly into -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:29
- Yellow cab outside. Just wait in line with the rest of the hoi polloi. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:27
- I just use uber. (or lyft if preferred). If BFF is flying into Terminal B, it's quite easy, Uber/Lyft are in the attached garage -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:26 4
  - I think it is because: late at night, and a special trip for her niece and friends. Maybe no one really does car service anymore? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 10:32 3
    - What about uber black? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 11:25
    - Most of the car services are in the outer boroughs these days. With so many taxis and things like Lyft they kind of only - Krusty Feb 22, 10:55
    - I know they still exist, I just don't ever use them so don't have a recommendation -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:33
Jelly Roll (who?) massive summer/fall arena tour - MDH Feb 22, 10:23 13
- He’ll probably end up being this year’s Houston Rodeo biggest draw. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 10:53
- He's country Post Malone (face tattoos and all). -- nm - pmb Feb 22, 10:41 1
  - Judges would have also accepted “American Rag’n’Bone Man” -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 10:50
- You mean twice Grammy nominated, five time CMA nominated (1 win), three time CMT award winner Jelly Roll? He's definitely on a roll. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 22, 10:33 1
  - IMO, His CMA red carpet walks with his wife are epic - JD Feb 22, 10:37
- Ha! I actually know who he is! - decline Feb 22, 10:32
- Rapper who went country and had two decent hits. -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 10:31 1
  - (Son of a Sinner, #31 and Need a Favor, #13) -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 10:41
- Country / Rock guy. He was in a Super Bowl commercial, too. (Seems like an authentically great guy.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:31 3
  - This video is from Louder Than Life, where a girl asked if she could sing with him, and he pulled her up on stage. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:39 [youtube] 1
    - Save Me started as quarantine era YouTube video and become a mantra for many, many, many people - JD Feb 22, 10:50
  - his story is kind of wild (his face tats are prison tats) -- nm - decline Feb 22, 10:34
- *laugh* If it wasn't for FH, I'd have the same exact same reaction. However knowing what the heck a Jelly Roll is, more power to him - JD Feb 22, 10:28 [hulu]
LA STers, Billy Joel at the Intuit Dome October 12 -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 10:22 6
- thanks for the warning -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:29 3
  - So we're not going to the show? -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:30 2
    - his crummy 70s albums were 60% of what I had to listen to on long car ride trips when I was a kid. just stay in NY -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:37 1
      - *laugh* when you put it like that...... -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:45
- The eff is the Intuit Dome? Oh! Like a kick off concert.... -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:23 1
  - New arena under construction for the Clippers -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 10:30
"All of Us Strangers" is now on Hulu. it deserved better than a terrible release strategy. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 10:20
A gift idea for the chef in your house -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:17 [mastodon] 3
- Epic! Where's the buy link? -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:22
- ok that's pretty great -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:18 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 10:18
I'm contemplating a Trader Joe's stop on a Sunday Boise run. I saw this. Suck it East Coast - crash davis Feb 22, 10:14 2
- I need to do a TJs run myself. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 22, 10:28 1
  - I have a special place in my heart for TJs, it is a special treat to go. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 10:30
MLB season has now officially begun -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:11 7
- Giancarlo Stanton is hurt? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:13 6
  - I think you misspelled Rendon -- (edited) - JD Feb 22, 10:20 3
    - Signed Rendon at the expense of resigning Ohtani - eag Feb 22, 10:35 1
      - Well....when the Rendon contract was signed, I don't think a Ohtani in even the idea of a player was a consideration for the Angels. - JD Feb 22, 10:44
    - I flipped a coin between him and Stanton. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 10:25
  - Or Fernando Tatis -- nm - eag Feb 22, 10:16
  - 🤣 -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:15
Variety: James Gunn Posts First ‘Superman: Legacy’ Cast Photo -- (link) - mud Feb 22, 10:04 7
- I see TWO Lex Luthors! - Spawn Feb 22, 10:06 6
  - Maybe one of them is victor zsasz? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:13 3
    - ... he looks just like him!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 10:17 2
      - Inconceivable! - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:20 1
        
        NoHo Hank! -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 10:43
  - Twice the land based plotlines! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 10:10
  - Science! -- nm - David Feb 22, 10:09
Federales considering cyberattack for AT&T outage -- nm - budice Feb 22, 09:59
I've entered that weird phase of life where _my father_ is asking _me_ for financial advice. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 09:47 4
- Weirder still, truman asked you for advice on B2 - crash davis Feb 22, 09:59
- tell him to invest in pork bellies -- nm - decline Feb 22, 09:58 2
  - Heh, he's never done anything more exotic than CDs. -- (edited) - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 10:04
  - The GI Joe with the Kung-Fu grip -- (link) - JD Feb 22, 10:02 [youtube]
Jennifer Aniston, 55, Says She's Stronger Than Ever Because Of This One Change -- (link) - crash davis Feb 22, 09:36 6
- This is clearly clickbait since you did not cut and paste for us. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 09:39 2
  - if it isn't paywalled, I won't c/p usually. If I do, its because I really want you to read it -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:41 1
    - Ah, that makes sense. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 10:06
- She has a new fitness routine: Pvolve. The article is an excuse to click through to her IG feed where she has posted vids of her working out. - crash davis Feb 22, 09:38 2
  - Totally -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:43 1
    - ...and here's 10 minutes of JANIS doing her Kegels. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 10:00
NY judge to fucko's application for stay of the $450m judgment: put up or shut up -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 09:36 8
- Is this the ruling where he has to at the very least put money in an escrow account now? -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 09:53 5
  - yep - Jovian Feb 22, 09:54 3
    - he will ask his Death Cult members for it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 10:23 2
      - his slush fund PAC is already tapped out, it only raised $8500 in January, which is why he’s installing Laura Trump at the RNC to loot their coffers -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 10:31 1
        
        She's outright saying it, that's what the voters want the RNC to do. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 10:50
  - Dusts off the trusty ol' "THIS TIME, FOR SURE!" -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 09:53
- Im pretty sure this is one of the American's that Charlie Kirk is looking forward to being publicly executed. - Jovian Feb 22, 09:46
- wow. short and sweet. -- nm - mud Feb 22, 09:39
I am going to a test screening of something called Sharp C0rner (changed to be unsearchable) on Monday. - Andie Feb 22, 09:31 2
- I miss Stumptown -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:57
- *likes* I'd be interested to see what their take is on events surrounding the corner - JD Feb 22, 09:55
*blares the Space Jam theme and air horns* Y'all ready for this. The Chizza may finally be coming! -- (link) - crash davis Feb 22, 09:28 3
- I'll eat that - decline Feb 22, 09:38 1
  - I'm tempted to declare a cheat meal just so I can snap a selfie of me with that. -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:40
- dammit BudIce...well at least I don't use Musk's nonsense -- nm - crash davis Feb 22, 09:34
What's your personal double digit stat? Like Disney World Trips, Cruises, 311 concerts, airport terminals visited in a single trip, Dead Concerts -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:19 54
- riding the overnight ferry from Port-Aux-Basques Newfoundland to Sydney Nova Scotia -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 10:38 2
  - I've taken this, but just one RT. -- nm - psilotum Feb 23, 09:02
  - There's an overnight ferry? -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:46
- I'm in triple digits for pairs of sneakers and Yankee games at the stadium. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:30 1
  - Nice! So a double-triple. 8-) - JD Feb 22, 10:33
- Multiple bands/concerts over 10. Probably They Might Be Giants the most. 10+ Cruises. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:52 1
  - 👏 I'm going to have to check if I've done 10+ festivals but They May Be Giants and 10+ cruises is definitely at thing -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:09
- I've definitely lost count as to how many times I've been to WDW. But, hey, I've been engaged 3 times! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 09:52 2
  - .....uh....I wonder if you're in the ST lead for that one -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:14 1
    - I'm sure others are in the running. Many of us have been married more than once. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 10:29
- 11 residential addresses where I’ve lived. -- nm* - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 09:46 12
  - 15 for me -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:17 2
    - Currently in #17. -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 10:23
    - and counting! All the best on the house hunt for the new car. Oh, and the family ;-) -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:21
  - 16 for me (including childhood homes). -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 22, 10:05
  - I can only get up to 9 and that is including university residence -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 22, 09:56 3
    - I stopped counting at 30. -- nm - mud Feb 22, 09:57 2
      - actually it's 27. - mud Feb 22, 10:11
      - Whoa. Uh, wow. -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:58
  - !!!! Damn. That might be among the most ST unique double stat. -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:47 3
    - Must be close to 20 over my lifetime. Maybe more. -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 09:59 1
      - 👏 -- nm - JD Feb 22, 10:03
    - That’s including childhood homes -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 22, 09:57
- I saw Jimmy Buffett 10 times. I'm sure I've been to Disney World at least 10 times. I've been with my company almost 22 years. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 22, 09:42 1
  - 👏👏👏 Triple Double! -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:44
- Cubs and Bears triple digits each. Dead shows I think about 12-13. Drove length of Iowa and Nebraska 10+ times. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 22, 09:35 3
  - Forgot that: Number of round trips between Central Illinois and Central Nebraska; number of road trips between Portland, Oregon and the Midwest. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 10:36
  - another quad! Cause that last one definitely requires a point for each state - JD Feb 22, 09:39 1
    - One MLB park. I don't think I've been to 10 Sox games. We had Bears season tickets in the family from early 60's until 2019. - Last Of My Kind Feb 22, 10:21
- very uneventful... Over a dozen Grateful Dead shows. And Ive been to Seaside Heights at least once a year since I was born. -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 09:35 2
  - Nice and unexpected. In my mind, you weren't who the Dead prompt was for so kudos 8-) -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:36 1
    - heh yep. :) I think my exact total is about 15 - 17 shows. - Jovian Feb 22, 09:50
- I think I've been to WDW over 10 times. All 50 states. 45-ish countries. Lots of flights. -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 09:32 1
  - For you, how about some traveling hints or clarifications. Double digit hour flights, uh, some stupid number of air miles in a year actually flown, -- (edited) - JD Feb 22, 09:35
- 40+ years playing D&D -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 09:29 3
  - ‼️ -- nm - mud Feb 22, 09:31 1
    - I've played every edition from AD&D through the current 5e. Even a little red box in the long, long ago. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 09:45
  - 👏👏 -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:30
- Number of General Elections spent in an elections office. Attendance at most American autoracing leagues. Overnight train trips. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 09:23 1
  - Ooooooh a quadruple 8-) -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:25
- 11 gmail accounts - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 09:23
- 50 states, 33 MLB ballparks -- nm - psilotum Feb 22, 09:22 3
  - Oh! Actually in a spoiler for future question(s). Nice double double -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:24
  - Very nice MLB parking! -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:23
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 22, 09:22
- 311 concerts. 53 I think. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:20 8
  - I don't think 311's been to 53 concerts. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 22, 09:30
  - 👏👍....wait 53?!?! That's really, really epic. I'm not sure that if I combine the numbers from my most concerted acts if they add up to 53 -- nm* - JD Feb 22, 09:22 6
    - I discovered them my sophomore year of college in fall of 1993. Saw them at a bar. They've got a great website so I looked up my shows. Here's the list. -- (edited) - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:35 5
      - I adore that you were tracking and envious that you were able to attend all of those shows 🫡 -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:41 4
        
        In fairness, the most I've ever spent on a ticket was probably $40. Not quite Taylor Swift pricing. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:43 3
        
        Though you had to know the show was happening and got tickets and went. Even if it was not realistic $20 tix avg price that's still $1K+ -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:46 2
        
        Worth it. Couple of amazing trips in there too. West coast swing. Vegas/Red Rocks. Saw some great openers before they were cool too. -- (edited) - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:51 1
        
        Oh! I see. You're the sane groupie 8-) - JD Feb 22, 09:57
KFC Drops 'Chizza' Nationwide Which Combines Pizza and Fried Chicken -- (link) - budice Feb 22, 09:18 1
- What is this undercooked nonsense? - psilotum Feb 22, 09:20
Follow-up to my gmail problem. According to Amy, ten accounts is the max. She learned it setting up some library program. - Spawn Feb 22, 09:16 9
- how do they know how many accounts you have ? -- nm - decline Feb 22, 09:17 8
  - By having built the largest surveillance apparatus the world has ever seen. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 09:19
  - Sub question, what exactly is the set up that requires 11+ Gmail accounts? What am I missing? - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:19 6
    - I have a bunch that i set up - i have one for our condo newsletter, I had one for my girl guide unit, i have one from when i ran Secret stalker, i - Andie Feb 22, 09:28
    - If there's one bit of advice I would tell my nieces and nephew it would be to set up multiple siloed accounts - Max Feb 22, 09:26
    - I had been setting one up for each of my HOAs. They take PayPal and Zelle which require a unique email address. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 09:23 1
      - Got it. That makes sense. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 09:44
    - Spamming, trolling, dating are the ones that come immediately to mind. Oh and there's also PEN type stuff -- nm - JD Feb 22, 09:22 1
      - drug dealing, money laundering, identity theft... -- nm - decline Feb 22, 09:24

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