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"Take my call, leave the cannolis" -- nm - rollo Oct 31, 09:18
Mayfair Witches Season 2 | January 5 | AMC+ -- (link) - mud Oct 31, 09:14 [youtube] 1
- Do.Not.Want. -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 09:26
*sigh* trump is holding a rally at the airport. nonsense abounds. - colin Oct 31, 09:01 9
- Oh goodie, more airport time looking like an Oompa Loompah -- (pic) - Jovian Oct 31, 09:11 [Attachment] 3
  - Ummm... Er... Nevermind. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 09:12 2
    - I mean sure, let's put THAT in the Oval Office. What could go wrong -- nm - mud Oct 31, 09:18 1
      - Might be just my dirty mind, but it looks like the beginning of a furry pr0n. Whee! Bare Bears! -- nm* - VMan Oct 31, 09:23
- hotels are very full. so i guess at least the businesses in town get a little money from this fiasco. -- nm - colin Oct 31, 09:10
- They are so incompetent—self sabotage (possibly purposefully) -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 09:04 3
  - shuttles from new parking ended at 8:30. People were coming in at 5AM. it was 30 F when we woke up this morning, still 38 now... all them old people - colin Oct 31, 09:08
  - It’s a feature, not a bug. -- nm - znufrii Oct 31, 09:07 1
    - yeah, it gives them something to claim is somehow persecution, but it's just their own greed/laziness... -- (pic) - colin Oct 31, 09:09 [Attachment]
While I'd normally be very happy with this unseasonably warm day, my Halloween costume is Freddy Krueger so I'm in a rather warm sweater all day. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 08:59 3
- let's see that costume -- nm - colin Oct 31, 09:01 2
  - I'll take a pic later and share it. It's not a full costume due to issues with the dogs freaking out. Lol -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 31, 09:02 1
    - oh poor buddies. i've scared more than one dog into peeing over just having a big beard. i imagine a mask is a bit much. -- nm - colin Oct 31, 09:11
Hello st/personalfinance: Please check that I'm thinking this through correctly. - ty97 Oct 31, 08:52 13
- You CAN afford it. -- nm - Suze O Oct 31, 09:22
- can't you guys deduct mortgage interest on your taxes? that would be a huge swing to using cash on the car. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 09:09 1
  - That's why he needs spreadsheets! What's the max mort interest he can/wants/needs to claim, if at all? So many scenarios! -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 09:16
- Generally, you want as low a loan for house as possible. That interest adds up more over time than a car loan would/could. - colin Oct 31, 09:03
- Time to make a spreadsheet! -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 08:58 2
  - Yup. Long term, lower rate (mortgage typ) vs. the short term, higher rate (car typ). Any greater dealer events giving close to 0% for cars? -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 09:05 1
    - Quick area search here shows some Chevys at 0%. Finance the car! Although they typically hit an up front fee for the deal. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 09:09
- Would it depend on respective interest rates? -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:54 5
  - That's my thought. Also, mortgage interest can be deductible (up to a point). Generally I think mortgage rates are lower. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 08:56 4
    - Also, the mortgage payment is spread out over a longer period so the payments should be lower for that reason as well. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 08:57 3
      - But that means more interest paid in total over 30 years vs a 5 year car loan, right? -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 08:58 2
        
        That is a possibility. I think you'd have to do the math more specifically. Also, taking into account the time value of money. More current cash vs - pmb Oct 31, 09:02
        
        That’s offset by increasing your free cash flow over that time period due to the lower payment from amortizing over 30 years instead of 5, though -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 09:02
Hotel rooms in Canadian cities when Taylor Swift is performing bump rates up to 10 times normal -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 08:40 3
- She's playing here 6 nights, the police and the city keep doing *press conferences* to discuss the logistics of what they are doing to handle the - Andie Oct 31, 08:57
- I've heard it's causing some travelers to have bad blood -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 08:43
- Is this some Econ formula? "Most economists are not so sad about dynamic pricing ΓÇª and if you want to prevent the problem of 'not enough,' - JD Oct 31, 08:42
We had like three fucking years to extend Freddie Freeman. - David Oct 31, 08:39 11
- I 99% blame his agent. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 31, 09:56
- I thought Matt Olson was pretty good? Younger, (slightly) cheaper, a bat my team would love for 162 games. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 31, 09:05 1
  - He's Temu Freddie. - David Oct 31, 09:13
- You did so well locking up the young talent after him too which makes it more boggling. -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:50
- I can’t believe the Dodgers came back, to win—Hate that the Dodgers can collect people like this …unlimited payroll—the bats they have…it’s unfair -- nm* - Trending Oct 31, 08:41 6
  - We've gone over this before. There are MANY teams that can spend like the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets. They choose not to. It's 100% fair. - zunk takes things literally Oct 31, 09:12 1
    - Players are going to go with whomever pays them the most, like 99% of the time. If the small clubs poneyed up, they’d stay -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 09:14
  - I'm pretty sure that the number of teams that could've traded for Edman is a fairly large number. The Dodgers actually did - JD Oct 31, 08:51
  - The beauty of baseball is that if a few plays break the other way, the Dodgers don't even make the World Series. - David Oct 31, 08:45 1
    - True—but if you enter a drawing/raffle, 1 time, you have a chance to win …enter 150 times, your chances are way better. Dodgers can pay for more luck -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 09:20
  - That stockpiling concept doesn't seem to help their starting pitching -- nm - JD Oct 31, 08:43
Can I interest you in the Ty97 Vacation Club? -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 08:34 3
- If it's all at Disney, sure. -- nm - David Oct 31, 08:38 2
  - For your membership fee, he's going to give you an opportunity to purchase old school, hard ticket Fast Passes -- nm - JD Oct 31, 08:39 1
    - I -just- wrote about them the other day! Like Monday! -- nm - David Oct 31, 09:03
I dont understand. Who or what controls when trading is halted on a stock?? Does that just automatically happen when a certain # is hit? -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 08:33 6
- thanks all -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 08:54
- DMac -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:45
- These price bands are 5%, 10%, 20%, or the lesser of $.15 or 75%, depending on the price of the stock and whether the stock is designated as a Tier 1 - JD Oct 31, 08:36 1
  - Look at JD out here paying attention! -- nm - David Oct 31, 08:38
- Yes, it's like tripping a circuit breaker. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 08:36
- It’s an automatic trigger based on price movement. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 08:36
Dude, “cheddar” was supposed to be a euphemism for cash! -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 31, 08:30
Dodgers plane has landed. After everything they had to be up at 4:00am to fly home - why?!? -- nm - Meg Oct 31, 08:29 2
- One of my favorite movie lines ever. "Does that make it too early or too late?" - Volnelk Oct 31, 09:09
- They were up anyway. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 08:34
The Economist directly calls out WaPo and the LA Times -- (link) - Reagen Oct 31, 08:21
This is dark. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 31, 08:12 [mastodon]
Bikiniing: 1070 miles for October, an even 9500 YTD. Should hit my 10K mile goal some time mid-November -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 08:10 2
- Awesome accomplishment -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:45
- Sweet!! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 08:11
ST Poll: Are you in costume today? Pics? -- nm - oblique Oct 31, 08:02 10
- I did a light version of Freddy Krueger. I can't wear the glove as it would be an issue while walking the dogs. - Krusty Oct 31, 09:01
- Yup. One of my favorite school days. -- (pic) - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 31, 08:43 [Attachment] 2
  - Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 09:03
  - Yes, but no pics. I’m one of the Despicable Me daughters. -- nm - kelly Oct 31, 08:55
- No…but we had our office party, yesterday—no costumes but drink making contest…I got 2nd place…cheated, but 🤷‍♂️—gave ChatGPT all the ingredients - Trending Oct 31, 08:07
- Not today but this was the weekend -- (pic) - Reagen Oct 31, 08:05 [Attachment] 4
  - You two look great! -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 09:04
  - solid -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 08:18
  - Hah! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 31, 08:12
  - L3! that is classic -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 08:10
More than 1 million Canadians have now received dental care under new national insurance plan -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:44 3
- I have a friend that's a dentist, big fan of the program, easy jobs, and the government pays quickly. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 07:54 2
  - Man do I wish we had that here. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 09:07
  - fucking communist -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 08:12
New Jersey Devils having played 13 games while teams in their division have played 8 seems very odd. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 31, 07:40 1
- the Devil made them do it. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:42
Is Whataburger worth trying? - Strongbad Oct 31, 07:31 11
- No. Just go to NFA burger and call it a day. -- nm - colin Oct 31, 09:07
- Just don't go to the one by Pippy's house, it's apparently gone downhill -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 08:26 1
  - hahaha. certainly -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 08:26
- Speaking of burgers, I should get shake shack for lunch today. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 08:17
- Solid B-tier, worth trying, and better than your other options listed. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 31, 08:16
- Yes, absolutely. it is better than Wendy's, don't you dare eat Arby's anymore and Chikfila is a thing unto itself - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 08:11
- just to try it yes, will it be the best fast food burger you've had, probably not. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:38
- its decent. I don;t think it's anything great. Find a local smashburger place -- nm - Remlik Oct 31, 07:38 3
  - Closest location... 181 miles. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 31, 07:47
  - Smashburgers need to be more of a thing here for sure. -- nm - con_carne Oct 31, 07:44 1
    - This piece on home cooking smashburger by Lan Lam was positively mouthwatering -- (link) - con_carne Oct 31, 07:48 [youtube]
Are the “poll bros” starting to come around? -- (link) - mara Oct 31, 07:29 3
- Getting low propensity voters to the polls has been a stated Trump strategy so we'll see how well the get out the vote strategy works with them. -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:46
- That post - "GET PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE TO VOTE" - dovetails well with Qale's post yesterday about the "Angry young while male vote" -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 31, 08:41 [Backboard] 1
  - You know what the problem is for those angry young white male voters? - Mop🧹 Oct 31, 08:42
Been looking at marathons for 2025. This is the one I'm leaning towards. Would have to register soon as it will sell out. -- (link) - Dano Oct 31, 07:28 9
- ST Get Together: Weekend of June 21, 2025 at Duluth, Minnesota - JD Oct 31, 09:07 2
  - Yup -- (pic) - JD Oct 31, 09:14 [Attachment]
  - You seriously registered? If so, that would clinch it for me. -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 09:09
- Duluth! -- nm - . Oct 31, 08:51
- My wife did that one—she had an absolute blast -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 07:47
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:32
- how are you feeling this week? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 07:31 1
  - Not bad. Was only a little sore Monday and Tuesday. I do tend to recover quickly even if my legs die during the race. -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 08:43
- Cool! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 07:29
TV PSA: NFL, Scrabble, L&O, Hell's Kitchen, L&O SVU, Ghosts, Matlock, Trivial Pursuit, Elsbeth, Found, The Diplomat, Frasier, ST Lower Decks, - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:19 11
- Nothing but Halloween movies tonight and then I can catch up on all the shows we've put off for the month. -- nm - Krusty Oct 31, 09:10
- NFL, Ghosts, Lower Decks, Matlock; wife will likely start Hallmark movies soon -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:19 9
  - Agatha All Along finale too for tonight -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:24 8
    - i should start watching that some day. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:25 7
      - me too. Instead I am watching Dr. Ridiculous Cruise aka Doctor Odyssey. with Joshua Jackson. - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 07:27 6
        
        it's terrible. the production values are trash. have you noticed how weird the colors are? (I totally watch.) - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 31, 08:23 3
        
        we thought the start of one episode was a dream sequence cause the acting was so bad - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 08:42
        
        But is it The Idol level bad? -- nm - JD Oct 31, 08:33
        
        He doesn't fit in with the vibe, like he was dropped in from another show. -- nm - Max Oct 31, 08:32
        
        the only "new" show I have started watching is High Potential. - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:31
        
        it is soooooo terrible, but wife and I love it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:29
ST crash inspired Quiz: Night Ranger has 7! Top 40 hits. Can you name them? -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:16 15
- I mis-counted. The last one is Four in the Morning (I Can't Take It Any More) - peaked at #19 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:52
- probably not, but: Sentimental Street? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 07:35 2
  - peaked at #8 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:40 1
    - wow -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 07:44
- The Secret of My Success? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:27 1
  - Not top 40 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:29
- I don't even know who this is -- nm - decline Oct 31, 07:27 2
  - Dano has posted here for a long time -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 07:29 1
    - *snicker* -- nm - Max Oct 31, 08:00
- Can only name the huge hit. I'm sure I'd recognize some off the others if I heard them. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 07:19 1
  - Will give you Sister Christian peaked at #5 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:21
- I read this as knight rider, and I was confused. also, nope. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:18
- Don't Tell Me You Love Me, You Can Still Rock In America, Goodbye, When You Close Your Eyes Do You Dream About Me, Sister Xtian -- nm* - prayformojo Oct 31, 07:18 2
  - Peaked at #40, Not top 40, peaked at #17, peaked at #14 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 07:20 1
    - I'm surprised Goodbye did that well -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 07:23
I want a cannoli. Maybe not a Canadian cannoli though. -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 07:13 14
- Maple mascarpone -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:14 13
  - Maple riccotta. -- nm - . Oct 31, 08:40
  - 😋 -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 07:22
  - I’m listening…. -- nm - znufrii Oct 31, 07:17
  - That could work. Good for a tiramisu as well. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 07:15 8
    - I'm not a big tiramisu fan so I'm all for something that would punch it up. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:29 7
      - Yeah, never been impressed with tiramisu. I'd not bad, but I don't feel a need to order it. Still better than creme brulee though -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 07:42 3
        
        Creme brulee is in my top 3 desserts. -- nm* - Andie Oct 31, 08:39
        
        The problem with creme brulee is a lot of places can't do it right. - Strongbad Oct 31, 08:16
        
        "was that the sample?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 07:43
      - -20 SB points - Strongbad Oct 31, 07:35 1
        
        I'm not here to ruin your joy, it just is not my joy. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 31, 07:40
      - I'd favour a hazelnut addition over maple but it would work. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 07:34
  - Maybe I DO want a Canadian cannoli after all -- nm - ty97 Oct 31, 07:15
Boat money board. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 07:09 1
- sure, ok. but where is my colorado land money board? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 07:09

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