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OFFTOP Bye Bye NOLA 11.14.08

Nolamarinergirl1_tiny by NOLAmarinergirl on Comment 2091 comments

Hi y'all...it's my last day and really, all I'm doing is pushing emails from me to someone else and trying to transfer my Thanksgiving flight reservation to Mardi Gras time.  Other than that, I'm just waiting for my glorious lunch of fried seafood at Mandina's, which has had more than 100 years of experience making seafood into a lovely crispy frizzled tastiness.

Cross your fingers for no snow in the Rockies next week, as we're trying for the Oregon Trail route.  Also let's hope we don't get typhoid or that the truck doesn't tip when we try to ford a river

But the most important question is...do I change my name?  Yes, I'm leaving this to the community.  I've noticed that InSpokane is keeping the name even while no longer being in Spokane, yet Man from Nantucket has changed.  Can I be NOLAmarinergirl while in Seattle?  Do I use a version of my first or last name?  Do you have another suggestion?  And do I encourage ac to change with me, as he previously pledged to do?

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Do I change my name or do I keep it for nostalgia's sake?
Change it to KirstenS
5 votes
Fight the other Kirsten for rights to the name
4 votes
Make a riff off the last name
2 votes
Keep cool history of NOLAmarinergirl
42 votes
Some other option not suggested here
9 votes

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Here's a hint:

Don’t break down in Wyoming. If you do, only accept help from antelope or old men who look like their Viagra prescription has run out.

by TheEmrys on Nov 14, 2008 7:43 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I too broke down in Wyoming

I hit Ice, slid into one of those metal posts along the highway and tore up my girlfriend’s bumper, oops.

by ColeFitz on Nov 14, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

First off, I wish you safe and happy traveling.

As for your name, I picked the last option because I just don’t know.

I do get lost a bit when some folks around here change their names, but you are present enough that I would get used to it if you changed. So, how about me being no help?

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 8:02 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Won't you always keep a bit of NOLA with you?

If so then keep NOLA as your name here, besides NOLA is a cool sounding nickname anyway. And of course drive safely please.

by coolguyrob on Nov 14, 2008 8:05 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I would keep the name.

It’s a good name. And yes, drive safe – I’ll be spending a good chunk of today in Beaverton sans computer, so I won’t be around much. Hopefully the weather will hold.

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

by pdb on Nov 14, 2008 8:13 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Computer advice.

How do I wipe my memory clean of everything before I leave? I don’t want search history and my firefox links and all that.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 14, 2008 8:29 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

No.

I just need to get rid of internet history, more or less. People don’t need to know how much time I wasted.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 14, 2008 8:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This

It will clear everything, including temporary folders and such

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also,

Tools: Delete Browsing History

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 14, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So I spent my first two years as a college student at a small

Private school in Montecito called Westmont College.

Got a call from a friend this morning and apparently almost the entire school has burned to the ground.

Considering the manner in which I left that school I am thankful I am not a suspect.

Bad jokes aside this is gut wrenching for me. I am still close with some of my professors from there and their lives have been turned upside down.

Puts some of my complaints about BS this week into perspective.

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 8:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is the dry and windy season in Santa Barbara.

How they start I am not sure, but conditions are perfect for spreading.

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They've always happened.

Perhaps not to the extent they happen now due to human stupidity, but wildfires in California are nothing new. We just notice them more often because of urban sprawl.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 9:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Max Powers

And I think I will recreate your trip on Oregon Trail right now.

by Robert on Nov 14, 2008 9:12 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

The ride to school today is going to suck.

I can barely concentrate and I have a headache. This is why all nighters are bad.

54!

by joof on Nov 14, 2008 9:14 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Apparently it's one hell of a cold going around

It’s only been 384 miles. This is seriously the worst game I’ve ever played.

by Robert on Nov 14, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Clocks. CLOCKS.

Good Lord.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 14, 2008 11:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not used to the keyboard at home, and I have cats helping me.

Plus, recovering from a super virus. Can I please have a mulligan, on this, my last day of quarantine?

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 14, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure I'd call it Freudian....

I can’t think of a single family issue I’ve had that would cause me to want twelve…. Well, you know…

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Nov 14, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

11 grandpas riding bareback

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Nov 14, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And apparently crossing on the ice by yourself in early November is a bad idea.

At least she didn’t have to worry about the snow in the Rockies!

by Robert on Nov 14, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh no!

Of what? Did he get a proper burial?

by NOLAmarinergirl on Nov 14, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit

Now I want to play this game. Did you start a new round to see if she’ll have better luck? Not fair to her to leave it at just one lousy playthrough

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Que?

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fair enough, I suppose

But that is the true original version, the one we likely all grew up playing in Elementary School

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I actually found Spokane to be much nicer than I had expected.

That park by the river is pretty surreal though.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Spokane grew on me

I’ve lived here 28 years and really have no desire to move. Downtown is so much nicer now than it used to be.

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 14, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

To quote:
The only TRUE stat that matters is RA. I would only find use in tRA and FIP if I were trying to field a team with no defense. But since we have defense, and a good one at that, I dont see the need for stats like those.

You just stick with tRA and we’ll agree to disagree cause this is going no where fast.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That logic is something else.

So in this poster’s mind, you only need to isolate pitcher performance when you have a bad defense?

by BrianL on Nov 14, 2008 9:48 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would respond this way.

We can in fact agree to disagree.

However, you may not have a voice on this site if our disagreements continue to be because you are wrong and choose to shout said wrongness from the mountaintops.

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is the same guy who had the "You're using one stat." rant.

I’d rather let it die at this point, but figured you guys would enjoy it.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 9:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I enjoy this comment:
I’m not a huge fan of tRA as you can tell. And I have no clue what FIP is.

“I don’t really know what’s going on here, but I can tell you for certain that you’re wrong.”

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's amazing how many people think that way.

I like the “Well not all sabermetric stats are right….but if you polled 100 people….”

Amazing logic. Just amazing.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 14, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Congratulations, RJ.

You have your very own Logan.

by BrianL on Nov 14, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and Bryan LaHair

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 14, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I thought he believed that Bavasi destroyed Jose Lopez for sending him back to Tacoma in 2004.

He once had his own “scouting” website and “handbook.” Claimed that all you needed to evaluate a player was written on the back of their baseball card.

Thought Shin-Soo Choo was going to be a first-ballot hall of famer. Thinks Yuniesky Betancourt is still really, really, really, really, really good at defense.

by BrianL on Nov 14, 2008 10:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

...
NB:

Assuming that was you, googling ‘why tra is not a good way to evaluate pitchers’ really doesn’t count.

by Graham on Nov 14, 2008 12:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Grahambaiting...

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Nov 14, 2008 10:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

There's an Aston Martin dealership right next to my office.

I walk past these things every day.

It’s that kind of neighbourhood. There’s a Bentley dealer on the other side of the building, and a Lotus dealer half a block down a side street.

Underconstruction next to the Aston Martins: a Ferrari dealer.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Nov 14, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a used 2008 DB9 Volante for sale in Seattle

in case you don’t want to pay sticker, Graham.

$155k.

by marc w on Nov 14, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would almost rather it just not work at all.

Then I would be forced to buy a new one.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ugghhhhhh

Those are the worst laptop power supplies ever.

by BrianL on Nov 14, 2008 10:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You are absolutely right.

Power on toshiba satellites is just… fucked. I just had mine replaced, and after about a month, it’s now working about 35% of the time.

So ac, are you sure it’s the power cord itself, and not the motherboard/ac adapter internally?

by marc w on Nov 14, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm fairly positive it's the cord.

It acts just like every other shorted out power cord I’ve ever encountered.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Nov 14, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If my dad would listen to me and accept that his broken laptop is not worth fixing

Then you could have the power supply that is sitting with it on my counter

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you feel obligated to change your name, NOLA

Then maybe keep it real close so it’s still recognizable. I vote NWmarinergirl. Although I think keeping it as NOLA will be totally acceptable

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:15 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

NWmarinergirl sounds like something from the old P-I blog

I’d stick with NOLA or do something name based

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 14, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or fight the other Kirsten for her name

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 14, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It needs to be either NOLA or Dunst based.

After all, those Craigslist guys need to be able to find her.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Nov 14, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's true

That’s why I added the line for it being only if she feels obligated to change. i don’t think she really needs to, but it’s ultimately up to her

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey you should put up a new bowling post.

The last one fell off. I was wondering if folks are still interested or if the idea died.

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was probably going to do that a bit later today, since we're down to a week

Great minds think alike, I suppose

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't drive through Oregon

They won’t let you pump your own gas. It’s really dumb.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Nov 14, 2008 10:49 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't mind that so much as they don't do full service like you're supposed to

Full service gasoline means you wash my windows and offer to check my oil

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 14, 2008 10:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They always wash my windows

Of course I am usually filling up in Monmouth/Independence, so maybe it’s a small town thing. Here’s a question though: Are you supposed to tip for them doing that? I’ve never been sure, and one time I paid cash and there was a buck left. I told the guy to keep it and he looked like he wanted to hug me or something

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

by tootthekazoo on Nov 14, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always tip the shoe shine guys at airports to

On my last trip I was feeling extra generous and gave the dude a 20 for a 5 dollar shine and told him to keep it. He gave me a look like he was going to name his first-born son after me.

by coolguyrob on Nov 14, 2008 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One of the jobs I did to put myself through college was graveyard at a service station.

We did do full service back then and on occasion I did get a tip. However, it was very rare.

I made a good amount of money doing tire repairs, mounting tires and oil changes because my boss gave me 33% of what we charged.

by Sec 108 on Nov 14, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always tip service people

You’re supposed to do that no matter what

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 14, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Someone needs to put that in a manual or something.

How am I supposed to learn social norms if people won’t disseminate them in written form?

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Nov 14, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Alright

I’ve got a fresh pizza and a pint glass full of wine and now I just have to wait 6 hours for the Blazer game. Sigh.

by coolguyrob on Nov 14, 2008 11:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs