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I just waited 40 minutes for the one working EA charger in Bloomsburg to free up. The dudes using it before me asked if I would go electric again. - amandaphone Mar 3, 08:04
Russians continue to place flowers on Alexei Navalny's grave this AM -- (link) - con_carne Mar 3, 07:27
Happy birthday, znufrii!! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Mar 3, 05:20 11
- Happy birthday znu! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 3, 08:23
- cheers! -- nm - mud Mar 3, 08:00
- Happy BDay! -- nm - budice Mar 3, 07:00
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 06:57
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 06:50 1
  - HPBz! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 3, 07:21
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 05:57
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - . Mar 3, 05:51
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunkstump Mar 3, 05:47
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Mar 3, 05:27
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Mar 3, 05:23
Mar. 3 - To me every hour of light and dark is a miracle, Every inch of space is a miracle - Walt Whitman -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:21
WordDaily - Parisology ˌpɛrəˈsɑlədʒi NOUN The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:19
Dune 2 $85M weekend, $29M Sat -- nm - budice Mar 3, 00:40 1
- That's a great Saturday number. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 05:59
Oh how I've missed you, Gold Saucer. - David Mar 2, 21:31
LeBron James is first...only...player to reach 40,000 points -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:27 1
- 40,017. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 3, 05:26
Connections 266 - tale as old as time: purple first then yellow - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 21:11 9
- GBPY - rollo Mar 3, 08:14
- Almost X'd, recovered. - VMan Mar 3, 08:01
- Sh!tshow - Znufrii, promoted Mar 3, 07:06 1
  - I'm impressed. -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 08:13
- Purple first, yellow last - ty97 Mar 3, 06:58
- No mistakes - decline Mar 3, 05:23
- Connections Puzzle #266 Purple, 3 mistakes, then the rest of RPO - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:08 2
  - 1st Perfect Flashback -- nm - Pippy Mar 3, 05:35 1
    - 👍👍😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 06:50
I hope there’ll be no storms hitting Atlantic Canada any time soon -- (link) - Roger More Mar 2, 21:04 2
- there's nothing in there but grease and pac. ked greasy potato chips," she said. That's a bit arch -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:15
- 😢 -- nm - Meg Mar 2, 21:10
I see what you were trying to do there, Wordle 988 - 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 21:04 4
- 5 - rollo Mar 3, 08:12
- 5 - decline Mar 3, 05:18
- Wordle 988 X/6, the most frustrating kind of X - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:11 1
  - that's a horrible beat -- nm - rollo Mar 3, 08:12
I used to date an independent variable - JD Mar 2, 20:21 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:16
Here's a list of the items I bought for the "fun" auction we're having at our conference in a couple of weeks. - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 19:52 8
- I'd like that laser measure, and the succulents. I suppose a power bank might be practical. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Mar 3, 03:24
- I have the Anker Q45 headphones and really like them. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 20:34 4
  - I tried very hard to not pick "two different versions" of something but broke the rule here. - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 20:41 3
    - I forget which site recommended them but I was looking for a pair around $100 and they kept showing up in reviews. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 2, 21:02 2
      - Plenty on ebay 40 to 80 q20 or q30. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:40 1
        
        Not as good as the Q45 which has better noise cancelling, better bass and bigger and comfier ear cushions. -- nm - Krusty Mar 3, 04:39
- no girl scout cookies? :( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 20:13 1
  - "Case of Thin Mints (12 boxes)" -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 20:33
Oh, Seth Rogen hosts The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down. Pot. Pottery. Get it? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 18:34 5
- I love the UK version. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 19:04
- Also, he has his own pottery company with his wife. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 18:47 3
  - Houseplant: -- (link) - Andie Mar 2, 18:48 2
    - ashtrays? three hundred dollar ashtrays! -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 19:06 1
      - No beating around the bush. "Evan Goldberg and I started Houseplant because we wanted to revolutionize the way people enjoy their weed." -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 19:23
Lawyers in Elon Musk compensation lawsuit seeking $6 billion dollar fee -- (link) - znufrii Mar 2, 18:22 7
- (in securing $55b worth of value to Tesla shareholders by getting dipshit's comp package tossed out of court) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 18:25 6
  - Right. They clawed back Musk's salary, and they want a percentage of the money saved. I'd argue this is equally unreasonable. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 18:37 5
    - If the original ask wasn't so large, the penalty wouldn't be either. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 02:36
    - 11% is a 15-20% discount the usual contingency fee -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 19:41 2
      - Sure, but at some point you gotta say enough is enough, no? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 19:43 1
        
        not when $55b is on the line -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 19:45
    - what percentage does a lawyer get in deals like this, that's much less than the 40% contingency fee ambulance chasers get. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 19:02
Chevy owners, especially Camero drivers, it's the new Kia theft target. A $2k device can pluck your fob signal and off you go. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 18:19 1
- Emergency start devices can pick up any fob signal. Thieves just prefer muscle cars. -- nm* - mara Mar 2, 18:52
Live auction update: The bottle of Screaming Eagle went for $3,250 -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:16 7
- The formula 1 package went for $19,500. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:46
- House in Spain for the week $24k -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:39 1
  - FWIW, my brother and I will eventually inherit a house in Spain... forever. Well, until we die, which could be a week. - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 19:24
- Week in Greece $15,500 -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:30
- The Taylor Swift tickets (no flight) just went for $16k. My goodness. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:24 1
  - Often charity sale tix come with premium seats. Vip package...and judging from stories. 16k just might be regular price for good seats -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:12
- Dinner at the ambassador house: $6,500. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:18
I'm going away tomorrow (flower show) so just cleaned up a bit and flopped onto the couch. Accidentally flopped onto TV remote. TV turned on. - amandaphone Mar 2, 17:51 3
- Dog jumps on the ottoman, steps on remote, suddenly its recording Mexican fox n**** mom waits for me to come home to spend 30m figuring out to get ba -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 18:01
- One of the TVs I discarded need some hard core reboots for it to work from time to time. Like, unplug-wait-plug. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 17:53 1
  - So I hard reset the TV like five times and that did nothing. I tried a ton of things before I gave up. New cords, HDMI port swap, etc. - amandaphone Mar 2, 17:57
I won 4 items in the silent auction. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 17:49 4
- 2002 Bordeaux, 1999/2001/2017 Napa valley wines. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 18:03
- What did you get? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 17:51
- Oh my god you are such a a tease. -- nm - amandaphone Mar 2, 17:50 1
  - You had to pay extra for that. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 17:52
Huh. How to Win a Pub Trivia Quiz (at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is a block from our hotel. That pretty much seals it. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 17:46 1
- They haven't announced any big name acts yet. Probably won't until April or May. I *pray* James Acaster will be there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 17:48
Should be scary shit for republicans. Hope it is. This path is insane. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 2, 17:20 1
- they just unanimously nominated him in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho today. it's a choice and they're making it -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 17:35
His favorite movie, reportedly. Terminator 2 closing theme played at Navalny's funeral -- (link) - con_carne Mar 2, 16:59 1
- nice. -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 17:07
Survivor spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 2, 16:48
new record combine time for the 40 yd just dropped -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 16:36
we will see a Team Koe win on Sheet B tonight. -- nm - mud Mar 2, 16:09
Meanwhile in Missouri... -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 16:04
my phone is working again. it was the 'someone has to call the number to kickstart the line again.' problem. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 15:43
free comfort movies just dropped on Apple+ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 15:28 11
- Free-free or is just a list of random movies on Apple TV+? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 18:37 1
  - they normally don't have any catalog films as part of the subscription (other than a few rando Paramount titles now and then) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 3, 05:58
- If anyone hasn't seen zodiac please go watch it now. It is perfection. -- nm -- (edited) - amandaphone Mar 2, 17:50
- Draft Day! -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 17:08
- That's pretty cool. Now I know what to watch tonight while drafting this last brief. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 16:26 6
  - How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, amiright? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 16:40 4
    - I think he could do it in three. -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 17:42 3
      - dang -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 19:03
      - Oof. - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 18:14 1
        
        You know I love you. <3 -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 21:33
  - not FF6 again -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 16:34
I haven’t been a part of NaNoWriMo in a decade. Apparently some shit has gone down there in the years since. -- (link) - Qale Mar 2, 15:03
Big night for my Vols. I’ve begun tailgating in my basement. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 2, 14:53
Sometimes my kids just drop in unannounced and I say "Guys, you gotta give me a heads up! What if I'm entertaining a lady?" - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 14:02 2
- Why don't you hook a knotted tie over the front door handle? -- nm - Roger More Mar 2, 16:29 1
  - I'll remember that the next time I have a lady over. - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 17:11
sorry I’m informed that the falcons want worse than Justin Fields, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 13:52 8
- That's the two days old rumor. Yesterday's rumors were Baker Mayfield and Daniels. I think we have Drake Maye scheduled as tomorrow's rumor. -- nm - David Mar 2, 14:01 7
  - Monday is Zach Wilson. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 14:04 6
    - Can we set aside Tuesday for Carson Wentz? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 14:31 5
      - sorry, Tuesday was previously slated for Billy Volek - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 14:44 4
        
        Jeff George still believe it can happen. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 2, 15:10 2
        
        Can we interest you in a Tyson Bagent? -- nm - zunkstump Mar 2, 15:39 1
        
        I already have a vacuum. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 15:41
        
        Excuse me? Oh him. Sorry. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 2, 14:52
Capitals waive Evgeny Kuznetsov - Will Hunting Mar 2, 13:26
Dune 2 -- It's pretty. - Fuzzy Mar 2, 13:24 2
- is it worth its runtime? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 13:25 1
  - I'd say so. It's a tad slow, maybe they could have dropped 15-20 minutes but I didn't think there were wasted scenes. Maybe just needs a bit of a trim -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 2, 13:56
"Urgent" mailing from Dem. headquarters. "It's only a month to election day, please return confirmation/donation by March 29" - Meg Mar 2, 13:09 1
- They seem to be more confused than you are. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 2, 14:46
Watching a rapid series of clips about 45 talking money, realized he wore much darker make up at the black conservative conference -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 2, 13:06
Fox TV blacking out Smackdown at certain times because of "Die Rocky Die" fan signs -- nm* - Remlik Mar 2, 13:03 3
- In my defense, it's German for "the Rocky, the" -- nm - Sideshow Bob Mar 2, 13:06 2
  - heh -- nm - Tim Mar 2, 13:30
  - cheerfully withdrawn -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 13:08
I guess I'm lucky. hi winds took out a bunch of powerlines in my area. I only have no phone. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 12:34 2
- we have some wind damage from earlier in the week - Dark Callisto 🦊 Mar 2, 13:03 1
  - I just got off the phone with carrier. it's not wind, it's something else. a tech is coming by later today to fix it. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 13:30
The cargo ship hit by Houthi rocket 2 weeks ago finally sank with it's load of fertilizer and bunker fuel. -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 2, 12:12
I hear Matilda and I can only think of this now -- Mop, this is a must-see show. -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 2, 11:57 [youtube] 1
- Still awesome. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 13:01
40 years ago Spinal Tap is released and turns it up to 11 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Mar 2, 11:55 [Attachment] 1
- sequel this year with Mccartney, Elton, Garth Brooks among others. -- nm - Remlik Mar 2, 13:01
Minnesota just unwittingly became the helium capital of the world -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 2, 11:51 11
- Oh so *this* explains the Minnesota accent. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 12:02 1
  - I have relatives that resemble that remark. -- nm - . Mar 3, 05:50
- I mean look at all that cheddar -- nm - con_carne Mar 2, 11:57
- "Well, we *had* it." -- nm - 5 minutes later Mar 2, 11:54 6
  - Humanity has been bottling gasses for centuries ... and I have no idea how. None whatsoever. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 12:20 5
    - I mean, I get it in a lab/controlled setting. But bottling gasses directly from the earth? Wizardry. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 12:21 4
      - Oh and to really melt your mind, there's this whole carbon sequestration thing where we inject gases into the earth -- nm - JD Mar 2, 12:55 2
        
        kid, your face is a carbon sequestration thing! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 2, 12:59 1
        
        x -- nm - prayformojo Mar 3, 15:39
      - Same way as we drill for any other resource. Gas is just way less dense than water or crude oil. In the big picture, very similar to how natural gas - JD Mar 2, 12:53
- BIDEN! -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 2, 11:53
I miss John Candy so much. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 2, 11:45 4
- What you looking at? You never seen a guy who slept with a fish before? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 12:50
- My grade 5 class was really torn up that day ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 12:17
- Ditto. Everything great about Splash was because of him, and he's perfect in Uncle Buck. -- (link) - Max Mar 2, 11:50 [youtube] 1
  - Not to mention PT&A and him being the best thing about Home Alone -- nm - rollo Mar 2, 13:02

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