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Post by Liiisa on Dec 2, 2022 6:00:52 GMT -5
I opened Twitter and one of the trending topics was "APOLOGIZE TO LISA," which I was like - what uh-oh, why?
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Post by tinaja on Dec 2, 2022 10:52:13 GMT -5
Had drinks and small dinner with a friend last night. She keeps me laughing. Her life is so different than mine, good to have contrast.
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Post by sprite on Dec 2, 2022 11:00:03 GMT -5
I went to play waffle, clicked on an orange icon, and realised I was on audible. I’ve just downloaded 4 free audiobooks. When I went to the crochet class, we were talking about getting to sleep at night. One woman raved about odd-able. It was deep into the conversation before I worked out she was saying 'Audible.' I then realised I only 'hear' people talking about it on here.
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Post by Queen on Dec 3, 2022 3:13:18 GMT -5
THE COMMENTS
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Post by sophie on Dec 3, 2022 11:17:04 GMT -5
OMG funny.. thanks for posting that link.
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Post by sprite on Dec 4, 2022 16:01:33 GMT -5
We're watching season 1 of Clarkson's Farm, which is moderately amusing. On a serious note, you can understand within one episode why so many farmers have depression.
I'm decorating the tree. Partner has serious farts. Between my Covid nose and his toxic emissions, I keep thinking I've set an ornament on fire with the lights.
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Post by sprite on Dec 6, 2022 7:48:38 GMT -5
partner has ordered yet more weights--really heavy ones. He's going to have to open his own store.
He's been listening all morning for the delivery van, so he doesn't destroy the driver's back making them lug those things up the stairs to our door.
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Post by Liiisa on Dec 7, 2022 17:07:45 GMT -5
Just said "today is my little cousin's birthday, I know this because it's Pearl Harbor Day." What made me laugh is that this "little" cousin is approaching 60.
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Post by sprite on Dec 9, 2022 17:18:05 GMT -5
Susan Calman, after saying she had size 4 feet: "They are really size 3, but if I wear size 3, my trousers cover my toes and it looks like I have no feet..."
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Dec 10, 2022 21:07:36 GMT -5
This, from an article in today's paper talking about planting trees in the inner city:
Liberal councillor Lyndon Gannon said he was glad to see the back of plane trees, which he called the “silent killers on our streets” for triggering hay fever.
“Alongside Coldplay they are the most insidious thing London has exported to our shores,” he said.
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Post by Liiisa on Dec 11, 2022 7:56:23 GMT -5
the Coldplay joke is wonderful. But people get hay fever from plane trees? They're the same genus as our sycamores, and I've never heard of allergies to them; that's interesting.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Dec 11, 2022 15:13:04 GMT -5
They are horrendously bad for it.
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Post by Liiisa on Dec 11, 2022 16:14:21 GMT -5
Wow, that is so interesting. I wonder if it's one of those things that they're not native to your ecosystem, so you don't have the immunity or whatever. Sycamores (and plane trees, in the city) are ubiquitous here - do you get warnings if you come to the USA to be prepared for that?
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Post by sprite on Dec 11, 2022 16:32:45 GMT -5
Is it because they only plant male trees, so they produce more pollen for the area their in?
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Post by Queen on Dec 18, 2022 8:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by psw on Dec 18, 2022 9:13:14 GMT -5
World Champion Grifter! I hope they all sue the pants off him for theft of intellectual property.
Except that would mean even more publicity, which is what he wants. Some major lawfirm could do some real Pro Bono Publico service with a class action suit.
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Post by Queen on Dec 18, 2022 15:09:06 GMT -5
Dutch twitter is outraged because one woman bought all the oliebollen at the oliebollen kraam and there were lots of people behind her in the queue. Oliebollen are donut type things that are around at this time of year, and a kraam is a food truck
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Post by groo on Dec 23, 2022 19:19:50 GMT -5
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Post by groo on Dec 27, 2022 21:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by sprite on Dec 28, 2022 6:58:52 GMT -5
We have some very bleak laughter in our house about how anti-Putin millionaires are just so attracted to high windows.
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Post by Queen on Dec 28, 2022 10:06:05 GMT -5
We have some very bleak laughter in our house about how anti-Putin millionaires are just so attracted to high windows. Tripping over themselves to check out the view. Sorry, I'll get my coat.
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Post by sprite on Dec 28, 2022 13:12:54 GMT -5
We snorted.
He's just asked if 2022 is a leap year in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
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Post by Queen on Dec 29, 2022 14:45:58 GMT -5
Andrew Tate, famous misogynist and former kickboxer, tweeted something obnoxious to Greta Tunberg and she owned him - here's the story here www.boredpanda.com/greta-thunberg-fiery-response-andrew-tateAnd then someone edited Andrew Tate's wiki page... to show him losing a fight against Tunberg in .01 seconds
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Dec 29, 2022 18:48:02 GMT -5
And the Andrew Tate stuff continues with his arrest, as his lame comeback post to Greta tipped off the Romanian authorities that he was in Romania.
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Post by Queen on Dec 30, 2022 1:50:05 GMT -5
And the Andrew Tate stuff continues with his arrest, as his lame comeback post to Greta tipped off the Romanian authorities that he was in Romania. That’s made me laugh even more. He doxxed himself with a pizza order. Except his (alleged) crimes are horrific, so I'm not sure why the Romanian authorities couldn't just drop by and see if he was home.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Dec 30, 2022 2:48:22 GMT -5
Apparently the story it was just the pizza is just a funny story.
The Romanian authorities had been checking on his position for a while using other things as well as his social media posts (there had been others from Romania recently). Sounds like they were possibly getting more evidence together? They have been investigating him since April so hopefully they have enough to be able to make charges stick.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Dec 30, 2022 2:50:58 GMT -5
Back to the Russian stuff, saw an excellent comment last night from someone saying they were going to buy a Russian Oligarch Advent Calendar for next year - every time you open a window, a Russian oligarch falls out.
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Post by Queen on Dec 30, 2022 2:51:31 GMT -5
If the charges stick I guess his total car emissions will be zero.
So another win for Greta.
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Post by Queen on Dec 30, 2022 2:51:56 GMT -5
Back to the Russian stuff, saw an excellent comment last night from someone saying they were going to buy a Russian Oligarch Advent Calendar for next year - every time you open a window, a Russian oligarch falls out. So dark!
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Post by Liiisa on Dec 30, 2022 5:44:01 GMT -5
Oh, I'm sorry it wasn't just the pizza - that was fun last night. But whatever, hooray for Greta taking down this asshole.
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