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Hello, Calgary! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 11:15 1
- Calgary, home to both kinds of music. Country & Western -- nm - budice Jul 8, 11:17
Called Kaiser for an Ophthalmology follow-up. First available appointment is Sept 10!! Not happy. -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 11:13
What's the cost of an escape room in your area? And how long does the experience last? -- nm* - David Jul 8, 11:11 5
- The Machine's escape room bit with his kids and his dad in Razzle Dazzle is hilarious -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 11:19
- time limit? damn places should be escape or die -- nm - decline Jul 8, 11:18
- $30 per person for approximately 60 minutes depending on efficiency in figuring room out -- nm - JD Jul 8, 11:17
- apparently $50-ish for a horror room. we got through the one they booked for an office party in less than an hour. maybe even like a half hour?? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:15
- $35-$45 per person for a 60 minute experience -- nm - rollo Jul 8, 11:14
Ryder Cup: Tiger Woods declined Captain offer -- nm - budice Jul 8, 11:03
Labour gets it (run the campaign that gets you into office then just do the good things you want to do when you have the power) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:48 4
- gosh that doesn't seem very honest. What if the bad people started doing the same thing? -- nm - mud Jul 8, 11:00 3
  - they've already done it and would do it again the next time they win -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:02 2
    - .. [blink] .. - mud Jul 8, 11:03 1
      - (Labour promised to nationalize the rails "within five years") -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:05
DTL: Oof... Starkville upset by my conference nemesis. -- nm - Dano Jul 8, 10:44 3
- Honolulu has lost its last three first rounds games by 3, 2, and 3 points. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 8, 11:12 1
  - We really should've won this one, but 11 three pointers is hard to counter. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 8, 11:13
- very disappointing, we led most of the way -- nm - rollo Jul 8, 11:00
go pengy !! -- (link) - mud Jul 8, 10:35 2
- Man, if that penguin falls into the water... he'll swim and jump out! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 11:00
- !! -- nm - budice Jul 8, 10:44
Duran Duran announced a brief 7 city (Northeast US) fall arena tour - MDH Jul 8, 10:34 1
- get that casino money boys -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:37
apparently $243m is the price in Merrick Garland's DOJ for two 737 Maxes full of dead bodies -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:34 4
- Kind of? It's an additional $243.6 million fine for the criminal prosecution that Boeing was originally not charged with in lieu of - JD Jul 8, 11:12
- Technically, it's an *additional* $243m. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 11:06 1
  - "The Boeing Company had revenue of $76.44B in the twelve months ending March 31, 2024" this is like paying a jaywalking ticket -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 11:08
- Is that even the price of two 737 max? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 11:03
A rather important Critical Role announcement. -- (link) - David Jul 8, 10:12 [youtube] 2
- odoglaring.. oglegoggle... yodelodelologist. I didn't notice it until he pointed it out but that is a dope scar. - Max Jul 8, 11:48
- holy shit. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 10:37
if Peaches & Herb sounds like an 70s buddy cop show title, well that’s apparently not far off -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:07 2
- And together they fight crime? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 11:11
- the dread pirate Peaches -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 10:09
Angels: Rendon & Trout haven't had ABs since April - budice Jul 8, 09:53 1
- they must be well rested by now -- nm - decline Jul 8, 10:03
maybe it’s better for Reform that those 13 seat projections were way off, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 09:45 1
- Didn't all the candidates stand on stage when they announced the results? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 11:01
Coach Dan Hurley, UConn agree to new 6-year, $50M contract -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 09:35
Pacers have signed Pascal Siakam! -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 09:32
REBweekend. David, Holiday World has free drinks, period. Self-service stations all over the park. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 09:18 2
- That is borderline unprecedented in the industry. -- nm* - David Jul 8, 09:35 1
  - Free parking and free sunscreen as well -- (link) - JD Jul 8, 09:47
ST Poll: Ever win a radio or TV call-in or now Internet contest? Won Queensryche tickets for calling in to KLOS FM back in the day. -- nm - con_carne Jul 8, 09:16 32
- When my jazz station community bought it from the college, I won several shows, buddy Guy, pearl Django before too many learned of the drawing page -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 11:07
- I win tickets to see Extreme in 8th or 9th grade. -- nm - kelly Jul 8, 10:39
- Way back in the day, I won tickets to see the Doobie Brothers live at Six Flags (St. Louis) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 8, 10:10 3
  - but then they busted your bootlegging ass like Rerun? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:15 [youtube] 2
    - Why I remember this line, I have no idea. "I be Roger Thomas, which Doobie you be?" nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 8, 10:17 1
      - hey hey hey -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:20 [youtube]
- My brother won a TiVo back in the day on Howard Stern (before Satellite radio) -- nm - Jovian Jul 8, 10:06
- I went to the Bimbo Bread website to complain about a loaf I'd bought. Entered a sweepstakes on the site - won a year's supply of bread. - Meg Jul 8, 09:39 3
  - I can eat 52 loaves of bread in a year. -- nm - Cool Hand Luke Jul 8, 09:54
  - I won a "year's supply" of pizza and soda at a college basketball game once. It was 12 pizzas and 24 cases of soda. It lasted us less than a month -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 09:49
  - that is amazing. You are the best -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 09:46
- as mentioned below, $500 bursary and Post Malone tickets in the last week or so. Where the wife works from home and listens to radio all day she - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 09:35 1
  - of course I win every FB related contest I enter; but every time I click the link provided I have to change all my banking information for some reason -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 09:37
- Two radio call in contests I recall: HFStival Tickets and Starhip's Knee Deep in the Hoopla vinyl LP (when it first came out - I didn't own a player) -- nm - Dano Jul 8, 09:34
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 09:33
- About 10 years ago....Me or Mrs. Disney won tickets to Riverdance in Toronto. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 8, 09:32
- Saw Banks and 21 Pilots at the KROQ listening room or whatever they call it -- nm - JD Jul 8, 09:31
- We used to have something called Rock Quiz. You could win once a week. Because of me, they changed it to you could win only once every two weeks. -- nm - David Jul 8, 09:28
- I won a 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon call in for movie tickets. I don't even remember what movie it was for, I never went to get the tickets. -- nm - sycor Jul 8, 09:28
- I don't think I've won anything in my entire life - decline Jul 8, 09:24 2
  - You have to *play* to *win*, decline. - LFG Jul 8, 09:25 1
    - true, I stopped trying long ago -- nm - decline Jul 8, 09:30
- I won Dennis Miller tickets way back in the day. Pre-internet, they asked what year SNL began. I actually called twice as I thought it was 1976. - LFG Jul 8, 09:23 4
  - "Weird that there were no other callers for these" -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 09:25 2
    - he came to my college senior year (1992) when he was actually still funny -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 09:42
    - It was *way* early. When I was working the earliest job I had ever had. Radio alarm clock and perfectly heard the question. - LFG Jul 8, 09:26
  - "Indiana Genius" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 09:24
- Couple times, yeah. Most recently was Van Halen when Roth and Wolfgang were touring with them. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 8, 09:17
- andie, sit this one out -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 09:17 2
  - i won a $50 GC for The Bay on Saturday! (just in case anyone thought my luck was gone.) -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:21 1
    - hee! love it. absolutely no one thought your luck was gone - Pippy Jul 8, 09:22
- all the time. I won so much I had to use other people's names. I could only win every 30 days. my first a Quiet Riot album -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 09:16
Marvel: Agatha All Along trailer -- (link) - budice Jul 8, 09:08 7
- Wouldn't it be great if Aubrey Plaza's character from Legion factored into this. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 10:40 1
  - she reposted the trailer on her IG this morning -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 10:41
- I am in. looks great -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 10:39
- This is your reminder that Kathryn Hahn and Ana Gasteyer are not the same person. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 8, 09:37 1
  - Sure, one has all the talent in the world. The other was apparently on SNL. -- nm - David Jul 8, 09:39
- Happy Birthday, David! -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 09:14 1
  - Happy birthday, Kilbo! -- nm - David Jul 8, 09:25
Looks like CYs next in line for Beryl. Outer bands look to reach him about noon. Is this a particularly slow-moving storm? -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 08:54 5
- I thought CY was in CA? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 8, 09:25 2
  - Missouri now. I think -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 09:54 1
    - Yep, Springfield, MO. Livin' the good life as ever ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 10:52
- Was just looking at the track. This says it will hit Toronto Thursday morning as a post-tropical storm -- (link) - decline Jul 8, 09:05 1
  - by then it will just be a fun storm. nothing like it is now. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:20
So yesterday I learned that there is a thing called the Savannah Bananas that are an MLB Harlem Globetrotters. - oblique Jul 8, 08:54 11
- Top 10 Savannah Ball moments of 2023 -- (link) - Remlik Jul 8, 09:19 [youtube] 1
  - # 6 fire pitch is my fav but # 1 is pretty darn sweet -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 09:29
- They sold out 3 games against the Indy team a year in advance. -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 09:18
- The King and His Court would be the softball version I guess -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 09:10 2
  - yes but these guys are MILES above the King. -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 09:18 1
    - *throws 100 mph strike from 2nd base blindfolded* "do tell" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 10:15
- They are so fun. also nmbKilbo - Pippy Jul 8, 09:07 3
  - which one? - oblique Jul 8, 09:13 2
    - ASTS -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 09:23 1
      - yeah, that was a pleasant surprise :) -- nm - oblique Jul 8, 09:31
- My nephew LOVES them. My brother took him to a game last year. -- nm* - Andie Jul 8, 09:00
Can someone with ESPN+ post this MLB article? - Will Hunting Jul 8, 08:52 3
- Done - budice Jul 8, 08:54
- Here. - David Jul 8, 08:54 1
  - Thanks. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 8, 09:07
I love that NXT tease. speculation - Will Hunting Jul 8, 08:50 4
- WWE should just skip to the end and buy out Hendry's contract. - David Jul 8, 08:55 3
  - I put it with Orange Cassidy's presentation (it's over, but I don't like that particular one) - Will Hunting Jul 8, 09:04 2
    - They're giving their NXT athletes some exposure to other wrestlers and coaches - Remlik Jul 8, 09:31 1
      - It’s got nothing to do with any of that. They’re hoping to help TNA rise and thereby lessen AEW. - David Jul 8, 09:34
Oh, bad climate factoid I just learned: medivac helicopters generally can't fly in temperatures higher than 120F. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:44 2
- Kind of like everything else, helicopters and planes have min / max ambient temperature limits. Tis why Sky Harbor occasionally has flight delays - JD Jul 8, 08:50 1
  - Yes. At some point, designs will need to be hardened for no-longer-extreme use cases -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:56
scalpers v. Ticketmaster is hard to know who to root against hardest -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 08:36 1
- Ticketmaster needs to be broken up. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 08:45
Current ambient noise: the gentle sounds of a non-busy airport lounge -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:31
LYC: youngest won a $500 bursary for a radio station FB contest. - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 08:28 6
- nice -- nm - mud Jul 8, 09:43
- that's awesome. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 09:31
- Whoa -- nm - con_carne Jul 8, 09:22
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 08:32
- Beaker is the new Andie! -- nm - Dano Jul 8, 08:29 1
  - Mrs Beak is for sure :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 8, 09:29
"ESPN surveyed league executives, coaches and scouts to help us rank the top 10 players at RB." - David Jul 8, 08:25 6
- 3. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 8, 08:51
- 😍 -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 08:31 4
  - I posted it for you! -- nm - David Jul 8, 08:32 3
    - I thought so. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 08:42 2
      - I love that ESPN is showing some Banana Ball Games. So fun. -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 08:43 1
        
        People I know that have been to a game love the experience. It's silly fun and a nice break from taking sports so seriously. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 08:53
Bloomberg's $1b to JohnS Hopkins will make med school free for most incoming students -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 08:22 2
- But not you, Steve. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 08:32
- He donated 1.8 Bill 5 years ago to them as well -- (link) - Remlik Jul 8, 08:30 [youtube]
damn the Biden economy is so bad TSA keeps breaking its air travel record by the weekend -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 08:17
Pippy's a B+. -- nm - David Jul 8, 08:10 6
- LOL. I was compelled to see it in a theater. I love Pixar. I give an A for creativity. -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 08:13 5
  - *phew* I was scrolling down and thought I was going to have to kick David's butt. -- nm - LFG Jul 8, 09:24
  - What didn't work for you? -- nm - David Jul 8, 08:18 3
    - spoils - Pippy Jul 8, 08:37 2
      - for your first point - Reagen Jul 8, 08:48 1
        
        interesting. thank you. -- nm - Pippy Jul 8, 08:52
War and Peace (Audrey Hepburn) and three by di Sica: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian Style and Bicycle Thieves. All A's. -- nm* - con_carne Jul 8, 08:09 1
- QP Day One (solid B for something adjacent to the Imagination of John Krasinski) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 08:15
Today is National Video Game Day -- nm - budice Jul 8, 08:08 1
- *switches back to Galaga* -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 8, 08:44
"We are arguing in Trial over Universal Annual Passes for the children. This is Orlando divorces." -- nm - budice Jul 8, 08:02
Longlegs director Osgood Perkins is the son of Anthony Perkins, who died from AIDS, and Berry Berenson, who perished in the first plane to hit the WTC -- (link) - budice Jul 8, 07:57
A NJ mall is going to be the next place to get ScreenX which is a 270 degree screen. Personally, I don't get the appeal. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 8, 07:56 1
- What, doesn't your head swivel around like an owl's? -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 8, 08:01
H-E-B really made hurricane Beryl cakes -- (pic) - budice Jul 8, 07:52 [Attachment] 3
- Mmm, frosting -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 08:30
- *smh* Not cool. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 07:57 1
  - Just think of it as a sea amenome -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 11:20

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