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always fun to have an emergency dental appointment first thing in the morning. stupid dental implant screw backing itself out. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 07:33 2
- damn it implant screw! you had one job! - Pippy Jul 11, 07:37
- Ouch, hang in there my man. Best healing wishes. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:34
The complete 2024 HR Derby field is set -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:32
Xiphoid ˈzīˌfoid ADJECTIVE Sword-shaped . - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:27 2
- If you've done CPR training, you should know this word. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 11, 07:35 1
  - I need a refresher. I have all my CPR+AED+FirstAid adult and pediatric certifications but I just keep thinking "Nobody get injured around me, please" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:38
In my dream last night I was driving around two Brits for DC siteseeing, but lost track of them at a diner and woke up before I could find them. - Max Jul 11, 07:21
Poor Drake. -- (link) - David Jul 11, 07:11 17
- I read yesterday the darke has his eyes on jlo post divorce. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:55
- You know, we have other rappers. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 07:13 15
  - *Do* you? -- nm - David Jul 11, 07:14 14
    - It's so easy to slip, it's so easy to fall -- nm - Solitair Jul 11, 07:22
    - I always liked this song -- (link) - Dano Jul 11, 07:20 [youtube] 2
      - i still like this (20 years old maybe?) -- (link) - Andie Jul 11, 07:25 [youtube]
      - Fun song. Kind of sort of reminds me of Lil' Dicky. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 07:24
    - I know Tory Lanez but mainly because he shot Megan Thee Stallion and is now doing 10 years in prison for it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 07:19 4
      - This busted me up. -- nm - David Jul 11, 07:38
      - k-os is more hip-hop but I like him a lot -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 07:24 2
        
        I think you'd like Snotty Nose Rez Kids -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 07:29 [youtube]
        
        I'll check him out. I'm listening to Crabbuckit right now. - Krusty Jul 11, 07:28
    - Sure -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 07:17 [youtube] 4
      - i would have guessed wrong what was inside - Andie Jul 11, 07:18 3
        
        hold my spitter -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 07:31 [youtube]
        
        Maestro Fresh Wes! -- nm - mud Jul 11, 07:25
        
        3rd guess would have been Check the O.R. by Organized Rhyme -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 07:23
sure now inflation cools . . . (at least Jerome finally admitted the fed can't wait for 2% before cutting some rates) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 06:36 1
- At some point we'll all realize that needing unemployment to be higher in order to lower interest rates... - Inigo Jul 11, 07:19
The Substance trailer -- (link) - budice Jul 11, 06:28 [youtube]
Apparently the kids are pronouncing "zine" to rhyme with "mine" - Reagen Jul 11, 06:12 1
- The only magazines they know are attached to AR-15s -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 06:16
LIR: amanda. One-pedal. I can come to a complete stop in my Niro using the regen paddles on the steering wheel. Not sure if this is the same as one -- (edited) - oblique Jul 11, 06:04 7
- My Fisker has a High Regen Braking setting so I usually just lift up and let it brake by lifting my foot off the accelerator. - JaxSean Jul 11, 06:56 1
  - I wonder if I have high medium low. I should look -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:18
- this is exactly how I feel, I think. like "I could do it. but why?" I honestly just felt like maybe I wasn't "getting it" because I use two pedals on - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 06:09 4
  - It feels like all it would take is a foot twitch to bump the accelerator and start moving again. Does your car have adaptive regen? I have mine set - oblique Jul 11, 06:20
  - It's almost entirely a driving style thing - Reagen Jul 11, 06:19 2
    - My car (I believe, have to double check the manual) wants brake fluid changed at 50k miles (which I just hit). I suspect my brakes are the same as you describe and -- (edited) - oblique Jul 11, 06:21 1
      - you do need to get them serviced for sure (fluid I dunno), but the discs will outlive the car. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 06:23
OTD 30 years ago, The Rolling Stones released their 20th album Voodoo Lounge. -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 06:01 [youtube]
Sony is winding down production of recordable Blu-ray media. -- (link) - decline Jul 11, 05:54 3
- Related: I went to a Best Buy last weekend (first time in 2-3 years easy) and their entire DVD/Blu-ray tv/movie section had been removed. - Jovian Jul 11, 06:36 2
  - A lot of media is going to just disappear and not be able to be watched. Streaming is a good convenience but so much is not available. -- nm - sycor Jul 11, 06:54
  - It's been fascinating to watch that section grow from a tiny afterthought in the corner to multiple rows and now back down to nothing. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 11, 06:47
15 minutes between trains at rush hour is unacceptable. It says the train is two stations away but won't be here for 15 minutes. - Krusty Jul 11, 05:45 7
- thanks Hochul -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 06:32
- It's every 2-3 minutes here in the morning rush, at least lately. It's been surprisingly reliable. - Roger More Jul 11, 06:15 2
  - I'm guessing something happened as this isn't a normal occurrence. I'd say it's closer to 6 minutes normally. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:38 1
    - We still have staffing issues which causes trains to be cancelled which is quite annoying. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 06:39
- When I was in Moscow it was 90 seconds in rush hour, 3 minutes most of the day, and 6-10 at night. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 06:10
- Maronouchi line in Tokyo: "running at intervals of 1 minute 50 seconds during peak hours" -- (link) - ty97 Jul 11, 05:49 1
  - I don't like comparing our system to theirs as there are many differences but we should be doing much better than this. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 05:57
Kylie Minogue, Bebe Rexha, and Tove Lo release new single "My Oh My" -- (link) - MDH Jul 11, 05:31 [youtube] 1
- It is fun. I like it -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 06:03
Why did I enter the draw for a ticket to the Euros Final screening at the O2 this Sunday? - LMS Jul 11, 05:08 2
- You’re comin’ out of your cage? - mafic Jul 11, 06:12
- cause Harry Kane is a golden god -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 05:09
TV PSA: Alone, Alone Australia, Masters of Illusion, Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black, The Boys, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, Evil, Vikings Valhalla, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 04:24 2
- Alone and Alone AU -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 04:47
- Vikings; the Boys and Evil eventually; maybe the Suicide Squad show when we get it too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 04:28
Murdle 2:20 - Fuzzy Jul 11, 04:14
Follow up cruise question - is there something special about booking 18 months in advance? - Fuzzy Jul 11, 03:55 2
- No. Typically that's as far out as they make schedules though. - Strongbad Jul 11, 05:42
- My bet is the window is small and logistics are hard, so if you’re booking year of you pay the price. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 05:04
crash davis will agree with me that today's Word of the day is freakin' awesome -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 03:17 1
- Is the word "bobo?" -- nm - Dano Jul 11, 07:29
Oh, it *was* All About Eve -- nm - Tim Jul 11, 02:58
how did Daisy Edgar Jones not get the lead in Daisy Jones & The Six? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 02:48 2
- cause she wasn't the daughter of Elvis' wife (to be fair, wife and oldest thought she was fantastic) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 05:10 1
  - (Daughter of Elvis's daughter) :) -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 06:43
Strands #130 - spanagram 3rd - prayformojo Jul 11, 02:22 2
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Jul 11, 06:14
- Yellow first - decline Jul 11, 05:51
Connections Puzzle #396 - GYBP - prayformojo Jul 11, 02:19 4
- oops,PBGY - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:17
- no oopsies - GBPY - VMan Jul 11, 06:12
- same - decline Jul 11, 05:49
- GPBY - mud Jul 11, 05:34
Wordle 1,118 4/6 - prayformojo Jul 11, 02:15 2
- Wordle 1,118 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 07:06
- 5 - decline Jul 11, 05:48
400K could be without power a week after Beryl, CenterPoint projects. - Qale Jul 11, 02:07 2
- Why would AOC and the Green New Deal do this? -- nm - Tim Jul 11, 03:58
- Currently they say they’ve brought back 1,159,517 customers back online with a similar amount left to go. But that 400K is brutal. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 02:08
fun fact: my tuesday and wednesday crossword times were exactly the same this week (5:57). -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 00:49
Axel F filming location question (spoilers) - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 00:22 2
- it was a different diner - link -- (link) - gort Jul 11, 00:29 1
  - gracias, the wikipedia on Norms says it is a recurring location in Bosch which must be why it seems so familiar to me -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 11, 00:41
historically, when your English PM says “Berlin here we come” it wasn’t good -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 10, 22:53
Yeah... sure you will. - whisper Jul 10, 22:47 1
- Ugh! I hope you get your power back today. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 04:18
Michael Caine, super enthusiastic Euros fan -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 10, 22:37
SFist says Pelosi's husband has been buying NVIDA and Broadcom stock and sold off their Tesla - zeitgeist Jul 10, 22:18 1
- Thank you -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 11, 05:25
heh -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 10, 22:07
Posted without comment… -- (link) - David Jul 10, 22:06
Centerpoint essentially decided they didn’t want to spend the resources on the possibility Beryl might hit their area of coverage. - Qale Jul 10, 20:56 2
- what are you going to do, buy your power from some place else? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 21:09 1
  - No. If I was a homeowner (maniacal laughter) and actually thought to stay here (even more laughter) a very pricy generator would be a must. -- nm - Qale Jul 10, 22:16
I'm not used to Bery being in a time zone ahead of me and I don't like it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 20:45 1
- I met some people from St. Louis and they were astonished that there was another time zone an hour ahead of Eastern. Then I told them about - Reagen Jul 11, 03:52
AMA time! I did a polygraph for a super spy agency. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 20:20 18
- many years ago I had an interview with a spy agency that involved a polygraph. it was certainly an experience. - mafic Jul 10, 22:40 4
  - "Have you ever poisoned someone specifically?" "...No." -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 03:55 1
    - Hey! I said I’d poison the tyrannical king, not just anyone! -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 05:01
  - rereading this post I feel I should clarify: job interview. yeah. that's it. for a job. -- nm - mafic Jul 10, 23:48
  - welp, hanging around here certainly gave you some experience -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 22:47
- Going to bed now. Will look tomorrow -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 21:41
- OK, I'll disclose. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 10, 20:45 7
  - oh also - loosilu Jul 10, 20:49 6
    - ugh -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 10, 22:07
    - good thing they didn't ask about the skulls in the duffle bag -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 21:11 2
      - "have you ever lost a corpse? animals count." -- nm - mafic Jul 10, 23:47
      - ah ha ha! -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 21:34
    - How long did the test last? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 10, 20:51 1
      - two and a half hours, I was told that was very short -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 21:34
- did you lie? -- nm - budice Jul 10, 20:39 1
  - nope I passed with flying colors!I lied on the deliberate lie questions. -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 20:46
- Where were you on November 22, 1963? - Fuzzy Jul 10, 20:30 1
  - lol nonexistent -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 20:38
Kahlessi herself to star in Ed Brubaker's Criminal at Amazon -- (link) - Remlik Jul 10, 20:19 1
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 10, 22:08
A photo from tonight in Charlottetown. I think this person arrived in an embassy car of some kind. - Beryllium Jul 10, 19:58 [flickr] 5
- what brings you to the east coast? -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 20:20 4
  - My brother's wedding is tomorrow (well, today, now, in PEI time) ... while we'll be getting deluged by the remnants of hurricane beryl. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 20:28 3
    - that's awesome, seems like it's your first time on the east coast? It's beautiful, hope you enjoy -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 20:48 1
      - 2nd, but yeah - enjoying it so far :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 21:01
    - it's like raaaaaain -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 10, 20:29
Portland Man Receives Simon Cowell's Vote of Approval -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jul 10, 19:48
Pac-12 is holding a scaled-down media event with an open bar in Vegas. -- nm* - budice Jul 10, 19:40 1
- Commissioner Teresa Gould opens the event by gesturing to the bar: “We are drinking tonight. If anyone has earned the right to drink, it is the Pac-12 -- (link) - budice Jul 10, 19:41
Brick Fest Live coming to Nampa, ID Dec 14-15th. I feel like I should go, for Mop's sake, if for nothing else. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 10, 19:30 3
- We could turn it into a mini-Stravaganza. - ReluctantCynic Jul 10, 19:51 2
  - it would be my BD weekend -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 22:14
  - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 10, 19:59
's funny. One of the recruiters used the word "comrade" a lot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 10, 19:13
Next Wednesday's like "Hey, look at me!" -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Jul 10, 19:12 [Attachment]
AEW Dynamite spoilers - David Jul 10, 19:09 1
- that was good...but the payoff.... - Remlik Jul 10, 20:16
When you are at Orioles Park, marvel at the awesomeness of Ken Griffey Jr. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 10, 19:02 2
- I didn't know about these plaques until today. Ian Happ getting one. -- (pic) - King Of Oklahoma Jul 10, 19:33 [Attachment] 1
  - Also, not following things super closely while on vacation but seems the Orioles hit like the Cubs! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 10, 19:37
“Prices can’t go up 8% a year forever” seems more like wishful thinking than economic analysis in SoCal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 10, 19:02 3
- My house/neighborhood hasn't gone up in 7 years. I'm getting priced out of everywhere else. -- nm - jnine Jul 11, 03:25
- “ say homeowners increasingly believe rates in the 6% to 7% range are here to stay and are deciding a new home is more important than keeping a 3% - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 10, 19:11 1
  - in '26 the last president will lead us into a great depression that will make 1932 seem like a mere correction, that's when you can buy -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 20:12
Uruguay-Colombia spoilers - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 10, 19:00 2
- Aaaaaaand spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 10, 19:07 1
  - De-fault? De-fault? -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 19:17
I met an English guy in Ushuaia who couldn't get into the country until he said "las Islas Malvinas son Argentinas" to the border guard. -- nm - mafic Jul 10, 18:59 1
- Which means, The Crocodile Who Walks Like a Man. -- nm - Wally Jul 10, 21:22

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