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Haven't seen or spoken to the person in about 6 years, and they send you - Strongbad May 10, 09:01 4
- I would certainly contact the person beforehand. - ReluctantCynic May 10, 09:06 1
  - Great idea but too late. - Strongbad May 10, 09:08
- Very odd—What happens if you don’t fill it out/ignore it -- nm - Trending May 10, 09:02 1
  - At first i thought it was phishing/scam, but it's legit. -- nm - Strongbad May 10, 09:04
Re: Bayer Leverkusen (never loosin'): How Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga: Alonso magic, breaking up cliques and clever transfers - JD May 10, 08:44
Does anyone here know enough about electricity, LEDs, drivers, etc to answer some questions? - sycor May 10, 08:33 9
- LED lights consume less power than traditional lights, so you should be fine . LED lights need a transformer to go from AC to DC, but they're -- (edited) - colin May 10, 09:06
- Do you need a new driver/power supply? I have a bunch of standing halogen lamps that I swapped out for LEDs just by replacing the bulbs -- nm - oblique May 10, 08:35 7
  - I'm not sure. The transformer in the case has no visible markings so I have no idea what it's pushing other than the lamps are 50W halogen (link) - sycor May 10, 08:44 6
    - What quick googling gets me is that if they are 12V you should be fine. There is a note about GU vs. GX housing on the MR16 which you may want to - oblique May 10, 08:49 4
      - Okay I'll check that out, I know it's a GX holder, but hadn't come across anything about incompatibility. -- nm - sycor May 10, 08:52 3
        
        The bulbs are GX so I'd think you're good there also -- nm - oblique May 10, 08:54 2
        
        d'oh. Just scrolled down on that specific Amazon link and it says "Must use Constant Voltage AC / DC 12V power supply. Don't use halogen lamp power - sycor May 10, 08:56 1
        
        That's interesting. Maybe something specific to those kinds of bulbs. Mine were the "tube" style halogens and they snapped in -- (link) - oblique May 10, 09:03
    - This is the setup -- (pic) - sycor May 10, 08:49 [Attachment]
Shenandoah County schools not ready to give up on the Lost Cause just quite yet -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 10, 08:25 1
- we have a state full of clowns, unfortunately. -- nm - colin May 10, 09:09
Hey has anyone else been to the new "self serve brew wall" style pub/bars yet? There's one just up the road and I really like it a lot. - JenBro May 10, 08:21 13
- they've gotten better - if they aren't chilling the line right up until it passes through the wall, it's no fun. - colin May 10, 09:11
- That one sounds amazing! We have a few of those…we have one that is a bar/arcade here…it’s a bit small though -- nm - Trending May 10, 09:00
- One of the main bars outside the Reds stadium has the taps at your table. It's.....dangerous. -- nm - Volnelk May 10, 08:42 1
  - a bar here used to have the house beer tap at your table, i wonder if it still does? -- nm - Andie May 10, 09:01
- I went to one years ago and absolutely loved the concept - JD May 10, 08:28 1
  - yeah - it has to give you OPTIONS - I'd say 20 would be a minimum -- nm - JenBro May 10, 08:37
- we have this at a grocery store downtown. it's delightful. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 10, 08:25 6
  - so - can you only pour growlers and stuff or do you get to drink while shopping? because I'd LOVE to drink while shopping -- nm - JenBro May 10, 08:26 5
    - there's a cafe in the store where you can sit and have a beer (they also have a deli or you can bring in outside food (like yallah)). - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 10, 08:31 4
      - $3 drafts all day every day - I'm jealous! this is so cool!!!~ -- nm - JenBro May 10, 08:36
      - fb -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 10, 08:31 2
        
        ooh, fun -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:32 1
        
        all of our bars are super loud; club music, bands. the bar at mclanahan's is always quiet (even when there is a band it's not super noisy) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 10, 08:34
Three weeks later and I think my tinnitus from the QOTSA show is finally gone - Reagen May 10, 08:21 1
- my tinnitus never goes away - decline May 10, 08:24
AEW: Skye Blue was sexually harassed by ring side fan at a match... -- (link) - Remlik May 10, 08:18 3
- Not mentioned in a scan of the write-up..he had his young kid there with him. - Will Hunting May 10, 08:38
- seems like a good way to get the living shit beat out of you -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:24
- Likely way more prevalent than what gets reported -- nm - budice May 10, 08:21
Exploding Kittens | Official Trailer | Netflix -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:11 [youtube] 2
- i'm glad we're getting back to everything looking a newgrounds animation. -- nm - colin May 10, 09:13
- IWWT -- nm - JenBro May 10, 08:24
Tesla Tells Cybertruck Owner Coolant Leaks Aren't Covered By Warranty After Only 35 Miles -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:04 3
- Tesla then fixed it. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 10, 08:37 1
  - Which is literally the bare minimum they should do. And it shouldn’t take social media shaming to happen. - Will Hunting May 10, 08:39
- Coverage for everything ends the moment they leave the factory. -- nm - LFG May 10, 08:08
Steve Bannon’s conviction for contempt and four month prison sentence upheld by appeals court. -- nm* - znufrii May 10, 07:57 1
- and he will report to prison sometime in 2027 -- nm - Jovian May 10, 08:07
New Zealand minister cuts sushi from school lunches because of "woke" -- (link) - Reagen May 10, 07:47 2
- stupid woke fish -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:02
- On the other hand the least they can do is actually cook their food. -- nm - LFG May 10, 07:50
3 on 3 hockey league being launched... By the Saudis. So fuck that noise. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 07:36 5
- Because when I think ice hockey, I think Saudi Arabia. -- nm - Dano May 10, 08:22 1
  - It's in NA but Saudi funded. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 08:32
- I assume the Saudi people have awesome healthcare and nobody living in poverty, because the amount they spend on sports is unreal. -- nm - pmb May 10, 08:00 1
  - Nope. Just the 1% of their 1% getting richer and richer. -- nm - Jovian May 10, 08:04
- awesome idea, tainted -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:52
WWE - Smackdown is going to move to USA a few weeks earlier and Raw is staying on USA until year-end. - Will Hunting May 10, 07:36
Tong Tong Xiong, Dillora Azuka-Onwuka -- nm* - today in names May 10, 07:33 2
- Walla Walla Bing Bang -- nm - JD May 10, 08:16
- they should marry and hyphenate -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 08:14
Weekend Plans ? -- nm - Andie May 10, 07:20 25
- cleaning out the house. it's all gotta go, upstairs needs to be empty, it's getting torn up starting monday. - colin May 10, 09:14
- I have to go to a hardware store that's like 45 minutes away (CRAP) but it's also right next to an ice cream parlor that sells hershey's (UNCRAP). -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 10, 08:37
- hanging at one of the pools here at Pelican Sound - bonus - they just got a new hot tub put in last Fall - all the jets are still really strong -- nm - JenBro May 10, 08:25
- 5K tomorrow. Haven't looked at the weather for Sunday yet, but I would like to garden on Sunday. -- nm - Dano May 10, 08:20
- I'm touring Washington DC for the weekend. 😁 -- nm - Krusty May 10, 08:07
- Nothing in particular. Taking care of some stuff around home. -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:05
- Conference tournament games for FH's stepson's team, Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday -- nm - JD May 10, 07:53
- Spring Cleaning. Mothers Day Stuff -- nm - Walt_Disney May 10, 07:51
- Assembling a new couch for J’s office* (arriving today at some point), sourcing custom wire shelving for our hall closet, and emptying and disassembling an old IKEA armoire, among other tasks. -- (edited) - znufrii May 10, 07:48
- finish opening trailer tomorrow. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:44
- There's a preview of IF so might do that, otherwise enjoy the sun. -- nm* - LMS May 10, 07:38
- hmm, yard work, maybe work work (11 days til vacation), relax, home stuff work -- nm - tRuMaN May 10, 07:35
- Going to lunch/brunch* at Wicked Chicken** tomorrow. After that we'll see where my feet take me. - Baron Kills World May 10, 07:34
- Mac's senior art show tonight; Pickle & Grilled Cheese fest tomorrow for Mother's Day; other Mother's Day stuff Sunday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:33 5
  - Your Fest intrigues me, nay, it excites me -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:40 4
    - indeed. Plus: pickle beer! -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:42 3
      - Get a Big Ass Dill for me. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:49 2
        
        on it -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:49 1
        
        get a room -- nm - LFG May 10, 07:50
- Haircut. Gardening. Neighbours 60th bday party. (Edit - also potentially chasing northern lights tonight, cloud-dependent.) -- nm* - Andie May 10, 07:28
- Dance fitness tonight; tomorrow book club, gardening class, chess club, archaeology fair; Sunday work as a server at Mother's Day brunch at the Elks - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:27 2
  - also, Arts Guild Spring Art Show and Friends of the Library book sale today -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:39 1
    - Ooh, tell me more about the archaeology fair. You're not that far from the site we heard about last night. -- nm - Meg May 10, 07:58
- Maybe chasing northern lights. Definitely working on finalizing album. Church stuff. Mother's day. Melting Pot. -- nm - oblique May 10, 07:24 1
  - mmmm, Melting Pot -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:37
Oh man, I guess I missed the Jimmy Johnson news. :( - Jovian May 10, 07:09 6
- (the Jimmy Johnson who died was 86 and was a cornerback for the Niners...unless I missed something) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:14 5
  - the article I had just been looking at is now gone. Apparently they mixed them up. -- nm - Jovian May 10, 07:34 4
    - Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation) -- (link) - znufrii May 10, 07:53
    - nope, here it is. Im very confused -- (link) - Jovian May 10, 07:52 2
      - Still the wrong Jimmy. Coach is only 80 years old. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 10, 07:58
      - Sad, if true. -- nm - LFG May 10, 07:53
"RFK Jr's brain-eating worm has learned his lesson" - by Susan Collins -- (edited) - New York Times Pitchbot May 10, 07:04
Toronto awarded WNBA expansion team to begin play in 2026.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney May 10, 06:56 2
- Congrats to another Toronto team that will win a title before the Maple Leafs! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:10 1
  - precisely -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:10
Air Vanuatu cancels all scheduled international flights -- (link*) - znufrii May 10, 06:44
Cover of Kiss's I was made for loving you by Yungblood. It is shockingly good -- (link) - Pippy Shark May 10, 06:43 [youtube] 2
- to your point that their songs are easily covered and easy to put a new spin on, one of my faves: Garth Brooks covering Hard Luck Woman -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 10, 06:57 [youtube]
- another fun thing about Fall Guy is how they use the original in about half the action scenes -- nm - hollywood big shot May 10, 06:47
I'm on the plane for my first flight in 23 years. Off to our nation's capital. 😁✈️ -- nm - Krusty May 10, 06:38 14
- FYI—about 5 minutes from Dulles, is a very cool airplane museum—it’s massive and very cool (and free!) -- nm - Trending May 10, 08:44 1
  - I read about it but we're not going to be near there to check it out. I also read it's really only accessible by car and we're on foot. -- nm - Krusty May 10, 09:34
- Have a great trip! -- nm - Jovian May 10, 07:53
- Enjoy -- nm - Walt_Disney May 10, 07:01
- 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 06:58
- woohoo!! -- nm - decline May 10, 06:57
- Have a great time! -- nm - ty97 May 10, 06:53
- have fun storming the .... oh shit....just have fun -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 06:52
- have a great trip, Krusty! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 06:44
- Woot!! -- nm - Pippy Shark May 10, 06:44
- have the *best* time! -- nm - Andie May 10, 06:43
- have fun storming the capitol -- nm - hollywood big shot May 10, 06:41 2
  - bastard -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 06:52
  - *checks the date* He's good! -- nm - Pippy Shark May 10, 06:44
Wayne Knight…is a subtle genius -- (pic) - Trending May 10, 06:15 [Attachment]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes looks to have overperformed yesterday: $6.5M. -- nm - MDH May 10, 06:07
G4 watch already in effect for northern lights. Sun is like "Hold my beer" -- (link) - oblique May 10, 05:59
Everton may enter administration as early as next week as expected takeover continues to fail to materialize -- (link) - znufrii May 10, 05:32 6
- It’s insane to me that they could be docked points for this season still given there’s a week or two left. -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 05:54 5
  - Agreed. It's really weird and unfair. Because you could be making decisions to rest or play players based on your standing at the time. - Volnelk May 10, 05:59 4
    - At least this one isn't arbitrary and therefore is actually 'fair'. -- nm - JD May 10, 06:10
    - Sounds to me they at least have the flexibility to decide timing for now, but it does seem like a question of when and not if at this point. -- (edited) - znufrii May 10, 06:06 2
      - And it’s insane they have a chance to decide. - Will Hunting May 10, 06:28 1
        
        Sure. Fine. Whatever. ;-) - JD May 10, 07:48
Connections Puzzle #334 PGBY - crash davis 😺 May 10, 05:07 6
- One oopsie to start. I knew exactly what purple was, but only knew 3 of the 4. - ty97 May 10, 06:54 2
  - spoiler question for you - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:19 1
    - yep, 100% - ty97 May 10, 07:21
- One oopsie - YPGB - VMan May 10, 06:11
- 2 mistakes - decline May 10, 06:10
- easy peasy - mud May 10, 05:13
Free wine hidden in small print claimed after three months - LMS May 10, 04:59
Daily Myth for May 10 - znufrii May 10, 04:48 1
- a primal cow? -- nm - Pippy Shark May 10, 05:59
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 82% (151), Poolman 20% (33), The Last Stop in Yuma County 97% (39) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 04:46
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, SWAT, , Fire Country, Smackdown, Blue Bloods, Franklin, Eileen, Sugar, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Chi, Doctor Who, The Iron Claw, - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 04:44 2
- (2 episodes of Doctor Who on D+) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:13 1
  - Thank you! -- nm - LFG May 10, 07:53
Strands #68 - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 04:41 3
- yellow 3rd - decline May 10, 06:21
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 10, 06:12
- Yellow first for me. - Volnelk May 10, 05:22
Wordle 1,056 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 04:39 3
- 5 - rollo May 10, 06:13
- 3 - decline May 10, 05:56
- Wordle 1,056 4/6 at the small ziggurat - crash davis 😺 May 10, 05:10
This interview w the Trump trial courtroom sketch artist is pretty interesting -- (link*) - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 04:36
Study: Only 3% of recent campus protests involved violence, half of which were in response to police taking action against them -- (link) - znufrii May 10, 04:32 1
- the other 97% just garden-variety assholes -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 10, 06:59

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