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some good news (was probly expected, I guess) -- (pic) - mud May 21, 16:48 [Attachment] 1
- There could have been a rejection suggesting she’s too risky. But I assume the opposite happened. - Qale May 21, 17:05
Email received today from Red Lobster (too late I'm afraid) - Meg May 21, 16:46 5
- "beloved brands like Delta and Hertz" eeerrmmmm -- nm - ty97 May 21, 17:14
- Is the bar so low that I’m thinking that at least that wasn’t written by AI? -- nm - Qale May 21, 17:02
- "Pinchy would have wanted it this way." -- nm - Max May 21, 16:53
- Yeah, I was joking to Kim about it. "That's great. Now, about all those employees you fired without notice..." -- nm - David May 21, 16:47 1
  - I'm hurt they didn't offer me a free shrimp dinner for my loyalty ;) -- nm - Meg May 21, 17:10
NBC has contacted John Tesh about getting the NBA theme he wrote licensed.... -- (link) - Remlik May 21, 16:29 8
- Poll: could you name the song without looking? - Tim May 21, 16:55 4
  - Yep. AEW used it for Being the Elite a while back. -- nm - David May 21, 17:05
  - Flop In The Paint? -- nm - Qale May 21, 17:03
  - now, yes (only b/c i've looked it up on youtube recently) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 21, 17:01
  - Yep -- nm - eag May 21, 16:58
- It's one of the GOATS of sports theme songs -- nm - eag May 21, 16:54 1
  - Harlem globetrotters own that with the whistled sweet Georgia Brown -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 19:26
- "the price of the brick just went up" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 21, 16:43
‘Walker’ Canceled After Four Seasons at The CW -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 16:28 4
- Shane Gillis Series ‘Tires’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix Ahead of Series Premiere -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 16:29 3
  - ‘Primo’ Canceled at Freevee After One Season: ‘A Short but Beautiful Run’ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 16:29 2
    - Canadian Drama ‘The Spencer Sisters’ Canceled After 1 Season By CTV -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 16:29 1
      - ‘Unicorn Academy’ Gets Second Season at Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 16:30
Topps makes card for woman who took 110 mph foul ball to the dome. -- (link) - Tim May 21, 16:08 17
- Where was she sitting that she got hit by the ball? With the screens it seems rather difficult to get him by a ball these days. - Krusty May 21, 16:29 8
  - I got a ball to the face at Fenway when I was 10 or something. Pre-game, they were hitting balls during practice, - Guigue May 21, 17:09
  - Here's her reddit thread -- (link) - Reagen May 21, 16:50 2
    - Wow, someone else grabbed the ball and took it. -- nm - Roger More May 21, 20:04
    - Oh, it was Friday night. -- nm - Tim May 21, 16:53
  - I actually pulled up the game on my phone and am checking each Bichette at bat. -- nm - Tim May 21, 16:37 3
    - Whoa whoa. There is no need for that kind of language! - Qale May 21, 17:08
    - I checked all his at bats Saturday and Sunday and don't see when it happened. (He did not have a good weekend.) -- nm - Tim May 21, 16:48 1
      - Thanks for the effort! It's this at bat but there's no video of it hitting her. -- (link) - Krusty May 21, 21:25
- um. I hope she got an MRI? -- nm - loosilu May 21, 16:21
- That is a huge knot on her head. I can't imagine the headache she had the next day. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 16:19 4
  - Looks like it turned into a shiner for the ages -- (link) - Tim May 21, 16:22 3
    - Damn, one more and she would really be a butthead -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 19:28
    - Damn! Probably had a nice concussion to go with it all. Hopefully the Blue Jays hook her up with a helmet. - Krusty May 21, 16:27 1
      - Nope but she did get a Bo Bichette signed baseball - JD May 21, 16:38
- Career Stats: 1 Error -- nm - Max May 21, 16:14
- My department head was at that game and saw it happen like a section away. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 16:09
Honest Game Trailers | Fallout 76 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 15:57 [youtube]
I bought some Up and Up (Target store brand) trash bags, fresh scent. Opened the box of 50, used two. - ty97 May 21, 15:52 3
- have a bag of some other scented brand living in the garage for that reason. -- nm - . May 21, 16:53
- Did same, store brand torn immediately when I put trash in it. Went to Hefty -- nm - budice May 21, 15:56 1
  - Kirkland - one of their boxes lasts me a couple of years :) -- nm - Meg May 21, 15:58
A Giants Fan Reaction to the 2023-2024 NFL Season -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 15:50 [youtube]
Honest Trailers | Mad Max Trilogy -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 21, 15:44 [youtube]
Finished Schmicago. Too bad no third season. I was looking forward to Schmevita or Schmats or Les Schmiz. -- nm - Masked Baron May 21, 15:38
wap? Chet Hanks explains to the Lamar/Drake feud to his dad, noted actor Tom -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 21, 15:37
There's double tap and then there's 14 times in 19 seconds - JD May 21, 15:37 2
- Yeah, that's the one where Register headline said "UPS drive shot, no packages were taken" :/ -- nm - Meg May 21, 15:57
- j. fried chicken -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 21, 15:40
I didn't realize that signing high school yearbooks was something that kids still did -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 21, 15:30 5
- Not Logan. He hates yearbooks. Has not got one since elementary. I may make him get a senior year one, at least. -- nm - LFG May 21, 16:46
- They don't just post on each others' Facebook walls? -- nm - Masked Baron May 21, 15:40 3
  - Find an 18-year-old posting on FB, and I'll show you a left-handed unicorn. -- nm - David May 21, 15:48 2
    - ... only 14 hands? This is no unicorn. This is a UNIPONY! -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 16:40
    - Front or back left? -- nm - Masked Baron May 21, 16:24
"we're getting the band back together" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 21, 15:17
“For regular loads, fill just below line 1” - znufrii May 21, 14:54 6
- This whole thread is *this close* to being flagged NSFW! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 21, 15:12
- What if I have big loads? - Qale May 21, 14:57 4
  - Line 3 -- nm - znufrii May 21, 17:05
  - That's crossing the line. -- nm - Max May 21, 15:10 1
    - "For huge loads, cross the line" -- nm - LFG May 21, 15:11
  - fill to line 1 -- nm - LFG May 21, 15:02
YouTube just introduced me to something called Middle Aged Dad Jam Band. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 21, 14:51 1
- Can you borrow a feeling? -- nm - David May 21, 15:29
Sheesh.... Get your shit tight! - Dano May 21, 14:49 2
- oh hell no! clear the board! -- nm - Judge Merchan May 21, 15:11
- Deploy an update on Friday before the holiday. That’ll teach them to mess with you. -- nm - Qale May 21, 14:59
Is Cedar Rapids IA a nice city? -- nm - Jovian May 21, 14:38 4
- It is a bit soft compared to Oak Rapids -- nm - crash davis May 21, 14:48 1
  - uuuuuggggghhhhhhhh -- nm - ty97 May 21, 14:57
- "Cedar Rapids is ranked one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. by Livability.com (2023)." -- (link) - ty97 May 21, 14:45
- It smells like cereal everywhere. -- nm - Max May 21, 14:38
X-men movie has a writer -- (link*) - Remlik May 21, 14:37 2
- The Recently Undead Spiro Agnew? That's a curveball. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 14:41 1
  - Oh wow. My initial version of this supposed joke was going to reference Steve Bannon. And this dude produced American Dharma. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 14:45
aww RIP another That Guy! character actor -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 21, 14:23
Hot on the heels of Red Lobster 🦞 bankruptcy, Buffalo Wild Wings introduces all-you-can-eat Buffalo 🦬 wings— -- (edited) - Trending May 21, 14:16 [Attachment] 6
- (endless shrimp didn't cause Red Lobster's bankruptcy) -- nm - Reagen May 21, 14:41 2
  - Not directly. But if they were forced to buy overpriced shrimp for a bad promo concept, it certainly goes in the Didn’t Help column. -- nm - Qale May 21, 15:01 1
    - It's actually detailed how much. $11m, which on their debt load, is like saying Hammer was bankrupted by Hammer pants. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 15:04
- *Walter White screaming in the back of Hank's SUV GIF* -- nm - hollywood big shot May 21, 14:30
- Buffalo don't have wings, silly! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 21, 14:29
- Once you eat the average amount budgeted they'll drop a plate of Death by Flaming Asshole sauce. -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 14:20
Westjet refused to let me log in, so I had to book my flight as a filthy guest. Oh, the shame, the shame. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 13:25 4
- You shouldn't feel ashamed for flying Westjet! - ty97 May 21, 13:30 3
  - I was so happy to find they fly direct between Vancouver and John Wayne. Maybe only twice a week but it worked for me. -- nm - Meg May 21, 13:46
  - At least it's not Air Canada. - Beryllium May 21, 13:42 1
    - All of my Air Canada flights have been fine. - ty97 May 21, 15:25
three-front war? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 21, 13:25 4
- The new nato country Finland? The country that kicked their ass in WW2? yeah, go ahead mess with them -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 14:16
- Oh, I can help, it's the little dashed lines. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 13:30 2
  - "I went out on my boat the other day and you know what I saw? Nothing. There are no lines in the ocean. Government maps have been lying to us." -- nm - Fox News May 21, 15:14
  - nyet! -- nm - mud May 21, 13:59
Kudos to the IL Secretary of State office - DMV. Needed to redo my car registration (because I had let it lapse). Budgeted at least an hour of time - pmb May 21, 13:12 6
- Now that they take appointments on line, there are few lines, people aren't as cranky so clerks aren't stressed as much. -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 14:18
- sorry, gotta report you to bar counsel -- nm - hollywood big shot May 21, 13:39
- Depends on time of day and location. Though they have gotten much better. -- nm - . May 21, 13:36
- "Hey Flash wanna hear a joke?" "no!" "Sure." -- nm - Max May 21, 13:30
- Indiana, same. Maybe it is time to retire our old conceptions? -- nm - LFG May 21, 13:20
- Seconded. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 21, 13:15
Israel seized broadcasting gear from AP for violating new laws, claims they shared video with aljazeera -- (link) - zeitgeist May 21, 13:08
Standings after R2 -- (edited) - Reagen May 21, 12:56 5
- wtf is this and how do I win? -- nm - oblique May 21, 13:00 2
  - NHL pool. invent a time machine? -- nm* - Reagen May 21, 13:01 1
    - heh. there would be no winning that for me either way -- nm - oblique May 21, 13:17
- bottomfeeder that i am -- nm - budice May 21, 12:58 1
  - Who'd you pick? The Redwings? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 21, 15:30
Elvis' Graceland is up for auction as Lisa Marie's heir does not want it. Local TV reports -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 12:55 6
- Ok, Riley is trying to stop foreclosure, claims mom's signature was forged on a loan for 4m -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 14:42
- Looks like that heir is Riley Keough. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 21, 13:14 3
  - Amy heard that Riley wants it. -- nm - LFG May 21, 14:06 2
    - Yeah, opposite reports. I though Graceland was a national monument anyway. -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 14:21 1
      - Make a hell of an airbnb. -- nm - LFG May 21, 14:28
- buy buy buy -- (link) - Nic Cage May 21, 12:59 [youtube]
1 out of every 3 US homes are bought with cash—40% have no mortgage -- nm - Trending May 21, 12:51 6
- Now do how many of those are bought by actual people and not corporations. -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 21, 12:52 5
  - Exactly. How many of those are being bought by intended owner residents vs investment properties -- nm - ty97 May 21, 13:20
  - Super expensive trophy property tends to be cash purchase, then you have people who paid off their mortgage, elderly and small investors -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 12:58
  - Corporations are people too, Jim -- nm - decline May 21, 12:58 2
    - Though not for carpool lane purposes -- nm - JD May 21, 13:50 1
      - What about Corporate Carpool Karaoke? -- nm - LFG May 21, 13:57
TIL FlyerTalk.com -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 12:46 4
- I've been cheating on ST with that site for at least 16 years -- nm - ty97 May 21, 13:22 3
  - I bet. 😂 sadly the only westjet login problem info I could find was from 10 years ago. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 13:26 2
    - And it hasn't been fixed yet! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 21, 14:06 1
      - Evidently, yes. (But seriously, I assume they deactivated my account or broke it somehow) -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 14:11
My home can be a silly place at times. I just voted in the Democratic Primary. Thursday I will attend the Democratic Caucus. - crash davis May 21, 12:45
If everything is a sandwich, nothing is a sandwich. -- nm - Qale May 21, 12:44 1
- I'm just surprised that pixie didn't take his legal acumen and mock the decision for coming from Indiana. -- nm - crash davis May 21, 12:46
you’d think they’d get tired of having their wallet constantly stolen by the inspector and yet… -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 21, 12:36 5
- Rolls eyes, we're still waiting for his health plan ,his taxes, his middle east peace in 30 days plan -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 12:41
- Looks like he just gave his official statement. And he speaks for all Republicans. And its as pleasant as usual: -- (pic) - Jovian May 21, 12:39 [Attachment] 3
  - … I’ll just let all my judges do the dirty work -- nm - hollywood big shot May 21, 12:44
  - So, definitely going to allow states to restrict access to birth control I mean they already defunded planned parenting -- nm* - zeitgeist May 21, 12:43
  - Guess he has been waiting for what the internal polling showed after that Time interview. -- nm - Jovian May 21, 12:41
BTW, do you know what's the perfect show in a high turnover pre-/post-procedure waiting room? Pawn Stars. - David May 21, 12:25 14
- Yeah, I’m sorry, the best I can do is $20. I have to wait for the right buyer, clean it up some, really I should be turning you away. -- nm - Rick Harrison May 21, 12:46 9
  - He's got a sixth sense in deducing what people will accept. It's an impressive skill. - David May 21, 12:49 8
    - I love it when he comes up against someone who knows what they have and how much it's worth. -- nm - . May 21, 13:26
    - Ya know, it used to offend me what he would offer people and then you watch them take the offers... - Turd Ferguson May 21, 12:53 6
      - You're not typically pawning something because you're good at making financial decisions. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 13:03 3
        
        I don't really think of Pawn Stars in that way. In the newer episodes, you're talking collector to collector in many instances. -- nm - David May 21, 13:04 2
        
        It’s far more infotainment than actual representation of the pawning, yah. -- nm - Qale May 21, 15:05
        
        This. But also remember for the TV show Pawn Stars they are showing you .1% of their business. -- nm - Strongbad May 21, 13:40
      - It's the power of cash in hand. That's tangible. -- nm - David May 21, 12:57 1
        
        In the days of Crack, I'd get car buyers offering a fraction of the price waving cash under my nose like I'm going to start twitching -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 13:01
- The military hospital here only have repeated announcements and weather as there were fist fights over fox,cnn news, not even HG or Food.net -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 12:38
- Yuuuuuuupp -- nm - budice May 21, 12:30
- I'm sorry you did not get the Golden Girls marathon waiting room. -- nm - Pippy Shark May 21, 12:29 1
  - Thankfully, no. -- nm - David May 21, 12:35
They're not bringing Beau DeMayo back. He's apparently a problem child. - David May 21, 12:23 1
- that's to bad. -- nm - Remlik May 21, 12:39
if I put pixie between two pieces of bread is he a sandwich? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 21, 12:21 2
- pixie is never the meat in the sandwich -- nm - budice May 21, 12:22
- Have we forgotten the cube rule of food? -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 21, 12:22
Wurd. -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 21, 12:20 2
- Wurst. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 21, 12:21 1
  - Werd. -- nm - budice May 21, 12:22

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