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On 3/5/2024 at 1:43 PM, possibilities said:On 3/5/2024 at 1:22 PM, zoey1996 said:
I don't get it. How does one play?
It's more a training exercise than a game, I guess. You use your cursor to move the letters left or right individually, into the correct spacing. Then click the button to enter your result and it will tell you how close to correct it is. Then click next for the next example. When you get to the end, it will give you the overall accuracy. You can also reset and do it over again, until you get it right.
On your phone, you use your finger to slide the interior letters.
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10 hours ago, Harvey said:
It also made no sense. Sure, Bob said it in the heat of the moment, but he already started another business and it was a success. It is time for him to rest. No need to start another company.
I was also confused about this. He's selling MaxDot, but keeping the company that makes the socks? Which is why MaxDot is so successful? I felt like the show was conflating the 2 companies and that everything was going to be sold, with Bob out of the sock business completely. (By the way, didn't he recruit the Malaysian sock producer to run the US factory? He's not going to be thrilled at the sale, either.)
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10 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Do we know how old Bob and Abishola are?
I think Bob said he'd been "raising" them since the twins were 12? And we know he left college to take over the company. So perhaps he was 20 and now he's 53? I know it's really not relevant, but Billy Gardell is 54. Folake Olowofoyeku is 40, which would also work for Abishola having a 17-18 year old-son. but also thinking she could possibly still have another child.
Even with IVF, Christina should not be so confident that she will become pregnant with 45 year-old eggs. It would have made a lot more sense if she had had her eggs extracted and frozen when she was 35 (maybe at Dottie's suggestion) and now at 45, decided there was no point in waiting for the right guy anymore if she wanted to have a biological child.
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14 hours ago, Yeah No said:
And never mind worrying about what Dad would say, what about Mom (Dottie)?
Yes, they completely ignored the fact that although Dottie is no longer drawing a salary, she still is a partial owner of MaxDot and would certainly need to be informed of the offer to buy it. If the supporting cast appearances were not limited, Bob would have gone to her to complain that the twins (and Goodwin) wanted to sell the family company, and would have been shocked to see how quickly she would have jumped at the money, family legacy or not.
Can someone please remind me: I know that Goodwin is President of MaxDot, but why does he get a vote on the sale? Did the family give him stock in the company? Even if they did, why would he have an equal vote?
I also kept thinking as the debate to sell went on that if they sold MaxDot, Kofo might well be out of a job. Finally there was a throwaway line about Bob taking Kofo with him on his next venture, but it was still strange not to mention it until then.
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By the way, the Noah's Ark picture from the Trump bible cold open had a pair of unicorns entering the ark.
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On 3/31/2024 at 8:46 AM, Pete Martell said:
Troast is JAJ's date.
Chloe Fineman, not Troast.
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So now there's no reason that Bob can't go with Abishola to medical school once Dele goes off to college (except for the 2 mothers living in his house.)
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On 3/27/2024 at 4:18 PM, Harvey said:
Ebun had the status of being a well-known host in her home country. If she valued that so much, she should have stayed there instead of stealing her sister's thing. I liked that Abishola called out Ebun's bs at least.
Or host a meal every Friday night or a party once a month on Sunday! (Although, does she have any oncome, or would Abishola and Bob be paying for all these parties.)
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7 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
I f’love Olu and Tunde, and I accept Abishola and her Mommy’s mean streaks in the context of the show, but this week’s plot? Not so much.
Haven't we seen it all before? Including a discussion of Tunde and Olu living with Bob and Abishola at some point? However, we never got to see Tunde do Deacon "stuff" (besides going off to smoke a cigar), which would have been new. Seems a shame to focus on the same exact issues when there are so few episodes left.
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Is Abishola's ex supposedly living across from Tunde and Olu?
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If Sheldon is living in the dorm, that means he's eating 3 meals a day at college. Who's paying for that? (I also don't think the school would accept the liability for a 13 year-old living on campus by himself, but I'll allow it.)
It's also interesting that Sheldon doesn't miss his trains or any of his other stuff. They really skipped over the details of this major transition.
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6 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Still, that doesn't seem to allow for Christina to complete a pregnancy in the typical sitcom way.
To be honest, I really don't want to see her and Dottie butting heads over the baby. I'd rather they end with her pregnant and everyone happy.
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17 minutes ago, Harvey said:
The final moment with Bob and Abishola playing together was really sweet.
With just 3 episodes left, I am really curious where they are taking the show.
The season has 13 episodes. We just passed the midpoint.
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On 3/14/2024 at 6:24 PM, Yogisbooboo64 said:
I'll be the UO then....
I thought Darlene was being a complete ass, not only in the beginning when she was ribbing at Becky but also when they both lost the trivia game.
She was also an ass at Dan when he was talking positively about her to her former schoolmate when they went on a road trip to Chicago.
We get it, you feel your current circumstances suck, but you:
Have a beautiful house
A supportive husband
A job
Just be grateful for what you have and stop taking it out on everyone else! Becky was nicer than I would have been.
And your younger kid is in college, something you couldn't accomplish for your older one!
On 3/15/2024 at 2:17 PM, Shermie said:I still don’t understand why Dan doesn’t have two nickels to rub together. He and Roseanne worked their entire lives and yes, they made some dumb decisions (quitting a good job to open a bike shop, which should have been a hobby/side hustle), but why isn’t their house paid for? It’s not big or fancy; they bought it 45 (?) years ago so it couldn’t have cost much. Makes no sense.
Yes, some people fritter away their money but Dan and Roseanne didn’t travel, didn’t wear fancy/designer stuff, didn’t buy furniture or stuff for their house, didn’t spend it on hair/nails/other preening, didn’t go out to fancy restaurants or theatre; in short, their money didn’t go to any of the things that people typically spend it on in slow steady dribbles. They didn’t have catastrophic financial problems like major ongoing health issues, or their house burning down or whatever. So where is all their money?
Beer.
On 3/16/2024 at 7:01 PM, JAYJAY1979 said:I assumed the medical issues with Crystal happened after season 10 of Roseanne.. and I'm wondering if maybe her deductible/co pay is higher because she's doing more treatment/maintenance due to long term neglect.
She's probably on Medicare without a drug plan (part D). And if you don't buy it when you're first eligible and then want to add one, you also pay a monthly penalty. I doubt she could afford to pay for it.
15 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:I'm still not getting what Neville was mad at
In a previous episode, Neville gave Jackie money to cover her own expenses and she gave it to Dan to invest in goods for his business (did he ever pay them back? That would make a big difference in Neville's eyes) after Neville specifically told her not to give him any of Neville's money. Now, Dan has "lied" about money that Neville gave him for a specific purpose. Neville just doesn't trust Dan when it comes to his money.
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Christina should be more worried about taking unregulated "medicinal" herbs while trying to get pregnant or during any pregnancy than she is about a spot of potential mold.
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Not sure why the urn had to be next to the bottles of alcohol. There is a table with a large flower urn visible behind and to the left of the kitchen table, probably close to Dottie's bedroom. So, that would have been a good compromise. (Not that Abishola should have to compromise in her own home.) It's enough that her mother-in-law lives there now, although since her own mother does, too, i suppose that is cancelled out.)
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On 3/6/2024 at 3:00 AM, Yeah No said:
What happened to Doug? I don't remember seeing him yet this season.
He was in the episode about the strike.
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When Dottie mentioned the turkey baster, it made me wonder why Christina isn't trying in vitro fertilization (with no shots or hormone-related mood swings) before trying in-vivo. At her age, is the latter recommended so that the embryos can be screened?
And I'm surprised that Dottie didn't want the future head of BobMax to be named "Max", after his deceased grandfather.
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It may not be necessary, but i would think that a nurse would wash her hands, and would want to swab the injection site before sticking the needle in her, by force of habit.
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On 3/5/2024 at 6:09 PM, AnimeMania said:
Douglas was in the meeting where Dottie retired.
And in the earlier meeting when Goodwin came in and told them of the looming strike.
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23 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:
You would appear to be overqualified for a job as a college counselor to tv teenagers.
17 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:🤣Yes, but where was @ItCouldBeWorse when my 40-year-old was in high school?
Thanks. On the Conners, Mark's "journey" to college as a very smart student from a very poor family is even worse than Dele's (I can believe that Dele has an inflated sense of his dance ability and therefore made poor application choices, but it's basically unbelievable that Mark wasn't getting inundated with full/almost full rides to schools that are better than the one in his community that came with no money.)
I've been through the process a bunch of times in real life in the last dozen years (although never had a kid interested in the arts) and did my research. And I definitely knew the dates that acceptances went out!
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On 2/13/2024 at 8:21 AM, Harvey said:
Too bad that Abishola gave in to Dele's foolish dreams, but since this is a sitcom of course they have to support his stupid aspirations. By every objective metric Dele should choose a different career, but I am sure we will end on a happy ending for him, because sitcom magic.
Dele should:
1) have applied to Harvard and any other top school that his mother would approve of Bob paying for (because it's his income that will deny them financial aid),
2) have submitted his essay about how much he enjoys dance. A top student who also has a demonstrated skill in an extra-curricular will have an advantage over someone who is just a top student. The only problem is that Dele has been very limited in what his mother has allowed him to pursue with his dance interests. This should also be a problem for Juilliard-they don't just want to see a video, they want to see a list of performances and experiences.
3) major in something practical that he likes, such as chemistry, economics, etc. - it's a fallacy that top schools have pre-med majors. A pre-med student takes all the pre-med courses, and majors in anything he wants to, although there will be more overlap if it's biology, chemistry or biochemistry.
4) minor/concentrate/whatever in dance and perform in as many dance groups/shows as possible while at college
5) attempt to participate in dance-related experiences during the summer: internships, auditions, teaching
6) if he does well, dance-wise, drop the pre-med pretense and just finish his college years in whatever (non-dance) major he chose
7) if dance doesn't work out for him right away after graduation, with his diploma he should be able to get a job that's better than waiting tables while he keeps practicing, auditioning, and waiting for his big break
And yes, you can break into the arts without a degree from a performing arts school. One example is Anthony Roth Costanzo, an accomplished opera singer who attended Princeton instead of a music school because he "wanted to spend his college years seeing “the world through a larger prism” before moving full time into the narrower world of opera.": https://paw.princeton.edu/article/life-opera Also see this article, written after he won a Grammy: https://playbill.com/article/countertenor-anthony-roth-costanzo-on-the-transformative-nature-of-philip-glass-akhnaten
On 2/14/2024 at 12:46 PM, EtheltoTillie said:So is Juilliard realistic for Dele?
Of course, Costanzo was an acknowledged talent before he went to college, so Dele should definitely have an education that does not focus primarily on dancing.
On 2/14/2024 at 12:46 AM, Yeah No said:No it hasn't really changed and you can't even fully qualify for independent status until age 24 now which I think is older than it was when I was young unless you were in foster care or some other situation. There is another way around it if you claim that you and your parents are estranged from each other and you can't provide their financial information because you have no access to it, but it involves proving that and I don't know how well that works.
Dele also has a father whose income would be considered.
Also, if Dele refused to apply to Harvard, he's certainly not getting on a plane to Nigeria.
I'm also a bit shocked that Abishola didn't insist on looking over all his applications and watching him submit them. And acceptances don't come via email. There's a portal the applicant logs into on a specific date. And wouldn't Abishola know the date that Harvard issues acceptances? It's easily searchable.
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10 hours ago, vibeology said:
It's probably the cleanest shower in the whole dorm. I'd use it even if I didn't live there.
Also, Sheldon is living in the dorms? Does Mary know? Or care? I know George doesn't care. Has he been home since the last episode? I have so many logistical questions.
That was my point. Is he living there, or does he bring his money sock with him and put it in the drawer? Did someone move his stuff in? Can you imagine him sleeping on either a top bunk or with someone right above him? But I guess he does, because there isn't any place for him to sleep at home.
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On 3/15/2024 at 10:04 AM, iMonrey said:
It's funny she's the only ghost that died with some stuff on her.
Thor has his shield, but that's probably not what you mean.
If Trevor had been wearing pants, he might have had stuff in his pockets. I guess there was nothing in his jacket pocket or in Pete's shorts. Just imagine if Flower had been wearing jeans and had a joint and a way to light it on her!
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S01.E02: A Classic New York Character
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It was premature for the police to declare that the wrench was the one used to loosen the screws on the balcony without further evidence, even if a suspect's prints were on them.
Also, if the dog walker was in on the plan, why bury dog treats so the dog would find the wrench? Why not just say that the dog found it? Also, I can understand enforcing dog barking rules within the building, but outside?
So the other owners didn't vote Blecher out because:
1) they were too lazy to run the co-op, even though nobody could sell their apartments
2) she knew deep secrets about all of them? What kind of dirt could she have on them that would stop them?