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My being a little nosy just saved a family of tourists from a very wrong train ride. They are heading to The Met and got on a train - Krusty Aug 8, 07:55 5
- You just cost them a potential encounter with Spider-Man. -- nm - Roger More Aug 8, 08:02
- Good man. -- nm - David Aug 8, 08:01
- You should get a mask and a cape and start calling yourself the Subway Savior. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 8, 08:00
- nice work -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 07:56 1
  - I try to help. I want people to have a nice time while they're here and the subway can be confusing. We don't have the best signage. - Krusty Aug 8, 08:01
Presence - Official Teaser #1 - In Theaters January - The new film from Steven Soderbergh. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:54 [youtube] 4
- I hate these trailers that give away the whole movie -- nm - decline Aug 8, 08:02 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 08:02
- Hmmph—I sent him an email, a couple years back asking for a Cannonball Run remake, but with the Oceans 11 cast…I see he did not take that suggestion -- nm - Trending Aug 8, 07:58
- *spins the Wheel of Genres* -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 07:57
Bery news network: Laurene Powell Jobs' $120M Mega Yacht Venus collided with Ricardo Salinas Pliego's $200M Mega Yacht Lady Moura off the coast of Italy -- (edited) - decline Aug 8, 07:32 6
- And now everyone's insurance rates will go up a dollar to cover the damages -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:01
- LET THEM FIGHT! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:35 4
  - Yacht Wars! -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 07:53 3
    - I would watch that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 07:56 2
      - like BattleBots only they sink -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:58 1
        
        I have always thought Battlebots would do better if they screamed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 08:03
Willy Wonka disaster leads to Fringe Golden Ticket -- (link) - LMS Aug 8, 07:27 2
- "Other numbers include Lower Your Expectations and I Coulda Gone to Law School." 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 8, 07:49
- awesme -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:34
Samsung is recalling 1 million stoves that let pets set homes on fire -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:22 5
- That reminds me: Moment dog sparks house fire after chewing power bank -- (link) - JD Aug 8, 07:52
- Social media idea: I take my cat Pippin and turn him into celebrity chef Jacque Pippin -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 07:35
- I would never! That would require jumping. -- nm - chubbers Aug 8, 07:27
- this option was probably not a good idea. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:25
- wa-ackh! -- nm - mad macaw Aug 8, 07:24
They still have not scheduled my MRI. I left a message with the scheduler Monday with no response. Sent a message late yesterday to my Doc on the - sycor Aug 8, 07:15 3
- Definitely give them a nudge, by phone if you can get through to a real person. See if they've gotten anything from the doc. - Baron of the Rings Aug 8, 07:22
- took my youngest 9 months to get hers (and then came back clear). Wen to Brother's this weekend and his daughter assessed youngest - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:21 1
  - Glad she seems to be on the mend. I'm hoping maybe my doc is wrong and it's not a tear, or at least a bad one that needs surgery. -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 07:43
Broadway Folks: The Last Five Years is doing a 14-week run starting March 2025. What is the likelihood that I would have to buy tix before January? - Dano Aug 8, 07:13 1
- We won't fall for your confusing timelines, Dano -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 07:21
This “Walz stolen valor” thing MAGA is throwing around is backfiring—Vets speaking up for Walz, everywhere you look -- nm - Trending Aug 8, 07:11 2
- And not that it makes much of a difference to them, but afaik whatever they’re accusing him of isn’t actually stolen valor at all -- nm* - znufrii Aug 8, 07:12 1
  - Of course it makes a difference, that's why they have to keep saying "stolen valor, stolen valor" whether or not it's true according to your rule book -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 07:17
White Sox fired Manager Pedro Grifol -- nm* - budice Aug 8, 07:05 3
- They are 0-14 on Mondays…and are 0-56 when they are trailing in the 6th inning -- nm - Trending Aug 8, 07:12
- Mercy killing. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 07:09
- Now they'll make the playoffs -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 07:08
FYI - I'm living for the clip of Kamala shutting down that heckler yesterday. nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 8, 07:02 8
- Esto? -- (link) - con_carne Aug 8, 07:13 [youtube] 3
  - If you saw that stare from your mom you'd know you'd done something wrong and were in trouble. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 08:11
  - yalp -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 8, 07:16 1
    - Thanks, hadn't gotten to this one yet -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 07:19
- “Except you lot — all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all just stay still for a minute, because IIII!! AAAM!! TALKIIIIIIIING!!!" -- nm - Eleventh Doctor Aug 8, 07:11
- I went and sat the fuck down and I wasn’t even saying anything. -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 8, 07:09 2
  - Yes -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 07:13
  - Right? I can guarantee that if they'd kept going, she was gonna fire off, "What'd I say?!?!" -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 8, 07:10
PEDs/Doping: USADA let caught athletes still compete in exchange for information. And not notifying WADA, press. -- (link*) - budice Aug 8, 07:01
Yesterday was incredible. Krusty, I took a photo of Willie Nelson's merch tent just for you -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 06:53 [Attachment] 2
- Nice! Glad you had an awesome time! I'm sure they make serious bank at that stand. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 07:09
- :) -- nm - Andie Aug 8, 07:01
Delta passengers suing over shady behavior during the outage. - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 06:51 2
- 'class action' = some lawyers trying to hit payday -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 06:59
- These are the companies we keep bailing out, folks -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 06:54
In addition to being a forgettable wide receiver, Josh Bobo is also not much of a fighter. - David Aug 8, 06:44 5
- PFF graded him as the second best run blocking wide receiver of 2023! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 06:51 4
  - Maybe save his career by converting him to blocking tight end? -- nm - David Aug 8, 06:53 3
    - He will have no doubters after he scores 4 TDs on the Niners this year -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 06:55 2
      - I hope no one unplugs his PS5 before he can save that game. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 07:02 1
        
        that is good, very good -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 07:08
Steve Miller on MSNBC was the magaheads answer to Mayor Pete tearing up Fox News. Except Miller is not intellectually equipped and can't control - Epiphany Aug 8, 06:15 10
- also related, Miller is completely full of shit to a fault and Pete just lays out facts. -- nm - Jovian Aug 8, 06:55
- He should go back to being the pompetus of love -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 8, 06:40 1
  - *wreeent wwrowr* -- nm - rollo Aug 8, 06:52
- The news this morning was reporting they are pushing the riots (and mentioned Trumps praising of Walz at that time). So they're not pushing the DUI? -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 06:16 6
  - Which I think is odd. The DUI should be more sexy. They are pushing the stolen valor HARD though -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 06:21 5
    - Feels like pushing criminal convictions might not be their strongest play. -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 08:09
    - Obviously the strategy is to go after anything you think you can spin, but unless Walz said he served in Iraq it's a non-starter in my eyes. -- nm - Dano Aug 8, 06:52
    - The DUI gives Walz an opportunity to talk about how he took responsibility, changed his life and put him on the path to the man he is today - Roger More Aug 8, 06:28 2
      - Saw a good shutdown along these lines copied on Reddit. Redemption/rebirth is evangelical bread and butter (George W...). - con_carne Aug 8, 06:44
      - they love a "complicated" timeline. It's what they used in the Ukraine/Hunter stuff. Or they believe intime travel. -- nm - . Aug 8, 06:42
Borderlands 0% after 14 reviews -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 05:55 5
- Wow. I had booked a Dolby Screen double feature Saturday. Borderlands and then some movie called Deadpool & Wolverine. May cancel B. - Spawn Aug 8, 07:38 1
  - up to 4% now! don't listen to reviewers. you go, tell the rest of us of your travels -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 07:41
- So disappointing that it doesn't seem to be a good or even fun film. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 06:10 2
  - i love the games, but I am not sure how you make them a movie, even if its a side adventure and not trying to follow the game plot. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 8, 06:15 1
    - First, it needs a script writer that knows the games and can bring their humor to an exciting sci-fi adventure movie. - Krusty Aug 8, 07:45
Food safety question: I made sauce last night and left it on the stove to cool but forgot to put in jars and left it overnight on the stove. Do you - Krusty Aug 8, 05:16 5
- Thanks all! It's tomato sauce so I'll just bring it to a boil and then jar it up to go in the fridge. I appreciate the advice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 05:23
- what kind of sauce, if tomato I'd do what Reagen suggests and not worry about it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 05:20
- straight pasta sauce? no meat or cream in it? then yeah, most likely fine (especially if covered) - decline Aug 8, 05:20
- With a lid, no question. No lid, it's only overnight. I'd heat it to boiling again for 30 seconds. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 05:20
- The pot was covered but it's not really a tight seal, if that matters. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 8, 05:18
when the polls got this bad for Joe, Nancy & Chuck et al. forced him out of the race in a matter of hours -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 8, 05:14 8
- How is RFKjr still a thing? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 06:43 4
  - Some people don't like bears? -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 07:58
  - Still plenty of old folks around who get the vapors from the last name. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 8, 07:24 1
    - Well he will NOT be getting the Baby Bear votes this go round -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 07:32
  - cause Americans? - Jovian Aug 8, 06:45
- All that movement is coming almost entirely coming from undecided voters reluctant to back Biden. Trump is more or less flat throughout. -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 06:13
- pollercoaster said this morning that trump told his voters to stop answering polls in 2016 to make dems think they didn't need to be worried. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 8, 05:31
- whoa -- nm - mud Aug 8, 05:17
Three new Banksy pieces have popped up in London over the past few days. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 8, 05:13 3
- Fourth one has already been stolen. -- (link) - LMS Aug 8, 07:26
- I can neither confirm nor deny that I made those. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 8, 06:06
- love the goat one. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 05:14
I don't know how I did it but I ended up overdrawing on my bank account. I thought I used PayPal to order a new rain jacket but PP -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 8, 05:11 5
- They do it as a kindness to you. A kindness that they can charge you a lot of fees for performing. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 06:39 1
  - Seems like it. I'm so annoyed I made this mistake. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 06:46
- Ugh, sorry. its a crappy feeling but it does happen -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 06:13 2
  - I'm also a bit confused as to why the order wasn't rejected for lacking funds instead of being allowed to go through. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 06:29 1
    - every person who has a bank account has asked the same thing. " just reject it" but noooooooo -- nm - Epiphany Aug 8, 07:22
It Ends with Us 58%, Borderlands nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 04:53
TV PSA: Olympics, Big Brother, Alone, Press Your Luck, Lucky 13, Alone Australia, Are You Sure?, Evil, Kite Man: HELL YEAH!, Umbrella Academy, - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 04:48 3
- eventually get to Kite Man, Evil and Umbrella Academy. Watching TAR Canada tonight from Tuesday -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 06:05 2
  - TAR Canada seems to have skipped this week. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 06:08 1
    - oh, poop. probably due to Olympics I bet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 06:22
Strands #158 - spanagram 4th - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:15 1
- Yellow 1st - decline Aug 8, 06:22
Connections Puzzle #424 - GBYP - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:12 3
- x -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 09:42
- PGYB - decline Aug 8, 05:46
- PYBG - mud Aug 8, 04:55
Wordle 1,146 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:10 2
- X'd it - decline Aug 8, 05:45
- 5 - rollo Aug 8, 05:44
Murdle 2:40 - Fuzzy Aug 8, 03:52 1
- 4:26 - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:09
Debby, a large and lumbering storm, set to retake Carolinas before trudging toward New England. -- (link) - Qale Aug 8, 02:17 1
- Yep. Flash flood warning all over the place. Winds and rain today 6+ inches and 18 mph. Nothing too terrible but still hazardous for those out today. - sycor Aug 8, 05:41
Eep, a 7.1 quake in southern Japan, 30 minutes ago -- (link*) - Beryllium Aug 8, 01:14 2
- MyShake made it seem like it was 2... a 6.9 and a 7.1 back to back -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 8, 01:17 1
  - Yeah, one of them might be an echo of the other. I'm curious if there's a shindo rating for it yet. - Beryllium Aug 8, 01:21
I guess I'll finally stop renewing my lensthing.ca domain that I'm not doing anything with ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 00:43 3
- Whatever -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 01:19 2
  - Palpable ennui, fascinating. -- nm - Landbeck Aug 8, 01:28 1
    - (Actually I think it's a joke about my blog. But "palpable ennui" could be the new tagline for my blog.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 01:33
Wrestler from India fails to make weight (50kg) and is disqualified from gold metal match despite cutting hair, clothes -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:59
3 Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled after authorities confirm a planned attack and make some arrests -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:56
Just caught a great little-talked-about gem of a film on Tubi: The Chase (Brando/Redford) - con_carne Aug 7, 23:04 3
- Very short movie. Redford caught Brando in the first 30 seconds. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 06:45
- It's quite a 'before they were famous' film. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 04:22
- Sounds like a good flick—I’ll have to check it out -- nm - Trending Aug 8, 00:39
San Fran will begin updating its train control computer systems so old they use floppy disks, actual floppies -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:37
so in terms of viewing, IMO this olympics is shit, there is no central viewing location worth shit. -- (edited) - loosilu Aug 7, 20:56 9
- CBC Gem has been great. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 21:35 1
  - CBC alone has been really good too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 8, 04:21
- Peacock literally has every single event, and it's sorted. It's honestly amazing. -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 21:26 6
  - It makes watching the games so easy and enjoyable. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 06:42
  - I have nothing bad to say about that lol -- nm - loosilu Aug 7, 21:45 2
    - So, there is a central viewing location -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 22:06 1
      - I was not aware of it, which is my own fault -- nm - loosilu Aug 7, 22:07
  - Yup. It's the only way I've watched and it's been great. As David mentioned earlier, it's amazing how many events we can watch today compared - Krusty Aug 7, 21:29 1
    - that's very very cool -- nm - loosilu Aug 7, 22:01
oh shit here comes Pete -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 7, 20:49 2
- Boom! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 7, 21:32
- Ouch! Too bad they won't get it :( -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 21:26
Dog Ball Toss for the next Olympics -- nm - Max Aug 7, 20:47 4
- Cat ottering too. Chubbins would be gold medal for sure. -- nm - amandaphone Aug 7, 20:53 1
  - "What are in those boxes on the podium?" "The medalists." -- nm - Max Aug 7, 21:49
- if not that then this -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 7, 20:52 [youtube]
- here for it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 7, 20:48

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