OFFTOP 10.27.08 Where is Everyone edition
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 8:37 AM PDT
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PrintMy Monday is a bit hectic, also, but I need a place to stop in from time to time and wake myself up a little. Yes, I'm substituting LL for caffeine. I need a crutch.
And hey, I might not know anything about american football, but whoa big premier league weekend.
With eight days til d-day, there's really no links that do not encourage the discussion of politics. So let's keep things light and fluffy, shall we?
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I have a fondness for road signs
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org
Without listing 85 of them
do you have a favorite?
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My personal favorite is the one that they used to have on the 5 in Chula Vista (south SD)
which was a warning to watch for people crossing the highway. Yes, the stick figure picture showed the guy wearing a sombrero.
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't they still have those, in which it looks like the kid is being dragged by the hand, and the feet are not touching the ground?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I am told that they were taken down (might want to ask Jeff or Teej, they live a lot more souther than I do)
and I haven’t been down that way in quite some time
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't find a picture of it now
but one of my favorites is the warning sign that’s posted in several locations around Portland, to warn bicyclists of the presence of train tracks – it’s a drawing of a bicycle with its wheel lodged in the gap in the track, with a bicyclist flying over the handlebars head-first.
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In the state of Washington I am partial to this one
as it is a perfect reconstruction of an Oregon Route shield
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I like the sign on Northbound 1-5 at the Fort Lewis exit which reads
“Fort Lewis
No. Fort Lewis”
I’m always tempted to read that as a sentence.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 27, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes
They have the most beautiful standalone trailblazer in North America but they are absolutely horrible at signing highway directions.
Also they frequently use Clearview, the idiotic new font that is slowly starting to replace FHWA Gothic (The only place in this area I know of you can find Clearview is on the Seatac Airport signage)
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Clearview looks retarded on signs for the most part
Particularly when they try to put it inside reassurance shields. It has potential but no DOT has figured out how to use it on BGSs- it works as the font that lists the airlines coming into Seatac, but not when the font has to be particularly huge
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I'm still amazed that people left the Bridge early.
if I were present at the end of a historic achievement by my team, I’d stay till after the game was over and cheer my fucking lungs out for my team in recognition of their awesomeness.
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Perhaps Chelsea fans are the Dodger fans of football.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I think all big Premiership teams have a cadre of bandwagoners/casual fans
that expect every game to be a stylish 5-0 win, and when it’s not forthcoming they bail. It’s too bad. I know Arsenal has their share, and it is incredibly annoying. You paid to watch 90 minutes of football, stay there and watch it.
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I'd say Arsenal has a pretty bad reputation for this, yes.
Gunners were immediately checked no on my list.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
The sad thing is they never used to
Highbury only held 38,000 people and it was always packed.
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All well and good but...
1) it’s just the done thing, and I hate it. Just about equal to walking out of a horror film before the killer is unmasked. Unless a game is a foregone conclusion then it’s just madness. It happens all the way, right from top level (England games are awful for it, but then it does take 40 mins plus to get out afterwards) to grass roots (my local team only attracts 1,500-2,000 and you know that a good hundred or so will have left before the board goes up for added minutes).
2) are Chelsea fans so die-hard that they would recognise such achievement anyway? The hardened fans are so priced out of attending these games anyway.
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I think the hardened fans are the ones that stay to the whistle
At least the ones that can still afford tickets. My best friend in London has been an Arsenal season ticket holder since he was a kid – his dad was, his dad’s dad was, etc. Anyway. My friend and his family live about a 5 minute walk from Twickenham, which means every Saturday that Arsenal are at the Emirates he gets on the tube at Hatton Cross and rides an hour up to Arsenal, and does it again at the end of the game. But he ALWAYS stays until the end.
Arsenal have tried to combat the ridiculousness of the Tube commute by leaving the stadium’s common areas, pubs, and restaurants open for two hours past the end of the match, and sometimes they’ll have live music, to encourage people to stay a bit and not overload the Arsenal and Finsbury Park stations, but it’s still a mad scramble to pack into the Tube at the end of a game, and the more casual fan, who just goes for a nice day out, doesn’t want to deal with all that crap.
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Finsbury Park
Part of the trouble with Arsenal is that Finsbury Park is the hub not only of said Picadilly Line but also the Victoria and mainline services north. It’s not just the tube that feels the pinch.
Despite upgrading the stadium they’ve done little in the past 10 years to upgrade the station, and as a result getting to/from Arsenal is a pain. Worse is forgetting that you’re going to a gig in Islington on the same night as Arsenal vs Liverpool in the Champions League and trying to get home afterwards…
Still, at least the trains run late. I can still get a ride home from FP at 1:40am. Result!
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If I remember right
Arsenal’s commitment to redevelop Highbury into condos (otherwise known as OH MY GOD I WOULD KILL TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE EAST STAND) sort of got them off the hook as far as expanding either Arsenal or Finsbury Park stations, which is really too bad.
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Yeah, they're making progress with that
In fact a large amount of it’s done now. It’s a really cool idea, although they were outrageously priced.
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I'm hoping the world's economy continues to collapse
because if it does, in a couple years I might be able to afford one of those. It would be so incredibly cool to live in the East Upper. looking out over what used to be the pitch…man.
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Swap deal?
Right now I’d happily trade places. You can make it from my flat to Highbury in about 30 mins (20 min train + 5 min walk either end).
Got a mansion overlooking Puget Sound?
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Sadly, no mansion, no view of note
I live in Portland, and my view is of the parking lot of the tattoo studio across the street. But I do have a nice deck, so that’s something I guess.
How about a vacation swap in 2012, when you’ll probably want to leave London during the Olympics and we’re planning on going out there for them?
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I like Portland
It’s on my “go back to” list. After Bilbao and Zurich.
Only went for 24 hours but was easily in my top 5 most incredible 24 hours of all time. Stayed in a great motel just a few hundred yards off the Burnside Bridge.
Meanwhile, there’s no way I’m going to be anywhere other than HERE for summer 2012. With bells on.
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You stayed at the Thriftlodge on E. Burnside.
That place is basically my second home.
Ha, my wife is not fond of it either.
Still, I love it. Esp. since they got new carpets – no more of that odd funk in some rooms.
Not sure that's the same place
it was…. shit I can’t remember the name, but it was next to a gig venue.
Oh yeah, Jupiter Hotel. That’s the bunny
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Ah, the Jupiter.
Never stayed there, but I love the concept of a “hip, trendy” hotel in that neighborhood. Seen a bunch of shows at the Doug Fir, though, which is a really good place to see a show if you can wade through all the hipsters.
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Doug Fir, that was the name
The venue I went to was on the other side of the Bridge (memory like a seive today) but the Hotel was amazing and decently priced.
Hip it most definitely was. Not sure about trendy, mind you.
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It's trendy for Portland
which means that the rest of the world passed it by the month it opened.
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Dante's was the venue
Awesome bar.
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That ones fine.
The bar/restaurant upstairs is terrible.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Doug Fir
Shit – they’ve got Friendly Fires / Lykke Li on the same billing this Thursday.
Go!
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And more in Portland
Noah & The Whale
The Little Ones
Hotel Cafe Tour
Vampire Weekend
Amanda Palmer
all this year. You lucky people.
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Each to their own
They’re a bit bandwagon at the moment, and I’ve not seen them live to judge, but most of the tunes seem fairly inoffensive. A bit too pop for me, but I’d have given them a second chance.
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They're precious and twee
which I find incredibly annoying. But, yeah, to each their own.
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Dante's is a great place
I’ve never been to a bar with an indoor fire pit before I went there. They don’t get as many good shows these days, for some reason – I don’t know if they’ve changed bookers or what, but they seem to be concentrating on their weekly recurring cabaret shows more than national touring bands these days.
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I remember very little actually
Although the gig was seated and felt like it should have been standing.
Cool barstaff kept the place open until however late for a small group of us. So so wasted that night.
Seem to remember a cool guitar shop just across the street, too. Oh, and gangs underneat the bridge on the west side.
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I played a show there a couple of years ago with Hell's Belles.
That place was packed to capacity, and a lot of fun. We haven’t been there since, however. My understanding is that they do have a new booker (who seems not to be doing that great a job).
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Well, the pound's dropped to... holy shit, 1.5852!
I’ll never be able to buy anything in London, but I’d still like to have a place in the UK somewhere.
My wife and I would look at estate agents in the ass end of Somerset or in a converted Glasgow council estate, and every property still cost more than our house.
I'm so glad it was at $2 when I closed my account this summer.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm so pissed off it was 2.08 when I went back for Christmas.
Still, I can go back and live like a high roller next time. Or at least a moderate roller.
Yeah I went to NYC at just the right time.
And Seattle last year. Barclay’s are predicting it will be back up to $1.90 though within the year.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just looking at the prices for Highbury Square
1BR’s start at $700K. For about 540 square feet. Ouch.
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Oh yes
I read an article this morning reckoning the slump will end in about 18 months, chopping around 25% off the current house prices. So the 2-bed flat I just paid $300,000 for will be worth nearer $220,000.
Still outragous sums, but a little more sane. £1 will roughly equal $1 by then too, you watch…
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I probably read the same article.
It has kind of put me off buying right now. Although I am viewing a house in just under an hour which I might do a buy-to-let on. It’s only £130000 and has four bedrooms.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
OUCH.
No, just outside of Oldham. Which may as well be Salford.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL!
I stayed at a friend’s gaff in Salford where he was at Uni once. The whole place had massive railings and barb wire surround to put off the oiks.
Glamorous part of the world.
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Yep it always amuses me how students end up living in places like Salford and Moss Side.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I love how subtle Scrappy is in this picture.
He almost blends into the background.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
This is why you're the one who gets revenged even when I make taunting tags.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
When I get home I'm going to paint John Carlson into a Cowboys jersey
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Adam: [Sanderson slashes Adam] Aaaaaaah!
[the Ducks scream at the referee for a penalty call]
Coach Bombay: Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Hey ref, why don’t you call something for crying out loud? He almost took his arm off!
Referee at Games: [sends Sanderson to the penalty box] That’ll be two minutes.
Olalf Sanderson: Two minutes well worth it.
Ken Wu: Get in the box, you big goon!
a good Premiership weekend indeed.
With the exception of Stoke City, that is. I was hoping they’d put up more of a fight. But Hull City! They even have a positive goal difference now.
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HOW DARE YOU ROOT AGAINST MY TEAM.
If you don’t root for Man City to win it all, then you are evil and deserve piles. In fact, all you guys here OWE ME to support City since I have been forced to support your shitty baseball team.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
No one would consciously choose in their late teens to support Seattle after all.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
See, this is the thing there
I have no real opinion about Manchester City, good or ill. I have a very good friend who was born in Macclesfield, though, who grew up a Stoke City fan; Man City was always his “big” team, while Stoke labored in the lower divisions. There was never a conflict between his sides until this season. Stoke are….not doing so well, so I wanted them to win this weekend. I have no problem with Man City winning that game, though.
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You should become a full time City lover though.
Only then will you understand my pain [although the last two months have been pretty darn cool out of 24 years of failure].
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Can't do it as long as they're both in the Premiership
I’ve got too much history with Arsenal.
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No one who's team is owned by a billionaire sheikh is allowed to talk about the "pain" of being a fan.
You realize you’re talking to Seattle fans – in 200fucking8 – right?
Imagine if an unholy Red Sox/Yankees abomination also played in Seattle.
And then you would understand my pain.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I understand. Perhaps that was a bit harsh, given who you share a city with... but still
You get Robinho, we get our basketball team stolen from us.
You get a new owner who wants to outspend Real Madrid, we get a collapse from the ‘Hawks.
We all share in 101 losses from the M’s.
Back from a weekend in Yakima.
Turns out it’s still there. What a shame.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
One of these days. Something biblical. Or maybe they'll just reroute the interstate.
Let it die on the vine. My parents are selling their house over there and I was surprised the housing market was still cooking right along. Then my mom explained a lot of eastside retirees cash out and buy in over there. It’s like moving to Costa Rica I guess. Circa 1970. Without the beach and beautiful jungle.
Just make sure the wine country is the only thing that stays.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
And the hops please. Guess all thats south of the gap, or east heading towards Hanford.
You can use all those damn apple trees for fire wood for all I care.
So is this FanPost "where is everyone from?"
or “Where the hell is everyone on a Monday morning, they need to be Off Topic and amuse NOLA?”
3 points!
Seahawks get a convincing victory, Spurs do the same (+ hire a great coach), Moyer pitched well….
Pretty damn good weekend, really.
A little - I mean, it was just the Niners - but it was a damn nice win.
The Eagles game should tell us a lot more about where the team is right now….I’m a bit more confident in getting to 7-9 or 8-8 though.
No. Whether Matt plays next week or not, Seneca looked much more confident in the pocket,
and the defense played far better. Hopefully things are beginning to click.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Because the Seahawks winning is a good thing... =(
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m just not convinced we can catch Arizona.
Plus, even if we make the playoffs… it’s not like we’ll magically fix the defense and Nate Burleson =(
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Seahawks aren't going to make the playoffs though, right?
I mean, last I checked they were rooted at the foot of the table.
Meantime, we’re gripped by “NFL Fever” with the International fixture yesterday. I notice they reckon there’ll be two regular season games at Wembley in 2009…
So now we’ve had NHL and NBA preseason games in London, plus NFL regular season games… when’s the goddamn MLB game coming to town?
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Well, they're not at the foot of the table anymore.
But no, they’re not (in my opinion) going to the playoffs. That’s fine. They need a year to figure out who to keep and who to ditch, and the division is still bad enough that they don’t have to spend years on a rebuild.
In second place in the division though!
Which says a lot more about the division than it does about the Hawks
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The way I see it
We are terrible and get a top 5 draft pick: Draft a LT for the future
We are medicore and get a middling pick: Secondary help for next year
We somehow make the playoffs: Playoffs!
A. Not gonna happen. The rest of the division is too awful to possibly lose that many games to
B. Most likely, though there’s always the hope we could trade up for a Michael Oher or Eugene Monroe
C. YAY!
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
We need a QB as well.
Someone who could spend a couple of years learning the WC offense style (assuming that Mora uses it as well) and getting ready to take the reigns from Hass.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on Oct 27, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't want to pay a rookie $12M to sit on the bench for three years and neither should you
by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Well not too many colleges use the WCO, do they?
So if we stay with it, we’re going to need to.
"Hole in one, eh?"
A lot of colleges use the WCO
but you’re not drafting a QB because of the offense he played in. Even if his team used the WCO, it’s almost irrelevant because of how different the terminology is from team to team. You shouldn’t draft a quarterback until you’re a year away
by seattlebruin on Oct 28, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
My mistake. I thought it was rare in NCAA football.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on Oct 29, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, a sportsless weekend for me...
Too busy being gone and stuff. And now my wife leaves us boys for the better part of this week. Also, my furnace decided to break this weekend. Yes, in the new house.
I need a drink. Rum & Egg Nog before bed tonight? Hmmm.
This signature space for rent.
Did you get the home warranty?
a lot of times times when you buy a house the lender will throw in a one-year warranty on systems and stuff like that (ours was through American Home Shield). If you have that, all you pay is about $50 and they’ll fix your furnace. Check into it – ask your realtor or lender.
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Yeah, we have a warranty. Thanks for the reminder!
I’ve already scheduled the gas guy, though.
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
November better be next, because if there is another October, I'm gonna go out and cut somebody.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 27, 2008 9:12 AM PDT reply actions
So now do you not want Hull City to win at the Bridge?
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I still kinda do because wheee Hull
But now no not really. I think I really wanted Zola to be the one to break it though. Because how fucking legendary would that have been.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
That would have been pretty cool.
He looked like he was having a lot of fun Sunday, even though they lost – he seems to be a good fit at West Ham.
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So, not smoking for two weeks has changed my taste buds drastically.
I used to love great beer, enjoy good and decent beer and not have a problem with crap beer.
My taste buds seem to be coming alive and I cannot stand the taste of crappy lagers now.
Where's BrianL?
He hasn’t commented on LL in five days
Oh crap
I feel like they taught us this in kindergarten but it’s slipping me right now
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That's a bit harsh
he could be in prison, or passed out in the gutter like Spud from Trainspotting, or being held hostage by marxist guerillas.
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I know, and look what happened there
I’m going with four-day heroin binge.
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I just assumed he broke his other wrist (sprained..whatever he did to it) and is currently typing with his nose a long story about it.
I fucking hate you Mariners
I hate when random people who I have absolutely no clue who they are that apparently went to my high school send me facebook messages trying tom ake small talk
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So, my 1990 Honda Accord failed its emissions test this weekend.
>:(
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:42 AM PDT reply actions
Ouch
Which part did it fail?
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The being JAPANESE AND UNAMERICAN part
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Well obviously, but besides that which section of the test did it fail?
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Should have bought Acura
that way it’s both Japanese AND American!
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Still not American
fully owned by Honda Motor Co.
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In the end the profits go back to Tokyo
and they’ve now rolled Acura out worldwide except Japan
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Cruise hydrocarbon.
Acceptable is 150 PPM, mine was at 1147 PPM.
D’oh.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you mentionw how high inflation has been when they told you that?
I fucking hate you Mariners
you were just stockpiling for the long winter ahead.
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No. Temp was normal, and it had been running for 10-15 minutes before they did the test.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Shit, you're going to have to get a new O2 sensor
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Is that it?
I replaced the O2 sensor on my Isuzu pickup, and it was a piece of cake.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
What's an ass-morning?
Sounds fun
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's an odd place to keep purchase orders.
Most people would opt for the filing cabinet.
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Gotta keep them warm.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
You know, I thought I was the only one who ever used that joke
All the people that I used it on have either moved away or don’t work with me any longer, but it was always one of my favorite responses to anybody saying anything. I am happy to see it is now in use by others.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Well this is weird
for the first time in a while, I’m not incredibly overwhelmed with work to do.
A barber was telling me how the credit crunch was affecting him today.
People going six weeks between cuts rather than four. If I left my hair for six weeks I’d end up looking like a white Afro Man.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
I usually go six weeks
But that is mostly due to the fact that my hair only seems to grow on the sides and back these days.
6 weeks?
Even that sounds relatively vain.
Every three months is plenty, thanks.
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oh shit thanks for reminding me I need to get a haircut
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I just do it myself anymore. I haven't since... August, at least.
My hair’s at that length where it’s too long to be short and too short to be long.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 27, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't get a haircut until after Halloween.
It’d ruin my costume.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
My family could never afford to buy us kids hair
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by pdb on Oct 27, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is that what happens? I get it now.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank God!
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I go every 2-3 months
Partially to keep costs down and partially because I forget. I should ideally get it cut every month.
Off to my first ever house viewing!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions
Home.
BYE.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 27, 2008 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget to have dessert!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Oct 27, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
oh thank god
Delta offers $150 first class upgrades. Now I just gotta hope there’s space available. Wedging my larger-than-a-jockey self into a coach seat is fine for a 2-3 hour flight, but cross country demands legroom and elbow space.
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Applying for internships should not involve any paperwork
My ability to be a quality intern should not be judged on how well I format a resume
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Incorrect
The ability to build a decent resume speaks volumes about your broader capabilities. Should it? Probably not. But it does.
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Internships are generally bitchwork.
If you can’t make it past the resume, then you’re in for some fun.
the other angels fan
I haven't even written the resume yet
I don’t see the point
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The point is "can this person get around to the relatively simple but boring task of making a resume, or is he just going to blow it off because he thinks it's dumb."
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I will do it today
I just think it’s dumb and so I don’t see the point
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AC just made the point.
If you can’t do one menial task, how can they trust you to do other menial tasks?
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this, again
internships are the lowest rung on a very tall totem pole. There will always be a large amount of “swallow your pride and make 500 copies the hard way even though you know an easier way – we’re not interested”. It’s a form of hazing, in a way.
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It's not even a hazing thing in most companies.
It’s “we’re paying this guy for 6 hours three times a week, but only have 3 hours of work for the day today”, so you get the backup job that usually involves pushing paper. All because you can’t trust the intern that knows the accounting system like the back of his hand onto a computer that has the accounting program.
I had to have an intern shred CDs for four hours because he was too quick at assembling sales packets, and they didn’t trust him with a UPS account to send out the packets to the salespeople. He was a fourth year student they later hired as a staff accountant.
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Internships are competitive.
If they didn’t ask for resumes they’re probably get two times as many applications and end up interviewing people who are too lazy to put together a resume. It helps weed out the lame.
We don’t have applications at my store for that very reason; anyone that’s out and about can ask for an application and a pen and finish it in ten seconds. When we’re hiring I’d rather not have to sort through fifty applications and interview a bunch of people that totally suck.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Or you could say it much more eloquently than I.
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Stop whining and get a damn good internship so you won't be stuck in the shitty position of finding job five years later.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
That's the point
I’m looking at this one right now- seems right up my alley
http://www.soundtransit.org/x8989.xml
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Yeah but roads
I’m debating if I should mention the driving of every mile of state highway in Washington as an example of my passion for transportation or if it just makes me look insane
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Perhaps just mention you keep a blog about Washington highways?
Except, of course, that might make them think you’re not into public transportation.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell them you blog about your "positive interest" in Washington highways.
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The more intense your interest the more you should downplay it
intensity scares interviewers. Show knowledge at first, then move to passion once you’re in the door.
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My experience is all in the corporate/for-profit world so YMMV
but I’ve been on both sides of the corporate table as far as interviews go and what I’ve found is that it’s great to know a lot, but you also need to clearly demonstrate why your passion is relevant to the job being offered. It’s not enough to be passionate, and if all you have is unfocused passion it does tend to make people gunshy.
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Acutally, in today's market
He’ll probably be searching for work in five years no matter how good he ends up.
Why?
Gruntwork is all interns do anyway. Gotta make sure those printers have paper!
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm interning at American Soccer News and all I'm doing is writing Sounders match reports
It is going to kick all kinds of ass
Haven't seen a post on it yet..
Anyone get the new Guitar Hero (World Tour)?
I had to drive to Target, Game Stop, WalMart, and 2 Circuit Cit(ies)y(‘)s to finally get it. I’ve only played a few of the songs but the drums are pretty cool. They’re kinda tough to get used to at first with the Yellow/Orange ones being symbols, but its fun. Only 6 more hours at work :o/
I was going to pick it up yesterday (I had it preordered)
but then my car crapped the bed. I’m still waiting on an estimate before I decide if I can afford to get the game.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Wii had a commercial for a music game last night during the game.
I don’t play any of them, but it looked entertaining. It cracks me up, when I was a kid if you stood around doing all that air performing people would make fun of you.
That's how I felt before I played it.
It’s addictive, especially the drums. Since playing drums on Rock Band I hardly ever play guitar on it anymore.
by seamariners85 on Oct 27, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm exactly the same way.
I still enjoy the guitar, but drums and singing are the best.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
BOTD:
Bacon apple pie
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Hmm..
Unlike some, I actually like this idea.
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No such thing.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The funny part about this thread is nobody spellchecks Mark W or English Mariner.
I just spoke with a British friend of mine this morning to get some car purchasing advice. Nearly impenetrable. I have no idea what he said. Which is probably why people enjoy his company so much, it’s English yet with the slang + accent (thick) hard to follow. Throw in his pleasant demeanor and tone, for all you know he’s agreeing with everything you say, yet probably really making fun of your stupidity. Brilliant.
there's no need to spellcheck them
because they are not spelling things incorrectly. Neither are those of us that are here in the US.
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JI begs to differ.
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Neither are (most of) us that are here in the US.
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It's the LL-meta equivalent of "Vidro/Silva is fat!!1!" jokes.
You actually are in the upper part of LL from my informal “stupid misspellings that bug me” survey, and have been for months.
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It's a moral dilemma
Should I spell words in AmE or BrE? I guess out of politeness we should be adjusting to accomodate our hosts, but then there’s a challenge in knowing which other words are misspelled, and I already have enough trouble making sure I remove all my idioms from the occasional post.
When I’ve stayed with friends in the US it takes me (and them) days to adjust. Get the speed of delivery right and be unambiguous.
By the time you’ve sussed it, it’s time to go home again.
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Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page
Oh man, please don't change or adjust a thing!
The patter of the above thread about real estate combined with the chat this morning on the phone made me smile. Not that I think of the differences or you in particular as a source of entertainment. Now I wish I had not made a comment, hopefully it isn’t taken in a negative manner or the thread move in a negative direction.
Course not
It’s interesting. A sociologist would find it riveting.
Course, you go somewhere where a foreign language is spoken and you speak (or try to) in that language. Travel to a different part of the world where the same language is spoken in a different dialect and you change very little. Why?
Those boundaries are muddied when it comes to written text. An author is translated into AmE but a contributor to an internet blog comment isn’t.
It’d take a lot to offend me when it comes to use language, believe me! It is entertaining, just so long as it’s not an infuriating fad for us to post here and divert discussion so much!
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Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page
Divert discussion? In an off-topic thread?
HOW DARE YOU, LIMEY!!!!!
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:o)
It’s funny – I read a non-league soccer website where the messageboard is often flooded with NFL and MLB discussion, and we have a Canadian (well, ex-pat) and a US poster on there. It’s the ultimate sillhouette of this place.
I often expect the locals get bored of the US-chat on there, and figure it’s probably the same here on occasion.
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Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page
Halloween is almost here, and that means artistic pumpkins.
Gotta love the red ring o’ death.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I do not, in fact, love the red ring o' death
I have received it 3 times, and finally sprung for an Elite model to prevent future issues (new chipset and disc drives). Plus the Elite is basically silent compared to the jet-engine roar of my old one
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by tootthekazoo on Oct 27, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
So you're saying the Elite is worth the extra money?
Man do I love midgets.
What do you mean by this?
Install what? (XBox neophyte here)
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Install the game so you can reduce load time and noise
You still have to have the game in the drive for security checks but beside that its a handy addition
Seems interesting.
Having to have the disc in seems stupid, though. It seems as though you could have a game be Live-aware and have a mechanism for activation ala Adobe CS3?4, and skip the whole disc thing entirely.
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I know, I slip an 'ou' into neighbor and such once in awhile.
Still gets corrected all the time. I was cracking up on the oiks and gaffs. My friend cracks up on my slang right back at me. Language is fun stuff to me.
I love the word "oik"
it’s not used nearly enough in this country.
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'Oy!' slipped into my vernacular at some point.
There was a troop of Aussie’s around once, we used to swap meet with them now and then, probably picked it up then. I use it to get someone’s attention once in awhile, works pretty slick. Never heard oik before. Kids go down for a nap, I think I’ll be looking for a slang dictionary.
I still use OI! to get people's attention
but only because nobody here does it and it’s distinctive in a crowd situation.
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You have to say it three times whilst pumping your fist in the air.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Only if you're in Australia.
here, a loud shout of OI (and I have a pretty damn loud voice) just tends to startle most people in a 20-foot radius – I think shouting three of them at top volume might either kill someone or get me arrested.
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English Mariner would probably call them
“Scallies” (as in Scally-Wags).
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Ty Willingham just announced an "agreement" that he won't return to coach the Huskies next season.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
I have to get your bear back to you and Junior!
Shall we meet up at the docks at midnight? I have just the trenchcoat to wear.
Yeah, I'm not sure when I'll be able to meet, but I'll let you know.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
If you're interested, I could ask the Mrs. what's going on this evening, and perhaps you could have a early evening glass of wine?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
In case you need directions, here's a picture of my house:
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Nice park job moron.
Man do I love midgets.
Well, it was a little hard with his Jeep...
His Hummer was in the shop that day.
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by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And the Kenworth was loaned to a friend?
Man do I love midgets.
Hey, I'm not made out of money.
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Well that's stupid, isn't it
I made all my friends out of money
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll talk to her at around 4:00 and call you.
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That's the only thing I'll be wearing.
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Of course.
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Too conspicuous.
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I thought this was rather odd myself.
Man do I love midgets.
Weird timing. He said he made the announcement now to hopefully end the rumors and negativity so (supresses chuckle) the team can focus on winning.
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I wonder how the recruiting would be affected...
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by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It's really hard to affect recruits that don't want to come anyway =(
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
People are already calling for Wulff's head a WSU.
And you just made my point! A big part of it anyway. What top flight talent wants to go to Pullman? And the NCAA took 6 scholarships.
I'm not sure why they're calling for Wulff's head.
That’s borderline retarded. The problem with WSU is that it’s not a usc or UCLA or Arizona State – when the program has to be cleaned up, it’s going to be real bad for a couple of years – there’s no such thing as a competitive rebuild.
Give the man a few years, I bet it’ll turn out rather well.
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I've had to stop reading the Cougs SB site because of the fan anger.
People calling him out as not being a Div 1 capable coach, etc. Caught myself posting in his defense and gave it up, why piss in the wind? Grr staunch mock!
Agree totally.
This class was shaping up to be terrible anyway, so I’m nt sure how it could get worse.
I know a few players have been talking about leaving, so as much as anything this may help keep what little talent we have still on the roster.
I have no idea what's wrong with the UW program right now
given the “admission standards” for the football team and the history/stadium of the program and the fact well, let’s face it, UW has by far the best campus in the conference… it shouldn’t be a problem to have a competitive rebuild happen there (like what has happened at ASU over the past three years)
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Facilities.
The stadium is falling apart, and they can’t compete with the facilities that say Oregon has.
Man do I love midgets.
Didn't UW open up that brand new practice facility a couple years back?
and it’s not like it blew down overnight like the one at ASU ;)
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
when I was emailing my wife this morning about how messy the UA b-ball program will be for the next three years
she actually brought that up – she said “no matter what happens, at least we didn’t spend $6 million on a tent and forget to drive the tent pegs into the ground”.
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All three commits de-committed yesterday =(
could be good news for UW or UCLA though – one of the two could possibly snag both Abdul Gaddy and Mike Moser (who are both national top 50 recruits)
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I know it, that's why she was despondent.
Gaddy’s apparently leaning quite strongly towards UW – he’s a PNW kid so that one would make sense.
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Reportedly he almost committed to UCLA last month before re-committing to U of A
but now he wants to play with Moser, and he’s a Tacoma kid to begin with. I’d say UW’s the odds-on favorite, especially with UCLA not having a scholarship to give right now.
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Woohoo! Abdul Gaddy!
It’ll be interesting to see if he and Isaiah Thomas could play together.
you really think I know/care this much about A Football?
Especially A College football?
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This subthread is almost entirely about basketball
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I shall read next time but it is still boring.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to have a 3.0 GPA in high school
To get onto the football team now. It is weeding out a ton of talent.
There's no way they're enforcing that (really? 3.0? Seriously????)
even UCLA doesn’t require that and we’re well known for having the toughest admission after Stanford
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It is for real.
That is why we have had so many academic casualties in recent years or players taking forever to get cleared.
I do not know if it is Ty who chose to enforce it or if it was upper campus.
Gotta be Ty
no administration in their right mind would try that at the D1A level except Stanford
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember about 1 year ago a friend of Jake Locker's lived in my building
and DURING FOOTBALL SEASON Jake Locker was down here visiting during a bye week and running through the halls proclaiming who he was and how wasted he was
It was absurd
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Least it was a bye week.
He is a college kid after all.
Man do I love midgets.
The starting quarterback on a D-1 football team should NOT be drinking during football season
Bitches need some discipline
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To be fair
They’re just preparing for life in the NFL.
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I'm not a big fan of the whole
Athletes need to be better than everyone else thing.
One of the best triathletes I have ever known could drink me under the table any day.
Yes, it may shorten their career, but at least it isn’t abnormal behavior.
I hold college athletes to a higher standard
This is why I follow college football with about 5000x the passion I watch the NFL
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I don't even care if he gets hungover
but people do stupid shit when they’re drunk and he could get hurt
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Except I was also waving around a handle of rum
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Jeez, no kidding...
That certainly doesn’t help. If it’s Ty that’s enforcing it, then he should’ve been canned a while ago. This isn’t ND or Stanford.
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by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I ran 1400 and like 3.1
I felt like high school just wasn’t worth my effort. I did put up a 3.5 in undergrad though.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 27, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
3.0 on the Seattle School District scale where it's almost impossible to fail a class and have it count toward the GPA or 3.0 on a standard scale?
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Good point.
I hear Tommy Bowden is looking for a job. Bwaahahahaha.
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All the good candidates should be busy doing their own jobs right now.
Man do I love midgets.
An internet anagram creator just told me that the anagram to Seattle Mariners is "Smearier Talents."
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Howard Lincoln = Roll in cow hand
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Chuck Armstrong = Grr! Staunch mock
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For some reason I can see him saying this. Like maybe he's recovering from a stroke kind of way.
“Hey Chuck? Dr. Z here. Got some hot young talent, need to bring them up April 1st, what do you say?”
“GRR! Staunch mock!”
“So, trade em for veteran talent. Again. Riiiiight.”
OK, this is for NOLA
I tried to pick up my mug to drink tea without looking and picked up my mouse instead
You really need to invent an all in one mouse/phone/beverage container
think how much easier your life would be, and how much more room you’d have on your desk.
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You do this
I’m too lazy and I thought my drafting ruler was my mouse
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no need for such an item
I’m not the one that tries to drink from my pointing device.
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Maybe.
Papering over the problem like that makes it a bit more likely that we’ll read about an unmanned drone falling from the sky… “US Army scientists researching the crash have determined that the drone’s back-up fuel system had somehow been replaced by a computer mouse. ‘Apparently, that’s what the design specifications dictate’ said a confused Maj. Gen James Mathis.”
We don't work for the Army so HA!
USAF all the way!
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn! My story is RUINED!
You’ve won the battle, sb, but not the war.
In case you ever wanted to do what Blue Man Group does...
…here’s a hack you can build using Ikea furniture…
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Too much time on his hands if you ask me.
Man do I love midgets.
Not that this is a particularly sad day but
JVC, the last company to manufacture stand-alone VCR’s, has stopped making them. There are still manufacturers that will make DVD/VCR combos, but in a month or so it will no longer be possible to buy a new VCR.
This is the first product that I know of that reached such a huge level of popularity and ubiquity that I was alive for both the beginning and the end of.
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DVRs really killed the VCR
even with DVDs and Blu-Ray. the VCR still had a pretty strong niche until the DVR got popular
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'm not really sad to see the VCR go away
I’m just amazed that something that was such a huge technological leap not that long ago (relatively speaking) is now going the way of the 8-track.
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I've never owned a car with a cassette player.
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Let me elabotrate, lest you all tell me to vacate the grass areas of your homes.
My first two cars had no media players at all, just radios.
All cars after came with CD players only.
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I haven't met a dog that hasn't loved me endlessly.
I think it’s because I hate dogs, and therefore don’t ever smell like one.
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My first car had an AM radio that only got 710. It looked like this though so I can't complain.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't ready for such awesome.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
They rotate out from the grill.
Man do I love midgets.
Guess what the first thing to break was!
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be why you don't see this done anymore.
Vaccuum operated I believe?
Man do I love midgets.
If I recall correctly, yes.
Luckily they stuck open.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a Charger with similar lights.
The covers quit rotating, so I had to use zip-ties to hold them open.
Man do I love midgets.
'68 bug for me.
First thing I did was put in a $35.00 Shucks radio and speakers so I’d have some tunes.
Man do I love midgets.
Not me
but my dad did own one of those old console home TV’s, with a turntable on one side and a radio/cassette/8-track on the other. It was a gorgeous piece of furniture, actually.
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We were too poor for one of those...
…let alone an 8-track…
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by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We were dirt poor
The only reason we had one was my grandfather was a TV repairman. He always gave us consoles that his customers could not afford to repair.
We had one of t hose
In the 90s
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Hey, my second car had an 8 track
I’ve still got a bunch of 8-tracks, including a Ramones 8-track, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, and a compilation of trucker jokes. In college I got a stereo that could record to 8-track, so I liked making comps of new music on old blank 8-tracks.
Then it broke, and I was stuck w/am radio. Then the car broke, and I was stuck with a bike.
now I've got "back in the new york groove" stuck in my head.
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I will be sad when mine breaks because there's a ton of cool shit unavailable on DVD.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
We actually bought a DVD/VCR a while back
because my wife has a ton of videotapes that aren’t available on DVD. I just put Dogs In Space onto disc last night actually.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Yeah I've got a combo but it's a real cheapo job.
I rarely use the VCR, but it’s nice to know it’s there.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
We're the same
I think we paid $89 for it, and the transfer isn’t great, but it does the job.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Dogs In Space!!!!!
Please to bring it over on a movie night! One of my favorites and I haven’t seen it in yonks.
I can do you a solid faster than that.
if you email me your postal address I can mail you a copy; I don’t know when we’ll be back up that way with a free evening for a movie night…
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I can't promise a flawless transfer
at least by modern standards – the transfer is from an original VHS tape that’s a good 15 years old and was used when I bought it – but the movie is definitely watchable.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I just stumbled upon this image:
I have no idea why I think it’s as funny as I do.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
It's a blog, but maybe it's blocked by your proxy?
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Looking at the main page, I can see why they might do such a thing.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't really take a good look at anything but the picture. Sorry! Weird - I have a proxy too, so I usually don't think about it.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Huh? I see it just fine...
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Man, I'm glad I read IGN's review of GH:WT before rushing out and buying it.
I think I’ll pass, even though Rock Band will probably never have Tool or Jimi Hendrix.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Oct 27, 2008 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
Today I am re-teaching myself Powerpoint animations
and getting paid
Powerpoint....that brings back memories
Haven’t truly known how to do one of those since middle school I think…
I thought you were one of the young ones
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I've got this great mental image
of Vyvyan Bastard doing a powerpoint presentation. Awesome.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
oh dear god
“I Just Called To Say I Love You” just came up on my iPod. Guess I forgot to uncheck that one when I imported “Stevie Wonder – The Definitive Collection”. Good heavens this is an awful song.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Stevie Wonder was capable of such transcendent heights
like SIr Duke, Superstition, Living In The City, and the like, that it’s all the more jarring that he crapped out a song like that. Lovely sentiment, very badly expressed. I’m not sure whether to blame the 80’s or not, but either way…ugh.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I just had to play that and Livin' In The City to wash the taste of...that song...out of my head.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
The '80's were okay.
I wouldn’t want to go back, but I don’t mind havving lived through them.
Man do I love midgets.
Like the 70's were better?
Man do I love midgets.
In some important ways, they were.
In other ways, yeah, a 2-decade stint of aesthetic horrors.
So, here's a curious thing
Am watching back a programme (yes, BrE spelling) from TV here last night (if you want to look it up, it’s called Dispatches, from Channel 4) about the poltics (zomg!) along the US West Coast, from Mexican immigation through to the Pacific NW.
Anyway, cutting to the chase, the guy pronounced Mt Rainier as Rain-E-ay. I always had it down as Rain-e-er. We’re probably both wrong – what’s right?
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I say "Ruh-neer" but I generally hear "Rain-ear."
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ruh-neer is fairly common as well.
Man do I love midgets.
I prefer vitt-a-minn.
Man do I love midgets.
I just say
hand me another handful of them there Flintsones Chewables.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Rain-ear is how most locals pronounce it.
Man do I love midgets.
Your truck has a name?
Is it a monster truck or something?
Man do I love midgets.
One of the biggest UK motor fleets
belongs to Eddie Stobart with almost 1,000 trucks.
Like this one, each cab has its own name.
True story.
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Oh wow. I wonder how he names them all...that'd be interesting
I suppose some people look at their vehicles as their “children”.
My cars used to have nicknames when I was young,
but now they’re just transportation to me.
Man do I love midgets.
Maybe that's the intention
There’s a whole club of “Eddie Spotters” too.
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Oh, they're all girls names
There’s presumably some logic to it
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Pick up the phone
Write a letter
Oh the 20th century feels so long ago.
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I can't remember the last time I got a letter in the mail
I get cards on occasion, but the longhand letter has more or less disappeared from the communications landscape, and that’s too bad.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Here you ago
According to the ever-reliable…
“The first four Eddie Stobart owned were named after singers, Twiggy, Tammy (Wynette), Dolly (Parton), and Suzi (Quatro). Names are now often chosen with connections to drivers, or to commemorate long serving employees.”
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The next Audi I own is totally going to be called Suzi.
I love the Pleasure Seekers.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than my 8th grade geography teacher pronouncing Puget Sound ----> Puh-jet Sound
He had recently moved from the East coast at the time. But we heckled him whenever he tried other places like Puyallup and Sequim.
My middle school teacher said Worshington.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm still convinced
there’s a correlation between saying “Worshington” and saying “Nucyuler”. I’ve never known anybody that says one that doesn’t say the other. maybe it’s a genetic thing like being able to roll your R’s.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
He did not mispronounce nuclear, so there's at least one exception.
I’m sure the general correlation is still high though.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't roll my R's and it pisses me off.
Man do I love midgets.
It boggles my mind that it's actually a genetic thing.
Seems like it could be a learned behavior, but apparently not.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Worshington drives me crazy.
My best friend when I was little said it that way. Neither one of his parents did, and he was from Seattle, so I’m not sure where he picked it up. He also “worshed” his clothes.
Man do I love midgets.
Like when people say, "Bumpershoot."
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Not a mispronunciation, but in that same vein
it drives me nuts when people say they’re going to “Pike’s Market”.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Us crazy northwesterners with our crazy languauge.
Man do I love midgets.
At least I can see why this one confuses people.
Man do I love midgets.
All my US history teachers in high school always said "nevahhda" which I find incredibly irritating.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
My least favorite would be the mispronunciation of New Orleans.
It’s not New Ore-lee-uns, people.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer New Orlins myself, but it's hard to argue against Orleens.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I say Orleens usually, sometimes Orlins, but never Or-lee-uns.
Man do I love midgets.
How about Caribbean?
That’s always a fun one.
Man do I love midgets.
Ca-ribb-e-un
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Where's the emphasis?
On the RIBB or on the E?
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Definitely the ribb
But it falls away on the “un” part and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it with “in” at the end.
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We all agree on the "RIB" then.
I’ve heard Care-rub-bee-in many times.
Man do I love midgets.
Carabeen Queen
Now we’re sharing the same dream.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
Don't make me bust out the bad Stevie Wonder again.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
I'm partial to Appalachian
Lots of people out here say Appuh lay shin, but I always thought it was Appuh lah shun
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That's what I meant with my last spelling
don’t know what happened there
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This is the correct way.
Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.
If only we knew anybody that was from there or lived there that could clarify this.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
Most everyone from there that I've met says Orlins, but Orleens is the French pronunciation.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really.
Orleans is three syllables in French. The last is just very soft.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 27, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I say "New Oar-leans"
But my aunt from New Orleans says something like “N-aor-lans”
by JI on Oct 27, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong.
Orleens is the parish. Orlins is the city.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing about this place makes sense.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 27, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It's because everyone is drunk all the time.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 27, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
My liver is on a five day break.
No more punishment for him at least until Friday.
Man do I love midgets.
I find this to be acceptable.
Man do I love midgets.
It's French.
RYE-nerr
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on Oct 27, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That is how you prounce it.
It was originally the shortening of the town names of Taylor-Hobart-Maple Valley that made up the district the time.
Heh, time to run out for dinner before going back to work
I hate how I have to work six hours to get paid any overtime =(
by seattlebruin on Oct 27, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
My commenting is way down
since I started working at Mills again a few days a week.
Go figure I work with an agency that contracts for Microsoft
and you can’t get any browser other than IE7 to work on their computers. You can guess how well IE7 handles a typical LL thread.
Ump admits missing the call on Rollins.
Link. Says he didn’t get a good sound on it. Whatever, I know what he’s saying here, but Helen Keller School isn’t a requirement for umps. Next time I guess slap him on the ass, and put some stank on it.
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