The More or Less of Whatnot Thread 2023

[MFS62]

Texas plays at Alabama in college football today.
Senators Ted Cruz and Tommy Tuberville
UGH
I wonder if they watch anything but FOX News on those campuses if they elect people like that.
Later

[Lefty Specialist]

We're leaving on vacation to Europe today for two weeks. When we booked this vacation we said to ourselves, "man, if we miss a thrilling stretch run in September we're going to be pissed".

We needn't have worried. I can disconnect from the Mets with no problems. (Although I will be testing if the SNY app works over there.)

[MFS62]

Bon Voyage.
And if the Mets go on a hot streak while you're away, we'll know you were the jinx all along.

Later

[MFS62]

You can't use radar to find a crashed stealth jet.
I guess that stealth stuff works.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Not so happy anniversary for Jim Croce fans and family.
50 years ago today he went down in a plane over Louisiana. He was 30 y/o

[whippoorwill]

Loved Jim Croce. I remember I found out about his death when I saw a little notation my brother had made on a notepad ‘Jim Croce died’. That’s all-like it was a note to himself.



Well I’ve been vacationing on the Atlantic coast for 60+ years and it looks like I’m finally going to be here for a big storm!

[Lefty Specialist]

Channeling my inner Piglet today as the Replublicans careen toward a government shutdown due to their sheer incompetence, meaning Lefty Jr isn't getting paid as of Monday (he's a contractor working for CISA, the Cybersecurity agency.) I mean, who needs cybersecurity anyway, amirite?

[Lefty Specialist]

And just like that, they pull a Continuing Resolution out of their, um, hat. So we get to do all this again in 45 days. Yay?

[MFS62]

And just like that, they pull a Continuing Resolution out of their, um, hat. So we get to do all this again in 45 days. Yay?

But without funding Ukraine?
Or is that in this bill?
Later

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Jamaal Bowman seemed to think something was being burned down to the ground.

[Lefty Specialist]

Jamaal Bowman seemed to think something was being burned down to the ground.

Yup, that was really stupid. Caught red-handed.

[Fman99]

And just like that, they pull a Continuing Resolution out of their, um, hat. So we get to do all this again in 45 days. Yay?

Happy news for my brother's family - he is a geneticist at the NCI and would have been on furlough as has been the case for previous shutdowns. They are a one income family, too, all the more reason for it to be a good thing

[metirish]

Kinda odd going to the sports section within the NYT app and see "Sports from The Athletic" , it's a selection of articles

[MFS62]

We hear Simone Biles is one of the greatest athletes of all time.
But can she hit a curve ball?

Later

[kcmets]

Took me seven minutes to 'get' what randr meant in the the mini
crossword. I put in the d as my last letter and was finished. I'm like
what the hell is randr? Randr is not a word!

'Chilling time, for short' - what a fucking duh I am sometimes.

[MFS62]

Took me seven minutes to 'get' what randr meant in the the mini
crossword. I put in the d as my last letter and was finished. I'm like
what the hell is randr? Randr is not a word!

'Chilling time, for short' - what a fucking duh I am sometimes.

In the Army we used iandi - it stood for intoxication and intercourse.
Later

[kcmets]

Danny got Reuben to sell our song
And it really came together when Mom sang along

[whippoorwill]

At the grocery store.

A screeching baby, a dog in a cart barking somewhere, a bunch of auxiliary old guys ambling around and they are playing ‘Love the One Your With’

Should be something less mild

[Edgy MD]

I always like a good retail playlist report.

[whippoorwill]

Today I learned how to thread a pipe!

[metirish]

I've just discovered purely by accident that you can collapse forums here , I thought the non baseball forum had disappeared, but apparently I had collapsed it

[whippoorwill]

How? And how did you figure it out? 🧐

[Benjamin Grimm]

How? And how did you figure it out? 🧐

There's a little minus sign to the right of "Last Post" in the dark blue bar at the top of each forum category on the home page.

[metirish]

Is this something new-ish ?

[whippoorwill]

How? And how did you figure it out? 🧐

There's a little minus sign to the right of "Last Post" in the dark blue bar at the top of each forum category on the home page.

By gum, you’re right!