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Tommy Edman MVP’d himself into a new five-year contract -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 29, 14:46 1
- "About one-third of the overall value of the deal is deferred" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 29, 14:51
Oh wow. The Chiefs game is on Prime Video? That must have cost them like 2 minutes worth of earnings, at least. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 14:44 1
- I'm sorry, but I can't see Andy Reid without hearing "BUNDLEROOSKI!" That commercial..? That was a mistake. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 14:47
while I'm visiting my parents, I decided to get them something. - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 14:39
refs gonna ref for the chiefs -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 14:37
DTL: rollo is my sworn enemy until 12:15 Monday. - Will Hunting Nov 29, 14:23 2
- ooh fun! STNTT matchups are rare treats - good luck -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 14:38 1
  - Also, I was carping a bit on the msg board about signing a +2 walkon over 2 clear leads. Showing what I know, +2 walkon just won C11 FOY -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 14:42
Brock Bowers absolute unit -- nm - budice Nov 29, 14:05 1
- Amazing concentration on that play -- nm - David Nov 29, 14:07
Living alone is great until you need surgery. I don't know who I can ask to be my postsurgery caregiver. -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:43 3
- This has occurred to me, as well. I've let it be known to my kids that last one out of the house gets to drive me to all my appointments. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 14:30
- The Rose had that problem. She was recommended some lady who turned to just be some semi homeless friend who was a complete idiot -- nm* - For 200 a day Nov 29, 14:28
- can your sister help? -- nm - Remlik Nov 29, 14:11
"day off" is so decadent. -- nm - amanda Nov 29, 13:36 3
- I got a haircut on my day off -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 14:20
- That must be nice. I had my car at the dealership at 9:30 this morning and I've been updating databases for 2025 the rest of the day. - Spawn Nov 29, 13:40 1
  - it is nice -- nm - mr mooch Nov 29, 13:56
Completed my Christmas shopping today (aside from stocking stuffers). Sharing 2 items I found on Etsy that might be cool for someone in your life -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 13:27 5
- #2 - Custom Pokemon card of your pet(s) -- (link) - Fuzzy Nov 29, 13:28 2
  - ooh, my nephew might love -- nm - Andie Nov 29, 14:18 1
    - You can have a card made of him as a trainer too -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 14:19
- #1 -- Song lyric vinyl poster -- (link) - Fuzzy Nov 29, 13:28 1
  - I like that a lot -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 13:29
Josh Allen & Hailee Steinfeld announced their engagement. -- nm - budice Nov 29, 13:26 12
- cute couple -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 29, 14:03
- Link. -- (link) - David Nov 29, 13:29 10
  - Cool for them. Also, he walked her across the putting green to aerate the ground with those heels. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 29, 13:44 2
    - ... in bed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 14:45 1
      - If it’s possible for a mega rich super-talented good looking athlete to marry up, he might he pulled it off. - Will Hunting Nov 29, 14:47
  - ... Are those candles? - Spawn Nov 29, 13:39 6
    - ...Is that Buffalo? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 13:58
    - during the day? -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:42 4
      - No no, this was during sepia hour -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 13:43 3
        
        Still seems too bright for candles, but ok. -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:52 2
        
        (I don't know what sepia hour is. I was poking fun at the filter they used.) -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 13:56 1
        
        I assumed it was another name for golden hour. -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:59
A Bears Fan Reaction to Firing Matt Eberflus -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 13:07 [youtube]
100 miles. halfway done. stamina good. energy level good. mentally good....have actually taken a couple of quick naps in between sets - prayformojo Nov 29, 12:43 1
- Nicely done! You got this! -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 12:54
Sweet. I got a few cheap boxes of 2021 Topps Heritage today - I love the old designs. Pulled a Gerrit Cole on-card autograph as the hit. - Will Hunting Nov 29, 12:12 1
- nice -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:29
3 TDs for Travis Hunter today -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:08 1
- And for Taysom Hill on Sunday, please. -- nm* - Spawn Nov 29, 12:28
yes Taylor is at the game -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 29, 12:07
they're fustigating 'em! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 12:06
Vladdy Jr to the Padres -- nm - budice Nov 29, 12:01 1
- still nothing on espn -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 12:50
So it seems we've had this season's equivalent of the Simpsons category on The Floor (spoilers) - Bayronmax Nov 29, 11:38 1
- Also file under Harder Than You Think: Nursey Rhymes - Bayronmax Nov 29, 11:44
It appears Oklahoma State is not ready for the Big 12. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 11:22
If you are feeling trapped, hopeless with no way out, remember that there were lobsters in a tank on the Titanic -- nm - FB Nov 29, 10:05
Hear me out, I believe Boise State is in a position to do something unique in college football history. They can sweep the entire PAC-12 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 29, 09:49 2
- Glad Boise State won. While it'd be grand if Oregon State won the National Championship, that's not gonna happen (this year). - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 14:28
- I am striving to find an argument against your take. -- nm - RelucantCynic Nov 29, 12:58
Thanksgiving at my in-laws is perfectly fine, until the board games come out and my MIL insists on pronouncing it “rummy-cube” *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 09:28 19
- I've never heard of this game in my life. Is it a regional thing? -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 14:00
- My learning experience: what are the circles on top of the stove called? -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:58 6
  - Burners. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 29, 13:45
  - Rummidiscs? -- nm - VMan Nov 29, 12:10 4
    - Eyes. Of the 22 people at Thanksgiving, four used the term. One was a girl from Egypt, the rest from different parts of the US. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 12:35 3
      - Burners. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 29, 12:42
      - Always just heard elements (elec) or burners (gas). -- nm* - VMan Nov 29, 12:39 1
        
        This. -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:55
- That's how I've always pronounced it. Have I been saying it wrong? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 10:21 1
  - Technically, apparently not. Morally? - znufrii Nov 29, 10:53
- it is "cube", we always called it "cub" to be jokesters -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:57 1
  - We always called it “-cub” because *that’s how it looks like it should be pronounced!* -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 10:52
- Rummikub (/ˈrʌmikjuːb/, "rummy cube"[1]) is a tile-based game for 2 to 4 players, combining elements of the card game rummy and mahjong. -- (link) - Roger More Nov 29, 09:54 6
  - Seems similar to Uno? -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 14:04
  - never heard of it! -- nm - mud Nov 29, 10:59 2
    - ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 29, 12:56
    - Same. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 11:01
  - Bah. - znufrii Nov 29, 10:34 1
    - Their kids probably all have Tragedeigh names -- nm - Roger More Nov 29, 12:15
bears fire hc eberflus -- nm* - budice Nov 29, 09:24 8
- So the real reason he didn't call TO yesterday was so he wouldn't have to be coach any longer than necessary -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 29, 11:44
- Newly elevated OC Thomas Brown has been elevated to HC which, unfortunately, will cut into his development of the most important person in the org, - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 10:53
- Jets and Bears should just trade head coaches. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 29, 10:23
- Robert Saleh is available -- nm - mr mooch Nov 29, 10:09
- Rich Cimini makes a good point. -- (link) - David Nov 29, 09:31 3
  - Eberflus has two years and a time out remaining on his contract -- nm - budice Nov 29, 09:53 1
    - They needed those two hours between the press conference and the termination to convince Ginny and George McCasky to eat the $$. - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 10:57
  - snort -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 09:34
Wait. The Beavs and the Broncos are playing a 9 AM football game? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 29, 09:02 2
- Yes. Those Eastern boys can't be bothered to wake up yet. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 29, 09:05 1
  - Weaklings. -- nm - RelucantCynic Nov 29, 09:41
B.C. can sue opioid providers for health-care costs on behalf of other governments, Canada's top court rules -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 08:37
A coalition of Canadian news publishers is suing OpenAI for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 08:35
Today we decorate the Stanley House for Christmas. This was 12 years ago but nothing changes year to year. -- (link) - Meg Nov 29, 08:23 [flickr] 1
- Love that table setting. -- nm - RelucantCynic Nov 29, 09:42
OTD 50 years ago, Yes released their extraordinary 7th album 'Relayer' -- (link) - mud Nov 29, 08:15 [youtube]
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $80 Million tonight, lump sum tax free (plus 20 $1M draws) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 29, 08:06 1
- I've got my ticket. C'mon yacht money, let's go. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 11:48
It’s still very funny to me that in OMITB Steve Martin’s character is - Tim Nov 29, 08:05
it gets very cold in California, for the record. even now it's dipping into the 50s in LA and it's still November -- nm - mr mooch Nov 29, 08:05 2
- Dipping into the 50s is still BBQ weather. You're weak. - Krusty Nov 29, 08:59 1
  - right? whatta wuss! :-] -- nm - mud Nov 29, 09:00
50 miles / 25% done -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 08:01 2
- Woot! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 29, 09:41
- whistle…whistle…whistle -- nm - Dano Nov 29, 08:57

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