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Murdle 3:28 - Fuzzy Sep 21, 05:47
My bathroom speaker misunderstood the radio station I asked it to play and played WTTS instead. -- (pic) - amanda Sep 21, 05:15 [Attachment] 4
- HA! it understood you perfectly! -- nm - Remlik Sep 21, 06:39
- Heh. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 21, 06:17
- This is a great set. I would listen again on purpose. -- nm - amanda Sep 21, 05:35
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 21, 05:28
Strands #202 Yellow 1st - decline Sep 21, 05:09 1
- decline'd - prayforwiggum Sep 21, 05:52
Connections Puzzle #468 YGBP - decline Sep 21, 05:05 2
- BYGP - prayforwiggum Sep 21, 05:51
- PBYG - mud Sep 21, 05:19
Happy birthday, Spawn! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Sep 21, 05:05 9
- HBD Spawn! -- nm - jnine Sep 21, 19:38
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 10:41
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Sep 21, 06:44
- have a great birthday -- nm - prayforwiggum Sep 21, 06:23
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 21, 06:18
- Happy Birthday Spawn! I made a special stop here, cause I'm not sure you're on FB :) -- nm - secretslacker Sep 21, 06:00
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 21, 05:48
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Sep 21, 05:12
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Sep 21, 05:09
Wordle 1,190 3/6 - decline Sep 21, 05:04 2
- 2 - rollo Sep 21, 11:26
- 4/6 - prayforwiggum Sep 21, 05:51
White Sox magic number is 3. -- nm - . Sep 21, 03:21
they called it trickle-down economics because 'financial waterboarding' didn't poll well with focus groups -- nm - Mastodon Sep 21, 01:01
Harris +5% in PA -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 23:33 2
- can't believe suburban moms don't wanna vote for this champion of women's rights -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 21, 00:00
- and Obama hasn't even hit the trail yet -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 23:35
Sounds like Putin forgot to chum the waters in BC ... -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 23:09
I just got fed this internet ad and have many questions -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 20, 22:33 [Attachment] 2
- well if you are one of his homoerotic fans .... -- (pic) - zeitgeist Sep 20, 23:08 [Attachment] 1
  - Disturbing -- nm - Epiphany Sep 21, 04:32
Now 52 and 52 -- nm - eag Sep 20, 21:07 1
- 60/60 is not inconceivable -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 23:52
Hey everyone! Did you ever diagram sentences at school, or is that just a Catholic school thing? -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 21:05 22
- Yes. Public high school. -- nm - jnine Sep 21, 19:37
- Yes, in a small-town WI public school. Been a while though. :-) -- nm - mara Sep 21, 06:25
- Catholic school, but I always really liked diagramming -- nm - prayforwiggum Sep 21, 06:24
- Mid-80as catholic school. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 05:35
- Did it in public school. It didn't take with me, made no sense. I also somehow missed most of the week they did it. -- nm - . Sep 20, 23:36 1
  - was this the late 70s? -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 23:38
- Mid 60s Junior high -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 23:06 2
  - wow! public school? -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 23:06 1
    - yup -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 23:11
- It seems like many of us learned it in the late 70s? that's so interesting!!! -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 23:00
- I used to do it. Seventh and eighth grade, so.. 79-80ish? -- (edited) - whisper Sep 20, 22:26 1
  - wow! -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 22:58
- Don't think I heard of it until I came to the U.S. but then it seemed everyone had learned it. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 21:45 3
  - do you remember when that was? -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 21:48 2
    - Sometime in the last 50 years ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 21:56 1
      - hee! -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 22:59
- I never heard of it until now. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 21:44
- I remember doing in in English class in 6th or 7 th grade, so 1978ish, maybe ‘79? -- nm - landbeck Sep 20, 21:37 2
  - Oh, and public school. -- nm - landbeck Sep 20, 21:38 1
    - so it WAS in public schools! -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 21:44
- I did, but it was in catholic elementary school -- nm - rollo Sep 20, 21:31 1
  - interesting, maybe it was! -- nm - loosilu Sep 20, 21:34
West Wing cast at the White House today honored for the 25th anniversary -- (link) - Remlik Sep 20, 20:27 [youtube] 5
- No Janney or Whitford or Lowe from what I see ... who's the guy and lady on the far left behind Martin? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 20:31 1
  - those 3 are on set. The guy is Thomas Schlamme (director) I think, and the blonde right next to him is Emily Proctor -- nm* - Remlik Sep 20, 20:36
- Aaron Sorkin Considering ‘West Wing’ Reboot After White House Visit: ‘I Just Got a Couple of Ideas For Episodes’ -- (link) - Remlik Sep 20, 20:28 2
  - Can someone give him a tour of ESPN? -- nm - the wrong element Sep 21, 07:00
  - lucky us -- nm - mr mooch Sep 21, 00:04
A DT just caught a TD pass for Illinois. He looked like he was wiped out after running a six-yard pattern. -- nm - David Sep 20, 20:03
Yeah, The Penguin is really good. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 19:41 6
- if the rest of the series is this good...Colin might win an Emmy. -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 19:47 2
  - Milioti gives good psycho. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 19:57 1
    - indeed. -- nm - mud Sep 20, 20:19
- watch any Hip doc yet? -- nm - mud Sep 20, 19:43 2
  - First episode. It is scratching the itch. Seems good, though completely fawning so far. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 20, 21:57
  - I don't have Prime. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 19:46
ST poll based on a survey I just did. "Do women admire men who drive large powerful vehicles and consider them successful and good breadwinners. - Meg Sep 20, 19:23 7
- lol no. My neighbor affectionately calls the TPTs - Epiphany Sep 20, 19:49 3
  - They asked this question in so many different ways. It was hilarious. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 19:54 2
    - As in: "are EV cars considered feminine?" -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 19:58 1
      - lol -- nm - Epiphany Sep 20, 22:59
- "just the ones with big penises." -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 19:48
- Don't know any EV drivers. -- nm - con_carne Sep 20, 19:43 1
  - You new here? :) -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 19:47
So last night Ohtani had 10 RBI, 6 hits, 5 XBH, 3 HR, 2 SB. No other player has done that... in any amount of single games, in their CAREER. -- nm* - Reagen Sep 20, 18:18 4
- "Ohtani Cashes In 50-Home-Run Futures Bet Ticket" -- (link) - budice Sep 20, 19:19
- 17TB is rare too. Only a hanful with 4 HRs -- nm - budice Sep 20, 18:56
- He almost had the cycle. He tried to stretch one of his doubles into a triple and they just got him. I was hoping he'd wait until tonight. I'm at the - jnine Sep 20, 18:41
- Wow. That's insane. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 18:31
Phew -- looks like the Orioles are remembering they can actually play this game. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 17:46 2
- Mets losing tonight but -- (link*) - Tim Sep 20, 17:48 1
  - Between that and the Yankees outfielder gifting us a win in July, it's hard to come up with worse defense. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 17:56
I would make the Ga. election board members who made the change, be the only ones who must recount all the ballots by hand. lock 'em in a room until -- nm - done. Peglegpete Sep 20, 17:37 3
- Did something new happen? -- nm - amanda Sep 20, 19:24 1
  - GA Board of Elections declared that all ballots must be counted by hand. - Tim Sep 20, 19:29
- Think it through. "There were 4.2mil votes in this election. Donald J. Trump was selected on 4.1mil of them." - Will Hunting Sep 20, 17:42
US Propagandist for Russia killed by ... wait for it... -- (link) - Reagen Sep 20, 16:43
next on Creepy Rewatch Movie Night: Barbarian -- nm - prayforwiggum Sep 20, 16:31
Oh, Fuzzy. I'm so sorry. -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:26 23
- Thank you. It has been a tough day (overshare inside) - Fuzzy Sep 20, 16:57 18
  - So sorry. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 02:19
  - Not an over share. It’s what we are here for. Go easy on yourself, even though it’s vacation day, it’s still grief. -- nm - Qale Sep 21, 00:44
  - :( -- nm - budice Sep 20, 18:56
  - Sorry for you loss. Family is family even when furred. -- nm* - . Sep 20, 18:41
  - :-( -- nm - mud Sep 20, 18:12
  - Very sorry for your loss :( -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 17:56
  - sorry for your loss -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 17:56
  - I'm so sorry. Pets are family and pure love. -- nm - jnine Sep 20, 17:52
  - I’m sorry for your loss -- nm - Epiphany Sep 20, 17:44
  - :( -- nm - Tim Sep 20, 17:34
  - Oh no, so sorry :( -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 17:34
  - my condolences -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 17:09
  - Not oversharing at all. Thank you for your story. My heart breaks for you. -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 17:06
  - So very sorry. It's hard to lose a family member :( -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 17:05
  - I'm so sorry. In a way, that's quite beautiful, but I cannot imagine the immediate pain of it. - David Sep 20, 17:01 1
    - Thanks, and let me know if you need any man on the street info while we're there - Fuzzy Sep 20, 17:07
  - ahh man, so very sorry -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 20, 17:00
  - I'm so sorry for your loss. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 16:59
- ? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 20, 16:29 3
  - He's going to Disney tomorrow? -- nm - . Sep 20, 16:39 2
    - and we're going next week, so hoping not something Disney serious... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 20, 16:46 1
      - Maybe just a matter of timing or crowds? -- nm - . Sep 20, 16:48
I think that Haunting in Venice is my favorite of the Branagh Poirot movies - prayforwiggum Sep 20, 16:26 2
- That's cool. I recently enjoyed Finney's Death on the Nile more than I thought I would (haven't seen Branagh's). -- nm - con_carne Sep 20, 17:39 1
  - Branagh's was ... flawed. But I hope he does more. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 17:44
I'm curious but also terrified. -- (link) - David Sep 20, 16:24 [youtube] 6
- Did Dollywood ever get Lightning Rod figured out? - Will Hunting Sep 20, 16:41 2
  - Here's the last seemingly informed comment I saw about it. -- (link) - David Sep 20, 17:03 1
    - Ahhh, so the wood supports were part of the issue...makes sense. I hate wood coasters for the most part - Will Hunting Sep 20, 17:09
- That it's all CGI only increases my confidence! -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:35
- I bet that there's going be general public riders on that before Top Thrill 2 - JD Sep 20, 16:35 1
  - The lowered platform thing used to not be legal in the US. That's why the first version of the ride debuted in Mexico. -- nm - David Sep 20, 17:04
stop vaping in the Dirtbag Dome -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 16:21 1
- What about the stuff he od's on every month? Can he smoke that in his suite? -- nm - jnine Sep 20, 17:58
Barry Diller is making some really great points. -- (link) - David Sep 20, 16:19 1
- much depends on the Reno probate court -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 16:22
Seems every restaurant here is serving broccoli as their fresh seasonal veggie side. Is that the same everywhere? - Meg Sep 20, 15:56
Tragically Hip 4 part doc on Prime: 2 eps. down, 2 to go — very enjoyable. - mud Sep 20, 15:42
final day one numbers in Fairfax Co: 3907 (triple the 2020 turnout) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 15:31
“Felons can’t vote!” -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 15:17 2
- Didn't he vote by mail on the first day he could? In August? -- nm - . Sep 20, 16:36
- “Well where ya been?!” -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 15:37
zeit, I know what you are going through. Hang in there. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 15:14 3
- Thanks. She's very weak and struggled with the door threshold -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 15:21 2
  - :-[ so sorry -- nm - mud Sep 20, 18:11
  - ❤️ -- nm - Epiphany Sep 20, 17:46
MLB-OAK spent $62M on Payroll this year. Lowest by $20M, next up PIT @ $85M -- nm* - budice Sep 20, 14:35 13
- NHL Salary Cap: 88M -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:38
- See, White Sox? You haven't hit rock bottom yet! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 20, 15:18 1
  - They're working on it. -- nm - . Sep 20, 16:39
- Those owners are just pocketing tens or hundreds of millions from revenue sharing alone. There should be a rule about teams spending what they - Krusty Sep 20, 14:40 8
  - Though to some extent that's money better spent (non-spent?) than the hundreds of millions Arte has spent on corner infielders 🙄 - JD Sep 20, 14:53 1
    - He could have paid Ohtani with that $$$. -- nm - jnine Sep 20, 18:07
  - Salary floor. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 20, 14:51 2
    - Yup. The Pirates cover their team expenses from the tickets, parking, merch, etc. Where's the rest of the money going? - Krusty Sep 20, 15:47
    - guillotine -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 20, 15:00
  - They need money to help fund that bullshit stadium in Vegas. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 14:46 2
    - The one that still isn't actually approved? I wish that owner nothing but failure and for the fans to get their team back somehow. -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 15:54 1
      - Yep -- it's such a fucking joke. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 16:08
- Embeid will earn more than every player combined -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 20, 14:37
not sure a party who nominated the sitting vice governor of their state can also credibly claim to have been "hijacked" by him -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 14:34
From B2: I was double vaxxed 2 weekends ago. Other than more pain than usual at the injection sites (same arm - Covid was crazy red and swollen), I - kelly Sep 20, 14:34 7
- Shingles today. COVID + RSV in two weeks. Flu + hep B booster two weeks after that. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 15:23 1
  - Land sakes! I hope you get a free sub for all that. - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 16:04
- I had just the flu shot a couple of weeks back. First reaction I've had since they've been giving them. Red and swollen for days. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 15:17
- i got Moderna + flu vax on a Sunday afternoon and was feeling it all on Monday. but this round of Moderna is reportedly a strong pour -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 14:36 3
  - When I was making my appointment with CVS you couldn't see which Covid shot the site had until the very last step. - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 16:09
  - three fingers of Moderna, please -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 15:14 1
    - Seniors get a double on the house -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 15:22
A peaceful photo i took this morning. "Thank Gorge it's Friday" -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 14:29 [flickr] 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 15:08

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