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YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! Quick reminder, we've got the Axe. Do carry on.

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Very comforting

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I just put out a replica Axe in my office :)

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where'd ya get it? I think I might need one!

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I think it was originally from Big Game, but I was able to get one from Cal Athletics!

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I'll try and track one down!

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Probably from the Big Game last year. I will have mine on display when we have the Axe and put it away when we don't.

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I didn't get up there until it was way too late.

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Philly

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A place where it is always sunny.

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I need to watch that show…heard it’s good.

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in the same boat, but I have a hard time starting a show with so many seasons in the books.

altho did start The Mindy Project – which has like 22 eps per season – and haven't regretted it so far.

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There is a lot of it to watch!

I think the early seasons (1-5) are the real golden age.

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The episodes are 30 mins, ya?

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30, yes.

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Lost the World Series, Super Bowl, and MLS Cup....

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Had the privilege of watching the Grateful Dead play Unbroken Chain for the first time ever at the Philly Spectrum in 1995.

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Hopefully it will apply to 2023 defense:

Roll you down the line boy

Drop you for a loss

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A truly awesome city, with truly awful people, at least sports fans.

Not surprisingly, the miserable entity that is the former Mrs. Chitwood is from 45 minutes outside Philly. It’s a glorious Monday following an Eagles gag job.

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I thought that you and your ex had a cordial relationship ;-)

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Oh, ya, we’re just lifelong friends…;-)

She’s the kind of person that roots for Walmart to come in, destroy Main Street, put Mom and Pop outta business and kill the town….then she’ll swing by on the way home, kick your dog and let the parakeet out. Booooo.

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altho maybe you have a database of them from your 12-step meetings

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I was trying to come up with a "you know, like xx and yy", but couldn't come up with famous exes who hate each other

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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

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yeah, I avoid celeb stuff, but was hard to avoid that one. shoulda come to mind

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cream cheese. It's fine and I buy it nearly 100% of the time when I need cream cheese. But I was blown away in Berkeley when I had proper, fresh cream cheese.

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up in Tahoe and the local health food store didn't have Philly, but rather a pro-biotic brand – overcomes 'sore ski leg' laziness to go and check the fridge – called Nancy's. This morning, had sub-par everything bagels (Alvarado St...super crumbly) with Nancy's...it's like a hybrid of cream cheese and sour cream.

4/19 WNB

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I usually buy trader joes cream cheese if I'm using it for the cinnamon rolls frosting or in smoked salmon dip since the quality doesn't matter as much. When my ex would make cheesecake I made sure to buy Philadelphia.

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pretzels ..

from out discussion last week (i think it was in DBD)

a friend ordered some Philly pretzels for the game last night.

they were pretty good but not outstanding. there was a separate salt packet that you used at the last minute.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ado7ygruA3ttXnAL9

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On pretzels: my Wisconsonite friends swear by https://www.milwaukeepretzel.com/

My Bavarian friend says the shape isn't authentic, but would be willing to try them. For those in the East Bay, she does like Squabisch, but the sweet ones are a step too far for her! http://squabisch.com/

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my Bavarian friend bristles at "Pretzel"...should be Bretzel

gonna be there in April, so I'll see what the signs say

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Cheese steak

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Eagles

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It's also the unofficial mascot of Liberty, since their official one is the flames. I'm still confused about Auburn.

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Southern Miss, Marquette, Boston College, and UNT.

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Eastern Washington.

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Hotel California

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Elon musk restricts military use of the satellite service he gave Ukraine to control drones. If you ask me, I think he's indirectly asking the US DoD to pay him for his donation of satellite stations

https://www.politico.eu/article/spacex-restricted-internet-ukraine-prevent-escalation-elon-musk-russia-starlink-ww3-gwynne-shotwell-drones-infrastructure/

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Well, he's made bunches of money off direct and indirect government subsidies in SpaceX and Tesla, it would be no surprise he's trying for leverage here as well

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Valentine's Day

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Hallmark holiday bullshit and those celebrating it should be summarily put to death

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I really believe this and wish my wife also believed it.

But since she does not, I must celebrate.

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my wife and I have never celebrated V-Day, at least not on V-Day. It was always dinner the night before, or (hey, I have a biz trip to NYC a few days later...let's celebrate then).

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Fire Starkey cements his already well established reputation as a buzz-kill curmudgeon who is the death of the party!

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I thought that was my title.

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harsh but fair

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Tomorrow will be the 94th anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre

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My great grandma claimed to have seen the dead bodies! She worked nearby. Crazy that it was in Lincoln Park; it would be like having a famous gang shooting in SF’s Marina

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YES!

Makes me wanna get a cat, just because….

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I hadn't even seen this before my comment above...

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Me neither!

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PRO

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Pitchers and catchers, any day now...

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Let's Go!! I can't wait for the WBC and spring training.

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I haven't really paid much attention to the WBC in the past, but for some reason am really looking for it this year.

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I'm going to the Sunday game US/Mexico. Would be pretty cool if it was Kershaw and Urías. Then the Wed US/Columbia game is being sponsored by two Bluetooth SIG sponsors.

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Derek Carr will refuse any trade offer, Raiders expected to release longtime QB this week, per report [opportunity for Chase?]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/derek-carr-will-refuse-any-trade-offer-raiders-expected-to-release-longtime-qb-this-week-per-report/

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I think it will be fascinating if the Raiders cut Derek Carr, only to sign Jimmy Garoppolo…

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Especially if Derek Carr leads his new team to a win that eliminates the Raiders next year. But the 49ers need to keep a good insurance policy in Jimmy G on hand, so the latter part shouldn't happen anyway.

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Isn't Jimmy an FA?

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Yes, but that doesn't mean the 49ers can't sign him. Or that they shouldn't. As we learned, 4 competent QBs wasn't a sufficient supply to get through the season. Like this year, he would be a heck of an insurance policy, or better, in case Purdy's surgery is a little behind schedule on its rehab.

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Tim Kawakami pointed to serious static between Shanahan/Niner front office and Garoppolo. Rumor is Jimmy G was healthy enough to play v. Philly as QB2, and refused…who knows the veracity.

Kyle was terse about him, stating in the media recap last week there’s no chance he is back.

I’ve heard they may look at Andy Dalton or another veteran, because they could use another guy…then again, never say never with that guy! Haha.

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unrelated to Pro, but what is considered correct?

An FA (based on the fact that the pronunciation starts with "ef")

or

A FA (based on the word starting with "F")

I'm an "an FA" guy, but Word, etc. usually disagrees. I assume since it doesn't pronounce it, but rather just looks at the first letter

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In the bluetooth sig they want "an fa" because "F" starts with a vowel sound. Not sure if that's standard or not.

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Yes. Unrestricted.

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To quote Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, "He Gone"

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or Trey "Bust" Lance

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Can't wait for my steak...steak in Gainesville just tastes better, especially when it's on someone else's tab... ;-)

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I’ll also take this bet. Trey won’t be very good.

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That bet was made months ago and is unfortunately off the table given Purdy’s meteoric rise from Mr Irrelevant to NFCCG starter that no one saw coming.

But we should get a steak in SD regardless.

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crazy nuts! I'd love to keep wiseman for the long-term play, but maybe "he could be great, but not in this system and not with Steph" might be correct.

But, the saving grace was getting another PoA defender to shore things up for the last 30 games. oh well...as you were, Warriors defense.

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Yeah, if now all we get is a guy who is too injured to play, I feel like I would have preferred to rescind and trade him for picks at least

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fun aside on this story. a guy who is an NBA exec in the legal circles was over at our house last night to watch the game.

he was on his phone a lot during the game and i asked if "trade deadline was keeping him extra busy"

he said, "yes, the GP2 trade is blowing up my phone, as we speak"

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Reporter: “Augustus, how do you feel now that you’ve found a Golden Ticket?”

Augustus: “HHHUUNNNGGGRRRYYY”

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and then his dad eats the microphone...

found out that WW was filmed in Munich (which is where they cast the Gloops), with the Wonkavator flyover being a town about 100 miles to the NW.

I thought it might have been England until the flyover, at which point it's German-ness was pretty obvious. sure wasn't anywhere in the US

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just watched Willy Wonka with 7-yo for the first time last night, so a well-timed story!

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SUPERB OWL

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After winning his second SB ring, QB abruptly announces his retirement

https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-qb-chad-henne-announces-retirement-following-super-bowl-lvii-victory

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ESPN2 counterprogramming during the game - spikeball, pickleball, axe throwing, and cornhole. Probably didn't draw many of the 200 million or so who didn't watch the game.

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Chris Stapleton's performance of the National Anthem was epic.

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1624914471549554688

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One of the best.

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The opening ceremonies kept dragging on and on, but he put on a solid performance.

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Pre game ceremony creep is real and must be stopped.

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They do THREE anthems now!

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really? which ones?

there aren't any Canadian teams.

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1. Lift Every Voice and Sing

2. America the Beautiful

3. Star-Spangled Banner

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Dude, interminable.

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It’s becoming the pumpkin spice latte of the NFL.

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They had those out in August, bud....TOO F-ING SOON!

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Rihanna

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I enjoyed the stage and the stay-puft dancers, but Rihanna's performance was pretty dull. She seemed bored out there.

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I liked it. I suspect it was really good in person.

The issue I noticed was the pinkish-red was sooo bright, and with no backlight, some shots actually color-bursted on my tv. I thought I had some adjustment problem at first, but not all the camera angles (and there were a lot of them) had the effect. And the rest of the game broadcast was fine. So it was a camera exposure effect exacerbated by the lack of backlight. Everyone with any photographic or video experience has experienced this to some degree at some point. Mrs. Panda hardly noticed, but she doesn't watch stuff with nearly the eye for technical details I do.

Once I got past the surprise distraction of the technical issue, and aside from that, I thought it was one of the better halftime shows I've seen at the Super Bowl in recent times.

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well, she makes her money of cosmetics and clothes now, so this is more of a hobby performance

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Perhaps some of that was due to her being pregnant? She looks like she is 4-5 months pregnant right now.

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I think she just had a baby too…

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I am bemused by the universal acclaim for her performance. Her music isnt my thing and I thought it was fine but really? So much whatever

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Commercial

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