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Fewer offdays in the playoffs edition:

 

Selig said he likes the Wednesday start but was concerned about weather next year, when the regular season doesn't start until April 5. World Series Game 7 would be on Nov. 5, when the weather is chilly and risky, if the current format is kept.

"We've got to look at trying to — maybe not having so many off days and days when you have only one game," Selig said at Tropicana Field for Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday.

The forecast for today in Philly looks favorable, let's say we get this one in and head back to the great indoors, huh?

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Well that is a bright idea, fewer off days.

Yeah, good luck selling that to the networks. They want every game televised during primetime.

How about all new stadiums built above Texas are required to have a retractable roof. I can’t wait for a World Series in Minnesota’s new ballpark.

by Wilder. on Oct 29, 2008 7:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No kidding about Minnesota

That just seems irresponsible to me that they’re building an open stadium up there.

by coolguyrob on Oct 29, 2008 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Less games, more offdays.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They want to fix this junk, schedule a few double headers on the weekends. Man I love going to those.

While you’re at it, reduce the roster. Maybe then they’ll knock off all the bullpen moves in the late innings. Why does a guy like a Lute Olson suffer a stroke, and a nimrod like Selig just keeps on ticking.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

seconded

One doubleheader per home team per month. Problem solved.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love doubleheaders.

And if every team plays one per season, it means the WS can actually end in mid-October. WIth the WBC, next year’s Series ends in November, fercrissakes.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you know why they quit? I mean was it a major league decision?

I never realized the teams had any control over the schedules like that, or did. This stuff changes so fast I can’t keep up with it, like the post season umpire rules I was bitching about yesterday.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TV, mostly.

TV doesn’t like double headers – too much time taken up that could be showing Judge Judy reruns or whatnot.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know! This is a big steaming pile all the way around.

Especially when they want to shorten up the game by changing the game. Like they need 25 guys. Or hey! Don’t let the tv slow it down, limit the commercial breaks, then use that stupid flag reminding me I’m watching Fox as a banner ad. I think they do that in soccer, but I’m not sure.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They do

because soccer has no breaks except for half time.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Count me in.

Last year’s doubleheader with the Indians was gold.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was amazing fun! Only like 2000 people it seemed were there though for the first game.

But count me in on this idea of mandated double headers. The likelihood for Ichiro pitching goes up in these scenarios!

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 29, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Baseball should be played indoors.

-Robots should call balls and strikes.
-The DH should be mandatory.
-Every play should be reviewed by an overload umpire upstairs.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 29, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm curious what an overload umpire is...

Is it more like a blowoff valve for a turbo’d car, a surge protector, or a really fat umpire that can’t waddle around the field anymore?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure it's like the blowoff valve

the fat umpire would be an overloaded umpire

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And more to the point, "robots" shoudn't call balls and strikes.

No one would want R2D2 behind the plate. Ideally you could have LCD screens call the balls and strikes from behind the batter and a sign in the outfield.

And the differing league rules are the only thing keeping the MLB from being like every other sport. We play too many inter-league games as it is, having the same rules for both leagues would just encourage that sort of thing. I like the idea of having two separate divisions that only see each other on special occasions and in the WS.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then what's the point of having an umpire?

A monkey could be trained to point his arm sideways when a buzzer rings in his ear.

by Teej on Oct 29, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My newly discovered inner curmudgeon hates this idea with every fibre in my metamucil.

But if they want to eliminate themselves, then not putting the finest umps in the league on public display in the post season is a good way to go about it.

Replay doesn’t always get it right in football. But my personal opinion of using it in baseball is rapidly beginning to shift.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. How passive aggressive sounding.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

-All of our actions have consequences

 - Usually they are good consequences
 - Sometimes they are bad ones

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, I hate powerpoints.

They make simple concepts too complicated, because you can’t just put two bullets on a page.
They make complicated concepts sound stupid and simplistic, because they knock it down to just a page of quick notes.

Powerpoint is the antithesis of rational thought.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't make this presentation

I thought that it was hilarious that corporate decided to put out a presentation entitled “When My Quality Goes Wrong” and show airplane mishaps

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just dreamt that I was signed by the Yankees late this season to provide bench help.

I was conflicted about this, because the Yankees are my most hated team, but at the same time, getting signed to the major leagues? I walked and struck out in my first two plate appearances, proceeded to annoy A-Rod about old Mariner questions, and roamed the stadium’s catacombs.

Except I’ve never ACTUALLY been there, so my brain was just making up the bowels of the stadium as it went along… there was a lot of concrete, and a lot of it somewhat falling apart.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 8:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not that far off.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone catch the fireworks at USSM over the Fontain thread? Hilarity.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 8:24 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Graham's probably already sanitized it.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh... this was intended as a joke

but in hindsight, if it crosses the politics line, please delete/hide it, mods

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

People in Alaska dress in something besides crude hides?

Sorry, wyrm.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best hides are pricy.

If I don’t get in my request early I have to settle for a coarse Musk Ox pelt and not that soft Wolf pelt I had my eye on.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 29, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you wearing a stripper?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am the Riddler. The whole gang are going as Batman villians. All modeled off the animated series.

I tried Two Face but the die job on the white suit I bought didn’t go so well. So I am renting a full Riddler outfit. Pricy.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 29, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A little too obscure.

We have the Joker, Harley Quin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and the Riddler. We had a Penguin but he backed out.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 29, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did the Penguin cackle as he left?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This seems to be the slowest OT thread I've seen before

I finally get up early enough to participate in one before it gets too big, and there was only 25 comments when I got here. Figures…

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 9:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was at the dentist.

My dental hygienist went to high school with Harold Reynolds so she spent the whole appointment telling me Harold Reynolds stories. It was awesome.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was the first Major Leaguer I ever met.

I think I was in 6th or 7th grade. Super nice guy.

By the way, when you heading to Maine?

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tomorrow at six thirty in the goddamned morning.

Gotta leave my house no later than 4.30 to get to the airport. flying cross-country is a pain in the ass.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am often awake at 4:30am

But out the door? Hell no.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I forgot there WAS a 4.30 AM

I’m actually pondering staying up all night – I normally go to bed around 11.30 or 12 so it’s not like I’d be getting a ton of sleep anyway – and sleeping all the way to JFK, only waking up to make my connection, then sleeping again. We’ll see what happens.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds like a good course of action

I’ve done that a few times for early flights. Just makes more sense than trying to get 3 or 4 hours of sleep

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FUCK YOU IN THE FOOT

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alzheimer's.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Early onset. He's still alive.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's actually a fantastic speech he gave when he donated a million dollars to aid Alzheimer's reasearch

here.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only one of his books I have read is the one he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

It’s called Good Omens and it is great up until the end. I suspect I liked the Gaiman parts but didn’t like the Pratchett parts.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 29, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dang, I meant to ask about Gaiman and Neil Stephenson in the OT yesterday.

Anathem is Stephenson’s newest work, but I don’t know anyone that has read it yet. I’m holding off after the Baroque trilogy. Didn’t really spin my wheels like his earlier stuff.

Gaiman have anything new coming out? I have yet to pick up the book of short stories, I think that was his last release.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I picked up Anathem..

and started it last night. First impression is that it’ll be more like Baroque trilogy (only read half of the first book..ugh) and not like all his other stuff (awesome).

I don’t think Gaiman has anything new out, (what’s this about short stories? Haven’t heard of it) but I just read stardust, and I really enjoyed neverwhere, and I liked american gods as well

Ryan Rowland-Smith for President

by darmok on Oct 29, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny, I only read around half the first book as well!

I caught him at a book reading at University Bookstore when they released it, he said he changed his writing style. He started writing long hand instead of on a computer. He felt it utilized a different area of his brain and added a buffer for him to process his writing a bit as handwritten was so much slower than typing. Anyway, I didn’t like the results so much.

Last time I was at Third Place I noticed a Gaiman hardcover, glanced at it and had a case of sticker shock so I didn’t really look too hard. Seemed like it was shorts. If I’d looked too long I’d of had to buy it so I put it down as quick as I could.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hrm

Well I hope I’m wrong about Anathem and it’s as good as his previous stuff. Grrr…changing his writing style to suck…

Ryan Rowland-Smith for President

by darmok on Oct 29, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have you read 'Interface' or 'The Cobweb'?

If I’m correct they were recently reprinted in softcover under his name, originally published (with a cowriter) under a pseudonym. Stephen Bury. Not too shabby.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oooh I haven't heard of those

I’ll have to pick them up. Never seen them on his shelf at Powell’s, maybe I can find ’em under Stephen Bury…

I was going to take another look at quicksilver later, thinking that if it’s Neal Stephensen I must be crazy and couldn’t possibly not like it, but after what you said about changing his writing style, I don’t think I will.

Ryan Rowland-Smith for President

by darmok on Oct 29, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm going to wait until the day I love math, so any minute now I'll dust it off.

I bought one without opening it at the bookreading, I really wanted his autograph. He was cool, autographed my copy of Crypto.

Best book reading ever FWIW, Chuck Pahlaniuk (Fight Club). He makes little little bead bracelets and the like when he’s writing, or trying to write. He gives them to you if you ask a question. He tries to answer all his fan mail and says he often puts sends one along. He tells some batshit crazy stories too. Also hates Ed Norton and says so as often as possible.

by dpseadv on Oct 29, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gaiman has come out with a new book, "The Graveyard Book"

It’s supposed to be similar to The Jungle Book but set in a graveyard. I’ve heard good things!

by ningwers on Oct 30, 2008 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh, so I spent the entire morning reinstalling AutoCAD after it crapped the bed on me.

Yay for dependable software!

Oh, and I have to be in Milwaukie, Oregon at 6:30 tomorrow morning…and I live in Vancouver.

My life sucks.

by Phildopip on Oct 29, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What is that, like an hour drive?

That sucks

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you're out the door no later than 6 it should be fine.

Between 6 and 6.30 is when the bridge starts to tighten up.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's one thing I've never enjoyed about driving through Portland.

The traffic can get to be a clusterfuck real quick, and it’s all stand still.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That'll be changing somewhat over the next year or so

One of the main reasons for that bottleneck is that I-5 drops from three to two lanes just past the Expo Center, but they’re widening it so it’ll be three lanes all the way through the city. Won’t solve the number-of-cars issue but the elimination of a merge will at least hopefully make it flow better.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be great

The monthly (give or take) drives down to see my fiancee in Monmouth become a big pile of suck as soon as I drop down into Portland, so it’s good to know they’ll be working on that. Of course, she’s done with school this Spring and I’m sure they won’t have it finished before then, but at least it’ll be easier for future trips. Or on the off-chance that we move down there

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I think it's due to be done sometime around Nov 2009

so probably won’t be a lot of help, but still.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Take the train.

It has become my favorite way to get down south.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I plan on doing that when I can.

But she’s a college student and unable to meet me most of the time. Plus, the nearest station is in Salem which makes it tough for her to get there because of her schedule. But, I will take it at least once before she’s done down there

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome.

They’ve been working on a train station in Independence, but it’s stillborn at the moment. I could walk from there to her place in less than 20 minutes, which would be ok. But, They have done zero work on it in the last 9 months

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aahhh, got it.

Well, I may shoot a word your way next trip down there. It would just be a quick ride down to Monmouth/Independence/WOU. Thank ya much

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have 40 minutes with no traffic,

and an hour-hour 15 with traffic. Sucks

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

16 minute bike ride FTW

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eat me

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would take me at least an hour and a half to bike to work.

And I would desperately need a shower when I arrived.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish mine had a shower.

I would be over at Discovery Park every lunch hour.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My last place had showers and locker rooms

it was awesome because I could ride year-round and on nice days ride at lunch. Here, I have to change in the bathroom and no showers – fortunately my ride in is mostly downhill so I don’t really need a shower.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No and no.

Unless chaining your bike to a tree and then giving yourself a swirly in the toilet count.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, not so much.

Besides, I already spend enough of my life on work as it is, I’m not adding an hour (each way) to my commute.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not trying to convince you to ride, that's up to you

but for me, there’s nothing better than being on my bike after work – it really helps me let go of all the crap that happened during the day so I get home and I’m in a really good mood. But I love biking, so there’s that I guess.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I could get to work in a half hour or so, I would ride a bike.

I just can’t see getting up at 7:00am to leave by 8:00, then not getting home again until 7:30pm or so (and needing another shower). That means I don’t hit the couch or eat dinner until at about 8:00…

12 hours of my day dedicated to work seems like too much. Then if I had to work late, we start talking about 14 or 15 hours, and I just don’t love my job that much.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not for 40 hours of the week.

But the rest of it, pretty much.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Would this have anything to do with the time you are commuting?

I remember when I used to work at 5am. It was amazing how empty the streets would be at that time.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

30 minutes with no traffic

there is always traffic on the 15S

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best thing about my commute is that traffic never factors in.

It’s always 15 minutes, regardless of the time of day or day of the week.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mine is totally random.

Everett to Shoreline sucks. Not as bad as my fiancess commute of Everett to Bellevue, but still bad (plus she telecommutes one day a week).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

405. Disgusting.

And anything I-5 related. I was doing the Tacoma-Seattle commute, which was certainly bad, but I think the northend commutes like yours are worse.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd take I-5 over 405 any day.

But they are both pretty bad (especially in the morning).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh good lord.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only in southern California

and parts of Arizona and Toronto ON

Otherwise it’s I-5, I-405 or Highway 5 or Highway 405 or Route 5 or Route 405 or just 5 or 405

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Seattle native,

and I say I-5, and 405. No “I’ on 405 for some reason. My fiancee is also from here, and says "the” I-5 and “the” 405 (but again no “I” on 405).

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

I don’t use “the” for any freeways or highways.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We have some California influence up here so I believe it

and this “the” phenomenon is slowly spreading everywhere

I was talking to somebody in North Dakota and they said “The 94” and I was really confused

I do as Thingray does

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I only recently stopped saying Pac Highway.

You can tell I grew up on the south end.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's reasonable

Names are logically prefixed with “the”

in Chicago you get on the Dan Ryan
driving across New York you get on the Thruway
driving in SoCal you will one day be able to get on the South Bay

etc

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, that's the dream.

I would really like to be a writer. I think that’s the dream situation right there, where your work can go with you anywhere in the world.

Too bad my writing is nothing special.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You must be at one of the bigger firms, eh?

Revit only becomes worthwhile when the model is becoming rather large, right? They were just getting into it when I left my first firm. My second firm hadn’t touched it.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm at CPL

CAD guys have been using it for a while, but the powers that be have decided that having an engineer or two able to use it would also be handy.

by Graham on Oct 29, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's funny. I think I might have had an interview scheduled there, just before I took the job I have now.

Anyway, as for the revit, my understanding was its sole benefit is working as both your CAD and your structural model. But if your CAD guys are already using it, it must have value just for them. Interesting. Does that mean the engineers have still been doing there own modeling, with RISA?

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Model in RISA, ETABs, and Ramsteel

It’s got a lot of value as a CAD tool just because it’s really easy to pass the entire model back and forth between the architects and structural engineers – and at the end of the day that’s the point. It should stop you from having to spend several hundred hours coordinating drawings before construction. Whether it actually will is a question for another time.

by Graham on Oct 29, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wanna stop by my house and take me to the airport on your way in?

It’s not that much of a detour….hahaha

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

His non-answer has to mean yes

Cancel your other ride to the airport and wait for him. I’m sure he knows the address already

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Done and done.

What could go wrong?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or it could be my computer crashing.

Seriously, what the fuck is up with this morning?

by Phildopip on Oct 29, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got filthy posters that won't STOP SHOUTING?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 11:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BOTD...

Bacon cinnamon rolls

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

I love this daily feature.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes! Thanks Kevin.

Done that one and loved it!

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks pretty nasty to me.

I’d rather have the bacon wrapped turkey.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bacon wrapped bacon comes to mind as well.

Though I’m totally down with a bacon cinnamon roll too. In fact it looks blind love of bacon is another area where kevin and I get along famously.

by coolguyrob on Oct 29, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shit!

looks like!

Rob are you ever going to learn to proofread your sentences?

Screw you get off of my lawn!!

by coolguyrob on Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bacon wrapped turkey actually sounds super delicious

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, do they?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 29, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

flesh eating bonds

Will never be topped

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope so.

Having a comment screenshotted to be used out of context is the highest honor.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lame.

It’s perfect for comment grabs.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it might be new to Vista.

It basically lets you screenshot a small portion of the screen. It’s possible you can download it from the MS website or something, and it’s also possible there’s a freeware utility that does the same thing floating around out there somewhere.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you go into your add-on window and check out the options

what does it say? It should give you the option of what file type to save them as (PNG or JPEG).

by Phildopip on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not as PNG's?

I think that’s what it uses, from what I was reading

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats

Abuse this new found power

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

These tags are not the best

but they are far from the worst.

Patrick517 will forever hold worst tag honors, if anyone was afraid to post for fear of having their tags mocked

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

But I like joof’s drunk tags of glory.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think my 'Needs more clown Jeff' tag got me a warning

I logged on today and all I had was a warning that says, “I hate you”, though I don’t know who it was or what it was for.

54!

by joof on Oct 29, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bath tissue

is a word that only exists on tv

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Go here

www.boredatwork.com

and then click on fantastic contraption, and then we’ll see you in a couple of weeks.

by coolguyrob on Oct 29, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my god

there goes my day of doing homework

Ryan Rowland-Smith for President

by darmok on Oct 29, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You realize you don't need some special program to make a screenshot, right?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How old are you?

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then I think yes.

My guess is you’re in the window. I think if you were too young it would be too serious, and too old and it would be too sexual.

I'm The Alaskan, and I approve this message.

by The Alaskan on Oct 29, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the video that google put out made it look sick

But, yes, it’s a bit creepy.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anybody he wants

He can see everything

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have stalked anyone yet.

I downloaded it last night. For whatever reason hitting the find location button on Google Maps and having it pinpoint me on a street grid doesn’t creep me out. Clicking find location on Google Earth and having it zoom from outer space to my front porch and follow me into the alley as I take out the recycling creeps me out quite a bit.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that's the rub

Maps is ok because it looks like a map. But the full earth view zooming down to your hair follicles is a little much, at least to have in your pocket

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The awesome makes up for it.

Tilting you phone and seeing 300+ miles into the horizon is pretty fucking amazing.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pfft. Just be really tall like normal people

Showoff

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good luck with that.

They’ll need to ban half the populace to get rid of that.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Usually if he bans one person for something everyone falls into line pretty quick.

He’s been more authoritative lately and it’s helped. I like three or four people that post there and have had some interesting conversations, but then someone says something like “ur a fag you stupid quermo retard” and…yeah.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs