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GeekDeal: $10 off VUDU e-gift cards @ Kroger. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 08:28 1
- Oooh - I've been wondering something and this is the perfect place to ask. Now that Vudu is Fandango - can I use Fandango GCs for Vudu movies? nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 19, 08:35
Ah. Mid 50s and sunny. My least favorite running weather. I can never figure out what layers I need and always end up too hot or too cold. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 08:28 3
- Since this will be a short easy run I assume, I would go with shorts and a light long sleeve shirt. - Dano Nov 19, 08:35 1
  - The second part of the IM is the absolute race truth - JD Nov 19, 08:38
- Gut it out at the beginning and start cold -- nm - JD Nov 19, 08:30
No meatball sammich is that good.... -- (pic) - Bayronmax Nov 19, 08:21 [Attachment]
NYT apparently has incriminating Gaetz testimony/exhibits via hackers but refusing to publish the contents? -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 19, 08:19 5
- So they're blackmailing the Trump DOJ into leaving them alone? Got it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:27
- ya know its funny (so not actually funny), I quite literally said to my brother yesterday - Jovian Nov 19, 08:22 3
  - I do think there's a distinction (at least arguably) between publishing documents illegally hacked (and maybe you have difficulty authenticating) vs. - pmb Nov 19, 08:29 2
    - the Pentagon Papers were literally stolen from Rand Company -- nm - mr mooch Nov 19, 08:33 1
      - Sadly there are no reverse vampires working at the Times these days -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 08:41
"I go on roundabouts, but I keep coming back to Kate Bush." ♡ ♥ ♪ ♫ ★ -- (edited) - mud Nov 19, 08:15 [BS]
There only being 6 funds on HSX makes me a little sad. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 08:09 3
- I apparently passed 3b sometime this year—have 2B in cash 🤣 -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 08:12 2
  - I’m at $5.2B with $3.2B in cash. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 08:22 1
    - Very nice! -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 08:28
NFL Playoff Matchups after Week 11 - Strongbad Nov 19, 07:58 5
- Everyone good with KC-BUF and DET-PHI just playing a best of 3 for the right to go to the super bowl? -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 08:00 4
  - Steelers going to slugger their way into the AFC championship game -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 08:27
  - I'd rather just give DET the NFC. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 08:16 1
    - *throws a AA at you* -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 08:40
  - in the NFC yes. AFC no. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 08:02
The sentencing hearing for the trial I was part of last month took place yesterday. The judge accepted our recommendation. - Bayronmax Nov 19, 07:53 1
- Good. It's a terrible thing that happened, and he deserves to have the book thrown at him. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:33
Delta to start serving Shake Shack burgers on board -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:50 7
- IT'S ALL I'VE EVER ASKED FOR! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:33
- I was just checking flights to Boston. I should concentrate on Delta then? -- nm - Meg Nov 19, 07:53 4
  - It sounds like a “first class meal preselect” option -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 07:56 3
    - I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it won't be anything like a burger you actually get at shake shack. - pmb Nov 19, 08:16 2
      - I agree. I really won't want it -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 19, 08:46
      - also . . . just eat Shake Shack in the terminal before you get on board? -- nm - mr mooch Nov 19, 08:20
- $20 -- nm - budice Nov 19, 07:51
Wicked Part 1 is 2 hours and 40 minutes....hmmmm. - ty97 Nov 19, 07:46 7
- Will be the first movie I see in a theater in a very long time. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 08:17
- wait wait wait. The Wicked movie is just part one of two films?? -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 07:48 5
  - We kind of had a discussion on this topic the other day -- (link) - JD Nov 19, 08:36 [Backboard]
  - The musical has an intermission. I assume that's where they will break the movie? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 08:18 1
    - That's what I'm assuming as well...but I have to say (spoils, I guess) - Turd Ferguson Nov 19, 08:33
  - Yeah, they've marketed it well to not advertise that they broke it up. Wicked Part 2 comes out in November 2025 -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 07:50 1
    - wow that, is a lot. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 08:22
‘Would this ruin her life — or transform it?’ My daughter is 25. Should I create a $5 million trust so she can give up her job and see the world? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 07:38 6
- It's called trust fund baby -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 10:01
- How *YOU* doin'? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:28
- The response is spot on, fwiw. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 19, 07:52
- Huh? I did that at 19 with a round trip ticket, two suitcases, and not much else. My mom kicked in enough for the return portion of the ticket. -- nm - Meg Nov 19, 07:51
- That seems extreme. How about an offer to completely pay for one extravagant vacation each year to wherever she wants to go? -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 07:44 1
  - I agree, and then give *me* the $5 million -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 07:46
‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON’! -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 07:24 [BS] 3
- Concept trailer from some YouTuber. This isn't real. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:29 [youtube]
- sweet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 08:04
- If they don’t get Anna Lapwood to work on the score I will be very disappoint. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 19, 07:30 [youtube]
Now You See Me 3 Wrapped. Set for 11/2025 release. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 07:02 [BS] 11
- Now You See Me 3: Peekaboo! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:31
- Yay! I love that series. At the same time, I wouldn't recommend that anybody else watch the second one - JD Nov 19, 07:51 1
  - Yeah, I enjoyed the first one enough at the time, but I wasn't clamoring for a second. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 07:54
- Why ? For so many reasons. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 07:34
- The second one was so bad I can't believe they went ahead with a third. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 07:28 4
  - They should split the third one into two parts to maximize their losses for tax purposes. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 07:32 3
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 07:41 2
      - Hollywood accountants call that The Divergent Strategery. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 07:44 1
        
        this is a world class 1-2 punch -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 08:05
- Well, now I don't. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 07:04 1
  - The second one made half what the first did, so they are trending that way -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 07:08
Massive crowds march on New Zealand parliament protesting Māori bill -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 06:39 1
- 184-year-old treaty .. tsk tsk -- nm - mud Nov 19, 06:40
FF: Astro: 8-3 (2), 7-4 (1), 6-5 (3), 5-6 (3), 4-7 (1), 3-8 (2) -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 06:32 3
- My home 14 team league is crazy. 8-3 (1), 6-5 (7), 5-6 (4), 4-7 (1), 3-8 (1) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 07:05
- Vampirates 8-3 (1), 7-4 (2), 6-5 (4), 5-6 (2), 4-7 (1), 3-8 (2) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:50 1
  - Caveman 8-3 (2), 7-4 (2), 6-5 (1), 5-6 (1), 4-7 (3), 2-9 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:51
I will pile on because this just unfortunately seems like the ST theme lately. - Dano Nov 19, 06:24 17
- We are all getting older. So it's not unexpected. But it doesn't make it any less hard to deal with. We will do this together too though. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:46
- Yikes... good thoughts and all -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 09:39
- Ugh. Hope he turns around quickly. -- nm - pmb Nov 19, 08:18
- Hopefully all turns out well. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 08:01
- oh man, so sorry to hear this. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 07:41
- I'm so sorry -- nm - decline Nov 19, 07:35
- So sorry to hear. -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 07:27
- *more positive vibes your way* -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 07:12
- Good healing thoughts going out! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 19, 06:57
- That's terrible. I hope he gets better from the pneumonia soon and can kick that cancer's ass. -- nm - sycor Nov 19, 06:40
- oh no, so sorry -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 06:31
- sorry to hear this, Dan -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 06:28
- ugh, sorry. - Andie Nov 19, 06:27
- best wishes -- nm - mud Nov 19, 06:26
- Yikes. Good thoughts. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 19, 06:26
- Ugh! I hope he gets better very soon. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 06:26
- ugh, very sorry -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:26
Brian Stelter, CNN: ‘Morning Joe’ meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from incoming administration, sources say - mud Nov 19, 06:17 11
- "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war" -- nm - mr mooch Nov 19, 08:15
- 90%? ! -- (pic) - mud Nov 19, 06:39 [Attachment] 6
  - *cough cough* sample selection bias *cough* -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 06:49
  - How many were actually watching it to begin with though? -- nm* - znufrii Nov 19, 06:43 4
    - Right? I won't watch Morning Joe. Mostly because I've never watched Morning Joe. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 19, 06:51 3
      - Also lost in all of the pearl clutching is the idea that commentary shows like that aren’t actually “news” to begin with? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 19, 07:11 2
        
        I don't have any pearls, bub -- nm - mud Nov 19, 07:14 1
        
        There have been a couple times it came on and I'm like "how late did I stay up? Tike to go to bed" -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 09:41
- Seemed relatively obvious -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 06:19 1
  - yes -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 19, 08:12
- *retributes anyway* -- nm - MAGAworld, probably Nov 19, 06:18
the Chiefs loss to the Bills was just the 5th time in 124 starts that Mahomes lost by more than 8 points -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:06
oof, what a bunch of dog shit games for the NFL for the early slate this weekend. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:00 2
- Sooooooo many byes. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 06:31
- couple of decent later games; but overall a swing and a miss by the schedule makers for this one for sure -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 06:01
Bluesky reached 20 Million users -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 05:54
Usually I'm slightly annoyed how the latest update of windows changes my desktop wallpaper every day. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 19, 05:54
C'mon Ovi....just be a bone bruise or something.... - Will Hunting Nov 19, 05:44
Looks like my piddly score of 2 finishes in 2nd place on the BP poll on B2. - Bayronmax Nov 19, 05:41 1
- my oldest loved The Substance, but said it definitely isn't for everyone -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 05:50
thank god santa is on blue sky -- (link) - amanda Nov 19, 05:28 [BS] 2
- is God on there? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 05:50 1
  - Yes. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 08:32 [BS]
TV PSA: NBA, WWE NXT, St Denis Medical, DWTS, Murder in a Small Town, FBI x 3, Night Court, Voice, Accused, Curse of Oak Island, - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 04:46 3
- murder in a small town is such garbage. (I watched it when I came home drunk a few weeks ago.) -- nm - amanda Nov 19, 05:21
- Nothing for me. Looks like it's a night of catching up on shows I'm behind on watching. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 04:57
- swear to God, if they don't find anything on Oak Island this season I'm only watching 2 more seasons. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 04:47
Strands #261 - 3rd - prayformojo Nov 19, 04:09 1
- Yellow 1st - decline Nov 19, 05:54
I’m trying to clear our house of stuff that will never be used again. Any options besides giving it to Goodwill? Old games or systems? -- (link) - landbeck Nov 19, 04:06 4
- could always sell them. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 04:20
- Children's hospitals are usually in need of games and game systems for the kids. Can't hurt to give one a call and see if you can donate it to them. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 19, 04:15 2
  - That’s a fabulous idea. Not all the titles would be kid appropriate I think, but I’ll call and see. -- nm - landbeck Nov 19, 06:20
  - Good idea. Hospitals, Boys/Girls Clubs. Retro gaming peeps -- nm - budice Nov 19, 04:23
Wordle 1,249 6/6 - prayformojo Nov 19, 04:01 2
- 6 - rollo Nov 19, 05:50
- 5 - decline Nov 19, 05:28
Murdle 3:56, streak at 53 - Fuzzy Nov 19, 03:43 1
- x, dammit - prayformojo Nov 19, 04:26
Emotions are high for some reason or another. Nearly got in a fight at the gate with a dude haranguing the agent about our cancelled flight - Reagen Nov 19, 03:25 3
- ugh, this is not the time airline -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 05:14
- :( how delayed are you? -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 04:08 1
  - Cancelled and rebooked on another airline 3 hours later. - Reagen Nov 19, 06:01
grocery store overcharges have tripled since pandemic, there's little oversight, less than 1% of customers check. - zeitgeist Nov 18, 23:22 1
- *whistles, looks around* -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 00:06
This sailboat is a little bit overpriced. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 18, 23:00 1
- (by approximately 12x) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 23:29
I'm calling Dyson Daniels the Dyson Sphere from now on. As a defensive stopper, he drains power from stars. -- nm - David Nov 18, 22:19 1
- That's too cerebral for most people. Say he's like a Dyson vacuum. Sucks up the offense, or something like that. Workshop it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 04:49
YPGB - Dano Nov 18, 21:44 4
- GYBP -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 06:27
- GYxxxBP - decline Nov 19, 05:43
- xxxYx - mud Nov 19, 04:47
- YxGPB - prayformojo Nov 19, 04:08
Three board meetings this week - how is that possible?!? -- nm - Meg Nov 18, 20:32 5
- More like bored meetings, amirite? -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 20:32 4
  - How about Board Eatings? -- nm - Qale Nov 18, 22:16 2
    - That's the Thursday one. It conflicts with my dinner time. -- nm - Meg Nov 18, 22:27 1
      - I’d bring the meal to the meeting for sure. -- nm - Qale Nov 18, 23:11
  - Oh, I think I can make trouble in at least two of them ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 18, 20:48
OMG... make it stop. Still at work on a triage call. -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 20:17 3
- still on this call -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 22:56 2
  - I hope you aren't still on the call. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 04:17 1
    - He is. -- nm - Narrator Nov 19, 08:34
‘“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party’ was originally tweeted in 2015. - Tim Nov 18, 20:07
Meanwhile, Doug Pederson stll employed -- nm - budice Nov 18, 20:06 1
- Mike McCarthy too -- nm - budice Nov 18, 20:31
Dallas isn’t very good. -- nm - David Nov 18, 19:57
Whom do you send in when the Calvary needs help? -- (link) - Dano Nov 18, 19:55 2
- coast guard? -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 21:04
- Heh, they made a total of 5 three-pointers and 2 two-pointers. -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 20:32
I mean if Cowboys didn't want to show up -- nm - budice Nov 18, 19:54
this is real -- (link) - mud Nov 18, 19:43 [BS]
Someone please page Strongbad. This is important. - Mop🧹 Nov 18, 19:31
Ovi: 15 Goals in 18 games. Goals in 5 straight periods. -- nm - budice Nov 18, 19:30 1
- LOOK WHAT YOU DID -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 21:13

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