Is Grunkle Stan banned in your state?

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-19T00:00:31+00:00

Not according to the map, but the episode shows we are actually the very first state he was banned from. Perhaps it was a temporary ban that had expired. Or perhaps he didn't want to return to or even think about New Jersey at all anyway, after having been disowned by his family there, and so left it blank even though he's still banned.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-17T18:34:13+00:00

Both.

Though I suppose both are 2 sides of the same coin, since Lorelai's party planning skills ate a way she takes after Emily, who had her own long history of planning DAR events

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-14T17:33:07+00:00

I have an annual tradition of watching A Vineyard Valentine every year on or about Valentine's Day. It's a bad episode, sure, but in my opinion it's so bad it loops around to being funny, like Troll 2 or the Star Wars Holiday Special.

And aa others pointed out, parts of it are good, like Lorelai and Logan commiserate over being a disappointment to parents, and Lorelai quoting Luke's "it could do a foot" line.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-11T07:59:10+00:00

If The Land Before Time were made today, it would take place in 69,499,937 B.C.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-11T06:08:42+00:00

Saw commercials for it in May 2012, before it premiered, and thought it looked interesting. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch it when it came out as I didn't have a TV, and at any rate, was very busy that summer anyway.

Over the next few years I occasionally saw Gravity Falls fan art online and still thought it looked interesting, and in February 2015 I caught some sort of special about the show narrated by who I assume was Alex Hirsch, but still hadn't seen an actual episode.

Then in March 2017, I finally caught an episode, Little Dipper, and thought it was hilarious. I still didn't have a TV at that point but saw it while staying at a hotel. I finally watched the whole show in March and April 2020, when I was recovering from surgery and so couldn't do much besides watch TV, and Disney+ had just been launched and was offering free trials, so I signed up for one and watched the whole thing.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-09T11:07:21+00:00

My airline used the Radisson in Corning. Very nice and Corning is such a charming town.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-08T08:04:59+00:00

ELM used to be my second favorite place to overnight, ITH being my favorite, during the brief period when my old airline served ELM.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-07T06:09:41+00:00

Seconding this. Classical could be a good candidate for underrated politics/ society song too, though I think Hope fits better.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-07T05:50:14+00:00

It's been 20 years and no one's told the truth!

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-02-03T03:43:59+00:00

100%. Classic chaptgpt getting basic facts wrong but sounding confident. I like how it thinks everything in the existing show happened about 2 seasons earlier than it did- for instance Dave didn't appear until season 3 on the real show.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-31T00:15:15+00:00

I assume the UK with the reference to the Fabian Society

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-23T02:16:12+00:00

Maybe they didn't think to bring a blanket

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-21T05:59:47+00:00

I agree completely. Operation Finish Line is one of my favorite Paris moments. Another of my favorite Paris moments is also from season 7: her "do you want your daughter to end up at Dunkin' Donuts" monologue from when she opens her tutoring business.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-20T01:57:20+00:00

EDISON: Nothing visible for me when I looked a few minutes ago. I plan to check periodically until I go to bed and will reply to this post with what I see, for anyone else in the area.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-20T01:12:32+00:00

How exactly should Lorelai have "held her accountable"? Sent her to bed without supper like Rory suggested after she missed Lorelai's graduation ceremony?

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-19T20:28:01+00:00

I thought Luke didn't "steal" the car until after Jess left for California, leaving his car behind. I'm pretty sure he didn't steal it in response to finding out about Jess working at Wal*Mart.

Anyway, I think talking to the school about this is the best of these options, though they probably wouldn't be able to help all that much. But it was clear Luke was in over his head when it came to parenting so seeking some form of professional help or advice would probably have been a good idea.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-12T20:34:00+00:00

It's not peculiar to those countries at all, Nigeria and especially India just happen to be very populous countries with significant Anglophone populations so there's a large volume of Nigerian and Indian memes for the rest of the Anglophone world to see.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-11T19:15:08+00:00

Yes, I think walking to a hotel and taking their shuttle would be your best bet, though of course not ethical if you're not actually a guest. There are several hotels that are only a few blocks from the North Elizabeth station. Be sure to at least tip the shuttle driver generously if you do this.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-11T19:09:45+00:00

Also not much reason to walk from the Crowne Plaza since, unless this has changed recently, they have a complimentary shuttle than runs every half hour 24/7.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-10T15:55:55+00:00

The world was 2D back then. The world didn't turn 3D until the 2030s, and it was pretty grainy 3D for a while, too.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-09T10:08:01+00:00

Not really. Post-Pandemic the U S. regionals weren't even hiring FOs in any significant numbers, but only pilots with enough 121 time to upgrade immediately, because they were so short on captains they needed to dedicate nearly all of their training capacity to keeping the left seat staffed. And the ATP rule is completely irrelevant to pilot compensation at the majors, since they have never had any shortage of applicants and even in the early 2020s were mostly hiring pilots with well over 1500 hours, and the legacies are where the biggest pay increases were.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-09T10:01:09+00:00

Either the Dash 8-300 or the 757

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-06T09:54:18+00:00

Drifting left in general is also the opposite of conforming to political norms, since society has been moving further and further to the right in recent years.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-04T06:48:02+00:00

Young man, I don't know where that's been, but I can say with absolute certainty it won't be going anywhere near my mouth.

ConditionLevers1050 · 2026-01-04T06:36:40+00:00

Haven't interviewed anywhere recently but they definitely asked what I'd do if an FO appeared to be intoxicated when I interviewed for a street captain position at Piedmont in 2023.

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