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Across the street neighbour knocks on my door "I see you burn wood, do you want that?" - Reagen May 26, 12:41 3
- Won't you think of all the rodents you can give homes to as your woodpile ages for a couple years? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:44
- someone on FB Marketplace would take it guaranteed. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 26, 12:43 1
  - I'm sure the arborist would take it, he's just insisting that he's doing me a favour - Reagen May 26, 12:44
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival: I think I found one of my places. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:36 5
- the base of "my" tree -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:38 4
  - It’s a good spot if there aren’t ants. -- nm - Qale May 26, 14:21
  - my Walmart picnic -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:39 2
    - Now there are ants. -- nm - Qale May 26, 14:21
    - a "selfie" -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:40
The NHL started on ABC 30 minutes ago. Why is my TV tuned to last year's Indy 500? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 26, 12:29
now playing: Sneakers -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 12:17 1
- Setec Astronomy -- nm - Dano May 26, 12:40
stop giving this asshole your product, studios -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 26, 12:13
Wait... Redbox has pivoted to prescription delivery by mail? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 26, 11:32
Yes, I'm watching the Women's lacrosse championship game. Hell of a match. 4:00 left. BC up by 2 over Northwestern. Go Cats! -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 11:31
Took some photos while on a walk with my dad - mydimons May 26, 11:26 [flickr] 6 1
- Great photos. Whose doggo? -- nm - Pippy May 26, 12:43
- great photos! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 26, 12:41
- Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 12:08
- I like old stone steps. -- nm - mud May 26, 11:43
- this one's terrific -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 11:42 [flickr] 1
  - really nicely done! -- nm - i.b.! May 26, 12:01
Monaco: For the first time in F1 history, the top 10 of the grid finished as they started(qualified) -- (link*) - budice May 26, 11:16 [Attachment] 1
- I told my kid that and he's "WTF"? -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 12:08
Oh, no Acuna. I’m sorry, David. -- nm - Tim May 26, 11:03 8
- At least he was healthy last year. -- nm - David May 26, 11:23 7
  - (They're saying it's just left knee soreness, but I'm wildly skeptical.) -- nm - David May 26, 11:29 6
    - 🤞🏼🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty May 26, 12:09
    - Maybe some time off the field will help him get healed up and figure out what's going wrong this year. - Will Hunting May 26, 11:33 3
      - He was finally starting to hit, but yeah. He injured that knee in March, and his swing hasn't been right. -- nm - David May 26, 11:42 2
        
        After seeing way to much of that team already this year I think you're alright. But I do hope the knee isn't serious. He's fun to watch. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 12:06 1
        
        I think you've seen more of us than I have since we're blocked out on virtually all the live games. -- nm - David May 26, 12:28
    - It’s a miracle if that’s all it is. -- nm - Tim May 26, 11:31
Best ever time on a Sunday crossword - 23:15 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 10:26 3
- nice! 24:52 - a couple minutes off my modern best, had to go find a typo, grr.— nm - i.b.! May 26, 12:35
- Are you a wizard? -- nm - Qale May 26, 12:06
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 26, 11:20
Is a door a machine? -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:23 5
- a machine typically does more than the effort applied to it. A door is merely a tool -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 11:20 1
  - jews are not allowed to work or use machines on the Sabbath but you can open or close a door. -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 11:43
- The hinge is a lever. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 10:40 1
  - and you are a fabulist -- nm - mud May 26, 11:39
- no. next question? -- nm - mud May 26, 10:40
South Carolina football has a 6’5, 240lb freshman who runs a 10.12 100m and a 20.20 200m - Will Hunting May 26, 10:16
“USC squandering a conference championship at the hands of a program facing a budgetary crisis: the most fitting way for this historic conference to -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 26, 09:28 1
- I mean, sure, USC and Arizona are shitshows, but ESPN knows the PAC-12 still exists, yes? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 26, 10:25
Pacers used a football play, called “Mesh,” to try to get a player open for the last shot -- (link) - Trending May 26, 09:19 4
- Looks like it worked, too. If the 3-pointer had gone in, this would have been called genius. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 26, 10:29 1
  - it was a solid play, the shooter is a 40% 3 point shooter -- nm - Remlik May 26, 11:03
- I mean, you can't use The Old Picket Fence every time -- nm - Masked Baron May 26, 10:14
- Popular in Madden. I run Mesh concepts all the time. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 26, 10:08
Anyone need some blank tapes? (pic) -- (edited) - sycor May 26, 09:11 [Attachment] 5
- I’d take the Maxell 100 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 26, 09:20 2
  - If you really want it I'll send it to you. - sycor May 26, 09:41 1
    - thx! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 26, 09:48
- Ooh, Maxell! Fancy! -- nm - David May 26, 09:12 1
  - We also have some blank JVC VHS tapes. Never been opened! -- nm* - sycor May 26, 09:14
Furiosa Reported $25.5M 3-day. Garfield at $24.7M -- nm - budice May 26, 09:10
Damn -- the family has confirmed that Grayson Murray committed suicide. - Will Hunting May 26, 09:06 2
- [died by suicide] - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 26, 11:14
- Saw that. Trying to help others is noble -- nm - budice May 26, 09:11
I forgot how awful summer running is. -- nm - Dano May 26, 09:01 1
- I got out early for my run yesterday, thankfully. - znufrii May 26, 09:41
Indy 500 race start: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- (link*) - budice May 26, 08:17 [Attachment] 4
- It is pouring now. Some thunder as well. -- nm - LFG May 26, 09:51 1
  - move the race to a real city -- nm - hollywood big shot May 26, 09:52
- That'll impact the Nascar race too since Kyle Larson made his call to stay in Indy at the cost of the Nascar 600 tonight in Charlotte. -- (link) - Will Hunting May 26, 08:27
- Fans advised to clear the grandstand and seek shelter. -- nm - Meg May 26, 08:23
Is it better for your favorite sports team’s name to have one syllable or two? Chant-wise, that is… - Mop🧹 May 26, 08:09 9
- ~up the harbour down the shore come on Botwood score some more!~ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 26, 12:42
- Two syllables.. unless you want your chants in waltz rhythm. -- nm - whisper May 26, 12:30
- It's the reason the Cubs rule Chicago over the White Sox. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 08:48 5
  - Yeah, that's the reason. :-) - Krusty May 26, 08:53 4
    - Which speaks volumes given the Cubs went 108 years between wins. - Will Hunting May 26, 09:04 1
      - Seriously -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:25
    - And Let's Go, Cubbies works pretty good. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:54 1
      - Nobody says that. 8-) -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 08:57
- Let's go team name(two syllables)! The other doesn't feel or sound as good. -- nm* - Krusty May 26, 08:44
I heard a comparison of ScarJo’s voice in Her and the voice they used in the ChatGPT demo and… nah. - Mop🧹 May 26, 08:07
Our FF league draft is being set by Indy 500 results this year. I have somebody named Pato O'Ward - Strongbad May 26, 06:38 4
- He’s not a bad pick! -- nm - MDH May 26, 07:24
- Reminds me of one of the more incongruent names in history, Chilean national hero Bernardo O'Higgins. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 06:53 2
  - I saw mine and figured he was Irish -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 07:23 1
    - Mexican/Irish drivers rule!!!!! - Last Of My Kind May 26, 08:55
Star studded grid at F1 Monaco. Taylor-Joy, Alexandra Daddario, M. Douglas (sans Zeta-Jones), a Jonas, lots of soccer dudes. Let's race! -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 26, 05:50 11
- Not much change in the order since the restart -- nm - budice May 26, 08:16 1
  - There hardly ever is at Monaco -- ESPN runs the same article every year about how it's too tiny a track for 'racing', but because it's Monaco - Will Hunting May 26, 08:17
- I see there’s a bit of a rash of “I forgot my shirt” among some of the models in attendance. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 26, 08:13
- Already Red Flagged.geez -- (pic) - budice May 26, 06:09 [Attachment] 7
  - 3 separate incidents, not even one lap done. the big crash vid -- (link) - budice May 26, 06:22 6
    - The tweet says “Absolutely horrifying”. I’d disagree. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 26, 08:05
    - Ferrari super fortunate. - Volnelk 🍊 May 26, 06:26 4
      - Monaco is beautiful but a super boring race. Once it gets going it’s just a fast car parade. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 26, 07:00 3
        
        I think all the street races are bullshit, Monaco the most of them. (NM) - Marlowe May 26, 08:11
        
        That's true. Cars are too big for this track imo. Plus,today, a number of teams are asking their drivers to "slow down". Tire management on a track - Last Of My Kind May 26, 07:42
        
        I’m fine with that if Verstappen isn’t leading. - Will Hunting May 26, 07:09
Daily Myth for May 26 - znufrii May 26, 05:09
Strands #84 yellow 1st -- (edited) - decline May 26, 05:05 4
- I think I this was the fastest I’ve ever completed one. - i.b.! May 26, 12:00
- Yellow 1st. Almost *too* easy - ty97 May 26, 09:41
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 26, 07:58
- 7th - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 05:50
Connections Puzzle #350 BYGP - decline May 26, 05:02 5
- PGBY - crash davis 😺 May 26, 11:10
- GYBP, a couple of oopsies because (spoilers) -- (edited) - ty97 May 26, 09:43
- No oopsies - GBYP - VMan May 26, 07:49
- YBGP - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 05:47
- stupid purple last - mud May 26, 05:43
Wordle 1,072 5/6 - decline May 26, 04:59 4
- Wordle 1,072 5/6 - crash davis 😺 May 26, 11:29
- 4/6 - ty97 May 26, 09:43
- 5 - rollo May 26, 08:44
- Wordle 1,072 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 26, 05:44
Very good Doctor Who episode this week. -- nm - LMS May 26, 03:45 1
- very good. -- nm - . May 26, 03:58
Can't sleep. Stupid itching. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 26, 02:41 6
- if you haven’t already tried them, topical Benadryl or cortisone cream with anti-itch are my usually first steps; and generics are fine. - i.b.! May 26, 12:41
- Hope you are feeling better. It definitely suck. I'm pretty sure my blister has gotten a little bigger. About the size of a nickel now. -- nm - sycor May 26, 09:42
- The super powers will be worth it though. -- nm - Dano May 26, 04:29
- Heat pack it. Washcloth in as hot water that you can stand. Apply to area. Rewarm when it cools and reapply 2-3 times. - . May 26, 03:25 2
  - Thanks! I'll give it a try. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 03:45 1
    - Have had a couple irritating spider bits and experimented until I found something that worked. Hope it works for you. -- nm - . May 26, 03:57
I took a photo of a sailboat today. Well ... a sail, at least. -- (link) - Beryllium May 26, 01:23 [flickr] 2
- Nice shot! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 02:34
- It's really tough to see in that photo, but there's a lighthouse way in the distance. That's the destination for one of the races. -- (pic) - Beryllium May 26, 01:27 [Attachment]
Bear in Monrovia breaking into cars and houses and opening refrigerators. -- (link) - Meg May 25, 23:05 1
- How a bear got to Liberia is anyone’s guess. -- nm - mafic May 26, 05:06
Furiosa loses a whole letter grade for using greenscreen and cgi physics, but The Stowaway was excellent. 9:55 movie started 10:30 after trailers. - Max May 25, 22:45 [Attachment]
Hit Man is pretty fun but . . . that ending boy i dunno -- nm - hollywood big shot May 25, 21:47
Hank Green recorded a stand-up special for streaming. Unfortunately, that streaming service is Dropout, the former College Humor. - Mop🧹 May 25, 21:47 3
- We subscribed a month ago and we love it. I thought it would be for 1-2 months top but there is a lot of content we want to watch - Guigue May 26, 06:09 1
  - Also there's a trial AFAIK -- nm - Guigue May 26, 06:09
- I've been considering subscribing to dropout because of Game Changer -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 21:56
Bianca Jagger sets the record straight. She did not ride a horse into Club 54...the horse was already there and she was invited to sit on it as it was -- nm - Led around. May 25, 21:33
Jury awards Idaho drag performer $1.1 million in defamation case. - Qale May 25, 21:21 5
- I hope it holds up through the appeals -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 21:48
- More of this, please. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 25, 21:44 3
  - I've just bought tickets to this. I'm really somewhat surprised that our little traditional demographic supports The Gem to the extent they do. -- (link) - Meg May 25, 22:01 2
    - RuPaul has mass produced so many of these queens, I don’t recognize those two. -- nm - Qale May 25, 22:06 1
      - Probably friends of Damiens but I'm sure it'll be a fun evening. -- nm - Meg May 25, 22:20
About 2k people still without power, 9 days after Houston’s derecho. That’s not a lot, but if you’re one of them, that really really sucks. -- nm - Qale May 25, 21:09 1
- It seems about 3% of the people from Rio Grande do Sul still don't have power, about 3 weeks in. Roughly 600k had to leave their homes. (NM) - Marlowe May 25, 21:36
Lost in Don the cons speech to Libertarians was his promise to commute the life sentence for Silk Road founder Ultrich -- (link) - zeitgeist May 25, 21:08 1
- Law & Order! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 25, 22:11
fuck. season over. crap -- nm - Remlik May 25, 20:01 2
- I have not watched since game one. It was over then. -- nm - LFG May 26, 10:55
- Sorry. :-( -- (edited) - Krusty May 25, 20:06
TJ Mcconnell and Andrew Nembhard are having games of their careers. But will it be enough -- nm - Remlik May 25, 19:54
ugh. that lead just evaporated -- nm - Remlik May 25, 19:38
we lost Doug Ingle. 78. he was a founder of Iron Butterfly and sang/co-wrote In a Gadda Di Vida -- (link) - Peglegpete May 25, 19:34 1
- awwww -- nm - Remlik May 25, 19:34
Furiosa: $8M Sat. $26M 3day, $31-$33M 4day -- nm - budice May 25, 19:33 1
- I'm going to watch that movie 10 times tomorrow in an effort to correct this injustice. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 25, 19:43

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