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Last night i dreamt that we had a jar of salsa. We do not have a jar of salsa. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 13:39 2
- say Pico d' Gallo 3 times -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 18:00
- "Salsa Shark" -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:39
NFL has flexed Chargers-Bengals to Sunday Night Football in Week 11. Jets will now play the Colts at 1 PM ET. -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:08 5
- Good. It's much better to get the pain out of the way early so I can enjoy the rest of the day. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 13:41
- Colts are sticking with Joe Flacco vs. the Bills. -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:25 3
  - Do they have a 3rd QB to try out? - the wrong element Nov 4, 13:41 2
    - they need to go back AR. Just fucking do it and get him reps. The season is over -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 13:45 1
      - They are one game out of a playoff spot so tanking is off the table. - the wrong element Nov 4, 13:59
Least suprising News: Gerrit Cole returns to Yanks -- nm* - budice Nov 4, 12:59 5
- why is he selling his NJ house? -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 13:34
- Yankees need to clean house on the non-player side— -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 13:12 3
  - Signed, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018... - Krusty Nov 4, 13:28 2
    - Can't blame Boone or Cashman for that 5th inning or Judges bat being dormant maybe Boone for that pitching decision in Gm1 - eag Nov 4, 13:39 1
      - I don't want to do this right now but he's in charge of building the entire team. - Krusty Nov 4, 13:48
I trained new guy including making entries together and then sent him off on his own. Out of 60 entries he did, how many had errors when I checked? -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 12:56 10
- 61 -- nm - decline Nov 4, 13:07
- 1 error, bob -- nm - mr mooch Nov 4, 13:07
- 11 -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 13:06
- 48–it’s hard to find good help -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 13:04
- 15 -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 13:00
- 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 4, 12:58
- Since you trained him, I’m going to forecast less than 3. One or two. -- nm* - landbeck Nov 4, 12:58
- 31.25 -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 12:57 1
  - You win CTTP: It was 26. Six of them were the same misunderstanding of a concept so I'll own them but the rest were attention to detail issues. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 13:07
- 59 - znufrii Nov 4, 12:57
annnnnnd my polling place is all set up! pop quiz: normally we have six voting booths. how many do we have for this election? - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 12:47 6
- Ugh! Best of luck with the election and thank you for doing this! -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 13:29
- All this effort to rig Penn and Georgia… -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 13:23
- JFC -- nm - mara Nov 4, 13:22
- Did your area somehow lose a third of registered voters? - the wrong element Nov 4, 13:04
- WTF? -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 4, 12:48 1
  - it'll be fine. I stole one from across the street (don't tell anyone) and from there I will just panic all day. (it's fine.) -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 12:50
Jimmy Carter has crossed the Alf Landon line -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 12:45
How come we are not talking about the true atrocities committed in our midst? - oblique Nov 4, 12:41 4
- Not cool! -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 13:50
- I also have heard several already. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 4, 12:58
- a co-worker was whistling White Christmas this morning and I almost lost it. -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 12:54 1
  - Good news is you can listen to Little Drummer Boy as much as you want without consequence for the next four weeks. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 12:57
RE: wool socks. Smart Wool and REI have gone way downhill on quality. Darn Tough is the only wool sock I'd recommend right now. - colin Nov 4, 12:33 3
- I'm wearing Darn Tough socks right now. I'm a big fan. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 12:39 2
  - their warranty is hard to beat. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 13:35 1
    - Yup. I've used a few times but other times I felt that I had gotten my money's worth and didn't want to abuse the warranty. - Krusty Nov 4, 13:52
We saw the line wrapping around the building for early voting today at breakfast. County keeps posting stats. We've nearly matched the early voting - oblique Nov 4, 12:27 1
- Can you buy votes with Bacon? Because that might work -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 13:06
ST Poll - Which state or race are you watching as your bellwether? - Fuzzy Nov 4, 12:25 10
- Palm Beach, Florida—would love to see the area vote against Trump -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 13:22 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 13:30
- Wisconsin (Door County especially). Nebraska (NE-02 especially). Pennsylvania. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 13:19
- Door County, Wisconsin -- (link) - zunk takes things literally Nov 4, 13:16 [Backboard]
- margins in VA which will be called early -- nm - mr mooch Nov 4, 12:27 2
  - i'm happy to be out in mountain time so i can see some interesting stuff before midnight. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 12:36
  - and then Michigan, which has been tabulating as it goes this cycle -- nm - mr mooch Nov 4, 12:34
- Pennsylvania might for starters -- nm - budice Nov 4, 12:27
- North Carolina, for sure. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 12:26 1
  - That's what I'm thinking, specifically the turnout of women voters -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 4, 12:28
100-year-old chemistry rule proven false, updating textbooks comes next -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 4, 12:12 4
- *spidermanspointing.gif* -- (pic) -- (link*) - Max Nov 4, 12:38 [Attachment]
- As an undergrad, I wanted to take orgo but didn't want to spend 6 hrs a week in lab. Uni wouldn't let me separate them so no orgo for me. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 4, 12:18 1
  - In 12th grade they started us on Organic chemistry. I enjoyed making the models but it just felt like a bunch of memorization. - Strongbad Nov 4, 13:18
- By UCLA scientists. Lots of posts about this on their social media last week. -- nm - jnine Nov 4, 12:16
ST Non-election Poll — Favorite punny restaurant name -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 4, 12:11 20
- Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 13:19
- Earth Wind and Flour Italian Restaurant, I remember liking them -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 13:16
- there are several restaurants with my favorite restaurant name. THAI TANIC. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Nov 4, 12:52 [Attachment]
- Asoul 🍜 Ramen -- (pic) - Trending Nov 4, 12:36 [Attachment]
- Can't think of any at the moment, but just noticed one called "Bao Down" in Vancouver -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 12:27 3
  - I was looking for one that I couldn't remember the name of. Just found it. "Thai Food Near Me". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 12:28 2
    - Did you have to search for “Thai Food Near Me near me”? -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 12:30 1
      - One More Thai -- (link) - Remlik Nov 4, 12:38 [youtube]
- In Pittsburgh there is a place called Tenpenny. It's located on the corner of Tenth and Penn. -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 4, 12:26 1
  - Here we have Hotel West & Main which is on the corner of - znufrii Nov 4, 12:29
- Yung Ho -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 12:24 1
  - "Have a taste of Yung Ho at Yung Ho Cafe" -- nm - budice Nov 4, 12:25
- Penne For Your Thoughts is a good food truck. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 12:20 2
  - We’ve got a Humpty’s Dumplings that shows up near us. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 4, 12:21 1
    - steak me home tonight! -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 12:48
- I think someone posted this one, here… -- (pic) - Trending Nov 4, 12:18 [Attachment]
- Mustard’s Last Stand -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 12:15 1
  - Been going there for over 50 years! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 4, 13:18
- Fo King -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 12:13
- Nacho Mama’s -- nm - mr mooch Nov 4, 12:11
every new AI “benefit” these dummies try to foist on consumers is more useless than the last -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 12:11 1
- why would i want a recap to be spoiler free? i want to know the important plot points that happened. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 12:27
The Onion's election expert takes a deep, deep (deep) dive into Pennsylvania's vote. -- (link) - pmb Nov 4, 11:55 1
- “Have we polled the Haitian vote?” “You mean Pierre?” -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 13:03
Ralston predicts the slimmest of margins for Kamala in NV -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:50 4
- So is this still likely voter stuff or are we on to exit polling now? -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 11:58 1
  - Early voting demographics, sounds like. No exit polls until election night. -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 12:42
- Everyone starting to hedge more towards the Selzer prediction -- nm - Trending Nov 4, 11:53 1
  - at least in NV there is hard EV data coming in daily from SoS. main unknown this year is how the Other vote will ultimately break for her -- (link*) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:54
*Sees...The Meg...immediately dives behind the couch in complete fear...shivering like a wet, cold, frightened dog...listens as she methodically walks - NCM Nov 4, 11:45 4
- is she on the hunt for an old fossil or some petrified wood? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 11:55
- Oh noes! -- nm - Qale Nov 4, 11:52
- Welcome back my little friend ;-) -- nm - Meg Nov 4, 11:50 1
  - I'll pay for the pee puddle on the rug also, Hey! -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 12:30
iheartradio: "The mother of them all" in terms of personnel cuts is happening this week -- (link) - Remlik Nov 4, 11:43 3
- AI can do the job just as well, amiright? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 12:01
- Fuuuuuuuuuuck. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 11:44 1
  - it's earnings week! Cumulus making cuts as well. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:52
B2: I believe he runs as long as he's alive, and then Jr gets a turn. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 11:32 16
- The way he looks lately, I don't see him making it to the next Presidential election. If he wins, i think he definitely dies in office and we're stuck - jnine Nov 4, 12:09 2
  - I think he holds rally-type events that are less and less successful until he runs out of gas before primary season even starts. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 12:44
  - no. far far worse -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 12:12
- I don't think there's a chance in hell the GOP nominates DJTJ. He might run, but he brings less than nothing to the table. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 4, 11:34 12
  - It's Jeb Bush all over again! -- nm - Max Nov 4, 11:54
  - Junior is just as dumb as his old man, with none of the charisma. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 11:44 3
    - which one is the youtube cokehead? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 12:49
    - but hey, I say an ad that says he approves of the Mo Amendment to approve sports gambling.... which was a dumb ad. - tRuMaN Nov 4, 12:03
    - Yalp - he's an idiot. Always has been an idiot. And even the staunchest of MAGAs would have to ask, "We can do better, right?" -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 4, 11:49
  - I agree. I'm not saying he wins the nomination, but he or Eric will try. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 11:37 6
    - Eric's wife is being set up for politics. -- nm - jnine Nov 4, 12:11 1
      - She is, and good luck. She's the nastiest of all the spouses. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 12:13
    - Ivanka would be the child who could carry a nomination. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 11:57 1
      - I hope she tries. It will be hilarious. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 12:00
    - Is the GOP having any kind of internal conversation about how maybe they shouldn't take the Russian money and become stooges for foreign gov'ts? -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 11:50 1
      - *shrug* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 12:07
I would like a fancy cookie advent calendar. do they make those? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 11:06 11
- My new favorite cookie. They're great. -- (pic) - Strongbad Nov 4, 11:31 [Attachment] 1
  - Those were my go to for the last couple years. Something happened though now and I can't really eat them anymore. Like my body turned against them -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 11:32
- Not cookies, and I don't think this is exact one I saw in Costco but similar. Just felt it was a little too hot to be buying chocolate this soon. -- (link) - Meg Nov 4, 11:22
- actually maybe I want candies. good thing I have lots of time to decide. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 11:14 5
  - Williams Sonoma has both cookies and candy to choose from. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 4, 11:48
  - cadbury bruh -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:15 3
    - Quality Street -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:23 2
      - Quality Street are our family tradition. My Grandma sent them to me in Australia and I've sent them to the family in Kansas. - Meg Nov 4, 11:41
      - Reese's makes an advent calendar. Do we really need others? -- nm* - oblique Nov 4, 11:23
- Ha, HA! Cookies on dowels. -- nm - Phil Ken Sebben Nov 4, 11:09
- well that google search was overwhelming. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Nov 4, 11:08
"What time do polls close" list -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 10:58 2
- I like how this is by hour instead of, you know, what would benefit most responsible people: location -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:01 1
  - or in the local timezone :) -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 12:01
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is expected to miss “several weeks” with a hamstring injury -- nm - budice Nov 4, 10:56
Does anyone know of a room to rent, of somewhere that would have space for my son to stay and store his stuff in New Haven, Connecticut? - landbeck Nov 4, 10:51
LIR - The walnut tree - - Meg Nov 4, 10:49 [Attachment] 2
- we have a walnut tree, never got a single one, squirrels snatch them while still green. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 12:00 1
  - This is a black walnut so they're a real pain to process. What the squirrels don't eat go into the dumpster :( -- nm - Meg Nov 4, 12:20
Advent calendar for my oldest: - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 10:44 6
- Friend got me this one. -- (link) - VMan Nov 4, 10:56 3
  - I've had my eye on this one. It's from 2022 but still affordable. Are the "gifts" of interest to D&D fans? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 11:19 2
    - Claims they are. I haven't opened it yet. -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 11:21 1
      - I pulled the trigger on this. Thanks for the tip. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 11:54
- nice. may be a sale on the big set come Black Friday -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 4, 10:49 1
  - Yeah, I have a price watch set on it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 10:53
ST Quiz: In what order were the following states called by the AP in the 2020 Election: AZ, GA, MI, NV, NC, PA, WI -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 10:41 5
- Answer inside - Dano Nov 4, 11:09 2
  - that may have been the official AP order but he effectively won when the GA vote count flipped -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:13 [youtube] 1
    - Hence, why I worded my post that way. They called the election right after they called PA. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 11:17
- NC, NV, AZ, WI, MI, PA, GA -- nm - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:02
- I'm so sick of this goddamn group of states. -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 10:42
I'm constantly refreshing ST and I need to stop. Wednesday cannot come soon enough. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 10:41 5
- You mean two Wednesdays from this one. If we are lucky. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 4, 12:27
- Same -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 11:01
- I heard there's a website called X that has all the news you could ever want. -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 10:42 2
  - Dumping X for Reddit was probably the smartest thing I've done in a long time. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 4, 10:45 1
    - But Twitter tells me that both sides are claiming victory and both candidates are awesome and life will begin anew when they win.... - Walt_Disney Nov 4, 10:55
Someone will try to stick him with the loser label but it won’t take. The cult doesn’t believe he can lose, it can only be stolen, and they don’t want - Tim Nov 4, 10:39 1
- Nikki penning a sniveling Vote for Trump op-ed in the WSJ after everything she said on the campaign trail is a pretty good indicator of where the GOP -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 4, 11:07
Uno-ala. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 4, 10:37

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