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Yup, I really wouldn't want to be in Hualien City right now. Still rockin' and rollin' over 4.0. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 21:36 3
- goddamn these landslides -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:49
- the exponential difference between the 7.1 we had a few years ago and this 7.5 is indeed wild. that was the biggest shaker I’ve felt since moving here -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:41 1
  - Exactly. A 4.5 is nothing compared with that/ -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 21:45
even the used Tesla market is in the shitter now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 20:50 2
- I joked to Kim that it's like a weird Monkey's Paw thing where I wished five years ago that Teslas would become affordable. -- nm - David Apr 2, 21:00
- Interesting, but entirely meaningless without context. - mafic Apr 2, 21:00
"Exclusive-Disney prevails over Trian in board fight, sources say" -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:32
wasn't pretty, but the Nuggets go back on top of the Western by half a game -- nm* - prayformojo Apr 2, 20:24 2
- Somebody tell Oklahoma City they're waaaaay ahead of schedule. -- nm - David Apr 2, 20:39 1
  - SGA's season has been flat-out amazing. He and Holmgren on the same team will be scary in the upcoming years -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 20:45
Dammit, Count Floyd is dead? Need to do a Monster Chiller Horror Theatre marathon of Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses and such -- nm - zork Apr 2, 19:54 1
- RIP Dr Fred Edison -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 20:21
Wednesday PB prize is 1.1 B get your deposits, nic and draw date 4/3 Jnine I put your last pp into monday's pool -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:42 1
- Hee, I was sending as you typed. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 19:44
Chiefs lose stadium renovation vote. Town not paying for rennovation -- (link*) - budice Apr 2, 19:35 1
- Interesting. It's owned by the County and Chiefs pay a lease. They'd do better building thier own. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 2, 20:01
Biden getting just under 10% protest non vote, Donny getting 20% Nikki and none of the above -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:25 3
- for someone who quite literally owes his entire political career to Nixon getting elected in 1968, you’d think Joe would be a little more attuned - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 19:32 2
  - They showed the wreckage on the news, a blast hole in the roof of the van, a sniper couldn't have aimed better -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:36 1
    - “until you guys find someone who can shoot straight, we’re cutting you off” -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 19:39
The Earth is fighting back, people!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 19:24
7.8 magnitude quake strikes off of Taiwan. Tsunami warnings in China, Taiwan, Japan. -- (link) - con_carne Apr 2, 19:03 8
- the pics of the buildings there are nuts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:09 5
  - this bridge was a rocking -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:18 4
    - rooftop pools! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:22 3
      - the river -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:23 2
        
        swimming laps -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:26 1
        
        live on the air -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 21:29
- See USGS link below ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 19:09 1
  - Look, I've been drooling at Halifax meat porn okay? -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 19:11
I'm a little amused by the outcry due to passengers being 'stranded' after they were late back from a private shore excursion. - Meg Apr 2, 18:46 4
- whaddya need your passport for in one day in Sao Tome? - mafic Apr 2, 19:50 3
  - We once spent an afternoon at the Hungary/Austria border when our group leader and his wife had picked up the wrong passports and were - Meg Apr 2, 20:02 1
    - "you mean we need our passports to cross borders?" in middle school we once smuggled a kid to Spain on a school trip. - mafic Apr 2, 20:17
  - Principe is where it's at, suckas -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 19:53
Kate Hudson’s debut single from her record “Talk About Love” -- (link) - MDH Apr 2, 18:05 [youtube] 4
- not sure where I rank this in celebrity vanity project terms. better than the return of Bruno, but it's no She & Him. - mafic Apr 2, 18:34 2
  - It has no personality whatsoever. Bland music, bland presentation -- nm - Guigue Apr 2, 18:41 1
    - for sure. never gets made if it's not Kate Hudson. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 19:27
- I don't think this is the worst timeline, by any means... but it's certainly an interesting one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 18:25
Indiana State moves on to the NIT Championship -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 18:02 1
- The Valley!!! - The Last Of My Kind Apr 2, 20:04
zubat? No, Pokemon Go. I don't think I will. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 17:58 2
- found them easy, have the range down for them. Got a ton yet no shinys :( -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 2, 18:51
- Yeah that’s too fluttery a Pokémon to chase many of. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 18:04
flavorize, thanks for that Fight Club link. You broke my brain. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 17:57
I ordered extra eclipse glasses and figure on selling that day. I'm thinking $10 is fairly reasonable (and $20 would be gouging). Do you think that... - zork Apr 2, 17:55 6
- They are $1.50 at my store. $10 is already awful. Granted these are cardboard. -- nm* - Qale Apr 2, 18:06 5
  - Well, if you show up unprepared at a tourist trap like Niagara Falls for such and event, you have to know you're going to pay extra. -- nm - zork Apr 2, 18:57 4
    - I would think that in a place like Niagra there will be lots of hawkers swarming the place -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:23 3
      - That was on my mind as well. - zork Apr 2, 19:27 2
        
        So are you planning on being across the bridge from us? -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 19:47 1
        
        Yep. I'll wave toward you -- nm - zork Apr 2, 19:58
Skydance appears to have the inside track on paying Shari off for control of Paramount - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 17:53 9
- Look just tell me how I can watch survivor. -- nm - amandaphone Apr 2, 18:34 1
  - TBD! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 19:36
- Can I buy VH1? I’m in the demo now finally. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 18:07 3
  - VH1 is now a subsidiary of BET. So unless you're Byron Allen... -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 18:10 2
    - I’d feel kind of awkward owning BET. Maybe I could give it to Tyler Perry in exchange for letting me shoot music videos on his studio lot? -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 20:34
    - DIdn't he offer 11 Billion for everything and would assume the debts? -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 20:19
- Way to be on the ball, NYT, reporting pretty much the status quo for the last month. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 17:59 2
  - she's going to give them exclusive negotiating rights -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 18:06 1
    - She's already *immediately* brushed off other suitors. The fact it's dragged on this long is just more poor management on her part. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 18:09
Damage looks kinda bad in taiwan -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 17:53 [mastodon] 2
- Large aftershocks (>5) ongoing. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 18:07 1
  - USGS -- (link) - Meg Apr 2, 18:16
Crash, I wrote this reply to you this morning but failed to submit ... I stopped caring about them decades ago and wish the NHL would put a second team -- (edited) - zork Apr 2, 17:49 3
- Thanks Zork. That is a real interesting thought, can the Toronto area support a second team? Probably -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 2, 19:12 2
  - for sure. would someone pay the Leafs what it would take to get a second team? probably not. - mafic Apr 2, 19:39
  - Easily. Waiting list for season tickets is years long. A huge part of Buffalo's market is people coming across from Ontario. - zork Apr 2, 19:20
poor USC. Bronny enters the portal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 17:13 2
- Maybe USC can jump to yet another conference. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 17:55
- Oh noes. Whatever will anyone do without his massive contribution? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 2, 17:15
I don’t think it’s coincidence that the more Pokecoins I have, the more expensive the boxes get. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 17:09
Source: Chiefs bring back RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 2, 16:57 1
- Rashee Rice reportedly admits to being “involved” in the crash of the rented vehicle that only he was authorized to be operating -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 17:10
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Renewed for Season 21 at ABC -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 2, 16:48 2
- Grey’s Anatomy season 40: The Retirement Years: Watch as five world class surgeons all living in the same house consider retiring in five years. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 2, 17:29
- ‘911’ Renewed for Second Season at ABC, Eighth Overall -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 2, 16:48
Burger Fest! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 16:30 6
- so many cool looking ones -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 2, 19:16
- I would die of heart failure if this happened here. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:55 1
  - Never fear, they have The Defibrillator! -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 18:49
- The Pickler. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 17:50
- The Pad Thai Burger looks like a crime. A delicious, shameful crime. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 16:43
- Gonna need a Rarebit Deniro. Also, I like that one of them is just called Dungeon. -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 16:39
“Zomi was one of the earliest employees at World Central Kitchen. She first showed up to volunteer at our WCK kitchen in Guatemala after the Fuego -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 16:24 1
- prolly should stop giving IDF their coordinates -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 17:11
The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live casting spoiler - Beaker 🍻 Apr 2, 16:15
I need to go to the store to buy cheese for ham sandwiches, but I am completely lacking energy. How do i fix me? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:15 2
- Honey, the garbage disposal -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 16:39
- have us decide on the cheese you buy -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 16:38
but seriously, delete Amazon -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 16:11 3
- that's funny as hell, I suppose they were hoping the technology would catch up to the needs..next we'll find out that self driving cars are... - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:06
- Hey, that’s my line! -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 17:15
- they literally run a service called mechanical turk.. -- nm - colin Apr 2, 16:12
Possible 10-20cm of snow on Thursday. This some *boolsheet*. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 16:01 2
- Similar for us too....*looks at calendar* I know it can happen but Mother Nature is wrong for letting it happen. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 2, 17:31
- Louse Smarch weather? -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 17:16
Like clockwork. Just out of work. Put on radio and Mark Levin and under *one* minute he says: - Jovian Apr 2, 15:53 1
- So, you're saying you get out of work and choose to listen to Mark Levin? Yikes! - The Last Of My Kind Apr 2, 20:13
Deal or No Deal spoilers - Peglegpete Apr 2, 15:51 1
- Spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 2, 15:54
"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal" -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 15:47 2
- go to bed with a pig, wake up covered in shit -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:33
- Dang. Even if I didn't have you killfiled, your subject line don't help, man! Trump sues founders of Truth Social, because of course. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 18:15
in case you were wondering how a real world Jurassic Park might actually play out in terms of disrupting the local ecosystem . . . - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 15:46
National Burrito Day is April 4th. You've been given advance notice -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 15:40 6
- daily 2024 food holiday list -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 2, 15:54
- me before natl burrito day ( ).( ) me after natl burrito day ( )o( ) -- nm - colin Apr 2, 15:43 2
  - Before you ask - colin Apr 2, 15:44 1
    - Spicy! -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 15:46
- not enough!!! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 15:43 1
  - Pity me please. I'm going to a Lkons Club meeting that evening at this steakhouse and this appears to be the only burrito on the menu. - crash davis Apr 2, 15:49
NCAAW Ratings: 12.3m for LSU/Iowa. most-watched women’s basketball game -- (link*) - budice Apr 2, 14:55 10
- There's a wow factor to this. Here are some facts. -- (link) - David Apr 2, 15:34 4
  - How does the World Series only have (at most) 12.3M viewers? -- nm - Roger More Apr 2, 15:37 3
    - no salary cap, paltry revenue sharing = 10 big market teams dominate the free agent market - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 16:18
    - It’s a dying sport. -- nm - MDH Apr 2, 16:06
    - It's under 10 million these days. -- nm - David Apr 2, 15:40
- peak was 16 million -- nm - budice Apr 2, 15:02 4
  - Iowa/UCon may do more it's basicly Bird/Magic -- nm - eag Apr 2, 15:05 3
    - Nah. Bayou Barbie vs Caitlin rematch is more notable. Paige is great but she’s not carrying any rematch or crossover appeal like - Will Hunting Apr 2, 15:25 2
      - only b/c of the injuries. if she had been as healthy as C.C. the past two years, she'd likely be getting just as much heat -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 15:41 1
        
        Maybe but she did have injuries and she’s not as visible because. She’s great but Clark is Maravich. It’s a different type of star power. - Will Hunting Apr 2, 15:52
Saw this on our jewelry counter at Stanley Ranch. Hope we get a fan at the barn sale. -- (pic) - Meg Apr 2, 14:52 [Attachment] 2
- for jewelry, that is a big Dalek -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:05 1
  - And it's rather a long heavy chain. I'm trying to picture the person who would have worn it. Or maybe they didn't :) -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 16:30
We dodged a bullet this morning. I guess it wasn’t a tornado, but I’m not ruling out. We have only one tree down, but its crown landed on power/comm - mara Apr 2, 14:38 [Attachment] 9
- wow -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 19:08
- whoa - glad everybody is safe -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 15:42
- Good lord. -- nm - David Apr 2, 15:34
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 15:20
- It's been bad all over. If you don't follow CY on FB he experienced his first tornado warning since moving to Missouri a couple of years back - Meg Apr 2, 14:49
- yikes. Glad you all are safe! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 2, 14:48
- Yikes! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 14:45
- Yikes, glad you’re safe! -- nm - znufrii Apr 2, 14:45 1
  - This! -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 15:04
"Disney Ahead in Trian Proxy Fight With Most of Votes Counted" - David Apr 2, 14:17 8
- 40% of Disney shareholders are non-institutional (which is unusual for a major corporation). These are people who love Disney. And hate Peltz. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 2, 15:00 1
  - Right. The concern all along is informing those people how and why they should vote. -- nm - David Apr 2, 15:04
- "My first act as CEO is to kill the whole lot of you and burn your company to cinders! ... I know it's on." -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 14:19 2
  - Just make David CEO he gets my vote....for the right price -- nm - eag Apr 2, 14:47 1
    - I am ready for Hysterialand -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 17:27
- Also noted votes can shift before end-of-voting. Seems like Disney board did alright in the end. -- nm - budice Apr 2, 14:18 2
  - Yup, there's still another 7 1/2 hours, but Vanguard 8.3% is the biggest factor. It's hard to win without them. -- nm* - David Apr 2, 14:25 1
    - Disney is one of the few green stocks on the day. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 14:26
nmb pmb - colin Apr 2, 14:13 3
- Where I've ended up on Internet arguments after, jesus, 30 years of them is that if I find myself getting worked up, I remind myself that - Reagen Apr 2, 14:18
- GODDAMMIT! -- nm - colin Apr 2, 14:13 1
  - Nah, good first. I agree with you. -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 14:15

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