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Microsoft has the entire James Bond Collection for $5 - budice Apr 29, 21:59 1
- Thanks!! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 30, 06:09
What makes dragons the best rappers? - JD Apr 29, 21:30
Murray. Again. -- nm - JD Apr 29, 21:27
go swim in that dirty Galveston water ya bums -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 21:27
Rats. - David Apr 29, 21:12
Hey, if I buy a car from a dealership out of state, whose taxes do I pay? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 21:09 1
- taxes in the state you are licensed in. IE: I can't excape WA state over 10% sales tax by purchasing a car in no sales tax Oregon. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 22:58
Conan explains his behavior on Hot Ones. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 20:46 [youtube]
Is there a standings page for Reagen's playoff pool? -- nm - zork Apr 29, 19:52
Roku wanted me to know that Starz is playing A Mermaid’s Tale. It stars Sydney Scotia. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 19:45 [Attachment] 1
- I now know two Scotias. Sydney and Nova -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 20:10
Jaxsean, my condolences on the Lightning. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:33 2
- I'm sure he's heartbroken in New Zealand. -- nm - jnine Apr 29, 20:37 1
  - I was waiting here for the one true Cup, but guess I'll have to find a ring, instead. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 20:57
Hailey, ID is 18 miles from Ketchum (Sun Valley). Look who owns the Ford dealership there. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:25 3
- Is it Boy Genius? He’s got a song about Ketchum, ID. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 19:38 2
  - I have no idea who Boy Genius is. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:40 1
    - boygenius is three women -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 20:54
Moneyball but for real -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 19:08 1
- So Moneyball ruined baseball? Got it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 19:39
Parenting -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 29, 18:58 1
- That lady secretly does not really want normal -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:09
My meeting with work today was delayed until tomorrow which is agonizing. I filled out 8 more apps. I have an interview on Friday if I do lose my job. - Qale Apr 29, 18:24 3
- I'm sorry about the extended state of limbo. Take care of your health, hydration, and nutrition. Please don't make yourself sick. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 18:59 2
  - I'm trying. On the application front, I've not had much success finding entry level positions in the suggested fields of data entry or call center. - Qale Apr 29, 19:09 1
    - Keep it up and you shall find uncommon success! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:12
"You shut up, Robert F. Quimby Jr.! You're an embarrassment to this family, and that's saying a lot!" -- nm - David Apr 29, 18:18
Apparently having your dog kill your neighbor’s chickens is a class 2 misdemeanor in S Dakota -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 29, 18:11
ain't the beer cold, hon -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 18:07 1
- the rare force at second from right field -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 18:23
Prime Video's "Fallout" series pulled in 65 million viewers in its first 16 days -- (link*) - budice Apr 29, 17:58 1
- A saw a bit that teased that when the Nielsens hit, we’re going to be seeing 2.3 - 2.5 billion minutes. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 18:06
I got like 6 separate jinx notifications for Severino -- nm - budice Apr 29, 17:38 2
- He's gonna want the team to wear the City Connects every start now. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 17:52 1
  - (I bought the hat and already got it. It's really nice.) -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 18:01
Your top 14 songs: - Tim Apr 29, 17:30 2
- Well that was completely expected. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 17:54
- This would've been Benson Boone's week at the top, Beautiful Things falls to #15. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 17:32
Three good guys with guns killed, five officers wounded serving a warrant in Charlotte -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 17:23
The percussions in that Mufasa trailer are outstanding. -- nm - David Apr 29, 17:20 2
- apparently all that talk he gave to Simba in Lion King about them being descended from a long line of kings was just bullshit? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 17:22 1
  - Maybe. I'll give Barry Jenkins the benefit of the doubt to make it make sense. -- nm - David Apr 29, 17:33
CHallengers: Trent and Atticus are going to win the Academy Award again.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 29, 17:00 [youtube] 1
- is it 1999 again? - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 17:17
New theater show schedule just announced: - kelly Apr 29, 16:51 5
- I highly recommend seeing Shucked. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 17:28
- Ooh, Moulin Rouge -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 29, 17:17 1
  - That’s the one I have no interest in seeing - but I bet I’ll enjoy it once I do. -- nm - kelly Apr 29, 17:18
- Cool. Tina is going to play in Boise and I'm thinking of going. I know nothing about Shucked. Is it about Nebraska? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 16:56 1
  - It's about corn. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 17:29
Found out something a little while ago about Mark 3.0. I was in a dispute with a worker in the county clerk's office over a minor point of - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 16:47 5
- :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 17:51
- What office are you running for? -- nm - jnine Apr 29, 17:11 2
  - I am running as a delegate for Biden. -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 18:52
  - Prom King! -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 18:26
- you're a good man, Charlie Brown -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 29, 16:51
A Cowboys Fan Reaction to Re-Signing Ezekiel Elliott -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 29, 16:22 [youtube] 6
- inside the Falcons' war room for their first pick -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 16:24 5
  - I expected a meme. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 18:13
  - This is a good read, but SI has the better one. -- (link) - David Apr 29, 16:38 3
    - That just proves Loomis is a moron to me. - Will Hunting Apr 29, 16:42 2
      - I'm with you, but I bet you the guy who sent that text isn't friends with the guy who got it now. -- nm - David Apr 29, 16:45 1
        
        I don't think they were before the text. - the wrong element Apr 29, 18:21
i always thought my dad was an outlier taking us to see Alien in theaters when i was 9-years old. but apparently there were a lot of us in 1979 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 16:09 [youtube] 2
- My dad just dropped me off at the box office and sped away. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 29, 19:30 1
  - i like that the parents are kinda mixed on whether it was a good idea but all the kids are like "hell yeah!" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 19:44
The Former Guy scheduled a fundraiser in Miami this coming weekend. Not just during, but at the Miami Grand Prix - ReluctantCynic Apr 29, 15:59 5
- Formula One is own by Liberty (biberty) Media. Where does John Malone stand on Trump? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 18:11
- He probably thought it was a dildo shop -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 17:03
- I guessed wrong. - Will Hunting Apr 29, 16:37
- Ooh, revoking his suite is a power move. -- nm - David Apr 29, 16:19
- Grand Prick -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:59
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought a soccer team. No, *ANOTHER* soccer team. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 15:56
Boston: Tunnel is fine, the truck is not -- (link) - budice Apr 29, 15:50
Saudi kingdom reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel (EU also reportedly ready to recognize Palestinian statehood) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:46
i guess it kinda doesn't matter who directs a Jurassic at this point but then why'd you bring back David Koepp to write the script for a DP -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:39
Part-time NASCAR driver Brayton Laster is offering folks the chance to put their name (or a business name) on his ARCA car next weekend. For a fee. - ReluctantCynic Apr 29, 15:03
from the reject pile in the Lost room -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:01 1
- heh -- nm - mud Apr 29, 15:50
Target pricing - Strawberries - 1lb = 2.99. 2lb = 8.69. Both Driscoll and next to each other on the display. - Meg Apr 29, 14:57 4
- i got some Driscolls this weekend at ralphs b/c the rasp/blueberries were looking sus. so far only 1/4 was fully white on the inside, which is better - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:28 1
  - They're really late this year but they likely lost the early crop to the rain. I miss the days when there was a field up the street. -- nm - Meg Apr 29, 15:35
- Possible one was organic? Also, Driscoll's sells a kind they call the "sweetest batch" (which they obviously charge more for) so maybe one was the - pmb Apr 29, 15:23 1
  - Could be. I didn't read the fine print, just the brand name. -- nm - Meg Apr 29, 15:26
Wow...TIL Reba McIntyre is almost 70 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 14:50 2
- And still magnificent -- nm - VMan Apr 29, 15:15 1
  - Exactly! -- nm - Burnett & Lowery Apr 29, 15:53
I’m not saying a live action Scooby Doo series won’t be dogshit but why is Greg Berlanti having to go to Netflix to make it? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 14:25 1
- This.... -- (link) - . Apr 29, 14:27
Bakish OUT -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 13:44 2
- So Paramount Plus subscribers will no longer be binging with Bakish -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 29, 13:57 1
  - That's weak but honestly it's the best we've got. I'll allow it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 29, 15:54
Video from yesterday. Encampment at VA Tech using children as human shields. Classy. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 29, 13:42 5
- I'm sorry but children being present and used as human shields are two different things. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:58 3
  - That's... exactly how they're being used? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 29, 14:38 2
    - I don't see it that way. I think they're with their parents or guardian sitting around. They're not being put up front like a barricade to prevent - Krusty Apr 29, 15:07 1
      - Per the "Breaking News" headline, they're pleading to not be arrested because the kids are there, but I don't know the source that is breaking the - pmb Apr 29, 15:26
- Faculty at Columbia (the ones in the orange vests) preventing access to school property. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 29, 13:46
TIL that there is a thing where people put ducks on jeeps and it was started by a Canadian -- (link*) - oblique Apr 29, 13:40 2
- What about chickens? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 29, 14:22 [flickr]
- Wait, this is not the tiny ones on dashes!?! -- nm - LFG Apr 29, 13:45
So is scotus still listening to How Presidents are in fact Kings arguments?? - Jovian Apr 29, 13:18 8
- That was it. -- nm - mara ❄️ Apr 29, 14:41
- aren't these 'conservative' judges supposed to be originalists...and I'm pretty sure the founding fathers did NOT want a King - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:57 1
  - When you have the most corrupt SCOTUS court in the history of our nation, along with its most corrupt POTUS, this is the result. - Jovian Apr 29, 14:11
- I thought it wrapped last week? -- nm - LFG Apr 29, 13:39 4
  - yes, though Bush v. Gore was issued like 24 hours after the orals so . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 13:43 3
    - Election is still pretty far away in this one. -- nm - LFG Apr 29, 13:46 2
      - the Jan 6th trial should have started a month ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 13:49 1
        
        I honestly and genuinely tried to charge this as fast as possible. Honest. -- nm - Merrick Garland Apr 29, 13:51
Poll: How old is your oldest current car? - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 29, 13:17 34
- 9 -- nm - decline Apr 30, 05:47
- Bought a month ago: 2020 Elantra -- nm - zork Apr 29, 19:51
- It was 8(!) in January, I crossed 80,000 miles two weeks ago. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 17:35
- 15 years this fall. 57K miles and most of that was the first 10 years. -- nm - Meg Apr 29, 14:48 2
  - i still haven't cracked 3k - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 15:09 1
    - Driving a 6-cyl SUV less than a mile at a time makes for horrendous gas mileage. But I wouldn't give it up ;-) -- nm - Meg Apr 29, 15:25
- 19 years -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 14:33
- It's been 16 or 17 years since I owned a car. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 14:11
- I think it's about 15, but my Dad bought it second hand, so we don't have it for that long. No idea when, however. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 29, 14:09
- I'm using a 2024 Metrocard as I had to replace it a few months back. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:59 5
  - oh, YOU are the person holding us up by not using OMNY! -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 14:12 4
    - :-) - Krusty Apr 29, 14:37 3
      - Also, there isn't an OMNY vending machine at any of the stations I use regularly. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 14:38 1
        
        They really do need to roll those out if the want broader adoption. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 15:12
      - haha, I kid with you. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 14:38
- 10 -- nm - Dano Apr 29, 13:56
- '16 with 70k (subbi forrester) -- nm* - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:52
- 3 years on July 5 -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 29, 13:52
- 2020 and the Passport is getting a refresh this year and I think I want it. I might try to talk my GF into buying mine. - sycor Apr 29, 13:52
- a 2021 model i leased in Feb 2022 -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 13:42
- Two years old in July. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 29, 13:40
- Mine is 1. Amy's is... 3 or 4? -- nm - LFG Apr 29, 13:39
- 18 years - ReluctantCynic Apr 29, 13:33
- 8 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 29, 13:30
- super old. 2003. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 13:30 5
  - My brother just retired the 2003 Saturn Ion I sold him in 2013 - Baron Kills World Apr 29, 13:54 2
    - our's is a Pontiac Grand Am. We bought it second hand ages ago. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 13:59
    - Ions attract -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 13:55
  - holy smokes -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 29, 13:50 1
    - and honestly, it runs just fine. :) but we don't drive it daily by any means. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 13:52
- 11 I think -- nm - Strongbad Apr 29, 13:23
- 2010, bought used in 2013 -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:21
- 9. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 13:20
- For me and my wife, 2.5 years. If you include my daughters car at school, 18 years (2006 prius) -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 13:19
Computer update: purchasing is indeed fighting me on the laptop vs. desktop thing - Baron Kills World Apr 29, 13:12 5
- Make minimum specs so that they end up having to purchase a desktop replacement laptop. You're not going to carry it anywhere so weight and battery - JD Apr 29, 13:21 [youtube] 1
  - We buy quite a few of the HP Z workstations for CAD work. I'm amazed at how comparable they are to normal EliteBooks these days. They used to be - oblique Apr 29, 13:26
- As someone on the other side, it could be the whole "I can't repurpose a desktop to everyone in the company" if say 90% of users are laptop users - oblique Apr 29, 13:15 1
  - I would understand if that were the case, but they’re just being buttholes about it. - Baron Kills World Apr 29, 13:23
- CONFORM OR BE CAST OUT! -- nm - LFG Apr 29, 13:14
remove all the S keys from the computers at Falcons hq -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 13:03

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