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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

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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

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

Congrats

Abuse this new found power

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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

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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

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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

Sure, and I can see that to a certain extent.

I think the difference is that his sense of humor is generally fairly offensive. It’s not like ‘gay’ is the only non-PC term he uses or anything. The comment threads on DRB are a different animal entirely. They’re not saying these things to be funny, they’re saying them because they’re homophobes. Some people might say that’s a semantic difference, but I would disagree.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't say I like the use of those words

but at I see it as the price of admission and dammit I like it here.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am almost never offended by anything.

Thankfully my group of friends is the same way. That being said I do try, sometimes fail, to not be offensive.

I have friends of all colors, religions, genders and sexual persuasions so I understand where they are coming from as well as a white male can.

Most of all I try to be open to understanding what is important from their point of view regarding how they want to be treated.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also I should say that I appreciate that the frequency of those kinds of things is... pretty low.

The kind of attitudes that come out of that speech generally are either the #1 or #2 reason why I decided not to play baseball in college. The other top reason is that I wasn’t that good.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 29, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I blame SBN 2.0

If you look at the dates most of t hose were posted

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TL;DR

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But I didn't read

because it was too long

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tooling?

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by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I win!

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stupid daylight savings time

I geared my afternoon towards going to the gym and avoiding the arse/spurs score at work until after I ate lunch, figuring by then I’d get caught up on the minute-to-minute. KO is at 8pm, which is noon here EXCEPT THIS FUCKING WEEK BECAUSE WE DON’T CHANGE CLOCKS AT THE SAME TIME. Feh. I wanted this game to be deep into the 2nd half by now.

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

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

There's no reason for daylight savings time to even exist

I hate it with a passion

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding

It is completely ridiculous, even more so since they changed the switch dates without telling most consumer electronics

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

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

Yep

I had to reset my alarm clock last weekend because it was an hour behind after automatically adjusting for daylight savings

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

fortunately my grandmother who bought it for me as a christmas present for when I went off to college

remembers to email me every time so that I remember to change the clock

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

early, early

West Ham were beating Arsenal on Sunday, too.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

According to the Guardian

“That is Matthew Le Tissier multiplied by Xabi Alonso on the end of a stick.”

Apparently a fantastic goal.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really want to see this goal now

it sounds pretty amazing. Are you watching it?

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish. At work, in a town w/o a great football bar.

Anyone in the south end know if Ballyhoo down by the brewery is showing this?

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have long contended that once Seattle got an MLS team I would make a concerted effort to become a soccer fan.

Y’all are going to have to help me along with that. Anyone got any books to recommend? I learn by reading and then watching.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to share that sentiment,

But I just cannot get into soccer. At all. And really, I’m not too sure why. I love sports of all kinds, but for some reason soccer just does not do a thing for me

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by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm giving the Sounders a chance, but I've generally never been a soccer fan.

I have no idea what they’re doing out there, outside of the obvious.

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 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Technical books or literary?

There’s a couple I can recommend just from the arsenal v. spurs rivalry – Fever Pitch, of course, and oh crap I can’t remember the name of the Spurs one but I’ll dig it out here in a minute.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Technical to begin with.

I’d like to be aware of what’s happening on a level that will keep me engaged for the duration.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Afraid I can't help you there

I learned by doing when I was a kid and watching when I got old and slow.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know about books.

Have someone you know who understands the game watch one with you. Ask a lot of questions. That is the best way to start.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LL football lunch at the George

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good point.

I work close enough to the George.

acblue – Maybe we should watch a match there sometime.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When are you due in town?

BTW, I am still looking around for you. Tough times though as a lot of people are laying off around here.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm... you mean like strategy?

I’m not really sure there’s a book explaining what to look for, though perhaps I’m wrong.

I keep thinking that just watching one really amazing game can hook you; if it doesn’t, maybe it never will.
There are sooo many great books about soccer, but they’re about the peripheral stuff, from politics to crowds to the passion of the fans or whatever.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BBC says:
2015: GOAL Arsenal 0-1 Tottenham
We’ve just seen the goal of the season. The ball is bouncing all over the place just inside the Arsenal half and David Bentley, a la Matt le Tissier against Blackburn in 1995, knees the ball up and volleys it over Manuel Almunia from fully 40 yards. We might have just seen Bentley’s ‘Beckham’ moment.

Sounds sexy.

by Graham on Oct 29, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

DAMN. Tied 1-1.

Kick some ass, ’Arry.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is it too late for Keller to hustle back to the EPL?

Or would the Sounders allow it? Seems like a great short-term loan….

I’d rather have Jonny Gomes in goal.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is true.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you guys

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Talking in Iambic Pentameter or something?

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

burma shave

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Nice

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sadly I'm one of them.

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 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Took me a second, and then I remembered

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was a crazy guy that lived in Olympia that always had "Burma Shave" type signs in his yard.

I can’t really get into the way he used them here, but his signs weren’t charming in the least.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No?

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ouch.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's better when you click the subject line.

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 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah!

Nice one, Romar.

I’m surprised, honestly. Thought the bruins had him wrapped up.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is a big catch.

The UW backcourt has been bad the past two years. We really need more talent to run the show.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thomas + Gaddy = a shot at 4th? Or, dare I say it, 3rd?

Too bad they’re both basically points. Thomas could play 2, but he’d be the smallest off guard in D-1.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

evereyone, please resist

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha!

I honestly didn’t think of it until you said that.

by coolguyrob on Oct 29, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm almost 40 and I'm still juvenile enough to think it almost reflexively.

I can’t decide whether that’s good or not.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quit whining, you ballhandler.

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 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They won't pass me the ball.

Too much bacon grease on my fingers.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nicely done!

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 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huge plus

and Gaddy is big enough and a good enough shooter to hang at the two

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the really interesting thing about Gaddy is that he's probably not explosive enough to go one and done

but plenty good enough to be an elite player as a freshman. UW is getting a potential all-conference player for two and maybe even three years

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Odd thing there, but he is too young for one and done.

Saw a comment from his Dad about how he has to play two years before he is draft eligible.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that too

I know he’s young but I believe the rule is an “or” rule – one year after your HS class graduates OR nineteen years of age

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is the rule.

Apparently he does not turn 19 until after the 2010 draft.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But it would be one year after his class graduates

his dad probably knows the rule better than I do, but I was always under the impression that it was an either/or clause

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I see, I guess I am not sure.

Maybe it isn’t an either/or thing then.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still not sure what happened there.

He looked good before Pac-10 play started and then he just got used.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

he’s now at SJSU apparently. Eligible at the end of December

by seattlebruin on Oct 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations!

Timeline?

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last day of work November 14th.

Possibly going to Nicaragua.
Then road-tripping to Washington.
Will be back by Thanksgiving.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're gonna need a new screenname.

What’s it gonna be?

EBOLAmarinergirl?

by Phildopip on Oct 29, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SALMONELLAmarinergirl?

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's true

That’s why I needed to charge you to give you the “I’m NOT”

I hate my username but i love my UID and don’t want to lose it

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But your history never goes away

the comments are all still there, and unless you intend to put your comment count on a resume (which may or may not be beneficial) I’m not sure why it matters.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's principle

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had one of those once.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps I did intend just that.

But I’m pretty sure people will be able to figure out I’m not a newbie.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not either but it does.

I would love to change my screenname but I can’t bring myself to do it.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pish they've already thought that.

And more assumptions if I just go by my first name.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was call you Kristen 100% of the time

because I alone will find it hilarious

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like you'll need an initial!

Or if you want to look less gay you could try:

♥Kirsten♥

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You lose everything you've built

and you’ll appear to be a newb to all the other newbs and that’s bad news

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How you appear to other newbs isn't a big deal, though.

I’m pretty sure I lost my history in the changeover from SBN1.0 (not sure how that happened), but who cares.
You and I also lost those oh-so-valuable low numbers on our screennames in the change too.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

True

I used to have UID 16 in addition to 109

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We used to have like 16 and 9 though

which is even better

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I used to be 93x

I think the merging of accounts may have changed the numbers or something

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had 16 originally

and then for s ome reason I wasn’t banned but I couldn’t post from that account because it farted out or something

and then got 105 and it worked.

I was able to move both accounts over to the new name but it gave me 105 instead of 16 as my legacy number

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait it was?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Didn't know that

Hmmm…now i need to appeal to Jeff to get my username changed to Corco

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you remember

FTNFITEWAC?

That was SBN 1.0

by JI on Oct 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Money does things to people

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

maNOLiAmarinergirl?

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 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oops magNOLiAmarinergirl.

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 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I was lost there too

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

by tootthekazoo on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

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 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice! Congratulations!

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 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Woohoo!

Hopefully I’m next.

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

by Faux on Oct 29, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1-0 down to 2-1 up

doo dah
doo dah
You can have the carling cup

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I shall cling to the carling cup tightly.

I thought I may have a moment of joy this year. Is that too much to ask? For sports to bring a guy one fucking moment of joy?

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Silly notion that.

This is why I play at least one competitive sport. At least I get to enjoy an occasional victory.

by Sec 108 on Oct 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nola's moving back to Seattle

Arsenal 2-1 Spurs
Gaddy committed to UW

that should just about catch you up.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

most excellent.

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

by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

as is 3-1 Arsenal.

wooooooooooooot

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember thinking Hutton was a quality player once.

That was back when I also thought that being a fan could be a positive, joyful thing and not an inexorable slide downwards towards alcoholism and well-timed kidney punches.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

adebayor is a stud

that is all.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gomes is the fucking Player A of football.

If I was a baser man, this comment would be about wishing him an early death.

by marc w on Oct 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

college-age drunkard

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I did that last year

People told me I needed a fucking costume

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

college-age drunkard with a hat?

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What kind of hat?

I’m not really into Halloween but I’m going out of town to a mandatory costume party

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea

I’m not at all into costumes either.

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by pdb on Oct 29, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like this idea

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 29, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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